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Cajun P550/P220 Switch Operation Guide

Egress Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Port-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Creating and Implementing VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

Using Spanning Tree Setup and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

Spanning Tree Bridge Options   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-7
Managing Spanning Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-7
Configuring Spanning Tree Bridge Ports   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9
Disabling Spanning Tree Mode for the Port  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-11

Using Hunt Groups to Aggregate Bandwidth between Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-11

Hunt Group Considerations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-12
Configuring Hunt Groups  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-12
Viewing Hunt Group Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-13
Adding Ports to a Hunt Group   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-14

Chapter 13 — Tuning Your Switch Performance (Layer 2 & Layer 3)

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
How Queues Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Managing Buffers and Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2

Chapter 14 — Managing Address Forwarding Tables (Layer 2 & Layer 3)

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Configuring the Address Forwarding Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

Configuring the Age Timer and Super Age Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Controlling Reconfiguration of Address Table Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-2

Searching the Switch Address Forwarding Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4
Adding Entries to the Address Forwarding Table Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6

Chapter 15 — Managing Intelligent Multicasting (Layer 2 & Layer 3)

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1

Layer 3 Dynamic Intelligent Multicasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2

IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
LGMP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

Layer 2 Dynamic Intelligent Multicasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

LGMP Client  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
CGMP Snooping  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
Pruning Dynamic Sessions, Client Ports, and Router Ports   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

Deleting a Multicast Session Client Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-8

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Page 2: ...ications in the products and practices described in this document Lucent Cajun CajunDocs OpenTrunk P550 P220 and CajunView are trademarks of Lucent Technologies Microsoft Windows Windows NT Windows 95 Windows 98 and Internet Explorer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and or other countries OpenView is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company Netscape and Net...

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Page 4: ...cuments xix Reference Documents xix Terminology xx Contacting Lucent Technologies xx Chapter 1 Cajun P550 Switch Overview Switch Description 1 1 Hardware Overview 1 1 Chassis 1 1 Modules 1 2 Layer 2 Supervisor Module 1 2 Layer 3 Supervisor Module 1 3 Media Modules 1 4 Layer 3 and Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Modules 1 4 Layer 3 and Layer 2 Gigabit Speed Modules 1 5 Cajun P550 Switch Features 1 5 Crossbar...

Page 5: ...t Ports 3 9 Using the All Ports Configuration Dialog Box 3 12 Viewing Switch Port Parameters 3 13 Configuring Switch Port Parameters 3 13 Configuring Port VLAN Parameters 3 16 Configuring VTP Snooping 3 18 Configuring Non VLAN Switch Port Parameters 3 19 Examples of Switch Ports Settings for Various VLAN Connection Types 3 20 Configuring Fast Start Mode 3 21 Using the All Ports Configuration Dialo...

Page 6: ... Configuration 3 46 Viewing Your Script Execution Log File 3 46 Copying Configuration Files 3 46 Copying Running Configuration to Startup Configuration 3 47 Copying Files 3 47 Viewing the Status of a TFTP Transfer 3 50 Chapter 4 Configuring IPX Routing Layer 3 Overview 4 1 IPX Overview 4 1 IPX Datagram Structure 4 2 Configuring the Cajun Switch as an IPX Router 4 3 Configuring IPX Interfaces 4 4 C...

Page 7: ...ccess Rules 7 9 Creating Extended Access Rules 7 10 Activating Access Lists 7 13 Creating IP Static Routes 7 14 Creating Static ARP Entries 7 14 Creating a BOOTP DHCP Server Entry 7 15 IP Multicast 7 15 Configuring IGMP 7 16 Enabling the IGMP Global Configuration 7 16 Modifying IGMP Interfaces 7 17 Configuring DVMRP 7 18 Configuring the DVMRP Global Configuration 7 18 Modifying DVMRP Interface Inf...

Page 8: ...ttings 7 48 Viewing LDAP Statistics 7 50 Configuring an IP Helper Address 7 50 Creating an IP Helper Address 7 51 Deleting an IP Helper Address 7 52 Modifying an IP Helper Address 7 52 Chapter 8 Configuring the RIP Routing Protocol Layer 3 Overview 8 1 Configuring the Switch Using the RIP Routing Protocol 8 1 Configuring RIP for the Switch 8 1 Modifying RIP Interfaces 8 2 Creating Trusted RIP Neig...

Page 9: ...ppleTalk Zone Filter 10 9 Editing an AppleTalk Zone Filter 10 10 Adding or Deleting Interfaces to a Zone Filter 10 11 Viewing AppleTalk Statistics 10 11 Viewing AppleTalk Global Statistics 10 11 Viewing the AppleTalk Interface Statistics Table 10 13 Viewing the AppleTalk Route Table 10 14 Viewing AppleTalk Route Table Statistics 10 15 Viewing the AppleTalk ARP Cache Table 10 15 Viewing the AppleTa...

Page 10: ...3 1 How Queues Work 13 1 Managing Buffers and Queues 13 2 Chapter 14 Managing Address Forwarding Tables Layer 2 Layer 3 Overview 14 1 Configuring the Address Forwarding Table 14 1 Configuring the Age Timer and Super Age Timer 14 1 Controlling Reconfiguration of Address Table Sizes 14 2 Searching the Switch Address Forwarding Table 14 4 Adding Entries to the Address Forwarding Table Manually 14 6 C...

Page 11: ...resholds 16 2 Checking Active Alarms 16 3 Viewing the Active Alarm Table 16 3 Using the Event Subsystem 16 3 Configuring the Protocol Event Log 16 4 Viewing the Event and Shutdown Logs 16 5 Viewing Event Statistics 16 6 Setting Log Size 16 7 Configuring Event Notification 16 9 Chapter 17 Analyzing Network Performance Using RMON and Ethernet Statistics Layer 2 Layer 3 Overview 17 1 Viewing Statisti...

Page 12: ... 2 RIP Version 1 0 and 2 0 B 2 Standard MIB B 2 Private MIB B 2 OSPF Version 2 0 B 3 Standard MIB B 3 Private MIB B 3 VRRP B 3 Standard MIB B 3 Private MIB B 3 IGMP B 3 Standard MIB B 3 Private MIB B 3 IP Interface B 3 IP Version 4 0 and Services B 4 Standard MIB B 4 Private MIB B 4 IP Forwarding Route Table B 4 Standard MIB B 4 Private MIB B 4 DVMRP B 4 Standard MIB B 4 Private MIB B 4 AppleTalk ...

Page 13: ...nal code to your switch For detailed information on the command line interface refer to Cajun P550 P220 Command Line Interface Reference Guide Documentation Feedback If you have comments about the technical accuracy or general quality of this document please contact us at techpubs lucent com Please cite the document title part number and page reference if appropriate Online Documentation Lucent Te...

Page 14: ...ll to provide access to documentation and online help directly from the switch The server must be running a Win32 compatible operating system for example Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT To install the server you must perform one of the following Run the Setup program from the CajunDocs CD ROM Click on the latest released version of the CajunDocs CD from the Lucent Publications web site http pu...

Page 15: ...The default port number for HTTP is port 80 The default port number for telnet is 126 Adding the Document Files to an Existing Server If you decide to install your online help on a Web server other than the Lucent HTTP server bundled on the CajunDocs CD ROM transfer the help subdirectory to that Web server and enter the URL for that web server in the Server Location field For example if you transf...

Page 16: ... refer to the online documentation that comes on your CajunDocs CD ROM or refer to http pubs lucentctc com to review the online documentation there Conventions This document uses the following conventions Using Note Caution and Warning Note Provides additional information about a procedure or topic CAUTION Indicates a condition that may damage hardware or software WARNING Indicates a condition tha...

Page 17: ...figure IPX RIP Chapter 6 Configuring IPX SAP Protocol Explains how to configure IPX SAP Chapter 7 Configuring IP Routing Explains how to configure your switch for IP routing and interpret IP routing statistics Chapter 8 Configuring RIP Routing Explains how to configure your switch for RIP routing Chapter 9 Configuring the OSPF Protocol Explains how to configure Open Shortest Path First OSPF on you...

Page 18: ...cs Provides information on how to interpret the statistics counter values displayed in your switch Chapter 18 Downloading New Operational Code to the Switch Provides information on how to update the operational code on your switch Appendix A FCC Notice Provides the FCC notice statement Appendix B MIB Groups Provides information on the supported MIB groups Index Related Documents This section provi...

Page 19: ... that enables switching The terms Multilayer and Layer 3 often followed by the abbreviation L3 refer to the combined ability to switch and route For example the name Multilayer Supervisor Module indicates a supervisor module that provides switching and routing capabilities Contacting Lucent Technologies For information about Lucent Data Networking products and services please consult the Lucent Wo...

Page 20: ...Preface xxi Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 21: ...ion of bottlenecks Better manageability Routing Dependable multimedia support Hardware Overview The P550 s hardware features includes Chassis Modules Chassis The switching fabric is non blocking and provides 22 88 Gbps switching throughput 45 76 Gbps aggregate bandwidth The chassis features include Figure 1 1 Seven slots six payload slots Up to 288 10 100Base TX ports autosensing Up to 60 100Base ...

Page 22: ...er 2 Supervisor Module The Supervisor Module features include PowerPC 860 Reduced Instruction Set Computer RISC processor Memory 4 MB Flash 16 MB DRAM 128 KB NVRAM Real time clock Out of band console 10Base T RS 232 RMON support Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP management agent Dot matrix display The supervisor module is responsible for address learning address cache management and spanning...

Page 23: ...rfaces Uses standard routing protocols and maintains routing table and caches Provides 1 5 million packets per second of hardware based routing for packets that arrive on Layer 2 only media modules Supplies software based routing for packets that are not routed in hardware Supports implementation of AppleTalk and DECnet that are not implemented in hardware The Layer 3 supervisor module requires a ...

Page 24: ...switch ports to interoperate with popular tagged trunking schemes used by large networking vendors Priority Queuing and Class of Service These features allow you to prioritize traffic between particular stations or sets of stations to support jitter sensitive applications Supported class of service types 3Com PACE CoS IEEE 802 1p CoS Layer 3 and Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Modules The Layer 2 L2 and Lay...

Page 25: ...s include 2 Port Full Duplex 1000Base SX module L2 support 850 nM optics 2 Port Full Duplex 1000Base LX module L2 support 1300 nM optics 2 Port Full Duplex 1000Base SLX module L2 support 10 Km with 1300nM optics 4 Port Full Duplex 1000Base SX F module L2 support 850 nM optics 2 Port Full Duplex 1000Base SX F module L2 L3 support 850 nM optics 2 Port Full Duplex 1000Base LX F module L2 L3 support 1...

Page 26: ...ease the number of gigabit ports in your network and the architecture scales to meet your needs The crossbar supports 13 fabric ports two per I O module slot plus one for the Supervisor Module 1 76 Gbps in and out on each fabric port 22 88 Gbps total capacity 45 76 Gbps total backplane capacity Under subscribed switching fabric in most configurations two connections per I O module slot plus one fo...

Page 27: ...are as described in the section Routing with Layer 2 and Layer 3 Modules Note Layer 2 traffic that does not require routing is bridged independently of the Layer 3 traffic based on the MAC address or VLAN information Routing with Layer 2 and Layer 3 Modules When the Cajun switch is configured with a mix of Layer 2 and Layer 3 modules IP and IPX routing is performed by the Layer 3 media module or t...

Page 28: ...s that are received by a Layer 2 module and require routing are routed by sending the packet to the Layer 3 supervisor module The routing engine on the supervisor module then performs the routing operation for the Layer 2 modules and sends the packet back through the switching fabric to the destination port Figure 1 4 shows a conceptual example of how traffic is routed in a Cajun switch Figure 1 4...

Page 29: ...significant capabilities The ability to segment traffic in a flat switched network This helps prevent traffic from being forwarded to stations where it is not needed The ability to ignore physical switch locations when creating workgroups VLANs are logical constructions and can traverse physical switch boundaries The switch hardware supports Layer 1 Layer 2 and Layer 3 VLANs The switch based VLANs...

Page 30: ...uipment for example Cisco s Etherchannel and Sun s Quad Adapter Shared traffic load Destination address based traffic sorting which keeps packets in the right order Fault tolerance If a port in a group fails the remaining ports in the group pick up the traffic load Support for any number of same speed connections in a group Faster recovery from link failure If a port in the group fails the remaini...

Page 31: ...emes including major vendors proprietary schemes Figure 1 6 Open Trunk Technology Open Trunk Technology features include Switch supports frame encapsulation Identifies frame VLAN via tag Associates frame priority Switch supports multiple tagging formats IEEE 802 1Q standard draft document A major vendor s multi level tagging scheme 3Com VLAN Tag and PACE priority signalling Switch supports transla...

Page 32: ... interoperate with legacy IEEE 802 1D bridges and switches Dual layer spanning trees provide two very important capabilities Smaller spanning tree domains means much faster convergence during spanning tree reconfiguration Per VLAN operation enables you to use more of the available bandwidth when you have redundant links A particular link can be blocked on one VLAN but still forward packets on anot...

Page 33: ...nagement system warns you of the failure Hot swappable power supplies fans and modules Each can be changed from the switch front panel without powering down the switch Redundant switch links using spanning tree and hunt groups Front loadable cables modules power supplies and fans Redundant switch matrix and switch controller modules Single 802 1D Spanning Tree One Spanning Tree Longer convergence ...

Page 34: ...when buffers are full Packed frame buffers for optimal memory utilization The memory management allows virtually 100 utilization of buffer memory Two Class of Service priority queues that provide flexible queue management algorithms to meet application requirements Large buffer space 512 KB per gigabit port 128 KB additional for outbound 10 100 ports Configurable queue depth for each of two priori...

Page 35: ...tscape Navigator V3 0 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer V3 0 or later Cajun P550 Switch Modules The Layer 2 and Layer 3 supervisor and media modules implement wire speed routing and bridging in Application Specific Integrated Circuits ASICs One set of ASICs supports a gigabit per second s worth of traffic any combination of Layer 2 and Layer 3 The routing and bridging ASICs can process 1 5 m...

Page 36: ...Cajun P550 Switch Overview 1 16 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 37: ... Better manageability Dependable multimedia support The P220 switch family offers an unrivaled combination of capacity and Class of Service Quality of Service CoS QoS features The system satisfies the demanding requirements of the bandwidth starved campus backbone and high performance workgroup environments The P220G switch has the following features Seven fixed gigabit speed Ethernet ports Option...

Page 38: ... Two 100Base FX ports One 1000Base SX One 1000Base LX One 1000Base SLX Switch Features This section describes the following switch features Crossbar Switch Fabric Virtual Bridging Functions VLAN Functions Hunt Groups OpenTrunk Technology Spanning Tree Buffer and Queue Management Web Based Management Crossbar Switch Fabric The crossbar switch matrix provides low latency high throughput packet switc...

Page 39: ...ork and the architecture scales to meet your needs The P220G crossbar supports Nine fabric ports running at full line rate 1 76 Gbps in and out on each fabric port 31 68 Gbps total capacity Under subscribed switching fabric Single copy replication When possible input frames destined for output on multiple switch ports pass through the crossbar only once and are copied by the crossbar to each desti...

Page 40: ...ing trees converge faster during reconfiguration VLAN Functions A VLAN Virtual LAN is a software defined group s of hosts on a local area network LAN that communicate as if they were on the same wire even though they are physically on different LAN segments throughout a site VLANs provide network managers with two significant capabilities The ability to segment traffic in a flat switched network T...

Page 41: ... pick up the traffic load Support for any number of same speed connections in a group Faster recovery from link failure If a port in the group fails the remaining ports can carry the load Recovery not limited by spanning tree convergence time convergence time is the time the network takes to resume steady state forwarding after spanning tree reconfiguration Up to ten hunt groups per switch OpenTru...

Page 42: ...s IEEE pre standard format based on 802 1Q draft document A major vendor s multi layer tagging scheme 3Com VLAN Tag and PACE priority signalling Switch supports translation to and from any format A packet can enter the switch with a 3Com SuperStack II VLAN tag and exit the switch as a multi layer tagged packet Figure 2 3 3Com LinkSwitch 3Com LinkSwitch Multilayer Multilayer IEEE 802 1Q IEEE 802 1Q...

Page 43: ...roach Note All models interoperate with legacy IEEE 802 1D bridges and switches Dual layer spanning trees provide two very important capabilities Smaller spanning tree domains means much faster convergence during spanning tree reconfiguration Per VLAN operation enables you to use more of the available bandwidth when you have redundant links A particular link can be blocked on one VLAN but still fo...

Page 44: ...Half duplex ports use active backpressure to jam input ports when their frame buffers are full Full duplex links use IEEE 802 3z pause control frames to pause traffic when buffers are full Packed frame buffers for optimal memory utilization The memory management allows virtually 100 utilization of buffer memory Two Class of Service priority queues that provide flexible queue management algorithms ...

Page 45: ...isor provides high speed VLAN RMON and network management support Web Agent Built in SNMP and HTML based agent compatible with popular Web browsers provides top to bottom switch management Smart Agent Smart Agent the software for the Supervisor Module has the following features Built in support for Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP and HTML Out of band from 10Base T or RS 232 In band from a ...

Page 46: ...Overview of the P220 Gigabit Switch Family 2 10 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 47: ... Web Agent Configuring System Information Managing Configuration Files Terminal Settings To complete initial switch setup you need a PC with a serial line connection It must have the following terminal settings to communicate with the switch Table 3 1 Configuring the Supervisor Module Using the CLI To connect to the Web Agent you must first use the serial command line interface CLI to give the sup...

Page 48: ...bsystem done Initializing the platform done Initializing the switch subsystem done Starting up threads Periodic Task Event Network Interface Switch Interface Telnet Processes Ping Process Module Manager Address Table Aging Multicast Pruning Front Panel Display Download Fans Poller Power Supplies Poller VTP Snooping Redundant Controller Element Poller Task Command Line Parser Powering up modules Mo...

Page 49: ... the Login and Password prompts is case sensitive 4 At the Login prompt enter root The password prompt displays Password 5 At the Password prompt enter root as the default password The command line interface prompt displays 6 Enter the command enable 7 Enter the command configure This changes the command mode to configure mode so that you can use the setup command 8 Enter the command setup This in...

Page 50: ...xt in is the default answer for each questions To accept the default press ENTER Would you like to change the super user password Yes Y Old Password xxxx New Password xxxx Re type New Password xxxx User password changed succesfully What do you want the switch manager s console Ethernet IP Address to be 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 What is the subnet mask for your network s IP address 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 0 Wha...

Page 51: ...Web Agent The switch includes an embedded HTTP server that allows you to set all the switch s parameters Use this interface for quick and simple configuration changes Refer to the Cajun P550 Manager User Guide for information on monitoring and configuring the Cajun switch using the Cajun P550 Manager interface Figure 3 3 Cajun P550 Switch Web Agent Application Table 3 2 Pinouts for 10Base T Crosso...

Page 52: ...ser name The default super user name is root 6 Enter a valid password The default password is root The Web Agent window opens Figure 3 3 Note Change the root password for the system as soon as possible to optimize security Setting Up User Accounts User accounts set up in the system allow you to access both the command line interface and the Web Agent To add a user to this interface 1 Log in to the...

Page 53: ...System Configuration section of the Web Agent window select Modules Ports The Module Information dialog box opens 2 In the Ports column click the number 2 or 4 for gigabit modules for the module you want to configure The Physical Port Configuration dialog box opens 3 Click Enable to enable a port or if the check box is enabled click Enable if you want to disable the port 4 Click APPLY to save your...

Page 54: ...ation If two gigabit ports that support auto negotiation are connected you should enable auto negotiation Auto negotiation and remote fault detection cannot be enabled concurrently Auto negotiation must be disabled in order to enable remote fault detection When auto negotiation is enabled remote fault detection is automatically disabled For GMAC1 gigabit modules auto negotiation is always disabled...

Page 55: ...elect User Port For trunk ports select Service Port Flow Control Mode Determines if IEEE 802 3z pause control is used on this port The pause mechanism allows the port to stop a sending station from sending more packets if the receiving port s buffers are full This helps prevent lost or dropped packets This feature is recommended for use primarily on end station connections Using this feature on tr...

Page 56: ...the Auto Negotiation Speed Advertisement and Auto Negotiation Duplex Advertisement pull down menus set Speed and Duplex Advertisement respectively The switch sends these values to the device on the other end of the connection at the start of the auto negotiating process In general the defaults are best but there may be situations when you want to fix one setting but allow the other setting to auto...

Page 57: ...this setting is ignored Flow Control Mode Determines if flow control is used on this port For half duplex links active backpressure jams the sending Ethernet channel until the port s buffers can receive more packets This prevents lost or dropped packets For full duplex links IEEE 802 3z pause control allows the port to stop a sending station from sending more packets if the receiving port s buffer...

Page 58: ... CANCEL to restore previous settings Rate Limit Mode Prevents the switch from overwhelming the output buffer on lower speed ports by placing a threshold on the percentage of port traffic that can be flooded packets unknown unicasts and multicasts You can optionally include known multicast packets in this percentage to further decrease the possibility of the port s output buffer being overwhelmed R...

Page 59: ...ted module Configuring Switch Port Parameters Switch port parameters set how each port performs switching functions for example VLAN parameters hunt group assignments trunk mode and frame tag scheme Refer to Table 3 7 for more information on individual switch port configuration parameters Table 3 6 Switch Port Parameters Parameter Definition Links Opens associated dialog boxes Port Displays the po...

Page 60: ...ber column locate the module for which you want to configure ports Click the Switch Ports column next to the selected module The Switch Ports dialog box opens 3 In the Name column click the name for the port you want to configure The Switch Port Configuration dialog box opens Figure 3 4 Switch Port Configuration Dialog Box Refer to Configuring Port VLAN Parameters and Configuring Non VLAN Switch P...

Page 61: ...ding type Refer to Table 3 9 for more information on VLAN binding options Automatic VLAN Creation Select to enable or disable the ability to automatically create a VLAN each time the port receives a frame from an unknown VLAN The default value is Disable VTP Snooping Select to enable or disable VTP Snooping on this port The default value is Disable Allow Learning Select to enable or disable the po...

Page 62: ...VLAN The port will still assign incoming tagged packets to the VLAN indicated by the tag 2 From the Trunk Mode pull down menu select the option excluding Clear to indicate that the port is a trunk and to select the appropriate VLAN trunking format if the port is connected to another switch Table 3 8 describes the VLAN Trunking Mode options Known Mode Select to enable or disable known mode The defa...

Page 63: ... information on 3Com Mapping Tables 6 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Table 3 9 VLAN Binding Options Option Definition Static Assigns VLAN membership manually using the VLAN Switch Ports page described in Creating and Implementing VLANs in Chapter 12 Bind to All Binds this port to all VLANs known to the switch This is an appropriate mode for switch to switch...

Page 64: ...ttings if you wanted to disable its ability to learn VLAN changes on the network s Cisco VTP server To configure switch port VTP Snooping parameters 1 In the System Configuration section of the Web Agent click Modules and Ports The Module Information dialog box opens 2 In the Switch Ports column click on the Switch Ports link for the module which you want to enable VTP snooping The Switch Ports di...

Page 65: ...h between Switches in Chapter 12 for more information on hunt groups 3 From the Spanning Tree pull down menu select to Enable or Disable spanning tree protocol on this port Table 3 10 VTP Snooping Parameters Parameter Definition VTP Snooping State Select to enable or disable the VTP snooping protocol globally for the switch The default value is Disabled Domain Name Enter the name associated with t...

Page 66: ...g tagged frames from 3Com equipment are mapped to Lucent VLANs Refer to Creating 3Com Mapping Tables in Chapter 12 for more information on 3Com Mapping Tables 7 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Examples of Switch Ports Settings for Various VLAN Connection Types Use Table 3 11 through Table 3 13 for recommended switch port settings for each connection type Not...

Page 67: ... for the selected module The Switch Ports dialog box opens Table 3 12 Example 2 Trunk to 3Com SuperStackTM Parameter Recommended Setting Port VLAN Default This parameter is ignored when using 3Com VLANs Trunk Mode 3Com Allows the switch to read the incoming VLAN tags VLAN Binding Static This parameter is ignored when using 3Com VLANs Automatic VLAN Creation Disable This parameter is ignored when u...

Page 68: ...figuration dialog box allows you to apply the same parameter settings to all switch ports in a module using a single command To set all switch ports in a module using a single command 1 In the System Configuration section of the Web Agent window select Modules Ports The Module Information dialog box opens 2 In the Ports column click the number of ports listed for the module you want to configure f...

Page 69: ...fields Table 3 14 SNMP Communities Parameters Parameter Definition Community String This string serves as a password that you enter at the network management station It provides the level of access to the switch that you specify on this page IP Address Allows you to send SNMP responses only to a station with any or a particular IP address Access Helps provide security when you use SNMP to manage t...

Page 70: ...gure the console serial port as a PPP Console to support a dial in PPP connection using a modem Note As a PPP console you can change only the switch s baud rate and flow control parameters The flow control parameters are limited to None or Xon Xoff Table 3 15 Access Levels Access Level Manager Can Manager Cannot Read Only View switch configuration settings and statistics View community strings Cha...

Page 71: ...to a DTE interface that is used by modems When the switch is configured for PPP mode it will periodically send the modem config string from the serial console port This will synchronize the baud rates between the modem and the console port and configure the modem to operate with the switch s DTE interface The switch does not use any output signals except for TXD It uses the DTR converted to DSR by...

Page 72: ...pt To configure the console serial port as a PPP console 1 In the System Configuration section of the Web Agent window select Console Configuration The Console Configuration dialog box opens 2 Click PPP for your console type and click Select The Console Port Configuration dialog box opens 3 Use Table 3 17 to change your console port settings Note The only parameters you can change as a PPP console...

Page 73: ...Console If the PPP serial port console is configured incorrectly the command line interface CLI becomes temporarily unavailable for reconfiguration To regain access to the CLI when the console port is in PPP mode 1 In the console window enter TTY The CLI login prompt displays It may be necessary to press Enter several times to see the login prompt You may see the modem init command string 2 At the...

Page 74: ...uter you are dialing field enter a connection name for the computer you are dialing 4 From the Select a Modem pull down menu select your modem and click Configure The Modem Properties dialog box opens 5 Click the Connection tab The Connection tab opens 6 In Connection preferences select the following From the Data bits pull down menu select 8 From the Parity pull down menu select None From the Sto...

Page 75: ...Networking with a PPP Serial Port Console To use TCP IP applications Telnet HTTP and SNMP over your PPP serial port interface 1 From My Computer double click Dial Up Networking The Dial Up Networking program group opens 2 Double click on the PPP modem previously created The Connect To dialog box opens 3 Enter your password and click Connect A Pre Dial Terminal Screen opens When the modem has succe...

Page 76: ...face the IP address is used as the interface name 7 In the Mask field enter the network mask IP address for example 255 255 255 0 8 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Configuring a Static Route for the PPP Console To configure a PPP Console static route 1 Configure your console serial port as a PPP Console Refer to Connecting a Modem earlier in this chapter 2 F...

Page 77: ...ttlenecks For more detailed information on Cajun P550 Switch routing operations refer to Routing with Layer 2 and Layer 3 Modules in Chapter 1 Minimum IP Routing Configuration Requirements The configuration process for the Cajun P550 Switch with integrated routing has the following minimum requirements for using IP routing IP routing must be globally enabled At least one routing protocol must be e...

Page 78: ...Assigning IP Interfaces to the VLAN in Chapter 7 5 Specify how the router will communicate with other routers Refer to Assigning IP Interfaces to the VLAN in Chapter 7 to configure OSPF and RIP parameters Configuring System Information The System Information section of the Web Agent allows you to configure general system information and settings such as Entering General System Information Enabling...

Page 79: ...re 3 6 Figure 3 6 General System Information Dialog Box 2 In the Name field enter a name for the switch 3 In the Location field enter the location for the switch for example floor and closet location 4 In the Contact field enter information about the person who should be contacted in the event of a problem 5 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Enabling SNTP The ...

Page 80: ... amounts of daylight in the afternoon and to standardize time with other parts of the world In many parts of the world the Summer Time Hours algorithm is based on a standardized rule For example in the Western hemisphere the rule used by most locations in Canada Mexico and the United States is to set clocks forward by one hour at 2 00 a m on the first Sunday in April and back an hour at 2 00 a m o...

Page 81: ...h as Daylight Savings Time DST All Start and End fields associated with Recurring Summer Time Hours provide the default values for Daylight Savings Time When you select recurring Summer Time Hours you indicate the time in hours and minutes on a specified day week and month that Summer Time Hours begin and end Start Specifies the start of Summer Time Hours End Specifies the end of Summer Time Hours...

Page 82: ...Sunday in October Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Month Select the month when recurring Summer Time Hours start or end The twelve months of the Gregorian calendar are provided For recurring Summer Time Hours the default Start value is April the month during which DST starts in the Western hemisphere The default End value is October the month during which DST ends in the Western h...

Page 83: ...es For example if you intend to reset the clock forward or backward by one hour retain the default value of 60 minutes 5 Click One Time Note The Web Agent enables you to select the boxes next to both Recurring and One time Summer Time Hours However the option to set both Recurring and One time hours is not provided 6 Use Table 3 20 to configure Summer Time Hours on a one time basis Table 3 20 One ...

Page 84: ...ant recurring Summer Time Hours to start or end Options are based on a seven day week and include Sunday The default Start and End values In the Western hemisphere DST starts on the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Month Select the month when one time Summer Time Hours start or end The twelve months of the Gregorian cale...

Page 85: ...g fields enter the time using 24 hour time format for example 10 p m is 22 00 00 3 From the Time Zone pull down menu select your time zone 4 In the Current Date Setting fields enter the current month date and year 5 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Note The system clock does not automatically change with Daylight Savings Time Setting the Temperature System Yo...

Page 86: ...wer system settings will only display 600W of available power with three power supplies installed This is because the switch uses a maximum of two power supplies The third power supply is held in reserve for redundancy in the event one of the other power supplies fails Displaying Cooling System Statistics To display the switch s cooling system status 1 In the System Information section of the Web ...

Page 87: ...7 Layout of Redundant Backplane The Cajun P550 switch is equipped with diagnostics to monitor the status of switch controllers and elements When an element fails diagnostics run automatically and test the hardware In the Web Agent information about a failed controller or element displays in the Switch Fabric Status dialog box If the primary controller fails the redundant controller takes over swit...

Page 88: ...ant controller in the slot to the left of the primary controller Slot 1 in Figure 3 8 Note Controllers and elements are equipped with keys to ensure that a controller cannot be inserted into an element slot and an element cannot be inserted into a controller slot 3 Install the redundant element in the slot to the left of the sixth element Slot 0 in Figure 3 8 4 Restart the switch and login 5 In th...

Page 89: ... its place Replacing the Primary Controller If the primary controller fails you are notified by a console message and an event log message In the Web Agent the Switch Controller field displays 0 Failed If the switch is installed with a redundant controller the redundant controller automatically takes over the operation of the failed primary controller To replace the primary controller 1 In the Sys...

Page 90: ...d 10 In the Toggle Active Controller field click Toggle to restore control to the primary controller The Switch Controller field displays 0 Active to show that the primary controller is now enabled Replacing an Element If an element fails you are notified by a console message and an event log message In the Web Agent the Switch Elements field displays Failed number where number is the number that ...

Page 91: ...et 3 Click Yes to reset the switch or No to cancel the operation Managing Configuration Files You can manage the system files that contain the configuration data for your Cajun P550 switch When you first install the switch or upgrade from a previous installation your configuration parameters are stored in a startup txt file located in the switch s Non Volatile Random Access Memory NVRAM When the s...

Page 92: ...iles contain the data that scripts return To view your script execution log file In the CLI Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Script Log File The Script Execution Log File dialog box opens showing the contents of the script execution log file Or In priv mode in the Command Line Interface enter show file logfile txt Copying Configuration Files If you modify your running configurat...

Page 93: ...iv mode in the CLI enter copy running config startup config Copying Files Using the Configuration File Management dialog box you can copy files to and from multiple locations For example if you modify your running configuration and you want to reinstate your startup configuration parameters you can copy your startup configuration to your running configuration in volatile RAM Also you can upload co...

Page 94: ...files in NVRAM available for upload or files located on a TFTP server available for download Copy Destination Specifies the destination of the file to be copied Unspecified Specifies an initialized value File Specifies that a source is copied or downloaded to NVRAM Running Config Specifies that a source is copied to the running configuration Startup Config Specifies that a source is copied to the ...

Page 95: ... are copying your startup configuration or other file located on the switch or on a TFTP server to your running configuration Startup Config If you are copying your running configuration or other file located on the switch or on a TFTP server to your startup configuration File If you are copying your startup or running configuration another file located on the switch or a file located on a TFTP se...

Page 96: ...p configuration or other files to a TFTP server you can check the status of the TFTP transfer to ensure that files copied correctly To view the status of a TFTP transfer 1 In the CLI Configuration section of the Web Agent click Config File Management The Configuration File Management dialog box opens 2 In the Get Status of Most Recent TFTP Copy field click Status ...

Page 97: ...s consists of three parts Network Number A 32 bit 8 characters number that is normally assigned by the network administrator Node Number A 48 bit 12 characters number that is normally the MAC layer address of the physical interface Socket Number A number used to route packets to different processes within the same node The syntax of the IPX address is network node socket For example 000000AAh 00e0...

Page 98: ...ble 4 1 IPX Datagram Fields Field Definition Checksum Provides integrity checking Note Checksum is normally not enabled in IPX networks and is usually set to 0xFFFF Packet Length Length in bytes of the packet Transport Control Number of routers a packet has traversed This is used to discard a packet if the packet traverses a maximum number of routers 16 Checksum 2 bytes Transport Control 1 byte Pa...

Page 99: ...ffered by the packet Types include Sequenced Packet Exchange SPX packet NetWare Core Protocol NCP packet NetBIOS propagated packet Destination Network The IPX network address of the destination network Destination Node The MAC address of the destination node Destination Socket Address of the process running in the destination node Sockets route packets to different processes within the same node S...

Page 100: ...4 2 IPX Global Parameters Parameter Allows you to IPX Routing Enable or disable IPX routing on a global basis The default value is Enable Use Default Route Enable or disable the default route if known The default value is Disable RIP Enable or disable IPX RIP on a global basis This affects all IPX interfaces set up to use the IPX RIP routing protocol The default value is Enable SAP Enable or disab...

Page 101: ...face Options include Up Down VLAN Select the VLAN that corresponds to the IPX interface Network Address Enter the number of the IPX network you want to assign to the IPX interface This number is a hexadecimal number Node Address Displays the node address on which the IPX interface resides Note This parameter is displayed in the IPX Interface dialog box not in the Add IPX Interface dialog box Frame...

Page 102: ... a given interface Options include Disable Type 20 packets are neither sent nor received Inbound Type 20 packets are received Outbound Type 20 packets are sent Both Type 20 packets are sent and received Table 4 4 IPX Static Route Parameters Parameter Allows you to specify the Network Number of the IPX network in hex you want to assign to the IPX static route Next Hop Node MAC address of the next d...

Page 103: ...utes To modify an IPX static route 1 From the IPX Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Static Routes The IPX Static Routes dialog box opens 2 Select the IPX static route to be modified 3 Use Table 4 4 to complete your configuration changes 4 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Creating IPX Static Services To create IPX static services 1 From the I...

Page 104: ...types from your NetWare server Type Service type in hex that identifies the type of IPX static service the server provides Well known service types include Unknown 0 Print Queue 3 File Server 4 Job Server 5 Print Server 7 Archive Server 9 Remote Bridge Server 24 Advertising Print Server 47 Network Network number in hex of the IPX static service Node Node address in hex of the IPX static service Th...

Page 105: ...istics Searching the IPX Route Table Examining the IPX Route Table Examining IPX Route Table Statistics Searching the IPX Service Table Examining the IPX Service Table Examining IPX Service Table Statistics Examining IPX Global Statistics All statistics only count IPX packets which are received by or sent from the Supervisor module not those packets routed in hardware To display the global IPX rou...

Page 106: ...cards Number of IPX packets received but discarded IPX In Header Errors Number of IPX packets discarded because of errors in the packet header This includes packets that are less than the minimum 30 byte length IPX In Unknown Sockets Number of IPX packets discarded because the destination socket was not open IPX In Max Hops Exceeds Number of IPX packets discarded because the Transport Control fiel...

Page 107: ...e 4 7 IPX Routing Table Search Parameters Parameter Allows you to perform a search Source In your IPX routing table use one of the following parameters RIP RIP routing updates Static User configuration Local Directly connected routes Once you select one of these parameters the search attempts to find routes associated with the parameter you chose Interface Based on the interface associated with th...

Page 108: ...o find all static services that are presently configured on your switch search by source and specify static as your search value Ticks Amount of time in ticks that the packet takes to reach the network number you specified A tick is approximately 1 18th of a second Hops Number of routers hops that the packet must pass through before reaching the network number associated with the IPX network Next ...

Page 109: ...le Search Parameters Parameter Allows you to perform a search Source In your IPX service table use one of the following parameters SAP Services learned via the SAP protocol Static User configuration Local Local services Once you select one of these parameters the search will attempt to find services associated with the parameter you chose Interface Based on the interface associated with the next h...

Page 110: ...rvice type that identifies the type of service the server provides Well known service types include Unknown 0 Print Queue 3 File Server 4 Job Server 5 Print Server 7 Archive Server 9 Remote Bridge Server 24 Advertising Print Server 47 Network Network number of the IPX service in question Node Node address of the service in question Socket Number associated with a running process on the end node fo...

Page 111: ...each statistic Table 4 12 IPX Service Table Statistics Statistic Defines the Current Number of Services Indicates the current number of IPX services Peak Number of Services Lists the peak number of services Service Add Failures Indicates the number of failed attempts to add a service to the routing table ...

Page 112: ...Configuring IPX Routing Layer 3 4 16 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 113: ...ialog box opens 2 Use Table 5 1 to configure the IPX RIP interfaces Table 5 1 IPX RIP Interface Parameters Parameter Allows you to Select Select a RIP interface to modify Note This field is displayed in the IPX RIP Interface dialog box not the Add IPX RIP Interface dialog box Interface Identify the IPX interface associated with the RIP interface Network Number Identify the number of the IPX networ...

Page 114: ...mited to 50 network entries Periodic Update Interval sec Specify in seconds the interval at which periodic RIP updates are sent out an interface Aging Interval Multiplier Specify the length of time that information from received RIP updates are kept as a multiplier of the Periodic Update Interval Triggered Updates Select to enable or disable RIP updates to be immediately transmitted to the network...

Page 115: ...h Apply the filter to RIP packets both sent and received on the interface Filter Suppress Select whether to enable or disable the IPX networks within the specified range in the filter to be filtered inbound or suppressed outbound Filtered Apply the filter only to RIP packets received inbound direction on the interface Suppressed Apply the filter only to RIP packets sent outbound direction on the i...

Page 116: ...and Hops fields enter 0 4 Click CREATE to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings This filter ensures that all advertising of network 10 from the interface Backbone is suppressed Example Suppress Advertising of all Networks Except 10 To configure your switch to suppress the advertising of all networks except network 10 on the IPX interface named Backbone you must create two filter...

Page 117: ... From the Direction pull down menu select Outbound f From the Filter Suppress pull down menu select Enable g In the Ticks and Hops fields enter 0 respectively 4 Click CREATE to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings This filter ensures that the advertising of all networks on the interface Backbone will be suppressed Together Filter 1 and Filter 2 will act to suppress all network ...

Page 118: ... of the RIP interface Network Number The network number of the IPX network associated with the interface Triggered Updates Sent The number of triggered updates sent from the RIP interface Non triggered Updates Sent The number of non triggered updates sent from the RIP interface Updates Received The number of updates received by the RIP interface Updates may be received periodically even if no chan...

Page 119: ...t window click Interfaces The IPX SAP Interfaces dialog box opens 2 Use Table 6 1 to configure the IPX SAP interfaces Table 6 1 IPX SAP Interface Parameters Parameter Allows you to Select Select a SAp interface to modify Interface Identify the IPX interface associated with the SAP interface Network Number Identify the number of the IPX network associated with the interface Use Interpacket Gap Sele...

Page 120: ...erface Periodic Update Interval sec Specify in seconds the interval at which periodic SAP updates are sent out an interface Aging Interval Multiplier Specify the length of time that information from received SAP updates are kept as a multiplier of the Periodic Update Interval Triggered Updates Select to enable or disable whether SAP updates are immediately transmitted to the network in response to...

Page 121: ... a service name For example FS_ENG001 A single asterisk may be present as the last character which will match all remaining characters of a service name Type Specify the service type that identifies the type of service the server provides Well known service types include Unknown 0 Print Queue 3 File Server 4 Job Server 5 Print Server 7 Archive Server 9 Remote Bridge Server 24 Advertising Print Ser...

Page 122: ...e Filter Suppress pull down menu select Enable g In the Hops field enter 0 Entering 0 ensures that there is no override in the transmission of data on the network 4 Click CREATE to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Filter Suppress Select to enable or disable whether the services matching Name and Type are filtered inbound or suppressed outbound Filtered Applies the filter on...

Page 123: ...log box not in the Add IPX SAP Net Filter dialog box Interface Select the interface to which this filter will be applied to SAP packets sent and or received on the interface Precedence Specify the filter precedence in order of importance with 0equal to most important Note All SAP filters on the same interface must be assigned a unique filter precedence Net Specify the network on which the server r...

Page 124: ...question Filter choices include Inbound Applies the filter only to SAP packets received on the interface Outbound Applies the filter only to SAP packets sent on the interface Both Applies the filter to SAP packets both sent and received on the interface Filter Suppress Select to enable or disable whether the services matching Net and Type are filtered inbound or suppressed outbound Filtered Applie...

Page 125: ...ter ffffffff which represents all networks d In the Type field enter ffff which represents all services types e From the Direction pull down menu select Inbound f From the Filter Suppress pull down menu select Enable g In the Hops field enter 0 Entering 0 ensures that there is no override in the transmission of data on the network 4 Click CREATE to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous s...

Page 126: ...ber of the IPX network associated with the interface Triggered Updates Sent The number of triggered updates sent from the SAP interface Non triggered Updates Sent The number of non triggered updates sent from the SAP interface GNS Responses Sent The number of GNS responses sent from the SAP interface Updates Received The number of updates received Updates may be received periodically even if no ch...

Page 127: ...e Cajun P550 Switch through Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs The ability to emulate bridging hardware through a virtual means is referred to as IP Routing High level tasks involved in creating and setting up IP Routing include Creating an IP Interface Enabling IP Routing Assigning IP Interfaces to the VLAN Configuring Access Lists Activating Access Lists Creating IP Static Routes Creating Static ...

Page 128: ...ve DOWN The interface is inactive VLAN Specify the type of VLAN Options include Default Selects the default VLAN Discard Selects the VLAN to be discarded Ethernet Console Selects the Ethernet Console port as the VLAN Serial Console Selects the Serial Console port as the VLAN Note The way that you configure a VLAN to a port determines the IP Routing option that you select for the interface Use the ...

Page 129: ...r you cannot manage the switch Note When you set up IP routing for an interface the Default selection is automatically chosen The IP interface is created with the default IP routing option on the VLAN associated with the interface RIP Enable or disable RIP The default value is Disable OSPF Enable or disable OSPF The default value is Disable Multicast Protocol Specify the multicast protocol for the...

Page 130: ...isable Proxy ARP on the same network When enabled the router only responds to ARP requests when the source and target IP address are in the same IP network and different IP subnets When disabled the router only responds to ARP requests when the source and target IP address are in different networks Use Default Route for Proxy ARPs Enable or disable the use of the default route on your Cajun switch...

Page 131: ...dered to have less trust or a lower preference These preferences can be overridden but careful consideration must be given to how the preferences are set up Local Routes Specify a preference value for local routes High Preference Static Routes Specify a preference value for high level static routes OSPF Intra area Routes Specify an OSPF intra area route A lower number indicates a lower preference ...

Page 132: ...dress Assign an IP address to the VLAN you previously selected Mask Assign a subnet mask for the interface MAC Format Specify the MAC format Ethernet V2 or SNAP IP Routing Enable or disable IP Routing on the interface When set to Routing Mgmt you can both manage the switch from the CLI or Web Agent and configure IP Routing for the switch When set to Mgmt Only you can manage the switch however IP r...

Page 133: ...domain To create a multinetted network you assign multiple subnets to a VLAN Figure 7 1 Multinet Diagram NetBIOS UDP Rebroadcast Configure your switch for InterVLAN forwarding of NetBIOS broadcasts NetBIOS parameters include Inbound Allow the receipt of NetBIOS replies Outbound Allow the transmission of NetBIOS broadcasts Both Allow the interface to both receive NetBIOS replies and send NetBIOS br...

Page 134: ...as access lists contain rules that forward or deny data to and through the switch By configuring access lists you can Prioritize the transmission of frames within the Cajun P550R switch Filter out specific or general network transmissions for example all traffic from a particular subnet to the switch When you create an access list you create a series of rules that describe how data is forwarded or...

Page 135: ... Table 7 4 IP Access List Setup Parameters Parameter Allows you to specify Access List Name The alphanumeric name assigned to the newly created access list Access Rule Index The sequence number for each new rule you create Note that rules may override each other so review your current configuration prior to creating new rules for an access list Access Type The method of handling incoming datagrams...

Page 136: ... your current configuration prior to creating new rules for an access list Access Type The method of handling incoming datagrams based on the IP access type you set Priority levels include Deny Filter Allows you to filter out traffic based on the specified configuration Permit Fwd pri8 high to pri1 low Allows you to prioritize traffic based on the specified configuration Permit Fwd with no change ...

Page 137: ...ter Web traffic to or from a particular Web server 1 In the IP Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Access Lists The IP Access List dialog box displays 2 Click Create Extended The IP Extended Access Rule Creation dialog box displays TCP UDP Source Port Specify a range of source ports that pass between two hosts or switches using the Transmission Control Protocol TCP or the User Data...

Page 138: ...ges or CANCEL to restore previous settings Each time an end user attempts to access the corporate Web server specified by the source and destination TCP UDP ports all Web requests are filtered Example Filtering Traffic Between Subnets It is possible to filter traffic to either a specific address or to an entire subnet In this example all traffic between the two subnets is filtered 10 1 1 0 10 1 2 ...

Page 139: ...etween subnet 10 1 1 0 and 10 1 3 0 and 10 1 2 0 and 10 1 3 0 is not filtered This is because your access rules only filter traffic between 10 1 1 0 and 10 1 2 0 Note To filter traffic to a specific address and not to an entire subnet you must specify the destination address of the network node and use a subnet wildcard of 255 255 255 255 To filter all traffic you must specify a destination addres...

Page 140: ...ete your static route configuration 3 Click CREATE to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Creating Static ARP Entries To create a static ARP entry in your switch s ARP cache 1 In the IP Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Static ARP The IP Static ARP Entries dialog box opens 2 Click CREATE The Add IP Static ARP Entry dialog box opens Table 7 6 IP Static Route P...

Page 141: ...Servers The IP BOOTP DHCP Servers dialog box opens 2 Click CREATE The Add BOOTP DHCP Server Entry dialog box opens 3 In the IP Address field enter the IP address of the BOOTP DHCP server on your network 4 Click CREATE to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Note It is possible to create multiple BOOTP DHCP Server Entries if necessary IP Multicast IP Multicast enables a single h...

Page 142: ...nable IP multicast routing in order to successfully configure IGMP or DVMRP Refer to Configuring IP Global Routing earlier in this chapter for instructions on enabling IP multicast routing Configuring IGMP IGMP enables hosts to inform routers when they join or leave groups Routers periodically query hosts query interval for the groups in which the hosts are members When there is more than one rout...

Page 143: ... that is configured with IGMP IP Address Identify an IP address associated with this interface This parameter is not configurable from the IGMP configuration dialog box IP Address Mask Identify a subnet mask associated with this interface This parameter is not configurable from the IGMP configuration dialog box IGMP Version Specify the IGMP Version 1 0 or 2 0 to associate with the IGMP interface M...

Page 144: ...In the DVMRP Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Global Configuration The DVMRP Global Configuration dialog box opens 4 From the DVMRP Version 3 xFF pull down menu select Enable Query Response Interval in sec Configure the amount of time to wait for a response from a host after sending a query If no response is received within this time the host is removed from the group table The ...

Page 145: ...s Neighbor Router Timeout Interval Set the timeout in seconds that a neighbor stays up without confirmation This is an important method used to timeout old routes Minimum Flash Update Interval Set the period in seconds between flash updates This represents the minimum time between advertisements of the same route Maximum Number of Routes Enter the maximum number of routes for this interface Route ...

Page 146: ...ion Non Encapsulated Tunnel All multicast data traffic is IPIP encapsulated but the protocol messages are simply unicast IPIP Tunnel All multicast traffic data and protocol messages on this interface is encapsulated in IP unicast packets with the protocol set to IPIP IP in IP Tunnel Endpoint Address Tunnel endpoint IP address of a router Configure this setting to represent the IP address of the en...

Page 147: ... module software To display the global IP routing statistics 1 In the IP Display section of the Web Agent window click Global Statistics The IP Routing Global Statistics dialog box opens 2 Click Refresh to update all statistics Or Click Clear to set all statistics to zero 3 Use Table 7 11 to review the definition of each statistic Table 7 11 IP Routing Global Statistics Statistic Defines the IP In...

Page 148: ...s were encountered to prevent their continued processing but which were discarded for example for lack of buffer space Note This counter does not include any datagrams discarded while awaiting re assembly IP In Delivers Total number of input datagrams successfully delivered to IP user protocols including Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP IP Out Requests Total number of IP datagrams that local...

Page 149: ...rors bad ICMP checksums bad length ICMP In Destination Unreachables Number of ICMP Destination Unreachable messages received ICMP In Time Exceeds Number of ICMP Time Exceeded messages received ICMP In Parameter Problems Number of ICMP Parameter Problem messages received ICMP In Source Quenchs Number of ICMP Source Quench messages received ICMP In Redirects Number of ICMP Redirect messages received...

Page 150: ...pplication at the destination port UDP In Errors Number of received UDP datagrams that could not be delivered for reasons other than the lack of an application at the destination port UDP Out Datagrams Total number of UDP datagrams sent from this entity IP Multicast Forward Datagrams Number of input multicast datagrams for which this entity was not their final IP destination as a result of which a...

Page 151: ...re available they are displayed in the IP Routing Table dialog box BOOTP DHCP Out Requests Total number of BOOTP DHCP requests forwarded by the BOOTP DHCP Relay Agent BOOTP DHCP Out Responses Total number of BOOTP DHCP responses forwarded by the BOOTP DHCP Relay Agent Table 7 12 IP Route Table Search Parameters Parameter Allows you to perform a search Source Of your IP routing table using one of t...

Page 152: ...ntry Search dialog box opens 2 Select the search criteria you want to use to find more specific information on your switch s current ARP cache For example if you want to find all of the IP ARP cache entries associated with your out of band connection on your switch search by VLAN and specify Ethernet Console as your search value Table 7 13 IP Routing Table Statistical Parameters Parameter Definiti...

Page 153: ...g DVMRP Routing Table Statistics Displaying the DVMRP Route Table Displaying the DVMRP Upstream Routers Displaying the DVMRP Designated Forwarder s Table Displaying the DVMRP Downstream Dependent Router s Displaying the DVMRP Multicast Forwarding Cache Note It is possible to use access rules to filter and prioritize multicast traffic Displaying IGMP Global Statistics The IGMP global statistics pro...

Page 154: ...GMP Interface Statistics dialog box opens Table 7 15 IGMP Global Statistics Parameters Parameter Defines the Group Membership Reports Received Number of reports received in response to a group membership query Hosts respond to a Query by generating Host Membership Reports reporting each host group to which they belong on the network interface from which the Query was received Group Membership Quer...

Page 155: ...xpected to have more packet loss the Robustness Variable should be increased The Robustness Variable must not be set to 0 and should not be set to 1 Next Query Request in sec Remaining amount of time in seconds before the next group membership query is transmitted Neighbor Querier Timeout in sec Amount of time in seconds remaining before this interface assumes the role of designated querier This t...

Page 156: ...formation Query Messages Transmitted Number of query messages sent by a multicast router These messages are sent to discover which host groups have members on their attached local networks Queries are addressed to the all hosts group address 224 0 0 1 and carry an IP time to live of 1 Unknown Messages Received IGMP messages received with an unsupported type Number of Current Groups Number of group...

Page 157: ...eport for this group Entry Expiration Period in sec Expiration time in seconds of the group that is being displayed Table 7 18 IGMP Local Multicast Forwarding Cache Parameters Parameters Defines the Destination Group Address Destination group address of the multicast transmission Source SubNetwork Subnet on which the IGMP interface s exist Source Address Mask Subnet mask associated with the IGMP s...

Page 158: ...dicates the number of old branches removed from the multicast distribution tree Graft Messages Received Graft messages received This indicates the number of attempts at adding a new branch to the multicast distribution tree Graft Acknowledgments Received Graft acknowledgments received Unknown Message Codes Encountered Messages received that are not graft report or probe messages Probe Messages Tra...

Page 159: ...dress IP address of the interface configured with the DVMRP multicast Address Mask IP subnet mask associated with the interface State Current status of the interface Possible status indications include UP The interface is active DOWN The interface is inactive Type Type of interface configured Possible values include Broadcast All traffic is forwarded through the routers This is not a tunnel and do...

Page 160: ...r where the number is 1 or more to view DVMRP neighbor routers 3 Use Table 7 21 to view more information on DVMRP neighbor routers Unrecognized Packets Received Number of unknown DVMRP messages Invalid Routes Received Number of invalid routes received on this interface Neighbor DVMRP Router s Number of neighbor routers that are also running DVMRP Note This number is a hypertext link that provides ...

Page 161: ...etwork Address The neighbor router s network address Found on Interface The neighbor routers found on this interface DVMRP Supported Major Minor Version The DVMRP version supported by the neighbor router Expiration period in sec The time in seconds before the neighbor router times out Neighbor Received Probe From This Router Whether the neighbor router received this router s probe message Neighbor...

Page 162: ...ormation on the entries in the table 3 Use Table 7 23 to review the DVMRP route table parameters Table 7 22 DVMRP Routing Statistical Parameters Parameter Defines the Current Number of Routes Total number of routes present in the routing database This number includes both valid and invalid routes Number of Triggered Routes Total number of routes added to the routing table that were triggered by a ...

Page 163: ...ream Router s IP address of the DVMRP router that is the upstream neighbor to the local router The local DVMRP router must know which DVMRP router is its upstream neighbor to determine how packets from a given source will be transmitted to a given multicast group Opens DVMRP Upstream Router s dialog box Designated Forwarder s Network router s responsible for forwarding from the source network onto...

Page 164: ...VMRP Route Table dialog box opens 2 In the Downstream Dependent Router s column for the appropriate source network click the number to view information on the downstream dependent routers The Downstream Dependent Router s dialog box opens 3 Use Table 7 26 for more information on Downstream Dependent Router s Table 7 25 Designated Forwarder s Table Parameters Parameter Defines the Forwarding Interf...

Page 165: ...llowing to modify your Multicast Forwarding Table Select the entry and click Delete Entry to delete one or more entries Click Flush Table to clear the entire table Click REFRESH to receive the most up to date information on the entries in the table Parameter Definition Router Network Address Displays the router network address of the downstream dependent router Found on Interface Displays the name...

Page 166: ...sk associated with the DVMRP source subnetwork Upstream Interface Local interface which is receiving this flow Upstream Neighbor Router Address IP address of the upstream neighbor router Invalid Flows From Upstream Number of invalid flows received from the upstream neighbor Packets Forwarded Through Cache Entry Number of packets successfully forwarded in the CPU supervisor module for this flow Ups...

Page 167: ...ets with the protocol set to IPIP IP in IP Non Encapsulated Tunnel All multicast data traffic on this interface is IPIP encapsulated but the protocol messages are simple unicast Interface is Pruned Status of whether the interface has been pruned Prune Expiration Time in sec Time in seconds that the interface times out waiting for the prune message to expire Table 7 29 DVMRP Downstream Links Parame...

Page 168: ...ese IP addresses The backup router is always on standby If the Master router fails the backup router takes over Multiple virtual routers can be created per interface VRRP can be enabled or disabled globally or on an interface basis Interface is Pruned Status of whether the interface has been pruned Prune Expiration in sec Time in seconds that the interface times out waiting for the prune message t...

Page 169: ... be enabled 3 From the VRRP pull down menu for your interface select Enable 4 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Note You must enable VRRP globally from the IP Configuration Global Configuration dialog box Creating a VRRP Virtual Router To create a VRRP router 1 In the IP Configuration section of the Web Agent window click VRRP Configuration The VRRP Configurat...

Page 170: ...ics To view VRRP virtual router statistics 1 In the IP Display section of the Web Agent window click VRRP Statistics The VRRP Statistics dialog box opens Priority The sending VRRP router s priority Higher values equal higher priority Possible values 255 The value that must be assigned to the Master 1 to 254 Values that must be used for routers backing up a virtual router 0 the current Master is di...

Page 171: ...tical Parameters Parameter Defines the Interface IP interface name corresponding to the selected VRRP virtual router VR ID Reporting virtual router s identification IP Address IP address that corresponds with the selected VRRP virtual router State State of the virtual router Values include Inactive Disables the VRRP virtual router Initialize Initializes the VRRP Virtual Router Backup Defines the V...

Page 172: ...se Table 7 33 to enable parameters and enter necessary Internet addresses in the IRDP Interfaces dialog box Table 7 33 ICMP Router Discovery Protocol Parameters Parameter Definition Select Selects the interface to be configured Interface Displays the IRDP interface Network Address Displays the network IP address of the IRDP interface IRDP State Select to enable or disable IRDP on the selected inte...

Page 173: ...he IP Global Configuration dialog box opens 11 From the IP Multicast Forwarding pull down menu select Enable 12 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Min Advertisement Interval sec The minimum time in seconds allowed between sending unsolicited multicast router advertisements from the interface This value must be no less than three seconds and no greater than the ...

Page 174: ...f the Web Agent window click IRDP The ICMP Router Discovery Protocol dialog box opens 2 Select the IRDP interface you want to delete and click DELETE The IRDP interface is deleted and no longer displays in the interface list Configuring LDAP In the Web console you can configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP settings and view LDAP statistics On the Cajun P550 switch LDAP allows access ...

Page 175: ...0 0 indicates to the client that there is no primary LDAP server Primary Server Port Enter the port number of the primary LDAP server for the access control list domain The port number is used in conjunction with the primary server IP address There are no special overload values The default port is 389 Secondary Server IP Address Enter the backup LDAP server IP address for the access control list ...

Page 176: ...ing this value change an interested manager should relearn this device s Policy Capabilities For more detailed information about SysUpTime and Policy Capabilities refer to lucentDevicePolicyCapabilityLastChange in the Lucent MIB Producer Signal The sequence number that when modified triggers the LDAP client to download the latest policy from the LDAP server Typically RealNet Rules will set this va...

Page 177: ...roadcasts from the switch TFTP Enables the helper to route files via Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP The default value is Enabled DNS Enables the helper to route the domain names via Dynamic Naming Service The default value is Enabled TIME Enables the helper to route the system time of specified computers on the VLAN The default value is Enabled NETBIOS Name Service Enables the helper to route...

Page 178: ...Helper Address The IP Helper Address dialog box opens 2 Select the IP helper address you want to delete and click Delete Modifying an IP Helper Address To modify an IP helper address 1 In the IP Configuration section of the Web Agent click IP Helper Address The IP Helper Address dialog box opens 2 Select the IP helper address you want to modify 3 Use Table 7 36 to modify the IP helper address para...

Page 179: ...P routing protocol globally on your switch Note You must enable RIP globally To enable RIP refer to Configuring IP Interfaces and Configuring VRRP in Chapter 7 1 In the RIP Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Global Configuration The RIP Global Configuration dialog box opens 2 Use Table 8 1 to configure the global setup Table 8 1 RIP Global Configuration Parameters Parameter Allows...

Page 180: ...ue in seconds that represents the time delay between successive RIP update packets to the neighbor when the update requires multiple packets The default value is 0 seconds no delay Table 8 2 RIP Interface Parameters Parameter Allows you to Select Select the RIP interface to be modified Interface Displays an interface from a list of interfaces that you previously configured Network Address Displays...

Page 181: ...rizon Specify that IP routes learned from an immediate neighbor are not advertised back to the neighbor from which the routes were learned Split Horizon Routes are not advertised Split Horizon with Poison Reverse Routes are advertised with an infinite metric 16 Default Route Specify the mode for the default route Different states include Disable Disables the default route Talk Only Send RIP inform...

Page 182: ...dow click Interface Statistics The Interface Statistics dialog box opens 2 Use Table 8 3 to interpret the RIP statistics Table 8 3 RIP Statistical Parameters Parameter Defines the Interface Interface associated with the IP address specified State Current status of the RIP route UP indicates that the interface is up and RIP can transmit and receive updates IP Address IP address associated with the ...

Page 183: ...r Configuring OSPF Monitoring Switch Performance Using OSPF Statistics Configuring OSPF Configuring OSPF includes Configuring the OSPF Global Configuration Creating OSPF Areas Deleting OSPF Areas Modifying OSPF Areas Deleting OSPF Areas Creating OSPF Virtual Links Deleting OSPF Virtual Links Modifying OSPF Virtual Links Creating OSPF Summaries Deleting OSPF Summaries Modifying OSPF Summaries ...

Page 184: ...dentifies the router within an Autonomous System If 0 0 0 0 is used the router uses the IP address of an interface AS Border Router Enable or disable the switch to be an Autonomous System Border Router ASBR SPF Hold Time Specify the minimum number of seconds between SPF runs SPF Suspend Specify the number of nodes to process SPF runs before suspending Auto Creation of Virtual Links Enable or disab...

Page 185: ...ea Parameters Parameter Allows you to Select Select the OSPF area to be configured Note This parameter is displayed in the OSPF Area dialog box not in the Add OSPF Area dialog box Area ID Specify the Area ID 32 bit character for the new area This must be a unique ID within AS Note Do not use 0 0 0 0 as an area ID Area Type Select the type of area Types include Non Stub Non edge device router Stub ...

Page 186: ...f OSPF is not enabled for your existing IP interfaces VLANs you must first enable OSPF before you can modify OSPF interfaces Refer to Configuring IP Interfaces in Chapter 7 for more information on how to enable OSPF on IP interfaces 2 Use Table 9 3 to determine how to modify your OSPF interfaces Table 9 3 OSPF Interface Parameters Parameter Definition Select Select the OSPF interface to be modifie...

Page 187: ...seconds between the Hello packets that the router sends on the interface This value must be the same for all routers attached to a common network Dead Interval Enter the number of seconds that a router s Hello packets have not been seen before it s neighbors declare the router down This should be some multiple of the Hello interval This value must be the same for all routers attached to a common n...

Page 188: ...et over this virtual link Retransmit Interval Number of seconds between link state advertisement retransmissions on this virtual link for adjacencies belonging to this virtual link This value is also used when retransmitting database description and link state request packets Hello Interval Length of time in seconds between the Hello packets that the router sends on the virtual link This value mus...

Page 189: ...F Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Summaries The OSPF Summaries dialog box opens 2 Click CREATE to create a new OSPF summary Note This window will only appear with configured OSPF summaries if you have previously configured one or more OSPF summaries 3 Use Table 9 5 to configure your OSPF summaries 4 Click CREATE to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Table ...

Page 190: ... Web Agent window click Summaries The OSPF Summaries dialog box opens 2 Select the OSPF summary to be modified 3 Use Table 9 5 to configure your parameters 4 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Monitoring Switch Performance Using OSPF Statistics Monitoring switch performance using OSPF statistics includes Displaying OSPF Statistics Displaying OSPF Links Displayi...

Page 191: ...s been a change in a router s link state database and to compare the link state database of two routers Area ID Area ID of the area in question It has the function of defining a summarization point for Link State Advertisements SPF Runs Number of times that the intra area route table has been calculated using this area s link state database Border Rtrs Total number of area border routers reachable...

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Page 193: ...DD sequence number Neighbor conversations in this state or greater are called adjacencies Exchange Router is describing its entire link state database by sending Database Description packets to the neighbor Loading Link State Request packets are sent to the neighbor asking for the more recent LSAs that have been discovered but not yet received in the Exchange state Full The neighboring routers are...

Page 194: ...ify the IP address of the Area ID that you want to find in the database and click SEARCH To search by Type click the Type checkbox and from the Type pull down menu select the type of search you want to perform and click SEARCH To search by Router ID click the Router ID checkbox and specify the router IP address and click SEARCH N Option Specifies whether this neighbor supports the handling of Type...

Page 195: ...e router s links to the area and are only flooded within a particular area Network Links These packets are generated by Designated Routers and describe the set of routers attached to a particular network Summary Network These summaries are generated by Area Border Routers and describe inter area routes to various networks Then can also be used for aggregating routes Summary AS border This describe...

Page 196: ...arious networks Then can also be used for aggregating routes Summary AS Border This describes links to Autonomous System Border Routers and are generated by Area Border Routers AS External These packets are generated by Autonomous System Border Routers and describe routes to destination external to the Autonomous system They are flooded everywhere except stub areas Multicast Group These packets ar...

Page 197: ...he Type pull down menu select the type of search you want to perform and click SEARCH To search by Router ID click the Router ID checkbox and specify the router IP address and click SEARCH 3 In the Detail Link column click Details The LSA Detail dialog box opens 4 Use Table 9 11 for more information on LSA Details Table 9 11 LSA Detail Parameters Parameter Definition Area Displays the 32 bit ident...

Page 198: ... the interface Network Mask Displays the network mask for the LSA External Displays whether the route is connected to an external network This parameter is associated with AS External LSAs TOS Displays the type of service of the route This parameter is associated with AS External Summary Network and Summary AS Border LSAs Metric Displays the cost of the link This parameter is associated with AS Ex...

Page 199: ... the number of zones per port to 254 The Cajun switch supports both AppleTalk Phase I and Phase II However the translation from AppleTalk Phase I to Phase II is not supported The Cajun switch version 4 0 software supports AppleTalk routing for packets destined across VLANs inter VLAN using Layer 3 but for intra VLAN traffic Layer 2 switching is supported The Cajun switch supports AppleTalk over Et...

Page 200: ...g an AppleTalk Static Route Creating an AppleTalk NBP Filter Editing an AppleTalk NBP Filter Adding or Deleting Interfaces to NBP Filter Creating an AppleTalk Zone Filter Editing an AppleTalk Zone Filter Adding or Deleting Interfaces to a Zone Filter Enabling AppleTalk Global Routing To enable AppleTalk routing globally 1 In the AppleTalk Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Global ...

Page 201: ...leTalk interface Options include Default Discard All created VLANs Metric Enter the metric associated with the AppleTalk interface Encapsulation Type Select the encapsulation type to be associated with the AppleTalk interface Options include Ethernet II MTU 1500 Ethernet SNAP MTU 1492 Network Range Start Enter the starting network number The network number specifies the range of AppleTalk network ...

Page 202: ... Type pull down menu select the new frame type to be associated with the interface 5 In the Network Range Start field enter the new network range start number 6 In the Network Range End field enter the new network range end number Network Number Enter the interface network number This number specifies the network number the interface is using Note This value must be within the Network Range or be ...

Page 203: ...Edit AppleTalk Zone dialog box opens 12 In the Add text field enter the new AppleTalk zone and click Add 13 In the AppleTalk Configuration section of the Web Agent window click Interfaces The AppleTalk Interfaces dialog box opens 14 From the Default Zone pull down menu select the new zone that you just created 15 Select the AppleTalk interface to be updated by clicking the Select check box 16 Clic...

Page 204: ...work numbers for extended networks Each number in the range must be an integer between 1 and 65279 Note Network Range Start must be less than or equal to Network Range End Network Range End Enter the ending network number The network number specifies the range of AppleTalk network numbers for extended networks Each number in the range must be an integer between 1 and 65279 Network Number Enter the...

Page 205: ...r of the next hop for the static route 7 In the Type field enter the type to be associated with the static route 8 Click Edit Zone to edit the AppleTalk zone for this static route The Edit AppleTalk Zone dialog box opens 9 In the Add text field enter the new AppleTalk zone network range and click Add 10 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Deleting an AppleTalk S...

Page 206: ...lter The Add AppleTalk NBP Filter dialog box opens 3 Use Table 10 3 to configure the NBP filter 4 Click CREATE to add your new static route or CANCEL to restore previous settings Editing an AppleTalk NBP Filter To edit an AppleTalk NBP filter 1 In the AppleTalk Configuration section of the Web Agent window click NBP Filter The AppleTalk NBP Filter dialog box opens 2 Use Table 10 3 to edit your App...

Page 207: ...ter To add or delete interfaces to an NBP filter 1 In the AppleTalk Configuration section of the Web Agent window click NBP Filter The AppleTalk NBP Filter dialog box opens 2 Click Edit If The Add Delete Interface to NBP Filter dialog box opens 3 In the Add pull down menu select the interface to be added Or Click the Select for the interface to be removed 4 Click Add to add this NBP filter to the ...

Page 208: ...r dialog box opens See Creating an AppleTalk Zone Filter earlier in this section for more information DELETE to remove the selected zone filter CANCEL to restore previous settings Edit If to add or delete this zone filter to from an interface The Add Delete Interface to Zone Filter dialog box opens See Adding or Deleting Interfaces to Zone Filter later in this section for more information Table 10...

Page 209: ...o add this zone filter to the selected interface DELETE to remove this zone filter from the selected interface CANCEL to restore previous settings Viewing AppleTalk Statistics This section includes Viewing AppleTalk Global Statistics Viewing the AppleTalk Interface Statistics Table Viewing the AppleTalk Route Table Viewing AppleTalk Route Table Statistics Viewing the AppleTalk ARP Cache Table View...

Page 210: ...ived AARP Invalid PDU AppleTalk ARP requests received which were invalid AARP Req Tx AppleTalk ARP requests transmitted Config Addr Error Configuration address errors detected Echo Reply Rx Echo replies received DDP Output Short DDP packets sent using the short format DDP Input Counter DDP packets received DDP Local Counter DDP packets received destined for this node No Route DDP packets for which...

Page 211: ...ansmitted Zip Reply Rx ZIP replies received Zip Reply Tx ZIP replies transmitted Zip Ext Reply Rx ZIP extended replies received Zip Ext Reply Tx ZIP extended replies transmitted Zip GNI Rq Rx ZIP get net info request received Zip GNI Rq Tx ZIP get net info request transmitted Zip GNI Rsp Rx ZIP get net info response received Zip GNI Rsp Tx ZIP get net info response transmitted Table 10 6 AppleTalk...

Page 212: ...cates that the AppleTalk interface is active Down indicates that the AppleTalk interface is inactive Table 10 7 AppleTalk Route Table Parameters Parameter Definition Select Select the entry to be acted upon Network Range Displays the network range Metric Displays the AppleTalk metric for the network range State Displays the state of the entry Options include Good Suspect Going Bad Bad Owner Displa...

Page 213: ... cache table 1 In the AppleTalk Display section of the Web Agent window click ARP Table The AppleTalk ARP Cache Table dialog box opens 2 Use Table 10 9 for more information on AppleTalk ARP cache table statistics Interface Displays the Appletalk interface associated with the route table entry Zones Displays the zones associated with the selected AppleTalk route Table 10 8 AppleTalk Route Table Sta...

Page 214: ...the node number for the entry MAC Address Displays the MAC address associated with the AppleTalk ARP cache table entry of the node Interface Displays the Appletalk interface associated with the AppleTalk ARP cache table entry Type Displays the type of cache entries Values include Local Broadcast Dynamic Router Neighbor TTL Displays the time to live value for the selected AppleTalk ARP cache table ...

Page 215: ...ick Zone Table The AppleTalk Zone Table opens 2 Use Table 10 12 for more information on AppleTalk NBP table statistics Table 10 11 AppleTalk Zone Table Statistical Parameters Parameter Definition Current Number of Zones Displays the current number of AppleTalk zones Peak Number of Zones Displays the peak number of AppleTalk zones Table 10 12 AppleTalk NBP Table Statistical Parameters Parameter Def...

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Page 217: ...guring the Fowarding Cache Displaying Frame Fowarding Statistics Searching the Routing Cache for an Entry Configuring the Fowarding Cache The forwarding cache enables you to configure the multilayer media module s forwarding tables To configure the forwarding cache 1 In the L3 Forwarding Cache section of the Web Agent window click Cache Configuration The Layer 3 Forwarding Cache Configuration dial...

Page 218: ... Hash Mode IP Unicast IP Multicast IPX Configure the table hash lookup mode for the IP unicast IP multicast and IPX forwarding table Choices include DA only Forwarding entries input to the forwarding table are limited to using protocol destination address only SA DA Forwarding entries input to the forwarding table are limited to using destination and source address only Aging IP Unicast IP Multica...

Page 219: ...ame Fowarding Statistics The frame forwarding statistics indicate the performance of each of the multilayer media modules in respect to Layer 3 routing and forwarding To display the frame forwarding statistics 1 In the L3 Forwarding Cache section of the Web Agent window click Forwarding Statistics The Frame Forwarding Statistics dialog box opens System Configuration Field Defines Maximum System En...

Page 220: ...al number of frames received on the fabric port L3 Frame Cache Hits Number of packets received on the fabric port that were successfully matched against existing forwarding entries in the Layer 3 L3 address cache Percent Cache Hits Total percentage of successful matches between packets received on a fabric port and the percent of those packets that matched the Layer 3 address cache entries L3 Slow...

Page 221: ...ithin the routing cache that match the specified source address IP address Protocol By protocol identifier By default this field is 0 for IP for example not supported by IP Destination Port Within the routing cache that match the specified destination port IPU IPM IPX Source Port Within the routing cache that match the specified source port IPU IPM IPX Comparison Value Within the routing cache tha...

Page 222: ...to determine whether or not a packet is forwarded Memory Use in Bytes Memory used by each entry Total Entries The number of cumulative entries since the last time the statistics were cleared Current Entries The number of active entries Aged Entries The number of entries aged out Duplicate Add Attempts The number of attempts at adding some slow path entries Failed Add Attempts The number of failed ...

Page 223: ...ng Using Hunt Groups to Aggregate Bandwidth between Switches VLAN Operation VLAN operation is based on three sets of rules Ingress Rules Forwarding Rules Egress Rules Ingress Rules Every frame received by the switch is classified to one VLAN There are two ways in which frames are classified to VLANs Untagged frames are classified to the VLAN associated with the port on which the frame is received ...

Page 224: ...urrent VLANs and all VLANs added in the future Setting the VLAN Binding attribute in the Switch Port Configuration dialog box to Bind to Received This causes the port to be bound to all VLANs as identified by the VLAN tag in tagged frames received on this port Consequently ports are bound to those VLANs that actually have members that are reachable through the port Manually creating a VLAN Switch ...

Page 225: ...rs of VLANs more than 500 are configured This problem will be addressed in an upcoming software release If you set a port s VLAN trunking mode to Clear make sure not to change the VLAN Binding Type from the default value Static If you are using both the VLAN auto learning feature and the Binding Type Bind to Received make sure that you set the binding type before you set Autolearn to enable or els...

Page 226: ... the same VLAN ID to identify the VLAN on every device Initial Hash Table Size Sets the number of Layer 2 address entries used to store information for this VLAN Use the default value The general implementation rule is Use a smaller size when you implement lots of VLANs more than 50 Use a larger size when you have lots of MAC addresses on the same VLAN in the network more than 16 000 Note The numb...

Page 227: ...e 3Com Map Table dialog box opens 3 In the Name field enter a name for this entry 4 Click APPLY save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings 5 In the Switching Parameters section of the Web Agent window click 3Com Mapping Table The 3Com Mapping Table dialog box opens Binding Type Static when ports are added manually and can be removed Persistent when ports are bound to VLANs automatica...

Page 228: ...ted port Assigning Ports To VLANs Refer to Configuring Switch Port Parameters in Chapter 3 for instructions on assigning ports to VLANs Using Spanning Tree Setup and Monitoring Spanning trees are used to prevent loops from forming in your network The spanning tree algorithm creates a single path through the network by ensuring that if more than one path exists between two parts of a network only o...

Page 229: ...ing tree with its own BPDUs This allows different ports to blocked or unblocked on different VLANs If you use the dual layer spanning tree option within a set of interconnected Cajun switches you can set up a separate spanning tree for each VLAN The switch then runs a second level of spanning tree to control routes between switches in the Cajun Network This creates smaller spanning tree domains an...

Page 230: ...will be re enabled when the switch is reset In order for spanning tree to function properly with 3Com trunked ports the spanning tree mode should be set to per VLAN In Per VLAN spanning tree there is one instance of spanning tree for each VLAN and the BPDUs are tagged with the VLAN ID ensuring they are interpreted correctly on the receiving end Dual Layer Spanning tree terminates at edge of the sw...

Page 231: ...rs Bridge Forward Delay Amount of delay used when a port transitions to the forwarding state Set by the root bridge for the segment Note You must enter a value within the supported range or the configuration operation will fail The supported value range for this parameter is 10 30 Max Age Current maximum age for this spanning tree Determined by the root bridge Hello Time Current hello time for thi...

Page 232: ...y the Spanning Tree algorithm to forward traffic and is forwarding traffic currently Down The port s physical port has no link detected Designated Root Displays the Root bridge for this spanning tree Designated Bridge The bridge identifier for the bridge considered to be the designated bridge for this segment Designated Port The port identifier of the port on the designated bridge for this segment...

Page 233: ...ing the bandwidth into a single connection For example if you connect three gigabit ports each on a pair of switches into a hunt group the aggregated connection will have six gigabits of available bandwidth full duplex Path Cost Sets the spanning tree path cost for this port The ports that you prefer be used by the spanning tree should have the lowest path cost Note Configuring the path cost for a...

Page 234: ...arriving on different fabric ports within the switch will have loads balanced more evenly Hunt groups will not load share if the source and destination traffic and the hunt group ports are on the same fabric port Most I O modules divide their ports evenly across two fabric ports For 10 port and 12 port I O modules all ports use a single fabric port The first port assigned to a hunt group becomes t...

Page 235: ... Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Viewing Hunt Group Members To view hunt group member details 1 From the Switching Parameters section of the Web Agent window click Hunt Groups The Hunt Group Configuration dialog box opens 2 In the Members column click the highlighted number The Hunt Group Members dialog box opens Table 12 7 Hunt Group Configuration Dialog Bo...

Page 236: ...witch Ports dialog box opens 7 In the Name column click the port name you want to configure The Switch Port Configuration dialog box opens 8 From the Trunk Mode pull down menu select the trunk group assignment of the port 9 Click APPLY save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings 10 Repeat Steps 1 9 for any additional ports you would like to add to this hunt group 11 Repeat the same st...

Page 237: ...emaining 80 205K These values can be modified using either the Web Agent or SNMP Note When you change these values you must reboot the switch before they can take effect Less buffer memory gets assigned to the high priority queue because the high priority queue gets serviced more frequently than the normal priority queue Since a frame spends less time on the high priority queue less buffer space i...

Page 238: ...rames destined for a particular buffer will be dropped This should only occur in a case where the output port is very congested However there is an optional mode which in which normal priority frames are never dropped inside the switch In this mode input buffers may fill up If they do the affected input ports may use flow control to temporarily halt traffic from neighboring switches Managing Buffe...

Page 239: ...Configuration dialog box for the selected module Service ratios 3 to 1 99 to 1 999 to 1 9999 to 1 Physical Port Buffers Displays the port s physical port buffers if available Service ratios 31 to 1 63 to 1 127 to 1 255 to 1 511 to 1 1023 to 1 2047 to 1 4095 to 1 8191 to 1 16383 to 1 32767 to 1 Table 13 2 Buffer Detailed Configuration Parameters Parameter Definition Memory The amount of physical me...

Page 240: ...y greater than or equal to 4 4 5 6 and 7 to be assigned to the high priority queue Lucent recommends that you do not change this parameter High Priority Service Ratio Determines how many times the high priority queue is serviced for each time the low priority queue is serviced The ideal value changes from queue to queue but the goal is to ensure that traffic mix guarantees optimal mix between high...

Page 241: ...efines how long inactive addresses are stored in the address forwarding table before being deleted Address Table Sizing Parameters allow you to adjust what the switch does when address table use becomes inefficient The Address Table dialog box also provides information useful when working with Lucent support personnel Configuring the Age Timer and Super Age Timer To change the aging values for all...

Page 242: ...the Address Forwarding Table section of the Web Agent window click Table Configuration The Address Forwarding Table Configuration dialog box opens 2 Enter a new Auto Sizing Utilization Threshold percentage if you just want to cause the table reconfiguration to occur at a different level of usage efficiency The default value of 40 is recommended for most applications Raising the value might cause t...

Page 243: ...ently aged out click Delete All Invalid Learned Entries Note If you change the Hash Table Size the switch relearns all addresses in that table causing the switch to flood packets for a few seconds Entry Validity Displays the entry validity for this VLAN Options include Valid Entry exists Invalid Entry has aged out but still exists even though the port binding is invalid Hash Table Displays the has...

Page 244: ...nt provides a utility that allows you to filter which addresses it displays making the list more manageable Multiple criteria can be selected to produce a sophisticated filter The parameters are treated as ands meaning that displayed addresses must meet all selected criteria To filter the switch address forwarding table 1 In the Address Forwarding Table section of the Web Agent window click Entry ...

Page 245: ...s the re learn performance Group Group number associated with this MAC address TblInst Address table instance number associated with this MAC address Priority Priority level associated with traffic forwarded to this MAC address The options are Normal High You can set this parameter on all learned entries Persistence The persistence of the entry in the table can be set on all learned entries Perman...

Page 246: ...ilter this port 5 In the Port Binding field enter the port that you want associated with this entry 6 From the Priority pull down menu select a priority level for packets forward to this MAC address High priority addresses move to the front of the switch packet buffers automatically 7 Use Table 14 3 for configuring the persistence parameter 8 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to clear the...

Page 247: ...the forwarding of Layer 2 multicast traffic packets with a multicast destination MAC address to a subset of ports participating in a VLAN With intelligent multicasting disabled Layer 2 multicast traffic is flooded to all ports participating in the VLAN on which the traffic is received Intelligent multicasting is used to limit the forwarding of Layer 2 multicast traffic to only those ports within t...

Page 248: ...ting to be active Layer 3 Dynamic Intelligent Multicasting IGMP snooping is supported for VLANs that have IGMP interfaces enabled This is the recommended means of supporting dynamic intelligent multicasting in Layer 3 For all VLANs that do not have an IGMP interface enabled the Layer 2 dynamic intelligent multicasting mechanisms LGMP client and CGMP snooping are supported Note For Layer 2 or Layer...

Page 249: ...GMP interface enabled Layer 2 Dynamic Intelligent Multicasting Layer 2 does not support IGMP snooping to dynamically configure intelligent multicast sessions Therefore LGMP client or CGMP snooping is used to achieve dynamic intelligent multicasting LGMP Client An LGMP server disseminates multicast session information using LGMP An LGMP client creates multicast sessions adds clients to those sessio...

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Page 251: ...inition Enable State Select to enable or disable intelligent multicasting globally The default value is Enabled Automatic Router Port Pruning Enable Select to enable or disable automatic router port pruning The default value is Enabled Time Enter the time in seconds after which quiet learned router ports can be pruned The valid range in seconds is 10 to 172800 48 hours The default value is 120 sec...

Page 252: ...on router ports Table 15 2 Router Port Display Parameters 4 Select a router port and click DELETE to remove a router port or CANCEL to restore previous settings Configuring Static Router Ports To configure a static router port 1 In the Intelligent Multicasting section of the Web Agent window click Global Configuration The Intelligent Multicast Global Configuration dialog box opens Note You must en...

Page 253: ...n the Intelligent Multicasting section of the Web Agent window click Session Search The Intelligent Multicast Session Search dialog box opens 2 Use Table 15 3 to configure your session search Table 15 3 Intelligent Multicast Session Search Parameters 3 Click SEARCH to begin the search for the multicast session The Multicast Sessions dialog box opens with the search results Parameter Display only m...

Page 254: ...Client Ports column click on the client port number for the selected multicast session The Multicast Session Client Port dialog box opens 3 Use Table 15 5 for more information on your multicast session client ports Parameter Definition Select Select the multicast session Session ID Displays the multicast session identifier MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the multicast session VLAN Displays...

Page 255: ... Multicasting section of the Web Agent window click Static Sessions The Static Multicast Sessions dialog box opens Note You must enable intelligent multicasting on a global basis to make your static multicast session active See Configuring Global Intelligent Multicasting earlier in this chapter 2 Click Create New Session to create a new static multicast session The Static Multicast Session Configu...

Page 256: ...rameters Parameter Definition IP Address The IP address of the new static multicast session The range must be between 224 0 1 0 to 239 255 255 255 MAC Address Enter the MAC address of the new static multicast session Specifying the MAC address is not used for an IP multicast session VLAN Enter the VLAN associated with the new multicast session Click All to add all VLANs to the multicast session or...

Page 257: ... You can only add static client ports to static sessions on VLANs that the port is bound to or on sessions created for All VLANs Deleting Static Client Ports To delete static client ports 1 In the Intelligent Multicasting section of the Web Agent window click Static Sessions The Static Multicast Sessions dialog box opens 2 In the Static Client Ports column click the number The Static Multicast Ses...

Page 258: ... Server The LGMP Server Configuration dialog box opens Note You must enable intelligent multicasting on a global basis to make the LGMP Server active LGMP serving is only active on VLANs that have an IGMP interface enabled and IGMP snooping is globally enabled Table 15 8 IGMP Snooping Parameters Parameter Definition Enable State Select to enable or disable IGMP snooping The default value is Disabl...

Page 259: ...distribution election The lower the number the more likely it will win the election The valid range is 0 to 255 The default value is 128 Router Report Time The time interval in seconds between router reports sent by the LGMP server in distributor state The valid range is 10 to 10 000 The default value is 125 seconds Robustness Variable The scalar value used by non distributor LGMP servers when tim...

Page 260: ...ion Statistics Report Displays the number of LGMP report messages transmitted Leave Displays the number of LGMP leave messages transmitted End Session Displays the number of LGMP end session messages transmitted Router Report Displays the number of LGMP router report messages transmitted Router Leave Displays the number of LGMP router leave messages transmitted Intelligent Multicast Session Statis...

Page 261: ...s received per VLAN Invalid Displays the number of LGMP messages received with an invalid payload per VLAN LGMP Messages Transmission Statistics Report Displays the number of LGMP report messages transmitted per VLAN Leave Displays the number of LGMP leave messages transmitted per VLAN End Session Displays the number of LGMP end session messages transmitted per VLAN Router Report Displays the numb...

Page 262: ... dialog box LGMP Message Reception Statistics Report Displays the number of LGMP report messages received Leave Displays the number of LGMP leave messages received End Session Displays the number of LGMP end session messages received Router Report Displays the number of LGMP router report messages received Router Leave Displays the number of LGMP router leaves messages received Invalid Displays th...

Page 263: ...age Reception Statistics Report Displays the number of LGMP report messages received per VLAN Leave Displays the number of LGMP leave messages received per VLAN End Session Displays the number of LGMP end session messages received per VLAN Router Report Displays the number of LGMP router report messages received per VLAN Router Leave Displays the number of LGMP router leaves messages received per ...

Page 264: ...tics Join Messages Received Displays the number of CGMP join messages received Leave Messages Received Displays the number of CGMP leave messages received Unknown Messages Received Displays the number of unknown CGMP messages received Intelligent Multicast Session Statistics New Sessions Created Displays the number of new multicast sessions created by CGMP snooping New Client Ports Added Displays ...

Page 265: ...asting Layer 2 Layer 3 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide 15 19 3 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings Or Click CLEAR to clear the statistics or REFRESH to refresh the contents of the table ...

Page 266: ...Managing Intelligent Multicasting Layer 2 Layer 3 15 20 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 267: ...l LED Displays Use Table 16 1 to interpret the state of the front panel LEDs Table 16 1 Front Panel LED Display Interpretation Module LED Behavior Indicates All Modules Module Status Solid green Normal operation Flashing yellow Diagnostic failure Off Module not operational or not receiving power Gigabit Modules TX and RX Flashing yellow Port sending receiving traffic Off Port not sending receiving...

Page 268: ... 16 1 Example Temperature System Dialog Boxes HD FD Solid green Full duplex operation negotiated Flashing yellow Hardware failure Off No link 10 100 Modules Port Solid green with yellow flash Port enabled and sending and receiving traffic Traffic indicated by yellow flashes Flashing green Port disabled with link up Flashing yellow Hardware failure Off No link Table 16 1 Front Panel LED Display Int...

Page 269: ... Warning Temperature Layer 3 Value in degrees Celsius that when passed causes the switch to send a trap to the network management station and triggers a shutdown By default this value is 50 degrees Celsius For the Layer 3 CPU sensor the default value is 100 degrees Celsius Upper Warning Temperature Value in degrees Celsius that when passed causes the switch to send a warning that the temperature i...

Page 270: ... are logged to the event log as protocol events AppleTalk packet types received and sent through all AppleTalk interfaces are logged to the event log as protocol events LDAP packet types received and sent through all LDAP interfaces are logged to the event log as protocol events Note Enabling the protocol event log may cause the event log to be rapidly filled with protocol events To configure the ...

Page 271: ...menu select an event to filter on a particular Event Type The selected event log entries open in the Event Log dialog box 5 Use Table 16 4 for a description of the entries in the event and shutdown logs Table 16 3 Protocol Event Log Settings Parameter Enables or disables the logging of Fault Serious errors that can cause a system crash for example panic Error Serious errors that will not cause a s...

Page 272: ...f you have read access only this option is not available Viewing Event Statistics To view event statistics 1 In the Event Subsystem section of the Web Agent click Event Statistics The Event Statistics dialog box opens Severity Displays the severity of the event The possibilities are Informative Warning Error Severe Error Failure Type Displays a description of the event type System start Status Cha...

Page 273: ...with the newest events Events dropped due to overload of event system Displays the number of events the Event System has had to drop to prevent overloading The Event System paces events being sent to it to prevent the switch from only processing events You can reduce the number of events being generated by deselecting unwanted events from the Event Subsystem Event Configuration dialog box If your ...

Page 274: ...s Configuration For each configuration change for example enabling and disabling ports Temperature Status Of temperature status changes Temperature status message could precede a switch shutdown and are often critical Resource Upon a change in system resources Fan Status Of fan status Fan failures will eventually lead to overheating the system Fan Status message provide a good early warning for a ...

Page 275: ...en when an event of this event class occurs 4 Click APPLY to save your changes or CANCEL to restore previous settings OSPF For OSPF events if OSPF protocol event logging is enabled RIP For RIP events if RIP protocol event logging is enabled LDAP For LDAP events if LDAP protocol event logging is enabled AppleTalk For AppleTalk events if AppleTalk protocol event logging is enabled Table 16 8 Event T...

Page 276: ...Monitoring the Cajun Switch Layer 2 Layer 3 16 10 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 277: ...og box opens 2 Click Clear Counters to get a fresh view of the statistics being gathered This resets all of the counters to zero so that you can track the counters from a specific point forward 3 In the Module column click the module identifier to view statistics for a specific port on this module The Port Statistics dialog box opens 4 Click Clear Counters to get a fresh view of the statistics bei...

Page 278: ...h received at the interface A sharp increase could indicate a need to reconfigure the network However octets are a better indication of bandwidth utilization Broadcasts Broadcast packets are a normal part of network operation For example IP networks use broadcasts as part of Address Resolution Protocol ARP to resolve network addresses Uses monitoring to recognize oncoming broadcast storms Broadcas...

Page 279: ...t on or off and by noise on twisted pair segments These errors can also result from configuring a network that does not comply with 802 3 standards In a standards compliant Ethernet network CRC or alignment errors represent transit and receive bit errors The Ethernet standard allows 1 in 108 bit error rate but you should expect performance to be less than 1 in 1012 packets Rates in excess of one e...

Page 280: ...re most often the result of software errors Possible cause Device or application creating non compliant packets Possible action Use a network analyzer to identify the transceiver which at the source of the problem If necessary replace transceiver network adapter or station Fragments Fragments or runts result from normal collision activity in Ethernet networks A runt packet is an incomplete packet ...

Page 281: ...t might indicate a problem Guidelines for appropriate collision rates are 10 percent Normal collision rate for shared Ethernet segment 30 percent Collisions begin to interfere with performance 70 percent Practical limit for network to remain functioning A full duplex link should not show collision activity In a switched network collisions should be rare unless your switched segments attach to mult...

Page 282: ...rts associated with a fabric port You can also choose to mirror all traffic from a particular fabric port to the mirror port or set up multiple source ports to mirror traffic to a single mirror port Packets addressed to the CPU such as pings are duplicated out of the mirror port Tagged packets that are sent into a source port with a VLAN ID to which the source port is not bound are not transmitted...

Page 283: ...hat is used for bi directional port mirroring When used as a mirror port it is unavailable for other uses Sampler Type Displays the speed of sampling that is performed for source port traffic Max Packets per Second Displays the maximum number of packets per second that are served by the mirror port Table 17 3 Port Mirroring Configuration Parameters Parameter Definition Source Port s List of availa...

Page 284: ...l always show that it is using multi layer tagging A spanning tree topology change occurs when you change a piggyback port Piggyback ports display in certain views of the Cajun P550 Switch user interface where you typically expect to find information about a source port For example the VLAN Switch Ports list which displays the list of ports associated with a VLAN includes the piggyback port but no...

Page 285: ...ined in a startup txt file that is stored in NVRAM on the switch Previous versions used cfg files that contained information about multiple types of configuration data In many cases when you upgrade the embedded software of the switch from version 3 0 or 3 1 to version 4 0 the earlier version of the software is located in the APP1 memory location on the switch and you install the version 4 0 softw...

Page 286: ... was saved properly To save your current configuration through the command line on version 3 0 or 3 1 Enter the following command to save your configuration to a file on a TFTP server download save_cfg IP address file name where IP address is the IP address of the TFTP server where you will save the software and file name is the name you provide for the configuration file Downloading the Image To ...

Page 287: ... command at the system prompt fep get This command reads and displays information about the content stored in locations such as APP1 and APP2 on the switch If version 3 0 or 3 1 is installed in APP1 install version 4 0 in APP2 2 Download the embedded software to the specified APP location by entering the following command at the system prompt download APPname IP address file name where APPname is ...

Page 288: ...lowing command at the system prompt on version 3 0 or 3 1 fep set APPname where APPname is the APP location in flash memory on the switch that contains the new image Resetting the Switch To reset the switch through the Web Agent after downloading version 4 0 1 In the System Information section of the Web Agent click System Reset 2 In response to the question Do you want to reset the switch click Y...

Page 289: ...and or industrial areas and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Data Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines aimed at preventing radio interference in commercial and or industrial areas Consequently when used in a residential area or in an adjacent area thereto radio interference may be caused to radios and TV receivers Read the instructio...

Page 290: ...A 2 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 291: ...he Layer 3 switch For information about additional MIBs supported by the Cajun P550R refer to MIBs Supported by the Layer 3 Switch on page B 2 IPX Interface MIBs The following public and private MIBs define the attributes of IPX interfaces The Novel MIB is not currently supported Private IPX Interface MIBs The following private IPX interface MIBs are supported cjnipxifmgmt mib cjnipx mib cjnipxrip...

Page 292: ...mib is supported MIBs Supported by the Layer 3 Switch The following section lists by protocol public and private Management Information Bases MIBs supported by the Cajun P550R switch the Layer 3 switch For information about additional MIBs supported by the Cajun P550R switch refer to MIBs Supported by Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switches on page B 1 RIP Version 1 0 and 2 0 Standard MIB RFC 1724 is support...

Page 293: ... current draft of the Virtual Redundancy Router Protocol VRRP MIB is supported draft ietf vrrp mib 04 mib Private MIB The private cjniplrrp mib is supported IGMP Standard MIB The current draft of the Internet Group Membership Protocol IGMP MIB is supported draft ietf idmr igmp mib 07 mib Private MIB The private cjnigmp mib is supported IP Interface The private cjhnipifmgmt mib is supported ...

Page 294: ...mib RFC 2012 mib RFC 2013 mib Private MIB The following private MIBs are supported for Internet Protocol version 4 0 and services cjnipv4 mib cjnipv4serv mib IP Forwarding Route Table Standard MIB RFC 2096 mib is supported Private MIB The private cjnipfwd mib is supported DVMRP Standard MIB The current draft of the DVMRP MIB is supported draft thaler dvmrp mib 9 mib Private MIB The private cjndvmr...

Page 295: ...rted Private MIB The private cjnatalk mib is supported IP Access List The private MIB that defines IP access list format cjnipalist mib is supported Policy Capability MIB for LDAP The private MIB that defines policy capabilities for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP cjnpolicycap mib is supported ...

Page 296: ...Supported MIB Groups B 6 Cajun P550 P220 Switch Operation Guide ...

Page 297: ...lobal statistics 10 12 access SNMP communities parameters 3 23 access level configuring SNMP communities 3 24 access list activating 7 14 AppleTalk NBP filter parameters 10 8 AppleTalk zone filter parameters 10 10 access list name IP access list parameters 7 9 7 10 access list rules IP interface 7 9 access lists IP interface 7 8 access rule index IP access list parameters 7 9 7 10 access type IP a...

Page 298: ...ace parameters 7 2 IP interface parameters 7 6 adv address IRDP parameters 7 46 advertisement OSPF summaries parameters 9 7 advertisement life time IRDP parameters 7 47 advertisement timer VRRP configuration parameters 7 44 advertisements received VRRP statistical parameters 7 45 advertisements sent VRRP statistical parameters 7 45 AFT address table 14 2 age LSA detail 9 16 OSPF link state databas...

Page 299: ...Zip Reply Tx 10 13 AppleTalk interface deleting 10 5 AppleTalk interface parameters admin starte 10 4 default zone 10 4 encapsulation type 10 3 interface 10 3 metric 10 3 network number 10 4 network range end 10 3 network range start 10 3 node 10 4 VLAN 10 3 AppleTalk interface statistics interface 10 13 network number 10 13 network range 10 13 node 10 13 seed 10 14 state 10 14 AppleTalk interface...

Page 300: ...tual LANs configuring 3 16 attached router ID 1 2 LSA detail 9 16 auth key RIP interface parameters 8 3 VRRP configuration parameters 7 44 auth type RIP interface parameters 8 3 VRRP configuration parameters 7 44 authentication OSPF interface parameters 9 5 OSPF virtual link parameters 9 6 authentication failure event class parameters 16 8 authentication key OSPF virtual link parameters 9 6 auto i...

Page 301: ...meters 12 8 bridge port spanning tree bridge port parameters 12 9 bridge port parameters bridge port 12 9 designated bridge 12 10 designated cost 12 10 designated port 12 10 designated root 12 10 forward transitions 12 10 name 12 9 port 12 9 state 12 10 bridge ports configuring 12 9 bridge status event class parameters 16 8 broadcast packets Ethernet interface statistical parameters 17 2 bucket in...

Page 302: ...uter ports 15 6 configuring non VLAN switch ports 3 19 switch port 3 14 configuring a Fast Ethernet module 3 9 configuring a redundant element 3 44 configuring all VLAN ports 12 4 configuring an IPX router 4 3 configuring AppleTalk routing 10 2 configuring event logs protocol 16 4 configuring event notification 16 9 configuring fast start mode 3 21 configuring flow control mode gigabit module 3 8 ...

Page 303: ...11 creating a VRRP router 7 43 creating access rules for filtering traffic between subnets 7 12 creating an AppleTalk interface 10 3 creating an AppleTalk static route 10 6 creating an AppleTalk zone filter 10 9 creating an IP interface 7 2 creating an IPX interface 4 4 creating an NBP filter AppleTalk 10 8 creating an VRRP virtual router 7 43 creating IP interface access list rules 7 9 creating I...

Page 304: ...forwarding cache parameters 7 40 DVMRP upstream source parameters 7 42 IGMP local multicast forwarding cache parameters 7 31 upstream prune information 7 41 destination network IPX datagram fields 4 3 destination node IPX datagram fields 4 3 destination port Layer 3 route cache search parameters 11 5 destination port number DVMRP upstream source parameters 7 42 destination socket IPX datagram fiel...

Page 305: ...nstream link parameters destination group address 7 41 DVMRP downstream interface 7 41 interface is pruned 7 42 interface type 7 41 prune expiration 7 42 source subnetwork 7 41 DVMRP downstream links 7 41 DVMRP downstream routers viewing 7 38 DVMRP global statistical parameters graft acknowledgments received 7 32 graft acknowledgments transmitted 7 32 graft messages received 7 32 graft messages tr...

Page 306: ... port number 7 42 flow source address 7 42 flow upstream interface 7 42 payload protocol type 7 42 source port number 7 42 DVMRP upstream sources 7 42 E echo reply rx AppleTalk global statistics 10 12 echo req rx AppleTalk global statistics 10 12 echo req tx AppleTalk global statistics 10 12 editing an AppleTalk static route 10 7 editing an AppleTalk zone filter 10 10 editing an NBP filter 10 8 ed...

Page 307: ...nition 16 3 event log wraps event statistics 16 7 event notification configuring 16 9 event statistics event log wraps 16 7 events dropped due to event system queue full 16 7 events dropped due to overload of event system 16 7 viewing 16 6 event table actions console 16 9 log 16 9 trap 16 9 events dropped due to event system queue full event statistics 16 7 events dropped due to overload of event ...

Page 308: ...parameters 12 9 forward transitions spanning tree bridge port parameters 12 10 forwarder cost to source network designated forwarder s table parameters 7 38 forwarder network address designated forwarder s table parameters 7 38 forwarding cache configuring 11 1 displaying 11 5 forwarding cache FE parameters aged entries 11 6 current entries 11 6 duplicate add attempts 11 6 entries removed due to r...

Page 309: ... 6 8 graft acknowledgments received DVMRP global statistical parameters 7 32 graft acknowledgments transmitted DVMRP global statistical parameters 7 32 graft messages received DVMRP global statistical parameters 7 32 graft messages transmitted DVMRP global statistical parameters 7 32 group address forwarding table parameters 14 5 group address IGMP group membership table parameters 7 30 group crea...

Page 310: ...ng 12 11 configuring 12 12 overview 1 10 overview P220 2 5 I ICMP in address mask reply IP routing global statistics 7 23 ICMP in address mask requests IP routing global statistics 7 23 ICMP in destination unreachable IP routing global statistics 7 23 ICMP in echo replys IP routing global statistics 7 23 ICMP in echo requests IP routing global statistics 7 23 ICMP in errors IP routing global stati...

Page 311: ...29 next query request in sec 7 29 number of current groups 7 30 query messages received 7 29 query messages transmitted 7 30 robustness variable 7 29 state 7 29 this router is group membership querier 7 29 unknown messages received 7 30 IGMP interface statistics viewing 7 28 IGMP interfaces configuring 7 17 IGMP local multicast forwarding cache displaying 7 31 IGMP local multicast forwarding cache...

Page 312: ...meters 6 1 IPX SAP interface statistical parameters 6 8 IPX SAP network filter parameters 6 5 IPX service table parameter 4 14 IPX service table search parameter 4 13 IPX static route 4 6 IPX static service parameter 4 8 IRDP parameters 7 46 OSPF interface parameters 9 4 RIP interface parameters 8 2 RIP statistical parameters 8 4 VRRP authentication 7 44 VRRP configuration parameters 7 43 VRRP sta...

Page 313: ...s 7 29 IP ARP searching ARP cache 7 26 IP configuration 7 1 IP forward datagrams IP routing global statistics 7 22 IP fragmentation creates IP routing global statistics 7 23 IP fragmentation failures 7 23 IP fragmentation OKs IP routing global statistics 7 23 IP global configuration parameters BOOTP DHCP relay agent 7 4 high preference static routes 7 5 intra area routes 7 5 IP multicast forwardin...

Page 314: ...ards 7 24 BOOTP DHCP in hops exceeded 7 24 BOOTP DHCP in requests 7 24 BOOTP DHCP in responses 7 24 BOOTP DHCP out requests 7 25 BOOTP DHCP out responses 7 25 ICMP in address mask reply 7 23 ICMP in address mask requests 7 23 ICMP in destination unreachable 7 23 ICMP in echo replys 7 23 ICMP in echo requests 7 23 ICMP in errors 7 23 ICMP in messages 7 23 ICMP in parameter problems 7 23 ICMP in red...

Page 315: ...he service table 4 13 global statistics 4 9 interface configuration 4 4 modifying IPX RIP filters 5 2 modifying static routes 4 7 modifying static services 4 9 network number 4 1 node number 4 1 RIP interfaces 5 1 routing table statistics 4 12 searching the route table 4 10 searching the service table 4 12 socket number 4 1 IPX datagram fields checksum 4 2 destination network 4 3 destination node ...

Page 316: ...etwork 5 3 ticks 5 3 IPX RIP filters creating 5 2 IPX RIP filters modifying 5 2 IPX RIP interface statistical parameters bad packets received 5 6 interface 5 6 network number 5 6 non triggered updates sent 5 6 requests received 5 6 state 5 6 triggered updates sent 5 6 updates received 5 6 IPX RIP interface statistics displaying 3 1 5 5 IPX route table examining 4 11 IPX route table parameters hops...

Page 317: ...IPX service table parameters name 4 14 IPX service table search parameter service name 4 13 service type 4 13 IPX service table search parameters interface 4 13 source 4 13 IPX static route hops 4 6 interface 4 6 network 4 6 next hop node 4 6 ticks 4 6 IPX static route parameters 4 6 IPX static routes creating 4 6 deleting 4 7 modifying 4 7 IPX static service parameter hops 4 8 interface 4 8 netwo...

Page 318: ...modules 20 port 10 100Base TX 1 4 Layer 3 forwarding cache displaying 11 5 searching the routing cache 11 4 Layer 3 forwarding cache FE parameters aged entries 11 6 current entries 11 6 duplicate add attempts 11 6 entries removed due to route changes 11 6 entries removed due to route deletes 11 6 failed add attempts 11 6 lookup hits 11 6 lookup levels 11 6 lookup misses 11 6 memory use in bytes 11...

Page 319: ...per VLAN parameters intelligent multicast session statistics 15 15 LGMP message reception statistics 15 15 LGMP messages transmission statistics 15 15 state 15 15 VLAN 15 15 LGMP servers LGMP server configuration parameters 15 13 limit proxy ARP to same network IP global configuration parameters 7 4 link data LSA detail 9 16 link ID LSA detail 9 16 link state advertisement details viewing 9 15 lin...

Page 320: ...2 maximum groups IGMP interface parameters 7 17 maximum number of ARP cache entries IP global configuration parameters 7 4 maximum number of paths OSPF global configuration parameters 9 2 maximum number of routes DVMRP parameters 7 19 IP global configuration parameters 7 4 maximum number of routes 4 4 maximum number of services IPX global parameters 4 4 maximum system entries Layer 3 cache configu...

Page 321: ...ameters 7 3 IP interface parameters 7 6 multicast pruning hardware 2 3 2 4 multicast routing description 7 16 multicast session client port 15 8 multicast session client port parameters application 15 9 port 15 9 multicast session parameters application 15 8 client port 15 8 MAC address 15 8 session ID 15 8 type 15 8 VLAN 15 8 multicast statistics IP 7 27 multi gigabit connections example 12 11 mu...

Page 322: ... new sessions created IGMP snooping 15 12 next hop AppleTalk route table statistics 10 14 next probe message in sec DVMRP interface statistical parameters 7 33 next pruned downstream interface to timeout DVMRP multicast forwarding cache parameters 7 40 next query request in sec IGMP interface statistical parameters 7 29 next hop address IP static route parameters 7 14 next hop MAC address IPX rout...

Page 323: ...ters 7 6 monitoring switch performance 9 8 OSPF global configuration parameters 9 2 searching the link state database 9 12 OSPF area parameters area ID 9 3 area type 9 3 stub metric 9 3 translate 7 into 5 9 3 type 3 ASE filter 9 3 OSPF areas deleting 9 3 modifying 9 4 OSPF external routes IP global configuration parameters 7 5 OSPF global configuration configuring 9 2 OSPF global configuration par...

Page 324: ...inks deleting 9 6 modifying 9 7 overflow drops buffer management table parameters 13 4 oversize packets Ethernet interface statistical parameters 17 4 overview intelligent multicasting 15 2 Layer 2 15 3 overview of Layer 2 routing 1 7 overview of Layer 2 traffic routing 1 8 overview of Layer 3 learned traffic routing 1 8 overview of Layer 3 not learned traffic routing 1 8 overview of Layer 3 routi...

Page 325: ... priority 10 100 port parameter 3 12 gigabit port parameters 3 9 port VLAN 3Com SuperStack parameters 3 21 Bay Networks System 5000 parameters 3 21 Cisco Catalyst 5000 parameters 3 20 configuring switch port parameters 3 14 switch port configuration parameters 3 15 switch port parameter 3 13 port VLAN parameters configuring 3 16 port VLAN selecting 3 14 port based VLANs 12 2 power supply power sys...

Page 326: ...ed IGMP interface statistical parameters 7 30 query request interval IGMP interface parameters 7 17 query response interval IGMP interface parameters 7 18 queues managing 13 2 service ratio 13 1 R rate limit burst size 10 100 port parameter 3 12 rate limit mode 10 100 port parameter 3 12 rate limit rate 10 100 port parameter 3 12 read only SNMP access level 3 24 read write SNMP access level 3 24 r...

Page 327: ...ss 8 2 receive version 8 3 split horizon 8 3 version 8 2 RIP interfaces configuring 8 2 RIP packet tracing enabling 16 4 RIP queries IP routing table statistical parameters 7 26 RIP route changes IP routing table statistical parameters 7 26 RIP routes IP global configuration parameters 7 5 RIP statistical parameters bad packets received 8 4 bad routes received 8 4 interface 8 4 IP address 8 4 non ...

Page 328: ... security level configuring SNMP communities 3 24 SNMP communities parameters 3 23 security levels SNMP 3 24 seed AppleTalk interface statistics 10 14 segmented address tables 2 4 sequence LSA detail 9 16 OSPF link state database parameter 9 14 serial line connection 3 1 server ID priority LGMP server configuration parameters 15 13 service name IPX service table search parameter 4 13 IPX static se...

Page 329: ...e cache search parameters 11 5 port mirroring information parameters 17 7 source port number DVMRP upstream source parameters 7 42 source socket IPX datagram fields 4 3 source subnetwork DVMRP downstream link parameters 7 41 DVMRP multicast forwarding cache parameters 7 40 IGMP local multicast forwarding cache parameters 7 31 upstream prune information 7 41 spanning tree 12 8 IEEE 802 1 option 12 ...

Page 330: ...rs 9 2 SPF runs OSPF statistical parameters 9 9 SPF suspend OSPF global configuration parameters 9 2 split horizon RIP interface parameters 8 3 stale drops 13 4 buffer management table parameters 13 4 STAP mode switch port parameter 3 13 start event class parameters 16 8 one time summer time hours configuration 3 37 summer time hoursu tia11 r t 7 19 49n ...

Page 331: ...ation editing 3 33 system information changing contact 3 33 location 3 33 name 3 33 system reset performing 3 45 T TACACS IP helper address parameters 7 51 tag LSA detail 9 16 TblInst address forwarding table parameters 14 5 TCP established IP access list parameters 7 11 TCP UDP destination port IP access list parameters 7 11 TCP UDP source port IP access list parameters 7 11 Technical Support con...

Page 332: ...istical parameters 8 4 trunk mode 3Com SuperStack parameters 3 21 Bay Networks System 5000 parameters 3 21 Cisco Catalyst 5000 parameters 3 20 switch port configuration parameters 3 15 switch port parameter 3 13 TTL AppleTalk ARP cache table statistics 10 16 IPX route table parameter 4 11 IPX service table parameter 4 14 purge 8 2 TTL expired AppleTalk global statistics 10 12 TTY console configura...

Page 333: ...upstream router DVMRP route table parameters 7 37 upstream source IGMP local multicast forwarding cache parameters 7 31 upstream sources 7 42 DVMRP multicast forwarding cache parameters 7 40 use default route use default route 4 4 use default route for proxy ARP IP global configuration parameters 7 4 use interpacket gap IPX SAP interface parameters 6 1 use max packet size IPX SAP interface paramet...

Page 334: ...eration 12 1 router port display parameters 15 6 search 14 4 static multicast session configuration parameters 15 10 static multicast session parameters 15 10 VLAN association address table instance parameters 14 2 VLAN binding Cisco Catalyst 5000 parameters 3 20 switch port configuration parameters 3 15 VLAN binding configuring Virtual LANs 3 17 VLAN bindings 3Com SuperStack parameters 3 21 Bay N...

Page 335: ... protocol event log settings 16 5 Web Agent 1 14 2 9 logging in 3 6 logging into 3 6 setting up user accounts 3 6 Web based management 1 14 2 9 week one time summer time hours configuration 3 38 summer time hours configuration 3 35 X Xon Xoff flow control 3 25 Z Zip Ext Reply Rx AppleTalk global statistics 10 13 Zip Ext Reply Tx AppleTalk global statistics 10 13 Zip GNI Rq Rx AppleTalk global stat...

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