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 Codename: Vanilla Part Number: 263680-001 Last Saved On: 4/23/02 9:48 AM 

 

Compaq ProLiant BL p-Class GbE 
Interconnect Switch 

User Guide 

Part Number 263680-001 
  

June 2002 (First Edition) 

Product Version: Version 1.0  

This user guide provides installation and reference information about 
the Compaq ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch, Compaq 
ProLiant BL p-Class QuadT Interconnect Module, and Compaq ProLiant 
BL p-Class DualTSX Interconnect Module. 

 
 

Summary of Contents for ProLiant Interconnect Switch

Page 1: ...t Switch User Guide Part Number 263680 001 June 2002 First Edition Product Version Version 1 0 This user guide provides installation and reference information about the Compaq ProLiant BL p Class GbE...

Page 2: ...in the U S and or other countries All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions co...

Page 3: ...3 Diagnostic Tools 1 4 GbE Interconnect Switch Architecture 1 4 GbE Interconnect Switches 1 5 Redundant Crosslinks 1 5 Redundant Paths to Servers 1 5 Supported Technologies 1 5 Layer 2 Based Packet F...

Page 4: ...guring the GbE Interconnect Switch Using the Console Management Interface Introduction 3 1 Before You Begin 3 1 Connecting to the GbE Interconnect Switches 3 1 Using the Console Management Interface 3...

Page 5: ...ing Out 3 60 Chapter 4 Configuring the GbE Interconnect Switch Using the Web Based Management Interface Introduction 4 1 Before You Begin 4 1 Connecting to the GbE Interconnect Switch 4 2 Logging On t...

Page 6: ...Utilization 4 48 Monitoring MAC Address Table 4 50 Monitoring IGMP Snooping Table 4 51 Monitoring Dynamic Group Registration 4 51 Monitoring VLAN Status 4 52 Maintaining the GbE Interconnect Switch 4...

Page 7: ...iant p Class C GbE Interconnect Kit Class A Equipment H 1 Modifications H 1 Cables H 1 Canadian Notice Avis Canadien H 1 Class A Equipment H 1 European Union Notice H 2 Taiwan Notice H 2 Japanese Noti...

Page 8: ...er Copper B 1 D 1 Blocking state D 2 D 2 Listening state D 3 D 3 Learning state D 5 D 4 Forwarding state D 6 D 5 Disabled state D 7 D 6 Example of Spanning Tree Protocol failure D 8 D 7 Example of ful...

Page 9: ...low directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or loss of life CAUTION Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of...

Page 10: ...ardous WARNING To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to the equipment Disconnect power from the system by unplugging all power cords from the power supplies Do not disable the power cord grou...

Page 11: ...call 1 800 345 1518 In Canada call 1 800 263 5868 For Compaq technical support In the United States and Canada call 1 800 OK COMPAQ For Compaq technical support phone numbers outside the United State...

Page 12: ...GbE Interconnect Kit contains two GbE Interconnect Switches and two QuadT Interconnect Modules The ProLiant BL p Class GbE Interconnect Switch uses 10Base T 100Base TX 1000Base T Gigabit Layer 2 swit...

Page 13: ...gure 1 2 ProLiant BL p Class GbE Interconnect Switch and DualTSX Interconnect Module Features The ProLiant BL p Class GbE Interconnect Switch and interconnect modules are designed for easy installatio...

Page 14: ...r one ProLiant BL p Class server blade enclosure Two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports and two 10 100 Ethernet uplink ports per GbE Interconnect Switch for designing fully meshed uplink paths to the netwo...

Page 15: ...ng GbE Interconnect Switch LEDs for port status and speed GbE Interconnect Switch Architecture The ProLiant BL p Class system provides integrated switching technology for network cable reduction GbE I...

Page 16: ...ement and the Preboot eXecution Environment PXE Redundant Crosslinks The two GbE Interconnect Switches are connected through redundant 100 Mb s crosslinks These two crosslinks provide an aggregate thr...

Page 17: ...s support for up to sixty four 802 1Q Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs for server grouping and isolation A VLAN is a network segment configured according to a logical scheme rather than a physical la...

Page 18: ...ny other port The packets are normally sent to a network packet analyzer or other monitoring device attached to the mirror port Trunking The GbE Interconnect Switch port trunking feature allows severa...

Page 19: ...IP multicast traffic The GbE Interconnect Switch can use IGMP Snooping to configure ports dynamically so that IP multicast traffic is forwarded only to those ports associated with IP multicast hosts...

Page 20: ...Switch front panel Table 1 1 GbE Interconnect Switch Front Panel Item Description Status 1 Link activity and speed LED Refer to the following figures and tables for link activity and speed LED assign...

Page 21: ...ports 3 Server blade 3 Ethernet ports 4 Server blade 4 Ethernet ports 5 Server blade 5 Ethernet ports 6 Server blade 6 Ethernet ports 7 Server blade 7 Ethernet ports 8 Server blade 8 Ethernet ports 9...

Page 22: ...d On 4 23 02 9 55 AM 1 2 1 2 Figure 1 6 GbE Interconnect Switch front panel NIC LED functions Table 1 3 GbE Interconnect Switch Front Panel NIC LED Functions Item LED Description Status 1 Link speed A...

Page 23: ...onnectors are LEDs reserved for stacking support Stacking functionality is planned for a future release of GbE Interconnect Switch firmware 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Figure 1 7 QuadT Interconnect Module connect...

Page 24: ...Interconnect Module LEDs Item LED Description Status 1 Link activity Green Link and no activity Green flashing Link and activity Amber Port disabled Off No link 2 Link speed Amber 1000 Mb s Green 100...

Page 25: ...onnectivity NOTE To the side of the two Gigabit Ethernet LC connectors are LEDs reserved for stacking support Stacking functionality is planned for a future release of GbE Interconnect Switch firmware...

Page 26: ...DualTSX Interconnect Module LEDs Item LED Description Status 1 Link activity Green Link and no activity Green flashing Link and activity Amber Port disabled Off No link 2 Link speed Green 100 Mb s Of...

Page 27: ...guring the GbE Interconnect Switch Installing the GbE Interconnect Switches and Interconnect Modules This section describes how to install the hardware in a new GbE Interconnect Switch deployment a re...

Page 28: ...nterconnect module is fully seated The latch handle drops into place when the module is firmly seated Always install the GbE Interconnect Switches into the communication bays which are the left most s...

Page 29: ...en the server blade and the network infrastructure IMPORTANT If you are replacing an existing GbE Interconnect Switch or upgrading from an RJ 45 Patch Panel and have strict security requirements Do no...

Page 30: ...ules four total from the left and right module bays and unplug the cables 3 From the rear side of the server blade enclosure insert the new interconnect modules two total that came with the GbE Interc...

Page 31: ...E Interconnect Switch to secure access to the management interface Create users with various access levels to the local console remote Telnet and Web interface Refer to Table 2 1 for the three levels...

Page 32: ...e the switch back to the original configuration This restoration may be necessary under one of the following conditions The switch configuration becomes corrupted during operation The switch must be r...

Page 33: ...hardware and planning the configuration cable the GbE Interconnect Switch to your network IMPORTANT If you are replacing an existing GbE Interconnect Switch or upgrading from an RJ 45 Patch Panel and...

Page 34: ...ct Switch NOTE If the server blade enclosure does not have power applied refer to the Compaq ProLiant BL p Class Class System Setup and Installation Guide Accessing the GbE Interconnect Switch The GbE...

Page 35: ...Switch logon screen 1 Leave the User name field blank and press the Tab key 2 Leave the Password field blank and press the Enter key The main menu is displayed 3 Perform the following recommended task...

Page 36: ...mpaq ProLiant BL p Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 9 57 AM Additional Information For additional information...

Page 37: ...e the console interface to access the GbE Interconnect Switches change their settings and monitor their operation Before You Begin The ProLiant BL p Class GbE Interconnect Switch supports a wide array...

Page 38: ...y Navigation Features Use the features in Table 3 1 to navigate through the screens Table 3 1 Console Management Interface Navigation To Action Toggle between the field options Highlight items in angl...

Page 39: ...GbE Interconnect Switch the following logon screen is displayed Notice that the name of the GbE Interconnect Switch is also displayed on the screen IMPORTANT The switch does not have any initial user...

Page 40: ...s the Tab key 2 Leave the Password field blank and press the Enter key The main menu for the GbE Interconnect Switch is displayed The main menu displays the major categories for switch management NOTE...

Page 41: ...d 4 Type an initial password for the user in the New Password field NOTE Passwords used to access the GbE Interconnect Switch are case sensitive 5 Type the new password a second time in the Confirm Ne...

Page 42: ...ade effective on a screen by highlighting APPLY then pressing the Enter key When this is done the settings are immediately applied to the switching software in RAM Some settings require you to restart...

Page 43: ...ave been saved to NVRAM they become the default settings for the GbE Interconnect Switch These settings are then used every time the GbE Interconnect Switch is rebooted IMPORTANT After saving your fin...

Page 44: ...sername field 5 If the password is to be changed type the new password in the New Password and Confirm New Password fields 6 If the privilege level is to be changed toggle the Access Level field until...

Page 45: ...er accounts 3 Toggle the Action field to select Delete 4 Type the user name in the Username field 5 Type the user s password for the account you want to delete in the New Password field 6 Highlight AP...

Page 46: ...heading are those that will be used after the GbE Interconnect Switch has been rebooted 3 Toggle the Get IP From field to choose from Manual BOOTP or DCHP This action selects how the GbE Interconnect...

Page 47: ...ermines where packets with a destination address outside the current subnet should be sent This is usually the address of a router or a host acting as an IP gateway If your network is not part of an i...

Page 48: ...address table of another network device To complete the GbE Interconnect Switch information 1 Type the name of the system in the System Name field 2 Type the location of the system in the System Loca...

Page 49: ...main idle The Aging Time can be set to any value between 10 and 1 000 000 seconds IGMP Snooping Enables Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Snooping which enables the GbE Interconnect Switch to re...

Page 50: ...ol in and out of the switch NOTE A very long aging time can result in out of date Dynamic Entries that may cause incorrect packet filtering and forwarding decisions A very short aging time may cause e...

Page 51: ...any option other than Auto NOTE If you have the ProLiant BL p Class F GbE Interconnect Kit option with the DualTSX Interconnect Modules the management interface supports only 1000M Full and Auto opti...

Page 52: ...th 1 Highlight Configure Restart Port Ingress Bandwidth on the Bandwidth Configuration menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the Action field to Add Modify NOTE To dele...

Page 53: ...ame Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 9 59 AM Displaying Current Port Ingress Bandwidth To view the current port ingress bandwidth settings 1 Highlight Display Current Port Ingress...

Page 54: ...ighlight Configure Restart Port Egress Bandwidth on the Bandwidth Configuration screen 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the Action field to Add Modify NOTE To delete an...

Page 55: ...ress bandwidth settings 1 Highlight Display Current Port Egress Bandwidth on the Bandwidth Configuration menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed This read only screen displays cur...

Page 56: ...nning Tree screen allows you to set the following Status Toggle to Enabled to implement STP on the GbE Interconnect Switch Max Age The maximum age can be set from 6 to 40 seconds At the end of the max...

Page 57: ...ect Switch 3 After making your changes highlight APPLY and press the Enter key NOTE To save the configuration settings permanently you must enter them into NVRAM using the Save Changes option on the m...

Page 58: ...LY and press the Enter key NOTE To save the configuration settings permanently you must enter them into NVRAM using the Save Changes option on the main menu Refer to the Saving Changes section earlier...

Page 59: ...menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the Action field between Add Modify and Delete 4 Type the VID in the VLAN ID field 5 Type the MAC address to be statically entered...

Page 60: ...Set the multicast group membership of each port by highlighting E field using the arrow keys and then toggling between E F or a dash using the spacebar E Egress Member Specifies that the port is a sta...

Page 61: ...e member ports are removed from the DEFAULT_VLAN If the DEFAULT_VLAN is reconfigured all ports are again assigned to it Ports that are not wanted as part of the DEFAULT_VLAN are removed during the con...

Page 62: ...field 4 Type a name for the new VLAN in the VLAN Name field 5 Set the 802 1Q VLAN membership for each port by highlighting the Egress Forbidden field using the arrow keys and then toggling between E F...

Page 63: ...to include the 32 bit tag associated with the PVID Port VLAN Identifier When a tagged packet exits the port the packet header is unchanged NOTE If the port is attached to a device that is not IEEE 80...

Page 64: ...NOTE To save the configuration settings permanently you must enter them into NVRAM using the Save Changes option on the main menu Refer to the Saving Changes section earlier in this chapter Configurin...

Page 65: ...k ports GVRP updates dynamic VLAN registration entries and communicates the new VLAN information across the network This feature allows stations to physically move to other GbE Interconnect Switch por...

Page 66: ...ght Configure IGMP Snooping on the Configuration menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed The IGMP Snooping Settings screen allows you to set the following Switch IGMP Snooping Tog...

Page 67: ...network The GbE Interconnect Switch allows the creation of up to six port trunking groups each group consisting of up to eight links ports The trunked ports must be contiguous they must have sequentia...

Page 68: ...ng group Group Name Enter a name for the port trunking group Member ports Toggle between M to indicate membership of the port trunking group or a dash to indicate nonmembership State Toggle between En...

Page 69: ...put problems The port from which you are copying frames must support an equal or lower speed than the port to which you are sending the copies Also the target port cannot be a member of a trunk group...

Page 70: ...lticast or DA Unknown Storm 1 Highlight Configure Threshold of Broadcast Multicast DA Unknown Storm on the Configuration menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the desir...

Page 71: ...ENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 9 59 AM Configuring Class of Service Default Priority and Traffic Class To configure Class of Service default priority and traffic...

Page 72: ...S for a given port sends the maximum number of packets then moves on to the next lower CoS Values from 0 to 255 can be entered in this field Entering zero instructs the GbE Interconnect Switch to cont...

Page 73: ...ign port default priority 1 Highlight Configure Default Priority on the Configure Class of Service Default Priority and Traffic Class menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Typ...

Page 74: ...c of Class on the Configure Class of Service Default Priority and Traffic Class menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the Priority fields to set the traffic class for t...

Page 75: ...ity on the Configuration menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the View Ports field to the range that you want 4 Type the range of ports in the Configure Port fields 5...

Page 76: ...is displayed The Setup Priority MAC Address window allows you to set up the priority MAC address for each VLAN ID To set the priority level for a MAC address 1 Toggle to Add in the Action field 2 Type...

Page 77: ...menu Refer to the Saving Changes section earlier in this chapter Configuring RS232 and SLIP To configure RS232 and Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP 1 Highlight Configure RS232 and SLIP on the Config...

Page 78: ...ection Remote IP Address Remote IP address of the SLIP connection MTU Maximum transfer unit MTU specifies the size of the transferring IP packets The default value is 1006 3 After making your changes...

Page 79: ...To view the port utilization of all the ports on the GbE Interconnect Switch 1 Highlight Port Utilization on the Network Monitoring Menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed The Por...

Page 80: ...f all the ports on the GbE Interconnect Switch 1 Highlight Trunk Utilization on the Network Monitoring Menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed The Trunk Utilization window allows...

Page 81: ...Port Error Packets To view the error statistics for a port 1 Highlight Port Error Packets on the Network Monitoring Menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the Port field...

Page 82: ...rt Packet Analysis To view an analysis of the size of packets received or transmitted by a port 1 Highlight Port Packet Analysis on the Network Monitoring Menu 2 Press the Enter key The following scre...

Page 83: ...The following screen is displayed 3 Toggle the Browse By field between ALL MAC Address Port and VLAN This option sets a filter to determine which MAC addresses from the forwarding table are displayed...

Page 84: ...from the Network Monitoring Menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed The Switch History screen displays the GbE Interconnect Switch logs and health status Monitoring IGMP Snooping...

Page 85: ...COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 9 59 AM To view the IGMP Snooping table 1 Highlight IGMP Snooping on the Network Monitoring Menu 2 Press the Enter ke...

Page 86: ...amic Group Registration Table 1 Highlight Dynamic Group Registration Table on the Network Monitoring Menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed The Dynamic Group Registration Table d...

Page 87: ...xceptional events occur such as when the GbE Interconnect Switch is turned on or when a system reset occurs The GbE Interconnect Switch allows traps to be routed to up to four network management hosts...

Page 88: ...he packet Access Right Allows each community to be separately set to either Read Only meaning that the community member can only view switch settings or Read Write which allows the member to change se...

Page 89: ...ystem Utilities on the main menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed NOTE Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP services allow the switch firmware to be upgraded by transferring a ne...

Page 90: ...TFTP server must be on the same IP subnet as the GbE Interconnect Switch 4 Type the path and the filename to the firmware file on the TFTP server in the Path Filename field NOTE The TFTP server must b...

Page 91: ...he TFTP server in the Server IP Address field 4 Type the location of the GbE Interconnect Switch configuration file on the TFTP server in the Path Filename field 5 Highlight APPLY and press the Enter...

Page 92: ...Utilities menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Type the IP address of the TFTP server in the Server IP Address field 4 Type the location of the GbE Interconnect Switch config...

Page 93: ...ch Utilities menu 2 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 3 Type the IP address of the TFTP server in the Server IP Address field 4 Type the path and filename for the history log on th...

Page 94: ...be sent three is usually enough in the Number of Repetitions field 5 Highlight START and press the Enter key NOTE To save the configuration settings permanently you must enter them into NVRAM using t...

Page 95: ...ation data is lost Reboot Load Factory Default Configuration Except IP Address Restarts the GbE Interconnect Switch using the default factory configuration except the user configured IP address which...

Page 96: ...nnect Switch User Guide COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 9 59 AM 4 Press the Enter key The following screen is displayed 5 Highlight Yes and press the...

Page 97: ...program are different ways to access and configure the same internal switching software All settings encountered in Web based management are the same as those in the console management program This ch...

Page 98: ...g the IP Address in Chapter 3 for information on how to use the console interface management system to manually configure the IP address of a GbE Interconnect Switch To connect to a GbE Interconnect S...

Page 99: ...itch status Graphical LEDs display current link speed and activity Graphical RJ 45 connectors allow you to display statistics for individual ports Refer to the section Monitoring the GbE Interconnect...

Page 100: ...the drop down arrow in the Access Right field to select the access level The three access levels are User User and Root A Root user has full read write access while a User has read only access A User...

Page 101: ...stored settings from NVRAM To retain any configuration changes permanently 1 Open the Maintenance folder on the main menu 2 Click Save Changes The Save Configuration window is displayed 3 Click Save C...

Page 102: ...r or a DHCP server The window displays the following information MAC Address The Ethernet address for the device also known as the physical address Get IP From The choices for how the GbE Interconnect...

Page 103: ...aving Changes earlier in this chapter Setting Basic GbE Interconnect Switch Information When you select Switch Information from the Configuration menu the following screen is displayed The Switch Info...

Page 104: ...hysical location of the GbE Interconnect Switch in the System Location field 3 Type the name of the contact person responsible for the GbE Interconnect Switch and telephone number or other contact inf...

Page 105: ...Multicast members GVRP Status Choose to enable or disable Group VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP on the GbE Interconnect Switch GVRP allows members to dynamically join VLANs Telnet Status Choose to en...

Page 106: ...Port Configuration from the Configuration menu the following screen is displayed To change the port settings 1 Select the port you want to configure in the Port field or click the port on the GbE Int...

Page 107: ...e and flow control settings based on the capabilities of the device at the other end The other selections allow you to force the port to operate in the specified manner Select 1000M FULL for port oper...

Page 108: ...or the traffic from a 100 Mb s port onto a 10 Mb s port you can cause throughput problems The port you are copying frames from should always support an equal or lower speed than the port to which you...

Page 109: ...ther to form a single logical high bandwidth data pipe You can change the following parameters Name Type the user assigned name of the trunk group Port Members Check the number of ports that will be m...

Page 110: ...le or disable the IGMP settings Querier State Select the IGMP version that will be used by the IGMP interface when making queries Select from Non Querier V1 Querier and V2 Querier Robustness Variable...

Page 111: ...witch supports the 801 2d Spanning Tree Protocol STP which allows you to create alternative paths with multiple switches or other types of bridges in your network When you select STP Switch Settings f...

Page 112: ...not the Root Bridge the default hello time will be used until your GbE Interconnect Switch becomes the Root Bridge Bridge Forward Delay 4 30 Sec Type the forward delay time The range is 4 to 30 secon...

Page 113: ...ings window allows you to configure Spanning Tree Protocol functions for individual ports You can change the following parameters From Select the first port to be configured To Select the last port to...

Page 114: ...ing The Static Filtering Table menu allows you to change the parameters for unicast filtering and multicast filtering When you select Unicast Filtering from the Static Filtering Table menu the followi...

Page 115: ...meters MAC Address Type the MAC address of the static source of multicast packets VID Type the VID number of the VLAN to which the MAC address belongs Type Choose the filter type either Permanent or D...

Page 116: ...window To modify an entry click Modify beside the appropriate VID To delete an entry click the icon in the Delete column The 802 1Q Static VLAN Setup window allows you to change the following paramet...

Page 117: ...ss it is a member of another 802 1Q VLAN If a port is deleted from the only 802 1Q VLAN of which it is a member then it will automatically become a member of DEFAULT_VLAN as an untagged egress port If...

Page 118: ...Configuring the Port VLAN ID When you select Port VLAN ID PVID from the VLANs menu the following screen is displayed The 802 1Q Port Settings window allows you to assign a Port VLAN ID PVID number en...

Page 119: ...already a member You can change the following parameters From and To Select the range of ports to be included in the settings PVID Type the PVID This tuning variable allows for subnetworks that are e...

Page 120: ...port 1 Select the desired port in the Port Num field 2 Type a number between 1 and 127 in the Ingress Bandwidth 1 127 Units field 3 Click Apply 4 Select Restart System from the Maintenance menu 5 Sel...

Page 121: ...the desired port in the Port Num field 2 Type a number between 1 and 127 in the Egress Bandwidth 1 127 Units field 3 Click Apply to save the change or addition 4 Select Restart System from the Mainte...

Page 122: ...one where the destination address is unknown The higher the threshold the more packets the GbE Interconnect Switch can accept per second If the threshold is exceeded any additional packets received ar...

Page 123: ...e following screen is displayed The Default Port Priority assignment window allows you to set a default priority for packets that have not been assigned a priority value To set a default priority 1 Se...

Page 124: ...nu the following screen is displayed The Configure Class of Traffic window allows you to configure traffic class priority by specifying the class value from 0 to 3 of the eight levels of priority of t...

Page 125: ...rvice scheduling algorithm starts from the highest CoS for a given port sends the maximum number of packets then moves on to the next lower CoS Entering zero instructs the GbE Interconnect Switch to c...

Page 126: ...Settings window is used to set up security for a port or a range of ports To set up security for a port or ports 1 Select the range of ports in the From and To fields 2 Choose Enabled in the Admin St...

Page 127: ...priority on the GbE Interconnect Switch is to be established in the MAC Address field 3 Type the priority level for the MAC address in the Priority Level field The range is from 0 to 7 with 0 being t...

Page 128: ...use of the Telnet protocol You can set the following features Baud Rate Select the rate at which data will be exchanged over the serial link The default value is 9600 baud Data Bits Select the number...

Page 129: ...making changes to the settings NOTE To save the configuration settings permanently you must enter them into NVRAM using the Save Changes option on the Maintenance menu Refer to the section Saving Chan...

Page 130: ...ger Configuration window allows you to configure SNMP parameters You can change the following parameters Community String Type a user defined SNMP community name Access Right Choose the access of Read...

Page 131: ...Type the IP address of the trap receiving station Community String Type a user defined SNMP community name Status Set the trap receiving station status to Valid or Invalid Click Apply after making cha...

Page 132: ...Interconnect Switch Add Adds a new user to the table The User Account Modify Table also is displayed The User Account Modify Table allows you to add or delete user account information To add a user ac...

Page 133: ...on an RJ 45 connector or an LED displays the port number and selecting an RJ 45 connector or an LED displays the port statistics Monitor the GbE Interconnect Switch status by using the following tools...

Page 134: ...h being used on a specified port The following information is displayed Utilization Indicates the percentage of the total bandwidth being used on the specified port Time Interval The frequency at whic...

Page 135: ...tch User Guide 4 39 COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 02 AM Monitoring Received RX Packets When you select Received RX Packets from the Packets menu...

Page 136: ...ing is between 1s and 60s where s stands for seconds The default value is one second Record Number Displays the number of times that the GbE Interconnect Switch will be polled The setting can be betwe...

Page 137: ...l The frequency at which the information on the screen is refreshed The setting can be between 1s and 60s where s stands for seconds Record Number Displays the number of times the GbE Interconnect Swi...

Page 138: ...User Guide COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 02 AM Monitoring Transmitted TX Packets When you select Transmitted TX Packets from the Packets menu the...

Page 139: ...Interconnect Switch will be polled The setting can be between 20 and 200 The default value is 20 Bytes Counts the number of bytes successfully sent from the port Packets Counts the number of packets s...

Page 140: ...end on a byte octet boundary UnderSize Displays the number of frames detected that are less than the minimum permitted frame size of 64 bytes and have a good CRC Undersized frames usually indicate co...

Page 141: ...Monitoring Transmitted TX Errors When you select Transmitted TX Errors from the Errors menu the following screens are displayed The Tx Error Analysis window displays the number of errors that occurre...

Page 142: ...use the medium was busy LateColl Counts the number of times that a collision is detected later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet ExColl Counts the number of frames that experienced...

Page 143: ...eens are displayed The Rx Size Analysis window displays the number of packets received that were within a certain range of octets in length The following information is displayed Time Interval The fre...

Page 144: ...nclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 256 511 Displays the total number of packets including bad packets received that were between 256 and 511 octets in length inclusive excluding...

Page 145: ...CONFIDENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 02 AM The Trunk Utilization window allows you to view graphs of three items for an individual port trunking group the per...

Page 146: ...s displayed Search by VLAN ID Type the VLAN ID you want to search for Search by MAC Address Type the MAC address you want to search for Search by Port Select the port number for which you want to sear...

Page 147: ...h Click this button to display the IGMP Snooping Table for the current VID Multicast Group View the IP address of a multicast group discovered by IGMP Snooping MAC Address View the corresponding MAC a...

Page 148: ...untagged The following information is displayed IEEE 802 1Q VLAN ID Displays the VLAN for which the VLAN table is displayed Status Displays the current status of the VID Creation time since switch pow...

Page 149: ...o the GbE Interconnect Switch A configuration file can also be loaded into the GbE Interconnect Switch and GbE Interconnect Switch settings can be saved to a TFTP server In addition the history log of...

Page 150: ...on of the GbE Interconnect Switch firmware version 1 0 are not supported by the present version firmware version 2 0 The GbE Interconnect Switch Information window displays the firmware version To dow...

Page 151: ...e Maintenance menu Refer to the section Saving Changes earlier in this chapter If you do not save configurations to NVRAM the configurations you are uploading to a TFTP server will not be saved correc...

Page 152: ...piled by the GbE Interconnect Switch management agent The GbE Interconnect Switch can record event information to its own logs to designated SNMP trap receiving stations and to the PC connected to the...

Page 153: ...Ping Test When you select Ping Test from the Maintenance menu the following screen is displayed The GbE Interconnect Switch can test the connection to another network device by pinging it To initiate...

Page 154: ...nect Switch Configuration to Factory Defaults When you select Factory Reset from the Maintenance menu the following screen is displayed Factory Reset allows you to return the GbE Interconnect Switch s...

Page 155: ...E Interconnect Switch which resets the system To restart the system 1 Select Yes or No to save the settings 2 Click Restart Setting the Connection Timeout When you select Connection Timeout from the M...

Page 156: ...rface 4 60 Compaq ProLiant BL p Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL Codename Vanilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 02 AM Logging Out To exit the setup pages...

Page 157: ...802 3ab 1000Base T Ethernet IEEE 802 3z 1000Base SX Ethernet IEEE 802 3ac Frame Extensions for VLAN IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802 3x Full Duplex Flow Control ANSI IEEE 802 3 Nway Auto...

Page 158: ...5 m Multimode Fiber with 500 MHz Km rating has a maximum distance of 550 meters 62 5 125 m Multimode Fiber with 160 MHz Km rating has a maximum distance of 220 meters 62 5 125 m Multimode Fiber with 2...

Page 159: ...10 4 in x 1 6 in Interconnect Module Dimensions 7 4 in x 3 5 in x 1 6 in Weight 11 5 lb GbE Interconnect Switch and Interconnect Module EMI FCC Class A ICES 003 Class A AS NZS 3548 Class A VCCI Class...

Page 160: ...witch to network adapter card connection and the Ethernet cable for the switch to switch switch to hub or switch to bridge connection Table B 2 provides the same information for the Gigabit over Coppe...

Page 161: ...art Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 07 AM Table B 2 RJ 45 Connector Pin Assignment for Gigabit over Copper Contact Media Direct Interface Signal Color Match 1 BI_DA White Orange 2 BI_DA Ora...

Page 162: ...STP ByPass Trunking Default Settings for Switch B Switch A and Switch B General Default Settings Switch A and Switch B are configured with the following general default settings Table C 1 Switch A an...

Page 163: ...art Ingress Bandwidth None Setup Restart Egress Bandwidth None Switch STP Enable Bridge Max Age 20 seconds Bridge Hello Time 2 seconds Bridge Forward Delay 15 seconds Bridge Priority 32768 Configure S...

Page 164: ...Class of Service Max Latency 0 Default Port Priority 0 Class of Traffic Priority 0 1 Class 0 Priority 2 3 Class 1 Priority 4 5 Class 2 Priority 6 7 Class 3 Port Security Admin State Disabled Port Sec...

Page 165: ...tings Port Type UI Port No Speed VID VLAN Member AS VLAN Name Port Name STP ByPass Enabled Multilink Trunk Server 1 10 100 Auto 1 Egress DEFAULT_VLAN Server1_Port1 Yes Server 2 10 100 Auto 1 Egress DE...

Page 166: ...ss DEFAULT_VLAN Server8_Port1 Yes Server 16 10 100 Auto 1 Egress DEFAULT_VLAN Server8_Port2 Yes X Connect 17 10 100 Auto 1 Egress DEFAULT_VLAN XConnect_1 No XConnect X Connect 18 10 100 Auto 1 Egress...

Page 167: ...VLANs STP ByPass Trunking Default Settings Port Type UI Port No Speed VID VLAN Member AS VLAN Name Port Name STP ByPass Enabled Multilink Trunk Server 1 10 100 Auto 1 Egress DEFAULT_VLAN Server1_iLO...

Page 168: ...s DEFAULT_VLAN Server8_Port3 Yes X Connect 17 10 100 Auto 1 Egress DEFAULT_VLAN XConnect_1 No XConnect X Connect 18 10 100 Auto 1 Egress DEFAULT_VLAN XConnect_2 No XConnect M Uplink 19 10 100 Auto 1 E...

Page 169: ...forwarding database The expiration of the forwarding delay timer moves the port to the forwarding state where both learning and forwarding are enabled At this point the port forwards packets Blocking...

Page 170: ...anagement messages Figure D 1 Blocking state Listening State The listening state is the first transition for a port from the blocking state Listening is an opportunity for the switch to receive BPDUs...

Page 171: ...n the listening state Discards frames received from the network segment to which it is attached Discards packets sent from another port on the switch for forwarding Does not add addresses to its forwa...

Page 172: ...frame forwarding The port enters the learning state from the listening state A port in the learning state Discards frames received from the network segment to which it is attached Discards packets sen...

Page 173: ...g state Forwarding State A port in the forwarding state forwards packets The port enters the forwarding state from the learning state when the forward delay timer expires A port in the forwarding stat...

Page 174: ...o the system processor Receives and responds to network management messages Figure D 4 Forwarding state Disabled State A port in the disabled state does not participate in frame forwarding or STP A po...

Page 175: ...anilla Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 15 AM Does not add addresses to its forwarding database Receives BPDUs but does not direct them to the system processor Does not receive BPDUs fo...

Page 176: ...gure D 6 Example of Spanning Tree Protocol failure In the example switch B has been elected as the designated bridge and port 2 on switch C is in the blocking state The election of switch B as the des...

Page 177: ...se ports configured as half or full duplex do not negotiate Figure D 7 Example of full and half duplex mismatch In the example port 1 on switch B is configured as a full duplex port and port 1 on swit...

Page 178: ...arding state If the failure exists at boot STP will not converge and rebooting the bridges will have no effect This type of failure is difficult to detect because the link state LEDs for Ethernet link...

Page 179: ...d from the root bridge to the leaves of the spanning tree each bridge increments the age field When this field is beyond the maximum age the packet is discarded For large diameter networks STP converg...

Page 180: ...o the network STP is well suited to maintaining connectivity in the event of a device failure or removal but is poorly suited to designing networks Know Which Links Are Redundant Organize the redundan...

Page 181: ...work design The switches C and D have redundant links to the backbone switches A and B using trunks Trunks by default carry all the VLAN traffic from VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 So switch C is not only receivin...

Page 182: ...rt Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 15 AM Figure D 10 Common network design example 2 In the second network design example the VLAN definitions are extended to switches A and B This configur...

Page 183: ...r and types of ports Examples of read only variables are the statistics counters such as the number of errors that have occurred or how many kilobytes of data have been received and forwarded through...

Page 184: ...the following enterprise specific MIBs cpqAgent mib agentBasicInfo Basic information for the switch agentBasicConfig Basic configuration management agentIpProtoConfig IP related configuration manageme...

Page 185: ...200 and the default download protocol of ZModem follow steps 5 through 9 IMPORTANT Because some required actions are time critical it is recommended that you read through all the steps and become fami...

Page 186: ...Part Number 263680 001 Last Saved On 4 23 02 10 17 AM 2 Reboot the GbE Interconnect Switch by using the Reboot menu option or by pressing the Pwr Rst button on the front panel of the GbE Interconnect...

Page 187: ...er and before the POST line reads 100 This action forces the GbE Interconnect Switch into the download mode A screen similar to the following should be displayed If this screen is not displayed repeat...

Page 188: ...oad is started or it is in the Boot Configuration mode At this point try pressing the Ctrl C keys again Figure F 3 Boot Configuration Menu 6 Select the download protocol by using the space bar to togg...

Page 189: ...ange the baud rate a Disconnect the HyperTerminal session by selecting Call from the Interconnect Switch HyperTerminal window menu and then selecting Disconnect b From the Interconnect Switch HyperTer...

Page 190: ...t Transfer then Send File The following window is displayed Figure F 5 Send File window 13 Click Browse and select the firmware file to be downloaded to the GbE Interconnect Switch 14 Click the drop d...

Page 191: ...file transfer is complete a download completed message is displayed Figure F 7 Download completed message screen 16 Set your HyperTerminal session baud rate to match the Console interface settings in...

Page 192: ...ure of the GbE Interconnect Switch to get IP settings failure to connect to the GbE Interconnect Switch remotely and what to do if you forget your administrator user name and password Configuring Tabl...

Page 193: ...d in the Password field 4 Leave the Username field blank 5 Press the Enter key The main menu will be displayed 6 Access the User Accounts Management option and set a new Administrator password Refer t...

Page 194: ...port The RJ 45 connector on the switch or LED is faulty After checking and replacing the cable if no link LED displays check whether the port is transferring data If yes the LED is faulty If no it cou...

Page 195: ...anning tree mode it can take up to 90 seconds for the GbE Interconnect Switch to get its IP settings The GbE Interconnect Switch timed out its request for IP settings Go to the Switch IP Settings scre...

Page 196: ...ement station From the SNMP Manager Configuration screen make sure that the Security IP list or Management IP Station list has the IP address of your management station The GbE Interconnect Switch IP...

Page 197: ...refer to Configuring a Port VLAN in Chapter 3 console management interface and Configuring the Port VLAN ID in Chapter 4 Web based management interface Changing the first XConnect port settings change...

Page 198: ...a connectivity failure between the GbE Interconnect Switch and the TFTP server Make sure that the TFTP server exists on the same network or VLAN as that of the switch Make sure that you can ping the T...

Page 199: ...lation session for ZModem transfer and also displays unusual characters Your terminal emulation session baud rate does not match the GbE Interconnect Switch serial console baud rate in the download mo...

Page 200: ...ference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at persona...

Page 201: ...EEC issued by the Commission of the European Community and if this product has telecommunication functionality the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the...

Page 202: ...Directive 73 23 EEC issued by the Commission of the European Community and if this product has telecommunication functionality the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC Compliance with these directives implies c...

Page 203: ...n regulatory notice H 1 Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSMA CD 1 6 Class of Service CoS console management interface 3 36 overview 1 8 Web based management interface 4 29 class...

Page 204: ...agement interface 3 50 Web based management interface 4 51 E egress bandwidth settings console management interface 3 18 Web based management interface 4 25 enterprise specific MIBs E 2 error packets...

Page 205: ...Address Aging Time sec 3 13 4 9 MAC addresses configuring 3 40 4 31 monitoring 3 47 4 50 Maintenance menu 4 53 manual assignment of IP addresses 3 11 manual configuration 2 6 Max Age and resource erro...

Page 206: ...ing RMON overview 1 7 SNMP RMON MIBs support E 1 replacing switch 2 3 resource errors D 11 restart egress bandwidth settings console management interface 3 18 Web based management interface 4 25 resta...

Page 207: ...r configuring 4 35 troubleshooting spanning tree protocol D 8 switch G 1 Trunk Load Sharing Algorithm console management interface 3 14 Web based management interface 4 9 trunking feature configuring...

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