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Part No. 060144-10, Rev. A

June 2002

OmniStack

®

 6148

Users Guide

Summary of Contents for OmniStack 6124

Page 1: ...Part No 060144 10 Rev A June 2002 OmniStack 6148 Users Guide...

Page 2: ...il us at support ind alcatel com This Manual documents OmniStack 6148 hardware and software The functionality described in this Manual is subject to change without notice Copyright 2002 by Alcatel Int...

Page 3: ...l be required to correct the interference at his own expense The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without approval of the manufacturer could void the user s autho...

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Page 5: ...figuration 2 13 Configuring the Serial Port 2 14 Assigning SNMP Parameters 2 15 Configuring Community Names 2 16 Configuring IP Trap Managers 2 17 Console Login Configuration 2 18 Downloading System S...

Page 6: ...tistics 2 51 Displaying the Unicast Address Table 2 53 Displaying the IP Multicast Registration Table 2 54 Configuring Static Unicast Addresses 2 55 Resetting the System 2 56 Logging Off the System 2...

Page 7: ...ort Traffic Class Information 3 23 Management Configuration 3 23 Configuring Virtual LANs 3 24 VLAN Basic Information 3 24 VLAN Current Table 3 25 VLAN Static List 3 26 VLAN Static Table 3 27 VLAN Sta...

Page 8: ...es 4 4 Connecting VLAN Groups 4 4 Multicast Filtering 4 5 IGMP Snooping 4 5 IGMP Protocol 4 5 Class of Service CoS Support 4 6 Port Trunks 4 6 SNMP Management Software 4 6 Remote Monitoring 4 7 Troubl...

Page 9: ...firmware Restart the system Backup Management Agent Note the following points about master and backup management agents The OS 6148 with software version 3 0 supports a master management agent and a...

Page 10: ...king module fails or if a stacking cable is disconnected the entire stack will reboot and will subsequently resume normal operation and management via the redundant stacking cable Closed Loop Also any...

Page 11: ...within the attached network The on board configuration program can be accessed using Telnet from any computer attached to the network The switch and stack can also be managed by any computer using a...

Page 12: ...Switch Management 1 4...

Page 13: ...gin Configuration from the Management Setup Menu and enter a new password for the administrator Note that passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive Notes 1 B...

Page 14: ...ic Table Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration Port GARP Configuration Port GMRP Configuration Mirror Management Setup Menu Network Configuration Serial Port Configuration SNMP Configuration Co...

Page 15: ...tion buttons Console Screen Configuration Buttons and Keys Button Key Action APPLY Sets specified values in the management agent OK Sets specified values in the management agent and returns to the pre...

Page 16: ...Shows hardware firmware version numbers power status and expansion modules used in the stack Management Setup Menu Network Configuration Includes IP setup Ping facility HTTP Web agent setup Telnet con...

Page 17: ...roups and port members 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Configures VLAN groups via static assignments including setting port members or restricting ports from being dynamically added to a port b...

Page 18: ...and hardware firmware versions Alcatel OmniStack 6148 About this product System Information Switch Information Ok Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description System Information Pro...

Page 19: ...Location Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description System Description System hardware description System Object ID MIB II object identifier for swi...

Page 20: ...umber and Revision Number of the main board Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Firmware Version System firmware version in ROM Serial Number The serial number of the main board Port N...

Page 21: ...ion Banner Message Configuration Ok Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description Network Configuration Includes IP setup Ping facility HTTP Web agent setup Telnet configuration and M...

Page 22: ...ctivity Test Ping HTTP Configuration MAX Number of allowed Telnet sessions 1 4 4 Physical Address 99 99 99 23 44 57 Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description...

Page 23: ...must have an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Netmask 2...

Page 24: ...ng IP Address Test Times 1 Interval 3 Success 0 Failure 0 Start Ok Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description IP Address IP address of the site you want to ping Tes...

Page 25: ...is described in the following table Alcatel OmniStack 6148 HTTP Configuration HTTP Server ENABLED HTTP Port Number 80 Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter D...

Page 26: ...hat the console port settings are for direct console connection Baud rate 9600 The rate at which data is sent between devices Options 2400 4800 9600 19200 and auto detection Note that when auto detect...

Page 27: ...t first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following sections Alcatel OmniStack 6148 SNMP...

Page 28: ...ity Name Access Status 1 public READ ONLY ENABLED 2 private READ WRITE ENABLED 3 4 5 Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Community Name A com...

Page 29: ...p to 5 trap managers may be entered Alcatel OmniStack 6148 IP Trap Managers IP Address Community Name Status 1 10 1 0 23 public DISABLED 2 3 4 5 Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move other key...

Page 30: ...ssistance The parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Alcatel OmniStack 6148 Console Login Configuration Password Threshold 3 Lock out Time in minutes 0 User Ty...

Page 31: ...his screen are indicated in the following figure and table Note You can also download firmware using the Web agent page 3 13 or by a direct console connection after a restart page A 2 Alcatel OmniStac...

Page 32: ...IP Download Filename Process TFTP Download Download status Complete Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Configuration Upload Upload Server IP...

Page 33: ...1 Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description Management VLAN Allows management access to the switch from all VLANs or only from a specified VLAN If th...

Page 34: ...he banner message Alcatel OmniStack 6148 Banner Message Configuration SECURITY ALERT This is an Organization Z computer system This computer system including all related equipment networks and network...

Page 35: ...current Spanning Tree configuration for the switch and its ports Mirror Port Configuration Sets the source and target ports for mirroring Port Trunking Configuration Specifies ports to group into agg...

Page 36: ...00TX ENABLED DISABLED AUTO Apply Ok Cancel Up Unit Down Unit Prev Page Next Page Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Default Description Flow Control on all ports Disabled See Flow...

Page 37: ...00BASE FX ports Port Type Speed Duplex Mode Flow Control 100BASE FX 100M full duplex auto 1000BASE SX 1000M auto auto 1000BASE LX 1000M auto auto 1000BASE T 10 100 1000M auto auto The 1000BASE SX and...

Page 38: ...SE TX 100FX 100BASE FX 1000SX 1000BASE SX 1000LX 1000BASE LX 1000T 1000BASE T GBIC 1000BASE X Transceiver Operational Shows if the port is functioning or not Link Indicates if the port has a valid con...

Page 39: ...more detailed description of how to use this algorithm refer to Spanning Tree Algorithm on page 4 1 Configuring Bridge STA The following figure and table describe Bridge STA configuration Alcatel Omn...

Page 40: ...nfiguration message before attempting to reconfigure All deviceports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages at regular intervals Any port that ages out STA information provi...

Page 41: ...port in the STA algorithm If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same the port with the highest priority i e lowest value will be configured as an active link in the Spanning Tree Where mo...

Page 42: ...a summary of the STA information for the overall bridge or for a specific port To make any changes to the parameters for the Spanning Tree use the Spanning Tree Configuration menu Alcatel OmniStack 6...

Page 43: ...at which the root device transmits a configuration message Max Age The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure Forward Del...

Page 44: ...ASE FX 1000SX 1000BASE SX 1000LX 1000BASE LX 1000T 1000BASE T GBIC 1000BASE X Transceiver Status Displays current state of this port within the Spanning Tree No Link No link has been established on th...

Page 45: ...nt Spanning Tree configuration The slower the media the higher the cost Designated Bridge ID The priority and MAC address of the device through which this port must communicate to reach the root of th...

Page 46: ...The ports that can be assigned to the same trunk have certain other restrictions as described on page 2 36 Ports can only be assigned to one trunk The ports at both ends of a connection must be confi...

Page 47: ...D 1 Member Unit 1 Member Port 1 Show More Enable Disable Add Delete Ok Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Trunk ID Configure up to five trunks per switch St...

Page 48: ...sed standalone For example when using Gigabit ports to form a trunk within a stack the Gigabit ports will all be at Port 25 In this case you could specify a trunk group consisting of Unit1 Port25 Unit...

Page 49: ...uter to ensure that it will continue to receive the multicast service For more information see IGMP Protocol on page 4 5 Configuring IGMP This protocol allows a host to inform its local switch router...

Page 50: ...to select Parameter Description Broadcast control on all ports Allows you to enable disable broadcast storm control for all ports on the switch Select Enable and press Enter to enable broadcast contr...

Page 51: ...cure Address Count The number of authorized MAC addresses for the specified port Unit The stack unit ID Port The port number on the unit Show Displays authorized MAC addresses for the specified port M...

Page 52: ...tatic filtering for unicast and multicast addresses Refer to Network Monitor Menu Static Unicast Address Table Configuration and Static Multicast Address Table Configuration VLAN Learning This switch...

Page 53: ...h strict priority queuing for each port You can use the 802 1P Configuration menu to configure the default priority for each port or to display the mapping for the traffic classes as described in the...

Page 54: ...priority queue of the output port You can use the following menu to adjust default ingress priority for any port as shown below Alcatel OmniStack 6148 802 1P Port Priority Configuration Unit 1 Port 1...

Page 55: ...Port Traffic Class Information Unit 1 Port 1 12 Port User Priority 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0...

Page 56: ...etwork environment For more information on how to use VLANs see Virtual LANs on page 4 2 The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections 802 1Q VLAN Base Information The 802 1Q...

Page 57: ...was created Status Shows how this VLAN was added to the switch Dynamic GVRP Automatically learned via GVRP Permanent Added as a static entry Unit Stack unit Current Egress Ports Shows the ports which...

Page 58: ...to 8 alphanumeric characters Status Sets the current editing status for this VLAN as Not in Service Destroy or Active Unit Stack unit Egress Ports Set the entry for any port in this field to 1 to add...

Page 59: ...roups 2 If a removed port is no longer assigned to any other group as an untagged port it will automatically be assigned to VLAN group 1 as untagged Alcatel OmniStack 6148 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Con...

Page 60: ...hanges Parameter Description PVID The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Acceptable Frame Type1 This switch accepts All frame types including VLAN tagged or VLAN untagged frames...

Page 61: ...Statistics Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port RMON Statistics Displays detailed statistical information for the selected port such as packet type and frame size...

Page 62: ...he number of frames received that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check Single Collision Frames The number of successfully transmitted frames for which transmission...

Page 63: ...0 65 127 Byte Frames 0 Multicast Frames 0 128 255 Byte Frames 0 CRC Alignment Errors 0 256 511 Byte Frames 0 Undersize Frames 0 512 1023 Byte Frames 0 Oversize Frames 0 1024 1518 Byte Frames 0 Fragme...

Page 64: ...ames The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 65 127 Byte Frames The total number of fram...

Page 65: ...00 Show More Clear Clear ALL Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Menu Description Aging Time Time out period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwardi...

Page 66: ...namically learned MAC addresses from the table Alcatel OmniStack 6148 IP Multicast Registration Table VID Multicast IP Unit Multicast Group Port Lists Learned by 1 225 1 1 1 1 000000001100 11000000000...

Page 67: ...ost device is attached to Status The status for an entry can be set to Permanent This entry is currently in use and will remain so after the next reset of the switch DeleteOnReset This entry is curren...

Page 68: ...h for the current session Alcatel OmniStack 6148 Reset System Menu Restart Option POST YES Reload Factory Defaults NO Keep IP Setting NO Keep User Authentication NO Restart Apply Ok Cancel Use TAB or...

Page 69: ...ew statistics to monitor network activity The Web interface also provides access to a range of SNMP management functions with access to the switch s MIB and RMON database Prior to accessing the switch...

Page 70: ...Information on the right hand side The Main Menu links are used to navigate to other menus and display configuration parameters and statistical data If this is your first time to access the managemen...

Page 71: ...uld be Every visit to the page 2 When using Internet Explorer 5 0 you may have to manually refresh the screen after making configuration changes by pressing the browser s refresh button Panel Display...

Page 72: ...ee Port Configuration on page 3 34 Link Status Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device Speed Status Indicates the current port speed Duplex Status Indicates the port s curre...

Page 73: ...O is selected you need to first press the Enter key once to set the data rate and initialize the connection Time Out 10 minutes If no input is received from the attached device after this interval the...

Page 74: ...le Provides full listing of unicast addresses sorted by address or VLAN STA Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm also sets parameters for switch priority hello time maximum message age and forward delay as...

Page 75: ...onnection devices and any PC accessing the agent or running management software must have an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything out...

Page 76: ...r of Ports Number of switch ports including modules Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Firmware Version Main board system firmware version in ROM Internal Power Status Power status fo...

Page 77: ...e LX SC 1000BASE LX singlemode 1 Port 1000BASE TX 1000BASE T 1 Port 1000Base GBIC 1000BASE GBIC Expansion Slot Shows module type if inserted 100BASE FX 1000BASE SX 1000BASE LX 1000BASE GBIC 1000BASE T...

Page 78: ...eway and subnet mask IP Address 192 168 10 1 IP address of the switch you are managing The switch supports SNMP over UDP IP transport protocol In this environment all systems on the Internet such as n...

Page 79: ...with the switch the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following figures a...

Page 80: ...ost or you cannot gain access to the system s configuration program contact Alcatel Technical Support for assistance Change Password This password is for the system Administrator with access privilege...

Page 81: ...pdates into the switch The download file should be an OmniStack 6148 binary file from Alcatel otherwise the agent will not accept it The success of the download operation depends on the accessibility...

Page 82: ...onfiguration Download Management Use the Configuration Download Management to restore switch configuration settings from a file on a TFTP sever Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the fol...

Page 83: ...mically learned forwarding information Range 10 415 secs default 300 secs Dynamic Address Counts The number of dynamically learned addresses Static Address Counts The number of statically configured a...

Page 84: ...ate in an STA compliant network Bridge ID A unique identifier for this bridge consisting of bridge priority plus MAC address where the address is normally taken from the agent Max Age The maximum time...

Page 85: ...tinues learning addresses The rules defining port status are A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging device is always forwarding If two ports of a switch are connected to the...

Page 86: ...aximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure All device ports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages a...

Page 87: ...parameter is used by the STA algorithm to determine the best path between devices Therefore lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media and higher values assigned to ports with...

Page 88: ...ities to multiple traffic classes Refer to the Priority menu on page 3 22 Static Entry Individual Port This switch enables static filtering for unicast and multicast addresses Refer to the Address Tab...

Page 89: ...Protocol GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups IGMP Snooping is currently used by this switch to provide automatic multicast filtering GVRP GARP VLAN Registration...

Page 90: ...iority queue at the output port Note that if the output port is an untagged member of the associated VLAN these frames are stripped of all VLAN tags prior to transmission The default priority for all...

Page 91: ...gure the management access of the switch Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port User Priority Shows that user priorities 0 3 specify the low priority queue and 4 7 specify the h...

Page 92: ...cast traffic to the originating group This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment For more information on how to use VLANs refer to Virtual LANs on page 4 2 The VLAN configuration...

Page 93: ...e at Creation is the System Up Time when a user creates a specific VLAN The creation time is a static value and will not be saved after a reboot Parameter Description VLAN Entry Delete Count The numbe...

Page 94: ...must add the VLAN ID for the required external groups New Allows you to specify the name and numeric identifier for a new VLAN group The VLAN name is only used for management on this system it is not...

Page 95: ...y default Note If a removed port is no longer assigned to any other group as an untagged port it will automatically be assigned to VLAN group 1 as untagged Parameter Description VLAN The ID for the VL...

Page 96: ...will automatically be assigned to VLAN group 1 as untagged Parameter Description Forbidden Egress Ports Prevents a port from being automatically added to this VLAN via GVRP Note that GVRP is not supp...

Page 97: ...to the selected port To perform detailed port configuration for a specific VLAN use the VLAN Static Table page 3 27 Parameter Description Port Number Port number on the switch selected from the upper...

Page 98: ...If set to True incoming frames for VLANs which do not include this port in their member set will be discarded at the inbound port GVRP Status Enables or disables GVRP for this port When disabled any...

Page 99: ...y neighboring multicast switch router to ensure that it will continue to receive the multicast service For more information see IGMP Protocol on page 4 5 Configuring IGMP This protocol allows a host t...

Page 100: ...ng multicast IP addresses and the corresponding VLAN ID Parameter Description VLAN ID VLAN ID assigned to this multicast group Multicast IP Address IP address for specific multicast services Learned b...

Page 101: ...Control Status Shows the flow control type in use Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch Back pressure is used for half duplex an...

Page 102: ...ior and then re enable it after the problem has been resolved You may also disable a port for security reasons Speed Duplex Status Auto Negotiation Used to set the current port speed duplex mode flow...

Page 103: ...meter Description Admin Status Shows if the port is enabled or not Link Status Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device Speed Status Shows the port speed 10M 100M or 1000M Du...

Page 104: ...o 1000BASE SX 1000M auto auto 1000BASE LX 1000M auto auto 1000BASE T 10 1001000M auto auto The 1000BASE SX and 1000BASE LX ports are fixed at 1000 Mbps but autonegotiate duplex mode The 1000BASE T aut...

Page 105: ...the switch Protect Status Enabled Enables disables broadcast control for the port When enabled the switch will employ a broadcast control mechanism if the packet per second threshold is exceeded This...

Page 106: ...Learning When set to Enabled the switch will drop packets from the port if the source MAC address does not match one of the addresses in the MAC Address list If set to Learning the switch will add the...

Page 107: ...port must be included in the same VLAN as the source port See VLAN Static List on page 3 26 You can use the port mirror configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown belo...

Page 108: ...at can be assigned to the same trunk have certain other restrictions as described on the following page Ports can only be assigned to one trunk The ports at both ends of a connection must be configure...

Page 109: ...y a trunk group consisting of Unit1 Port25 Unit2 Port25 Unit3 Port25 Unit4 Port25 or two trunks consisting of Unit1 Port25 Unit2 Port25 and Unit3 Port25 Unit4 Port25 Parameter Description Trunk A uniq...

Page 110: ...y more than one collision SQE Test Errors A count of times that the SQE TEST ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer Deferred Transmissions A count of frames for which the first transmission at...

Page 111: ...or alignment errors Undersize Frames The total number of frames received that were less than 64 octets long excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were otherwise well formed Oversize Fra...

Page 112: ...number of packets including bad packets received and transmitted that were between 512 and 1023 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 1024 1518 Byte Frames The tot...

Page 113: ...and to provide link backup This allows the switch to interact with other bridging devices including STA compliant switches bridges or routers in your network to ensure that only one route exists betwe...

Page 114: ...st traffic to the originating group and provide a much cleaner network environment This switch creates segregated broadcast domains based on easily configurable VLANs these are then linked as required...

Page 115: ...d its associated port Therefore to make valid forwarding and flooding decisions the switch learns the relationship of the MAC address to its related port and thus to the VLAN at run time When the swit...

Page 116: ...ged or untagged VLANs Each port on the switch is therefore capable of passing tagged or untagged frames To forward a frame from a VLAN aware device to a VLAN unaware device the switch first decides wh...

Page 117: ...ulticast host groups to learn the IP Multicast group members It simply monitors the IGMP packets passing through it picks out the group registration information and configures multicast filters accord...

Page 118: ...r four ports creating an aggregate bandwidth of up to 8 Gbps when grouping multiple Gigabit ports Besides balancing the load across each port in the trunk the additional ports provide redundancy by ta...

Page 119: ...mmon errors and overall traffic rates Information is provided on bandwidth utilization peak utilization packet types errors and collisions as well as the distribution of packet sizes History Can be us...

Page 120: ...Advanced Topics 4 8...

Page 121: ...rrent Telnet sessions permitted Try connecting again at a later time Can t access the on board configuration program via a serial port connection Be sure to have set the terminal emulator program to V...

Page 122: ...wnloading Notes 1 If you use Windows HyperTerminal disconnect and reconnect to enable the new baud rate 2 The download file should be an OmniStack 6148 binary file from Alcatel otherwise the agent wil...

Page 123: ...r The Logon screen will then appear For details on managing the switch refer to Chapter 2 for information on the out of band console interface or Chapter 3 for information on the Web interface XModem...

Page 124: ...Troubleshooting A 4...

Page 125: ...ing tables DB 9 Port Pin Assignments Console Port to 9 Pin DTE Port on PC Console Port to 25 Pin DTE Port on PC EIA Circuit CCITT Signal Description Switch s DB9DTE Pin PC DB9 DTE Pin PC DB25 DTE Pin...

Page 126: ...Pin Assignments B 2...

Page 127: ...only to those parts of a switched LAN containing registered endstations Formerly called Group Address Registration Protocol Group Address Registration Protocol See Generic Attribute Registration Prot...

Page 128: ...le high speed logical link that combines several lower speed physical links Remote Monitoring RMON RMON provides comprehensive network monitoring capabilities It eliminates the polling required in sta...

Page 129: ...ionless datagram delivery service UDP Virtual LAN VLAN A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in...

Page 130: ...Glossary Glossary 4...

Page 131: ...or menu 2 49 system information 2 6 system restart menu 2 56 console port configuration 2 14 3 5 connections 1 2 pin assignments B 1 D downloading software 2 19 3 13 A 2 duplex mode configuration 2 25...

Page 132: ...4 6 SNMP 4 6 configuration 2 15 3 11 management 1 3 software downloads 2 19 3 13 A 2 Spanning Tree Algorithm See STA 2 27 STA 4 1 configuration 2 27 3 16 3 18 statistics port 2 50 3 42 RMON 2 51 3 43...

Page 133: ...Web access requirements 3 1 agent configuration 2 13 browser connection 1 3 interface configuration buttons 3 3 home page 3 2 login 3 2 main menu 3 6 panel display 3 3 passwords 3 2 upload 3 13 X XMod...

Page 134: ...Index Index 4...

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