Cabletron Systems CSX400 - Manual

Cabletron Systems CSX400

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Notice; Virus Disclaimer; Copyright
  • Page 5 – Restricted Rights Notice; (Applicable to licenses to the United States Government only.)
  • Page 6 – iv
  • Page 7 – Contents; Chapter 1
  • Page 8 – Chapter 4
  • Page 10 – Index
  • Page 11 – Introduction; Welcome to the Cabletron SystemsÕ; ConÞguration; The
  • Page 12 – Device; Using the CSX 200 and CSX400 User’s Guide; User Õs Guide; or your
  • Page 13 – Related Manuals
  • Page 14 – Software Conventions; Common Window Fields; Figure 1-1. Sample Window Showing Group Boxes; Device Name; Generic SNMP User Õs Guide
  • Page 15 – IP Address; MAC Address; Using the Mouse; and; right; mouse; Left Mouse Button
  • Page 16 – Using Window Buttons
  • Page 17 – Getting Help; You can use the; menu accessed from the Chassis View window menu bar, you can; Getting Help from the Cabletron Systems Global Call Center; anonymous; Help
  • Page 18 – Service and Support
  • Page 19 – Chapter 2; you wish; CSX; or
  • Page 20 – Viewing Chassis Information; The desired CSX200/400 Chassis View window (; Bridging capabilities are discussed in Chapter 4 of this manual.; to indicate that clicking in the current location will bring up a
  • Page 21 – Front Panel Information; Green; indicates the CSX200/400 is responding to device polls (valid; Magenta; indicates that the CSX200/400 is in a temporary stand-by mode; Blue; indicates an unknown contact status Ñ polling has not yet been; Red; later in this chapter), this Þeld will show the; Default; The revision of BOOT PROM installed in the CSX200/400.
  • Page 22 – Time; Menu Structure
  • Page 23 – The Device Menu; Generic SNMP Guide; Viewing I/F Summary Information
  • Page 24 – SPECTRUM Element Manager Tools Guide; The Help Menu
  • Page 25 – Viewing the Port Description; RMON User Õs Guide; Enabling and Disabling Ports
  • Page 26 – Load
  • Page 27 – Errors; The Chassis Manager Window; In SPECTRUM Element Manager, the polling interval is set via the
  • Page 28 – Click on Help on the menu bar at the top of the Chassis View window.; Viewing Hardware Types; Device Type; Choosing the
  • Page 29 – Managing the Device
  • Page 30 – Using the Find Source Address Feature; SPECTRUM Element; Click to display the Device pull-down menu.
  • Page 31 – From the Module View, click on the Device option from the menu bar.; UpTime; device has been running since the last start-up.; The index value assigned to each interface on the device.; Type; A text description of the interface.
  • Page 32 – Physical Status; Ofßine; Down; In Octets; Bar graphs are only available when
  • Page 34 – Viewing Interface Detail; The Interface Statistics window (; Description
  • Page 36 – Packets Transmitted; Displays the number of packets transmitted by this interface.; Making Sense of Detail Statistics; To calculate the percentage of input errors:; Received Errors /Packets Received; To calculate the percentage of output errors:; Transmitted Errors /Packets Transmitted; To calculate the total number of inbound and outbound discards:; Received Discards + Transmitted Discards; To enable or disable a bridge port:; Disable
  • Page 39 – Chapter 3; WAN Logical View; on; About the CSX200 Series
  • Page 40 – WAN Redundancy
  • Page 41 – CSX WPIMs; The following Cabletron WPIMs provide WAN connectivity for the
  • Page 43 – The information in this window is static use the
  • Page 44 – WAN Logical View Window Fields; Indicates whether data compression is activated or de-activated.; Changing WAN Logical Settings
  • Page 47 – Bridging; Bridging Basics
  • Page 48 – About Transparent Bridging
  • Page 50 – About Source Route-Transparent Bridges
  • Page 52 – Viewing and Managing Bridging Interfaces
  • Page 53 – SmartTrunk
  • Page 54 – The Bridge Status Window; To access the Bridge Status window from the Chassis View window:; Click on Bridge Status.... The Bridge Status window,; Bridge Status Window Information Fields; all
  • Page 55 – Up Time; (green)ÑThe port is on-line and forwarding packets across the; Disabled; (blue)ÑBridging at the port has been disabled by management no; Listening; (magenta)ÑThe port is not adding information to the Þltering; Learning
  • Page 56 – Interface Type; Accessing Other Options from the Bridge Status Window
  • Page 59 – The Interface
  • Page 60 – Enabling and Disabling Bridging; Enabling and Disabling Individual Interfaces; from the Bridge Status window:
  • Page 61 – Click on the appropriate port index to access the Port menu.; Enabling and Disabling All Installed Interfaces; Click on; from the Chassis View window:; Bridge Statistics; Performance Graphs
  • Page 62 – To access the port-level Bridge Performance Graph window
  • Page 63 – Bridge Performance Graph Window Fields; Forwarded
  • Page 64 – Configuring the Bridge Performance Graphs; To conÞgure the Bridge Performance Graph:; The Bridge Detail Breakdown Window
  • Page 65 – light; The values given in these Þelds are cumulative totals.; Frames Forwarded
  • Page 66 – Xmitted; . The Bridge Port Detail Breakdown window,; Forwarded to
  • Page 67 – The Interface Statistics Window; To access the Statistics window
  • Page 68 – Statistics Window Fields; Displays the interface type of the selected port.
  • Page 69 – The CSMACD Statistics Window; To access the CSMACD Statistics window; Click on the desired Port button (
  • Page 70 – Receive Errors
  • Page 71 – Transmission Errors
  • Page 72 – Collision Errors; The PPP Link Statistics Window; PPP Link Status; menu option opens the PPP Link Statistics window, which
  • Page 74 – Statistics
  • Page 75 – The Dot5 Errors Statistics Window; Dot5 Errors; menu option invokes the Dot5 Errors Statistics window, which
  • Page 76 – Line Errors
  • Page 78 – Source Route Statistics; menu option invokes the Bridge Source Routing
  • Page 79 – Bridge Source Routing Window Fields
  • Page 80 – Transmitted Frames
  • Page 81 – Bridge Spanning Tree; To access the Bridge Spanning Tree window; Drag down to select Spanning Tree.... The Bridge Spanning Tree window,
  • Page 82 – Configuring the Bridge Spanning Tree Window; Port X; name listed in the quadrant.; Bridge Level Fields; Bridge Priority
  • Page 83 – Root Bridge; None
  • Page 84 – Hello Time; Bridge Port Level Fields; Priority
  • Page 86 – Changing Bridge Spanning Tree Parameters; at the bottom of; Changing Bridge Priority; Changing the Spanning Tree Algorithm Protocol Type; To change the type of protocol used in Spanning Tree:
  • Page 87 – Changing Hello Time; Changing Max Age Time; Highlight the; Max Age; field; Changing Forwarding Delay Time
  • Page 88 – Changing Port Priority; Changing Path Cost; To change the Path Cost:; Filtering Database; Ethernet and Token Ring
  • Page 89 – OK
  • Page 91 – Filtering Database Window Fields; List; Indicates the type of entry in the database.; Number
  • Page 92 – Configuring the Filtering Database; You can conÞgure the Filtering Database by:
  • Page 93 – Highlight the desired type.; When you reconÞgure the Filtering Database and click
  • Page 94 – Changing the Receive Port; port in the panel. With each click, the Receive port; Changing the Port Filtering Action; Figure 4-12. Filter DatabaseÑNew Filter Window; designated by an “*” in the Address Entry panel.
  • Page 95 – Clearing All Permanent, Static, or Dynamic Entries; Ethernet and Token Ring Special Filter Databases
  • Page 96 – Ethernet Special Filter Database Window; At the Ethernet Special Filter Database window,
  • Page 97 – Token Ring Special Filter Database Window; At the Token Ring Special Filter Database window,
  • Page 98 – Figure 4-14. Token Ring Special Filter Database Window; Special Filter Database Window Fields; File; A Þlled-in circle indicates the Þlter is enabled.; Destination Address
  • Page 99 – Data Type; Defining and Editing Filters in the Special Database; When the bridge uses the Special Database, it starts with the
  • Page 100 – Cancel
  • Page 101 – to save the changes you have made and exit the Special; Database Filter window.; Changing the Receive Ports; To designate a receive port, click on the receive port icon (; Setting the Port Filtering Action
  • Page 102 – Clearing the Port Filtering Action; In order to clear the port Þltering action, use the following steps.; Enabling and Disabling a Filter; To determine if a Þlter is enabled, check the; Enable; Saving a Set of Filters to a File; To save a set of Þlters:
  • Page 103 – In the File name field, specify the file to open by path and name, or; Source Route Configuration; To access the Source Route ConÞguration window
  • Page 104 – Information on Source Routing; All Routes Explorer; , so that all possible routes to the destination are; Spanning Tree Explorer
  • Page 105 – The Source Route Configuration Window; Source Route Configuration Fields
  • Page 106 – Subnet Mask
  • Page 107 – Making and Setting Changes
  • Page 108 – Spanning Tree Mode
  • Page 109 – to accept the changes, or; to return; Click to display the Device menu.
  • Page 110 – The Port Source Addresses Window; To open the Source Addresses window; Drag down to select Source Addressing.... The following window,
  • Page 111 – Setting the Aging Time; To alter the Aging Time for Dynamic and Learned entries:; ) next to the Device Aging Time field. The Device
  • Page 112 – Duplex Modes; Full Duplex should
  • Page 113 – The Duplex Modes Window; To access the Duplex Modes window; Drag down to select Duplex Modes.... The Duplex Modes window,
  • Page 114 – Full Duplex; To turn the full duplex mode ON or OFF:; Click on Cancel to close the window.
  • Page 115 – Ethernet Port Configuration Window; To access the Port ConÞguration window:; Standard Mode
  • Page 116 – Apply; . To cancel the action without applying any changes, click on; Fast Ethernet Port Configuration; To access the Fast Ethernet ConÞguration window
  • Page 117 – Port Type
  • Page 118 – Desired Operational Mode; See; Setting the Desired Operational Mode for the FE-100TX; Setting the
  • Page 119 – If you want to manually conÞgure the mode:; Setting the Desired Operational Mode for the FE-100FX
  • Page 120 – SONET Port Configuration; SONET/SDH Configuration
  • Page 121 – SONET
  • Page 122 – SONET/SDH Statistics Window; Path Overhead; indicate that a network element has been unable to perform its
  • Page 123 – Medium layer
  • Page 124 – defects or failures during the current 15-minute interval.
  • Page 125 – Loss of Pointer; occurs when either a valid pointer is not detected; failure; is declared when a defect condition persists for a period; Loss of Signal; defect
  • Page 126 – Loss of Frame; occurs when this OOF/SEF defect persists for a; is declared when an LOF defect persists for a period of 2 to 3; a second during which at least one or more incoming defects
  • Page 127 – Severely Errored Seconds; X is; Severely Errored Framing Seconds
  • Page 128 – Configuring Broadcast Suppression; To access the Broadcast Suppression window:
  • Page 129 – Token Ring Bridge Mode; To access the Token Ring Bridge Mode window
  • Page 130 – Defining the Bridge Modes; Transparent; window) will be appended to the RIF for frames transmitted on; Source Route Transparent; Setting The Token Ring Bridge Mode
  • Page 131 – Using the Physical View Windows; ETWMIM Ethernet Port Physical View; To use the Physical View option
  • Page 132 – Epim Type; ETWMIM Token Ring Port Physical View
  • Page 133 – Figure 4-28. Token Ring Port Physical View; Token Ring Physical Status Fields; Close; . If you successfully
  • Page 134 – FNB State
  • Page 135 – Using the Interface Configuration Window; To access the Interface ConÞguration window
  • Page 136 – Defining the Bridge Method
  • Page 137 – Setting the Bridge Method; Click on Set to apply the desired mode.; Defining the Protocol Transmission; IPX
  • Page 138 – Using the Bridge and Port Configuration Windows; The Bridge ConÞguration
  • Page 140 – Bridge Number
  • Page 141 – Port Mode; To set the Ring Number in the Port ConÞguration window:
  • Page 142 – Configuring SmartTrunking
  • Page 143 – Figure 4-32. The SmartTrunk ConÞguration and Status Window; Port; Displays the name assigned to each listed port.
  • Page 144 – Mode; selected choice will be enabled.; Enable and
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