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CrossFire 8730 Switch Reference Guide, DOC-7047 v. 1.1
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
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About the CrossFire 8730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Translation from Token-Ring to Fast Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Isolated Ethernet Segments or Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Application Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Benefits of the CrossFire 8730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Switch Overview
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How the CrossFire 8730 Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multiple Simultaneous Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Address Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Multiple Bridging Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Congestion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Three Switching Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fast Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fast Ethernet Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fast Ethernet Port Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fast Ethernet Bridging Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Redundant Connections to Fast Ethernet Network . . . . . 25
Network Scenarios—Preventing Frame Duplication and
Looping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Spanning Tree Configuration for Fast Ethernet . . . . . . . 28
Technical Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Token-Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Token-Ring Port Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RI/RO-Like Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Transmission Priority Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CrossLink Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Spanning Tree Protocol Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
VLAN Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switch Manager for HP OpenView for Windows . . . . . . . 38
IBM LAN Network Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
RMON Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Built-in Port Counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Stackable Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Optional Redundant Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Содержание CrossFire 8730
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