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Working with configuration files

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Step

Action

From the Device Manager main menu, choose Edit > File System.

The FileSystem dialog box appears with the Config/Image/Diag
tab displayed.

Click the Save Configuration tab.

The Save Configuration tab appears.

Figure 96
Save Config tab

The following table describes the Save Configuration tab fields.

Table 124
Save Configuration tab fields

Field

Description

AutoSavetoNvramEnabled

Enables or disables autosave on the switch.

Action

Select the copyConfigToNvram option to save the switch
configuration to NVRAM (and click Apply).

Status

This field displays the status of the copyConfigToNvram action.
Possible values are:

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other—no action has been taken since switch boot

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inProgress—the operation is in progress

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success—the operation succeeded

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fail—the operation failed

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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B)

02.02

Standard

4.1

19 November 2007

Summary of Contents for 2500 Seriess

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Page 5: ... desktop switch application 34 Branch office workgroup switch application 35 Medium sized office wiring closet switch application 36 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series stacking 39 Stacking capabilities 39 Stacking functionality delivery 40 Stack enabled switches 40 Standalone configuration with license files 40 Stack configuration 45 Configuring the operational mode on rear ports using the...

Page 6: ... Choosing a BootP request mode 70 Flash memory storage 72 Configuration File Download Upload 73 Requirements 73 Binary configuration file 73 ASCII configuration file 74 Autotopology 74 Link Layer Discovery Protocol IEEE 802 1ab 74 Ethernet port management features 77 Autosensing and autonegotiation 77 Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements 77 High speed flow control 78 Rate Limiting Configuration 7...

Page 7: ...ling the Device Manager software 102 Installing JDM on Windows 102 Windows minimum requirements 103 Removing previous versions of JDM on Windows 103 Installing JDM on Windows from the CD 104 Installing JDM on Windows from the web 104 Executing the JDM installation software on Windows 105 Installing JDM on UNIX or Linux 110 Minimum requirements 111 Installing JDM on Solaris from the CD 111 Installi...

Page 8: ...ack information 151 Viewing summary information 153 Changing stack numbering 154 Identifying unit numbers 155 Power over Ethernet for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T PWR and 2550T PWR 157 Diagnosing and correcting PoE problems 158 Status codes on PoE ports 158 Configuring PoE switch parameters using the CLI 158 poe poe pd detect type command 158 poe poe power usage threshold command 159 poe poe ...

Page 9: ... ip name server command 186 no ip name server command 187 ip domain name command 187 no ip domain name command 188 default ip domain name command 188 Configuration Management 188 Automatically loading Configuration file 188 ASCII Configuration Generator 191 Customizing your system 193 Setting the terminal 193 Displaying system information 195 Setting boot parameters 196 Setting TFTP parameters 197...

Page 10: ...topology command 216 no autotopology command 216 default autotopology command 216 show autotopology settings 216 show autotopology nmm table 217 Configuring LLDP using the CLI 217 lldp command 218 default lldp command 219 lldp config notification command 219 no lldp config notification command 220 default lldp config notification command 220 lldp tx tlv command 221 no lldp tx tlv command 221 defau...

Page 11: ...nd 244 Enabling Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements CANA 244 show auto negotiation advertisements command 245 show auto negotiation capabilities command 245 auto negotiation advertisements command 246 no auto negotiation advertisements command 247 default auto negotiation advertisements command 247 Configuring the switch using Device Manager 249 Viewing Unit information 249 Unit tab 250 Rate Lim...

Page 12: ...tab 294 Neighbor tab 295 Neighbor Mgmt Address tab 297 Unknown TLV tab 299 Organizational Defined Info tab 300 Configuring ports using Device Manager 303 Viewing and editing a single port configuration 303 Interface tab for a single port 304 Viewing and editing multiple port configurations 307 Interface tab for multiple ports 308 Administering the switch using web based management 311 Viewing syst...

Page 13: ...37 Diagnosing and correcting problems 337 Normal power up sequence 338 Port connection problems 339 Appendix A DB 9 RS 232 D Console Comm Port connector 341 Appendix B Default settings 343 Appendix C Sample BootP configuration file 351 Appendix D Command List 353 Appendix E Technical specifications 375 Environmental specifications 375 AC power specifications 375 Physical dimensions 376 Performance...

Page 15: ...mber and AutoUnitReplacementEnabled are updated for the System tab under Configuring the switch using Device Manager chapter For more information see System tab page 259 Changed the screen for License File tab For more information see Copying the license file using the Java Device Manager page 42 Information on the new tabs Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time are updated with new procedure and scre...

Page 16: ...16 New in this release Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 17: ...d above A switch is referred to by its specific name while describing a feature exclusive to the switch The Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series operates in the Standalone Mode and Stacking Mode in this product release Before you begin This guide is intended for network administrators who have the following background basic knowledge of networks switching Ethernet bridging and IP routing familiarit...

Page 18: ...erts or show ip routes but not both brackets Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions Do not type the brackets when entering the command Example If the command syntax is show ip interfaces alerts you can enter either show ip interfaces or show ip interfaces alerts italic text Indicates variables in command syntax descriptions Also indicates new terms and book titles Where a variable is tw...

Page 19: ...ing NN47215 501 Describes how to configure Virtual Local Area Networks VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol STP and MultiLink Trunk MLT features for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration Quality of Service NN47215 504 Describes how to configure and manage Quality of Service and IP Filtering features for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Norte...

Page 20: ...ller If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel product from a distributor or authorized reseller contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center If you do not find the information you require on the Nortel Technical Support web site and have a Nortel support contract you can also get help over the phone from ...

Page 21: ...How to get help 21 www nortel com erc Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 23: ...s the hardware features and components of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series devices It includes information about the following topics Hardware components of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series page 23 Network configuration examples page 34 Hardware components of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Front panel Figure 1 Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T PWR page 24 shows an Ethernet Routi...

Page 24: ...g Switch 2526T 2526T PWR 2550T and 2550T PWR Table 1 Components on the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 front panel page 25 describes the components on the front panel Figure 2 Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T front panel Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 25: ...2 SFP Gigabit Interface Converter GBIC slots 3 10 100BaseT RJ 45 connector ports copper 4 10 100 1000BaseT RJ 45 connector ports copper 5 PoE ports on 2526T PWR and 2550T PWR models only Console port With the Console port you can access the Command Line Interface CLI commands to customize your network For more information about using the CLI see CLI Basics page 81 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 25...

Page 26: ...ent components designed for use with Nortel products to allow Gigabit Ethernet ports to link with other Gigabit Ethernet ports over various media types The Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series supports the following SFPs 1000Base SX SFP GBIC mini GBIC connector type LC 1000Base SX SFP GBIC mini GBIC connector type MT RJ 1000Base LX SFP GBIC mini GBIC connector type LC CWDM SFPs For more information...

Page 27: ...lly enabled on the port as well If autonegotiation is disabled on a port then the port operates as a standard MDI X port Power over Ethernet on Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T PWR and 2550T PWR The Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T PWR and 2550T PWR provide IEEE 802 3af compliant power over the PoE labeled front panel RJ 45 ports The switches provide power discovery and power management on each port bas...

Page 28: ...itch is operational Status Switch status Green Off The switch failed the self test On Power is present PWR Switch Pow er Status Green Off Switch is not connected to a power source Steady This port is set to operate at 1 Gb s and the link is good Green Flashing This port is disabled by software Steady This port is set to operate at 10 100 Mb s and the link is good Speed RJ45 SFP Uplink port speed A...

Page 29: ...on the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series back panel page 29 describes the components on the back panel Figure 7 Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series back panel Table 3 Components on the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series back panel Item Description 1 AC power receptacle 2 Kensington lock 3 Base Unit select switch 4 Additional 1000BaseT RJ 45 connector rear ports For switch operating mode ports 2...

Page 30: ... end and must meet the IEC 320 030 specifications Table 4 International power cord specifications page 30 lists specifications for international power cords Table 4 International power cord specifications Country Plug description Specifications Typical plug Continental Europe CEE7 standard VII male plug Harmonized cord HAR marking on the outside of the cord jacket to comply with the CENELEC Harmon...

Page 31: ...cal documentation for this product for detailed installation procedures to be followed by qualified service personnel CAUTION Vorsicht Bitte sofort lesen Sehen Sie nach ob dieses Netzkabel über den richtigen Stecker verfügt und für die Verwendung in Ihrem Stromversogungsnetz zertifiziert ist Falls dieses Kabel nicht für das Stromversorgungsnetz in Ihrem Land geeignet ist darf es nicht verwendet we...

Page 32: ...ale cavo non sia adatto al sistema elettrico del paese in cui viene utilizzato e richiederne un altro certificato dall ente nazionale di fornitura elettrica Per le procedure di installazione che devono essere seguite dal personale di servizio consultare questa documentazione tecnica del prodotto CAUTION Advertencia Sírvase leer inmediatamente Inspeccione este cable de alimentación eléctrica y dete...

Page 33: ...nfach zugänglich ist WARNING Avertissement Le débranchement du cordon d alimentation constitue le seul moyen de mettre cet appareil hors tension Le cordon d alimentation doit donc toujours être branché dans une prise accessible pour faciliter la mise hors tension en cas d urgence WARNING Advertencia La única forma de desconectar la alimentación de este dispositivo es desenchufar el cable de alimen...

Page 34: ...fice desktop switch application page 34 Branch office workgroup switch application page 35 Medium sized office wiring closet switch application page 36 Small office desktop switch application Figure 8 Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series used as a desktop switch page 35 shows the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series used as a desktop switch in a small office environment The desktop workstations and ...

Page 35: ...irectly to the switch ports Alternatively an ERS 2500 series switch that supports Power over Ethernet PoE can provide connectivity and power to IP Phones and Wireless LAN Access Points WLAN APs in addition to desktop workstations and servers The Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 series switch can optionally be stacked up to 8 units to form a single virtual switch providing up to 384 10 100Mb s connecti...

Page 36: ... directly to the switch ports Figure 10 Configuring power workgroups and a wiring closet switch page 37 shows the Ethernet Routing Switch 1600 series used as a backbone switch connecting to Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 S1 with an optional 1000BASE SX SFP GBIC for maximum bandwidth S2 is a single virtual switch stack of three ERS 2500 switches providing 10 or 100Mb s also connecting to the ERS 1624...

Page 37: ...s 37 Figure 10 Configuring power workgroups and a wiring closet switch Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 38: ...Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series hardware Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 39: ... Switch 2526T Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T PWR and Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T PWR units The stack ports on ERS 2500 series switches provide 4Gbps FDX stack bandwidth for an aggregate of up to 32Gbps for a stack of eight units A stack of Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 series switches can also consist of a mix of stack pre enabled units as well as...

Page 40: ... still available for configuration on the rear ports of stack enabled units For information on adding or replacing a new unit see Adding Replacing a stack unit page 53 All factory pre enabled units are identifiable through CLI Web UI and Device Manager with the text Stack Enabled included in the switch description for identification purposes Standalone configuration with license files Standalone u...

Page 41: ...command page 41 show license command page 42 clear license command page 42 copy tftp license command The copy tftp license command copies the license file from a TFTP server to your switch After you copy the license to the switch you need to perform a reboot to activate the license ATTENTION The license is copied to NVRAM If you reset the switch to default this removes the license from the switch ...

Page 42: ...tput for the show license all command after installing the license file Figure 11 show license all command output clear license command The clear license command deletes the existing licenses on your switch The syntax for the clear license command is clear license 1 10 all The clear license command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode Copying the license file using the Java Device Manag...

Page 43: ... the file extension Numerals are allowed in the LicenseFileName but special characters like and so on are not allowed 5 In the LicenseFileAction field select dnldLicense 6 Click Apply 7 Click Refresh The LicenseFileStatus field displays the file copy progress After the file copy completes a warning message appears prompting you to reboot the switch and activate the license 8 To reboot the switch c...

Page 44: ...e Download page appears Figure 12 License Download page The following table describes the fields on the License Download page Table 6 License Download page fields Fields Description License Image Filename Type the valid license image filename Select Target Choose the target address TFTP Server IP Address Type the IP address of your TFTP download host Start Load of New License File Choose Yes to st...

Page 45: ...units to the off position 3 Plug all stack cables in to the rear RJ 45 cascade ports and ensure the cables are connected from Cascade Down on the first unit to Cascade Up on the second unit and so on The last unit in the stack must be connected back to the first unit for full stack resiliency Ensure all the cascade cables are properly connected 4 Power up all the switches in the stack starting wit...

Page 46: ...d Table 7 rear ports mode command Parameters and variables Description unit 1 8 Specifies the unit number You can use a maximum of eight units standalone stacking Specifies the operational mode of the selected unit show rear ports mode command The show rear ports mode displays the operational mode of the rear port The syntax for the show rear ports mode is show rear ports mode The show rear ports ...

Page 47: ...rts for connecting switch units in a stack configuration The rear panel components are illustrated in the following diagram Figure 14 Rear panel components Unit Select switch The Unit Select switch is used to designate a switch in the stack as the base unit Sliding the switch to the right designates that switch as the base unit Only one switch in a stack has the Unit Select switch in the base unit...

Page 48: ... unit above A return cable from the Cascade Up port of the first unit must be connected to the Cascade Down port of the last unit to complete a stack connection ATTENTION Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 series switches use tested and certified Category 5E UTP cables as stack cables All Nortel branded ERS 2500 series stack cables are for use with these switches However Cat 5E stack cable connec...

Page 49: ...he new stack MAC address is the MAC address of the new base unit plus 1 The original stack IP address still applies to the new base unit Stack configurations Due to stack parameters being associated with the base unit the physical stack order depends on the base unit position and whether the stack is configured cascade up stack up or cascade down stack down This designation depends on the stack ca...

Page 50: ...ector of the base unit terminates in the Cascade Up connector physically located at the bottom of the stack This next unit is designated Unit 2 The stack is wired upward through the units and the system continues to number in this manner throughout the stack In this configuration the base unit discovers the stack in a cascade up stack up direction The following illustration demonstrates a cascade ...

Page 51: ...nagement software The stack can be managed using a Telnet session web based management interface or any SNMP based management software through any stack switch port When stacking two or more switches use the 3 meters cascade max return cable part number AL2518003 E6 to complete the link from the last unit in the stack to the base unit Temporary base unit If an assigned base unit fails the next uni...

Page 52: ...ny single unit fails or if a cable is accidently disconnected other units in the stack remain operational without interruption In addition to increasing bandwidth the software uses the cables to provide two paths between units If one path breaks the data travels over the remaining path with half the normal inter switch bandwidth The following diagram shows an example of a stack configuration with ...

Page 53: ...g a stack unit To replace a failed stack unit or insert a new unit into a stack follow this procedure Step Action 1 Upload a copy of the stack configuration file to a TFTP server Since unit failure is not a predictable situation it is suggested that the stack configuration file is backed up regularly to a TFTP server 2 Obtain the new ERS 2500 switch Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overv...

Page 54: ...placed remember that the stack elected a temporary base unit The new unit cannot automatically resume operation as the base unit even with the Unit Select switch set to Base To restore the stack to its original running state with the new unit set to Base using the Unit Select switch the switch stack must be reset Auto Unit Replacement The Auto Unit Replacement AUR feature enables users to replace ...

Page 55: ...NABLE Customer log messages are provided ATTENTION After booting a stack use the CLI command show stack auto unit replacement from a unit console to find out if that unit is ready for replacement AUR function The CFG mirror image is a mirror of a CFG image in FLASH of a unit in a stack The mirror image does not reside in the same unit with the CFG image The unit that contains the CFG image is call...

Page 56: ...are Non Based Units NBU Unit 1 BU contains mirror images for unit 2 CFG 2 and unit 3 CFG 3 Unit 2 NBU is the TEMP BU It contains a mirror image of unit 1 CFG 1 in case the BU unit 1 is removed from the stack All three mirror images CFG 1 CFG 2 and CFG 3 are active Unit 2 is the Associated Unit of the CFG 2 mirror image The Mac Address 2 is the Associated Mac Address AMA of the CFG 2 mirror image F...

Page 57: ...ed CFG mirror image in the stack becomes INACTIVE The AUR feature ensures that the stack always has two copies of an INACTIVE CFG mirror image These two copies must not reside in the same unit in the stack For example after the removal of unit 4 from the stack shown in Figure 16 CFG mirror images in the stack after adding unit 4 page 57 the CFG 4 mirror image becomes INACTIVE see Figure 17 CFG mir...

Page 58: ...r the removal of the BU from the stack shown in Figure 16 CFG mirror images in the stack after adding unit 4 page 57 the TEMP BU unit 2 has to mirror all the CFG images in the stack see Figure 18 CFG mirror images in the stack after removing the BU unit 1 page 59 The feature also ensures that the stack always has two copies of an INACTIVE CFG mirror image Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series...

Page 59: ...created in unit 3 The TEMP BU unit 2 contains all CFG mirror images of the stack s NBUs The CFG 2 mirror image is created in unit 3 Unit 3 becomes the next TEMP BU in case the current TEMP BU is removed Restoring a CFG image Restoring a CFG image is a process that overwrites the CFG image of a new unit in a stack with an INACTIVE mirror image stored in the stack Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500...

Page 60: ...eceived CFG image to its flash 4 The new unit resets itself End For example if a unit 5 MAC Address 5 is added to the stack shown in Figure 18 CFG mirror images in the stack after removing the BU unit 1 page 59 the following occurs see Figure 19 CFG mirror images in the stack after adding unit 5 page 61 The INACTIVE CFG 1 mirror image is copied to the CFG 5 image Unit 5 now has the configuration o...

Page 61: ...escribes the CLI commands used in AUR configuration show stack auto unit replacement command The show stack auto unit replacement command displays the current AUR settings The syntax for this command is show stack auto unit replacement The stack auto unit replacement enable command is in all command modes Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B...

Page 62: ... The syntax for this command is no stack auto unit replacement enable The no stack auto unit replacement enable command is executed in the Global Configuration mode There are no parameters or variables for the no stack auto unit replacement enable command default stack auto unit replacement enable command The default stack auto unit replacement enable command restores the default AUR settings The ...

Page 63: ...uptime for each unit in a stack and reports this information when requested You can determine how long each unit is connected to the stack You can use the show stack info uptime to display the unit uptimes The syntax for the show stack info uptime is show stack info uptime The show stack info uptime is executed in Privileged EXEC command mode and takes no parameters Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch ...

Page 64: ...el Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series stacking Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 65: ...switch using Command Line Interface CLI The CLI is used to automate general management and configuration of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Use the CLI through a Telnet connection or through the serial port on the console See CLI Basics page 81 for more information Java based Device Manager Device Manager is a Java based set of graphical network management applications used to configure and manag...

Page 66: ...9600 baud with eight data bits One stop bit No parity as the communications format Flow control set to disabled Switch banner When you connect to the switch through the Console port or through a Telnet connection you are presented with a Nortel switch banner Enter Ctrl Y to proceed to the CLI interface Figure 20 Login banner User name and password You can use the CLI to set user names as well as p...

Page 67: ...ng Switch 2500 Series see Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 Logging in If you set a password using the username or cli password command the next time you access the switch you are prompted for a username and password as shown in Figure 21 Login screen page 67 default usernames are RW and RO Figure 21 Login screen Enter a valid user name an...

Page 68: ...SNTP The Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP feature synchronizes the Universal Coordinated Time UTC to an accuracy within 1 second This feature adheres to the IEEE RFC 2030 MIB is the s5agent With this feature the system can obtain the time from any RFC 2030 compliant NTP SNTP server ATTENTION If you have trouble using this feature try other NTP servers Some NTP servers can be overloaded or current...

Page 69: ...rrect time for your local time zone and daylight savings time you must use the following commands clock time zone page 213 no clock time zone page 213 clock summer time page 213 no clock summer time page 214 show clock time zone page 214 Figure 75 show clock summer time page 215 Using DNS to ping and Telnet You can use the DNS client to ping or Telnet to a host server or to a host by name To use t...

Page 70: ... configuration using the CLI page 177 BootP automatic IP configuration MAC address The Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series has a unique 48 bit hardware address or MAC address that is printed on a label on the back panel You can use this MAC address when you configure the network BootP server to recognize the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series BootP requests A properly configured BootP server lets...

Page 71: ...d If BootP fails and the configured IP address is the default then the switch uses the default IP address 192 168 1 1 24 If BootP fails and the configured IP address is 0 0 0 0 then the switch retains this address BootP Always This option lets you manage the switch that is configured with the IP address obtained from the BootP server The Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series operates in the BootP Al...

Page 72: ...ts BootP requests until it receives a BootP reply containing an in band IP address If the switch does not receive a BootP reply that contains an in band IP address within 10 minutes the switch uses the last in band IP address it received from a BootP server This IP information is displayed in the Last BootP column If the IP address specified as the in band IP address is not currently in use these ...

Page 73: ...nfiguration file parameter information Table 8 Parameters not saved to the configuration file These parameters are not saved In Band Switch IP Address In Band Subnet Mask Default Gateway Configuration Image Filename TFTP Server IP Address Terminal settings speed width length Binary configuration file You can store the configuration parameters of a switch to a TFTP server and retrieve the stored pa...

Page 74: ...ice including PCs IP Phones switches and routers Each LLDP station stores LLDP information in a standard Management Information Base MIB making it possible for the information to be accessed by a network management system NMS or application Each LLDP station advertises connectivity and management information about the local station to adjacent stations on the same 802 LAN 802 3 Ethernet with Ether...

Page 75: ...he capabilities and current status of the system associated with a remote MSAP identifier However LLDP agents cannot solicit information from each other You can set the local LLDP agent to transmit only receive only or to both transmit and receive LLDP information You can configure the state for LLDP reception and transmission using SNMP or CLI commands Connectivity and management information The ...

Page 76: ...nal management TLVs are as follows Port Description TLV System Name TLV System Description TLV System Capabilities TLV indicates both the system supported capabilities and enabled capabilities such as end station bridge or router Management Address TLV Transmitting LLDPDUs When a transmit cycle is initiated the LLDP manager extracts the managed objects from the LLDP local system MIB and formats th...

Page 77: ...not possible to sense the duplex mode of the attached device the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series reverts to half duplex mode When autonegotiation capable devices are attached to the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series the ports negotiate down from 100 Mb s speed and full duplex mode until the attached device acknowledges a supported speed and duplex mode Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements C...

Page 78: ...ol The high speed flow control feature lets you control traffic and avoid congestion on the gigabit full duplex link If the receive port buffer becomes full the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series issues a flow control signal to the device at the other end of the link to suspend transmission When the receive buffer is no longer full the switch issues a signal to resume the transmission You can cho...

Page 79: ...icast traffic Consequently you cannot perform port specific actions such as disabling a port You can generate a trap to detect the excess traffic or you can configure the switch to store a message in the system log when the traffic on the port exceeds the threshold value This message in the system log conveys that some traffic to the switch is dropped When the volume of either packet type is high ...

Page 80: ... The following IEEE Standards also contain information germane to the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series IEEE 802 1D Standard for Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 3 Ethernet IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagging Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 81: ...nds see Appendix Command List page 353 You can use the CLI interactively or you can load and execute CLI scripts CLI scripts are loaded in one of the following ways Entering the configure network command Manually loading the script in the console menu Automatically loading the script at boot up This chapter contains information about the following CLI topics CLI command modes page 82 Port numberin...

Page 82: ...g passwords and booting the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series The Privileged EXEC mode is also referred to as privExec mode The Global Configuration mode and the Interface Configuration mode allow you to change the configuration of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Changes made in these command modes are immediately applied to the switch configuration and saved to NVRAM The Global Configur...

Page 83: ...exit to specific command modes Table 9 Command mode prompts and entrance exit commands page 83 describes the command mode prompts and entrance exit commands Table 9 Command mode prompts and entrance exit commands Command mode Sample Prompt for the Ethernet Switch 2500 Enter exit command User EXEC exec 2500T Default mode automatically enter logout or exit to quit to Main Menu Nortel Ethernet Routin...

Page 84: ...nd the current CLI command mode For example User EXEC 2500T Privileged EXEC 2500T Global Configuration 2500T config Interface Configuration 2500T config if See Appendix Command List page 353 for a complete alphabetical list of all CLI commands and where they are explained The initial command mode in CLI depends on your access level when you logged into the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series With ...

Page 85: ...command Port numbering in Standalone Mode In a Standalone Mode the port number variable is an integer between 1 and 52 for Ethernet Routing Switch 2550 and 1 to 28 for Ethernet Routing Switch 2526 You can use the portlist variable in the following formats A single port number a integer between 1 and 52 Example 7 means port 7 A range of port numbers a pair of port numbers between 1 and 52 separated...

Page 86: ...5 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows NT Cable and connector to match the male DTE connector DB 9 on the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Console port with the DCE DTE switch on the switch management module set to DTE VT100 Arrows checked in the Terminal Preferences window under Terminal Options and Block Cursor unchecked VT 100 ANSI checked under Emulation To access CLI use the follo...

Page 87: ...ough the CLI online Help is available at all levels Entering a portion of the command space and a question mark at the prompt results in a list of all options for that command See help command page 89 for more information about specific types of Help Basic navigation This section discusses basic navigation around the CLI and between the command modes As you see the CLI incorporates various shortcu...

Page 88: ...e 353 for an alphabetical list of no commands Add the word default to the beginning of most CLI configuration commands to set the parameters of the command to the factory default values See Appendix Command List page 353 for an alphabetical list of default commands When you enter a portion of the command and press the Tab key the system finds the first unambiguous match of a command and displays t...

Page 89: ...ive help Esc C and Esc U Capitalize character at cursor Esc l Change character at cursor to lowercase Esc B Move back 1 word Esc D Delete 1 word to the right Esc F Move 1 word forward help command The help command is in all command modes and displays a brief message about using the CLI help system The syntax for the help command is help The help command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command m...

Page 90: ...l configuration commands support the no prefix command default command The default command is always used as a prefix to a configuration command and it restores the configuration parameters to default values The default values are specified by each command See Appendix A for an alphabetical listing of all default commands ATTENTION Not all commands support the default prefix command logout command...

Page 91: ...e 11 configure command parameters and variables page 91 describes the parameters and variables for the configure command Table 11 configure command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description terminal network Specifies the source for the configuration commands for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series terminal a you to enter Global Configuration command mode to enter configurat...

Page 92: ...mmand has no parameters or variables end command The end command moves you to the priv Exec mode from either the Global Configuration config mode or the Interface Configuration config if mode The syntax for the end command is end The end command has no parameters or variables exit command The exit command moves you around the command modes In User EXEC exec and Privileged EXEC privExec command mod...

Page 93: ...and provides you with a safeguard against any misconfigurations when you perform dynamic configuration changes on a remote switch The following example describes how you can use the reload command to prevent connectivity loss to a remote switch Step Action 1 Enter the CLI command reload force 30 This instructs the switch to reboot in 30 minutes loading the configuration from NVRAM During this 30 m...

Page 94: ...sets reloads the last saved configuration and re enables the autosave feature The syntax for the reload command is reload force minutes to wait 1 60 cancel describes the parameters and variables for the interface command Table 13 reload command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description force Instructs the switch to skip the reload confirmation prompt minutes to wait 1 60 Specif...

Page 95: ...sions display the following message The shutdown process is in progress It is safe to poweroff the stack Configuration changes will not be saved Shutdown has blocked the flash Autoreset in xxxx seconds ATTENTION You can disable switch ports that are trunk members if you choose to disable them one by one If you choose to disable all ports of the unit or stack the changes cannot have effect on the p...

Page 96: ...ou how to view basic system information such as the current software version This section contains information about the following topics show sys info command page 96 show tech command page 97 show sys info command The show sys info command displays the current system characteristics The syntax for the show sys info command is show sys info The show sys info command is executed in the Privileged ...

Page 97: ...ys detailed system information The syntax for the show tech command is show tech The show tech command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode The show tech command has no parameters or variables Figure 26 show tech command output page 97 displays a sample output from the show tech command Figure 26 show tech command output Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configu...

Page 98: ...ibes the parameters and variables for the show mac address table command Table 15 show mac address table command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description vid 1 4094 Enter the number of the VLAN you want to display the forwarding database Default is to display the management VLAN s database aging time Displays the time in seconds after which an unused entry is removed from the ...

Page 99: ... 99 describes the parameters and variables for the mac address table aging time command Table 16 mac address table aging time command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description time Enter the aging time in seconds that you want for MAC addresses before they are flushed default mac address table aging time command The default mac address table aging time command sets the time tha...

Page 100: ...mac address table aging time command has no parameters or variables Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 101: ...anager basics page 119 Installing Device Manager The JDM software is provided on the device software CD as a self extracting executable file and is also available from the Nortel web site This chapter provides instructions for installing the JDM software in a Windows UNIX or Linux environment The Java Runtime Environment JRE is bundled with the JDM software and does not require a separate installa...

Page 102: ...oftware already exists JDM saves the IP addresses that are visited to a settings file A JDM uninstall operation does not remove this settings file In a Windows environment the settings file is dm xml and is created in the jdm folder under window user profile directory In a UNIX environment the settings file is jdm dm xml In a Linux environment the settings file is jdm dm xml The dm xml file contai...

Page 103: ...ss Remove existing versions of Device Manager software by using the Uninstall DM option that was created in the Windows Start menu during installation For example to remove Device Manager from a Windows XP system using the default program group choose the following option from the Windows Start menu All Programs Nortel Java Device Manager Uninstall DM If no program group was added to the Windows S...

Page 104: ...In the file name xxxx represents the current version of the JDM software Continue with Executing the JDM installation software on Windows page 105 End Installing JDM on Windows from the web To obtain the JDM software from the Nortel web site use the following procedure Step Action 1 Go to the following URL www nortel com support 2 Select the software support page for your product The software page...

Page 105: ...ON In the file name xxxx represents the current version of the JDM software Continue with Executing the JDM installation software on Windows page 105 End Executing the JDM installation software on Windows An install screen appears followed by a Nortel dialog box When the InstallAnywhere Introduction dialog box appears you are ready to install the JDM Figure 28 InstallAnywhere Introduction dialog b...

Page 106: ...appears 2 Click I accept the terms of the License Agreement License Agreement dialog box 3 Click Next The Choose Install Set dialog box appears Choose Install Set dialog box Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 107: ...s prior to installation 5 Click Next If you did not select Custom installation in step 4 then the Choose Install Folder dialog box appears Continue with step 8 If you selected Custom installation in step 4 then the Feature Sets dialog box appears Feature Sets dialog box 6 Select which features to install from the feature sets list 7 Click Next The Choose Install Folder dialog box appears Nortel Et...

Page 108: ...ON If Device Manager is already installed on your computer you must choose a storage path that does not conflict with the already existing version 9 Click Next The Choose Shortcut Folder dialog box appears Choose Shortcut Folder dialog box Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks...

Page 109: ...g box 12 Verify the folder shortcut and disk space required to install the software If necessary click Previous to return to the appropriate dialog box and make changes 13 Click Install The installation process begins When the installation is complete the Install Complete dialog box appears Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard...

Page 110: ...dled JRE is used with this JDM only and does not affect other Java applications on the same system UNIX and Linux systems are case sensitive Use lower case to specify file names and check to ensure that directories are entered correctly This section includes the following topics Minimum requirements page 111 Installing JDM on Solaris from the CD page 111 Installing JDM on Linux from the CD page 11...

Page 111: ...se the following procedure Step Action 1 Close all programs 2 Insert the software CD into your CD ROM drive 3 Navigate to the Solaris JDM subdirectory on the software CD 4 Run the dm_xxxx_solaris_sparc sh file See Executing the JDM installation software on UNIX or Linux page 113 End Installing JDM on Linux from the CD To install the Device Manager software to a Linux environment from the CD use th...

Page 112: ...ad is a self extracting sh file Once the file transfer is complete continue with the next step 5 Close all programs 6 Navigate to the directory on your system where you loaded the JDM software 7 Make the installation file executable For the Solaris environment make the file executable by entering chmod a x dm_xxxx_solaris_sparc sh For the Linux environment make the file executable by entering chmo...

Page 113: ...Introduction dialog box appears you are ready to begin the JDM installation Figure 29 InstallAnywhere Introduction dialog box Step Action 1 Click Next the installation process The License Agreement dialog box appears Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 114: ... of the License Agreement 3 Click Next The Choose Install Set dialog box appears Choose Install Set dialog box 4 Do one of the following Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 115: ...or to installation 5 Click Next If you did not select Custom installation in step 4 then the Choose Install Folder dialog box appears See step 8 If you selected Custom installation in step 4 then the Feature Sets dialog box appears Feature Sets dialog box 6 Select which features to install from the feature sets list 7 Click Next The Choose Install Folder dialog box appears Nortel Ethernet Routing ...

Page 116: ...ath ATTENTION If Device Manager is already installed on your computer you must choose a storage path that does not conflict with the already existing version 9 Click Next The Pre Installation Summary dialog box appears Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 117: ...re If necessary click Previous to return to the appropriate dialog box and make changes 11 Click Install The installation process begins Installing Java Device Manager dialog box Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 118: ...ronments In a UNIX or Linux environment complete the following steps to remove the existing JDM software Step Action 1 Navigate to the directory where the JDM software is installed for example JDM 2 Open the UninstallerData sub directory 3 Run the following file Uninstall_Java_Device_Manager End Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Sta...

Page 119: ...elp page 143 Starting Device Manager Do one of the following depending upon your operating system environment In a Microsoft Windows environment choose All Programs Nortel Java Device Manager DM from the Windows Start menu In a UNIX environment verify that the Device Manager installation directory is in your search path then enter JDM The initial Device Manager window appears ATTENTION On startup ...

Page 120: ...es set for important communication parameters such as the polling interval timeout and retry count You can set the parameters before you open a device to manage To set the Device Manager properties use the following procedure Step Action 1 Choose Device Properties Current The Default Properties dialog box appears Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 ...

Page 121: ...r sends the same polling request if a response is not returned to Device Manager You may want to set this field to three or four Timeout Length of each retry of each polling waiting period When you access the device through a slow link you may want to increase the timeout interval and then change the Retransmission Strategy to superlinear SNMP Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview Sy...

Page 122: ...al Polling Enable Enables true or disables false periodic polling of the device for updated status If polling is disabled the chassis status is updated only when you click Refresh on the Chassis tab Web Management Http Port Default port is 80 This field specifies the HTTP port for the application To access the Device Home Page using the Web ensure that the HTTP Port attribute matches the switch co...

Page 123: ... community strings that determine the access level granted to the device Table 18 SNMP community string default values page 123 describes the default access community strings for the Device Manager software Table 18 SNMP community string default values Access level Description Read only public Read write private To display the device view use the following procedure Step Action 1 Do one of the fol...

Page 124: ...ommunity string for the device Default is public displayed as The entry is case sensitive Write Communi ty SNMP write community string for the device Default is private displayed as The entry is case sensitive SNMPv1 SNMPv2 c Use default community strings in properties When selected the Device Manager uses the default community string Set the default community strings in Device Properties Nortel E...

Page 125: ...efault community strings in properties the Device Manager uses the default values specified in the device properties for Read Community and Write Community If v3 Enabled is selected then Device Name User Name Authentication Protocol Authentication Password Privacy Protocol and Privacy Password are required If v3 Enabled is selected then Device Name User Name Authentication Protocol Authentication ...

Page 126: ...pears showing a picture of the device that represents the physical features of the device Device view End Device Manager window The Device Manager window has the following parts Menu bar Toolbar Device view Status bar Figure 33 Parts of the Device Manager window Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyrig...

Page 127: ...ts you set security parameters SNTP and SNMP v3 related configurations Graph Opens statistics and graphing dialog boxes for the selected object VLAN Opens dialog boxes for managing VLANs Spanning Tree Group STG RSTP MSTP Multi Link Trunks and Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP QoS Opens configuration dialog boxes for Quality of Service QoS and DSCP RMON Opens RMON configuration and monitoring ...

Page 128: ... Graph Port Graph Chassis Home Page Opens the Web Management Software Home Page Actions Open Home Page Alarm Manager Opens the Rmon Alarm Manager Rmon Alarm Manager Device view The device view lets you determine at a glance the operating status of the various units and ports in your hardware configuration You can also use the device view to perform management tasks on specific objects Selecting ob...

Page 129: ...s such as ports or switches see the following table Table 22 Selecting multiple objects Object to be selected Action To select a block of contiguous ports Drag to select the group of ports To select all ports Choose Edit Select Ports Viewing information about a GBIC port To view information about a GBIC port use the following procedure Step Action 1 Select the GBIC 2 Choose Edit Port End Nortel Et...

Page 130: ...al switch However the device view does not show blinking activity of the LEDs For a full description of the LEDs for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series see LED display panel page 27 The ports on the device view are color coded to show port status Table 23 Port color codes page 131 describes the status assigned to each color Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configurat...

Page 131: ... Series Figure 36 Color port legend Shortcut menus Each object in the device view has a shortcut menu that appears when you right click a selected object The switch unit shortcut menu provides access to basic hardware information about the switch and to the graphing dialog boxes for the switch Figure 37 Switch unit shortcut menu Table 24 Switch unit shortcut menu command page 132 describes the Swi...

Page 132: ...es a faster path for editing and graphing a single port however you can access the same options using the menu bar or the toolbar Figure 38 Port shortcut menu Table 25 Port shortcut menu commands page 132 describes the commands on the port shortcut menu Table 25 Port shortcut menu commands Command Description Edit Opens a dialog box that lets you set operating parameters for the port Graph Opens a...

Page 133: ... previous values Print Table or Print Graph Prints the table or graph that is displayed Stop Refresh Stops the current action compiling saving and so forth If you are updating or compiling a large data table the Refresh button changes to a Stop button while this action is taking place Clicking the Stop button interrupts the polling process Export Data Exports information to a file you specify You ...

Page 134: ...statistics and graphs available the graph dialog boxes and the procedure for creating a graph Types of statistics The data tables in the statistics dialog boxes list the counters or categories of statistics being gathered for the specified object For example the categories for ports include Interface Ethernet Errors Bridge and Rmon Each category can be associated with six types of statistics Table...

Page 135: ...val Types of graphs With Device Manager you can create line area bar and pie graphs Figure 39 Line graph page 135 Figure 40 Area graph page 136 Figure 41 Bar graph page 136 and Figure 42 Pie graph page 137 provide examples of different types of graphs Figure 39 Line graph Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 20...

Page 136: ...with Device Manager Figure 40 Area graph Figure 41 Bar graph Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 137: ...jects Statistics for a selected object or objects are displayed in the statistics dialog box The dialog box for a single object shows all six types of statistics for each counter Figure 43 Interface statistics for a single port Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 138: ... bar pie and line graphs are located at the bottom of a statistics dialog box See the next section Viewing statistics as graphs page 138 for instructions to use these buttons You can export the statistics to a tab separated file format and import the file into other applications To export the information use the Export Data button below the table Types of statistics page 134 Viewing statistics as ...

Page 139: ... you want to graph They must be in the same row or column 5 Click one of the graph buttons at the bottom of the dialog box A graph dialog box appears for the selected graph type 6 To print a copy of the graph click Print End Buttons at the top of the graph dialog boxes for line area and bar graphs allow you to change the orientation of the graph change the scale or change the graph type The follow...

Page 140: ... line graph or area graph to a pie chart Telnet session From Device Manager you can initiate a Telnet session to the switch you are currently accessing To Telnet to a switch Do one of the following From the Device Manager main menu choose Device Telnet On the toolbar click the Telnet button A Telnet window to the switch appears Opening an SSH connection to the device From Device Manager you can in...

Page 141: ...ries Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 Opening the web based management home page From the Device Manager you can access the web based management home page To open the web based management home page use the following procedure Do one of the following From the Device Manager main menu choose Actions Open Home Page On the toolbar click the Open Home Page button The web based manageme...

Page 142: ...p log use the following procedure Do one of the following On the toolbar click the Trap Log button From the Device Manager Main Menu choose Device Trap Log ATTENTION When you operate Device Manager from a UNIX platform you must be logged in as root in order to receive traps Device Manager receives traps on port 162 If this port is being used by another application you cannot view the trap log unti...

Page 143: ...are accessing is not displayed in your browser exit the existing browser session and click the Help button again If the Web browser does not launch the default locations of the Help files are the directories listed as follows Table 29 Help file locations page 143 describes the Help file locations Table 29 Help file locations Platform Default path Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windo...

Page 144: ...144 Getting Started with Device Manager Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 145: ...s Vista Netscape Navigator version 4 51 or later on Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT Windows XP Windows Vista and UNIX IP address of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series ATTENTION The Web pages of the web based management interface may load at different speeds depending on the Web browser you use In order to use the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series web based management functiona...

Page 146: ...ess cannot display the home page To log in to the web based management interface use the following procedure Step Action 1 Start your Web browser 2 In the address bar type the IP address for your host switch for example http 192 168 151 175 and press Enter The home page appears Web based management interface home page End Network security does not exist the first time you access the embedded Web s...

Page 147: ... and configuring switch parameters The Support heading provides options to open the online Help file and the Nortel Web site Table 30 Main headings and options page 147 lists the main headings in the Web based management interface and their associated options Table 30 Main headings and options Main menu titles Option Summary Stack Information Switch Information Identify Unit Numbers Stack Numberin...

Page 148: ... Statistics Port Port Error Summary Interface Ethernet Errors Transparent Bridging RMON Ethernet RMON History Applications Port Mirroring Rate Limiting EAPOL Security MAC Address Security IGMP VLAN Spanning Tree Multilink Trunk Link Aggregation QoS ADAC Administration System Information Quick Start Security Logout Reset Reset to Default Support Help Release Notes Manuals Upgrade Nortel Ethernet Ro...

Page 149: ... or icon Description This icon identifies a menu title Click on this icon to display its options This icon identifies a menu title option Click on this icon to display the corresponding page This icon identifies a menu title option with a hyperlink to related pages This icon is linked to an action for example logout reset or reset to system defaults Clicking on the Nortel logo opens the corporate ...

Page 150: ...ction is enabled You disable a selection by clicking the checked box Icons and buttons Icons and buttons perform an action concerning the displayed page or the switch Some pages include a button that opens another page or updates the values shown on the current page Some pages include icons that initiate an action such as reformatting the current displayed data as a bar or pie chart Table 32 Page ...

Page 151: ...ge Viewing stack information ATTENTION The Embedded Web Server automatically detects the operational mode of your system If the system is in stand alone mode the Stack Information page option is not listed in the menu To view stack information Step Action 1 Open the Stack Information screen by selecting Summary Stack Information from the menu This screen is illustrated in Figure 49 Stack Informati...

Page 152: ... of manufacture of the board in ASCII format YYYYMMDD Serial Number The serial number of the base unit Operational State The current operational state of the device The operational states are Other Not Available Removed Disabled Normal Reset in Progress Testing Warning Non Fatal Errors Fatal Error and Not Configured Stack Invent ory Unit The unit number assigned to the device by the network manage...

Page 153: ...ormation page appears Figure 50 Switch Information page Table 33 Switch Information page fields page 153 describes the fields on the Switch Information page Table 33 Switch Information page fields Item Description Module Description The factory set description of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Pluggable Port 25 49 The factory set description of the sub component GBIC Pluggable Port 26 50 ...

Page 154: ...ans Status The fan status of the switch Changing stack numbering If the system is in a stack existing stack numbering information can be viewed and renumbered ATTENTION The unit number does not affect the base unit designation To view or renumber devices within the stack framework Step Action 1 Open the Stack Numbering screen by selecting Summary Stack Numbering from the menu This screen is illust...

Page 155: ...8 None Choose a new number to assign to your selected policy switch ATTENTION If you leave the field blank the system automatically selects the next available number 2 Choose the new number to assign to the switch 3 Click Submit 4 A message prompts for confirmation of the request Click Yes End Identifying unit numbers Identify the unit numbers of the switches participating in a stack configuration...

Page 156: ... 2 To continue viewing summary information or to start the configuration process choose another option from the main menu End Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 157: ...each port on the 2550T PWR and 14 Watts for each port on the 2526T PWR A maximum of 15 4 Watts is available on any port for any given device The Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T PWR and 2526T PWR supply data terminal equipment DTE power only on signal pins By default power is allocated based on real time measurements If the total Ethernet power budget for the switch is exceeded the switch sheds load ...

Page 158: ... low priority power disabled from port because of port setting and demands on power budget Overload power disabled from port because port is overloaded Test port in testing mode which is set using SNMP Error an unspecified error condition Configuring PoE switch parameters using the CLI You configure power parameters for each Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 PWR using the CLI You can configure the DC p...

Page 159: ...tion method the switch use to detect power needs of devices connected to front ports 802dot3af 802dot3af_and_legacy ATTENTION The default setting is 802dot3af Ensure that the power detection method you choose for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 PWR matches that used by the IP devices you are powering Unit Set the unit in stack to apply the detection method poe poe power usage threshold command Th...

Page 160: ...ting Switch 2500 PWR The syntax for the poe poe trap command is poe poe trap Unit The poe poe trap command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode no poe trap command The no poe trap command disables the traps for the PoE functions on the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 PWR The syntax for the no poe trap command is no poe trap Unit The no poe trap command is executed in the Global Config...

Page 161: ... command Table 36 no poe shutdown command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description port portlist Enter the port numbers on which you want to enable power The default value is enabled ATTENTION If you omit this parameter the system uses the port entered with the interface FastEthernet command poe poe shutdown command The poe poe shutdown command disables power to the port The s...

Page 162: ...ty for each port to low high or critical The system uses the port power priority settings to distribute power to the ports depending on the available power budget The syntax for the poe poe priority command is poe poe priority port portlist low high critical The poe poe priority command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 38 poe poe priority command parameters and variabl...

Page 163: ...higher port number is shut down first poe poe limit command The poe poe limit command sets the maximum power allowed to a port The syntax for the poe poe limit command is poe poe limit port portlist 3 16 The poe poe limit command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 39 poe poe limit command parameters and variables page 164 describes the parameters and variables for the po...

Page 164: ...rnet Routing Switch 2500 PWR using the following CLI commands show poe main status command page 164 show poe port status command page 165 show poe power measurement command page 166 show poe main status command The show poe main status command displays the current PoE configuration of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 PWR and each port PoE settings The syntax for the show poe main status command is...

Page 165: ...roviding power The following messages can appear Detecting port detecting IP device requesting power Delivering power port delivering requested power to device Invalid PD port detecting device that is not valid to request power Deny low priority power disabled from port because of port setting and demands on power budget Overload power disabled from port because port is overloaded Test port in tes...

Page 166: ...put from the show poe port status command Figure 54 show poe port status command output show poe power measurement command The show poe power measurement command displays the voltage current and power values for each powered device connected to each port The syntax for the show poe power measurement command is show poe power measurement port portlist The show poe power measurement command is execu...

Page 167: ...ou omit this parameter the system displays all ports Figure 55 show poe power measurement command output page 167 displays sample output from the show poe power measurement command Figure 55 show poe power measurement command output Configuring PoE using web based management You can display and configure Power over Ethernet PoE parameters using the web based management system Displaying and config...

Page 168: ...nagement page appears Global Power Management page page 168 Global Power Management page The following table describes the items on the Global Power Management page Table 42 Global Power Management page items Item Description Available DTE Power Displays the amount of power available to powered devices from the switch DTE Power Status Displays the status of the PoE feature It displays Normal all p...

Page 169: ...le trap from agent PD Detect Type Choose the type of power detection you want for the switch 802 3af 802 3af and legacy The default is 802 3af ATTENTION Ensure that the power detection method you choose for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series matches that used by the IP devices you are powering Power Source Present This display only field displays the current power supply for the switch AC Onl...

Page 170: ... Management Port Property The Port Property page appears Port Property page page 170 Port Property page The following table describes the items on the Port Property page Table 43 Port Property page items Item Description Admin Status Choose to enable or disable power on the selected port The default value is Enabled Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 5...

Page 171: ...ification labels is defined in the IEEE 802 3af specification This parameter is valid only while a device is being powered Limit Watt Sets the maximum amount of power supplied to that port The range for Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series is 3W to 16W The default value is 16W Priority Priority is used to determine which port s are shut down when the total power of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 ...

Page 172: ...Chassis dialog box and it displays the status of the internal power supply see Power Supply tab The following sections provide a description of the PoE tabs and details about each item on the tab PoE tab for a single unit page 172 Device Manager display for PoE ports page 174 PoE tab for ports page 175 PoE tab for a single unit To open the PoE tab for a single unit use the following procedure Step...

Page 173: ...able to the switch OperStatus Displays the power state of the switch on off faulty Consumption Power Displays the power being used by the switch UsageThreshold Lets you set a percentage of the total power usage of the switch above which the system sends a trap ATTENTION You must enable the traps NotificationControlEnable to receive a power usage trap Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Over...

Page 174: ...or the detection type used by the powered devices on this switch Device Manager display for PoE ports The Device Manager displays PoE ports differently than non PoE port ERS 2550T PWR with PoE ports The port coloring scheme for the data aspect is the same for PoE ports as for all other ports The difference for the PoE ports is the addition of the power aspect colored p Table 45 Port power color co...

Page 175: ...t you can view the initial status for both data and power aspect for the port PoE tab for ports The PoE tab lets you configure PoE power settings for ports To view the PoE tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 Select the port you want to edit 2 Do one of the following Double click the selected port From the shortcut menu choose Edit From the Device Manager main menu choose Edit Port On the...

Page 176: ...Power detection found a valid powered device and the port is delivering power fault power specific fault detected on port test detecting device in test mode otherFault ATTENTION Nortel recommends against using the test operational status PowerClassifications Classification is a way to tag different terminals on the Power over LAN network according to their power consumption Devices such as IP tele...

Page 177: ...our system page 193 Displaying the ARP table page 202 Displaying interfaces page 202 Saving the configuration to NVRAM page 205 Enabling and disabling autosave page 206 Setting time on network elements using Simple Network Time Protocol page 208 Enabling Autopology page 215 Configuring LLDP using the CLI page 217 Configuring LEDs to blink on the display panel page 229 Upgrading software page 229 C...

Page 178: ...P address and subnet mask for the switch The syntax for the ip address command is ip address XXX XXX XXX XXX netmask XXX XXX XXX XXX The ip address command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode Table 47 ip address command parameters and variables page 178 describes the parameters and variables for the ip address command Table 47 ip address command parameters and variables Parameters...

Page 179: ...ddress command has no parameters or variables ATTENTION When you change the IP address or subnet mask you may lose connection to Telnet and the Web You also disable any new Telnet connection and you must connect to the serial Console port to configure a new IP address default ip netmask command The default ip netmask command sets the subnet mask to the default value 255 255 255 0 The syntax for th...

Page 180: ...n XXX XXX XXX XXX Enter the dotted decimal IP address of the default IP gateway ATTENTION When you change the IP gateway you may lose connection to Telnet and the Web no ip default gateway command The no ip default gateway command sets the IP default gateway address to zeros 0 The syntax for the no ip default gateway command is no ip default gateway The no ip default gateway command is executed in...

Page 181: ...ip command is show ip bootp default gateway address switch dns The show ip command is executed in the User Exec command mode If you do not enter any parameters this command displays all the IP related configuration information Table 49 show ip command parameters and variables page 181 describes the parameters and variables for the show ip command Table 49 show ip command parameters and variables P...

Page 182: ...ss command parameters and variables page 182 describes the parameters and variables for the show ip address command Table 50 show ip address command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description address Displays the current IP address Figure 57 show ip address command output page 182 displays a sample output of the show ip address command Figure 57 show ip address command output No...

Page 183: ...bles Parameters and variables Description XXX XXX XXX XXX Specify the IP address of the target device in dotted decimal notation datasize 64 4096 Specifies the size of the ICMP packet to be sent The data size range is from 64 to 4096 bytes count 1 9999 continuous Sets the number of ICMP packets to be sent The continuous mode sets the ping running until the user interrupts it by entering Ctrl C tim...

Page 184: ...y default command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode Using DNS to ping and telnet Using the Domain Name Server DNS client you can ping or telnet to a host server or to a host by name To use this feature you must configure at least one DNS you may also configure a default domain name If you configure a default domain name that name is appended to hostnames that do not contain a dot The...

Page 185: ...ommand Figure 59 show ip dns command output ping command The ping command tests the network connection to another network device The command sends an Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP packet from the switch to the target device The local IP address must be set before issuing the ping command You can ping a host using either its IP address or hostname The syntax for the ping command is ping A ...

Page 186: ...g that the specified IP address is being used If no reply is received a message indicates that the address is not responding Figure 60 ping command responses page 186 displays sample ping responses Figure 60 ping command responses There is no default value for this command ip name server command The ip name server command adds one or more DNS servers IP addresses The syntax for the ip name server ...

Page 187: ...erver command parameters and variables page 187 describes the parameters and variables for the no ip name server command Table 54 no ip name server command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description A B C D Enter the IP address of a DNS server The default value is 0 0 0 0 ip domain name command The ip domain name command sets the system s DNS domain name The syntax for the ip do...

Page 188: ...mpty string The syntax for the default ip domain name command is default ip domain name The default ip domain name command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode The default ip domain name command has no parameters or variables Configuration Management This section covers the following topics Automatically loading Configuration file page 188 ASCII Configuration Generator page 191 Aut...

Page 189: ...ameters and variables for the configure network command Table 56 configure network command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description load on boot disable use b ootp use config Specifies the settings for automatically loading a configuration file when the system boots disable disables the automatic loading of config file use boot specifies using the BootP file as the automatical...

Page 190: ...d on boot show config network command The show config network command displays information regarding the automatic loading of the configuration file including the current status of this feature the file name the TFTP server address and the status of the previous automatic configuration command The syntax for the show config network command is show config network The show config network command is ...

Page 191: ...he TFTP server You can load the ASCII configuration file automatically at boot time or on demand using console menus or CLI Once downloaded the configuration file automatically configures the switch according to the Command Line Interface CLI commands in the file The maximum size for an ASCII configuration file is 100 KBs larger configuration files must be split into multiple files For more inform...

Page 192: ... in the Global Configuration command mode Table 57 copy running config tftp command parameters and variables page 192 describes the parameters and variables of this command Table 57 copy running config tftp command parameters and variables Parameter Description address Signifies the IP address of the TFTP server filename Denotes the filename to store configuration commands on the TFTP server ATTEN...

Page 193: ... command displays the current serial port information which includes connection speed as well as the terminal width and length in number of characters The syntax for the show terminal command is show terminal The show terminal command is executed in the User Exec command mode The show terminal command has no parameters or variables Figure 63 show terminal command output page 193 shows the output f...

Page 194: ...inal displaying characters default 79 show cli command The show cli command displays the current CLI settings The syntax for the show cli command is show cli info mode password type The show cli command is executed in the User Exec command mode Table 59 show cli command parameters and variables page 194 describes the parameters and variables for the show cli command Table 59 show cli command param...

Page 195: ... info command is show sys info The show sys info command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode The show sys info command has no parameters or variables Figure 65 show sys info command output page 195 displays sample output from the show sys info command Figure 65 show sys info command output Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 ...

Page 196: ...Parameters and variables Description default Restores switch to factory default settings after rebooting ATTENTION When you reset to factory defaults the last reset count and reason for last reset will not be set to factory defaults ip bootp server command The ip bootp server command configures BootP on the current instance of the switch or server The syntax for the ip bootp server command is ip b...

Page 197: ...and sets the BootP server status to BootP or Default IP The syntax for the default ip bootp server command is default ip bootp server The default ip bootp server command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode The default ip bootp server command has no parameters or values Setting TFTP parameters You can display the IP address of the TFTP server assign an IP address you want to use fo...

Page 198: ...tftp server command output tftp server command The tftp server command assigns the address for the switch to use for TFTP services The syntax of the tftp server command is tftp server XXX XXX XXX XXX The tftp server command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode Table 62 tftp server command parameters and variables page 198 describes the parameters and variables for the tftp server c...

Page 199: ... the current configuration file onto the TFTP server The syntax for the copy config tftp command is copy config tftp address XXX XXX XXX XXX filename WORD The copy config tftp command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode Table 63 copy config tftp command parameters and variables page 199 describes the parameters and variables for the copy config tftp command Table 63 copy config tftp co...

Page 200: ...the TFTP server Customizing the opening banner You can customize the banner that appears when you connect to the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series You can customize the text that reads NORTEL However you cannot customize the second line that reads Enter Ctrl y to begin The Banner Control feature provides an option to specify the banner text If you choose not to display the banner the system ente...

Page 201: ...he agent banner display 1 19 LINE Fills the Nth line of the custom banner 1 N 19 with the text specified in LINE show banner command The show banner command displays the banner The syntax for the show banner command is show banner custom static The show banner command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode Table 66 show banner command parameters and variables page 201 describes the p...

Page 202: ... a sample output of the show arp table command Figure 67 show arp table command output Displaying interfaces You can view the status of all interfaces on the switch including MultiLink Trunk membership link status autonegotiation and speed This section contains information about the following show interfaces command page 202 show interfaces config command page 204 show interfaces command The show ...

Page 203: ...s the interface names verbose Displays information about STP and EAP Figure 68 show interfaces names command output page 203 displays a sample output of the show interfaces names command Figure 68 show interfaces names command output Figure 69 show interfaces command output page 203 shows a sample output of the show interfaces command without the names variable Figure 69 show interfaces command ou...

Page 204: ...onfig The show interfaces config command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode Table 68 show interfaces config command parameters and variables page 204 describes the parameters and variables for the show interfaces config command Table 68 show interfaces config command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description portlist Enter the ports you want to display Figure 71 sh...

Page 205: ... the copy config nvram command is copy config nvram The copy config nvram command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode The copy config nvram command has no parameters or variables ATTENTION The system automatically issues the copy config nvram command periodically See Enabling and disabling autosave page 206 for details write memory command The write memory command copies the current co...

Page 206: ...y Autosave also automatically saves your configuration information across reboots You can enable or disable this feature When you disable autosave changes in the configuration file are not saved to the flash memory This section contains information about the following commands show autosave command page 206 autosave enable command page 207 no autosave enable command page 207 default autosave enabl...

Page 207: ...and disables the autosave feature The syntax for the no autosave enable command is no autosave enable The no autosave enable command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode The no autosave enable command has no parameters or variables default autosave enable command The default autosave enable command defaults the autosave feature to the default value of enabled The syntax for the def...

Page 208: ...p enable command page 209 sntp server primary address command page 209 sntp server secondary address command page 210 no sntp server command page 210 sntp sync now command page 211 sntp sync interval command page 211 default sntp command page 212 show sntp command The show sntp command displays the SNTP information as well as the configured NTP servers The syntax for the show sntp command is show ...

Page 209: ...syntax for the no sntp enable command is no sntp enable The no sntp enable command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode The no sntp enable command has no parameters or variables sntp server primary address command The sntp server primary address command specifies the IP addresses of the primary NTP server The syntax for the sntp server primary address command is sntp server primary...

Page 210: ...mmand mode Table 70 sntp server secondary address command parameters and variables page 210 describes the parameters and variables for the sntp server secondary address command Table 70 sntp server secondary address command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description A B C D Enter the IP address of the secondary NTP server The default is 0 0 0 0 no sntp server command The no sntp...

Page 211: ... The sntp sync now command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode The sntp sync now command has no parameters or variables sntp sync interval command The sntp sync interval command specifies recurring synchronization with the NTP server in hours relative to initial synchronization The syntax for the sntp sync interval command is sntp sync interval 0 168 The sntp sync interval command...

Page 212: ...es page 212 describes the parameters and variables for the default sntp command Table 73 default sntp command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description enable Disables SNTP server Clears stored SNTP server addresses sync interval Restores the default SNTP re synchronization interval Setting local time zone SNTP uses Universal Coordinated Time UTC for all time synchronizations s...

Page 213: ...e displayed when showing system time Range Up to 4 characters hours Hours difference from UTC Valid Range 12 to 12 minutes Optional minutes difference from UTC Range 0 59 no clock time zone The no clock time zone command disables the clock time zone feature The syntax for the no clock time zone command is no clock time zone The no clock time zone command is executed in the Global Configuration com...

Page 214: ...th Range 1 to 31 month month Range first three letters by name hh mm time in military format in hours and minutes ATTENTION day month parameters can also be entered in order month day offset Number of minutes to add during summer time Range 840 to 840 no clock summer time The no clock summer time command disables the daylight savings time feature The syntax for the no clock summer time command is ...

Page 215: ...ime command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode The show clock summer time command has no parameters or variables Figure 75 show clock summer time page 215 displays sample output from the show clock summer time command Figure 75 show clock summer time Enabling Autopology You can enable the Optivity Autopology protocol using the CLI See www nortel com support for information on Aut...

Page 216: ...ault autotopology command The default autotopology command enables the Autotopology protocol The syntax for the default autotopology command is default autotopology The default autotopology command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode The default autotopology command has no parameters or values show autotopology settings The show autotopology settings command displays information o...

Page 217: ...and mode The show autotopology nmm table command has no parameters or variables Figure 77 show autotopology nmm table command output page 217 displays a sample output of the show autotopology nmm table command Figure 77 show autotopology nmm table command output Configuring LLDP using the CLI You can enable the LLDP using the CLI For more information about LLDP see Link Layer Discovery Protocol IE...

Page 218: ...guration command mode Table 76 lldp command parameters and variables page 218 describes the parameters and variables for the lldp command Table 76 lldp command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description tx interval 5 32768 Sets the interval between successive transmission cycles tx hold multiplier 2 10 Sets the multiplier for tx interval used to compute the Time To Live value fo...

Page 219: ...0 tx hold multiplier Sets transmission multiplier to the default value 4 reinit delay Sets reinitialize delay to the default value 2 tx delay Sets transmission delay to the default value 2 notification interva l Sets notification interval to the default value 5 lldp config notification command The lldp config notification command enables notification when new neighbor information is stored or when...

Page 220: ...s and variables Description portlist Specifies the ports affected by the command default lldp config notification command The default lldp config notification command sets config notification to its default value disabled The syntax for the default lldp config notification command is default lldp port portlist config notification The default lldp config notification command is executed in the Inte...

Page 221: ... cap System capabilities TLV sys desc System description TLV sys name System name TLV no lldp tx tlv command The no lldp tx tlv command specifies the optional TLVs not to include in the transmitted LLDPDUs The syntax for the lldp tx tlv command is no lldp tx tlv port portlist local mgmt addr port desc sys cap sys desc sys name The no lldp tx tlv command is executed in the Interface Configuration c...

Page 222: ...rs and variables for the default lldp tx tlv command Table 83 default lldp tx tlv command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description port portlist Specifies the ports affected by the command local mgmt addr Local management address TLV default value is false not included port desc Port description TLV default value is false not included sys cap System capabilities TLV default va...

Page 223: ...s The no lldp status command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 85 no lldp status command parameters and variables page 223 describes the parameters and variables for the no lldp status command Table 85 no lldp status command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description port portlist Specifies the ports affected by the command default lldp status command...

Page 224: ...e show lldp command is executed in the User Exec command mode Table 87 show lldp command parameters and variables page 224 describes the parameters and variables for the show lldp command Table 87 show lldp command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description local sys data Displays local LLDP system data mgmt sys data Displays LLDP management data pdu tlv size Displays 802 1ab tl...

Page 225: ...utput from the show lldp mgmt sys data command Figure 79 show lldp mgmt sys data command output Figure 80 show lldp stats command output page 226 displays the output from the show lldp stats command Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 226: ...e show lldp port command Table 88 show lldp port command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description port portlist Specifies the ports affected by the command neighbor Displays LLDP neighbors neighbor mgmt addr Displays LLDP management addresses for neighbors rx stats Displays LLDP receive statistics tx stats Displays LLDP transmit statistics tx tlv Displays LLDP transmit TLVs Fi...

Page 227: ...ay the neighbor management addresses using the show lldp port neighbor mgmt addr command you must configure the connected port of the neighbor to transmit local management address TLVs lldp tx tlv port portlist local mgmt addr Figure 83 show lldp port rx stats command output page 228 displays the output from the show lldp rx stats command Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System ...

Page 228: ...output from the show lldp tx stats command Figure 84 show lldp port tx stats command output Figure 85 show lldp port tx tlv command output page 229 displays the output from the show lldp stats command Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 229: ...ates the duration in minutes for the LEDs to blink in order to identify the unit Upgrading software You can download the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series software image that is located in nonvolatile flash memory To download the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series software image a properly configured Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP server must be present in your network and the Ethernet Rou...

Page 230: ...image name diag filename no reset poe module image The download command is executed in the Privileged EXEC command mode ATTENTION You can use the download command without parameters The system displays the most recently used TFTP server IP address and file name if you still want to use these press Enter You can also change these Table 90 download command parameters and variables page 230 describes...

Page 231: ...completes without user intervention The process erases the contents of flash memory and replaces it with a new software image Take care not to interrupt the download process until after it runs to completion the process can take up to 10 minutes depending on network conditions When the download process is complete the switch automatically resets and the new software image initiates a self test The...

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Page 233: ...n enable or disable a port using the CLI This section covers the following commands shutdown command for the port page 233 no shutdown command page 234 shutdown command for the port The shutdown port portlist command disables the port The syntax for the shutdown port portlist command is shutdown port portlist Table 91 shutdown port command parameters and variables page 234 describes the parameters...

Page 234: ...ATTENTION You can disable switch ports that are trunk members if you choose to disable them one by one If you choose to disable all ports of the unit or stack the changes can have effect on the ports belonging to MLTs Figure 87 shutdown port command output no shutdown command The no shutdown command enables the port The syntax for the no shutdown command is no shutdown line portlist The no shutdow...

Page 235: ...36 default name command page 236 name command The name command lets you name ports or to change the name The syntax for the name command is name port portlist LINE The name command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 93 name command parameters and variables page 235 describes the parameters and variables for the name command Table 93 name command parameters and variables ...

Page 236: ... no name command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description port portlist Specifies the port numbers to clear of names ATTENTION If you omit this parameter the system uses the port number you specified in the interface command default name command The default name command clears the port names it resets the field to an empty string The syntax for the default name command is defa...

Page 237: ... 233 speed command The speed command sets the speed of the port The syntax for the speed command is speed port portlist 10 100 1000 auto The speed command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 96 speed command parameters and variables page 237 describes the parameters and variables for the speed command Table 96 speed command parameters and variables Parameters and variable...

Page 238: ...fault speed command is default speed port portlist The default speed command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 97 default speed command parameters and variables page 238 describes the parameters and variables for the default speed command Table 97 default speed command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description port portlist Specifies the port numbers...

Page 239: ...orts simultaneously ATTENTION If you omit this parameter the system uses the port number you specified in the interface command full half auto Sets duplex to full full duplex mode half half duplex mode auto autonegotiation ATTENTION When you set the duplex mode for autonegotiation ensure that the other side of the link is also set for autonegotiation default duplex command The default duplex comma...

Page 240: ...with the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series you control traffic on this port using the flowcontrol command This section covers the following commands flowcontrol command page 240 no flowcontrol command page 241 default flowcontrol command page 242 flowcontrol command The flowcontrol command is used only on Gigabit Ethernet ports and controls the traffic rates during congestion The syntax for the ...

Page 241: ...trol auto sets the port to automatically determine the flow control mode default disable disables flow control on the port no flowcontrol command The no flowcontrol command is used only on Gigabit Ethernet ports and disables flow control The syntax for the no flowcontrol command is no flowcontrol port portlist The no flowcontrol command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table...

Page 242: ...lt flowcontrol command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 102 default flowconrtol command parameters and variables page 242 describes the parameters and variables for the default flowcontrol command Table 102 default flowconrtol command parameters and variables Parameters and variables Description port portlist Specifies the port numbers to default to auto flow control A...

Page 243: ...rs or variables Figure 88 show rate limit command output page 243 displays sample output from the show rate limit command Figure 88 show rate limit command output rate limit command The rate limit command configures rate limiting on the switch The syntax for the rate limit command is rate limit multicast broadcast both 0 262143 The rate limit command is executed in the Global Configuration command...

Page 244: ...t command is default rate limit The default rate limit command is executed in the Global Configuration command mode Enabling Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements CANA You can control the capabilities that are advertised by the Ethernet Routing Switch as part of the auto negotiation process using the Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements CANA feature When autonegotiation is disabled the hardware i...

Page 245: ...mmand Table 104 show auto negotiation advertisements command Parameters and values Description port portlist Enter ports for which you want the current autonegotiation advertisements displayed Figure 89 show auto negotiation advertisements command output page 245 displays sample output from the show auto negotiation advertisements command Figure 89 show auto negotiation advertisements command outp...

Page 246: ...egotiation advertisements command configures advertisements for the switch The syntax for the auto negotiation advertisements command is auto negotiation advertisements port portlist 10 full 10 half 100 full 100 half 1000 full asymm pause frame pause frame none The auto negotiation advertisements command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 106 auto negotiation advertiseme...

Page 247: ...on advertisements command is executed in the Interface Configuration command mode Table 107 no auto negotiation advertisements command page 247 describes the parameters and variables for the no auto negotiation advertisements command Table 107 no auto negotiation advertisements command Parameters and values Description port portlist Enter ports for which you want to clear all advertisements defaul...

Page 248: ...ameters and values Description port portlist Enter ports for which you want to set default advertisements This feature lets you customize the capabilities that you advertise It also lets you control the capabilities that are advertised by the Ethernet Routing Switch as part of the auto negotiation process Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B...

Page 249: ... SNTP page 276 Displaying topology information using Device Manager page 279 Viewing Unit information You can view unit information by using the Unit dialog box To open the Unit dialog box use the following procedure Step Action 1 Double click on a single unit or select the units you want to edit 2 Do one of the following From the shortcut menu choose Edit From the Device Manager main menu choose ...

Page 250: ... Unit tab fields Field Description Type Specifies the type of switch Descr Description of switch Ver Specifies the hardware version number of the switch Sernum Specifies the serial number of the switch BaseNumPorts Specifies the base number of ports TotalNumPorts Specifies the total number of ports Rate Limit tab To open the Rate Limit tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 From the Device ...

Page 251: ...c rate packets second It is in the range of 0 262143 0 3FFFFh ATTENTION Rate Limiting feature is disabled when AllowedRatePps equals to 0 Enable When Enable is set to True the TrafficType can either be multicast broadcast or both ATTENTION You cannot set the Enabled field for both multicast and broadcast TrafficeType to False at the same time This is illegal configuration Nortel Ethernet Routing S...

Page 252: ... of the rear ports ATTENTION A switch reboot is required to the configured operational mode to take effect End The following table describes the Rear Port Mode tab items Table 111 Rear Ports Mode tab fields Field Description RearPortAdminMode Standalone Select this radio button to configure the operational mode of the rear ports to Standalone Mode Stacking Select this radio button to configure the...

Page 253: ...nd details about each item on the tab Globals tab page 253 Addresses tab page 254 ARP tab page 255 TCP tab page 256 TCP Connections tab page 257 UDP Listeners tab page 257 Globals tab To open the Globals tab use the following procedure From the Device Manager main menu choose Edit IP The IP dialog box appears with the Globals tab displayed Figure 92 Globals tab The following table describes the Gl...

Page 254: ...ddresses tab The Addresses tab shows the IP address information for the device To open the Addresses tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Edit IP The IP dialog box appears with the Globals tab displayed 2 Click the Addresses tab The Addresses tab appears Edit IP dialog box IP Address tab End The following table describes the Address tab fields Tabl...

Page 255: ...ed datagrams received on this interface ARP tab The ARP Address Resolution Protocol tab shows the MAC addresses and the associated IP addresses for the switch To open the ARP tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 From the Device Manager main menu choose Edit IP The IP dialog box appears with the Globals tab displayed 2 Click the ARP tab The ARP tab appears Edit IP dialog box ARP tab End Th...

Page 256: ...elds Table 115 TCP tab fields Field Description RtoAlgorithm The algorithm used to determine the timeout value used for retransmitting unacknowledged octets RtoMin The minimum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retransmission timeout measured in milliseconds RtoMax The maximum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retransmission timeout measured in milliseconds MaxConn The l...

Page 257: ...ess for this TCP connection In the case of a connection in the listen state which is willing to accept connections for any IP interface associated with the node the value 0 0 0 0 is used LocalPort The local port number for this TCP connection RemAddress The remote IP address for this TCP connection RemPort The remote port number for this TCP connection State The state of this TCP connection End UD...

Page 258: ...f a UDP listener that accepts datagrams for any IP interface associated with the node the value 0 0 0 0 is used LocalPort The local port number for this UDP listener End Editing the chassis configuration You can edit a chassis configuration from the Edit Chassis dialog box To open the Chassis dialog box use the following procedure Step Action 1 Select the chassis 2 Do one of the following From the...

Page 259: ...b page 271 System tab You can use the System tab to specify tracking information for a device device descriptions and so on To open the System tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 Select the chassis 2 From the shortcut menu choose Edit Chassis The Chassis dialog box appears with the System tab displayed Edit Chassis dialog box System tab End Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Over...

Page 260: ...e no traps are received To view traps click the Trap toolbar button ReBoot By default the switch is in the Running mode The reboot command initiates a hardware reset AutoPVID Click to enable or disable When you enable AutoPVID is activated When you disable AutoPVID is inactivated ManagementVlanId The current management VLAN ID StackInsertionUnitNu mber This field specifies the unit number to be as...

Page 261: ...Version The version number of the agent image that is stored in flash memory on the switch NextBootDefault Gateway The IP address of the default gateway for the agent to use after the next time the switch is booted CurrentDefault Gateway The IP address of the default gateway that is currently in use NextBootLoad Protocol The transport protocol to be used by the agent to load the configuration info...

Page 262: ...mber LstChng The value of sysUpTime at the time the interface entered its current operational state If the current state was entered prior to the last reinitialization of the local network management subsystem the value is zero AdminState Administrative state of the switch Select either enable or reset ATTENTION In a stack configuration Reset only resets the base unit OperState The operational sta...

Page 263: ...t Chassis screen Stack Info tab page 263 Edit Chassis screen Stack Info tab Stack Info tab fields page 263 describes the Stack Info tab fields Stack Info tab fields Field Description Descr A description of the component or subcomponent If not available the value is a zero length string Location The geographic location of a component in a system modeled as a chassis but possibly physically implemen...

Page 264: ... sub component was added to the chassis If this action has not occurred since the cold warm start of the agent then the value is zero AdminState The state of the component or subcomponent The values that are read only are other currently in some other state notAvail actual value is not available The possible values that can be read and written are disable disables operation enable enables operatio...

Page 265: ... the component or subcomponent If not available the value is a zero length string SerNum The serial number of the component or subcomponent If not available the value is a zero length string BaseNumPorts The number of base ports of the component or subcomponent TotalNumPorts The number of ports of the component or subcomponent IpAddress The IP address of the component or subcomponent End Agent tab...

Page 266: ...ed LoadServerAddr The IP address of the load server for the configuration file and or the image file If not used then the value is 0 0 0 0 ImageFileName Name of the image file s currently associated with the interface When the object is not used the value is a zero length string ValidFlag Indicates if the configuration and or image file s were downloaded from this interface and if the file names h...

Page 267: ...ply tab End The following table describes the PowerSupply tab fields Table 120 Power Supply tab fields Field Description Chassis Primary Power Supply The operational state of the power supply Possible values include other Some other state notAvail State not available removed Component was removed disabled Operation disabled normal State is in normal operation resetInProg There is a reset in progre...

Page 268: ...the operating status of the switch fans To open the Fan tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 Select the chassis 2 From the shortcut menu choose Edit Chassis The Chassis dialog box appears with the System tab displayed 3 Click the Fan tab The Fan tab appears Edit Chassis dialog box Fan tab End The following table describes the Fan tab fields Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overv...

Page 269: ...r stopped the fan operation notConfig Fan needs to be configured The allowable values are determined by the component type Banner tab The Banner tab lets you specify banner display in TELNET You can specify either the default banner or a custom banner To open the Banner tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 Select the chassis 2 From the main menu choose Edit Chassis The Chassis dialog box ...

Page 270: ...enu click on Device Telnet The Telnet window appears with the default banner displayed End Figure 93 Telnet window with default banner To disable the banner In the Banner tab click on the disabled radio button and then click Apply To check that the banner is disabled In the main menu click on Device Telnet The Telnet window appears without the banner Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Over...

Page 271: ...er tab appears Edit Chassis dialog box Custom Banner tab End To create a Custom Banner use the following procedure Step Action 1 In the Banner tab click on the custom radio button and then click Apply 2 Click on the Custom Banner tab 3 In the Custom Banner tab make the changes to the lines of the banner that you want to create and click Apply The custom banner is 19 lines high and can be up to 80 ...

Page 272: ...ialog box Table 122 FileSystem Config Image Diag file dialog box fields page 272 describes the FileSystem Config Image Diag file dialog box fields Table 122 FileSystem Config Image Diag file dialog box fields Field Description LoadServerAddr The IP address of the load server for the configuration file and or the image file If not used then the value is 0 0 0 0 BinaryConfigFileN ame Name of the con...

Page 273: ...nldFw dnldImgIfNewer dnldImgNoReset dnldFwNoReset The newly downloaded config image or diag file cannot take effect until the next boot cycle of the device Status This object is used to get the status of the latest action as shown by s5AgInfoFileAction The values that can be read are other if no action taken since the boot up inProgress the operation is in progress success the operation succeeds f...

Page 274: ...figAutodldStatus Specifies the current status of the ASCII configuration file download ASCIIConfigManualDownload Specifies manual download of an ASCII configuration file ASCIIConfigManualdldStatus Specifies the current status of the manual download of an ASCII configuration file ASCIIConfigManualUpload Specifies manual upload of an ASCII configuration file ASCIIConfigManualUpldStatus Specifies the...

Page 275: ...Field Description AutoSavetoNvramEnabled Enables or disables autosave on the switch Action Select the copyConfigToNvram option to save the switch configuration to NVRAM and click Apply Status This field displays the status of the copyConfigToNvram action Possible values are other no action has been taken since switch boot inProgress the operation is in progress success the operation succeeded fail...

Page 276: ...the connection fails after the 3 attempts the system waits for the next synchronization time the default is 24 hours and begins the process again Configuring SNTP The SNTP_Clock dialog box contains the parameters for configuring Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP To open the SNTP_clock dialog box use the following procedure Step Action 1 From the Main Menu choose Edit SNTP Clock The SNTP_Clock dial...

Page 277: ...he NTP servers LastSync Time Specifies the Coordinated Universal Time UTC when the device last synchronized with an NTP server LastSync Source Specifies the IP source address of the NTP server with which this device last synchronized NextSync Time Specifies the the Coordinated Universal Time UTC at which the next synchronization is scheduled PrimaryServe r Synch Failures Specifies the number of ti...

Page 278: ...in the TimeZone box 4 Click Apply End Configuring daylight savings time using the device manager You can set daylight saving start and end time using the on the ERS 2500 using Daylight Saving Time tab Use the following procedure to set daylight saving start and end time Step Action 1 From the Edit menu choose SNTP Clock The SNTP_Clock dialog box appears 2 Click the Daylight Saving Time tab The Day...

Page 279: ...ou want to keep the same daylight saving time changeover dates you can set the EndYear to a year in the future 6 Click Enabled to enable daylight savings time 7 Click Apply End Displaying topology information using Device Manager This section describes diagnostic information available in Device Manager on the following tabs Topology tab page 279 Topology Table tab page 280 Topology tab To view top...

Page 280: ... in the network management MIB NMM topology table was added deleted or modified If the table has not changed since the last cold or warm start of the agent NmmMaxNum The maximum number of entries in the NMM topology table NmmCurNum The current number of entries in the NMM topology table Topology Table tab To view more topology information use the following procedure Step Action 1 From the Device M...

Page 281: ...logy message ChassisType The chassis type of the device that sent the topology message BkplType The backplane type of the device that sent the topology message LocalSeg Indicates if the sender of the topology message is on the same Ethernet segment as the reporting agent CurState The current state of the sender of the topology message The choices are topChanged Topology information has recently ch...

Page 282: ...efined Info tab page 300 LLDP Globals tab With the Globals tab you can configure LLDP transmit properties and view remote table statistics Use the following procedure to open the Globals tab Step Action 1 From the Device Manager menu bar choose Edit Diagnostics 802 1ab LLDP The LLDP dialog box appears with the Globals tab displayed Figure 100 LLDP Globals tab The following table describes the Glob...

Page 283: ...y in seconds between successive LLDP frame transmissions initiated by value or status changes in the LLDP local systems MIB The recommended value for the lldpTxDelay is set by the following formula 1 lldpTxDelay 0 25 lldpMessageTxInterval lldpNotificationInterval This object controls the transmission of LLDP notifications The agent must not generate more than one lldpRemTablesChange notification e...

Page 284: ... set of information received from a particular MSAP is inserted into related tables If partial information cannot be inserted for a reason such as lack of resources all of the complete set of information is removed This counter is incremented only once after the complete set of information is successfully recorded in all related tables Any failures occurring during insertion of the information set...

Page 285: ...ficient resources RemTablesAgeouts The number of times the complete set of information advertised by a particular MSAP is deleted from tables contained in lldpRemoteSystemsData and lldpExtensions objects because the information timeliness interval has expired This counter is incremented only once when the complete set of information is completely invalidated aged out from all related tables Partia...

Page 286: ...nformation about the remote systems to which it is connected rxOnly the LLDP agent receives but does not transmit LLDP frames on this port txAndRx the LLDP agent transmits and receives LLDP frames on this port disabled the LLDP agent does not transmit or receive LLDP frames on this port If the port receives remote systems information which is stored in other tables before AdminStatus is disabled t...

Page 287: ...ription TLV sysCap System Capabilities TLV ATTENTION The Local Management tab controls Management Address TLV transmission End TX Stats tab With the TX Stats tab you can view LLDP transmit statistics by port Use the following procedure to open the TX Stats tab Step Action 1 From the Device Manager menu bar choose Edit Diagnostics 802 1ab LLDP The LLDP dialog box appears with the Globals tab displa...

Page 288: ...port End Graphing LLDP transmit statistics Use the following procedure to graph LLDP transmit statistics Step Action 1 From the TX Stats tab select the port for which you want to display statistics 2 Click Graph The TX Stats Graph dialog box appears 3 Highlight a data column to graph 4 Click one of the graph buttons End Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN472...

Page 289: ...e following table describes the RX Stats tab fields Table 131 RX Stats tab fields Field Description PortNum Port number FramesDiscardedTotal The number of LLDP frames received on the port and discarded for any reason This counter provides an indication that LLDP header formatting problems exist with the local LLDP agent in the sending system or that LLDPDU validation problems exist with the local ...

Page 290: ...ular MSAP is deleted from tables contained in lldpRemoteSystemsData and lldpExtensions objects because the information timeliness interval has expired This counter is similar to lldpStatsRemTablesAgeouts except that it is on a per port basis This enables NMS to poll tables associated with the lldpRemoteSystemsData objects and all LLDP extension objects associated with remote systems on the indicat...

Page 291: ...e of the graph buttons End Local System tab With the Local System tab you can view LLDP properties for the local system Use the following procedure to open the Local System tab Step Action 1 From the Device Manager menu bar choose Edit Diagnostics 802 1ab LLDP The LLDP dialog box appears with the Globals tab displayed 2 Select Local System The Local System tab appears Nortel Ethernet Routing Switc...

Page 292: ...ChassisId chassis ID SysName local system name SysDesc local system description SysCapSupported identifies the system capabilities supported on the local system SysCapEnabled identifies the system capabilities that are enabled on the local system End Local Port tab With the Local Port tab you can view LLDP port properties for the local system Use the following procedure to open the Local Port tab ...

Page 293: ... The following table describes the Local Port tab fields Table 133 Local Port tab fields Field Description PortNum Port number PortIdSubtype The type of port identifier encoding used in the associated PortId object interfaceAlias portComponent macAddress networkAddress interfaceName agentCircuitId local Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 0...

Page 294: ...e local system Use the following procedure to open the Local Management tab Step Action 1 From the Device Manager menu bar choose Edit Diagnostics 802 1ab LLDP The LLDP dialog box appears with the Globals tab displayed 2 Click the Local Management tab The Local Management tab appears Figure 106 Local Management tab The following table describes the Local Management tab fields Table 134 Local Manag...

Page 295: ...hod used to define the interface number associated with the remote system unknown ifIndex systemPortNumber AddrIfId The integer value used to identify the interface number of the management address component associated with the local system AddrOID The value used to identify the type of hardware component or protocol entity associated with the management address advertised by the local system agen...

Page 296: ...etails about TimeFilter LocalPortNum Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received Index An arbitrary local integer value used by this agent to identify a particular MSAP An agent is encouraged to assign monotonically increasing index values to new entries starting with one after each reboot ChassisIdSubtype The type of encoding used to identify the remote system cha...

Page 297: ...ame agentCircuitId local PortId Remote port ID PortDesc Remote port description End Neighbor Mgmt Address tab With the Neighbor Mgmt Address tab you can view LLDP management properties for the remote system Use the following procedure to open the Neighbor Mgmt Address tab Step Action 1 From the Device Manager menu bar choose Edit Diagnostics 802 1ab LLDP The LLDP dialog box appears with the Global...

Page 298: ...reboot AddrSubtype The type of encoding used in the associated Addr object Addr The management address associated with the remote system AddrIfSubtype Identifies the numbering method used to define the interface number associated with the remote system unknown ifIndex systemPortNumber AddrIfId The integer value used to identify the interface number of the management address component associated wi...

Page 299: ...nknown TLV tab fields Field Description TimeMark The TimeFilter for this entry LocalPortNum Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received Index An arbitrary local integer value used by this agent to identify a particular MSAP An agent is encouraged to assign monotonically increasing index values to new entries starting with one after each reboot UnknownTLVType The va...

Page 300: ...tab fields Table 137 Organizational Defined Info tab fields Field Description TimeMark The TimeFilter for this entry LocalPortNum Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received Index An arbitrary local integer value used by this agent to identify a particular MSAP An agent is encouraged to assign monotonically increasing index values to new entries starting with one a...

Page 301: ...his agent to identify a particular unrecognized organizationally defined information instance unique only for the OrgDefInfoOUI and lldpRemOrgDefInfoSubtype of the same remote system An agent is encouraged to assign monotonically increasing index values to new entries starting with one after each reboot It is unlikely that the lldpRemOrgDefInfoIndex wraps between reboots OrdDefInfo The string valu...

Page 302: ... Configuring the switch using Device Manager Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 303: ...edit the configuration of a single port use the following procedure Do one of the following Double click on a single port From the Device Manager main menu choose Edit Port From the shortcut menu choose Edit From the toolbar click Edit ATTENTION When you edit a single port tabs that are not applicable are not available for you to select When you edit multiple ports some tabs are not available and ...

Page 304: ...atus of a single port To view the Interface tab use the following procedure Step Action 1 Select the port you want to edit 2 Do one of the following Double click on the selected port From the Device Manager main menu choose Edit Port From the shortcut menu choose Edit From the toolbar click Edit The Port dialog box for a single port appears with the Interface tab displayed Nortel Ethernet Routing ...

Page 305: ...grade does not allow autonegotiation to correctly identify the link speed and duplex settings you can manually configure the settings for the link in question End Interface tab fields page 305 Interface tab fields Table 138 Interface tab fields for a single port page 306 describes the Interface tab fields for a single port Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN...

Page 306: ...nal state of the interface which can be one of the following up down testing If AdminStatus is up then OperStatus should be up if the interface is ready to transmit and receive network traffic If AdminStatus is down then OperStatus should be down It should remain in the down state if and only if there is a fault that prevents it from going to the up state The testing state indicates that no operat...

Page 307: ...d as a single port are shared Only one shared port may be active at a time PortActiveComponent Specifies the physical port components that are active for a shared port Viewing and editing multiple port configurations page 307 Interface tab for multiple ports page 308 Viewing and editing multiple port configurations To view or edit the configurations of multiple ports Step Action 1 Select the ports...

Page 308: ...dure Step Action 1 Select the ports that you want to edit Press Ctrl left click the ports that you want to configure A yellow outline appears around the selected ports 2 Do one of the following From the shortcut menu choose Edit From the Device Manager main menu choose Edit Port The Interface tab shows port interface statistics Figure 111 Interface tab for multiple ports End Table 139 Interface ta...

Page 309: ...management action or the configuration information available to the managed system OperStatus Current operational state of the interface which can be one of the following up down testing If AdminStatus is up then OperStatus should be up if the interface is ready to transmit and receive network traffic If AdminStatus is down then OperStatus should be down It should remain in the down state if and o...

Page 310: ... support on a port and that may be advertised by the port using auto negotiation AutoNegotiation Advertisments Specifies the port speed and duplex abilities to be advertised during link negotiation MltId The MultiLink Trunk to which the port is assigned if any IsPortShared Specifies whether a port is shared Multiple ports that are logically represented as a single port are shared Only one shared p...

Page 311: ...information about the host device and if provided the contact person or manager for the switch The System Information page is also the web based management interface home page To view system information use the following procedure From the main menu choose Administration System Information The System Information page appears ATTENTION You may create or modify existing system information parameters...

Page 312: ...Finance Group sysLocation The location name created by the network administrator to identify the switch location for example first floor sysContact The name email address and telephone number of the person to contact about switch operation Quick Start The Quick Start feature lets the administrator of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series make the initial setup by consolidating multiple setup pag...

Page 313: ...e changed to the Quick Start VLAN The Quick Start VLAN is also designated as the management VLAN To configure the initial settings using the Quick Start feature Step Action 1 From the main menu select Administration Quick Start The Quick Start page is displayed Figure 113 Quick Start page 2 Click on the Submit button after making the required settings The following table describes the items on the...

Page 314: ...the SNMPv1 Read Write community for example public or private Re enter character string to verify The default value is private Index Select the number of the Trap Receiver to create or modify IP address Specify the network address for the SNMP Manager that is to receive the specified Trap Trap Receiver Community Type the Community String for the specified Trap Receiver Re enter Community String to...

Page 315: ... The LEDs display various patterns to indicate that the subtests are in progress To reboot the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series without making changes since your last Submit request Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration Reset Figure 114 Reset page The reset warning message displays Figure 115 Reset page message 2 Click OK End Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview ...

Page 316: ...mprises various diagnostic routines and subtests The LEDs display various patterns to indicate that the subtests are in progress To change the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series to system defaults Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Administration Reset to Default The reset to default warning message displays Figure 116 Reset to Default page message End Logging out of the management interface...

Page 317: ... security a reset returns you to the home page If you have configured system password security a reset returns you to a log on page for details on configuring management passwords see Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 End Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 Nov...

Page 318: ...inistering the switch using web based management Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 319: ...33 Configuring port communication speed page 334 Configuring Rate Limiting page 335 Configuring BootP IP and gateway settings You can configure the BootP mode settings create and modify the In band switch IP addresses and In band subnet mask parameters and configure the IP address of your default gateway ATTENTION Settings take effect immediately when you click Submit To configure BootP IP and gat...

Page 320: ...tP server it tries five more times to find one and then defaults to the factory settings BootP Always Choose this mode to inform the switch to ignore any stored network parameters and send a BootP request each time it boots If the BootP request fails the switch boots with the factory default IP configuration This setting disables remote management if no BootP server is set up for the switch but le...

Page 321: ...ENTION Whenever the switch is broadcasting BootP requests the BootP process times out if a reply is not received within 7 minutes approximately When the process times out the BootP request mode automatically changes to BootP Disabled mode To restart the BootP process change the BootP request mode to any of the three following modes BootP or Default IP BootP Always or to BootP or Last Address In Ba...

Page 322: ...mine the network or subnet address portion of a host s IP address The bits in the IP address that contain the network address including the subnet are set to 1 in the address mask and the bits that contain the host identifier are set to 0 Gateway Setting Default Gateway XXX XXX XXX XXX Type an IP address for the default gateway in the appropriate format 2 Type information in the text boxes or sele...

Page 323: ...pears Figure 119 System page Table 143 System page items page 323 describes the items on the System page Table 143 System page items Item Range Description System Description The factory set description of the hardware and software versions System Object ID The character string that the vendor created to uniquely identify this device Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Confi...

Page 324: ...company com ATTENTION To operate correctly with the Web interface the system contact should be an e mail address 2 Type information in the text boxes 3 Click Submit End Configuring switch port status You can use the Port Management page to configure a specific switch port or all switch ports to autonegotiate for the highest available speed of the connected station or you can set the speed for sele...

Page 325: ...ement The Port Management page appears Figure 120 Port Management page The following table describes the items on the Port Management page Table 144 Port Management page items Item Range Description Port The switch port number of the corresponding row The values that you set in each switch row affect all switch ports Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 ...

Page 326: ...d trap receiver from the switch The default setting is On Autonegotiation 1 Enabled 2 Disabled Choose to enable or disable the autonegotiation feature Choosing to enable autonegotiation sets the corresponding port speed to match the best service provided by the connected station up to 100Mb s in full duplex mode ATTENTION Autonegotiation also enables auto sensing on 10 100 ports The default settin...

Page 327: ...21 High Speed Flow Control page The following table describes the items on the High Speed Flow Control page Table 145 High Speed Flow Control page items Item Range Description Port The switch port number of the corresponding row Autonegotiation 1 Enabled 2 Disabled Displays if the autonegotiation feature is enabled or disabled When enabled the port advertises support only for 1000Mb s operation in...

Page 328: ... be present in your network and the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series must have an IP address To learn how to configure the switch IP address see ip address command page 178 CAUTION Do not interrupt power to the device during the software download process A power interruption can corrupt the firmware image To download a switch image use the following procedure Step Action 1 From the main menu ch...

Page 329: ...ware download process automatically completes without user intervention The process erases the contents of flash memory and replaces it with a new software image Take care not to interrupt the download process until after it runs to completion the process can take up to ten minutes depending on network conditions Unless you choose the Download without reset option the switch automatically resets a...

Page 330: ... switch self test which comprises various diagnostic routines and subtests ATTENTION The LEDs display various patterns to indicate that the subtests are in progress Downloading ASCII configuration files The ASCII Config Download feature lets you upload an ASCII configuration file from a personal computer to the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series In the current implementation you require a TFTP se...

Page 331: ...witch configuration parameters on a Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP server You can retrieve the configuration parameters and use the retrieved parameters to automatically configure a replacement switch To store a switch configuration you must set up the file on your TFTP server and set the filename read write permission to enabled To download the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series configurati...

Page 332: ...XXX XXX XXX Type the IP address of the TFTP load host Copy Configuration Image to Target 1 Yes 2 No Choose whether or not to copy the configuration image to the server Retrieve Configuration Image from Target 1 Yes 2 No Choose whether or not to retrieve the configuration image from a server If you choose Yes the download process begins immediately and when completed causes the switch to reset with...

Page 333: ...r switch that has the same GBIC model installed the configuration file settings can also apply to and override the existing GBIC settings Table 150 Parameters not saved to the configuration file page 333 describes the parameters that are not saved to the configuration file Table 150 Parameters not saved to the configuration file These parameters are not saved In Band Switch IP Address In Band Subn...

Page 334: ...ollowing procedure Step Action 1 From the main menu choose Configuration Console Comm Port The Console Communication Port page appears Figure 125 Console Communication Port page The following table describes the items on the Console Commu nication Port page Table 151 Console Communication Port page items Item Range Description Comm Port Data Bits The current console communication port data bit set...

Page 335: ...imiting is a box oriented feature which lets you configure threshold limits for either broadcast or multicast packets ingressing on a port for a given time interval in packets second If the configured threshold exceeds on a port the switch drops extra packets received No SNMP trap or syslog is generated in case of congestion Configuring Rate Limiting To configure Rate Limiting using the web based ...

Page 336: ...sponds to the selected switch or stack Packet Type Select the type of packet Multicast Broadcast or Both Limit Configure the threshold limit for the selected type of packet 2 On the Rate Limiting page type information in the text boxes or select from a list 3 Click Submit End Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 Novembe...

Page 337: ... section cycle the power to the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series disconnect and then reconnect the AC power cord then verify that the switch follows the normal power up sequence WARNING To avoid injury from hazardous electrical current do not remove the top cover of the device There are no user serviceable components inside WARNING Vorsicht Um Verletzungsgefahr durch einen elektrischen Stromsch...

Page 338: ...n rimuovere mai il coperchio superiore del dispositivo I componenti interni non possono essere manipolati dall utente Normal power up sequence In a normal power up sequence the LEDs appear as follows 1 After power is applied to the switch the Pwr Power LED turns on within 5 seconds 2 The switch initiates a self test during which the port LEDs display various patterns to indicate the progress of th...

Page 339: ...elieve that traffic is present The switch s link partner is not autonegotiating properly See Port connection problems page 339 Port connection problems You can usually trace port connection problems to either a poor cable connection or an improper connection of the port cables at either end of the link To remedy these types of problems make sure that the cable connections are secure and that the c...

Page 340: ...lex mode If the connected station is operating in full duplex mode it cannot communicate with the switch To correct this mode mismatch problem use the following procedure 1 Use the Port Management page to disable autonegotiation for the suspect port see Configuring switch port status page 324 2 Manually set the Speed Duplex field to match the speed duplex mode of the connected station You may have...

Page 341: ...t cable Figure 127 DB 9 Console port connector The following table lists the DB 9 Console port connector pin assignments Table 154 DB 9 Console port connector pin assignments Pin number Signal 1 Carrier detect not used 2 Transmit data TXD 3 Receive data RXD 4 Data terminal ready not used 5 Signal ground GND 6 Not used 7 Request to send not used Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview S...

Page 342: ...e Comm Port connector Pin number Signal 8 Not used 9 Ring indicator not used Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 343: ... IP address assigned Community String Zero length string Autotoplology Enabled Authentication Trap Enabled Link Up Down Trap Enabled Reset Count 1 This is the value only when the flash memory is erased Even if you reboot the switch to factory defaults the Reset Count increases and is equal to the number of times the switch restarted from the last flash memory erase Last Reset Type Power Cycle sysC...

Page 344: ...ddress Blank field MAC Address Blank field no address assigned Allowed Source Blank field Display Create MAC Address 00 00 00 00 00 00 EAPOL Administrative Stat Disabled Initialize No Operational Status Authorized Administrative Traffic Control Incoming and Outgoing Operational Traffic Control Incoming and Outgoing Re authenticate Now No Re authentication Enabled Re authentication period 3600 seco...

Page 345: ...or all ports Speed Duplex 100Mbs Half when Autonegotiation is Disabled Autonegotiation Enabled Speed Duplex 100Mbs Half when Autonegotiation is Disabled Flow Control Disabled Trunk 1 to 6 depending on configuration status Trunk Members Unit Port Blank field STP Learning Normal Trunk Mode Basic Trunk Status Disabled Trunk Name Trunk 1 to Trunk 6 Traffic Type Rx and Tx Monitoring Mode Disabled Monit...

Page 346: ...dard software image user Console Read Write Switch Password standard software image secure Console Read Only Switch Password secure software image userpasswd Console Read Write Switch Password secure software image securepasswd Primary RADIUS Server 0 0 0 0 Secondary RADIUS Server 0 0 0 0 RADIUS UDP Port 1812 RADIUS Shared Secret Null String RADIUS Timeout 2 seconds STP Mode IEEE 802 1s Bridge Pri...

Page 347: ...ost Type 32 bits in MSTP RSTP mode 16 bits in legacy STP mode Not supported in STPG mode Priority 128 Path Cost 10 or 100 1 for Gigabit port Path Cost 1000 LAN speed in Mb s Bridge Priority 0x8000 Root Port 0 Root Path Cost 0 Maximum Age Time 20 seconds Forward Delay 15 seconds Bridge Hello Time 20 seconds Bridge Max Age Time 20 seconds Bridge Forward Delay Time 15 seconds Bridge Priority 0x8000 B...

Page 348: ...ath Cost Type 32 bits in MSTP RSTP mode 16 bits in legacy STP802 1d mode Not supported in STP802 1d mode Region Name MAC address of the device TELNET Access Enabled SNMP Access Enabled Web Access Enabled Yes Login Timeout 1 minute Login Retries 3 Inactivity Timeout 15 minutes Event Logging All First field 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Allowed Source IP Address 10 user configurable fields Remainin...

Page 349: ...iguration Image from Server No ASCII Configuration Filename Zero length string TFTP Server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Retrieve Configuration File from Server No Last Manual Configuration Status Passed Last Auto Configuration Status Passed Auto Configuration on Reset Disabled Operational Mode of rear ports for pre enabled units Stacking Mode Operational Mode of rear ports for non pre enabled units Standalo...

Page 350: ...350 Appendix B Default settings Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 351: ...em which contains the site specific information including IP addresses needed to perform the software download and configuration You can modify this sample BootP configuration file or create one of your own A sample BootP configuration file follows Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel...

Page 352: ... Appendix C Sample BootP configuration file Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 353: ...iguration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 autotopology autotopology command page 216 autosave enable autosave enable command page 207 banner custom static disabled 1 19 LINE banner command for displaying banner page 201 blink leds off time 1 10 Configuring LEDs to blink on the display panel page 229 boot default boot command page 196 clear logging nv nonvolatile volatile Nor...

Page 354: ...me WORD copy tftp config command page 200 copy running config tftp IP Address filename copy running config tftp command page 192 default auto negotiation advertisements port portlist default auto negotiation advertisements command page 247 default autotopology default autotopology command page 216 default autosave enable default autosave enable command page 207 default command default command page...

Page 355: ...me port portlist Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 default lldp port portlist config notification default lldp config notification command page 220 default lldp port portlist status default lldp status command page 223 default lldp tx interval tx hold multiplier reinit delay tx delay notification interval default lldp co...

Page 356: ... Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 default snmp trap link status port portlist Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 default sntp enable server sync interval default sntp command page 212 default spanning tree port portlist learning cost priority Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuratio...

Page 357: ...cation period 1 604800 re authenticate quiet interval num transmit interval num supplicant timeout num server timeout num max request num Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 enable command enable command page 91 Enabling CANA Enabling Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements CANA page 244 end command end command page 92 exit exit command page 9...

Page 358: ...e and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 lacp priority port portlist 0 255 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 lacp system priority 0 65535 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 lacp timeout time port portlist short long Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 25...

Page 359: ...urity Configuration and Management NN47215 505 mac security mac address table address H H H port portlist security list 1 32 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 mac security mac da filter add H H H delete H H H Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 mac security security list 1 32 add por...

Page 360: ...ement NN47215 505 no ipmgr telnet snmp web Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 no lacp aggregation port portlist enable Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 no lldp port portlist config notification no lldp config notification command page 220 no lldp port portlist st...

Page 361: ...on and Management NN47215 505 no port mirroring Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Performance Management System Monitoring NN47215 502 no radius server host key password fallback secondary host Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 no rate limit no rate limit command page 244 no rmon alarm 1 65535 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 S...

Page 362: ...outing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 no snmp server location text Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 no snmp server name text Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 no snmp server user engine id engineid username Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 ...

Page 363: ...ity Configuration and Management NN47215 505 no tftp server no tftp server command page 199 no vlan 1 4094 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 no web server Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 password aging time day 1 2730 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series ...

Page 364: ...l Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Performance Management System Monitoring NN47215 502 rmon event 1 65535 log trap description LINE owner LINE Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Performance Management System Monitoring NN47215 502 rmon history 1 65535 LINE 1 65535 1 3600 owner LINE Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Performance Management System Monitoring NN47215 502 rmon stat...

Page 365: ...st auth stats portlist Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 show interfaces gbic info portlist portlist config names portlist show interfaces command page 202 show interfaces portlist config show interfaces config command page 204 show ip address show ip address command page 182 show ip bootp default gateway show ip command page 181 show ip d...

Page 366: ...Configuration and Management NN47215 505 show mlt utilization 1 6 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 show password aging time day security Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 show poe main status show poe main status command page 164 show poe port status show poe po...

Page 367: ...0 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 show spanning tree mstp config Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 show spanning tree mstp msti config 1 7 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 show spanning tree mstp mst...

Page 368: ... tree rstp port status portlist Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 show spanning tree rstp statistics Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 show spanning tree rstp status Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree a...

Page 369: ...ancel shutdown command page 94 shutdown port portlist shutdown command for the port page 233 snmp server enable disable Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 snmp server authentication trap enable disable Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 snmp server bootstrap minimum secure semi secur...

Page 370: ...ew name write view view name notify view view name Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 snmp server view view name OID OID OID OID OID OID OID OID OID OID Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 snmp trap link status port portlist Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configur...

Page 371: ...t 1 200000000 edge port false true hello time 1 10 learning disable enable p2p auto force false force true priority 00 10 É F0 protocol migration false true Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 spanning tree mstp region config id sell 0 255 region name 1 32 chars region version 0 65535 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Se...

Page 372: ...uting Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 ssh timeout 1 120 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Security Configuration and Management NN47215 505 telnet access enable disable login timeout 1 10 retry 1 100 inactive timeout 0 60 logging none access failures all source ip 1 10 XXX XXX XXX XXX mask XXX XXX XXX XXX Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Secu...

Page 373: ...rtel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 vlan name 1 4094 line Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration VLANs Spanning Tree and MultiLink Trunking NN47215 501 vlan ports portlist tagging enable disable tagAll untagAll tagPvidOnly untagPvidOnly pvid 1 4094 remarking enable disable filter unregistered frames enable ...

Page 374: ...374 Appendix D Command List Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 375: ...ndensing 5 to 95 maximum relative humidity noncondensing Altitude 3024 m 10 000 ft 3024 m 10 000 ft AC power specifications The following table describes the AC power specifications for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Table 158 AC power specifications Models 2526T 2550T 2526T PWR 2550T PWR Input current Maximum 0 8 A Maximum 2 9 A Input voltage rms 100 240 VAC at 50 60Hz 100 240 VAC at 50 ...

Page 376: ... lists performance specifications for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Table 160 Performance specifications of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Parameter Specifications Frame Forward Rate 64 byte packets 10 2 Million packets second Mpps on 2550T 2550T P WR and 6 6 Mpps on 2526T 2526T PWR MAC Address Database Size 16 000 entries Addressing 48 bit MAC address Network protocol and stand...

Page 377: ...EC 60950 CB report and certificate with all national deviations EN 60950 CSA 22 2 No 60950950 UL 94 V1 flammability requirements for PC board NOM NOM 019 Electromagnetic emissions The electromagnetic emission standards for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series CISPR 22 Class A CISPR 24 Class A US CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B Class A Canada ICES 003 Issue 3 Class A Australia New Zealand AS NZS 3548 Cl...

Page 378: ...1000 4 6 EN61000 4 8 EN61000 4 11 Electromagnetic immunity The Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series meets the EN50082 1 1997 standard Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 November 2007 Copyright 2007 Nortel Networks ...

Page 379: ...page 330 ASCIIConfigAutodldStatus field 274 ASCIIConfigAutoDownload field 274 ASCIIConfigFileName field 274 ASCIIConfigManualdldStatus field 274 274 ASCIIConfigManualDownload field 274 274 AUR 54 configuring with Device Manager 63 configuring with the CLI 61 Authentication Password 125 Authentication Protocol 125 AuthenticationTraps field 260 Auto Unit Replacement 54 auto negotiation advertisement...

Page 380: ...82 91 91 communication parameters setting for Device Manager 120 community strings default for Device Manager 123 entering 124 ConfigFileName field 272 configuration downloading 272 PoE by port 175 PoE switch parameters 172 Configuration File Download Upload page 332 Configuration File Download Upload screen 73 configure command 91 configure network command 189 Configuring PoE 157 Configuring PoE ...

Page 381: ...mmand 238 default tftp server command 199 Default TTL field 254 Default write community 122 Descr field 250 262 263 306 309 Description field 152 Detection field 176 Device Manager 101 installing on UNIX 111 installing on Windows 103 requirements 101 setting properties 120 Device Manager window 119 120 Device menu 127 Device Name field 124 device view summary 128 device opening 123 diagnostics 229...

Page 382: ...l configuring 327 Horizontal button 140 hybrid mode 85 I icons about 150 Identify Unit Numbers page 155 IEEE 802 3u standard 77 image file 272 ImageFileName field 266 273 274 ImageLoadMode field 261 Index field 306 309 Insert button 133 installing the Device Manager software 102 interface command 91 Interface item ARP 255 Interface tab for a single port 304 Interface tab for multiple ports 308 int...

Page 383: ...wing 129 MDAs 240 menu bar Device Manager 127 menus 127 Microsoft Internet Explorer software version requirements 145 Minimum statistics 134 MLT 202 MltId field 307 310 Mtu field 306 309 multiple objects selecting 129 multiple ports editing 307 N name command 235 Name field 306 309 naming ports 235 netmask 177 178 NetMask field 254 Netscape Navigator software version requirements 145 network admin...

Page 384: ...PD Detect Type field 169 PhysAddress field 306 309 ping command 183 185 Pluggable port 152 PoE available power 173 DC power source 158 disabling 176 disabling port power 161 enabling 176 enabling or disabling 170 enabling port power 161 enabling power 160 error codes 158 165 error messages 176 management 167 port configuration 170 port power limit 163 port priority 160 162 170 176 port settings 17...

Page 385: ...power usage 158 164 power usage traps 174 power use 159 164 power sharing options 168 power up sequence 338 PowerDeviceDetectType field 174 PowerPriority field 176 PrimaryServer Address field 277 PrimaryServer SynchFailures field 277 Print button 133 Privacy Password 125 Privacy Protocol 125 product support 20 Properties dialog box 120 Hotswap Poll Interval field 122 Status Poll Interval field 122...

Page 386: ... 201 show cli command 194 show clock summer time command 215 show clock time zone command 214 show config network command 190 show interfaces command 202 show interfaces config command 204 show ip address command 182 show ip command 181 show ip dns command 185 show lldp command 224 show lldp port command 226 show mac address table command 98 show poe main status command 164 show poe port status co...

Page 387: ...et mask 177 178 summary options changing stack numbering 154 identifying unit numbers 155 viewing stack information 151 switch information 153 Support heading 147 support Nortel Networks 20 switch configuration files not saved parameters retrieving from a TFTP server 331 storing on a TFTP server 331 switch configuration options bootP settings 319 gateway settings 319 high speed flow control 327 IP...

Page 388: ...251 trap log 142 Trap Log button 128 Trap Port field 122 traps 174 power 173 Traps Control field 169 troubleshooting 177 access 91 locations of Help files 143 ping 183 185 PoE 158 port interface 339 port numbers 85 ports 91 power detection type 174 Power tab 172 power up sequence 338 receiving traps 142 SNTP 68 208 timestamps 68 208 Type field 250 256 262 306 309 types of objects 128 U Unit field ...

Page 389: ...146 main menu icons management page 149 navigating the menu 147 requirements to use 145 Web based management interface home page 146 window Device Manager 126 Windows installing Device Manager 103 Write Community field 124 Write Community SNMP 124 125 write memory command 205 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Overview System Configuration NN47215 500 323162 B 02 02 Standard 4 1 19 Novembe...

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