Enterasys Networks 2000 - Manuals

Contents vi Configuring Ethernet Ports on Second Generation Devices .................. 2-35 Operational Mode Fields ...................................................................... 2-37Setting the Desired Operational Mode ............................................... 2-38Auto Negotiation Tec...

vii Contents Disabling a Basic Alarm ........................................................................................ 3-8Viewing the Basic Alarm Log............................................................................... 3-9 Advanced Alarm Configuration ..................................

1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction How to use this guide; related guides; software conventions; getting help Welcome to the SmartSwitch 2000 User ’s Guide. We have designed this guide to serve as a reference for using the SmartSwitch 2000 family of devices. The SmartSwitch 2000 product family consists of se...

Introduction 1-2 high speed connection to a local server, and one additional slot for a High Speed Interface Module (HSIM) which can provide FDDI, ATM, Gigabit Ethernet, or WAN connectivity depending on the type of HSIM installed. The only difference between the two devices is that the 2E43-51 suppo...

Introduction 1-4 standard, which defines how end users that rely on existing data communications technology and protocols can operate over an ATM network without penalty. • The HSIM-W6 and HSIM-W84 are Wide Area Networking (WAN) HSIMs, which can provide uplinks to WAN backbones and allow you to perf...

Using the SmartSwitch 2000 User’s Guide 1-5 Introduction The latest SmartSwitches feature VHSIM slots, which can accept any of the previously detailed HSIMs or the VHSIM-G6 Gigabit Ethernet High Speed Interface Module: • The VHSIM-G6 is a Gigabit Ethernet module which provides two slots for GPIMs of...

Introduction 1-6 Related Manuals Chapter 7, ATM Configuration , describes how to configure Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) for the ATM interface(s) in the ATM Connections window, which will be available if you have an HSIM-A6DP module installed in your device. Chapter 8, HSIM-W87 Configuration , d...

Software Conventions 1-7 Introduction Figure 1-1. Mouse Buttons For many mouse operations, this document assumes that the left (primary) mouse button is to be used, and references to activating a menu or button will not include instructions about which mouse button to use. However, in instances in w...

Introduction 1-8 Software Conventions Common SmartSwitch 2000 Window Fields Similar descriptive information is displayed in boxes at the top of most device-specific windows in NetSight Element Manager, as illustrated in Figure 1-2 , below. Figure 1-2. Sample Window Showing Group Boxes Device Name Di...

Getting Help 1-9 Introduction Informational fields describing the boards and/or ports being modeled are also displayed in most windows: Board Number Displays the number of the board. The SmartSwitch 2000 will always be Board 1. Port Number Displays the number of the monitored port. Uptime Displays t...

Introduction 1-10 Getting Help the use of the windows and their associated command and menu options. Note that if a Help button is grayed out, on-line help has not yet been implemented for the associated window. From the Help menu accessed from the Chassis View window menu bar, you can access on-lin...

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2-1 Chapter 2 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Information displayed in the Chassis View window; the Chassis Manager window; Hub management functions The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View window displays a color-coded graphic representation of your SmartSwitch 2000. It serves as a single point of acces...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-2 Viewing Chassis Information Viewing Chassis Information The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View window ( Figure 2-1 ) provides graphic representations of the SmartSwitch 2000, including a color-coded port display which immediately informs you of the current configurat...

Viewing Chassis Information 2-3 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View • Magenta indicates that the SmartSwitch 2000 is in a temporary stand-by mode while it responds to a physical change in the hub; note that board and port menus are inactive during this stand-by state. • Blue indicates an unknown conta...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-4 Viewing Chassis Information Menu Structure By clicking on various areas of the SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View display, you can access menus with device-, module-, and port-level options, as well as utility applications which apply to the device. The following ill...

Viewing Chassis Information 2-5 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View The Device Menu From the Device Menu at the Chassis View window menu bar, you can access the following selections: • Device Type displays a description of the device being modeled. See Viewing Hardware Types , on page 2-16 . • Device ...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-6 Viewing Chassis Information • Broadcast Suppression allows you to set a threshold on the number of broadcast packets issued from each port on the SmartSwitch 2000 when it is operating in traditional switch (bridge) mode. See Broadcast Suppression , on page 2-67 ...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-10 Viewing Chassis Information • Alarm Configuration brings up windows that allow you to configure alarms and events for each available interface; see Chapter 3, Alarm Configuration for details. • Statistics launches the highest level of statistics currently avail...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-12 Viewing Chassis Information Errors If you choose the Errors mode, the interface boxes will display the percentage of the total number of valid packets processed by each port during the last polling interval that were error packets. This percentage reflects the ...

Viewing Chassis Information 2-15 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Port Status Color Codes The Port Status display options —Bridge, Admin, and Operator— incorporate color coding schemes. For the Admin and Operator Status display options, green = ON, red = OFF, and blue = N/A (not available). For the...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-16 Viewing Chassis Information Figure 2-3. The Chassis Manager Window Viewing Hardware Types In addition to the graphical displays described above, menu options available at the device and module levels provide specific information about the physical characteristi...

Viewing Chassis Information 2-17 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Module Type From the Module menu on the SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View window, you can view a description of the SmartSwitch 2000. 1. Click on the SmartSwitch 2000 module index. The Module Menu opens. 2. Select Module Type. A Module T...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-18 Viewing Chassis Information Interface Description Choosing the Description option from the Port menu brings up a window that describes the selected interface. Figure 2-7. Sample Interface Description Windows Viewing I/F Summary Information The I/F Summary menu ...

Viewing Chassis Information 2-19 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View The I/F Summary window provides a variety of descriptive information about each interface on your device, as well as statistics which display each interface’s performance. The following descriptive information is provided for each in...

Viewing Chassis Information 2-21 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Out Octets The number of bytes transmitted by this interface, expressed as a percentage of the theoretical maximum load. When you select this option, a Bar Graph field will be added to the interface display area; this field is only a...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-22 Viewing Chassis Information Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window: Description Displays the interface description for the currently selected interface. Address Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected interface. Type Di...

Viewing Chassis Information 2-23 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Unknown Protocol (Received only) Displays the number of packets received which were discarded because they were created under an unknown or unsupported protocol. Packets Received (Received only) Displays the number of packets receive...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-24 Using Device Find Source Address Using Device Find Source Address When you select the Device Find Source Address option, the device’s 802.1d Filtering database is searched for the specified MAC address. If it is found, the Component field will display the value...

Using Device Find Source Address 2-25 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Port Instance Displays the bridge port index number on which the specified MAC address was found. To use the Device Find Source Address window: 1. In the Address Mode field, select the format of the Source Address you wish to fi...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-26 Using Device Find Source Address To open the Device Find Source Address window: 1. Click on Device in the Chassis View menu bar. 2. Click to select Device Find Source Address. The Device Find Source Address window, as shown in Figure 2-10 , opens. Figure 2-11. ...

Managing the Hub 2-27 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View MAC address was found. The board and port index numbers are separated by a period; for example, a Port Instance of 1.2 refers to board (port group) 1 and port number 2. To use the Device Find Source Address window: 1. In the Address Mode field,...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-28 Managing the Hub control parameters; and for COM ports, you can select the operation you wish the port to perform, and set any associated speed parameters. FDDI, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet Port Configuration windows are available from the Cha...

Managing the Hub 2-29 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Use the options in this window to select the desired mode: Standard Mode In Standard Mode, an interface can only either transmit or receive at any given time, and must wait for one activity to be completed before switching to the next activity ...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-30 Managing the Hub those ports allows you to both view and set that port’s available modes. All 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet ports can be configured to operate in either standard Ethernet (10 Mbps) or Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) mode, and in each mode can be configured ...

Managing the Hub 2-31 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View From this window you can manually set the operational mode of the port, or — for 100Base-TX interfaces — set the port to auto negotiation so that the appropriate operational mode can be determined automatically. The mode you set will determine ...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-32 Managing the Hub If Auto Negotiation is the selected mode, the Current Operational Mode field will indicate which mode was selected by the link partners. See Setting the Desired Operational Mode , on page 2-33 , for more information. Advertised Abilities For 10...

Managing the Hub 2-33 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View • Link Partner does not support auto negotiation — auto negotiation is either not supported by or is not currently selected on the remote port. • Unknown — the link partner ’s capabilities could not be determined. When the local node is not set...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-34 Managing the Hub 2. If you have selected Auto Negotiation (for 100Base-TX ports only), use the Advertised Abilities field to select the operational capabilities you wish to advertise to the port’s link partner. If both link par tners will be auto-negotiating, b...

Managing the Hub 2-35 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Figure 2-14. The Ethernet Configuration Window From this window you can manually set the operational mode of the port, or — for 100Base-TX and 1000Base-SX/LX/CX interfaces — set the port to Auto Negotiate so that the appropriate operational mod...

Managing the Hub 2-37 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View The following operational modes can be specified: Speed This field specifies a port speed of 10MB, 100MB, or 1000MB. Duplex This field specifies Half Duplex or Full Duplex mode for the port. Flow Control Flow control allows Ethernet devices to ...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-38 Managing the Hub 100Base-FX ports do not support auto negotiation for bandwidth or flow control capability, so you must choose between 100Base-FX Half Duplex and 100Base-FX Full Duplex mode, and set the flow control option. However, you must still be sure that ...

Managing the Hub 2-39 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View The Auto Negotiation Technologies list box has the following column headings: Advertised This column specifies whether the operational mode listed in the far right column of the list box will be advertised to the link partner. Only those operat...

Managing the Hub 2-41 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View workstation. Note that when you configure the port as a PPP connection, you must select the desired baud rate in the Speed Selection field described below. Speed Selection If you have configured the selected port as a SLIP or PPP connection, yo...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-42 Managing the Hub You can also view information concerning the UPS connected to your SmartSwitch 2000 including: • The amount of time that your UPS has been running since the last start-up • The line voltage and battery output • The actual battery capacity of th...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-44 Managing the Hub To set the UPS ID: 1. Click on next to the SET UPS ID text box. A Model number menu displays. Scroll to highlight the appropriate UPS ID. (Consult the manual that was included when you purchased your UPS for the correct Model ID number.) 2. Cli...

Managing the Hub 2-45 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View To access the Port Redirect window: 1. Click on Device in the Chassis View menu bar to display the Device menu. 2. Click Port Redirector. The Port Redirect window, Figure 2-17 , opens. Figure 2-17. The Port Redirect Window The current port mapp...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-46 Managing the Hub To delete an entry: 1. Highlight the entry line in the current active entries list that you wish to delete. 2. Click Delete to remove the redirect pair you have highlighted from the current active entries list. The entry will be deleted from th...

Managing the Hub 2-47 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View You can use NetSight Element Manager to configure the criteria that determine the priority in which frames will be queued for transmission by your SmartSwitch 2000. Several different criteria can be used to determine a frame’s transmission queu...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-48 Managing the Hub Figure 2-18. The Port Priority Configuration Window To access the Port Priority Configuration window: 1. Click on Device to access the Device menu. 2. Click on Priority Configuration, and then select Port Based from the menu. The Port Priority ...

Managing the Hub 2-49 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2. Click on the Transmit Priority drop-down list box, and scroll to select the desired priority level (Normal–7) for forwarding packets received on the selected port. 3. Click Apply. The defined priority displays next to the port in the Transmi...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-50 Managing the Hub To access the MAC Based Priority Configuration window: 1. Click on Device to access the Device menu. 2. Click on Priority Configuration, and then select MAC Based from the menu. The MAC Based Priority Configuration window opens. The MAC Based P...

Managing the Hub 2-51 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View To assign a transmit priority based on MAC-layer information: 1. Click on the Add button. The entry fields will be activated. 2. Click in the MAC Address text box, and type in the physical address in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format, where X is a valid...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-52 Managing the Hub 2. Click on the Priority drop-down list box, and scroll to select the new priority level (Normal–7) for forwarding packets received with the specified MAC-layer information. 3. Click the Apply button. The Current Priority Entries list box will ...

Managing the Hub 2-53 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 4. Click Apply. The Frame Type Entries list box will be updated with the newly created entry. You can edit an existing frame Type entry by changing its previously assigned priority. 1. Highlight the desired entry in the Current Priority Entries...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-54 Managing the Hub Figure 2-21. The System Resources Window CPU Type Displays the type and speed (in mega-hertz) of the CPU (processor) used by the system. Flash Memory Installed: Displays the total amount of installed flash memory (in Mbytes). Flash Memory Avail...

Managing the Hub 2-55 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View NVRAM Available: Displays (in Bytes) the current amount of non-volatile memory (NVRAM) that is free and not currently being used for data. Current Switch Utilization: Displays the current load on the switch, which is based on a percentage of ma...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-56 Managing the Hub • none — the SmartSwitch 2000 will reserve all bandwidth for switching; therefore, if all the bandwidth is needed for switching, management frames may be dropped. • limited — the management of the SmartSwitch 2000 may appear slow while the Smar...

Managing the Hub 2-59 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Hybrid Hybrid mode (enabled by default) allows a port to receive and transmit both tagged and untagged frames. In this mode, the port will be a member of its statically assigned VLAN, as well as any dynamically learned VLANs (remember, dynamica...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-60 Managing the Hub Figure 2-22. The VLAN Config Window The Configured VLANS list box and fields allow you to view, create, modify, delete, enable, and disable 802.1Q port-based VLANs. The list box displays the following information about your defined VLANs: VLAN ...

Managing the Hub 2-61 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Creating and Modifying VLANs The fields immediately below the Configured VLANS list box are used to create and modify your port-based VLANs. To create a new VLAN: 1. In the VLAN ID field, enter a unique value between 2-4094. VLAN ID 1 is reserv...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-62 Managing the Hub Enabling and Disabling VLANs 1. Select the desired VLAN entry in the Configured VLANS list box. 2. In the VLAN Admin field, click to select Enable or Disable. 3. Click the Apply button. The selected VLAN will be enabled or disabled, depending o...

Managing the Hub 2-63 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Figure 2-23. The VLAN Port Config Window The 802.1Q VLAN Port Assignment list box in this window displays the following information about ports on your 802.1Q switch: Slot/Port These fields display the slot and port index for each port on your ...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-64 Managing the Hub • Hybrid mode, which allows a port to receive and transmit both tagged and untagged frames. In this mode, the port will be a member of its statically assigned VLAN, as well as any dynamically learned VLANs. Hybrid mode is enabled by default. Fo...

Managing the Hub 2-65 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Setting Port Operational Modes To assign a port operational mode (dot1dTrunk, dot1QTrunk, or hybrid) to a port on your 802.1Q switch: 1. In the VLAN Port Config window’s list box, click to select a port to which you wish to assign a port operat...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-66 Managing the Hub Figure 2-24. The VLAN Egress Port Config Window The list box at the top of this window is used to select a configured VLAN for association with your switch’s ports. Clicking on a VLAN will display its currently associated ports in the lower por...

Managing the Hub 2-67 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View Under the list box there are two groups of check boxes that display the ports on the switch. A checkmark in the port’s check box indicates that the VLAN selected in the list box is in the port’s egress list. The two groups are: Egress Ports Use...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-68 Managing the Hub 2. Select Broadcast Suppression. The Broadcast Statistics and Suppression window, Figure 2-25 , opens. Figure 2-25. The Broadcast Statistics and Suppression Window Port # This read-only field indicates the number assigned to each interface on t...

Managing the Hub 2-69 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View To reset the Peak Rate and Time Since Peak values: 1. Shift-click to select one or more interfaces for which you want to reset the values. 2. Click on the Reset Peak Rate and Peak Time on Selected Ports: drop-down list box, and drag to select Y...

The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 2-70 Managing the Hub Setting the Device Date and Time You can select the Edit Device Time and Edit Device Date options from the menu to change the date and time stored in the device’s internal clock. To edit the device time: 1. Click on Device on the Chassis View w...

Managing the Hub 2-71 The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View 3. Enter the new date in a mm/dd/yyyy format, either by highlighting the field you wish to change and using the up and down arrow buttons, or by simply entering the new value in the appropriate field. 4. Click OK to save your changes, or on the...

3-1 Chapter 3 Alarm Configuration Accessing the Basic and Advanced Alarms windows; creating a basic alarm; creating an advanced alarm; creating events; assigning actions to events; viewing the event log You can configure alarms and events (and, where appropriate, actions) for each available interfac...

Alarm Configuration 3-2 Basic Alarm Configuration Using the Advanced Alarms feature, you can define custom alarms for almost any MIB-II or RMON object, as long as it is present in the device firmware and its value is defined as an integer (including counters, timeticks, and gauges). All aspects of t...

Basic Alarm Configuration 3-3 Alarm Configuration Accessing the Basic Alarm Configuration Window To access the RMON Basic Alarm Configuration window: 1. From the Chassis View, click on the appropriate port interface to display the Port menu. 2. Select Alarm Configuration. The RMON Basic Alarm Config...

Alarm Configuration 3-4 Basic Alarm Configuration Viewing Alarm Status The Basic Alarm Configuration window contains all the fields you need to configure one or more of the three basic alarms available for each interface installed in your RMON device: Kilobits — Total Errors — Broadcasts/Multicasts ...

Basic Alarm Configuration 3-5 Alarm Configuration Log/Trap Indicates whether or not each alarm has been configured to create a silent log of event occurrences and the alarms that triggered them, and whether or not each alarm has been configured to issue a trap in response to a rising or falling alar...

Alarm Configuration 3-6 Basic Alarm Configuration The remainder of the window fields provide the means for configuring alarms for each available interface. The information provided in this screen is static once it is displayed; for updated information, click on the Refresh button. Adding or modifyin...

Basic Alarm Configuration 3-7 Alarm Configuration 5. Any value you enter in the Community field will be included in any trap messages issued by your SmartSwitch 2000 in response to the alarm(s) you are configuring; this value is also used to direct traps related to this alarm to the appropriate mana...

Basic Alarm Configuration 3-9 Alarm Configuration Viewing the Basic Alarm Log If you have selected the “log” response for an alarm, and that alarm’s rising and/or falling threshold has been crossed, the Basic Alarms application will create a log of alarm occurrences. If a threshold has been crossed,...

Alarm Configuration 3-10 Advanced Alarm Configuration Description Provides a detailed description of the condition which triggered the alarm, including whether it was a Rising or Falling alarm, the Value which triggered the alarm, and the configured Threshold that was crossed. Each log will hold onl...

Advanced Alarm Configuration 3-13 Alarm Configuration The information provided in this screen is static once it is displayed; for updated information, click Refresh. Adding or modifying an alarm automatically updates the list. The fields in the Events Watch display include: Index This is a number th...

Advanced Alarm Configuration 3-15 Alarm Configuration the creator of the alarm. Since any workstation can access and change the alarms you are setting in your SmartSwitch 2000, some owner identification can prevent alarms from being altered or deleted accidentally. The default value provided is — &l...

Alarm Configuration 3-16 Advanced Alarm Configuration Almost any RMON or MIB-II object can be used as an alarm variable as long as it is resident in the device firmware and its value is defined as an integer (including counters, timeticks, and gauges). If you select an invalid object (i.e., one whos...

Advanced Alarm Configuration 3-19 Alarm Configuration 7. Since the first sample taken can be misleading, you can use the selections in the Startup Alarm box to disable either the rising or the falling threshold for that sample only. If you would like to exclude the falling alarm, select the Rising o...

Alarm Configuration 3-20 Advanced Alarm Configuration 13. Click Apply to set your changes. If you have made any errors in configuring alarm parameters (using an invalid value in any field, leaving a field blank, or selecting an alarm variable which is not resident on the device), an error window wit...

Alarm Configuration 3-22 Advanced Alarm Configuration 3. Click in the Description text box to enter any text description you want to identify the event. This description displays in the Events Watch window and help you distinguish among the events you have configured. 4. Any value you enter in the C...

Advanced Alarm Configuration 3-23 Alarm Configuration c. Select both Log and Trap to both log the event occurrence and generate the traps. If you select neither option, the event’s occurrences will neither be logged nor generate traps; unless the event includes an action or a series of actions, this...

Advanced Alarm Configuration 3-25 Alarm Configuration 5. Once you have selected the object you wish to set, you must assign the appropriate instance value in the Instance field. If you’re not sure how the object you wish to set is instanced, you can use the MIB Tree utility (described in the Tools G...

Alarm Configuration 3-26 Advanced Alarm Configuration Figure 3-7. The Event Log Window The top portion of the window contains the device information boxes, as well as the event index number and the event description; the log itself includes the following fields: Index This index number is not the ev...

4-1 Chapter 4 Statistics Accessing interface statistics from the Chassis View; available statistics windows Each port menu in the SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View provides two statistics selections: Statistics and I/F Statistics. Selecting the Statistics option will launch the highest level of statisti...

Statistics 4-2 RMON Statistics RMON Statistics The RMON Ethernet Statistics window ( Figure 4-1 ) provides a detailed statistical breakdown of traffic on the monitored Ethernet network. Statistics are provided in both numerical and graphic format, and include peak values and the date and time they o...

RMON Statistics 4-3 Statistics Ethernet statistics are: Bytes Displays the total number of bytes contained in packets processed on the network segment. This number includes bytes contained in error packets. Packets Displays the total number of packets processed on the network segment. Again, this nu...

Statistics 4-4 RMON Statistics Fragments Indicates the number of packets processed by the network segment that were undersized (less than 64 bytes in length; a runt packet) and had either a non-integral number of bytes (alignment error) or a bad frame check sequence (CRC error). Jabbers Indicates th...

RMON Statistics 4-5 Statistics The percentages displayed to the right of the numerical values for these fields indicate what percentage of all packets transmitted on the network segment were of the noted size. Unless the network segment has experienced a significant number of runts and/or giants (wh...

Statistics 4-6 IF Statistics To temporarily freeze the statistics display, select the Freeze Stats option; in this mode, statistics will continue to be collected, but the display will not update. To resume normal updates, click again to de-select the freeze option. Printing Statistics The Print butt...

IF Statistics 4-7 Statistics Figure 4-3. The Interface Statistics Window Three informational fields appear in the upper portion of the window: Description Displays the interface description for the currently selected port: Enet Port. Address Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected port. ...

5-1 Chapter 5 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Viewing the Statistics, Timer Statistics, and Performance Graph windows; using the repeater, board, and por t Alarm Limits windows; setting alarm limits; link state traps, segmentation traps, and source address traps The Repeater menu lets you access...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-2 Repeater Statistics The Statistics Windows At the Statistics windows, you can view accumulated statistics and error breakdowns for each network supported by the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch, and for each individual module and port. A pie chart graphically depicts ...

Repeater Statistics 5-3 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Figure 5-1. The Repeater Statistics Window To open the board-level Statistics window from the Chassis View window: 1. Click on the appropriate Module Index to display the Module menu. 2. Select the appropriate repeater channel (A - H) to re...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-4 Repeater Statistics Statistics Defined The Statistics window displays the statistical counts accumulated since the Ethernet MicroLAN Module was last reset; the following information is displayed: Active Users Displays the number of users (identified by MAC [Et...

Repeater Statistics 5-5 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Soft Errors CRC Errors Displays the total number of packets with CRC (Cyclical R edundancy Check) errors that the repeater, board, or port has received from the network. CRC errors occur when packets are somehow damaged in transit. Alignmen...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-6 Repeater Statistics Timer Statistics You can use the Timer Statistics windows to gather statistical information concerning the repeater channels on your Ethernet MicroLAN Module and its boards and/or ports over a user-set time period. Statistics are displayed ...

Repeater Statistics 5-7 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Figure 5-2. The Repeater Timer Statistics Window To open the board-level Timer Statistics window: 1. Click on the appropriate Module Index to display the Module menu. 2. Select the appropriate repeater channel (A - H) to reveal the board-le...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-8 Repeater Statistics % Errors The percentage of errors processed by the selected repeater, board, or port during the user-defined time interval. Setting the Timer Statistics Interval To set the Timer Statistics time interval: 1. Click on the clock symbol ( ) ne...

Repeater Statistics 5-9 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Accessing the Performance Graph Windows To access the repeater-level Performance Graph window: 1. Click on Repeater on the Chassis View menu bar; a menu listing active repeater channels opens. 2. Select the appropriate repeater channel (A -...

Repeater Statistics 5-11 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Runt Packets The number of runt packets detected by the selected repeater, board, or port. A runt frame is one that is less than the minimum Ethernet frame size of 64 bytes. Giant Packets The number of giant packets detected by the selecte...

Alarm Limits 5-13 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Alarm Limits Using the Alarm Limits windows, you can configure alarm limits for the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch at the repeater, board, and port levels; these alarms will notify you – via traps sent to NetSight Element Manager’s alarm logging facili...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-14 Alarm Limits Figure 5-6. The Repeater Alarm Limits Window To access the board-level Alarm Limits window: 1. Click on the appropriate Module Index to display the Module menu. 2. Select the appropriate repeater channel (A - H), then right to reveal the board-le...

Alarm Limits 5-15 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Figure 5-7. The Board Alarm Limits Window To access the port-level Alarm Limits window: 1. Click once on the appropriate Port to display the Port menu. 2. Click on Alarm Limits. The Port Alarm Limits window, Figure 5-8 , opens. When using the Ala...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-16 Alarm Limits Figure 5-8. Port Alarm Limits Window The Alarm Limits window displays the following fields: Collisions Use the text box in this field to enter the number of collisions per good packet you wish to allow on the selected repeater, board, or port bef...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-18 Alarm Limits within: This field displays the user-configurable alarm limit timer interval: the amount of time the selected statistics will be counted before being compared to the configured thresholds. The allowable values range from 10 seconds to 23 hrs/59 m...

Trap Selection 5-19 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches Setting Alarm Limits To set repeater-, board-, or port-level alarms, first be sure you have opened the appropriate Alarm Limits window, then follow the steps outlined below: 1. Using the mouse, click and drag to highlight the text box in the al...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-20 Trap Selection Accessing the Trap Selection Windows To open the repeater-level Trap Selection window from the Chassis View: 1. Click on Repeater on the Chassis View menu bar. Select the appropriate repeater to reveal the Repeater menu. 2. Click on Trap Select...

Trap Selection 5-21 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches The Board Trap Selection window is similar to the Repeater Trap Selection window displayed in Figure 5-10 , and serves the same function (since, for the Ethernet MicroLAN Switch, a “board” is the equivalent of a repeater channel). If all port-l...

Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches 5-22 Trap Selection Information included in a Link State trap will include the board number and port number associated with the trap. Segmentation Traps Ethernet repeaters count collisions at each port. If a port experiences 32 consecutive collisions, or if the po...

Trap Selection 5-23 Managing Ethernet MicroLAN Switches A lockStatusChanged trap is generated when the ports in the hub are locked or unlocked using the Lock/Unlock Ports option on the Repeater menus; the interesting information is the new lock status. PortSecurityViolation and portViolationReset tr...

6-1 Chapter 6 FDDI Applications Concentrator configuration; connection policy; station list; concentrator performance; FDDI statistics; frame translation The FDDI menu lets you access windows to view a SmartSwitch 2000’s FDDI configuration, connection policy, station list, and performance with respe...

FDDI Applications 6-2 Concentrator Configuration • Station List — With this window you can see the configuration of the ring on which the SMT entity resides, including number of nodes, node addresses (both Canonical and MAC), node class, and current ring topology • Performance — This window lets you...

Concentrator Configuration 6-3 FDDI Applications Figure 6-2. The Concentrator Configuration Window MAC State This field indicates the current state of the MAC on the FDDI ring associated with the selected SMT entity. The RMT component of SMT monitors MAC operation and takes actions necessary to aid ...

FDDI Applications 6-4 Concentrator Configuration Non-Op-Dup The ring is not operational; the address of the MAC under control of the SMT entity has been found to duplicate that of another MAC on the ring. The duplicate address condition prevented ring recovery and initialization after a claim and be...

FDDI Applications 6-6 Connection Policy Window • Secondary 2 indicates that the Secondary 2 FDDI ring is being used. • Local means that the MAC is connected to one or more nodes but is not connected to the dual ring. • Isolated means that the MAC has no connection to the ring or other concentrator p...

Connection Policy Window 6-7 FDDI Applications The following table summarizes the FDDI connection rules: V — valid connectionX — illegal connectionU — undesirable (but legal) connectionP — valid, but when both A and B are connected to M ports (a dual-homing configuration), only the B connection is u...

FDDI Applications 6-8 Station List Station List The Station List illustrates the configuration of the HSIM-F6 managed ring, including number of nodes on the ring, node addresses (both Canonical and MAC), node class, and ring topology. The Station List provides the following information about the HSI...

Station List 6-9 FDDI Applications Figure 6-4. The Station List Window Address Mode Displays the current mode being used to display the addresses of the devices in the Station List. The two possible modes are Canonical (FDDI) or MAC (Ethernet). To change the current Address Mode, click on the Addres...

FDDI Applications 6-10 FDDI Performance MAC Address Displays the manufacturer-set MAC address of the node inserted into the ring. MAC addresses are hard-coded into the device and are not configurable. Node Class Displays the type of ring device. Possible values are: Station Indicates an FDDI node ca...

FDDI Performance 6-11 FDDI Applications Statistics are displayed in three ways: • By count (i.e., the number detected of each for the selected interval). • By rate (i.e., the number of each per second, as averaged over the selected interval). • Graphically, as a percentage of each with respect to to...

FDDI Applications 6-12 FDDI Statistics FDDI Statistics The FDDI Statistics window displays traffic statistics for the HSIM-F6’s SMT entity, including the number of frames and kilobytes per second (averaged over a defined poll rate), the peak number of kilobytes per second, and the module’s bandwidth...

Configuring FDDI Frame Translation Settings 6-13 FDDI Applications %Util The percentage of utilization of available bandwidth by the indicated SMT over the current poll interval; the percentage is calculated by dividing the actual number of transmitted bytes/sec into the maximum number of bytes/sec ...

FDDI Applications 6-14 Configuring FDDI Frame Translation Settings Figure 6-8. The Frame Translation Window Information about Ethernet and FDDI Frame Types There are four frame types which can be transmitted on an IEEE 802.3/Ethernet network – Ethernet II, Ethernet 802.2, Ethernet 802.3 (or Raw Ethe...

FDDI Applications 6-16 Configuring FDDI Frame Translation Settings This is the default frame type for Novell NetWare software version 3.12 and beyond; it is also used for OSI packets on IEEE 802.x LAN networks. Ethernet 802.3 (Ethernet Raw) The Ethernet 802.3 frame format has an 802.3 MAC layer head...

Configuring FDDI Frame Translation Settings 6-17 FDDI Applications There is no FDDI equivalent for Ethernet 802.3 Raw frames or Ethernet II frames. Enterasys’ Ethernet/FDDI bridges will automatically translate Ethernet II frames into FDDI SNAP frames, by identifying it as a SNAP frame in the LLC hea...

7-1 Chapter 7 ATM Configuration Viewing connection data; configuring Permanent Vir tual Circuits (PVCs); adding and deleting connection entries The ATM Connections option is available when you have an HSIM-A6DP installed and enabled in your SmartSwitch 2000. The ATM HSIM-A6DP provides the connectivi...

ATM Configuration 7-2 Accessing the ATM Connections Window Figure 7-1. Current ATM Connections Window The Current ATM Connections window provides the following information about the device’s ATM connections: Connection Data The Connection Data fields provide the following information about each ATM ...

Accessing the ATM Connections Window 7-3 ATM Configuration VPI Displays the Virtual Path Identifier assigned to the connection. Virtual Path Identifiers are used to group virtual connections, allowing for channel trunking between ATM switches. Each VPI can be configured to carry many different chann...

ATM Configuration 7-4 Configuring Connections Configuring Connections Adding a New Connection To configure new Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs), enter the following information in the text fields which appear just below the settings list box: 1. In the I/F text box, click on the down-arrow to the r...

8-1 Chapter 8 HSIM-W87 Configuration Configuring the T3 interface; configuring T1 connections; setting priority IP Addresses The HSIM-W87 is a High Speed Interface Module that provides Wide Area Network (WAN) services. The HSIM has a DS3 interface (T3), providing up to 28 separate DS1 connections (T...

The T1 Configuration Window 8-3 HSIM-W87 Configuration Line Status This field indicates the line status of the interface. It contains loopback state and failure state information. Scroll to view all of the status information, if necessary. T3 Line Type Select the type of DS3 or C-bit application imp...

HSIM-W87 Configuration 8-4 The T1 Configuration Window Figure 8-2. The T1 Config Window At the top of the T1 Config window a list box displays configuration information for each T1 connection (line). When you highlight a specific T1 line by clicking on it, the fields below the list box display the c...

HSIM-W87 Configuration 8-6 Configuring IP Priority Configuring IP Priority The IP Priority Configuration window allows you to assign priority transmission to up to 16 IP addresses communicating across the HSIM-W87. To access the IP Priority Config window: 1. Click on the appropriate Module Index to ...

Configuring IP Priority 8-7 HSIM-W87 Configuration Number of Entries Displays the number of Priority IP addresses currently configured. This number will change each time you add or delete an IP address in the list box. Below these two fields is a list box displaying the currently configured IP Prior...

Index-1 Index Symbols % Load 4-3% of Tot. Errors 4-4 Numerics 802.1d 2-59, 2-64802.1Q 1-1 1d Trunk 2-59, 2-641Q Trunk 2-59, 2-64Default VLAN 2-61Egress List 2-59Egress List Configuration 2-66frame discard format 2-65Hybrid 2-60, 2-65Ingress List 2-59Ingress List Configuration 2-63Port Discard 2-66po...

Index-3 Index H Hard Errors 5-4Help button 1-9, 1-10Help Menu 2-9HSIM-A6DP 2-58, 7-1HSIM-F6 6-6, 6-11HSIM-W87 8-1hysteresis 3-10, 3-27 I I/F Summary interface performance statistics 2-20 I/F Summary window 2-19IEEE 802.1Q 1-1, 2-57, 2-58IF Number 3-4IF Type 3-4ifInErrors 3-4ifInNUcast 3-4ifInOctets ...

Index Index-4 Oversized 4-4Owner 3-15, 3-22 P packet capture events 3-1 Packet count 5-17Packet Type 4-3Packets 4-3, 5-19Packets Received 2-23, 4-8Packets Transmitted 2-24, 4-8Payload 8-3, 8-5Peak Values 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 5-6Percent Load 5-10Performance 6-2Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) 7-1Physical ...