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IntraSpection

 

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Personality Module

 

IntraStack

 

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 6000 Series

Ethernet Switch

 

User’s Manual

 

Asanté Technologies, Inc.

821 Fox Lane

San Jose, CA 95131

1.800.662.9686

www.asante.com

September 1997

Part Number 06-00380-00 Rev. A

 

Book  Page i  Thursday, September 18, 1997  4:28 PM

Summary of Contents for 6000 Series

Page 1: ...ection Personality Module IntraStack 6000 Series Ethernet Switch User s Manual Asanté Technologies Inc 821 Fox Lane San Jose CA 95131 1 800 662 9686 www asante com September 1997 Part Number 06 00380 00 Rev A ...

Page 2: ...imitation may not apply to you CUSTOMER REMEDIES AsantéTechnologies and its suppliers entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be at AsantéTechnologies option either a return of the price paid or b repair or replacement of the SOFTWARE that does not meetAsantéTechnologies LimitedWarranty and which is returned toAsantéTechnologies with a copy of your receipt This Limited Warranty is void if...

Page 3: ...ule 1 1 Management Options 1 2 Minimum System Requirements 1 3 Server 1 3 Client 1 3 Installation 2 1 Installing a Personality Module 2 1 Accessing the Device 3 1 Accessing the Device Page 3 1 Device Page Components 3 3 Device Information 3 3 Front Panel Image 3 4 Group Numbering 3 4 Port Numbering 3 4 Selecting the Device for Management 3 5 Menu Components 3 6 Tables 3 6 Table Columns 3 6 Buttons...

Page 4: ... Enabling or Disabling a Port 4 14 Resetting the IntraStack 4 15 Managing Trap Receivers 4 16 Deleting a Trap Receiver Entry 4 17 Modifying a Trap Receiver Entry 4 17 Viewing the Port Address Table 4 18 Performing a Software Upgrade 4 20 Set up the Boot Information 4 20 Configure the Image File Information 4 20 Downloading a Configuration File 4 23 Configuring Telnet Idle Time Out 4 25 Configuring...

Page 5: ...3 Control 5 14 Reset 5 14 AutoNegotiate 5 15 GroupInfo 5 17 MonitorIP 5 18 PortCtrl 5 19 PortInfo 5 21 TrapRecv 5 22 Spanning 5 23 Filter 5 26 Forwarding 5 26 Validate 5 27 Statistics 5 27 Table 5 27 Graph 5 29 PktTable 5 30 PktGraph 5 31 Technical Support A 1 Contacting Asanté Technical Support A 1 Technical Support Hours A 1 ...

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Page 7: ...chapters Chapter 1 Introduction describes IntraSpection Per sonality Modules and the system requirements needed to install and use one Chapter 2 Installation explains how to install the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module Chapter 3 Accessing the Device explains how to access the Personality Module s Device Page which allows for management of an IntraStack 6014DSB and any installed expansion ...

Page 8: ...s to other sections in the manual is in this format Important Significant information that calls attention to important features or instructions is in this format Audience This manual uses terms and concepts associated with Ethernet network ing and switches it is recommended that the user of this manual be familiar with local area networking and Ethernet switches This manual also assumes familiari...

Page 9: ... the Private MIB Management capabilities are accessed via the Personality Module s IntraSpection Device Page See Figure 1 1 IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module The IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module allows for expanded management of an Asanté IntraStack 6014DSB and any installed expan sion units such as the IntraStack 6008FX and IntraStack 6016DSE Figure 1 1 IntraStack 6000 Series Dev...

Page 10: ...t information IP agent protocol infor mation Software agent informa tion Hardware agent informa tion Image bank information Device and group level resets Port auto negotiation Group information IP address monitoring Port configuration and information Trap receivers Spanning tree configu ration Filter forwarding infor mation Counter statistics table and graph for mats at the port level Packet stati...

Page 11: ... that supports Common Gateway Interface CGI 1 1 such as Netscape FastTrack Server Microsoft IIS NCSA HTTP etc Any database management system that supports ODBC such as Microsoft Access Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server Client Any Windows Windows NT Macintosh or UNIX workstation Any World Wide Web browser with Java and Java Script support such as Netscape Navigator version 3 0 required 3 01 recommende...

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Page 13: ... is not running on the computer 1 Insert the Personality Module CD into the computer 2 Open the CD to display its contents 3 Double click the IntraStack exe file 4 Click Yes at the IntraSpection Personality Module Installation Confirmation dialog box The IntraSpection Personality Module information window appears 5 Click Finish to continue The Personality Module files are decompressed The IntraSpe...

Page 14: ...ssion of the Source is Now Complete dialog box appears 9 Click OK to continue with the installation The Select Module to Install window appears dis playing the IntraStack ipm file See Figure 2 1 Figure 2 1 Select Module to Install window 10 Click once on the IntraStack ipm file 11 Click Open The Enter Product Serial Number window appears 12 Enter the serial number that came with your copy of the P...

Page 15: ... System Files window may appear if it does click OK The installer program installs the IntraStack 6000 Series Personality Module into the IntraSpection Appli cation Server Installation is complete when the Installation Com pleted Successfully dialog box appears 15 Start the IntraSpection Application Server following the guidelines below Windows NT 3 51 users double click the IntraSpection icon loc...

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Page 17: ...ion Server is running 2 Access IntraSpection from any Java enabled Web browser requires logging into IntraSpection Important For help on accessing and logging into IntraSpection refer to the IntraSpection User s Manual 3 After you are logged into IntraSpection click Auto Discovery on the IntraSpection Main Menu The AutoDiscovery Page appears 4 Complete each field on the AutoDiscovery Page fol lowi...

Page 18: ...covered SNMP device on the network Figure 3 1 is an example map Figure 3 1 Discovered network map 6 After the map is complete click the map icon located at the bottom of the page on the navigation bar to validate the devices on the map Note The devices on the map are validated when device symbols appear on certain icons 7 Click once on the IntraStack 6000 Series s icon Note This icon is labeled As...

Page 19: ...formation a front panel image and management menu items See Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 Device Page components Device Information The following information is displayed at the top of the Device Page Device description i e Asanté IntraStack Device IP address Device Information Front Panel Image Personality management menu items Module Information ...

Page 20: ...e 3 3 Front panel image components Important Throughout this manual the term device refers to the IntraStack 6014DSB and any installed expan sion units the term group refers to an individual module within the device stack the term port refers to an individ ual port Group Numbering For management purposes each group within a device is assigned a number The bottom module IntraStack 6014DSB is group ...

Page 21: ...the Graph menu statistics for that group are displayed If a port is selected and you select Graph statistics for that port are displayed Selecting an Item Deselecting an Item Target Item Action Device entire stack Do not click anything on the front panel image Group single module Click once on the group Port Click once on the port Target Item Action Device Click once on a group or port Group Click...

Page 22: ...Some menus contain table columns that can be resized to fit the width of your screen To resize a table column place the mouse pointer on a column title s left or right side until a double arrow appears and drag the column to the left or to the right as desired Buttons Some menus contain buttons which allow you to edit and or update the page Menu item Action Drop down menu Select from an available ...

Page 23: ...structions This chapter covers the following configuration and management tasks Configuration Tasks Management Tasks Management Task Page Setting community strings page 4 3 Configuring IP information page 4 5 Configuring out of band information page 4 6 Configuring bootstrap parameters page 4 7 Configuring device identification information page 4 8 Management Task Page Updating the Device Page pag...

Page 24: ...port address table page 4 18 Performing a software upgrade page 4 20 Downloading a configuration file page 4 23 Configuring Telnet idle time out page 4 25 Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol page 4 26 Viewing counter statistics table and graph formats page 4 30 Viewing packet statistics table and graph formats page 4 33 ...

Page 25: ...tant It is recommended that you set the commu nity strings for an IntraStack 6014DSB in IntraSpection before you attempt to perform any network management functions This section describes how to set the community strings in IntraSpec tion to match those set in the IntraStack 6014DSB To set the community strings in IntraSpection 1 On the Device Page click the map icon on the IntraSpection navigatio...

Page 26: ...ap Configuration table 4 Enter the IntraStack 6014DSB s IP address in the IP Address field 5 Enter the IntraStack 6014DSB s read community string in the Read Community String field 6 Enter the IntraStack 6014DSB s write community string in the Write Community String field 7 Click Apply The read and write community strings for the IntraStack 6014DSB are configured ...

Page 27: ...dified using IntraSpection To configure the IntraStack 6014DSB s IP information 1 Do not select any item on the Device Page s front panel image This selects the entire device 2 Click IPAgent The IP Agent Protocol Group table appears similar to Fig ure 4 4 Figure 4 4 IP Agent Protocol Group table 3 Click once in the IP Agent field to be edited Important Only those fields that are colored white can ...

Page 28: ...e 2 Click Agent The Agent Information table appears similar to Figure 4 5 Figure 4 5 Agent Information table Note For a description of each field see Agent on page 5 5 3 To change the IntraStack s out of band dial string click once in the Dial String field and type the dial string 4 To change the IntraStack s out of band baud rate open the Baud Rate drop down menu and select a new baud rate 5 Clic...

Page 29: ...ge This selects the entire device 2 Click Agent The Agent Information table appears similar to Figure 4 5 on page 4 6 Note For a description of each field see Agent on page 5 5 3 Open the Image Load Mode field and select one of the following options localBoot sets the IntraStack 6014DSB to execute its software image file from its internal flash memory netBoot sets the IntraStack 6014DSB to load it...

Page 30: ... the entire device 2 Click Identify The Device Identification table appears similar to Figure 4 6 Figure 4 6 Device Identification table 3 Click once in the Name Location or Contact field to be edited Note For a description of all the fields see Identify on page 5 4 Important Only those fields that are colored white can be edited 4 Type the new information A maximum of 254 characters including spa...

Page 31: ...ensure that you are viewing the IntraStack s latest information To update the Personalty Module s Device Page 1 Click Validate The Device Page is updated with the latest information for the Personalty Module After the Device Page is updated the IntraSpection Map Manager Page appears 2 Click AutoDiscovery to rediscover the network map containing the IntraStack Important See Accessing the Device Pag...

Page 32: ...d and duplex mode To view port parameters 1 Click PortInfo You do not have to select any particular port on the front panel image The Port Information table appears similar to Figure 4 7 Figure 4 7 Port Information table The table displays information about each of the IntraSt ack s ports Each port is identified by its group number GrpIndex and its port number Index Note For a description of each ...

Page 33: ...u nicate their capabilities allowing the devices to determine their highest common speed and best communication parameters The options negotiated during auto negotiation are Ethernet type 100Base TX or 10Base T and duplex mode half or full Important To use auto negotiation both devices must support the auto negotiation feature To configure a port for auto negotiation 1 Click AutoNegotiate You do n...

Page 34: ... Configuring Broadcast Filtering Broadcast filtering is a port s ability to control the forwarding of broad cast packets If enabled broadcast packets are discarded If disabled broadcast pack ets are processed normally To configure a port s broadcast filtering ability 1 Click PortCtrl You do not have to select any port on the front panel image The Port Control table appears 2 Click once on the row ...

Page 35: ...figure a port s store and forwarding ability 1 Click PortCtrl You do not have to select any port on the front panel image The Port Control table appears 2 Click once on the row of the port you want to config ure 3 Click Modify The Modify Dialog box appears 4 Open the StNFw drop down menu and select Enable 5 Click Apply The port is configured for store and forwarding ...

Page 36: ...ot need to select any particular item on the front panel image The Port Control table appears similar to Figure 4 9 Figure 4 9 Port Control table Note For a description of each field see Port Ctrl on page 5 19 2 Select the port to be enabled or disabled by clicking once on the port s row 3 Click Modify The Modify Dialog box appears 4 Open the State drop down menu and select Enable to enable the po...

Page 37: ...et a group click once the group 2 Click Reset The Reset table appears for the agent or a selected group similar to Figure 4 10 or Figure 4 11 Figure 4 10 Reset Agent table device reset Figure 4 11 Reset Group table group reset 3 Open the Action drop down menu and select reset 4 Click Apply The IntraStack 6000 Series switch or the selected group is reset Important To abort the reset click on the br...

Page 38: ...tem on the Device Page s front panel image This selects the entire device 2 Click TrapRecv TheTrap Receiver table appears similar to Figure 4 12 Figure 4 12 Trap Receiver table Note For a description of each field see Trap Recv on page 5 22 If there are no entries the table is blank 3 Click Add The Add Dialog box appears 4 Open the Status drop down menu and select valid 5 Type the IP address of th...

Page 39: ...ontaining the entry to be deleted 2 Click Modify The Modify Dialog box appears 3 Open the Status drop down menu and select invalid 4 Click Apply The trap receiver entry is deleted Click Refresh to view updated information Modifying a Trap Receiver Entry To change the IP address of a trap receiver entry 1 Delete the trap receiver entry following the directions above 2 Add a new trap receiver entry ...

Page 40: ...s information in the table The IntraStack uses the information in this table to decide whether a frame should be forwarded or filtered Each entry consists of the MAC address of the device and an identifier for the port on which it was received To view the IntraStack s IP address table 1 Do not select any item on the front panel image This selects the entire device 2 Click MonitorIP The IP Address ...

Page 41: ...y group number port number then IP address Grp Port Physical sorts by group number port number then physical address Phys Grp Port sorts by physical address group number then port number Note The information displayed in the IP Address MonitoringTable is read only Note For a description of each field see Moni tor IP on page 5 18 3 Click Refresh to view updated information ...

Page 42: ... and select netBoot This sets the IntraStack 6014DSB to boot download its soft ware over the network from a remote server 3 Open the Protocol drop down menu and select bootp tftp or tftp This sets the IntraStack to download the software image file throughTFTP trivial transfer file protocol 4 Click once in the File field and type the name and network path of the software image file 5 Click Apply Th...

Page 43: ... Type the server s IP address where the software file resides in the Image Server field 5 Type the name and network path of the image file in the Image File Name field 6 Type the number of attempts the IntraStack will make to download the file in the Image Retries field 7 Open the Active Image Bank drop down menu and select the image bank that will receive the down loaded image file Note The Intra...

Page 44: ... up also referred to as Boot Bank Download Bank the bank that receives the new version of runtime code when it is down loaded also referred to as Destination Bank 8 Click Apply The IntraStack downloads the image file to the image bank specified Click Refresh to view updated information ...

Page 45: ...t Config File 5 Type the server s IP address where the configuration file resides in the Config Server field 6 Type the name of the configuration file in the Config File Name field 7 Type the number of attempts the IntraStack will make to download the file in the Config Retries field 8 Open the Active Image Bank drop down menu and select the image bank that will receive the down loaded configurati...

Page 46: ...Management Page 4 24 9 Click Apply The IntraStack downloads the configuration file to the image bank specified Click Refresh to view updated information ...

Page 47: ...ction to the IntraSt ack is automatically disabled To configure the IntraStack sTelnet idle time out 1 Do not select anything on the front panel image This selects the entire device 2 Click swAgentSW The Switch Agent Software Group table appears similar to Figure 4 15 Figure 4 15 Switch Agent Software Group table Note For a description of each field see swAgentSW on page 5 9 3 Type the number of m...

Page 48: ...ith the IEEE 802 1d specification Disabling or Enabling Spanning Tree You can disable or enable SpanningTree on the IntraStack or on an indi vidual port To disable or enable SpanningTree on the IntraStack 1 Click swAgentSW The Switch Agent Software Group table appears 2 Open the STP drop down menu and select Disable to disable SpanningTree on the IntraStack or Enable to enable SpanningTree on the ...

Page 49: ...o disable or enable Span ningTree on by clicking once on its row 3 Click Modify The Modify Dialog box appears 4 Open the STP drop down menu and select Disable to disable SpanningTree on the port or Enable to enable SpanningTree on the port 5 Click Apply SpanningTree is disabled or enabled on the selected port ...

Page 50: ... select any item on the front panel image This selects the entire device 2 Click Spanning The SpanningTree Device table appears similar to Figure 4 17 Figure 4 17 SpanningTree Device table Note For a description of each field see Span ning on page 5 23 3 Within this table you can configure the following information Spanning Tree Priority Bridge Maximum Age Bridge Hello Time Bridge Forward Delay 4 ...

Page 51: ...Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol Page 4 29 5 Type the new information 6 Click Apply The SpanningTree parameters on the IntraStack are config ured Click Refresh to view updated information ...

Page 52: ...e at the port level only This section describes how to view counter and packet statistics in both table and graph formats Viewing Counter Statistics Table Format To view counter statistics in a table format 1 Select a port for which statistics are to be gathered by clicking on it once Important Statistics can be viewed at the port level only 2 Click Table Counter statistics appear for the selected...

Page 53: ...reen Avg average the average number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen Total the total number of occurrences since open ing or resetting the screen 4 Click Reset to reset the counters to zero Viewing Counter Statistics Graph Format To view counter statistics in a graph format 1 Select a port for which statistics are to be gathered by clicking on it once on the front panel image I...

Page 54: ...hich statistics are to be gath ered 5 Use the scroll button to change the graph s count per second display scroll up to increase the count per second scroll down to decrease it Average per Second the average number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen Peak per Second the largest number of occur rences since opening or resetting the screen 6 Click Reset to reset the counters to zero...

Page 55: ...t For a description of each object see Objects on page 5 30 3 Open the Sampling Interval drop down menu and select the number of seconds to poll for statistics Statistics are automatically gathered at the selected interval in the following columns Curr current the number of occurrences each second Peak the largest number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen Avg average the average ...

Page 56: ...ket Statistics graph format 3 Open the Statistics drop down menu and select the object to be monitored For a description of each object see Objects on page 5 30 4 Open the Seconds drop down menu and select the number of seconds for which statistics are to be gath ered 5 Use the scroll button to change the graph s count per second display scroll up to increase the count per second scroll down to de...

Page 57: ...Viewing Statistics Page 4 35 Peak per Second the largest number of occur rences since opening or resetting the screen 6 Click Reset to reset the counters to zero ...

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Page 59: ...d mode remote boot infor mation and out of band dial string and baud rate See Agent on page 5 5 IPAgent Allows you to view and configure the IP address default gateway and boot server address for the device Also allows you to set the Telnet idle time out period See IPAgent on page 5 7 swAgentSW Allows you to view and configure the information needed for downloading a new image file or configuratio...

Page 60: ...to enable or disable the following a port port filtering store and forwarding or the Spanning Tree Proto col on a particular port See PortCtrl on page 5 19 PortInfo Allows you to view general port information such as port type auto negotiation status and port speed for each port See PortInfo on page 5 21 TrapRecv Allows you to view add and delete trap receiver entries See TrapRecv on page 5 22 Spa...

Page 61: ...ph format on a selected port See Graph on page 5 29 PktTable Allows you to view real time packet statistics in a table for mat on a selected port See PktTable on page 5 30 PktGraph Allows you to view real time packet statistics in a graph format on a selected port See PktGraph on page 5 31 ...

Page 62: ...ld displays the device s SNMP identify ing number Description Read only field displays a description of the device Name Configurable field assigns a name to the device Note A maximum of 254 characters including spaces is allowed Location Configurable field assigns a location to the device Note A maximum of 254 characters including spaces is allowed Contact Configurable field assigns a name of the ...

Page 63: ...age from its internal FLASH EPROM or from the network localBoot the software image is loaded from the device s FLASH EPROM netBoot the software image is loaded from the network Method Read only field displays the method for getting boot parameter information always displays eeprom BootInfo use EEPROM boot parameters Protocol Configurable field determines the method used for requesting the software...

Page 64: ...0 9600 baud rate b19200 19200 baud rate Revision Read only field displays the hardware reversion num ber of the device Model No Read only field displays the hardware model number of the device FWVersion Major Read only field displays the major firmware version number of the agent prom code FWVersion Minor Read only field displays the minor firmware version number of the agent prom code ...

Page 65: ...start or reset DefaultGateway Configurable field determines the default gateway IP address of the agent Important This parameter only takes effect after an agent restart or reset BootServerAddr Configurable field determines the IP address of the boot server that was used for booting this agent Important This parameter only takes effect after an agent restart or reset UnAuthIP Read only field displ...

Page 66: ...Menus Page 5 8 Field Description TimeOut Configurable field determines the Telnet idle time out period Note The default is 20 minutes ...

Page 67: ...ode Upload the agent is in the uploading mode this action is only for the configuration file Up Download Status Read only field displays the agent s last uploading or downloading action for either the configuration file or the image file Action Success the up download was suc cessful Action Failure the up download failed In Progress up download is in progress No Action no up download was attempted...

Page 68: ...e Bank and Download Bank Download Bank Read only field displays the number of the current download image bank Reset Wait Configurable field determines the amount of time the system waits before performing a reset Important This value can be from 0 seconds to 86400 seconds 24 hours Reset Left Read only field displays the amount time remaining until the system performs a reset Telnets Read only fiel...

Page 69: ...in the swAgentHW menu Table 5 6 swAgentHW Menu Field Description DRAMSize Read only field displays the DRAM size in bytes on the device s hardware board FlashRAMSize Read only field displays the FlashRAM size in bytes on the device s hardware board EEPROMSize Read only field displays the EEPROM size in bytes on the device s hardware board ...

Page 70: ...d displays the Ethernet switch type Back Plane Type Read only field displays the back plane of this device Group Capacity Read only field displays the number of groups that can be contained within the device StackLastChange Read only field displays the sysUpTime value of the last change of stack status since the entire stack has been in operation If no change has occurred since the stack has been ...

Page 71: ...ankImage Menu Field Description Index Read only field displays the number of the entry in the BankImage Table MajorVersion Read only field displays the major version number of the bank image software MinorVersion Read only field displays the minor version number of the bank image software Date Time Read only field displays the date and time of the bank image software ...

Page 72: ... field in the Reset table at the group level Note For instructions on using this menu see Resetting the IntraStack on page 4 15 Table 5 9 Reset Menu Device Level Table 5 10 Reset Menu Group Level Field Description Action Configurable field resets the device not reset does not reset the device reset resets the device Field Description Group Number Read only field displays the number of the selected...

Page 73: ...mation is displayed PortIndex Read only field displays the number of the port for which information is displayed AdminState Configurable field determines the auto negotiation status of the port enable the port is enabled for auto negotia tion disable the port s auto negotiation ability is disabled RemoteAble Read only field displays the auto negotiation capabil ities of the connected device remote...

Page 74: ...gurable field determines the port s advertised capabilities For example a port may be capable of full duplex operation however you can change its Advertised Ability so that it appears to not be capable of full duplex operation The information displayed is in hexadecimal format See LocalAbility above for a description of the for mat and its definitions ReceivedAbility Read only field displays what ...

Page 75: ... ports includ ing MII expansion ports contained in this group Module Type Read only field displays the type of module of the selected group Description Read only field displays a description of this group FanStatus Read only field displays the status of the group s fan normal the fan is in good condition no fan no fan is in this module fail the fan is in failed condition fan 1 bad fan 1 is in fail...

Page 76: ...3 describes each field in the MonitorIP menu Note For instructions on using this menu see View ing the Port AddressTable on page 4 18 Table 5 13 MonitorIP Menu Field Description IP Address Read only field displays the corresponding IP address to the MAC address MacAddress Read only field displays the source MAC address of a monitor entry VLANID Read only field displays the VLAN number of this moni...

Page 77: ...s the number of the group to which the selected port belongs Port Read only field displays the number of the selected port State Configurable field allows you to enable or disable the selected port Important This not only enables or disables the selected port but it also controls the port s Spanning Tree Protocol and LED status Filter Configurable field enables or disables the broadcast packet fil...

Page 78: ...the port joins the Spanning Tree Protocol calculation the state of the port is decided by STP and will be in blocking listen ing learning or forwarding mode Disable the port is removed from the Span ning Tree Protocol calculation Important if the port s state is enabled and the STP is disabled the port remains in the forwarding mode ...

Page 79: ...displays the type of port RJ45 regular TX port MII_RJ45 expansion port TX MII_Empty expansion port empty MII expansion port type unknown MII_FOIL expansion port FX FOIL regular FX port AutoNeg Read only field displays the auto negotiation ability of the port with the port is capable of auto negotiation without the port is not capable of auto negotiation Link Read only field displays the link statu...

Page 80: ...r Menu Field Description Status Configurable field determines the status of the trap receiving station s entry valid the trap receiving station s entry is active invalid the trap receiving station s entry is not active deletes the entry when selected Trap Receiver Address Configurable field determines the IP address of the management station that can receive traps Community String Configurable fie...

Page 81: ...ermine the priority of the selected bridge during Spanning Tree configuration The lower the value the higher the bridge priority and the more likely it will be selected as a forwarding bridge and possible the root bridge in a Spanning Tree Designated Root Read only field displays the unique bridge ID of the current root bridge in the Spanning Tree The ID is based on its physical address and priori...

Page 82: ...ad only field displays the amount of time in sec onds provided by the current Root Bridge between transmissions of configuration BPDUs The parameter works in parallel with the Spanning Tree Hold Time which should be greater than the Hello Time If it is smaller the Spanning Tree Algo rithm responds more quickly to configuration changes resulting in increased network traffic Hold Time Read only fiel...

Page 83: ...e current root bridge between trans missions of configuration BPDUs This timer works with the Spanning Tree Hold Time which should be greater than the Hello Time If it is smaller the Spanning Tree algorithm responds more quickly to configuration changes resulting in increased network traffic The recommended IEEE 802 1d time is 2s two sec onds Bridge Forward Delay Configurable field the delay time ...

Page 84: ... field displays the number of the entry in the Filter Forwarding Information table Physical Address Read only field displays the device s hardware address Receive Port Read only field displays the port number on which the IntraStack detected this device Status Read only field displays the address status other none of the following invalid this entry is no longer valid e g it was learned but has si...

Page 85: ...s Table Format on page 4 30 Table 5 19 Table Menu Field Description Sampling Interval Configurable field allows you to set the amount of time in seconds that the port is polled for informa tion Reset Button resets the counters to zero in the table Objects etherStatsOctets the total number of octets of data including those in bad packets received on the network excluding framing bits but including ...

Page 86: ...ved that were less than the minimum per mitted frame size and have a bad FCS or align ment error etherStatsJabbers the total number of packets received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and were not an integral number of octets in length or had a bad Frame Check Sequence FCS etherStatsCollisions the total number of collisions Datarate Mismatch the nu...

Page 87: ... statistics are gathered Note For a description of each object see Objects on page 5 27 Average per sec ond Displays the average number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen Reset Statistics Button resets the counters to zero Peak per second Displays the largest number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen Count per second display Displays the amount of counts per sec...

Page 88: ...ing error packets received that were between 65 and 127 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets etherStatsPkts128to255Octets the total number of packets including error packets received that were between 128 and 255 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets etherStatsPkts256to511Octets the total number of packets including error p...

Page 89: ...which statistics are gathered Note For a description of each object see Objects on page 5 30 Average per sec ond Displays the average number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen Reset Statistics Button resets the counters to zero Peak per second Displays the largest number of occurrences since opening or resetting the screen Count per second display Displays the amount of counts pe...

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Page 91: ... 408 432 6018 Fax Back 800 741 8607 408 954 8607 Internet Mail support asante com World Wide Web http www asante com Bulletin Board Service BBS 408 432 1416 ARA BBS guest log in 408 894 0765 AppleLink mail BBS ASANTE FTP Archive ftp asante com Technical Support Hours 6 00 A M to 5 00 P M Pacific StandardTime USA Monday Friday ...

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Page 93: ... 5 15 advertised ability 5 16 auto config 5 15 configuring 4 11 description of 4 11 local ability 5 16 auto continued negotiation continued received ability 5 16 remote able 5 15 partitions 5 28 AutoDiscovery See network map autonegotiate menu 5 15 B back plane type 5 12 bad frames 5 28 bank active image 4 22 5 10 download 4 22 5 10 image menu 5 13 baud rate out of band configuring 4 6 description...

Page 94: ...n 5 29 viewing 4 31 jabbers 5 28 mau jabber lockups 5 28 multicast packets 5 27 counter statistics continued octets total 5 27 oversize packets 5 28 packets total 5 27 readable octets 5 28 short events 5 28 table format description 5 27 reset 5 27 sampling interval 5 27 viewing 4 30 undersize packets 5 28 count per second display 5 29 5 31 crc alignment errors 5 28 D database management system 1 3...

Page 95: ...128to255Octets 5 30 256to511Octets 5 30 512to1023Octets 5 30 64Octets 5 30 65to127Octets 5 30 UndersizePkts 5 28 expansion ports group number of 5 17 F fan status 5 17 file configuration downloading 4 23 image upgrading 4 20 filter menu 5 26 port 5 19 firmware version major 5 6 minor 5 6 flash memory booting from 4 7 RAM size viewing 5 11 foil 5 21 forward delay bridge configuring 4 28 description...

Page 96: ...configuring 4 25 description 5 7 image banks 5 10 active 4 22 download 4 22 image continued file info configuring 4 20 name of 5 10 retry count 5 10 server of 5 10 software 5 5 upgrading 4 20 up download 5 9 front panel 3 4 load mode description 5 5 version number major 5 13 minor 5 13 initialization string See dial string installation 2 1 IntraSpection Application Server 2 3 requirements system 1...

Page 97: ... info configuring 4 8 page components 3 3 updating 4 9 management continued filter menu 5 26 forwarding menu 5 26 graph menu 5 29 statistics 5 29 5 31 group info menu 5 17 identify menu 5 4 IPagent menu 5 7 menus components of 3 6 configurable information determining 3 6 overview 5 1 read only information determining 3 6 monitor IP menu 5 18 out of band information configuring 4 6 performing basic...

Page 98: ...21 ports selecting 3 5 model number hardware 5 6 modify button 3 6 module type 5 17 See also group monitor IP menu 5 18 N name information configuring 4 8 description 5 4 navigation bar IntraSpection 4 3 NCSA HTTP 1 3 netboot description 5 5 netmask See subnet mask Netscape FastTrack Server 1 3 Navigator 1 3 network booting from configuring 4 7 map creating 3 1 icons 3 2 node addresses viewing 4 1...

Page 99: ...ph menu 5 31 table menu 5 30 port auto negotiation ability 5 21 configuring 4 11 port continued broadcast filtering configuring 4 12 packet filtering 5 19 connecting ability viewing 5 16 ctrl control menu 5 19 defined 3 4 disable field 5 19 disabling 4 14 duplex mode description 5 21 viewing 4 10 enable field 5 19 enabling 4 14 expansion groups number of 5 17 in groups number 5 17 info menu 5 21 l...

Page 100: ... 5 21 root cost Spanning Tree 5 23 designated Spanning Tree 5 23 port Spanning Tree 5 23 S sampling interval counter statistics 5 27 sampling interval continued packet statistics 5 30 select database window 2 3 selecting device 3 5 group 3 5 port 3 5 serial number location of 2 2 server requirements 1 3 short events 5 28 SNMP identifying number object ID 5 4 community strings 4 3 software image fi...

Page 101: ...28 graph format description 5 29 viewing 4 31 jabbers 5 28 mau jabber lockups 5 28 multicast packets 5 27 octets total 5 27 statistics continued counter continued oversize packets 5 28 packets total 5 27 readable octets 5 28 short events 5 28 table format 5 27 description 5 27 viewing 4 30 undersize packets 5 28 graph 5 29 menu 5 27 packet 128 to 255 octets 5 30 256 to 511 octets 5 30 512 to 1023 ...

Page 102: ... string 5 22 deleting 4 17 description of 4 16 maximum 4 16 menu 5 22 status 5 22 trivial transfer protocol See tftp type of ports description 5 21 viewing 4 10 U unauthcomm unauthorized community string 5 7 unauthIP unauthorized IP field 5 7 up time description 5 4 viewing 4 8 up download action 5 9 status 5 9 V validate menu 5 27 device 4 9 VLANID 5 18 W web browsers supported 1 3 websuite exe 2...

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