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SMC Networks SMC6709L2 User's Manual

1. IGMP Snooping Static MAC Addresses Port Security MAC Filtering 1 n 2 n 3 m 4 r 5 3 25 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Configuring Address Filtering You can drop traffic from unwanted stations based on the source MAC address and associated VLAN if tagged VLANs are enabled Field Attributes MAC Address Source MAC address e Vlan ID ID of configured VLAN 1 4094 This option is only available if IEEE 802 1Q tagged VLANs are enabled page 3 29 Web Click Administrator gt Filtering Database gt MAC Filtering Enter a MAC address and associated VLAN then click Apply Forwarding and Filtering 2 se IGMP Snooping Static MAC Addresses Port Security MAC Filtering Specify a MAC address to filter MAC Address VID Mac Address Vlan ID Add Delete Help 3 26 VLAN CONFIGURATION VLAN Configuration Overview In large networks routers are used to isolate broadcast traffic for each subnet into separate domains This switch provides a similar service at Layer 2 by using VLANs to organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains VLANs confine broadcast traffic to the originating group and can eliminate broadcast storms in large networks This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment VLANs provide greater network efficiency by reducing broadcast traffic and allow you to make network changes without having to update IP addresses or IP subnets V
2. COMMAND GROUPS Command Groups The command line interface commands can be broken down into the functional groups shown below Command Group Description Page System IP configuration broadcast storm control display 5 4 system information ping and reboot commands Port Port connection settings and security command 5 5 VLAN VLAN configuration commands 5 6 Filter Database Static addresses address aging displays clears static 5 8 or filtered entries Trunk Static and dynamic trunks 5 9 Spanning Tree Spanning tree protocol 5 10 Protocol Quality of Service Quality of service for output queues 5 11 IGMP Snooping IGMP snooping 5 11 Console Console pott settings 5 12 5 3 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE System Configuration advance The system configuration commands include the following items IP config ip X X X X Sets the IP address for this device config subnet X X X X Sets the subnet mask for this device config gateway X X X X Sets the gateway for this device show ip Displays IP address subnet mask and gateway ping lt host_ip gt lt times gt Sends ICMP echo request packets to another node Broadcast Storm Control enable bsf lt 5 10 15 20 25 gt Sets the broadcast threshold above which packets are dropped disable bsf Disables broadcast storm control show bsf Displays the broadcast storm control setting System Information show mac
3. TigerSwitch 10 100 The Configuration of Aging Time MAC Age Interval sec 300 300 300 765 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 3 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 32 Configuring Broadcast Storm Control Use the Broadcast Storm Filtering page to set the broadcast threshold Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is malfunctioning or if application programs are not well designed or properly configured If there is too much broadcast traffic on your network performance can be severely degraded or everything can come to a complete halt You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a maximum threshold for broadcast traffic The percentage of a port s total bandwidth used by broadcast traffic When broadcast traffic rises above the specified threshold broadcast packets exceeding that threshold will then be dropped Range NO 5 10 15 20 25 Default NO Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt Misc Configuration gt Broadcast Storm Filtering Specify the broadcast storm filter threshold and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Broadcast Storm Filter Mode Broadcast Storm Filter Mode NO actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Configuring
4. ports Remove gt gt Apply Delete Help 3 17 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Aggregator Information 3 18 Field Attributes Static Trunks Group Key Displays static trunks Port No The port members assigned to the trunk Dynamic Trunks Actor The device that initiated the trunk Partner The device that responded to a link initialization request Priority The priority used to select the device that initiates the trunk if both ends of the link are set to the LACP State of Active This is the same as System Priority on the Aggregator Setting page MAC The physical address of the devices at both ends of the link Port No Active port members Other ports may be in standby mode Key Only one dynamic trunk can be activated between two devices so a key is sent to the partner device to uniquely identify each trunk A trunk can only be formed if the devices at both ends of a link use the same key A key is automatically generated by the switch when configuring a trunk Active Indicates whether a port has been set to actively initiate a trunk when an LACP partner is detected at the other end of the link This field is configured in the State Activity page TRUNK CONFIGURATION Web Click Administrator Trunking Aggregator Information to display currently configured trunks and group members Aggregator Setting Aggregator information State Activity The following
5. Aging Time 300 seconds Forwarding and Filtering Static addresses none Filter addresses none Multicast IGMP Snooping Disabled Filtering IGMP Query Auto negotiation Virtual LANs VLAN Status Disabled Default VLAN 1 PVID 1 Ingress Filtering Rule 1 Enabled Tag must match PVID Ingress Filtering Rule 2 All Acceptable frame types GVRP Disabled Class of Service Weighted Round Robin Weight 2 high 1 low Queues 7 4 high 3 0 low Broadcast Status Disabled all ports Storm Protection Note To reset the switch defaults use the Reset System command page 3 45 1 5 INTRODUCTION 1 6 CHAPTER 2 INITIAL CONFIGURATION Connecting to the Switch Configuration Options The switch includes a built in network management agent The agent Offers a variety of management options including SNMP RMON and a Web based interface A PC may also be connected directly to the switch for configuration and monitoring via the console menu Note The IP address for this switch is unassigned by default To change this address see Setting an IP Address on page 2 5 The switch s HTTP Web agent allows you to configure switch parameters monitor port connections and display statistics using a standard Web browser such as Netscape Navigator version 6 2 and higher or Microsoft IE version 5 0 and higher The switch s Web management interface can be accessed from any computer attached to the network Th
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7. Displays the switch s MAC address show version Displays the switch s firmware and hardware versions System Reset config default Resets the switch to the factory default settings reboot Restarts the switch 5 4 PoRT CONFIGURATION PORT Port Configuration port The port configuration commands include the following items Port Settings config ports 1 107 state on off auto on off speed 10 100 1000 duplex half full fcil on off Configures connection parameters for the specified port s state Enables or disables the connection auto Enables or disables auto negotiation speed Sets connection to 10 100 or 1000 Mbps duplex Sets connection to half or full duplex fct Enables or disables flow control show pottstatus lt 1 10 gt Displays connection settings for the specified port s Port Statistics show statistics lt 1 10 gt Displays network statistics for the specified port s Port Security enable security lt 1 10 gt Locks address learning for the specified port s disable security lt 1 10 gt Unlocks address learning for the specified port s show security Shows the port security settings for all ports 5 5 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE VLAN Configuration vlan The VLAN configuration commands include the following items VLAN Commands add vlan lt name gt vid lt number gt protocol
8. Temporary Internet Files Settings the setting for item Check for newer versions of stored pages should be Every visit to the page 2 When using Internet Explorer 5 0 you may have to manually refresh the screen after making configuration changes by pressing the browser s refresh button Panel Display The Web agent displays an image of the switch s ports indicating whether each link is up or down Clicking on the image of a port opens the Port Configuration page as described on page 3 12 r mu ON 10 100 te 3 3 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Main Menu Using the onboard Web agent you can define system parameters manage and control the switch or monitor network conditions The following table briefly describes the selections available from this program 3 4 Menu Description Page Home Main Menu 3 2 Port Status Displays port connection status 3 10 Port Statistics Lists Ethernet statistics 3 12 Administrator Switch Settings Basic Shows system model number MAC address 3 6 hardware version and firmware version Advanced Provides settings for address aging time 3 6 maximum queue delay broadcast storm control priority queue options and global settings for STP IGMP and VLANs Console Port Info Displays settings for the console port 3 9 Port Controls 3 10 Port Controls Configures connection settings including 3 11 speed duplex mode and flow
9. and 4 33 delay bound low ptiority queue delay Protocol Related 4 34 Configuration STP Configures the Spanning Tree Protocol 4 35 STP Enable Disable Enables disables Spanning Tree Protocol 4 36 System Configuration Configures global bridge parameters for STP 4 38 Perport Configures port specific parameters for STP 4 40 Configuration SNMP Configures SNMP management access 4 42 System Options Provides basic system description including 4 43 contact information Community Strings Configures community strings 4 44 Trap Managers Sets trap management stations 4 45 GVRP Enables disables automatic VLAN 4 46 registration via GVRP LACP Configures dynamic trunks displays status 4 47 Aggregator Setting Configures dynamic trunks 4 48 State Activity Actively or passively configures a trunk 4 49 LACP Status Shows trunks and associated ports and 4 50 detailed information for dynamic links Reboot Switch Reboots the switch or resets to defaults 4 52 Set Logout Timer Sets the timeout for the console menu 4 53 Command Line Enters the command line interface 5 1 4 5 CONSOLE INTERFACE Status and Counters Menu 4 6 Use the Status and Counters menu to display port status port statistics and system information TigerSwitch 10 100 Status and Counters Port Status Port Counters System Information Main Menu Displays current status of all the switch ports Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select I
10. gt Change Password Enter the old password enter the new password confirm it by entering it again Press the lt Enter gt key to save it TigerSwitch 10 100 Password Configuration Old Password new password enter again password changed successfully press any key to return Esc Previous menu Note Maximum string length is 8 alphanumeric characters 4 15 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Interface Connections 4 16 Use the Port Trunk Configuration page to enable disable an interface set auto negotiation or manually set the speed and duplex mode and flow control parameters Field Attributes Type Shows port type page 4 7 Enabled Allows you to manually disable an interface You can disable an interface due to abnormal behavior e g excessive collisions and then reenable it after the problem has been resolved You may also disable an interface for security reasons Auto Negotiate Enables disables auto negotiation Speed Duplex Config Manually sets port speed and duplex mode Flow Control Allows automatic or manual selection of flow control Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill When enabled back pressure is used for half duplex operation and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex operation Avoid using flow control on a port connected to a hub unless
11. 1 Keywords and Arguments 1000 0 0 cece cece eee eee 5 1 Minimum Abbreviation 0 0 0 0 eee eee 5 2 Getting Help on Commands sess 5 2 Command Groups els ver pe ere Pe ee ee 5 3 System Configuration advance 2 0 6 cece eee eee 5 4 Port Configuration DOft iier eee ins eee eee xen 5 5 VLAN Configuration vlan 22 00 eee ee p e les 5 6 Supported Protocols ss nno eee cece eee 5 7 Filter Database Configuration fdb 1 0 0 6 cece eee 5 8 Trunk Configuration trkgrp 6 eee eee 5 9 Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration stp 0 0 e eee 5 10 Quality of Service Configuration qos 60 6 eee eee eee 5 11 IGMP Snooping Configuration igmp 6 6 66 c eee eee ee 5 11 Console Configuration console 0 0 cee cece eee 5 12 Software Specifications cvv vade ERE Y acne ws A 1 Switch Eeatutes cones en P RII eh eb RS IRE UE A 1 Management Features satre can cet sands se ee QUO eee A 2 Standards ays Tes REP De MUN oa a ae Fa a SS A 2 Upgrading Fitmiwate uec cx re yes B 1 TroubleshoOfifip 45 ved Gaede ead Re CR ER C 1 Glossary Index CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching It includes a management agent that allows you to configure the features listed in this manual The default configuration can be used for most of the features provided by this switch However there are many options that you should configure to max
12. 10 100 LACP Group Status Static Trunking Group Group Key 1 Port No 2 45 actions Quit Previous Page Next Page Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Click Next Page gt to display multiple trunk groups TigerSwitch 10 100 LACP Group Status Group Actor Partner Priority 1 32768 MAC 0050BF97A4E0 00209C23C267 Port_No Key Priority Active Port_No Key Priority 6 102 1 selected 31 4 32768 8 102 1 selected 32 4 32768 actions Quit Previous Page Next Page Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 51 CONSOLE INTERFACE Reboot Switch Menu 4 52 Use the Reboot Switch menu to restore the factory default configuration settings and reboot the switch TigerSwitch 10 100 Restart Configuration Default Restart Previous Menu Recovering to default Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Default Resets switch to the default configuration Restart Reboots the switch Notes 1 When resetting the switch to factory defaults i e using the Default option it will prompt you with a message to verify whether or not you want to continue 2 When rebooting the switch i e using the Restart option the system will be rebooted immediately no message is displayed 3 When restarting the system by either
13. 11 Showing Port Statistics isses 3 12 Trunk Configuration 1 n x ee Saket EL e Sas 3 13 Configuring Static Trunks 2 0 6 eee eee 3 14 CONTENTS vi Configuring Dynamic Trunks 0 000 3 16 Aggtegatot Setting 6c eee 3 17 Aggregator Information 0 00 eee eee 3 18 StatexA CHNICY oscuro he ed RO Aba RS oes 3 20 Forwarding and Filtering 0 0 eee cee 3 21 Configuring Multicast Filtering 0 0 e ee eee 3 21 Setting Static Addresses 2 6 cece eee ees 3 24 Configuring Port Security ice 3 25 Configuring Address Filtering lees 3 26 VELAN Confieutation aeter qe S eter eS erede 3 27 OVETVIeW 3 da ae iac tei ov sc ob Lud Ui MM etd oi iris ed 3 27 Pott based VLANS hele Sd ig LEN eee ut 3 28 Tag based VLANS 2e ex UI ESLeDSE NE de 3 29 Creating Tagged VLANS 0 eee cece eee eee 3 31 Configuring the PVID and Ingress Filters 3 32 Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration iisseee eese 3 34 Enabling STP 52 0 rix m3 dip ri HIE Venu 3 34 Configuring Global STP Settings cessisse 3 34 Displaying Information About the Root Bridge 3 36 Configuring Port STP Settings 0 3 36 Displaying Port Status for STP 11 00 0 3 38 Port Mirroring sv cab eice diye ete aes ae Sees ce 3 39 Simple Network Management Protocol 000 ee eee 3 40 Configuring System Information 0000000 cee 3 40 Setting Co
14. 65535 gt Sets the bridge priority used in selecting the root device root port and designated port show stp info Displays global STP settings show stp rootbridge Displays information about the root bridge show stp portstatus Displays the STP settings for each port 5 10 QUALITY OF SERVICE CONFIGURATION QOS Quality of Service Configuration qos The QoS configuration commands include the following items QoS Commands enable qdlyb lt 1 255 gt Enables the delay bound for the low priority queue and sets the bound Range 1 255 ms disable qdlyb Disables the delay bound for the low priority queue config qos fcfs strict wrr high weight 1 7 gt low weight 1 7 gt Sets the service method for priority traffic and the service ratio for weighted round robin fcfs First come first serve i e no priority service strict All packets in the high priority queue before any packets in the low priority queue wrt Weighted round robin high weight Number of high priority packets sent before servicing the low priority queue low weight Number of low priority packets sent before returning to service the high priority queue config qospolicy high level list 0 7 gt Configures the priority tags that are mapped to the high priority queue show qos Displays the QoS configuration IGMP Snooping Configuration igmp The IGMP Snooping configuration commands inclu
15. Disabled 10 128 6 Disabled 10 128 T Disabled 10 128 8 Disabled 10 128 actions Quit Edit Save Previous Page lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 41 CONSOLE INTERFACE Simple Network Management Protocol Menu 4 42 Use the SNMP menu to configure basic information and management access settings for the Simple Network Management Protocol The switch includes an onboatd agent that continuously monitors the status of its hardwate as well as the traffic passing through its ports based on the SNMP A network management station can access this information using software such as EliteView Access rights to the onboard agent are controlled by community strings To communicate with the switch the management station must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following sections TigerSwitch 10 100 SNMP Configuration System Options Community Strings Trap Managers Previous Menu Configure the system information Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page System Options Provides basic system description including 4 43 contact information Community Strings Configures community strings 4 44 Trap Managers Sets trap management stations 4 45 PnorocorL RELATED CONFIGURATION
16. If itis a root port a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network Default 20 Minimum The higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 Maximum The lower of 40 or 2 x Forward Delay 1 Hello Time Interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message Default 2 Minimum 1 Maximum The lower of 10 or Max Message Age 2 1 Forward Delay Time The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward frames In addition each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a blocking state otherwise temporary data loops might result Default 15 Minimum The higher of 4 or Max Message Age 2 1 Maximum 30 Web Click Administrator gt Spanning Tree Modify the required attributes and click Apply Configure Spanning Tree Parameters 3 35 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Displaying Information About the Root Bridge The root bridge of the spanning tree is selected whenever the network is reconfigured The root bridge is uniquely identified in the spanning tree by its priority and MAC address The maximum age hello time and forward delay currently used by all bridges in the spanning tree are set to those values con
17. Mirroring Configuration VLAN Configuration Priority Configuration MAC Address Configuration Misc Configuration VLAN Configure Create a VLAN Group Edit Delete a VLAN Group Static MAC Address Filtering MAC Address Protocol Related Configuration Port Security MAC Age Interval Broadcast Storm Filtering Max bridge transmit delay bound SMS STP Enable Disable GVRP System Configuration LACP Perport Configuration System Options F Community Strings Reboot Switch Command Line Set Logout Timer Logout Trap Managers Aggregator Setting State Activity LACP Status 4 3 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 4 Menu Description Page Status and Counters Displays connection status and statistics 4 6 Port Status Displays port connection status 4 7 Port Counters Lists Ethernet statistics 4 8 System Information Shows system model number MAC address 4 9 hardware version and firmware version Switch Static 4 10 Configuration Administration Configures device information IP address 4 11 Configuration user name and password Device Information Provides basic system description including 4 12 contact information IP Configuration Set IP address subnet mask and gateway 4 13 Change Username Specifies user name for management access 4 14 Change Password Specifies password for manage
18. Protocol Related Configuration gt SNMP gt Community Strings Click lt Add gt to open the SNMP Community Configuration page Enter a new string in the text box and select the access rights then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Add SNMP Community Community Name private Write Access Unrestricted actions Edit Save Quit Saving now please wait Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item PRoTOCOL RELATED CONFIGURATION MENU Specifying Trap Managers You can use the Trap Managers page to specify up to five management stations that will receive authentication failure messages and other trap messages from the switch Field Attributes P IP address of trap manager Community Name community string acts as a passwotd and allows the trap manager to receive trap messages via the SNMP protocol Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt SNMP gt Trap Managers Click lt Add gt to open the Add SNMP Trap Manager page Fill in the IP address and community string for a trap manager then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Add SNMP Trap Manager IP 10 1 0 19 Community Name private actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Itemm 4 45 CONSOLE INTERFACE GVRP Configuration 4 46 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP defines a method for switc
19. RFC 2096 Interfaces Evolution MIB RFC 2863 Ethernet MIB RFC 2665 Ethernet Like MIB RFC 1643 Extended Bridge MIB RFC 2674 IGMP RFC 1112 IGMPv2 RFC 2236 SNMP RFC 1157 RMON MIB RFC 1757 Entity MIB RFC 2737 SMC s private MIB RMON Support Groups 1 2 3 9 Statistics History Alarm Event Standards A 2 IEEE 802 3 Ethernet IEEE 802 3u Fast Ethernet IEEE 802 3ab Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 3z Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol and traffic priorities IEEE 802 1p priority tags IEEE 802 1Q VLAN IEEE 802 3ac VLAN tagging IEEE 802 3x full duplex flow control ISO IEC 8802 3 IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol ARP RFC 826 IGMP RFC 1112 APPENDIX B UPGRADING FIRMWARE You can upgrade system firmware by connecting your computer to the serial port on the switch and using a console interface package that supports the XModem protocol See Required Connections on page 2 2 1 Restart the system by using the Reboot Switch gt Restart command or by pulling out the power cord to reset the power waiting five seconds and plugging it back in 2 When the system initialization screen appears as shown below press coq to download system firmware Restart the system Switch LOADER Checksum 0 K s Item Enter Select Item Press X key to start Xmodem receiver Key 78 Download IMAGE through console 1K Xmodem baudrate 57600bps Start Xmodem Recei
20. Remove buttons to assign port members and then click Apply Taskden 1 ee Aggregator Setting Aggregator information State Activity ed Group ID Group1 z LACP Disable v Work Ports E d Eee ports ee S _Apply Delete Help Click Administrator Trunking Aggregator Information to display currently configured static trunks and group members Tranio n Agaregator Setting Aggregator information State Activity The following information provides a view of LACP current status Group Key 2 Pot No 57 3 15 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Configuring Dynamic Trunks 3 16 Ports configured for LACP can automatically negotiate a trunked link with LACP configured ports on another device Command Usage To avoid creating a loop in the network be sure you enable LACP before connecting the ports also disconnect the ports before disabling LACP If the target switch has also enabled LACP on the connected ports and port members at one ot both ends of the link are set to actively initiate a link the trunk will be activated automatically Ifthe number of active ports i e Work Ports is less than the number of assigned port all the other ports will be placed in a standby mode Should one link in the trunk fail one of the standby ports will automatically be activated to replace it All ports on both ends of an LACP trunk must be configured for full duplex either by forced m
21. Setting Static Addresses 0 cece eee eee 4 26 Configuring Address Filtering lle 4 28 Miscellaneous Configuration Menu 00 0 0 eee 4 29 Configuring Port Security 0 4 30 Configuring Address Aging 0 0 0 0 eese 4 31 Configuring Broadcast Storm Control 4 32 Configuring the Transmit Delay Bound 4 33 Protocol Related Configuration Menu esses 4 34 Spanning Tree Protocol Menu 0 060 esses 4 35 Enabling SIP x 3ise kath ee eens oes eee eee 4 36 Displaying Information About the Root Bridge 4 36 Configuring Global STP Settings sss 4 38 Configuring Port STP Settings 0 00008 4 40 Simple Network Management Protocol Menu 4 42 Configuring System Information isses 4 43 Setting Community Access Strings liliis 4 44 Specifying Trap Managers 0 0 0 cece eee eee 4 45 GVRP Configuration sese rora iE a 9e D E es 4 46 vii CONTENTS viii Link Access Control Protocol Menu 00000 4 47 Configuring the Aggregator Setting 00 4 48 Setting the State Activity cilisis 4 49 Displaying Aggregator Information sls 4 50 Reboot Switch Menu 022 nis ics dee ee tor dae ae geal eed 4 52 Set Logout Timer Menu sees 4 53 Command Line Interface eese 5 1 Accessing the CEL 5 oui esee eas BS eere 5 1 Entering Commands 2 c 00 0i iy odes eases oi ee 5
22. VLAN groups or set the default VLAN identifier and ingress filtering for each port Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item TigerSwitch 10 100 VLAN Configuration VLAN Configure Create a VLAN Group Edit Delete a VLAN Group Previous Menu Configure the VLAN PVID and Ingress Rule Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Menu Description Page VLAN Configure Sets port VID and ingress filters 4 21 4 22 Create a VLAN Group Configures VLAN groups including name 4 21 identifier and if limited to a specific protocol 4 22 Edit Delete a VLAN Group Modifies VLAN groups including name identifier and if limited to a specific protocol or deletes a specified group 4 20 SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Configuring Port based VLANs Use the VLAN Configuration menu to create port based VLANs Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt VLAN Configuration gt VLAN Configure Set VLAN Mode to PortBased and save this setting TigerSwitch 10 100 VLAN Support Configuraton VLAN Mode PortBased actions Quit Edit Save lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Action menu Click Switch Static Configuration gt VLAN Configuration gt Create a VLAN Group Enter the VLAN Name 1 15 characters and Group ID 1 4094 Use the Space bar to select port members and save your settings
23. alarms on a variety of traffic conditions including specific error types Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP The application protocol in the Internet suite of protocols which offers network management services Spanning Tree Protocol STP A technology that checks your network for any loops A loop can often occur in complicated or backup linked network systems Spanning Tree detects and directs data along the shortest available path maximizing the performance and efficiency of the network Telnet Defines a remote communication facility for interfacing to a terminal device over TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP Protocol suite that includes TCP as the primary transport protocol and IP as the network layer protocol Glossary 4 GLOSSARY Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP A TCP IP protocol commonly used for software downloads Virtual LAN VLAN A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no physical barriers and allows users to share information and resources as though located on the same LAN XModem A protocol used to transfer files between devices Data is grouped in 128 byte blocks and ertot corrected Glossary 5 GLOSSARY Glossaty 6 A address aging 3 6 4 31 filtering 3 26 4 28 table 3 6 3 24 3 25 4 2
24. control Port Status Displays the current connection settings 3 10 Trunking Aggregator Setting Configures static or dynamic trunks 3 17 Aggregator Shows trunks and associated ports and 3 18 Information detailed information for dynamic links State Activity Actively or passively configures a trunk 3 20 Filter Database IGMP Snooping Displays active multicast groups VLAN 3 21 identifier and associated ports Static MAC Sets entries for address port number and 3 24 Addresses VLAN identifier Port Security Enables and disables address learning 3 25 MAC Filtering Filters specified addresses 3 26 MAIN MENU Menu Description Page VLAN Configuration 3 27 Basic Configures VLAN groups including name 3 28 identifier and if limited to a specific protocol 3 29 Port VID Sets port VID and ingress filters 3 32 Spanning Tree Configures global bridge and port settings 3 34 for STP also displays current port status Port Sniffer Sets the source and target ports for mirroring 3 39 SNMP 3 40 System Options Provides basic system description including 3 40 contact information Community Strings Configures community strings 3 40 Trap Managers Sets trap management stations 3 41 Security Manager Assigns a user name and password 3 42 TFTP Update Firmware Downloads a new code image 3 43 Configuration Backup 3 44 TFTP Restore Restores configuration settings 3 44 Configuration TFTP Backup
25. disable an interface You can disable an interface due to abnormal behavior e g excessive collisions and then reenable it after the problem has been resolved You may also disable an interface for security reasons Autonegotiation Enables disables auto negotiation Speed Allows manual selection of port speed Duplex Allows manual selection of duplex mode Flow Control Allows manual selection of flow control Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill When enabled back pressure is used for half duplex operation and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex operation Avoid using flow control on a port connected to a hub unless it is actually required to solve a problem Otherwise back pressure jamming signals may degrade overall performance for the segment attached to the hub Note Autonegotiation must be disabled before you can configure or force the interface to use the Speed Duplex mode or Flow Control options Web Click Administrator Port Controls Modify the required interface settings and click Apply Port Control a E Enable J Enabie Enable 100 Fu gt Apply 3 11 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Showing Port Statistics 3 12 You can display standard statistics on network traffic from the Interfaces Group MIB Ethernet like MIB and RMOM MIB These statistics display errors on t
26. in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure All device ports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages at regular intervals Any port that ages out STA information provided in the last configuration message becomes the designated port for the attached LAN If itis a root port a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network Hello Time Interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message Forward Delay Time The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward frames In addition each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a blocking state otherwise temporary data loops might result Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt STP gt System Configuration TigerSwitch 10 100 STP System Configuration Root Bridge Information Configure Spanning Tree Parameters Priority 32768 Priority 1 65535 32768 Mac Address 0000ABCD0000 Root Path Cost 10 Max Age 6 40 20 Root Port 2 Max Age 20 Hello Time 1 10 2 Hello Time B2 Forward Delay 15 Forward Delay Time 4 30 15 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu
27. lt protocol id gt ports lt portlist gt tag untag Creates a VLAN group name ASCII string from 1 to 15 characters number VLAN ID from 1 4094 protocol id Protocol number from 0 18 See the following table config vlan lt name gt tag untag lt portlist gt Configures specified VLAN ports as tagged or untagged config vlan lt name gt addport lt portlist gt tag untag Adds port s to an existing VLAN as tagged or untagged config vlan lt name gt delport lt portlist gt Deletes port s from an existing VLAN config vlan lt name gt protocol lt protocol id gt Limits an existing VLAN to the specified protocol protocol id Protocol number from 0 18 See the following table config vlan pvid lt 1 4094 gt ports lt portlist gt Sets a default VLAN ID for the specified port s delete vlan lt name gt Deletes the specified VLAN delete vlan vid lt 1 4094 gt Deletes the specified VLAN enable vlan gvtp Configures the switch to use 802 1Q VLANs with GVRP disable vlan gvrp Configures the switch to use 802 1Q VLANs without GVRP show vlantbl lt name gt Displays configuration settings for all VLANs or for the specified VLAN show vlantblindex Displays all configured VLANs sorted by VLAN ID 5 6 VLAN CONFIGURATION VLAN VLAN Commands show vlanstate Shows the configured VLAN mode of operation show vlan pvid Shows the
28. switches in the network VLAN CONFIGURATION Creating Tagged VLANs Web Click Administrator gt Switch Settings gt Advanced Set VLAN Operation Mode to 802 1Q with or without GVRP then click Apply Protocol Enable Setting Enable STP Protocol Iv Enable IGMP Protocol IGMP Query Mode Auto gt VLAN Operation Mode 202 1O with GVRP Apply Default Help Click Administrator gt VLAN Configuration Basic Click Add to create a group Enter the VLAN Name 1 15 characters and Group ID 2 4094 Select a protocol type if you want to create a protocol based VLAN Use the Add or Remove buttons to configure port members then click Next Basic Port VID VLAN Name TPS vip 2 Protocol VIan NONE v Remove 50 EGx o Next Help 3 31 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Set each port to transmit tagged or untagged frames then click Apply VLAN Configuration J XE VLAN Name TPS VLAN ID 2 Port_NO Setting Port NO Setting 1 N A 6 Tag 2 N A 7 N A 3 N A 8 N A 4 N A 9 N A 5 Tag 10 N A Apply Configuring the PVID and Ingress Filters You also need to configure the default port VLAN ID PVID ingress filtering and acceptable frame types Field Attributes PVID VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on the port Default 1 Ingress Filtering 1 If ingress filtering is enabled incoming frames for VLANs which do not include this ingress port in their member set
29. system location Device Description Descriptive information about the system Console Click Switch Static Configuration Administration Configuration gt Device Information Specify the system name location and other information and save your changes TigerSwitch 10 100 Device Information Device Name TigerSwitch 10 100 Device Content 8 1FX 1G PORTS Device Location EARTH Device Description TigerSwitch 10 100 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Item Note Maximum string length is 32 alphanumeric characters SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Configuring the IP Address Use the IP Configuration page to configure the switch s IP parameters Field Attributes IP Address IP address of the switch Valid IP addresses consist of four numbers 0 and 255 separated by periods Anything outside this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Subnet Mask Subnet mask of the switch This mask identifies the host address bits used for routing to specific subnets Gateway Gateway used to pass trap messages from the system s agent to the management station Note that the gateway must be defined if the management station is located in a different IP segment Console Click Switch Static Configuration Administration Configuration gt IP Configuration Specify the IP address
30. the appropriate tag in its transmitted frames Check that you have a valid network connection to the switch and that the port you are using has not been disabled Check network cabling between the management station and the switch If you cannot connect using Telnet there may already be four active sessions Try connecting again at a later time Cannot access the on board configuration program via a serial port connection Be sure you have set the terminal emulator program to VT100 compatible 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and 9600 bps Check that the null modem serial cable conforms to the pin out connections provided in the Installation Guide Forgot or lost the password Contact your distributor or SMC technical support for assistance C 1 TROUBLESHOOTING C 2 GLOSSARY Auto negotiation Signalling method allowing each node to select its optimum operational mode e g 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps and half or full duplex based on the capabilities of the node to which it is connected BOOTP Boot protocol used to load the operating system for devices connected to the network Dynamic Host Control Protocol DHCP Provides a framework for passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP IP network DHCP is based on the Bootstrap Protocol BOOTP adding the capability of automatic allocation of reusable network addresses and additional configuration options End Station A workstatio
31. the priority levels to the switch s output queues in any way that benefits application traffic for your own network Range Level 0 7 Default Level 4 7 Web Click Administrator gt Switch Settings gt Advanced Select the priority method First Come First Serve All High before Low or WRR set the high priority queue weight preference when using WRR set a delay CONSOLE Port SETTINGS bound for low priority packets if required select the priority tags that will be processed by the high priority queue and then click Apply Priority Queue Service C First Come First Served C All High before Low Low WRR High weight P weight Enable Delay Bound Max Delay Time 9 ms QoS Policy High Priority Levels I LevelO T Level1l Level2 T Level M Level4 Iv Levels M Level Iv Level7 Console Port Settings If you have access to the Web interface but are having problems connecting to the console port you can display the current connection parameters via the Console Information page and adjust the settings for the PC or terminal connected to this port See Required Connections on page 2 2 for information on how to connect to the console port Field Attributes Baudrate The console port s baud rate Data Bits Number of data bits per character Parity Check Shows if a parity bit is set to none odd or even Stop Bits Number of the stop bits transmitted per byte Flow Control Shows
32. yet forward packets Learning Port has transmitted configuration messages for an interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving contradictory information Port address table is cleared and the port begins learning addresses Forwarding Port forwards packets and continues learning addresses Broken Port is malfunctioning or no link has been established See the preceding page for a description of the other fields Web Click Administrator gt Spanning Tree 3 38 STP Port Status 1 10 128 DISABLED 2 10 128 FORWARDING 3 10 128 DISABLED 4 10 128 DISABLED 5 10 128 DISABLED 6 10 128 DISABLED 7 10 128 DISABLED 8 10 128 DISABLED Ml 3 10 DISABLED 2 10 10 DISABLED Port MIRRORING Port Mirroring You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real time analysis You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a completely unobtrusive manner Command Usage Monitor port speed should match or exceed source port speed otherwise traffic may be dropped from the monitor port All mirror sessions must share the same destination port When mirroring port traffic the target port must be included in the same VLAN as the source port Field Attributes e Roving Analysis State Enables disables port mirroring Analysis Port The port that mirrors traffic fr
33. 02 1Q tags to prioritize incoming traffic based on input from the end station application These functions can be used to provide independent priorities for delay sensitive data and best effort data 1 3 INTRODUCTION Multicast Filtering Specific multicast traffic can be assigned to its own VLAN to ensure that it does not interfere with normal network traffic and to guarantee real time delivery by setting the required priority level for the designated VLAN The switch uses IGMP Snooping and Query to manage multicast group registration System Defaults 1 4 The following table lists some of the basic system defaults Function Parameter Default IP Settings IP Address 0 0 0 0 Subnet Mask 0 0 0 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 SNMP Community Strings public read only Traps Authentication traps Link up down events Security Console Telnet Web Username admin Password admin Address Learning Enabled all ports Console Port Baud Rate 9600 Connection Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity none Local Console Timeout 1 minute Port Status Admin Status Enabled Auto negotiation Enabled Flow Control Enabled Link Static Trunks None Aggregation T ACP Gall ports Disabled SYSTEM DEFAULTS Function Parameter Default Spanning Tree Status Enabled Protocol Defaults All values based on IEEE 802 1D Address Table
34. 35 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 36 Enabling STP To configure STP first enable it using the STP Enable Disable page Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt STP gt STP Enable Disable Enable the STP Protocol and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 STP Enabled Disabled Configuration STP Enabled actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Itemm Displaying Information About the Root Bridge Use the System Configuration page to display the root bridge settings The root bridge of the spanning tree is selected whenever the network is reconfigured The root bridge is uniquely identified in the spanning tree by its priority and MAC address The maximum age hello time and forward delay currently used by all bridges in the spanning tree are set to those values configured on the root bridge Field Attributes Priority Bridge priority for the root device MAC Addtess MAC addtess of the root device Root Path Cost The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root device Root Port The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the root This switch communicates with the root device through this port PRoTOCOL RELATED CONFIGURATION MENU If there is no root port then this switch has been accepted as the root device of the Spanning Tree network Maximum Age The maximum time
35. 4 45 software downloads 3 43 B 1 software version displaying 3 6 4 9 Spanning Tree Protocol 3 34 4 35 standards IEEE A 2 Index 2 static addresses 3 24 4 26 statistics port 3 12 4 8 system software downloading from server 3 43 B 1 system information 3 40 4 9 T transmit delay bound 3 6 4 33 trap manager 3 41 4 45 troubleshooting C 1 trunk dynamic 3 16 4 47 static 3 14 4 48 U upgrading software 3 43 B 1 user password 3 1 3 42 4 1 V VLANs configuring 3 27 4 20 W Web browser connection 2 1 Web interface access requirements 3 1 configuration buttons 3 3 home page 3 2 menu list 3 4 panel display 3 3 Weighted Round Robin 3 8 4 24 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT CALL From U S A and Canada 24 hours a day 7 days a week 800 SMC 4 YOU 949 679 8000 Fax 949 679 1481 From Europe 8 00 AM 5 30 PM UK Time 44 0 118 974 8700 Fax 44 0 118 974 8701 INTERNET E mail addresses techsupport smc com european techsupport smc europe com Driver updates http www smc com index cfm action tech support drivers downloads World Wide Web http www smc com http www smc europe com FOR LITERATURE OR ADVERTISING RESPONSE CALL U S A and Canada Spain UK France Italy Benelux Central Europe Switzerland Nordic Northern Europe Eastern Europe Sub Saharan Africa North Africa Russia PRC Taiwan Asia Pacific Korea Japan Australia India
36. 6 4 30 4 31 aging time 3 6 4 31 B broadcast storm control 3 7 4 32 C Class of Service configuring 3 8 queue mapping 3 8 command line interface 5 1 community string 3 40 4 44 setting 2 7 configuration settings saving or restoring 3 44 connections Web browser 2 1 console connecting 2 2 2 4 displaying port settings 3 9 logout timer 4 53 D default settings system 1 4 delay bound 3 8 4 33 downloading software 3 43 B 1 E EliteView management software 2 1 INDEX F features management A 2 switch A 1 firmware displaying version 3 6 4 9 downloading 3 43 B 1 upgrading 3 43 B 1 G GVRP 3 30 4 46 H hardware version displaying 3 6 4 9 I IEEE 802 1D 1 2 IGMP configuring 3 22 static address 3 24 IP address setting 2 5 4 13 L log in console interface 4 1 Web interface 3 2 M main menu console interface 4 2 Web interface 3 4 Index 1 INDEX management features A 2 options 2 1 menu map console interface 4 3 MIB support A 2 mirror port configuring 3 39 4 18 multicast filtering configuring 3 21 P password setting 2 4 3 42 4 15 port security 3 25 4 30 ports configuring 3 10 4 7 priority queue 3 8 4 24 problems troubleshooting C 1 Q quality of service 3 8 4 24 R rebooting the system 3 45 4 52 restarting the system 3 45 4 52 S SNMP 2 1 3 40 4 42 community string 2 7 3 40 4 44 enabling traps 3 41 4 45 trap manager 3 41
37. AB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 27 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 28 Configuring Address Filtering Use the Filtering MAC Address page to drop traffic from unwanted stations based on the source MAC address and associated VLAN if tagged VLANs are enabled Field Attributes MAC Address Source MAC addtess Vlan ID ID of configured VLAN 1 4094 This option is only available if IEEE 802 1Q tagged VLANs are enabled page 4 22 Console Click Switch Static Configuration MAC Address Configuration gt Filtering MAC Address Click Add to open the Add Filter MAC Address page Enter a MAC address and associated VLAN then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Add Filter MAC Address Mac Address 00E0299434DE Vlan ID 2 actions Edit Save Quit Save successfully Press any key to return Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Itemm After you configure a new address it will be displayed on the Filter MAC Address Configuration page as shown below TigerSwitch 10 100 Filter MAC Address Configuration Mac Address Vlan ID Mac Address Vlan ID 00E0299434DE 2 actions gt lt Add gt lt Edit gt lt Delete gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Add Edit Delete filter MAC addresses Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Miscellaneous Configuration Menu Us
38. ANs to which each endstation should be assigned If an endstation or its network adapter supports the IEEE 802 1Q VLAN protocol it can be configured to broadcast a message to your network indicating the VLAN groups it wants to join When this switch receives these messages it will automatically place the receiving port in the specified VLANs and forward the message to all other ports When the message arrives at another switch that supports GVRP it will also place the receiving port in the specified VLANs and pass the message on to all other ports VLAN requirements are propagated in this way throughout the network This allows GVRP compliant devices to be automatically configured for VLAN groups based solely on endstation requests To implement GVRP in a network first add the host devices to the required VLANs using the operating system or other application software so that these VLANs can be propagated onto the network For both the edge switches attached directly to these hosts and core switches in the network enable GVRP on the links between these devices You should also determine security boundaries in the network and disable GVRP on ports to prevent advertisements from being propagated Note If you have host devices that do not support GVRP you should configure port based or untagged VLANs for the switch ports connected to these devices But you can still enable GVRP on network ports for these edge switches as well as on the core
39. Add a VLAN Group VLAN Name TPS Grp ID 2 1 4094 Port Member 1 No 2 No 3 Member 4 Member S Member 6 No EE No 8 No actions Quit Edit Save lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 21 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 22 Configuring Tag based VLANs Use the VLAN Configuration menu to create tag based VLANs Field Attributes When the VLAN mode is set 802 1Q or 802 1 QwithGVRP on the VLAN Configure page the following attributes are displayed PVID VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on the port Default 1 Ingress Filter 1 NonMember Pkt If ingress filtering is enabled incoming frames for VLANs which do not include this ingress port in their member set will be discarded at the ingress port Default Drop Ingress filtering only affects tagged frames If enabled the port will discard incoming frames tagged for VLANs which do not include this ingress port in their member set If disabled the port will accept any VLAN tagged frame if the tag matches a VLAN known to the switch Ingress filtering does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames such as GVRP or STP Ingress Filter 2 Untagged Pkt Sets the port to drop untagged frames If only tagged frames are accepted the switch will only accept frames if the frame tag matches a VLAN to which this port has b
40. Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 37 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 38 Configuring Global STP Settings Use the System Configuration page to configure global settings for STP which apply to the entire switch Field Attributes Priority Bridge priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device Note that lower numeric values indicate higher priority Default 32768 Range 0 65535 Maximum Age The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure All device ports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages at regular intervals Any port that ages out STA information provided in the last configuration message becomes the designated port for the attached LAN Ifit is a root port a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network Default 20 Minimum The higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 Maximum The lower of 40 ot 2 x Forward Delay 1 Hello Time Interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message Default 2 Minimum 1 Maximum The lower of 10 or Max Message Age 2 1 PROTOCOL RELAT
41. Attach a VT100 compatible terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program to the switch You can use the console cable provided with this package or use a null modem cable that complies with the wiring assignments shown in the Installation Guide To connect a terminal to the console port complete the following steps 1 Connect the console cable to the serial port on a terminal or a PC running terminal emulation software and tighten the captive retaining screws on the DB 9 connector CONNECTING TO THE SWITCH 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the RS 232 serial port on the switch 3 Make sure the terminal emulation software is set as follows e Select the appropriate serial port COM port 1 or COM port 2 e Setthe data rate to 9600 baud Setthe data format to 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity e Setflow control to none e Set the emulation mode to VT100 Note Once you have set up the terminal correctly the console login screen will be displayed Remote Connections Prior to accessing the switch s onboard agent via a network connection you must first configure it with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway using a console connection The IP address for this switch is unassigned by default To manually configure this address to one that matches your specific network requirements see Setting an IP Address on page 2 5 After configuring the switch s IP parameters you can access th
42. Backs up configuration settings 3 44 Configuration Reset System Resets switch to the default configuration 3 45 Reboot Reboots the switch 3 45 3 5 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Basic System Information Use the Switch Settings page to display basic information on the switch including hardware firmware version numbers for the main board and management software Field Attributes Description Switch model number MAC Address The physical layer address for this switch Firmware Version Version number of runtime code Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Default config value version Default configuration version Web Click Switch Settings Basic Switch Settings A ee Basic TigerSwitch 10 10 0050bf67a4e0 AD02 000 v026 000 Global Switch Settings 3 6 Use the Switch Settings Advanced menu to configure address aging packet transmit delay and broadcast storm control Command Usage Aging Time The switch stores the addresses of known devices This information is used to route traffic directly between the inbound and outbound ports The addresses are learned by monitoring traffic and stored in the dynamic address table You can set the aging time after which inactive entries are removed Transmit Delay Bound Sets the maximum queuing delay GLOBAL SWITCH SETTINGS Broadcast Storm Control Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is m
43. ED CONFIGURATION MENU Forward Delay Time The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receive information about topology changes before it starts to forward frames In addition each port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it return to a blocking state otherwise temporary data loops might result Default 15 Minimum The higher of 4 or Max Message Age 2 1 Maximum 30 Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt STP gt System Configuration Modify the required attributes and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 STP System Configuration Root Bridge Information Configure Spanning Tree Parameters Priority 32768 Priority 1 65535 32768 Mac Address 0000ABCD0000 Root Path Cost 10 Max Age 6 40 20 Root Port EA Max Age 5 20 Hello Time 1 10 2 Hello Time 2 Forward Delay 15 Forward Delay Time 4 30 sT5 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 39 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 40 Configuring Port STP Settings Use the Perport Configuration page to set STA attributes for specific ports including port priority and path cost You can use a different priority ot path cost for ports of the same media type to indicate the preferred path Field At
44. ERFACE 4 50 Displaying Aggregator Information Use the LACP Status page to show trunks and associated ports and to display detailed information for dynamic links Field Attributes Static Trunks Group Key Displays static trunks Port No The port members assigned to the trunk Dynamic Trunks Actor The device that initiated the trunk Partner The device that responded to a link initialization request Priority The priority used to select the device that initiates the trunk if both ends of the link are set to the LACP State of Active This is the same as the System Priority on the Aggregator Setting page MAC The physical address of the devices at both ends of the link Port No Active port members Other ports may be in standby mode Key Only one dynamic trunk can be activated between two devices so a key is sent to the partner device to uniquely identify each trunk A trunk can only be formed if the devices at both ends of a link use the same key A key is automatically generated by the switch when configuring a trunk Active Indicates whether a port has been set to actively initiate a trunk when an LACP partner is detected at the other end of the link This field is configured in the State Activity page PROTOCOL RELATED CONFIGURATION MENU Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt LACP gt LACP Status to display currently configured trunks and group members TigerSwitch
45. H Class of Service Configuration 3 8 Class of Service CoS allows you to specify which data packets have greater precedence when traffic is buffered in the switch due to congestion This switch supports CoS with two priority queues for each port Data packets in a port s high priority queue are transmitted before those in the lower priority queue You can set the method used to process priority traffic i e first in first out all high before low or weighted round robin and also map the frame priority tags i e 0 7 to the high or low priority queues Field Attributes First Come First Served Packets are processed first in first out All High before Low All packets in the high priority queue are processed before any packets in the low priority queue Weighted Round Robin Sets the preference given to packets in the high priority queue This specifies the number of high priority packets sent before one low priority packet is sent Range 1 7 Default 2 Enable Delay Bound Limits the queuing time for low priority packets Any low priority packets that exceed the delay bound will be sent Note that the Max bridge transmit delay bound control must be enabled page 3 6 for the Enable Delay Bound to function Range 0 255 ms Default 0 ms QoS Policy High Priority Levels The default priority levels are assigned according to recommendations in the IEEE 802 1p standard However you can map
46. ION 2 6 To assign an IP address to the switch complete the following steps 1 Navigate from the Main Menu to Switch Static Configuration Administration Configuration and then IP Configuration 2 Select lt Edit gt type in the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Press Enter after each item Press lt Ctrl A gt to return to the action bar at the bottom of the screen Select Save and press any key to continue The IP addresses shown below are merely examples TigerSwitch 10 100 IP Configuration IP Address 10 1 0 4 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway i10 01 0 253 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Tab Next Item BackSpace Previous Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 3 Navigate back to the Main Menu go to Reboot Switch menu select the Restart command and press lt Enter gt BASIC CONFIGURATION Enabling SNMP Management Access The switch can be configured to accept management commands from Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP applications such as SMC s HliteView You also can configure the switch to generate SNMP traps When SNMP management stations send requests to the switch either to return information or to set a parameter the switch provides the requested data or sets the specified parameter The switch can also be configured to send information to SNMP managers without being requested by the managers through trap messages that inf
47. LAN A group of interconnected computer and support devices Link Aggregation See Port Trunk Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP Allows ports to automatically negotiate a trunked link with LACP configured ports on another device Management Information Base MIB An acronym for Management Information Base It is a set of database objects that contains information about a specific device Media Access Control MAC A portion of the networking protocol that governs access to the transmission medium facilitating the exchange of data between network nodes Multicast Switching A process whereby the switch filters incoming multicast frames for services for which no attached host has registered or forwards them to all ports contained within the designated multicast VLAN group Glossary 3 GLOSSARY Out of Band Management Management of the network from a station not attached to the network Port Mirroring A method whereby data on a target port is mirrored to a monitor port for troubleshooting with a logic analyzer or RMON probe This allows data on the target port to be studied unobtrusively Port Trunk Defines a network link aggregation and trunking method which specifies how to create a single high speed logical link that combines several lower speed physical links Remote Monitoring RMON RMON provides comprehensive network monitoring capabilities It eliminates the polling required in standard SNMP and can set
48. LANs provide a high level of network security since traffic must pass through a Layer 3 switch to reach a different VLAN This switch supports the following VLAN features Port based VLANs for isolating user groups or subnets Protocol based VLANs for isolating specific protocol subnets IEEE 802 1Q tagged VLANs that can span across the network Up to 255 VLANs based on the IEEE 802 1Q standard Distributed VLAN learning across multiple switches using tagging and GVRP dynamic registration protocol Port overlapping allowing a port to participate in multiple VLANs 3 27 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Port based VLANs Port based VLANs ate typically used to reduce broadcast traffic and to increase security A group of network users assigned to a VLAN form a broadcast domain that is separate from other VLANs configured on the switch Packets are forwarded only between ports that are designated for the same VLAN Port based VLANs can be used to manually isolate user groups or subnets However you should use IEEE 802 3 tagged VLANs with GVRP whenever possible to fully automate VLAN registration Web Click Administrator gt Switch Settings gt Advanced Set VLAN Operation Mode to Port Based then click Apply Protocol Enable Setting Enable STP Protocol Iv Enable IGMP Protocol IGMP Query Mode Auto 7 VLAN Operation Mode Port Based hd Apply Default Help Click Administrator gt VLAN Configuration Click Add to create a grou
49. MENU Configuring System Information Use the System Options page to identify the system by providing a desctiptive name location and contact information Field Attributes System Name Name assigned to the switch system System Location Specifies the system location System Contact Administrator responsible for the system Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt SNMP gt System Options Specify the system name location and contact information for the system administrator and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 System Options Configuration System Name R amp D 5 System Contact WC 9 System Location Ted actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 43 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 44 Setting Community Access Strings You can use the Community Strings page to configure up to five community strings authorized for management access For security reasons you should consider removing the default strings Field Attributes Community Name community string acts as a password and permits access to the SNMP protocol Write Access Restricted Specifies read only access Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects Unrestricted Specifies read write access Authorized management stations are able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects Console Click
50. Static Configuration gt Priority Configuration Assign frames tagged with priority 0 7 to the low or high priority queue Set the method of servicing the priority queues and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Priority Configuration Priority 0 Low Priority 1 Low Priority 2 Low Priority 3 Low Priority 4 High Priority 5 High Priority 6 High Priority 7 High High Low Queue Service Ratio H L 2 1 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 25 CONSOLE INTERFACE MAC Addtess Configuration Menu 4 26 Use the MAC Address Configuration menu to statically bind MAC addresses to a specific port or to filter MAC addresses from the system TigerSwitch 10 100 Static MAC Address Filtering MAC Address Previous Menu Return to main menu MAC Address Configuration Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page Static MAC Addresses Sets entries for address port number and 4 26 VLAN identifier Filtering MAC Address Filters specified addresses 4 28 Note Multicast filtering can only be configured from the Web interface See Configuring Multicast Filtering on page 3 21 Setting Static Addresses When you configure static MAC addresses traffic sent from devices listed in the static address table will only be accepted on the specified interface
51. Static addresses remain in the switch s address table regardless of whether the device is physically connected to the switch This saves the switch from having to re learn a device s MAC address when the disconnected or powered off device becomes active on the network again SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Field Attributes MAC Address Physical address of a device mapped to this interface Port Num Port associated with the device assigned a static address e Vlan ID ID of configured VLAN 1 4094 This option is only available if IEEE 802 1Q tagged VLANs are enabled page 4 22 Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt MAC Address Configuration gt Static MAC Address Click Add to open the Add Static MAC Address page Specify the MAC address port number and VLAN ID then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Add Static MAC Address Mac Address 0030299434DE Port num 52 Vlan ID il actions Edit Save Quit Save successfully Press any key to return Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Itemm After you configure a new address it will be displayed on the Static MAC Address Configuration page as shown below TigerSwitch 10 100 Static MAC Address Configuration Mac Address Port num Vlan ID Mac Address Port num Vlan ID 0030299434DE 2 1 actions Add Edit Delete Save Quit Add Edit Delete static MAC addresses Arrow T
52. TigerSwitch 10 100 8 Port Fast Ethernet Switch C R A A A a A a a a E G 8 IOBASE T 100BASE TX ports 1 1000BASE T port Optional 100BASE FEX or 1000BASE X modules 5 6 Gbps aggregate bandwidth Spanning Tree Protocol Up to four port trunks static or dynamic Port mirroring for non intrusive analysis QoS support with two priority queues Full support for VLANs with GVRP IP multicasting with IGMP snooping Security filtering based on MAC addresses Manageable via console Web SNMP RMON SIVIC Management Guide Networks SMC6709L2 TigerSwitch 10 100 Management Guide From SMC s Tiger line of feature rich workgroup LAN solutions SMC Networks 38 Tesla Irvine CA 92618 May 2003 Phone 949 679 8000 Pub Information furnished by SMC Networks Inc SMC is believed to be accurate and reliable However no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice Copyright O 2003 by 38 Tesla Irvine CA 92618 All rights reserved Printed in Taiwan Trademarks SMC is a registered trademark and TigerSwitch is a trademark of SMC Networks Inc Other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders CONTENTS Introduct
53. ages via the SNMP protocol Web Click Administrator SNMP Fill in the IP address and community string for a trap manager then click Add Trap Managers Current 3 Managers New Manager 101019 lt lt Add lt lt IP Address Remove Community 3 41 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH User Authentication 3 42 The administrator has write access for parameters governing the onboard agent You should therefore assign a password as soon as possible and store it in a safe place If your password is lost reload the system firmware as described in Appendix B The default administrator name is admin with the password admin Note that the user name and password controls access to both the Web interface and the console menu Field Attributes User Name The name of the user Range 1 8 characters Password Specifies the user password Range 1 8 characters Web Click Administrator gt Security Manager Set a new user name if required Enter the old password enter the new password confirm it by entering it again then click Apply Security Manager ae User Name admn Assign Change password F Reconfirm password F ely FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION SETTINGS Firmware and Configuration Settings Downloading System Software from a Server You can download firmware from a TFTP server Field Attributes TFTP Server IP Address The IP address of a TFTP server Destinatio
54. alfunctioning or if application programs are not well designed or properly configured If there is too much broadcast traffic on your network performance can be severely degraded or everything can come to a complete halt You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a maximum threshold for broadcast traffic Field Attributes MAC Table Address Entry Age Out Time The time after which a learned entry is discarded if no new traffic is seen from that address Range 300 765 seconds Default 300 seconds Max bridge transmit delay bound control Limits the time packets can be queued in the switch If enabled packets queued beyond the specified time will be dropped Range OFT 1 2 4 seconds Default OFP Broadcast Storm Filter Mode The percentage of a port s total bandwidth used by broadcast traffic When broadcast traffic rises above the specified threshold broadcast packets exceeding that threshold will then be dropped Range OFF 5 10 15 20 25 Default OFF Web Click Administrator gt Switch Settings Advanced Specify values for the aging time transmit delay bound and broadcast storm filter threshold then click Apply Switch Settinus P sadi Enter the settings then click Submit to apply the changes on this page Iv MAC Table Address Entry Age Out Time 300 seconds Max bridge transmit delay bound control OFF v Broadcast Storm Filter Mode OFF 3 7 CONFIGURING THE SWITC
55. and other parameters Save your changes and then reboot the switch to enable the new settings TigerSwitch 10 100 IP Configuration IP Address 10 1 0 4 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway z 10 1 0 253 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Itemm 4 13 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 14 Configuring the User Name Use the Change Username page to change the user name used to authenticate management access The default administrator name is admin Note that the user name and password control access to both the Web interface and the console menu Console Click Switch Static Configuration Administration Configuration gt Change Username Set a new user name and save it TigerSwitch 10 100 UserName Configuration UserName admin actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Item Note Maximum string length is 8 alphanumeric characters SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Configuring the Password Use the Change Passwotd page to change the password used to authenticate management access The default administrator password is admin Note that the user name and password control access to both the Web interface and the console menu Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt Administration Configuration
56. ble lacpstate ports lt portlist gt Sets the specified port member s to respond to a partner s request to create a trunk show lacpstate Shows the LACP state settings for each port enable lacp lt 1 4 gt Enables LACP on the specified trunk s disable lacp lt 1 4 gt Disables LACP on the specified trunk s delete trkgrp lt 1 4 gt Deletes the specified trunk s delete trkgrp lt 1 4 gt ports lt 1 8 gt Removes the specified port s from a trunk show trkgrpcfg Shows the configuration settings for all trunks show ttkerp Shows trunk members and additional information for LACP trunks 5 9 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration stp The STP configuration commands include the following items STP Commands enable stp Enables the spanning tree protocol disable stp Disables the spanning tree protocol show stpstate Shows whether STP is enabled or disabled config stp hellotime lt 1 10 gt Sets the interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message config stp maxage lt 6 40 gt Sets the maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure config stp fwdly lt 4 30 gt Sets the maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding config stp priority lt 0
57. d and arguments specify configuration parameters For example in the command show portstatus 1 show and portstatus are keywords and 1 is an argument that specifies the port 5 1 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Minimum Abbreviation The CLI will accept a minimum number of characters that uniquely identify a command For example the command show can be entered as sh If an entry is ambiguous the system will display a help message Getting Help on Commands 5 2 You can display a brief description of the help system by entering the help command The system will list the command groups as shown below INET gt help help parameters advance port vlan fdb trkgrp stp qos igmp console INET gt For a full list of the commands included in a group enter the help command followed by a group name as shown below INET gt help advance advance command config ip X X X X config subnet X X X X config gateway X X X X enable bsf lt 5 10 15 20 25 gt disable bsf show bsf show ip show mac show version ping host ip lt times gt reboot INET You can also display help for a specific command by entering the command keyword followed by the Enter key as shown below INET gt enable enable parameters igmp stp qdlyb 1 255 vlan gvrp bst 5 10 15 20 25 security 1 10 fdbage lacpstate 1 8 lacp lt groupid 1 4 gt sniffer 1 10 rx lt portlist gt tx lt portlist gt INET gt
58. d provides backup links between switches bridges and routers to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network The backup links automatically take over when a primary link goes down Enabling STP To configure STP first enable the protocol as shown below Web Click Administrator gt Switch Settings gt Advanced Enable STP Protocol and click Apply Protocol Enable Setting Iv Enable STP Protocol Iv Enable IGMP Protocol IGMP Query Mode Auto E VLAN Operation Mode 802 10 with GVRP Default Help Configuring Global STP Settings 3 34 Global settings apply to the entire switch Field Attributes Priority Bridge priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device Note that lower numeric values indicate higher priority Default 32768 Range 0 65535 Maximum Age The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure All device ports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages at regular intervals Any port that ages out STA SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL CONFIGURATION information provided in the last configuration message becomes the designated port for the attached LAN
59. de the following items IGMP Snooping Commands enable igmp Enables IGMP snooping disable igmp Disables IGMP snooping show igmpstate Shows whether IGMP snooping is enabled or disabled 5 11 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Console Configuration console The console configuration commands include the following items Console Commands show console Displays the connection settings for the console port APPENDIX A SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS Switch Features Spanning Tree Protocol Flow Control Full Duplex IEEE 802 3x Half Duplex Back pressure Broadcast Storm Suppression Traffic throttled above a critical threshold VLAN Support Up to 255 groups port based or with 802 1Q VLAN tagging GVRP for automatic VLAN learning Multicast Filtering IGMP Snooping and Query Quality of Service Supports two priority queues Queuing based on First In First Out FIFO all high queues before low queues Weighted Round Robin WRR Additional Features Port Trunks static dynamic LACP Port Security Address Filtering Port Mirroring Configuration backup A 1 SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION Management Features In Band Management Telnet Web based HTTP or SNMP manager EliteView Network Management software provided free Out of Band Management RS 232 DB 9 console port Software Loading TFTP in band or XModem out of band MIB Support MIB II RFC 1213 Bridge MIB RFC 1493 Forwarding Table MIB
60. default VLAN ID for each port show prtcl vlantbl Displays information on all configured protocol based VLANs Supported Protocols Protocol Number Protocol Type 0 None 1 IP 2 ARP 3 Appletalk 4 Appletalk AARP 5 Novell IPX 6 Banyan VINES 7 DECnet MOP 8 DECnet DPR 9 DECnet LAT 10 DECnet LAVC 11 IBM SNA 12 X 75 Internet 13 X 25 Layer3 14 NetBIOS 15 IOS Network Layer PDU 16 Novell IPX Raw Ethernet 17 Spanning Tree Protocol BPDU 18 Null SAP 5 7 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Filter Database Configuration fdb The Filter Database configuration commands include the following items Static MAC Addresses add fdb lt p gt mac lt mac_addr gt vid lt number gt port lt number gt Adds a static address to the specified VLAN and port delete fdb lt p gt mac lt mac_addr gt vid lt number gt port lt number gt Deletes a static address from the specified VLAN and port clear fdb lt p gt Clears all static addresses from the switch show fdb lt p gt Displays all static addresses configured for the switch MAC Address Filtering add fdb lt b gt mac mac addt vid number Add an address to filter from the specified VLAN delete fdb lt b gt mac lt mac_addt gt vid number Deletes an address from the filtering database for the specified VLAN clear fdb b Clears all addresses from the filt
61. e onboard configuration program from anywhere within the attached network The onboard configuration program can be accessed using Telnet from any computer attached to the network The switch can also be managed by any computer using a Web browser Internet Explorer 5 0 or above or Netscape Navigator 6 2 or above or from a network computer using network management software such as EliteView Notes 1 Only one management session is supported 2 The onboard program only provides access to basic configuration functions To access the full range of SNMP management functions you must use SNMP based network management software such as EliteView 2 3 INITIAL CONFIGURATION Basic Configuration Console Connection Access to the console menu is controlled by a user name and password The default setting is admin for both the user name and password To log into the console menu perform these steps 1 Enter admin at the user name prompt 2 Enter admin at the password prompt The password characters are not displayed on the console screen The session is opened and the Main Menu displays Setting Passwords Note If this is your first time to log into the CLI program you should define a new user name and password record them and put them in a safe place A user name or password can consist of up to 15 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive To prevent unauthorized access to the switch set the
62. e port is assigned the highest priority the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled Default 128 Range 0 255 Path Cost This parameter is used by STP to determine the best path between devices Therefore lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media and higher values assigned to ports with slower media Path cost takes precedence over port priority Full Range 1 65535 Recommended Range Ethernet 50 600 Fast Ethernet 10 60 Gigabit Ethernet 3 10 Defaults Ethernet half duplex 100 full duplex 95 trunk 90 Fast Ethernet half duplex 19 full duplex 18 trunk 15 Gigabit Ethernet full duplex 4 Web Click Administrator gt Spanning Tree Modify the required attributes then click Apply Configure Spanning Tree Port Parameters s ho ten Hen Ch de C MO ER 3 37 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Displaying Port Status for STP You can display the current STP settings and state for each port Field Attributes Port State Displays the current state of this port in the Spanning Tree Disabled No link has been established on this port Otherwise the port has been disabled by the user or has failed diagnostics Blocking Port receives STP configuration messages but does not forward packets Listening Port will leave blocking state due to a topology change start transmitting configuration messages but will not
63. e switch s management agent is based on SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol This SNMP agent permits the switch to be managed from any system in the network using management software such as SMC s free EliteView software The console menu can be accessed by a direct connection to the RS 232 serial console port on the switch or remotely by a Telnet connection over the network 2 1 INITIAL CONFIGURATION The switch s console menu Web Interface and SNMP agent allow you to perform the following management functions Set user name and password Set an IP interface for management access console menu only Configure SNMP parameters Enable disable any Ethernet port Set the speed duplex mode for any port Configure up to 255 IEEE 802 1Q VLANs Enable GVRP automatic VLAN registration Configure IGMP multicast filtering Upload and download system firmware via TFTP Upload and download switch configuration files via TFTP e Configure Spanning Tree parameters Configure Class of Service CoS priority queuing Configure up to four static or LACP trunks Enable port mirroring Prevent broadcast storms by limiting bandwidth for broadcast traffic Display system information and statistics Required Connections 2 2 The switch provides an RS 232 serial port that enables a connection to a PC or terminal for monitoring and configuring the switch A null modem console cable is provided with the switch
64. e system location Contact Administrator responsible for the system Web Click Administrator gt SNMP Specify the system name location and contact information for the system administrator then click Apply System Options Name F amp D 5 Location WC 9 Contact Ted Apply Help Setting Community Access Strings You may configure up to five community strings authorized for management access For security reasons you should consider removing the default strings 3 40 SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL Field Attributes Community String A community string acts as a password and permits access to the SNMP protocol RO Specifies read only access Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects RW Specifies read write access Authorized management stations are able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects Web Click Administrator gt SNMP Enter a new string in the text box and select the access rights then click Add Community Strings Current Strings New Community String public RO Add String private Remove C RO RW Specifying Trap Managers You can specify up to five management stations that will receive authentication failure messages and other trap messages from the switch Field Attributes IP Address IP address of trap manager Community community string acts as a password and allows the trap manager to receive trap mess
65. e the Misc Configuration menu to configure the features listed in the following table TigerSwitch 10 100 Misc Configuration Port Security MAC Age Interval Broadcast Storm Filtering Max bridge transmit delay bound Previous Menu Configurate the port security Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page Port Security Enables and disables address learning 4 30 MAC Age Interval Sets the address aging time 4 31 Broadcast Storm Filtering Sets the threshold above which broadcast 4 32 traffic will be filtered Max bridge transmit delay Sets the maximum overall queue delay and 4 33 bound low ptiority queue delay 4 29 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 30 Configuring Port Security Use the Port Security page to lock the address table for specified ports If you enable pott security the switch will stop learning new addresses on the specified port Only incoming traffic with source addresses already stored in the dynamic address table will be accepted The MAC addresses already in the address table will be retained and will not age out This can be used to prevent unauthorized access to the switch To use port security first allow the switch to dynamically learn the source MAC address for frames received on an interface for an initial training period and then enable port security to stop address learning Be sure you enable the learning function long enough to ensure that al
66. e up to eight traffic classes and allows switches to transmit packets based on the tagged priority value IEEE 802 3ac Defines frame extensions for VLAN tagging IEEE 802 3x Defines Ethernet frame start stop requests and timers used for flow control on full duplex links IGMP Snooping Listening to IGMP Query and IGMP Report packets transferred between IP Multicast Routers and IP Multicast host groups to identify IP Multicast group members IGMP Query On each subnetwork one IGMP capable device should act as the querier that is the device that asks all hosts to report on the IP multicast groups they wish to join or to which they already belong The elected querier will be the device with the lowest IP address in the subnetwork Note that more than one device can be manually configured as a querier However this approach can generate an unnecessary amount of protocol traffic Glossary 2 GLOSSARY Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP A protocol through which hosts can register with their local router for multicast setvices If there is more than one multicast router on a given subnetwork one of the routers is made the querier and assumes responsibility for keeping track of group membership In Band Management Management of the network from a station attached directly to the network IP Multicast Filtering A process whereby this switch can pass multicast traffic along to participating hosts Local Area Network
67. ed in an identical manner including communication mode i e speed duplex mode and flow control VLAN assignments and CoS settings Allthe ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from to added or deleted from a VLAN Thesame STP VLAN and IGMP settings must be configured for all the ports in a trunk Configuring Static Trunks 3 14 You can manually assign specific ports to a static trunk Command Usage To avoid creating a loop in the network be sure that you add a static trunk via the Web interface before connecting the ports and also disconnect ports before removing a static trunk via the Web interface When using static trunks you may not be able to link to switches of different types depending on the manufacturer s implementation Field Attributes Aggregator Setting page System Priority Not applicable for static trunks Group ID Specifies the static trunk group Range 1 4 e LACP Set this field to Disable when configuring a static trunk Work Ports Assigns port members to the static trunk Range 1 8 Aggregator Information page Group Key Displays active static trunks Port No Shows the port members assigned to each static trunk TRUNK CONFIGURATION Web Click Administrator Trunking Aggregator Setting Select the group ID and click the Get button to display the settings for the specified group Set LACP to Disable Use the Add and
68. een assigned Default Forward SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt VLAN Configuration gt VLAN Configure Set VLAN Mode to 802 1Q or 802 1 QwithGVRP Set the PVID and Ingress Filtering rules and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 VLAN Support Configuraton VLAN Mode 802 10 IngressFilterl IngressFilter2 Port PVID NonMember Pkt Untagged Pkt d 1 Drop Forward 2 1 Drop Forward 3 1 Drop Forward 4 1 Drop Forward 5 1 Drop Forward 6 1 Drop Forward s 1 Drop Forward 8 I Drop Forward actions Quit Edit Save lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Action menu Click Switch Static Configuration gt VLAN Configuration gt Create a VLAN Group Enter the VLAN Name 1 15 characters and Group ID 2 4094 Select a protocol type if you want to create a protocol based VLAN Use the Space bar to set each port to transmit tagged or untagged frames then save your settings Add a VLAN Group VLAN Name TPS VLAN ID 2 1 4094 Protocol VLAN None Port Member 1 No 2 No 3 Tagged 4 UnTagged 5 UnTagged 6 No Js No 8 No actions Quit Edit Save lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 23 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Queue Priorities 4 24 Use the P
69. ering database show fdb b Displays all addresses in the filtering database Address Aging Time config fdbage lt 300 765 gt Sets the address aging time for inactive entries Range 300 765 seconds default 300 sec enable fdbage Enables address aging disable fdbage Disables address aging show fdbage Displays the address aging status i e enabled or disabled and the aging time 5 8 TRUNK CONFIGURATION TRKGRP Trunk Configuration trkerp The Trunk configuration commands include the following items Trunk Commands add trkgrp lt 1 4 gt lacp lt on off gt workports lt 1 8 gt ports lt portlist gt Creates a trunk group lacp Set on for dynamic trunks or off for static trunks Enable STP for LACP workports The number of active ports used for an LACP trunk Workports must be less than or equal to the number of port members add trkgrp lt 1 4 gt ports lt 1 8 gt Adds ports to an existing trunk group config trksyspri lt 1 65535 gt Specifies the system priority used to select the device that initiates an LACP trunk The device with the lowest value i e highest priority is selected as the active LACP partner config trkgrp lt 1 4 gt workports lt 1 8 gt Sets the number of active ports for an LACP trunk enable lacpstate ports lt portlist gt Sets the specified port member s to actively initiate an LACP trunk disa
70. fails Console Click Protocol Related Configuration LACP Aggregator Setting Select the required trunk group enable LACP enter the number of active ports and then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 LACP Group Configuration Group LACP LACP Work Port Num Trkl Enabled 2 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Itemem Quit Previous menurl Enter Select Item PRoTOCOL RELATED CONFIGURATION MENU Setting the State Activity Use the State Activity page to set the port membets to actively or passively initiate an LACP trunk Field Attributes Port Lists all ports that can be configured as LACP trunk members State Activity Active port can automatically initiate a trunk if an LACP partner is detected at the other end of the link Passive pott can only create a trunk if an LACP partner at the other end of the link sends a request to initiate the trunk Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt LACP gt State Activity Specify the ports which can actively initiate an LACP trunk and save yout settings TigerSwitch 10 100 LACP Port State Active Configuration Port State Activity Passive Passive Passive Passive Passive Active Passive Active OIDHHRWNE actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Itemem Quit Previous menurl Enter Select Item 4 49 CONSOLE INT
71. figured on the root bridge See the preceding page for a description of these parameters Field Attributes Priority Bridge priority for the root device MAC Address MAC address of the root device Root Path Cost The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root device Root Port The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the root This switch communicates with the root device through this port If there is no root port then this switch has been accepted as the root device of the Spanning Tree network See the preceding page for a description of the other fields Web Click Administrator gt Spanning Tree Root Bridge Information 32768 o000abcd0000 10 2 20 2 15 Configuring Port STP Settings You can configure STA attributes for specific ports including port priority and path cost You can use a different priority or path cost for ports of the same media type to indicate the preferred path 3 36 SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL CONFIGURATION Field Attributes Priority Defines the priority used for this port in the Spanning Tree Protocol If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same the port with the highest priority i e lowest value will be configured as an active link in the Spanning Tree This makes a port with higher priority less likely to be blocked if the Spanning Tree Protocol is detecting network loops Where more than on
72. he other end of the connection supports VLANs then you should add this port to the VLAN as an untagged port Note VLAN tagged frames can pass through VLAN aware or VLAN unaware network interconnection devices but should not be used for any end node host that does not support VLAN tagging VLAN Classification When the switch receives a frame it classifies the frame in one of two ways If the frame is untagged the switch assigns the frame to an associated VLAN based on the PVID of the receiving port If the frame is tagged the switch uses the tagged VLAN ID to identify the port broadcast domain of the frame Port Overlapping Port overlapping can be used to allow access to commonly shared network resources among different VLAN groups such as file servers or printers Note that if you implement VLANs which do 3 29 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH 3 30 not overlap but still need to communicate you can connect them by using a Layer 3 router or switch Protocol VLANs This switch also supports VLANs based on specific protocol types such as IPX and AppleTalk When a protocol is bound to a VLAN the switch will only forward packets carrying the specified protocol tag However regardless of the protocol type remember that traffic must still be passed though a router to reach a different subnet Automatic VLAN Registration GVRP GARP VLAN Registration Protocol defines a system whereby the switch can automatically learn the VL
73. he traffic passing through each port This information can be used to identify potential problems with the switch such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading All values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot and are shown as counts per second Statistics are refreshed every 5 seconds Note RMON groups 2 3 and 9 can only be accessed using SNMP management software Field Attributes State Shows whether or not the port is operational Link Indicates if the link is Up or Down TxGoodPkt The total number of packets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters TxBadPkt The number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors RxGoodPkt The total number of packets received on the interface including framing characters RxBadPkt The number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being delivered to a higher layer protocol TxAbort The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space Collision The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment DropPkt The total number of events in which packets were dropped due to lack of resources TRUNK CONFIGURATION Web Click Port Statistics You can use the Rese
74. hes to exchange VLAN information in order to register VLAN members on ports across the network VLANs are dynamically configured based on join messages issued by host devices and propagated throughout the network Use the GVRP page to enable automatic VLAN registration and to support VLANs which extend beyond the local switch Default Disabled Note GVRP will also be enabled if the VLAN Mode selection under the VLAN Configure screen is set to 802 1 QwithGVRP Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt GVRP Enable or disable GVRP then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 GVRP Configuration GVRP Disabled actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Itemem Quit Previous menurl Enter Select Item PnorocorL RELATED CONFIGURATION MENU Link Access Control Protocol Menu Use the LACP menu to configure dynamic trunking whereby the switch will automatically negotiate a trunked link with LACP configured ports on another device Command Usage To avoid creating a loop in the network be sure you enable LACP before connecting the ports also disconnect the ports before disabling LACP If the target switch has also enabled LACP on the connected ports and port members at one or both ends of the link are set to actively initiate a link the trunk will be activated automatically If the number of active ports i e Work Ports is less than the number of assigned
75. if flow control is set to none or hardware Web Click Administrator gt Console Port Info Console Information aw Help 3 9 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Port Configuration Displaying Connection Status 3 10 Use the Port Status page to display the current connection status including link state auto negotiation speed duplex mode and flow control Notes 1 To set the port status use the Port Control page as described under Configuring Interface Connections on page 3 11 2 The Config field shows the configured settings and the Actual field shows the current operational status Field Attributes State Shows if the port is enabled or disabled Link Status Indicates if the link is Up or Down Auto negotiation Shows if auto negotiation is enabled or disabled Speed Status Shows the port speed Duplex Status Shows the port duplex mode Flow Control Indicates the type of flow control in use Web Click Port Status The following information provides a viev of the current status of the unit 100 Ful Ful On Off 100 Ful On On M2 Se AT EDUC UU PORT CONFIGURATION Configuring Interface Connections Use the Port Controls pages to enable disable an interface set auto negotiation or manually set the speed and duplex mode and flow control parameters Field Attributes State Allows you to manually
76. imize the switch s performance for your particular network environment Key Features Backup Restore Feature Description Authentication Console Telnet Web User name password SNMP Community strings Configuration Backup to TFTP server Port Configuration Speed duplex mode and flow control Port Mirroring One or more ports mirrored to single analysis port Static Address Up to 6K MAC addresses in the forwarding table Trunks Static trunks or dynamic Link Aggregation Control Protocol Spanning Tree Supported Protocol Virtual LANs Up to 255 Traffic Supports two priority queues queuing based on First In Prioritization First Out FIFO high queue before low queue or Weighted Round Robin WRR Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query 1 1 INTRODUCTION Description of Software Features 1 2 IEEE 802 1D Bridge The switch supports IEEE 802 1D transparent bridging The address table facilitates data switching by learning addresses and then filtering or forwarding traffic based on this information The address table supports up to 6K addresses Store and Forward Switching The switch copies each frame into its memory before forwarding them to another port This ensures that all frames are a standard Ethernet size and have been vetified for accuracy with the cyclic redundancy check CRC This prevents bad frames from entering the network a
77. information provides a view of LACP current status Group Key 1 Pot No 45 Group Actor Partner 32768 3 19 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH State Activity Set the port members to actively or passively initiate an LACP trunk Field Attributes Port Lists all ports that can be configured as LACP trunk members LACP State Activity When set to Active a port can automatically initiate a trunk if an LACP partner is detected at the other end of the link Web Click Administrator gt Trunking gt State Activity Specify the ports which can actively initiate an LACP trunk and click Apply Trunking Aggregator Setting State Activity i Active 5 Active 2 D Active 6 Iv Active I Active 7 I Active e w 3 20 Active 8 Iv Active Appy Default Help FORWARDING AND FILTERING Forwarding and Filtering This switch supports the following types of traffic filtering Multicast Filtering This switch can forward multicast traffic to host devices that request to join a multicast service and filter multicast traffic for all other ports which do not require multicast services Static MAC Address Binds a physical address to a specific port and VLAN Traffic with a source or destination address found in the static address table will only be passed through the specified interface Port Security Disables address learning for the s
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79. ion menu CHAPTER 2 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Using the Web Interface This switch provides an embedded HTTP Web agent Using a Web browser you can configure the switch and view statistics to monitor network activity The Web agent can be accessed by any computer on the network using a standard Web browser Internet Explorer 5 0 or above or Netscape Navigator 6 2 or above Note You can also use the console menu to manage the switch over a serial connection to the console port or via Telnet For more information on using the console menu refer to Chapter 4 Console Interface Prior to accessing the switch from a Web browser be sure you have first performed the following tasks 1 Configure the switch with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway using an out of band serial connection See Setting an IP Address on page 2 5 2 Setauser name and password Access to the Web agent is controlled by the same user name and password as the console configuration program See Setting Passwords on page 2 4 3 After you enter a user name and password you will have access to the system configuration program Note You are allowed three attempts to enter the correct password on the third failed attempt the current connection is terminated 3 1 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Navigating the Web Browser Interface To access the Web browser interface you must first enter a user name and password The adminis
80. it is actually required to solve a problem Otherwise back pressure jamming signals may degrade overall performance for the segment attached to the hub Group Assigns a port to a trunk group Range 1 4 To set a trunk as a dynamic link use the LACP menu page 4 47 Note Auto negotiation must be disabled before you can manually force a pott to use the speed duplex mode or flow control options SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt Port Trunk Configuration Modify the required interface settings and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Port Configuration Port Type Enabled Auto Speed Duplex Flow Group Negotiate Config Control 1 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On 2 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On 35 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On 4 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On Bs 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On 6 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On 7 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On 8 10 100TX Yes Enabled 100 Full On actions Quit Edit Save lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Configure the port group status Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 17 CONSOLE INTERFACE Configuring Port Mirroring 4 18 You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real time analysis You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a completely u
81. l valid members have been registered on the selected interface To add new members at a later time you can manually add static addresses or turn off port security to reenable the learning function long enough for new members to be registered Learning may then be disabled again if desired for security Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt Misc Configuration gt Port Security Enable security on the required ports then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 The Configuration of Port Security Port Enable Security disable for MAC Learning Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled uD WNE actions gt lt Quit gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Configuring Address Aging Use the MAC Age Interval page to set the address aging time The switch stotes the addresses of known devices This information is used to route traffic directly between the inbound and outbound ports The addresses are learned by monitoring traffic and stored in the dynamic address table You can set the aging time after which inactive entries are removed Range 300 765 seconds Default 300 seconds Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt Misc Configuration gt MAC Age Interval Specify the aging time and save your settings
82. ment access 4 15 Port Trunk Configures connection settings including 4 16 Configuration speed duplex mode and flow control also assigns ports to trunks Port Mirroring Sets the source and target ports for mirroring 4 18 Configuration VLAN Configuration Sets VLAN groups and ingress filtering 4 20 VLAN Configure Sets the VLAN Mode also sets port VID 4 21 and ingress filters for tagged based VLANs 4 22 Create a Configures VLAN groups including name 4 21 VLAN Group identifier and if limited to a specific protocol 4 22 Edit Delete a Modifies VLAN groups including name VLAN Group identifier and if limited to a specific protocol or deletes a specified group Priority Configuration Assigns priority tagged frames to high or low 4 24 queue sets the service method to a specified ratio high before low or first in first out MAC Address Configures static addresses and address 4 26 Configuration filtering Static MAC Sets entries for address port number and 4 26 Addresses VLAN identifier MAIN MENU Menu Description Page Filtering MAC Filters specified addresses 4 28 Address Misc Configuration 4 29 Port Security Enables and disables address learning 4 30 MAC Age Interval Sets the address aging time 4 31 Broadcast Storm Sets the threshold above which broadcast 4 32 Filtering traffic will be filtered Max bridge transmit Sets the maximum overall queue delay
83. mmunity Access Strings sses sssr eee eee 3 40 Specifying Trap Managers 0 0 ccc cee eee eee 3 41 User Authentication z 2er iin ieee ea Ud 3 42 Firmware and Configuration Settings 0 0 c eee eee 3 43 Downloading System Software from a Server 3 43 Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings 3 44 Resetting the System 4 02 seed a b e b e d ee 3 45 Rebooting the System iere Renee aem x aue 3 45 Console Interface uou Coon 40 Boe Boa eB n 4 1 oon Screen 250 cL euo e ee ea is rss 4 1 Main Menu i sao wEVISGdu 4 ERG Wee RA uses eR es 4 2 CONTENTS Status and Counters Menu 0 0 cece eee ene 4 6 Displaying Connection Status 4 7 Showing Port Statistics ss eie ia AE eee ee 4 8 Displaying System Information eese 4 9 Switch Static Configuration Menu 6 eee eee 4 10 Administration Configuration Menu lessen 4 11 Configuring Device Information 00 4 12 Configuring the IP Address 0 0000 4 13 Configuring the User Name 0 00000 4 14 Configuring the Password 4 15 Configuring Interface Connections 0 0 e eee eee 4 16 Configuring Port Mirroring ceci 4 18 VLAN Configuration Menu 6 6 eee ee 4 20 Configuring Port based VLANs 00 0000005 4 21 Configuring Tag based VLANs esses 4 22 Configuring Queue Priorities eee 4 24 MAC Address Configuration Menu 000000 4 26
84. n server or other device that does not act as a network interconnection Full Duplex Transmission method that allows the switch and attached device to transmit and receive concurrently effectively doubling the bandwidth of that link GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP Defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order to register necessary VLAN members on ports along the Spanning Tree so that VLANs defined in each switch can work automatically over a Spanning Tree network Generic Attribute Registration Protocol GARP GARP is a protocol that can be used by endstations and switches to register and propagate multicast group membership information in a switched environment so that multicast data frames are propagated only to those parts of a switched LAN containing registered endstations Formerly called Group Address Registration Protocol Glossary 1 GLOSSARY Group Attribute Registration Protocol See Generic Attribute Registration Protocol IEEE 802 1D Specifies a general method for the operation of MAC bridges including the Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Taggine Defines Ethernet frame tags which carry VLAN information It allows switches to assign endstations to different virtual LANs and defines a standard way for VLANs to communicate across switched networks IEEE 802 1p An IEEE standard for providing quality of service QoS in Ethernet networks The standard uses packet tags that defin
85. n File Name The file name should not contain slashes ot the leading letter of the file name should not be a period and the maximum length for file names is 25 characters Valid characters A Z a z 0 9 Web Click TFTP Update Firmware Enter the IP address of the TFTP server enter the file name of the software to download then click Apply After downloading the image click the Update Firmware button TFTP Download New Image ee 192 168 223 99 vatibin Help To start the new firmware reboot the system 3 43 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings 3 44 You can upload download configuration settings to from a TFTP server The configuration file can be later downloaded to restore the switch s settings Field Attributes TFTP Server IP Address The IP address of a TFTP server Destination File Name The configuration file name should not contain slashes or the leading letter of the file name should not be a period and the maximum length for file names is 15 characters Valid characters A Z a z 0 9 t _ Web Click Configuration Backup Click TFTP Restore Configuration to restore the configuration settings from a TFTP server or click TFTP Backup Configuration to copy the current settings to a TFTP server Enter the IP address of the TFTP server enter the file name of the configuration file then click Ap
86. n Mode Novan x Default Help FORWARDING AND FILTERING Click Administrator gt Filtering Database gt IGMP Snooping Forwarding and Filtering ae IGMP Snooping C Addresses ort Security MAC Filtering Multicast Group Ip_Address VID MemberPort 224 000 000 002 Gaal 7 303v 0001 Tttmg ee M8e 224 000 001 024 0001 TETEA Tte mM 239 255 255 250 0001 kaaa iT kadia 3 23 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Setting Static Addresses 3 24 A static address can be assigned to a specific interface on this switch Traffic sent from devices listed in the static address table will only be accepted on the specified interface If any packets with a source address listed in this table enter another interface they will be dropped When you add a static MAC address it remains in the switch s address table regardless of whether the device is physically connected to the switch This saves the switch from having to re learn a device s MAC address when the disconnected or powered off device becomes active on the network again Field Attributes MAC Address Physical address of a device mapped to this interface Port Num Port associated with the device assigned a static address e Vlan ID ID of configured VLAN 1 4094 This option is only available if IEEE 802 1Q tagged VLANs are enabled page 3 29 Web Click Administrator gt Filtering Database gt Static MAC Addresses Specify the MAC address po
87. nd put it in a safe place Select Switch Static Configuration Administration Configuration Change Password and enter a new password for the administrator Note that passwords can consist of up to 15 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive 44 CONSOLE INTERFACE Main Menu With the system configuration program you can define system parameters manage and control the switch and all its ports or monitor network conditions The screen below of the Main Menu and the following table briefly describe the selections available from this program Notes 1 Options for the currently selected item are displayed in the highlighted area at the bottom of the interface screen 2 The console interface will time out and return to the login screen if no keyboard input is detected after one minute Main Menu Status and Counters Switch Static Configuration Protocol Related Configuration Reboot Switch Command Line Set Logout Timer Logout Show the status of the switch Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 4 2 The system configuration program is illustrated by the following menu MAIN MENU map and described in the table on the next page Status and Counters Port Status Port Counters System Information Switch Static Configuration Device Information IP Configuration Change Username Change Password Administration Configuration Port Trunk Configuration Port
88. nd wasting bandwidth To avoid dropping frames on congested ports the switch provides 8 MB for frame buffering This buffer can queue packets awaiting transmission on congested networks Spanning Tree Protocol The switch supports IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol This protocol adds a level of fault tolerance by allowing two ot more redundant connections to be created between a pair of LAN segments When there are multiple physical paths between segments the protocol will choose a single path and disable all others to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network This prevents the creation of network loops However if the chosen path should fail for any reason an alternate path will be activated to maintain the connection VLANS This switch supports up to 255 VLANs A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network By segmenting your network into VLANs you can Eliminate broadcast storms which severely degrade performance in a flat network DESCRIPTION OF SOFTWARE FEATURES Simplify network management for node changes moves by remotely configuring VLAN membership for any port rather than having to manually change the network connection Provide data security by restricting all traffic to the originating VLAN Port Mirroring The switch can unobtrusively mirror traffic from any p
89. nobtrusive mannet Command Usage Monitor port speed should match or exceed source port speed otherwise traffic may be dropped from the monitor port All mirror sessions must share the same destination port When mirroring port traffic the target port must be included in the same VLAN as the source pott SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Field Attributes Monitoring enable Enables disables port mirroring Monitoring Port The port that mirrors traffic from the source port Monitored Ports The ports whose traffic will be monitored Type Shows port type page 4 7 Action Mirrors specified traffic Range RX TX Both none Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt Port Mirroring Configuration Enable monitoring specify the monitoring or analysis port the monitor ports and traffic types to mirror then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Port Monitoring Configuration Monitoring enable YES Monitoring Port 5 Monitored Port Port Type Action 1 10 100TX 2x 10 100TX 35 10 100TX 4 10 100TX 5 10 100TX Ta 10 100TX RX Trkl 10 100TX actions Quit Edit Save lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Save successfully Press any key to return Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Action menu 4 19 CONSOLE INTERFACE VLAN Configuration Menu Use the VLAN Configuration menu to specify the VLAN type used on this switch configure
90. ode or auto negotiation The Spanning Tree Protocol must be enabled for LACP to function properly See Configuring Global STP Settings on page 3 34 TRUNK CONFIGURATION Aggtegator Setting Field Attributes System Priority A value used to select the device that initiates an LACP trunk The device with the lowest value has the highest priority and will be selected as the active LACP partner Group ID Specifies the LACP trunk group LACP Set this field to Enable when configuring a dynamic trunk Work Ports Assigns port membets to the dynamic trunk Range 1 8 The number of active ports can also be specified in this field i e using the text box to the right If the number of active ports is less than the number of assigned members excess ports will be placed in standby mode and only brought into service if an active link fails Web Click Administrator Trunking Aggregator Setting Set the System Priority used to select the device that initiates a link Select the group ID and click the Get button to display the settings for the specified group Set LACP to Enable Use the Add and Remove buttons to assign port members enter the number of active ports in the Work Ports field and then click Apply V Trunking r a Aggregator Setting Aggregator information State Activity Group ID Groupi gt Get LACP enable Work Ports P ports Add lt lt port
91. of the above methods it always runs the Power On Self Test SET LOGOUT TIMER MENU Set Logout Timer Menu Use the Set Logout Timer menu to set the timeout for detecting keyboard input before terminating the current console session The default is 120 seconds and the range is 5 960 seconds TigerSwitch 10 100 Logout Timer Configuration Logout s Timer 120 54960 Sec actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menuu Enter Select Item Note The value of the logout timer is not saved in non volatile memory This timer is reset to the factory default when you reboot the switch 4 53 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 54 CHAPTER 5 COMMAND LINE INTERFACE This chapter provides a basic description of the command line interface For a more detailed description about specific features please refer to the approptiate section in Chapter 3 Configuring the Switch Accessing the CLI The switch can be managed by entering a sequence of command keywords and parameters Using the switch s command line interface CLT is very similar to entering commands on a UNIX system To use the CLI choose Command Line in the console s main menu and then enter any of the commands described in this chapter Entering Commands This section describes how to enter CLI commands Keywords and Arguments A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments Keywords identify a comman
92. om the source port Monitor Ports The ports whose traffic will be monitored Monitor Rx Mirrors receive traffic Monitor Tx Mirrors transmit traffic Web Click Administrator Port Sniffer Specify the analysis port the monitor ports and traffic types to mirror enable the Roving Analysis State and then click Apply Roving Analysis State ENABLE Y Analysis Port port 5 Monitor Ports Monitor R 4 ojlanislo m 81 3 73 71171171 o n z m 3 M2 3 39 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Simple Network Management Protocol The switch includes an onboard agent that continuously monitors the status of its hardware as well as the traffic passing through its ports based on the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP A network management station can access this information using software such as EliteView Access rights to the onboard agent are controlled by community strings To communicate with the switch the management station must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following sections Configuring System Information Use the SNMP page to identify the system by providing a descriptive name location and contact information Field Attributes Name Name assigned to the switch system Location Specifies th
93. orm the manager that certain events have occurred Community Strings Community strings are used to control management access to SNMP stations as well as to authorize SNMP stations to receive trap messages from the switch You therefore need to assign community strings to specified users or user groups and set the access level The default string is public with read only access Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects Note If you do not intend to use SNMP it is recommended that you delete all community strings If there are no community strings then SNMP management access to the switch is disabled To configure a community string complete the following steps 1 Navigate from the Main Menu to Protocol Related Configuration SNMP and then Community Strings 2 Click Add then Edit 3 Type in the Community Name and press Enter 2 7 INITIAL CONFIGURATION 2 8 4 Use the scroll bar to toggle the Write Access Field to Restricted or Unrestricted 5 Press lt Ctrl A gt to return to the action bar at the bottom of the screen Select lt Save gt and press any key to continue The community string shown below is an example TigerSwitch 10 100 Add SNMP Community Community Name private Write Access Unrestricted actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Tab Next Item BackSpace Previous Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Act
94. ort to a monitor port You can then attach a protocol analyzer or RMON probe to this port to perform traffic analysis and verify connection integrity Port Trunking Ports can be combined into an aggregate connection Trunks can be manually set up or dynamically configured using IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP The additional ports dramatically increase the throughput across any connection and provide redundancy by taking over the load if a port in the trunk should fail The switch supports four trunks with up to eight up link ports per trunk Broadcast Suppression Broadcast suppression prevents broadcast traffic from overwhelming the network When enabled on a port the level of broadcast traffic passing through the port is restricted If broadcast traffic rises above a pre defined threshold it will be throttled until the level falls back beneath the threshold Flow Control Flow control reduces traffic during periods of congestion and prevent packets from being dropped when port buffers overflow The switch supports flow control based on the IEEE 802 3x standard By default flow control is enabled on all ports Traffic Priority This switch provides Quality of Service QoS by prioritizing each packet based on the required level of service using two ptiority queues and processing the high priority queue before the low priority queue or using Weighted Round Robin Queuing WRR It uses IEEE 802 1p and 8
95. otocol Related Configuration Menu Use the Protocol Related Configuration menu to configure the items listed in the following table TigerSwitch 10 100 Protocol Related Configuration STP SNMP GVRP LACP Previous Menu Configure the Spanning Tree Protocol Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page STP Configures the Spanning Tree Protocol 4 35 SNMP Configures SNMP management access 4 42 GVRP Enables disables automatic VLAN 4 46 registration via GVRP LACP Configures dynamic trunks displays status 4 47 4 34 ProTocoL RELATED CONFIGURATION MENU Spanning Tree Protocol Menu Use the STP menu to configure the Spanning Tree Protocol STP detects and disables network loops and provides backup links between switches bridges and routers to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network The backup links automatically take over when a primary link goes down TigerSwitch 10 100 Spanning Tree Protocol STP Enable Disable System Configuration Perport Configuration Previous Menu Enabled or disabled the Spanning Tree Protocol Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page STP Enable Disable Enables disables Spanning Tree Protocol 4 36 System Configuration Configures global bridge parameters for STP 4 38 Perport Configuration Configures port specific parameters for STP 4 40 4
96. p Enter the VLAN Name 1 15 characters and Group ID 1 4094 Use the Add or Remove buttons to configure port members then click Apply VLAN Name R amp D Grp ID 1 Add 0 Remove 4 OD 4 de CO FO Apply Help 3 28 VLAN CONFIGURATION Tag based VLANs An IEEE 802 1Q VLAN is a group of ports located anywhere in the network but communicate as though they belong to the same physical segment by using frame tags to indicate VLAN membership Tagged VLANs can help to simplify network management by allowing you to move devices to a new VLAN without having to change any physical connections You can also configure the switch to interoperate with existing tag based VLAN networks and legacy non tag networks by specifying whether or not the switch ports transmit tagged frames Assigning Ports to VLANs You must assign each port to the VLAN group s in which it will participate By default all ports are assigned to VLAN 1 as untagged ports Add a port as a tagged port if you want it to carry traffic for one or more VLANs and any intermediate network devices or the host at the other end of the connection supports VLANs Then assign ports on the other VLAN aware network devices along the path that will carry this traffic to the same VLAN s either manually or dynamically using GVRP However if you want a port on this switch to participate in one or more VLANs but none of the intermediate network devices nor the host at t
97. pecified port Valid addresses must be learned during a initial training period or statically configured MAC Filtering Filters specified addresses from the switch or from a specific VLAN Configuring Multicast Filtering Multicasting is used to support real time applications such as video conferencing or streaming audio A multicast server does not have to establish a separate connection with each client It merely broadcasts its service to the network and any hosts that want to receive the multicast register with their local multicast switch router Although this approach reduces the network overhead required by a multicast server the broadcast traffic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch router it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on to hosts that subscribed to this service This switch uses Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP to query for any attached hosts that want to receive a specific multicast service It identifies the ports containing hosts requesting to join a service and sends data out to those ports only It then propagates the service request up to any neighboring multicast switch router to ensure that it will continue to receive the multicast service This procedure is also called multicast filtering 3 21 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH 3 22 The purpose of multicast filtering is to optimize a switched network s performance so multicast packets will only be forwarded to those port
98. ply TETP Configuration ae TFTP Restore Configuration TFTP Backup Configuration 10 1 0 19 config dat opty Help 4 RESETTING THE SYSTEM Resetting the System Web Click Reset System Click the Reset button to restore the default configuration settings Reset System a Be Reset Switch to Default Configuration reset Note When restarting the system it always runs the Power On Self Test Rebooting the System Web Click Reboot Click the Reboot button to restart the switch Reboot Switch System ae reboot Help Note When restarting the system it always runs the Power On Self Test 3 45 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH 3 46 CHAPTER 4 CONSOLE NTERFACE This chapter provides a basic description of the console menus For a more detailed description about specific features please refer to the appropriate section in Chapter 3 Configuring the Switch Log in Screen Once a direct connection to the serial port or a Telnet connection is established the log in screen for the onboard configuration program appeats as shown below S M E User Interface c TigerSwitch 10 100 username password If this is your first time to log into the configuration program then use the default admin for both the user name and password The administrator has read write access to all configuration parameters and statistics You should define a new administrator passwotd record it a
99. port all the other ports will be placed in a standby mode Should one link in the trunk fail one of the standby ports will automatically be activated to replace it All ports on both ends of an LACP trunk must be configured for full duplex either by forced mode or auto negotiation The Spanning Tree Protocol must be enabled for LACP to function properly See Spanning Tree Protocol Menu on page 4 35 TigerSwitch 10 100 LACP Configuration Aggregator Setting State Activity LACP Status Previous Menu LACP setting Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page Aggregator Setting Configures dynamic trunks 4 48 State Activity Actively or passively configures a trunk 4 49 LACP Status Shows trunks and associated ports and 4 50 detailed information for dynamic links 4 47 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 48 Configuring the Ageregator Setting First use the Port Configuration page to create trunk groups page 4 16 and then use the Aggregator Setting page to enable LACP and specify the maximum number of active ports Field Attributes Group Specifies the LACP trunk group LACP Set this field to Enabled when configuring a dynamic trunk LACP Work Port Num Specifies the number of active ports If the number of active ports is less than the number of assigned members excess ports will be placed in standby mode and only brought into setvice if an active link
100. riority Configuration page to specify which data packets have greater precedence when traffic is buffered in the switch due to congestion This switch has two priority queues for each port Data packets in a port s high priority queue is transmitted before those in the lower priority queue You can map the frame priority tags i e 0 7 to the high or low priority queues and also set the method used to process priority traffic 1 e first in first out all high before low or weighted round robin Field Attributes Queue Assignment The default priority levels are assigned according to recommendations in the IEEE 802 1p standard However you can map the priority levels to the switch s output queues in any way that benefits application traffic for your own network Range Low High Default Low Priority Tags 0 3 High Priority Tags 4 7 High Low Queue Service Ratio H L Weighted Round Robin Sets the preference given to packets in the high priority queue This specifies the number of high priority packets sent before one low priority packet is sent You can set this field to 1 1 to disable priority service Range 1 1 7 1 Default 2 FIFO First Come First Served Packets are processed first in first out H gt L All High before Low All packets in the high priority queue are processed before any packets in the low priority queue SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Console Click Switch
101. rt number and VLAN ID then click Apply IGMP opin Static MAC Addresses Port Security MAC Filtering Static addresses currently defined on the switch are listed below Click Add to add a new static entry to the address table MAC Address PORT VID MAC Address Port Num Vlan ID Te Add Delete Help FORWARDING AND FILTERING Configuring Port Security If you enable port security the switch will stop learning new addresses on the specified port Only incoming traffic with source addresses already stored in the dynamic address table will be accepted The MAC addresses already in the address table will be retained and will not age out This can be used to prevent unauthorized access to the switch To use port security first allow the switch to dynamically learn the source MAC address for frames received on an interface for an initial training period and then enable port security to stop address learning Be sure you enable the learning function long enough to ensure that all valid members have been registered on the selected interface To add new members at a later time you can manually add static addresses or turn off port security to reenable the learning function long enough for new members to be registered Learning may then be disabled again if desired for security Web Click Administrator gt Filtering Database gt Port Security Mark the the ports for which you want to enable port security then click Apply
102. s containing multicast group hosts or multicast routers switches instead of flooding traffic to all ports in the subnet You can enable IGMP Snooping and Query via the Switch Settings menu and display information about multicast traffic being forwarded by the switch via the Filtering Database menu as shown below Field Attributes Enable IGMP Protocol When enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic This is also referred to as IGMP Snooping Default Enabled IGMP Query Mode When enabled or selected as the Querier through auto negotiation the switch will serve as the local Querier which is responsible for asking hosts if they want to receive multicast traffic This is also referred to as IGMP Query Note that using the Auto option generates less protocol traffic compared to the Enable option Options Auto Enable Disable Default Auto IP Address Multicast service addresses 224 0 0 0 239 255 255 255 VID ID of configured VLAN 1 4094 This field is only displayed if IEEE 802 1Q tagged VLANs are enabled page 3 29 Member Port Ports receiving a specific multicast service Web Click Administrator gt Switch Settings Advanced Enable IGMP Protocol set the IGMP Query Mode to the required option and click Apply Protocol Enable Setting Enable STP Protocol Iv Enable IGMP Protocol IGMP Query Mode auo gt VLAN Operatio
103. s on network traffic from the Interfaces Group MIB Ethernet like MIB and RMOM MIB These statistics display etrors on the traffic passing through each port This information can be used to identify potential problems with the switch such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading All values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot and are shown as counts per second Statistics are refreshed every 5 seconds Field Attributes See Showing Port Statistics on page 3 12 Console Click Status and Counters gt Port Counters TigerSwitch 10 100 Port Counters Port TxGoodPkt TxBadPkt RxGoodPkt RxBadPkt TxAbort Collision DropPkt T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 386113 0 481088 0 0 0 0 S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2527 0 136 0 0 0 0 Fa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2928 0 136 0 0 0 0 actions Quit Reset All lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Configure the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 8 STATUS AND COUNTERS MENU Displaying System Information Use the System Information page to display basic information on the switch including hardware firmware version numbers for the main board and management software Field Attributes System Description Switch model number MAC Address The physical layer address for this switch Firmware Version Version number of runtime code Hardware Version Hardware ver
104. sion of the main board Default config value version Default configuration version Console Click Status and Counters gt System Information TigerSwitch 10 100 Management Address Information System Description TigerSwitch 10 100 MAC Address 0050BF97A4EO0 Firmware version V003 6 Hardware version A002 000 Default config value version V026 000 actions Quit Display the switch system Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 9 CONSOLE INTERFACE Switch Static Configuration Menu 4 10 Use the Switch Static Configuration menu to configure the items listed in the following table TigerSwitch 10 100 Switch Configuration Administration Configuration Port Trunk Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration VLAN Configuration Priority Configuration MAC Address Configuration Misc Configuration Main Menu Configure the system IP and password Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page Administration Configures device information IP address 4 11 Configuration user name and password Port Trunk Configures connection settings including 4 16 Configuration speed duplex mode and flow control also assigns ports to trunks Port Mirroring Sets the source and target ports for mirroring 4 18 Configuration VLAN Configuration Sets VLAN groups and ingress filtering 4 20 Priority Configuration Assigns priority
105. t button at the bottom of the page to update the screen The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit Olio on plone o jo o o io co 9 90 90 1o Oj OojojojoooJjojojio Oojojojojo o ojojolo Oojojojoj oo ojeo Oojojojoiooo jojoio Z zZ NH Trunk Configuration The switch supports both static trunking and dynamic Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP You can create multiple links between devices that work as one virtual aggregate link A port trunk offers a dramatic increase in bandwidth for network segments where bottlenecks exist as well as providing a fault tolerant link between two devices You can create up to four trunks at a time Command Usage Besides balancing the load across each port in the trunk the other ports provide redundancy by taking over the load if a port in the trunk fails However before making any physical connections between devices use the Web interface to specify the trunk on the devices at both ends When using a port trunk take note of the following points Finish configuring port trunks before you connect the corresponding network cables between switches to avoid creating a loop Youcan create up to four trunks using up to eight ports in a trunk Ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports 3 13 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configur
106. tagged frames to high or low 4 24 queue sets the service method to a specified ratio high before low or first in first out MAC Address Configures static addresses and address 4 26 Configuration filtering Misc Configuration Configures port security address aging 4 29 broadcast storm control and maximum queue delay SWITCH STATIC CONFIGURATION MENU Administration Configuration Menu Use the Administration Configuration menu to configure device information the switch s IP address and user name and password TigerSwitch 10 100 Device Configuration Device Information IP Configuration Change Username Change Password Previous Menu Configure the device information Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Menu Description Page Device Information Provides basic system description including 4 12 contact information IP Configuration Set IP address subnet mask and gateway 4 13 Change Username Specifies user name for management access 4 14 Change Password Specifies password for management access 4 15 4 11 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4 12 Configuring Device Information Use the Device Information page to identify the system by providing a descriptive name location and other information Field Attributes Device Name Name assigned to the switch system Device Content Lists the supported ports or other information Device Location Specifies the
107. tem Menu Description Page Port Status Displays port connection status 4 7 Port Counters Lists Ethernet statistics 4 8 System Information Shows system model number MAC address 4 9 hardware version and firmware version STATUS AND COUNTERS MENU Displaying Connection Status Use the Port Status page to display the current connection status including link state auto negotiation speed duplex mode and flow control Field Attributes Type Shows pott type as 10 100TX 10BASE T 100BASE TX 100FX 100BASE FX 1000FX 1000BASE SX or 1000BASE LX 1000T 1000BASE T Enabled Shows if the port is enabled or disabled Status Indicates if the link is Up or Down Mode Shows the port speed and duplex mode Flow Control Indicates the type of flow control in use Console Click Status and Counters gt Port Status TigerSwitch 10 100 Port Status Post Type Enabled Status Mode FlowCtrl Tig 10 100TX No Down 100 Full On 25 10 100TX Yes Up 100 Full Off S 10 100TX No Down 100 Full On 4 10 100TX No Down 100 Full On Bre 10 100TX No Down 100 Full On 6 10 100TX Yes Up 100 Full Off p 10 100TX No Down 100 Full On 8 10 100TX Yes Up 100 Full Off actions Quit Previous Page Next Page Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 7 CONSOLE INTERFACE Showing Port Statistics You can display standard statistic
108. the Transmit Delay Bound Use the Max bridge transmit delay bound page to set the maximum queuing delay Field Attributes Max bridge transmit delay bound Limits the time packets can be queued in switch If enabled packets queued beyond the specified time will be dropped Range OFF 1 2 4 seconds Default OFP Enable Delay Bound Enables a transmit delay for packets in the low priority queue When enabled any low priority packets that exceed the delay bound will be sent Note that the Max bridge transmit delay bound control must be enabled for the Enable Delay Bound to function Max Delay Time Sets the maximum queuing time for low priority packets Any low priority packets that exceed the delay bound will be sent if the Enable Delay Bound is on Range 0 255 ms Default 0 ms Console Click Switch Static Configuration gt Misc Configuration gt Max bridge transmit delay bound Specify the maximum transmit delay bound for the overall delay permitted within the switch enable or disable the delay bound for the low priority queue and set a value for this bound then save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 Configure Max Bridge Transmit Delay Bound Max bridge transmit delay bound OFF Enable Delay Bound Disabled Max Delay Time 0 actions Edit Save Quit Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 33 CONSOLE INTERFACE Pr
109. trator has Read Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics The default user name and password for the administrator is admin Home Page 3 2 When your Web browser connects with the switch s Web agent the home page is displayed as shown below The interface displays the Main Menu on the left side of the screen and the selected menu on the right side The Main Menu links are used to navigate to other menus and display configuration parameters and statistics EN me Fu ood T 1 jee o Meier nme LEN niga gab Viquriberitsi 4 co 10 100 Welcome to the SMC Networks TigerSwitch 10 100 User Interface Port Statistics Administrator TFTP Update Firmwar Configuration Backup Reset System Reboot PANEL DISPLAY Configuration Options Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop down list Once a configuration change has been made on a page be sure to click on the Apply button to confirm the new setting The following table summarizes the Web page configuration buttons Button Action Apply Sets specified values to the system for the displayed page Default Cancels specified values and restores current values prior to pressing Apply Reset Immediately updates values for the current page Notes 1 To ensure proper screen refresh be sure that Internet Explorer 5 x is configured as follows Under the menu Tools Internet Options General
110. tributes Priority Defines the priority used for this port in the Spanning Tree Protocol If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same the port with the highest priority i e lowest value will be configured as an active link in the Spanning Tree This makes a port with higher priority less likely to be blocked if the Spanning Tree Protocol is detecting network oops Where more than one port is assigned the highest priority the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled Default 128 Range 0 255 Path Cost This parameter is used by the STP to determine the best path between devices Therefore lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media and higher values assigned to ports with slower media Path cost takes precedence over port priority Full Range 1 65535 Recommended Range Ethernet 50 600 Fast Ethernet 10 60 Gigabit Ethernet 3 10 Defaults Ethernet half duplex 100 full duplex 95 trunk 90 Fast Ethernet half duplex 19 full duplex 18 trunk 15 Gigabit Ethernet full duplex 4 PrRoTOCOL RELATED CONFIGURATION MENU Console Click Protocol Related Configuration gt STP gt Perport Configuration Modify the required attributes and save your settings TigerSwitch 10 100 STP Port Configuration Port PortState PathCost Priority Ty Disabled 10 128 2 Forwarding 10 128 8 Disabled 10 128 4 Disabled 10 128 br
111. user name and password as follows 1 Open the console interface with the default user name and password admin to access the Main Menu 2 Navigate from the Main Menu to Switch Static Configuration and then Administration Configuration 3 Select Change Username and press lt Enter gt e Select lt Edit gt type in the new user name and press Enter Select lt Save gt and press Enter 2 4 BASIC CONFIGURATION 4 Select Change Password and press Enter Type the old password and press Enter Type the new password and press Enter Then re enter the new password for verification press Enter Setting an IP Address You must establish IP address information for the switch to obtain management access through the network You can manually assign an IP address to the switch You may also need to specify a default gateway that resides between this device and management stations that exist on another network segment Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Note The IP address for this switch is unassigned by default Before you can assign an IP address to the switch you must obtain the following information from your network administrator P address for the switch e Network mask for this network Default gateway for the network 2 5 INITIAL CONFIGURAT
112. ver 3 Change your baud rate to the 57600 bps When using Windows HyperTerminal disconnect 8 set the baud rate and reconnect sl 4 From the terminal emulation program select the file you want to download set the protocol to XModem and then start downloading Note that the download file should be an SMC6709L2 binary file from SMC otherwise the agent will not accept it B 1 UPGRADING FIRMWARE 5 After the file has been downloaded the console screen will display information similar to that shown below Download IMAGE 0 K 55 Update Jifl wWabe x54 ee Rare vetere ade ace te dec UU a aeg Update firmware 0 K Note console baudrate of new image is 9600bps Reboot Change the baud rate back to 9600 bps When using Windows HyperTerminal disconnect 8 set the baud rate and reconnect al 6 Then press Enter to open the Log on screen S M C User Interface c TigerSwitch 10 100 username password For details on managing the switch refer to the appropriate chapters in this manual B 2 APPENDIX C TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting Chart Symptom Action Cannot connect using Telnet Web browser ot SNMP softwate Be sure you have configured the agent with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway If you are trying to connect to the agent via a tagged VLAN group your management station must include
113. will be discarded at the ingress port Default Enabled Ingress filtering only affects tagged frames Ifenabled the port will discard incoming frames tagged for VLANs which do not include this ingress port in their member set If disabled the port will accept any VLAN tagged frame if the tag matches a VLAN known to the switch Ingress filtering does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames such as GVRP or STP Ingress Filtering 2 Sets the port to drop untagged frames If only tagged frames are accepted the switch will only accept frames if the frame tag matches a VLAN to which this port has been assigned Default Disabled 3 32 VLAN CONFIGURATION Web Click Administrator gt VLAN Configuration gt Port VID Set the PVID and Ingress Filtering rules then click Apply VLAN Configuration E Port VID Assign a Port VLAN ID 1 4094 for untagged traffic on each port then click Submit to apply the changes on this page Disable Enabie Disable Disable v Enable 7 Disable Disable v Enabie Disable v Disable Enabie Disable Disable v Enable Disable Ingress Filtering Rule 1 Forward only packets with VID matching this port s configured VID Ingress Filtering Rule 2 Drop Untagged Frame 3 33 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration The Spanning Tree Protocol STP detects and disables network loops an

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