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5.5 Spanning Tree Algorithm ....................................................................................................................................... 40 5.5.1 Spanning Tree Parameters .........................................................................................................

9.2.1 Priority Mapping ...........................................................................................................................................63 9.2.2 Port Based QOS .....................................................................................................................

1.4.1 LEDs The IC3724PWR front panel LED display allows you to monitor the status of the switch. The IC3724PWR has one power LED indicator. There are also LED indicators for each of the ports. Refer to the following table for LED information. LED Color Description Power Green Off Power is on. Power ...

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation and Setup Use the following guidelines to easily install the switch, ensuring that it has the proper power supply and environment. 2.1 Installation Overview Follow these steps to install the IntraCore IC3724PWR switch: 1. Open the box and check the contents. See Chap...

• Do not tamper with the equipment. Doing so could void the warranty • Examine the work area for potential hazards (such as wet floors or ungrounded cables) 2.1.2 Recommended Installation Tools You need the following additional tools and equipment to install the switch into an equipment rack: • Flat...

1. Place the switch on a flat, stable surface. 2. Locate a rack-mounting bracket (supplied) and place it over the mounting holes on one side of the switch. 3. Use the screws (supplied) to secure the bracket (with a Phillips screwdriver). 4. Repeat the two previous steps on the other side of the swit...

2.4 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: • Plug one end of the supplied power cord into the power connector on the back of the switch. • Plug the other en...

determine whether the device at the other end of the link is a hub, switch, or workstation, and adjust its signals accordingly. No crossover cables are required. Although 10/100BaseT requires only pins 1, 2, 3, and 6, you should use cables with all eight wires connected as shown in Table 2-2 below. ...

Chapter 3: Initial Software Setup Configure the switch by connecting directly to it through a console (out-of-band management), running a terminal emulation program, such as HyperTerminal or by using telnet. 3.1 Connecting to a Console To connect the switch to a console or computer, set up the syste...

e. Press the Configuration button from the Connect To window. e f. Set the data rate to 9600 Baud. g. Set data format to 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no parity. h. Set flow control to NONE. f g h Now that terminal is set up correctly, power on the switch. The boot sequence will display in the termina...

3.2 Connecting to a PC You can connect to the switch through a PC by using either an Ethernet or USB cable. Using a telnet session, you can telnet into the switch. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1. The case-sensitive default password is Asante. 3.3 Username and Password The default Username/Pas...

3.5 Restoring Factory Defaults To restore the switch to its factory default settings, follow the commands shown in the following screen. COMMAND> enable Switch# clear config Switch# save Important: To retain configuration changes after a system reload you must save changes made in running configu...

Chapter 4: Understanding the Command Line Interface (CLI) The switch utilizes Command Line Interface (CLI) to provide access to several different command modes. Each command mode provides a group of related commands. In general, after typing a command name, always press ‘enter’ to start the executio...

COMMAND> The user top commands available at the user level are a subset of those available at the privileged level. In general, the user top commands allow you ping remote hosts and show port statistics. To list the commands available in user top mode, enter a question mark (?). Use a space and a...

COMMAND> enable Username : admin Password : xxxxxx Switch# Command Purpose COMMAND> enable Enters the privileged EXEC mode. Switch# ? Lists privileged EXEC commands. To return to user EXEC mode, use the exit command. To list the commands available in top mode, enter a question mark (?) at the ...

4.3 Global Configuration Mode Global configuration commands apply to features that affect the system as a whole, rather than just one protocol or interface. Commands to enable a particular routing function are also global configuration commands. To enter the global configuration mode, use the config...

log Configure log server radius-server Configure radius server static-address Static address mgmt-accesslist Set management access list, allows up to 8 IP addresses monitor Configure port mirroring dot1x Configure 802.1x parameters network Configuration for inband connectivity port-all Configure all...

Switch(Config)# interface 1 Switch(Interface 1)# ? exit Exit current shell dot1x Configure 802.1x mode lacp Configure port LACP mode addport Add one port to a LAG group delport Remove a port from a LAG group lldp Configure lldp port level settings admin-mode Configure administrative mode on a port a...

To get help specific to a command mode, a command, a keyword, or an argument, perform one of the following commands: Command Purpose Help Obtain a brief description of the help system in any command mode. ? List all commands available for a particular command mode. When using context-sensitive help,...

Generally, uppercase letters represent variables. For example, after entering a command, such as hostname , and using a space and a question mark, you will be prompted for the new name, represented by WORD. In cases where an IP address is the variable, the uppercase letters A.B.C.D will represent it...

sequence to recall successively more recent commands. 4.6 Using Command-Line Editing Features and Shortcuts A variety of shortcuts and editing features are enabled for the CLI command-line interface. The following subsections describe these features: • Moving Around on the Command Line • Completing ...

4.6.2 Completing a Partial Command Name If you cannot remember a complete command name, press the Tab key to allow the system to complete a partial entry. Keystrokes Purpose Enter the first few letters and press Tab . Complete a command name. In the following example, when you enter the letters “con...

Chapter 5: 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 IntraCore 3724PWR. 5.1 Managing the System This section discusses the following tasks needed to manage the system information of the...

5.1.2 Specify the Hostname The factory-assigned default host name is Switch . To specify or modify the host name for the network, use the Network sysinfo sysname global configuration command. Command Purpose Network sysinfo sysname name This systems hostname. 5.1.5 Test Connections with Ping Tests T...

Switch# show running-config 5.2 Managing Configuration Files This section discusses how to download configuration files from remote servers, and store configuration files on the switch at system startup. Configuration files contain the commands the switch uses to customize the function of the IC3724...

Switch# clear config Don’t forget to use ‘ save’ command to preserve the new configuration across reboots. 5.3 Managing system image Files This system image file is stored in the non-volatile flash in the switch. It is the software that runs in the switch after power up. It provides user interfaces ...

5.4.1 Configuring SNMP Support The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) system consists of three parts: an SNMP manager, an SNMP agent, and a Management Information Base (MIB). SNMP is an application-layer protocol that allows SNMP manager and agent stations to communicate. SNMP provides a mess...

• Define SNMP Trap Operations Command Purpose snmp trapstation add 192.168.123.100 community public type linkchange trap-version 1 Create a trap host 192.168.123.100 to which the switch can send version 1 link change trap messages using community string ‘public’. 5.5 Spanning Tree Algorithm The Span...

• Designated port—connects to the designated switch, which has the lowest path cost when forwarding packets from that LAN to the root bridge. The port through which the designated switch is attached to the LAN is called the designated port. • Alternate port—offers an alternate path toward the root s...

Chapter 6: Configuring IP The Internet Protocol (IP) is a packet-based protocol used to exchange data over computer networks. All other IP protocols are built on the foundation. IP is a network-layer protocol that contains addressing and control information that allows data packets to be routed. The...

/19 32 Class C 8,192 Hosts /18 64 Class C 16,384 Hosts /17 128 Class C 32,768 Hosts /16 256 Class C OR 1 Class B 65,536 Hosts /13 2,048 Class C 524,288 Hosts 6.1 Establish Address Resolution A device in the IP can have both a local address (which uniquely identifies the device on its local segment o...

6.2 Managing IP Multicast Traffic Multicast traffic is a means to transmit a multimedia stream from the Internet (a video conference, for example) without requiring a TCP connection from every remote host that wants to receive the stream. Traditional IP communication allows a host to send packets to...

Enable the IGMP querier Multicast switches can send IGMP host-query messages to discover which multicast groups are present on attached networks. These messages are sent to the all-systems group address of 224.0.0.1 with a time-to-live (TTL) value of 1. Multicast switches continue to periodically se...

Command Purpose access-list name acl1 set …… Set the criteria statement of an access list named ‘acl_name’ access-list name acl1 action …… Specify the action to take if criteria of the access list is matched In the following example, an access list will be created to block traffic sent from MAC addr...

6.3.3 Applying an Access List to an Interface After creating your access lists, you can choose interfaces for which the access lists will be applied. If no interfaces are explicitly selected, the access list is applied to all interfaces. To select the interface for an access list, use the following ...

Chapter 7: Power over Ethernet (PoE) 7.1 PoE Theory Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) provides power to devices over existing LAN cabling, without updating or modifying the network infrastructure. Power-over-Ethernet removes the need to place network devices next to a power source. Examples include: • IP Ph...

Switch# show poe all Port AdminStatus Priority P_allocation P_consumption P_detectiontype __________________________________________________________________________ 1 Enable NORMAL 15400 8800 Legacy Capacitive Detection only 2 Enable NORMAL 15400 2900 IEEE 802.3af 4-Point Detection only (Default) 3 ...

Powered Devices (PDs) receive power over the Ethernet cable. Guard Band protects the device from exceeding the Power Total Allocation. For example, if 100W is the Power ToAllocation, and the Guard Band is 10W, if the total system power consumption exceeds 90W no additional PoE components can be adde...

Chapter 8: VLAN Configuration VLANs are used to organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains. VLANs confine broadcast traffic to the originating group and eliminate broadcast storms in large networks. VLANs provide a secure and efficient network environment. VLANs are based on...

number Enter a VLAN ID range Enter a range of VLAN ID Switch(Config)# vlan add number <2..4094> Enter a VLAN ID Switch(Config)# vlan add number 2 Switch(Config)# VLANS can be configured using the following commands: vlan add number 2 Create vlan 2 vlan add range from 3 to 6 Create vlans 3,4,5,...

Switch(Config)# vlan add number 4 Switch(Config)# vlan port ports port-configure 2 untagged 11-14 Switch(Config)# vlan port ports port-configure 1 exclude 11-14 Switch(Config)# 8.2.2 Trunk (IEEE 802.1q) By default, a trunk port is a member of all VLANs. Use the following commands, beginning in confi...

Chapter 9: Quality of Service Configuration Quality of Service (QoS) is a general term referring to various methods of traffic management you can employ on your network to ensure that traffic you identify as high-priority can use a sufficient share of the available bandwidth. The IC3724PWR internall...

Command Purpose Switch<config>#qos scheduling [wrr | strict] Set the scheduling method. Switch<config>#qos wrr ….. Set the settings of the weighted round robin. 9.1.2 Monitoring Weighted Round Robin To display information about weighted round robin settings, use the following command in ...

9.3 Traffic Shaping Traffic shaping allows you to control the traffic going out from an interface in order to match its flow to the speed of the remote target interface Thus, traffic adhering to a particular profile can be shaped to meet downstream requirements, thereby eliminating bottlenecks in to...

Chapter 10: Configuring the Switch Using the GUI This chapter provides and overview of configuring the switch with the graphical user interface (GUI). For more information about the different features and how to implement them refer to the chapters specific to that function. At your web browser ente...

10.1 Main Configuration Menu Use the navigation panel on the left side of the GUI screen to configure the switch. From this panel you can access the following screens: • System • Port Management (including PoE) • VLAN Management • Spanning Tree • Multicast • Security • QoS • SNMP • LLDP • Admin • St...

10.2 System Use this section to access general information about the switch. 10.2.1 System Information With the first system screen up a name and location for the switch can be added. A system contact can also be entered. You can also view the Hardware Version, Boot Version, Firmware Version, Build ...

10.2.2 System Network management . This page allows the setting of static IP information. The switch can also be set to receive an address automatically from a DHCP server. The switch ships with the default IP address 192.168.0.1 . Click the “Save Settings” button when done. The Internet Protocol (I...

10.2.3 System Time Setting Use the Time Setting page to set the time zone or local time for the switch. Daylight savings can also be enabled. Click the “Save Settings” button when done. 71 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

10.3 Port Management – Port Config The Port Management section displays assorted settings for each port. 72 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Port Management – Port Config - Specific Port . Settings can be made on a per port basis. When a port number is clicked the subscreen appears. 73 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Port management – LACP Property . The LACP properties are displayed on this screen. The system LACP Priority can be set here. By clicking on a port number, a subscreen for each port is available. 74 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Port Management – LACP Property – Port. Settings for each port can be entered. Port Management – LAG Group. Click on a group number to set the groups properties. 75 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Port Management – LAG Group - Each Group. Once a link aggregation group is specified, the screen below can be used to add ports to the group. 76 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

10.3.1 PoE Configuring POE Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) provides power to devices over existing LAN cabling, without updating or modifying the network infrastructure. Power-over-Ethernet removes the necessity of placing network devices next to power sources. The PoE Settings Page contains system PoE in...

VLAN MANAGEMENT – VLAN SETTINGS. With a vlan selected, ports can be marked as tagged, or untagged. Lover on the screen, LAG groups can also be tagged or untagged. Click Save Settings when done. 82 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

VLAN MANAGEMENT – VLAN PORT. This screen allows additional settings to be controlled on a per port basis. Here the PVID can be changed to. Changing the PVID in required to force the port to respond to a particular VLAN. Becoming a member of a VLAN is only the start. The port PVID must be changed to ...

10.5 Spanning Tree . RSTP (Rapid spanning tree protocol) can be enabled at this screen. Various timer settings can also be set. Use this screen to change the priority and the path cost for specific ports. The priority default value is 128, and the value range is 0–240 (in multiples of 16). The lower...

MSTP. Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol can be enabled on this page. Individual Port properties can be manipulated at this screen. 86 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

MST Instance parameters can be modified on the following two screens. 87 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

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 switches. Switches executing a multicast routing protocol maintain forwarding tables to forward multicast datagrams. Switches u...

10.7 Security - Port Security. Each port can be listed individually or a table can be displayed using the Show Table button Access control lists can be established using this screen. 90 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

802.1X can be enabled on a per port basis Radius server can be identified at this screen. A secret key can be created and the port can be altered. 91 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

TACAS+ and Storm Control are available on the next screens. 92 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

DSCP can be implemented on this page. There are eight queues available numbering 0 – 7. Click on the Mode selector to choose DSCP. Then settings will be available to assign DHCP codes to the eignt queues. 95 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Port-based QoS allows the priority for each port to be manually set. Click the Update button when done to save changes. 97 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Rate Control allows traffic shaping for each port. An ingress rate limit can also be set. 98 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

10.11 Admin - Admin Password Admin password is the screen that can be used to change the password. Remember to click Save Settings when done. L2 Table makes available MAC addresses and lists the port they are associated with. Aging time can also be specified. 103 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Static addresses can be added using this screen. Dynamic ARP is the screen that allows aging time and trusted ports to be set on a per port basis. Click Save Setting when done. 104 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Port Mirroring – To set up a mirror, identify the port to be mirrored by checking the ingress mirror, or egress mirror for the port. Next select the port to mirror the information to. Admin Timeout allows the timeout in seconds to be set before the management session is terminated do to no activity....

ADMIN Continued – assorted administration functions are controlled using the next several screens. 106 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Cable diagnostic a cable test that can be run for each port. 110 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

DHCP Relay/ DCP Option 82 – these screens control the relay of DHCP information from a server. VLANS can also be specified to receive DHCP information. 111 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

10.13 Help General help is available for many screens. 116 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

10.14 Logout Use this screen to logout and close the session. 117 Asante IC3724PWR User’s Manual

Chapter 11: CLI Commands Command Modes The CLI is divided into various modes. The Commands in one mode are not available until the operator switches to that particular mode. The commands available to the operator at any point in time depend upon the mode. Entering a question mark (?) at the CLI prom...

show spanning-tree interface all This command display all switch interface Format show spanning-tree interface all Mode Privileged Mode 2) show spanning-tree mst This command display MST information show spanning-tree mst detailed This command display a MST instance information Format show spanning-...

This command specifies robustness variable. Format set igmp robustness <1-20> Mode Global Config 8) set igmp router-port This command specifies igmp router port. Format set igmp router-port ports < port list > Mode Global Config e.g. Switch(config)# set igmp router-port ports 1-10 11.3.1...

disable. Format arp dynamic aging-time <0~999> Mode Global Config 3) arp dynamic ports This command set dynamic arp ports to trust and un-trust. Format arp dynamic ports {trust|untrust} <port-list> Mode Global Config e.g. Swtich<Config># arp dynamic ports trust 1-4 Swtich<Config...

{port-desc|sys-name|sys-desc|sys-capa|sys-capa } Mode Interface Config 2) 8021 set Status of local-802.1 settings Format lldp tlvs-tx {enable|disable} option 8021 {pvid| vlanname| protocol-id} Mode Interface Config eg.switch(interdface 1)lldp tlvs enable option 8021 pvid 3) 8023 set Format lldp tlvs...

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

Appendix B: Specifications Ports Fast Ethernet: 24 x 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet ports 12 x PSE ports, with Auto-Uplink: RJ-45 shielded connectors Gigabit Ethernet: Ports 25 and 26 are combo. 2 x 10/100/1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet ports with Auto-Uplink: RJ-45 shielded connectors. 2 x 1000BaseX Gigabi...

Appendix C: FCC Compliance and Warranty Statements C.1 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 interferen...

C.3 IntraCore Warranty Statement Products: IntraCore IC3724PWR Subject to the limitations and exclusions below, Asante warrants to the original end user purchaser that the covered products will be free from defects in title, materials and manufacturing workmanship for a period of three years from th...