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ONSOLE

NTERFACE

2-5

IP Multicast
Registration Table

Displays all the multicast groups active on this
switch, including multicast IP addresses and
corresponding VLAN IDs.

Static Unicast
Address Table
Configuration

Used to manually configure host MAC
addresses in the unicast table.

Reset system menu

Restarts system with options to use POST, or
to retain factory defaults, IP settings, or user
authentication settings.

Quit current session

Exits the configuration program.

* Note that GMRP and GVRP are not implemented in the current
firmware release.

Selection

Description

Summary of Contents for 8606T

Page 1: ... aggregate switch bandwidth Support for redundant power unit Up to four port trunks per switch Port mirroring for non intrusive analysis QoS support for two level priority Full support for IEEE 802 1Q VLANs IGMP multicast filtering and snooping Manageable via console Web SNMP RMON TigerSwitch 1000 Management Guide SMC8606T ...

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Page 3: ...6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 Phone 949 707 2400 TigerSwitch 1000 Management Guide From SMC s Tiger line of feature rich workgroup LAN solutions September 2001 Pub 150000004900A R02 ...

Page 4: ...ted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice Copyright 2001 by SMC Networks Inc 6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 All rights reserved Printed in Taiwan Trademarks SMC is a registered trademark and EZ Switch TigerStack and TigerSwitch are trademarks of SMC Networks Inc Other product and company names are t...

Page 5: ...the obsolete product is discontinued and is no longer an Active SMC product A list of discontinued products with their respective dates of discontinuance can be found at http www smc com smc pages_html support html All products that are replaced become the property of SMC Replacement products may be either new or reconditioned Any replaced or repaired product carries either a 30 day limited warran...

Page 6: ...ITY IN NO EVENT WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE SHALL SMC BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR FOR LOSS OF REVENUE LOSS OF BUSINESS OR OTHER FINANCIAL LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE USE PERFORMANCE FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION OF ITS PRODUCTS EVEN IF SMC OR ITS AUTHORIZED RESELLER H...

Page 7: ...ng the Network Configuration 2 10 IP Configuration 2 11 IP Connectivity Test Ping 2 13 HTTP Configuration 2 14 Configuring the Serial Port 2 15 Assigning SNMP Parameters 2 17 Configuring Community Names 2 18 Configuring IP Trap Managers 2 19 Console Login Configuration 2 20 Downloading System Software 2 22 Using TFTP Protocol to Download Over the Network 2 22 Saving the System Configuration 2 23 C...

Page 8: ...e Information 2 52 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information 2 54 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration 2 55 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration 2 58 Monitoring the Switch 2 60 Displaying Port Statistics 2 62 Displaying RMON Statistics 2 64 Displaying the Unicast Address Table 2 66 Displaying the IP Multicast Registration Table 2 68 Configuring Static Unicast Addresses 2 69 Resetting the System 2 71 Loggi...

Page 9: ... Spanning Tree Algorithm 3 22 Spanning Tree Information 3 22 Spanning Tree 3 22 Ports 3 23 Spanning Tree Configuration 3 25 Switch 3 25 When the Switch Becomes Root 3 26 STA Port Configuration 3 27 Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions 3 29 Bridge Capability 3 29 Bridge Settings 3 30 Priority 3 31 Port Priority Configuration 3 31 Port Traffic Class Information 3 32 Configuring Virtual LANs 3 33 VLAN B...

Page 10: ...Spanning Tree Algorithm 4 2 Virtual LANs 4 3 Assigning Ports to VLANs 4 4 Port Overlapping 4 5 Forwarding Tagged Untagged Frames 4 5 Connecting VLAN Groups 4 6 Multicast Filtering 4 6 IGMP Snooping 4 7 IGMP Protocol 4 7 Class of Service CoS Support 4 8 Port Trunks 4 9 SNMP Management Software 4 9 Remote Monitoring 4 10 A Troubleshooting A 1 Troubleshooting Chart A 1 Upgrading Firmware via the Seri...

Page 11: ...TABLE OF CONTENTS vii Console Port to 25 Pin DTE Port on PC B 3 Glossary Index ...

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Page 13: ... permits the switch to be managed from any PC in the network using in band management software such as SMC s EliteView The management agent also includes an embedded HTTP Web agent This Web agent can be accessed using a standard Web browser from any computer attached to the network The system configuration program and the SNMP agent support management functions such as Enable disable any port Set ...

Page 14: ... set terminal emulation type to VT100 specify the port used by your PC i e COM 1 4 and then set communications to 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and 19200 bps for initial configuration Also be sure to set flow control to none Refer to Configuring the Serial Port on page 2 17 for a complete description of configuration options Note If the default settings for the switch s serial port have been mo...

Page 15: ...e switch s site to force auto answer mode The following is a sample initialization string ATQ1S0 1 D0 K0 W as defined below Q1 Inhibit result codes to DTE S0 1 Auto answer on first ring D0 Don t care DTR K0 Disables DTE DCE flow control W Write command to modem memory Configure the Remote Site At the remote site connect the PC s COM port COM 1 4 to the modem s serial port Set terminal emulation ty...

Page 16: ... the network The switch can also be managed by any computer using a Web browser Internet Explorer 4 0 or Netscape Navigator 4 0 or above or from a network computer using network management software such as EliteView Notes 1 By default BOOTP is disabled To enable BOOTP see IP Configuration on page 2 13 2 Use the Network Configuration menu to specify the maximum number of simultaneous Telnet session...

Page 17: ...ou should define a new administrator password record it and put it in a safe place Select Console Login Configuration from the Management Setup Menu and enter a new password for the administrator Note that passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MMMMM MMMMM CCCCCCCCCCCCCC SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MM MM CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SS S MMM MMM CCC CC SS MM...

Page 18: ...s product Management Setup Menu Switch Configuration Menu Network Monitor Menu Reset System Menu Quit Current Session Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Selection Description About this product System Information Provides basic system description including contact information Switch Information Shows hardware firmware version numbers and power status of the switch Management Setup Menu ...

Page 19: ...nloaded to restore the configuration Switch Configuration Menu Port Configuration Enables any port enables disables flow control and sets communication mode to auto negotiation full duplex or half duplex Port State Displays operational status including link state flow control method and duplex mode Spanning Tree Configuration Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm also sets parameters for hello time maxi...

Page 20: ...s VLAN version number and maximum VLANs supported 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information Displays VLAN groups and port members 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Configures VLAN groups via static assignments including setting port members or restricting ports from being dynamically added to a port by the GVRP protocol 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration Displays configures port specific VLAN setting...

Page 21: ...ast Address Table Configuration Used to manually configure host MAC addresses in the unicast table Reset system menu Restarts system with options to use POST or to retain factory defaults IP settings or user authentication settings Quit current session Exits the configuration program Note that GMRP and GVRP are not implemented in the current firmware release Selection Description ...

Page 22: ...are firmware versions SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T About this product System Information Switch Information OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Selection Description System Information Provides basic system description including contact information Switch Information Shows hardware firmware version numbers and power status of the switch ...

Page 23: ...stem Location APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description System Description System hardware description System Object ID MIB II object identifier for switch s network management subsystem System Up Time Length of time the current management agent has been running Note that the first value is 1 100 seconds Network Host Name Name assigned to the sw...

Page 24: ...Serial Number 00 E0 09 09 00 01 Port Number 8 Internal Power Status Active Redundant Power Status Inactive OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Firmware Version System firmware version in Flash ROM POST ROM Version Power On Self Test version number Serial Number MAC address associated with the main board Port Num...

Page 25: ...ent software SNMP Configuration The items provided by the Management Setup Menu are described in the following sections SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Management Setup Menu Network Configuration Serial Port Configuration SNMP Configuration Console Login Configuration TFTP Download New Software Configuration Save Restore OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Selection Des...

Page 26: ...ser names and passwords for system access as well as the invalid password threshold and lockout time TFTP Download New Software Downloads new version of firmware to update your system in band Configuration Save Restore Saves the switch configuration to a file on a TFTP server This file can be later downloaded to restore the configuration ...

Page 27: ...on IP Connectivity Test Ping HTTP Configuration MAX Number of allowed Telnet sessions 1 4 4 Physical Address 00 00 11 11 43 21 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description IP Configuration Screen used to set the bootup option or configure the switch s IP parameters IP Connectivity Test Screen used to test IP connectivity to a Ping specified device HTTP Config...

Page 28: ...r arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Default Description Interface Type Ethernet Indicates IP over Ethernet IP Address 10 1 0 1 IP address of the switch you are managing when accessing it over the network The switch supports SNMP over UDP IP transport protocol In this environment all systems on the Internet such as network interconnection devices and any PC accessing the switc...

Page 29: ...ecifies whether IP functionality is enabled via manual configuration or set by Boot Protocol BootP Options include USER CONFIG IP functionality is enabled based on the default or user specified IP configuration BOOTP GET IP IP is enabled but will not function until a BootP reply has been received BootP requests will be broadcast 10 times once every second in an effort to learn its IP address If no...

Page 30: ... Ping IP Address Test Times 1 Interval 3 Success 0 Failure 0 Start OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description IP Address IP address of the site you want to ping Test Times The number of ICMP echo requests to send to the specified site Range 1 9999 Interval The interval in seconds between pinging the specified site Range 1 10 seconds Success Failure The number...

Page 31: ... in the following table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T HTTP Configuration HTTP Server ENABLED HTTP Port Number 80 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description HTTP Server Enables disables access to the on board Web server HTTP Port Number Specifies the TCP port that will provide HTTP service Range 0 65535 Default Port 80 Telnet Port 23...

Page 32: ... the following table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Serial Port Configuration Management Mode CONSOLE MODE Baud rate 19200 Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity NONE Time Out in minutes 10 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Default Description Management Mode Console Mode Indicates that the console port settings are for direct console connectio...

Page 33: ...t Options 1 2 Parity none Sets the parity of the RS 232 port Options none odd even Time Out 10 minutes If no input is received from the attached device after this interval the current session is automatically closed Range 0 100 minutes 0 disabled Parameter Default Description ...

Page 34: ...id community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following sections SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T SNMP Configuration Send Authentication Fail Traps ENABLED SNMP Security IP Trap Managers APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description Send Authentication ...

Page 35: ... access SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T SNMP Security Community Name Access Status 1 public READ ONLY ENABLED 2 3 4 5 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Community Name A community entry authorized for management access Maximum string length 19 characters Access Management access is restricted to Read Only or Read Write Stat...

Page 36: ... managers may be entered SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T IP Trap Managers IP Address Community Name Status 1 10 1 0 23 public DISABLED 2 3 4 5 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description IP Address IP address of the trap manager Community Name A community specified for trap management access Status Sets administrative status of selecte...

Page 37: ...ator as soon as possible and store it in a safe place If for some reason your password is lost or you cannot gain access to the system configuration program contact SMC Technical Support for assistance The parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Console Login Configuration Password Threshold 3 Lock out Time in m...

Page 38: ... 65535 Admin name admin password null Administrator has access privilege of Read Write for all screens Guest name guest password null Guest has access privilege of Read Only for all screens Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive Parameter Default Description ...

Page 39: ...on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T TFTP Download New Software Download Server IP Agent Software Upgrade ENABLED Download Filename Download Mode PERMANENT Process TFTP Download Download status Complete APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Download Server IP IP address...

Page 40: ...the following figure and table Download Status Indicates if a download is Complete or In Progress SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Configuration Upload Upload Server IP Upload Filename Process TFTP Upload Upload status Complete Configuration Download Download Server IP Download Filename Process TFTP Download Download status Complete APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other...

Page 41: ...ERFACE 2 25 Process TFTP Upload Issues a request to upload the configuration settings to the specified file on the TFTP server Upload Status Indicates if an upload is Complete or In Progress Parameter Description ...

Page 42: ...rver Download Filename The name of the file that contains the switch configuration settings you wish to restore Process TFTP Download Issues a request to the TFTP server to download the specified file Download Status Indicates if a download is Complete or In Progress Parameter Description ...

Page 43: ...Table Information Mirror Port Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Port Trunking Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration IGMP Configuration Port GARP Configuration BStorm Control Configuration Port GMRP Configuration Port Security Configuration OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Selection Description Port Configuration Sets communication parameters for ports Port...

Page 44: ...se Information Displays basic VLAN information such as VLAN version number and maximum VLANs supported 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information Displays VLAN groups and port members 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration Configures VLAN groups via static assignments including setting port members or restricting ports from being dynamically added to a port by the GVRP protocol 802 1Q VLAN Port Configu...

Page 45: ...TO 5 1000T ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 6 1000T ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 7 GBIC ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 8 GBIC ENABLED DISABLED AUTO APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Default Description Flow Control mode of all ports DISABLED Allows you to enable or disable flow control for all ports on the switch Type Shows port types as 1000T 1000BASE T 1000SX 1000BASE SX GBIC 1000BASE...

Page 46: ...ate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill Back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex Speed and Duplex AUTO Used to set the current port speed duplex mode and auto negotiation Parameter Default Description ...

Page 47: ... YES UP NONE 100_FULL 4 1000T YES DOWN 5 1000T YES DOWN 6 1000T YES DOWN 7 GBIC YES DOWN 8 GBIC YES DOWN OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Type Shows port types as 1000T 1000BASE T 1000SX 1000BASE SX GBIC 1000BASE SX or 1000BASE LX transceiver Operational Shows if the port is functioning or not Link Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external de...

Page 48: ...CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 32 Speed and Duplex InUse Displays the current port speed and duplex mode used Parameter Description ...

Page 49: ... devices that is an STA compliant switch bridge or router in your network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network For a more detailed description of how to use this algorithm refer to Spanning Tree Algorithm on page 4 2 SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Spanning Tree Bridge Configuration Spanning Tree Port Configura...

Page 50: ...or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Default Description Spanning Tree Protocol On Enable this parameter to participate in an STA compliant network Priority 32 768 Device priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device However if all devices have the same priority the device with the low...

Page 51: ...attached LAN If it is a root port a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network The minimum value is the higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 The maximum value is the lower of 40 or 2 x Forward Delay 1 Forward Delay 15 The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because ever...

Page 52: ...T 128 4 DISABLED 2 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 3 1000T 128 19 DISABLED 4 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 5 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 6 1000T 128 4 DISABLED 7 GBIC 128 4 DISABLED 8 GBIC 128 4 DISABLED APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Default Description Fast forwarding mode of all ports DISABLED Allows you to enable or disable fast forwarding for all ports on the switch Type Shows p...

Page 53: ...ity the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled The range is 0 255 Path Cost 100 19 4 This parameter is used by the STA algorithm to determine the best path between devices Therefore lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media and higher values assigned to ports with slower media Path cost takes precedence over port priority The default and recommended range is Et...

Page 54: ... the Blocked Listening and Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding FastForwarding enables end node workstations and servers to overcome time out problems when the Spanning Tree Algorithm is implemented in a network Therefore FastForwarding should only be enabled for ports that are connected to an end node device Parameter Default Description ...

Page 55: ...re and table describe the current Bridge STA Information SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Spanning Tree Information Menu Spanning Tree Bridge State Spanning Tree Port State OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Spanning Tree Bridge State Bridge Priority 32768 Hello Time in seconds 2 Max Age in seconds 20 Forward Delay in secon...

Page 56: ...s the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding Hold Time The minimum interval between the transmission of consecutive Configuration BPDUs Designated Root The priority and MAC address of the device in the spanning tree that this switch has accepted as the root device Root Cost The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root device Root Port Th...

Page 57: ...0 32768 00E009090001 128 1 2 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 2 3 1000T FORWARDING 0 32768 00E009090001 128 3 4 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 4 5 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 5 6 1000T NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 6 7 GBIC NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 7 8 GBIC NO LINK 0 32768 00E009090001 128 8 OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description ...

Page 58: ...s Forwarding The port forwards packets and continues learning addresses The rules defining port status are A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging device is always forwarding If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segment and there is no other STA device attached to this segment the port with the smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked All ports ar...

Page 59: ...LE INTERFACE 2 43 Designated Port ID The priority and number of the port on the designated bridging device through which this switch must communicate with the root of the spanning tree Parameter Description ...

Page 60: ...t see Configuring Virtual LANs on page 2 55 You can use the Mirror Port Configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Mirror Port Configuration Mirror Source Port Port 1 Mirror Target Port Port 2 Status DISABLED APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Mirror Sou...

Page 61: ...to one trunk The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner including duplex mode and VLAN assignments None of the ports in a trunk can be configured as a mirror source port or mirror target port All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from to added or deleted from a VLAN...

Page 62: ...ort Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Port Trunk ID 1 Trunk ID 1 Member Port 1 Show More Enable Disable Add Delete OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Trunk ID Configure up to four trunks per switch ID of 1 4 Port Select from 2 4 ports per trunk Show Displays trunk settings where the first trunk listed is specified by Sorted by Trunk ID...

Page 63: ... server the broadcast traffic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch router it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on the hosts which subscribed to this service This switch uses IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol to query for any attached hosts who want to receive a specific multicast service The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and add...

Page 64: ...SABLED IGMP Query Count 2 IGMP Report Delay Seconds 10 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description IGMP Status If enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic IGMP Query Count The maximum number of queries issued for which there has been no response before the switch takes action to solici...

Page 65: ...keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Broadcast control on all ports Allows you to enable disable broadcast storm control for all ports on the switch Threshold The packet per second threshold for broadcast packets on the port Default is 500 pps Broadcast Control Enables disables broadcast control for the port When enabled the switch will employ a broadcast control mechanism if the pac...

Page 66: ...curity Configuration MAC Address MAC Address Secure address count 0 Port 1 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 Show More Add Delete Mode DISABLE Apply Clear OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description MAC Address A list of the authorized MAC addresses that can access the network through the specified port Secure address count The number of authorized MAC addresses for the specified po...

Page 67: ...C Address list If set to Learning the switch will add the source MAC address of all packets received on the port to the authorized MAC Address list Apply Applies a change of Mode to the port MAC A specific MAC address to be added or deleted from the list Add Adds a new MAC address to the current list Delete Removes a MAC address from the current list Clear Clears all the MAC addresses for the curr...

Page 68: ...vidual Port YES VLAN Learning SVL Configurable PVID Tagging YES Local VLAN Capable NO Bridge Settings Traffic Classes TRUE GMRP DISABLED GVRP DISABLED APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description Bridge Capability Extended Multicast Filtering Services Indicates that the switch does not support the filtering of individual multicast addresses based on G...

Page 69: ...h does not support multiple local bridges that is multiple Spanning Trees Bridge Settings Traffic Class Multiple traffic classes are supported by this switch as indicated under Bridge Capabilities However you can disable this function by setting this parameter to False GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups The Internet G...

Page 70: ...air Queuing for each port You can use the 802 1P Configuration menu to configure the default priority for each port or to display the mapping for the traffic classes as described in the following sections SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T 802 1P Configuration 802 1P Port Priority Configuration 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information Ok Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select ...

Page 71: ...y for any port as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T 802 1P Port Priority Configuration Port Default Ingress Number of Egress User Priority Traffic Class 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 7 0 2 8 0 2 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port Default Ingress User Priority Default p...

Page 72: ...wn in the following screen SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information Port User Priority 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch por...

Page 73: ...can organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains confining broadcast traffic to the originating group This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment For more information on how to use VLANs see Virtual LANs on page 4 3 The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections 802 1Q VLAN Base Information The 802 1Q VLAN Base Information screen ...

Page 74: ... Number The VLAN version used by this switch as specified in the IEEE 802 1Q standard MAX VLAN ID Maximum VLAN ID recognized by this switch MAX Supported VLANs Maximum number of VLANs that can be configured on this switch Current Number of VLANs Configured The number of VLANs currently configured on this switch ...

Page 75: ... configuration is shown in the following figure Parameter Description Deleted VLAN Entry Counts The number of times a VLAN entry has been deleted from this table VID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Creation Time The value of sysUpTime System Up Time when this VLAN was created SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T 802 1Q VLAN Current Table Information Deleted VLAN Entry Counts 0 VI...

Page 76: ...ration screen on page Status Shows how this VLAN was added to the switch Dynamic GVRP Automatically learned via GVRP Permanent Added as a static entry Current Egress Ports Shows the ports which have been added to the displayed VLAN group where 1 indicates that a port is a member and 0 that it is not Current Untagged Ports If a port has been added to the displayed VLAN see Current Egress Ports its ...

Page 77: ...Name A user specified symbolic name for this VLAN String length Up to 8 alphanumeric characters Status Sets the current editing status for this VLAN as Not in Service Destroy or Active Egress Ports Set the entry for any port in this field to 1 to add it to the displayed VLAN or 0 to remove it from the VLAN Forbidden Egress Ports Prevents a port from being automatically added to this VLAN via GVRP ...

Page 78: ...CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 62 Note No VLANs are statically configured by default New Sets up the screen for configuring a new VLAN Parameter Description ...

Page 79: ...s 1 4 and forbidden port 8 SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T 802 1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration VID VLAN Name Status 2 Active Egress Ports Forbidden Egress Ports 11110000 00000001 Untagged Ports 00000000 VID 2 Show More New APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes ...

Page 80: ...D 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 6 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 7 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 8 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description PVID The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Use the PVID to assign ports to the same untagged VLAN Acceptable Frame Type1 This swit...

Page 81: ...e effect See Switch Configuration Menu Extended Bridge Configuration GVRP Failed Registrations2 The total number of failed GVRP registrations for any reason on this port GVRP Last PDU Origin2 The Source MAC Address of the last GVRP message received on this port 1 This control does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames such as GVRP or STP However it does affect VLAN dependent BPDU frames such as ...

Page 82: ...ulticast Registration Table Static Unicast Address Table Configuration Static Multicast Address Table Configuration OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Port Statistics Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port RMON Statistics Displays detailed statistical information for the selected port such as packet type and frame size counters ...

Page 83: ...Muticast group Static Unicast Address Table Configuration Allows you to display or configure static unicast addresses Static Multicast Address Table Configuration Allows you to display or configure static GMRP multicast addresses Not implemented in the current firmware release Parameter Description ...

Page 84: ...000 Local Management SMC8606T Port Statistics Port 1 Ether Like Counter Alignment Errors 0 Late Collisions 0 FCS Errors 0 Excessive Collisions 0 Single Collision Frames 0 Internal Mac Transmit Errors 0 Multiple Collision Frames 0 Carrier Sense Errors 0 SQE Test Errors 0 Frame Too Longs 0 Deferred Transmissions 0 Internal Mac Receive Errors 0 Refresh Statistics Reset Counters OK PREV PORT NEXT PORT...

Page 85: ...ion is detected later than 512 bit times into the transmission of a packet Excessive Collisions The number of frames for which transmission failed due to excessive collisions Internal Mac Transmit Errors The number of frames for which transmission failed due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error Carrier Sense Errors The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never assert...

Page 86: ...ts 4 Jabbers 0 Received Bytes 438387005 Collisions 0 Received Frames 2470786 64 Byte Frames 715132 Broadcast Frames 2180266 65 127 Byte Frames 868284 Multicast Frames 237352 128 255 Byte Frames 502964 CRC Alignment Errors 0 256 511 Byte Frames 379998 Undersize Frames 172 512 1023 Byte Frames 671 Oversize Frames 0 1024 1518 Byte Frames 3565 Fragments 0 Refresh Statistics Reset Counters OK PREV PORT...

Page 87: ...luding FCS octets and were otherwise well formed Fragments The total number of frames received that were less than 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either an FCS or alignment error Jabbers The total number of frames received that were longer than 1518 octets excluding framing bits but including FCS octets and had either an FCS or alignment error Collision...

Page 88: ...were between 128 and 255 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 1024 1518 Byte Frames The total number of packets including bad packets received and transmitted that were between 1024 and 1518 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets Parameter Description ...

Page 89: ...8 D 00 00 E2 12 F9 F8 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 00 05 1 8 D 00 00 E2 16 C5 82 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 00 96 1 8 D 00 00 E2 20 C3 D5 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 01 01 1 8 D 00 00 E2 21 74 D0 1 8 D 00 00 E8 07 12 5E 1 8 D 00 00 E2 2A 59 9A 1 8 D 00 00 E8 11 03 51 1 8 D 00 00 E2 2E FD F6 1 8 D 00 00 E8 11 11 33 1 8 D 00 00 E8 00 00 00 1 8 D 00 00 E8 12 12 12 1 8 D Sorted by MAC VID Cleared by MAC VID VLAN ID 1 VLAN ID 1 MAC...

Page 90: ...or P Fixed permanently by SNMP network management software Show Displays the address table based on specified VLAN ID and sorted by primary key MAC or VID More Scrolls through the entries in the address table Clear Clears the specified MAC address Clear Dynamic Clears all dynamically learned MAC addresses in the table Parameter Description ...

Page 91: ...namic Port Lists Learned by Sorted by VID Multicast IP VID 1 Multicast IP Show More OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description VID VLAN ID assigned to this multicast group Multicast IP IP address for specific multicast services Dynamic Port Lists The switch ports registered for the indicated multicast service Learned by Indicates if the ports were learned dynamically or...

Page 92: ...as shown below SMC TigerSwitch 1000 Local Management SMC8606T Static Unicast Address Table Configuration VID MAC Address Port Status Sorted by VID MAC VID 1 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 VID 1 Port 1 MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 Status Permanent Show More Set OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description VID The VLAN group this port is assigned to MAC Address The MAC address of a host de...

Page 93: ...and will remain so until it is aged out Refer to Address Table Aging Time on page 2 70 Other This entry is currently in use but the conditions under which it will remain so differ from the preceding values Show Displays the static address table sorted on VID as the primary key and MAC address as secondary key More Scrolls through entries in the static address table Set Adds the specified entry to ...

Page 94: ...rt Option POST YES Reload Factory Defaults NO Keep IP Setting NO Keep User Authentication NO Restart APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Parameter Description POST Runs the Power On Self Test Reload Factory Defaults Reloads the factory defaults Keep IP Setting Retains the settings defined in the IP Configuration menu Keep User Authentication Retains the user names...

Page 95: ...NSOLE INTERFACE 2 79 Logging Off the System Use the Quit Current Session command under the Main Menu to exit the configuration program and terminate communications with the switch for the current session ...

Page 96: ...CONSOLE INTERFACE 2 80 ...

Page 97: ...er on the network using a standard Web browser Internet Explorer 4 0 or above or Netscape Navigator 4 0 or above Prior to accessing the switch from a Web browser be sure you have first performed the following tasks 1 Configure it with a valid IP address subnet mask and default gateway using an out of band serial connection or BOOTP protocol 2 Set a user name and password using an out of band seria...

Page 98: ...statistics The default user name for the administrator is admin with no password Home Page When your Web browser connects with the switch s Web agent the home page is displayed as shown below The home page displays the Main Menu on the left side of the screen and System Information on the right side The Main Menu links are used to navigate to other menus and display configuration parameters and st...

Page 99: ...onfiguration change has been made on a page be sure to click on the Apply button at the bottom of the page to confirm the new setting The following table summarizes the Web page configuration buttons Notes 1 To ensure proper screen refresh be sure that Internet Explorer 5 0 is configured as follows Under the menu Tools Internet Options General Temporary Internet Files Settings the setting for item...

Page 100: ...s Switch Information as described on page 3 9 Port State Display Click on any port to display a summary or port status as shown below as well as Etherlike statistics page 3 53 and RMON statistics page 3 55 Parameter Description Type Shows port type as 1000Base SX 1000Base T or 1000Base GBIC Admin Status Shows if the port is enabled or has been disabled due to abnormal behavior or for security reas...

Page 101: ...hows the flow control type in use Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch VLAN The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Use the PVID page 3 41 to assign ports to the same untagged VLAN Parameter Description ...

Page 102: ...9200 bps and Auto detection Time Out 10 minutes If no input is received from the attached device after this interval the current session is automatically closed Range 0 100 minutes where 0 indicates disabled Data Bits 8 bits Sets the data bits of the RS 232 port Options 7 8 Stop Bits 1 bit Sets the stop bits of the RS 232 port Options 1 2 Parity None Sets the parity of the RS 232 port Options none...

Page 103: ...netsessioncount SNMP Configures communities and trap managers and activates traps Security Sets password for system access Upgrade Downloads new version of firmware to update your system Configure Saves the switch configuration to a file on a TFTPserver This file can be later downloaded to restore the configuration Address Table Provides full listing or unicast addresses sorted by address or VLAN ...

Page 104: ...multicast filtering Port Enables any port sets communication mode to auto negotiation fullduplexorhalfduplex andenables disables flow control Mirror Sets the source and target ports for mirroring Trunk Specifies ports to group into aggregate trunks Statistics Displaysstatisticsonnetworktrafficpassingthroughthe selected port Function Description ...

Page 105: ...nterconnection devices and any PC accessing the switch must have an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Object ID MIB II object identifier for switch s network management subsystem Location1 Specifiestheareaorlocationwherethesystemresides Contact1 Contact per...

Page 106: ...rd Parameter Description Serial Number Serial number of the main board Number of Ports Number of ports on the switch Hardware Version Hardware version of the main board Firmware Version System firmware version in ROM POST ROM Version Management s Power On Self Test version Internal Power Status Power status for the switch Redundant Power Status Redundant power status for the switch ...

Page 107: ... USER CONFIG Specifies whether IP functionality is enabledviamanualconfiguration or set by Boot Protocol BootP Options include BOOTP Get IP IP is enabled but will not function until a BootP reply has been received BootP requests will be periodically broadcast by the switch in an effort to learn its IP address BootPvaluesincludetheIP address defaultgateway andsubnet mask USER CONFIG IP functionalit...

Page 108: ...ide of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Subnet mask of the switch This mask identifies the host address bits used for routing to specific subnets Gateway IP Address 0 0 0 0 The gateway that the switch s agent uses to pass data to the management station Note that the gateway must bedefinedifthemanagementstation is located in a different IP segmen...

Page 109: ...ty strings To communicate with the switch the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are described in the following figures and table SNMP Community The following figure and table describe how to configure the community strings authorized for management access Up to 5 community names may be entered ...

Page 110: ...WEB INTERFACE 3 14 Access Mode Management access is restricted to Read Only or Read Write Parameter Description ...

Page 111: ... may be entered Parameter Description Trap Manager Capability Up to 5 trap managers may be used Trap Manager IP Address IP address of the trap manager Trap Manager Community String A community authorized to receive trap messages Add Remove Add remove strings from the active list Enable Authentication Traps Issues a trap message to specified IP trap managerswheneverauthenticationofanSNMP request fa...

Page 112: ...he Administrator as soon as possible and store it in a safe place If for some reason your password is lost or you cannot gain access to the system s configuration program contact SMC Technical Support for assistance Change Password This password is for the system Administrator with access privilege of Read Write for all screens Passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not ...

Page 113: ...ad file should be an SMC8606T binary file from SMC otherwise the switch will not accept it The success of the upload operation depends on the quality of the network connection After uploading the new software the switch will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Upload Mode Uploads to permanent flash ROM F...

Page 114: ... theaccessibilityofthe TFTP server and the quality of the network connection After downloading the new software the switch will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server Download Mode Downloads to permanent flash ROM File Name The binary file to download Start TFTP...

Page 115: ...d the quality of the network connection Configuration Upload Management Use the Configuration Upload Management to save the switch configuration to a file on a TFTP sever Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the figure and table Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server File Name The name of the file to contain the switch configuration settings Start Configura...

Page 116: ...TP sever Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Server IP Address IP address of a TFTP server File Name The name of the file that contains the switch configuration settings you wish to restore Start Configuration TFTP Download Issues a request to the TFTP server to download the specified file ...

Page 117: ...ress or set the aging time for deleting inactive entries The information displayed in the Address Table is indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Description Aging Time Time out period in seconds for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information Range 10 415 secs default 300 secs Dynamic Address Counts Thenumberofdynamicallylearnedaddressescurrently in the table Static Addres...

Page 118: ...the associated VLAN s and the address status i e dynamic or static New Static Address Use these fields to add or remove a static entry to the address table Indicate the address port and VLAN group when adding a new entry Add Remove Adds removes selected address Clear Table Removes all addresses from the address table Parameter Description ...

Page 119: ...TA information for the overall bridge or for a specific port To make any changes to the parameters for the Spanning Tree use the STA Configuration and STA Port Configuration screens Spanning Tree The parameters shown in the following figure and table describe the current bridge STA Information Parameter Description Spanning Tree State Shows if the switch is enabled to participate in an STA complia...

Page 120: ...tes with the root device through this port If there is no root port then this switch has been accepted as the root device of the spanning tree network Designated Root The priority and MAC address of the device in the spanning tree that this switch has accepted as the root device Root Path Cost The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root device Configuration Changes The number of ti...

Page 121: ...port forwards packets and continues learning addresses The rules defining port status are A port on a network segment with no other STA compliant bridging device is always forwarding If two ports of a switch are connected to the same segmentandthereisnootherSTAdeviceattachedtothis segment the port with the smaller ID forwards packets and the other is blocked All ports are blocked when the switch i...

Page 122: ...EB INTERFACE 3 26 Designated Port The priority and number of the port on the designated bridging device through which this switch must communicate with the root of the spanning tree Parameter Description ...

Page 123: ...cipate in an STA compliant network Priority 32 768 Device priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device Remember that the lower the numeric value the higher the priority However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device Range 0 65535 ...

Page 124: ...itch Becomes Root Parameter Default Description Hello Time 2 The time interval in seconds at which the root device transmits a configuration message The minimum value is 1 The maximum value is the lower of 10 or Max Message Age 2 1 ...

Page 125: ...ttached to the network The minimum value is the higher of 6 or 2 x Hello Time 1 The maximum value is the lower of 40 or 2 x Forward Delay 1 Forward Delay 15 The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding This delay is required because every device must receiveinformationabouttopologychanges before it starts to forward frames In ...

Page 126: ... forwarding for all ports on the switch Priority 128 Defines the priority for the use of a port in the STA algorithm If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same the port with the highest priority i e lowest value will be configured as an active link in the spanning tree Wheremorethanoneportisassignedthe highest priority the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled The range ...

Page 127: ... 10 The full range is 0 65535 Note Path cost takes precedence over port priority FastForwarding DISABLED Thisparameter isusedto enable disabledthe Fast Spanning Tree mode for the port In this mode ports skip the Blocked Listening and Learning states and proceed straight to Forwarding FastForwarding enables end node workstations and servers to overcome time out problems when the Spanning Tree Algor...

Page 128: ...lasses Indicates that the switch provides mapping of user priorities to multiple traffic classes Refer to the Priority menu on page 3 34 Static Entry Individual Port Indicates that the switch allows the static filtering of unicast and multicast addresses Refer to the Address Table Configuration on page 3 19 VLAN Learning This switch uses Shared VLAN Learning SVL whereby all ports share the same VL...

Page 129: ...h multicast groups Note that this function is not implemented in the current firmware release The Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP is currently used by this switch to provide automatic multicast filtering GVRP GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN information in order to register necessary VLAN members on portsacross the network This function shoul...

Page 130: ...ny inbound frames that do not have priority tags will be placed in the low priority output queue Default priority is only used to determine the output queue for the current port no priority tag is actually added to the frame You can use the Port Priority Configuration screen to adjust default priority for any port as shown below Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port Default...

Page 131: ... frames with a default or user priority from 0 3 are sent to the low priority queue 0 while those from 4 7 are sent to the high priority queue 1 as shown in the following screen Parameter Description Port Numeric identifier for switch port User Priority Shows that user priorities 0 3 specify the low priority queue and 4 7 specify the high priority queue ...

Page 132: ...rate broadcast domains confining broadcast traffic to the originating group This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment For more information on how to use VLANs refer to the Virtual LANs section of Chapter 4 in this Users Guide The VLAN configuration screens are described in the following sections VLAN Basic Information The VLAN Basic Information screen displays basic informat...

Page 133: ...untagged VLAN see VLAN Port Configuration on page 3 41 The current configuration is shown in the following screen Current Number of 802 1Q VLANs Configured The number of VLANs currently configured on this switch Parameter Description VLAN Entry Delete Count The number of times a VLAN entry has been deleted from this table VLAN ID The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Up Time at Creation The valu...

Page 134: ... groups can be defined To allow this switch to participate in external VLAN groups you must use the VLAN ID for the concerned external groups New Allows you to specify the name and numeric identifier for a new VLAN group The VLAN name is only used for management on this system it is not added to the VLAN tag Status Enables disables the specified VLAN Add Adds a new VLAN group to the current list R...

Page 135: ...ort from being automatically added to a VLAN via the GVRP protocol Note that VLAN 1 is fixed as an untagged VLAN containing all ports on the switch and cannot be modified via this screen Parameter Description VLAN The ID for the VLAN currently displayed Range 1 2048 Name A user specified symbolic name for this VLAN String length 8 alphanumeric characters Status Enables disables the specified VLAN ...

Page 136: ...f the port is connected to VLAN unaware devices frames will be passed to the untagged VLAN group to which this port has been assigned under the VLAN Port Configuration screen page 3 41 Parameter Description Egress Ports Adds ports to the specified VLAN Forbidden Egress Ports Prevents a port from being automatically added to this VLAN via GVRP Untagged Ports Adds untagged ports to the specified VLA...

Page 137: ...nfiguration Use this screen to configure port specific settings for IEEE 802 1Q VLAN features Parameter Description Port Number Port number on the switch selected from the upper display panel Add Remove Add or remove selected VLAN groups for the port indicated in the Port Number field Parameter Description PVID The VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on this port Use the PVID to assign po...

Page 138: ...ets received on this port will be discarded and no GVRP registrations will be propagated from other ports Note that before this port setting takes effect GVRP must be enabled for the switch see Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions on page 3 32 GVRP Failed Registrations2 The total number of failed GVRP registrations for any reason on this port GVRP PDU Origin2 The Source MAC Address of the last GVRP m...

Page 139: ...affic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch router it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on to the hosts that subscribed to this service This switch uses IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol to query for any attached hosts who want to receive a specific multicast service The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and adds any port which recei...

Page 140: ...work traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic Act as IGMP Querier If enabled the switch can serve as the querier which is responsible for asking hosts is they want to receive multicast traffic Not available for the current firmware release IGMP Query Count The maximum number of queries issued for which there has been no response before the switch takes action to solicit r...

Page 141: ... multicast IP addresses and the corresponding VLAN ID Parameter Description VLAN ID VLAN ID assigned to this multicast group Multicast IP Address IP address for specific multicast services Learned by Indicates the manner in which this address was learned dynamic or IGMP Multicast Group Port List The switch ports registered for the indicated multicast service ...

Page 142: ...he link status is down Port Configuration Use the Port Configuration menus to configure any port on the Parameter Description Admin Status Shows if the port is enabled or not Link Status Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device Speed Status Shows the port speed 1000M 100M or 10M Duplex Status Displays the current duplex mode Flow Control Status Shows the flow control type...

Page 143: ...ou may also disable a port for security reasons Duplex Status Auto Negotiatio n Usedtosetthecurrentportduplexmode or auto negotiation The default is auto negotiation Flow Control status Disabled Used to enable or disable flow control Flowcontrol can eliminate frame lossby blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill Back pressureisusedforhal...

Page 144: ...e switch Protect Status Enabled Enables disables broadcast control for the port Whenenabled theswitchwillemploy a broadcast control mechanism if the packet per second threshold is exceeded This mechanism limits the amount of broadcasts passed by the port to half of the received packet per second count The control mechanism remains in effect until thenumberofreceivedbroadcastsfallsback below the pa...

Page 145: ...earning WhensettoStatic theswitchwilldroppackets from the port if the source MAC address does not match one of the addresses in the MAC Address list If set to Learning the switch will add the source MAC address of all packets received on the port to the authorized MAC Address list MAC Address List A list of the authorized MAC addresses that can access the network through the specified port New Add...

Page 146: ...port traffic note that the target port must be configured in the same VLAN and be operating at the same duplex mode as the source port see VLAN Static List on page 3 38 You can use the port mirror configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown below Parameter Description Status Enables disables port mirroring Mirror Source Port The port whose traffic will be monitored ...

Page 147: ...one trunk The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk ports The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identicalmanner includingduplexmodeandVLANassignments None of the ports in a trunk can be configured as a mirror source port or mirror target port All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from to added or deleted from a VLAN The Span...

Page 148: ...unks as shown below Remember that you must Enable a new configuration before it will take effect Parameter Description Trunk Number A unique identifier for this trunk You can configure up to four trunks per switch Port The port members of this trunk Select from 2 4 ports per trunk ...

Page 149: ...nusually heavy loading Valuesdisplayedhavebeenaccumulatedsincethelastsystem reboot Parameter Description Alignment Errors The number of frames received that are not an integral number of octets in length and do not pass the FCS check FCS Errors The number of frames received that are an integral number of octets in length but do not pass the FCS check Single Collision Frames The number of successfu...

Page 150: ...ernal Mac Transmit Errors The number of frames for which transmission failed due to an internal MAC sublayer transmit error Carrier Sense Errors The number of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame Frames Too Long The number of frames received that exceed the maximum permitted frame size Internal Mac Receive Errors Thenumberofframesfor...

Page 151: ... to lack of resources Received Bytes Total number of bytes of datareceived on the network This statistic can be used as a reasonable indication of Ethernet utilization Received Frames The total number of frames bad broadcast and multicast received Broadcast Frames The total number of good frames received that were directed to the broadcast address Note that this does not include multicast packets ...

Page 152: ...Frames The total number of frames including bad packets receivedandtransmittedthatwerebetween65and127 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 128 255 Byte Frames The total number of packets including bad packets receivedandtransmittedthatwerebetween128and255 octets in length inclusive excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 256 511 Byte Frames The total n...

Page 153: ...segment If the destination address if found on another port the frame is forwarded to that port and queued for output But if the destination address is not found in the address database the frame is sent to one or more output ports based on the rules for handling tagged or untagged VLAN frames If the source MAC address of the frame was not found in the address database it is recorded along with th...

Page 154: ...s as the root of the spanning tree network It selects a root port on each bridging device except for the root device which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a packet from that device to the root device Then it selects a designated bridging device from each LAN which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a packet from that LAN to the root device All ports connected to designated bri...

Page 155: ...isswitchcreatessegregatedbroadcastdomainsbased on easily configurable VLANs these are then linked as required via a router or Layer 3 switch An IEEE 802 1Q VLAN is a group of ports that can be located anywhere in the network but communicate as though they belong to the same physical segment VLANs help to simplify network management by allowing you to move devices to a new VLAN without having to ch...

Page 156: ...g with VLANs Assigning Ports to VLANs Before enabling VLANs for the switch you must first assign each port to the VLAN group s it will participate in By default all ports are assigned to VLAN 1 as untagged ports Add a port as a tagged port that is a port attached to a VLAN aware device if you want it to carry traffic for one or more VLANs and the device at the other end of the link also supports V...

Page 157: ...vers or printers Note that if you implement VLANs which do not overlap but still need to communicate you can connect them using a Layer 3 switch or a router Forwarding Tagged Untagged Frames Ports can be assigned to multiple tagged or untagged VLANs Each port on the switch is therefore capable of passing tagged or untagged frames To forward a frame from a VLAN aware device to a VLAN unaware device...

Page 158: ...4L3 or a router Multicast Filtering Multicasting sends data to a group of nodes instead of a single destination The simplest way to implement multicasting is to broadcast data to all nodes on the network However such an approach wastes a lot of bandwidth if the target group is small compared to overall the broadcast domain Since applications such as video conferencing and data sharing are more wid...

Page 159: ...oups to learn the IP Multicast group members It simply monitors the IGMP packets passing through it picks out the group registration information and configures multicast filters accordingly IGMP Snooping generates no additional network traffic allowing you to significantly reduce the multicast traffic passing through your switch IGMP Protocol The Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP runs betwee...

Page 160: ...ides two transmit queues on each port with a weighted round robin scheme This function can be used to provide independent priorities for various types of data such as real time video or voice and best effort data Priority assignment to a packet in the TigerSwitch 1000 can be accomplished in any of the following ways Priority can be explicitly assigned by end stations which have applications that r...

Page 161: ...uld first remove the network cable and then disable both ends of the link via the configuration menu This allows the traffic passing across that link to be automatically distributed to the other links in the trunk without losing any significant amount of traffic SNMP Management Software SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a communication protocoldesignedspecificallyformanagingdevicesorother...

Page 162: ...y way to retain control of the network and analyze applications running at multi megabit speeds It provides the tools you need to implement either reactive or proactive policiesthatcankeepyournetworkrunningbasedonreal timeaccess to key statistical information This switch provides support for mini RMON which contains the four key groups required for basic remote monitoring These groups include Stat...

Page 163: ... a statistical counter reaching a specific value or a statistic changing by a certain amount over the set interval Alarms can be set to respond to either rising or falling thresholds Events Defines the action to take when an alarm is triggered The response to an alarm can include recording the alarm in the Log Table or sending a message to a trap manager Note that the Alarm and Event Groups are us...

Page 164: ...ADVANCED TOPICS 4 12 ...

Page 165: ...entTelnet sessions permitted Try connecting again at a later time Can t access the on board configuration program via a serial port connection Be sure to have set the terminal emulator program to VT100 compatible 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity and 19200 bps If the switch is configured for Auto baud rate detection theterminalemulatorprogrammustbeset at 2400 19200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no pa...

Page 166: ... 2 POST 3 Mainboard For example if you select 1 for downloading agent firmware the system will display the following message c Copyright 2001 SMC Networks Inc SMC TigerSwitch 1000 SMC8606T LOADER Version V1 03 POST Version V1 04 Performing the Power On Self Test POST EPROM Checksum Test PASS Testing the System SDRAM PASS CPU Self Test PASS EEPROM Checksum Test PASS SEEPROM Checksum Test PASS MAC A...

Page 167: ...ST program Boot Vx yx and Mainboard program 8051 Vx yz 4 Afterthefilehasbeendownloaded theconsolescreenwilldisplay information similar to that shown below Press s to start the management interface change the baud rate back to 19200 and press Enter The Logon screen will then appear For details on managing the switch refer to Chapter 2 for information on the out of band console interface or Chapter ...

Page 168: ...TROUBLESHOOTING A 4 ...

Page 169: ... for out of band console configuration The on board menu driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal a PC running a terminal emulation program or from a remote location via a modem connection The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables Figure B 1 DB 9 Console Port Pin Numbers ...

Page 170: ...ransmitted Data 3 3 2 CD 108 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 4 20 AB 102 SG Signal Ground 5 5 7 CC 107 DSR Data Set Ready 6 6 6 CA 105 RTS Request to Send 7 7 4 CB 106 CTS Clear to Send 8 8 5 CE 125 RI Ring Indicator 9 9 22 Switch s 9 Pin Serial Port CCITT Signal PC s 9 Pin COM Port 1 DCD DCD 1 2 RXD TXD 3 3 TXD RXD 2 4 DTR DSR 6 5 SGND SGND 5 6 DSR DTR 4 7 RTS CTS 8 8 CTS RTS 7 9 RI RI 9 Switch s 9 P...

Page 171: ...t to 25 Pin DTE Port on PC Switch s 9 Pin Serial Port Null Modem PC s 25 Pin DTE Port 1 DCD 8 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 3 TXD 2 RXD 4 DTR 20 DTR 5 SGND 7 SGND 6 DSR 6 DSR 7 RTS 4 RTS 8 CTS 5 CTS 9 RI 22 RI 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 8 5 20 6 7 7 4 9 5 20 6 ...

Page 172: ...PIN ASSIGNMENTS B 4 ...

Page 173: ... can work automatically over a Spanning Tree network Generic Attribute Registration Protocol GARP GARP is a protocol that can be used by endstations and switches to register and propagate multicast group membership information in a switched environmentsuch that multicast dataframes are propagated only to those parts of a switched LAN containing registered endstations Formerly called Group Address ...

Page 174: ...me extensions for VLAN tagging In Band Management Management of the network from a station that is attached to the network Link Aggregation See Port Trunk MIB An acronym for Management Information Base It is a set of database objects that contains information about the device Out of Band Management Management of the network from a station that is not attached to the network Port Mirroring A method...

Page 175: ...work management services in the Internet suite of protocols Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP A standard protocol for point to point connections using serial lines Spanning Tree Algorithm STA A technology that checks your network for any loops A loop can often occur in complicated network systems or systems with redundant links Spanning tree detects and directs data along the shortest path maximi...

Page 176: ...regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no physicalbarriers allowinguserstoshareinformationandresourcesas though located on the same LAN XModem A protocol used to transfer files between devices Data is grouped in 128 byte blocks and error corrected ...

Page 177: ...ity strings configuring 3 13 connections modem 1 3 serial port 1 2 Web browser 1 4 console login configuration 2 20 console port configuring 3 6 connections 1 2 pin assignments B 1 D downloading software A 2 E EliteView 1 4 4 9 F firmware upgrades A 2 firmware upgrade TFTP download 3 17 Web upload 3 16 firmware version 3 10 H hardware version 3 10 HTTP configuration 2 14 server 2 14 I IGMP 3 40 mu...

Page 178: ...gement station access 3 13 O out of band connection 1 2 P password configuration 3 15 pin assignments console port B 1 Ping 2 13 port configuration 3 44 3 45 information 3 43 mirror 3 47 overlapping 4 5 priority 2 49 statistics 3 50 trunk configuration 2 40 trunks 3 48 4 9 priority port configuration 3 31 traffic class 3 32 problems troubleshooting A 1 PVID 4 5 Q QoS configuration 2 49 Quality of ...

Page 179: ...3 6 traffic classes configuration 2 49 4 8 trap managers configuring 3 14 Traps enabling 3 14 troubleshooting A 1 trunks configuring 2 40 3 48 U untagged ports 4 4 VLANs 4 5 upgrading firmware 3 16 upgrading software A 2 V Virtual LANs See VLANs VLAN configuration 2 52 3 33 static list 3 35 static membership by port 3 38 static table 3 36 static table configuration 2 55 tagged 3 34 VLANs 4 3 assig...

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