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Nortel Networks Optivity Switch User's Manual

1. eee 99 What is MultiLink Trunking Manager 0 B 98 MultiLink Trunking Manager features 0 000 e eee eee 100 Starting Multilink Trunking Manager s s RR Rm RR RR RR RR 100 MultiLink Trunking Manager window essel 101 PCM icu ircaniebd certat oe soe a orate Ao eed har ewe iss npud 102 I Do EET 103 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 8 Contents Navia DANS auos RR ehh P EE quee wA HOE E CIE SHR Ere S 103 CENTS DE onc dp dor aspis ea d a Eh EE Meg aU We WU dc acd ducks 103 curi e THEM 104 Finding network TEBOLICES 2c ccssscees ee ee ee kx bed eek X e ERG P RR 105 Using Multilink Trunking Manage usas ssa usage RR CX RARE CORR RLAC UR die RR 106 Viewing trunk Connecting 2 0c2cc20e ee ceeve gere x xxx y x x an rw c 106 Viewing no trunk configurations uuu cem aor eed Rx mm m ee m khe 108 Viewing isolated devices scicicascacasce cae sada a eRe SORORE RRR HORS 109 Managing MultiLink Trunks METS a a rot eR Rn RRR RR RR 111 COCA SN MUT D HE 111 Creating an MLT with one device lllllllellllllsele 111 Creating a new MLT on a pair of devices llle 113 Viewing MET portipformiglloft xscss4sa cdse0e sae dees ee ese eee enw CRGA RR 115 Editing port onam MET wo 00 ccceei arene mtm me ep ees 116 Deena TN oot rec Nds a co Rp ao d d A ange bitin Bd bcnc b AR as ae dote 117 EO OWL aeu pacer oR RE db e db qox SC pu d b do ed onu ERR d 117 Highligh
2. 0 00 eee eee eee 124 Multicast Manager menus and commands 125 Multicast Manager status bar fields 000 0200 ee eee 129 Gesetal Tab TAS vidi cactus ives enw RA abt c8 B Ro dore el ce 132 Receiver tab fields 2 2 cccceasteencteievea dere Reg RR xe ue Re 134 Sender Tab MGs Lora PETERS edd sea hea RE RE DRE RN RE RE 136 plac lab WIGS uoexaacck essosrtiuStbesBiies sRedcc sme sands 137 Access tab fields 22cco eae seme s e m uere genes 139 CACHE TE BOIS suci Ru ised cle 3 Cb Ub dd lal do duda E CN UR Ge un R 141 licis qc em IT 143 Group tb Rak doasceucsqmiexs peer ex dd E ade deci d idc dac Rcs 144 GOBAS TEE TIGIIS ar PER 147 Interface tab DVMRP fields 0 0000 c eee eee eee 149 Neighbor tab elds uoo e rex CRI 4 CER P ORRG OG CORREOS 150 Route tab TDVIMPIPA folds 1 prac hate SCR ERR RE CR RR A 152 Next Hop tab fields 2 2 cssuss esu e RR eee NE REWER HR RR Rea 154 Route tab MRoute fields sirro ssrrernrssrninrenss asrar isao 155 Source Subnets tab fields llli llle 158 Receivers tab Multicast Groups fields leues 160 SysLog dialog box items and buttons 0 00 cece eee 172 Optivity Switch Manager problems and solutions 181 Optivity Switch Manager error messages 0000ee eee 182 208963 B 17 Preface Optivity Switch Manager is a Java based graphical network management application used to configure an
3. 2 3 Click Save In the File name text box type a name for your file for example syslog2 txt Locating specific log entries You can locate specific log entries in Log Manager For example you can locate all entries containing a specified string without eliminating non related table entries To locate specific log entries 1 Inthe device view click Find The sysLog Find dialog box opens Figure 87 208963 B Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 175 Figure 87 sysLog Find dialog box sysLog Find X Find frestart In IF Tree Table From E Selection C Start MM Ignore Case ExactMatch v By Row Next Previous Cancel 2 Inthe Find field type the type the string you want to search for for example Fatal 3 Inthe From field check Selection finds the first occurrence of your selection from your current position in the table or Start selects the first occurrence of your selection in the table 4 Choose one or more of the following e Ignore Case to ignore upper and lower case in the Find field e Exact Match to match the string exactly as you typed it in the Find field e By Row to search by row or column If By Row is deselected the search is automatically by column 5 Click Next The fields containing matching strings are displayed in the SysLog dialog box 6 To proceed to the next field in the syslog Find dialog box click Next The next field is located and d
4. Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 144 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Group tab The Group tab Figure 67 displays L3 IGMP multicast group information Figure 67 Group tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help 5 e x gm e mim e 5 multicast Network IGMP Table for 10 10 40 51 f L2 IGMP Snoop g 101040 169 Cache Interface Group 5 10 10 40 170 IpAddress Members ier Bereen cab L3 IMP 238 255 207 31 192 168 20 2 1 25 255 5 TE 238 255 214 171 192 168 20 2 1 25 255 g 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 208 i DvMRP ff 10 10 40 51 g 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 MRoute M 10 10 40 51 g 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicast Groups 3 8 239 255 207 31 m 3 192 168 20 0 239 255 214 171 amp 3 192 168 20 0 lel Es Displaying cached information multicast group H source subnet P forwarding node Table 46 describes the fields in the Group tab Table 46 Group tab fields Field Description IpAddress IP address Class D designated as the multicast group address that members can join A group address can be the same for many incoming ports Members IP address of a member that has issued a group report for this group 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 145 Table 46 Group tab fields continued Field Description InPort A unique value to identify a brouter interface or a logical interfac
5. e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click the MultiLink Trunking Manager toolbar button The MultiLink Trunking Manager window opens Figure 40 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 101 MultiLink Trunking Manager window The MultiLink Trunking Manager window contains the parts identified in Figure 40 Figure 40 MultiLink Trunking Manager window Title bar TTE Manager Menu bar File Edit View Help Toolbar 3 69 amp 4 x amp e m m el E Mit Network 10 10 40 51 10 10 40 168 tz 10 10 40 169 1g 10 10 40 170 tz 10 10 40 172 E 10 10 40 208 RH Isolated Device Navigation pane Contents pane Status bar Discovered 19 mits from 6 devices s trunk no trunk isolated Table 28 describes the parts of the MultiLink Trunking Manager window Table 28 MultiLink Trunking Manager window parts Part Description Title bar Displays the submanager name Menu bar Provides access to all MultiLink Trunking Manager commands Toolbar Provides quick access to commonly used MultiLink Trunking Manager commands Navigation pane Provides a navigation tree showing MultiLink Trunking Manager network folder resources Contents pane Displays MultiLink Trunking Manager tables Status bar Displays status information including discovery information type of node highlighted and command status Using Optivity Switch Manag
6. gt The chapter includes information about the following topics e What is Multicast Manager next e Starting Multicast Manager page 123 e Multicast Manager window page 123 e Using Multicast Manager page 130 e Viewing Multicast Manager information in Optivity Switch Manager page 160 What is Multicast Manager Multicast Manager allows you to view devices within a network that are participating in multicast groups and using multicast protocols including group addresses source subnets forwarding paths and last reporters in the group Multicast Manager also allows you to view devices using a specific multicast protocols the forwarding path to either all destination devices or a selected intermediate device Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 122 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Multicast protocols Passport 1000 Series switches and Passport 8600 switches support the following multicast protocols e Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol DVMRP e Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP e IGMP Snooping At its most basic IP multicast is the communication of data and services to multiple destinations with a single transmission Refer to Networking Concepts for the Passport 1000 Series Routing Switch Release 2 0 and Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Routing Switch for more information on multicast and multicast protocols DVMRP DVMRP advertises shortest path routes t
7. IRP viewing information 66 Isolated Device table 110 isolated routing port See IRP J Joins field 143 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 186 Index L L3 IGMP and Multicast Manager 130 Cache tab 140 displaying information 139 Group tab 144 Interface tab 142 LastMemberQueryInterval field 143 LastReporter field inthe Cache tab 141 in the Receivers tab 160 Layer 3 IGMP See L3 IGMP Layout slider 52 LeafTimeOut field 148 Link Types definition 31 LocalAddress field 149 Location item 35 M MAC address 92 MajorVersion field 151 Mask item 87 Max Hops field 49 MaxAge field 74 Member field in the Receiver tab 134 in the Sender tab 136 MemberPort field 138 Members field 144 menu bar definition 30 Multicast Manager 125 MultiLink Trunking Manager 102 Optivity Switch Manager 30 Metric field 153 in the Interface tah DVMRP table 149 in the Route tah DVMRP table 153 MinorVersion field 151 MLT definition 99 icon 106 No trunk configurations 108 viewing 106 MLT Manager features 25 Mode field 139 MRoute definition 154 Route tab 154 MRouterExpiration item 133 MRouterPorts item 133 MRoutes 130 Multicast Group about 156 Receivers tab 159 Source Subnets tab 157 Multicast groups definition 130 Multicast Manager active multicast routes 130 and IGMP Snoop 130 contents pane 127 DVMRP 130 features 26 highlighting multicast information in Optivity Switch Manager 160 L3
8. 4 Click Next Multicast Manager starts its search and highlights the first match it finds or displays a message that it found no matches Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 130 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 5 Ifa first match was found click Next to find each subsequent match or click Previous to go back to your last match Using Multicast Manager Multicast Manager displays the following multicast protocols and groups supported on the devices discovered in the network topology e Layer 2 IGMP Snoop Layer 3 IGMP e DVMRP e Multicast routes The last group displayed is the Multicast Groups Multicast groups are defined by a multicast address and are listed in Multicast Manager by their multicast address To open a new table double click the multicast address listed below the protocol Viewing IGMP Snoop groups IGMP Snooping works at layer 2 in the network You configure IGMP Snooping using Device Manager All devices supported by Optivity Switch Manager can be configured for IGMP Snooping To view the information associated with IGMP Snoop groups gt Select a device listed under the IGMP Snoop folder The IGMP Snoop Table opens with the General tab displayed Figure 58 Note If a BayStack switch or a Business Policy Switch 2000 is selected only the General tab is displayed 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 131 Figure 58 IGMP Snoop Table gt Multicas
9. a Stg1 amp Members B Config i Status A Root Default 1 1 MLAN 2 2 1 G VLAN 3 3 1 VLAN 4 4 1 VLAN 5 5 1 VLAN 6 6 1 VLAN 7 7 1 G ip 8 8 1 ip 9 9 1 VLAN 10 10 1 e VLAN 11 11 1 e VLAN 12 1211 e VLAN 13 1311 ub VLAN 14 14 1 nb VLAN 15 15 1 Table 19 describes the STG icons displayed in the VLAN Manager navigation pane Table 19 STG information icons Icon Name Representation amp Members Devices and ports that are part of the STG ES Config STG configuration information Status STG status information including STG topology Qa change information 5 4 Root Devices that are the STG root Members To view the ports that are members of the STG gt In the navigation pane select Members The Members table opens in the contents pane Figure 23 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 70 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 23 Spanning tree group members table u VLAN Manager olx File Edit View Help SEL se gt lt 8s B e a Stg1 Device PortMembers amp Members 10 10 40 170 1 1 1 9 1 11 1 15 2 8 B Config 10 40 3 1 3 2 3 7 3 8 311 1 3 1 2 3 1 4 31 B Status 10 10 40 235 1 2 1 28 2 1 212 A Root Default 1 1 VLAN 2 2 1 VLAN 4 4 1 VLAN 5 5 1 VLAN 36 6 1 VLAN 7 7 1 G ip 8 8 1 3 ip 9 9 1 port subnet protocol QQ mac Table 20 descri
10. 10 10 40 31 amp 10 10 40 170 GB 10 10 40 209 B MRoute 10 10 40 31 amp 10 10 40 170 GB 10 10 40 209 nip Multicast Groups xr 239 255 184 179 f 238 255 207 31 238 255 214 171 239 255 226 119 Contents pane When you select a network resource in the navigation pane a table opens in the contents pane Figure 56 Note In this release tables are not available for multicast source subnet nodes and intermediate forwarding nodes from the navigation pane Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 128 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 56 DVMRP Table in the contents pane f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help e 4 x ee mim e Z5 wutticast Network f L2 IGMP Snoop 8 101040170 Globals Interface Neighbor Route Next Hop cab L3 IGMP Enable 10 10 40 31 Updatelnterval e 10 10 40 170 5 10 10 40 172 LeafTimeOut E DVMRP gt 10 10 40 31 NbrProbelnterval i amp 10 10 40 170 eS 83 1010 40 172 eneration MRoute be ReachableRoutes 4 nip Multicast Groups Displaying cached informatioq multicast group HE source subnet Pp forwarding node To view the multicast information in the contents pane gt In the navigation pane select a device icon from the list under the protocol The DVMRP table opens in the content
11. 116 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager To open the Insert MLT dialog box refer to Creating an MLT with one device on page 111 Figure 49 Port dialog box Fes Port 10 10 40 209 2 48 x PELTI T fees AL Aix Vianid VianName PortMembers so 22 VLAN 22 2 41 2 48 3 oe Link Status Up Connected To 10 10 40 172 2 8 The information displayed in the dialog box includes the VLAN s and STG s to which the port belongs and the port link status The port link status information includes whether the port is up or down and what other device ports the port is connected to Editing a port on an MLT To edit a port on an existing MLT 1 Inthe navigation pane select an MLT The MLT table opens in the contents pane 2 Inthe table double click the PortMembers field The PortMembers dialog box opens Figure 50 Figure 50 PortMembers dialog box Ss 10 10 40 32 Porth embers LA ZTEFTTTTET 40 41 12 43 14 15 46 1z 48 19 20f21 sd ence auj 3 Click the port numbers that you want to add or delete from the MLT Port numbers that appear to be pressed in are already being used and port numbers that are dimmed are inactive and cannot be used 4 Click Ok 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 117 Deleting an MLT To delete an MLT 1 In the navigation pane select a device and do one of the following e From the MultiLink Trunking Manager menu ba
12. Click OK From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Actions gt Discover Map The topology map is displayed Table 8 describes the items in the Preferences dialog box Table 8 Preferences dialog box items Section Item Description Discovery Seed Address es The IP address es of one or more devices that Optivity Switch Manager queries using SNMP to start the discovery process For a list of supported devices see nstalling Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 Note If the devices you want to monitor and configure are not connected to the same network you can specify multiple seed addresses separated by commas The separate networks do not appear to be connected in the network topology map Max Hops The number of hops between 1 and 20 that a data packet travels from one router or intermediate point to another in the network Default is 5 hops Restrict Discovery Opens the Restrict Discovery dialog box to restrict device discovery to only the devices in the subnets entered Refer to Restricting discovery on page 51 for more information Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 50 Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager Table 8 Preferences dialog box items continued Section Item Description Map Layout Drag the slider to the right better or to the left faster to indicate how you want Optivity Switch Manager to lay out devices
13. From Optivity Switch Manager you can view the following information Which ports in the network are configured as unassigned tagging or isolated routing ports IRPs and brouter ports Which ports are assigned to a particular spanning tree group STG Which device is the root of an STG and which ports are in the forwarding and blocking states Which ports are members of a VLAN or multiple VLANs Viewing VLAN members in Optivity Switch Manager To view the members of a VLAN in Optivity Switch Manager 1 In the navigation pane choose a VLAN The Ports table opens in the VLAN Manager contents pane From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose View gt Highlight Topology Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window The highlighted topology view opens in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane Figure 37 shows that 10 10 40 170 and 10 10 40 235 are members of VLAN 209 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 94 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 37 VLAN topology in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane lig Optivity Switch Manager 1 0 0 b07 4 5 10 10 40 31 VLAN members 2 4 10 10 40 24 112 10 10 40 235 Viewing STG port members When you select an STG in the VLAN Manager navigation pane you can view the devices and ports associated with that STG in the Optivity Switch Manager network topology map This view can assist you in troubleshooting by identifying which p
14. LastChange The date and time when the device s configuration was last changed LastSavedToNVRam The date and time when the device s configuration was last saved If the device s configuration was never saved this text box reads none Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu Use the shortcut menu Figure 3 to start device related tasks for a selected device The shortcut menu commands are similar to those found in the Device menu and include launching the standalone Device Manager application To access the shortcut menu gt Right click a device on the topology map to open the shortcut menu The shortcut menu opens Figure 3 Figure 3 Shortcut menu Ping Co ggg Telhet IN F Properties Vt Dump Topology to Log 4 Ale Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 35 Viewing device properties When you choose Properties from the shortcut menu you can view properties for the selected device The Device Properties dialog box Figure 4 includes the name type and location of the device if that information was entered in the device s configuration The bottom of the Device Properties dialog box shows the port status of the device Figure 4 Device Properties dialog box I Optivity Switch Manager 1 1 0 b04 Device Properties Name 10 10 40 235 Type mBayStack450 SysName swlab edge6 Description BayStack 450 247 HW RevB FVVV1 42 SW v2 0 0 23 Location scO7 01 s
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16. connectivity but do not have to be directly attached to a multicast router These ports include the Querier port and all ports in the forwarding state that were configured by the user as well as those that were dynamically learned using receiving queries ActiveQuerier IP address of the last querier multicast router of this VLAN that was heard by the switch QuerierPort Port on which the LastQuerier is being heard MRouterExpiration Time remaining before the multicast router is aged out If the switch does not receive any queries before this time expires it flushes out all group memberships known to the VLAN The Query Max Response Interval obtained from the Queries received is used as the timer resolution Receiver tab The Receiver tab Figure 60 provides information about IGMP group receivers Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 134 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 60 Receiver tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help LE Ox S amp 4 x amp e m m e eS Multicast Network IGMP Snoop Table for 10 10 40 169 cll L2 IGMP Snoop e TEDETETS General Receiver Sender Static Access 5 10 10 40 170 vianid GrpAddress InPort Member Expiration Type cab L3 1GMP 3 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 c DvMRP M 10 10 40 51 g 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 MRoute g 10 10 40 51 g 10 10 40 168 18 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicas
17. denied reception or denied both transmission and reception of multicast traffic Figure 63 Access tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help aa e x amp e m m e S wutticast Network ge L2 IGMP Snoop p 10 10 40 169 General Receiver Sender Static Access i amp 10 10 40 170 Vianid GrpAddress HostAddress HostMask Mode cb L3 IGMP g 10 10 40 51 eS 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 cl DvMRP i 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 208 cll MRoute 3g 10 10 40 51 eS 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicast Groups Sf 239 255 207 31 Piel Es H 192 168 20 0 amp 8 239 255 214 171 amp 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information multicast group i source subnet P forwarding node Table 43 describes the fields in the Access tab 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 139 Table 43 Access tab fields Field Description Vlanld VLAN ID for the VLAN GrpAddress Multicast group address of the multicast stream HostAddress IP address of the host whose membership is to be controlled HostMask Subnet mask of the host whose membership is to be controlled Mode The host address mode which can be one of the following e denyTx deny transmit mode e denyRx deny receive mode e denyBoth deny transmit and receive mode Viewing L3 IGMP information Layer 3 IGMP allows an IP Multicast router to learn the existence of hos
18. following submanagers within Optivity Switch Manager e VLAN Manager e MultiLink Trunking Manager e Multicast Manager e Log Manager In addition to these submanagers Optivity Switch Manager has an associated standalone application Device Manager that provides the ability to completely configure and manage a single device in the network Optivity Switch Manager allows you to manage small to medium size networks Since Optivity Switch Manager is a Java based tool it is platform independent Optivity Switch Manager is also a real time SNMP tool allowing you to save the topology map error log preferences and communities in the application Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 24 Chapter 1 Introducing Optivity Switch Manager To use Optivity Switch Manager you must have the Java Runtime Environment JRE installed on your system Optivity Switch Manager requires JRE 1 3 Note For a description of operating systems devices and software releases supported by Optivity Switch Manager see Installing Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 Optivity Switch Manager features Optivity Switch Manager is a configuration tool for troubleshooting and limited network monitoring It has the following features e Aconsistent look across the Solaris and Windows platforms e Spring algorithm that balances distances between devices and minimizes crossing lines when creating the topology map e A consistent graphic
19. instead its type goes back to static Sender tab The Sender tab Figure 61 displays information about the IGMP Snoop sender device Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 136 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 61 Sender tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help lolx 21 Multicast Network gt L2 IGMP Snoop ey TERRE L3 IGMP 8g 10 10 40 31 e 10 10 40 170 e 10 10 40 172 i DvMRP 18 10 10 40 31 e 10 10 40 170 g 10 10 40 172 H MRoute E nip Multicast Groups a x 8e m el IGMP Snoop Table for 10 10 40 170 Displaying cached information multicast group HE source subnet P forwarding node General Receiver Sender static Access vianid GrpAddress InPort Member Action Table 41 describes the fields in the Sender tab Table 41 Sender tab fields Field Description Vlanid VLAN ID of the ingress VLAN GrpAddress Address of the multicast group that the sender is broadcasting InPort Port where group membership was learned If the source sender moves to another switch port this field is not automatically updated Member Source IP address of the member who joined Action Last action you performed flush group flush entry or none 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 137 Static tab The Static tab Figure 62 displays information about the static entries created to forward IGM
20. 0 MM 4 vlan leaf 88 10 10 40 168 192 168 30 0 255 255 255 0 MM 3 vlan leaf 3g 101040209 192 168 30 0 255 255 255 0 MM 4 vlan leaf DvMRP E ERED e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 MRoute g 10 10 40 51 g 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 209 B Multicast Groups 239 255 207 31 amp 192 168 20 0 239 255 214 171 amp 3 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached informatior amp multicast group Qi source subnet P forwarding node Table 51 describes the fields in the Next Hop tab Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 154 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Table 51 Next Hop tab fields Field Description Source The network address that when combined with the corresponding next hop SourceMask value identifies the source for which this entry specifies a next hop on an outgoing interface SourceMask The network mask that when combined with the corresponding next hop Source value identifies the source for which this entry specifies a next hop on an outgoing interface Outlnterface DVMRP interface slot port number or VLAN ID for the outgoing interface for this next hop Type The type is e leaf if no downstream dependent neighbors exist on the outgoing virtual interface e branch if downstream dependent neighbors do exist on the outgoing virtual interface Viewing MRoute information Multicast Route MRoute information contains the detai
21. 10 10 40 170 aiainiaa Discovered 2 mits on 10 10 40 1598 amp 10 10 40 158 Ss trunk Se no trunk isolated 2 From the MultiLink Trunking Manager menu bar choose View gt Highlight Topology 3 Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window The topology view opens in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane with devices connected to the MLT highlighted in blue and the ports in the MLT highlighted in green Figure 53 If you select either a no trunk or an isolated device from the MultiLink Trunking Manager navigation pane only the highlighted device appears in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 119 Figure 53 Highlight topology view in Optivity Switch Manager lig Optivity Switch Manager 4 0 0 b29 amp giejajm elkasi efl o Highlighted device MLT link 2 29 192 168 60 209 10 10 277 P19 192 168 490 209 Se REN Highlighted BREE x device zrz9 T3232 T65 3U ZU r TE 10 10 40 170 1 17 192 168 30 21 1 33 1 34 1 10 10 40 51 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 120 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 208963 B 121 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager This chapter describes Multicast Manager which you can use to monitor multicast protocols deployed across the devices discovered by Optivity Switch Manager Note To configure multicast groups you must use Device Manager
22. 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 209 olx 9 10 10 40 168 B 10 10 40 209 cil MRoute BJ 10 10 40 51 io By 10 10 40 168 10 10 40 209 E A Multicast Groups 8 239 255 207 31 af 192 168 20 0 E E 239 255 214 171 af 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information 8 multicast group f source subnet ZP forwarding node Table 49 describes the fields in the Neighbor tab Table 49 Neighbor tab fields Field Description Interface The DVMRP slot port number or the virtual interface VLAN used to reach this DVMRP neighbor Address IP address of the DVMRP neighbor for which this entry contains information ExpiryTime Time remaining before this DVMRP neighbor is aged out Generationld Neighboring router s generation ID number 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 151 Table 49 Neighbor tab fields continued Field Description MajorVersion Neighboring router s major DVMRP version number MinorVersion Neighboring router s minor DVMRP version number Capabilities Neighboring router s capabilities The probe flag is 1 byte long with the lower 4 bits containing the following information The leaf bit 0 indicates that the neighbor has only one interface with neighbors The prune bit 1 indicates that the neighbor supports pruning The generationID bit 2 indicates that the neighbor sends its generation ID in probe messages The mtrace b
23. 255 255 255 0 F Multicast Network gt L2 IGMP Snoop c5 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 170 cil L3 IGMP fi 10 10 40 51 eS 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 gt DvMRP ff 10 10 40 51 eS 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 MRoute g 10 10 40 51 i i 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicast Groups B 5207 3 amp 192 168 20 0 JP 10 10 40 51 amp R 239 255 214 171 Displaying cached information multicast group H source subnet P forwarding node Table 53 describes the fields in the Source Subnets tab Table 53 Source Subnets tab fields Field Description SubnetAddress Network address that when combined with the corresponding SubnetMask value identifies the source multicast address SubnetMask Network mask that when combined with the corresponding SubnetAddress value identifies the source multicast address 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 159 Receivers tab The Receivers tab Figure 77 displays the addresses of the last reporters for the active multicast group Figure 77 Receivers tab Multicast Groups f Multicast Manager alg als e L2 IGMP Snoop 13 icmp i gt DVMRP Last Repone Querer H MRoute S A Multicast Groups z 9 FEREEERETEE i 239 255 207 31 239 255 208 57 F 239 255 214 171 J 239 255 226 119 8 239 255 253 101 179 Table 54 describes the fields in the Receivers tab Using Optivity Sw
24. BayStack switches and the Business Policy Switch 2000 support only one STG per switch To create a new spanning tree group 1 From the navigation tree highlight the first Network folder and do one of the following e From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Insert e Onthe VLAN Manager toolbar click Insert The New STG dialog box opens Figure 30 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 80 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 30 New STG dialog box VLAN Manager New STG Id 25 1 25 TaggedBpduAddress 01 80 2 00 00 00 TaggedBpduvlanld fos Priority 2768 tt BridgeMaxAge 2000 BridgeHelloTime po BridgeForwardDelay fi 500 Enable Stp Enable Stp Traps v OnAIl Devices MM x Cancel Insert values or select options in the option boxes Click Ok Table 25 describes the items in the New STG dialog box Table 25 New STG dialog box items Item Description Id A number between 1 and 25 that identifies the new spanning tree group STG configured on the network TaggedBpduAddress A MAC address specifically for tagged BPDUs TaggedBpduVlanld The VLAN tag associated with the STG This ID is used to tag BPDUs through a non IEEE tagging bridge to another Passport or BayStack switch Priority STP bridge priority in decimal The range is 0 highest priority to 65535 lowest priority The default is 32768 BridgeMaxAge Va
25. Ce ern Seb he 44 XG OX ER R4 REED 78 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 12 Figures Figure 30 Figure 31 Figure 32 Figure 33 Figure 34 Figure 35 Figure 36 Figure 37 Figure 38 Figure 39 Figure 40 Figure 41 Figure 42 Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Figure 46 Figure 47 Figure 48 Figure 49 Figure 50 Figure 51 Figure 52 Figure 53 Figure 54 Figure 55 Figure 56 Figure 57 Figure 58 Figure 59 Figure 60 Figure 61 Figure 62 Figure 63 Figure 64 New STG daO BOE cas v bed enra ERU RRRGG dX dq d ey 80 Dene BE ait owe sy cient oiseau debug enn ecd Wa 82 New VLAN dialog BOX csi eurer mm m Rd ems 84 New VLAN dialog box with bySubnet selected 2 86 New VLAN dialog box with byProtocolld selected 88 New VLAN dialog box with bySrcMac selected ss 91 Edit Mac VLAN dialog BOX x iers csrrr kat ks Ck em eon Jo Rel nc 92 VLAN topology in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane 94 Viewing STG port members lesleslls sees 96 Root topology displayed in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane 97 MultiLink Trunking Manager window eee eee eee 101 Contiene palle Load ru eed hae RETE RR ob rb a ar eir d 104 Fini HAG DUX cst cum seine ACER Keres DOGS PRENNE E 105 d ccc cnet a tae bah PPP 107 No TRAE MN a cio Ra cca ab a ea cu db Ur Cel as ab rand edi ute 108 Ipulated Device table i seus ttis bp re sae Shahn eae dh cac 110 Insert
26. GroupAddress field 155 GrpAddress field in the Access tab 139 in the Receiver tab 134 in the Sender tab 136 in the Static tab 137 H HelloTime field 74 Help 46 highlighted topology view 93 HighPriority item in the Default Ports table 76 in the New VLAN dialog box 85 HoldTime field 74 HostAddress field 139 HostMask field 139 Id field in the Isolated Device table 110 in the No Trunk table 108 in the Trunk table 107 Id item in the Insert MLT dialog box 112 115 in the New VLAN dialog box 85 in the STG dialog box 80 IfIndex field in the Isolated Device Table 110 in the No Trunk table 109 in the Trunk table 107 IfIndex item in the Default Ports table 77 IGMP Snoop Access tab 138 and Multicast Manager 130 Generaltab 130 IGMP Snoop table 130 Receiver tab 133 Sendertab 135 Static tab 137 IGMP Snooping definition 122 IGMP definition 122 individual routing ports VLAN 57 InPort field in the Group tab 145 in the Receiver tab 134 in the Sender tab 136 Insert MLT dialog box one device 111 pair of devices 114 viewing port status 115 Interface field inthe Cache tab 141 in the Interface tab 143 in the Interface tab DVMRP table 149 in the Neighbor tab 150 inthe Route tab 156 in the Route tab DVMRP table 153 Interface tab displaying DVMRP enabled devices 148 displaying L3 IGMP interface statistics 142 Internet Group Management Protocol See IGMP IpAddress field 144 IpAddress item in the Default Ports table 77
27. IGMP 130 location of active multicast groups 126 menu bar 125 Multicast Groups 130 navigation contents pane 127 navigation pane 126 starting 123 170 status bar 128 status bar icon field 129 status bar message field 129 viewing forwarding node in Optivity Switch Manager 160 208963 B Index 187 multicast protocols 162 source subnet in Optivity Switch Manager 160 window 123 Multicast Manager icons forwarding node 129 multicast group 129 source subnet 129 Multicast Route See MRoute multicast definition 122 MultiLink Trunking Manager configuring a MLT on two devices 113 configuring an MLT on one device 111 contents pane 103 creating a MLT 111 deleting an MLT 117 editing MLT information 117 features 100 highlighting devices and MLTs in Optivity Switch Manager 118 Isolated Device table 110 Isolated devices 109 menu bar 102 navigation tree 103 No trunk icon 108 No Trunk table 108 status bar 104 status bar message field 104 Trunk icon 106 Trunk table 107 viewing isolated devices 118 MLTs in network map 118 no trunk devices 118 port link status 116 topology information 118 window 101 MultiLink Trunking Manager icons isolated 104 no trunk 104 trunk 104 MultiLink Trunking Manager window Status bar icon field 104 MultiLink Trunking See MLT N Name field in the Isolated Device table 110 in the No Trunk table 108 in the Trunk Table 107 Name item in the Insert MIT dialog box 112 1
28. Manager on page 121 for more information about this application 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 33 Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands continued Shortcut Menu Command keys Description Help Contents F1 Opens a Web browser application and loads Help files Online Support Opens a Web browser that loads the Nortel Networks Customer Support Web page Legend Displays a key to the icons used in the Optivity Switch Manager topology map About Optivity Displays Optivity Switch Manager application information Switch Manager Finding unsaved configurations You can find devices that have unsaved configuration files or changed configuration files To find unsaved configuration files gt From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Actions gt Find Unsaved Configurations The Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box opens Figure 2 Figure 2 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box li Optivity Switch Manager 1 1 0 b10 Find Unsaved EJ Device LastChange LastSaveToN Ram 10 104034 200012 21 14 58 38 none Table 3 describes the items in the Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 34 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Table 3 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box items Item Description Device The IP address system name or host name of the device
29. Open File dialog box opens Figure 7 Figure 7 Open File dialog box Optivity Switch Manager 4 0 0 b28 24 x Lookin Ehm e zz E Fienme HER Files of type ai Files Cancel 2 Select the filename with a topo extension that contains your saved network topology 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 43 3 Click Open The topology map is displayed in the contents pane 4 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Actions gt Update Topology to update your network topology map Saving a topology map When you save a topology map it is stored with a topo file extension If you do not save a topology with a specific file name Optivity Switch Manager attempts to save the current map to the default topo file To save a topology map with another name 1 Doone of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose File gt Save e On the keyboard press Ctrl S e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Save The Save dialog box opens Figure 8 Figure 8 Save dialog box ptivity Switch Manager 4 0 0 b28 24 x Save in ja Jnm gt e if Save as type ai Files Cancel 2 Type the file name with a topo file extension 3 Click Save Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 44 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Printing a topology map To print a topology map gt Do one of the
30. Passport 8000 Series Management Software Routing Operations Release 3 1 part number 207415 C Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2 switching functions with the Passport 8000 Series switch including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens Reference for the BayStack 350 410 450 Management Software Operations Version 3 1 part number 210245 B Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2 switching functions with BayStack switches including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free directly from the Internet Go to the www25 nortelnetworks com library tpubs URL Find the product for which you need documentation Then locate the specific category and model or version for your hardware or software product Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the manuals and release notes search for the sections you need and print them on most standard printers Go to Adobe Systems at the www adobe com URL to download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader You can purchase selected documentation sets CDs and technical publications through the Internet at the www1 fatbrain com documentation nortel URL 208963 B Preface 21 How to get help If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel Networks product from a distributor or authorized reseller contact the technical support staff for that distributor
31. STGs 000 c eee ee 68 rms m CD CET 69 Viewing and configuring STG parameters sseslseslssn 71 PMR LN MM MM M eer UTEM 73 POON osa air qupd QR FOLE ANDE UR bee OCC QUE SUR RS ee DURO ERE QUE ek R 74 Bie a ee cxt ET DERRETRDPdRR e Dx py 3G be REOR 75 SLANM BOIS Sappi seeds a s ad ace uausd d p bd dus meee Bun dus eal CAU A 77 Managing spanning tree groups STGs 0 0 00 e eee eee 79 Creating a spanning tree group 2 2 2 cee 79 Editing a Spanning tree group uua sn rx REEOCRRURGOEONRCRCE XCROROR Hale HEH RRwS 81 Deleting a spanning tree group 0 00 eee eere 81 DRAVID ie abiere Bot cs ws ie e edd sie pin ih Re Ol od i ae ia a get S 82 dic pe fs m TUTTI 82 Creating a port based VLAN 0 000 cece eee eee 83 Creating a source IP subnet based VLAN 00 cee eee eee 85 Creating a protocol based VLAN 0 020 eee ees 87 User defined protocols in a protocol based VLAN ss 89 Creating a source MAC address based VLAN 0 00 e nee eee 90 Deleting a VLAN cocci cecnt oe eee eee e 9e eek n gane es RoR Pe ee wx 92 Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane 93 Viewing VLAN members in Optivity Switch Manager sss 93 Viewing STG port members issussees e ocu pur Ry ERG CREE RR eR 94 Viewing STG root configuration cuu case aaa uc exce ie ac EC CR ctt a Ren 97 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager
32. about VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol refer to Networking Concepts for the Passport 1000 Series Routing Switch Release 2 0 and Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Routing Switch Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 57 VLAN Manager features VLAN Manager allows you to e Configure and monitor VLANs and STGs across one or multiple devices e View and edit port membership information ports not belonging to an STG or ports belonging to multiple STGs individual routing ports and brouter ports e View Spanning Tree configuration information In the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane such as which ports are blocking or forwarding You can also see which device is the root of the Spanning Tree configuration The following sections describe the VLAN Manager window and the management functions available Starting VLAN Manager To start VLAN Manager gt Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Tools gt VLAN Manager e On the keyboard press F2 e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click VLAN Manager The VLAN Manager window opens Figure 14 VLAN Manager window The VLAN Manager window Figure 14 contains the parts described in Table 11 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 58 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 14 VLAN Manager window Title bar Menu bar Toolbar a2 VLAN Manager File Edit View Help olx m EE EERE E N
33. be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the following e Select from the device list e Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list 10 Click Ok 11 Select the newly created MAC based VLAN and choose Edit Edit Mac Addresses The Edit Mac VLAN dialog box opens Figure 36 Figure 36 Edit Mac VLAN dialog box Mac based VLANs should have consistant membership across devices Please use text files to maintain your membership and edit them locally before assigning membership to device MAC addresses can be or delimited ie 00 01 ff cc 12 44 Add From File Save To File Delete Members On Device Close 12 Select Add From File and enter the file name of the text file containing the MAC addresses to added to the new MAC based VLAN You can create this file earlier and remember where you saved the text file You can use colons or dashes to delineate the MAC address 13 Click Close 14 Click Refresh Deleting a VLAN To delete a VLAN 1 Inthe navigation pane select a VLAN and do one of the following From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose Edit Delete 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 93 e On the VLAN Manager toolbar click Delete The Delete dialog box opens Figure 31 on page 82 2 Click Yes Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane Optivity Switch Manager provides dynamic discovery of active STG devices in a network
34. belong to multiple spanning tree groups 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 83 An access untagged port can belong to one and only one port based VLAN or it can belong to one and only one policy based VLAN for the given protocol If you enable tagging on a port that is in a VLAN the spanning tree group configuration for that port is lost A frame s VLAN membership is determined by the following order of precedence VLAN ID Source MAC based VLAN IP subnet based VLAN Protocol based VLAN Port based VLAN Creating a port based VLAN To create a port based VLAN 1 2 In the navigation pane select an STG Do one of the following From the menu bar choose Edit gt Insert e On the toolbar click Insert The New VLAN dialog box opens Figure 32 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 84 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 32 New VLAN dialog box YLAN Manager New YLAN x Id 210 1 4084 Name QOoSLevwl gKy 1C2C03C4Cs5C amp gC7C8 DS Field gg 1 1 54 I High Priority 1K Type byPort C bySubnet C byProtocolld C bySrcMac I3 n Cipxeigdota pRXBIEOOE JC ipxenen C ipxetiemeta applenall phe Ic dediat decother C snacozdotz aor IC snaethermetz netics Si xng IC vines C ipy6 C rerJefined IC Iram Mask HEN Jeemedph Cancel Help 3 Type the VLAN ID The value can be from 1 to 4094 a
35. chapter describes configuration tools for Optivity Switch Manager and includes the following topics e Discovering your network next e Accessing devices within different SNMP communities page 53 Discovering your network Optivity Switch Manager builds its logical map of the network by querying the topology table of the seed device using the Bay Autotopology Protocol BTP A seed device is a device from which you start learning about the topology of the network After getting the information about the neighbors of the seed device Optivity Switch Manager queries the neighbor devices for their topology tables Optivity Switch Manager then selects the appropriate icon to represent each device computes the links between devices and represents the device information in a network topology map Discovery continues until the maximum number of hops is reached By default Optivity Switch Manager does not query neighbors more than five hops away from the seed device You can set the number of hops up to a maximum of 20 hops Also you can stop the discovery process at any time by clicking Discovery from the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar While the discovery process is occurring this button changes to show a red X Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 48 Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager Discovering devices on a network The topology discovery process begins when you supply Optivity Switch Manager with one
36. e Source IP subnet based VLAN e Protocol based VLAN e Source MAC address based VLAN On All Devices Selects all devices in the list Creating a source IP subnet based VLAN Source IP subnet based VLANs are supported only on Passport 1000 Series and Passport 8000 Series switches To create a source IP subnet based VLAN 1 In the navigation pane select an STG 2 Do one of the following From the menu bar choose Edit gt Insert e On the toolbar click Insert Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 86 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager The New VLAN dialog box opens Figure 33 Figure 33 New VLAN dialog box with bySubnet selected Id 210 1 4094 Name QOSLevl 8g g 6 1 C 2C 3C4 C 5Ce amp C 7 C 8 DS Field 8K 1 54 High Priority 1K Type C byPort bySubnet C byProtocolld C bySrcMac Con Cipreigicta ependima fl ipxenap COUPER lanplenalt C dectlat decotier LeraBgdtz Protocalld enaEttiemetz netsics Cong vines Cipe Wervetned Cram Cancel Help 3 Type the VLAN ID The value can be from 1 to 4094 as long as it is not already in use The default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1 4 Type the VLAN name optional If no name is entered a default is created For a Passport 8600 switch you the QoS Level optional For a Passport 8600 switch type the Differentiated Services DS Field optional 7 Fora Pas
37. following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose File gt Print e On the keyboard press Ctrl P e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Print Note Optivity Switch Manager prints only a single page showing the part of the topology map that starts at the left border of the window To print a portion of the map ensure that the portion is next to the left border of the window at the desired zoom level Finding a device in the topology map To locate a device in the network topology map 1 Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Find Device in Map e On the keyboard press Ctrl F e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Find The Find Device dialog box opens Figure 9 Figure 9 Find Device dialog box Optivity Switch Manager 1 0 0 b07 Find Dev X By Name lP Address Find Cancel Her 2 Type the name or the IP address of the device 3 Click Find 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 45 Arranging devices on the topology map As Optivity Switch Manager discovers devices they are arranged by default in a column top to bottom left to right on the topology map Figure 10 shows the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane after a seed address was located The devices icons are crowded together and the port numbers and IP addresses overlap each other To improve readability of the map you can a
38. if the multicast protocol is selected from the Multicast Manager navigation tree e Provide information about multicast groups with active members including information on group address source subnet and last reporters e Display the multicast forwarding path for a selected source group to all destination devices or to a selected intermediate device Starting Multicast Manager To start Multicast Manager gt Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Tools gt Multicast Manager e On the keyboard press F4 e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Multicast Manager The Multicast Manager window opens Figure 54 Multicast Manager window The Multicast Manager window contains the parts identified in Figure 54 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 124 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 54 Multicast Manager window Title bar Menu bar Toolbar Navigation pane Contents fx Multicast Manager _ Oo x Jile Edit View Help a Z G Multicast Network Bb L2 IOMP Snoop amp 10 10 40 170 ania Enable ReportProxyEnable Robustness Queryinterval sec MRouterPorts Active ei DvMRP MRoute Ah in an n aco S E L3 GMP true true 2 125 9 10104051 D false true 2 125 amp 10 10 40 168 76 falee true 2 125 8 101040209 77 false true 2 125 78 false true 2 125 8 10 10 40 51 By 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 209 E
39. in the Tagging Ports table 66 in the Unassigned Ports table 65 Device Manager documentation 26 features 26 reference guides 179 standalone application 26 Device Properties dialog box viewing device properties 35 viewing port status 35 devices arranging on a topology map 45 discovery process See network topology map Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol See DVMRP DsField field 76 DsField item in the VLAN dialog box 85 DVMRP and Multicast Manager 130 coupled with layer 3 IGMP 122 definition 122 Globals tab 146 Interface tab 148 Neighbor tab 150 Next Hop tab 153 Route tab 151 viewing information 145 E Edit Mac VLAN dialog box 92 Edit Mac Addresses command 92 Enable field in the Globals tab 147 in the Isolated Device table 110 in the No Trunk table 109 in the Trunk table 107 Enable item 132 Enable Stp item 81 Enable Stp Traps item 81 EnableStp field 72 error messages 181 Ethernet 31 Expiration field in the Group tab 145 in the Receiver tab 135 ExpiryTime field inthe Cache tab 142 in the Neighbor tab 150 in the Next Hop tab 153 in the Route tab 156 F Find dialog box Multicast Manager 129 MultiLink Trunking Manager 105 VLAN Manager 63 ForwardDelay field 74 G General tab viewing IGMP Snoop information 130 GenerationId field in the Globals tab 148 in the Neighbor tab 150 Globals tab 146 208963 B Index 185 Group tab viewing L3 IGMP multicast group information 144
40. in which ports are dynamically added to the VLAN based on a network protocol e mac a VLAN in which ports are dynamically added to the VLAN based on the source MAC address Finding network resources You can locate an entry in a field that contains a particular item of information such as text seed address or VLAN ID number To find a network resource 1 Click any device in the navigation tree or contents pane and do one of the following e From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Find 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 63 e On the VLAN Manager toolbar click Find The Find dialog box opens Figure 17 Figure 17 Find dialog box VLAN Manager Find x Find In Tree C Table From e Selection C Start fe Ignore Case ExactMatch Sy Row FTEVIGUE Cancel In the Find text box type the text or number for your search In the In section click the Tree option to search the navigation tree or click the Table option to search the contents pane 4 Click Next VLAN Manager starts its search and highlights the first match that it finds or displays a message that it found no matches 5 Ifa first match was found click Next to find each subsequent match or click Previous to go back to your last match Using VLAN Manager Using VLAN Manager you can monitor configure and troubleshoot STGs and VLANs found in the network This section includes the informa
41. large network topology the device IP addresses and port numbers are not displayed unless you magnify the network topology map using the scale slider Optivity Switch Manager menu bar The menu bar provides menus and commands for operating Optivity Switch Manager and for accessing Device Manager VLAN Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager Multicast Manager and Log Manager Table 2 lists the Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 31 Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands Shortcut Menu Command keys Description File Open Ctrl O Opens a topology map Save Ctrl S Saves a topology map Print Ctrl P Opens the Print dialog box where you set print parameters Exit Ctrl Q Exits Optivity Switch Manager Edit Communities Edits SNMP communities accessible by Optivity Switch Manager Refer to Accessing devices within different SNMP communities on page 53 for more information Preferences Edits network preferences and identifies seed addresses used by Optivity Switch Manager Refer to Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager on page 48 for more information Clear Map Del Deletes the current network topology displayed in the contents pane Find Device in Ctrl F Opens the Find Device dialog box where you set Map parameters to find a device in the topology map Select All Selects a
42. located at IP address 10 170 137 105 copy pemcia syslog txt 10 170 137 105 syslog txt Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 170 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager Passport Accelar 1000 Series switches version 2 x To upload a Passport Accelar 1000 Series syslog file to your management station use the CLI copy command as described in the CLI reference guide that was shipped with the switch For example the following CLI command and prompt sequence copies a syslog file to the management station located at IP address 10 170 137 10 Passport 12004 copy f t Enter destination tftp server address 10 170 137 105 Enter destination file syslog syslog tftp starting Press any key to abort the operation tftp result success Starting Log Manager To start Log Manager gt Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Actions gt Log Manager e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Log Manager The SysLog dialog box opens Figure 83 Until you open a syslog file the dialog box does not contain any log file information 208963 B Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 171 Figure 83 SysLog dialog box lig SysLog Lx Id Timestamp Severity Code Task Log Description ciose Help Opening a syslog file To open a syslog file 1 In the SysLog dialog box click the folder icon The Open sysLog dialog box opens Figure 84 Figure 84
43. not have an active MLT configured e solated a switch connected only to a hub Viewing trunk connections You can view the trunk connections for an MLT and configure new trunks to increase bandwidth To view trunk connections gt In the navigation pane select a device that is represented by a trunk icon The Trunk table opens in the contents pane Figure 43 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 107 Figure 43 Trunk table MultiLink Trunking Manager File Edit View Help ala e 3 8 6 0 18 3 Mit Network Device ral Name PortMembers PortType Vlanids Enable index 217 218 22 97 E A 10 10 40 31 10 10 40 172 2 172 209 access false 10 10 40 170 10 10 40 209 2 172 209 2147 2 48 access 22 false 4097 E S 10 10 40 170 Se 10 10 40 31 E S 10 10 40 172 Q 10 10 40 209 E E 10 10 40 209 10 10 40 172 3 3 Isolated Device S 10 10 40 24 S 10 10 40 25 S 10 10 40 32 S 10 10 40 153 S 10 10 40 168 S 10 10 40 235 Discovered 2 mits on 10 10 40 172810 10 40 209 Qs trunk no trunk S isolated Table 31 describes the fields in the Trunk table Table 31 Trunk table fields Field Description Device IP address system name or host name of the device Id Number of the MLT assigned by MultiLink Trunking Manager Name Name given to the MLT PortMembers Ports that are assigned to the MLT PortType Type of por
44. password for example Login rwa Password rwa Using the Telnet application To initiate a Telnet session using the Telnet application Launch your Telnet application From the menu bar click Connect Do one of the following e Select an IP address from the displayed list e Choose Remote System and enter an IP address The Telnet window displays the CLI login prompt for the selected switch Figure 82 208963 B Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 169 Figure 82 Telnet window ES Ckckckckckckckck ckck ckockck ck ck ckckck ck ckck ck ck ck ck ck ck ckck ck kk kckck Nortel Networks Inc Copyright c 1996 2000 All Rights Reserved Passport 8010 Software Release B047 Ckck ckckckckck kckck ckckck ck ck ck kckck ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ck ckck kck ck k kk Login M J 4 To begin the Telnet session enter your login name and password for example Login rwa Password rwa When you have accessed the CLI you use the copy command to upload the file Uploading the syslog file To use the copy command to upload a file gt Enter copy lt srcfile gt lt destfile gt where srcfile is the file name or number of the source file in flash pcmcia config nvram tftp or trace dest file is the file name and path including the IP address of the management station For example the following command copies a syslog file to the management station
45. syslog file Enter the destination address of the syslog file Select the start radio button Click Apply a 5 O N Uploading a file using the CLI If remote access to the CLI is enabled for a switch you can access the CLI remotely to upload files This section describes how to use Telnet to access the CLI and copy a file to your management station You can initiate a Telnet session from Device Manager or you can use Telnet software installed on your management station After the Telnet session is active you log on to the switch and use the copy command to upload the file Initiating a Telnet session from Device Manager To initiate a Telnet session from Device Manager 1 On the Device Manager toolbar click the Telnet icon The Telnet dialog box opens showing the CLI login prompt for the selected switch Figure 81 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 168 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager Figure 81 Telnet dialog box Telnet 10 10 40 193 Ioi x Connect Edit Terminal Help a 3 3 3 3 3 HHH 9 3 3 3 9 JE 3 JE 3 3 9 IE 3 JE JE 3 9 3 3 9 3 3 3 E Nortel Networks Inc Copyright c 1996 2888 All Rights Reserved Passport 1166 Software Release 2 6 7 2 HH CE JE JE JE JE JE E JE JE JE E E JE JE JE JE E E FE JEJEJEJE x kK OK OK Login Jj 2 To begin your Telnet session enter your login name and
46. that Multicast Manager the displayed data is the most recent Insert Displays the Insert dialog box to add a VLAN VLAN Manager MultiLink STG or MLT Trunking Manager Multicast Manager Delete Deletes a selection VLAN Manager MultiLink XI Trunking Manager Multicast Manager Apply Changes Applies changes you have made to the VLAN Manager MultiLink a configuration Trunking Manager Multicast Manager Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 37 38 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons continued Button Name Description Application Undo Changes Undoes changes you have made to the VLAN Manager MultiLink al configuration if you have not already clicked Trunking Manager Apply Changes Multicast Manager Copy Copies highlighted information VLAN Manager MultiLink Tu Trunking Manager Multicast Manager Log Manager Paste Pastes highlighted information VLAN Manager MultiLink i9 Trunking Manager Multicast Manager Optivity Switch Manager status bar The Optivity Switch Manager status bar is at the bottom of the Optivity Switch Manager main window see Figure 1 on page 29 Table 6 describes the fields in the status bar Table 6 Status bar fields Field Description Message Located on the left the message field displays information about e Menu commands and toolbar buttons e Optivity Swit
47. 0 10 40 235 1 3 1 12 H Stg1 9 Stg2 H E Stg4 H E Stg5 H E Stg20 9 Stg21 Hy Stg22 Biel x port subnet protocol G mac Table 16 describes the fields in the Tagging Ports table Table 16 Tagging Ports table fields Field Description Device IP address system name or host name of the device Port Ports on which tagging is enabled Vlanlds VLAN ID s of which the port is a member Viewing isolated router ports IRPs To view IRPs on Passport 1000 Series switches gt In the navigation pane select Isolated Routing The Isolated Routing Ports table opens in the contents pane Figure 20 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 67 Figure 20 Isolated Routing Ports table u VLAN Manager Bil Es File Edit View Help G amp x amp e m m e 3 Network Device Ports HS Unassigned 10 10 40 168 3 13 3 15 Tagging 10 10 40 170 2 1 2 2 solated Routing Ke Bridge Routing H Stg1 H Stg2 H Sta4 Hy Stg5 H E Stg20 9 Stg21 Hy Stg22 port subnet protocol QQ mac Table 17 describes the fields in the Isolated Routing Ports table Table 17 Isolated Routing Ports table fields Field Descriptions Device IP address system name or host name of the device Ports Ports that route only IP packets Viewing bridge routing Ports To view bridge routing brouter ports on Passport 1000 Series switches a
48. 0 10 40 236 1 1 3 1 3 8 3 1 0 3 12 false 1 112 17 1 24 257 10 10 40 152 false 0 E3 73 Stg1 amp Members B config Status 1 4 Cis VLAN 2 2 1 1 VLAN 3 3 1 ig VLAN 4 4 1 a appleTalk 12 1 S VLAN 13 13 1 Ge VLAN 14 14 1 Gs VLAN 15 15 1 G VLAN 18 16 1 i vlan20 20 1 Gs vlan21 211 port subnet protocol Q mac Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 62 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager To view the VLAN information in the contents pane gt In the navigation pane select an STG or VLAN icon The example in Figure 16 shows the VLAN membership information for the Default VLAN The Default 1 folder opens in the contents pane when you select Default 1 from the navigation tree Status bar The VLAN Manager status bar Figure 14 on page 58 is located at the bottom of the VLAN Manager window and contains two fields Table 13 describes the VLAN Manager status bar fields Table 13 VLAN Manager status bar fields Field Description Message Located on the left the message field displays information about VLAN manager operations Icon Located on the right the icon field provides a legend for different types of VLANs found in the network e port a VLAN in which the ports are explicitly assigned to the VLAN e subnet a VLAN in which ports are dynamically added to the VLAN based on source IP subnet e protocol a VLAN
49. 0 tTrapd Link Up 1 4 04 20 2000 05 30 31 INFO 0x0 tTrapd Link Up 1 5 04 20 2000 05 30 31 INFO 0x0 tTrapd Link Up 1 6 04 20 2000 05 31 02 INFO 0x0 tTrapd Spanning Tree Topology Change Stgld 1 PortNum 1 2 04 20 2000 05 31 02 INFO tTrapd Spanning Tree Topology Change Stgld 1 PortNum 1 5 04 20 2000 05 31 12 INFO tTrapd Sending Cold Start Trap im EFE Find Filter Delete ciose 435 rows The SysLog dialog box includes some buttons that are the same as those available on the toolbar of Optivity Switch Manager and the other submanagers For information about these common buttons refer to Table 5 on page 36 Table 55 describes the items and buttons that are specific to the SysLog dialog box Table 55 SysLog dialog box items and buttons Item or button Description Id The number assigned to the log entry Timestamp The time the entry entered the log 208963 B Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 173 Table 55 SysLog dialog box items and buttons continued Item or button Description Severity The severity level of the log entry The possible severity levels are e nfo lInformational message only e Warning There may be a misconfiguration in the network but you do not need to take action e Error There is a misconfiguration that you must correct for the device to work correctly e MFG There is a manufacturing error that you must correct for the device to work correctly e Fa
50. 10 10 40 152 1 1 3 1 3 8 3 10 3 12 false 257 10 10 40 236 1 1 1 12 1 17 1 24 false 0 110 10 40 152 port subnet protocol Q mac Table 24 describes the fields in the Default VLAN table Table 24 Default VLAN table fields Field Description Device IP address system name or host name of the device PortMembers Ports that are assigned to the VLAN HighPriority In a Passport 1000 Series switch you can select HighPriority mode for all traffic in the VLAN QosLevel In a Passport 8000 Series switch you can set the Quality of Service level for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 8 DsField In a Passport 8000 Series switch you can set the Differentiated Services field for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 54 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 77 Table 24 Default VLAN table fields continued Field Description Iflndex Logical interface index assigned to the VLAN This value can be in one of the following ranges e Passport 1000 Series switch 257 to 512 e Passport 8000 Series switch 2049 to 4096 Note This field does not apply to BayStack or Business Policy Switch 2000 switches IpAddress IP address if any assigned to the VLAN for routing VLAN ports Ports in a VLAN are always members of a spanning tree group STG A VLAN can include all the ports in a given STG and there can be multiple VLANs in an STG but a VL
51. 10 10 40 51 IGMP Snoop Table for 10 10 40 169 General Receiver Sender Static Access pane Scroll bar 8 101040208 B oe Multicast Groups 8 239 255 207 31 E 239 255 214 171 amp 3 192 168 20 0 192 168 20 0 Status bar e Dj spaying cached information E multicast group source subnet JP forwarding node Table 36 describes the parts of the Multicast Manager window Table 36 Multicast Manager window parts Part Description Title bar Displays the submanager name Menu bar Provides access to all Multicast Manager commands Toolbar Provides quick access to commonly used Multicast Manager commands Navigation pane Provides a navigation tree showing Multicast Manager protocols and groups Contents pane Displays information selected in the navigation pane Scroll bar Provides access to an entire table folder at the bottom of the navigation tree or other text that spans an area larger than the window Status bar Displays status information including the command description from a tool tip and a key to the type of Multicast groups discovered 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 125 Menu bar The menu bar provides menus for operating the Multicast Manager Table 37 describes the Multicast Manager menus and commands Table 37 Multicast Manage
52. 15 in the New VLAN dialog box 85 navigation command buttons 30 information panel view 30 menu bar 30 navigation keys 30 navigation tree 30 scroll bars 30 navigation pane Multicast Manager 126 VLAN Manager 60 NbrProbeInterval field 148 NbrTimeOut field 148 Neighbor tab 150 network resource finding 62 network topology map 47 arranging devices 45 discovering 47 finding adevice 44 new map 42 printing 44 reloading 42 restrict discovery 51 saving 43 updating 43 viewing separate networks 49 New VLAN dialog box by Subnet 86 port based 83 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 188 Index protocol based 87 source MAC based 90 Next Hop tab 153 No trunk configurations viewing 108 No Trunk table 108 Node item in the Insert MLT dialog box 112 115 Non highlighted option 50 NotAllowedToJoin field 138 NumPorts field 74 NumRoutes field 148 O On All Devices item in the New VLAN dialog box 85 in the STG dialog box 81 OperState field 149 Optivity Switch Manager contents pane 30 discovering network topology map features 24 introduction 23 menu bar 30 MIT links 118 Multicast Manager information viewing 160 number of devices supported 23 size of network discovered 30 submanagers 24 window 29 OutInterface field 154 P Packet over Sonet See POS 31 Passport 1000 Series routing switch creating Protocol based VLANs 89 creating STGs 79 DVMRP support 145 IGMP Snoop support 130 L3 IGMP s
53. 239 255 214 171 MM 4 vla 192 168 20 2 Oh 0m 2s 250 eS 10 10 40 168 1 10 10 40 209 DVMRP g 10 10 40 51 g 10 10 40 168 1 10 10 40 209 ap MRoute 3E 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 10 10 40 209 l wip Multicast Groups elf 239 255 207 31 192 168 20 0 8 239 255 214 171 amp 3 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information multicast group H source subnet P forwarding node Table 44 describes the fields in the Cache tab Table 44 Cache tab fields Field Description Address IP multicast group address for which this entry contains information Interface Interface from which the corresponding multicast group address is heard LastReporter IP address of the source of the last membership report received for this IP multicast group address on this interface If no membership report has been received the object has the value 0 0 0 0 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 142 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Table 44 Cache tab fields continued Field Description ExpiryTime Amount of time in seconds remaining before this entry is aged out Version1HostTimer sec Time remaining in seconds until the local router assumes that there are no longer any IGMPv1 members on the IP subnet attached to this router Upon hearing an IGMPv1 Membership Report this value is reset to the group membership timer While this value is not zero the
54. AN only if the traffic passing through the port is on the specified IP subnet Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 56 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager You control path redundancy for VLANs by implementing the Spanning Tree Protocol STP Spanning Tree Protocol As defined in the IEEE 802 1D standard the Spanning Tree Protocol detects and eliminates logical loops in a bridged or switched network When multiple paths exist the spanning tree algorithm configures the network so that a bridge or switch uses only the most efficient path If that path fails the protocol automatically reconfigures the network to make another path active thus sustaining network operations The collection of ports in one spanning tree is called a spanning tree group STG and a network may include multiple instances of STGs All the devices supported by Optivity Switch Manager support at least one STG The Passport 1000 Series switch and the Passport 8600 modules support multiple spanning trees thus multiple spanning tree groups Table 10 lists the maximum number of STGs and VLANs supported by the different switches Table 10 Maximum STGs and VLANs supported by switches Maximum Maximum Switch number of STGs number of VLANs Passport 1000 Series switch 25 124 Passport 8100 modules 1 2000 Passport 8600 modules 25 1979 BayStack 350 410 450 switches 1 64 Business Policy Switch 2000 1 64 For more information
55. AN will never have more ports than exist in the STG In an STG VLAN information is displayed in the contents pane when that VLAN is selected The icon that precedes the VLAN name identifies the type of VLAN e Port e Subnet e Protocol e Mac Note Not all VLAN types are available on all devices that Optivity Switch Manager supports Of these four types of VLANs Passport 8100 switches and the Business Policy Switch 2000 support only port based or protocol based VLANs BayStack 350 410 450 switches support only port based VLANs Refer to the documentation that was shipped with your switch for more information To view VLANs gt In the navigation pane select a VLAN Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 78 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager The VLAN table opens Figure 29 in the contents pane Figure 29 VLAN table VLAN Manager Bla VIX 2 6 B G 2 _ fae ani2n2 fase Hb Bridge Routin stat Members Table 24 on page 76 describes the fields in the VLAN table 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 79 Managing spanning tree groups STGs You can edit STG and STG membership information to manage STGs in any of the following ways e Creating a spanning tree group Editing a spanning tree group e Deleting a spanning tree group Creating a spanning tree group On a Passport 1000 Series switch or a Passport 8600 switch you can create new STGs The
56. E EUER ba dba dor di RAE 147 Figure 70 Interface tab DVMRP fields lees 149 Foure EE AE TS ia RUM 150 Figure 72 Ro tetab DYMRP is icccccas eaves AORRU R REOR RORQORE ORE AUR RU 152 Figs 79 Next HeBIdD 4542640400749 8054044 IER OUR HY XOU E ER RERO 153 Figure 74 Route tab IMAGUIC iuuusa suba raa uem Eur garcon e xa See Rees 155 Figure 75 Multicast Group table icsuccos c o uo RR XE RE RESEG RR Ra 157 Figure 76 Source Subnets tab il s2oi4 a e Ebo 3g e REG RRRARA E FERES REX RRES 158 Figure 77 Receivers tab Multicast Groups lisse 159 Figure 78 Optivity Switch Manager with forwarding node highlighted 162 Figure 79 Optivity Switch Manager window with devices using DVMRP highlighited usse hene tmt ee eR x RR e 163 Figure BD Copy FI Tab drersrrereiei t rigate ENEA a AA Eat erases 167 Figure ST ens Weld BOX ss cans at sn3 Exe Sei EN ERO doDE V ackedce d ERR 168 Figure 82 Telnet windoW i 2050 cnc see cx x x EGcRG RR Rr RR rm PR OY 169 Figure 83 Syslog dialog DOK 1 ces sue ted ee Rm EORR a rdce 171 Figure 84 Open sysLog dialog box 00 cece eee 171 Figure 85 Imported log file in SysLog dialog box slseslssessnse 172 Figure Ho Export syslog dialog BOX cociaesaans eese x Emacs Rer R RR apes 174 Figure 87 syslog Find dialog DOX csse seses eR es Rede Rn 175 Figure 88 sysLog Filter dialog box 0 0 cee eee 176 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 14 Fi
57. Figure 1 shows the Optivity Switch Manager window Figure 1 Optivity Switch Manager window Title bar Z mm TETTE TET TINITES Menu bar file Edit View Device Actions Tools Help Toolbar sel eaa uim AINEST ASe 2 enis ix 2 4x 8x 16x a Scale slider Contents pane Scroll bars Status bar Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 30 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Table 1 describes the parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window Table 1 Parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window Part Description Title bar Displays the application name and software version Menu bar Provides access to all Optivity Switch Manager commands Toolbar Provides quick access to commonly used Optivity Switch Manager commands Scale slider Provides four zoom levels to magnify the network topology map Contents pane Displays the network topology map Scroll bars Provide access to an entire map table or other text that spans two pages in the contents pane Status bar Displays status information and the map legend When you successfully query a device on the network the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane presents a logical map of the network displaying a variety of information about the network connections The specific information available on the network topology map depends on the size of the network discovered For example in a very
58. LT concepts refer to Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Routing Switch and Networking Concepts for the Passport 1000 Series Routing Switch Release 2 0 What is MultiLink Trunking Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager enables you to configure and monitor MultiLink Trunks MLTs across a single device or two adjacent devices In MultiLink Trunking Manager you can configure an MLT before you physically connect the ports Table 27 lists the number of MLTs available with each supported switch type Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 100 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Table 27 Maximum number of MLTs supported in different switches Maximum Switch number of MLTs Passport 1000 Series switch 8 Passport 8100 switch 6 Passport 8600 switch 32 BayStack 450 switch 6 Business Policy Switch 2000 6 MultiLink Trunking Manager features MultiLink Trunking Manager supports devices that implement the rcVlan and rcMIt MIB groups MultiLink Trunking Manager allows you to e Create delete or modify MLTs across one or two devices e View MLT configuration information such as port and MLT membership e View MLT links in the network topology map Starting MultiLink Trunking Manager To start MultiLink Trunking Manager gt Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Tools gt MultiLink Trunking Manager e On the keyboard press F3
59. MLT dialog box one device selected 112 Trunk table for a pair of devices 0 000 e eee eee 113 Insert MLT dialog box pair of devices selected 114 Pon eld DO asa ae vaa eERERN CO e Y 4 P ERREUR CRY GR 116 P orlembors dalbo DOM sands caus seed PCR ERR ROCK eeu aR 116 Delete dialog DOK c2ic2s40 exer gee e eee a Dewees Ru rx x REE SRR SD 117 WO prrs Srp o eed we exea ee ea ede 118 Highlight topology view in Optivity Switch Manager 119 Multicast Manager window lseels ee 124 Multicast Manager navigation pane llle 127 DVMRP Table in the contents pane sllsseelseresss 128 Find dialog DUX xara RE Su E AAO ee adr S eder das POKES YA 8 129 GMP Snoop TAOS aus casae a Re EAR ce hema UA RUN ELE REOR 131 t op RT EIL 132 ROON TR uo esie dura socia do rtu o oa uates aar eas Slut 134 Soldes lal deeoa VERE ape A Edu AO Rd So qol RE EAE EM Dd TT 136 Sus IA poche PL aet CX CES p RR EROR eee AGAS qe RUE 137 Poss qr ee TTE 138 GMP TADIG silos ens Ep ee RE E RIDASTA DERI pp E RE RE Ed Reed 140 208963 B Figures 13 Fiowe cs Cache Tdi ao td VADE eke Cue ERROR RR Oh or ee eee d 141 Figure 66 Interface tab L3 IGMP partial view 0 000e eee aee 142 Figure B7 Qrodp lali couuecoacicese rc RR itet innri REDE SA RU ERREUR ida 144 Figuieo6B BDVMBPTable icuzssausasRire4 ken Fr e E PR RR En Res 146 FidueoP GIoBIETAD iicou cmd bb a SOR PRMEL
60. Manager ie el E Stop Discovery Stops the discovery process Note This button is available only while discovery is in process Optivity Switch Manager 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons continued Button Name Description Application Layout map Lays out the topology map for better readability Optivity Switch Manager Log Manager Starts the Log Manager submanager Optivity Switch Manager Telnet Opens a Telnet session in a separate window Optivity Switch Manager Device Manager Starts the Device Manager submanager Optivity Switch Manager Show Device Properties Displays the device properties of a particular device on the discovered network Optivity Switch Manager VLAN Manager Starts the VLAN Manager submanager Optivity Switch Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager Starts the MultiLink Trunking Manager submanager Optivity Switch Manager Multicast Manager Starts the Multicast Manager submanager Optivity Switch Manager E 6 4 2 e ie St 58 Help Opens online Help Optivity Switch Manager VLAN Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager Multicast Manager Reload Reloads the current submanager folder VLAN Manager MultiLink information Trunking Manager Note Use this function often to ensure
61. Manager navigation pane select a multicast protocol from the first four branches in the tree 2 Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window The devices using DVMRP are highlighted Figure 79 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 163 Figure 79 Optivity Switch Manager window with devices using DVMRP highlighted lig Optivity Switch Manager 1 0 0 b06 SUSANE Rd P seve e cn 140 10 40 170 Wal x Piki 10 10 40 159 0 10 40 31 9 25 Pa TA IZA pal 10 10 40 209 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 164 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 208963 B 165 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager Log Manager allows you to open log files that are transferred from a network device The log file is a file saved on the flash memory of a device You can use the log file content displayed in ASCII format to analyze any activity written to the log file that may be of potential concern Note Log files and Optivity Switch Manager must reside on the same management station This chapter includes information about the following topics e Uploading Passport syslog files to your management station next Starting Log Manager page 170 e Opening a syslog file page 171 e Exporting a log file page 174 e Locating specific log entries page 174 Filtering log entries page 176 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 166 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager Uploadi
62. ND CONDITIONS LICENSEE FURTHER AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS THE ENTIRE AND EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NORTEL NETWORKS AND LICENSEE WHICH SUPERSEDES ALL PRIOR ORAL AND WRITTEN AGREEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT NO DIFFERENT OR ADDITIONAL TERMS WILL BE ENFORCEABLE AGAINST NORTEL NETWORKS UNLESS NORTEL NETWORKS GIVES ITS EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT INCLUDING AN EXPRESS WAIVER OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT 208963 B Contents oo ee eee 17 Beira YOU PEGI 32953 nie ni ERE RS st dene Der ee ee Eo Obr ep CO roe RO eR as 17 Text RONVOMINNIS oua dcaudc am READ TCR ERRUEERE MINES Ra eek Lk doy GES A 18 Pi PUDICANONS uc conductas oca a docct Sa RP usc Oed rdi bed 18 How to ger Help oues euer dade eee RR ARR Rer Pago REE EE EE EERE ed 21 Chapter 1 Introducing Optivity Switch Manager ee eee eee eee 23 What is Optivity Switch Manager silsllsseeeees ee 23 Optivity Switch Manager features lseeeeleeeee esee 24 Optivity Switch Manager submanagers 000 cece eee ete eee 24 LAB e P TRI 25 MultiLink Trunking Manager seeesseeeeel eh 25 Mullicast MENACE 423 dace wEdorP Re X CR wa EW GOH PROC OE E UR RA 26 Lou Mang ucondaasaea sse as Smp eded bs REREN RC UNO CREE Us Galaad 26 Device Manager 2 icc eee OEE SEE EEE EE don Re Roe des dd Rr RR Rn 26 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager lessen 27 Start
63. Open sysLog dialog box Open sysLog L2 Lx Look in a syslog files E e a Tksyslog 1 a lksyslog 2 a abc8k Femme Files of type fan Files Cancel Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 172 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 2 Inthe File name text box type the name of the log file to import or use the Browse button to locate the log file 3 Click Open The log file is imported into the SysLog dialog box Figure 85 Figure 85 Imported log file in SysLog dialog box s C SWINDOWS XDESKTOP syslog files 1 ksyslog 1 Eg Timestamp Severity Code Task Log Description 000 00 00 02 233 INFO 0x0 reStart System boot E 000 00 00 02 500 INFO 0x0 rcStart Passport System Software Release unknown 000 00 00 02 766 INFO 0x0 rcStart System log file flash syslog 0 2 000 00 00 04 433 INFO 0x0 reStart INTERPRET FOLLOWING TIMESTAMPS AS ACTUAL DATES 04 20 2000 05 30 20 INFO 0x0 reStart Card Inserted Sloti 1 Serial 5724 Version v5 0 04 20 2000 05 30 21 INFO 0x0 rcStart Card Inserted Slot 3 Serial HB B4 Version v5 0 04 20 2000 05 30 27 INFO 0x0 reStart Global filters are not supported in this release 04 20 2000 05 30 27 INFO 0x0 reStart System is ready 04 20 2000 05 30 29 INFO 0x0 tTrapd Link Up 1 1 04 20 2000 05 30 29 INFO 0x0 tTrapd Link Up 1 2 04 20 2000 05 30 30 INFO 0x0 tTrapd Link Up 1 3 04 20 2000 05 30 30 INFO 0x
64. P Snoop data for a given multicast group Figure 62 Static tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help ada e x 8e m m e S wutticast Network cll L2 IGMP Snoop amp TEE General Receiver Sender Static Access i amp 10 10 40 170 vianid GrpAddress MemberPori NotAllowedToJain ci L3 IGMP 3 10 10 40 51 eS 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 cl DvMRP 3 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 lolx 10 40 51 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicast Groups amp 8 239 255 207 31 amp 192 168 20 0 amp g 239 255 214 171 amp 3 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information multicast group HE source subnet P forwarding node Table 42 describes the fields in the Static tab Table 42 Static tab fields Field Description Vlanld VLAN ID of the VLAN GrpAddress Multicast group address of the multicast stream Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 138 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Table 42 Static tab fields continued Field Description MemberPort Ports which redirect the multicast stream for this multicast group The ports are member ports of the VLAN NotAllowedToJoin Ports that do not receive the multicast stream for this multicast group Access tab The Access tab Figure 63 displays information about the multicast groups or range of multicast address that were either denied transmission
65. Part No 208963 B March 2001 4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 NORTEL NETWORKS Copyright 2001 Nortel Networks All rights reserved March 2001 The information in this document is subject to change without notice The statements configurations technical data and recommendations in this document are believed to be accurate and reliable but are presented without express or implied warranty Users must take full responsibility for their applications of any products specified in this document The information in this document is proprietary to Nortel Networks NA Inc The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that license The software license agreement is included in this document Trademarks NORTEL NETWORKS is a trademark of Nortel Networks Optivity and Passport are registered trademarks and BayStack is a trademark of Nortel Networks Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Restricted rights legend Use duplication or disclosure by the United States Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 Gi of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 Notwithstanding any other
66. RR eer SR e 169 Passport Accelar 1000 Series switches version 2 x lilius 170 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 10 Contents simus Lig MAagel c scsess boxy ened 45 C ORDESTRGGO NN were Reeds Oh ceases 170 LESS SUBIDO TIE n dos acd osa wp olsen etl de oh ea peste a Bod le when Mera dae een 171 Expoiting a lag TIE 00 ccccceera ected eee Re eee reese xx hx RR ae ae Fae eH 174 Locathng specie log SNES ccoseosckkieRha xe RAY GA Feng SERS RSA NERA ARR YU 174 IERI la DIEN ohn soar qa Sh pd de Ges CR S X Rr Ub E Sube ad ede ER 176 Appendix A Additional reference sources 0002s cece eee eee eee eee 179 Appendix B Troubleshooting and error messages 2 2 6 ee ee 181 Pesan PODEMOS sc otears sauer RE HER AN Gd NER GE E ER ROR dU URP 181 ENG IMGSSAQCS lloecoeneac eres e rd eee PUE CR ROI RR RR UR UP IR e 181 INEX Lai aaaRARARARERAEARARRRARARAAEREKXARARERARARREAAEAKARAAARARAR ERA 183 208963 B 11 Figures Figure 1 Optivity Switch Manager window 0000 cee eee eee 29 Figure 2 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box 00000 eee 33 Figures Shore Deli 1a due euer pieda heeds A pla did 34 Figure4 Device Properties dialog box 00 cece eee 35 Figure 5 Optivity Switch Manager topology map s essere 39 Figure Scale Sigel ccccscaieiecs wowed deere dene ee RACERROROE AERE UR RUE E 41 Figure Open File dialog box cc cccccceawer RR ERR Rome us 42 Fi
67. T dialog box opens Figure 48 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 114 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Figure 48 Insert MLT dialog box pair of devices selected MultiLink Trunking Manager Insert Mit x Node 1 Node 2 Node 10 170 137 209 fF 1 8 Node 10 170 137 204 Name e Id jd 1 8 zal zl Name Mt s s 7 e 14 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 83 ss sz sa 41 43 45 af 2 a 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 25 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 a4 46 48 B 6 8 ae 7 EE Ports rrrrrrrr EHE 2 4 8 8 10 12 14 15 18 20 22 24 7 EHER Type access C trunk e145 Default 1 j zit Vlanids yi AN105 105 Type access C trunk VLAN 28 128 Default 1 Vlanids vi AN100 100 VLANT11nf611m cancel Help In the Id field for both nodes select the same Id number for the MLT In one of the Name fields type the name of the MLT The text you type appears in both Node Name fields 5 Inthe Ports text box select the ports to be added to the MLT In the Insert MLT dialog box port numbers are highlighted in green to indicate that the ports are already connected between the two devices Dimmed port numbers mean that those ports are inactive and cannot be included in the MLT 6 Select the MLT type option The default is Access 7 Select the VLAN IDs for both nodes to be included in the MLT port Note Both nodes must belong to the same VLAN ID lis
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69. To use the layout slider 1 Choose Edit gt Preferences The Preferences dialog box opens Figure 11 on page 48 2 Inthe Map area slide the ruler between faster and better to adjust the layout display Optivity Switch Manager retains the locations of nodes until you rediscover the network 3 Click Apply 208963 B Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager 53 4 To resdiscover the network topology map with new layout do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Actions gt Discover Map e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Discover Network Accessing devices within different SNMP communities SNMP community passwords can provide a level of protection by limiting access to devices In Optivity Switch Manager you can access subnets with different communities by adding the correct SNMP passwords in the Communities dialog box SNMP devices which include those devices supported by Optivity Switch Manager typically have two passwords or communities for read and write operations on that device The two passwords are public open access and private restrictive access By default Optivity Switch Manager reads an ASCII file snampcomm properties that contains one entry That entry allows Optivity Switch Manager to access all devices in the discovered network using public as the community password for read operations and private as the password for write operations I
70. VLAN To create a source MAC address based VLAN In the navigation pane select an STG Do one of the following From the menu bar choose Edit gt Insert e Onthe VLAN Manager toolbar click Insert The New VLAN dialog box opens Figure 35 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 91 Figure 35 New VLAN dialog box with bySrcMac selected Id 210 1 4094 Name QOS Level 8K 1 C2 C3 C4 C5CBCT C 8 DSField gKy 1 54 High Priority 1K Type C byPort C bySubnet C byProtocolld b ONIS C UpxeuPdbte enmenda Gipenap Cipememets anplenalt C decat decotier Lena Frotocalld enaEttiemetz netsics Cong Cines C UpVB C Wervetned ram Cancel Help 3 Type the VLAN ID The value can be from 1 to 4094 as long as it is not already in use The default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1 4 Type the VLAN name optional If no name is entered a default is created For a Passport 8600 switch select the QoS Level optional For a Passport 8600 switch type the Differentiated Services DS Field optional 7 Fora Passport 1000 Series switch specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged as High Priority optional 8 Inthe Type option select bySrcMac Other items in the dialog box that apply to source MAC address based VLANS are activated Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 92 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 9 Select the device to
71. Web browser and loads help files Online Opens a Web browser that loads the Nortel Networks Support Customer Support Web page About Displays information about MultiLink Trunking Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 103 Toolbar The MultiLink Trunking Manager toolbar has the same buttons as Optivity Switch Manager and the other submanagers For information about the toolbar buttons available in MultiLink Trunking Manager refer to Table 5 on page 36 Navigation pane MultiLink Trunking Manager displays devices and adjacent devices in a tree structure The MultiLink Trunking Manager navigation tree Figure 40 is located on the left side of the window and contains branches with the IP address of devices discovered by Optivity Switch Manager From the navigation tree in the navigation pane select the folder for which you want to view MLT information or use the Edit gt Print command to print the navigation tree Contents pane When you choose a folder in the navigation pane its contents are shown in the contents pane To view the folder in the contents pane gt In the navigation pane select a Network folder In Figure 41 the contents of the 10 10 40 29 folder are displayed as a table in the contents pane Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 104 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Figure 41 Contents pane MultiLink Trunki
72. ager e Device Manager VLAN Manager VLAN Manager allows you to e Create delete or modify VLANs across one or multiple devices View VLAN information membership and port configuration information in tabular format e View Spanning Tree Protocol information such as members of spanning tree groups STGs and Spanning Tree Protocol configuration e View VLAN nodes across the network For more information about VLAN Manager refer to Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager on page 55 MultiLink Trunking Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager allows you to e Create delete or modify MultiLink Trunks MLTs across one or two devices e View MLT configuration information such as port and VLAN membership For more information about MultiLink Trunking Manager refer to Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager on page 99 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 26 Chapter 1 Introducing Optivity Switch Manager Multicast Manager Multicast Manager allows you to e View multicast configuration and protocols found in the network e Display multicast forwarding paths from a selected source or group For more information about Multicast Manager refer to Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager on page 121 Log Manager Log manager allows you to download individual log files from network devices and view the entire file or selected information For more information about Log Manager refer to Chapter 7 Using L
73. al field 148 Trim HostName Domains item 50 troubleshooting 94 181 Trunk table 107 trunk definition 106 Type field in the New VLAN dialog box 85 in the Next Hop tab 154 in the Receiver tab 135 Type item in the Device Properties dialog box 35 in the Insert MLT dialog box 112 115 U unassigned VLAN about 64 port membership type 64 viewing information 64 UpdateInterval field 147 JpstreamNeighbor field in the Route tab DVMRP table 152 in the Route tab MRoute table 155 UpTime item 35 ios c ser defined protocols 89 UserDefinedPId text box 89 V Version field 143 Version HostTimer sec field 142 VersionString field 148 virtual LAN See VLAN VLAN and IGMP Snooping 122 configurations viewing 57 creating port based 83 port based VLANs 83 protocol based VLANs 87 source IP subnet based 85 source MAC based 90 default 75 definition 55 deleting 92 determining frame s membership 83 enabling tagging and STGs 83 ID 64 information viewing 77 maximum number of VLANs by product 56 member of STG 77 members in Optivity Switch Manager viewing 93 membership 57 policy based network protocol 62 source IP subnet 62 source MAC address 62 port based 62 rules 82 viewing information 77 VLAN Manager contents pane 61 definition 55 features 25 57 highlighting STGs and VLANs in Optivity Switch Manager 93 icons 77 navigation pane 60 starting 57 status bar icon field 62 status bar message fiel
74. al user interface GUI across Optivity Switch Manager and submanagers and a single point of access to the submanagers e Dynamic system updates across submanagers You can simultaneously query your device in a submanager application as you view the topology map through Optivity Switch Manager Access control and security using community strings e Network discovery that you can specify to be as large or small as you want Ability to save the layout of a discovered network for future use Optivity Switch Manager submanagers Optivity Switch Manager incorporates submanagers that provide detailed device information and management capabilities The submanagers are designed to provide specialized information in an easy to use graphical user interface that is consistent in layout across the submanagers A submanager can query Optivity Switch Manager and instruct the primary application to update the topology view with information relevant to the submanager view For example VLAN Manager can instruct Optivity Switch Manager to color all the devices in the view that include members of a particular VLAN 208963 B Chapter 1 Introducing Optivity Switch Manager 25 The submanagers open in a separate window from Optivity Switch Manager You must have the Optivity Switch Manager window open to access all the submanagers except Device Manager The submanagers are e VLAN Manager e MultiLink Trunking Manager e Multicast Manager e Log Man
75. apEnable TaggedBpduAddress TaggedBpduVvlanid 0 10 40 170 32768 0 l 0 0 2000 1500 true true 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 1500 true true 00 00 00 00 00 00 1500 false false 00 00 00 00 00 00 port subnet amp protocol QY mac Table 21 describes the fields in the Configuration table Table 24 Configuration table fields Field Description Device IP address system name or host name of the device Priority The Spanning Tree Protocol STP bridge priority in decimal The range is O highest priority to 65535 lowest priority The default is 32768 BridgeMaxAge The value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for MaxAge when this bridge is acting as the root Note The 802 1D 1990 standard specifies that the range for this parameter is related to the value of dotidStp Time The default is 2000 20 seconds BridgeHelloTime The value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for Hello Time when this bridge is acting as the root The granularity of this timer is specified by the IEEE 802 1D 1990 standard to be in increments of 1 100 of a second The default is 200 seconds BridgeForwardDelay The value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for Forward Delay when this bridge is acting as the root The default is 1500 15 seconds EnableStp Enables or disables the spanning tree algorithm for the spanning tree group StpTrapEnable Enables or disables SNMP traps to be sent
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77. bes the fields in the Members table Table 20 Members table fields Field Description Device IP address system name or host name of the device PortMembers Ports on the device that are members of the STG Adding port members To add ports to an STG 1 Inthe Members table select a device in the list 2 Double click in the PortMembers cell for the device to which you want to add port membership The PortMembers dialog box opens Figure 24 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 71 Figure 24 PortMembers dialog box VLAN Manager ioj x File Edit View Help S es x s e mie el A S Stg EB config 10 10 40 168 Ef Status 10 10 40 235 R Root Default 1 1 G VLAN 2 2 1 GS VLAN 4 4 1 VLAN 5 5 1 VLAN 36 6 1 VLAN 7 7 1 G ip 8 8 1 ip 9 9 1 port subnet protocol QY mac 3 Select the port number s or click All for all the ports 4 Click Ok Viewing and configuring STG parameters You can view and configure STG parameters To view the configuration information gt In the navigation pane select Config The Configuration table opens Figure 25 in the contents pane Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 72 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 25 Configuration table VLAN Manager BEE File Edit View Help i tls p S x 8 emm el Device Priori EIER ET TA EnableStp StpTr
78. cale of the topology map gt Move the scale slider Figure 6 to the right to magnify the map or to the left to make it smaller Figure 6 Scale slider Scale 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x You can display the map up to sixteen times larger Note Use Edit Find Device in Map to easily locate the device before you resize the specific region of the map Note When you use Optivity Switch Manager in a Solaris environment you can click the number in the scale slider or drag the slider Working with the network topology map After a network topology map is loaded into the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane you can save it and reload it Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 42 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Loading a saved network topology map You can reload a saved topology map If you do not have a specific topology map saved the application loads the previously saved topology map This map is stored in the default topo file Note Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 cannot open topology gt maps saved in earlier releases To open a new topology map you must use the discovery process described in Discovering devices on a network on page 48 To reload a saved topology map 1 Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose File gt Open e On the keyboard press Ctrl O e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Open The
79. ce you must also configure and connect the ports in the second device before enabling the MLT You cannot configure an MLT on an isolated device To create a new MLT with one device selected 1 Select a device from the first folder level of the MultiLink Trunking Manager navigation pane The Device table opens in the contents pane 2 Do one of the following e From the MultiLink Trunking Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Insert e On the MultiLink Trunking Manager toolbar click Insert The Insert MLT dialog box opens Figure 46 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 112 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Figure 46 Insert MLT dialog box one device selected r Node 1 Node 10 10 40 51 o 1 8 Name Ports Type access C trunk Default 1 Vlanids VLAN 2 2 Cancel Table 34 describes the items in the Insert MLT dialog box Table 34 Insert MLT dialog box items for a single device Item Description Node IP address of the first network device configured on the MLT Id Unique identifier for the MLT which is automatically assigned by MultiLink Trunking Manager Name User defined name of the node on the MLT Ports Ports enabled on the MLT Type One of the following types of MLT e Access e Trunk The default is Access Vlanids VLAN IDs found on the device In the Id text box select the Id number for the MLT In th
80. ch Manager and submanager operations Icon Located on the right the icon field displays a legend for color coded information of Optivity Switch Manager and submanagers Depending on what selections are made from the View menu this legend shows the following information for Optivity Switch Manager e Link Speeds 10Mb s pink 100Mb s blue or 1Gb s red Link Duplex Half duplex blue or full duplex red e Link types Ethernet blue POS red or ATM green If none of these items is selected from the View menu this field is blank 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 39 Optivity Switch Manager contents pane icons After you query a device s seed address the topology map opens in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane Figure 5 Figure 5 Optivity Switch Manager topology map lis Optivity Switch Manager 1 1 0 b04 File Edit View Device Actions Tools Help Salsal elki sss eimi 9 se 777 The Optivity Switch Manager topology map uses icons to represent the types of network devices discovered Some of the devices are supported by Optivity Switch Manager others are not supported but connect supported devices To access a legend with these icons and their names gt From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Help gt Legend Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 40 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Table 7 describes the device i
81. conds between DMVRP updates The range is from 10 to 2000 with a default of 60 In DVMRPv3 this variable is also known as the Route Report Interval Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 148 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Table 47 Globals tab fields continued Field Description TriggeredUpdate Triggered updates are sent when routing information Interval changes This value is the amount of time in seconds between triggered update messages The range is from 5 to 1000 with a default value of 5 In DVMRPv3 this variable is also known as the Minimum Flash Update Interval LeafTimeOut When DVMRP advertises a route on an interface it waits a period of time for a DVMRP neighbor to respond positively If no neighbor responds in the given time the router considers the network attached to the interface to be a leaf network The leaf timer shows you how long in seconds the router waits for a response from a neighbor The range is from 25 to 4000 with a default value of 200 NbrTimeOut The neighbor report timer specifies how long in seconds the router waits to receive a report from a neighbor before considering the connection inactive The range is from 35 to 8000 with a default of 140 NbrProbelnterval How often the DVMRP router sends probe messages on its interfaces The range is 5 to 30 seconds with a default of 10 VersionString The router s DVMRP version information Generat
82. cons Table 7 Device icons Icon Name Description Bus Network bus or hub not supported by Optivity Switch Manager or its submanagers You can view ports connected to BayStack or Passport switches by choosing View gt Show Port Address Passport 1K Passport 1000 Series switch This device can be amp configured and monitored by Optivity Switch Manager and its submanagers Passport 8K Passport 8000 Series switch This device can be ij configured and monitored by Optivity Switch Manager and its submanagers BayStack or BayStack 350 410 or 450 switch or Business amp Business Policy Policy Switch 2000 This device can be configured Switch 2000 and monitored by Optivity Switch Manager and its submanagers Baystack old Baystack 310 switch This device is partially amp supported by Optivity Switch Manager and its submanagers Other switch A switch not supported by Optivity Switch Manager es or its submanagers Other router A router not supported by Optivity Switch Manager P or its submanagers 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 41 Adjusting the contents pane You can resize the Optivity Switch Manager window or submanager windows by dragging the edges of the active window You can also use the scroll bars to adjust the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane to view a specific portion of the discovered network topology Using the scale slider To adjust the s
83. controlled by this bridging entity ProtocolSpecification An indication of which version of the Spanning Tree Protocol STP is operating The IEEE 802 1d implementations display ieee8021d TimeSinceTopologyChange Time in hundredths of a second since the last time a topology change was detected by the bridge entity or STG TopChanges The number of topology changes detected by this bridge since the management entity was last reset or initialized MaxAge Maximum age of STP information learned from the network on any port before it is discarded in units of hundredths of a second This is the actual value that the bridge is currently using The default value is 2000 20 seconds HelloTime Amount of time in hundredths of a second between transmission of configuration bridge protocol data units BPDUS by this device on any port when it is the root of the spanning tree The default value is 200 2 seconds HoldTime Time interval in hundredths of a second during which no more than two configuration BPDUs are transmitted by this device The default value is 100 1 second ForwardDelay Time interval in hundredths of a second that controls how fast a port changes its spanning state when moving toward the Forwarding state This value determines how long the port stays in each of the Listening and Learning states which precede the Forwarding state This value is also used when a topology change is detected and is under way
84. curity features Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Switching Operations Release 3 1 part number 207308 D Describes the CLI commands and parameters for switching operations Most configuration tasks that can be performed using Device Manager can also be done using the CLI Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Routing Operations Release 3 1 part number 208967 C Describes the CLI commands and parameters for routing operations Reference for Accelar Management Software Switching Operations Release 2 0 part number 205586 A Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 2 switching functions with the Accelar 1000 Series routing switch including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 20 Preface Reference for Accelar Management Software Routing Operations Release 2 0 part number 205587 A Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 3 routing functions with the Accelar 1000 Series routing switch including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Switching Operations Release 3 1 part number 207414 D Describes how to use Device Manager to configure and manage layer 3 routing functions with the Passport routing switch including procedures and illustrations of pertinent screens Reference for the
85. d 62 VLAN icons 64 VLAN table 77 window 57 VLAN table 77 VLAN type isolated routing port 64 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 192 Index tagging 64 W unassigned VLAN 64 write access 54 VlanlId field ji in the Access tab 139 write operations 54 in the General tab 132 WrongVersion Queries field 143 in the Receiver tab 134 in the Sender tab 136 in the Static tab 137 V anlds field in the Isolated Device table 110 in the No Trunk table 109 in the Trunk table 107 Vlanlds item in the Insert MLT dialog box 112 115 in the Tagging Ports table 66 208963 B
86. d as the Root Identifier parameter in all configuration BPDUs originated by this device RootCost Cost of the path to the root as seen from this bridge RootPort Port number of the port that offers the lowest cost path from this bridge to the root bridge Default VLAN Passport 8000 Series switches Passport 1000 Series switches BayStack 350 410 450 switches and the Business Policy Switch 2000 are factory configured with all ports in a port based VLAN called the default VLAN The VLAN ID of the default VLAN is always 1 and it is always a port based VLAN You cannot delete the default VLAN although you can remove ports from it Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 76 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager To view the Default Ports table gt From the navigation tree select Default 1 The Default VLAN table opens in the contents pane Figure 28 Figure 28 Default VLAN table 4 VLAN Manager File Edit View Help S Ql x amp e m i e 3 Network n Unassigned m Tagging le Isolated Routing Ke Bridge Routing a Stg1 Members FB config e 9 VLAN 3 3 1 ie VLAN 4 4 1 e appleTalk 1271 VLAN 13 13 1 Gl VLAN 14 14 1 Gs VLAN 15 15 1 Ga VLAN 16 16 1 i vlan20 20 1 Gs vlan21 21 1 Dro a nac olx Device PortMembers HighPriority QosLevel ree Ifindex Ip amp ddress 10 10 40 33 1 1 1 8 2 1 2 48 false 1 2049 10 10 40 151 nn 3 312 false 257
87. d manage select Passport and BayStack switches and Business Policy Switch 2000 switches operating within the same local area network This guide provides information about installing the Optivity Switch Manager software and using the features and capabilities of Optivity Switch Manager s graphical user interface GUI Before you begin This guide is intended for network administrators with the following background e Working knowledge of networks and Ethernet bridging Ability to configure and troubleshoot VLANs STGs MLTs and Multicast groups e Familiarity with networking concepts and terminology e Working knowledge of GUIs Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 18 Preface Text conventions This guide uses the following text conventions bold Courier text Indicates command names and options and text that you need to enter Example Use the dinfo command Example Enter show ip alerts routes italic text Indicates new terms book titles and variables in command syntax descriptions Where a variable is two or more words the words are connected by an underscore Example If the command syntax is show at lt valid_route gt valid_route is one variable and you substitute one value for it plain Courier text Indicates command syntax and system output for example prompts and system messages Example Set Trap Monitor Filters separator gt Shows menu paths Example Protocols gt IP ide
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89. e VLAN that has received Group reports from various members Expiration Time left before the group report expires on this port This variable is updated when a group report is received Viewing DVMRP information DVMRP routers listen to all IGMP host membership reports even if they are not the designated querier and keep a local database of every host membership reporter Passport 1000 Series switches and Passport 8600 switches support DVMRP To view DVMRP information gt Select a device listed under the DVMRP folder The DVMRP table opens with the Globals tab displayed in the contents pane Figure 68 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 146 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 68 DVMRP Table f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help Al e x ge e mim el E Multicast Network T p ME p Globals Interface Neighbor Route Next Hop 5 10 10 40 170 gt L3 IGMP 8g 10 10 40 51 3 10 10 40 168 M 10 10 40 209 H E DvMRP NbrProbelnterval amp 10 10 4051 VersionString i B 10 10 40 168 Generationid 898563557 a m ReachableRoules 2 fii 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicast Groups amp 8 239 255 207 31 amp 3 192168200 239 255 214 171 3 3 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information multicast group HE source subnet Pp forwarding node The DVMRP Table contains five tabs that d
90. e Name text box type the name of the MLT In the Ports box select the ports to be added to the MLT Inactive ports appear dimmed in the Ports box 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 113 6 Select the MLT type option The default is Access In the VlanlIds field select the VLAN IDs that belong to the MLT port Click Ok Creating a new MLT on a pair of devices You can configure an MLT between two adjacent devices and MultiLink Trunking Manager considers port availability type of port and current links between both devices You cannot configure an MLT on an isolated device To create a new MLT between two devices 1 Select a device from the second level of the MultiLink Trunking Manager navigation pane The Trunk table opens in the contents pane Figure 47 Figure 47 Trunk table for a pair of devices Sh MultiLink Trunking Manager File Edit View Help fe S Helxisile mig Q Mit Network Id Name pormereers Porvpe Manise pranie LN 9 10 10 40 51 10 40 7 ubs demo 3 10 access false 102 S S 10 10 40 168 10 10 40 168 7 ubs demo 3 8 laccess 75 false 102 X 10 10 40 209 EE 73 10 10 40 169 oS 101040170 Discovered 2 mits on 10 10 40 169810 10 40 168 Ss trunk 9 no trunk S isolated 2 Do one of the following e From the MultiLink Trunking Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Insert e On the MultiLink Trunking Manager toolbar click Insert The Insert ML
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92. ed protocols in a protocol based VLAN You can create a protocol based VLAN with a user defined protocol for integration into existing networks where nonstandard protocols are used In the UserDefinedPId text box enter the PID of the protocol in the format Ox protocol type in decimal value For a Passport 8600 switch and Passport 1000 Series switch the 16 bit PID assigned to a protocol based VLAN specifies either an Ethertype a DSAP SSAP or a SNAP PID depending on whether the frame encapsulation is Ethernet 2 802 2 or LLC SNAP respectively For a Passport 8100 switch the 16 bit PID assigned to a protocol based VLAN specifies only an Ethertype for Ethernet 2 frame encapsulation Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 90 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Refer to the section on user defined protocols in Networking Concepts for the Passport 1000 Series Routing Switch Release 2 0 and Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Routing Switch for more information about this topic or to see the actual values and how they are assigned The following PIDs are not valid PIDOx0000 through 0x05dc overlap with the 802 3 frame length PIDs of predefined protocols for example IP IPX AppleTalk PID 0x8100 reserved by 802 1Q to identify tagged frames PIDOx9000 used by the diagnostic loopback frames PIDOx8808 used by 802 3x pause frames PID0x4242 overlaps with the BPDU DSAP SSAP Creating a source MAC address based
93. elds Field Description Source The network address that when combined with the corresponding route SourceMask value identifies the sources for which this entry contains multicast routing information SourceMask The network mask that when combined with the corresponding route Source value identifies the sources for which this entry contains multicast routing information UpstreamNeighbor Address of the upstream neighbor in other words the RPF neighbor from which IP datagrams from these sources are received or 0 0 0 0 if the network is local 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 153 Table 50 Route tab DVMRP fields continued Field Description Interface DVMRP interface slot port number or VLAN ID on which IP datagrams sent by these sources are received Metric Distance in hops to the source subnet Range is 1 to 32 ExpiryTime Amount of time in seconds remaining before this entry is aged out Next Hop tab The Next Hop tab Figure 73 displays the next hop on outgoing interfaces for routing IP multicast datagrams Figure 73 Next Hop tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help AG a 4 x amp e mim e cl L2 IGMP Snoop z 8 101040 169 Globals Interface Neighbor Route Next Hop 3 10 10 40 170 Source SourceMask OutInterface Type cab L3 IGMP 192 168 20 0 255 255 255 0 MM 3 vlan branch 1 10104051 192 168 20 0 255 255 255
94. elected device Properties Displays the properties of the selected device Refer to Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu on page 34 for a description of this feature Report Opens the Report dialog box which displays the device IP address name type and description Dump Topology Dumps the current topology to the log to Log Note This menu is accessible only if a device is selected on the network map displayed in the Optivity Switch Manager Contents pane Actions Discover Map Discovers a network topology map Layout Map Rearranges a topology map for better viewing Find Unsaved Opens the Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box that lists Configurations the devices with unsaved changes in their configuration files The dialog box contains the device IP address the time date when the configuration was last changed and the time date when the device s configuration was last saved Log Manager Opens Log Manager Refer to Chapter 7 Using Log Manager on page 165 for more information about this application Tools VLAN Manager _ F2 Opens VLAN Manager Refer to Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager on page 55 for more information about this application MultiLink F3 Opens MultiLink Trunking Manager Refer to Chapter 5 Trunking Using MultiLink Trunking Manager on page 99 for more Manager information about this application Multicast F4 Opens Multicast Manager Refer to Chapter 6 Using Manager Multicast
95. er Release 1 1 0 0 102 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Menu bar The menu bar provides menus and commands for operating MultiLink Trunking Manager Many of the commands also have associated shortcut keys Table 29 lists the MultiLink Trunking Manager commands Table 29 MultiLink Trunking Manager submenus Menu Command Shortcut key Description File Reload Cirl R Reloads the MultiLink Trunking Manager information Save Ctrl S Saves the current MultiLink Trunking Manager information Diagnostic Information Print Ctrl P Opens the Print dialog box where you enter print parameters Close Closes MultiLink Trunking Manager Edit Undo Ctrl Z Reverses any changes you made to a record Changes Copy Ctrl C Copies the contents of the selected cell Paste Ctrl V Pastes the cell contents when you select a new location Insert Opens the Insert dialog box where you insert an MLT on a selected device Delete Removes a selection and displays a message box to confirm deletion of the selected MLT Apply Applies changes made to your MLT configuration to the device Changes configuration file Find Ctrl F Opens the Find dialog box where you set parameters to find matching entries in your network View Highlight Highlights MLT items in the Optivity Switch Manager contents Topology pane Audit Queries the network topology to report any discrepancies Help Using Opens a
96. er 30 38 status bar icon field Multicast Manager 129 MultiLink Trunking Manager 104 VLAN Manager 62 status bar message field Multicast Manager 129 MultiLink Trunking Manager 104 VLAN Manager 62 Status field 143 Status table 73 STG Config 71 configuration information 71 creating STGs 79 deleting STGs 81 editing STGs 81 forwarding ports 97 information viewing 68 maximum number of STGs per product 56 member ports viewing 69 membership 79 port members 94 ports adding 70 blocking 97 root 74 root configuration 97 status viewing 73 STG members in Optivity Switch Manager viewing 94 STG root configuration viewing 97 STG roots in Optivity Switch Manager viewing 93 STGs in Optivity Switch Manager viewing 93 STG members adding ports 70 viewing 69 STP about 56 controlling path redundancy 56 spanning tree algorithm 56 viewing Root information 74 StpTrapEnable field 72 submanager windows and Optivity Switch Manager 29 subnet address 54 subnet discovery 51 Subnet item 86 SubnetAddress field 158 SubnetMask field 158 support Nortel Networks 21 SysName item 35 T TaggedBpduAddress field 73 TaggedBpduAddress item 80 TaggedBpduVlanld field 73 TaggedBpduVlanId item 80 tagging 64 tagging VLAN 64 65 technical support 21 TimeSinceTopologyChange field 74 title bar 30 toolbar 30 208963 B Index 191 toolbar buttons 36 TopChanges field 74 topology map magnifying 41 TriggeredUpdateInterv
97. eryInterval sec field 143 QueryInterval sec item 133 QueryMaxResponseTime field 143 R ReachableRoutes field 148 read access 54 Read operations 54 Receiver tab 133 Receivers tab 159 ReportProxyEnable item 132 Restrict Discovery field 49 Robustness field 143 Robustness item 133 Root table 75 RootCost field 75 RootPort field 75 Route tab 151 154 S scale slider about 30 magnification 30 Solaris implementation 41 using 41 scroll bars 30 seed address about 28 using multiple IP addresses 48 Seed Address es item 49 seed device 28 47 Sender tab 135 shortcut menu 34 Show Device HostName 50 IP Address 50 SysName 50 Show Device by setting 50 SNMP level of access 54 read and write operations 53 SNMP Max Outstanding Requests item 51 SNMP passwords default 53 SNMP Retry Count item 51 SNMP Timeout item 51 SNMP Trace item 51 Source field in the Next Hop tab 154 inthe Route tab 152 Source IP subnet based VLANs 85 source MAC address based VLANs adding MAC addresses 92 creating 90 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 190 Index Source Subnets tab 157 SourceAddress field 155 SourceMask field in the Next Hop tab 154 in the Route tab 152 155 spanning tree groups definition 56 viewing configuration information 57 viewing root information 57 Spanning Tree Protocol See STP State field 151 status bar Multicast Manager 128 MultiLink Trunk Manager 104 Optivity Switch Manag
98. etwork M9 Unassigned Tagging f K Isolated Routing Navigation pane fh Ke Bridge Routing Stg1 E Stg2 E Stg3 E Stg4 E Stg5 mi e t Contents pane FHE Status bar Piscovered 32 vlans from 8 devices in 1040msec E Stg20 E 8tg21 E 8t922 E Stg25 port amp subnet protocol QY mac Table 11 describes the parts of the VLAN Manager window Table 11 VLAN Manager window parts Part Description Title bar Displays the submanager name Menu bar Provides access to all VLAN Manager commands Toolbar Provides quick access to commonly used VLAN Manager commands Navigation pane Provides a navigation tree showing VLAN Manager network folder resources Contents pane Displays information selected in the navigation pane Status bar Displays status information including the type of device highlighted and command status Menu bar The menu bar provides menus and commands for operating VLAN Manager 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 59 Table 12 lists the VLAN Manager menus and commands Table 12 VLAN Manager menus and commands Menu Command Shortcut Key Description File Reload Ctr R Reloads the VLAN Manager information Save Ctrl S Saves diagnostic information about the Diagnostic STGs and VLAN discovered Info Print Ctr P Opens the Prin
99. f devices contain a different SNMP community password you cannot access them unless you know their passwords and enter those password into the Optivity Switch Manager snmpcomm properties file To assign a different SNMP community password to a group or single device 1 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Edit Communities The Communities dialog box opens Figure 13 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 54 Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager Figure 13 Communities dialog box ptivity Switch Manager 1 1 0 b10 Communities Address Read 0 0 0 0 rore ita Delete Save Cancel Help 2 Click Insert An empty row is added to the table Click on the empty row and enter the IP address and communities Click Save The changes are saved to the snmpcomm properties file Table 9 describes the Communities fields in the dialog box Table 9 Communities dialog box fields Fields Descriptions Address The subnet address of a group of devices or the IP address of a single device Default is 0 0 0 0 to include all devices Note Optivity Switch Manager uses zero 0 as a wildcard to associate SNMP communities with groups of devices You can place a zero anywhere in the IP address For example the address 10 10 0 0 refers to all addresses in the 10 10 subnet Read The level of permission to view or read configuration information on a group of device
100. gure B Savedialog DOE uus ga cuoi Re xo koc EROR ES wed Roa eae 43 Figues Fin Device dabo DOX socscrepATNAEAqS RERO REM RREYIG EA GP ERG 44 Figure 10 Optivity Switch Manager display before Layout command 45 Figure 11 Preferences dialog box 2 cece ee eese 48 Figure 12 Restrict Discovery dialog box nuanua aaau 52 Figure 13 Communities dialog box 0 000 cece es 54 Figure 14 VLAN Manager WINGOW uus ees cet ERRESOR CERO ERROR X CE Wee CR 58 Figure 15 VLAN Manager navigation pane 0 00 eren 61 Figure 16 Default 1 folder view in the contents pane 00055 61 Figure T Huddalog DUX exsssaaa toasdesdees a RE adyctxq ace d pac deeb es 63 Figure 18 Unassigned Ports table 0 0 cc eee eee 65 Figure 19 Tagging Ports table iiis ea ceed ee tee he Rebel wees 66 Figure 20 Isolated Routing Ports table 2 0 60 cece ee 67 Figure 21 Bridge Routing Ports table 0 c eee ee ee 68 Figure 22 STG folder in the VLAN Manager navigation pane 69 Figure 23 Spanning tree group members table 0000 cece eee 70 Figure 24 PortMembers dialog DOX 0 00 06 004 eee ean RR wa ERR 71 Figure 25 Configuration Tale sueascoa oxRAXEWERA RE ES SR RERO Y Rag RARO as 72 Figure 26 SIUS TSEIB ioris deeb iced QDeRiaa Bee NEP PRG EE dd ed 73 Pouer POO ONE Rott IPM TE 75 Figure 28 Default VLAN table 000 cece ees 76 Figure 22 VLAN TERS corrlsterocekeYXek4
101. gures 208963 B 15 Tables Table 1 Parts of the Optivity Switch Manager window 55 30 Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands 31 Table 3 Find Unsaved Configurations dialog box items 34 Table 4 Device Properties dialog box items 00 cece eee 35 Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons 36 Table 6 Status bar UGS adckeswarw sce ttir Ceaeieaenes RE IXASQRESE RSS 38 Table 7 Device WONG eus ns eek cse ates PE RU e Gees LER RE aeRO eee RACER RR 40 Table 8 Preferences dialog box items 00 eee eee 49 Table 9 Communities dialog box fields 22 5 css eros eh eR RR RUE 54 Table 10 Maximum STGs and VLANs supported by switches 56 Table 11 VLAN Manager window parts llleelle ee 58 Table 12 VLAN Manager menus and commands 00 0 e000 59 Table 13 VLAN Manager status bar fields llle 62 Table 14 Port membership types and STGs sllslesees less 64 Table 15 Unassigned Ports table fields 0 02000 c eee eee 65 Table 16 Tagging Ports table fields lille 66 Table 17 Isolated Routing Ports table fields 0 0 0 cee eee eae 67 Table 18 Bridge Routing Ports table fields 0 00000 cee eeeeee 68 Table 198 SrGintormation ICONS uuusasuas se cae eee donee ee nca ae Are e dc 69 Table20 Members table fields sls
102. hat the Automatically Relayout after discovery check box is selected in the Map section Increase the maximum hop count in the Preferences dialog box Some devices have timed out View the error log to determine if the timeout is due to the following and take the recommended action e Invalid read community string add the correct community in the Edit Communities dialog box Slow network Increase the retry count in the SNMP section of the Edit Preferences dialog box e NMS socket overflow Set the Max Outstanding Requests in the SNMP preferences section of the Edit Preferences dialog box Error messages Table 57 describes Optivity Switch Manager messages and their meanings Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 182 Appendix B Troubleshooting and error messages Table 57 Optivity Switch Manager error messages Message Meaning Discrepancies were found see The submanager can still function but it has found View gt Audit discrepancies between nodes From the submanager menu bar choose View gt Audit to view the Audit dialog box Bad Assignment You attempted to edit a read only item 208963 B 183 Index A Access tab 138 Action field 136 ActiveMRouter item 133 ActiveQuerier item 133 Address field in the Cache tab 141 in the Communities dialog box 54 in the Neighbor tab 150 Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM ATM 31 Automatically Relay
103. ices on a network 00 cece eee 48 Restricting diSCOvely uus duoc do xe eoru E ec iat us EN aE ane qu ie a 51 Lao DUL SEO oosieu qued debba qubd eddon Eu V d hup ebd RO es 52 Accessing devices within different SNMP communities 000000 53 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Managef cons cess ne sini ee eis RR E ER Rr a RE Ea RA Ram dn 55 What io VLAN Mandor A rc TTE 55 VLAN covcucn bees Sodcas hee YA ed Qer sees sega RR Sede GN Kedar betes 55 Spanning Tee POO os cust caked t dis dor b acea he eek els cde 56 VLAN ManaQeriGalures ccinaes ses Ss e4 Gao ODER RGROR WERE M ARE HORDES 57 Staring VLAN MANAGE serres asin tek Jer EREOGOURE a AAEE a UE EYE EE 57 VLAN Manager POW is oe Qe S duda Ba ofc adbuc Gee aaah EA ENA or Iac 58 lice be SER GERA GE ERU e REN HACEN RR XA Eque PARU XU E Y ee 60 Navaho Pali cT T TET 60 COMICS DANG ORE 61 EIUS DS sche arg eae oul Gee duci sed oc Ae ctt o ads bap buds ec 62 PINGING never HaSDUKCES ccuscaaa e xp pea C RE HRCKOI wees KR REO AUR RR 62 Using VLAN Manager xxs4kadaskAEERRe3AR xcEi kx RA RH ERE Y X RS Bw es AGORA x 63 POM UGE usui oi Cad eee lke cado Ng wk qai enia er Ede b acdoba e 64 Viewing the unassigned ports 00 0c eee ees 64 208963 B Contents 7 Viewing tagged PONE bccs ioeio ese ti radan taie XE KXGG Y REG 65 Viewing isolated router ports IRPS 000 00 e eee eee 66 Viewing bridge routing Ports 0 0 c eee eee 67 Viewing spanning tree groups
104. in the network topology map Refer to Layout slider on page 52 for more information Show Device by Determines how a device is identified in the network topology map The selections are e HostName e SysName e IP Address Default Trim HostName Domains Truncates Internet host name domains Example nortelnetworks com becomes nortelnetworks Non highlighted area Allows you to select an option for viewing inactive devices The options are e Dimmed Non highlighted items are shaded Default e I nvisible Removes non highlighted items from the topology map Automatically Save on Exit If checked the current network topology map is automatically saved to the default topo file Automatically Relayout after discovery If checked the network topology map is adjusted for better viewing as it is loaded in Optivity Switch Manager 208963 B Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager 51 Table 8 Preferences dialog box items continued Section Item Description SNMP Retry Count The number of times between 0 and 5 Optivity Switch Manager tries to connect to a device using SNMP The default is 1 Timeout The amount of time between 3 and 10 seconds Optivity Switch Manager waits before trying to connect to a device again The default is 5 Max Outstanding The number of SNMP requests between 20 Requests and 250 that Optivity Switch Manager maintains as open
105. ing Optivity Switch Manager lslsssseeeee eren 28 Using the Optivity Switch Manager window sess esses 29 Optivity Switch Manager menu bar 000 cece eee eee 30 Finding unsaved configurations cse cR dex RR Hae eead ed die ee RPGR SS 33 Using the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut menu 000 cee eee 34 Viewing device Properts scu dae ke kk ewe Se aOR SHS ae Rn OR Rc 35 Using the Toolbar DUTCOTIB amp usas dots AR EORACEROECROR IER tdr Er Re FRE HR ROS 36 Optivity Switch Manager status bar 0 00 cece eee 38 Optivity Switch Manager contents pane icons 000 eee ee eee 39 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 6 Contents Adjusting the contents pane iiiicbo ssh e br ERR eben bese EIE ERES 41 Using the seale SIGE Mp CE 41 Working with the network topology map 1 eee 41 Loading a saved network topology map 0 cee eee eee 42 Saving a ToppI od MAP wereciscsanteses ierik a eaan ika EEES 43 Printing a topology MAP cccce steer eer rx ku x x r9 RR Rx RUE E EXGCE ER EG d 44 Finding a device in the topology map elseeesseeeseeeess 44 Arranging devices on the topology map 0c eee eee 45 Gelihg help 22 2cts cenderdhe eedene bes dees npeeorsverdepana Gere qid ed 46 Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager lees 47 Discovering yoUr DebclK sc saniw sees Qe eR Ge MRR SAREE OREM DRE UR ARRA 47 Discovering dev
106. ionld Used by neighboring routers to detect whether a reset or disable enable DVMRP action has occurred to the switch or to a particular interface If so the router resends the entire multicast routing table to its neighbor immediately instead of waiting for the next scheduled update NumRoutes Number of entries in the routing table You can use this information to monitor the routing table size to detect illegal advertisements of multicast routes ReachableRoutes Number of entries in the routing table with noninfinite metrics You can use this number to detect network partitions by observing the ratio of reachable routes to total routes Interface tab The DVMRP Interface tab Figure 70 displays information about the interfaces with DVMRP enabled 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 149 Figure 70 Interface tab DVMRP fields f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help amp amp Ale x amp e m m e 2 Multicast Network i L2 IGMP Snoop g 10 10 40 168 e 10 10 40 170 cil L3 IGMP 8g 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 18 10 10 40 208 cil DvMRP 8 IDEDEDER g 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 gt MRoute 3g 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicast Groups i e 239 255 207 31 3 192 168 20 0 239 255 214 171 3 192 168 20 0 n Ir 5 f B DVMRP Table for 10 10 40 51 Displaying cached info
107. isplay DVMRP information e Globals tab next e Interface tab page 148 e Neighbor tab page 150 e Route tab page 151 e Next Hop tab page 153 Globals tab The Globals tab Figure 69 displays the global DVMRP settings for the network 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 147 Figure 69 Globals tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help aal e x g e mim el E wutticast Network DVMRP Table for 10 10 40 51 iS T p Pferd Globals Interface Neighbor Route Next Hop e 10 10 40 170 Enable cab L3 IGMP Updatelnterval i amp 10 10 40 51 TriggeredUpdatelnterval i g 10 10 40 168 LeafTimeOut 125 B ap DVMRP NbrProbelnterval 10 i 10 10 40 51 VersionString 3 i amp 10 10 40 168 Generationld 898563567 i a 10 10 40 209 NumRoutes 2 sab MRoute te ReachableRoutes 2 3g 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 208 El Multicast Groups H E 239 255 207 31 HPF 192 168 20 0 239 255 214 171 amp 3 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information multicast group HE source subnet Pp forwarding node Table 47 describes the fields in the Globals tab Table 47 Globals tab fields Field Description Enable Whether DVMRP is enabled true or disabled false on the switch Updatelnterval Periodically each multicast router advertises routing information on each DVMRP interface using the DVMRP export message This field shows the time interval in se
108. isplayed in the SysLog dialog box 7 Toreturn to the previous field in the syslog Find dialog box click Previous The previous field with a matching string is located and displayed in the SysLog dialog box 8 To close the sysLog Find dialog box click Cancel Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 176 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager Filtering log entries In Log Manager you can display specific log entries by filtering out removing non related log entries To display specific log entries 1 Inthe device view click Filter The sysLog Filter dialog box opens Figure 88 Figure 88 sysLog Filter dialog box sysLog Filter X Se t Contains string INFO Po wamNG EROR MFG Dr blank fo oise 2 Inthe Severity column check the type of log entry or log entries to search for All records INFO e WARNING ERROR e MFG FATAL e blank You can choose more than one type of log entry Table 55 lists the severity level descriptions If you choose blank Log Manager filters for log entries that contain a blank field 3 To narrow your search type a character string that is part of the log description in the contains string field of your selected row s 4 Click Filter 208963 B Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 177 The SysLog dialog box displays only the entries that satisfy the filtering criteria To restore all log en
109. it 3 indicates that the neighbor can handle mtrace requests State State of neighbor adjacency oneway The switch sees a packet from the neighbor but no adjacency has been established active Adjacency exists in both directions ignoring The switch ignores neighbor packets down The interface is not enabled Route tab The DVMRP Route tab Figure 72 shows the table of routes learned through DVMRP route exchange Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 152 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 72 Route tab DVMRP f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help Al a x s e mim el E Mutticast Network DWMPTabefori D D4051 gt L2 IGMP Snoop 8 101040169 Globals Interface Neighbor Route Next Hop 3 10 10 40 170 Source SourceMask lopsreamneighpor Interface ete aretane L3 IGMP 192 168 20 0 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 MM 4 vlan 1 h m 2s ff 10104051 182 168 30 0 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 MM 3 Han 0h 0m 2s e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 DvMRP 8 TEE g 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 cil MRoute 8g 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 E rito Multicast Groups H E 239 255 207 31 amp 1 192 168 20 0 239 255 214 171 amp 3 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information multicast group f source subnet J forwarding node Table 50 describes the fields in the Route tab Table 50 Route tab DVMRP fi
110. itch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 160 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Table 54 Receivers tab Multicast Groups fields Field Description LastReporter IP address of the source of the last membership report received for this IP multicast group address on this interface If no membership report has been received the object has the value 0 0 0 0 Querier Address of the IGMP querier on the IP subnet to which the interface is enabled The address in parentheses is the forwarding node Viewing Multicast Manager information in Optivity Switch Manager While the Multicast Manager window is open you can highlight the following information on the topology map in the Optivity Switch Manager main window e Location of a particular multicast devices e Multicast forwarding path from a source subnet to a multicast node e Devices actively using a selected multicast protocol Highlighting a multicast device To highlight a multicast device 1 Inthe Multicast Manager navigation pane do one of the following e Select a protocol icon e Select a single device Devices supported by the protocol are highlighted 2 From Multicast Manager menu bar choose View Highlight Topology The Highlight Topology option remains selected until you deselect it However if you select a multicast group in the navigation pane this option is not available 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 161 3 Return to the O
111. k address that when combined with the corresponding route SourceMask value identifies the sources for which this entry contains multicast routing information SourceMask Network mask that when combined with the corresponding route Source value identifies the sources for which this entry contains multicast routing information UpstreamNeighbor Address of the upstream neighbor in other words the RPF neighbor from which IP datagrams from these sources to this multicast address are received or 0 0 0 0 if the network is local Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 156 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Table 52 Route tab MRoute fields continued Field Description Interface DVMRP interface slot port number or VLAN ID on which IP datagrams sent by these sources to this multicast address are received ExpiryTime Amount of time remaining before this entry is aged out The value 0 indicates that the entry is not subject to aging Protocol Routing protocol through which this route was learned Currently only DVMRP is supported Viewing Multicast Groups information Multicast Group information contains details about multicast groups with active members including their multicast group address source subnet and last reporter To view Multicast Group information gt Select a multicast address listed under the Multicast Groups icon The Multicast Group table ope
112. lect from a list The changes appear in bold 4 Onthe VLAN Manager toolbar click Apply Changes Deleting a spanning tree group To delete a spanning tree group 1 Inthe navigation pane select an STG folder except STG 1 and do one of the following e From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Delete e Onthe VLAN Manager toolbar click Delete Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 82 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager The Delete dialog box Figure 31 opens asking you to confirm the deletion of the STG Figure 31 Delete dialog box 4 VLAN Manager File Edit View Help S a sexe e me o 3 Network HS Unassigned Tagging Ie Isolated Routing Ke Bridge Routing 4 VLAN Manager Eg L2 Really delete STG 2 on all devices B Config Status A Root VLAN 2 2 2 2 Do one of the following e Click Yes to confirm the deletion and return to the table view e Click No to cancel the deletion and return to the table view Note Multiple STGs are supported only on Passport 1000 and Passport 8000 Series switches Managing a VLAN This section contains information about common operations you can perform when managing VLANs with VLAN Manager Creating a VLAN When you create VLANs using VLAN Manager follow these rules e VLANs must have unique VLAN IDs and names e Trunk tagged ports can belong to multiple VLANs and multiple spanning tree groups e A VLAN cannot
113. lellsleeelselelsereeeen 70 Table21 Configuration table fields 20 0 c ccc eee 72 Table22 Status table fields scccccccciavssacisagecadaes sone aes cageecs 74 Table 23 Roottable fields cis ccce ccc ee cee e eee ee DEEP SEE REE EER SERED 75 Table 24 Default VLAN table fields 0 0 02 e eee ee 76 Table 25 New STG dialog boxitems 2ss 6ce0esecesenneee ces banka as 80 Table 26 New VLAN dialog box items 0c eee eee 85 Table 27 Maximum number of MLTs supported in different switches 100 Table 28 MultiLink Trunking Manager window parts 20 0008 101 Table 29 MultiLink Trunking Manager submenus llle 102 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 16 Tables Table 30 Table 31 Table 32 Table 33 Table 34 Table 35 Table 36 Table 37 Table 38 Table 39 Table 40 Table 41 Table 42 Table 43 Table 44 Table 45 Table 46 Table 47 Table 48 Table 49 Table 50 Table 51 Table 52 Table 53 Table 54 Table 55 Table 56 Table 57 MultiLink Trunking Manager status bar fields 104 Tunk table TIBICIB oou acp o ee Deh 2C SO RO ob dog a sca dp EAS a 107 No Trunk table TOMS cet ae ek cere a mx mm em keen ee 108 Isolated Device table fields 20 000 e eee eee eee 110 Insert MLT dialog box items for a single device 112 Insert MLT dialog box items fortwo nodes 115 Multicast Manager window parts
114. license agreement that may pertain to or accompany the delivery of this computer software the rights of the United States Government regarding its use reproduction and disclosure are as set forth in the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52 227 19 Statement of conditions In the interest of improving internal design operational function and or reliability Nortel Networks NA Inc reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice Nortel Networks NA Inc does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit layout s described herein Portions of the code in this software product may be Copyright 1988 Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms of such portions are permitted provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation advertising materials and other materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge that such portions of the software were developed by the University of California Berkeley The name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from such portions of the software without specific prior written permission SUCH PORTIONS OF THE SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITA
115. ll devices within a supported product family Passport 1000 Series switches Passport 8000 Series switches or BayStack switches View Link Speeds Displays network link speeds in color on the network topology map The status bar provides a color legend for the link speeds refer to Optivity Switch Manager status bar on page 38 Link Duplex Displays half and full duplex links in color on the network topology map The status bar provides a color legend for the link duplex status refer to Optivity Switch Manager status bar on page 38 Link Types Displays the media type Ethernet POS or ATM in color for the links in the network topology map The status bar provides a color legend for the link types refer to Optivity Switch Manager status bar on page 38 MultiLink Trunks Displays MultiLink Trunks discovered in the network topology Show Port Displays IP addresses of isolated routing ports or brouter Address ports Error Log Displays the error log for Optivity Switch Manager You can save the error log to a text file Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 32 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Table 2 Optivity Switch Manager menus and commands continued Shortcut Menu Command keys Description Device Telnet Starts a Telnet session Ping Pings a device to test connectivity Device Manager Launches Device Manager to monitor and configure the s
116. ls about the multicast routes found in the network To view Multicast Route information gt Select a device listed under the MRoute folder The MRoute table opens with one tab the Route tab displayed Route tab The Route tab Figure 74 lists multicast route information 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 155 Figure 74 Route tab MRoute fs Multicast Manager File Edit View Help Bul x A S e xe e m m e 5 Multicast Network MRoute Table for 10 10 40 51 L2 IGMP Snoop e 10 10 40 169 g 10 10 40 170 GroupAddress iuuenem SourceMask UpstreamNeighbor Interface tene Protec L3 icmp 239 255 207 31 192 168 20 0 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 MM 4 vlan Oh Om 2s dvmrp 1 10 10 4051 238 255 214 171 192 168 20 0 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 MM 4 vlan Oh 0m 1s dvmrp ee 10 10 40 168 fi 10 10 40 209 DVMRP fg 10 10 40 51 ee 10 10 40 168 3 10 10 40 209 MRoute S EEI ee 10 10 40 168 1 10 10 40 209 wip Multicast Groups amp 8 239 255 207 31 m f 192 168 20 0 a ig 239 255 214 171 m f 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information 8 multicast group f source subnet ZP forwarding node Table 52 describes the fields in the Route tab Table 52 Route tab MRoute fields Field Description GroupAddress IP multicast group address for which this entry contains multicast routing information SourceAddress Networ
117. lue in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for MaxAge when this bridge is acting as the root Note The 802 1D 1990 standard specifies that the range for this parameter is related to the value of dot1dStpBridgeHelloTime The default is 2000 20 seconds 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 81 Table 25 New STG dialog box items continued Item Description BridgeHelloTime Value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for Hello Time when this bridge is acting as the root The granularity of this timer is specified by the IEEE 802 1D 1990 standard to be in increments of 1 100 of a second The default is 200 seconds BridgeForwardDelay Value in hundredths of a second that all bridges use for Forward Delay when this bridge is acting as the root The default is 1500 15 seconds Enable Stp Enables or disables the spanning tree algorithm for the spanning tree group Enable Stp Traps Enables SNMP traps to be sent to trace receiver every time an STP topology change occurs On All Devices When checked selects all devices listed in the list Otherwise select the individual devices to be added to the STG Editing a spanning tree group To edit a spanning tree group 1 Select an STG folder 2 Inthe STG table in the contents pane click the item that you want to edit The field is highlighted and you can edit directly in the table 3 Type information in the text boxes or se
118. nd Passport 8000 Series switches gt In the navigation pane select Bridge Routing The Bridge Routing Ports table opens in the contents pane Figure 21 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 68 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 21 Bridge Routing Ports table VLAN Manager OLX File Edit View Help i5 a 3 x amp e m m el 3 Network Device m 3 2 H9 Unassigned 10 10 40 168 Tagging 7 Isolated Routing Bridge Routing H Stg1 9 Stg2 He Stg4 He Stg5 H E Stg20 9 Stg21 Hy Stg22 port subnet protocol G mac Table 18 describes the fields in the Bridge Routing Ports table Table 18 Bridge Routing Ports table fields Field Descriptions Device IP address system name or host name of the device Ports Port numbers of the port on which frames are received Viewing spanning tree groups STGs All devices supported by Optivity Switch Manager support the IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol and at least one instance of a Spanning Tree Group Refer to Table 10 on page 56 for the maximum STGs supported by each switch To view an STG gt Click the folder for the STG you want to view The folder expands to show four icons representing types of information available about the STG and a list of VLANS in the STG Figure 22 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 69 Figure 22 STG folder in the VLAN Manager navigation pane
119. nd more than one group report may be forwarded for the same multicast group per query interval The default is enabled 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 133 Table 39 General tab fields continued Field Description Robustness Robust value based on the network s tendency to lose data This value along with the query interval is used to determine the group membership timeouts It should be set to that of the multicast router in the network If more than one multicast router is within a VLAN and the robust values are different set the Passport switch to the highest value The range is 2 to 255 The default is 2 QueryInterval sec In general the time between queries sent to the host this value is used to determine the multicast group membership timeouts The real interval between queries is still dependent on the multicast router within the VLAN Set this value to be the same as that of the multicast routers in the VLAN If there are multiple multicast routers on the net select the highest query interval value The query interval is in seconds 1 to 65535 with a default of 125 seconds MRouterPorts Ports that have been configured as Multicast Router Ports Such ports provide connectivity but do not have to be directly attached to a multicast router so the multicast data and group reports are forwarded to the router ActiveMRouter Active Multicast Router Ports are ports that provide
120. ng Manager File Edit View Hel p amp x amp e m m e 3 Mit Network 10 10 40 29 Se 10 10 40 23 2 73 10 10 40 170 Sg 10 10 40 20 2 73 10 10 40 208 S 10 10 4017 73 10 10 40 235 Se 10 10 40 29 _4 Isolated Device 10 10 40 24 10 10 40 25 10 10 40 31 Device i Name PortMembers PortType Vlanids Enable ied 10 10 40 29 1 Trunk 1 2 1 2 4 access 1 2 3 false 3 5 10 40 2 2 Trunk 2 access false 3 Trunk 3 access false g 10 40 4 Trunk 4 access false j5 Trunk 5 access false 10 40 l6 Trunk 6 jaccess false 0 Discovered 1 mits on 10 10 40 29 Ss trunk e no trunk S isolated Status bar The MultiLink Trunking Manager status bar see Figure 40 on page 101 is located at the bottom of the MultiLink Trunking Manager window and has two fields Table 30 describes the fields in the MultiLink Trunking Manager status bar Table 30 MultiLink Trunking Manager status bar fields Field Description Message Located on the left the message field displays information about the following e Optivity Switch Manager and submanager operations e MLT discovery information Icon Located on the right the icon field provides a legend for the types of MLTs e Trunk e No trunk e Isolated 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 105 Finding network resources To find a network resource in the na
121. ng Passport syslog files to your management station This section describes how to upload Passport 8000 Series version 3 0 and higher syslog files to your management station The procedure here illustrates the general principles of the upload process for all switches For specific details of using Device Manager or the CLI on other switches refer to the Device Manager and CLI reference guides for those switches Note To upload syslog files you must have a TFTP server installed on the management station You can upload Passport 8000 Series syslog files to your management station using the FileSystem dialog box in Device Manager or using the command line interface CLI For more information about using Device manager or the CLI refer to the reference guides for Device Manager and the CLI listed in Related publications on page 18 Uploading a file using Device Manager Note The Passport 1000 Series does not support this feature gt To upload a Passport 8000 Series syslog file using Device Manager 1 From the Device Manager menu bar choose Edit gt File System The FileSystem dialog box opens with the Copy File tab displayed Figure 80 208963 B Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 167 Figure 80 Copy File tab s Device Info Flash Files Pemcia Files Source Destination Action I2 none C start Result none edi Reresn Close Help Enter the source address of the
122. ns with the Source Subnets tab displayed in the contents pane Figure 75 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 157 Figure 75 Multicast Group table LN Multicast Manager GE x File Edit View Help e x g e mim e muticast Network if L2 IGMP Snoop amp 10 10 40 168 Source Subnets Receivers 69 1010 40 10 Subnet Aces Sere eet gt L3 IGMP 192 168 20 0 255 255 255 0 3 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 gt DvMRP ff 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 i gt MRoute 3g 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 g 10 10 40 208 El wip Multicast Groups E FEEEEERTIEST amp 192 168 20 0 JP 10404051 m R 239 255 214 171 Displaying cached information multicast group H source subnet P forwarding node The Multicast Group table contains two tabs that display multicast information e Source Subnets tab next e Receivers tab page 159 Source Subnets tab Multicast traffic must travel through source subnets to reach either forwarding devices or multicast receivers The Source Subnets tab Figure 76 displays the source subnet address and subnet mask of the multicast group address Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 158 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 76 Source Subnets tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help Piel Es S a 4 x amp e m m e Source Subnets Receivers Subnet Address Subnet Mask 192 168 20 0
123. ntifies the IP option on the Protocols menu Related publications For more information about the protocols used in Optivity Switch Manager or information about using Device Manager refer to the publications in this list Note The Passport product line was formerly named Accelar The product name on some previously published documents has not yet been changed 208963 B Preface 19 Networking Concepts for the Accelar 1000 Series Routing Switch Software Release 2 0 part number 205588 A Provides general information and description of how the Passport 1000 Series switch handles various networking features such as VLANs MultiLink Trunking OSPF RIP and IPX Installing Optivity Switch Manager for LAN Switch Networks 1 0 0 0 part number 210274 A Describes the steps necessary to install Optivity Switch Manager on the Windows and Solaris platforms Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Switch part number 207307 C Provides general information and description of how the Passport switch handles various networking features such as VLANs MultiLink Trunking OSPF RIP and IPX Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Basic Switch Management Release 3 1 part number 211255 A Describes the command line interface CLI structure and the commands used to perform basic switch management operations such as modifying the switch boot sequence working with switch files and setting up se
124. o multicasting source networks any network containing hosts with the capability to issue multicast datagrams When DVMRP is coupled with IGMP membership a multicast stream is learned from both the routers and directly attached hosts IGMP IGMP allows a host to register group memberships with the local querier router to receive any datagrams sent to this router and targeted to a group with a specific IP Multicast address The protocol also allows a router to learn the existence of group members on its directly attached networks The router periodically sends a general query message to each of its local networks Any host that is a member of any multicasting group identifies itself by a sending a response IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping uses IGMP messages to prune group membership per port within a VLAN The switch listens to group reports for each port and builds a database of multicast group members per port Only those ports that are specified in the database receive multicast traffic instead of all the ports in the VLAN 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 123 Multicast Manager features Multicast Manager supports devices that implement rc VlanIgmpSnoop and or igmp rclIpDvmrp dvmrp and ipMRoute MIB groups Multicast Manager allows you to e Display information on the multicast protocols configured and enabled on the devices discovered by Optivity Switch Manager e Highlight all devices in the topology network map
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127. og Manager on page 165 Device Manager Device Manager is a standalone application that you can launch either from Optivity Switch Manager or separately This application allows you to e Download image and configuration files e Completely manage and configure layer 2 and if applicable layer 3 protocols and features for a single network device e Monitor traffic flow through the device e View a device image indicating which ports are active and for Passport switches which modules are installed For more information about Device Manager refer to the documents listed in Related publications on page 18 208963 B 27 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager This chapter describes the basic procedures for using Optivity Switch Manager For information about how to install Optivity Switch Manager refer to Installing Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 This chapter includes the following topics Starting Optivity Switch Manager next e Using the Optivity Switch Manager window page 29 e Working with the network topology map page 41 e Getting help page 46 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 28 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Starting Optivity Switch Manager After you install Optivity Switch Manager you can start the application To start Optivity Switch Manager gt Do one of the following From the Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 or Windows NT Star
128. olbar button is unavailable for a particular configuration or submanager it appears dimmed When you point to a button the name of the button and a description of the command function are displayed Table 5 describes the toolbar buttons for Optivity Switch Manager and the submanagers Table 5 Optivity Switch Manager and submanager toolbar buttons 92 VLAN by name an MLT by IP address or a multicast group by address Refer to Finding a device in the topology map on page 44 for more information Button Name Description Application Open Opens a topology map or log file Optivity Switch Manager S Log Manager Save Saves a topology map or log file Optivity Switch Manager Log Manager Print Prints the topology map Optivity Switch Manager Note The application does not paginate the VLAN Manager MultiLink map that is break the map printing into Trunking Manager several pages To print a portion of the map Multicast Manager Log ensure that the portion is visible in the window Manager at the desired zoom level Find Allows you to find a device by IP address a Optivity Switch Manager VLAN Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager Multicast Manager View Error Log Displays the Optivity Switch Manager error log Optivity Switch Manager Discover Network Discovers a seed address in a network Refer to Discovering devices on a network on page 48 for more information Optivity Switch
129. or more network device seed addresses and the application queries the addresses The Preferences dialog box specifies the seed address and defines the scope of the discovery process To discover a network 1 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Preferences The Preferences dialog box opens Figure 11 Figure 11 Preferences dialog box ptivity Switch Manager 1 1 0 b10 Preferences x Discovery Seed Address es f 0 10 40 170 comma separated MaxHops 5 1 20 Restrict Discovery Layout faster better Show Device by C HostName C SysName IP Address r Map M Trim HostName Domains Non highlighted are Ia Dimmed Invisible MV Automatically Save on Exit MV Automatically Relayout after discovery SNMP Retry Count ho 05 Timeout 5 3 10 secs Max Outstanding Requests 100 20 250 Trace Apply Ok Cancel Help 2 Inthe Seed Address es textbox type the IP address of one or more devices in the network Separate multiple IP addresses with commas 208963 B Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager 49 In the MaxHops textbox type the maximum number of hops Use the Layout slider to indicate whether greater speed or better accuracy is more important 5 Select other options in the dialog box to control the appearance of the topology map See Table 8 for a description of the options available Click Apply
130. or outstanding The default is 100 Trace If checked additional SNMP information is written to the Optivity Switch Manager error log and can provide assistance in troubleshooting Note Selecting Trace could slightly slow down performance as extra information is gathered Restricting discovery You can restrict the discovery process to devices on specified subnets Use the Restrict Discovery dialog box to enter IP subnets that are available for discovery by Optivity Switch Manager Only devices on a listed subnet are displayed in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane To restrict discovery to certain subnets 1 From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Preferences 2 Click Restrict Discovery The Restrict Discovery dialog box opens Figure 12 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 52 Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager Figure 12 Restrict Discovery dialog box To Subnet wildcard is 0 insert Delete Close 3 Click Insert A new row containing 0 0 0 0 appears under the To Subnet heading Click the row containing 0 0 0 0 and type the subnet address Click Close Layout slider Use the layout slider to improve the readability of the topology map It adjusts the layout of the devices in the network topology using the Spring algorithm which balances the distances between devices and minimizes the number of crossing lines
131. or reseller for assistance If you purchased a Nortel Networks service program contact one of the following Nortel Networks Technical Solutions Centers Technical Solutions Center Telephone 33 4 92 966 968 800 4NORTEL or 800 466 7835 61 2 9927 8800 800 810 5000 EMEA North America Asia Pacific China An Express Routing Code ERC is available for many Nortel Networks products and services When you use an ERC your call is routed to a technical support person who specializes in supporting that product or service To locate an ERC for your product or service go to the www12 nortelnetworks com URL and click ERC at the bottom of the page Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 22 Preface 208963 B 23 Chapter 1 Introducing Optivity Switch Manager This chapter introduces Nortel Networks Optivity Switch Manager features and functions The chapter includes the following topics e What is Optivity Switch Manager next e Optivity Switch Manager features page 24 e Optivity Switch Manager submanagers page 24 What is Optivity Switch Manager Optivity Switch Manager is a Java based network management application that allows you to discover and view up to 100 network devices and their physical links on a topology map Once your network is discovered you can monitor manage and configure protocols and settings in devices in the network using the
132. orts are already members of the STG selected 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 95 To view STG ports 1 In the VLAN Manager navigation pane choose an STG Members icon The STG Members table opens in the VLAN Manager contents pane From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose View gt Highlight Topology Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window The devices containing STG ports are highlighted Figure 38 with a color and the device s IP address Those device ports that are members of the STG are outlined in black Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 96 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 38 Viewing STG port members lig Optivity Switch Manager 1 0 0 b07 Salsal essen e Sod Some of the STG port members 10 10 40 235 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 97 Viewing STG root configuration You can get a quick view of which device is the root of the spanning tree group and which ports are in the forwarding and blocking state by selecting the STG root icon To view STG root configuration in Optivity Switch Manager 1 In the navigation pane select an STG Root The Root table opens in the contents pane From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose View gt Highlight Topology Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window The highlighted topology view Figure 39 opens in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane with the root displayed Figure 39 Root topology displa
133. out after discovery option 50 Automatically Save on Exit option 50 Bay Auto Topology Protocol See BTP BayStack 350 410 450 switches VLANs supported 77 BayStack 450 switch IGMP Snoop support 130 number of MLTs supported 100 Bridge Routing VLAN table 68 BridgeAddress field 75 BridgeForwardDelay field 72 BridgeForwardDelay item 81 BridgeHelloTime field 72 BridgeHelloTime item 81 BridgeMaxAge field 72 BridgeMaxAge item 80 brouter ports about 64 viewing 67 VLAN 57 BTP 47 C Cache tab displaying L3 IGMP information 140 Capabilities field 151 communities SNMP passwords 53 using a wildcard 54 Communities dialog box 53 configuration port based VLAN 83 protocol based VLAN 87 source IP subnet based VLAN 85 source MAC address based VLAN 90 Contact item 35 contents pane Multicast Manager 127 MultiLink Trunking Manager 103 Optivity Switch Manager 30 VLAN Manager 61 customer support 21 D Default Ports table 76 default VLAN definition 76 Delete dialog box 93 Description item 35 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 184 Index DesignatedRoot field 75 Device field in the Configuration table 72 in the Isolated Device table 110 in the No Trunk table 108 in the Root table 75 in the Status table 74 in the Trunk table 107 device icons 40 Device item in the Bridge Routing Ports table 68 in the Default Ports table 76 in the Isolated Routing Ports table 67 in the Members table 70
134. ptivity Switch Manager window Ifa protocol icon was selected all devices supported by the protocol are highlighted Ifa single device was selected the device is highlighted Highlighting a multicast forwarding path To highlight a multicast forwarding path from a source subnet to a multicast node within a multicast group 1 Inthe Multicast Manager navigation pane select a forwarding node under a multicast group and source subnet that you want to view or select a source subnet under a multicast group From Multicast Manager menu bar choose View Highlight Topology Return to the Optivity Switch Manager window Ifa forwarding node was selected the devices and a single forwarding path are highlighted Figure 78 Ifa source subnet folder was selected the devices and all forwarding paths coming out of a source are highlighted Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 162 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 78 Optivity Switch Manager with forwarding node highlighted lig Optivity Switch Manager 1 0 0 b07 S Q S q co ler eS i O sve Path of multicast traffic Node on Source subnet 10 10 40 158 3 1 EE Node on 3 10 forwarding path You can also select a multicast protocol in Multicast Manager and view in Optivity Switch Manager the devices that are actively using that protocol To view devices using multicast protocols 1 Inthe Multicast
135. r choose Edit gt Delete e On the MultiLink Trunking Manager toolbar click Delete The Delete dialog box opens asking you to confirm the deletion Figure 51 Figure 51 Delete dialog box 3 Multi link Trunking Manager 2 Click Yes Editing an MLT To edit an MLT 1 In the navigation pane select a device The MLT table opens in the contents pane Double click the field in the table Type information in the text boxes or select from a list On the MultiLink Trunking Manager toolbar click Apply Changes Your changes are displayed in bold Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 118 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Highlighting devices and MLT links in Optivity Switch Manager Optivity Switch Manager displays the topology information from MultiLink Trunking Manager in the contents pane To highlight devices and their MLT in Optivity Switch Manager 1 In the navigation pane select a device with a trunk MLT connection The Trunk table opens in the MultiLink Trunking Manager contents pane Figure 52 Figure 52 Trunk table 34 MultiLink Trunking Manager File Edit View Help alal a amp e m m eJ 4 Mit Network Id Name PortMembers PortType Vlanids Enable Index H E 10 10 40 51 10 10 40 169 7 ubs demo 3 10 access false 102 10 10 40 168 10 10 40 168 T ubs demo 3 9 access 75 false 102 y 10 10 40 209 i 0 10 40 169 73 10 10 40 169 6
136. r Manager Toolbar For information about the toolbar buttons available in VLAN Manager refer to Table 5 on page 36 Navigation pane The VLAN Manager navigation pane Figure 15 is located on the left side of the window It contains a network folder for each STG found in the network When you select an STG folder the tree expands to display the STG configuration information and then lists the VLANs associated with that STG In the navigation pane select the folder for which you want to view STG or VLAN information or choose Edit gt Print to print the navigation tree 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 61 Figure 15 VLAN Manager navigation pane 3 Network Unassigned Tagging isolated Routing Ml Bridge Routing cag J Stg2 Members B Config Status R Root Ch VLAN 2 2 2 9 VLAN 3 3 2 Gs osm test 2 21 2 L Stg4 G Stg5 C Stg20 C Stg21 LJ Stg22 m BY ft ft Contents pane When you select a network resource in the navigation pane a table opens in the contents pane Figure 16 Figure 16 Default 1 folder view in the contents pane 4 VLAN Manager File Edit View Help Lol x amp amp X amp e B o 3 Network H Unassigned Tagging 1 1 1 8 21 2 48 1 3 1 312 false Device PortMembers HighPriority GosLevel DsField Index Ip amp ddress 10 40 1 2049 lfalse 257 e Isolated Routing H Bridge Routing 1
137. r menus and commands Menu Command Shortcut key Purpose File Reload Ctr R Reloads the Multicast Manager information Save Ctrl D Saves the diagnostic information about Diagnostic the multicast configurations and groups Information Print Ctrl P Opens the Print dialog box where you set parameters to print Close Closes Multicast Manager Edit Undo Ctrl Z Reverses any changes you made toa Changes record Copy Ctrl C Copies the contents of the selected cell Paste Ctrl V Pastes the cell contents when you select a new location Insert Ctrl 1 Opens the Insert dialog box Delete Ctrl D Removes a selection and displays a message box to confirm deletion Apply Ctrl A Applies changes made to your multicast Changes configuration to the device configuration file Find Ctrl F Opens the Find dialog box where you set parameters to find matching entries in your network Note In read only mode except for the Find command Edit options are unavailable greyed out Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 126 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Table 37 Multicast Manager menus and commands continued Menu Command Shortcut key Purpose View Highlight Highlights the devices running the Topology multicast protocol within the topology map in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane and highlights the multicast forwarding path from the source s
138. rmation multicast group Qi source subnet P forwarding node Globals Interface Neighbor Route Next Hop Interface Perse LocalAddress Men Default vlan down 10 10 40 51 1 MM 3 vlan up 192 168 30 21 1 MM 4 vlan up 182 168 20 21 1 Table 48 describes the fields in the Interface tab Table 48 Interface tab DVMRP fields Field Description Interface The DVMRP interface slot port number or VLAN identification OperState Current operational state of this DVMRP interface up or down LocalAddress IP address of the DVMRP router interface Metric The distance metric for this interface used to calculate 1 which means local delivery only distance vectors The range is 1 to 31 The default value is Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 150 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Neighbor tab The Neighbor tab Figure 71 displays the DVMRP neighbors which are the multicast routers that have an interface on the same network Figure 71 Neighbor tab LN Multicast Manager File Edit View Help G a x e e mim e E Mutticast Network L2 IGMP Snoop Neighbor 15 10 10 40 168 Globals Interface g Route Next Hop amp 10 10 40 170 Interface Address ExpiryTime Generationld Majorversion Minorversion Capabilities State gt L3 IGMP MN 3 vlan 192 168 30 209 Oh Orn 0s 951239530 3 255 prune generationID active 3E 10 10 40 51 io iy 10
139. router ignores any IGMPv2 Leave messages it receives for this group Interface tab The Interface tab Figure 66 displays statistics about the L3 IGMP interfaces used Figure 66 Interface tab L3 IGMP partial view IGMP Table for 10 10 Cache Interface Group Interface QueryInterval sec Status Version Querier QueryMaxResponsel active 2 192 168 50 31 10 10 active 2 192 168 30 209 0 10 40 31 Time sec WrongVersionQueries Joins Robustness LastMembQueryintval 0 13276 2 1 Table 45 describes the fields in the Interface tab 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 143 Table 45 Interface tab fields Field Description Interface Interface on which IGMP is enabled QuerylInterval sec Frequency in seconds at which IGMP host query packets are transmitted on the interface The range is from 1 to 65535 The default is 125 Status IGMP row status When an interface has been assigned an IP address and DVMRP is enabled status is shown as active Otherwise it is shown as notlnService Version Version of IGMP that is configured on the interface For IGMP to function correctly all routers on a LAN must be configured to run the same version of IGMP on that LAN Querier Address of the IGMP querier on the IP subnet to which the interface is attached QueryMax Maximum response time in seconds advertised in ResponseTime
140. s C ns C vines C ipvB C usrDefined C ram Iv On All Devices TETWIETS 10 10 40 170 3 Typethe VLAN ID The value can be from 1 to 4094 as long as it is not already in use The default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1 4 Type the VLAN name optional If no name is entered a default is created For a Passport 8600 switch select the QoS Level optional For a Passport 8600 switch type the Differentiated Services DS Field optional 7 Fora Passport 1000 Series switch specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged as High Priority optional 8 Inthe Type box select byProtocolld Other items in the dialog box that apply to protocol based VLANs are activated 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 89 10 11 12 13 In the Protocolld box select the protocol If you select UsrDefined refer to User defined protocols in a protocol based VLAN on page 89 for more information Select the device to be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the following Select from the device list e Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list Click Ok In the Ports table specify the port membership by clicking on one or all of the following columns and specifying ports e ActiveMember e PotentialMembers e StaticMembers e NotAllowedToJoin Do one of the following From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose Apply Changes e Onthe VLAN Manager toolbar click Apply Changes User defin
141. s long as it is not already in use The default VLAN has a VLAN ID of 1 4 Type the VLAN name optional If no name is entered a default is created ol For a Passport 8600 switch select the QoS Level optional 6 Fora Passport 8600 switch type the Differentiated Services DS Field optional 7 Fora Passport 1000 Series switch specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged as High Priority optional In the Type option select byPort Other items in the dialog box that apply to a port based VLAN are activated 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 85 9 Select the device to be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the following Select from the device list e Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list 10 Click Ok Table 26 describes the items in the New VLAN dialog box Table 26 New VLAN dialog box items Item Description Id A number between 1 and 4 094 that identifies the new VLAN configured on the network Name Name given to the VLAN QosLevel For a Passport 8000 Series switch you can set the Quality of Service level for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 8 DsField For a Passport 8000 Series switch you can set the Differentiated Services field for traffic in the VLAN to a level between 1 and 54 High Priority For a Passport 1000 Series switch you can select HighPriority mode for all traffic in the VLAN Type Type of VLAN Port based VLAN
142. s or single device The community string default is public open access Write The level of permission to change configuration information on a group of devices or single device The default community string is private restrictive access 208963 B 55 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager VLAN Manager manages Spanning Tree Groups STGs and VLANs across devices in a network Optivity Switch Manager is the starting point for VLAN Manager and Optivity Switch Manager must be open to use VLAN Manager This chapter describes using VLAN Manager to manage VLANs on Passport and BayStack switches The chapter includes the following information e What is VLAN Manager next Starting VLAN Manager page 57 e VLAN Manager window page 57 e Using VLAN Manager page 63 Managing spanning tree groups STGs page 79 Managing a VLAN page 82 e Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane page 93 What is VLAN Manager VLAN Manager enables you to manage VLAN and STG configurations across a single device or multiple devices It supports the rcVlan and rcStg MIBs VLAN A VLAN is a collection of ports on one or more switches that defines a broadcast domain You can assign ports to a VLAN or you can create a policy VLAN which determines the port s membership in the VLAN based on the traffic entering that port For example in an IP subnet based VLAN the port belongs to the VL
143. s pane The example in Figure 56 shows the DVMRP information found on device 10 10 40 31 Status bar The Multicast Manager status bar is located at the bottom of the Multicast Manager window and contains two fields Table 38 describes the fields in the Multicast Manager status bar 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 129 Table 38 Multicast Manager status bar fields Field Description Message Located on the left the message field displays status information about operation results Icon Located on the right the icon field provides a legend for the type of end station receiving the multicast traffic The icons represent e A multicast group e A multicast source subnet e A multicast forwarding node Finding a network resource To find a network resource 1 Click any device in the navigation pane or in the table view and do one of the following e From the Multicast Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Find e On the Multicast Manager toolbar click Find The Find dialog box opens Figure 57 Figure 57 Find dialog box Multicast Manager Find x Find Jenable In Tree Table From Selection C Start v Ignore Case ExactMatch By Row Previous Cancel In the Find text box type the text or number for your search In the In section click the Tree option to search the navigation pane or click the Table option to search the contents pane
144. sec IGMPv2 general queries on this interface Smaller values allow a router to prune groups faster This value for IGMPv1 is not configurable and has a default value of 10 seconds WrongVersion Queries Number of queries received with an IGMP version that does not match the interface IGMP requires that all routers on a LAN be configured to run the same version of IGMP If any queries are received with the wrong version it indicates a version mismatch Joins Number of times a group membership has been added on this interface that is the number of times an entry for this interface has been added to the cache table This number gives an indication of the amount of IGMP activity over time Robustness This value is equal to the number of expected query packet losses per serial query interval plus 1 If a network is expected to lose query packets increase the robustness value The range is from 2 to 255 with a default value of 2 The default value of 2 means that one query per query interval may be dropped without the querier aging out LastMemQuerylntval Maximum response time inserted into group specific queries sent in response to leave group messages also the time between group specific query messages Increasing this parameter increases the time before aging hosts on the network It also increases the number of retransmits of group specific queries The range is from 1 to 255 The default value is 1
145. sport 1000 Series switch specify if the VLAN traffic will be tagged as High Priority optional 8 Inthe Type option select bySubnet Other items in the dialog box that apply to a subnet based VLAN are activated 9 Inthe Subnet text box type the source IP subnet address 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 87 10 In the Mask text box type the IP subnet mask 11 Select the device to be configured on the VLAN by doing one of the following Select from the device list e Click On All Devices to select all devices in the list 12 Click Ok 13 Do one of the following From the VLAN Manager menu bar choose Apply Changes e Onthe VLAN Manager toolbar click Apply Changes Creating a protocol based VLAN To create a protocol based VLAN 1 Inthe navigation pane select an STG 2 Do one of the following From the menu bar choose Edit gt Insert e On the toolbar click Insert The New VLAN dialog box opens Figure 34 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 88 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 34 New VLAN dialog box with byProtocolld selected Id 210 1 4094 Name QOS Level 868K C1 C2 C3 C4 CRC ECT 8 DS Field 8K 1 54 High Priority 1K Type C byPort C bySubnet byProtocolid C bySrcMac dp C ipx802dot3 ipx802dot2 C ipxSnap C ipxEthemet2 C appleTalk C decLat C decOther C sna802dot2 Protocolld C snaEthemet2 C netBio
146. switch Viewing the unassigned ports To view the table associated with the unassigned ports gt In the navigation pane select Unassigned 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 65 The Unassigned Ports table opens in the contents pane Figure 18 Because there are no unassigned ports in the discovered network the table is empty Figure 18 Unassigned Ports table fa VLAN Manager O x File Edit View Help amp x amp e mm e Isolated Routing i Ke Bridge Routing H E Stg1 H Stg2 H Stg3 H E Stg4 amp C3 Stg5 H E Stg20 E Stg21 Stg22 H E Stg25 port amp subnet protocol 3 mac Table 15 describes the Unassigned Ports table fields Table 15 Unassigned Ports table fields Field Description Device IP address system name or host name of the device Ports Ports not currently assigned to an STG Viewing tagged Ports To view the devices and ports associated with tagged ports gt In the navigation pane select Tagging The Tagging Ports table opens in the contents pane Figure 19 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 66 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Figure 19 Tagging Ports table u VLAN Manager File Edit View Help alal a 4e x amp se eJ 3 Network Device Port Vlanids HS Unassigned 10 10 40 168 3 11 1 10 10 40 168 3 12 K Isolated Routing 10 10 40 170 2 8 M Bridge Routing 1
147. t gt 8 Click Ok Table 35 describes the items in the Insert MLT dialog box for a pair of devices 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 115 Table 35 Insert MLT dialog box items for two nodes Section Item Description Node 1 Node IP address of the first network device to be configured on an MLT Id Unique identifier for the MLT that is automatically assigned by MultiLink Trunking Manager Name User defined name of the MLT When you type the name for one node the name is automatically added to the other node Ports Ports enabled on the MLT Type One of the following types of MLT e Access e Trunk The default is Access Vlanids VLAN IDs found on the device Node 2 Node IP address of the second network device configured on the MLT Id Unique identifier for the MLT that is automatically assigned by MultiLink Trunking Manager Name User defined name of the MLT When you type the name for one node the name is automatically added to the other node Ports Ports enabled on the MLT Type One of the following types of MLT e Access e Trunk The default is Access Vlanids VLAN IDs found on the device Viewing MLT port information To view port information as you configure an MLT gt In the Insert MLT dialog box point to a port number The Port dialog box opens Figure 49 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0
148. t Groups amp g 239 255 207 31 m 3 192 168 20 0 l E 239 255 214 171 amp 192 168 20 0 Displaying cached information multicast group H source subnet P forwarding node Table 40 describes the fields in the Receiver tab Table 40 Receiver tab fields Field Description Vlanid VLAN ID of the VLAN GrpAddress Address of the multicast group to which the receiver subscribes InPort Port where group membership was learned If there are multiple members attached using the same port only the last group reported is shown for the port Member Source IP address of the member who joined 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 135 Table 40 Receiver tab fields continued Field Description Expiration Time left until this member is aged out This value is derived from the Robust Value MaxResponse Time value and Query Interval The Query Max Response Interval obtained from the Queries received is used as the timer resolution Increasing the Robust Value also increases the expiration value Type Static or dynamic e Static membership is configured by the user using the Multicast Static window e Dynamic membership is what the switch learned from receiving group reports An entry can change from static to dynamic if the switch learns of a membership dynamically through a static port In this case the entry is not deleted when the expiration value goes to zero
149. t Manager alg x 2 4 010 ol The IGMP Snoop Table contains five tabs that display information about IGMP snooping e al tab next VCI La D pag 2 13 3 e Sender tab 135 e Static tab page 137 e Access tab page 138 General tab The General tab Figure 59 displays the settings for IGMP Snoop on the selected device Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 132 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 59 General tab 53 Multicast Manager iO x File Edit View Help Ala e x 8e m m el General Receiver Sender Static Access Vlanid Enable ReportProxyEnable Robustness QueryInterval sec MRouterPorts ActiveMRouterPorts ActiveQuerier QuerierPort MRouterExpiration 3 true true 2 125 0 0 0 0 of 0 Displaying cached information multicast group 3 source subnet P forwarding node Table 39 describes the fields in the General tab Table 39 General tab fields Field Description Vlanld VLAN ID of the VLAN Enable Indicates whether IGMP snooping works only when a multicast router exists in the VLAN ReportProxyEnable Whether or not the IGMP report proxy feature is enabled When this feature is enabled reports are forwarded from hosts to the multicast router once per group per query interval or when there is new group information When this feature is disabled all reports from different hosts are forwarded to multicast routers a
150. t dialog box where you enter print parameters Close Closes the VLAN Manager window Edit Undo Ctrl Z Reverses any changes you made to an Changes item or field Copy Ctrl C Copies the contents of a selected cell Paste Ctrl V Pastes the cell contents to a new location Insert Insert Opens the Insert dialog box where you insert an STG or VLAN on selected devices Delete Del Removes a selection and displays a message to confirm deletion of the selected VLAN Apply Ctrl A When you have made changes to your Changes VLAN configuration this command applies these changes to the devices in the network Edit MAC Allows you to insert the text file Address containing the MAC addresses for MAC based VLANs Find Ctrl F Opens the Find dialog box where you set parameters to find matching entries in your network View Highlight Highlights the VLAN topology map in the Topology Optivity Switch Manager contents pane Audit Queries the network configuration to report any discrepancies Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 60 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Table 12 VLAN Manager menus and commands continued Menu Command Shortcut Key Description Help Using Opens a Web browser and loads the Help files Online Opens a Web browser that loads the Support Nortel Networks Customer Support Web page About VLAN Displays information about VLAN Manage
151. t group members on their directly connected subnets Passport 1000 Series switches and Passport 8600 switches support layer 3 IGMP To view L3 IGMP information gt Select a device listed under the L3 IGMP icon The L3 IGMP table opens in the contents pane with the Cache tab displayed Figure 64 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 140 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager Figure 64 IGMP Table f Multicast Manager Bla es x e e mm e L2 IGMP Snoop interface Group 10 10 40 168 L Adress interface Lastfeportsr Eoi Time VerelontHostTimer sec e 1010 40 170 amp 10 10 40 168 8 10 10 40 209 DVMRP 89 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 G8 10 10 40 208 MRoute 89 10 10 40 51 e 10 10 40 168 008 10 10 40 209 oy Multicast Groups amp 8 239 255 207 31 m 4 192 168 20 0 a e 239 255 214 171 m 3 192 168 20 0 The IGMP Table contains three tabs that display information about IGMP e Cache tab next Interface tab page 142 Cache tab The Cache tab Figure 65 displays L3 IGMP cache information 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 141 Figure 65 Cache tab f Multicast Manager File Edit View Help Piel Es S a x eem el muticast Network cll L2 IGMP Snoop g 10 10 40 168 5 10 10 40 170 Interface Group Address cb L3 icmp 239 255 207 31 Interface LastReporter ExpiryTime EGER ie MM 4 vlan 192 168 20 2 Oh Om 2s 250 MEE
152. t menu choose Programs Nortel Optivity Switch Management Software Optivity Switch Manager e Ina Windows environment double click the Optivity Switch Manager shortcut icon on your desktop if it is present e Ina Solaris terminal window enter OSM in the location where Optivity Switch Manager has been installed Optivity Switch Manager starts You do not need a password to open the application However to discover and display a network topology you need to enter an IP address to a device that will act as a seed and you must have permission to access that seed device Refer to Discovering devices on a network on page 48 for more information 208963 B Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager 29 Using the Optivity Switch Manager window The Optivity Switch Manager window Displays a logical map of a network showing physical connectivity between devices e Provides tools to access other Optivity Switch Manager features e Allows you to launch Optivity Switch Manager submanagers After the initial discovery other Optivity Switch Manager submanager applications allow you to monitor or configure discovered devices Note The Optivity Switch Manager window remains open and can display highlighted devices after the Optivity Switch Manager submanager windows open If you close the Optivity Switch Manager window while Optivity Switch Manager submanager windows are open the submanagers also close
153. t name of the device Id Number of the MLT Name Name given to the MLT 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 109 Table 32 No Trunk table fields continued Fields Description PortMembers Ports that are assigned to the MLT PortType Type of port on the MLT access or trunk Vlanlds VLAN s to which the ports belong Enable Whether the MLT is enabled true or disabled false Iflndex Interface index a number from 96 to 4097 that identifies the MLT to the software Viewing isolated devices Isolated devices have one or more connections to a hub or bus but are not connected to another switch To view the isolated devices gt In the MultiLink Trunking Manager navigation pane select an isolated device The Isolated Device table opens in the contents pane Figure 45 Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 110 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Figure 45 Isolated Device table MultiLink Trunking Manager File Edit View Help S a4 3 Mit Network H E 10 10 40 51 10 10 40 168 H E 10 10 40 170 8 7 10 10 40 172 10 10 40 209 Isolated Device i 10 10 40 25 i 10 10 40 32 i 10 10 40 153 i 10 10 40 235 Discovered 1 mits on 10 10 40 24 2 8 9 Device Id Name PortMembers PortType Vlanids Enable Ifinde 10 10 40 24 100 1124 1126 tue 1 s trunk no
154. t on the MLT access or trunk Vlanlds VLAN s to which the ports belong Enable Indicates whether the MLT is enabled true or disabled false Iflndex Interface index a number from 96 to 4097 that identifies the MLT to the software Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 108 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Viewing no trunk configurations No trunk configurations are links between two devices that are not an MLT To have an MLT or trunk connection there must be more than one connection between two devices Often No trunk configurations are single links between two devices To view No trunk configurations In the MultiLink Trunking Manager navigation pane select a device IP address above the IP address represented by a no trunk icon The No Trunk table Figure 44 opens in the contents pane Figure 44 No Trunk table 34 MultiLink Trunking Manager File Edit View Help ala amp ae x 8 e mm el 3 Mit Network Device Id Name PortMembers PortType Vlanids Enable Ifinde H A 10 10 40 31 10 10 40 170 1 10 2 10 access 1 false 96 c3 0 10 40 170 Se 10 10 40 31 2 73 10 10 40 172 y 10 10 40 209 S 10 10 40 209 Qs 10 10 40 172 H Isolated Device Discovered 1 mits on 10 10 40 170 Qs trunk no trunk isolated Table 32 describes the fields in the No Trunk table Table 32 No Trunk table fields Fields Description Device IP address system name or hos
155. tal This fault caused the switch to fail e blank Code Maps errors For example the code error Ox1ff0009 means block unauthorized map access of code that represents log description Task The system assigned name of the task that generated the log entry Log Description A description of the log entry Find Locates specific entries in the log file See Locating specific log entries on page 174 Filter Selects specific entries to display in the log file eliminating or filtering out all other entries from the log See Filtering log entries on page 176 Delete Deletes an entry from the log file To delete multiple log entries highlight all the log entries to delete before clicking this icon Close EE EE Closes the SysLog dialog box Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 174 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager Exporting a log file To export a log file to the hard drive of your management station 1 In the device view click the diskette icon The Export sysLog dialog box opens Figure 86 Figure 86 Export sysLog dialog box Export sysLog L2 Lx Save in a Dsm zi ei a DelsL1 isu E hurri 40 jar ise dm E ichart jar amp 1k 40 jar A dm ico E mo 40 jar ja snmpcomm properties Si bs 40 jar E dm 40 jar jae tm jn E falcon 40 jar ES tmico File name sysLog txi Save as type far Files 7 Cancel
156. thwasse3 ER E RGOEG X OROK X RR OR a 139 Lace Tab aauoda queda does dep PERS 4T E Edo o EC ERE HP 140 lO HC EBD uu Enea dder cacao dq ao doa ADU lec Rod dr A Grune ica d du dubias 142 DoD Tab cc ovace eee dep Re RAE E S XAR LARS RN RR RR Nae EE 144 Viewing DYMRP Intonation a5 sans TL Yu X PEG aS sas EXER RR XR RR 145 Globale tel cuesas n Rma RR Td aa dir NE A dud ERR RUE GU RR 146 2 P TUTTTT 148 SIO eur HIT 150 s IE PIT eT 151 HOXCHODOSI S eat eus CEU REN Po Re ee RGN Edd e dod dad de a A 153 Viewing MRoute information 2 cue isse ke c Rx Rn m xn om m cn 154 air RC C Hm 154 Viewing Multicast Groups information lisse 156 aurea SUMCIS lah us sud dr ore 3 ERE PERSA CEDE p Wd ER REESE 157 Hecelvore tab 2 occ cee ine ges d Rer Eee WaT Cade eee ew d aed 159 Viewing Multicast Manager information in Optivity Switch Manager 160 Highlighting a multicast device 06 es 160 Highlighting a multicast forwarding path 0 cee eee 161 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager iiilluaaeeinasaoukco aaa ks nara RR aw nhan 165 Uploading Passport syslog files to your management station 166 Uploading a file using Device Manager lle 166 Uploading a file using ie OLI wack eek cee eee e dae eed B RR Rn cn 167 Initiating a Telnet session from Device Manager liess 167 Using the Telnet application llle 168 Uploading tie syslog TIG issu asus Sox aD Po OR Baek
157. ting devices and MLT links in Optivity Switch Manager 118 Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 2 6 00 002 000s sense een sees eensees 121 What is Mullicagt MANAGEE i ese od ORE ER UIROS sua RD Rea E SR IR 121 Multicast protocols usse aeg eee eic dem ec ER eee Heke 122 A S ote oi sped ee ee a fico E deli Rd 122 GMP sce dicaaei xpe Erk EEEE RISENER NEE Aen ees bE EES 122 IGMP SMOOR 32d cease a edin deed SER a E aba qud A 122 Multicast Manager features 2 02 66 ee cb de eke eee ee ee n RR aom 123 Starting Multicast Manager lt c6ccceccegev e nm mh ekw X3 RA RR REG rr RR 123 Multicast Manager WINKOW 6 Lsswead Exi e cbr dees CASA dees XX RR dees 123 DIS DOE caussa S96 DRE ACA Ed A Ohne ashe QUEUE UE eee Wd deas 125 rm 126 Na gallon act eed Rack ey ded caes des e dera edat etn obtu aes 126 Canis Dells eregi tiiri VA V EE EP REUS ree P pda qr dn 127 obitus ea oe See cee Tere ee COE RUNE E RH prodi E dod ee ee 128 Finding a network FesoUIeg uusccusa suu cbr Sm eR xA heed eee S CR n 129 208963 B Contents 9 Using Multicast Manager oc ic bens cce 3 EREXAEETEEAGREERREXAERSGRADE ERU 130 Viewing IGMP Snoop groups 6 ee Rr Rx m RR ERR RR AER ER xA 130 Gereral fab aeneum zc RU EG ERR REA X edd d Rb s Ra 131 HacelubE IOD cease Ree nen pag Rp ehh ed edd CRY qe FER Coe BOER 133 DEBDUGP e eq EE wees COE en bea qe uei sed eR dd dn 135 uc e EUST 137 BOUM esae a a toad tegunt taedia 138 Viewing ES GMP information usns esasexca
158. tion about the following topics e Port membership ports not belonging to STGs or ports belonging to multiple STGs e Viewing spanning tree groups STGs e VLAN ports Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 64 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Port membership In the navigation pane the top four icons represent the following types of port memberships e Unassigned Tagging e Isolated Routing Port IRP e Bridge Routing brouter ports Table 14 describes the port membership types STGs If a tagged frame is received on a tagged port with Table 14 Port membership types and STGs Icon Port type Description Unassigned Port that do not belong to any STG If no devices in the Hw network contain unassigned ports a table does not open in the contents pane Tagging Port that has tagging enabled and can belong to multiple a VLAN ID specified in the tag the switch directs it to that VLAN if it is present EN Isolated Routing Port IRP Port that can only route IP packets and does not belong to any STG or VLAN Note IRPs are applicable only to the Passport 1000 Series switch F Bridge Routing brouter ports Port that can route IP packets as well as bridge all nonroutable traffic The routing interface is not subjected to the Spanning Tree Protocol Note Bridge routing ports or brouter ports are available only on the Passport 1000 Series switch and the Passport 8600
159. to age all dynamic entries in the Forwarding Database The default value is 1500 15 seconds Root The read only Root table displays information about the device acting as root within a selected STG To view the root table gt In the navigation pane select Root The Root table opens in the contents pane Figure 27 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 75 Figure 27 Root table VLAN Manager Ol x File Edit View Help Ala e s x seme e Ely Stg1 Device _Bridgeaddress DesignatedRoot RootCost RootPort amp Members 10 10 40 170 00 e0 16 57 7e 01 80 00 00 00 00 21 a2 25 200 1 B Config 10 10 40 168 00 e0 16 83 26 01 80 00 00 00 00 a1 a2 a5 200 Status 10 10 40 29 00 80 2d 8c 1f de 80 00 00 00 00 a1 a2 a5 210 R 10 10 40 235 00 60 fd 9e 2b 6a 80 00 00 00 00 a1 a2 a5 200 Default 1 1 VLAN 2 2 1 VLAN 4 4 1 VLAN 6 5 1 VLAN 36 6 1 VLAN 7 711 3 ip 8 8 1 3 ip 9 9 1 VLAN 10 10 1 E vLAN 11 11 0 port GS subnet protocol QQ mac Table 23 describes the fields on the Root table Table 23 Root table fields Field Description Device IP address of a device in the STG BridgeAddress MAC address used by this bridge when it must be identified in a unique fashion DesignatedRoot Bridge identifier of the root of the spanning tree as determined by the Spanning Tree Protocol as executed by this device This value is use
160. to trace receiver every time an STP topology change occurs 208963 B Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager 73 Table 21 Configuration table fields continued Field Description TaggedBpduAddress A MAC address specifically for tagged BPDUs TaggedBpduVlanld The VLAN tag associated with the spanning tree group This ID is used to tag BPDUs through a non IEEE tagging bridge to another Passport switch Status group Use the read only Status table to view the status of the Spanning Tree Protocol for each STG that is associated with the network To view the Status table gt In the navigation pane select Status The Status table Figure 26 opens in the contents pane Figure 26 Status table VLAN Manager Ol x File Edit View Help n iy S Ale x amp e m m e Device NumParts ProtocolSpecification TimeSinceTopologyChange TopChanges MaxAge HelloTime HoldTime ForwardDelay 10 10 40 168 8 ieee8021d 0h 28m 27s 200 95 2000 100 1500 10 10 40 235 40 ieee8021d 20h 34m 11s 112 2000 200 100 1500 10 10 40 170 9 ieee8021d 0h 28m 27s 2000 200 1500 port subnet protocol QQ mac Table 22 describes the fields in the Status table Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 74 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager Table 22 Status table fields Field Description Device IP address of the bridge NumPorts Number of ports
161. tries in the SysLog dialog box a Select only All records in the severity column b Type empty string blank string in the Contains string text box c Click Filter To close the sysLog Filter dialog box click Close Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 178 Chapter 7 Using Log Manager 208963 B 179 Appendix A Additional reference sources For more information about networking concepts protocols and topologies you may want to consult the following sources RFC 1058 RIP version 1 RFC 1723 RIP version 2 RFC 1213 IP RFC 1389 RIP 2 Management Information Base RFC 1493 Bridge MIB RFC 1573 IANAIf Type RFC 1643 Ether like MIB RFC 1757 RMON RFC 1271 RMON RFC 1850 OSPF MIB RFC 1253 OSPF RFC 1583 OSPF RFC 2178 OSPF IEEE 802 1D Standard for Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 3 Ethernet IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagging Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 180 Appendix A Additional reference sources 208963 B 181 Appendix B Troubleshooting and error messages Resolving problems Table 56 describes common Optivity Switch Manager problems and solutions Table 56 Optivity Switch Manager problems and solutions Problem Solution Optivity Switch Manager does not Use the ping command to verify that the display all network devices in the network device is connected topology map e Choose Edit gt Preferences and verify t
162. trunk isolated Table 33 describes the fields in the Isolated Device table Table 33 Isolated Device table fields Field Description Device IP address system name or host name of the device Id Number of the MLT Name Name given to the MLT PortMembers Ports that are assigned to the MLT PortType Type of port on the MLT access or trunk Vlanlds VLAN s to which the ports belong Enable Indicates whether the MLT is enabled true or disabled false Iflndex Interface index a number from 96 to 4097 that identifies the MLT to the software 208963 B Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager 111 Managing MultiLink Trunks MLTs This section contains information about the following common operations you can perform using MultiLink Trunking Manager e Creating an MLT next e Viewing port information page 115 e Editing a port on an MLT page 116 e Deleting an MLT page 117 e Editing an MLT page 117 Creating an MLT To enable an MLT the device must have more than one connection to another device With MultiLink Trunking Manager you can create an MLT on a device and then physically connect the ports or you can connect the ports first and then configure the MLT Creating an MLT with one device When you create an MLT with one device MultiLink Trunking Manager considers only the ports that are available on the one device After you create an MLT on one devi
163. ubnet To view source subnets or forwarding devices you must select the IP address associated with the subnet or device Audit Queries the network topology to report any discrepancies Help Online Opens a Web browser and loads the Support Nortel Networks Customer Support Web page About Displays information about Multicast Multicast Manager Manager Toolbar The toolbar includes the same buttons as Optivity Switch Manager and the other submanagers For information about the toolbar buttons available in Multicast Manager refer to Table 5 on page 36 Navigation pane The Multicast Manager navigation pane Figure 55 is on the left side of the window It contains the protocol and group folders in the navigation tree The first four branches of the navigation tree list the multicast protocols supported by the devices The last branch lists the root of all active multicast groups with the first level identifying the source subnets and the second level identifying the intermediate forwarding nodes In the navigation pane you can select the folder for which you want to view multicast information or use the Print command to print the navigation tree 208963 B Chapter 6 Using Multicast Manager 127 Figure 55 Multicast Manager navigation pane 5 Multicast Network L2 IGMP Snoop 8 10 10 40 29 amp 3 10 10 40 235 L3 IGMP 10 10 40 31 amp 10 10 40 170 GB 10 10 40 209 ei DvMRP
164. upport 139 number of MLTs supported 100 Passport 8100 module creating protocol based VLANs 89 IGMP Snoop support 130 number of MLTs supported 100 VLANs supported 77 Passport 8600 module creating protocol based VLANs 89 creating STGs 79 DVMRP support 145 IGMP Snoop support 130 L3 IGMP support 139 number of MLTs supported 100 password 28 PIDs format 89 invalid 90 Port dialog box 115 Port item 66 port numbers depressed 116 dimmed 114 116 highlighted 114 PortMembers dialog box 71 116 PortMembers field in the Isolated Device table 110 in the No Trunk table 109 in the Trunk table 107 PortMembers item in the Default Ports table 76 in the Members table 70 Ports item Device Properties dialog box 35 in the Bridge Routing Ports table 68 in the Insert MIT dialog box 112 115 in the Isolated Routing Ports table 67 in the Unassigned Ports table 65 PortType field in the Isolated Device table 110 in the No Trunk table 109 in the Trunk table 107 POS 31 208963 B Index 189 Preferences dialog box 48 Priority field 72 Priority item 80 product support 21 Protocol field 156 protocol based VLANs creating 87 PIDs 89 using user defined protocols 89 Protocolld box 89 ProtocolSpecification field 74 publications related 18 179 Q QosLevel item in the Default Ports table 76 in the New VLAN dialog box 85 Querier field in the Interface tab 143 in the Receivers tab 160 QuerierPort item 133 Qu
165. utomatically or manually adjust the layout Figure 10 Optivity Switch Manager display before Layout command Optivity Switch Manager 1 1 0 b04 File Edit View Device Actions Tools Help Salsal elki aaa ALe o sa 7 10 10 40 170 T H0 10 40 235 10 10 40 24 To automatically arrange the topology map gt Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Actions gt Layout Map e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Layout Map The nodes are automatically arranged on the map You may also need to manually adjust nodes on the map until you have the desired layout Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 46 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager To manually arrange the devices discovered in the network topology gt Drag selected devices to desired locations on the topology map Getting help Help in Optivity Switch Manager is arranged by subject A Web browser such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer opens to display Help files You can use the contents frame or the Help index to locate information To access Help gt Do one of the following e From the Optivity Switch Manager menu bar choose Help gt Contents e On the keyboard press F1 e On the Optivity Switch Manager toolbar click Help The Help files open in a Web browser 208963 B 47 Chapter 3 Configuring Optivity Switch Manager This
166. vigation or contents pane 1 Click any device in the navigation pane or any text box in the contents pane and do one of the following e From the MultiLink Trunking Manager menu bar choose Edit gt Find e On the keyboard press Ctrl F e On the MultiLink Trunking Manager toolbar click Find The Find dialog box opens Figure 42 Figure 42 Find dialog box Find In Tree C Table From e Selection C Start F Ignore Case Exact Match By Row PTEVIBUE Cancel In the Find text box type the text or number you are searching for In the In section click Tree to search the navigation tree or Table to search the contents pane Click Next MultiLink Trunking Manager starts its search and highlights the first match that it finds or displays a message that it found no matches If a first match was found click Next to find each subsequent match or click Previous to go back to your last match Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 106 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager Using MultiLink Trunking Manager In the MultiLink Trunking Manager navigation pane the navigation tree shows the IP addresses of discovered devices Icons associated with IP addresses on the branches indicate the following types of MLT e Trunk a switch that links to another device in the network and has MLT configurations e No trunk a switch that links to another device in the network but does
167. wlab Contact na yan UpTime 43 days 3h 34m 28s v s afs jas el ovo rz ps n5 16 n7 18 t 20 222324 25 2e 7 2e B Pons 2 Fjzls ase je o 10 4 Table 4 describes the items in the Device Properties dialog box Table 4 Device Properties dialog box items Item Description Name The IP address system name or host name of the device Type The chassis type SysName The name of the device Description The system assigned name Location The physical location of the device Contact The contact information for the system administrator This item reflects the contact information entered as part of the system information for this device in Device Manager UpTime The time elapsed since the device was last booted Ports The device s port status The color of the box representing each port indicates if the port is up green has no link is down orange or is being tested blue Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 36 Chapter 2 Using Optivity Switch Manager Using the toolbar buttons The toolbars for Optivity Switch Manager VLAN Manager MultiLink Trunking Manager Log Manager and Multicast Manager are located beneath their respective menu bars The toolbar buttons provide quick access to commonly used commands When a to
168. yed in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane lig Optivity Switch Manager 1 0 0 b02 STG Root Forwarding TPE port 10 10 40 32 3 t6 0 EZEBE 1 7 580 40 168 eni Using Optivity Switch Manager Release 1 1 0 0 98 Chapter 4 Using VLAN Manager In Figure 39 the root of the STG is 10 10 40 153 and the port in forwarding state is Port 9 on Slot 1 of 10 10 40 32 Note Update the View gt Highlight topology periodically to refresh the topology display because ports may change from forwarding to blocking and vice versa 208963 B 99 Chapter 5 Using MultiLink Trunking Manager MultiLink Trunking is a point to point connection that aggregates multiple ports so that they logically act like a single port with the aggregated bandwidth Grouping multiple ports into one logical link allows you to achieve higher aggregate throughput on a switch to switch or server to server application This chapter describes using MultiLink Trunking Manager to manage single and multiple device configurations on switches The chapter includes the following information e What is MultiLink Trunking Manager next Starting MultiLink Trunking Manager page 100 e MultiLink Trunking Manager window page 101 e Using MultiLink Trunking Manager page 106 e Managing MultiLink Trunks MLTs page 111 e Highlighting devices and MLT links in Optivity Switch Manager page 118 For more information about M

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