Asante 35516 - Manuals

7 LED Color Description Power Green Off Power is on. Power is off, or main power supply has failed. Emergency Power Green Off Primary power has failed and optional power supply is powering the switch. Optional power supply is in standby mode and primary power is working. BaseT10/100/1000 Link/Speed ...

8 1.4.2 IC35516-G The front panel of the IC35516-G contains the following: power and port LEDs; 12 GBIC ports; 4 dual-function Gigabit ports that support either 1000BaseT or GBIC-style Gigabit Ethernet ports; and a console port. The back panel, shown below, contains a 12 VDC jack for emergency power...

9 Chapter 2. Hardware Installation and Setup The following guidelines will help the user to easily install the switch, and to ensure that it has the proper power supply and environment. 2.1 Installation Overview Follow these steps to install the IntraCore switch: 1. Open the box and check the conten...

10 2.1.3 Power Requirements The electrical outlet should be located near the switch and be easily accessible. It must also be properly grounded. Make sure the power source adheres to the following guidelines: • Power: Auto Switching 90-260 VAC • Frequency range: 50/60 Hz 2.1.4 Environmental Requirem...

11 2.3 Gigabit Interface Converters The GBIC Interface is the industry standard for Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces. Some of the benefits of GBIC include reducing the components needed in a “spares” inventory, being able to choose from a wide variety of manufacturers with cross-vendor compatibility, and...

12 2.3.2 Removing a GBIC Caution : GBIC 1000T modules run hot under normal operating conditions. When it has been removed from the system, place it on a heat-resistant surface and allow the module to cool before handling. Note : Unnecessary removals/insertions of a GBIC module will lead to premature...

13 2.5 Connecting Power Important: Carefully review the power requirements (Chapter 2.1.3) before connecting power to the switch. Use the following procedure to connect power to the switch: 1. Plug one end of the supplied power cord into the power connector on the back of the switch. 2. Plug the oth...

14 1000BaseT requires that all four pairs (8 wires) be connected correctly, using Category 5 or better Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable (to a distance of 100 meters). Table 2-2 shows the correct pairing of all eight wires. Pin Number Pair Number & Wire Colors 1 2 White/Orange 2 2 Orange/White...

16 2.8 Setting Passwords The switch ships with a default of no enable password, which allows anyone on the network access to various privilege levels. To prevent unauthorized changes to the switch’s configuration, you should set an enable password for access to switch management. Follow the example ...

17 2.9 Configuring an IP Address The switch ships with the default IP address 192.168.0.1/24 . Connect via the serial port in order to assign the switch an IP address on your network. The physical ports (or switchports) of the IC35516 are L2 ports, and cannot have an IP address assigned to them. By ...

21 Router> enable Router# ? clear Reset functions clock Manage the system clock configure Enter configuration mode copy Copy from one file to another debug Debugging functions disable Turn off privileged mode command erase Erase a filesystem exit Exit current mode and down to previous mode help D...

22 Router# configure terminal Router(config)# ? access-list Add an access list entry arp Set static arp entry boot Modify system boot parameters duplicate-ip Duplicate IP Address detection Global Commands enable Modify enable password parameters end End current mode and change to enable mode exit Ex...

23 3.3.2 Router Configuration Mode Router configuration commands are used to configure an IP routing protocol and always follow a router command. To list the available router configuration keywords, enter the router command followed by a space and a question mark ( ? ) at the global configuration pr...

24 3.4 Advanced Features Supported within the Command Mode Entering a question mark (?) at the system prompt displays a list of commands available for each command mode. You can also get a list of any command's associated keywords and arguments with the context-sensitive help feature. To get help sp...

25 Example of Context Sensitive Help The following example illustrates how the context-sensitive help feature creates an access list from the configuration mode. Enter the letters “co” at the system prompt followed by a question mark (?). Do not leave a space between the last letter and the question...

26 In the example above, a command has been issued that is unknown or ambiguous. Router(config)# router % Command incomplete. Router(config)# In the example above a command has been issued that is incomplete. In the following examples, various correct commands (using route ) are displayed. Router(co...

27 • Editing Command Lines that Wrap • Deleting Entries • Scrolling Down a Line or a Screen • Redisplaying the Current Command Line • Transposing Mistyped Characters • Controlling Capitalization 3.8.1 Moving Around on the Command Line Use the following commands to move the cursor around on the comma...

28 The command is not immediately executed, so that you may modify the command if necessary. If you enter a set of characters that could indicate more than one command, the system simply lists all possible commands. You may also enter a question mark (?) to obtain a list of commands that begin with ...

29 Press Ctrl-U or Ctrl-X . Delete all characters from the cursor to the beginning of the command line. Press Ctrl-W . Delete the word to the left of the cursor. Press Esc D . Delete from the cursor to the end of the word. 3.8.5 Scrolling Down a Line or a Screen When using a command that list more i...

30 3.9 Passwords and Privileges Commands The following sections describe the password and privileges commands used to control access to different levels of the router: • enable password • password • service password-encryption 3.9.1 Enable Password To set a local password to control access to variou...

31 3.9.3 Service Password-Encryption To encrypt passwords, use the service password-encryption command in global configuration mode. Use the no form of this command to restore the default. Router(config)# service password-encryption Router(config)# no service password-encryption

32 Chapter 4. Managing the System and Configuration Files This chapter explains how to manage the system information, as well as how to manage the configuration files for the IC35516. 4.1 Managing the System This section discusses the following tasks needed to manage the system information of the IC...

33 4.1.4 Trace Packet Routes To discover the routes that packets will actually take when traveling to their destinations, use the following command in top mode. Command Purposes tracert address Trace packet routes through the network. 4.1.5 Test Connections with Ping Tests The switch supports IP pin...

34 4.2 Managing Configuration Files This section discusses how to download configuration files from remote servers, and store configuration files on the router at system startup. Configuration files contain the commands the router uses to customize the function of the IC35516. The setup command faci...

35 4.2.2 Copying Configuration Files to a Network Server You can copy configuration files from the router to a file server using TFTP. You might wish to back up a current configuration file to a server before changing its contents, thereby allowing you to later restore the original configuration fil...

36 In order to restore a configuration file to an exact copy of a file stored on a server, you need to copy the configuration file directly to the startup configuration (using the copy tftp startup-config command) and reload the router. To copy a configuration file from a TFTP server to the router, ...

37 Create or Modify Access Control for SNMP Community You can configure a community string, which acts like a password, to permit access to the agent on the router. Read Only (ro) : The string that defines access rights for reading SNMP data objects. The default is public . Read-Write (rw) : The str...

38 but where there is only one path between any two points (the connections span the entire network, and the paths are branched, like a tree). All of the bridges (a switch is a complex bridge) on the network communicate with each other using special packets of data called Bridge Protocol Data Units ...

39 Spanning Tree Port Configuration You can configure the following parameters from interface configuration mode: Router(config)# interface eth1 Router(config-if-eth1)# spanning-tree ? path-cost Set interface path cost port-priority Set interface priority Router(config-if-eth1)# Port Priority The po...

40 Chapter 5. Configuring IP The Internet Protocol (IP) is a packet-based protocol used to exchange data over computer networks. It is the foundation on which all other IP protocols are built. IP is a network-layer protocol that contains addressing and control information that allows data packets to...

41 CIDR Prefix Class C Equivalent Host Addresses /27 1/8 Class C 32 Hosts /26 1/4 Class C 64 Hosts /25 1/2 Class C 128 Hosts /24 1 Class C 256 Hosts /23 2 Class C 512 Hosts /22 4 Class C 1,024 Hosts /21 8 Class C 2,048 Hosts /20 16 Class C 4,096 Hosts /19 32 Class C 8,192 Hosts /18 64 Class C 16,384...

42 To assign multiple IP addresses to network interfaces, use the following command in interface configuration mode: Command Purpose ip address address I mask secondary Assign multiple IP addresses to network interfaces. 5.2 Establish Address Resolution A device in the IP can have both a local addre...

43 Interior gateway protocols are used to exchange routing information among routers in an autonomous network, such as a company’s LAN. A routing protocol determines how routers in a network share and update information and report changes, enabling a network to be dynamic instead of static. All IP i...

44 5.4 Configuring RIP The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a commonly used interior gateway protocol (IGP) created for use in small, homogeneous networks. It is a distance-vector routing protocol, documented in RFC 1058. RIP uses broadcast User Datagram Protocol (UDP) data packets to exchange ...

46 Router(config)# route-map map-tag permit 10 Router(config-route-map)# ? end End current mode and change to enable mode. exit Exit current mode and down to previous mode help Description of the interactive help system match Match values from routing table no Negate a command or set its defaults on...

49 Important! Do not use plain text authentication in RIP packets for security purposes, because the unencrypted authentication key is sent in every RIP Version 2 packet. Use plain text authentication when security is not an issue (for example, to ensure that incorrectly configured hosts do not part...

50 IGMP The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) manages the multicast groups on a LAN. IP hosts use IGMP to report their group membership to directly connected multicast routers. Routers executing a multicast routing protocol maintain forwarding tables to forward multicast datagrams. Routers u...

51 Changing the IGMP Version By default, the router uses IGMP Version 2, which allows such features as the IGMP query timeout and the maximum query response time. All systems on the subnet must support the same version. The router does not automatically detect Version 1 systems and switch to Version...

52 5.5.2 Configuring DVMRP This section presents the commands for configuring DVMRP IP Multicast Routing Protocol. The following commands are available from global configuration mode: Router(config)# ip dvmrp ? enable Enable DVMRP Multicast Routing Protocol graft-retransmit-interval DVMRP graft mess...

54 5.6 Using Access Lists An access list is a collection of criteria statements that the switch uses to determine whether to allow or block traffic based on IP addresses. Access lists can be configured to provide basic security on your network, and to prevent unnecessary traffic between network segm...

55 Router(config)# access-list 1 deny 192.168.123.254 ? A.B.C.D Source wildcard. e.g. 0.0.0.255 <cr> Router(config)# access-list 1 deny 192.168.123.254 Router(config)# access-list 1 permit any {0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255} Router(config)# exit Router# show access-list After entering the access lis...

56 eq Operator - equal to gt Operator - greater then lt Operator - less then neq Operator - NOT equal to <cr> Router(config)# $ list 101 deny tcp 192.168.123.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.124.0 eq ? <0-65535> Protocol port number Router(config)# $ eny tcp 192.168.123.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.124.0 0.0....

57 Router(config)# access-list 101 permit tcp 192.168.123.0 0.0.0.255 any eq 25 Router(config)# access-list 101 deny any Router(config)# interface eth1 Router(config-if-eth1)# ip ? access-group Apply an access-group entry Router(config-if-eth1)# ip access-group ? WORD access-list number or name Rout...

58 5.7.3 Configure Compatibility Compatibility configuration enables the router to be compatible with a variety of RFCs that deal with OSPF. Perform the following task to support many different features within the OSPF protocol. Command Purpose compatible rfc1583compatibility Enable the router to be...

60 specific external routes as Type 7 LSAs into the NSSA. In addition, when translating Type 7 LSAs into Type 5 LSAs by NSSA ABR, summarization and filtering are supported during the translation. Use NSSA to simplify administration if you are an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or a network administr...

61 5.7.11 Control Default Metrics OSPF calculates the OSPF metric for an interface according to the bandwidth of the interface. For example, a 64K link gets a metric of 1562, while a T1 link gets a metric of 64. If you have multiple links with high bandwidth, you might want to specify a larger numbe...

62 To force the autonomous system boundary router to generate a default route, perform the following task in router configuration mode. Command Purpose redistribute {kernel | connected | static | rip | bgp} [metric metric-value ] [metric- type {1|2}][route-map map-tag ] Redistribute routes into OSPF...

65 The following commands are available under EXEC or Enable mode: Command Purpose show vrrp [brief | VRID] Displays a brief or detailed status of one or all VRRP VRID groups on the router. show vrrp interface IFNAME [brief] Displays the VRRP groups and their status on a specified interface. debug i...

67 Chapter 6. VLAN Configuration Up to 4094 Virtual LANs (VLANs) are supported on the IC35516. The switch is shipped with a default VLAN with VLAN ID (VID) 1. All switchports (eth1-eth16) are included in the default VID 1. The default VID 1 cannot be deleted . 6.1 Creating or Modifying a VLAN Comman...

68 First, a VLAN is created and named tester . Router# configure terminal Router(config)# vlan 2 Router(config-vlan)# name tester Router(config-vlan)# exit Router(config)# exit Router# show vlan From the show vlan command, the new VLAN will be listed, but will not yet be active. Next, a switchport i...

69 6.2 VLAN Port Membership Modes A switchport can be assigned to a VLAN by designating a membership mode. The membership mode determines the kind of traffic the port carries and the number of VLANs to which it can belong. The membership modes are as follows: • Static Access • Trunk (IEEE 802.1Q) • ...

70 Use the following commands to configure the VLAN Allowed List for the trunk port: Command Purpose Router(config)# interface IFNAME Enter the interface name to access the interface configuration node. Router(config-if-IFNAME)# switchport mode trunk This command designates the interface as IEEE 802...

71 Use the following commands to configure an interface as an IEEE 802.1q tunnel port: Command Purpose Router(config)# interface IFNAME Enter the interface name to access the interface configuration node. Router(config-if-IFNAME)# switchport mode dot1q-tunnel This command will put the interface into...

72 Appendix A. Basic Troubleshooting In the unlikely event the switch does not operate properly, follow the troubleshooting tips below. If more help is needed, contact Asanté’s technical support at www.asante.com/support . Problem Possible Solutions The Power LED is not lit. The Emergency Power LED ...

73 Appendix B. Specifications The sections below list the features and product specifications for the IntraCore 35516 Series Gigabit Ethernet switches. Connectors: Gigabit Ethernet with Auto-Uplink ™ (10/100/1000BaseTX): RJ-45 or GBIC holder for GBIC transceiver module Console: Serial (RS-232): DB9 ...

74 Appendix C. FCC Compliance and Warranty Statements FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferenc...

75 and used. If Asanté receives notice of such defects during the warranty period, Asanté will replace software media that does not execute its programming instructions due to such defects. 3. Asanté does not warrant that the operation of Asanté products will be uninterrupted or error free. If Asant...

76 Appendix D. Console Port Pin Outs The console port is used to connect with a terminal using a serial modem RS-232C cable (available from Radio Shack’s website, www.radioshack.com , catalog # 26-117). The setting is 9600-N81. The table below lists the pin outs. Pin Number Signal Name 1 CD Carrier ...

77 Appendix E. Online Warranty Registration Please register the switch online at www.asante.com/support/registration.html . By doing so, you’ll be entitled to special offers, up-to-date information, and important product bulletins. You may also register the switch by using the warranty card found in...