SMC Networks TigerSwitch SMC6948L2 Management Manual Download

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Configuring Static Unicast Addresses

Use the Static Unicast Address Table Configuration screen to
manually configure host MAC addresses in the unicast table. You
can use this screen to associate a MAC address with a specific
VLAN ID and switch port as shown below.

Static Unicast Address Table Configuration
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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.

Menu

Description

VID

The VLAN group this port is assigned to.

MAC Address

The MAC address of a host device attached to this
switch.

Port

The port the host device is attached to.

Summary of Contents for TigerSwitch SMC6948L2

Page 1: ...bps of aggregate bandwidth Support for redundant power unit Spanning Tree Protocol Up to eight port trunks per switch Port mirroring for non intrusive analysis QoS support for two level priority Full...

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Page 3: ...6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 Phone 949 707 2400 TigerSwitch 10 100 Management Guide From SMC s Tiger line of feature rich workgroup LAN solutions December 2000 Pub F2 22 150550 103 R01...

Page 4: ...ed 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 2000 by SMC Networks Inc 6 Hughes Irvine CA...

Page 5: ...n 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 th...

Page 6: ...IGENCE 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...

Page 7: ...ormation 2 8 Management Setup Menu 2 10 Changing the Network Configuration 2 11 IP Configuration 2 12 IP Connectivity Test Ping 2 14 HTTP Configuration 2 15 Configuring the Serial Port 2 16 Assigning...

Page 8: ...ormation 2 48 802 1Q VLAN Port Configuration 2 51 Monitoring the Switch 2 53 Displaying Port Statistics 2 54 Displaying RMON Statistics 2 56 Displaying the Unicast Address Table 2 58 Displaying the IP...

Page 9: ...tion 3 23 Switch 3 23 When the Switch Becomes Root 3 23 STA Port Configuration 3 25 Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions 3 27 Bridge Capability 3 27 Bridge Settings 3 28 Priority 3 29 Port Priority Confi...

Page 10: ...wn VLAN Tags 4 6 Forwarding Tagged Untagged Frames 4 6 Connecting VLAN Groups 4 7 Multicast Filtering 4 7 IGMP Snooping 4 7 IGMP Protocol 4 8 Class of Service CoS Support 4 9 Port Trunks 4 9 SNMP Mana...

Page 11: ...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...

Page 12: ...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 s...

Page 13: ...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 D...

Page 14: ...ed to 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 softwa...

Page 15: ...rowser you can perform a Web upload see Web Upload Management on page 3 16 or a TFTP download see TFTP Download Management on page 3 17 Using the menu driven system configuration program via a console...

Page 16: ...SWITCH MANAGEMENT 1 6...

Page 17: ...assword The administrator has Read Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics While the guest has Read Only access to the management program SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MMMMM MMMMM CCCCCCCCCCCCCC...

Page 18: ...that passwords can consist of up to 11 alphanumeric characters and are not case sensitive Note Based on the default configuration a user is allowed three attempts to enter the correct password on the...

Page 19: ...e Options for the currently selected item are displayed in the highlighted area at the bottom of the interface screen Main Menu System Information Menu Management Setup Menu Device Control Menu Networ...

Page 20: ...isables flow control and sets communication mode to auto negotiation full duplex or half duplex Port Information Displays operational status including link state flow control method and duplex mode Sp...

Page 21: ...lticast filtering Network Monitor Menu Port Statistics Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port RMON Statistics Displays detailed statistical information for the select...

Page 22: ...its the configuration program Not implemented in this firmware release System Information Menu System Information Switch Information OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Menu Description S...

Page 23: ...cation DEFAULT SYSTEM 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 obj...

Page 24: ...t Module Hardware Version V0 0 801 CPU POST ROM Version V1 10 Firmware Version V2 2 SNMP Agent Master OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select Parameter Description Main Board Hardware Version...

Page 25: ...nt Module Hardware Version Hardware version of the agent module POST ROM Version Power On Self Test version number Firmware Version Firmware version of the agent module SNMP Agent Shows that the modul...

Page 26: ...t via in band management software SNMP Configuration The items provided by the Management Setup Menu are described in the following sections Management Setup Menu Network Configuration Serial Port Con...

Page 27: ...firmware to update your system in band Network Configuration IP Configuration IP Connectivity Test Ping HTTP Configuration MAX Number of allowed Telnet sessions 1 4 4 Physical Address 00 22 22 22 22 2...

Page 28: ...e system 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 agent module or running EliteView...

Page 29: ...unctionality is enabled based on the default or user specified IP Configuration This is the default setting BOOTP Get IP IP is enabled but will not function until a BOOTP reply has been received BOOTP...

Page 30: ...ddress Test Times 1 Interval 3 Success 0 Failure 0 Start APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description IP Address IP address of the site you want to pi...

Page 31: ...own below is described in the following table Network Configuration HTTP Configuration HTTP Server ENABLED HTTP Port Number 80 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options Par...

Page 32: ...Management Mode CONSOLE MODE Baud rate 19200 Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity NONE Time Out in minutes 10 Auto Refresh in seconds 5 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll options...

Page 33: ...ved from the attached device after this interval the current session is automatically closed Range 0 100 minutes where 0 indicates disabled Auto Refresh 5 seconds Sets the interval before a console se...

Page 34: ...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 sections SNMP Confi...

Page 35: ...public with Read Write access SNMP Configuration SNMP Communities Community Name Access Status 1 public READ WRITE ENABLED 2 3 4 5 APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make chan...

Page 36: ...he switch Up to 5 trap managers may be entered SNMP Configuration 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 ot...

Page 37: ...s for parameters governing the SNMP agent You should therefore assign a user name and password to the default Administrator as soon as possible and store it in a safe place If for some reason your pas...

Page 38: ...start itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in the following figure and table Parameter Default Description Password Threshold 3 Sets the password intrusion threshold which limits the n...

Page 39: ...ad 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 ch...

Page 40: ...scribed in the following sections Device Control Menu Port Configuration Extended Bridge Configuration Port Information 802 1P Configuration Spanning Tree Configuration 802 1Q VLAN Base Information Sp...

Page 41: ...ration Displays configures extended bridge capabilities provided by this switch 802 1P Configuration Configures default port priorities and queue assignments 802 1Q VLAN Base Information Displays basi...

Page 42: ...ABLED AUTO 7 10 100TX ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 8 10 100TX ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 9 10 100TX ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 10 10 100TX ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 11 10 100TX ENABLED DISABLED AUTO 12 10 100TX ENABLED DI...

Page 43: ...tes current port speed and duplex mode Note that Auto negotiation is not available for the 100BASE FX ports 100BASE FX is fixed at 100 Mbps full duplex And while 1000BASE SX does auto negotiate duplex...

Page 44: ...10 100TX 10BASE T 100BASE TX 100FX 100BASE FX 1000SX 1000BASE SX Operational Shows if the port is functioning or not Link Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device FlowControl...

Page 45: ...Tree Protocol Enabled Enable this parameter to participate in a STA compliant network Priority 32 768 Device priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated port The device with...

Page 46: ...ice 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...

Page 47: ...0 100TX 128 19 ENABLED 12 10 100TX 128 19 ENABLED APPLY OK CANCEL PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to select other keys to make changes Parameter Default Description Fast forwar...

Page 48: ...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 port...

Page 49: ...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 lowest MAC address will then become th...

Page 50: ...t reconfigured Spanning Tree Port Information Port 1 12 Port Type Status Designated Designated Designated Cost Bridge Port 1 10 100TX NO LINK 5011 32768 0010B54C1EB6 128 1 2 10 100TX NO LINK 5011 3276...

Page 51: ...information Port address table is cleared and the port begins learning addresses Forwarding The port forwards packets and continues learning addresses The rules defining port status are A port on a n...

Page 52: ...ror Port Configuration screen to designate a single port pair for mirroring as shown below Designated Port ID The priority and number of the port on the designated bridging device through which this s...

Page 53: ...restrictions as described on page 2 39 Ports can only be assigned 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 confi...

Page 54: ...able Disable Add Delete OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description Trunk ID Configure up to eight trunks per switch Status Shows if the selected trunk is enabled...

Page 55: ...ide of a trunk must all be on the same module However the 1000BASE SX ports used for one side of a trunk may be on both modules Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 1 2 3 4 25 26 27 28 5 6...

Page 56: ...multicast 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...

Page 57: ...option Parameter Description IGMP Status If enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic This is also referred to as IGMP Snooping Act as...

Page 58: ...D APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move Space to scroll option Parameter Description Bridge Capability Extended Multicast Filtering Services This switch does not support filtering of individua...

Page 59: ...ted 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 wit...

Page 60: ...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 section...

Page 61: ...inbound frames that do not have priority tags will be placed in the low priority queue of the output port You can use the following menu to adjust default ingress priority for any port as shown below...

Page 62: ...wo priority output queues 802 1P Port Traffic Class Information Port 1 12 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...

Page 63: ...adcast 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 sc...

Page 64: ...ration 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 Parameter Descriptio...

Page 65: ...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 dis...

Page 66: ...0000 111111111111 111111111111 10 Untagged Ports 111111111111 111111111111 10 VID 1 111111111111 111111111111 Show More New APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Par...

Page 67: ...as an untagged port by setting this field to 1 or as a tagged port by setting it to 0 This field is only enabled if the corresponding port has been added to the displayed VLAN as an Egress Port Show...

Page 68: ...All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 1 All FALSE DISABLED 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 APPLY OK CANCEL PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE Use TAB or arrow keys to move other keys to make changes Parameter Description PV...

Page 69: ...U Origin2 The Source MAC Address of the last GVRP message received on this port 1 Not available for the current firmware release 2 These controls do not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames such as GVR...

Page 70: ...atistics 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 cou...

Page 71: ...ke Counter Alignment Errors 0 Late Collisions 9 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...

Page 72: ...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...

Page 73: ...Frames 37837 Broadcast Frames 3249 65 127 Byte Frames 674356 Multicast Frames 0 128_255 Byte Frames 45430 CRC Alignment Errors 0 256 511 Byte Frames 20447 Undersize Frames 0 512 1023 Byte Frames 3740...

Page 74: ...tal 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 Collisions The best estimate of the total numbe...

Page 75: ...00 E8 00 00 96 1 2 D 00 00 E2 12 F9 F8 1 2 D 00 00 E8 00 01 01 1 2 D 00 00 E2 16 C5 82 1 2 D 00 00 E8 02 A0 E6 1 2 D 00 00 E2 20 C3 D5 1 2 D 00 00 E8 07 12 5E 1 2 D 00 00 E2 21 74 D0 1 2 D 00 00 E8 1...

Page 76: ...learned or P Fixed permanently by SNMP network management software Sorted Cleared by Selects the primary key used to sort clear the table MAC or VID Show Displays the address table based on specified...

Page 77: ...111111111111 Sorted by VID Multicast IP VID 1 Multicast IP 224 0 1 22 Show More OK Show a page in ip multicast address table Use TAB or arrow keys to move Enter to selec Menu Description VID VLAN ID...

Page 78: ...USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM 2 62 Show Displays the address table sorted on VID and then Multicast IP More Scrolls through the entries in the address table Menu Description...

Page 79: ...a specific VLAN ID and switch port as shown below 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 0...

Page 80: ...o Aging Time on page 2 59 Other This entry is currently in use but the conditions under which it will remain so differ from the preceding values Sorted by Selects the primary sort key for displaying t...

Page 81: ...the switch for the current session System Restart Menu Restart Option POST YES Reload Factory Defaults NO Keep IP Setting NO Keep User Authentication NO Restart APPLY OK CANCEL Use TAB or arrow keys...

Page 82: ...USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM 2 66...

Page 83: ...ew statistics to monitor network activity The Web interface also provides access to a range of SNMP management functions with access to the switch s MIB and RMON database Prior to accessing the switch...

Page 84: ...as Read Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics Home Page When your Web browser connects with the switch s Web agent the home page is displayed as shown below The home page display...

Page 85: ...nfiguration 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 N...

Page 86: ...WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 3 4 changes by pressing the browser s refresh button...

Page 87: ...anel displays Switch Information as described on page 3 10 Port State Display Click on any port to display a summary or port status as shown below as well as Etherlike statistics page 3 50 and RMON st...

Page 88: ...cates the port s current duplex mode Flow Control Status Shows the flow control type in use Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations connected directly to the switch...

Page 89: ...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 odd even Auto Refresh Time 5 seconds Sets the...

Page 90: ...ddress Table Provides full listing of unicast addresses sorted by address or VLAN STA Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm also sets parameters for switch priority hello time maximum message age and forwar...

Page 91: ...ork interconnection devices and any PC accessing the agent or running EliteView must have an IP address Valid IP addresses consist of four numbers of 0 to 255 separated by periods Anything outside of...

Page 92: ...es plugged into the system Main Board Parameter Description Serial Number Serial number of the main board Number of Ports Number of ports on the switch including modules Hardware Version Hardware vers...

Page 93: ...OST ROM Version Agent module s Power on Self test version Firmware Version Agent module s firmware version Role Shows that the agent module is operating as master Parameter Description Expansion Slot...

Page 94: ...e USER CONFIG Specifies 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...

Page 95: ...outside of this format will not be accepted by the configuration program Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Subnet mask of the switch you have selected This mask identifies the host address bits used for routing...

Page 96: ...ith 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...

Page 97: ...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 authori...

Page 98: ...the 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 Suppo...

Page 99: ...SMC otherwise the agent will not accept it The success of the upload operation depends on the quality of the network connection After uploading the new software the agent will automatically restart i...

Page 100: ...cessibility of the TFTP server and the quality of the network connection After downloading the new software the agent will automatically restart itself Parameters shown on this screen are indicated in...

Page 101: ...able 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 s...

Page 102: ...description of how to use this algorithm refer to Spanning Tree Algorithm on page 4 2 Spanning Tree Information The Spanning Tree Information screen displays a summary of the STA information for the o...

Page 103: ...evice transmits a configuration message Forward Delay The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding Designated Root The priority...

Page 104: ...ed diagnostics Blocked Port receives STA configuration messages but does not forward packets Listening Port will leave blocking state due to topology change starts transmitting configuration messages...

Page 105: ...to listening to learning and then to forwarding Forward Transitions The number of times the port has changed status to forwarding state Designated Cost The cost for a packet to travel from this port t...

Page 106: ...e 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 ha...

Page 107: ...orts 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...

Page 108: ...ast Forward in this table 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 lo...

Page 109: ...it Ethernet 4 3 10 The full range is 1 65535 Note Path cost takes precedence over port priority Fast Forward Enabled This enables disables Fast Forwarding for the selected port In this mode ports skip...

Page 110: ...ltiple traffic classes Refer to the Priority menu on page 3 30 Static Entry Individual Port This switch enables static filtering for unicast and multicast addresses Refer to the Address Table Configur...

Page 111: ...llows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups IGMP Snooping is currently used by this switch to provide automatic multicast filtering GVRP GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GVRP de...

Page 112: ...tagged with the input port s default VLAN ID PVID and the default ingress user priority as shown in the following screen and then sorted into the appropriate priority queue at the output port Note tha...

Page 113: ...cription Port Numeric identifier for switch port Default Ingress User Priority Default priority can be set to any value from 0 7 where 0 3 specifies the low priority queue and 4 7 specifies the high p...

Page 114: ...cast 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 Virtual LANs on page 4 3 The VLAN configuration...

Page 115: ...or one or two switches you can assign ports to the same untagged VLAN The current configuration is shown in the following screen Parameter Description VLAN Entry Delete Count The number of times a VLA...

Page 116: ...e in a VLAN group that extends beyond this switch you must add the VLAN ID for the required external groups New Allows you to specify the name and numeric identifier for a new VLAN group The VLAN name...

Page 117: ...en Use the following menu to add or remove a port to the displayed VLAN group As you can see from this example all ports are included in VLAN 1 by default Parameter Description VLAN The ID for the VLA...

Page 118: ...compliant devices or untagged if they are connected to VLAN unaware devices Note If a removed port is no longer assigned to any other group as an untagged port it will automatically be assigned to VLA...

Page 119: ...o the selected port To perform detailed port configuration for a specific VLAN use the VLAN Static Table page 3 36 Parameter Description Port Number Port number on the switch selected from the upper d...

Page 120: ...ed frames Note that all VLAN untagged frames received on this port are assigned to the PVID for this port Ingress Filtering If set to True incoming frames for VLANs which do not include this port in t...

Page 121: ...nly 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 s...

Page 122: ...twork 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 if they want to receiv...

Page 123: ...ng 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 b...

Page 124: ...on 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 10M 100M or 1000M Duplex Status Dis...

Page 125: ...ble Admin Status Enable Allows you to disable a port due to abnormal behavior and then re enable it after the problem has been resolved You may also disable a port for security reasons Duplex Status A...

Page 126: ...Status Disabled Used to enable or disable flow control Flow control can eliminate frame loss by blocking traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill Ba...

Page 127: ...e manner When mirroring port traffic note that the target port must be included in the same VLAN as the source port See VLAN Static List on page 3 35 You can use the port mirror configuration screen t...

Page 128: ...tions as described on page 3 49 Ports can only be assigned 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...

Page 129: ...on Trunk A unique identifier for this trunk You can configure up to eight trunks per switch Status Enables or disables the displayed trunk Member List You can create up to eight trunks for the switch...

Page 130: ...ust all be on the same module However the 1000BASE SX ports used for one side of a trunk may be on both modules Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 1 2 3 4 25 26 27 28 5 6 7 8 29 30 31 32...

Page 131: ...port or unusually heavy loading Values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot Parameter Description Alignment Errors The number of alignment errors mis synchronized data packets...

Page 132: ...ames 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 t...

Page 133: ...st system reboot Parameter Description Drop Events The total number of events in which packets were dropped due to lack of resources Received Bytes Total number of bytes of data received on the networ...

Page 134: ...64 Byte Frames The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted that were 64 octets in length excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 65 127 Byte Frames The total numb...

Page 135: ...l 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 Note Statistics are automa...

Page 136: ...WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 3 54...

Page 137: ...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 s...

Page 138: ...he 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 d...

Page 139: ...leaner network environment This switch creates segregated broadcast domains based on easily configurable VLANs these VLANs are then linked as required using a router or Layer 3 switch An IEEE 802 1Q V...

Page 140: ...to multiple VLANs Passing traffic between VLAN aware and VLAN unaware devices Priority tagging Port trunking with VLANs Assigning Ports to VLANs Before enabling VLANs for the switch you must first as...

Page 141: ...Ns which do not overlap but still need to communicate you can connect them using the Layer 3 switch or router Automatic VLAN Registration GVRP GVRP defines a system whereby the switch can automaticall...

Page 142: ...on your switch 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 forwar...

Page 143: ...icient multicasting has become vital A common approach is to use a group registration protocol that lets nodes join or leave multicast groups A switch or router can then easily determine which ports c...

Page 144: ...ticast enabled switch can periodically ask their hosts is they want to receive multicast traffic If there is more than one router switch on the LAN performing IP multicasting one of these devices is e...

Page 145: ...t may be manually configured as high priority In this case when any other port receives traffic from a high priority port that traffic is automatically placed in the high priority output queue Port Tr...

Page 146: ...onitor them to evaluate performance and detect potential problems SMC provides EliteView network management software for free with all of its manageable products EliteView contains a complete manageme...

Page 147: ...ation packet types errors and collisions You need a historical record of activity to be able to track down intermittent problems Historical data can also be used to establish normal baseline activity...

Page 148: ...ADVANCED TOPICS 4 12...

Page 149: ...current Telnet 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...

Page 150: ...ntime 2 POST 3 Mainboard For example if you select 1 for downloading agent firmware the system will display the following message c Copyright 2000 SMC Networks Inc SMC 6948L2 Switch LOADER Version V1...

Page 151: ...ogram Boot Vx yx and Mainboard program 8051 Vx yz 4 After the file has been downloaded the console screen will display information similar to that shown below Press s to start the management interface...

Page 152: ...TROUBLESHOOTING A 4...

Page 153: ...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 con...

Page 154: ...ansmitted 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 Rin...

Page 155: ...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...

Page 156: ...PIN ASSIGNMENTS B 4...

Page 157: ...tch 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...

Page 158: ...e 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...

Page 159: ...ocol SNMP An application protocol offering network management services in the Internet suite of protocols Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP A standard protocol for point to point connections using se...

Page 160: ...es that share the same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no physical barriers allowing users to share...

Page 161: ...rowser 1 4 console interface device control menu 2 24 logging off 2 64 login screen 2 1 main menu 2 3 management setup menu 2 10 network monitor menu 2 54 system information 2 6 system restart menu 2...

Page 162: ...g 2 40 3 39 registration table displaying 2 61 3 41 O out of band connection 1 2 P password configuration 2 21 3 15 pin assignments console port B 1 Ping test 2 14 port configuration 2 26 3 43 informa...

Page 163: ...59 3 18 untagged ports 4 4 VLANs 4 6 upgrading software 2 22 3 16 A 2 upload Web 3 16 V Virtual LANs See VLANs VLANs 4 3 assigning ports 4 4 automatic registration 4 5 configuration base information...

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