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Software Release V1.3.0

Part No. 302401-D Rev 00
July 1999

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Using the BayStack 450
10/100/1000 Series Switch

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Summary of Contents for BayStack 450 Switch

Page 1: ...Software Release V1 3 0 Part No 302401 D Rev 00 July 1999 4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 Using the BayStack 450 10 100 1000 Series Switch kombk book Page i Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 2: ...uipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If it is not installed and used in accordance with the ins...

Page 3: ...disturbance may arise When such trouble occurs the user may be required to take corrective actions Taiwan Requirements Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection BSMI Statement Canada Requirements Only Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus BayStack 450 switch does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus ...

Page 4: ...to any third party the Software or any information about the operation design performance or implementation of the Software and user manuals that is confidential to Nortel Networks and its licensors however Licensee may grant permission to its consultants subcontractors and agents to use the Software at Licensee s facility provided they have agreed to use the Software only in accordance with the t...

Page 5: ...expiration of the Nortel Networks copyright those restrictions relating to use and disclosure of Nortel Networks confidential information shall continue in effect Licensee may terminate this license at any time The license will automatically terminate if Licensee fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the license Upon termination for any reason Licensee will immediately destroy or...

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Page 7: ...Port 1 3 Uplink Expansion Slot 1 3 Port Connectors 1 3 LED Display Panel 1 5 Back Panel 1 8 AC Power Receptacle 1 9 RPSU Connector 1 10 Cascade Module Slot 1 11 Cooling Fans 1 11 Features 1 11 IEEE 802 1p Prioritizing 1 14 IEEE 802 1Q VLANs 1 14 IGMP Snooping Feature 1 15 Flash Memory Storage 1 15 Storage of Switch Software Image 1 15 Storage of Configuration Parameters 1 15 MultiLink Trunking 1 1...

Page 8: ...e A In Connector 1 24 Base Unit 1 25 Initial Installation 1 25 Stack MAC Address 1 26 Temporary Base Unit 1 26 Removing a Unit from the Stack 1 27 Stack Configurations 1 27 Stack Up Configurations 1 28 Stack Down Configurations 1 28 Redundant Cascade Stacking Feature 1 30 IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Workgroups 1 32 IEEE 802 1Q Tagging 1 33 VLANs Spanning Multiple Switches 1 37 VLANS Spanning Multiple 802 1Q ...

Page 9: ...ring 1 76 Port Based Mirroring Configuration 1 77 Address Based Mirroring Configuration 1 79 Port Mirroring Configuration Rules 1 82 Chapter 2 Installing the BayStack 450 Switch Installation Requirements 2 1 Installation Procedure 2 3 Installing the BayStack 450 Switch on a Flat Surface 2 3 Installing the BayStack 450 Switch in a Rack 2 4 Attaching Devices to the BayStack 450 Switch 2 7 Connecting...

Page 10: ...ration 3 18 MAC Address Table 3 20 VLAN Configuration Menu 3 22 VLAN Configuration 3 24 VLAN Port Configuration 3 26 VLAN Display by Port 3 29 Traffic Class Configuration 3 30 Port Configuration 3 32 High Speed Flow Control Configuration 3 34 Choosing a High Speed Flow Control Mode 3 36 Symmetric Mode 3 36 Asymmetric 3 37 MultiLink Trunk Configuration 3 37 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Screen 3 39...

Page 11: ...88 Reset to Default Settings 3 90 Logout 3 93 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Interpreting the LEDs 4 2 Diagnosing and Correcting the Problem 4 5 Normal Power Up Sequence 4 6 Port Connection Problems 4 7 Autonegotiation Modes 4 8 Port Interface 4 9 Appendix A Technical Specifications Environmental A 1 Electrical A 1 Physical Dimensions A 2 Performance Specifications A 2 Network Protocol and Standards Co...

Page 12: ...nalties B 6 Appendix C Media Dependent Adapters 10BASE T 100BASE TX MDA C 2 100BASE FX MDAs C 3 1000BASE SX MDAs C 6 M1000BASE LX MDAs C 9 Installing an MDA C 11 Replacing an MDA with a Different Model C 13 1000BASE LX Multimode Applications C 13 Appendix D Quick Steps to Features Configuring 802 1Q VLANs D 2 Configuring MultiLink Trunks D 4 Configuring Port Mirroring D 5 Configuring IGMP Snooping...

Page 13: ...0 xiii MDI X to MDI X Cable Connections E 4 DB 9 RS 232 D Console Comm Port Connector E 5 Appendix F Default Settings Appendix G Sample BootP Configuration File Index kombk book Page xiii Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

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Page 15: ...n Example 1 29 Figure 1 14 Redundant Cascade Stacking Feature 1 31 Figure 1 15 Port Based VLAN Example 1 32 Figure 1 16 Default VLAN Settings 1 34 Figure 1 17 802 1Q Tagging 1 of 4 1 35 Figure 1 18 802 1Q Tagging 2 of 4 1 35 Figure 1 19 802 1Q Tagging 3 of 4 1 36 Figure 1 20 802 1Q Tagging 4 of 4 1 36 Figure 1 21 VLANs Spanning Multiple 802 1Q Tagged Switches 1 37 Figure 1 22 VLANs Spanning Multip...

Page 16: ... S3 1 65 Figure 1 45 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Screen for Switch S4 1 67 Figure 1 46 Loss of Distributed Trunk Members 1 71 Figure 1 47 Path Cost Arbitration Example 1 72 Figure 1 48 Example 1 Correctly Configured Trunk 1 73 Figure 1 49 Example 2 Detecting a Misconfigured Port 1 74 Figure 1 50 Port Based Mirroring Configuration Example 1 77 Figure 1 51 Port Mirroring Port Based Screen Example ...

Page 17: ...3 29 Figure 3 12 Traffic Class Configuration Screen 3 31 Figure 3 13 Port Configuration Screen 1 of 2 3 32 Figure 3 14 Port Configuration Screen 2 of 2 3 33 Figure 3 15 High Speed Flow Control Configuration Screen 3 35 Figure 3 16 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu Screen 3 38 Figure 3 17 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Screen 3 40 Figure 3 18 MultiLink Trunk Utilization Screen 1 of 2 3 42 Figure 3 ...

Page 18: ...gs 3 92 Figure 3 43 Password Prompt Screen 3 93 Figure 4 1 BayStack 450 24T 12T LED Display Panel 4 2 Figure 4 2 BayStack 450 12F LED Display Panel 4 3 Figure C 1 400 4TX MDA Front Panel C 2 Figure C 2 100BASE FX MDA Front Panels C 4 Figure C 3 1000BASE SX MDA Front Panels C 7 Figure C 4 1000BASE LX MDA Front Panels C 10 Figure C 5 Installing an MDA C 12 Figure D 1 Configuring 802 1Q VLANs 1 of 2 ...

Page 19: ...n Screen Fields 3 31 Table 3 12 Port Configuration Screen Fields 3 33 Table 3 13 High Speed Flow Control Configuration Screen Fields 3 35 Table 3 14 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu Screen Options 3 38 Table 3 15 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Screen Fields 3 40 Table 3 16 MultiLink Trunk Utilization Screen Fields 3 43 Table 3 17 Port Mirroring Configuration Screen Fields 3 46 Table 3 18 Monitori...

Page 20: ...3 1000BASE SX Receive Characteristics B 3 Table B 4 Worst Case 1000BASE SX Power Budget and Penalties B 4 Table B 5 Operating Range for 1000BASE LX B 4 Table B 6 1000BASE LX Transmit Characteristics B 5 Table B 7 1000BASE LX Receive Characteristics B 5 Table B 8 Worst Case 1000BASE LX Power Budget and Penalties B 6 Table C 1 400 4TX MDA Components C 2 Table C 2 100BASE FX MDA Components C 5 Table ...

Page 21: ... with each MDA see your Nortel Networks sales representative for ordering information For more information about the MDAs see Appendix C Media Dependent Adapters BayStack 450 switches configured with BayStack 450 software version V1 1 0 or later provide Fail Safe stackability when you install the optional BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Module Installation instructions are included with each BayStack 400...

Page 22: ...tch Chapter 4 View operational and environmental specifications that apply to the BayStack 450 switch Appendix A View gigabit fiber optical characteristics of the optional 1000BASE SX LX MDAs Appendix B Learn about optional media dependent adapters MDAs you can use with the BayStack 450 switch Appendix C Learn about Quick Step flowcharts for using the BayStack 450 switch features Appendix D Learn ...

Page 23: ...s are connected by an underscore Example If the command syntax is show at valid_route valid_route is one variable and you substitute one value for it screen text Indicates system output for example prompts and system messages Example Set Trap Monitor Filters Enter Named keys in text are enclosed in square brackets The notation Enter is used for the Enter key and the Return key Ctrl C Two or more k...

Page 24: ...l that can safely support the weight of the switches including any attached cables You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free directly from the Internet Go to support baynetworks com library tpubs Find the product for which you need documentation Then locate the specific category and model or version for your hardware or software product Using Adobe Acrobat Reader you can open...

Page 25: ...nted documentation sets How to Get Help If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel Networks product from a distributor or authorized reseller contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller for assistance If you purchased a Nortel Networks service program contact one of the following Nortel Networks Technical Solutions Centers Technical Solutions Center Telephone Numb...

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Page 27: ...features Network configuration examples Overview of main features Physical Description There are three versions of the BayStack 450 switch the BayStack 450 24T switch the BayStack 450 12T switch and the BayStack 450 12F switch Figure 1 1 Figure 1 1 BayStack 450 Switch Versions BayStack 450 24T BayStack 450 12T BS45001B BayStack 450 12F kombk book Page 1 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 28: ...nk Expansion slot Port connectors LED display panel BS45002B Uplink Expansion Module 28 26 27 25 Comm Port 17 19 13 15 21 18 20 14 16 22 24 23 Status Dwn Pwr Up Cas RPSU Base Activity Activity 10 100 10 100 1 2 3 4 BayStack 450 24T 5 7 1 3 9 6 8 2 4 10 12 11 Uplink Expansion Module 16 Comm Port 13 15 14 RPSU Dwn Pwr Cas Up Status Base Activity Activity 10 100 10 100 1 2 3 4 BayStack 450 12T 5 7 1 ...

Page 29: ...ia types see Appendix C Media Dependent Adapters for more information about MDA types available from Nortel Networks Port Connectors 10BASE T 100BASE TX Ports The BayStack 450 24T switch and the BayStack 450 12T switch use 10BASE T 100BASE TX RJ 45 8 pin modular port connectors Note The Console Comm Port is configured as a data communications equipment DCE connector Ensure that your RS 232 cable p...

Page 30: ...also supports the IEEE 802 3u standard the two devices negotiate the best speed and duplex mode The 10BASE T 100BASE TX switch ports also support half and full duplex mode operation see Connecting the 10BASE T 100BASE TX Ports on page 2 8 The 10BASE T 100BASE TX RJ 45 ports can connect to 10 Mb s or 100 Mb s Ethernet segments or nodes See Appendix E Connectors and Pin Assignments for more informat...

Page 31: ...iption of the LEDs Figure 1 3 BayStack 450 24T 12T LED Display Panel 450 12T Switch 450 24T Switch BayStack Status Dwn Pwr Up 1 5 3 Cas RPSU Base BayStack RPSU Dwn Pwr Cas Up Status Base Activity Activity 21 19 23 10 100 10 100 Activity Activity 10 100 10 100 17 13 15 11 7 9 2 6 4 22 20 24 18 14 16 12 8 10 BayStack 450 24T BayStack 450 12T BS45003A Dual color LED 1 5 3 11 7 9 2 6 4 12 8 10 kombk b...

Page 32: ...lf test Off The switch failed the self test RPSU RPSU status Green On The switch is connected to the HRPSU and can receive power if needed Off The switch is not connected to the HRPSU or HRPSU is not supplying power CAS Up Stack mode Off The switch is in standalone mode Green On The switch is connected to the upstream unit s Cascade A In connector Amber On The Cascade A Out connector CAS Up for th...

Page 33: ...ack Amber On This unit is operating as the stack configuration s temporary base unit This condition occurs automatically if the base unit directly downstream from this unit fails If this happens the following events take place The two units directly upstream and directly downstream from the failed unit automatically wrap their cascade connectors and indicate this condition by lighting their Cas Up...

Page 34: ...e Off The link connection is bad or there is no connection to this port Link Link status Green On BayStack 450 12F model only valid communications link established Off The communications link connection is bad or there is no connection to this port Blinking The corresponding port is management disabled F Dx Duplex status Green On BayStack 450 12F model only the corresponding port is in full duplex...

Page 35: ...e IEC 320 030 specifications Table 1 2 lists specifications for international power cords Table 1 2 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 Harmonized Document HD 21 220 or 230 VAC 50 Hz Single phase continued C...

Page 36: ... slots for power supply modules Order No AA0005003 Each HRPSU can support up to four BayStack 450 switches Installation instructions are provided with the HRPSU Contact your Nortel Networks sales representative for more information about the HRPSU U S Canada Japan NEMA5 15P male plug UL recognized UL stamped on cord jacket CSA certified CSA label secured to the cord 100 or 120 VAC 50 60 Hz Single ...

Page 37: ...red with the maximum port availability Installation instructions are provided with each BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Module see Installing the BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Module See your Nortel Networks sales representative for ordering information Cooling Fans The variable speed cooling fans not shown are located on one side of the BayStack 450 switch to provide cooling for the internal components When ...

Page 38: ...t for the following management information bases MIBs Bridge MIB RFC 1493 Ethernet MIB RFC 1643 RMON MIB RFC 1757 MIB II RFC 1213 Interface MIB RFC 1573 Nortel Networks proprietary MIBs s5Chas MIB s5Agent MIB Rapid City MIB High speed uplink expansion slot allows you to attach optional media dependent adapters MDAs that support a range of media types Rate limiting Adjustable broadcast or IP Multic...

Page 39: ...with four modes 10BASE T half duplex 10BASE T full duplex 100BASE TX half duplex 100BASE TX full duplex Front panel light emitting diodes LEDs to monitor the following Power status System status Stack status for the following Cascade Up and Cascade Down status Base unit status RPSU status Per port status for the following 1000 Mb s link 100 Mb s link 10 Mb s link Half and full duplex transmission ...

Page 40: ...formation about the 802 1p prioritizing feature see IEEE 802 1p Prioritizing on page 1 53 IEEE 802 1Q VLANs BayStack 450 switches support up to 64 port based VLANs with IEEE 802 1Q tagging available per port When a switch port is configured to be a member of a VLAN it is added to a group of ports workgroup that belong to one broadcast domain You can assign different ports and therefore the devices...

Page 41: ...the TFTP load host is required to download the software image If a BootP server is set up properly on the network and the BayStack 450 switch detects a corrupted software image during the self test the switch automatically uses TFTP to download a new software image Storage of Configuration Parameters Certain configuration parameters including the system characteristics strings some VLAN parameters...

Page 42: ...ere all traffic on specified ports is monitored or address based monitoring where traffic between specified MAC addresses is monitored You can attach a probe device such as a Nortel Networks StackProbe or equivalent to the designated monitor port For more information about the port mirroring feature see Port Mirroring Conversation Steering on page 1 76 Autosensing and Autonegotiation BayStack 450 ...

Page 43: ...ed BootP server enables the switch to automatically learn its assigned IP address subnet mask IP address of the default router default gateway and software image file name When the switch is participating in a stack configuration a Stack MAC address is automatically assigned during the stack initialization The base unit s MAC address with a software offset is used for the Stack MAC address For exa...

Page 44: ...andard network You can manage the switch using the Nortel Networks Optivity network management software or any generic SNMP based network management software however you must assign an IP address to the switch or stack depending on the mode of operation You can set both addresses by using the Console Comm Port or BootP which resides on the switch For more information about using the Console Comm P...

Page 45: ...s a Desktop Switch Note All models of the BayStack 450 switch can be used interchangeably in the following network configuration examples Server Up to 22 users To Network Center Key 10 Mb s 100 Mb s 200 Mb s BayStack 450 24T switch 10BASE T hub Before After Server Up to 26 users To Network Center BS45005A 22 users share 10 Mb s 10 22 Mb s per user Server bottleneck 10 Mb s bandwidth Network center...

Page 46: ...gure 1 7 BayStack 450 Switch Used as a Segment Switch Server Up to 88 users To Network Center Key 10 Mb s 100 Mb s 200 Mb s BayStack 450 24T switch 10BASE T hubs Before After Server Up to 22 users Up to 23 users To Network Center BS45006A Up to 23 users Up to 23 users Up to 23 users 88 users share 10 Mb s 10 88 Mb s per user Server bottleneck 10 Mb s bandwidth Network center bottleneck 10 Mb s ban...

Page 47: ...00BASE SX MDA for maximum bandwidth The BayStack 303 and 304 switches have 100 Mb s connections to the BayStack 450 switch a 100BASE TX hub and a 100 Mb s server and 10 Mb s connections to DTE data terminal equipment See the Nortel Networks library Web page support baynetworks com library for online documentation about the Nortel Networks Accelar 1100 switch and the BayStack 303 and 304 switches F...

Page 48: ...witch with an optional gigabit 1000BASE SX MDA for maximum bandwidth This configuration uses optional BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Modules to connect the switches in the fail safe stack For an overview of the fail safe stacking feature that is available for the BayStack 450 switches see Stack Operation following this section Figure 1 9 Fail Safe Stack Example CPU PS1 PS2 FAN F BayStack 450 24T switche...

Page 49: ...00 ST1 Cascade Module If you need to upgrade your BayStack 450 switches refer to the upgrade instructions provided in the Installing the BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Module guide You must upgrade the switch before installing the BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Module The front panel components of the BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Module are shown in Figure 1 10 Component descriptions follow the figure Figure 1 10...

Page 50: ...D display panel When the Unit Select switch is in the Base up position all other Unit Select switches in the stack configuration must be set to Off down Cascade A In Connector Provides an attachment point for accepting a cascade cable connection from an adjacent unit in the stack A return cable from this unit s Cascade A Out connector to the adjacent unit s Cascade A In connector completes the sta...

Page 51: ...eafter the individual units maintain their original unit numbering even if you change the position of one or more units in the stack you can renumber the units using the Renumber Stack Units screen see Renumber Stack Units on page 3 65 For example when you initially power up the stack the base unit becomes unit 1 and the unit that the base unit connects to via the Cascade A Out cable becomes unit ...

Page 52: ... order automatically becomes the new temporary base unit This change is indicated by the Base LED on the temporary base unit s LED display panel turning on amber For detailed information about the base LED see Table 1 1 on page 1 6 This automatic failover is a temporary safeguard only If the stack configuration loses power the temporary base unit will not power up as the base unit when power is re...

Page 53: ... SNMP community strings Stack Configurations As shown in Figure 1 12 the cascade connectors and cables on the 400 ST1 front panel provide the ability to stack up to eight BayStack switches With 400 4TX MDAs installed in each switch the stack can accommodate a maximum of 224 switch ports Because stack parameters are associated with the base unit see Base Unit on page 1 25 the physical stack order d...

Page 54: ...it 8 Figure 1 12 Stack Up Configuration Example Stack Down Configurations In Figure 1 13 data flows from the base unit unit 1 to the next switch which is assigned as unit 2 and continues until the last switch in the stack is assigned as unit 8 The physical order of the switches is from top to bottom unit 1 to unit 8 Unit 7 Unit 8 1 Last unit 2 Base unit 3 Cascade cable PN 303978 A 4 Cascade max re...

Page 55: ...the top unit in the stack as the base unit In any stack configuration the following applies When you apply power to the stack the base unit initializes and the entire stack powers up as a single logical unit within 30 seconds You can attach an RS 232 communications cable to the Console Comm port of any switch in the stack Unit 2 1 Base unit 2 Last unit 3 Cascade cable PN 303978 A 4 Cascade max ret...

Page 56: ...ack remain operational without interruption Figure 1 14 shows an example of how a stack configuration reacts to a failed or powered down unit in the stack configuration 1 As shown in Figure 1 14 unit 3 becomes nonoperational This can be the result of a failed unit or simply because the unit was powered down 2 Unit 2 and unit 4 directly upstream and downstream from unit 3 sense the loss of link sig...

Page 57: ...gure 1 14 Redundant Cascade Stacking Feature Unit 2 1 Base unit 2 Last unit 3 Cascade cable PN 303978 A 4 Cascade max return cable PN 303979 A BS0035B Cascade A Out Cascade A In Unit 1 Unit 5 Unit 4 Unit 3 2 1 B A 4 3 kombk book Page 31 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 58: ...5 With network segmentation each switch port connects to a segment that is a single broadcast domain When a switch port is configured to be a member of a VLAN it is added to a group of ports workgroup that belong to one broadcast domain The BayStack 450 switch allows you to assign ports to VLANs using the console or TELNET VLAN assignment is not currently available through SNMP You can assign diff...

Page 59: ... VLAN When an untagged frame exits the switch through an untagged member port the frame header remains unchanged When a tagged frame exits the switch through an untagged member port the tag is stripped and the tagged frame is changed to an untagged frame Tagged member a port that has been configured as a member of a specific VLAN When an untagged frame exits the switch through a tagged member port...

Page 60: ...ifier VID which distinguishes it from all other VLANs In the default configuration example shown in Figure 1 16 all incoming packets are assigned to VLAN 1 by the default port VLAN identifier PVID 1 Untagged packets enter and leave the switch unchanged Figure 1 16 Default VLAN Settings When configuring VLANs you configure the switch ports as tagged or untagged members of specific VLANs see Figure ...

Page 61: ... switch through port 7 which is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2 Figure 1 18 802 1Q Tagging 2 of 4 Port 6 DA SA Data CRC BS45011A Port 7 Port 8 Port 1 Port 4 Port 5 Port 2 Port 3 802 1Q Switch PVID 2 Untagged packet Untagged member of VLAN 2 Tagged member of VLAN 2 Before BS45012A Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 Port 1 Port 4 Port 5 Port 2 Port 3 802 1Q Switch Key Priority CFI VID User_priority Can...

Page 62: ...gged as it leaves the switch through port 7 which is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2 Figure 1 20 802 1Q Tagging 4 of 4 Port 6 DA SA Tag Data CRC Tagged packet BS45013A Port 7 Port 8 Port 1 Port 4 Port 5 Port 2 Port 3 802 1Q Switch PVID 2 Untagged member of VLAN 2 Tagged member of VLAN 2 Before BS45014A Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 Port 1 Port 4 Port 5 Port 2 Port 3 802 1Q Switch Key Priority CF...

Page 63: ...AN are marked as belonging to that specific VLAN You can assign specific switch ports as members of one or more VLANs that span multiple switches without interfering with the spanning tree protocol VLANS Spanning Multiple 802 1Q Tagged Switches Figure 1 21 shows VLANs spanning two BayStack 450 switches The 802 1Q tagging is enabled on S1 port 2 and on S2 port 1 for VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 Both ports are...

Page 64: ...ch port on each switch for each VLAN For this configuration to work properly you must set spanning tree participation to Disabled the STP is not supported across multiple LANs Figure 1 22 VLANs Spanning Multiple Untagged Switches When the STP is enabled on these switches only one link between each pair of switches will be forwarding traffic Because each port belongs to only one VLAN at a time conn...

Page 65: ...at any time Communications failure occurs between VLAN 2 of S1 and VLAN 2 of S2 blocking communications between Stations A and B The STP selects the link connecting VLAN 1 on Switches S1 and S2 as the forwarding link based on port speed duplex mode and port priority Because the other link connecting VLAN 2 is in Blocking mode stations on VLAN 2 in switch S1 cannot communicate with stations in VLAN...

Page 66: ... clients on different broadcast domains share resources The broadcasts from ports configured in VLAN 3 can be seen by all VLAN port members of VLAN 3 Figure 1 24 Multiple VLANs Sharing Resources In the above configuration all of the switch ports are set to participate as VLAN port members This allows the switch to establish the appropriate broadcast domains within the switch see Figure 1 25 BaySta...

Page 67: ...orts 6 and 11 is PVID 1 Ports 2 4 10 and 8 are untagged members of VLAN 2 The PVID VLAN association for ports 2 4 and 10 is PVID 2 Ports 2 4 10 8 6 and 11 are untagged members of VLAN 3 The PVID VLAN association for port 8 is PVID 3 The following steps show how to use the VLAN configuration screens to configure the VLAN 3 broadcast domain shown in Figure 1 25 Port 2 BS45019A Port 4 Port 10 Port 8 ...

Page 68: ... Configuration screen settings shown in Figure 1 26 are default settings with all switch ports classified as untagged members of VLAN 1 Figure 1 27 shows the VLAN Configuration screen after it is configured to support the VLAN 3 broadcast domain shown in Figure 1 25 VLAN Name is optional VLAN Configuration Create VLAN 1 Delete VLAN VLAN Name VLAN 1 Port Membership 1 6 7 12 Unit 1 UUUUUU UUUUUU KEY...

Page 69: ...tion Menu select VLAN Port Configuration or press c The default VLAN Port Configuration screen opens Figure 1 28 The VLAN Port Configuration screen settings shown in Figure 1 28 are default settings VLAN Configuration Create VLAN 3 Delete VLAN VLAN Name Michele s VLAN Port Membership 1 6 7 12 Unit 1 U U U U UU KEY T Tagged Port Member U Untagged Port Member Not a Member of VLAN Use space bar to di...

Page 70: ...in Figure 1 25 Port Name is optional The PVID VLAN association for VLAN 3 is now PVID 3 VLAN Port Configuration Unit 1 Port 1 Filter Tagged Frames No Filter Untagged Frames No Filter Unregistered Frames No Port Name PVID 1 Port Priority 0 Tagging Untagged Access Use space bar to display choices press Return or Enter to select choice Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return to...

Page 71: ...0 are in VLAN 2 Port 8 is in VLAN 3 Because S4 does not support 802 1Q tagging a single switch port on each switch must be used for each VLAN see VLANS Spanning Multiple Untagged Switches on page 1 38 VLAN Port Configuration Unit 1 Port 8 Filter Tagged Frames No Filter Untagged Frames No Filter Unregistered Frames No Port Name Student port PVID 3 Port Priority 0 Tagging Untagged Access Use space b...

Page 72: ... VLANS Spanning Multiple 802 1Q Tagged Switches on page 1 37 Figure 1 30 VLAN Configuration Spanning Multiple Switches BayStack 450 24T Untagged ports STP disabled Both ports are tagged members of VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 BayStack 450 24T Non 802 1Q tagging switch BS45020A Key VLAN 1 PVID 1 VLAN 2 PVID 2 VLAN 3 PVID 3 S1 S2 S4 S3 V1 V2 V2 V1 V2 V3 Non 802 1Q tagging switch kombk book Page 46 Tuesday June...

Page 73: ... ports involved in trunking and port mirroring must have the same VLAN configuration If a port is on a trunk with a mirroring port the VLAN configuration cannot be changed VLANs are not dependent on Rate Limiting settings If a port is an IGMP member on any VLAN and is removed from a VLAN the port s IGMP membership is also removed If a port is added to a different VLAN and it is already configured ...

Page 74: ...urce that provides the data streams and the clients that want to receive the data Figure 1 31 shows how IGMP is used to set up the path between the client and server As shown in this example the IGMP host provides an IP Multicast stream to designated routers which forward the IP Multicast stream on their local network only if there is a recipient The client server path is set up as follows 1 The d...

Page 75: ...des see Figure 1 32 In Figure 1 32 switches S1 to S4 represent a LAN connected to an IP Multicast router The router periodically sends Host Membership Queries to the LAN and listens for a response from end stations All of the clients connected to switches S1 to S4 are aware of the queries from the router Non IP Multicast filtering switch Non IP Multicast filtering switch Host membership report Mul...

Page 76: ... Figure 1 32 BayStack 450 Switch Filtering IP Multicast Streams 1 of 2 Switch S1 treats the consolidated proxy reports from S2 and S4 as if they were reports from any client connected to its ports and generates a consolidated proxy report to the designated router In this way the router receives a single consolidated report from that entire subnet Consolidated report BS45022B Host membership report...

Page 77: ...t generated by the switch remains transparent to layer 3 of the International Organization for Standardization Open Systems Interconnection ISO OSI model The switch IP address and MAC address are not part of proxy report generation The last reporting IGMP group member in each VLAN represents all of the hosts in that VLAN and IGMP group BS45023B Designated router Host membership query Internet BayS...

Page 78: ...ers of at least one VLAN If a port is configured as a static router port it is configured as a static router port for all VLANs on that port The IGMP configuration is propagated through all VLANs of that port If a static router port is removed the membership for that port is removed from all VLANs of that port The IGMP snooping feature is not STP dependent The IGMP snooping feature is not Rate Lim...

Page 79: ... 1 34 Prioritizing Packets The newly tagged frame is read within the switch and sent to the port s high or low transmit queue for disposition see Figure 1 35 The port transmit queue example shown in Figure 1 35 applies to all ports on the BayStack 450 switch BS45024A Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 Port 1 PVID 2 Priority 6 Port 4 Port 5 Port 2 Port 3 802 1Q Switch High Low Key Priority CFI VID User_priority ...

Page 80: ..._priority value If the frame leaves the switch formatted as a tagged packet the traffic class assigned to the frame is carried forward to the next 802 1p capable switch This allows the packet to carry the assigned traffic class priority through the network until it reaches its destination The following steps show how to use the Traffic Class Configuration screen to configure the port priority leve...

Page 81: ...guration from the BayStack 450 12T Main Menu or press w 3 From the Switch Configuration Menu select VLAN Configuration or press v 4 From the VLAN Configuration Menu select Traffic Class Configuration or press t The Traffic Class Configuration screen opens Figure 1 36 Figure 1 36 Default Traffic Class Configuration Screen Example Traffic Class Configuration User Priority Traffic Class Priority 0 Lo...

Page 82: ... press c The VLAN Port Configuration screen opens Figure 1 37 Figure 1 37 shows the VLAN Port Configuration screen setup for port 4 in Figure 1 34 on page 1 53 Figure 1 37 Setting Port Priority Example For more information about using this feature see VLAN Configuration Menu on page 3 22 VLAN Port Configuration Port 4 Filter Tagged Frames No Filter Untagged Frames No Filter Unregistered Frames No ...

Page 83: ...multiple units within the same stack configuration as a distributed trunk MultiLink Trunking software detects misconfigured or broken trunk links and redirects traffic on the misconfigured or broken trunk link to other trunk members within that trunk You can use the Trunk Configuration screen to create switch to switch and switch to server MultiLink Trunk links see Figures 1 38 and 1 39 Figure 1 3...

Page 84: ...ion In this example file server FS1 uses dual MAC addresses using one MAC address for each network interface controller NIC For this reason FS1 does not require a trunk assignment FS2 is a single MAC server with a four port NIC and is set up as trunk configuration T1 Figure 1 39 Switch to Server Trunk Configuration Example Client Server Configuration Using MultiLink Trunks Figure 1 40 shows an exa...

Page 85: ...as a redundant backup trunk to switch S2 With spanning tree disabled you must configure trunks T2 and T3 into separate VLANs for this configuration to function properly see IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Workgroups on page 1 32 Figure 1 40 Client Server Configuration Example The trunk configuration screens for switches S1 to S4 are shown in Trunk Configuration Screen Examples following this section For detailed...

Page 86: ...Trunk Configuration Screen for Switch S1 Switch S1 is set up with five trunk configurations T1 T2 T3 T4 and T5 Setting up the Trunk Configuration For S1 To set up the trunk configuration choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration or press t from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen Figure 1 41 Figure 1 41 Choosing the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Screen MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu Multi...

Page 87: ... 2 Note The Unit value in the Unit Port field is not configurable when the switch is operating standalone For detailed information about the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen fields see MultiLink Trunk Configuration on page 3 37 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Trunk Trunk Members Unit Port STP Learning Trunk Mode Trunk Status 1 15 17 19 21 Normal Basic Enabled 2 25 26 Normal Basic Enabled 3 2 4 N...

Page 88: ... for trunks 1 to 5 are set to Basic Source MAC addresses are statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding This allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks When set to Enabled the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated Trun...

Page 89: ...only indicates the trunks 1 to 6 that correspond to the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields Trunk Members Unit Port indicates the ports that can be configured in each row to create the corresponding trunk Ports 25 and 26 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 1 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Trunk Trunk Members Unit Port STP Learning Trunk Mode Trunk Status 1 25 26 Normal Basic Enabl...

Page 90: ...gned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding This allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks When set to Enabled the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the corresponding co...

Page 91: ...nk read only indicates the trunk 1 to 6 that corresponds to the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields Trunk Members Unit Port indicates the ports that can be configured in each row to create the corresponding trunk Ports 1 and 3 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 1 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Trunk Trunk Members Unit Port STP Learning Trunk Mode Trunk Status 1 1 3 Normal Basic E...

Page 92: ...looding and forwarding This allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks When set to Enabled the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the corresponding configured trunks The names chosen for...

Page 93: ...Link Trunk Configuration screen for switch S4 Figure 1 45 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Screen for Switch S4 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Trunk Trunk Members Unit Port STP Learning Trunk Mode Trunk Status 1 5 11 Normal Basic Enabled 2 Normal Basic Disabled 3 Normal Basic Disabled 4 Normal Basic Disabled 5 Normal Basic Disabled 6 Normal Basic Disabled Trunk Trunk Name 1 S4 T5 to S1 2 Trunk 2 3 Tru...

Page 94: ... Trunk Mode for each of the trunks The Trunk Mode field value for trunk 1 is set to Basic Source MAC addresses are statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding This allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source addresses across the trunk members Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks When it is set to Enabled the confi...

Page 95: ...ve the same VLAN configuration 3 All network cabling should be complete and stable before configuring any trunks to avoid configuration errors 4 Consider how the existing spanning tree will react to the new trunk configuration see Spanning Tree Considerations for MultiLink Trunks on page 1 72 5 Consider how existing VLANs will be affected by the addition of a trunk 6 After completing the above ste...

Page 96: ...P setting from either the Trunk Configuration screen or the Spanning Tree Configuration screen If you change the VLAN settings of any trunk member the VLAN settings of all members of that trunk change similarly When you set any trunk member to Disabled not active through the Port Configuration screen or through network management the trunk member is removed from the trunk The trunk member has to b...

Page 97: ...Members However until you correct the cause of the failure or change the trunk Status field to Disabled you will be unable to modify any of the following parameters for the affected trunk VLAN Configuration Spanning Tree Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration Port Configuration IGMP Configuration Rate Limiting Configuration Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 1 BS45075A T1 BayStack 450 24T Switches Unit...

Page 98: ...Path Cost for T1 is 4 Path Cost 1000 LAN speed in Mb s Another three port trunk T2 is configured with an aggregate bandwidth of 210 Mb s with a comparable Path Cost of 4 When the Path Cost calculations for both trunks are equal the software chooses the trunk with the larger aggregate bandwidth T1 to determine the most efficient path Figure 1 47 Path Cost Arbitration Example BS45029A T1 T2 100 Mb s...

Page 99: ... 4 and 6 of switch S1 are configured correctly to trunk member ports 7 9 and 11 of switch S2 The Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen for each switch shows the port state field for each port in the Forwarding state Figure 1 48 Example 1 Correctly Configured Trunk T1 S1 Port Configuration screen BS45030A S2 Port Configuration screen S1 S2 kombk book Page 73 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 100: ... and then reconnected to port 13 the Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen for switch S1 changes to show port 6 in the Blocking state Figure 1 49 Figure 1 49 Example 2 Detecting a Misconfigured Port S1 S2 T1 S1 Port Configuration screen BS45031A S2 Port Configuration screen Blocking kombk book Page 74 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 101: ...able spanning tree participation using the Trunk Configuration screen or using the Spanning Tree Configuration screen When a trunk is not active the spanning tree participation setting in the Trunk Configuration screen does not take effect until you set the Trunk Status field to Enabled The trunk is also viewed by management stations as a single spanning tree port The spanning tree port is represe...

Page 102: ...rroring Configuration screen accompanies each network configuration example Note that the displayed screens do not show all of the screen prompts that precede some actions For example when you configure a switch for port mirroring or when you modify an existing port mirroring configuration the new configuration does not take effect until you respond Yes to the following screen prompt Note A probe ...

Page 103: ... the monitor port port 23 any of the trunk members of T1 and T2 can also be monitored Figure 1 51 shows the Port Mirroring Configuration screen setup for this example Figure 1 50 Port Based Mirroring Configuration Example Note Trunks cannot be monitored and trunk members cannot be configured as monitor ports see MultiLink Trunking Configuration Rules on page 1 69 BS45032A StackProbe S1 S2 S3 T 1 T...

Page 104: ...y port Y conversations between port X and port Y As shown in the Port Mirroring Configuration screen example Figure 1 51 port 23 is designated as the Monitor Port for ports 24 and 25 in switch S1 The Monitoring Mode field Port X or Port Y indicates that all traffic received by port X or all traffic transmitted by port Y is currently being monitored by the StackProbe attached to Monitor Port 23 The...

Page 105: ... address B Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode Port X or Port Y Monitor Unit Port 23 Unit Port X 25 Unit Port Y 24 Address A 00 00 00 00 00 00 Address B 00 00 00 00 00 00 Port mirroring configuration has taken effect Currently Active Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode Port X or Port Y Monitor Port 23 Port X 25 Port Y 24 Use space bar to display choices press Return or Enter to s...

Page 106: ...A to any address Monitor all traffic received by address A from any address Monitor all traffic received by or transmitted by address A Monitor all traffic transmitted by address A to address B Monitor all traffic between address A and address B conversation between the two stations Figure 1 53 shows the Port Mirroring Configuration screen setup for this example S1 S2 S3 BS45033A StackProbe T1 T2 ...

Page 107: ...tive port mirroring configuration after you press Enter Note When you enter MAC addresses in this screen they are also displayed in the MAC Address Table screen see MAC Address Table on page 3 20 Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode Address A Address B Monitor Unit Port 23 Unit Port X Unit Port Y Address A 00 44 55 44 55 22 Address B 00 33 44 33 22 44 Is your port mirroring configuration c...

Page 108: ...e the VLAN Configuration screen to configure the VLAN see VLAN Configuration on page 3 24 VLAN configuration settings for any ports configured for port based mirroring cannot be changed Use the Port Mirroring Configuration screen to disable port mirroring or reconfigure the port mirroring ports then change the VLAN configuration settings For port based monitoring of traffic use one of the followin...

Page 109: ...tack 450 switch verify that the package contains the following items in addition to this guide see Figure 2 1 Install the BayStack 450 switch in a ventilated area that is dust free and away from heat vents warm air exhaust from other equipment and direct sunlight Avoid proximity to large electric motors or other electromagnetic equipment When choosing a location observe the environmental guideline...

Page 110: ... the sales agent or the customer service representative from whom you purchased the BayStack 450 switch Note Your shipping box may be configured differently than shown in the above example the contents will be the same Using the BayStack 450 10 100 1000 Series Switch BayStack 450 switch Mounting brackets and screws BS45034B Rubber footpads AC power cord Owner registration card Customer registratio...

Page 111: ...wall mount kit Caution When this device is installed in a stack on a shelf or tabletop the accumulated weight of the port cables increases with the height of the shelf or tabletop Achtung Wenn dieses Gerät in einem Stapel auf einem Tisch oder einem Regalboden installiert wird erhöht sich das Gesamtgewicht der Schnittstellenkabel mit der Höhe des Regalbodens oder Tisches Attention Si l appareil est...

Page 112: ...ach all devices to the ports See Attaching Devices to the BayStack 450 Switch on page 2 7 Installing the BayStack 450 Switch in a Rack Caution When mounting this device in a rack do not stack units directly on top of one another in the rack Each unit must be secured to the rack with appropriate mounting brackets Mounting brackets are not designed to support multiple units Achtung Wenn Sie dieses G...

Page 113: ... rack Figure 2 2 Positioning the Chassis in the Rack Precaución Al montar este dispositivo apilado con otros dispositivos no apile las unidades directamente unas sobre otras Cada unidad se debe fijar a la estructura mediante los soportes de montaje adecuados Los soportes de montaje no están diseñados para soportar varias unidades Attenzione Se il dispositivo viene installato su una cremagliera non...

Page 114: ...r attach a mounting bracket to each side of the switch using the supplied screws Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 Attaching Mounting Brackets 3 Position the switch in the rack and align the holes in the mounting bracket with the holes in the rack see Figure 2 4 Figure 2 4 Installing the BayStack 450 Switch in an Equipment Rack BS45036A 1 Flush with rack 2 Extended from rack 2 1 BS45037A kombk book Page 6 Tue...

Page 115: ...MDA for information about its cabling and LED indications BayStack 450 switches that are configured with BayStack 450 software version V1 1 0 or later provide Fail Safe stackability when you install the optional BayStack 400 ST1 Cascade Module to your switches Installation instructions are provided with the cascade module If you need to upgrade your BayStack 450 switches refer to the upgrade instr...

Page 116: ...yStack 450 switch 10BASE T 100BASE TX switch ports are set with autonegotiation enabled This feature allows any port to match the best service provided by the connected station up to 100 Mb s in full duplex mode To connect the RJ 45 port cables insert the cable plug into the appropriate port connector until the release tab snaps into the locked position Figure 2 5 Figure 2 5 10 100 Mb s Port Conne...

Page 117: ...00BASE X MDAs the 450 1SR SX and the 450 1 LR LX use standard SC port connection but special consideration is required for 1000BASE LX connections see 1000BASE LX Multimode Applications on page C 13 Figure 2 6 Fiber Optic Port Connections BS45074A BayStack 450 12F Uplink Expansion Module 16 14 15 13 Comm Port Status Dwn Pwr Up Cas RPSU Base Activity Link F Dx 5 7 1 3 9 6 8 2 4 10 12 11 RX TX 100BA...

Page 118: ...erial port and the ability to emulate a terminal The terminal should have the following settings 9600 baud No parity 8 bits 1 stop bit Window Terminal Emulator option set to NO Terminal Preferences Function Arrow and Control keys active Buffer size set to 24 A UL listed straight through RS 232 cable with a female DB 9 connector for the console port on the switch The other end of the cable must hav...

Page 119: ...using the RS 232 cable 3 Connect the female connector of the RS 232 cable directly to the Console Comm Port on the switch and tighten the captive retaining screws see Figure 2 7 Figure 2 7 Connecting to the Console Comm Port 4 Connect the other end of the cable to a terminal or the serial connector of a personal computer running communications software 5 See the next section Connecting Power to co...

Page 120: ...en der bei einem Notfall schnell und einfach zugänglich ist 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 Advertencia La única forma de desconectar la alimentación de este dispositivo es desench...

Page 121: ...on the switch back panel Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 BayStack 450 Switch AC Power Receptacle 2 Plug the other end of the AC power cord into the grounded AC power outlet Figure 2 9 Figure 2 9 Grounded AC Power Outlet 3 See the next section Verifying the Installation Cascade Module Redundant Power 100 240V 47 63Hz BS45039A 612FA kombk book Page 13 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 122: ...nds Figure 2 10 If the Power LED does not turn on verify that power is available at the AC power outlet and that the power cable is fastened securely at both ends If the Power LED remains off contact the sales agent or the customer service representative from whom you purchased the switch 2 The switch initiates a self test As subroutines are initiated by the self test the port status LEDs flash va...

Page 123: ...seconds on the Self Test screen which is followed by the Nortel Networks Logo screen Figure 2 12 Figure 2 11 BayStack 450 Switch Self Test Screen Note The Self Test screen remains displayed only if the self test detects a fatal error Note The Self Test screen for a switch that is participating in a stack configuration includes an additional test Cascade SRAM test BayStack 450 XXX Self Test CPU RAM...

Page 124: ...peration To access the BayStack 450 Main Menu press Ctrl Y Note The Nortel Networks logo screen for your switch will display the BayStack 450 model number and the current hardware firmware and software versions Nortel Networks Inc Copyright c 1996 1999 All Rights Reserved BayStack 450 XXX Versions HW Revx FW Vx xx SW Vx x x x Enter Ctrl Y to begin kombk book Page 16 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 125: ...structions for the initial standalone switch setup Instructions for the initial stack setup After setting up your switch or stack configuration as described in the following sections see Chapter 3 Using the Console Interface for detailed descriptions of the menus and screens you can use to customize your configuration Standalone Switch Setup For the initial setup of a standalone switch you need to...

Page 126: ...decimal number represents an 8 bit octet When strung together the four octets form the 32 bit Internet address This is called dotted decimal notation The largest possible value of a field in a dotted decimal number is 255 which represents an octet of all ones BayStack 450 24T Main Menu IP Configuration Setup SNMP Configuration System Characteristics Switch Configuration Console Comm Port Configura...

Page 127: ...guration Note When you enter the IP address in the In Band IP Address field and the In Band Subnet Mask field is not present the software provides an in use default value for the In Band Subnet Mask field based on the class of the entered IP address IP Configuration Setup BootP Request Mode BootP Disabled Configurable In Use Last BootP In Band Stack IP Address 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 In Band Switch IP Add...

Page 128: ...figuration Observe the console display screen 3 After the Nortel Networks logo screen appears press Ctrl Y a The console screen temporarily displays the standalone Main Menu screen see Figure 2 15 This is the same Main Menu screen that is displayed for a standalone switch without stacking features b Within 20 seconds after displaying the standalone Main Menu screen the console screen refreshes to ...

Page 129: ...e Display Event Log Reset Reset to Default Settings Logout Use arrow keys to highlight option press Return or Enter to select option BayStack 450 24T Main Menu IP Configuration Setup SNMP Configuration System Characteristics Switch Configuration Console Comm Port Configuration Identify Unit Numbers Renumber Stack Units Display Hardware Units Spanning Tree Configuration TELNET Configuration Softwar...

Page 130: ...ch to operate as a standalone switch You cannot configur both IP address fields to use the same IP address Note The IP interface of the BayStack 450 switch is only on VLAN 1 You can manage the switch only from VLAN 1 or via routers that connect VLAN 1 to the network management station IP Configuration Setup BootP Request Mode BootP Disabled Configurable In Use Last BootP In Band Stack IP Address 0...

Page 131: ...ed descriptions of the menus and screens you can use to customize your configuration Note IP addresses are written as four decimal numbers for example 123 123 123 123 Each decimal number represents an 8 bit octet When strung together the four octets form the 32 bit Internet address This is called dotted decimal notation The largest possible value of a field in a dotted decimal number is 255 which ...

Page 132: ...kombk book Page 24 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 133: ...tion or in band through a TELNET session see Console Comm Port on page 2 10 You can also manage the BayStack 450 switch using Nortel Networks Optivity network management software or any generic SNMP based management software however for the switch management function to become fully operational you must supply certain parameters such as the switch IP address or stack IP address if configured see I...

Page 134: ...tion a Use the arrow keys to highlight the option name b Press Enter The option takes effect immediately after you press Enter Alternatively you can press the key corresponding to the underlined letter in the option name For example to select the Switch Configuration option in the main menu press the w key Note that the text characters are not case sensitive To toggle between values in a form a Us...

Page 135: ...rs Renumber Stack Units Display Hardware Units Spanning Tree Configuration TELNET Configuration Software Download Configuration File Display Event Log Reset Reset to Default Settings Logout Main Menu MAC Address Table VLAN Configuration Port Configuration High Speed Flow Control Configuration MultiLink Trunk Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration Rate Limiting Configuration IGMP Configuration ...

Page 136: ...ending on the switch options installed However the full menu options are shown in the screen examples and described in the following sections BayStack 450 24T Main Menu IP Configuration Setup SNMP Configuration System Characteristics Switch Configuration Console Comm Port Configuration Identify Unit Numbers Renumber Stack Units Display Hardware Units Spanning Tree Configuration TELNET Configuratio...

Page 137: ...ration on page 3 18 This menu provides the following configuration options MAC Address Table VLAN Configuration Port Configuration High speed Flow Control Configuration only when a gigabit MDA is installed MultiLink Trunk Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration Rate Limiting Configuration IGMP Configuration Display Port Statistics and Clear All Port Statistics Console Comm Port Configuration Di...

Page 138: ... to store your switch stack configuration parameters on a TFTP server You can retrieve the configuration parameters for automatically configuring a replacement switch or stack with the same configuration when required Display Event Log Displays the Event Log screen see Display Event Log on page 3 85 Reset Resets the switch with the current configuration settings This option is followed by a screen...

Page 139: ...era remplacée par la configuration usine dès que vous appuierez sur Entrée Precaución Si selecciona el comando Restaurar valores predeterminados todos los valores de configuración se sustituirán por las valores predeterminados en fábrica al pulsar Intro Attenzione Nel caso in cui si selezioni la reimpostazione dei valori di default tutte le impostazioni configurate verranno sostituite dai default ...

Page 140: ...e IP Configuration Setup screen fields Note The read only fields in this screen are updated based on the BootP mode specified in the BootP Request Mode field See Choosing a BootP Request Mode on page 3 10 for more information IP Configuration Setup BootP Request Mode BootP Disabled Configurable In Use Last BootP In Band Stack IP Address 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 In Band Switch IP Address 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 In ...

Page 141: ...f the BayStack 450 switch This field is not required for the operation of the stack This field can not use the same IP address used for the stack Default Value 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Range Four octet dotted decimal notation where each octet is represented as a decimal value separated by a decimal point Note When the IP address is entered in the In Band IP Address field and the In Band Subn...

Page 142: ...broadcast The switch can be managed using this in band IP address Default Gateway The IP address of the default gateway Default Value 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Range Four octet dotted decimal notation where each octet is represented as a decimal value separated by a decimal point Note Whenever the switch is broadcasting BootP requests the BootP process will time out if a reply is not received...

Page 143: ...e console terminal If the switch receives a BootP reply that contains an in band IP address the switch uses this new in band IP address If the switch does not receive a BootP reply the switch cannot be managed using the in band IP address set from the console terminal If an IP address is not currently in use these actions take effect immediately If an IP address is currently in use these actions t...

Page 144: ...nd IP address is not set from the console terminal the switch broadcasts 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 an IP addre...

Page 145: ...ity String The community string used for in band read only SNMP operations Default Value public Range Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable characters SNMP Configuration Read Only Community String public Read Write Community String private Trap 1 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Community String Trap 2 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Community String Trap 3 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Community String Trap 4 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Comm...

Page 146: ...ses see Trap 1 IP Address Default Value Zero length string Range Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable characters Authentication Trap Determines whether a trap will be sent when there is an SNMP authentication failure Default Value Enabled Range Enabled Disabled Link Up Down Trap Determines whether Link Up or Link Down traps will be sent from the switch Default Value Enabled Range Enabled Disable...

Page 147: ...stics screen fields System Characteristics Operation Mode Stack Unit 2 Size Of Stack 4 Base Unit 1 MAC Address 00 00 81 C1 20 D6 Reset Count 153 Last Reset Type Power Cycle Power Status Primary Power Local MDA Type 1 port 1000Base SX 450 1SX MDA sysDescr BayStack 450 12T HW Revx FW Vx xx SW vx x x x sysObjectID 1 3 6 1 4 1 45 3 35 1 sysUpTime 00 24 12 sysServices 3 sysContact Mario Lento sysName P...

Page 148: ...imum Base Unit This read only field only appears when the switch is participating in a stack configuration This field indicates the unit number of the switch that is currently operating as the base unit MAC Address The MAC address of the BayStack 450 switch or when the switch is participating in a stack configuration the MAC address of the stack configuration Reset Count A read only field that ind...

Page 149: ...erson responsible for the switch Default Value Zero length string Range Any ASCII string of up to 56 printable characters1 sysName A name that uniquely identifies the switch Default Value Zero length string Range Any ASCII string of up to 56 printable characters1 sysLocation The physical location of the switch Default Value Zero length string Range Any ASCII string of up to 56 printable characters...

Page 150: ...s Note The High Speed Flow Control Configuration option only appears when an optional gigabit MDA is installed Switch Configuration Menu MAC Address Table VLAN Configuration Port Configuration High Speed Flow Control Configuration MultiLink Trunk Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration Rate Limiting Configuration IGMP Configuration Display Port Statistics Clear All Port Statistics Return to Mai...

Page 151: ...g this option displays the High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen see High Speed Flow Control Configuration on page 3 34 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Displays the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu see MultiLink Trunk Configuration on page 3 37 This menu provides the following options MultiLink Trunk Configuration MultiLink Trunk Utilization and Return to Switch Configuration Menu screen Th...

Page 152: ...rt Statistics Displays the Port Statistics screen see Port Statistics on page 3 54 This screen allows you to view detailed information about any switch port Clear All Port Statistics Allows you to clear all port statistics This option is followed by screen prompts that precede a choice of the actions If the switch is operating standalone choose one of the following Yes to clear all port statistics...

Page 153: ... to 1 000 000 seconds Find an Address Allows the user to search for a specific MAC address Default Value 00 00 00 00 00 00 no MAC address assigned Range 00 00 00 00 00 00 to FF FF FF FF FF FF continued MAC Address Table Aging Time 300 seconds Find an Address 00 00 00 00 00 00 Port Mirroring Address A 00 44 55 44 55 22 Port Mirroring Address B 00 33 44 33 22 44 00 60 FD 00 02 30 00 00 A2 85 BB 26 P...

Page 154: ... screen When you enter a MAC address in this field it is also configured into the Port Mirroring Configuration screen Conversely when you enter the MAC address from the Port Mirroring Configuration screen it also displays in this screen See Port Mirroring Configuration on page 3 45 for more information Default Value 00 00 00 00 00 00 no MAC address assigned Range 00 00 00 00 00 00 to FF FF FF FF F...

Page 155: ...h port or all switch ports VLAN Display by Port Displays the VLAN Display by Port screen see VLAN Display by Port on page 3 29 Traffic Class Configuration Displays the Traffic Class Configuration screen see Traffic Class Configuration on page 3 30 Return to Switch Configuration Menu Exits the VLAN Configuration Menu screen and displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen VLAN Configuration Menu V...

Page 156: ...untagged port members see IEEE 802 1Q Tagging on page 1 33 for a description of important terms used with 802 1Q VLANs You can also use this screen to create and to delete specific VLANs and to assign VLAN names Choose VLAN Configuration or press v from the VLAN Configuration Menu screen to open the VLAN Configuration screen Figure 3 9 VLAN Configuration Screen VLAN Configuration Create VLAN 1 Del...

Page 157: ... soon as you press Return The software does not prompt you to reconsider this action You cannot delete VLAN 1 By default all switch ports are assigned as untagged members of VLAN 1 with all ports configured as PVID 1 See IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Workgroups on page 1 32 for more information Default blank field Range 2 to 4094 VLAN Name Allows you to assign a name field to configured VLANs Default VLAN VLAN...

Page 158: ...ee IEEE 802 1Q Tagging on page 1 33 You can also prioritize the order in which the switch forwards packets on a per port basis see IEEE 802 1p Prioritizing on page 1 53 Choose VLAN Port Configuration or press c from the VLAN Configuration Menu screen to open the VLAN Port Configuration screen The Port Membership fields are displayed in six port groups for example 1 6 7 12 13 18 The number of ports...

Page 159: ... see Table 3 1 on page 3 5 Port Allows you to select the number of the port you want to view or configure To view another port type its port number and press Enter or press the spacebar to toggle the port numbers Filter Tagged Frames Allows you to set this port to filter discard all received tagged packets Default No Range No Yes continued VLAN Port Configuration Unit 1 Port 12 Filter Tagged Frame...

Page 160: ...ns all untagged frames received on this port to VLAN 3 Default 1 Range 1 to 4094 Port Priority Prioritizes the order in which the switch forwards packets received on specified ports see IEEE 802 1p Prioritizing on page 1 53 Default 0 Range 0 to 7 Tagging Allows you to assign VLAN Port Membership tagging options to this port as follows Untagged Access Any VLAN that this port is a member of will not...

Page 161: ...ss d from the VLAN Configuration Menu screen to open the VLAN Display by Port screen Figure 3 11 VLAN Display by Port Screen VLAN Display by Port Unit 1 Port 12 PVID 1 Port Name Unit 1 Port 12 VLANs VLAN Name VLANs VLAN Name 1 VLAN 1 Use space bar to display choices press Return or Enter to select choice Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return to Main Menu kombk book Page 29...

Page 162: ...To view another unit type its unit number and press Enter or press the spacebar to toggle the unit numbers Port Allows you to select the number of the port you want to view To view another port type its port number and press Enter or press the spacebar on your keyboard to toggle the port numbers PVID Read only field that indicates the PVID setting for the specified port Port Name Read only field t...

Page 163: ...igurable fields that correspond to the adjacent user priority levels Default Low Range Low High Traffic Class Configuration User Priority Traffic Class Priority 0 Low Priority 1 Low Priority 2 Low Priority 3 Low Priority 4 Low Priority 5 Low Priority 6 Low Priority 7 Low Changing the priorities of the traffic classes will cause an automatic Reset to Current Settings to occur across the entire stac...

Page 164: ...ort Configuration Screen 1 of 2 Note The Autonegotiation fields the Speed fields and the Duplex fields are independent of MultiLink trunking rate limiting VLANs IGMP Snooping and the STP Port Configuration Unit 1 Port Trunk Status Link Autonegotiation Speed Duplex 1 Enabled Up Enabled 100Mbs Half 2 Enabled Up Enabled 100Mbs Half 3 Enabled Up Enabled 100Mbs Full 4 Enabled Down Disabled 100Mbs Half ...

Page 165: ...continued Port Configuration Unit 1 Port Trunk Status Link Autonegotiation Speed Duplex 15 Enabled Up Enabled 10Mbs Full 16 Enabled Down Disabled 10Mbs Half 17 1 Enabled Up Disabled 10Mbs Half 18 Enabled Down Disabled 10Mbs Half 19 3 Enabled Up Disabled 10Mbs Half 20 3 Enabled UP Disabled 10Mbs Half 21 Enabled Down Disabled 10Mbs Half 22 4 Enabled Up Enabled 10Mbs Full 23 4 Enabled Up Enabled 10Mb...

Page 166: ...e this field to control access to any switch port Default Value Enabled Range Enabled Disabled Link A read only field that indicates the current link state of the corresponding port as follows Up The port is connected and operational Down The port is not connected or is not operational Autonegotiation When enabled sets the corresponding port speed to match the best service provided by the connecte...

Page 167: ...t Allows you to select the unit number when stacking is configured to view or configure To view or configure another unit type its unit number and press Enter or press the spacebar to toggle the unit numbers the system only displays a screen for units that are configured with a gigabit MDA continued High Speed Flow Control Configuration Unit 2 Autonegotiation Enabled Flow Control Disabled Preferre...

Page 168: ... enabled the port only advertises support for 1000 Mb s operation in full duplex mode Default Value Enabled Range Enabled Disabled Flow Control Allows you to control traffic and avoid congestion on the gigabit MDA port Two modes are available see Choosing a High Speed Flow Control Mode on page 3 36 for details about the two modes Autonegotiation must be disabled for this port when using this featu...

Page 169: ...is connected to a buffered repeater device MultiLink Trunk Configuration The MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen Figure 3 16 allows you to select the appropriate screen to configure up to six MultiLink trunks you can group up to four switch ports together to form each trunk You can configure up to six MultiLink trunks in each stack with trunk members in either a single unit or distributed be...

Page 170: ...p up to four switch ports together to form each trunk MultiLink Trunk Utilization Displays the MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen Figure 3 18 and Figure 3 19 This screen allows you to monitor the bandwidth utilization of the configured trunks Return to Switch Configuration Menu Exits the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen and displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen MultiLink Trunk Con...

Page 171: ... 1 has four trunk members in unit 3 Trunks 2 3 4 and 5 each have two trunk members in individual units Trunk 6 has four trunk members distributed into four separate units of the stack When the trunks are enabled the trunk members take on default settings necessary for correct operation of the MultiLink Trunking feature These default settings can affect the correct operation of your configured netw...

Page 172: ...ed unit number configured in the Unit field Each switch port can only be a member of a single trunk The appropriate trunk number for each trunk member configured within this field is shown adjacent to the corresponding switch port in the following screens Port Configuration screen and Spanning Tree Configuration screen Default Value blank field Range 1 to 8 or 1 to 28 depending on model type conti...

Page 173: ...state transition timer is shortened to two seconds Default Value Normal Range Normal Fast Disabled Trunk Mode The Trunk Mode column contains a single read only field for each row that indicates the default operating mode for the switch Basic Basic mode is the default mode for the switch When in this mode source MAC addresses are dynamically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwa...

Page 174: ...0 0 55 0 80 0 3 9 35 0 45 0 45 0 3 17 85 0 35 0 20 0 2 Rx and Tx 4 25 45 0 45 0 50 0 4 26 25 0 70 0 35 0 3 Rx and Tx 6 13 35 0 35 0 50 0 6 14 30 0 80 0 70 0 4 Rx and Tx 5 19 40 0 35 0 75 0 5 20 25 0 70 0 85 0 More Press Ctrl N to display utilization for trunks 5 6 Use space bar to display choices press Return or Enter to select choice Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Press Ctrl C to return ...

Page 175: ...k member ports that correspond to the trunk specified in the Trunk column The Unit extension to the Port column name only appears when the switch unit is part of a stack configuration It indicates that the ports in this row are associated with the specified unit number configured in the Unit field continued MultiLink Trunk Utilization Trunk Traffic Type Unit Port Last 5 Minutes Last 30 Minutes Las...

Page 176: ...centage of packets of the type specified in the Traffic Type field utilized by the port in the last 30 minutes This field provides a running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds Last Hour This read only field indicates the percentage of packets of the type specified in the Traffic Type field utilized by the port in the last 60 minutes This field provides a running average of...

Page 177: ...ports 5 and 6 of stack unit 4 When installed as a standalone switch the screen does not display the Unit field designation Choose Port Mirroring Configuration or press i from the Switch Configuration Menu screen to open the Port Mirroring Configuration screen Figure 3 20 Port Mirroring Configuration Screen Port Mirroring Configuration Monitoring Mode Port X or Port Y Monitor Unit Port 3 12 Unit Po...

Page 178: ...elected This port will be monitored according to the value of Port X in the Monitoring Mode field see Table 3 18 Default Value Zero length string Range 1 to 8 1 to 28 depending on model type Unit Port Y Indicates one of the ports of the specified unit that will be monitored by the designated port monitor when one of the port based monitoring modes is selected When installed as a standalone switch ...

Page 179: ... received by Port X Port X Monitor all traffic transmitted by Port X Port X Monitor all traffic received and transmitted by Port X Port X or Port Y Monitor all traffic received by Port X or transmitted by Port Y Port X and Port Y Monitor all traffic received by Port X destined to Port Y and then transmitted by Port Y Port X and Port Y Monitor all traffic received transmitted by Port X and received...

Page 180: ...implementing rate limiting and the port is disabled from rate limiting all trunk members are disabled from rate limiting Rate Limiting Configuration Unit 1 Port Packet Type Limit Last 5 Minutes Last Hour Last 24 Hours 1 Both None 56 0 22 0 23 0 2 Multicast 9 30 0 27 0 55 0 3 Both None 25 0 24 0 67 0 4 Both 10 72 0 33 0 55 0 5 Broadcast 10 35 0 54 0 78 0 6 Multicast 10 96 0 45 0 87 0 7 Both 10 86 0...

Page 181: ...Last 5 Minutes Last Hour Last 24 Hours 15 Both None 44 0 56 0 0 0 16 Both None 67 0 34 0 0 0 17 Multicast 10 65 0 48 0 45 0 18 Both None 77 0 74 0 60 0 19 Both 10 80 0 89 0 90 0 20 Both None 78 0 83 0 98 0 21 Broadcast None 98 0 88 0 44 0 22 Both None 34 0 93 0 0 0 23 Both None 65 0 82 0 56 0 24 Multicast None 76 0 65 0 50 0 25 Both 5 88 0 67 0 0 0 26 Both None 35 0 45 0 90 0 27 Both None 25 0 48 ...

Page 182: ...isabled if this field is set to None This allows you to select and view the percentage of specific packet types present in the network without inadvertently limiting the forwarding rate Default Value None Range None 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last 5 Minutes This read only field indicates the percentage of packets of the type specified in the Packet Type field received by the port in the last 5 minutes T...

Page 183: ...eive transmit multicast from the local multicast router The configured ports are VLAN port members of VLAN 5 Choose IGMP Configuration or press g from the Switch Configuration Menu screen to open the IGMP Configuration screen Figure 3 23 IGMP Configuration Screen IGMP Configuration VLAN 5 Snooping Enabled Proxy Enabled Robust Value 2 Query Time 125 seconds Set Router Ports Version 1 Static Router ...

Page 184: ...ch to consolidate IGMP Host Membership Reports received on its downstream ports and to generate a consolidated proxy report for forwarding to its upstream neighbor This field affects all VLANs for example if you disable proxy on the VLAN specified in the screen s VLAN field ALL VLANs are disabled for proxy The Proxy field cannot be disabled unless the Snooping field is Enabled Default Value Enable...

Page 185: ...is field affects all VLANs for example if you change the value of the Set Router Ports field on the VLAN specified in the screen s VLAN field ALL VLANs are affected Default Value Version 1 Range Version 1 Version 2 Static Router Ports Allows a user to assign switch ports to any port that has a path to a multicast router When the unit is part of a stack configuration the screen displays the unit nu...

Page 186: ...Switch Configuration Menu screen to open the Port Statistics screen Figure 3 24 Port Statistics Screen Port Statistics Unit 1 Port 1 Received Transmitted Packets 0 Packets 0 Multicasts 0 Multicasts 0 Broadcasts 0 Broadcasts 0 Total Octets 0 Total Octets 0 Lost Packets 0 Lost Packets 0 Packets 64 bytes 0 Packets 64 bytes 0 65 127 bytes 0 65 127 bytes 0 128 255 bytes 0 128 255 bytes 0 256 511 bytes ...

Page 187: ...tes the total number of packets transmitted successfully on this port including broadcast packets and multicast packets Multicasts Received column Indicates the total number of good multicast packets received on this port excluding broadcast packets Transmitted column Indicates the total number of multicast packets transmitted successfully on this port excluding broadcast packets Broadcasts Receiv...

Page 188: ...ber of 512 byte to 1023 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port 1024 1518 bytes Received column Indicates the total number of 1024 byte to 1518 byte packets received on this port Transmitted column Indicates the total number of 1024 byte to 1518 byte packets transmitted successfully on this port FCS Errors Indicates the total number of valid size packets that were received with proper f...

Page 189: ...s port after more than one collision Excessive Collisions Indicates the total number of packets lost on this port due to excessive collisions Deferred Packets Indicates the total number of frames that were delayed on the first transmission attempt but never incurred a collision Late Collisions Indicates the total number of packet collisions that occurred after a total length of time that exceeded ...

Page 190: ...s Field Description Comm Port Data Bits A read only field that indicates the current console comm port data bit setting Comm Port Parity A read only field that indicates the current console comm port parity setting continued Console Comm Port Configuration Comm Port Data Bits 8 Data Bits Comm Port Parity No Parity Comm Port Stop Bits 1 Stop Bit Console Port Speed 9600 Baud Console Switch Password ...

Page 191: ...stelle übereinstimmt Attention Si vous sélectionnez un débit différent de celui de votre terminal vous perdrez le contact avec l interface de votre console dès que vous appuierez sur Entrée Pour restaurer la communication alignez le débit de votre terminal sur le nouveau débit de votre port de service Precaución Si selecciona una velocidad de transmisión que no coincide con la velocidad de transmi...

Page 192: ...minal or both If you set this field to Required you can use the Logout option to restrict access to the CI of any stack unit Thereafter you will need to specify the correct password at the console terminal prompt when accessing the stack See Console Read Only Stack Password and Console Read Write Stack Password for more information Default Value Not Required Range Not Required Required for TELNET ...

Page 193: ...aßwörter ändern notieren Sie sich die neuen Paßwörter und bewahren Sie sie an einem sicheren Ort auf Falls Sie die neuen Paßwörter vergessen können Sie nicht mehr auf die Konsolenschnittstelle zugreifen Wenden Sie sich in diesem Fall an Nortel Networks um Unterstützung zu erhalten Achtung Wenn Sie die für das System standardmäßig eingestellten Paßwörter ändern notieren Sie sich die neuen Paßwörter...

Page 194: ...nuove password vengano dimenticate non sarà possibile accedere all interfaccia della console In tal caso contattare la Nortel Networks per avere assistenza Console Read Only Stack Password When the Console Switch Password field is set to Required for TELNET for Console or for Both this field allows read only password access to the CI of any participating switch in a stack configuration Users can a...

Page 195: ...eingestellten Paßwörter ändern notieren Sie sich die neuen Paßwörter und bewahren Sie sie an einem sicheren Ort auf Falls Sie die neuen Paßwörter vergessen können Sie nicht mehr auf die Konsolenschnittstelle zugreifen Wenden Sie sich in diesem Fall an Nortel Networks um Unterstützung zu erhalten Achtung Wenn Sie die für das System standardmäßig eingestellten Paßwörter ändern notieren Sie sich die ...

Page 196: ...e en contacto con Nortel Networks para obtener ayuda al respecto Attenzione In caso di modifica delle password predefinite nel sistema assicurarsi di annotare le nuove password e di conservarle in un luogo sicuro Nel caso in cui le nuove password vengano dimenticate non sarà possibile accedere all interfaccia della console In tal caso contattare la Nortel Networks per avere assistenza Table 3 22 C...

Page 197: ... and screen only appear when the switch is participating in a stack configuration Renumber Stack Units Current Unit Number MAC Address New Unit Number 1 00 60 fd 77 a6 0c 1 2 00 60 fd 77 a5 f0 2 3 00 60 fd 77 a4 4c 3 4 00 60 fd 77 ab 84 4 Renumbering stack units will cause an automatic Reset to Current Settings to occur across the entire stack The current configuration will be adapted to the new n...

Page 198: ...New Unit Number User settable field showing the current unit number of each unit in the stack You can change any of the fields as required You can also delete entries by typing zero 0 or using the space bar to clear the field Default Value Current stack order Range 1 to 8 Renumber units with new setting Specifies whether to start the renumbering process default is No Use the spacebar to toggle the...

Page 199: ...ws you to view spanning tree parameters and configure individual switch ports to participate in the spanning tree algorithm STA To modify any of the spanning tree parameters see your SNMP documentation Hardware Unit Information Switch Model MDA Model Cascade MDA Unit 1 BayStack 450 24T None 400 ST1 Unit 2 BayStack 450 12F 450 1SX 400 ST1 Unit 3 BayStack 450 24T 400 4FX 400 ST1 Unit 4 BayStack 410 ...

Page 200: ...nning Tree Port Configuration screen see Spanning Tree Port Configuration on page 3 69 Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings Displays the Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen see Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings on page 3 72 Return to Main Menu Exits the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu and displays the main menu Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Spanning Tree Port Configuration Display Spanni...

Page 201: ...runk is changed similarly Spanning Tree Port Configuration Unit 1 Port Trunk Participation Priority Path Cost State 1 Normal Learning 128 10 Forwarding 2 Normal Learning 128 10 Forwarding 3 Normal Learning 128 10 Forwarding 4 Normal Learning 128 10 Forwarding 5 Normal Learning 128 10 Forwarding 6 1 Normal Learning 128 10 Forwarding 7 1 Normal Learning 128 10 Forwarding 8 Normal Learning 128 10 For...

Page 202: ...played in this column indicates the trunks that correspond to the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields of the Trunk Configuration screen see MultiLink Trunk Configuration on page 3 37 continued Spanning Tree Port Configuration Unit 1 Port Trunk Participation Priority Path Cost State 15 Normal Learning 128 5 Forwarding 16 Normal Learning 128 5 Forwarding 17 1 Normal Learning 128 10 Fo...

Page 203: ...t numerical value See also Path Cost Default Value 128 Range 0 to 255 Path Cost This read only field is a bridge spanning tree parameter that determines the lowest path cost to the root Default Value 10 or 100 1 for gigabit port Path Cost 1000 LAN speed in Mb s The higher the LAN speed the lower the path cost See also Priority Range 1 to 65535 State This read only field indicates the current port ...

Page 204: ...on Menu screen to open the Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen Figure 3 31 Spanning Tree Switch Settings Screen Spanning Tree Switch Settings Bridge Priority 8000 Designated Root 80000060FD77A62B Root Port Unit 0 Port 0 Root Path Cost 0 Hello Time 2 seconds Maximum Age Time 20 seconds Forward Delay 15 seconds Bridge Hello Time 2 seconds Bridge Maximum Age Time 20 seconds Bridge Forward Delay 15 s...

Page 205: ...t bridge Default Value 0 Range 0 to 16 Root Path Cost Indicates the path cost from this switch port to the root bridge Default Value 0 Range Not applicable Hello Time Indicates the Actual Hello Interval the amount of time between transmissions of configuration Bridge Protocol Data Units BPDUs that the root bridge is currently using Note that all bridges participating in the spanning tree network u...

Page 206: ...Hello Interval parameter value for all bridges participating in the spanning tree network See also Hello Time Default Value 2 seconds Range 1 to 10 seconds Bridge Maximum Age Time Specifies the maximum age in seconds that a Hello message can attain before it is discarded This parameter specified by management for this bridge takes effect only when the bridge becomes the root bridge Note that if th...

Page 207: ...ration screen fields TELNET Configuration TELNET Access Enabled Login Timeout 1 minute Login Retries 3 Inactivity Timeout 15 minutes Event Logging All Allowed Source IP Address Allowed Source Mask 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255...

Page 208: ...es no timeout Event Logging Specifies the types of events that will be displayed in the Event Log screen see Display Event Log on page 3 85 Default Value All Range All None Accesses Failures Description All Logs the following TELNET events to the Event Log screen TELNET connect Indicates the IP address and access mode of a TELNET session TELNET disconnect Indicates the IP address of the remote hos...

Page 209: ... masks The remote IP address is masked with the Allowed Source Mask and if the resulting value equals the Allowed Source IP address the connection is allowed For example a connection would be allowed with the following settings Remote IP address 192 0 1 5 Allowed Source IP Address 192 0 1 0 Allowed Source Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Value 0 0 0 0 no IP mask assigned Range Four octet dotted decimal ...

Page 210: ...r to the device during the software download process If the power is interrupted the firmware image can become corrupted Achtung Unterbrechen Sie die Stromzufuhr zum Gerät nicht während die Software heruntergeladen wird Bei Unterbrechung der Stromzufuhr kann das Firmware Image beschädigt werden Attention Ne pas couper l alimentation de l appareil pendant le chargement du logiciel En cas d interrup...

Page 211: ...es the boot code image and the agent image For proper operation of the switch the new boot code image must be downloaded before the agent image is downloaded Default Value Zero length string Range An ASCII string of up to 30 printable characters continued Software Download Image Filename b4501102 img TFTP Server IP Address 192 0 1 12 Start TFTP Load of New Image Yes The Software Download process h...

Page 212: ...t operational You can monitor the progress of the download process by observing the LED indications Table 3 29 describes the LED indications during the software download process TFTP Server IP Address The IP address of your TFTP load host Default Value 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Range Four octet dotted decimal notation where each octet is represented as a decimal value separated by a decimal p...

Page 213: ...sion beginning with port 1 which indicates that various sectors of the switch s flash memory are being erased When LEDs 1 to 12 are all on the switch s flash memory has been erased 3 The switch programs the new software image into the flash memory 100 Mb s port status LEDs ports 1 to 8 only The LEDs begin to turn on in succession beginning with port 1 which indicates that the new software image is...

Page 214: ...rite permission to enabled before you can save the configuration paramenters Although most configuration parameters are saved to the configuration file certain parameters are not saved see Table 3 31 on page 3 84 Choose Configuration File or press g from the main menu to open the Configuration File Download Upload screen Figure 3 34 Configuration File Download Upload Screen Table 3 30 describes th...

Page 215: ...of up to 30 printable characters TFTP Server IP Address The IP address of your TFTP load host Default Value 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Range Four octet dotted decimal notation where each octet is represented as a decimal value separated by a decimal point Copy Configuration Image to Server Specifies whether to copy the presently configured switch stack parameters to the specified TFTP server d...

Page 216: ...re the unit with physical ID x The configuration file also duplicates any settings that exist for any MDA that is installed in the donor switch If you use the configuration file to configure another switch that has the same MDA model installed the configuration file settings will also apply to and override the existing MDA settings Table 3 31 Parameters Not Saved to the Configuration File These pa...

Page 217: ...een Note This screen does not refresh dynamically to show new entries To refresh the screen press Ctrl P Event Log Entry Number 4 sysUpTime 00 14 36 Reset Count 2 Connection logout IP address 38 227 40 8 access mode no security Entry Number 3 sysUpTime 00 13 35 Reset Count 2 Connection logout IP address 38 227 40 8 access mode no security Entry Number 2 sysUpTime 00 00 53 Reset Count 2 Successful ...

Page 218: ...eded the write threshold Flash update Displays status of flash updates Excessive Bad Entries If the firmware detects excessive bad entries in the event log s flash memory errors exceeding 75 percent of the memory buffer the event log is cleared all entries are discarded and an event entry is displayed in the Event Log screen Figure 3 36 shows an example of the event log entry for this type of even...

Page 219: ...ory Flash Update Figure 3 38 shows an example of the event log entry for this type of event Figure 3 38 Sample Event Log Entry Showing Flash Update Status Entry Number 3 sysUpTime 02 29 44 Reset Count 2 The last event exceeded the write threshold Further write attempts by this event are blocked The write threshold will be cleared when the switch is reset or when the Event Log is compressed Entry N...

Page 220: ...e subtests are in progress The results of the self test are displayed briefly 5 or 10 seconds in the Self Test screen Figure 3 39 which is followed by the Nortel Networks logo screen Figure 3 40 Figure 3 39 Self Test Screen After Resetting the Switch Note The Self Test screen remains displayed only if the self test detects a fatal error Note The Self Test screen for a switch that is participating ...

Page 221: ...on To access the BayStack 450 main menu press Ctrl Y Note The Nortel Networks logo screen for your switch displays the BayStack 450 model number and the current hardware firmware and software versions Nortel Networks Copyright c 1996 1999 All Rights Reserved BayStack 450 xxx Versions HW Revx FW Vx xx SW vx x x x Enter Ctrl Y to begin kombk book Page 89 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 222: ...efault Settings command all of your configured settings will be replaced with factory default settings when you press Enter Achtung Bei Auswahl des Befehls zur Rücksetzung auf die Standardeinstellungen werden alle von Ihnen konfigurierten Einstellungen durch die werkseitigen Standardeinstellungen ersetzt wenn Sie die Eingabetaste drücken Attention Si vous restaurez la configuration usine votre con...

Page 223: ...rks logo screen Figure 3 42 Figure 3 41 Self Test Screen After Resetting to Default Settings Note The Self Test screen remains displayed only if the self test detects a fatal error BayStack 450 24T Self Test CPU RAM test Pass ASIC addressing test Pass ASIC buffer RAM test Pass Port internal loopback test Pass Fan Test Pass Self test complete kombk book Page 91 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 224: ... is ready for normal operation To access the BayStack 450 main menu press Ctrl Y Note The Nortel Networks logo screen for your switch displays the BayStack 450 model number and the current hardware firmware and software versions Nortel Networks Copyright c 1996 1999 All Rights Reserved BayStack 450 xxx Versions HW Revx FW Vx xx SW vx x x x Enter Ctrl Y to begin kombk book Page 92 Tuesday June 29 1...

Page 225: ...ected console terminal connected to the console comm port on the switch the Logout option displays the console terminal password prompt Figure 3 43 The user must enter the correct password to access the CI screens Figure 3 43 Password Prompt Screen You can specify whether a password is required for the TELNET session or the console terminal using the Console Comm Port Configuration screen see Cons...

Page 226: ...kombk book Page 94 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 227: ...lems see Interpreting the LEDs on page 4 2 to understand the various states see Table 4 1 that your switch LEDs can exhibit during normal operation For more help in determining the problem Diagnosing and Correcting the Problem on page 4 5 describes symptoms and corrective actions see Table 4 2 you can perform to resolve specific problems Subsequent sections give step by step procedures to correct ...

Page 228: ...escribes the LEDs Figure 4 1 BayStack 450 24T 12T LED Display Panel 450 12T Switch 450 24T Switch BayStack Status Dwn Pwr Up 1 5 3 Cas RPSU Base BayStack RPSU Dwn Pwr Cas Up Status Base Activity Activity 21 19 23 10 100 10 100 Activity Activity 10 100 10 100 17 13 15 11 7 9 2 6 4 22 20 24 18 14 16 12 8 10 BayStack 450 24T BayStack 450 12T BS45003A Dual color LED 1 5 3 11 7 9 2 6 4 12 8 10 kombk bo...

Page 229: ...switch failed the self test RPSU RPSU status Green On The switch is connected to the HRPSU and can receive power if needed Off The switch is not connected to the HRPSU or HRPSU is not supplying power CAS Up Stack mode Off The switch is in standalone mode Green On The switch is connected to the upstream unit s Cascade A In connector Amber On The Cascade A Out connector CAS Up for this switch is loo...

Page 230: ...Amber On Indicates that this unit is operating as the stack configuration s temporary base unit This condition occurs automatically if the base unit directly downstream from this unit fails If this happens the following events take place The two units directly upstream and directly downstream from the failed unit automatically wrap their cascade connectors and indicate this condition by lighting t...

Page 231: ...hed Off The communications link connection is bad or there is no connection to this port Blinking The corresponding port is management disabled F Dx Duplex status Green On BayStack 450 12F model only the corresponding port is in full duplex mode Off The corresponding port is in half duplex mode Activity Port activity Green or Amber Blinking Indicates network activity for the corresponding port A h...

Page 232: ...aining port LEDs indicate their operational status as described in Table 4 2 Avertissement Pour éviter tout risque d électrocution ne jamais retirer le capot de l appareil Cet appareil ne contient aucune pièce accessible par l utilisateur Advertencia A fin de evitar daños personales por corrientes eléctricas peligrosas no desmonte nunca la cubierta superior de este dispositivo Los componentes inte...

Page 233: ...at there is sufficient space for adequate airflow on both sides of the switch Note Operating temperature for the switch must not exceed 40 C 104 F Do not place the switch in areas where it can be exposed to direct sunlight or near warm air exhausts or heaters The Activity LED for a connected port is off or does not blink and you have reason to believe that traffic is present The switch is experien...

Page 234: ... is not present or not enabled at the connected station the BayStack 450 switch may not be able to determine the correct duplex mode In both situations the BayStack 450 switch autosenses the speed of the connected station and by default reverts to half duplex mode If the connected station is operating in full duplex mode it cannot communicate with the switch To correct this mode mismatch problem 1...

Page 235: ...ctors and Pin Assignments Note Nortel Networks recommends that you manually set the BayStack 450 switch port to the desired speed duplex mode when connecting to any of the following Nortel Networks products Nortel Networks 28000 product family Nortel Networks 58000 product family BayStack Model 302T switch 100 Mb s port kombk book Page 9 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 236: ...kombk book Page 10 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 237: ...F Humidity 85 maximum relative humidity noncondensing 95 maximum relative humidity noncondensing Altitude 3024 m 10 000 ft 3024 m 10 000 ft Parameter Model 450 24T Model 450 12T 12F Input Voltage 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz 100 to 240 VAC 50 to 60 Hz Input Power Consumption 150 W maximum 120 W maximum Input Volt Amperes Rating 200 VA maximum 150 VA maximum Input Current 2 0 A 100 VAC 1 5 A 100 VAC ...

Page 238: ...t Forwarding Filtering Performance 64 byte packets For 10 Mb s 14 880 pps maximum For 100 Mb s 148 810 pps maximum Address Database Size 16 000 entries at line rate 32 000 entries without flooding Addressing 48 bit MAC address Frame Length 64 to 1518 bytes IEEE 802 1Q Untagged 64 to 1522 bytes IEEE 802 1Q Tagged IEEE 802 3 10BASE T ISO IEC 8802 3 Clause 14 IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX ISO IEC 8802 3 Cla...

Page 239: ...shortwave 850 nm fiber optic connections over multimode 550 m 1805 ft fiber optic cable 1000BASE LX Longwave Gigabit Fiber MDA SC connectors for longwave 1300 nm fiber optic connections over single mode 3 km 9843 ft or multimode 550 meter 1805 ft fiber optic cable UL Listed UL 1950 IEC 950 EN60950 C22 2 No 950 cUL UL 94 V1 flammability requirements for PC board US CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B Class A C...

Page 240: ...with ISO IEC Guide 22 and EN45014 The declaration identifies the product models the Nortel Networks name and address and the specifications recognized by the European community As stated in the Declaration of Conformity the BayStack 450 switches comply with the provisions of Council Directives 89 336 EEC and 73 23 EEC kombk book Page 4 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 241: ... 850 nanometers short wavelength Gigabit Ethernet connectivity The 450 1SX provides one 1000BASE SX port The 450 1SR provides one 1000BASE SX port and one LinkSafe redundant port Operating Range Table B 1 lists the operating range for the 1000BASE SX models Table B 1 Operating Range for 1000BASE SX Fiber Type Modal Bandwidth 850 Nanometers with Minimum Overfilled Launch MHz Km Minimum Range Meters...

Page 242: ...lause 38 7 2 or the average receive power maximum as defined in Table B 3 See footnote 1 See footnote 1 dBm Average launch power minimum 9 5 9 5 dBm Average launch power of OFF transmitter maximum 2 2 Examples of an OFF transmitter are no power supplied to the PMD laser shutdown for safety conditions activation of a transmit disable or other optional laser shutdown conditions During all conditions...

Page 243: ...mum 12 12 dB Stressed receive sensitivity 1 2 1 Measured with conformance test signal at TP3 for BER 10 12 at the eye center 2 Measured with a transmit signal having a 9 dB extinction ratio If you use another extinction ratio correct the stressed receive sensitivity according to the extinction ratio penalty 12 5 13 5 dBm Receive electrical 3 dB upper cutoff frequency maximum 1500 1500 MHz Vertical...

Page 244: ...aunch 160 200 400 500 MHz km Link power budget 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 dB Operating distance 220 275 500 550 m Channel insertion loss 1 2 2 38 2 60 3 37 3 56 dB Link power penalties 4 27 4 29 4 07 3 57 dB Unallocated margin in link power budget 0 84 0 60 0 05 0 37 dB 1 Operating distances used to calculate the channel insertion loss are the maximum values specified in Table B 1 on page B 1 2 A wavelength ...

Page 245: ...26 ns RMS spectral width maximum 4 4 4 nm Average launch power maximum 3 3 3 dBm Average launch power minimum 11 5 11 5 11 0 dBm Average launch power of OFF transmitter maximum 30 30 30 dBm Extinction ratio minimum 9 9 9 dB RIN maximum 120 120 120 dB Hz Coupled Power Ratio CPR 1 1 Due to the dual media single mode and multimode support of the LX transmitter fulfillment of this specification requir...

Page 246: ...tinction ratio penalty 3 Vertical eye closure penalty is a test condition for measuring stressed receive sensitivity It is not a required characteristic of the receiver Note The link power penalties Table B 8 are used for link power budget calculations only They are not requirements and are not meant to be tested Table B 8 Worst Case 1000BASE LX Power Budget and Penalties Parameter 62 5 um MMF 50 ...

Page 247: ...eatures to existing product lines For a full range of MDAs that are available from Nortel Networks see your Nortel Networks sales representative Note The MDAs are not hot swappable Power down the switch before installing or removing an MDA Interface type Model Refer to 10BASE T 100BASE TX UTP 400 4TX MDA page C 2 100BASE FX Multimode fiber 400 2FX MDA 400 4FX MDA page C 3 1000BASE SX Shortwave gig...

Page 248: ...rresponding port is management disabled 2 10 10BASE T port status LEDs green On The corresponding port is set to operate at 10 Mb s Off The link connection is bad or there is no connection to this port Blinking The corresponding port is management disabled 3 F Dx Full duplex port status LEDs green On The corresponding port is in full duplex mode Off The corresponding port is in half duplex mode 4 ...

Page 249: ...rotlicht abstrahlen wodurch Ihre Augen geschädigt werden können Schauen Sie niemals in einen Glasfaser LWL oder ein Anschlußteil Gehen Sie stets davon aus daß das Glasfaserkabel an eine Lichtquelle angeschlossen ist Avertissement L équipement à fibre optique peut émettre des rayons laser ou infrarouges qui risquent d entraîner des lésions oculaires Ne jamais regarder dans le port d un connecteur o...

Page 250: ...s over 62 5 125 or 50 125 micron multimode fiber optic cable Figure C 2 100BASE FX MDA Front Panels Both models conform to the IEEE 802 3u 100BASE FX standard and can be used for fiber based 100 Mb s connections 2 km 6562 ft maximum distance to other compatible Fast Ethernet devices Single mode fiber cable is not supported Table C 2 describes the 100BASE FX components and LEDs RX TX 100BASE FX RX ...

Page 251: ...rt Blinking The corresponding port is management disabled 2 F Dx Full duplex port status LEDs green On The corresponding port is in full duplex mode Off The corresponding port is in half duplex mode 3 Activity Port activity LEDs green Blinking Indicates the network activity level for the corresponding port A high level of network activity can cause LEDs to appear to be on continuously 4 100BASE FX...

Page 252: ...ource lumineuse à rayons laser dangereuse pour les yeux Ne regardez jamais directement une fibre optique ou un port de connexion Agissez toujours comme si le câble de fibres optiques ou le connecteur était relié à une source lumineuse à rayons laser Advertencia Éste es un producto láser LED de Clase 1 Contiene una fuente de luz láser que puede causar lesiones en los ojos Nunca mire dentro de un ca...

Page 253: ...odels conform to the IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE SX standard and use shortwave 850 nm fiber optic connectors to connect devices over multimode 550 meter fiber optic cable Figure C 3 1000BASE SX MDA Front Panels Table C 3 describes the 1000BASE SX components and LEDs For installation instructions see Installing an MDA on page C 11 1000BASE SX TX RX Phy Link Activity 450 1SX MDA TX RX 1000BASE SX RX 1000BA...

Page 254: ...nking The corresponding port is management disabled 2 PHY or Phy Select Phy status LEDs green On The corresponding Phy port is active Off The corresponding Phy port is in backup mode or there is no connection to this port 3 Activity Port activity LEDs green Blinking Indicates network activity level for the corresponding port A high level of network activity can cause LEDs to appear to be on contin...

Page 255: ...use à rayons laser dangereuse pour les yeux Ne regardez jamais directement une fibre optique ou un port de connexion Agissez toujours comme si le câble de fibres optiques ou le connecteur était relié à une source lumineuse à rayons laser Advertencia Éste es un producto láser LED de Clase 1 Contiene una fuente de luz láser que puede causar lesiones en los ojos Nunca mire dentro de un cable o de un ...

Page 256: ...c connectors to connect devices over single mode 3 kilometer or multimode 550 meters fiber optic cable Figure C 4 1000BASE LX MDA Front Panels Table C 4 describes the 1000BASE LX MDA components and LEDs Note The optical performance of this transceiver cannot be guaranteed when connected to a multimode fiber plant without the use of the special offset SMF MMF mode conditioning patch cord see 1000BA...

Page 257: ...Link Communication link LEDs green On Valid communications link Off The communications link connection is bad or there is no connection to this port Blinking The corresponding port is management disabled 2 PHY or Phy Select Phy status LEDs green On The corresponding Phy port is active Off The corresponding Phy port is in backup mode or there is no connection to this port 3 Activity Port activity L...

Page 258: ... MDA front panel 6 Attach devices to the MDA ports After connecting the port cables continue to follow the instructions in that manual to connect power and verify the installation Replacing an MDA with a Different Model When replacing an installed MDA with another type of MDA complete the following steps to clear the switch NVRAM Note If you are replacing an installed MDA with another type of MDA ...

Page 259: ...Networks sales representative for more information about the SMF MMF patch cord The 1000BASE LX transceiver is designed to mechanically accomodate the single mode ferrules used on one end of the special offset SMF MMF patch cord Multimode ferrules must not be used because they can bind and cause damage to the transceiver Do not connect multimode cables directly into the 1000BASE LX MDA transceiver...

Page 260: ...Using the BayStack 450 10 100 1000 Series Switch C 14 302401 D Rev 00 kombk book Page 14 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 261: ...flowcharts refer you to the configuration rules appropriate for each feature The flowcharts cover the following features 802 1Q VLANs MultiLink Trunking Port Mirroring IGMP Snooping To learn more about See this section 802 1Q VLANs IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Workgroups on page 1 32 MultiLink Trunks MultiLink Trunks on page 1 57 Port Mirroring Port Mirroring Conversation Steering on page 1 76 IGMP Snooping I...

Page 262: ...Configuration screen Select the appropriate value for the Create VLAN field Press Ctrl R to return to previous menu Set the Port field as appropriate for your configuration Set PVID BS45047B Choose VLAN Port Configuration or press c to open the VLAN Port Configuration screen VLAN Port members Configured Is PVID correct Configure Port Members as Tagged Port Member Untagged Port Member or Not a Memb...

Page 263: ...ary Set Port Priority See also the Traffic Class Configuration screen if necessary BS45048B Is filtering correct Is Port Priority correct Yes Are all VLANs configured Yes 1 No 2 Done Off page reference On page reference Key Yes No Set Tagging field on VLAN Port Configuration screen Is VLAN tag correct kombk book Page 3 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 264: ... open the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen Figure D 3 Configuring MultiLink Trunks Yes No No Configure STP field Enable Trunk Status field see MultiLink Trunking Configuration Rules Configure trunk members see MultiLink Trunking Configuration Rules BS45050A Are all trunk members configured Is trunk STP Enabled Yes Is trunk Enabled Yes No Done MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen Off page refer...

Page 265: ...gure D 4 Configuring Port Mirroring 1 of 2 Yes No No Set Monitoring Mode field Port Mirroring Configuration screen Set Monitor Port field see Port Mirroring Configuration Rules Configure Ports X and Y fields see Port Mirroring Configuration Rules BS45051A Is Monitoring Mode field set Is Monitor Port field set Yes Is Monitor Port set for port based mode Yes Yes No 1 Are Ports X and Y fields configu...

Page 266: ...guring Port Mirroring 2 of 2 Yes No No Enable Port Mirroring see Port Mirroring Configuration Rules BS45052A Are Address A and B configured Is Port Mirroring Enabled Yes 1 Done 2 Configure Addresses Off page reference On page reference Key kombk book Page 6 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 267: ...D 6 Configuring IGMP Snooping 1 of 3 Yes No No BS45053A Are VLANs created port members configured Is the Snooping field set correctly Yes Is Snooping field set Yes Yes No 2 Is the Proxy field set correctly No 2 IGMP Configuration screen Go to VLAN flowchart Create VLANs configure port members as required Set the correct value for the Snooping field Set the correct value for the Proxy field Off pag...

Page 268: ...rectly Yes Is the Set Router Ports field set correctly Yes Yes No Is the Proxy field set correctly No 3 2 Set the correct value for the Query Timer field Set the correct value for the Robust Value field Set the correct value for the Proxy field Set the correct value for the IGMP version in the Set Router Ports field Off page reference On page reference Key kombk book Page 8 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 ...

Page 269: ...utomatically configured as IGMP Static Router Ports Off page reference On page reference BS45055B Key Are all IGMP members configured Is the Port a trunk member Yes 3 Done Configure all IGMP members see IGMP Configuration Rules All VLANs on this port are now configured as IGMP router ports kombk book Page 9 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 270: ...kombk book Page 10 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 271: ... port connectors Figure E 1 are wired as MDI X ports to connect end stations without using crossover cables See MDI and MDI X Devices on page E 2 for information about MDI X ports For 10BASE T connections use Category 3 or higher UTP cable For 100BASE TX connections use only Category 5 UTP cable Figure E 1 RJ 45 8 Pin Modular Port Connector 1 8 616EA kombk book Page 1 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 272: ...on internally Ports that implement the crossover function internally are known as MDI X ports where X refers to the crossover function The following sections describe the use of straight through and crossover cables for connecting MDI and MDI X devices Table E 1 RJ 45 Port Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Description 1 RX Receive Data 2 RX Receive Data 3 TX Transmit Data 4 Not applicable Not a...

Page 273: ...rectly to end stations without using crossover cables Figure E 2 Figure E 2 MDI X to MDI Cable Connections 1 8 1 8 8 1 8 1 RX RX TX TX TX TX RX RX MDI X port BayStack 450 switch End station Straight through cable MDI port T R T R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BS45056A kombk book Page 3 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 274: ...evice that also implements MDI X ports use a crossover cable Figure E 3 Figure E 3 MDI X to MDI X Cable Connections 1 8 1 8 8 1 8 1 RX RX TX TX RX RX TX TX MDI X port BayStack 450 switch Switch or hub Crossover cable MDI X port T R T R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BS45057A kombk book Page 4 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 275: ...the switch using a straight through cable Figure E 4 DB 9 Console Comm Port Connector Table E 2 lists the DB 9 Console Comm Port connector pin assignments Table E 2 DB 9 Console Comm Port Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Description 1 CD Carrier detect not used 2 TXD Transmit data output 3 RXD Receive data input 4 DTR Data terminal ready not used 5 GND Signal ground 6 DSR Data set ready output...

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Page 277: ... Switch IP Address 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned In Band Subnet Mask 0 0 0 0 no subnet mask assigned Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Read Only Community String public SNMP Configuration page 3 13 Read Write Community String private Trap IP Address 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Community String Zero length string Authentication Trap Enabled Link Up Down Trap Enabled sysContact Zero...

Page 278: ...LAN Port Configuration page 3 26 Port 1 Filter Tagged Frames No Filter Untagged Frames No Filter Unregistered Frames No Port Name Unit 1 Port 1 PVID 1 Port Priority 0 Note The following two fields only appear when the port selected in the Port field is configured with an optional gigabit MDA Primary VLAN Tagging Untagged Secondary VLAN Tagging Tagged Unit 1 VLAN Display by Port page 3 29 Port 1 PV...

Page 279: ...perational Phy port Right Left or None Trunk Members Unit Port Zero length string MultiLink Trunk Configuration page 3 39 STP Learning Normal Trunk Mode Basic Trunk Status Enabled Trunk Name Trunk 1 to Trunk 6 Traffic Type Rx and Tx MultiLink Trunk Utilization page 3 41 Monitoring Mode Disabled Port Mirroring Configuration page 3 45 Monitor Unit Port Zero length string Unit Port X Zero length stri...

Page 280: ...ord Not Required Console Read Only Switch Password user Console Read Write Switch Password secure Console Read Only Stack Password user Console Read Write Stack Password secure Note The following two fields only appear when the switch is a participant in a stack configuration New Unit Number Current stack order Renumber Stack Units page 3 65 Renumber units with new setting No Unit 1 Spanning Tree ...

Page 281: ... Timeout 15 minutes Event Logging All Allowed Source IP Address 10 user configurable fields First field 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Remaining nine fields 255 255 255 255 any address is allowed Allowed Source Mask 10 user configurable fields For details about this field see Table 3 27 on page 3 76 First field 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Remaining nine fields 255 255 255 255 any address is all...

Page 282: ...ration File page 3 82 TFTP Server IP Address 0 0 0 0 no IP address assigned Copy Configuration Image to Server No Retrieve Configuration Image from Server No Table F 1 Factory Default Settings for the BayStack 450 Switch continued Field Default setting Appears in this CI screen kombk book Page 6 Tuesday June 29 1999 3 25 PM ...

Page 283: ...that was extracted from a Bay Networks EZ LAN network management application Note that other BootP daemons can use a configuration file with a different format Before using your switch BootP facility you must customize your BootP configuration file with the appropriate data Blank lines and lines beginning with are ignored Legend first field hostname ht hardware type ha host hardware address tc tem...

Page 284: ...OTPTAB TXT file the Bootp protocol assigns 037 to the client Global entries are defined that specify the parameters used by every device Note that hardware type ht is specified first in the global entry The following global entry is defined for an Ethernet device Note that this is where a client s subnet mask sm and default gateway gw are defined global1 ht ethernet hd c opt images sm 255 255 255 ...

Page 285: ...hen Needed setting 3 10 Bridge Forward Delay field 3 74 Bridge Hello Time field 3 74 Bridge Maximum Age Time field 3 74 Bridge Priority field 3 73 Broadcasts field 3 55 C Cascade module 1 23 Clear All Port Statistics option 3 20 Collisions field 3 57 Comm Port Data Bits field 3 58 Comm Port Parity field 3 58 Comm Port Stop Bits 3 59 Community String field 3 14 Configurable field 3 9 Configuration ...

Page 286: ...LNET session status 3 86 write threshold 3 86 Event Logging field 3 76 Excessive Collisions field 3 57 F FCS Errors field 3 56 feet chassis 2 4 Filtered Packets field 3 56 Find an Address field 3 21 flash memory for software image upgrades 1 15 flat surface installing on 2 4 Flooded Packets field 3 56 Forward Delay field 3 74 forwarding rate packets per second 1 11 Frame Errors field 3 56 G gatewa...

Page 287: ...dress Table screen 3 20 Main Menu illustration 2 18 2 21 main menu console interface 3 4 Management Information Base MIB 1 12 Maximum Age Time field 3 73 MDI X to MDI cable connections E 3 MDI X to MDI X cable connections E 4 Media Dependent Adapters C 1 1000BASE LX MDAs C 9 1000BASE SX MDAs C 6 100BASE FX MDAs C 3 10BASE T 100BASE TX MDA C 2 MIB See Management Information Base Multicasts field 3 ...

Page 288: ...port based 1 77 Port Mirroring Configuration option 3 19 Port Mirroring Configuration screen 3 45 Port Statistics screen 3 54 port status LEDs 2 14 ports connecting the console port 2 10 IEEE 802 3u compliant autonegotiation 1 13 modes 1 13 power cords 1 9 Power LED 2 14 power on self tests 2 14 power connecting 2 12 power up sequence 4 6 Priority field 3 71 product support xxv publications hard c...

Page 289: ...e field 3 80 State field 3 71 Status field 3 34 support Nortel Networks xxv Switch Configuration Menu 3 18 options 3 19 Switch Configuration option 3 5 sysContact field 3 17 sysDescr field 3 16 sysLocation field 3 17 sysName field 3 17 sysObjectID field 3 17 sysServices field 3 17 System Characteristics option 3 5 System Characteristics screen 3 15 sysUpTime field 3 17 T technical publications xxi...

Page 290: ...2 troubleshooting port interface 4 8 power up sequence 4 6 Tutorial IEEE 802 1Q tagging 1 33 IEEE 802 1Q VLAN workgroups 1 32 U Undersized Packets field 3 56 Uplink Expansion slot 1 3 utility rack 2 3 V virtual LAN VLAN 1 18 configuration rules 1 47 network example 1 18 VLAN Configuration option 3 19 VLAN Configuration screen 3 23 VLANs IEEE 802 1Q VLANs feature 1 14 kombk book Page 6 Tuesday June...

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