Netgear M6100-44GF3
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1. 29 How are BPDUs transmitted with PV R STP The switch running PV R STP transmits IEEE standard spanning tree BPDUs along with SSTP BPDUs SSTP BPDUs are PV R STP dedicated BPDUs On Access Ports the IEEE standard BPDUs and the SSTP BPDUs are transmitted as untagged packets These ports are usually member of only one Access VLAN and intend to connect devices that are not VLAN aware untagged traffic on the device side On Trunk Ports the IEEE standard BPDUs and the SSTP BPDUs are transmitted as untagged packets on the Native VLAN PVID For all other VLANs that are tagged only SSTP BPDUs are transmitted as tagged packets with respective VLANs 30 How PV R STP interact with other IEEE standards STP RSTP MSTP A switch running PV R STP can communicate with a switch running IEEE standard spanning tree protocol To communicate each other a switch running PV R STP will use the access VLAN instance on untagged ports access ports or the native VLAN PVID instance on tagged ports to send IEEE standard spanning tree BPDUs that are not tagged If this switch receives IEEE spanning tree BPDU packets it will include and process them in the access VLAN or native VLAN PVID instance on the port A switch running IEEE standard spanning tree protocol will use its CIST to communicate If the switch receives the SSTP format BPDUs it doesn t treat them as standard BPDUs Hence the received SSTP for matted BPDUs are flooded on all the ports2. of the corresponding VLAN The SSTP BPDUs are multicasted over the region Only the untagged IEEE standard BPDU packets received from the switch running PV R STP are processed as standard BPDUs NETGEAR 31 What is Single Rate Policing new feature 32 What is Policy Based Routing new feature Single Rate Policing feature enables support for Single Rate Policer as The Policy Based Routing feature overrides routing decision taken by defined by RFC 2697 the router and makes the packet to follow different actions based ona policy It provides freedom over packet routing forwarding instead of Committed Information Rate f leaving the control to standard routing protocols based on L3 Average allowable rate for the class Committed Burst Size For instance some organizations would like to dictate paths instead of g P Maximum amount of contiguous packets for the class following the paths shown by routing protocols Network Managers SExcessive Burst Size Administrators can set up policies such as Additional burst size for the class My network will not carry traffic from the Engineering department Credits refill at a slower rate than committed burst size Traffic originating within my network with the following DiffServ feature applied to class maps characteristics will take path A while other traffic will take path B When load sharing needs to be done for the incoming traffic across multiple paths based on packet en
3. or 72 RJ45 10GBASE T ports or 48 SFP 1000 1 0GBASE X ports or a combination 2 What are the available models SKU DESCRIPTION XCM8903SK M6100 44G3 POE Starter Kit bundle including M6100 3S base chassis XCM8944 blade XCM89P daughter card AFT603 fan tray APS1000W power supply XCM8903SF M6100 44GF3 Starter Kit bundle including M6100 3S base chassis XCM8944F blade AFT603 fan tray APS1000W power supply XCM8903SX M6100 24X3 Starter Kit bundle including M6100 3S base chassis XCM8924X blade AFT603 fan tray APS1OOOW power supply XCM8948 M6100 I O Blade 48 x 1G RJ45 XCM8944 M6100 I O Blade 40 x 1G RJ45 2 x SFP independent 2 x 10GBASE T RJ45 independent XCM8944F M6100 I O Blade 40 x 1G SFP 2 x SFP independent 2 x 10GBASE T RJ45 independent XCM8924X M6100 I O Blade 24 x 10GBASE T RJ45 16 x SFP shared with 10GBASE T XCM89P M6100 Daughter Card adding PoE 802 3at functionality to XCM8948 and XCM8944 blades 1 daughter card per blade required XCM89UP M6100 Daughter Card adding UPOE functionality to XCM8948 and XCM8944 blades 1 daughter card per blade required APS1000W PSU 1 000W AC up to four PSUs in M6100 3S chassis up to four more PSUs in RPS4000v2 external power supply bay AFT603 M6100 Fan Tray for M6100 3S chassis with front to back cooling principle NETGEAR 6 What are the new software features in the M6100 series PV R STP CLI only CPU Rate Li
4. E BX10 D HP X112 100M SFP LC BX D Transceiver Yes No J9100B 100BASE BX10 U HP X112 100M SFP LC BX U Transceiver Yes No J4860C 1000BASE LH HP X121 1G SFP LC LH Transceiver Yes Yes J9142B 1000BASE BX10 D HP X122 1G SFP LC BX D Transceiver Yes Yes J9143B 1000BASE BX10 U HP X122 1G SFP LC BX U Transceiver Yes Yes J9153A 10GBASE ER HP X132 10G SFP LC ER Transceiver Yes Yes HP is registered trademark of Hewlett Packard Company Above list shows that NETGEAR successfully tested interoperability between these HP transceivers and M6100 chassis switch on the date of Oct 1st 2014 33 Does the M6100 series support dual images Yes the M6100 series supports the Dual Image feature The Dual Image feature allows for two images in the permanent storage User can denote any of these images as an active image that will be loaded in subsequent reboot This feature provides for reduced down time for the switch when the image is being upgraded downgraded 34 What is the USB port for on I O blades front panel The USB port allows user to download upload switch firmware or configuration file using USB flash device It is also used to recover the firmware image through the utility menu during boot up It is more effective and easier than using XMODEM serial port protocol for file transfer 35 What are M6100 console ports for serial connection M6100 I O blades provide two serial ports One mini USB console port One strai
5. NETGEAR M6100 Chassis Switch frequently asked questions XCM8903SK XCM8903SF XCM8903SX XCM8944 XCM8948 XCM8944F XCM8924X XCM89P XCM89UP APS1OOOW AFT603 1 What is the NETGEAR ProSAFE M6100 Chassis Switch The NETGEAR ProSAFE M6100 Chassis Switch consists of Gigabit access layer and 10 Gigabit distribution layer switches in the NETGEAR modular chassis switch product line The M6100 switch series offers a high quality high density chassis alternative to stackable switches in campus LAN and midsize organizations With more than 1 4 Tbps switching and routing capacity passive backplane management and fabric nonstop forwarding redundancy the M6100 series delivers world class resiliency and scalability Ultimately operating software and system management features take the complexity out of delivering L2 L3 L4 rich services for enterprise edge and SMB core deployments 3 Is there a License Upgrade for advanced new features No the entire feature set is available without requiring any license For simplicity all advanced new features included in M6100 chassis series are available without additional cost 4 What are the dimensions of the M6100 35S chassis The M6100 3S chassis provides extra high density in 4U height 7 inches 17 59cm and 17 39 inches depth 44 16cm 5 How many ports are supported The M6100 35S chassis supports a maximum of 144 RJ45 10 100 1000 ports or 120 SFP 100 1000 ports
6. ake sure design and order M6100 components correctly based on my needs You are more than welcome contacting NETGEAR Sales organization for instance at 408 907 8000 or by email sales netgear com NETGEAR Sales Engineers will help you design M6100 perfectly You can also visit www netgear com m6100 and download M6100 basic configurator or M6100 expert configurator files under Resources tab M6100 basic configurator you can enter your port count needs and desired power requirements A correct SKU list will automatically be provided M6100 expert configurator if you are already familiar with M6100 series you will select every blade one by one and tailor power requirements based on your needs A correct SKU list will automatically be provided 39 What is the warranty of the M6100 Chassis Switch Series The M6100 series is covered under NETGEAR Lifetime Warranty and it includes 90 days of Technical Support via phone and email Lifetime Technical Support through online chat Lifetime Next Business Day Hardware Replacement You can find more information here http www netgear com busi ness documents prosafe lifetime warranty default aspx and here http support netgear com general contact default aspx 40 Where can I download software updates for M6100 Chassis Switch Series The M6100 series technical documentation and firmware updates can be found here http support netgear com for_business defau
7. apacity M6100 35S chassis total routing switching capacity is 1 4 Tbps intra module Each blade line card provides local line rate capacity 18 What is M6100 3S total throughput M6100 3S chassis total throughput is 357 Mpps Million packets per second inter module and 1 071 Mpps intra module 19 What is M6100 3S chassis PoE budget Depending on the number of power supplies and the I O blades combination M6100 35S chassis can provide up to 6 OOOW PoE budget For instance all 144 ports Max 1G capacity can provide each full PoE 30W per port or 41 5W UPOE power per port Another example up to 99 ports can provide full UPOE 60W per port 20 How can equip a Gigabit blade for PoE XCM8948 blade 48 x 1G RJ45 and XCM8944 blade 40 x 1G RJ45 2 x SFP 2 x 1OGBASE T can be equipped with a PoE daughter card for turning on PoE PoE and or UPOE on every Gigabit RJ45 ports on the blade It means than any blade XCM8948 or XCM8944 can be upgraded with PoE at any point of time and possibly downgraded if the application has changed This is much more flexible than built in PoE line cards for instance and it provides great investment protection in case of UPOE upgrade only the daughter card would be upgraded not the blade hence lowering the cost and removing the need for re configuration There are two different PoE daughter cards XCM89P for PoE and XCM89UP for UPOE One daughter card per I O blade is required 21 Which PoE s
8. d Cisco PVST RPVST are interoperable PVSTP is similar to the MSTP protocol as defined by IEEE 802 15 the main difference being PVSTP runs one instance per VLAN In other words each configured VLAN runs an independent instance of PVSTP The protocol is equivalent to Cisco PVST and can interoperate with each other PVRSTP is similar to the RSTP protocol as defined by IEEE 802 1w the main difference being PVRSTP runs one instance per VLAN In other words each configured VLAN runs an independent instance of PVRSTP Each PVRSTP instance elects a root bridge independent of the other Hence there would be as many Root Bridges in the region as there are VLANs configured for PVRSTP PVRSTP is equivalent to Cisco RPVST protocol and can interoperate with each other Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Technology Inc 27 What is the difference between PV R STP and MSTP Multiple Spanning Tree The difference between MSTP and PV R STP is primarily in the way the protocol maps spanning tree instances to VLANs PV R STP creates a spanning tree instance for every VLAN whereas MSTP maps one or more VLANs to each MST instance 28 What if there is a mismatch between one switch running PVSTP and another switch running PVRSTP PVSTP is based on 802 1s and PVRSTP is based on 802 1w When a switch running PVRSTP receives PVSTP BPDU then the switch falls back to the lower version PVSTP after its migration delay timer expires
9. for quick selection of a port with low est cost when the root port fails In other words FastUplink feature is used to reduce the time taken to converge when a link fails This feature is similar to Cisco Uplink Fast feature When the primary link fails FastUplink will create an alternate path immediately Since the ports that apply FastUplink don t have to wait for normal convergence time this will speed up the transition from the failed primary link to the backup link the port in a blocking state FastUplink feature is only for PVSTP It is built in for PVRSTP no explicit configuration Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Technology Inc 25 How does the FastBackbone feature work The FastBackbone feature allows for faster convergence time when an indirect link to root fails When a root port or blocked port receives an inferior BPDU from the designated switch on that port the switch infers that an indirect link to the root has failed To speed up conver gence the max age timer is immediately expired and the port is put through the Listening and Learning states Normal Timers Max Age 20 sec by default Listening 15 sec Learning 15 sec With FastBackbone Max Age 0 Expired Listening 15 sec Learning 15 sec FastBackbone feature is only for PVSTP It is built in for PVRSTP no explicit configuration 26 Is NETGEAR PV R STP interoperable with Cisco PVST Yes NETGEAR PVSTP PVRSTP an
10. ght through wiring RJ45 serial port Both ports are active simultaneously Mini USB console port allows user to directly access M6100 switch using one USB cable USB driver must be installed first The USB driver can be obtained either from the CD that comes with the blade either from the following link http www downloads netgear com docs m6100 enu 230 11407 01 index htm Drivers for the mini USB console port are provided for Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 Windows 8 Windows 8 x64 Windows 7 Windows 7 x64 Windows Vista Windows Vista x64 and Windows XP 36 Is out of band management for Telnet SSH and GUI network access supported by M6100 Yes M6100 Chassis Switch provides the admin with two differentiated methods in band and out of band for Telnet SSH and Web GUI network access For security the admin can decide to allow or restrict any of these two methods Out of band management is possible through the dedicated OOB RJ45 10 100 1000 port on the front of any I O blades XCM8948 XCM8944 XCM8944F and XCM8924X when inserted in Supervisor Slot 1 default A second connection is recommended through OOB port on the blade inserted in Back up Supervisor slot Slot 2 by default in case of failover If OOB restriction is not a requirement in band management can be also available from any network port from any slot Management ACLs are available to restrict which port s can reach M6100 CPU in that case 38 How can m
11. ing a passive backplane redundant fabric and redundant management all with non stop forwarding world class resiliency and availability As a result all four M6100 I O blades XCM8948 XCM8944 XCM8944F and XCM8924X are equipped with dedicated hardware and software high end distributed fabric on board When inserted in Slot 1 any I O blade will handle the Supervisory Role When inserted in Slot 2 any I O blade will handle the Back up Supervisory role It brings simplicity for management and maintenance or upgrades while providing better availability and resiliency than any competitive solution in this price range 12 What type of redundancy modes for fabric and management is available Only one non stop switching and hitless failover M6100 series distributed fabric provides both Fabric and Management redundancy with non stop switching and hitless failover There is no fastidious configuration Slot 1 is the Supervisor slot and Slot 2 is the Back up Supervisor slot secondary By default the Back up Supervisor slot Slot 2 provides continuous stand by mode within the distributed fabric In case of a failure for the Supervisory blade in Slot 1 the Back up Supervisor in Slot 2 is instantly taking over as the new Supervisor Non stop forwarding feature offers hitless failover for Slot 2 and Slot 3 switching and routing in that case 13 What happens when Supervisory blade in Slot 1 gets replaced after removal When Supervisor
12. lt aspx 41 Where can find more information on M6100 Chassis Switch Series Please visit www netgear com managed and www netgear com m6100 NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo and ProSAFE are trademarks and or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc and or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Technology Inc HP is registered trademark of Hewlett Packard Company Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder s Information is subject to change without notice 2015 NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved
13. miting enhancement Single Rate Policing RFC 2697 PIM Timer Accuracy PIM SM Unhandled Events OSPF ECMP Next Hop Rework OSPF Flooding Reduction IPv4 Fragmented packets MLAG BGP Route Ref CLI only Removing Private AS Numbers from a BGP Path OSPFv2 v3 Transit Network Hiding IPv6 enhancements BGP enhancements CLI only RSPAN mirroring enhancements Policy based Routing sFlow improvements Malicious Code Detection Track LAG Member Port Flaps MGMD Snooping Authentication Tiering DOT1X MAB Captive Portal OSPFv3 Enhancements DCBX 802 1Qaz CLI only Priority Flow Control PFC CLI only Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS CLI only FCoE FIP Snooping CLI only 7 Why can t find an ordering SKU for the empty M6100 3S chassis The M6100 3S empty chassis is not orderable as a separate SKU The M6100 3S empty chassis only comes with M6100 44G3 POE or M6100 44GF3 or M6100 24X3 starter kit bundles The ordering SKU numbers are XCM8903SK 10000S M6100 44G3 POE Starter Kit One M6100 3S base chassis One I O blade 40 x 1G RJ45 2 x SFP 2 x 1OGBASE T XCM8944 One PoE daughter card XCM89P One fan tray AFT603 One power supply APS1OOOW XCM8903SF 10000S M6100 44GF3 Starter Kit One M6100 3S base chassis One I O blade 40
14. sms and algorithms for inline power negotiation with UPOE PD devices Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Technology Inc 23 What is PV R STP new feature This is Per VLAN Spanning Tree and Per VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree There is no IEEE standard yet for Per VLAN R STP but NETGEAR implementation follows the same rules than other vendor s Per VLAN R STP for interoperability Per VLAN STP is similar to IEEE 802 1d spanning tree protocol but implemented per VLAN A single instance of STP runs on each VLAN and each STP instance on a VLAN has a single root switch FastUplink feature immediately moves an alternate port with lowest cost to forwarding state when the root port goes down to reduce the recovery time It generates dummy SSTP frames to reduce convergence time FastBackbonefast feature selects new indirect port when an indirect port fails Per VLAN RSTP is similar to IEEE 802 1w rapid STP but implemented per VLAN Per VLAN RSTP has in built support for FastUplink and FastBackbone hence are not required On a given switch only one mode is configurable at any instant RSTP STP MSTP PVSTP or PVRSTP Enabling PVSTP or PVRSTP disables other spanning tree modes on the switch STP 01 80 c2 00 00 00 and SSTP shared spanning tree protocol 01 00 0c cc cc cd frames are generated for each STP instance when these features are enabled 24 How FastUplink feature works The FastUplink feature is used
15. tandards are supported by XCM89P and XCM89UP daughter cards XCM89P daughter card supports PoE 802 3af and PoE 802 3at XCMB89UP daughter card supports PoE 802 3af PoE 802 3at and UPOE Universal Power over Ethernet 22 What is UPOE and what is supported exactly UPOE Universal Power over Ethernet is not an IEEE standard UPOE was brought to market by Cisco but its physical and LLDP specifications have been used by third parties for interoperability for instance via UPOE LLDP TLV an 802 3 organizationally specific TLV To power a UPOE PD device all four pairs are used to deliver up to 30W 30W 60W per RJ45 Gigabit port More generally UPOE can deliver any PSE wattage up to GOW per port when PoE is limited to 30W PSE maximum When a XCM8948 blade 48 x 1G RJ45 or XCM8944 blade 40 x 1G RJ45 2 x SFP 2 x 1O0GBASE T is equipped with XCM89UP UPOE daughter card it is backward compatible with standard PoE 15 4W and PoE 30W This means that any standard PoE 802 3af or PoE 802 3at PD device is powered without any specific configuration The NETGEAR M6100 chassis supports UPOE next generation PD devices using UPOE LLDP TLV as the preferred method M6100 chassis supports a second method for UPOE interoperability called forced 4 pair high power static method A PoE command must be issued in the CLI or the Web GUI to enable the forced 4 pair configuration M6100 doesn t support Cisco CDP power negotiation mechani
16. tities in the incoming traffic Configuring PBR involves configuring a route map with match and set commands and then applying the corresponding route map to the interface IP routing must be enabled globally and on the interfaces for PBR to operate Policy Based Routing is applied to inbound traffic on interfaces 37 What are the SFP SFP optical transceivers supported by M6100 series NETGEAR GENUINE MODULES AND DAC CABLES MODEL TYPE DESCRIPTION SFP PORTS SFP PORTS AFM735 100BASE FX NETGEAR SFP Multimode LC Transceiver Yes No AGM731F 1000BASE SX NETGEAR SFP Multimode LC Transceiver Yes Yes AGM732F 1000BASE LX NETGEAR SFP Single mode LC Transceiver Yes Yes AXM761 1O0GBASE SR NETGEAR SFP Multimode LC Transceiver o Yes AXM762 10GBASE LR NETGEAR SFP Single mode LC Transceiver No Yes AXM763 10GBASE LRM NETGEAR SFP Multimode LC Transceiver No Yes AXM764 1OGBASE LR LITE NETGEAR SFP Single mode LC Transceiver o Yes AXC761 Direct Attach NETGEAR 1M SFP to SFP DAC Cable No Yes AXC763 Direct Attach NETGEAR 3M SFP to SFP DAC Cable No Yes Third party Direct Attach Cables M6100 Chassis Switch supports third party DAC passive and active cables as long as they are SFP MSA compliant Third party modules ONLY THE FOLLOWING THIRD PARTY MODULES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH M6100 CHASSIS SWITCH MODEL TYPE DESCRIPTION SFP PORTS SFP PORTS J9099B 100BAS
17. x 1G SFP 2 x SFP 2 x 1OGBASE T XCM8944F One fan tray AFT603 One power supply APS1OOOW XCM8903SX 10000S M6100 24X3 Starter Kit One M6100 3S base chassis One I O blade 24 x 1OGBASE T RJ45 16 x shared SFP XCM8924X One fan tray AFT603 One power supply APS1OOOW All these components are shipping in their own separate packaging and wrapped together when ordered under Starter Kit bundle SKU 8 How can rack mount the M6100 3S chassis The M6100 35S chassis comes with a rack mount kit and complimentary handles for 2 post racks and wiring cabinets The M6100 3S chassis also comes with sliding rails for 4 post racks and wiring server cabinets 9 Can any blade be inserted in any slot of M6100 base chassis Yes Any of four M6100 I O blades XCM8948 XCM8944 XCM8944F and XCM8924xX can be inserted into any slots of M6100 3S base chassis Slot 1 is designed as a Supervisor slot Slot 2 is designed as a Back up Supervisor blade Any combination of M6100 I O blades XCM8948 XCM8944 XCM8944F and XCM8924X can handle these roles 10 Are the blades supporting hot swap or hot plug Yes any M6100 I O blades XCM8948 XCM8944 XCM8944F and XCM8924X support hot swap and hot plug 11 Why can t find any Supervisory module SKU for fabric or management Because the M6100 series is designed upon an innovative distributed fabric which removes the need for a dedicated supervisory module while provid
18. y blade in Slot 1 is removed hitless failover auto matically happens and the Back up blade in Slot 2 becomes the new Supervisor Now when the blade in Slot 1 has been serviced and or replaced nothing happens automatically by design The admin has to issue a command in the CLI movemanagement lt 2 gt lt 1 gt or perform a GUI configuration System gt Chassis gt Basic gt Chassis Configuration in order to request reverse fail back to Slot 1 as the new Supervisor slot This provides more control to the admin while ensuring non stop switching routing and hitless fail back mechanism for the entire fabric and management Network traffic isn t impacted by the fail back 14 What type of redundancy modes for Power Supplies is available N 1 redundancy is provided when one power supply is in standby mode There are four PSU slots in M6100 3S base chassis so minimum two power supplies are required for N 1 mode Four additional PSU slots can be added with RPS4000v2 external power supply bay In that case N 1 mode is available across the eight unified PSU slots 15 Is M6100 chassis switch backplane passive Yes M6100 backplane meets Passive Backplane requirements 16 What is M6100 3S chassis fabric speed M6100 3S distributed fabric speed is 480 Gbps inter module Each slot provides 8 x 10G unidirectional access to the backplane 80G half duplex and 160G full duplex per slot 17 What is M6100 3S routing and switching c
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