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C ONTENTS viii Link Access Control Protocol Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47 Configuring the Aggregator Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48Setting the State Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49Displaying Aggregator Information . . . . . ...

1-1 C HAPTER 1 I NTRODUCTION This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching. It includes a management agent that allows you to configure the features listed in this manual. The default configuration can be used for most of the features provided by this switch. However, there ar...

I NTRODUCTION 1-2 Description of Software Features IEEE 802.1D Bridge – The switch supports IEEE 802.1D transparent bridging. The address table facilitates data switching by learning addresses, and then filtering or forwarding traffic based on this information. The address table supports up to 6K ad...

D ESCRIPTION OF S OFTWARE F EATURES 1-3 • Simplify network management for node changes/moves by remotely configuring VLAN membership for any port, rather than having to manually change the network connection. • Provide data security by restricting all traffic to the originating VLAN. Port Mirroring ...

I NTRODUCTION 1-4 Multicast Filtering – Specific multicast traffic can be assigned to its own VLAN to ensure that it does not interfere with normal network traffic and to guarantee real-time delivery by setting the required priority level for the designated VLAN. The switch uses IGMP Snooping and Qu...

2-1 C HAPTER 2 I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION Connecting to the Switch Configuration Options The switch includes a built-in network management agent. The agent offers a variety of management options, including SNMP, RMON, and a Web-based interface. A PC may also be connected directly to the switch for conf...

I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION 2-2 The switch’s console menu, Web Interface, and SNMP agent allow you to perform the following management functions: • Set user name and password • Set an IP interface for management access (console menu only) • Configure SNMP parameters • Enable/disable any Ethernet port • ...

C ONNECTING TO THE S WITCH 2-3 2. Connect the other end of the cable to the RS-232 serial port on the switch. 3. Make sure the terminal emulation software is set as follows: • Select the appropriate serial port (COM port 1 or COM port 2). • Set the data rate to 9600 baud. • Set the data format to 8 ...

I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION 2-4 Basic Configuration Console Connection Access to the console menu is controlled by a user name and password. The default setting is “admin” for both the user name and password. To log into the console menu, perform these steps: 1. Enter “admin” at the user name prompt. 2....

B ASIC C ONFIGURATION 2-5 4. Select “Change Password” and press <Enter>. • Type the old password and press <Enter>. • Type the new password and press <Enter>. • Then re-enter the new password for verification, press <Enter>. Setting an IP Address You must establish IP address...

I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION 2-6 To assign an IP address to the switch, complete the following steps: 1. Navigate from the Main Menu to – Switch Static Configuration, Administration Configuration, and thenIP Configuration. 2. Select <Edit>, type in the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway. Press &l...

B ASIC C ONFIGURATION 2-7 Enabling SNMP Management Access The switch can be configured to accept management commands from Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) applications such as SMC’s EliteView. You also can configure the switch to generate SNMP traps. When SNMP management stations send reque...

3-1 C HAPTER 3 C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH Using the Web Interface This switch provides an embedded HTTP Web agent. Using a Web browser you can configure the switch and view statistics to monitor network activity. The Web agent can be accessed by any computer on the network using a standard Web browser...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-2 Navigating the Web Browser Interface To access the Web-browser interface you must first enter a user name and password. The administrator has Read/Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics. The default user name and password for the administrator is “ad...

P ANEL D ISPLAY 3-3 Configuration Options Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop-down list. Once a configuration change has been made on a page, be sure to click on the “Apply” button to confirm the new setting. The following table summarizes the Web page configuration buttons. Notes: 1...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-4 Main Menu Using the onboard Web agent, you can define system parameters, manage and control the switch, or monitor network conditions. The following table briefly describes the selections available from this program. Menu Description Page Home Main Menu 3-2 Port Status D...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-6 Basic System Information Use the Switch Settings page to display basic information on the switch, including hardware/firmware version numbers for the main board and management software. Field Attributes • Description – Switch model number. • MAC Address – The physical la...

G LOBAL S WITCH S ETTINGS 3-7 • Broadcast Storm Control – Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is malfunctioning, or if application programs are not well designed or properly configured. If there is too much broadcast traffic on your network, performance can be severely degraded ...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-8 Class of Service Configuration Class of Service (CoS) allows you to specify which data packets have greater precedence when traffic is buffered in the switch due to congestion. This switch supports CoS with two priority queues for each port. Data packets in a port’s high...

C ONSOLE P ORT S ETTINGS 3-9 bound for low-priority packets if required, select the priority tags that will be processed by the high-priority queue, and then click Apply. Console Port Settings If you have access to the Web interface, but are having problems connecting to the console port, you can di...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-10 Port Configuration Displaying Connection Status Use the Port Status page to display the current connection status, including link state, auto-negotiation, speed/duplex mode, and flow control. Notes: 1. To set the port status, use the Port Control page as described under...

P ORT C ONFIGURATION 3-11 Configuring Interface Connections Use the Port Controls pages to enable/disable an interface, set auto-negotiation, or manually set the speed and duplex mode, and flow control parameters. Field Attributes • State – Allows you to manually disable an interface. You can disabl...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-12 Showing Port Statistics You can display standard statistics on network traffic from the Interfaces Group MIB, Ethernet-like MIB, and RMOM MIB. These statistics display errors on the traffic passing through each port. This information can be used to identify potential pr...

T RUNK C ONFIGURATION 3-13 Web – Click Port Statistics. You can use the Reset button at the bottom of the page to update the screen. Trunk Configuration The switch supports both static trunking and dynamic Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). You can create multiple links between devices that w...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-14 • The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical manner, including communication mode (i.e., speed, duplex mode and flow control), VLAN assignments, and CoS settings. • All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved from/ to, add...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-16 Configuring Dynamic Trunks Ports configured for LACP can automatically negotiate a trunked link with LACP-configured ports on another device. Command Usage • To avoid creating a loop in the network, be sure you enable LACP before connecting the ports; also disconnect th...

T RUNK C ONFIGURATION 3-17 Aggregator Setting Field Attributes • System Priority – A value used to select the device that initiates an LACP trunk. The device with the lowest value has the highest priority and will be selected as the active LACP partner. • Group ID – Specifies the LACP trunk group. •...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-18 Aggregator Information Field Attributes Static Trunks • Group Key – Displays static trunks. • Port No – The port members assigned to the trunk. Dynamic Trunks • Actor – The device that initiated the trunk. • Partner – The device that responded to a link initialization r...

T RUNK C ONFIGURATION 3-19 Web – Click Administrator=>Trunking=>Aggregator Information to display currently configured trunks and group members.

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-20 State Activity Set the port members to actively or passively initiate an LACP trunk. Field Attributes • Port – Lists all ports that can be configured as LACP trunk members. • LACP State Activity – When set to Active, a port can automatically initiate a trunk if an LACP ...

F ORWARDING AND F ILTERING 3-21 Forwarding and Filtering This switch supports the following types of traffic filtering: • Multicast Filtering – This switch can forward multicast traffic to host devices that request to join a multicast service, and filter multicast traffic for all other ports which d...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-22 The purpose of multicast filtering is to optimize a switched network’s performance, so multicast packets will only be forwarded to those ports containing multicast group hosts or multicast routers/switches, instead of flooding traffic to all ports in the subnet. You can...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-24 Setting Static Addresses A static address can be assigned to a specific interface on this switch. Traffic sent from devices listed in the static address table will only be accepted on the specified interface. If any packets with a source address listed in this table ent...

F ORWARDING AND F ILTERING 3-25 Configuring Port Security If you enable port security, the switch will stop learning new addresses on the specified port. Only incoming traffic with source addresses already stored in the dynamic address table will be accepted. The MAC addresses already in the address...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-26 Configuring Address Filtering You can drop traffic from unwanted stations based on the source MAC address (and associated VLAN if tagged VLANs are enabled). Field Attributes • MAC Address – Source MAC address. • Vlan ID – ID of configured VLAN (1-4094). This option is o...

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-27 VLAN Configuration Overview In large networks, routers are used to isolate broadcast traffic for each subnet into separate domains. This switch provides a similar service at Layer 2 by using VLANs to organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains. VLANs ...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-28 Port-based VLANs Port-based VLANs are typically used to reduce broadcast traffic and to increase security. A group of network users assigned to a VLAN form a broadcast domain that is separate from other VLANs configured on the switch. Packets are forwarded only between ...

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-29 Tag-based VLANs An IEEE 802.1Q VLAN is a group of ports located anywhere in the network, but communicate as though they belong to the same physical segment by using frame tags to indicate VLAN membership. Tagged VLANs can help to simplify network management by allowing you t...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-30 not overlap, but still need to communicate, you can connect them by using a Layer-3 router or switch. Protocol VLANs – This switch also supports VLANs based on specific protocol types, such as IPX and AppleTalk. When a protocol is bound to a VLAN, the switch will only f...

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-31 Creating Tagged VLANs Web – Click Administrator=>Switch Settings=>Advanced. Set VLAN Operation Mode to 802.1Q with or without GVRP, then click Apply. Click Administrator=>VLAN Configuration=>Basic. Click Add to create a group. Enter the VLAN Name (1-15 characters...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-32 Set each port to transmit tagged or untagged frames, then click Apply. Configuring the PVID and Ingress Filters You also need to configure the default port VLAN ID (PVID), ingress filtering, and acceptable frame types. Field Attributes • PVID – VLAN ID assigned to untag...

VLAN C ONFIGURATION 3-33 Web – Click Administrator=>VLAN Configuration=>Port VID. Set the PVID and Ingress Filtering rules, then click Apply.

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-34 Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) detects and disables network loops and provides backup links between switches, bridges, and routers to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on the network. The backup links autom...

S PANNING T REE P ROTOCOL C ONFIGURATION 3-35 information (provided in the last configuration message) becomes the designated port for the attached LAN. If it is a root port, a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network. - Default: 20- Minimum: The higher of 6 or [...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-36 Displaying Information About the Root Bridge The root bridge of the spanning tree is selected whenever the network is reconfigured. The root bridge is uniquely identified in the spanning tree by its priority and MAC address. The maximum age, hello time, and forward dela...

S PANNING T REE P ROTOCOL C ONFIGURATION 3-37 Field Attributes • Priority – Defines the priority used for this port in the Spanning Tree Protocol. If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the port with the highest priority (i.e., lowest value) will be configured as an active link in ...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-38 Displaying Port Status for STP You can display the current STP settings and state for each port. Field Attributes • Port State – Displays the current state of this port in the Spanning Tree: - Disabled - No link has been established on this port. Otherwise, the port has...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-40 Simple Network Management Protocol The switch includes an onboard agent that continuously monitors the status of its hardware, as well as the traffic passing through its ports, based on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). A network management station can acce...

S IMPLE N ETWORK M ANAGEMENT P ROTOCOL 3-41 Field Attributes • Community String – A community string acts as a password and permits access to the SNMP protocol. • RO – Specifies read-only access. Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects. • RW – Specifies read/write access...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-42 User Authentication The administrator has write access for parameters governing the onboard agent. You should therefore assign a password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. (If your password is lost, reload the system firmware as described in Appendix B....

F IRMWARE AND C ONFIGURATION S ETTINGS 3-43 Firmware and Configuration Settings Downloading System Software from a Server You can download firmware from a TFTP server. Field Attributes • TFTP Server IP Address – The IP address of a TFTP server. • Destination File Name – The file name should not cont...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 3-44 Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings You can upload/download configuration settings to/from a TFTP server. The configuration file can be later downloaded to restore the switch’s settings. Field Attributes • TFTP Server IP Address – The IP address of a TFTP server....

R ESETTING THE S YSTEM 3-45 Resetting the System Web – Click Reset System. Click the Reset button to restore the default configuration settings. Note: When restarting the system, it always runs the Power-On Self-Test. Rebooting the System Web – Click Reboot. Click the Reboot button to restart the sw...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-6 Status and Counters Menu Use the Status and Counters menu to display port status, port statistics, and system information. TigerSwitch 10/100 : Status and Counters ===================== Port Status Port Counters System Information Main Menu Displays current status of all the ...

S TATUS AND C OUNTERS M ENU 4-7 Displaying Connection Status Use the Port Status page to display the current connection status, including link state, auto-negotiation, speed/duplex mode, and flow control. Field Attributes • Type – Shows port type as: - 10/100TX 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX - 100FX: 100BASE...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-8 Showing Port Statistics You can display standard statistics on network traffic from the Interfaces Group MIB, Ethernet-like MIB, and RMOM MIB. These statistics display errors on the traffic passing through each port. This information can be used to identify potential problems...

S TATUS AND C OUNTERS M ENU 4-9 Displaying System Information Use the System Information page to display basic information on the switch, including hardware/firmware version numbers for the main board and management software. Field Attributes • System Description – Switch model number. • MAC Address...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-10 Switch Static Configuration Menu Use the Switch Static Configuration menu to configure the items listed in the following table. TigerSwitch 10/100 : Switch Configuration ===================== Administration Configuration Port/Trunk Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration ...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-11 Administration Configuration Menu Use the Administration Configuration menu to configure device information, the switch’s IP address, and user name and password. TigerSwitch 10/100 : Device Configuration ===================== Device Information IP Configurat...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-13 Configuring the IP Address Use the IP Configuration page to configure the switch’s IP parameters. Field Attributes • IP Address – IP address of the switch. Valid IP addresses consist of four numbers, 0 and 255, separated by periods. Anything outside this for...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-14 Configuring the User Name Use the Change Username page to change the user name used to authenticate management access. The default administrator name is “admin.” Note that the user name and password control access to both the Web interface and the console menu. Console – Cli...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-15 Configuring the Password Use the Change Password page to change the password used to authenticate management access. The default administrator password is “admin.” Note that the user name and password control access to both the Web interface and the console ...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-16 Configuring Interface Connections Use the Port/Trunk Configuration page to enable/disable an interface, set auto-negotiation, or manually set the speed and duplex mode, and flow control parameters. Field Attributes • Type – Shows port type (page 4-7). • Enabled – Allows you ...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-17 Console – Click Switch Static Configuration=>Port/Trunk Configuration. Modify the required interface settings, and save your settings. TigerSwitch 10/100 : Port Configuration ===================== Port Type Enabled Auto Speed/Duplex Flow Group Negotiate C...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-18 Configuring Port Mirroring You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real-time analysis. You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a completely unobtrusive manner. Command Us...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-19 Field Attributes • Monitoring enable – Enables/disables port mirroring. • Monitoring Port – The port that mirrors traffic from the source port. • Monitored Ports – The ports whose traffic will be monitored. • Type – Shows port type (page 4-7). • Action – Mir...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-20 VLAN Configuration Menu Use the VLAN Configuration menu to specify the VLAN type used on this switch, configure VLAN groups, or set the default VLAN identifier and ingress filtering for each port. TigerSwitch 10/100 : VLAN Configuration ===================== VLAN Configure C...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-21 Configuring Port-based VLANs Use the VLAN Configuration menu to create port-based VLANs. Console – Click Switch Static Configuration=>VLAN Configuration=> VLAN Configure. Set VLAN Mode to “PortBased,” and save this setting. Click Switch Static Configur...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-22 Configuring Tag-based VLANs Use the VLAN Configuration menu to create tag-based VLANs. Field Attributes When the VLAN mode is set “802.1Q” or “802.1QwithGVRP” (on the VLAN Configure page), the following attributes are displayed. • PVID – VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames r...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-24 Configuring Queue Priorities Use the Priority Configuration page to specify which data packets have greater precedence when traffic is buffered in the switch due to congestion. This switch has two priority queues for each port. Data packets in a port’s high-priority queue is...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-25 Console – Click Switch Static Configuration=>Priority Configuration. Assign frames tagged with priority 0-7 to the low or high priority queue. Set the method of servicing the priority queues, and save your settings. TigerSwitch 10/100 : Priority Configura...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-26 MAC Address Configuration Menu Use the MAC Address Configuration menu to statically bind MAC addresses to a specific port or to filter MAC addresses from the system. Note: Multicast filtering can only be configured from the Web interface. (See “Configuring Multicast Filterin...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-27 Field Attributes • MAC Address – Physical address of a device mapped to this interface. • Port Num – Port associated with the device assigned a static address. • Vlan ID – ID of configured VLAN (1-4094). This option is only available if IEEE 802.1Q tagged VL...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-29 Miscellaneous Configuration Menu Use the Misc Configuration menu to configure the features listed in the following table. TigerSwitch 10/100 : Misc Configuration ===================== Port Security MAC Age Interval Broadcast Storm Filtering Max bridge transm...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-31 Configuring Address Aging Use the MAC Age Interval page to set the address aging time. The switch stores the addresses of known devices. This information is used to route traffic directly between the inbound and outbound ports. The addresses are learned by m...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-32 Configuring Broadcast Storm Control Use the Broadcast Storm Filtering page to set the broadcast threshold. Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is malfunctioning, or if application programs are not well designed or properly configured. If there is too muc...

S WITCH S TATIC C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-33 Configuring the Transmit Delay Bound Use the “Max bridge transmit delay bound” page to set the maximum queuing delay. Field Attributes • Max bridge transmit delay bound – Limits the time packets can be queued in switch. If enabled, packets queued beyond the ...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-34 Protocol Related Configuration Menu Use the Protocol Related Configuration menu to configure the items listed in the following table. TigerSwitch 10/100 : Protocol Related Configuration ===================== STP SNMP GVRP LACP Previous Menu Configure the Spanning Tree Protoc...

P ROTOCOL R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-35 Spanning Tree Protocol Menu Use the STP menu to configure the Spanning Tree Protocol. STP detects and disables network loops and provides backup links between switches, bridges, and routers to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations on ...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-36 Enabling STP To configure STP, first enable it using the STP Enable/Disable page. Console – Click Protocol Related Configuration=>STP=>STP Enable/ Disable. Enable the STP Protocol, and save your settings. Displaying Information About the Root Bridge Use the System Conf...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-40 Configuring Port STP Settings Use the Perport Configuration page to set STA attributes for specific ports, including port priority and path cost. You can use a different priority or path cost for ports of the same media type to indicate the preferred path. Field Attributes •...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-42 Simple Network Management Protocol Menu Use the SNMP menu to configure basic information and management access settings for the Simple Network Management Protocol. The switch includes an onboard agent that continuously monitors the status of its hardware, as well as the traf...

P ROTOCOL R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-45 Specifying Trap Managers You can use the Trap Managers page to specify up to five management stations that will receive authentication failure messages and other trap messages from the switch. Field Attributes • IP – IP address of trap manager. • Communit...

P ROTOCOL R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-47 Link Access Control Protocol Menu Use the LACP menu to configure dynamic trunking whereby the switch will automatically negotiate a trunked link with LACP-configured ports on another device. Command Usage • To avoid creating a loop in the network, be sure...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-48 Configuring the Aggregator Setting First use the Port Configuration page to create trunk groups (page 4-16), and then use the Aggregator Setting page to enable LACP and specify the maximum number of active ports. Field Attributes • Group – Specifies the LACP trunk group. • L...

P ROTOCOL R ELATED C ONFIGURATION M ENU 4-51 Console – Click Protocol Related Configuration=>LACP=>LACP Status to display currently configured trunks and group members. Click <Next Page> to display multiple trunk groups. TigerSwitch 10/100 : LACP Group Status ===================== Static...

C ONSOLE I NTERFACE 4-52 Reboot Switch Menu Use the Reboot Switch menu to restore the factory default configuration settings and reboot the switch. Notes: 1. When resetting the switch to factory defaults (i.e., using the Default option), it will prompt you with a message to verify whether or not you...

S ET L OGOUT T IMER M ENU 4-53 Set Logout Timer Menu Use the Set Logout Timer menu to set the timeout for detecting keyboard input before terminating the current console session. The default is 120 seconds, and the range is 5-960 seconds. Note: The value of the logout timer is not saved in non-volat...

5-1 C HAPTER 5 C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE This chapter provides a basic description of the command line interface. For a more detailed description about specific features, please refer to the appropriate section in Chapter 3, Configuring the Switch. Accessing the CLI The switch can be managed by ente...

C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE 5-2 Minimum Abbreviation The CLI will accept a minimum number of characters that uniquely identify a command. For example, the command “show” can be entered as sh . If an entry is ambiguous, the system will display a help message. Getting Help on Commands You can display a ...

C OMMAND G ROUPS 5-3 Command Groups The command line interface commands can be broken down into the functional groups shown below . Command Group Description Page System IP configuration, broadcast storm control, display system information, ping and reboot commands 5-4 Port Port connection settings ...

C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE 5-4 System Configuration (advance) The system configuration commands include the following items . IP config ip X.X.X.XSets the IP address for this device.config subnet X.X.X.XSets the subnet mask for this device.config gateway X.X.X.XSets the gateway for this device.show i...

P ORT C ONFIGURATION ( PORT ) 5-5 Port Configuration (port) The port configuration commands include the following items . Port Settings config ports <1~10> state [on|off] auto [on|off] speed [10|100|1000] duplex [half|full] fctl [on|off]Configures connection parameters for the specified port(s...

C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE 5-6 VLAN Configuration (vlan) The VLAN configuration commands include the following items . VLAN Commands add vlan <name> vid <number> protocol <protocol id> ports <portlist> [tag|untag]Creates a VLAN group. name – ASCII string from 1 to 15 character...

VLAN C ONFIGURATION ( VLAN ) 5-7 Supported Protocols show vlanstateShows the configured VLAN mode of operation.show vlan pvidShows the default VLAN ID for each port.show prtcl vlantblDisplays information on all configured protocol-based VLANs. Protocol Number Protocol Type 0 None 1 IP 2 ARP 3 Applet...

C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE 5-8 Filter Database Configuration (fdb) The Filter Database configuration commands include the following items . Static MAC Addresses add fdb <p> mac <mac_addr> vid <number> port <number>Adds a static address to the specified VLAN and port.delete fdb...

T RUNK C ONFIGURATION ( TRKGR P ) 5-9 Trunk Configuration (trkgrp) The Trunk configuration commands include the following items . Trunk Commands add trkgrp <1~4> lacp <on|off> workports <1~8> ports <portlist>Creates a trunk group. lacp – Set “on” for dynamic trunks or “off” f...

C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE 5-10 Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration (stp) The STP configuration commands include the following items . STP Commands enable stpEnables the spanning tree protocol.disable stpDisables the spanning tree protocol.show stpstateShows whether STP is enabled or disabled.config...

Q UALITY OF S ERVICE C ONFIGURATION ( QOS ) 5-11 Quality of Service Configuration (qos) The QoS configuration commands include the following items . IGMP Snooping Configuration (igmp) The IGMP Snooping configuration commands include the following items . QoS Commands enable qdlyb <1~255>Enable...

C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE 5-12 Console Configuration (console) The console configuration commands include the following items . Console Commands show consoleDisplays the connection settings for the console port.

A-1 A PPENDIX A S OFTWARE S PECIFICATIONS Switch Features Spanning Tree Protocol Flow Control Full Duplex: IEEE 802.3xHalf Duplex: Back pressure Broadcast Storm Suppression Traffic throttled above a critical threshold VLAN Support Up to 255 groups; port-based or with 802.1Q VLAN tagging,GVRP for aut...

S OFTWARE S PECIFICATIONS A-2 Management Features In-Band Management Telnet, Web-based HTTP, or SNMP manager(EliteView Network Management software provided free) Out-of-Band Management RS-232 DB-9 console port Software Loading TFTP in-band or XModem out-of-band MIB Support MIB II (RFC 1213), Bridge ...

B-1 A PPENDIX B U PGRADING F IRMWARE You can upgrade system firmware by connecting your computer to the serial port on the switch and using a console interface package that supports the XModem protocol. (See “Required Connections” on page 2-2.) 1. Restart the system by using the Reboot Switch=>Re...

U PGRADING F IRMWARE B-2 5. After the file has been downloaded, the console screen will display information similar to that shown below. Change the baud rate back to 9600 bps. When using Windows HyperTerminal, disconnect , set the baud rate, and reconnect . 6. Then press Enter to open the Log-on scr...

Glossary-1 G LOSSARY Auto-negotiation Signalling method allowing each node to select its optimum operational mode (e.g., 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps and half or full duplex) based on the capabilities of the node to which it is connected. BOOTP Boot protocol used to load the operating system for devices conn...

G LOSSARY Glossary-2 Group Attribute Registration Protocol See Generic Attribute Registration Protocol. IEEE 802.1D Specifies a general method for the operation of MAC bridges, including the Spanning Tree Protocol. IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging—Defines Ethernet frame tags which carry VLAN information. It...

G LOSSARY Glossary-5 Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) A TCP/IP protocol commonly used for software downloads. Virtual LAN (VLAN) A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection point in the network. A VLAN s...

Index-1 A address aging 3-6 , 4-31 filtering 3-26 , 4-28 table 3-6 , 3-24 , 3-25 , 4-26 , 4-30 , 4-31 aging time 3-6 , 4-31 B broadcast storm control 3-7 , 4-32 C Class of Service configuring 3-8queue mapping 3-8 command line interface 5-1community string 3-40 , 4-44 setting 2-7 configuration settin...