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1. Actor Lag ID Actor System ID Actor Operational Key Actor Administrative Key Partner Lag ID Partner System Priority Partner System ID Partner Operational Key The combined information of Actor System Priority Actor System ID and Actor Operational Key in Actor SystemPriority ActorSystemID ActorOperationalKey hexadecimal format The MAC address value that defines the value of the System ID for the system that contains this aggregation port The current operational value of the key for the aggregation port The current administrative value of the key for the aggregation port The combined information of Partner System Priority Partner System ID and Partner Operational Key in PartnerSystemPriority PartnerSystemID PartnerOper ationalKey hexadecimal format The value that indicates the priority value associated with the Partner System ID The MAC address value consisting of the unique identifier for the current protocol partner of this aggregator The current operational value of the key for the current protocol partner of this aggregator Viewing LACP port statistics View LACP port statistics to monitor a trunk group Fields found in this page are described in the following Variable definitions table Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring 2 Choose Statistics 3 Choose Link Aggregation Port Statistics The Link Aggregation Port Statistics page appears
2. End Deleting a VLAN configuration Delete a VLAN configuration that you no longer require Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt VLAN gt VLAN Configuration The VLAN Configuration page appears 2 Identify the entry you want to delete 3 In the Action field click the X icon associated with the VLAN to delete A message appears prompting you to confirm your request 4 Click OK to delete the VLAN configuration or Cancel to quit without deleting the VLAN End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 52 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ports You can use Link Aggregation LA to create and manage a trunk group You can control and configure a trunk group automatically through the use of the Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Link Aggregation Protocol gt Port Configuration The Port Configuration page appears 2 Set the values for each parameter 3 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value Port Lists each port on the switch Priority Lists the priority number of each port LACP mode Select to enable or disable the L
3. angle brackets lt gt Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the description inside the brackets Do not type the brackets when you enter the command Example If the command syntax is ping lt ip address gt enter ping 192 32 10 12 bold body text Indicates objects such as window names dialog box names and icons as well as user interface objects such as buttons tabs and menu items braces Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions where more than one option exists Choose only one of the options Do not type the braces when you enter the command Example If the command syntax is show ip alerts routes enter either show ip alerts or show ip routes but not both brackets Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions Do not type the brackets when you enter the command Example If the command syntax is show ip interfaces alerts enter either show ip interfaces or show ip interfaces alerts italic text Indicates variables in command syntax descriptions Also indicates new terms and book titles 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 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 200
4. 4 Click Apply End Configuring DSCP mapping Use this procedure to configure DSCP mapping on your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Procedure steps Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Quality of Service QoS 119 Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt QoS gt QoS The Interface Queue tab appears 2 Choose the DSCP Mapping tab The DSCP Mapping tab appears 3 Double click the 802 1pPriority field to select a priority value from the list 4 Double click the DropPrecedence field to select a drop precedence value from the list 5 Click Apply End Variable Value Dscp The attribute to use internally to determine the appropriate Layer 2 quality of service QoS mappings The DSCP range of values is from 0 to 63 802 1 pPriority Choose the 802 1p priority from 0 to 7 to use with the specified DSCP value DropPrecedence The relative importance of a packet compared to other packets in cases of congestion The following are possible drop precedence values e Low Drop Precedence e High Drop Precedence Filtering DSCP queue assignments Use this procedure to filter DSCP queue assignments on your BES1000 Series switch using the Eleme
5. End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 127 Variable definitions Variable Value LACPDUs Rx The number of valid LACPDUs received on the aggregation port MarkerPDUs Rx The number of valid MarkerPDUs received on the aggregation port Marker ResponsePDUs Rx The number of valid MarkerResponsePDUs received on the aggregation port UnknownPDUs Rx The number of frames received that can carry the Slow Protocols Ethernet Type value but contain an unknown PDU e are addressed to the Slow Protocols group MAC Address but do not carry the Slow Protocols Ethernet Type IllegalPDUs Rx The number of frames received that carry the Slow Protocols Ethernet Type value but contain a badly formed PDU or an illegal value of Protocol Subtype LACPDUs Tx The number of LACPDUs transmitted on the aggregation port MarkerPDUs Tx The number of MarkerPDUs transmitted on the aggregation port MarkerResponsePDUs Tx The number of MarkerResponsePDUs transmitted on the aggregation port Displaying multicast group membership You can use the Multicast Group Membership screen to view configured IP Multicast group addresses for specific VLANs The screen displays the IP Multicast group addresse
6. 216 BES1000 fundamentals Country Plug Specifications Typical plug description U S Canada Japan 100 or 120 VAC 50 60 NEMA5 15P male plug Hz UL recognized UL Single phase stamped on cord jacket CSA certified CSA label secured to the cord United Kingdom 240 VAC BS1363 male plug with 50 Hz fuse Single phase Harmonized cord Australia 240 VAC AS3112 1981 Male plug 50 Hz Single phase CAUTION Please read immediately Inspect the power cord to determine if it provides the proper plug and is appropriately certified for use with your electrical system Immediately discard this power cord if it is inappropriate for the electrical system of your country and obtain the proper cord as required by your national electrical codes or ordinances Refer to the technical documentation of this product for the detailed installation procedures to be followed by qualified service personnel Vorsicht Bitte sofort lesen Sehen Sie nach ob dieses Netzkabel ber den richtigen Stecker verf gt und fur die Verwendung in Ihrem Stromversogungsnetz zertifiziert ist Falls dieses Kabel nicht f r das Stromversorgungsnetz in Ihrem Land geeignet ist darf es nicht verwendet werden Besorgen Sie sich ein Kabel das die Vorschriften der Zulassungsbeh rden in Ihrem Land erf llt Die technische Dokumentation dieses Produkts enth lt ausf hrliche Installationsanweisungen die nur von qualifiziertem Kundendienstpers
7. 5 Signal ground 7 Request to send not used 8 Not used 9 Ring indicator not used Shell Chassis ground 1000Base T pinouts for the BES1000 Series switch The 1000Base T pinouts are illustrated and described in the following section Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential MDI and MDI X devices 261 1000Base T pinouts Four Twisted Pair Crossover Cable Pinout For 1000 Base TX Ports TPO 1 TPO TPO TPO TP 1 3 TPIt TP1 TP1 TP2 TP2 TP2 TP2 TP3 TP3 TP3 TP3 Pin descriptions for 1000Base T pinouts oa amp NIO System information page Use the System information page to view an image of the BES1000 Series switch configuration to get information about the host device and if provided the contact person or manager for the switch The System Information page is also the home page for the Web based user interface You can create or modify existing system information parameters by using the System page For more information about configuring system information see Configuring console port communication speed page 64 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2
8. Inspeccione este cable de alimentaci n el ctrica y determine si viene con el enchufe apropiado y est debidamente certificado para el uso con su sistema el ctrico Si no cumple con los reglamentos del sistema el ctrico de su pa s desp jese de este cable de alimentaci n inmediatamente y obtenga el cable requerido seg n las ordenanzas y c digos el ctricos nacionales Refi rase a la documentaci n t cnica de este producto para recibir informaci n detallada sobre los procedimientos que el personal calificado de reparaciones deber seguir Caution ER ROKBERAT SY SERIO SA CPN SHAMBLES TSC HOB ER BRO TS MEADE peb ED LLETRA FAROR Rk TAR Rna brke EEL CRA ORK Mi RRC ED GREABABH a KE ORA FAD APLORNGELOSE LTR RURERRSS TEOS AREE REPERA AS es TMM OT FAY WARNING Removal of the power cord is the only way to turn off power to this device The power cord must always be connected in a location that can be accessed quickly and safely in case of an emergency Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 218 BES1000 fundamentals Vorsicht Die Stromzufuhr zu diesem Ger t kann nur durch Ziehen des Netzstromkabels unterbrochen werden Die Netzsteckdose an die das Netzstromkabel angeschlossen ist mu sich stets an einem Ort befinden der
9. 1 1 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 156 BES1000 administration Variable Value or an entry in the dotidStaticTable is used to determine if frames addressed to the value of dotidTpFdbAddress are forwarded Address The unicast MAC address for which the bridge has forwarding and or filtering information Port The port number on which a frame is seen A value of 0 indicates an internal MAC address Viewing Unit information Access the Unit option to view the description version and serial number for the switch Unit tab The Unit tab displays hardware information about the unit Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt Unit 2 Click a unit The Unit tab appears 3 Click the Unit tab 4 To refresh the information on the page click Refresh End Variable definitions Specifies the type of unit Specifies the hardware version number of the unit SerialNumber Specifies the serial number of the unit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 157 Displaying STP properties You can use the Element Manager to display system parameters for Spanning Tree Protocol STP the industry standard for av
10. 1000 Mbis j 88 users share 10 Mb s 10 88 Mb s per user Server bottleneck 10 Mb s bandwidth Network center bottleneck 10 Mb s bandwidth Total of 88 users Three sets of 23 users each set shares 10 Mb s 10 23 Mb s per user Addition of 21 users each with dedicated 100 Mb s bandwidth Server with dedicated 100 Mb s bandwidth Network center with dedicated 1 Gb s full duplex bandwidth Total of 89 users Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 220 BES1000 fundamentals High density switched workgroup application The Configuring power workgroups and a shared media hub page 220 graphic shows an example of using an Ethernet Switch 1010 with a high speed gigabit connection to a Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch Ethernet Switch 1010 and Ethernet Switch 1020 are also shown in this example of a high density switched workgroup As shown in Configuring power workgroups and a shared media hub the Ethernet Routing Switch is used as a backbone switch connecting to the Ethernet Switch 1010 24T with an optional 1000BASE SX GBIC for maximum bandwidth The Ethernet Switch 1010 24T and the Ethernet Switch 1020 24T have 100 Mb s connections to the Ethernet Switch 1020 24T a 100BASE TX hub and a 100 Mb s server as well as 10 Mb s connections to data
11. Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series ATTENTION Clicking on a PDF hyperlink takes you to the appropriate page If necessary scroll up or down the page to see the beginning of the referenced section NN47927 300 Document status Standard Document version 01 01 Document date 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks All Rights Reserved Sourced in Canada and the United States of America 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 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 Nortel Networks the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks The asterisk after a name denotes a trademarked item Restricted rights legend Use duplication or disclosure by the United States Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer S
12. The History tab appears 2 Click the Ether Stats tab The Ether Stats tab appears 3 Click Insert The RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box appears See RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box page 186 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 186 BES1000 administration RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box 192 168 2492 Index 24 1 65535 Port j Owner LC00322 acne 4 Select the port Enter the port number you want or select the port from the list menu RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box port list page 186 Element Manager assigns the index RmonControl Insert Ether Stats dialog box port list 192 168 24 21 etherStatsDataSource v PERE P ei asia rA fe 5 Click OK 6 Click Insert The new Ethernet Statistics entry is displayed in the Ether Stats tab End Variable definitions Variable Value Index A unique value assigned to each interface An index identifies an entry in a table Port Any Ethernet interface on the device Owner The network management system which created this entry Configuring RMON alarms You can use the Element Manager to create and delete an RMON alarm Navigation e Creating an alarm page 187 e Deleting an alarm p
13. you create individual broadcast domains per VLAN This feature provides network flexibility because you can reassign VLANs to accommodate network moves additions and changes and thus eliminate the need to change physical cabling Port based VLAN example VLAN 1 VLAN 2 Ethernet Switch 110 210 gesseessesees OH GE GE ee VLAN workgroup example As shown in VLAN configuration spanning multiple switches Switch S1 BES1000 Series switch is configured with multiple VLANs Ports 17 20 25 and 26 are in VLAN 1 e Ports 16 18 19 21 and 23 are in VLAN 2 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 232 BES1000 fundamentals e Port 22 is in VLAN 3 Because S4 does not support 802 1Q tagging a single switch port on each switch must be used for each VLAN see VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches page 237 The connection to S2 requires only one link between the switches because S1 and S2 are both BES1000 Series switches that support 802 1Q tagging see VLANs spanning multiple 802 1Q tagged switches page 236 VLAN configuration spanning multiple switches OH OH GF OE Non 802 1Q tagging switch Business Ethernet Switch 110 210 SSSeSs Seeess sesses S S2 wa SO9SS0 S086 Untagged ports ST
14. 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv1 The SNMPv1 page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit in any section to save your changes End Variable definitions Variable Value Community String Setting Read Only Type in the read only password Default Community String PlsChgMe RO The password can be from 1 to 32 characters in length Read Write Type in the read write password Default Community String PlsChgMe RW The password can be from 1 to 32 characters in length Trap Mode Setting AuthenticationTrap Choose to enable or disable the authentication trap Enable Disable Configuring an SNMP trap receiver Configure an IP address and community string for a new SNMP trap receiver to receive notification of significant events Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMP Trap The SNMP Trap Receiver page appears Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 40 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface 2 In the Trap Receiver Creation section type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit The new entry is displayed in the Trap Receiver Table End Variable definitions Variable Value x
15. A fatal error stopped operation notConfig A module needs to be configured The allowable values are determined by the component type Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 151 I _ lt lt _ Le Fan tab The Fan tab provides read only information about the operating status of the switch fans Fan tab Variable Value Chassis 1 Fan 1 The operational state of the fan Values include Chassis 1 Fan 2 Chassis 1 Fan 3 Chassis 1 Fan 4 e notAvail This state is not available Chassis 1 Fan 5 other Some other state removed Fan is removed e disabled Fan is disabled normal Fan is operating in normal operation e resetinProg A reset of the fan is in progress e testing Fan is doing a self test warning Fan is operating at a warning level e nonFatalErr Fan is operating at error level e fatalErr An error stopped the fan operation e notConfig Fan needs to be configured The allowable values are determined by the component type Viewing the trap log Traps are sent in SNMP V2c format and recorded in the trap log to a preset maximum number of entries The default number of trap log entries is 500 The Element Manager provides a default port port 162 to receive traps
16. BES1020 48T PWR LED display panel BES1000 Series switch LED descriptions Left Link Act Green Steady This port is linked at 1000 Mbps and the link is good Green Flashing This port is operating at 1000 Mbps Amber Steady This port is linked at 10 100 Mbps Amber Flashing This port is operating at 10 100 Mbps Off The link is bad or nothing is connected to this port Right LED PoE Green Steady The PoE feature is operating versions only Amber steady A PoE fault has occurred fof o No power is being supplied to the port Green Flashing The switch is booting up and is performing a self test Green Self test passed and switch is operational EO switch failed the self test Green Poweron 0 on O 00 Switch is not connected to a power source Back panel The back panel of the BES1000 Series switch is shown in BES1000 Series switch back panel page 215 Components on the BES1000 Series switch back panel page 215 describes the components on the back panel Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Hardware components of the BES1000 Series switch 215 BES1000 Series switch back panel Components on the BES1000 Series switch back panel ltem Description o O AC power receptacle Cooling fans Two cooli
17. Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Managing the BES System Software 205 Variable definitions Variable Value Current Running The version of the current running software Version Local Store Version The software version that is stored Software Image Type the software image file name Filename Diagnostics Image Type the diagnostics file name from 1 to 30 characters Filename long TFTP Server IP Type the IP address of your TFTP load host Address The format of the IP address is XXX XXX XXX XXX Start TFTP Load of Choose the software image to load New Image 1 No image 2 Software Image 3 Diagnostics 4 Software Image If Newer 5 Download Without Reset HTTP Software Download Settings Software Image Type a filename or browse to find the file to download Filename Start HTTP Load of Choose Yes or No New Image Rebooting the BES1000 Series switch You can reboot a standalone switch without erasing any configured switch parameters While rebooting the switch initiates a self test that comprises various diagnostic routines and subtests The LEDs display various patterns to indicate that the subtests are in progress Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration gt Reset The Reset page appears The reset warning message appears 2 Click OK Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01
18. TFTP server you want 3 In the BinaryConfigFileName field type a name for the file 4 In the ImageFileName field type a name for the image file 5 In the FwFileName Diagnostics field type the name for the diagnostics file 6 In the Action field click the option you want to upload or download 7 Click Apply 8 To reload the information on the page click Refresh End Variable definitions Variable Value TFTPServerlpAddress The IP address of the TFTP server for the configuration file the image file or the diagnostics firmware file If not used then the value is 0 0 0 0 BinaryConfigFileName ImageFileName Name of the image file FwFileName Diagnostics Action You can specify one of the following e dnidConfig download the configuration file e dnidimage download the image file e upldConfig upload the config file e dnidDiagnostics download the diagnostics firmware file Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 88 Using the Element Manager Variable Value The newly downloaded configuration image or diagnostics firmware file does not take effect until the next boot cycle of the device Status This object is used to get the status of the latest file system action The values that can be read other if
19. The BootP implementation on BES1000 Series switch enables BootP to operate in the following modes e BootP or Default IP page 225 e BootP Always page 225 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring an IP address using BootP 225 e BootP Disabled page 225 e BootP or Last Address page 226 BootP or Default IP When this mode is selected the switch requests an IP address if one has not already been set When selected this mode operates as follows e When the static IP data is manually entered the data becomes the in use address of the switch and BootP requests are not broadcast The switch is managed using this in band IP address e When the in band IP address is not manually set the switch broadcasts BootP requests until it receives a BootP reply containing an IP address If the switch does not receive a BootP reply that contains an IP address the switch is managed using its default IP address If an IP address is not currently in use these actions take effect immediately If an IP address is currently in use these actions take effect only after the switch is reset or power cycled BootP Always When this mode is selected the switch obtains its IP address from the BootP server If a static IP address is defined it is ignored When this
20. Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring rate limiting 105 802 1ab Neighbor Mgmt Address tab With the 802 1ab Neighbor Mgmt Address tab you can view LLDP management properties for the remote system Variable definitions Variable Value TimeMark The TimeFilter for this entry See the TimeFilter textual convention in IETF RFC 2021 for details about TimeFilter LocalPortNum Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received An arbitrary local integer value used by this agent to identify a particular connection instance unique only for the indicated remote system An agent is encouraged to assign monotonically increasing index values to new entries starting with one after each reboot It is unlikely that the Index wraps between reboots AddrSubtype The type of encoding used in the associated Addr object Addr The management address associated with the remote system AddrlfSubtype Identifies the numbering method used for defining the interface number associated with the remote system Adadrifld The integer value used to identify the interface number regarding the management address component associated with the remote system AddrOID The OID value used to identify the type of hardware component or protocol entity associated with the management address adver
21. When the threshold which is in the range from zero to ten percent is exceeded any additional packets are discarded To avoid broadcast storms when the volume of a particular packet type is extreme placing severe strain on the network set the forwarding rate of the packet type to not exceed a lower percentage of the total available bandwidth Enable Enables true or disables false rate limiting for the specified traffic type on the port Creating a port based VLAN Use this procedure to create port based VLANs for your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt VLAN IGMP The VLAN tab appears 2 Click Insert The VLAN Insert VLAN dialog box appears 3 Type the VLAN ID Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Deleting a VLAN 107 The value can be from 1 to 4094 if it is not already in use The default VLAN has a VID 1 Type the VLAN name optional lf no name is entered a default name is created Click Insert The new VLAN appears in the VLAN tab Double click on the Port Members field The PortMembers dialog box appears Click the ports you want to include in the VLAN Click OK Click Apply End Modifying a VLAN After
22. 1 are still in Discarding state Switch A starts the negotiation process by sending a BPDU with the proposal bit set Switch B receives a proposal BPDU and it sets its non Edge ports to Discarding state This operation is the sync process Switch B sends a BPDU with the agreement bit set to switch A Switch A sets port 1 to Forwarding and switch B sets port 1 to Forwarding state PC1 and PC2 can talk to each other e The negotiation process now moves down to switch B port 3 and its partner port e PC3 cannot talk to either PC1 or PC2 until the negotiation process between switch B and switch C is complete Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 246 BES1000 fundamentals Negotiation process Switch A Root Port 1 Designated Port 2 Edge Port 1 Root Port 3 Designated Port 2 Edge Port 1 Root Switch C Port 2 Edge 802 1p Class of Service support The BES1000 Series switch enables 802 1p Traffic Class by mapping the eight priority levels into four internal Class of Service CoS queues The priorities can range from Low to Highest You can specify this mapping through the Web based management interface CoS queues are scheduled based on the Weighted Round Robin Scheduling policy You can change the policy at runtime Nortel
23. 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 248 BES1000 fundamentals The LACP uses peer exchanges across the links to determine on an ongoing basis the aggregation capability of the various links and continuously provides the maximum level of aggregation capability achievable between a given pair of systems Each port is assigned a unique globally administered MAC address The MAC address is used as the source address for frame exchanges that are initiated by entities within the Link Aggregation sublayer itself for example LACP and Marker protocol exchanges Each Aggregator is assigned a unique globally administered MAC address which is used as the MAC address of the aggregation from the perspective of the MAC Client both as a source address for transmitted frames and as the destination address for received frames The MAC address of the Aggregator may be one of the MAC addresses of a port in the associated Link Aggregation Group Link aggregation rules The BES1000 Series switch link aggregation groups operate under the following rules Link aggregation groups are formed using LACP All ports in a link aggregation group must be connected to the same far end system All ports in a link aggregation group must operate in full duplex mode All ports in a link aggregation group must be configured to the same port speed All ports in a link a
24. 1000 Series The document has been reorganized to indicate basic advanced and administrative sections for the Web based user interface and the Element Manager Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 18 New in this release S e SSCSC C CC d Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Introduction Navigation The BES1000 Series switches are high performance Web managed switches that deliver performance and control to your network The BES 1010 24T and BES 1010 48T versions provide 10 100 1000 autosensing ports which include two shared Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP Ports SFPs are hot swappable products that enhance input and output and allow gigabit Ethernet ports to link with other gigabit Ethernet ports over various media types Because SFPs use smaller connectors they are easier to use in high density applications and unlike an RJ 45 port can connect two optical fibers in the same space The BES 1020 24T PWR and BES 1020 48T PWR versions provide 10 100 1000 ports that include 12 and 24 Power over Ethernet PoE ports which include two shared SFP Ports e To set up the Web UI for u
25. 2 Click the Action icon next to the VLAN you want to modify The VLAN Configuration Port Based page appears 3 Select the check boxes for the ports that you want to include in the current VLAN 4 Click Submit The VLAN Configuration page appears End Variable definitions Variable Value VLAN The number of the currently selected VLAN The range is from 1 to 4094 VLAN Name Enter up to 16 characters Port Number of the port included in the VLAN Choose Yes or No Selecting a management VLAN Select any VLAN to perform as the management VLAN VLAN 1 is the default management VLAN for the switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Virtual LANs VLANs 51 Prerequisites The VLAN State field value must be active WARNING Changing the default management VLAN could result in loss of Web management connectivity Ensure that the port you are currently connected to is part of the new VLAN group or move your connection to a port on the new VLAN after you click Submit Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt VLAN gt VLAN Configuration The VLAN Configuration page appears 2 In the VLAN Setting section choose the VLAN to assign as your management VLAN 3 Click Submit
26. BES1010 48T BES1020 24T PWR BES1020 48T PWR For information about the hardware components of the BES1000 Series switches see Hardware components of the BES1000 Series switch page 210 Network configuration examples page 218 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 210 BES1000 fundamentals SFP transceiver page 220 e Configuring an IP address using BootP page 224 e Configuration and switch management page 223 e SNMP page 228 e MAC address based security page 228 e SNTP page 229 e Virtual local area networks page 229 Spanning Tree Protocol page 240 e 802 1p Class of Service support page 246 e IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation page 247 e IGMP Snooping page 249 Hardware components of the BES1000 Series switch Hardware components found in the BES1000 Series switch are described by the information that follows Front panel BES1020 48T PWR page 210 shows the front and side views of the BES1020 48T PWR BES1020 48T PWR BES1020 48T PWR front panel page 211 shows the configuration of the front panel on the BES1020 48T PWR Components on the BES1000 Series switch front panel page 211 describes the components on the front panel of all BES1000 Series switches Nortel Business Ethernet S
27. Bridge Information page appears 2 Click Update to refresh the page End Spanning Tree Bridge Information page items Item Description STP Priority The priority value of the bridge ID in hexadecimal notation which is the most significant byte of the bridge ID The Spanning Tree Algorithm uses this parameter to determine the root bridge or designated bridge For example the bridge with the lowest bridge ID becomes the root bridge with Bridge Priority values compared first followed by the hardware addresses The values displayed for Bridge Priority are in hexadecimal Stp Version The version of STP running on the switch Designated Root The bridge identifier of the root of the spanning tree This value is used as the Root Identifier parameter in all Configuration Bridge PDUs originated by this node Bridge Max Age The value that all bridges use for the maximum age of a bridge when it acts as the root Bridge Hello Time The value that all bridges use for HelloTime when this bridge acts as the root Bridge Forward Delay Time The value that all bridges use for ForwardDelay when this bridge acts as the root Tx Hold Count The maximum number of bridge protocol data units transmitted in any BridgeHelloTime PathCost Default type The default path cost for this bridge The default can be either 16 bit which applies to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Std 802 1D 1998 standard or 32 bit
28. Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 181 Variable Value UndersizePkts Fragments The total number of packets received that are less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and are otherwise well formed The total number of packets received that are less than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and have either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets Alignment Error It is entirely normal for etherStatsFragments to increment because it counts both runts which are normal occurrences due to collisions and noise hits Collisions Jabbers The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet segment The total number of packets received that are longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and have either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a non integral number of octets Alignment Error Jabber is defined as the condition where any packet exceeds 20 ms The allowed range to detect jabber is between 20 ms and 150 ms In this case the packet length of more than 1522 is recorded in the Jabber field and the length is between 1518 and 1522 1518 gt Packet length gt 1
29. Displaying STP properties 157 Displaying LACP 159 Viewing Security settings 160 Viewing statistics 163 Viewing RMON history statistics 176 Viewing RMON Events 178 RMON Ether Stats tab for graphing ports 179 Configuring RMON 182 Configuring RMON history 183 Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering 185 Configuring RMON alarms 186 Creating an alarm 187 Deleting an alarm 188 Configuring RMON events 189 How events work 189 Creating an RMON Event 189 Deleting an RMON Event 190 Disabling RMON history statistics 190 Viewing Alarm settings 191 Disabling Ethernet statistics gathering 195 Fault management 195 Interpreting the LEDs 196 Diagnosing and correcting problems 196 Port connection problems 198 Creating an RMON fault threshold 199 Deleting an RMON threshold configuration 200 Viewing RMON history 200 Installing SFPs 201 Removing an SFP 202 Managing the BES System Software 203 Downloading switch images 204 Rebooting the BES1000 Series switch 205 Rebooting the BES1000 Series switch to system defaults 206 Storing and retrieving a switch configuration file from a TFTP server 206 BES1000 fundamentals 209 Hardware components of the BES1000 Series switch 210 Front panel 210 Console port 211 Reset button for reset to factory default 212 SFP gigabit interface converters 212 10 100 and 1000 RJ 45 port connectors 212 Auto MDI and MDI X 213 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Seri
30. Enabling Multicast filtering Use this procedure to enabling Multicast filtering for your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt VLANS IGMP The VLAN tab appears 2 Click the Unknown Multicast Filtering tab The Unknown Multicast Filtering tab appears 3 Select the UnknownMulticastFilteringEnabled check box 4 Click Apply End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 114 BES1000 advanced features configuration using Element Manager Configuring MAC address learning Use this procedure to configure the aging time for MAC addresses that the BES1000 Series switch has learned Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt MAC Address Table 2 Click the Setting tab 3 Type a value in the AgingTime field to indicate the timeout period 4 Click Apply End Variable definitions Variable Value LearnedEntryDiscards The total number of Forwarding Database entries that are discarded due to a lack of space to store them in the Forwarding Database An increasing count indicates the Forwarding Database is filling up regularly A significant count that does not increase indicates that the pro
31. Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Setting the IP address 27 5 Check the front panel LEDs as the device powers on to confirm that the PWR LED is green If not check that the power cable is correctly plugged in 6 If the PC IP address is different from the switch but is on the same subnet go to the next step For example if the PC and switch both have addresses that start with 192 168 1 x Otherwise manually set the IP address for the PC See Changing a PC IP address The default IP address of the switch is 192 168 1 132 the default subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 and the default gateway is 0 0 0 0 7 Open your Web browser and enter the IP address of the switch for example http 192 168 1 132 If you do not see the logon page check your IP address and repeat step 3 8 If prompted enter the default user name nnadmin and default password PlsChgMe and click Login 9 From the main menu click Configuration gt IP 10 On the IP Settings page select a BootP request mode 11 Enter an IP address followed by the new switch IP address subnet mask default gateway 12 Click Submit End No other configuration changes are required at this stage but Nortel recommends that you change the administrator password and enable password authentication before you log off Setting the IP address automatically You can use
32. Ethernet has a link cost of 100 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 242 BES1000 fundamentals Path cost values page 242 describes the default values that have a nonlinear relationship between link cost and data rate for high speed LANs Path cost values 10 Mbps 100 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1w The IEEE 802 1d Spanning Tree Protocol is slow to respond to a topology change in the network such as a problematic link The Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP or IEEE 802 1w reduces the recovery time after a network breakdown In certain configurations the recovery time of RSTP can be reduced to less than one s RSTP also maintains a backward compatibility with the IEEE 802 1d which was the Spanning Tree implementation prior to RSTP The backward compatibility can be maintained by configuring a port to be in STP compatible mode A port operating in the STP compatible mode transmits and receives only STP BPDUs and drops any RSTP BPDUs RSTP also reduces the amount of flooding in the network by enhancing the way Topology Change Notification TCN packet is generated With the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP or IEEE 802 1w only one instance of RSTP exists on the switch The RSTP instance can include one or more VLANs RSTP enables the BES1000 S
33. January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Contents 11 a e C isSCSCSC C CNCSsy Port states 240 Aging of Dynamic Entries in Forwarding Database 241 Port path cost 241 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1w 242 Interoperability with legacy STP 242 Rapid convergent 244 Negotiation process 244 802 1p Class of Service support 246 802 1p COS Remarking 247 IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation 247 Link aggregation rules 248 IGMP Snooping 249 Configuring IP and gateway settings 249 BES reference information 253 System defaults 253 QoS defaults 254 Technical specifications 254 SFP physical specifications 254 Specifications for LC type 1000BASE SX connectivity 254 Specifications for LC type 1000BASE LX connectivity 255 Specifications for MT RJ Type 1000BASE SX connectivity 256 Connector and pin assignments 256 RJ 45 10BASE T 100BASE TX port connectors 257 MDI and MDI X devices 257 MDI X to MDI cable connections 258 MDI X to MDI X cable connections 258 DB 9 RS 232 D console comm port connector 259 1000Base T pinouts for the BES1000 Series switch 260 System information page 261 Summary Switch Information page 262 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 12 Contents Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nort
34. Procedure job aid The following job aid provides information about the alarm variable formats Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 188 BES1000 administration Alarm variable list Alarm variables are available in three formats e Achassis alarm ends in x where the x index is hard coded No further information is required e A Spanning Tree Group STG or EtherStat alarm ends with a dot You must enter an STG ID IP address or EtherStat information A port alarm does not end with a dot or index and requires using the port shortcut menu An example of a port alarm is iflnOctets interface incoming octet count For this example select Bridge gt dotidStpTopChanges 0 from the variable list This example is a chassis alarm indicated by the 0 in the variable Deleting an alarm Use this procedure to delete an alarm from the configuration Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarms The Alarms tab appears 2 Click any field for the alarm that you want to delete 3 Click Delete End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 200
35. Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 ta Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 137 RMON Fault threshold page Use the Remote Monitor RMON Fault threshold page to view alarms that tell you when the value of a variable goes out of range You can define RMON alarms on any Management Information Base MIB variable that resolves to an integer value You cannot use string variables such as system description as alarm variables Viewing the RMON fault event log RMON events and alarms work together to notify you when values in your network go out of a specified range When values pass the specified ranges the alarm triggers and fires The event specifies how the activity is recorded An event specifies whether a trap a log or a trap and a log are generated due to alarm activity When RMON is globally enabled two default events are generated e Rising Event e Falling Event Default events specify that when an alarm goes out of range the firing of the alarm is tracked in both a trap and a log For example when an alarm fires at the rising threshold the rising event specifies that this information be sent to both a trap and a log The RMON Event Log page works in conjunction with the RMON Threshold page to enable you to view a history of RMON fault events Procedure steps S
36. Variable Value Single Collision Frames The number of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by more than one collision Multiple Collision Frames The number of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by a single collision Late Collisions The number of times a collision is detected on a particular interface later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet Excessive Collisions The number of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to excessive collisions Viewing transparent bridging statistics You can view the transparent bridging statistics measured for each monitored interface on the device Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Statistics gt Transparent Bridging The Transparent Bridging page appears 2 To refresh the statistical information click Update End Variable definitions Variable Value Port The port number that corresponds to the selected switch In Frames The number of frames that are received by this port from its segment A frame received on the interface corresponding to this port is counted only if it is for a protocol processed by the local bridging function including bridge management errors Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1
37. Web based interface 59 Configuring switch security 60 Configuring port authentication 60 Configuring Web security 61 Configuring console security 62 Configuring RADIUS security 63 Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping 63 Configuring flow control 64 Configuring console port communication speed 64 Configuring port management properties 65 Configuring Quality of Service QoS settings 66 Displaying the QoS interface configuration 66 Configuring 802 1p priority settings 67 Enabling Differentiated Services Code Point DSCP mapping 68 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Contents 7 S LL Displaying DSCP queue assignment 69 Enabling DSCP mapping 70 Configuring MAC address learning 70 Configuring MAC address based security 71 Configuring port lists 72 Finding MAC address tables 72 Adding MAC addresses 73 Deleting MAC DAs 74 Enabling security on ports 74 Filtering MAC destination addresses 75 Filtering MAC Multicast addresses 76 Configuring Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP transmission properties 77 Configuring LLDP port status 78 Configuring LLDP Tx TLV transmit status 79 Configuring remote access 80 Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP 81 Using the Element Manager 85 Connecting to a BES1000 Series swit
38. administration Variable definitions FCS Frame Errors Variable Value Port Displays the number of the port that received the error Status Displays the status of the port Enabled Disablea Link Displays the link status of the port Up Down Speed Duplex Displays the speed at which the port is operating as well as whether it is in half or full duplex mode Displays the number of frame errors and frame check sequence FCS errors received on this port Collisions Single Collisions Multiple Collisions Excessive Collisions Late Collisions Displays the number of collisions errors received on this port Displays the number of single collisions errors received on this port Displays the number of multiple collisions errors received on this port Displays the number of excessive collisions errors received on this port Displays the number of late collisions errors received on this port Viewing interface statistics You can view selected switch interface statistics Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Statistics gt Interface The Interface page appears 2 To update the statistical information click Update End Variable definitions Value The port number corresponding to the selected switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard ta
39. cabling and distance for the model 1000BASE SX MT RJ type SFP GBIC 1000BASE SX SFP specifications Type Specification Standards Conforms to the following standards 802 3z Ethernet full duplex Connectors Duplex MT RJ fiber optic connector Cabling 62 5 m MMF optic cable 50 m MMF optic cable Distance 902 ft 275 m using 62 5 m MMF optic cable 1804 ft 550 m using 50 m MMF optic cable Laser Transmitter characteristics Wavelength 850 nm Maximum spectral width Minimum launch power Maximum launch power Receiver characteristics Minimum receiver sensitivity Maximum power input Connector and pin assignments This section describes port connectors and pin assignment for the BES1000 Series switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential MDI and MDI X devices 257 RJ 45 10BASE T 100BASE TX port connectors The RJ 45 port connectors see RJ 45 8 pin modular port connector page 257 are wired as MDI X ports to connect end stations without using crossover cables For more information see MDI and MDI X devices page 257 For 10BASE T connections use Category 3 or higher UTP cable For 100BASE TX connections use only Category 5 UTP cable RJ 45 8 pin modular port connector Signal Description MDI and M
40. choose Device Monitoring gt System Log The System Log page appears To update the window with the latest system log messages click Update To clear the system log messages click Clear messages The results of your request are displayed in the System Log section Variable definitions Variable System Log View By Display Messages From System Log Index End Value Specifies that the system log displays messages from Volatile DRAM and Non Volatile memory The number of the event Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 10 January 2007 ta Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 129 Variable Value Time Stamp The time in hundredths of a second between system initialization and the time the log messages entered the system Message Type The type of message The options are 1 Critical 2 Serious 3 Informational Message A character string that identifies the origin of the message and the reason why the message is generated Viewing statistics The options available to monitor system statistical data using Web based management are e Viewing port statistics page 129 e Viewing interface statistics page 132 e Viewing Ethernet error statistics page 133 e Viewing VLAN port inf
41. frame header e VLAN port members a set of ports that form a broadcast domain for a specific VLAN A port can be a member of one or more VLANs e Untagged member a port that is configured as an untagged member of a specific VLAN When an untagged frame exits the switch through an untagged member port the frame header remains unchanged When a tagged frame exits the switch through an untagged member port the tag is stripped and the tagged frame is changed to an untagged frame Tagged member a port that is configured as a member of a specific VLAN When an untagged frame exits the switch through a tagged member port the frame header is modified to include the 32 bit tag associated with the PVID When a tagged frame exits the switch through a tagged member port the frame header remains unchanged original VID remains e User priority a three bit field in the header of a tagged frame The field is interpreted as a binary number therefore it has a value of zero to seven With this field you can use the tagged frame to carry the user priority across bridged LANs e Port priority the priority level assigned to untagged frames received on a port This value becomes the user priority for the frame Tagged packets get their user priority from the value contained in the 802 1Q frame header e Unregistered packet a tagged frame that contains a VID where the receiving port is not a member of that VLAN The default configuration
42. icon identifies a menu title option Click on this icon to display the corresponding page A This icon identifies a menu title option that has a hyperlink e to related pages This icon is linked to an action for example log off reset or a reset to system defaults When you click a menu option the corresponding management page appears A page is composed of one or more items Management page items Item Description Tables and input forms Gray cells are read only White cells are input fields Check boxes Enable or disable a selection by clicking a check box When a check mark is displayed in the box that selection is enabled You disable a selection by clicking the checked box Icons and buttons Icons and buttons perform an action concerning the displayed page or the switch Some pages include a button that opens another page or updates the values shown on the current page Some pages include icons that initiate an action such as reformatting the current displayed data as a bar or pie chart Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 26 Using the Web based user interface Configuration options Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop down list After you make a configuration change on a page be sure to click the Submit button to
43. number of packets received that are greater than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and are otherwise well formed RMON tab columns for graphing ports You can graph Ethernet statistics by column Variable definitions Variable Value Absolute The total count since the last time counters are reset A system reboot resets all counters Cumulative The total count since the statistics tab is first opened The elapsed time for the cumulative counter is displayed at the lower right hand corner of the information panel Average sec The cumulative count divided by the cumulative elapsed time Min sec The minimum average for the counter for a given polling interval over the cumulative elapsed time Max sec The maximum average for the counter for a given polling interval over the cumulative elapsed time LastVal sec The average for the counter over the last polling interval Configuring RMON This section details the procedures for configuring the RMON as it relates to the Element Manager Navigation e Configuring RMON history page 183 Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering page 185 e Configuring RMON alarms page 186 e Configuring RMON events page 189 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System A
44. on the network excluding framing bits but including Frame Check Sequence FCS octets Packets The number of packets received or transmitted on a port including bad broadcast and multicast packets Broadcast The number of good packets received that are directed to the broadcast address This does not include multicast packets Multicast The number of good packets received that are directed to the multicast address This does not include packets sent to the broadcast address CRC Align Errors The number of packets received that are less than 1518 octets long but had either a bad Frame FCS with an integral number of octets FCS errors or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets alignment error Undersize The number of packets received that are less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and are otherwise well formed Oversize The number of packets received that are longer than 1518 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and are otherwise well formed Viewing LLDP local system data Use the Local Link Discovery Protocol LLDP local system data page to view LLDP local system data Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 141 l
45. option is selected the switch operates as follows e The switch continues to broadcast BootP requests regardless of whether an in band IP address is set from the console terminal e Ifthe switch receives a BootP reply that contains an in band IP address the switch uses this new in band IP address e If the switch does not receive a BootP reply the switch cannot be managed using the in band IP address set from the console terminal If an IP address is not currently in use these actions take effect immediately If an IP address is currently in use these actions take effect only after the switch is reset or power cycled BootP Disabled When this mode is selected the switch does not use BootP The switch operates in the following manner e The switch does not broadcast BootP requests regardless of whether a static IP address is set e The switch can be managed only by using the in band switch static IP address Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 226 BES1000 fundamentals These actions take effect after the switch is reset or power cycled even if an IP address is not currently in use BootP or Last Address When this mode is selected the switch uses the last IP address received from the BootP server if the BootP server becomes unreachable When se
46. packets received that are longer than 1522 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either a bad FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets Alignment Error The number of octets received including bad packets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 128 255 bytes 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes 1522 9216 bytes Viewing RMON history Use the RMON history page to view a periodic statistical sampling of data from various types of networks Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Events gt RMON History The RMON History page appears 2 In the Port list choose a selection 3 Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 140 BES1000 administration RMON History page items Variable Value RMON History Statistics Table View By Port The port number to be monitored Start The value of the sysUPTime at the start of the interval over which this sample is measured Drop Events The number of events in which packets are dropped by the interface due to a lack of resources Octets The number of octets of data including those in bad packets received
47. parameters of a switch and use the retrieved parameters to automatically configure a replacement switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Managing the BES System Software 207 To store a switch configuration you must set up the file on your TFTP server and set the filename read write permission to enabled A properly configured TFTP server must be present in your network and the BES1000 Series switch must have an IP address to download the BES1000 Series switch configuration file Prerequisites e The Configuration File feature can only be used to copy standalone switch configuration parameters to other standalone switches A configuration file obtained from a standalone switch can be used only to configure other standalone switches that have the same firmware revision and model type as the donor standalone switch Configuration File page items These parameters are not saved Switch IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Configuration Image Filename TFTP Server IP Address Read Only Switch Password Read Write Switch Password Console Switch Password Type Web Switch Password Type Procedure steps Step Action Configured in this Web page Configuration File page Passwords page See Configuring initial settin
48. particular interface later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet Five hundred and twelve bit times corresponds to 51 2 microseconds on a 10 Mb s system A late collision included in a count represented by an instance of this object is also considered as a generic collision for purposes of other collision related statistics ExcessiveCollisions A count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to excessive collisions Bridge tab The Bridge tab displays port frame statistics Variable definitions Variable InFrames OutFrames InDiscards Value The number of frames that are received by this port from its segment The number of frames that are received by this port from its segment Count of valid frames received which are discarded filtered by the Forwarding Process Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 173 EAPOL Stats tab The EAPOL Stats tab displays information about the EAPOL related statistics on the port Variable definitions Variable Value EapolFramesRx The number of valid Eapol frames received EapolFramesTx The number of valid Eapol frames sent EapolStartFramesRx The number of valid Eapol start frames rec
49. port including bad broadcast and multicast packets Broadcast The number of good packets received that are directed to the broadcast address This does not include multicast packets Multicast The number of good packets received that are directed to the multicast address This does not include packets sent to the broadcast address CRC Align Errors The number of packets received that are less than 1518 octets long but had either a bad Frame FCS with an integral number of octets FCS errors or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets alignment error Undersize The number of packets received that are less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and are otherwise well formed Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 139 Variable Value Fragments The number of packets received that are less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either a bad FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets alignment error Collisions Jabbers Packets lt 64 bytes 65 127 bytes The best estimate number of collisions on this Ethernet segment The number of
50. procedure to view the Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP bridge configuration information Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration 2 Choose Data Services 3 Choose LACP LACP tab End The LACP tab displays bridge configuration details Variable definitions Variable Index MacAddress AggregateOrIndividual ActorLagID Value The unique identifier that the local system assigns to this aggregator This attribute identifies an aggregator instance among the subordinate managed objects of the containing object The MAC address used by this bridge when it must be referred to in a unique fashion Indicates whether the aggregation port can aggregate or can operate only as an individual link The combined information of Actor System Priority Actor System ID and Actor Operational Key in ActorSystemPriority ActorSystemID ActorOperatio nalKey hexadecimal format Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 160 BES1000 administration Variable Value ActorSystemPriority ActorSystemID ActorOperKey ActorAdminKkey PartnerLagID PartnerSystemPriority PartnerSystemID PartnerOperKey Viewing Security settings A 2 octet read write value used to define the
51. remedy these types of problems make sure that the cable connections are secure and that the cables connect to the correct ports at both ends of the link Port connection problems are also traceable to the autonegotiation mode or the port interface Autonegotiation modes Port connection problems can occur when a port or station is connected to another port or station that is not operating in a compatible mode for example connecting a full duplex port on one station to a half duplex port on another station The BES1000 Series switch negotiates port speeds according to the IEEE 802 3u autonegotiating standard The switch adjusts autonegotiates its port speed and duplex mode to match the best service provided by the connected station Autonegotiation is a two way protocol that requires participation from both ends of the link to operate properly If both ends of the link are not configured for autonegotiation the switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 al Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential Fault management 199 autosenses When it is in autosense mode the switch can determine the proper speed 100 Mb s or 10 Mb s but not the duplex As a result it defaults to half duplex mode e f autonegotiation is enabled on the switch port and the end station the switch successfully negotiates
52. sent or received but it may go into forwarding mode if the trunk line in use fails BPDU data is still sent and received in blocking mode e Listening The switch processes BPDUs and determines the network topology e Learning The switch builds a switching table that maps MAC addresses to port numbers e Forwarding A port that receives and sends data A normal operation After a switch is powered up or reset and the initialization process is completed all the ports are transformed from the Disabled state to the Blocking state Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1D 241 S If a port is not connected it remains in the Forwarding state until it is connected If you connect a station to a port the port does not start forwarding packets immediately You need to wait for the port to transit through the Listening and Learning states to gain access to any resources located on another segment If you connect a hub or another bridging device to a port they could potentially create a loop in the network topology and a broadcast storm can occur This is because one of the ports causing the loop can be in the Forwarding state instead of the Blocking state The loop should be eliminated after this port receives a BPDU frame from a
53. settings for the BES1000 Series switch has all ports set as untagged members of VLAN 1 with all ports configured as PVID 1 Every VLAN is assigned a unique VLAN identifier VID that distinguishes it from all other VLANs In the default configuration example shown in Default VLAN settings page 234 all incoming packets are assigned to VLAN 1 by the default port VLAN identifier PVID 1 Untagged packets enter and leave the switch unchanged Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 234 BES1000 fundamentals Default VLAN settings BC2 10 Switch Incoming untagged packat Outgairg untegoed packet unchanged Kery By detsut All poris are assigned PVID 1 All poris are untagaed members of VLAN 1 When you configure VLANs you configure the switch ports as tagged or untagged members of specific VLANs see Port based VLAN assignment page 234 through 802 1Q tagging after 802 1Q tag assignment page 236 In Port based VLAN assignment page 234 untagged incoming packets are assigned directly to VLAN 2 PVID 2 Port 5 is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2 and port 7 is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2 Port based VLAN assignment PVID 2 Untsgged pachet er mis CDE Before Taggad member of VLAN 2
54. should be incremented only once when the complete set of information is completely invalidated aged out from all related tables Partial aging similar to the deletion case is not allowed and thus should not change the value of this counter 802 1ab Port tab With the 802 1ab Port tab you can set the optional TLVs to include in the LLPDUs transmitted by each port e true indicates that notifications are enabled e false indicates that notifications are disabled Variable definitions AdminStatus The administratively desired status of the local LLDP agent e txOnly the LLDP agent transmits LLDP frames on this port and does not store any information about the remote systems connected rxOnly the LLDP agent receives but does not transmit LLDP frames on this port txAndRx the LLDP agent transmits and receives LLDP frames on this port disabled the LLDP agent does not transmit or receive LLDP frames on this port If the port receives remote systems information which is stored in other tables before AdminStatus becomes disabled the information ages out Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring LLDP 101 Variable Value NotificationEnable Controls on a per port basis whether notifications from the agent are enabled true indicates
55. ta Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 161 General tab Use the General tab to set and view general security information for the switch Variable definitions Variable Value MacAddressSecurity Specifies whether MAC Address based security is enabled selected or disabled cleared PortConfiguration Displays the ports for which security is enabled CurrSecurityLists Current number of security entries listed in the SecurityList tab Port Auto Learning tab Use the Port Auto Learning tab to access a list of auto learned MAC addresses for the port Variable definitions Variable Value Unit The unit number Port The port number AutoLearningEnabled Indicates True if auto learning is enabled on the port The value indicates False if auto learning is disabled on the port MacAddressNumber Indicates the maximum number of MAC addresses that can be learned on the port The range is from 1 to 25 Security List tab Use the Security List tab to access a list of Security port fields You can also manage this list from this location See Adding items to the Security List page 94 and Deleting a Security List entry page 95 Variable definitions Variable Value SecurityListlIndx An index of the security list This corresponds to the Security port list that you can use as an index for the AuthConfig ta
56. taxes resulting from Customer s use of the Software Customer agrees to comply with all applicable laws including all applicable export and import laws and regulations d Neither party may bring an action regardless of form more than two years after the cause of the action arose e The terms and conditions of this License Agreement form the complete and exclusive agreement between Customer and Nortel Networks f This License Agreement is governed by the laws of the country in which Customer acquires the Software If the Software is acquired in the United States then this License Agreement is governed by the laws of the state of New York Contents Preface 13 Before you begin 13 Text conventions 14 Related publications 15 How to get help 15 New in this release 17 Features 17 Release 1 0 17 Release 1 1 17 Introduction 19 Using the Web based user interface 21 Prerequisites for using the Web based user interface 21 Setting up the Web based user interface 22 Logging on to the Web based management interface 23 Logging off from the Web based management interface 23 Navigating the Web based user interface 24 Menu and management pages 25 Configuration options 26 Setting the IP address 26 Setting the IP address automatically 27 Changing the administrator password 29 Configuring Web security 29 Configuring RADIUS security 30 Configuring console security 31 Configuring system information 32 Help screens 33 A
57. terminal equipment DTE Configuring power workgroups and a shared media hub Ethernet 1010 24T Ethernet 1020 24T Ethernet Routing Switch Key 10 Mb s 100 Mb s 1000 Mb s CJ Gigabit SFP transceiver SFPs are hot swappable products that enhance input and output and allow gigabit Ethernet ports to link to Short Wavelength SX and Long Wavelength LX fiber optic networks Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Guidelines 221 Guidelines The BES1000 Series switch has two front panel ports They are port numbers 25 and 26 on the 24T models and port numbers 49 and 50 on the 48T models If you insert an SFP GBIC into one on these ports that port handles gigabit Ethernet speed only If there are no optional SFPs inserted into these ports they function as 10 100 1000 Mbps ports The SPF GBIC ports operate at gigabit 1000 Megabits per second speed when an appropriate SFP GBIC is inserted If an SFP GBIC is not inserted the 1000 BaseT RJ 45 connector ports can be used and they operate at 10 100 1000M This information describes technical specifications and installation instructions on Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP transceivers that are supported by the BES1000 Series switch ATTENTION The term SFP is used
58. that notifications are enabled false indicates that notifications are disabled TLVsTxEnable Sets the optional Management time length value TLV to be included in the transmitted LLDPDUs e portDesc Port Description TLV e sysName System Name TLV e sysDesc System Description TLV e sysCap System Capabilities TLV 802 1ab TX Stats tab With the 802 1 ab TX Stat tab you can view LLDP transmit statistics by port Variable definitions FramesTotal The number of LLDP frames transmitted by this LLDP agent on the indicated port 802 1ab RX Stats tab With the 802 1ab RX Stats tab you can view LLDP receive statistics by port Variable definitions Variable Value PortNum Port number FramesDiscardedTotal The number of LLDP frames received on the port and discarded for any reason This counter can provide an indication that LLDP header formatting problems may exist with the local LLDP agent in the sending system or that LLDPDU validation problems may exist with the local LLDP agent in the receiving system FramesErrors The number of invalid LLDP frames received on the port while the LLDP agent is enabled FramesTotal The number of valid LLDP frames received on the port while the LLDP agent is enabled TLVsDiscardedTotal The number of LLDP TLVs discarded for any reason on the port Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 1
59. the Action icon in the VLAN row The IGMP VLAN Configuration page appears 3 In the Snooping field choose Enabled or Disabled 4 Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 64 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface End Configuring flow control Configure flow control to manage data flow so that your data is not lost when the receiving buffer is near capacity or full CAUTION When flow control is enabled you receive only partition benefits of the CoS feature Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Flow Control 2 In the Flow Control list select Enabled or Disabled 3 Click Submit End Configuring console port communication speed Configure the console port communication speed so you can match the console port baud rate to the baud rate of the console terminal Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Console Port The Console Port page appears 2 Select the console port speed from the list 3 Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networ
60. the MAC address Filtering MAC destination addresses Filter MAC destination addresses to drop all packets from a specified MAC Destination Address DA Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt MAC Address Security gt DA MAC Filtering The DA MAC Filtering page appears 2 In the DA MAC Filtering Entry Creation area enter the MAC DA you want to filter You can list up to 10 MAC DAs to filter The address format is XX XX XX XX XX XX ATTENTION Ensure that you do not enter the MAC address of the management station 3 Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 76 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface The system returns you to the DA MAC Filtering page with the new DA listed in the table End Variable definitions Variable Value Action Use to delete a MAC DA you are filtering Index The number of the MAC address MAC Address Displays the MAC address The range is 1 10 DA MAC Filtering Enter the MAC DA you want to filter Entry Creation Filtering MAC Multicast addresses Use this procedure to filter MAC Multicast addresses Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt IGMP gt Unknown Multicast The Unknown Mul
61. the best port speed and duplex mode available from the connected station up to 100 Mb s in full duplex mode e If the connected station uses a form of autonegotiation that is not compatible with the IEEE 802 3u autonegotiating standard the BES1000 Series switch cannot negotiate a compatible mode for correct operation and reverts to autosensing e If the autonegotiation feature is not present or not enabled at the connected station the BES1000 Series switch reverts to autosensing Correcting mode mismatches f the autonegotiation feature is not present or not enabled or if the connected station uses a form of autonegotiation that is not compatible you can correct the mode mismatch problem Procedure steps Step Action 1 Disable the autonegotiation feature at the connected station 2 Manually set the speed duplex mode of the connected station to the same speed duplex mode set for the BES1000 Series switch port End Port interface Ensure that the devices are connected using the appropriate crossover or straight through cable and that autonegotiation is active See Connector and pin assignments page 256 Creating an RMON fault threshold Create the RMON threshold parameters to receive notification of fault conditions alarms RMON threshold configurations are not modifiable They must be deleted and the information recreated Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Event
62. therefore you can only view the Element Manager trap log from the BES Series switch device that has the Listen for Traps option selected Use this procedure to view the trap log Prerequisites e The BES1000 Series switch must be configured to send SNMP traps e The Element Manager must be running ATTENTION The Element Manager receives traps on port 162 If this port is used by another application you can not view the trap log until the other application is disabled and Element Manager is restarted Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 152 BES1000 administration Teen ee nee eee Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration 2 Choose Logs 3 Choose Trap Log End Viewing switch IP information Access the IP Subsystem option to view Internet Protocol IP address information for the BES1000 switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt IP Subsystem The Addresses tab appears 2 Click the tab related to the IP information that you want to view End Addresses tab The Addresses tab displays the IP address information for the device Addresses tab The device IP address NetMask The subnet mask address Nortel Business E
63. to the broadcast address DropEvents The total number of events in which packets are dropped by the switch due to lack of resources during this sampling This number is not necessarily the number of packets dropped It is the number of times this condition is detected Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 178 BES1000 administration Variable Value CRCAlignErrors The total number of packets received that have a length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets between 64 and 1518 octets inclusive but have either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets Alignment Error UndersizePkts OversizePkts The total number of packets received that are less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and are otherwise well formed The total number of packets received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed Fragments Collisions Viewing RMON Events The number of packets received during the sampling interval are less than 64 octets long including FCS octets but not framing bits The packets have a bad FCS with either an integral numbe
64. to the fallingThreshold and alarmStartupAlarm is equal to fallingAlarm 2 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 then a single falling alarm is generated A threshold for the sampled statistic When the current sampled value is greater than or equal to this threshold and the value at the last sampling interval is less than this threshold a single event is generated A single event is also generated if the first sample after this entry becomes valid is greater than or equal to this threshold and the associated alarmStartupAlarm is equal to risingAlarm 1 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 After a rising event is generated another such event is not generated until the sampled value falls below this threshold and reaches the alarmFallingThreshold RisingEventIndex Falling Threshold The index of the eventEntry that is used when a rising threshold is crossed The eventEntry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the eventIndex object If there is no corresponding entry in the eventTable then no association exists In particular if this value is zero no associated event is generated because zero is not a valid event index A threshold for the sampled statistic When the current sampled value is less than or equal to this threshold and the value at the last sampling interval is greater than this threshold a single event is generated A single event is also generated if the first sample af
65. used as the Root Identifier parameter in all Configuration Bridge PDUs originated by this node Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 158 BES1000 administration Variable Value BridgeMaxAge The value that all bridges use for the maximum age of a bridge when it acts as the root BridgeHelloTime The value that all bridges use for HelloTime when this bridge acts as the root Port Information tab BridgeForwardDelay The value that all bridges use for ForwardDelay when this bridge acts as the root TxHoldCount The maximum number of bridge protocol data units transmitted in any BridgeHelloTime PathCostDefault The default path cost for this bridge The default value is a 16 bit default path cost which applies to the IEEE 802 1D Std RootPathCost The cost of the path to the root as seen from this bridge The Port Information tab displays details about the port Variable definitions Variable Port PathCost AdminEdgePort OperEdgePort OperPointToPoint Value The port number The bridge spanning tree parameter that determines the lowest path cost to the root The administrative value of the Edge Port parameter A value of True indicates that this port is an edge port A value of False value assumes that this
66. 0 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 102 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Variable Value TLVsUnrecognizedTotal The number of LLDP TLVs received on the given port that are not recognized by this LLDP agent on the indicated port An unrecognized TLV is referred to as the TLV whose type value is in the range of reserved TLV types 000 1001 111 1110 in Table 9 1 of IEEE 802 1AB 2004 An unrecognized TLV can be a basic management TLV from a later LLDP version AgeoutsTotal The counter that represents the number of age outs that occurred on a given port An age out is the number of times the complete set of information advertised by a particular MSAP has been deleted from tables contained in IldpRemoteSystemsData and IIdpExtensions objects because the information timeliness interval expired This counter is similar to lldpoStatsRemTablesAgeouts except that the counter is on a per port basis This enables NMS to poll tables associated with the Ildp RemoteSystemsData objects and all LLDP extension objects associated with remote systems on the indicated port only This counter is set to zero during agent initialization When the admin status of a port status changes from disabled to rxOnly txOnly or txAndRx the counter associated with the same port is reset to zero The agent also flushes all remote system information associated with the same port This counter is incremented only
67. 00 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 82 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface a TT e SSC CNC i 5 In the Synchronize Now list make a selection 6 In the SNTP Status list make a selection 7 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value Primary Server Address The IP address of the primary SNTP server Secondary Server Address The IP address of the secondary SNTP server Sync Interval Controls the frequency in hours that the device attempts to synchronize with the Network Time Protocol NTP servers Last Sync Source Specifies the IP source address of the NTP server with which this device last synchronized Primary server sync failures Specifies the number of times the switch failed to synchronize with the primary server address However synchronization with the secondary server address can still occur Secondary server sync failures Specifies the number of times the switch failed to synchronize with the secondary server address Last Sync Time Specifies the Coordinated Universal Time UTC when the device last synchronized with an NTP server Next Sync Time Specifies the UTC at which the next synchronization is scheduled Current Time Specifies the current UTC of the switch Nortel Business Ethernet S
68. 000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 136 BES1000 administration Variable Value Out Frames The number of frames that are transmitted by this port from its segment A frame received on the interface corresponding to this port is counted only if it is for a protocol processed by the local bridging function including bridge management errors In Discards The number of valid frames received which were discarded by the forwarding process Viewing VLAN port information View VLAN port information to monitor the name assigned type and number for the VLAN Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt VLAN gt Port Information The VLAN Port Information page appears Select from the list Click Submit Variable definitions Variable VLAN Port Information View By Port Port Name PVID End Value Select the port number from the list The range is from 1 to 50 The name assigned to the Port The number of the VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this trunk port VLAN Port Information Table VLAN VLAN Name VLAN Type The number assigned to the VLAN when the VLAN is created The range is from 1 to 4094 The name assigned to the VLAN when the VLAN is created The type of the VLAN Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series
69. 007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 262 BES reference information TT e CSSCSC C CSNCCS Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration 2 Choose System Information The System Information page appears End System Information page items Item Description Description The default description of the BES1000 Series switch System Up Time The elapsed time since the system is last reinitialized System Contact The name e mail address and telephone number of the person to contact about switch operation System Name The name that the network administrator creates to identify the switch for example Finance Group Location The location name that the network administrator creates to identify the switch location for example first floor Summary Switch Information page On the Summary Switch Information page view summary information about the switch For example from this page you can obtain the physical description and serial number of the switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Summary 2 Choose Switch Information The Switch Information page appears End Summary Switch Information page items ltem Deseription S O Module Description The factory default description of the switch SFP Installed 1 Indicates if SFP is installed on port 1 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business
70. 170 BES1000 administration Variable Value FCSErrors InternalMacTransmitErrors A count of frames received on a particular interface that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the frameCheckError status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC or other MAC user Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are counted exclusively according to the conventions of IEEE 802 3 Layer Management in reference to the error status presented to the LLC A count of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error A frame is only counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the LateCollisions object the ExcessiveCollisions object or the CarrierSenseErrors object InternalMacReceiveErrors CarrierSenseErrors A count of frames for which reception on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer receive error A frame is only counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the FrameTooLongs object the AlignmentErrors object or the FCSErrors object The precise meaning of the count represented by an instance of this object is implementation specific In particular an instance of this object may represent a cou
71. 36 RMON Fault threshold page page 137 Viewing the RMON fault event log page 137 Viewing RMON Ethernet statistics page 138 Viewing RMON history page 139 Viewing LLDP local system data page 140 Displaying LLDP Neighbor properties page 142 Displaying LLDP Neighbor Management properties page 143 Displaying LLDP statistics page 144 Configuring switch security page 60 Using the virtual cable tester Use this procedure to test cable through the Web based management interface Note The port is disabled during the test Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main Web management interface menu choose Device Monitoring gt Virtual Cable Tester The Virtual Cable Tester page appears In the port row you want to test click Test End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 124 BES1000 administration L e EEEEN Variable definitions Variable Value Port The port being tested Test Result Indicates whether the cable is functioning opens shorts has impedance mismatch or is not attached Cable Fault Distance Indicates the distance to the fault Accuracy is within one meter Last Update Displays the timestamp of the last diagnostic test performed An empty row indicates that a test is not exec
72. 47927 300 01 01 Standard Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential Variable System Administration using the Element Manager Value SerialNumber The switch serial number CurrentlmageVersion SwitchlpAddress SubnetMask The version number of the agent image that is currently used on the switch Specify a new IP address for the switch Type an IP address for a new subnet mask DefaultGateway Type an IP address for the default gateway ManagementVlanld The current management VLAN ID BootMode Sets the BootP mode to use at the next switch boot e bootpDisabled e bootpPAlways e bootpOrDefaultlp e bootpOrLastAddress ReBoot AuthenticationTraps By default the switch is in the Running mode Select this option to reboot the switch Click to enable or disable When you enable SNMP traps are sent to trap receivers for all SNMP access authentication When you disable no traps are sent To view traps from the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt Logs gt Trap Log Base Unit Info tab The Base Unit Info tab provides read only information about the operating status of the hardware Base Unit Info tab Variable Description Version SerialNumber Value A description of the switch hardware including number of ports and IP address The switch hardware version number The base unit serial number La
73. 522 The length is recorded in the field of gt 1518 1 64 65 127 128 255 The total number of packets including bad packets received that are greater than 1 but less than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets The total number of packets including bad packets received that are greater than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets but less than 127 The total number of packets including bad packets received that are greater than 127 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets but less than 255 256 5114 The total number of packets including bad packets received that were greater than 255 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets but less than 511 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 182 BES1000 administration Variable Value 512 1023 The total number of packets including bad packets received that are greater than 511 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets but less than 1023 1024 1518 The total number of packets including bad packets received that are greater than 1023 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets but less than 1518 gt 1518 The total
74. 7 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential How to get help 15 plain Courier text Indicates command syntax and system output separator gt vertical line for example prompts and system messages Example Set Trap Monitor Filters Shows menu paths Example Protocols gt IP identifies the IP command on the Protocols menu Separates choices for command keywords and arguments Enter only one of the choices Do not type the vertical line when you enter the command Example If the command syntax is show ip alerts routes enter either show ip alerts or show ip routes but not both Related publications For more information about using the BES1000 Series switch see Quick Installation Guide for the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 NN You can print selected technical manuals and release notes for free directly from the Internet Go to www nortel com 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 Reader to open the manuals and release notes search for the sections you need and print them on most standard printers Go to www adobe com to download a free copy of Adobe Reader How to get help If you purchase a service contract for your Nortel product from a distributor or authorized reseller contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller for assistance If you
75. 7 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 189 Configuring RMON events The Remote Network Monitoring RMON MIB is an interface between the RMON agent on a BES1000 Series switch and an RMON management application such as the Element Manager The RMON agent defines objects that are suitable for the management of any type of network but some groups are targeted for Ethernet networks in particular The RMON agent continuously collects statistics and proactively monitors switch performance You can view this data through the Element Manager RMON has three major functions e creating and displaying alarms for user defined events e gathering cumulative statistics for Ethernet interfaces e tracking a history of statistics for Ethernet interfaces How events work An event specifies whether a trap a log or a trap and a log is generated to view alarm activity When RMON is globally enabled two default events are generated e RisingEvent FallingEvent The default events specify that when an alarm goes out of range the firing of the alarm is tracked in both a trap and a log For example when an alarm fires at the rising threshold the rising event specifies that this information be sent to both a trap and a log Likewise when an alarm passes the falling threshold the falling event specifies that this information be sent to a trap and a log Creating an RMON Event Use this p
76. 815 can lose track of the number of fragments by combining them as they are received Graphing port statistics You can graph statistics for either a single port or multiple ports from the Port Metrics window by using the following AbsoluteValue Cumulative Average sec Minimum sec Maximum sec Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 168 BES1000 administration e LastVal sec The windows that appear when you configure a single port differ from the ones that appear when you configure multiple ports However the options are similar When either single or multiple ports are displayed you can specify the desired polling interval from the Poll Interval list When multiple ports are displayed only the AbsoluteValue statistics are initially displayed Choose from the Show list to modify the type of statistics to display Use this procedure to access the Port Metrics option Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt System Metrics gt Port Metrics The switch view appears in the information panel 2 Select the single or multiple ports that you want to graph To select multiple ports press Ctrl and select the ports that you want to configure A yellow outline appears around the selected ports 3
77. AC Filtering page appears 2 In the Destination MAC Address Filtering Table click the Delete icon for the entry you want to delete A message appears prompting you to confirm your request 3 Click OK to delete the target parameter configuration or Cancel to quit without deleting End Enabling security on ports Enable or disable MAC address based security to change access to the port Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt MAC Address Security gt Port Configuration Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Filtering MAC destination addresses 75 2 In the port row of your choice select the appropriate values from the lists Refer to the variable definitions table below for details 3 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value Port Lists each port on the switch from 1 to 50 Trunk Displays the MultiLink Trunk to which the port belongs The field can be blank or can display 1 to 6 depending on the configuration Security Enables or disables MAC address based security on that port Note You must configure the port for MAC address based security before enabling the security Auto Learning Enables or disables auto learning on that port MAC Address Number Choose the address number for
78. ACP mode Admin key The admin value of the key Operational Key The current operational value of the key Aggregator ID The identifier value of the aggregator that this Aggregation Port currently selects Trunk ID The ID of the LAG The possible values are 1 to 6 Partner Port The index of the port from the partner switch Status Status of the selected port Configuring Power over Ethernet PoE management Display PoE parameters for the BES1000 Series switch using the Web based management system Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring port PoE power priorities 53 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Power Management gt Global Power Mgmt The Global Power Management page appears 2 Click Update to refresh the current power management page End Variable definitions Variable Value Available PoE Power Displays the amount of power available to powered devices from the switch Depending on the power sources you use and the power configuration you enable you see one of the following values 275 watt 175 watt PoE Power Status Displays the status of the PoE feature e Normal all power functioning correctly e Error PoE failed PoE Power Displays total power use on all devices c
79. AN 2 However the tagged packet is stripped untagged as it leaves the switch through port 7 which is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 236 BES1000 fundamentals 802 1Q tagging after 802 1Q tag assignment Tagged member A ALANG 7 AIC Recalcudated we 16 bits 3bits ibe 12 bes Ou After tgarng untagged packet changed tag remand VLANs spanning multiple switches You can use VLANs to segment a network within a switch When you connect multiple switches it is possible to connect users of one VLAN with users of the same VLAN in another switch However the configuration guidelines depend on whether both switches support 802 1Q tagging With 802 1Q tagging enabled on a port for a VLAN all frames leaving the port for that VLAN are marked as belonging to that specific VLAN You can assign specific switch ports as members of one or more VLANs that span multiple switches without interfering with the Spanning Tree Protocol VLANs spanning multiple 802 1Q tagged switches The VLANs spanning multiple 802 1Q tagged switches page 236 diagram shows VLANs spanning two BES1000 Series switches The 802 1Q tagging is enabled on S1 port 2 and on S2 port 1 for VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 Bot
80. As shown in 802 1Q tagging after port based VLAN assignment page 235 the untagged packet is marked tagged as it leaves the switch through port 5 which is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2 The untagged packet remains unchanged as it leaves the switch through port 7 which is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential IEEE 802 1Q tagging 235 802 1Q tagging after port based VLAN assignment PVID 2 Tagged member Pa of VLAN 2 5 gt Pescaleudated itz iinei manoa Tons N2 16 bits Shite 1 biel 12bits After Qing untagged packet unchanged Priority User_pricrity cA Canonical for mest indicator VID VLAN identiier In 802 1Q tag assignment page 235 tagged incoming packets are assigned directly to VLAN 2 because of the tag assignment in the packet Port 5 is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2 and port 7 is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2 802 1Q tag assignment PD 2 Tagged packet OE i Botoi Untagged member of VLAN 2 As shown in 802 1Q tagging after 802 1Q tag assignment page 236 the tagged packet remains unchanged as it leaves the switch through port 5 which is configured as a tagged member of VL
81. Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation 247 802 1p COS Remarking The BES1000 Series switch also implements the 802 1p remarking option This forces all incoming Ethernet packets to the 802 1p priority instead of the ingress port priority for tagged packets within the TAG field IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation With IEEE 802 3ad based link aggregation you can aggregate one or more links together to form Link Aggregation Groups LAG such that a MAC client can treat the Link Aggregation Group as if it were a single link Link aggregation increases the aggregate throughput of the interconnection between the devices while providing link redundancy Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP defined by the IEEE 802 3ad standard lets a switch learn the presence and capabilities of a remote switch by exchanging information with the remote switch before a trunk group is formed Either switch can accept or reject the aggregation request with the far end on a per port basis A link that cannot join a trunk group operates as an individual link The main purpose of LACP is to manage switch ports and their port memberships to link LAGs LACP can dynamically add or remove LAG ports depending on their availability and states By default only uplink ports Gigabit p
82. Click the tab related to the information that you want to view End Interface tab The Interface tab shows interface parameters for graphing a port or ports Variable definitions Variable Value InOctets The total number of octets received on the interface including framing characters OutOctets The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters InUcastPkts The number of unicast packets ingressing the port OutUcastPkts The number of unicast packets egressing the port InNUcastPkts The number of nonunicast broadcast or multicast packets ingressing the port Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 169 Variable Value OutNUcastPkts The number of nonunicast broadcast or multicast packets egressing the port InDiscards OutDiscards The number of inbound packets that are chosen to be discarded even though no errors are detected to prevent their delivery to a higher layer protocol One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space The number of outbound packets which are chosen to be discarded even though no errors are detected to prevent their transmission One possible reason for discarding such a packet
83. Configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ports page 52 Configuring Power over Ethernet PoE management page 52 Viewing Spanning Tree Port information page 54 Viewing Spanning Tree Bridge information page 55 Configuring rate limiting page 56 Configuring initial settings by using the Quick Start feature Configure initial settings by using the Quick Start feature which can consolidate multiple setup pages into a single page The Quick Start screen can be used to configure the following information switch IP address subnet mask default gateway default Management VLAN Web passwords During the initial setup mode all ports in the switch are assigned to the new default VLAN Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 38 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface A port based Quick Start VLAN is created if the new default VLAN does not exist All ports are removed from the current default VLAN and are assigned to the Quick Start VLAN The Port VLAN ID PVIDs for all ports are changed to the Quick Start VLAN The Quick Start VLAN is also designated as the management VLAN Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu select Administration gt Quick Start The Quick Start page is displayed Type the
84. Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 133 Variable Value In Octets The number of octets received on the interface including framing characters Out Octets The number of octets transmitted out of the interface including framing characters In Unicast The number of unicast packets ingressing the port Out Unicast The number of unicast packets destined to be sent out of this port including those that are discarded or not sent In Non Unicast The number of nonunicast broadcast and multicast packets ingressing the port Out Non Unicast The number of nonunicast broadcast and multicast packets destined to be sent out of this port including those that are discarded or not sent In Discards The number of inbound packets that are selected to be discarded even though no errors are detected to prevent their delivery to a higher layer protocol One reason for discarding packets is to provide more buffer space Out Discards The number of outbound packets that are selected to be discarded even though no errors are detected to prevent their transmission One reason for discarding packets is to provide more buffer space In Errors The number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher layer protocol Out Errors The number of outbound packets that cannot be transmitted beca
85. DI X devices Media dependent interface MDI is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE standard for the interface to unshielded twisted pair UTP cable For two devices to communicate the transmitter of one device must connect to the receiver of the other device The connection is established through a crossover function which can be a crossover cable or a port that implements the crossover function internally Ports that implement the crossover function internally are known as MDI X ports where X refers to the crossover function ATTENTION For the transmitter of one device to connect to the receiver of another device the total number of crossovers must always be an odd number Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 258 BES reference information The following sections describe the use of straight through and crossover cables for connecting MDI and MDI X devices MDI X to MDI cable connections BES1000 Series switches use MDI X ports that you can use to connect directly to end stations without using crossover cables See MDI X to MDI cable connections page 258 MDI X to MDI cable connections Ethernet switch End station MDI X port Straight through cable MDI port MDI X to MDI X cable connections If you want to connect t
86. Deletes the row Trap Receiver Index Choose the number of the trap receiver to create or modify The range is from 1 to 4 IP Address Type the network address of the SNMP manager that is to receive the specified trap Use the following format XXX XXX XXX XXX Community Type the community string for the specified trap receiver The range is from 0 to 32 characters Deleting an SNMP trap receiver configuration Delete SNMP trap receiver configurations that you no longer need Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMP Trap The SNMP Trap Receiver page appears 2 In the Trap Receiver Table click the Delete icon X for the entry you want to delete A message appears prompting you to confirm your request 3 Click OK to confirm or Cancel to quit without deleting the entry End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring SNMPv3 management access 41 Configuring SNMPv3 management access Use these procedures to configure SNMPv3 management access to the BES1000 e Viewing SNMPv3 System information page 41 e Configuring SNMPv3 users page 42 e Configuring group membership page 43 e Configuring group access rights page 44 Setting SNMPv3 views page 45 e Configuring noti
87. End In a normal power up sequence the LEDs appear as follows Corrective actions Symptom Probable cause Corrective action All LEDs are off The switch is not Verify that the AC receiving AC power power cord is fastened securely at both ends and that power is available at the AC power outlet Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 198 BES1000 administration Symptom The Activity LED for a connected port is off or does not blink and you have reason to believe that traffic is present Port connection problems Probable cause Corrective action The fans are not operating or the airflow is blocked causing the unit to overheat The switch is experiencing a port connection problem The link partner for the switch is not autonegotiating properly Verify that there is sufficient space for adequate airflow on both sides of the switch Note The operating temperature for the switch must not exceed 40 C 104 F Do not place the switch in areas where it can be exposed to direct sunlight or near warm air exhausts or heaters See Port connection problems You can usually trace port connection problems to either a poor cable connection or an improper connection of the port cables at either end of the link To
88. Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential MDI and MDI X devices 263 S ee Item Description SFP Installed 2 Indicates if SFP is installed on port 2 Firmware Version The firmware version of the policy switch Software Version The version of the running software Manufacturing Date Code The date of manufacture of the board in ASCII format Hardware Version The hardware version of the policy switch Serial The serial number of the policy switch Mac Address The MAC address of the switch IP Address The IP address of the switch Fans Status The fan status of the switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 264 BES reference information L EEEN Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Copyright 2006 Nortel Networks All Rights Reserved Publication NN47927 300 Document status Standard Document version 01 01 Document date 10 January 2007 Sourced in Canada and the
89. Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 145 Variable Value Rx Frames Errors The number of received LLDP frames that have errors Rx Frames Total Rx Frames TLVs Discarded The total number of LLDP frames received The number of LLDP TLV frames that are discarded Rx Frames TLVs Unrecognized The number of received LLDP TLV frames that are unrecognized Rx Frames Age Out The number of received LLDP frames that exceed their time limit System Administration using the Element Manager Use these procedures to manage the administration of your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Navigation Configuring the Virtual Cable Tester page 146 Viewing VCT test results page 146 Viewing switch power information page 147 Viewing device properties page 148 Viewing the trap log page 151 Viewing switch IP information page 152 Viewing VLAN properties page 153 Viewing learned MAC addresses by VLAN page 155 Viewing Unit information page 156 Displaying STP properties page 157 Displaying LACP page 159 Viewing Security settings page 160 Viewing statistics page 163 Viewing and editing port configurations page 95 Graphing Chas
90. IP address subnet mask default gateway default management VLAN select a password type type a read only password and a read write password Click Submit after making the required settings Variable definitions Variable Switch IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Default Management VLAN Web Switch Password Type Read Only Switch Password Read Write Switch Password End Value Specify a new IP address for the switch Enter a new subnet mask Specify an IP address for the default gateway Specify the VLAN ID number of the port based default management VLAN Select one of the following types for password access to the Web interface e None e Local Password RADIUS Authentication Specifies the read only password for access to the Web interface Specifies the read write password for access to the Web interface Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 al Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring an SNMP trap receiver 39 Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Configure an SNMPv1 to configure an IP address and community string You can also use SNMPv1 to modify read write and read only community strings enable or disable trap mode settings and or enable or disable the autotopology feature Procedure steps Step Action
91. In the list of components used by this connection on the General tab select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties 4 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box click Use the following IP address Then type your intended IP address subnet mask and default gateway in the provided boxes 5 Click OK to save the changes End System Administration using the Web based user interface Use these procedures to manage the administration of your BES1000 Series switch using the Web management interface Navigation e Using the virtual cable tester page 123 e Running a copper cable extended test page 124 e Viewing Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP Bridge configuration page 125 e Viewing LACP port statistics page 126 e Displaying multicast group membership page 127 e Viewing the system log page 128 e Viewing statistics page 129 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 123 Viewing port statistics page 129 Zeroing ports page 131 Viewing all port errors page 131 Viewing interface statistics page 132 Viewing Ethernet error statistics page 133 Viewing transparent bridging statistics page 135 Viewing VLAN port information page 1
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93. P The DSCP queue assignment The priority of the assigned DSCP value Enabling DSCP mapping Use this procedure to enable DSCP to 802 1p mapping on your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Quality of Service gt DSCP Mapping The DSCP Mapping page appears 2 To enable QoS mapping globally select the DSCP to 802 1p mapping check box OR To disable QoS mapping globally clear the DSCP to 802 1p mapping check box 3 Click Submit End Configuring MAC address learning You can configure the aging time for MAC Addresses the BES1000 switch has learned Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt MAC Address Table The MAC Address Table page appears 2 In the Aging Time box type a value to indicate a timeout period 3 In the Select VLAN list make a selection 4 Click Submit to enter the request Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring MAC address based security 71 End Variable definitions Variable Value MAC Address Setting Aging Time The timeout period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information If the entry is inactive for a period of time that exceeds the specified aging time the address is
94. P disabled i seeseeeseceeeeeceec se eeceecceeceecceeee Both ports are tagged members of VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 Business Ethernet Switch 110 210 rae s i i i Non 802 1Q tagging switch 3 Key IEEE 802 1Q tagging The BES1000 Series switch operates in accordance with the IEEE 802 1Q tagging rules Important terms used with the 802 1Q tagging feature are e VLAN identifier VID the 12 bit portion of the VLAN tag in the frame header that identifies an explicit VLAN When other types of VLANs are enabled this default value can be overridden by the values enabled in the Web based management interface Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential IEEE 802 1Q tagging 233 e Port VLAN identifier PVID a classification mechanism that associates a port with a specific VLAN For example a port with a PVID of 3 PVID 3 assigns all untagged frames received on this port to VLAN 3 e Tagged frame the 32 bit field VLAN tag in the frame header that identifies the frame as belonging to a specific VLAN Untagged frames are marked tagged with this classification as they leave the switch through a port that is configured as a tagged port Untagged frame a frame that does not carry any VLAN tagging information in the
95. PhysAddress The MAC address assigned to a particular interface AdminStatus The current administrative state of the device which can be one of the following e up down When a managed system is initialized all interfaces start with AdminStatus in the up state AdminStatus changes to the down state or remains in the up state as a result of either management action or the configuration information available to the managed system OperStatus The current operational state of the interface which can be one of the following e up down e testing If AdminStatus is up then OperStatus should be up if the interface is ready to transmit and receive network traffic If AdminStatus is up the OperStatus should remain in the down state if and only if a physical or other network impeding condition prevents the link from entering the UP state The testing state indicates that no operational packets can be passed LastChange The time at which the interface enters its current operational state LinkTrap Specifies whether linkUp linkDown traps should be generated for this interface Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring ports 97 Variable Value AdminSpeed Administrative setting for port speed AutoNegotiate Enables or Disab
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97. SS VLAN 1 ka Ea w VLAN 2 OF Station B As shown in Possible problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol with STP enabled only one connection between Switch S1 and Switch S2 is forwarding at any time Communications failure occurs between VLAN 2 of S1 and VLAN 2 of S2 blocking communications between Stations A and B The STP selects the link connecting VLAN 1 on Switches S1 and S2 as the forwarding link based on port speed duplex mode and port priority Because the other link connecting VLAN 2 is in Blocking mode stations on VLAN 2 in Switch S1 cannot communicate with stations in VLAN 2 on Switch S2 With multiple links only one link forwards VLAN configuration rules VLAN configuration steps have specific configuration rules When creating VLANs consider if a port is a trunk group member If a port is a trunk group member adding or removing that port from a VLAN results in all other port members of that trunk group being added or removed from the VLAN Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 240 BES1000 fundamentals Spanning Tree Protocol The BES1000 Series switch supports the Spanning Tree Protocol STP as defined in IEEE 802 1D and the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP as defined in IEEE 802 1w However RSTP is only run
98. STG ID for spanning tree group alarms the default STG is 1 other STG IDs are user configured or the Ether Statistics Control Index for RMON Stats alarms An alarmname without a dot or index is a port related alarm and appears in the display of the port selection tool Can be either absolute or delta For more information about sample types see RMON alarms Time period in seconds over which the data is sampled and compared with the rising and falling thresholds Uniquely identifies an entry in the alarm table Each such entry defines a diagnostic sample at a particular interval for an object on the device Rising value Falling value When the current When the current sampled value is greater sampled value is less than or equal to this than or equal to this threshold and the value threshold and the value at the last sampling at the last sampling interval is less than this interval is greater than threshold the value this threshold the value generates a single generates a single event event Index of the event Index of the event entry that is used when entry that is used when a rising threshold is a falling threshold is crossed The event crossed The event entry identified by a entry identified by a particular value of this particular value of this index is the same as index is the same as identified by the same identified by the same value of the event index value of the event index Nortel Business Ethe
99. Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring LLDP 99 Variable Value RemTablesLastChangeTime The value of the sysUpTime object defined in Internet Engineering Task Force IETF RFC 3418 at the time an entry is created modified or deleted in tables associated with the IldpRemoteSystemsData objects and all LLDP extension objects associated with remote systems A Network Management Software NMS can use this object to reduce polling of the IldpRemoteSystemsData objects RemTablesinserts The number of times the complete set of information advertised by a particular media server access point MSAP has been inserted into tables contained in IldpbRemoteSystemsData and IldpExtensions objects The complete set of information received from a particular MSAP should be inserted into related tables If partial information cannot be inserted for a reason such as lack of resources all of the information should be removed This counter must be incremented only once after the complete set of information is successfully recorded in all related tables Any failures during the insertion of the information set which result in deletion of previously inserted information should not trigger any changes in IldpStatsRemTablesInserts because the insert is not completed yet or in IldpStatsRemTablesDeletes because the
100. Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 206 BES1000 administration ATTENTION If you have not configured system password security a reset returns you to the home page If you have configured system password security a reset returns you to a log on page End Rebooting the BES1000 Series switch to system defaults Reboot the switch to replace all configured switch parameters with the factory default values During the process of changing to default settings the switch initiates a self test that comprises various diagnostic routines and subtests Prerequisites e Ensure that you want to replace configured settings with factory default settings before you perform this procedure CAUTION If you choose change to default settings all configured settings are replaced with factory default settings when you click Submit For more information about factory default settings see Configuring IP and gateway settings page 249 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration 2 Choose Reset to Default The reset to default warning message appears End The LEDs display various patterns to indicate that the subtests are in progress Storing and retrieving a switch configuration file from a TFTP server Store switch configuration parameters on a Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP server so you can retrieve the configuration
101. Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks al 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 110 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 111 BES1000 advanced features configuration using Element Manager Use these procedures to manage the configuration of your BES1000 Series switch with the Element Manager Prerequisites e Install the Element Manager before you perform these procedures Navigation e Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP page 111 e Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping page 113 e Enabling Multicast filtering page 113 e Configuring MAC address learning page 114 e Filtering MAC multicast addresses page 114 e Deleting a MAC Multicast address page 115 e Configuring Quality of Service QoS page 115 Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP The SNTP feature allows the switch to set its internal clock based on periodic updates from a time server With this feature the system can obtain the time from any RFC 2030 compliant NTP SNTP server Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configur
102. United States of America To order documentation from Nortel Networks Global Wireless Knowledge Services call 1 877 662 5669 To report a problem in this document call 1 877 662 5669 or send e mail from the Nortel Networks Customer Training amp Documentation World Wide Web site at www nortel com Sourced in Canada and the United States of America 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 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 Nortel Networks the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks The asterisk after a name denotes a trademarked item NORTEL
103. Using the Web based user interface Use this information to understand how to use the Web based user interface to view and configure information about the BES1000 Series switch Prerequisites for using the Web based user interface To use the Web based user interface you need the following items a computer connected to a network port that is a member of the management Virtual LAN VLAN e one of the following Web browsers or Web engines installed on your computer Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows NT 5 1 en US rv 1 8 0 3 rv 1 7 5 and UNIX installed on the computer Internet Explorer 6 0 and later You will need to disable the cache option on the Browser you use This issue is generated by a known issue regarding cache pages stored by Microsoft Internet Explorer See Bulletin 234067 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base Web page ATTENTION The Web pages of the Web based management interface can load at different speeds depending on which Web browser you use CAUTION Web browser capabilities such as page bookmarking refresh page forward and page back function the same as any other Web site However these capabilities do not enhance the functionality of the Web based management interface Nortel recommends that you use only the navigation tools provided in the management interface Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ether
104. VLAN see Modifying a port based VLAN page 50 End Configuring a port based VLAN Use this procedure to configure a port for your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 In the main menu choose Application gt VLAN gt Port Configuration The VLAN gt Port Configuration page appears 2 In the Port Name field enter a name to assign for the port 3 In the Untagged Priority field select a value from the Untagged Priority list 4 In the Egress Tagging section select from the list to enable or disable egress tagging 5 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value Port The port number Port Name The name of the port that is associated with the port number Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 50 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Variable Value Untagged Priority Choose a priority from zero to seven to assign to the port Egress Tagging Choose Off to disable egress tagging or choose ON to enable egress tagging Modifying a port based VLAN Modify an existing port based VLAN to change the VLANID of the port Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt VLAN gt VLAN Configuration The VLAN Configuration page appears
105. Value BucketsGranted The number of discrete sampling intervals over which data is saved in the part of the media specific table associated with this entry There are instances when the actual number of buckets associated with this entry is less than the value of this object In this case at the end of each sampling interval a new bucket is added to the media specific table Interval The interval in seconds over which the data is sampled for each bucket in the part of the media specific table associated with this entry You can set this interval to any number of seconds between 1 and 3600 1 hour Because the counters in a bucket may overflow at their maximum value with no indication note the possibility of overflow in any of the associated counters It is important to consider the minimum time in which any counter can overflow on a particular media type and set the historyControllnterval object to a value less than this interval This is typically most important for the octets counter in any media specific table For example on an Ethernet network the etherHistoryOctets counter can overflow in about one hour at the maximum utilization of the Ethernet Owner The network management system that creates this entry Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering You can use RMON to gather Ethernet statistics Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarm Control
106. WhileAuthenticating AuthTimeoutsWhileAuthenticating Counts the total number of times the state machine changed from authenticating to authenticated Counts the total number of times the state machine changed from AUTHENTICATING to HELD Counts the total number of times the state machine transitions from authenticating to aborting because of authentication timeout AuthReauthsWhileAuthenticating Counts the total number of times the state machine transitions from authenticating to aborting after a reauthentication request AuthEapStartsWhileAuthenticating Counts the total number of times the state machine transitions from authenticating to aborting after receiving an EAPOL Start message AuthLogoffWhileAuthenticating Counts the total number of times the state machine transitions from authenticating to aborting after receiving a logoff message AuthReauthsWhileAuthenticated Counts the total number of times the state machine transitions from authenticating to connecting Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 175 Variable Value AuthEapStartsWhileAuthenticated Counts the total number of times the state machine transitions from authenticating to conne
107. a VLAN is created you can modify the VLAN properties from the VLAN tab Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt VLAN IGMP 2 Choose Configuration 3 Choose Data Services 4 Choose VLAN IGMP The Data Services VLAN tab displays the properties of the existing VLANs See the VLAN tab page 153 for a description of the tab fields Deleting a VLAN End Use this procedure to delete VLAN settings from your BES1000 Series switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 108 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt VLAN IGMP The VLAN tab appears N Select the VLAN that you want to delete Click Delete Element Manager deletes the selected VLAN Note You cannot delete the default VLAN which is VLAN 1 o End Configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ports Use this procedure to configure LACP ports for your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt Port 2 Click a port The Interface tab appears 3 Choose the LACP tab The LACP tab appea
108. age 188 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 187 L LL Creating an alarm The example alarm described in the following procedure generates at least one alarm every five minutes The example is intended only to demonstrate how alarms fire it is not a useful alarm Because of the high frequency you may want to delete this alarm and replace it with a practical setting Use this procedure to create an alarm to receive statistics and history using the default values Navigation Alarm settings window page 192 e Procedure job aid page 187 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarm Settings The Alarm Settings window appears 2 In the variable field select a variable for the alarm from the list and a port or other ID on which you want to set an alarm See Procedure job aid page 187 3 For this example select Bridge gt dotidStpTopChanges 0 from the variable list This example is a chassis alarm indicated by the 0 in the variable For this example select a rising value of 4 and a falling value of 0 4 Leave the remaining fields at their default values including a sample type of Delta 5 Click Insert End
109. aging the BES System Software page 203 Changing a PC IP address Use the procedures in this section to change the IP address of your PC For users of systems other than Windows 2000 or Windows XP refer to your system documentation for information about changing the PC IP address Procedure steps to change the IP address of a Windows 2000 PC Step Action 1 From the PC start menu choose Start gt Settings gt Network gt Dial up Connections 2 For the IP address you want to change right click the network connection icon and then click Properties 3 In the list of components used by this connection on the General tab select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click Properties Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 122 BES1000 administration 4 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box click Use the following IP address Then type your intended IP address subnet mask and default gateway in the provided boxes 5 Click OK to save the changes End Procedure steps to change the IP address of a Windows XP PC Step Action 1 From the PC start menu choose Start gt Control Panel gt Network Connections 2 For the IP address you want to change right click the network connection icon and then click Properties 3
110. an IP address to manage access to the switch over your network By default the switch invokes BootP at startup to obtain an IP address for the user interface If you want to configure the user interface IP address manually you can power the BES without a BootP server present and browse to the factory default address for the user interface Prerequisites e To configure the switch dynamically the network must provide BOOTP services Procedure steps Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 28 Using the Web based user interface Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt IP 2 In the BootP Request Mode box choose the type of BootP mode you want 3 Click Submit If BOOTP is enabled the switch broadcasts a request for IP configuration settings on each power reset End Variable definitions BootP Request Mode Choose from BootP or Default IP BootP always BootP Disabled BootP or Last Address BootP or Default IP This setting sends a BootP request when the switch IP address stored in nonvolatile memory is the factory default value If the stored IP address differs from the factory default value the switch uses the stored network parameters If the switch cannot find a BooiP server it tries five more times to find o
111. anager Network Elements 192 168 249 138 ri 5 xj E Fle Edt Vew Network Web Page of Vatitte Device x fhe IP Address 192 168 249 138 Connect to the selected network device If these values do not represent the private subnet of the SMB devices update the IP address range fields to match the private subnet for your SMB devices and then click OK A progress bar appears in the Network Device Search dialog box during the search of the private subnet If no devices are found an information dialog box appears to inform you of this fact 5 From the Network Elements Tree select the BES device 6 Ensure that the Read Community and the Write Community strings are set properly 7 From the Element Manager menu click the Connect button as shown in the above End Working with configuration files Access the Config Image Diag file to view information and to upload or download the configuration and image files Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Working with configuration files 87 L e SSCSC C SSC C Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt File System The Config Image Diag file tab appears 2 In the TFTPserverlpAddress field enter the IP address of the
112. andard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring SNMPv3 management access 43 5 In the Privacy Protocol list make a selection 6 In the Privacy Passphrase box type a passphrase for the protocol 7 In the Entry Storage list make a selection 8 Click Submit in any section to save your changes End Variable definitions Variable Value User Specification Creation User Name Type a user name Authentication Indicates which authentication protocol is in use Protocol Authentication Type a passphrase for the authentication protocol Passphrase Privacy Protocol Indicates None if no privacy protocol is used Privacy Passphrase Type a passphrase to use that is at least eight characters in length Entry Storage Choose whether the storage is volatile or nonvolatile Configuring group membership Use this procedure to assign SNMPv3 users to groups Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv3 gt Group Membership The Group Membership page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or choose from a list 3 Click Submit in any section to save your entries End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 44 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Variable definit
113. andard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 131 Variable Value Late Collisions The number of packet collisions occurring after a total length of time that exceeds 512 bit times of packet transmission Packets Received and The number of packets of the specified size range Transmitted received transmitted successfully on this port 64 bytes 65 127 bytes 128 255 bytes 256 511 bytes 512 1023 bytes 1024 1518 bytes Zeroing ports Use to clear the statistical information for the currently displayed port Procedure steps Step Action 1 Click Zero Port Clear the statistical information for all ports in a switch configuration 2 Click Zero All Ports if necessary End Viewing all port errors You can view all ports in the switch that have an error If a particular port has no errors it is not displayed Use this procedure to view a summary of the port errors for the switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Statistics gt Port Error Summary The Port Error Summary page appears 2 To refresh the page with the latest information click Update End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 132 BES1000
114. ariable Value Pair The pair being tested Distance to Fault Indicates the distance to the fault Status Indicates Cable length The result of the test performed using the Digital Signal Processing DSP method Channel Indicates the channel being tested Polarity Indicates the polarity is reversed at one end Pair Skew Indicates the delay in arrival time of data Viewing Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP Bridge configuration View the LACP bridge configuration to monitor LACP activity Fields found in this page are described in the following Variable definitions table Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application 2 Choose Link Aggregation Protocol 3 Choose Bridge Configuration The Bridge Configuration page appears End Variable definitions Variable Value Aggregator ID The unique identifier that the local system assigns to this aggregator This attribute identifies an aggregator instance among the subordinate managed objects of the containing object Trunk ID The ID of the trunk associated with this aggregator Operate Indicates whether the aggregation port can aggregate or can operate only as an individual link Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 126 BES1000 administration Variable Value
115. ation gt Data Services gt QoS gt QoS The Interface Queue tab appears 2 Click Filter 3 Enter the required criteria to view more specific information End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Quality of Service QoS 117 Variable definitions Variable Setld Queueld Discipline Bandwidth AbsBandwidth BandwidthAllocation ServiceOrder Size Value An index that uniquely identifies a specific queue set Members of the queue set all have the same set ID The queue set identified with this value is associated with an interface through the QueueSet object in the AssignmentTable The number of the hardware queue available Four queues are available 1 2 3 4 Identifies the queuing discipline that is associated with the specified queue the queuing can be priority Queueing or WeightedRoundRobin The percentage of bandwidth applied to the queue The amount of absolute bandwidth allocated measured in kilobits per second Kb s The type of bandwidth used Types are Absolute or Relative Indicates the priority order that corresponds to the order in which the queues are serviced Larger packets are transmitted before smaller packets The size of the queue in bytes Configuring 802 1p Pr
116. ation gt System gt SNTP 2 In the PrimaryServerAddress field type a primary IP address Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 112 BES1000 advanced features configuration using Element Manager In the SecondaryServerAddress field type a secondary IP address In the State field click the option you want In the Syncinterval field type a number O a A Q In the ManualSyncRequest field click the synchronizeNow option to perform manual synchronization 7 Click Apply End Variable definitions Variable Value PrimaryServerAddress The IP address of the primary SNTP server SecondaryServerAddress The IP address of the secondary SNTP server Controls whether the device uses the Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP to synchronize the device clock to the Coordinated Universal Time UTC If the value is disabled the device does not synchronize its clock using SNTP If the value is enabled the device synchronizes shortly after boot time when network access becomes available and periodically thereafter Synclnterval Controls the frequency in hours that the device attempts to synchronize with the Network Time Protocol NTP servers ManualSyncRequest Lets you perform an immediate synchronization with the SNTP server LastSyncTime Specifie
117. b SecurityListMembers The set of ports that are currently members in the Port list Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 162 BES1000 administration Security Table tab Use the Security Table tab to set and view general security information for the switch Variable definitions Variable Unit Port MacAddress Value Index of the unit where the port is located If you specify SecureList this field must be zero Index of the port on the switch If you specify SecureList this field must be zero MAC Addresses that are designated as allowed station SecureList Security Status tab The index of the security list This value is meaningful only if Unit and Port values are set to zero Other Unit and port index value should have the value of zero The corresponding MAC address of the entry is allowed or blocked on all ports of this port list The Security Status tab displays authorization information for ports Variable definitions Variable Unit Port MACAddress CurrentAccessCtrlType CurrentActionMode Value The unit number The port number on the switch The MAC address on the port Displays whether the node entry is allowed or blocked In this case the value is always allowed A value repres
118. b s 100 Gb s 1 Tb s 10 Tb s Rapid convergent In RSTP the root port or the designated port can ask its peer for permission to move to the Forwarding State If the peer agrees the root port can move to the Forwarding State without any delay This procedure is called Negotiation Process With RSTP if the port becomes inoperative information that is received on a port is sent immediately instead of waiting for the Maximum Age time The following example illustrates how an RSTP port moves rapidly to Forwarding state without the risk of creating a loop in the network Port 2 on switches A B and C are configured as edge ports because they connect to PC enda stations Switch A is the Root Negotiation process After power up all ports assume the role as Designated ports All ports are in the Discarding state except the Edge ports Edge ports go directly to Forwarding state without delay Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1w 245 S LL ee In the example below Switch A port 1 and switch B port 1 exchange BPDUs and switch A knows that it is the Root and switch A port 1 is the Designated port Switch B learns that switch A has better priority Switch B port 1 becomes Root port Both switch A port 1 and switch B port
119. befinden sich keine Komponenten die vom Benutzer gewartet werden k nnen Avertissement Pour viter tout risque d lectrocution ne jamais retirer le capot de l appareil Cet appareil ne contient aucune pi ce accessible par l utilisateur Advertencia A fin de evitar da os personales por corrientes el ctricas peligrosas no desmonte nunca la cubierta superior de este dispositivo Los componentes internos no son reparables por el usuario Avvertenza Per evitare lesioni fisiche dovute a scariche pericolose di corrente non rimuovere mai il coperchio superiore del dispositivo componenti interni non possono essere manipolati dall utente Caution Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Fault management 197 Ea ARG ERMA ERAN eRU CRY 1 H yh RET ALA T1420 CRIES AACE May EEA 0 Normal power up sequence In a normal power up sequence the LEDs appear as follows Procedure steps Step Action 1 After power is applied to the switch the Pwr Power LED turns on within 5 seconds s 2 The switch initiates a self test during which the port LEDs display various patterns to indicate the progress of the self test 3 After the self test the remaining port LEDs indicate their operational status as described in the following table
120. bei einem Notfall schnell und einfach zuganglich ist Avertissement Le d branchement du cordon d alimentation constitue le seul moyen de mettre cet appareil hors tension Le cordon d alimentation doit donc toujours tre branch dans une prise accessible pour faciliter la mise hors tension en cas d urgence Advertencia La Unica forma de desconectar la alimentaci n de este dispositivo es desenchufar el cable de alimentaci n El cable de alimentaci n siempre debe estar conectado en una ubicaci n que permita acceder al cable de forma r pida y segura en caso de emergencia Avvertenza Estrarre il cavo di alimentazione l unico sistema per spegnere il dispositivo Il cavo di alimentazione deve essere sempre collegato in una posizione che permetta l accesso facile e sicuro in caso di emergenza WARNING gA BAI CERYATCER CO74 2008S EI OR OECT BRI KERSOBS BBD ARAH ORMICRELT ESL Network configuration examples This section provides network configuration examples using the BES1000 Series switch In these examples the packet classification feature can be used to prioritize the traffic of the network to ensure uninterrupted traffic of critical applications The examples are e Desktop switch application page 218 Segment switch application page 219 e High density switched workgroup application page 220 Desktop switch application BES1000 Series switch used as a desktop switch shows the BES1000 Ser
121. ble definitions InTotalSetVars Variable Value InPkts The total number of messages delivered to SNMP from the transport service OutPkts The total number of SNMP messages passed from the SNMP protocol to the transport service InTotalReqVars The total number of MIB objects retrieved successfully by the SNMP protocol as the result of receiving valid SNMP Get Request and Get Next PDUs The total number of MIB objects altered successfully by the SNMP protocol as the result of receiving valid SNMP Set Request PDUs InGetRequests The total number of SNMP Get Request PDUs that are accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol InGetNexts The total number of SNMP Get Next PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol InSetRequests The total number of SNMP Set Request PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol InGetResponses The total number of SNMP Get Response PDUs accepted and processed by the SNMP protocol OutTraps The total number of SNMP Trap PDUs generated by the SNMP protocol OutTooBigs The total number of SNMP PDUs generated by the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is tooBig OutNoSuchNames The total number of SNMP PDUs generated by the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is noSuchName Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard Copyright 2007 Nortel Netwo
122. blem occurs but is not persistent Aging Time The timeout period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information If the entry is inactive for a period of time that exceeds the specified aging time the address is removed Note Nortel recommends that you use the default value of 300 Filtering MAC multicast addresses Use this procedure to add MAC multicast filter addresses for your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt VLAN IGMP The VLAN tab appears Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Quality of Service QoS 115 2 Click the MAC Multicast Filter Table tab The MAC Multicast Filter Table tab appears 3 Click Insert The VLAN_IGMP Insert MAC Multicast Filter Table dialog box appears 4 Type a MAC address in the AllowedAddressMacAddar field 5 Click Insert The new AllowedAddressMacAddr appears in the MAC Multicast Filter Table End Deleting a MAC Multicast address Use this procedure to delete entries in the MAC multicast filter table on your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt VLAN IGMP The VLAN tab ap
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124. ccessing BES1000 help 33 Accessing BES1000 release notes 33 Accessing BES1000 manuals 34 Accessing the management interface 34 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 6 Contents BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface 37 Configuring initial settings by using the Quick Start feature 37 Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP 39 Configuring an SNMP trap receiver 39 Deleting an SNMP trap receiver configuration 40 Configuring SNMPv3 management access 41 Viewing SNMPv3 System information 41 Configuring SNMPv3 users 42 Configuring group membership 43 Configuring group access rights 44 Setting SNMPv3 views 45 Configuring notification messages 46 Configuring Target Address 46 Configuring target parameters 47 Configuring Virtual LANs VLANs 48 Creating a port based VLAN 48 Configuring a port based VLAN 49 Modifying a port based VLAN 50 Selecting a management VLAN 50 Deleting a VLAN configuration 51 Configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ports 52 Configuring Power over Ethernet PoE management 52 Configuring port PoE power priorities 53 Viewing Spanning Tree Port information 54 Viewing Spanning Tree Bridge information 55 Configuring rate limiting 56 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the
125. ch the value of the error status field is readOnly It is a protocol error to generate an SNMP PDU containing the value readOnly in the error status field This object detects incorrect implementations of the SNMP The total number of SNMP PDUs delivered to the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is genErr Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard al Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 166 BES1000 administration FF LL amp L IP tab You can use the IP tab to graph IP statistics Variable definitions Variable Value InReceives The total number of input datagrams received from interfaces including those received in error InHdrErrors The number of input datagrams discarded due to errors in their IP headers including bad checksums version number mismatch other format errors time to live exceeded and errors discovered in processing the IP options for the input datagrams InAddrErrors The number of input datagrams discarded because the IP address in the IP header destination field is not a valid address This count includes invalid addresses for example 0 0 0 0 and addresses of unsupported Classes for example Class E For addresses that are not IP Gateways and therefore do not forward datagrams this counter includes datagrams discarded because the destina
126. ch using the Element Manager 85 Working with configuration files 86 Configuring EAPOL security 88 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager 89 Navigation 89 Configuring initial settings using the Quick Start feature 89 Setting the Element Manager Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP properties 91 Configuring SNMP Trap Receivers 92 Deleting a Trap Receivers entry 93 Adding items to the Security List 94 Deleting a Security List entry 95 Configuring ports 95 Viewing and editing port configurations 95 Interface tab 96 PoE tab 97 EAPOL tab 97 Configuring LLDP 98 802 1ab Globals tab 98 802 1ab Port tab 100 802 1ab TX Stats tab 101 802 1ab RX Stats tab 101 802 1ab Local System tab 102 802 1ab Local Port tab 103 802 1ab Local Management tab 103 802 1ab Neighbor tab 104 FLL Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 8 Contents 802 1ab Neighbor Mgmt Address tab 105 Configuring rate limiting 105 Creating a port based VLAN 106 Modifying a VLAN 107 Deleting a VLAN 107 Configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ports 108 BES1000 advanced features configuration using Element Manager 111 Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP 111 Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping 113 Enabling Multicast f
127. cked and if they are correct the RADIUS server authorizes access to the ISP systems and network Because the administration of user profiles within an authentication database is centralized in a RADIUS system support for multiple VPN switches is simplified SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP is the standard for network management that uses a common software agent to manage local and wide area network equipment from different vendors SNMP is part of the Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP suite and is defined in RFC115 SNMPv1 is version one or the original standard protocol SNMPv2c uses a standards based GetBulk retrieval capability by using SNMPv1 communities MAC address based security You can use the MAC address based security feature to set up network access control based on source MAC addresses of authorized stations You can e create a list of up to 32 MAC addresses and specify which addresses are authorized to connect to your switch e specify which of your switch ports each MAC address is allowed to access The options for allowed port access include NONE ALL and single or multiple ports that are specified in a list The MAC address based security feature is based on Nortel BaySecure LAN Access for Ethernet a real time security system that safeguards Ethernet networks from unauthorized surveillance and intrusion Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Busines
128. collision The local segment is also the broadcast domain because any broadcast is sent to all stations on the local segment Although BES1000 Series switches divide a network into smaller collision domains they do not affect the broadcast domain In simple terms a virtual local area network provides a mechanism to fine tune broadcast domains You can use the BES1000 Series switch to create port based VLANs For example an IEEE 802 1Q port based VLAN is a VLAN in which the ports are explicitly configured to be in the VLAN When you create a port based VLAN you assign a port VLAN identifier PVID and specify which ports belong to the VLAN The PVID is used to coordinate VLANs across multiple switches VLAN support The BES1000 Series switch supports 32 port based VLANs under the 802 1d bridging model However this version does not support protocol VLANs MAC source based VLANs or subnet based VLANs When the BES1000 Series switch is installed for the first time all ports are assigned to the default VLAN PVID 1 The default management VLAN is VLAN 1 You can configure VLANs on each port through the user interface or the configuration file IEEE 802 1Q Tagging The BES1000 Series switch allows tagging on all ports and tagging can be configured on a per port basis Tagging status applies on all ports of a link aggregation group LAG a port member in an LAG cannot be configured independently of the other members in the same LAG Yo
129. confirm the new setting The following table summarizes some of the common configuration buttons that appear throughout the Web based user interface pages Web Page configuration buttons Button Action Submit Saves specified values to the system Reload Refreshes the page with current values Help Links directly to Web Help ATTENTION To ensure proper screen refresh in the Internet Explorer menu choose Tools gt Internet Options gt General gt Temporary Internet Files gt Settings and select Every visit to the page as the setting for Check for newer versions of stored pages Setting the IP address Use this procedure to configure an IP address for the switch To use the BES1000 management features you must first configure the switch with an IP address that is compatible with the network where it is being installed For simplicity configure the IP address before you permanently install the switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 Place your switch close to the PC that you will use to configure it It helps if you can see the front panel of the switch while you work on your PC 2 Connect the Ethernet port of your PC to any port on the front panel of your switch 3 Insert the power adapter into the DC power socket in front of the switch 4 Plug the other end of the power adapter into a grounded 3 pin socket AC power source LLL Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business
130. could be to free up buffer space InErrors OutErrors InUnknownProtos Ethernet Errors tab Statistics Variable definitions Variable AlignmentErrors For packet oriented interfaces the number of inbound packets that contain errors that prevent packet delivery to a higher layer protocol For packet oriented interfaces the number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors For packet oriented interfaces the number of packets received through the interface that are discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol For any interface that does not support protocol multiplexing this counter is always zero The Ethernet Errors tab shows port Ethernet Errors Value A count of frames received on a particular interface that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the alignmentError status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC or other MAC user Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are counted exclusively according to the conventions of IEEE 802 3 Layer Management in reference to the error status presented to the LLC Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard al Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential
131. cting after receiving a start message AuthEapLogoffWhileAuthenticated Counts the total number of times the state machine transitions from authenticating to disconnecting after receiving a logoff message BackendReponses BackendAccessChallenges BackendOtherRequestsT oSupplicant BackendNonNakResponsesFromSupplicant Counts the number of times the state machine sends an initial Access Request packet to the Authentication server Counts the number of times the state machine sends an initial Access Challenge packet from the Authentication server Counts the number of times the state machine sends an EAP Request packet Counts the number of times the state machine receives a response to an initial EAP Request and the response is something other than an EAP NAK BackendAuthSuccesses BackendAuthFails Counts the number of times the state machine receives an EAP Success message Counts the number of times the state machine receives an EAP Failure message Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 176 BES1000 administration S LL LACP statistics tab The LACP tab displays LACP diagnostics statistics Variable definitions Variable Value LACPDUsRX Denotes the number of valid LACPDUs received on this Agg
132. ctor and pin assignments page 256 Auto MDI and MDI X The 10 100BASE TX port connectors support auto MDI MDI X Typical MDI X ports connect straight through cables to the NIC in a node or server similar to a conventional Ethernet repeater hub However with the auto MDI MDI X feature and autonegotiation enabled you can still use straight through cables while connecting to an Ethernet hub or switch Power over Ethernet on BES1020 The BES1020 provides IEEE 802 3af compliant power over the PoE labeled front panel RJ 45 ports The switch provides power discovery and power management on a per port basis You can use the BES1020 to provide power to network appliances such as IP telephones wireless access points and video devices You can enable or disable power to an individual port using the Web based management interface For more information about PoE see Configuring Power over Ethernet PoE management page 52 and Viewing switch power information page 147 LED display panel BES1020 48T PWR LED display panel page 214 shows a sample display of the LED panel for the BES1020 48T PWR See BES1000 Series switch LED descriptions page 214 for a description of the BES1000 Series switch LEDs Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 214 BES1000 fundamentals
133. d and save the image to the location you choose Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 al Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 209 BES1000 fundamentals Use this information to understand the Business Ethernet Switch 100 Series hardware and software release 1 0 You can manage the switch using one of the following methods Console interface You can use the console interface to configure and manage the switch locally Access the console interface Cl menus and screens locally through a console terminal that is attached to the Ethernet switch Web based management You can manage the network from the World Wide Web Access the Web based graphical user interface GUI through the HTML based browser on your network You can use the GUI to configure monitor and maintain your network through Web browsers You can also download software by using the Web Business Element Manager The Element Manager is a client based management application that runs on a Microsoft Windows based computer With the Element Manager you can connect to BES1000 Series switch devices over an IP network The Element Manager is used to configure administer and monitor BES1000 Series switch devices Version 1 0 of the BES1000 Series switch software supports the following devices Navigation BES1010 24T
134. d variable is compared directly with the thresholds at the end of the sampling interval If the value of this object is deltaValue 2 the value of the selected variable at the last sample is subtracted from the current value and the difference is compared with the thresholds Value The value of the statistic during the last sampling period For example if the sample type is deltaValue this value is the difference between the samples at the beginning and end of the period If the sample type is absoluteValue this value is the sampled value at the end of the period This is the value that is compared with the rising and falling thresholds The value during the current sampling period is not made available until the period is completed and remains available until the next period completes Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 194 BES1000 administration Variable Value StartupAlarm RisingThreshold The alarm that may be sent when this entry is first set to valid If the first sample after this entry becomes valid is greater than or equal to the risingThreshold and alarmStartupAlarm is equal to risingAlarm 1 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 then a single rising alarm is generated If the first sample after this entry becomes valid is less than or equal
135. deletion would only be a partial deletion If the failure is the result of lack of resources the IldpStatsRemTablesDrops counter must be incremented once RemTablesDeletes The number of times the complete set of information advertised by a particular MSAP has been deleted from tables contained in IldpRemoteSystemsData and IIdpExtensions objects This counter should be incremented only once when the complete set of information is completely deleted from all related tables Partial deletions such as the deletion of rows associated with a particular MSAP from some tables but not from all tables are not allowed and thus should not change the value of this counter Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 100 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Variable Value RemTablesDrops The number of times the complete set of information advertised by a particular MSAP could not be entered into tables contained in IldpRemoteSystemsData and Il dpExtensions objects because of insufficient resources RemTablesAgeouts The number of times the complete set of information advertised by a particular MSAP has been deleted from tables contained in lldoRemoteSystemsData and IldpExtensions objects because the information timeliness interval expired This counter
136. dministration using the Element Manager 183 e Creating an RMON Event page 189 e Deleting an RMON Event page 190 e Disabling RMON history statistics page 190 e Disabling Ethernet statistics gathering page 195 Configuring RMON history Ethernet history records periodic statistical samples from a network A sample is called a history and is gathered in time intervals referred to as buckets Histories establish a time dependent method for gathering RMON statistics on a port The default values for history are e buckets are gathered at 30 minute intervals e number of buckets gathered is 50 Both the time interval and the number of buckets is configurable However when the last bucket is reached bucket 1 is dumped and recycled to hold a new bucket of statistics Then bucket 2 is dumped and so forth You can use RMON to collect statistics at intervals For example if you want RMON statistics to be gathered over the weekend you need enough buckets to cover two days To do this set the history to gather one bucket each hour thus covering a 48 hour period After you set history characteristics you cannot modify them you must delete the history and create a new one Use this procedure to establish a history for a port and to set the bucket interval Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarm Control The History tab appears 2 Click Insert Th
137. e Port Lists page appears 2 Click the Actionicon in the row you want to include The Port Lists page appears 3 To include ports on the list select the Port check boxes 4 To delete ports from the list clear the Port check boxes 5 Click Submit The Port List page reappears End Finding MAC address tables Use this procedure to find MAC address tables Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Find MAC Address The Find MAC Address Table page appears 2 Type the MAC Address for which you want to search 3 Click Submit to enter the request If the address is located it is shown in the first row of the MAC Address Table section If the address is not located the system response Not Found is shown to the right of the Find MAC Address input field Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Adding MAC addresses 73 End Variable definitions Variable Value Find MAC Address Setting Find MAC Address Displays the unicast MAC address for which the bridge has either forwarding or filtering information MAC Address Table MAC Address Displays the source of the discovered MAC Address Source Port Displays the port address Adding MAC addresses Add MAC addresses to the MAC address based security syste
138. e RmonControl Insert History dialog box appears See RmonControl Insert History dialog box page 184 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 184 BES1000 administration RmonControl Insert History dialog box Moo 1 65535 BucketsRequested P 1 65535 Interval mz 4 3800 Owner paon EE 3 Select the port from the port list or type the port number 4 Set the number of buckets The default is 50 5 Set the interval The default is 1800 seconds 6 Type the owner the network management system that creates this entry 7 Click Insert RMON collects statistics using the index port bucket and interval that you specify End Variable definitions Variable Value Index A unique value assigned to each interface An index identifies an entry in a table Port Any Ethernet interface on the device BucketsRequested The requested number of discrete time intervals over which data is to be saved in the part of the media specific table associated with this entry Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 185 Variable
139. e Security gt RADIUS page appears 2 In the Primary RADIUS Server box type the address of the primary RADIUS server address 3 In the Secondary RADIUS Server box type the address of the secondary RADIUS server address 4 In the UDP RADIUS Port box type the port number for User Datagram Protocol UDP Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Changing the administrator password 31 5 In the RADIUS Shared Secret box type a password string for your RADIUS server 6 Click Submit End Variable Value RADIUS Authentication Setting Primary RADIUS The address of the primary RADIUS server address Server Secondary RADIUS The address of the secondary RADIUS server address Server UDP RADIUS Port The port number for User Datagram Protocol UDP RADIUS Shared The password string for your RADIUS server You can Secret use up to 128 characters Configuring console security Use this procedure to configure console security for the BES1000 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration gt Security gt Console The Security gt Console page appears In the Console Switch Password Type list select a new password type In the Read Only Switch Password box type a new read only access password In the R
140. e image with a newer version without changing the switch hardware An in band connection between the switch and the TFTP load host is required to download the software image Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Standards 227 Autosensing and autonegotiation The BES1000 Series switch is an autosensing and autonegotiating device The term autosense refers to the ability of a port to sense the speed of an attached device The term autonegotiation refers to a standardized protocol IEEE 802 3u that exists between two IEEE 802 3u capable devices Autonegotiation lets the switch select the best of speed and duplex modes Autosensing is used when the attached device is not capable of autonegotiation or uses a form of autonegotiation that is not compatible with the IEEE 802 3u standard In this case because it is not possible to sense the duplex mode of the attached device the BES1000 Series switch reverts to half duplex mode When autonegotiation capable devices are attached to the BES1000 Series switch the ports negotiate down from 100 Mb s speed and full duplex mode until the attached device acknowledges a supported speed and duplex mode For more information about autosensing and autonegotiation modes see Autonegotiation modes page 198 ance For mo
141. e software provides an in use default value for the In Band Subnet Mask field that is based on the class of the IP address entered in the In Band IP Address field The format is XXX XXX XXX XXX Subnet Mask Type a new subnet mask in the appropriate format The default subnet mask value is 255 255 55 0 The format is XXX XXX XXX XXX Default Gateway Type an IP address for the default gateway in the appropriate format The default gateway value is 192 168 1 1 The format is XXX XXX XXX XXX Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 252 BES1000 fundamentals Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 253 BES reference information This chapter provides technical specifications and reference information for the BES1000 Series switch Navigation e System defaults page 253 e QoS defaults page 254 e Technical specifications page 254 e Connector and pin assignments page 256 e MDI and MDI X devices page 257 System defaults The following table lists some of the BES1000 basic system defaults Parameter Default Feature Switch TCP IP SNMP Admini
142. e system System Up Time The elapsed time since the system is last reinitialized Note This field is updated only when the screen is redisplayed Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Help screens 33 Variable Value System Contact Administrator responsible for the system The range of values is from 1 to 255 characters in length System Name A name assigned to the switch system The range of values is from 1 to 255 characters in length System Location The system location The range of values is from 1 to 255 characters in length Help screens Use these procedures to access the BES1000 help screens Accessing BES1000 help Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Support gt Help The Online Help table of contents for the BES1000 Series Switch appears Scroll through the entries or click a link on a topic to see information about the topic End Accessing BES1000 release notes Procedure steps Step Action 1 O a A QOQ From the main menu choose Support gt Release Notes The Nortel Technical Support page appears Select BES1000 series products from the Product Category Products A Z or Product Families lists Choose a product from the list that appears Choose the type of cont
143. e your entries End Variable definitions Variable Value Target Parameter Creation Parameter Tag The parameter tag to assign to the target Msg Processing The SNMP type Model SNMPv1 SNMPv2c SNMPv3 Security Name Type a name for the SNMP group Security Level Choose an authentication and privilege level Entry Storage Choose whether the storage is volatile or nonvolatile Configuring Virtual LANs VLANs Use these procedures to configure the VLANs on your BES1000 Series switch using the Web base user interface Navigation e Creating a port based VLAN page 106 e Configuring a port based VLAN page 49 e Modifying a port based VLAN page 50 Selecting a management VLAN page 50 e Deleting a VLAN configuration page 51 Creating a port based VLAN Create a port based VLAN to specifically configure ports in the VLAN Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt VLAN gt VLAN Configuration Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Virtual LANs VLANs 49 S SL The VLAN Configuration page appears 2 Click Create VLAN The VLAN Configuration Port based page appears 3 Type information in the text boxes or select from a list 4 Click Submit 5 To modify the port membership of the
144. ead Write Switch Password box type a new read write access password Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 32 Using the Web based user interface Variable definitions Variable Value Console Switch Password Setting Console Switch Select a password type to use to get console access to Password Type the switch The password type is as follows None Local Password RADIUS Authentication Read Only Switch Specify the read only password for console access to Password the switch Read Write Switch Specify the read write password for console access Password to the switch Configuring system information Use the System page to provide a descriptive name location and contact information to the system The configurable parameters on the System page are displayed in a read only format on the System Information home page Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt System The System page appears 2 Type a contact name system name and system location information 3 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value System Description The factory set description of the hardware and software versions System Object ID The object identifier OID for th
145. ears 2 In the Admin Edge Status list make a selection 3 Click Submit End Spanning Tree Port Information page items Item Description Port The port number Path Cost This read only field displays the lowest path cost to the root Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Viewing Spanning Tree Bridge information 55 Item Description Admin Edge Status The ports directly connected to end stations cannot create bridging loops in the network but they can directly transition to forwarding skipping the listening and learning stages The edge port does not generate topology changes when the link toggles An edge port that receives a Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPDU immediately loses its edge port status and becomes a normal spanning tree port Oper Edge Status A value of True indicates that the spanning tree can assume this port as an edge port and a value of False indicates that the spanning tree can assume this port as a non edge port The switch software sets this object to False on reception of a BPDU DesignatedRoot The bridge identifier of the root of the spanning tree This value is used as the Root Identifier parameter in all Configuration Bridge PDUs originated by this node OperP2P Status The administrative point to point status of
146. eceiving a lower cost BPDU than its own and it has the best path to reach the Root Root port is in Forwarding state This port has the lower cost BPDU on the segment Designated port is in Forwarding state This port is receiving a lower cost BPDU than its own BPDU and there is a Root port within the same switch Alternate port is in Discarding state This port is receiving a lower cost BPDU than its own BPDU and this BPDU is from another port within the same switch Backup port is in Discarding state Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 244 BES1000 fundamentals Edge Port Edge Port is a new parameter that is supported by RSTP When a port is connected to a nonswitch device such as a PC or a workstation configure it as an Edge port An active Edge port goes directly to Forwarding state without any delay An Edge port becomes a non Edge port if it receives a BPDU Path cost values RSTP recommends new path cost values that support a wide range of link speeds The Recommended path cost values page 244 table lists the recommended path cost values Recommended path cost values Link speed Default value Less than or equal 100 Kb s 200 000 000 1 Mb s 20 000 000 10 Mb s 2 000 000 100 Mb s 200 000 1 Gb s 10 G
147. eived EapolLogoffFramesRx The number of Eapol logoff frames received EapolRespldFramesRx The number of EAP response identity frames received EapolRespFramesRx The number of EAP response frames received EapolReqldFramesTx The number of request identity frames sent EapolReqFramesTx The number of request frames sent InvalidEapolFramesRx The number of Eapol frames received that have an unrecognized frame type EapLengthErrorFramesRx The number of Eapol frames received in which the packet body length field is invalid EAPOL Diag tab The EAPOL Diag tab displays information about the diagnostic statistics on the port Variable definitions Variable Value EntersConnecting Counts the number of times the state machine transitions to the connecting state from any other state EapLogoffsWhileConnecting Counts the total number of times the state machine changed from connecting to disconnected after receiving a logoff message Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 174 BES1000 administration Variable Value EntersAuthenticating Counts the total number of times the state machine changed from connecting to authenticating after receiving an Eap Response Identity message AuthSuccessWhileAuthenticating AuthFail
148. el Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Preface This guide provides information about administering and configuring the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 BES1000 Series devices This guide describes the features of the following Nortel switches e Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1010 24T e Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1010 48T e Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1020 24T PWR e Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1020 48T PWR The term BES1000 Series switch describes the features common to the switches listed above The term BES1010 describes features common to the BES1010 24T and BES1010 48T The term BES1020 describes features common to the BES1020 24T and BES1020 48T A switch is referred to by its specific name when the feature that is described is exclusive to that switch Before you begin This guide is intended for individuals who have the following background e basic knowledge of networks Ethernet bridging and IP routing familiarity with networking concepts and terminology e basic knowledge of network topologies Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 14 Preface Text conventions This guide uses the following text conventions
149. em Administration using the Element Manager 155 Variable Value Vianlds Displays the port VLAN membership DefaultVlanld The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on a trunk port The default value is 1 Viewing learned MAC addresses by VLAN Access the MAC Address Table option to view the MAC addresses that the switch has learned listed by the associated VLAN port Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt MAC Address Table The Setting tab appears 2 Click the MAC Address Table tab 3 To refresh the information on the page click Refresh MAC address table The MAC Address Table displays status address and port information for the VLAN MAC address table Variable Status Value End The values of this field include invalid Entry is no longer valid but is not removed from the table learned The MAC address entry is learned by the switch self The MAC address entry is an internal MAC address of the BES1000 switch mgmt The MAC address entry is for the management address of the BES1000 switch other none of the preceding This would include the case where some other MIB object not the corresponding instance of dotidTpFdbPort Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard
150. ent from the list Click Go To clear the entries from the fields in this screen click Reset Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 34 Using the Web based user interface End Accessing BES1000 manuals Procedure steps Step Action 1 oOo a A Ww From the main menu choose Support gt Manuals The Nortel Technical Support page appears Select BES1000 series products from the Product Category Products A Z or Product Families lists Choose a product from the list that appears Choose the type of content from the list Click Go To clear the entries from the fields in this screen click Reset End Accessing the management interface Log on to the Web based management interface to use the application With Web access enabled the switch can support a maximum of five concurrent Web page users Two predefined user levels are available and each user level has a corresponding user name and password The password for the Read Only Community String is PlsChgMe RO the password for the Read Write Community String is PlsChgMe RW The passwords are case sensitive Procedure steps Step Action 1 Open a web browser 2 In the Address bar type the Address URL or IP address of the BES1000 3 In the Username box type a va
151. enting the type of information contained including noAction Port does not have any security assigned to it or the security feature is turned off partitionPort Port is partitioned partitionPortAndsendTrap Port is partitioned and traps are sent to the trap receiver Filtering Port filters out the frames where the destination address field is the MAC address of unauthorized station FilteringAndsendTrap Port filters out the frames where the destination address field is the MAC address of unauthorized station Trap are sent to trap receiver Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 163 Variable Value sendTrap A trap is sent to trap receiver s partitionPortAnddaFiltering Port is partitioned and will filter out the frames with the destination address field is the MAC address of unauthorized station partitionPortdaFilteringAndsendTrap Port is partitioned and will filter out the frames with the destination address field is the MAC address of unauthorized station Traps are sent to trap receiver s CurrentPortSecurStatus Displays the security status of the current port including notApplicable the port is disabled portSecure the port is in a normal state portPartition the port is pa
152. eral gt Diagnostics gt Virtual Cable Tester The VCT tab appears 2 Click the VCT Test Results tab The VCT Test Results tab appears and displays the VCT test results 3 Click Filter Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 147 4 Enter the required criteria to view more specific information End Variable definitions Variable Values Port The port that was tested Type The type of test Status Indicates the status of the most recently completed test If no tests were requested since the last reset the value of the status is none Result Indicates the test result that the object holds ResultUnits The test result unit of measure The units can be standard units or special units that are designed for special tests TimeStamp Indicates when the test ran TestResultsDescription Describes the test results which are derived from Result amp ResultUnits columns and are in a readable format Viewing switch power information Access the Unit option to view Power over Ethernet PoE information for the BES1000 switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt Unit 2 Click a unit and then click the PoE tab The PoE page ap
153. eries switch to achieve the following e reduce converging time from 30 seconds to less than 1 or 2 seconds when there is topology change in the network that is port going up or down e eliminate unnecessary flushing of the MAC database and flooding of traffic to the network with new Topology Change mechanism e backward compatibility with other switches that run legacy 802 1d STP Interoperability with legacy STP RSTP provides for backward compatibility with legacy STP An RSTP port transmits and receives only RSTP BPDU If an RSTP port receives an STP BPDU it becomes an STP port If the STP port receives an RSTP BPDU it reverts back to RSTP operation This process is called Port Protocol Migration Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1w 243 Differences in port roles RSTP is an enhanced version of STP These two protocols have almost the same set of parameters The Differences in port roles for STP and RSTP page 243 table lists the differences in port roles for STP and RSTP STP supports two port roles while RSTP supports four port roles Differences in port roles for STP and RSTP Port Role Root Designated Alternate Backup STP Yes Yes No No Yes This port is r
154. es NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 10 Contents Power over Ethernet on BES1020 213 LED display panel 213 Back panel 214 Network configuration examples 218 Desktop switch application 218 Segment switch application 219 High density switched workgroup application 220 SFP transceiver 220 Guidelines 221 Product description 222 Locking and extractor mechanisms 222 SFP labeling 222 SFP models 223 Configuration and switch management 223 Configuring an IP address using BootP 224 BootP Configuration Requirements 224 BootP configuration Parameters 224 BootP or Default IP 225 BootP Always 225 BootP Disabled 225 BootP or Last Address 226 Troubleshooting 226 Flash memory storage 226 Switch software image storage 226 Autosensing and autonegotiation 227 RFCs 227 Standards 227 EAPOL and RADIUS security 228 SNMP 228 MAC address based security 228 SNTP 229 Virtual local area networks 229 Port based VLANs 230 VLAN support 230 IEEE 802 1Q VLAN workgroups 231 VLAN workgroup example 231 IEEE 802 1Q tagging 232 VLANs spanning multiple switches 236 VLANs spanning multiple 802 1Q tagged switches 236 VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches 237 VLAN configuration rules 239 Spanning Tree Protocol 240 Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1D 240 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10
155. escription of the 802 LAN station associated with the local system If the local agent supports IETF RFC 2863 PortDesc object should have the same value of ifDescr object 802 1ab Local Management tab With the 802 1ab Local Management tab you can view LLDP management properties for the local system Variable definitions Variable Value AddrSubtype The type of management address identifier encoding used in the associated Addr object Addr The string value used to identify the management address component associated with the local system The purpose of this address is to contact the management entity Adarlfld The integer value used to identify the interface number regarding the management address component associated with the local system AddrOID The OID value used to identify the type of hardware component or protocol entity associated with the management address advertised by the local system agent AddrPortsTxEnable Identifies the ports on which the local system management address TLVs are transmitted in the LLPDUs Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 104 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager 802 1ab Neighbor tab With the 802 1ab Neighbor tab you can view LLDP properties for the remote system Variable definition
156. eters and statistics BES1000 home page NORTEL Contact gt Summary gt Configuration Ae B gt Device Monitoring Administration gt System Information gt Application ee nit Business Ethernet Switch 1020 48T Quick Start PWR gt Security Z Logout 7 Reset D iption Business Ethernet Switch 1020 48T PWR HW 02 FW 1 1 0 3 SW v1 1 0 062 7 Reset To Default gt Suppart System Contact Walid Ismail System Name Lab_BES_1020 192 167 111 7 Location T5_Saint_John Copyright 2006 Nortel Inc Allzights reserved Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Navigating the Web based user interface 25 Menu and management pages The menu is the same for all pages It contains a list of six main headings To navigate the Web based user interface menu click a menu title and then click one of its options When you click an option the corresponding page appears The first five headings provide options for viewing and configuring switch parameters The Support heading provides options to open the online Help file and the Nortel Web site Tools are provided in the menu to assist you in navigating the Web based management interface Menu icons Description This icon identifies a menu title Click on this icon to display its options This
157. fication messages page 46 e Configuring Target Address page 46 e Configuring target parameters page 47 Viewing SNMPv3 System information View simple network management protocol SNMP system information to determine how SNMP is managing the switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration 2 Choose SNMPv3 3 Choose System Information The System Information page appears End Variable definitions Variable Value System Information SNMP Engine ID The SNMP address SNMP Engine Boots The number of times SNMP has been activated SNMP Engine Time The amount of time the engine has been active SNMP Engine The message size in bytes that the engine supports Maximum Message Size SNMP Engine The versions of SNMP that are supported Dialects Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 42 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Variable Value Authentication Protocols Supported The types of protocols SNMP supports Private Protocols Supported SNMP V3 Counters Indicates whether private protocols are supported Configuring SNMPv3 users Unavailable Contexts Unknown Contexts Unsupported Security Levels Not In Time Windows Unknown User Names Unknown E
158. figuring LLDP transmission properties page 77 e Configuring LLDP port status page 78 e Configuring LLDP Tx TLV transmit status page 79 e Configuring remote access page 80 e Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP page 81 Configuring switch security Use these procedures to configure user authentication on the BES1000 Navigation e Configuring port authentication page 60 e Configuring Web security page 61 e Configuring console security page 62 e Configuring RADIUS security page 63 Configuring port authentication Use this procedure to configure port authentication for the BES1000 Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN EAPOL is an 802 1x standard that takes the Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP which is written around Point to Point Protocol PPP and ties it to the physical medium such as Ethernet Token Ring or wireless LAN The port for the client changes to an unauthorized state and only 802 1x traffic is forwarded An EAP start message is sent and the access point the authenticator responds with an EAP request identity message to obtain the identity of the client A response packet containing the identity of the client is forwarded to an authentication server usually a RADIUS server Depending on the authentication algorithm received the packet is either accepted or rejected An accepted packet changes the port state to authorized and the traffic is forwarded At logoff t
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160. g wavelength optical transceivers used in the LX model provide variable distance ranges by using both multimode and singlemode fiber optic cabling The model 1000BASE LX supports full duplex operation only The following table describes standards connectors cabling and distance for the model 1000BASE LX SFPs 1000BASE LX SFP specifications Type Specification Standards Conforms to the following standards 802 3z 1000BASE LX Connectors Duplex LC fiber optic connector Cabling 62 5 m MMF optic cable 50 m MMF optic cable 10 m SMF optic cable Distance 1804 ft 550 m using 62 5 m MMF optic cable 1804 ft 550 m using 50 m MMF optic cable 16405 ft 5 km using 10 m SMF optic cable Wavelength 1310 nm Optical budget Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 256 BES reference information TTT e SC NC d Type Specification Laser Transmitter characteristics Minimum launch power 9 5 dB Maximum launch power 3 0 dB Receiver characteristics Minimum receiver sensitivity 20 0 dBm Maximum power input 3 0 dBm Specifications for MT RJ Type 1000BASE SX connectivity The model 1000BASE SX MT RJ type SFP GBIC provides gigabit Ethernet connectivity by using MT RJ multimode fiber connectors The following table describes standards connectors
161. gMe The password and user name are case sensitive Use this procedure to log on to the Web based user interface Procedure steps Step Action 1 Start your Web browser 2 In the address bar type the IP address for your host switch for example http 192 168 151 175 and press Enter End Network security is enabled by default Logging off from the Web based management interface Log off from the Web based user interface after you finish using the switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration gt Logout A logout message appears Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 24 Using the Web based user interface 2 Click OK to log off or click Cancel to cancel the request End ATTENTION If you do not configure system password security a log off returns you to the home page If you configure system password security a log off returns you to a log on page Navigating the Web based user interface When your Web browser connects with the switch Web agent the home page appears as shown in the figure below The home page displays the main menu on the left side of the screen and System information on the right side Use the main menu links to navigate to other menus and display configuration param
162. ggregation group must be in the same VLANs LACPDUs are transmitted and received on all ports in the link aggregation group Link aggregation is compatible with the Spanning Tree Protocol STP STP BPDUs are transmitted and received only on the first link in the group A maximum of six link aggregation groups are supported A maximum of four active links are supported per LAG A maximum of one standby link is supported per LAG The maximum number of LAGs is 32 and the maximum number of active links per group is 8 With Link Aggregation more than eight links are configurable in one LAG The first eight high priority links are active links Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring IP and gateway settings 249 and together they form a trunk group The ninth low priority link remains in standby mode When one of the active links goes down the standby link becomes active and is added to the trunk group LACP supports only one standby link The failover process is as follows e The down link is removed from the trunk group e The standby link is added to the trunk group There may be a temporary delay in traffic flow due to the switching of links If the active link goes down and there is no standby link the traffic is rerouted to the remaining ac
163. gs by using the Quick Start feature page 37 Procedure steps page 207 Configuring initial settings by using the Quick Start feature page 37 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Configuration File The Configuration File page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 208 BES1000 administration Variable definitions End Variable Configuration Image Filename TFTP Server IP Address Copy Configuration Image to Server Value Type the configuration file name The range is from 1 to 30 characters Type the IP address of the TFTP load host Choose whether to copy the configuration image to the server Possible values are Yes No Retrieve Configuration Image from Server HTTP Configuration File Configuration Image Filename Save Configuration Image Choose whether to retrieve the configuration image from a server If you choose Yes the download process begins immediately and when completed causes the switch to reset with the new configuration parameters Possible values Yes No Upload Download Type a filename or browse to find the location of the image to download Choose to downloa
164. h 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 143 Variable Value PortDesc Remote port description PortldSubtype The type of port identifier encoding used in the associated Portld object Portld The string value used to identify the port component associated with a given port in the local system SysDesc Remote system description Displaying LLDP Neighbor Management properties Use the LLDP Neighbor Management page to display the LLDP management properties for the switch neighbor Fields found in this page are described in the LLDP Neighbor Management page items table Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application 2 Choose 802 1ab 3 Choose LLDP Neighbor Management The LLDP Neighbor Management page appears End LLDP Neighbor Management page items Variable Value Port Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received Time The time stamp for the entry Index MAC service access point MSAP identifier ChassisldSubtype The type of encoding used to identify the remote system chassis chassisComponent e interfaceAlias portComponent e macAddress e networkAddress e interfaceName e local Chassisld Remote chassis ID Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business E
165. h 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring 802 1p priority settings 67 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application 2 Choose Quality of Service 3 Choose Interface Configuration End Interface Configuration page items Item Description Set ID The ID of the queue set Queue ID The number of the hardware queue available Four queues are available e 1 e 2 e 3 e 4 General Discipline The type of scheduling used Four hardware priority queues are supported using Priority queuing and Weighted Round Robin Bandwidth The percentage of bandwidth applied to the queue Absolute Bandwidth The amount of absolute bandwidth allocated measured in kilobits per second Kb s Bandwidth Allocation The type of bandwidth used Types are Absolute or Relative Service Order Indicates the order that corresponds to the priority of the queues Larger packets are transmitted before smaller packets Size Bytes The size of the queue in bytes Configuring 802 1p priority settings Use this procedure to configure 802 1P priority QoS settings on your BES1000 Series switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Network
166. h as the polling interval timeout and retry count You can set the parameters after you open a switch to manage Use this procedure to set the SNMP properties Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Administrator Access gt SNMP The SNMP window appears in the information panel 2 Type the appropriate information and select the appropriate check boxes 3 Click OK End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 92 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Variable definitions Variable Value Status Interval The interval at which status information is gathered default is 20 seconds Hotswap Detect The interval at which Element Manager detects the every module information The default is 1 Enable Enables true or disables false periodic polling of the device for updated status If polling is disabled the chassis status is updated only when the device view window is displayed in the information panel and you click Refresh current task on the Element Manager tool bar Retry Count The number of times Element Manager sends the same polling request if a response is not returned Timeout The length of each retry of each polling waiting period When you access the device through a slow link
167. h ports are tagged members of VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential VLANs spanning multiple switches 237 VLANs spanning multiple 802 1Q tagged switches VLAN 1 VLAN 2 L l Pe Business Ethernet Si ww 99999 899999904999 Ssss Switch 110 210 I Both ports are tagged members of VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 of ob ce Because there is only one link between the two switches the Spanning Tree Protocol STP treats this configuration as any other switch to switch connection For this configuration to work properly both switches must support the 802 1Q tagging protocol I I I I w Business Ethernet lt we SBOSSSREBSRS geese 888888 Snin 10210 I l l I I I I I I VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches The VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches page 237 diagram shows VLANs spanning multiple untagged switches In this configuration Switch S2 does not support 802 1Q tagging and you must use a single switch port on each switch for each VLAN Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 238 BES1000 fundamentals VLANs spanning multiple untagged s
168. hange the BootP request mode to any of the two following modes BootP Always or to BootP or Last Address IP Address Type a new IP address in the appropriate format Switch IP Address Type a new switch IP address in the appropriate format The default switch IP address is 192 168 1 32 Note When the IP address is entered in the In Band IP Address field and the In Band Subnet Mask field value is not present the software provides an in use default value for the In Band Subnet Mask field that is based on the class of the IP address entered in the In Band IP Address field Subnet Mask Type a new subnet mask in the appropriate format The default subnet mask value is 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway Type an IP address for the default gateway in the appropriate format The default gateway value is 192 168 1 1 Administration username nnadmin password PlsChgMe Changing the administrator password Use the Web Console and Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS pages to change access passwords RADIUS is a client server based authentication software system that provides secure Internet access especially in a Virtual Private Network VPN When a RADIUS password is used for dial in access to an Internet Service Provider ISP the username and password are checked and if they are correct the RADIUS server authorizes access to the ISP systems and network Because the administration of user profiles within an authenticati
169. he BES1000 Series switch to a device that also implements MDI X ports use a crossover cable See DB 9 console comm port connector page 259 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential MDI and MDI X devices 259 DB 9 RS 232 D console comm port connector DB 9 console comm port connector with crossover cable Switch Switch or hub MDI X port Crossover cable MDI X port The DB 9 console comm port connector see DB 9 console port connector page 260 is configured as a data communications equipment DCE connector The DSR and CTS signal outputs are always asserted the CD DTR RTS and RI signal inputs are not used This configuration enables a management station a PC or console terminal to connect directly to the switch by using a straight through cable Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 260 BES reference information a e CSSCSC C C CSCUS DB 9 console port connector DB 9 console port connector pin assignments page 260 lists the DB 9 console port connector pin assignments DB 9 console port connector pin assignments 2 4 Data terminal ae not used
170. he client sends an EAP logoff message and the port changes to an unauthorized state Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt EAPOL Security The EAPOL Security Configuration page appears 2 Choose information from the lists 3 Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring switch security 61 Variable definitions End Variable Value EAPOL Administrative State Setting EAPOL Administrative State Select to indicate the current administrative status as follows Enabled The port is connected and operational Disabled The port is not connected or is not operational EAPOL Security Setting Port Administrative status Operational Status Re authenticate Now Configuring Web security Use this procedure to configure Web security for the BES1000 Procedure steps The port address Select to indicate the current administration status as follows Force Unauthorized Auto Force Authorized Indicates the current operating status of the corresponding port Select Yes or No From the main menu choose Administration gt Security gt Web The Security gt Web page appears Type a read only or read write password Step Action 1 2 Select a password
171. he network fiber cable from the SFP connector Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Managing the BES System Software 203 Removing an SFP Locking extractor mechanisms Pull bail to extract 444 89FT 2 Depending on your SFP model press the locking extractor mechanism on the SFP to release the SFP 3 Slide the SFP out of the module SFP slot 4 If the SFP does not slide easily from the module slot use a gentle side to side rocking motion while firmly pulling the SFP from the slot 5 Attach a dust cover over the fiber optic bores and store the SFP ina safe place until needed End Managing the BES System Software Use these procedures to manage the BES1000 system software Navigation e Downloading switch images page 204 e Modifying system settings page 32 e Rebooting the BES1000 Series switch page 205 e Rebooting the BES1000 Series switch to system defaults page 206 Storing and retrieving a switch configuration file from a TFTP server page 206 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 204 BES1000 administration Downloading switch images Down
172. higher priority port You can use the MIB variable dot1dStpPortEnable to disable or enable a port A port is enabled by default In this mode of operation the port is in one of the following STP states e Blocking e Listening e Learning e Forwarding If you disable Spanning Tree on a port it does not forward any frames and doesl not participate in the Spanning Tree Algorithm and Protocol Aging of Dynamic Entries in Forwarding Database Dynamic MAC address entries are automatically removed from the Forwarding Database after a specified time If the network topology has not changed the aging time out value is specified by the dot1dTpAgingTime MIB variable This can be configured through the user interface console The range of applicable values specified in the IEEE standard is 10 1000000 seconds whereas the default value recommended is 300 If the root bridge notifies topology changes to other bridging devices a short aging time out value is used The time out value is set equal to the Forward Delay parameter contained in BPDUs originating from the root The range of values for the Forward Delay parameter specified in the IEEE standard is 4 to 30 seconds The recommended default value is 15 Port path cost With the BES1000 Series switch the path cost associated with a port is automatically calculated by the switch The cost of a given link is specified to be inversely proportional to the data rate of the link thus a 10 Mb s
173. ier Sense Errors The number of frames for which reception on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error A frame only is counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the dot3StatsLateCollisions object the dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions object or the dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors object The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame on a particular interface SQE Test Errors Deferred Transmissions The number of times that the Signal Quality Error SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the physical signaling sublayer PLS for a particular interface The SQE Test is a function that tests the transceiver and its ability to detect collisions SQE Test is implemented by generating a test signal on the collision pair following every transmission of the network For more information see section 7 2 2 2 4 of ANSI IEEE 802 3 1985 and section 7 2 4 6 of the same document The number of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the medium is busy Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 135
174. ies of existing VLANs Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 154 BES1000 administration End VLAN tab Variable Value o ActiveMembers Set of ports that are currently active in the VLAN Active ports include all static ports and any dynamic ports where the VLAN policy is met State Indicates whether the VLAN is active or inactive LearningConstraint Displays the VLAN learning constraint All BES1000 Series switch VLANs have a learning constraint of independent Port based VLAN tab The Port option VLAN tab lets you display the properties of port based VLANs Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt Port Click a port and then click the VLAN tab Modify the priority and egress tagging as required Click Apply a Ff WwW N To update the information on the page click Refresh End Port based VLAN tab UntaggedPriority Choose a priority value The values range from 0 to 7 EgressTagging Choose whether to enable or disable tagging for the port Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Syst
175. ies switch used as a desktop switch The desktop workstations are connected directly to switch ports Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Network configuration examples 219 BES1000 Series switch used as a desktop switch After Sep Ethemet 1000 25G 10BASE T hub TOOS pate sone To Network Up to 24 users RLA Up to 24 users Center Center 10 Mbs 100 Mb s 000 Mb s 23 users share 10 Mb s 10 24 Mb s per user Network center bottleneck 10 Mb s bandwidth 24 users each with dedicated 100 Mb s bandwidth Network center with dedicated 1 Gb s full duplex bandwidth Segment switch application BES1000 Series switch used as a segment switch shows the BES1000 Series switch used as a segment switch to alleviate user contention for bandwidth and to eliminate server and network congestion Before segmentation 88 users had a total bandwidth of only 10 Mb s available After segmentation 92 users have 40 Mb s four times the previous bandwidth the segment switch adds 22 dedicated 100 Mb s connections This configuration can be extended to add more segments without degrading performance BES1000 Series switch used as a segment switch Before After Up to 23 users To Network Center 1oMbs 10 Mbs
176. ification The Notification page appears 2 In the Notify Name box type a name 3 In the Notify Tag box type a name for the tag 4 In the Notify Type list make a selection 5 In the Entry Storage list make a selection 6 Click Submit in any section to save your entries End Variable definitions Variable Value Notification Creation Notify Name The name for the notification Notify Tag The tag for the notification Notify Type Indicate the SNMP notification as follows Trap Inform Entry Storage Choose whether the storage is volatile or nonvolatile Configuring Target Address Use this procedure to configure the SNMPv3 target address Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv3 gt Target Address The Target Address page appears 2 In the Target Name box type a target name Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring SNMPv3 management access 47 3 In the Target Address box type an address for the target 4 In the Target Timeout box type a number for the timeout interval 5 In the Target Retry Count box type a number for the amount of retries 6 In the Target Tag List box type a tag list name 7 In the Target Param Entry box type a parameter tag 8 In the Entry Storage list make a se
177. ignment 69 End Variable definitions Variable Value Action Provides a DSCP Mapping Modification area Choose the 802 1p priority Drop Precedence and Service Class for the DSCP you want to modify DSCP The attribute to use internally to determine the appropriate Layer 2 quality of service QoS mappings The range of values is from 0 to 63 802 1p Priority Choose the 802 1p priority from 0 to 7 to use with the specified DSCP value Drop Precedence The relative importance of a packet compared to other packets in cases of congestion The drop precedence values possible are e Low Drop Precedence e High Drop Precedence Service Class Information regarding the characteristics and performance requirements that are defined for DSCP traffic Displaying DSCP queue assignment Use this procedure to display DSCP queue assignments on your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Quality of Service gt DSCP Queue Assignment 2 In the DSCP Queue Assignment View by list choose a queue set number from one to four 3 Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 70 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface Variable Value DSC
178. iltering 113 Configuring MAC address learning 114 Filtering MAC multicast addresses 114 Deleting a MAC Multicast address 115 Configuring Quality of Service QoS 115 BES1000 administration 121 Changing aPC IP address 121 System Administration using the Web based user interface 122 Using the virtual cable tester 123 Running a copper cable extended test 124 Viewing Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP Bridge configuration 125 Viewing LACP port statistics 126 Displaying multicast group membership 127 Viewing the system log 128 Viewing statistics 129 Viewing VLAN port information 136 RMON Fault threshold page 137 Viewing the RMON fault event log 137 Viewing RMON Ethernet statistics 138 Viewing RMON history 139 Viewing LLDP local system data 140 Displaying LLDP Neighbor properties 142 Displaying LLDP Neighbor Management properties 143 Displaying LLDP statistics 144 System Administration using the Element Manager 145 Configuring the Virtual Cable Tester 146 Viewing VCT test results 146 Viewing switch power information 147 Viewing device properties 148 Viewing the trap log 151 Viewing switch IP information 152 Viewing VLAN properties 153 Viewing learned MAC addresses by VLAN 155 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Contents 9 Viewing Unit information 156
179. in this chapter to describe features or technical specifications of an SFP Before installing an SFP read the following guidelines e SFP GBICs are static sensitive To prevent damage from ElectroStatic Discharge ESD follow your normal board and component handling procedures e SFP GBICs are dust sensitive When you store an SFP GBIC or when you disconnect it from a fiber optic cable always keep the dust cover over the SFP GBIC optical bore e To clean contaminants from the optical bores of a SFP GBIC use an alcohol swab or equivalent to clean the ferrules of the optical connector e Dispose this product if necessary according to all national laws and regulations WARNING Fiber optic equipment can emit laser or infrared light that can injure your eyes Never look into an optical fiber or connector port Always assume that fiber optic cables are connected to a light source Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 222 BES1000 fundamentals Product description This section describes the SFP and label and provides a model list for 1000BASE SX SFPs and 1000BASE LX SFPs This section includes the following topics e Locking and extractor mechanisms page 222 SFP labeling page 222 e SFP models page 223 Locking and extract
180. ions Variable Value Group Membership Creation Security Name i e Type a user name for the SNMPv3 group User Name Security Model Choose the SNMP type SNMPv1 SNMPv2c e USM Group Name Type a name to identify the group Entry Storage Choose whether the storage is volatile or nonvolatile Configuring group access rights Use this procedure to configure the access rights for each SNMPv3 group Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv3 gt Group Access Rights The Group Access Rights page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or choose from a list 3 Click Submit in any section to save your entries End Variable definitions Variable Value Group Access Creation Group Name Type a name to identify the group Security Model Choose the SNMP type Security Level Choose an authentication and privilege level Read View Indicate the SNMP group that has read only access Write View Indicate the SNMP group that has write access Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring SNMPv3 management access 45 Variable Value Notify View Indicate the SNMP group that has notify access Entry Storage Choose whether the storage is volatile or nonvolatile Setting SNMPv3 view
181. iority Settings Use this procedure to configure 802 1P priority QoS settings on your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt QoS gt QoS The Interface Queue tab appears 2 Choose the 802 1p Priority Q Assign tab The 802 1p Priority Q Assign tab appears Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard al Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 118 BES1000 advanced features configuration using Element Manager S 3 Type the queue number that represent the priority you want to apply 4 Click Apply End Variable definitions Variable Value Qset The integer ID of the queue set 802 1pPriority The 802 1p priority from zero to seven Queue The specific hardware queue Values are from one to four Enabling DSCP mapping Use this procedure to enable DSCP to 802 1p mapping on your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt QoS gt QoS The Interface Queue tab appears 2 Click the DSCP Mapping Global tab 3 To enable QoS mapping select the DscpTo802 1pMappingEnabled check box OR To disable QoS mapping clear the DscpTo802 1pMappingEnabled check box
182. its of the Multicast IP Address Note The most significant bit of the three octets is always 0 Configuring Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP transmission properties Use the LLDP configuration page to configure LLDP transmission properties Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt 802 1ab gt LLDP Configuration The LLDP Configuration page appears Type in the interval for Tx Interval and Tx Hold Multiplier Type in the delay for Re Init Delay and Tx Delay Type an amount for a Notification Interval a Ff O N Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 78 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface End LLDP Configuration page items Variable Value Tx Interval Sets the interval between successive transmission cycles Tx Hold Multiplier Sets the multiplier for the Tx interval that computes the Time To Live value for the TTL TLV Re Init Delay Sets the delay for the reinitialization attempt if the adminStatus is disabled Notification Interval Sets the interval between successive transmissions of LLDP notifications Tx Delay Sets the minimum delay between successive LLDP frame transmissions Configuring LLDP port status Use the LLDP Local Ma
183. ks Confidential Variable definitions Configuring port management properties 65 Variable Console Port Data Bits Console Port Parity Console Port Stop Bits Console Port Speed Value The current console communication port data bit setting The current console communication port parity setting The current console communication port stop bit setting Choose one of the following as the console port speed baud rate Note The default setting is 9600 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 Configuring port management properties Configure management properties to allow control of the port Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Port Management The Port Management page appears 2 In the port row of your choice edit the variables Refer to the variable definitions table below for details 3 Click Submit Variable definitions End Variable Value Port The switch port number of the corresponding row The values that you set in each switch row affect all switch ports except the gigabit interface converter GBIC port or fiber optic ports if installed Alias Type in the port name Status Select the port status as Enabled or Disabled Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confide
184. l choose Administration gt General gt Hardware Inventory The System tab appears in the information panel 2 Click the Trap Receivers tab The Trap Receivers tab appears 3 Click Insert The Chassis Insert Trap Receivers dialog box appears 4 Complete the fields as described in the Variable definitions table 5 Click Insert The new entry appears in the Trap Receivers tab End Variable definitions Variable Value Index Choose the number of the trap receiver to create or modify IPAddress Type the network address for the SNMP manager that is to receive the specified trap Community Type the community string for the specified trap receiver Deleting a Trap Receivers entry Use this procedure to delete a Trap Receiver from the BES1000 Switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Hardware Inventory The System tab appears in the information panel 2 Click the Trap Receivers tab The Trap Receivers tab appears 3 In the Trap Receivers tab select the entry to delete Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 94 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager 4 Click Delete End Adding items to the Security List You can use the MacSecurity Insert SecurityList dia
185. lected this mode operates as follows e When the IP data is entered from the console terminal the data becomes the in band address of the switch and BootP requests are not broadcast The switch is managed using this in band IP address e When the in band IP address is not set from the console terminal the switch broadcasts BootP requests until it receives a BootP reply containing an in band IP address If the switch does not receive a BootP reply that contains an in band IP address within 10 minutes min the switch uses the last in band IP address it receives from a BootP server This IP information is displayed in the Last BootP column If an IP address is not currently in use these actions take effect immediately If an IP address is currently in use these actions take effect only after the switch is reset or power cycled Troubleshooting Execute the following steps to diagnose your system if it has issues obtaining an IP address using the BootP protocol e Check if the BootP server is accessible to the switch through the management VLAN e Check if the BootP server is configured with the proper MAC address of the device e Review the last BootP settings on the Console Interface e Place a packet analyzer on the network to investigate the problem Flash memory storage The BES1000 Series switch uses flash memory to store the switch software image Switch software image storage You can use flash memory to update the softwar
186. lection 9 Click Submit in any section to save your entries End Variable definitions Variable Value Target Address Creation Target Name Type a name for the target Target Address Type an address for the target Target Timeout The number to indicate a timeout interval for the target The range is from 0 to 2147483647 Target Retry Count The number to indicate the number of retries for the target The range is from 0 to 255 Target Tag List The tag list to assign to the target Target Param Entry The parameter tag to assign to the target Entry Storage Choose whether the storage is volatile or nonvolatile Configuring target parameters Use this procedure to configure the SNMPv3 target parameters Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv3 gt Target Parameter The Target Parameter page appears In the Parameter Tag box type a parameter tag to assign In the Msg Processing Model list make a selection Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 48 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface 4 In the Security Name box type a name for the group 5 In the Security Level list make a selection 6 In the Entry Storage list make a selection 7 Click Submit in any section to sav
187. lement Manager to view and edit port configurations on a BES1000 Series switch Navigation e Viewing and editing port configurations page 95 Viewing and editing port configurations Use this procedure to view the basic configuration and status of a single port Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt Port The switch view appears in the information panel 2 Select the single or multiple ports that you want to view or edit To select multiple ports press Ctrl and select the ports that you want to view or edit A yellow outline appears around the selected ports and the information panel updates with the information for all selected ports 3 Click the tab for the port information that you want to view or edit Interface PoE or EAPOL End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 96 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Interface tab The Interface tab shows the basic configuration and status of a single port Variable definitions Index Specifies the port number Alias Specifies a name for the port Descr The type of switch and number of ports Type The media type of this interface Mtu The size of the largest packet in octets that can be sent on the interface
188. les auto negotiation AdminDuplex Administrative setting for full or half duplex speed OperDuplex The current duplex mode of the port half duplex or full duplex OperSpeed The current operating speed of the port PoE tab The PoE tab displays the power information for the selected port Variable definitions Variable Value AdminEnable Use to enable or disable PoE on this port By default the value of PoE is True DetectionStatus Displays the operational status of the power device detecting mode on the specified port e disabled detecting function disabled e searching detecting function is enabled and the system searches for a valid powered device on this port e deliveringPower detection finds a valid powered device and the port delivers power e fault power specific fault detected on port e test detecting device in test mode e otherFault detecting function is idle due to fault EAPOL tab The EAPOL tab displays the authentication information for the selected port Variable definitions Variable Value AdminStatus Use to control the port authentication state e forceUnauthorized causes the port to remain in the unauthorized state e auto enables authentication and causes the port to begin operating in the unauthorized state Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Cop
189. lid user name Default values are nnadminRO lowercase for read only access or nnadmin lowercase for read write access Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Accessing the management interface 35 4 In the Password box type your password Default values are PlsChgMe RO for read only access or PisChgMe for read write access 5 Click Log On The System Information page appears End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 36 Using the Web based user interface Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 37 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Use these procedures to manage the basic configuration of your BES1000 Series switch Navigation Configuring initial settings by using the Quick Start feature page 37 Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP page 39 Configuring SNMPv3 management access page 41 Configuring Virtual LANs VLANs page 48
190. load the BES1000 Series switch software image to nonvolatile flash memory to save the image on the device Prerequisites e Take care not to interrupt the download process until after it runs to completion the process can take up to 10 min depending on network conditions CAUTION Do not interrupt power to the device during the software download process A power interruption can corrupt the firmware image e The policy switch must have an IP address For information about configuring the switch IP address see Configuring IP and gateway settings page 249 e The policy switch needs a configured Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP or HTTP server in your network For information about TFTP see Storing and retrieving a switch configuration file from a TFTP server page 206 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Software Download The Software Download page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit The switch downloads the new software image and programs it When the download completes the switch resets and the new software image initiates the switch self test ATTENTION The LEDs display various patterns to indicate that the tests are in progress End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007
191. log box to add items to the security list Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel select Configuration gt Data Services gt MAC Address Security The General tab appears in the information panel 2 Click the Security List tab The Security List tab appears 3 Click Insert The MacSecurity Insert Security List dialog box appears See the Security Insert SecurityList dialog box page 94 MacSecurity Insert SecurityList dialog box 10 127 231 12 MacSecurity x SecurityListindx iE 1 10 SecurityListMembers m 4 In the SecurityListIndx field enter a number 5 In the SecurityListWMembers box click the button located on the right hand side 6 Click a port number 7 Click OK 8 Click Insert The new entry appears in the Security List tab End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring ports 95 Deleting a Security List entry Use the MAC Address Security option to delete a Security List entry Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel select Configuration gt Data Services gt MAC Address Security 2 Click the Security List tab 3 In the Security List tab select the entry to delete 4 Click Delete End Configuring ports You can use the E
192. m to allow access to the switch Prerequisites e When you use the Security Table page you instruct the switch to allow the specified MAC address access only through the specified port or port list Be certain to include the MAC address for the default LAN router as an allowed source MAC address Procedure steps Step Action 1 In the main menu choose Application gt MAC Address Security gt Security Table It may take some time for the required addresses to be learned Then the Security Table page appears 2 Complete the fields as described in the table End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 74 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface Variable definitions Variable Value Action Use to delete a MAC address MAC Address Displays the MAC address Allowed source Displays the entry through which the MAC address is allowed MAC Address Security Enter the MAC address you want to allow to access Table Entry Creation the switch Select the Port or port list through which the MAC address is allowed Deleting MAC DAs Delete a MAC destination address you have filtered Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt MAC Address Security gt DA MAC Filtering The DA M
193. me document DeferredTransmissions SingleCollisionFrames A count of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the medium is busy The count represented by an instance of this object does not include frames involved in collisions A count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision A frame that is counted by an instance of this object is also counted by the corresponding instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts ifOutMulticastPkts or ifOutBroadcastPkts but is not counted by the corresponding instance of the MultipleCollisionFrames object Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 10 January 2007 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard Nortel Networks Confidential 172 BES1000 administration Variable Value MultipleCollisionFrames LateCollisions A count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular interface for which transmission is inhibited by more than one collision A frame that is counted by an instance of this object is also counted by the corresponding instance of either the ifOutUcastPkts ifOutMulticastPkts or ifOutBroadcastPkts but is not counted by the corresponding instance of the SingleCollisionFrames object The number of times that a collision is detected on a
194. n the left hand side of the Web based user interface may not appear if the Java Runtime Environment JRE is not installed 2 Ensure the software programs on your PC enable Java script and Java applets and Web browser pop up dialog boxes Refer to the corresponding software documentation for instructions Software programs include but are not limited to e Web browser e firewall Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Logging off from the Web based management interface 23 software that controls Java behavior ATTENTION The menu on the left hand side of the Web based user interface may not appear if Java script and Java applets are disabled and some management features do not work properly if pop up dialog boxes are disabled End Logging on to the Web based management interface Use this procedure to log on to the Web based user interface Before you log on to the Web based management interface verify the VLAN port assignments and ensure that your switch and computer are assigned to the same VLAN If the devices are not connected to the same VLAN the IP address does not display on the home page The Default IP address is 192 168 1 132 and the security default is ON The default Username is nnadmin the default Password is PlsCh
195. nagement page to configure LLDP port status Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt 802 1ab gt LLDP Local Management The LLDP Local Management page appears 2 Select a status from the Admin Status field for each port 3 Select a value from the Config Notification Enable field for each port 4 Click Submit End LLDP port status page items Variable Value Link Layer Discovery Management Mgmt Addr The string value used to identify the management address component associated with the local system The purpose of this address is to contact the management entity Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring LLDP Tx TLV transmit status 79 Variable Value Mgmt Adarlfld The integer value used to identify the interface number related to the management address component associated with the local system Mgmt Addr OID The Object Identifier OID value used to identify the type of hardware component or protocol entity associated with the management address advertised by the local system agent Link Layer Discovery Protocol Port System Data Port The port number AdminStatus The desired status for the administrator of the local LLDP agent e TxOnly the LLDP agent transmits LLDP frames on this p
196. ne and then defaults to the factory settings BootP Always This setting ignores the stored network parameters and sends a BootP request each time the switch boots If the BootP request fails the switch boots with the factory default IP configuration This setting disables remote management if no BootP server is set up for the switch but it lets the switch boot normally BootP Disabled This setting uses the IP configuration parameters stored in nonvolatile memory each time the switch boots If a BootP configuration is in progress when you issue this command the BootP configuration stops BootP or Last Address This setting obtains the IP configuration using BootP at each start up If the BootP request fails the switch uses the network parameters stored in its nonvolatile memory Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Changing the administrator password 29 Variable Value Note Valid parameters obtained in using BootP always replace current information stored in the nonvolatile memory Note Whenever the switch broadcasts BootP requests the BootP process times out if a reply is not received within approximately 60 seconds When the process times out the BootP request mode automatically changes to BootP Disabled mode To restart the BootP process c
197. net Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 22 Using the Web based user interface e the IP address of the BES1000 Series switch For information about setting the IP address of the switch see Configuring initial settings by using the Quick Start feature page 37 ATTENTION To use some of the BES1000 Series switch Web based management functionality such as downloading software you must connect your Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP server to a BES1000 Series switch Navigation Setting up the Web based user interface page 22 Logging on to the Web based management interface page 23 Logging off from the Web based management interface page 23 e Navigating the Web based user interface page 24 Setting the IP address page 26 Setting the IP address automatically page 27 e Changing the administrator password page 29 e Configuring system information page 32 Setting up the Web based user interface Nortel recommends that you follow the procedures in this section regarding Web based user interface prerequisites before you use the management features of your switch for the first time Procedure steps Step Action 1 Check that Java Runtime Environment JRE version 1 50_07 b03 or later is installed on your PC Download the latest version from www java com if required ATTENTION The menu o
198. ng fans are located on one side of the BES1010 24T unit in the BES1000 Series switch to provide cooling for the internal components Other models in the BES1000 Series switch have four cooling fans See BES1020 48T PWR page 210 When you install the switch be sure to allow enough space on both sides of the switch for adequate ventilation For more information about installing the BES1000 Series switch see the Quick Installation Guide for the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 100 NN47920 300 AC power receptacle The AC power receptacle accepts the AC power cord which is supplied with the switch For installation outside North America make sure that you have the proper power cord for your region Any cord used must have a CEE 22 standard V female connector on one end and must meet the IEC 320 030 specifications International power cord specifications page 215 lists specifications for international power cords International power cord specifications Country Plug Specifications Typical plug description Continental Europe 220 or 230 VAC 50 Hz CEE7 standard VII male Single phase plug Harmonized cord HAR marking on the outside of the cord jacket to comply with the CENELEC Harmonized Document HD 21 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential
199. ngine IDs Wrong Digests Decryption Errors Number of SNMP proxy requests to unavailable entities Number of SNMP proxy requests to unknown entities Number of packets received by the SNMP engine that are dropped because they requested a security level that is unknown to the SNMP Number of packets received by the SNMP engine that are dropped because they appeared outside of the authoritative SNMP window Number of packets received by the SNMP engine that are dropped because they referenced a user that is not known to the SNMP engine Number of packets received by the SNMP engine that are dropped because they referenced an snmpEnginelD that is not known to the SNMP engine Number of packets received by the SNMP engine that are dropped because they do not contain the expected digest value Number of packets received by the SNMP engine that are dropped because they cannot be decrypted Use the SNMPv3 Users page to assign SNMPv3 users Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv3 gt User Specification The User Specification page appears In the User Name box type a name In the Authentication Protocol list make a selection In the Authentication Passphrase box type a passphrase for the protocol Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 al Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks St
200. no action is taken since the boot inProgress the operation is in progress success the operation succeeded fail the operation failed Configuring EAPOL security The switch is an Extensible Authentication Protocol Over LAN EAPOL Authenticator as defined in 802 1x standards As an authenticator it communicates with the user and end station connected to its port over EAPOL EAP over LAN and uses Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS to communicate with the Authentication Server The result of the authentication determines the user s access on the port Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel select Configuration gt Data Services gt EAPOL Security 2 Click the enabled or disabled option 3 Click Apply End Variable definitions Variable Value EapolAdminState Select the enabled ON or disabled OFF state Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Navigation Configuring Use these procedures to manage the configuration of your BES1000 Series switch with the Element Manager Configuring initial settings using the Quick Start feature page 89 Setting the Element Manager Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP properties
201. nt Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt QoS gt QoS Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 120 BES1000 advanced features configuration using Element Manager L Le The Interface Queue tab appears 2 Choose the DSCP Q Assign tab The DSCP Q Assign tab appears showing DSCP Queue Assign information 3 Click Filter 4 Enter the required criteria to view more specific information End Variable Value Qset The integer ID of the Queue set Dscp The Dscp value The range is from 0 to 63 Queue The specific hardware queue Values are from one to four Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 121 BES1000 administration Use these procedures to manage the administration of your BES1000 Series switch Navigation e Changing a PC IP address page 121 e System Administration using the Web based user interface page 122 System Administration using the Element Manager page 145 e Fault management page 195 e Installing SFPs page 201 e Removing an SFP page 202 e Man
202. nt of receive errors on a particular interface that are not otherwise counted The number of times that the carrier sense condition is lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame on a particular interface The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented at most once per transmission attempt even if the carrier sense condition fluctuates during a transmission attempt Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 171 Variable Value FrameTooLongs SQETestErrors A count of frames received on a particular interface that exceed the maximum permitted frame size The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented when the frameTooLong status is returned by the MAC service to the LLC or other MAC user Received frames for which multiple error conditions occur are counted exclusively according to the conventions of IEEE 802 3 Layer Management in reference to the error status presented to the LLC A count of the times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a particular interface The SQE TEST ERROR message is defined in section 7 2 2 2 4 of ANSI IEEE 802 3 1985 and its generation is described in section 7 2 4 6 of the sa
203. ntial 66 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface Variable Value Trunk The trunk group that the switch port belongs to as specified in the Trunk Member fields on the MultiLink Trunk page Link The current link state of the corresponding port as follows Up The port is connected and operational Down The port is not connected or is not operational Link Trap Choose to control whether link up down traps are sent to the configured trap receiver from the switch The default setting is On Autonegotiation Select the autonegotiation status Speed Duplex Choose the Ethernet speed that the port supports The default setting is 10 Mb s half duplex when autonegotiation is disabled and 1000 Mb s full duplex for gigabit ports only Configuring Quality of Service QoS settings Use the QoS configuration page to choose a queue Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Quality of Service gt Agent gt Configuration The Agent page appears 2 In the Queue Set list make a selection 3 Click Submit End QoS Agent page item Item Description Choose the queue set to use Values are from 1 to 4 Displaying the QoS interface configuration Use this procedure to filter the QoS interface queue on your BES1000 Series switch Fields found in this page are described in the following Variable definitions table Nortel Business Ethernet Switc
204. oftware clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 Notwithstanding any other 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 reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice Nortel Networks 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
205. oiding loops in switched networks STP resolves duplicate paths in networks and is not necessary for ports that have workstations directly attached to the switch When STP is enabled on these ports the default workstations are unable to attach to servers for a few seconds while STP goes through its learning steps listening learning and forwarding The BES1000 supports the following Spanning Tree Protocol modes nortelStpg IEEE 802 1D e RSTP IEEE 802 1w Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt Spanning Tree The Bridge Information tab appears 2 Click the tab related to the STP information that you want to view End Bridge Information tab The Bridge Information tab displays details about how efficiently the bridge works Variable definitions Variable Value StpPriority Select the priority value of the bridge ID in hexadecimal notation which is the most significant two bytes of the bridge ID The Spanning Tree Algorithm uses this parameter to determine the root bridge or designated bridge For example the bridge with the lowest bridge ID becomes the root bridge with Bridge Priority values compared first followed by the hardware addresses The values displayed for Bridge Priority are in decimal StpVersion The version of STP running on the switch DesignatedRoot The bridge identifier of the root of the spanning tree This value is
206. on database is centralized in a RADIUS system support for multiple VPN switches is simplified Configuring Web security Use this procedure to configure Web security for the BES1000 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration gt Security gt Web Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 30 Using the Web based user interface The Security gt Web page appears 2 In the Web Switch Password Type list select a new password type 3 In the Read Only Switch Password box type a new read only access password 4 In the Read Write Switch Password box type a new read write access password 5 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value Web Switch Password Setting Web Switch Select a password type to use to access the Web Password Type interface The password type is as follows None Local Password RADIUS Authentication Read Only Switch Specify the read only password for access to the Web Password interface Read Write Switch Specify the read write password for access to the Web Password interface Configuring RADIUS security Use this procedure to configure RADIUS security for the BES1000 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration gt Security gt RADIUS Th
207. onal ausgef hrt werden d rfen Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Hardware components of the BES1000 Series switch 217 Attention Lisez ceci imm diatement Examinez ce cordon d alimentation pour d terminer s il dispose de la fiche appropri e et s il est bien agr pour utilisation sur votre installation lectrique D barrassez vous en imm diatement s il ne convient pas a l utilisation sur le secteur lectrique en usage dans votre pays et procurez vous un cordon conforme a la r glementation nationale en vigueur Reportez vous a la documentation technique de ce produit pour obtenir des instructions d taill es d installation destin es a un technicien qualifi Attenzione Leggere attentamente Controllare questo cavo di alimentazione verificarne il collegamento con la presa appropriata nonch la certificazione per l uso nell impianto elettrico posseduto Non utilizzare assolutamente in caso tale cavo non sia adatto al sistema elettrico del paese in cui viene utilizzato e richiederne un altro certificato dall ente nazionale di fornitura elettrica Per le procedure di installazione che devono essere seguite dal personale di servizio consultare questa documentazione tecnica del prodotto Advertencia S rvase leer inmediatamente
208. once when the complete set of information is invalidated aged out from all related tables on a particular port Partial aging is not allowed and thus does not change the value of this counter 802 1ab Local System tab With the 802 1ab Local System tab you can view LLDP properties for the local system Variable definitions ChassisldSubtype The type of encoding used to identify the local system chassis chassisComponent e interfaceAlias portComponent e macAddress e networkAddress interfaceName e local Chassisld Chassis ID SysName Local system name SysDesc Local system description Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring LLDP 103 Variable Value SysCapSupported Identifies the system capabilities supported on the local system SysCapEnabled Identifies the system capabilities that are enabled on the local system 802 1ab Local Port tab With the 802 1ab Local Port tab you can view LLDP port properties for the local system Variable definitions PortldSubtype The type of port identifier encoding used in the associated Portld object Portld The string value used to identify the port component associated with a given port in the local system PortDesc The string value used to identify the port d
209. or mechanisms Depending on the transceiver manufacturer an SFP transceiver can have various types of locking and extractor mechanisms Locking and extracting mechanisms page 222 shows two types of locking extractor mechanisms used on SFP and XFP transceivers Locking and extracting mechanisms Pull bail to extract 44489PE SFP labeling The Nortel label on a typical SFP contains a Nortel serial number a bar code a manufacturer s code an interface type and a part number See Nortel SFP label page 223 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuration and switch management 223 Nortel SFP label Part number j SFP interface type A NORTEL Aata SFP 1000 BASE90 J Top view Bar code _ Serial number _ gt Side view 10516EA SFP models SFPs are hot swappable products that enhance input and output and allow gigabit Ethernet ports to link with other gigabit Ethernet ports over various media types 1000BASE SFP models page 223 lists and describes the Nortel SFP models that are supported by the BES1000 Series switch The BES1000 Series switch has two front panel ports port numbers 25 and 26 on the 24T models and port numbers 49 and 50 on the 48T models These po
210. ormation page 136 Viewing port statistics You can view detailed statistics about a selected switch port Both received and transmitted statistics are displayed so that you can compare throughput or other port parameters Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Statistics gt Port The Port page appears 2 In the Port Statistics section choose the port number 3 Click Submit The Port Statistics Table is updated with information about the selected device and port 4 To update the statistical information click Update End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 130 BES1000 administration Variable definitions Variable Port Statistics View By Port Port Statistics Table Value Choose the port number of the switch to monitor Multicasts Packets Broadcasts Total Octets Pause Frames FCS Frame Errors Undersized Packets Oversized Packets Filtered Packets Collisions The number of good multicast packets received transmitted on this port excluding broadcast packets The number of valid size packets received on this port with proper framing but discarded because of cyclic redundancy check CRC errors The number of good broadcast packets received t
211. ort and does not store any information about the connected remote systems e RxOnly the LLDP agent receives but does not transmit LLDP frames on this port e txAndRx the LLDP agent transmits and receives LLDP frames on this port e Disabled the LLDP agent does not transmit or receive LLDP frames on this port If the port receives remote systems information which is stored in other tables before AdminStatus is disabled the information ages out Config Notification Enable Controls for each port whether notifications from the agent are enabled e True indicates that notifications are enabled e False indicates that notifications are disabled Configuring LLDP Tx TLV transmit status Use the LLDP Tx TLV page to configure the transmit status for TLVs Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt 802 1ab gt LLDP Tx TLV The LLDP Tx TLV page appears 2 Select either Enable or Disable from each field you want to modify 3 Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 80 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface LLDP Tx TLV page items Variable Value Port The port number PortDesc Enable or disable the Port Description TLV SysName Enable or di
212. ortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface Use these procedures to manage the advanced configuration features of your BES1000 Series switch with the Web based user interface Navigation e Configuring switch security page 60 e Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping page 63 e Configuring flow control page 64 e Configuring console port communication speed page 64 e Configuring port management properties page 65 e Configuring Quality of Service QoS settings page 66 e Displaying the QoS interface configuration page 66 e Configuring 802 1p priority settings page 67 e Enabling DSCP mapping page 68 e Configuring DSCP mapping page 69 e Locating a specific MAC address page 70 e Configuring MAC address based security page 71 e Configuring port lists page 72 Finding MAC address tables page 72 e Adding MAC addresses page 73 e Deleting MAC DAs page 74 e Enabling security on ports page 74 e Filtering MAC destination addresses page 75 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 60 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface M e Filtering MAC Multicast addresses page 76 e Con
213. orts are set to enabled on all ports Link aggregation employs the following principles and concepts e A MAC client communicates with a set of ports through an Aggregator which presents a standard IEEE 802 3 service interface to the MAC client The Aggregator binds to one or more ports within a system e The responsibility of the Aggregator is to distribute frame transmissions from the MAC client to the various ports and to collect received frames from the ports and pass them to the MAC client transparently e Asystem can contain multiple aggregators serving multiple MAC clients A given port binds to at most a single Aggregator at any time A MAC client is served by a single Aggregator at a time The binding of ports to aggregators within a system is managed by the Link Aggregation Control function for that system which is responsible for determining which links can be aggregated aggregating them binding the ports within the system to an appropriate Aggregator and monitoring conditions to determine when a change in aggregation is needed The network manager can control the determination and binding directly through the manipulation of the state variables of Link Aggregation for example Keys In addition automatic determination configuration binding and monitoring can occur through the use of a Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch
214. ow that contains the port ID you want to delete 4 Click Delete The Ether Stats entry is removed from the table End Fault management Use this information to learn how to isolate and diagnose problems with your BES1000 Series switch Navigation e Interpreting the LEDs page 196 Diagnosing and correcting problems page 196 e Creating an RMON fault threshold page 199 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 196 BES1000 administration a e EEEN CCy e Deleting an RMON threshold configuration page 200 e Viewing RMON history page 200 Interpreting the LEDs For information about interpreting the LEDs for the BES1000 see LED display panel page 213 Diagnosing and correcting problems Before you execute the problem solving steps described in this section cycle the power to the BES1000 Series switch disconnect and then reconnect the AC power cord then verify that the switch follows the normal power up sequence CAUTION To avoid injury from hazardous electrical current do not remove the top cover of the device There are no user serviceable components inside Vorsicht Um Verletzungsgefahr durch einen elektrischen Stromschlag auszuschlieBen nehmen Sie niemals die obere Abdeckung vom Ger t ab Im Gerateinnern
215. page 91 Configuring SNMP Trap Receivers page 92 Deleting a Trap Receivers entry page 93 Adding items to the Security List page 94 Deleting a Security List entry page 95 Configuring ports page 95 Configuring LLDP page 98 Configuring rate limiting page 105 Creating a port based VLAN page 106 Modifying a VLAN page 107 Deleting a VLAN page 107 Configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ports page 108 initial settings using the Quick Start feature Use the Quick Start feature to configure initial settings by consolidating multiple setup pages into a single page The Quick Start screen allows the administrator to configure the following information Switch IP address Subnet mask Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 90 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager TN ENN CC e Default gateway e Management Vlan Id Boot mode During the initial setup mode all ports in the switch are assigned to the new default VLAN The ManagementVlanld field only allows the user to assign an existing VLAN as the management VLAN Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel select Configuration gt System gt Quick Start The Quick Start page appears 2 Click Apply after making
216. password Only those management applications with this community string can view the alarms LastTimeSent The value of sysUpTime at the time this event entry last generated an event If this entry has not generated any events this value is zero Owner If traps are specified to be sent to the owner then this is the name of the machine that receives alarm traps RMON Ether Stats tab for graphing ports Use these procedures to graph statistics for your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Navigation e RMON tab for graphing ports page 180 e RMON tab columns for graphing ports page 182 Viewing statistics Element Manager gathers Ethernet statistics you can graph in a variety of formats or you can save them to a file and export the statistics to an outside presentation or graphing application Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 180 BES1000 administration Procedure steps Step Action 1 Variable definitions From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt System Metrics gt Port Metrics The switch view appears in the information panel Select the single or multiple ports that you want to graph The Interface tab appears in the information panel Click the RMON Ether Stats tab The RMON Ether Stats tab ap
217. pears End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 148 BES1000 administration PoE tab Variable Value Power Displays the total power available to the switch in watts OperStatus Displays the Power Over Ethernet state of the switch e on off e faulty ConsumptionPower Displays the power used by the switch in watts Viewing device properties Access the Hardware Inventory option to view device properties Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Hardware Inventory The System tab appears 2 Click the tab related to the information that you to view System tab End The System tab displays device properties such as system name system contact and so on System tab Variable Value SystemDescription The assigned system name SystemUpTime The time since the system was last booted SystemObjectID The unique sysObjectID OID assigned to the device SystemContact Type the contact information in this case an e mail address for the system administrator SystemName Type the name of this device Location Type the physical location of this device Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN
218. pears 2 Click the MAC Multicast Filter Table tab The MAC Multicast Filter Table tab appears 3 In the table select the entry that you want to delete 4 Click Delete End Configuring Quality of Service QoS Use these procedures to configure the QoS on your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Navigation e Configuring a queue set page 116 e Filtering the QoS interface queue page 116 e Configuring 802 1p Priority Settings page 117 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 116 BES1000 advanced features configuration using Element Manager Fe LL amp L Enabling DSCP mapping page 118 e Configuring DSCP mapping page 118 e Filtering DSCP queue assignments page 119 Configuring a queue set Use the QoS Agent Configuration tab to choose a queue set Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt QoS gt QoS Agent 2 Choose a QueueSet option 3 Click Apply End Variable definitions Choose a value from one to four Filtering the QoS interface queue Use this procedure to filter the QoS interface queue on your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configur
219. pears Select one or more kinds of Packets to show the graph Click the Line Chart icon the Area Chart icon or the Bar Chart icon to show a graphical representation Variable Octets Pkts BroadcastPkts MulticastPkts End Value The total number of octets of data including those in bad packets received on the network excluding framing bits but including FCS octets You can use this object as a reasonable estimate of Ethernet utilization For greater precision sample the etherStatsPkts and etherStatsOctets objects before and after a common interval The total number of packets including bad packets broadcast packets and multicast packets received The total number of good packets received that are directed to the broadcast address Note that this does not include multicast packets The total number of good packets received that are directed to a multicast address Note that this number does not include packets directed to the broadcast address CRCAlignErrors The total number of packets received that have a length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets of between 64 and 1518 octets inclusive but have either a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS with an integral number of octets FCS Error or a bad FCS with a nonintegral number of octets Alignment Error Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard
220. port is a non edge port A value of True indicates that the spanning tree can assume this port as an edge port A value of False indicates that the spanning tree can assume this port as a non edge port The switch software sets this object to False when it receives a BPDU The administrative point to point status of the LAN segment attached to this port A value of True indicates that the spanning tree treats this port as if it is connected to a point to point link A value of False indicates that the spanning tree treats this port as having a shared media connection A value of Auto indicates that this port is considered to have a point to point link if it is an aggregator and all of its members are aggregatable or if the MAC entity is configured for full duplex operation either through autonegotiation or by management means Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard ta Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 159 Variable Value OperProtocolVersion Indicates the STP version in which the port participates Role State Indicates the role of the port in the Spanning Tree instance Used to identify the STP and RSTP port states Port state is cataloged as Discarding Learning or Forwarding Displaying LACP Use this
221. priority value associated with the System ID of the Actor The MAC address value that defines the value of the System ID for the system that contains this aggregation port The current operational value of the key for the aggregation port The current administrative value of the key for the aggregation port The combined information of Partner System Priority Partner System ID and Partner Operational Key in PartnerSystemPriority Partne rSystemID PartnerOperationalkKey hexadecimal format A 2 octet read only value that indicates the priority value associated with the System ID of the Partner The MAC address value that consists of the unique identifier for the current protocol partner of this aggregator A value of zero indicates that Partner does not exist The current operational value of the key for the current protocol partner of this aggregator You can use the MAC Address Security option to set the security features for a switch so that the right actions are performed by the software when a violation occurs The security actions you specify are applied to all ports of the switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt MAC Address Security 2 Click the tab related to the information that you want to view End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard
222. purchase a Nortel service program contact Nortel Technical Support The following information is available online e contact information for Nortel Technical Support e information about the Nortel Technical Solutions Centers e information about the Express Routing Code ERC for your product Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 16 Preface An ERC is available for many Nortel 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 You can locate the ERC for your product or service online The Nortel Support Web page is at www nortel com Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential New in this release The following section details what is new in Using the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 301 for hardware and software release 1 1 Features See the following sections for information about feature changes Release 1 0 The first release of Using the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Release 1 1 This is the second release of Using the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch
223. r of octets FCS Error or a nonintegral number of octets Alignment Error The best estimate of the number of collisions on an Ethernet segment during a sampling interval Access the Alarms option to view a table of RMON events Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarms 2 Click the Events tab End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 179 S SS Events tab The Events tab provides a detailed list of notifications that values have fallen outside of the specified range for the Element Manager Variable definitions Variable Value Index This index uniquely identifies an entry in the event table Each entry defines one event that is to be generated when the appropriate conditions occur Description Specifies whether the event is a rising or a falling event Type The type of notification that the Element Manager provides about this event In the case of a log an entry is made in the log table for each event In the case of a trap an SNMP trap is sent to one or more management stations Possible notifications are as follows none e log trap e log and trap Community The SNMP community string acts as a
224. ransmitted on this port The number of octets of data received transmitted on this port including data in bad packets and frame check sequence FCS octets and framing bits The number of pause frames received transmitted on this port The number of valid size packets received on this port with proper framing but discarded because of cyclic redundancy check CRC errors The number of packets received on this port with fewer than 64 bytes and with proper CRC and framing also known as short frames or runts The number of packets received on this port with proper CRC and framing that meet the following requirements 1518 bytes if no VLAN tag exists 1522 bytes if a VLAN tag exists The number of packets discarded on this port when the capacity of the port transmit buffer is exceeded The number of collisions detected on this port Single Collisions Multiple Collisions Excessive Collisions Deferred Packets The number of packets transmitted successfully on this port after a single collision The number of packets transmitted successfully on this port after more than one collision The number of packets lost on this port due to excessive collisions The number of frames delayed on the first transmission attempt without incurring a collision Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 1 1 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks St
225. re information about networking concepts protocols and topologies consult the following RFCs e RFC 1213 MIB II e RFC 1493 Bridge MIB e RFC 1573 Interface MIB e RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB e RFC 2849 RMON e RFC 1157 SNMP Standards The following IEEE Standards also contain information relevant to the BES1000 Series switch e IEEE 802 1D Standard for Spanning Tree Protocol e IEEE 802 1ab LLDP support e IEEE 802 3 Ethernet e IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagging IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 228 BES1000 fundamentals EAPOL and RADIUS security The switch is an Extensible Authentication Protocol Over LAN EAPOL Authenticator as defined in 802 1x standards As an authenticator it communicates with the user and end station connected to its port over EAPOL EAP over LAN and uses Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RADIUS to communicate with the Authentication Server The result of the authentication determines the user s access on the port RADIUS is a client server based authentication software system that provides secure Internet access especially in a Virtual Private Network VPN When a RADIUS password is used for dial in access to an Internet Service Provider ISP the username and password are che
226. rea networks A virtual LAN VLAN is a collection of switch ports that make up a single broadcast domain You can configure a VLAN for a single switch or for multiple switches When you create a VLAN you can control traffic flow and ease the administration of moves adds and changes on the network by eliminating the need to change physical cabling Using the Web based management interface you can configure port based VLANs Navigation e IEEE 802 1Q VLAN workgroups page 231 e VLAN workgroup example page 231 e VLANs spanning multiple switches page 236 e VLAN configuration rules page 239 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 230 BES1000 fundamentals Port based VLANs A port based VLAN is a VLAN in which the ports are explicitly configured to be in the VLAN When you create a port based VLAN on a switch you assign a VLAN identification number VLAN ID and specify which ports belong to the VLAN The VLAN ID is used to coordinate VLANs across multiple switches In a traditional shared media network traffic generated by a station is transmitted to all other stations on the local segment Therefore for any given station on the shared Ethernet the local segment is the collision domain because traffic on the segment has the potential to cause an Ethernet
227. regation Port This value is read only MarkerPDUsRX Signifies the number of valid Marker PDUs received on this Aggregation Port This value is read only MarkerResponsePDUsSRX The number of valid Marker Response PDUs received on this Aggregation Port This value is read only UnknownRX Indicates the number of frames received that can carry the Slow Protocols Ethernet Type value 43B 4 but contain an unknown PDU are addressed to the Slow Protocols group MAC Address 43B 3 but do not carry the Slow Protocols Ethernet Type This value is read only IllegalRX Denotes the number of frames received that carry the Slow Protocols Ethernet Type value 43B 4 but contain a badly formed PDU or an illegal value of Protocol Subtype 43B 4 This value is read only LACPDUsTX Signifies the number of LACPDUs that are transmitted on this Aggregation Port This value is read only MarkerPDUsTX Displays the number of Marker PDUs transmitted on this Aggregation Port This value is read only MarkerResponsePDUsTX Indicates the number of Marker Response PDUs that are transmitted on this Aggregation Port This value is read only Viewing RMON history statistics You can use the Business Element Manager to view RMON history statistics Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarm Control 2 Click the History tab Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The No
228. removed Note Nortel recommends that you use the default value of 300 Select VLAN Displays the current active VLANs found on the switch MAC Address Table MAC Address Displays the source of the discovered MAC Address Source Port Displays the port address Configuring MAC address based security Configure MAC address security to enable or disable security features on the switch Prerequisites e Ensure that you do not enter the MAC address of the switch you are working on e After configuring the switch for MAC address based security you must use the Port Configuration page to enable the ports you want Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt MAC Address Security gt Security Configuration The Security Configuration page appears 2 On the MAC Address Security field select Enabled or Disabled from the list 3 Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 72 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface End Configuring port lists Configure the port list feature to create a list of ports and add ports to or delete ports from each list Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt MAC Address Security gt Port List Th
229. ries NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 191 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarm Control The History tab appears 2 Highlight the row that contains the port ID you want to delete 3 Click Delete The entry is removed from the table End Viewing Alarm settings Use the Element Manager to view alarms and alarm settings Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarm Settings 2 Choose Administration 3 Choose General 4 Choose Alarm Settings End Navigation Alarm settings window page 192 Alarms tab page 193 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 192 BES1000 administration Alarm settings window Variable definitions Field Variable Sample Type Sample Interval Index Threshold type Value Event Index Description Name and type of alarm indicated by the format e alarmname x where x 0 indicates a chassis alarm e alarmname An alarm where the user must specify the index This is a card number for module related alarms an
230. ries Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Installing SFPs 201 The RMON History Statistics Table is updated with information about the selected device and port End Installing SFPs CAUTION SFPs are keyed to prevent incorrect insertion If an SFP resists pressure do not force it turn it over and reinsert it Use this procedure to install an SFP Procedure steps Step Action 1 Remove the SFP from its protective packaging 2 Verify that the SFP is the correct model for your network configuration See 1000BASE SFP models page 223 for information about the SFPs models supported 3 Grasp the SFP between your thumb and forefinger 4 Insert the SFP into the SFP slot on the module See Inserting an SFP Apply light pressure to the SFP until the device clicks and locks into position in the module End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 202 BES1000 administration Inserting an SFP l nu v an Removing an SFP Use this procedure to remove an SFP Your SFP locking extractor mechanism may be different than the models shown Procedure steps Step Action 1 Disconnect t
231. rite password for console access Password to the switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping 63 Configuring RADIUS security Use this procedure to configure RADIUS security for the BES1000 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration gt Security gt RADIUS The Security gt RADIUS page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or choose from a list 3 Click Submit End Variable RADIUS Authentication Setting Primary RADIUS Indicate the address of the primary RADIUS server Server address Secondary RADIUS Indicate the address of the secondary RADIUS server Server address UDP RADIUS Port Indicate the port number for User Datagram Protocol UDP RADIUS Shared Type the password string for your RADIUS server You Secret can use up to 128 characters Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping Configure IGMP snooping to enable the switch to selectively forward multicast traffic only on those ports where particular IP multicast streams are expected Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt IGMP gt IGMP Configuration 2 To enable or disable IGMP on a VLAN click
232. rks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 165 Variable Value OutBadValues The total number of SNMP PDUs generated by the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is badValue OutGenErrs The total number of SNMP PDUs generated by InBadVersions InBadCommunityNames InBadCommunityUses InASNParseErrs InTooBigs InNoSuchNames InBadValues InReadOnlys InGenErrs the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is genErr The total number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP protocol for an unsupported SNMP version The total number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP protocol that use an unknown SNMP community name The total number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP protocol that represents an SNMP operation not allowed by the SNMP community named in the message The total number of ASN 1 or BER errors encountered by the SNMP protocol when decoding received SNMP messages The total number of SNMP PDUs delivered to the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is tooBig The total number of SNMP PDUs delivered to the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is noSuchName The total number of SNMP PDUs delivered to the SNMP protocol for which the value of the error status field is badValue The total number of SNMP PDUs delivered to the SNMP protocol for whi
233. rnet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 193 Threshold type Rising value Falling value object Generally object Generally accept the default that is accept the default that is already filled in already filled in Alarms tab The Alarms tab displays the RMON statistics and history for the port for which you create an alarm Variable definitions Variable Value Index Uniquely identifies an entry in the alarm table Each such entry defines a diagnostic sample at a particular interval for an object on the device Interval The interval in seconds over which data is sampled and compared with the rising and falling thresholds When setting this variable in the case of deltaValue sampling set the interval short enough so that the sampled variable is unlikely to increase or decrease by more than 2431 1 during a single sampling interval Variable The object identifier of the particular variable to be sampled Only variables that resolve to an ASN 1 primitive type of INTEGER INTEGER Counter Gauge or TimeTicks can be sampled Sample Type The method of sampling the selected variable and calculating the value to be compared against the thresholds If the value of this object is absoluteValue 1 the value of the selecte
234. rocedure to create an RMON event Procedure steps Step Action 1 In the Events tab click Insert The RmonAlarms Insert Events dialog box appears RmonAlarms Insert Events dialog box page 190 For additional information see Events tab page 179 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 190 BES1000 administration RmonAlarms Insert Events dialog box x Index 2 1 65535 Description Type C none C log snmp trap C log and trap Community Be Owerf il ce en 2 In the Description field type a name for the event 3 Select the type of event you want You can set the event type to log to save memory or to snmp trap to reduce traffic from the switch or for better CPU utilization If you select snmp trap or log and trap you must set trap receivers 4 Click Insert The new event is displayed in the Events tab End Deleting an RMON Event Use this procedure to delete an event Procedure steps Step Action 1 In the Events tab highlight an event Description 2 Click Delete The event is removed from the table End Disabling RMON history statistics Use this procedure to disable RMON history on a port Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Se
235. rs A Set the desired values for the configurable parameters o Click Apply End Variable definitions AdminEnabled Enables or disables LACP on the port Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ports 109 Variable Value OperEnabled ActorAdminkKey ActorOperKey AttachedAggID ActorPort ActorPortPriority ActorAdminState Trunklid PartnerOperPort Displays the current operational status of LACP on the port A value of true means the port is participating in LACP A value of false means the port is not participating in LACP The current administrative value of the Key for the Aggregator The current operational value of the Key for the Aggregator The identifier value of the Aggregator to which this Aggregation Port is currently attached Zero indicates that the Aggregation Port is not currently attached to an Aggregator This value is read only The port number locally assigned to the Aggregation Port The priority value assigned to this Aggregation Port This 16 bit value is read write A string of 8 bits corresponding to the administrative values of Actor_State The trunk ID The operational port assigned to this aggregation Nortel Business Ethernet
236. rtel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 177 3 Highlight an entry 4 Click the Graph button End RMON History tab Variable definitions Variable Value Samplelndex An index that uniquely identifies the particular sample this entry represents among all the samples associated with the same entry This index starts at one and increases by one as each new sample is taken Utilization The best estimate of the mean physical layer network utilization on this interface during the sampling interval in hundredths of a percent Octets The total number of octets of data including those in bad packets received on the network excluding framing bits but including FCS octets You can use this object as a reasonable estimate of Ethernet utilization For greater precision sample the etherStatsPkts and etherStatsOctets objects before and after a common interval Pkts The total number of packets including bad packets broadcast packets and multicast packets received BroadcastPkts The total number of good packets received that are directed to the broadcast address Note that this does not include multicast packets MulticastPkts The total number of good packets received that are directed to a multicast address Note that this number does not include packets directed
237. rtitioned Security Violation tab The Security Violation tab contains a list of ports where network access violations have occurred and also identifies the offending MAC addresses Variable definitions Variable Value Unit The unit number Port The number of the port that experiences a security violation MACAddress The MAC address of the device that attempts unauthorized network access MAC address based security Viewing statistics Use Element Manager to configure system logging and to display chassis and port statistics for the BES1000 Series switch Navigation e Graphing Chassis statistics page 163 e Graphing port statistics page 167 Graphing Chassis statistics Use the Chassis Metrics option to graph statistics for SNMP and IP You can view a graphical representation of statistics when you select a packet or a port and choose a Line chart icon a Bar Chart icon or an Area Chart icon Procedure steps Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 164 BES1000 administration Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt System Metrics gt Chassis Metrics 2 Click the tab related to the information that you want to view End SNMP tab You can use the SNMP tab to graph SNMP statistics Varia
238. rts correspond to port 1 and 2 for all platforms 1000BASE SFP models Model number Product number Description 1 port 1000Base SX SFP AA1419014 Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC mini GBIC connector short wavelength 550 m type MT RJ 1 port 1000Base LX SFP AA1419015 Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC mini GBIC connector long wavelength 5 km type LC Configuration and switch management The BES1000 Series switch that is shipped directly from the factory is ready to operate in any 10BASE T or 100BASE TX standard network You can manage the switch using one of the following e Console interface You can use the console interface to configure and manage the switch locally Access the Cl menus and screens locally through a console terminal attached to the BES1000 Series switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 224 BES1000 fundamentals e Web based management You can manage the network from the World Wide Web Access the Web based graphical user interface GUI through the HTML based browser located on your network The GUI lets you configure monitor and maintain your network through Web browsers You can also download software using the Web e Business Element Manager The Element Manager is a client based management application that run
239. s Variable Value TimeMark The TimeFilter for this entry The TimeFilter is used for the index to a table The TimeFilter lets an application download only those rows changed since a particular time A row is considered changed if the value of any object in the row changes or if the row is created or deleted For more information about TimeFilter see the textual convention within the IETF RFC 2021 LocalPortNum Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received An arbitrary local integer value used by this agent to identify a particular connection instance unique only for the indicated remote system An agent is encouraged to assign increasing index values to new entries starting with one after each reboot It is unlikely that the Index wraps between reboots ChassisldSubtype The type of encoding used to identify the remote system chassis e chassisComponent e interfaceAlias portComponent e macAddress e networkAddress e interfaceName e local Chassisld Remote chassis ID SysCapSupported Identifies the system capabilities supported on the remote system SysCapEnabled Identifies the system capabilities that are enabled on the remote system SysName Remote system name SysDesc Remote system description PortldSubtype The type of encoding used to identify the remote port Portld Remote port ID PortDesc Remote port description Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series
240. s Use this procedure to configure SNMPv3 views You can use SNMPv38 views to restrict user access to specified portions of the Management Information Base MIB tree Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv3 gt Management Info View The Management Info View page appears In the View Name box type a name In the View Subtree box type a subnet address In the View Mask box type a mask address In the View Type list make a selection In the Entry Storage list make a selection Nn O Oo A W N Click Submit in any section to save your entries End Variable definitions Variable Value Management Information Creation View Name The name for the SNMP group View Subtree The subnet address to assign to the group View Mask The mask address to assign to the group View Type Indicate the view type as follows Include Exclude Entry Storage Choose whether the storage is volatile or nonvolatile Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 46 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Configuring notification messages Use this procedure to configure SNMPv3 notification messages Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNMPv3 gt Not
241. s gt RMON Threshold The RMON Threshold page appears Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 200 BES1000 administration a e E CCE 2 In the RMON Threshold Creation section type information in the text boxes or select from a list Click Submit The new configuration is displayed in the RMON Threshold Table End Deleting an RMON threshold configuration Delete an existing RMON threshold configuration to create new threshold information Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Events gt RMON Threshold The RMON Threshold page appears In the RMON Threshold table click the Delete icon for the entry you want to delete A message appears prompting you to confirm your request To delete the RMON threshold configuration click Yes To return to the RMON Threshold page without making changes click Cancel End Viewing RMON history View a periodic statistical sampling of data from the network Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Events gt RMON History The RMON History page appears In the RMON History Statistics section choose the port number to be monitored Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Se
242. s Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Virtual local area networks 229 SNTP The Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP feature synchronizes the Universal Coordinated Time UTC to an accuracy within 1 s This feature adheres to the IEEE RFC 2030 The MIB information is located under the s5agent With this feature the system can obtain the time from any RFC 2030 compliant NTP SNTP server ATTENTION If you have trouble using this feature try various NTP servers Some NTP servers can be overloaded or currently inoperative The system retries connecting with the NTP server a maximum of three times with five min between each retry If the connection fails after the three attempts the system waits for the next synchronization time the default is 24 hours hr and begins the process again Using SNTP provides a real time timestamp for the software shown as Greenwich mean time GMT If SNTP is enabled the default value is disabled the system synchronizes with the configured NTP server at boot up and at user configurable periods thereafter the default sync interval is 24 hr The first synchronization is not performed until network connectivity is established SNTP supports primary and secondary NTP servers The system tries connecting to the secondary NTP server only if the primary NTP server is unresponsive Virtual local a
243. s Nortel Networks Confidential 68 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Quality of Service gt Priority Queue Assignment The 802 1p Priority Queue Assignment page appears 2 In the 802 1p Priority Assignment View By section select from the list to choose an assignment order 3 Click Submit 4 In the 802 1p Priority Assignment Table section type the queue assignment associated with each priority 5 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value Queue Set Choose the priority from 0 to 7 to map the queue set for the 802 1p to queue mapping Queue Assign a queue number for the priority to configure the 802 1p to queue mapping Enabling Differentiated Services Code Point DSCP mapping Use this procedure to enable DSCP to 802 1p mapping on your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Quality of Service gt DSCP Mapping 2 To enable mapping select Enabled from the DSCP to 802 1p mapping list OR To disable mapping select Disabled from the DSCP to 802 1p mapping list 3 Click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Displaying DSCP queue ass
244. s associated with ports that are configured within the switch The displayed addresses are dynamic and can change as clients join or leave the various IP Multicast groups You can have up to 128 multicast groups with the BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt IGMP gt Multicast Group The Multicast Group page appears 2 To view multicast groups for a VLAN in the VLAN field choose the desired VLAN and click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 128 BES1000 administration Variable definitions End Variable VLAN Value Lets you view multicast group addresses on specified VLANs Select an existing VLAN from the list to view Multicast group addresses associated with the VLAN Multicast Group Address Port Displays all of the IP Multicast group addresses that are currently active on the associated port Displays the port numbers that are associated with the IP Multicast group addresses displayed in the IP Multicast group address field Viewing the system log You can view a display of messages contained in Non Volatile Random Access Memory NVRAM or Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAM and NVRAM Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu
245. s on a Microsoft Windows computer With the Element Manager you can connect to BES1000 Series switch devices over an IP network It is used to configure administer and monitor BES1000 Series switch devices Configuring an IP address using BootP With BootP or Boot Protocol you can administer the IP addresses of network devices from a central location Along with the IP address the BootP protocol identifies the default gateway subnet mask and other configuration parameters that can be managed by the BooiP server The BES1000 Series switch has a unique 48 bit hardware address or MAC address that is printed on a label on the back panel You use this MAC address when you configure the network BootP server to recognize the BES1000 Series switch BootP requests A properly configured BootP server enables the switch to automatically learn its assigned IP address subnet mask and the IP address of the default router default gateway BootP Configuration Requirements To use the BootP protocol you need a BootP server that adheres to the IETF standard RFC 951 That BootP server must be accessible through the Management VLAN If the BootP server is not located on the same subnet as the BES1000 Series switch but is located on another IP subnet there must be a router on the local subnet the subnet with which the BES1000 Series switch is associated that provides BootP Relay functionality as defined in RFC 1532 BootP configuration Parameters
246. s the Coordinated Universal Time UTC when the device last synchronized with an NTP server LastSyncSource Specifies the IP source address of the NTP server with which this device last synchronized NextSyncTime Specifies the UTC at which the next synchronization is scheduled PrimaryServerSyncFailures Specifies the number of times the switch failed to synchronize with the primary server address However synchronization with the secondary server address can still occur SecondaryServerSyncFailures Specifies the number of times the switch failed to synchronize with the secondary server address CurrentTime Specifies the current UTC of the switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Enabling Multicast filtering 113 Configuring Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping Use this procedure to configure IGMP snooping for your BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt Data Services gt VLAN IGMP The VLAN tab appears 2 Click the IGMP Snoop tab The IGMP Snoop tab appears 3 To enable IGMP on a VLAN double click the SnoopEnable field and choose true 4 To disable IGMP on a VLAN double click the SnoopEnable field and choose false 5 Click Apply End
247. s used to configure administer and monitor BES1000 Series switch devices The following procedures describe how to use the Element Manager to view and configure the BES1000 Series switch Navigation e Connecting to a BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager page 85 e Working with configuration files page 86 e Configuring EAPOL security page 88 Connecting to a BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Use this procedure to connect to the BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 Start the Element Manager 2 In the Navigation Pane ensure that Network Elements is selected 3 From the Element Manager menu choose Network gt Find Network Elements gt Business Ethernet Switch The Network Device Search dialog box appears 4 Ensure that the Read and Write community strings are set properly By default the Start of IP Address range field is populated with 192 168 1 0 and the End of IP Address range field is populated with 192 168 255 If these values represent the private subnet of the SMB devices click OK Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 86 Using the Element Manager If these values are incorrect enter the appropriate IP range Network Elements window E Morte Business Hement M
248. sable the System Name TLV SysDesc Enable or disable the System Description TLV SysCap Enable or disable the System Capabilities TLV MgmtAddr Enable or disable the Management Address TLV Configuring remote access Use the Remote Access page to allow a user at a remote console terminal to communicate with the switch and configure the BES1000 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Remote Access The Remote Access page appears In the Access list choose a selection In the Use List select either Yes or No Type an IP address in the Allowed Source IP field Type an IP address in the Allowed Source Mask field Click Submit oOo oa A WO N End Variable definitions SNMP Specifies if SNMP access is allowed SNMP access includes the Element Manager To limit SNMP access to the IP addresses in the table choose Yes in the Use List field Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP 81 Variable Values WEB Page Specifies from what IP addresses access to the Web based management system is allowed access is always allowed To limit Web access to the IP addresses in the table choose Yes in the Use List field Allowed Source IP Specifies up to 10 user a
249. se with the BES1000 see Using the Web based user interface page 21 e To set up the BES1000 management features using the Web UI see BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface page 37 and BES1000 advanced features configuration page 59 e To set up the Element Manager for use with the BES1000 see Using the Element Manager user interface page 85 e To set up the BES1000 management features using the Element Manager see BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager page 89 and BES1000 advanced configuration using Element Manager page 111 e To reset the system to change the IP address to view system details or to manage BES1000 firmware see BES1000 administration page 121 e To learn about the BES1000 management features see BES1000 fundamentals page 209 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 20 Introduction i C sSCSCSC CSCi C e For system defaults specifications compliances and other reference information related to the BES1000 see BES reference information page 253 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential
250. sis statistics page 163 Graphing port statistics page 167 Viewing RMON history statistics page 176 Viewing RMON Events page 178 RMON Ether Stats tab for graphing ports page 179 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 146 BES1000 administration a TTT e NCNN SN e Viewing statistics page 179 e Viewing Alarm settings page 191 Configuring the Virtual Cable Tester Use these procedures to run a virtual cable tester VCT on your BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Diagnostics gt Virtual Cable Tester The VCT tab appears 2 In the VirtualCableTest field double click to choose to start a test or not to start a test 3 Click Apply End Variable Value Port The port number VirtualCableTest Displays noTest when the table is displayed For the selected port you can double click noTest and select startTest to activate the Virtual Cable Test action Viewing VCT test results Use this procedure to filter virtual cable tester VCT results on the BES1000 Series switch using the Element Manager Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt Gen
251. ss Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 212 BES1000 fundamentals Reset button for reset to factory default The reset button resets the switch and sets all switch properties to the factory default values Note In order to reset the switch you must press and hold the reset button for approximately four seconds SFP gigabit interface converters Small form factor pluggable gigabit interface converters SFP GBIC are input output enhancement components that are hot swappable SFP GBICs are designed for use with Nortel products to allow gigabit Ethernet ports to link with other gigabit Ethernet ports over various media types including fiber optics The BES1000 Series switch supports the following SFPs e 1000Base SX SFP GBIC mini GBIC connector type LC e 1000Base SX SFP GBIC mini GBIC connector type MT RJ e 1000Base LX SFP GBIC mini GBIC connector type LC For more information about the SFP GBICs see SFP transceiver page 220 10 100 and 1000 RJ 45 port connectors The BES1000 Series switch uses 10BASE T 100BASE TX RJ 45 8 pin modular port connectors The 10BASE T 100BASE TX port connectors are configured as MDI X Media Dependent Interface crossover which means that the port connectors enable connections between like devices The ports are connected by s
252. ssigned host IP addresses that are allowed Web access and if specified SNMP access to the switch The default value is 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned The range is four octet dotted decimal notation in which each octet is represented as a decimal value separated by a decimal point Allowed Source Mask Specifies up to 10 user assigned allowed source address masks The remote IP address is masked with the Allowed Source Mask and if the resulting value equals the Allowed Source IP address the connection is allowed For example a connection is allowed with the following settings e Remote IP address 192 0 1 5 Allowed Source IP Address 192 0 1 0 e Allowed Source Mask 255 255 255 e The default value is 0 0 0 0 no IP mask assigned The range is four octet dotted decimal notation in which each octet is represented as a decimal value separated by a decimal point Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP The SNTP feature allows the switch to set its internal clock based on periodic updates from a time server With this feature the system can obtain the time from any RFC 2030 compliant NTP SNTP server Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt SNTP 2 In the Primary Server Address field type a primary IP address 3 In the Secondary Server Address field type a secondary IP address 4 In the Sync Interval field type a number Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 10
253. stChange OperState TotalNumPorts IpAddress The value of sysUpTime at the time this unit component enters its current operational state The operational state of the switch The total number of ports on the switch The unit IP address Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 ta Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Standard 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 149 150 BES1000 administration Flow Control tab The Flow Control tab displays whether flow control is enabled Variable definitions GlobalFlowControlEnabled Select the check box to enable flow control Flow control manages the data flow so that your data is not lost when the receiving buffer is near capacity or full PowerSupply tab The PowerSupply tab provides read only information about the operating status of the switch power supplies PowerSupply tab Variable Chassis 1 Primary Power Supply Provides the operational state of the specified power supply Possible values include Value other Some other state notAvail State not available removed Component is removed disabled Operation disabled normal State is in normal operation resetInProg There is a reset in progress testing System is doing a self test warning System is operating at a warning level nonFatalErr System is operating at error level fatalErr
254. stration Console Switch Web Switch Password PlsChgMe Password Type ON User ID Read Only nnadminRO Password Read Only User ID Read Write Password Read Write PlsChgMe RO nnadmin PlsChgMe Password Type ON IP Address 192 168 1 132 Community Read Only Community Read Write PlsChgMe RO PlsChgMe RW Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 1 1 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential 254 BES reference information QoS defaults For information about QoS defaults weights see the following table QoS default weights Value Highest Technical specifications This section provides technical specifications for the Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP models Navigation e SFP physical specifications page 254 Specifications for LC type 1000BASE SX connectivity page 254 Specifications for LC type 1000BASE LX connectivity page 255 Specifications for MT RJ Type 1000BASE SX connectivity page 256 SFP physical specifications This section provides technical specifications for the following SFP models Technical specifications for 1000BASE SX SFPs and 1000BASE LX SFPs Specification Description Dimensions H x W x D 0 53 x 0 33 x 2 22 in 13 4 x 8 5 x 56 4 mm Connectors Multimode fiber optic LC or MT RJ Single mode fiber op
255. t _ lt Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt 802 1ab gt LLDP Local System Data The LLDP Local System Data page appears 2 To refresh the information on the page click Submit End LLDP Local System Data page items Variable Value Link Layer Discovery Protocol Configuration ChassisldSubtype The type of encoding used to identify the local system chassis e chassisComponent e interfaceAlias portComponent macAddress e networkAddress e interfaceName e local LocChassisld Chassis ID LocSysName Local system name LocSysDesc Local system description LocSysCapSupported Specifies the system capabilities that are supported on the local system LocSysCapEnabled Specifies the system capabilities that are enabled on the local system Link Layer Discovery Protocol Port System Data Port Port number PortldSubtype The type of port identifier encoding used in the associated Portld object Portld The string value used to identify the port component associated with a given port in the local system PortDesc The string value used to identify the port description of the 802 LAN station associated with the local system If the local agent supports IETF RFC 2863 PortDesc object should have the same value as ifDescr object Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 Januar
256. tep Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring 2 Choose Events 3 Choose RMON Event Log The RMON Event Log page appears End RMON Event Log page items Item Description Time Stamp The time the event occurred Description A description of the event that activated this log entry Triggered By A comment describing the source of the event ID The event that generated this log entry Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 138 BES1000 administration Viewing RMON Ethernet statistics Use the RMON Ethernet statistics page to gather and graph Ethernet statistics in a variety of formats Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Events gt RMON Ethernet The RMON Ethernet page appears 2 To refresh the information on the page click Update End Variable definitions Variable Value Port The port number that corresponds to the selected switch Drop Events The number of events in which packets are dropped by the interface due to a lack of resources Octets The number of octets of data including those in bad packets received on the network excluding framing bits but including Frame Check Sequence FCS octets Packets The number of packets received transmitted on a
257. ter this entry becomes valid is less than or equal to this threshold and the associated alarmStartupAlarm is equal to fallingAlarm 2 or risingOrFallingAlarm 3 After a falling event is generated another such event is not generated until the sampled value rises above this threshold and reaches the alarmRising Threshold Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks 10 January 2007 Nortel Networks Confidential Fault management 195 Variable Value FallingEventindex The index of the eventEntry that is used when a falling threshold is crossed The eventEntry identified by a particular value of this index is the same as identified by the same value of the eventindex object If there is no corresponding entry in the eventTable then no association exists In particular if this value is zero no associated event is generated because zero is not a valid event index Owner The network management system which creates this entry Status The status of this alarm entry Disabling Ethernet statistics gathering Use this procedure to disable set Ethernet statistics gathering parameters Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt General gt Alarm Control The History tab appears 2 Click the Ether Stats tab The Ether Stats tab appears 3 Highlight the r
258. the LAN segment attached to this port A value of True indicates that the spanning tree treats this port as if it is connected to a point to point link A value of False indicates that the spanning tree treats this port as having a shared media connection A value of Auto indicates that this port is considered to have a point to point link if it is an aggregator and all of its members are aggregatable A value of Auto indicates that this port is considered to have a point to point link if the MAC entity is configured for full duplex operation either through autonegotiation or by management means Oper Protocol Version Indicates the Spanning Tree Port STP version in which the port participates Role Indicates the role of the port in the Spanning Tree instance Used to identify the Rapid Spanning Tree Port RSTP port state The port state is cataloged as Discarding Learning or Forwarding Viewing Spanning Tree Bridge information Use the Spanning Tree Bridge Information page switch settings to see bridge information Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Spanning Tree gt Bridge Information Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 56 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface LL LLL The
259. the required settings End Variable definitions Switch IP Address Specify a new IP address for the switch Subnet Mask Specify a new subnet mask Default Gateway Specify an IP address for the default gateway ManagementVlanld The current management VLAN ID BootMode Sets the BootP mode to use at the next switch boot e bootpDisabled e bootpAlways e bootpOrDefaultlp e bootpOrLastAddress Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Setting the Element Manager Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP properties 91 Variable Value ReBoot By default the switch is in the Running mode The reboot command initiates a hardware reset AuthenticationTraps Click to enable or disable When you enable Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP traps are sent to trap receivers for all SNMP access authentication When you disable no traps are received To view traps from the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt Logs gt Trap Log Setting the Element Manager Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP properties The Element Manager communicates with the BES1000 Series switches using Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP The software is shipped with default values set for important communication parameters suc
260. thernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 144 BES1000 administration Variable Value PortldSubtype The type of port identifier encoding used in the associated Portld object Portld The string value used to identify the port component associated with a given port in the local system Mgmt Addr The management address associated with the remote system Mgmilf The OID value used to identify the type of hardware component or protocol entity associated with the management address advertised by the remote system agent Mgmt Addr OID The object identifier OID for the management address associated with the remote system Displaying LLDP statistics Use the LLDP Rx Tx Statistics page to display LLDP statistics Procedure step Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt 802 1ab gt LLDP Rx Tx Statistics The LLDP Rx Tx page appears 2 To refresh the information on the page click Update End LLDP statistics page items Variable Value Rx Inserted The number of LLDP frames received Rx Deleted The number of LLDP frames deleted Rx Droped The number of dropped LLDP frames Age Out The number of LLDP frames that exceed their time limit Tx Frames The number of transmitted LLDP frames Rx Frames Discarded The number of received LLDP frames that are discarded Nortel Business
261. thernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 153 Variable Value BeastAddr The value of the least significant bit in the IP broadcast address used for sending datagrams on the logical interface associated with the IP address of this entry When the Internet standard all ones broadcast address 255 255 255 255 is used the value is 1 This value applies to both the subnet and network broadcasts addresses used by the entity on this logical interface ReasmMaxSize The size of the largest IP datagram that this entity can reassemble from incoming IP fragmented datagrams received on this interface ARP tab The ARP Address Resolution Protocol tab shows the MAC addresses and their associated IP addresses for the switch ARP tab Type The type of mapping This is a read only field Viewing VLAN properties A VLAN is a collection of ports on one or more switches that define a broadcast domain The BES1000 Series switch supports port based VLANs Use Element Manager to view the VLAN properties on your BES1000 Series switch VLAN tab Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration 2 Choose Data Services 3 Choose VLAN IGMP The Data Services VLAN tab displays the propert
262. tic LC or MT RJ Single fiber LC fiber optic connector Specifications for LC type 1000BASE SX connectivity The model 1000BASE SX SFP provides 1000BASE SX 850 nm short wavelength Gigabit Ethernet connectivity using LC duplex multimode fiber connectors The Model 1000BASE SX SFP supports full duplex operation only The following table describes standards connectors cabling and distance for the model 1000BASE SX SFP 1000BASE SX SFP specifications Type Specification Standards Conforms to the following standards 802 3z 1000BASE SX Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Technical specifications 255 Type Specification Connectors Duplex LC fiber optic connector Cabling 62 5 m MMF optic cable 50 m MMF optic cable Distance 902 ft 275 m using 62 5 m MMF optic cable 1804 ft 550 m using 50 m MMF optic cable Wavelength 850 nm Optical budget 7 dB Laser Transmitter characteristics Minimum launch power 10 dBm Maximum launch power 4 dBm Receiver characteristics Minimum receiver sensitivity 17 dBm Maximum power input 0 dBm Specifications for LC type 1000BASE LX connectivity The model 1000BASE LX SFP provides 1000BASE LX 1310 nm long wavelength gigabit Ethernet connectivity by using LC duplex fiber connectors The lon
263. ticast Filtering page appears 2 In the Unknown Multicast Filtering box choose a selection from the Enable Disable list 3 Click Submit 4 To delete a MAC address in the MAC Multicast Filter Table box click the Delete icon 5 In the Allowed Address box type the Multicast MAC address to be forwarded 6 Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP transmission properties 77 Variable definitions Variable Value Unknown Multicast Filtering Enable Disable Choose the Enabled ON or Disabled OFF state MAC Multicast Filter Table Action Allows you to remove the MAC address from the table Allowed Address Identifies the MAC multicast address that is forwarded when the Unknown Multicast Filtering setting is enabled Add Multicast MAC Address Allowed Address Type the MAC address to forward even if Multicast Filtering is enabled The Multicast MAC Address is made up of the 24 bit Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA Multicast Organizationally Unique Identifier OUI and the 23 least significant bits LSB of the Multicast IP Address The format of the Multicast MAC is xx xx xx yy yy yy where xx xx xx IANA Multicast OUI and yy yy yy the 23 least significant b
264. time the switch boots to use the IP configuration parameters stored in nonvolatile memory If a BootP configuration is in progress when you issue this command the BootP configuration stops BootP or Last Address choose this mode to inform the switch at each start up to obtain its IP configuration using BootP If the BootP request fails the switch uses the network parameters stored in its nonvolatile memory Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring IP and gateway settings 251 Variable Value Note Valid parameters obtained when using BootP always replace the current information stored in the nonvolatile memory Note Whenever the switch broadcasts BootP requests the BootP process times out if a reply is not received within approximately 10 minutes min When the process times out the BootP request mode automatically changes to BootP Disabled mode To restart the BootP process change the BootP request mode to any of the two following modes BootP Always or to BootP or Last Address Switch IP Address Type a new switch IP address in the appropriate format The default switch IP address is 192 168 1 132 Note When the IP address is entered in the In Band IP Address field and the In Band Subnet Mask field value is not present th
265. tion address is not a local address ForwDatagrams The number of input datagrams for which the entity is not their final IP destination as a result of which an attempt is made to find a route to forward them to that final destination For addresses that do not act as IP Gateways this counter includes only those packets that are Source Routed by way of this address and have successful Source Route option processing InUnknownProtos The number of locally addressed datagrams received successfully but are discarded because of an unknown or unsupported protocol InDiscards The number of input IP datagrams for which no problems are encountered to prevent their continued processing but that are discarded for example for lack of buffer space Note that this counter does not include any datagrams discarded while awaiting reassembly InDelivers The total number of input datagrams successfully delivered to IP user protocols including ICMP OutRequests The total number of IP datagrams that local IP user protocols including ICMP supplied to IP in requests for transmission Note that this counter does not include any datagrams counted in ipForwDatagrams Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Element Manager 167 Variable Val
266. tised by the remote system agent Configuring rate limiting You can view the current forwarding rate of broadcast and multicast packets and configure the BES1000 Series switch to limit the forwarding rate of broadcast and multicast packets on each interface When you configure rate limiting you set the percentage of port bandwidth allowed for a packet type When the threshold is exceeded additional packets are discarded Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Configuration gt System gt Port 2 Click a port to begin 3 Click the RateLimit tab Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 106 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager 4 In the TrafficType field click the column header to toggle between multicast and broadcast types 5 In the AllowedRate field double click to select a number to indicate the percentage of bandwidth allowed for multicast or broadcast packets 6 In the Enable field double click to select a value to assign 7 Click Apply 8 Click Reset to update the page End Rate Limit tab Variable Value TrafficType The traffic type multicast or broadcast AllowedRate The percentage if any of bandwidth allowed for forwarding the packet type specified in the TrafficType field The
267. tive links with a minimal time delay IGMP Snooping IP multicast is directly mapped to broadcast transmissions in a bridged Ethernet environment In a layer 2 device such as the BES1000 Series switch every IP multicast packet is forwarded on all the links These IP multicast packets are delivered to all the segments of an extended LAN As the network carries more broadcast traffic the network performance degrades End stations are indiscriminately offered the same load as the rest of the network even though they are not interested in particular IP multicast streams IGMP is a protocol used by the IP hosts IGMP is used to report the multicast group memberships of the IP hosts to any of their immediately neighboring multicast routers When multicasting is used on more than one physical network and multicast datagrams have to pass through routers the IGMP protocol is useful IGMP snooping is supported by the BES1000 Series switch for both version one and two of the IGMP protocol The IGMP snooping technique enables the switch to selectively forward multicast traffic only on those ports where particular IP multicast streams are expected By snooping for IGMP communication between routers and hosts a switch can identify those ports Configuring IP and gateway settings Configure the IP and gateway settings to modify the switch IP address and subnet mask parameters and then configure the IP address of your default gateway ATTENTION Se
268. traight cables to the network interface card NIC in a node or a server If you want to connect the port connectors to an Ethernet hub or Ethernet switch you need to use a crossover cable because those cables are specifically designed for Ethernet use If you already have an MDI connection on the corresponding port on the Ethernet device you only need a straight cable to connect the switch The BES1000 Series switch uses autosensing ports designed to operate at 10 megabits per second Mbits s or at 100 megabits per second Mbits s depending on the connecting device These ports support the IEEE 802 3u autonegotiation standard which means that when a port is connected to another device that also supports the IEEE 802 3u standard the two devices negotiate the best speed and duplex mode The 10BASE T 100BASE TX switch ports also support half and full duplex mode operation Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Hardware components of the BES1000 Series switch 213 The 10BASE T 100BASE TX RJ 45 switch ports can connect to 10 Mb s or 100 Mb s Ethernet segments or nodes ATTENTION Use Category 3 4 or 5 copper unshielded twisted pair UTP cable connections when connecting 10BASE T 100BASE TX ports For more information about RJ 45 port connectors see Conne
269. tting is Both Limit Choose the percentage if any of bandwidth allowed for forwarding the packet type specified in the Packet Type field When the threshold is exceeded any additional packets are discarded Choose None or 1 10 Last 5 Minutes The percentage of packets received by the port in the last 5 minutes min This field provides a running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds s Values range from 0 100 Last Hour The percentage of packets received by the port in the last hour This field provides a running average of network activity and is updated every 5 min Values range from 0 100 Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 58 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Variable Last 24 Hours Value The percentage of packets received by the port in the last 24 hours This field provides a running average of network activity and is updated every 15 min Note The Last 5 Minutes Last Hour and Last 24 Hours fields indicate the view of network activity of the receiving port regardless of the rate limiting setting Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 N
270. ttings take effect immediately when you click Submit Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 250 BES1000 fundamentals Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt IP The IP page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value BootP Request Mode Choose from BootP or Default IP BootP Always BootP Disabled or BootP or Last Address BootP or Default IP choose this mode to inform the switch to send a BootP request when the switch IP address stored in non volatile memory is the factory default value If the stored IP address differs from the factory default value the switch uses the stored network parameters If the switch cannot find a BootP server it tries five more times to find one and then defaults to the factory settings BootP Always choose this mode to inform the switch each time the switch boots to ignore any stored network parameters and send a BootP request If the BootP request fails the switch boots with the factory default IP configuration This setting disables remote management if no BootP server is set up for the switch and lets the switch boot normally BootP Disabled choose this mode to inform the switch each
271. type 3 4 Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 62 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface Variable definitions Variable Value Web Switch Password Setting Web Switch The password type to use to access the Web interface Password Type The password type is as follows None Local Password RADIUS Authentication Read Only Switch The read only password for access to the Web Password interface Read Write Switch The read write password for access to the Web Password interface Configuring console security Use this procedure to configure console security for the BES1000 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration gt Security gt Console The Security gt Console page appears 2 Type information in the text boxes or choose from a list 3 Click Submit End Variable definitions Variable Value Console Switch Password Setting Console Switch Select a password type to use to get console access to Password Type the switch The password type is as follows None Local Password RADIUS Authentication Read Only Switch Specify the read only password for console access to Password the switch Read Write Switch Specify the read w
272. u can configure untagged frame dropping on a per port basis BES1000 Series switch supports the independent VLAN learning IVL model IVL allows duplicate MAC addresses to be present in different VLANs but not in the same VLAN Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential VLAN workgroup example 231 IEEE 802 1Q VLAN workgroups The BES1000 Series switch supports up to 32 VLANs and IEEE 802 1Q tagging on a per port basis Ports are grouped into broadcast domains by assigning them to the same VLAN Frames received in one VLAN can only be forwarded within that VLAN Multicast frames and unknown unicast frames are flooded only to ports in the same VLAN Setting up virtual LANs VLAN is a way to segment networks to increase network capacity and performance without changing the physical network topology see the Port based VLAN examplegraphic With network segmentation each switch port connects to a segment that is a single collision domain Adding to VLANs defines broadcast domains and having a switch instead of a hub segments the network into individual collision domains With the BES1000 Series switch you can assign ports to VLANs using the Web based management or the Element Manager By assigning ports and therefore the devices attached to these ports to different VLANs
273. ue OutDiscards The number of output IP datagrams for which no problem is encountered to prevent their transmission to their destination but that are discarded for example for lack of buffer space Note that this counter includes datagrams counted in ipForwDatagrams if any such packets meet this discretionary discard criterion OutNoRoutes The number of IP datagrams discarded because no route could be found to transmit them to their destination Note that this counter also includes any packets counted in ipForwDatagrams that have no route This includes any datagrams that a host cannot route because all of its default gateways are down FragOKs The number of IP datagrams that are successfully fragmented at this entity FragFails The number of IP datagrams that are discarded because they needed to be fragmented at this entity but could not be for example because their Don t Fragment flag was set FragCreates The number of IP datagram fragments that are generated as a result of fragmentation at this entity ReasmReqds The number of IP fragments received that needed to be reassembled at this entity ReasmOKs The number of IP datagrams successfully reassembled ReasmFails The number of failures detected by the IP reassembly algorithm for whatever reason timed out or errors for example Note that this is not necessarily a count of discarded IP fragments because some algorithms notably the algorithm in RFC
274. urrently Consumption drawing power Configuring port PoE power priorities Use this procedure to set up the powering priorities for the ports Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration gt Power Management gt Port Property The Power Management gt Port Property page appears 2 In the Admin Status list choose a selection 3 Click Submit End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 54 BES1000 basic configuration using the Web based user interface Variable definitions Variable Value Port Power Setting Port The Port address Admin Status Specify the current administration status as follows Enabled The port is connected and operational Disabled The port is not connected or is not operational Current Status The current status of the corresponding port as follows disable detecting delivering power error invalid PD overload deny low priority and test Power Watt The number of watts the port is using Viewing Spanning Tree Port information Use the Spanning Tree port information page to determine the status of the spanning tree port Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Spanning Tree gt Port Information The Port Information page app
275. use of errors In Unknown Protos The number of packets received through the interface which are discards due to an unknown or unsupported protocol Viewing Ethernet error statistics You can view Ethernet error statistics for each monitored interface linked to the BES1000 Series switch Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Statistics gt Ethernet Errors The Ethernet Errors page appears Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 134 BES1000 administration 2 To refresh the statistical information click Update Variable definitions End Variable Port Value The port number corresponding to the selected switch FCS Frame Errors Internal MAC Transmit Errors The number of frames received on a particular interface that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check The number of frames for which transmission on a particular interface fails due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error A frame only is counted by an instance of this object if it is not counted by the corresponding instance of either the dot3StatsLateCollisions object the dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions object or the dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors object Internal MAC Receive Errors Carr
276. uted on that interface Running a copper cable extended test Use this procedure to run a copper cable extended test through the Web based management interface These tests run only on a port that has a speed of 1G when the link is up and only reads the data from registers Prior to running a test ensure the port is in full duplex mode with a speed of 1Gbps If a cable fails this diagnostic provides no information about why the network link is not established This page displays results of passive tests that are run on the wire The most common results are e Polarity crossed pairs in which the polarity is reversed at one end e Pair Swap split pairs in which wires from two different pairs are used e Skew between pairs delay in arrival time of data measured in nanoseconds which results from the different twist ratios Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Device Monitoring gt Virtual Cable Tester The Virtual Cable Tester page appears 2 In the row that you want to check click the Advanced icon The Copper Cable Extended Test page appears 3 Click Test End Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential System Administration using the Web based user interface 125 Variable definitions V
277. which applies to the IEEE Std 802 1t standard Root Path Cost The cost of the path to the root as seen from this bridge Configuring rate limiting Use the Rate Limiting page to view the current forwarding rate of broadcast and multicast packets and configure the BES1000 Series switch to limit the forwarding rate of broadcast and multicast packets on each interface When you configure rate limiting you set the percentage of port bandwidth allowed for a packet type When the threshold is exceeded additional packets are discarded Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring rate limiting 57 Note To avoid broadcast storms when the volume of a particular packet type is excessive placing severe strain on the network set the forwarding rate of the broadcast packets to a lower percentage value Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application gt Rate Limiting The Rate Limiting page appears 2 Select a type from the Packet Type list 3 Select a bandwidth value to assign from the Limit list 4 Click Submit End Rate Limiting page items Variable Value Port Port number Use the range from 1 to 50 Packet Type Choose one of the following packet types to view on the table Multicast Broadcast Both The default se
278. witch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP 83 Variable Value Synchronize now Choose Yes to perform an immediate synchronization with the SNTP server SNTP status Controls whether the device uses the Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP to synchronize the device clock to the Coordinated Universal Time UTC If the value is disabled the device does not synchronize its clock using SNTP If the value is enabled the device synchronizes shortly after boot time when network access becomes available and periodically thereafter Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 84 BES1000 advanced features configuration using the Web based interface Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Using the Element Manager The Element Manager is a client based management application that runs on a Microsoft Windows computer The Element Manager can connect to BES1000 Series switch devices over an IP network It i
279. witch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Hardware components of the BES1000 Series switch 211 BES1020 48T PWR front panel Components on the BES1000 Series switch front panel Item Description 1 Console port 2 Reset button resets the switch to factory defaults 3 SFP GBIC slots 4 1000 BaseT RJ 45 connector ports 5 10 100 1000 RJ 45 port connectors Console port The console port lets you access the Cl screens and customize your network using the console menu and screens The Console port is a DB 9 RS 232 D male serial port connector You can use this connector to connect a management station console or terminal to the BES1000 Series switch by using a straight through DB 9 to DB 9 standard serial port cable You must use a VT100 ANSI compatible terminal for cursor control and to enable cursor and functions keys to use the console port ATTENTION The console port is configured as a Data Communications Equipment DCE connector Ensure that your RS 232 cable pinouts are configured for DCE connections For more information see Connector and pin assignments page 256 The default settings of the Console port are e 9600 baud with eight data bits one stop bit e no parity as the communications format e flow control set to disabled Nortel Busine
280. witches VLAN 1 VLAN 2 L l wis Business Ethernet S3 we SESS seers ss seesses Switch 110 210 I Untagged ports I I s2 se SQSSSSSERSRE I I I I Non 802 1Q ee oono smic l of ob ce When the STP is enabled on these switches only one link between each pair of switches forwards traffic Because each port belongs to only one VLAN at a time connectivity on the other VLAN is lost Exercise care when configuring the switches to ensure that the VLAN configuration does not conflict with the spanning tree configuration To connect multiple VLANs across switches with redundant links you must disable the STP on all participating switch ports ThePossible problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol diagram shows possible consequences of enabling the STP when using VLANs between untagged 802 1Q that are not tagged switches Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential VLAN configuration rules 239 Possible problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol Station A Business Ethernet s Switch 110 210 T R EPERE ST deesse sisses dsssss 7 y VLAN1 Ar ae VLAN2 Forwarding i Blocking No Communications Business Ethernet Switch 110 210 al ake t t ss 996930 S0996 898998 deeS
281. with backward compatibility to STP 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 configures the network to make another path become active thus sustaining network operations The following sections describe in detail how STP and RSTP function However all spanning tree configuration on the BES1000 Series switch is performed automatically by the switch You do not need to perform any switch configuration for STP and RSTP For detailed information about STP and RSTP refer to the following sections Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1D page 240 e Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1w page 242 Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1D The BES1000 Series switch supports transparent bridging by implementing the IEEE 802 1D standard This is also known as the Spanning Tree Protocol STP and Algorithm STA standards STP runs on all ports to provide an automatic network configuration of a loop free topology which you can use to configure redundant links to provide network fault tolerance Port states A port is always in one of the following five spanning tree states e Disabled A network administrator can manually disable a port e Blocking A port that causes a switching loop no user data is
282. y 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 142 BES1000 administration Displaying LLDP Neighbor properties Use the LLDP Neighbor page to display the LLDP properties for the switch neighbor Fields found in this page are described in the LLDP Neighbor page items table Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Application 2 Choose 802 1ab 3 Choose LLDP Neighbor The LLDP Neighbor page appears End LLDP Neighbor page items Variable Value Port Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received Time The TimeFilter for this entry See the TimeFilter textual convention in IETF RFC 2021 for details about TimeFilter Index An arbitrary local integer value used by this agent to identify a particular connection instance unique only for the indicated remote system An agent is encouraged to assign increasing index values to new entries starting with one after each reboot It is unlikely that the Index wraps between reboots ChassisldSubtype The type of encoding used to identify the remote system chassis chassisComponent e interfaceAlias e portComponent e macAddress e networkAddress e interfaceName e local Chassisld Remote chassis ID SysCapSupported Identifies the system capabilities supported on the remote system SysName Remote system name Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switc
283. you may want to increase the timeout interval and then change the Retransmission Strategy to superlinear Trace The trace field is used to enable and disable SNMP tracing When Trace is selected SNMP protocol data units PDUs are displayed Listen for Traps When selected enabled Element Manager listens for traps from the device Note The Element Manager provides a default port to receive traps port 162 therefore you can select the Listen for Traps option for only one BES1000 Series switch device at a time After the Business Element Manager binds port 162 it can receive all traps sent by all devices if the Business Element Manager work station is configured as the trap receiver Max Traps in Log The specified number of traps that may exist in the trap log The default is 500 Trap Port Specifies the UDP port to which Element Manager listens to receive SNMP traps The default is 162 Confirm row A dialog box appears when checked before deleting a deletion row Configuring SNMP Trap Receivers Use the Trap Receivers tab to view and configure a maximum of four trap receivers for the BES1000 Series switch Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series Using The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series NN47927 300 01 01 Standard 1 1 10 January 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential Deleting a Trap Receivers entry 93 Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Pane
284. yright 2007 Nortel Networks Nortel Networks Confidential 98 BES1000 basic configuration using Element Manager Variable Value e forceAuthorized causes the port to transition to the authorized state without requiring any authentication exchange OperStatus Displays the operational status of the specified port It can be one of the following authorized unauthorized PortReauthenticateNow Use to reauthenticate the port Configuring LLDP Use the 802 1ab option to configure the Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP IEEE 802 1ab Procedure steps Step Action 1 From the Task Navigation Panel choose Administration gt Diagnostics gt 802 1ab 2 Click the tab related to the information that you want to view End 802 1ab Globals tab With the 802 1ab Globals tab you can configure LLDP transmit properties and view remote table statistics Variable definitions Variable Value lidoMessageTxInterval Sets the interval between successive transmission cycles IIdepMessageTxHoldMultiplier Sets the multiplier for tx interval used to compute the Time To Live value for the TTL TLV IIdpReinitDelay Sets the delay for a reinitialization attempt if the adminStatus is disabled lldpTxDelay Sets the minimum delay between successive LLDP frame transmissions lldpNotificationInterval Sets the interval between successive transmissions of LLDP notifications Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000

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