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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Notice; Virus Disclaimer; Copyright
  • Page 4 – ii; Restricted Rights Notice; (Applicable to licenses to the United States Government only.)
  • Page 5 – iii
  • Page 6 – iv; Contents; Chapter 1
  • Page 7 – Chapter 3
  • Page 8 – Chapter 4
  • Page 10 – Introduction
  • Page 11 – The SmartSwitch 6000 and Matrix E7 modules include:
  • Page 12 – for information on configuring an HSIM-W87.; The Device View
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  • Page 20 – Chapter 2; To access the Device View, use one of the following options:; or
  • Page 21 – Figure 2-1. The Management Selection Window; Viewing Device Information; ) provides a graphic representation of the SmartSwitch 6000
  • Page 22 – information
  • Page 23 – General Device Information; IP
  • Page 24 – Setting the Device Date and Time
  • Page 26 – Menu Structure
  • Page 27 – • The FDDI Statistics option will
  • Page 30 – , for information on these
  • Page 31 – , for information on these menu selections.; The Utilities Menu; The Utilities menu provides the following selections; The Help Menu; The Help Menu has the following three selections:; The Module Menu
  • Page 32 – Each port menu offers the following selections:; Description displays a text description of the selected port. See
  • Page 33 – Port Status Displays; Selecting a Port Status View; To change the status view of your ports:
  • Page 34 – You can view four port status categories, as follows:; Admin — ON or OFF; ON if the port is enabled by management.
  • Page 35 – ON if the port is currently forwarding packets.; Load
  • Page 36 – ON if the port is enabled and has a valid link.; If you have selected the Admin status mode, a port is considered:; ON if the port is enabled.
  • Page 39 – The Chassis Backplane View; The Chassis Backplane View,; Click on BackPlane Config. The Chassis Backplane View,
  • Page 40 – Enabling or Disabling a Backplane Interface; . For details on the remaining menu options, refer; The Port Menus
  • Page 41 – The interface has malfunctioned.; Backplane View Interface Display Form; The following status conditions are supported:
  • Page 42 – The interface is in some test operational state.; You can enable or disable a backplane interface as follows:; The Chassis Manager Window; The Chassis Manager window,
  • Page 43 – To view the Chassis Manager window:; Click on MIBs Supported.; The Module Information Window; The Module Information window (
  • Page 44 – Figure 2-6. The Module Information Window; Firmware Version; The base MAC address (in Ethernet format) assigned to the module.; SMB 1 Prom Version; Viewing Hardware Types
  • Page 45 – To view a Module type:; Interface Description
  • Page 46 – Figure 2-9. Sample Interface Description Windows; Viewing I/F Summary Information; From the Device View, click on the Device option from the menu bar.
  • Page 47 – The index value assigned to each interface on the device.; Type
  • Page 49 – , for a complete description of each parameter.; Viewing Interface Detail; The Interface Statistics window (
  • Page 50 – Displays the MAC (physical) address of the selected interface.
  • Page 51 – 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; Using the Device Find Source Address Option
  • Page 52 – To open the Device Find Source Address window:; Click on Device in the Device View menu bar.; Figure 2-12. Device Find Source Address Window; Component
  • Page 53 – To use the Device Find Source Address window:; Using Device Find Source Address on Ethernet MicroLAN Modules
  • Page 54 – Figure 2-13. Device Find Source Address Window
  • Page 55 – the number of interfaces through which the given MAC address is; Managing the Module; Configuring Ports
  • Page 56 – To access the Port Configuration window:; Click on Configuration. The Port Configuration window,; Figure 2-14. The Port Configuration Window
  • Page 57 – Use the options in this window to select the desired mode:; Standard Mode; Configuring Fast Ethernet Ports on First Generation
  • Page 58 – To access the Fast Ethernet Configuration Window:; Click on Configuration. The Fast Ethernet Configuration window,
  • Page 59 – Figure 2-15. The Fast Ethernet Port Configuration Window; Configuring Standard Ethernet and FDDI Ports
  • Page 60 – See; Setting the Desired Operational Mode
  • Page 61 – 00Base-TX Full Duplex; Auto-Negotiation is not currently supported for 100Base-FX ports.
  • Page 62 – To set your desired operational mode:
  • Page 63 – To access the Ethernet Configuration Window:; Click on Configuration. The Ethernet Configuration window,
  • Page 64 – Figure 2-16. The Ethernet Configuration Window; Port Type
  • Page 65 – The following operational modes can be specified:; Speed
  • Page 66 – This field specifies Half Duplex or Full Duplex mode for the port.; Flow Control; The port is able to both receive and transmit pause control frames.; Disabled; Disables flow control on the port.; Auto Negotiate
  • Page 67 – Click on the Apply button to save your changes.
  • Page 68 – This column lists possible operational modes.; Setting Advertised Abilities for Auto Negotiation; To advertise an operational mode:; Configuring the COM Port; You can use the COM Port Configuration window (
  • Page 69 – Use this field to administratively enable or disable the COM port.; COM Port Function; LM; Speed Selection
  • Page 70 – To change the configuration of the selected COM port:; Using an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS); SmartSwitch 6000 or Matrix E7 at the UPS window.; Accessing the UPS Window; The line voltage and battery output
  • Page 71 – , for instructions for setting the; UPS Uptime
  • Page 73 – To activate the test:; Using the Disconnect Option; Redirecting Traffic; The Port Redirect window (
  • Page 75 – Priority Configuration
  • Page 76 – The module and port at which the frame was received.
  • Page 77 – You can use the Port Priority Configuration window,; Click on Device to access the Device menu.
  • Page 78 – To assign a transmit priority to a port:; IfIndex; You can use the MAC Based Priority Configuration window,
  • Page 79 – Figure 2-21. The MAC Based Priority Configuration Window
  • Page 80 – To assign a transmit priority based on MAC-layer information:; Click on the Add button. The entry fields will be activated.
  • Page 81 – To clear a priority entry from the ctPriorityExtMACTable:; Configuring Priority Queuing Based on Packet Type; You can use the Frame Priority Configuration window,
  • Page 82 – Figure 2-22. Frame Priority Configuration Window
  • Page 83 – To clear a priority entry from the ctPriorityExtPktTypeTable:; Broadcast Suppression; To access the Broadcast Statistics and Suppression window:
  • Page 84 – Figure 2-23. The Broadcast Statistics and Suppression Window; Total RX
  • Page 85 – To reset the Peak Rate and Time Since Peak values:; Threshold; To change the Receive Broadcast Threshold:; The System Resources Window
  • Page 86 – To display the System Resources window:; Click on System Resources. The System Resources window,
  • Page 88 – To reset peak switch utilization:; CPU Management Reservation:; To configure the CPU Management Reservation:
  • Page 91 – Configuring Your 802.1Q VLANS
  • Page 92 – ) and the VLAN Egress Port; Setting VLAN Parameters and Operational Modes
  • Page 93 – will result in the creation of a new VLAN with the same VLAN name.; Enabling and Disabling VLANs
  • Page 94 – To enable or disable VLANs:; Select the desired VLAN entry in the Configured VLANS list box.; for details on ingress; Performing Ingress List Configuration
  • Page 96 – For more information on 802.1Q port operational modes, see; Discard; , for details on performing this operation.; Port Operational Mode; To assign a port on your 802.1Q switch to any of your defined VLANs:; Setting Port Operational Modes
  • Page 97 – for details
  • Page 98 – Figure 2-27. The VLAN Egress Port Config Window; Selected VLAN
  • Page 99 – Unique identifier for the VLAN.; Name; Name assigned to the VLAN.; Port Egress Information; Sequence number identifying the port.; Current; To build egress lists for your 802.1Q switch:; To set the egress type for one port; In the Port Egress Information list,
  • Page 100 – VLAN and Priority Configuration; Configuring Bridge and Bridge Port Capability
  • Page 101 – Figure 2-28. The Bridge Extension Configuration Window; Extended Multicast Filtering Service
  • Page 102 – Displays the number that identifies the port.
  • Page 104 – Displays the name (up to 32 characters) assigned to the VLAN.
  • Page 105 – Select the desired VLAN entry in the Configured VLANs table.
  • Page 106 – The window displays the following information:; Port
  • Page 107 – To assign a port to any configured VLAN:; Setting a Port’s Egress State; To set a port’s egress state:
  • Page 109 – Port VLAN ID
  • Page 111 – Setting a Port’s Acceptable Frame Types; To set a port’s Acceptable Frame Types:; Configuring Ingress Filtering; To configure Ingress Filtering on a port:
  • Page 112 – Select the desired port in the table:; Updating VLAN Port Configuration Information
  • Page 113 – Figure 2-32. The VLAN Egress Port Config Window; VLAN ID; The unique identifier for the VLAN.; VLAN Name; The name assigned to the VLAN.
  • Page 114 – Tagging
  • Page 115 – To launch the window:
  • Page 116 – To set default user priority on a port:; Click the Apply button.
  • Page 117 – Figure 2-34. The Bridge Extension Port Traffic Class Window; Priority
  • Page 118 – To map a port priority to a traffic class:; Matrix E5 modules do not currently support GARP.
  • Page 119 – Figure 2-35. The Bridge Extension Port GARP Times Window; Join Time
  • Page 120 – To configure port GARP times:; Click the Apply button to set the changes.; Matrix E5 modules do not currently support GMRP.
  • Page 121 – Figure 2-36. The Bridge Extension Port GMRP Window; Status
  • Page 122 – To enable or disable GMRP on each port:; To edit the device time:
  • Page 123 – To edit the device date:; Enabling and Disabling Ports; To enable or disable bridging for an individual interface:
  • Page 124 – Click on the appropriate port display box to display the port menu.; Click on the module index of interest to display the Module menu.
  • Page 126 – Statistics; Each port menu in the Device View window; provides two statistics selections: Statistics; Accessing the Statistics Windows
  • Page 127 – RMON Statistics; The RMON Ethernet Statistics window (
  • Page 128 – Ethernet statistics are:; Bytes; Multicast
  • Page 129 – Fragments
  • Page 130 – Viewing Total, Delta, and Accumulated Statistics; not; clear device
  • Page 131 – Printing Statistics
  • Page 132 – Interface Statistics; To access the interface’s I/F Statistics window:
  • Page 134 – Making Sense of Interface Statistics
  • Page 136 – Alarm Configuration; About RMON Alarms and Events
  • Page 137 – Basic Alarm Configuration; and the Note which follows it for more information on; Advanced
  • Page 138 – Accessing the Basic Alarm Configuration Window; To access the RMON Basic Alarm Configuration window:; Viewing Alarm Status; The available alarm variables are:
  • Page 139 – Figure 4-1. Basic Alarm Configuration Window; Port Number
  • Page 140 – and; Falling Threshold; . You can set any interval
  • Page 141 – Creating and Editing a Basic Alarm; Disabling a Basic Alarm; To configure an alarm:; all; selected interfaces.; How Rising and Falling Thresholds Work
  • Page 142 – been assigned the same community string, or which
  • Page 144 – . (Note that selecting more than one interface —
  • Page 145 – Index; How Rising and
  • Page 146 – Advanced Alarm Configuration; Accessing the RMON Advanced Alarm/Event List; To access the RMON Advanced Alarm/Event List window:
  • Page 149 – Creating and Editing an Advanced Alarm
  • Page 151 – Element Manager Tools Guide
  • Page 152 – numbers often mirror; interface; numbers however, if there are multiple
  • Page 153 – Tools Guide; If you have selected an object which is; part of a table, you must assign an
  • Page 155 – For more information on how events are triggered, see
  • Page 156 – Creating and Editing an Event; To configure an event:; Adding
  • Page 158 – (and for which traps; been assigned the same community string, or which have been; Viewing an Advanced Alarm Event Log
  • Page 160 – To add an action or actions to an event:
  • Page 161 – ) to query it all available instances for the
  • Page 163 – illustrates such a configuration.
  • Page 164 – Chapter 5; Repeater Statistics
  • Page 165 – The Statistics Windows
  • Page 166 – Figure 5-1. The Repeater Statistics Window; Click on the appropriate Module Index to display the Module menu.; To access the port-level Statistics window:; Click on the appropriate Port to display the port menu.
  • Page 167 – OOW Collisions
  • Page 168 – To choose Total or Delta:
  • Page 169 – Timer Statistics; Accessing the Timer Statistics Windows; To open the repeater-level Timer Statistics window:; Select Timer Statistics. The Repeater Timer Statistics window,
  • Page 170 – Figure 5-2. The Repeater Timer Statistics Window; To access the port-level Timer Statistics window:; , except that they display statistics applicable to the board
  • Page 171 – To set the Timer Statistics time interval:; Repeater Performance Graphs
  • Page 172 – To access the repeater-level Performance Graph window:; Select Performance Graph. The Performance Graph window,; Figure 5-4. The Repeater Performance Graph Window
  • Page 173 – To access the port-level Performance Graph windows:
  • Page 175 – To configure the Performance Graphs:; The Detail Button; pie charts and statistics for both frame status and error type.
  • Page 176 – Using Port Locking and Unlocking; For older firmware versions:
  • Page 177 – For newer firmware versions:; Viewing Lock Status Information; On devices running older firmware versions,; Locking and Unlocking
  • Page 178 – features are
  • Page 179 – To lock or unlock all ports on a selected repeater channel:
  • Page 180 – functionality. However the Ethernet; To lock or unlock an individual port:; Select Port Security.; Alarm Limits
  • Page 181 – Accessing the Alarm Limits Windows; Select Alarm Limits. The Repeater Alarm Limits window,; Figure 5-6. The Repeater Alarm Limits Window
  • Page 182 – To access the board-level Alarm Limits window:; Figure 5-7. The Board Alarm Limits Window; Click once on the appropriate Port to display the port menu.
  • Page 183 – The Alarm Limits window displays the following fields:; Collisions
  • Page 185 – Configuring Alarms; Number of collisions per good packet; Setting the Alarm Limits Time Interval; Click on the clock symbol; next to the within: text box in any one of the
  • Page 186 – Setting Alarm Limits; Repeat steps 1-4 for each type of alarm you wish to configure.
  • Page 187 – Trap Selection; Accessing the Trap Selection Windows; Select Trap Selection. The Repeater Trap Selection window,
  • Page 188 – Figure 5-10. Repeater Trap Selection Window; To access the port-level Trap Selection window:; Click on the appropriate Port index to display the Port menu.; , and serves the same function (since, for the Ethernet MicroLAN
  • Page 189 – Trap Definitions; You can enable or disable the following kinds of traps:; Link State Traps
  • Page 190 – Configuring Traps
  • Page 191 – To enable or disable the above-described traps:; A checked box indicates that the corresponding trap is enabled; be
  • Page 192 – Chapter 6; FDDI Management; Viewing FDDI Information; Configuration; — This window displays the current configuration and status of the
  • Page 193 – — This window shows the types of connections between the four; Station List; — This window lets you view the number of frames transmitted and; FDDI Statistics; for each SMT entity present on the device.; In the Device View window, click on FDDI.; Select the desired window.; Select FDDI Statistics.
  • Page 194 – MAC State
  • Page 195 – Directed; SMT Version
  • Page 196 – A Claim Frame with the lowest TTRT bid has precedence.; Concentrator M Ports
  • Page 197 – Connection Policy; The Connection Policy window,
  • Page 198 – The following table summarizes the FDDI connection rules:
  • Page 200 – Number of Nodes
  • Page 201 – Information provided in the Stations Panel includes:; MAC Address; Displays the type of ring device. Possible values are:; Topology; Indicates the node’s MAC configuration topology.; Upstream Neighbor
  • Page 202 – Performance; The Concentrator Performance window,
  • Page 203 – Available statistics are:; Transmit Frames; To access the FDDI Statistics window:; Select FDDI Statistics. The FDDI Statistics window (
  • Page 205 – To set the FDDI Statistics poll rate:; Configuring FDDI Frame Translation Settings; To access the FDDI Translation window (; In the Device View window, click on FDDI to display the FDDI menu.
  • Page 206 – Information about Ethernet and FDDI Frame Types
  • Page 207 – Ethernet II is the Novell
  • Page 208 – There are two legal FDDI data frame types:; FDDI SNAP
  • Page 209 – FDDI Frame Translation Options; To set frame translation parameters:; IP Fragmentation
  • Page 212 – Chapter 7; ATM Configuration; Accessing the ATM Connections Window; To access the ATM Connections window from the Device View:; Select ATM Connections. The Current ATM Connections window,
  • Page 213 – Figure 7-1. The Current ATM Connections Window; Connection Data; Maximum Connections
  • Page 215 – Configuring Connections; Adding a New Connection; for each VPI; Deleting a Connection; To delete an existing PVC:
  • Page 218 – Chapter 8; HSIM-W87 Configuration; The T3 Configuration Window
  • Page 220 – To change an option in the T3 Config window:; Click the Apply button to set your changes.; The T1 Configuration Window; Click on the appropriate Module Index to access the Module menu.
  • Page 221 – The following information is displayed for each T1 connection:; T1 Line Number
  • Page 223 – Configuring IP Priority; Select IP Priority Config. The IP Priority Config window,; Figure 8-3. The IP Priority Config Window; Max Entries
  • Page 224 – To configure IP Priority addresses:
  • Page 226 – Symbols; Broadcast Suppression 2-64
  • Page 227 – Egress List
  • Page 228 – how rising and falling (RMON) thresholds
  • Page 229 – creating MAC based priority entries 2-60
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