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3 Contents Contents 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 11 Highlights ............................................................................................................................
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9 Contents Intel® NetStructure™ Compute Boards & Platform ProductsLimited Warranty136 B Serial Cable ................................................................................................................................ 139 B.1 Pin Assignments .............................................
Page 11 - Introduction; Highlights; Layer 2 Switching Functions
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 11 Introduction 1 The Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch is a high performance managed switch that supports both Layer 2 and Layer 3 features. For fast connection speeds and flexibility, it has 24 10/100 Mbps Fast Eth...
Page 12 - Layer 3 Switching Functions; Additional Features; Front Panel Features
12 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Introduction • Per device packet buffer: 512 KB • 8.8 Gbps switching fabric capacity • Store and forward switching mode • 8 KB for MAC address caching • Broadcast and multicast storm control • Port mirroring • IEEE 802.3ad link agg...
Page 13 - Management Functions; Specifications; Electrical
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 13 Introduction Management Functions • RS-232 port for out-of-band management and system diagnostics • Telnet remote control console • Web-based management console • SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c Agent • Supported MIBs — MIB-II — Bridge MIB — ...
Page 14 - Mechanical; Product Information and Sales Support
14 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Introduction Mechanical • Measures 9.2" x 6.3" (233.35 mm x 160 mm) • Width: 0.8" (1 slot - 4HP) • Connector: IEC-1076-4-101 (J1-J5) Environmental • Operating Temperature (requires 200 LFM airflow): 0 to 50 C • Storage ...
Page 15 - Installation and Initial Setup; Installing the Board; Power on
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 15 Installation and Initial Setup 2 This chapter provides installation and initial setup information for the switch. Installing the Board These instructions explain the mechanical aspects of installing a ZT 8101 board. The board shoul...
Page 16 - Uninstalling the Board; Identifying External Components
16 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Installation and Initial Setup • All LED indicators will momentarily blink, which represents a reset of the system. • The board status LED indicator will blink while the switch loads onboard software and performs a self-test. After...
Page 17 - Status LEDs; Figure 2. Front Panel
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 17 Installation and Initial Setup Status LEDs The two LEDs at the bottom of the font panel are status LEDs. The top LED indicates the overall status of the board and the bottom LED indicates the hot swap status of the board. Figure 2....
Page 18 - Health Status LED; Port LEDs; Link / Activity LED Mode
18 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Installation and Initial Setup Health Status LED Hot Swap LED Port LEDs The LED array on the front panel displays information about all the Ethernet links on the board. A green/amber two-color LED is used for each of the 26 Etherne...
Page 19 - Link / Speed LED Mode; Getting Started with Management; Accessing the Local Console
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 19 Installation and Initial Setup Link / Speed LED Mode Getting Started with Management The switch contains the following components: • A CPU • Memory for data storage • Flash memory for configuration data, operational programs, and S...
Page 20 - To log in to the switch the first time; press Enter. There is no initial username.; Setting the IP Address; To configure the IP address; From the Main Menu, select Basic Network Setup and press Enter.
20 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Installation and Initial Setup The serial port on the front panel uses Cisco* cable kit (Order Number: ACS-DSBUASYN). This kit includes a DB-25 terminal adapter, a DB-9 terminal adapter, and RJ-45 rollover cable. To build this cabl...
Page 21 - Press Escape to return to the Main Menu.; Upgrading Firmware through Zmodem; To upgrade the firmware using Zmodem
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 21 Installation and Initial Setup 2. To configure the IP address, use the Arrow keys or the Tab key to modify the settings in the New Switch IP Settings column. 3. To configure a name and contact information for the switch, enter info...
Page 23 - Managing the Switch
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 23 Switch Management and Operating Concepts 3 This chapter describes many of the concepts you need to understand to configure and manage the switch. It also describes many of the features available for managing the switch. The instruc...
Page 24 - Switch IP and MAC Addresses; Flow Control
24 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts • Reset to factory defaults—The switch includes an option that allows you to reset the configuration to the factory defaults. You can select to reset the IP address or save your configured I...
Page 25 - Port Security and MAC Address Learning; SNMP
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 25 Switch Management and Operating Concepts • Back pressure—The switch fakes a collision and then transmits a jam sequence to ensure all stations are notified of the “collision.” This causes the sending ports to trigger their back-off...
Page 26 - DNS Relay
26 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts BOOTP/DHCP Relay BOOTP and DHCP allow stations to obtain boot and TCP/IP information dynamically. The relay agent allows them to obtain this information when the BOOTP/DHCP server is not on ...
Page 27 - MAC Address Aging Time
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 27 Switch Management and Operating Concepts You can configure forwarding rules for the following: • MAC address aging • MAC address forwarding • IP address to a specified gateway • IP address to a specified MAC address MAC Address Agi...
Page 28 - Traffic Control; IP Forwarding; ARP Table; Router Ports
28 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts Traffic Control You can also set thresholds for the amount of traffic a port can handle before triggering flow control. The flow control threshold sets the limit for the maximum amount of me...
Page 29 - Priority
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 29 Switch Management and Operating Concepts Priority The ZT 8101 switch allows you to assign specific levels of priority to traffic traversing the switch. Setting priority allows you to protect bandwidth for important nodes on your ne...
Page 30 - Filtering; MAC Address Filtering
30 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts — Destination only — Source or Destination • Physical port— Set Priority level for all ingress frames on a physical port • 802.1p—802.1p priority bits are part of an IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagged ...
Page 31 - Port Mirroring; Spanning Tree Protocol; STP Levels and Parameters
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 31 Switch Management and Operating Concepts The table can contain 32 entries, and two table entries are needed to configure a bi-directional filter. Port Mirroring Port mirroring allows the traffic on a particular port to be monitored...
Page 32 - STP Parameters for the Switch Level
32 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts • On the switch level, STP calculates the Bridge Identifier for each switch and then sets the Root Bridge and the Designated Bridges. • On the port level, STP sets the Root Port and the Desi...
Page 33 - STP Parameters for the Port Level; Link Aggregation
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 33 Switch Management and Operating Concepts STP Parameters for the Port Level The following are the user-configurable STP parameters for the port or port group level. Link Aggregation The switch supports IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation ...
Page 35 - VLANs; Static VLAN—This VLAN is manually configured on the switch.
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 35 Switch Management and Operating Concepts VLANs VLANs allow you to group some physical ports as if they were on the same LAN. VLANs can be created either statically or dynamically: • Static VLAN—This VLAN is manually configured on t...
Page 36 - GVRP
36 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts The complexity of the VLAN configuration is hidden. The switch applies the following rules when it creates the VLAN: • Tagged frames are discarded. With port-based VLANs, frames are assumed ...
Page 37 - Ingress Checking; Broadcast Storm Control and VLANs
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 37 Switch Management and Operating Concepts Ingress Checking An ingress port is a port on a switch where packets are flowing into the switch and VLAN forwarding decisions must be made. Packets are forwarded according to the following ...
Page 38 - IP Path MTU Discovery; System IP Interface
38 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts Even though a switch inspects a packet's IP address to determine VLAN membership, no route calculation is performed, the RIP protocol is not employed, and packets traversing the switch are b...
Page 39 - Additional IP Interfaces
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 39 Switch Management and Operating Concepts Additional IP Interfaces To add an IP interface to the switch, you must first configure a VLAN and then associate an IP address (subnet mask and gateway) with the VLAN. These user-defined IP...
Page 40 - Multicasting; GMRP
40 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts Multicasting Multicasting is a group of protocols and tools that enable a single source point to send packets to groups of multiple destination points with persistent connections that last f...
Page 41 - Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP); Non-Querier—Prevents the VLAN from becoming a querier.
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 41 Switch Management and Operating Concepts It provides a mechanism that allows bridges and end-stations to dynamically register (and subsequently, de-register) group membership information with the MAC bridge attached to the same LAN...
Page 42 - IGMP Snooping; Routing Protocols
42 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts • The second query packet will be sent after the Startup Querier Interval, which is one fourth of the Query Interval. By default, this is 31 seconds. • The next query packets will be sent pe...
Page 43 - RIP; Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 43 Switch Management and Operating Concepts RIP The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector protocol that uses hop count as its criteria for making routing decisions. The ZT 8101 switch supports both RIP v1 and RIP v2....
Page 45 - Using the Telnet Console; Before You Start; General Deployment Strategy
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 45 Using the Telnet Console 4 Your ZT 8101 switch supports a console management interface that allows you to set up and control your switch, either with an ordinary terminal (or terminal emulator) or over a TCP/IP network using a Teln...
Page 46 - VLAN Layout
46 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console network device, and can be used to intelligently allocate bandwidth to time-critical applications such as the integration of voice, video, and data on the network. • Develop a redundancy scheme— Planning re...
Page 47 - Getting Started; Console Usage Conventions; Connecting to the Switch
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 47 Using the Telnet Console Getting Started This section describes the conventions (function keys and entry fields) and explains how to log in to the switch for the first time. Console Usage Conventions You can use the following funct...
Page 48 - Main Menu
48 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console • 9,600 baud • 8 data bits • No parity • One stop bit • No flow control See chapter 2 for instructions on logging in using this serial connection. You can also access the same interface with a Telnet applic...
Page 49 - Basic Setup
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 49 Using the Telnet Console • Basic Setup — Switch Information—Display information about the switch’s hardware and firmware. — Basic Switch Setup—Configure the switch’s IP address. — Serial Port Settings—Configure the switch’s serial ...
Page 50 - Creating User Accounts; To create a new user account
50 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console — Priority Settings—Configure switch traffic priority based on MAC address, IP address, or Port. — Mirroring Configurations—Configure a source port to send a copy of its data to a target port for monitoring...
Page 51 - Admin and User Privileges; To log in once you have created a registered user; Type in your password and press Enter.; Saving Changes
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 51 Using the Telnet Console Note: Remember that APPLY makes changes to the switch configuration for the current session only. All changes (including user additions or updates) must be entered into non-volatile RAM using the Save Chang...
Page 52 - To save changes to NV-RAM; Reboot; Highlight one of these options and press Enter.; Basic Settings
52 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console To save changes to NV-RAM 1. To retain any configuration changes permanently, from the Main Menu select Save Changes and press Enter. 2. Answer Yes to the confirmation prompt. Reboot 1. From the Main Menu, ...
Page 53 - Switch Information
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 53 Using the Telnet Console Switch Information The Switch Information screen displays descriptive information about the switch. From the Main Menu, select Switch Information. This screen contains the following information. Basic Switc...
Page 54 - Get IP From Description
54 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 3. To configure a name and contact information for the switch, enter information in these fields. 4. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. Get IP From Description The switch uses the Get IP From setting to deter...
Page 55 - Network Management Setup; To configure SNMP; To configure trap recipients; Recipients Setup and press Enter.
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 55 Using the Telnet Console Network Management Setup You use the Network Management screens to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The switch includes an on-board SNMP agent that monitors t...
Page 56 - To configure the access list; Serial Port Settings; From the Main Menu, select Serial Port Settings and press Enter.; Port Configurations; From the Main Menu, select Port Configurations and press Enter.
56 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. To configure the access list You can specify the IP addresses of up to three management stations that will be allowed access to the management agent of the switch. If you...
Page 57 - Switch Utilities
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 57 Using the Telnet Console 3. In the Configure Port field enter the port number or a range of ports. To configure a single port, enter that port number in both the To and From field. 4. Use the spacebar to toggle these fields to the ...
Page 58 - To update firmware; To download a configuration file; To start the download, highlight DOWNLOAD and press Enter.; To upload a configuration file; Enter; To upload a history log file
58 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console To update firmware The switch can hold only one image of the firmware. The switch is rebooted after new firmware is downloaded. If you have any current settings that you have not saved to non-volatile RAM, ...
Page 59 - To test connectivity with ping
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 59 Using the Telnet Console 3. In the Path\Filename field, enter the path on the TFTP server and the filename. 4. Highlight SAVE SETTINGS and press Enter. This saves the information so that the next time you access this screen, you wo...
Page 60 - Configuration; To configure DNS Relay services
60 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 2. Configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. 4. If you enabled BOOTP/DHCP Relay, highlight BOOTP/DHCP Relay Interface Configuration and press Enter. 5. Toggle the Action field to Add and c...
Page 61 - Network Monitoring; Port Statistics; To view port utilization
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 61 Using the Telnet Console 2. Configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. 4. If you enabled DNS Static Table Lookup, highlight Static Table Configuration and press Enter . 5. Toggle the Action field to Add and configu...
Page 62 - To view port error statistics
62 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console The Port Utilization screen displays these statistics. To view port error statistics 1. From the Main Menu, select Network Monitoring | Port Error Packets and press Enter. 2. In the Port field, enter the po...
Page 63 - To view an analysis of packet sizes and types; Address Tables; To view the MAC address table
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 63 Using the Telnet Console To view an analysis of packet sizes and types 1. From the Main Menu, select Network Monitoring | Port Packet Analysis and press Enter. 2. In the Port field, enter the port number to be analyzed. 3. Toggle t...
Page 64 - To view the IP address table; To view the routing table
64 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console The following information is displayed for each MAC address. 4. To clear all entries and force the switch to rebuild the table, highlight CLEAR ALL and press Enter . If you have selected to browse by port, ...
Page 65 - To view the ARP table; Status; To view GVRP status; FIND
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 65 Using the Telnet Console To view the ARP table 1. From the Main Menu, select Network Monitoring | ARP Table and press Enter. 2. Enter the IP interface name and the IP address, highlight FIND, and press Enter. The following informat...
Page 66 - To view the IGMP snooping status; information. Highlight FIND and press Enter.; To view the IP multicast forwarding table
66 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console The Router Port table contains the VLAN name, and under the port groupings (1 to 8, 9 to 16, 17 to 24, and 25 to 26), a port is assigned an “S” if the port is a static router port, a “D” if the port has bee...
Page 67 - To view the DVMRP routing table; To view the switch’s history log
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 67 Using the Telnet Console 3. Highlight FIND and press Enter. The IGMP Group table contains the following information. To view the DVMRP routing table You can search the DVMRP routing table with an IP address and subnet mask combinat...
Page 68 - Advanced Setup; Spanning Tree; To configure global STP switch settings
68 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console Advanced Setup Most of the following options can be configured independently of the other options. However, you must configure a VLAN before you can configure an IP interface for it. Spanning Tree The Spann...
Page 69 - To define the port members of an STP group
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 69 Using the Telnet Console 4. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. The following information is displayed about STP. To define the port members of an STP group The switch allows you to configure Spanning Tree Groups that consist of a gro...
Page 70 - Forwarding; To configure MAC address aging
70 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 2. Configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. The table displays this additional information about the port. Forwarding Forwarding reduces traffic congestion on the network because packets ...
Page 71 - To configure unicast MAC address forwarding; To configure multicast MAC address forwarding; Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify and configure these fields.
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 71 Using the Telnet Console Address is allowed to remain idle). The aging time can be set to any value between 300—1,000,000 seconds. The default is 300 seconds (5 minutes). 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. To configure unicast MAC...
Page 72 - To configure storm control; To configure advanced traffic control
72 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 4. To modify an entry, toggle the Action field to Add/Modify, enter the VLAN Name and MAC address, configure the ports, highlight APPLY, and press Enter. 5. To delete an entry, toggle the Action field to De...
Page 73 - To configure static IP routes; Toggle the Action field to Add and configure these fields.; To configure static ARP; IP Address Filtering; To specify an IP address for filtering
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 73 Using the Telnet Console To configure static IP routes 1. From the Main Menu, select Forwarding | Static/Default Routes and press Enter. 2. Toggle the Action field to Add and configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Ent...
Page 74 - Priority Settings; MAC Address Priority; Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify and configure these fields.
74 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 3. Configure these fields. 4. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. 5. To remove an entry, toggle the Action field to Delete, enter the IP address and the direction, highlight APPLY, and press Enter. Priority Se...
Page 75 - IP Priority; Priority based on Port
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 75 Using the Telnet Console 4. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. 5. To delete an entry, toggle the Action field to Delete, enter the MAC address, highlight APPLY, and press Enter. IP Priority You can specify an IP address so that packe...
Page 76 - User Priority Regeneration
76 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 1. From the Main Menu, select Priority Settings, and press Enter. 2. Select Priority Based on Port, and press Enter. 3. Select and configure these fields. 4. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. 5. To change an...
Page 77 - Mirroring Configurations; To configure a port for mirroring; To configure GMRP globally
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 77 Using the Telnet Console Mirroring Configurations Incoming or outgoing traffic from any source port can be mirrored for real-time analysis. A logic analyzer or a RMON probe can then be attached to study the traffic crossing the sou...
Page 78 - To configure VLANs supporting GMRP; To configure GVRP globally; From the Main Menu, select VLAN Configurations and press Enter.; To create or modify a port-based VLAN
78 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 2. Select Configure Port GMRP Settings, and press Enter. 3. Select and configure these fields: 4. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. 5. To change an entry, repeat steps 3-4. To configure VLANs supporting GMRP...
Page 79 - To create or modify an 802.1Q VLAN
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 79 Using the Telnet Console 2. Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify and configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. To create or modify an 802.1Q VLAN 1. From the Main Menu, select VLAN Configurations | Configure VLAN...
Page 80 - To configure the member ports of an 802.1Q VLAN; To configure a link aggregation group; From the Main Menu, select Link Aggregation and press Enter.
80 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 4. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. 5. To enter the change into non-volatile RAM, highlight Save Changes from the Main Menu and press Enter. To configure the member ports of an 802.1Q VLAN 1. From the Main ...
Page 81 - To configure link aggregation load sharing
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 81 Using the Telnet Console 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. The table displays the following additional information. To configure link aggregation load sharing 1. From the Main Menu, select Link Aggregation and press Enter. 2. Fro...
Page 82 - Layer 3 IP Networking; Setting Up IP Interfaces; To set up IP Interfaces on the switch; RIP Configuration
82 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console Layer 3 IP Networking This section describes how to configure: • IP Interfaces • RIP • Multicast routing protocols Setting Up IP Interfaces Each IP interface on the switch corresponds to a VLAN. A VLAN, whi...
Page 83 - To configure RIP; Multicast Global Configurations; To configure globally the multicast protocols; Configurations
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 83 Using the Telnet Console To configure RIP 1. From the Main Menu, select Layer 3 - IP Networking Setup | RIP Configurations and press Enter . 2. Using the space bar, toggle the RIP Status field to Enabled or Disabled. This function ...
Page 84 - IGMP Configuration; To configure IGMP snooping
84 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 2. Configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. Each protocol has a corresponding configuration screen. You access these screens from the Layer 3 - IP Networking Setup screen. IGMP Configurat...
Page 85 - Highlight APPLY and press Enter to make the changes.; To configure IGMP for an IP interface
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 85 Using the Telnet Console 2. Using the spacebar, toggle the Action field to either Add/Modify or Delete and configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter to make the changes. These conditions affect the fields on the IG...
Page 86 - DVMRP Interface Configuration; To configure DVMRP for an IP interface; PIM-DM Interface Configurations; To configure PIM-DM for an IP interface
86 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. Note: When IGMP is enabled on an interface, the switch IGMP snooping flag is set to Enabled and becomes a read-only parameter. DVMRP Interface Configuration The Distance ...
Page 87 - Static Router Port
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 87 Using the Telnet Console 2. Configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. Static Router Port A static router port allows UDP multicast and IGMP packets to be forwarded to a designated port regardless of VLAN configura...
Page 88 - To configure a static router port
88 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Telnet Console To configure a static router port 1. From the Main Menu, select Layer 3 - IP Networking Setup | Static Router Port Settings and press Enter. 2. Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify and configure these fiel...
Page 89 - Using the Web Console; Determine how to segment the network—
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 89 Using the Web Console 5 The ZT 8101 switch has an embedded Web server that allows you to manage the switch from anywhere on the network through a standard browser such as Netscape* Navigator or Microsoft* Internet Explorer. The Web...
Page 90 - Develop a policy scheme—; Develop a redundancy scheme—
90 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console • Develop a policy scheme— Some subnets will have a greater need for multicasting bandwidth, for example. A policy is a mechanism to alter the normal packet forwarding in a network device, and can be used to i...
Page 91 - Logging In; Configuration Options
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 91 Using the Web Console Getting Started The first step required to use the Web Console for the first time is to secure a browser such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. The second step is to configure the IP addres...
Page 92 - — Basic Switch Setup—Configure the switch’s IP address.
92 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console The left panel has these options: • Basic Setup — Switch Information—Display information about the switch’s hardware, firmware, and protocol configuration. — Basic Switch Setup—Configure the switch’s IP addres...
Page 94 - To retain any configuration changes permanently
94 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console Admin and User Privileges There are two levels of user privileges: Admin and User. Some menu selections available to users with Admin privileges are not be available to those with User privileges. The table su...
Page 95 - Restart; To reset the switch to factory default values
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 95 Using the Web Console Restart 1. To restart the switch, in the left panel click Reboot. 2. Click Yes to save the current switch configuration to non-volatile RAM (flash RAM), or No if you want to restart the switch using the last-s...
Page 99 - Network Management; To configure SNMP community strings
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 99 Using the Web Console Network Management You use the Network Management screens to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The switch includes an on-board SNMP agent which monitors the statu...
Page 100 - To configure management station IP addresses
100 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console To configure management station IP addresses You can specify the IP addresses of up to three management stations that will be allowed access to the management agent of the switch. If you enter IP addresses in...
Page 102 - BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent; To configure the BOOTP/DHCP relay agent
102 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console To test connectivity with ping 1. In the left panel, select Switch Utilities. 2. In the top panel under Others, click Ping Test. 3. Configure these fields. 4. To start the test, click Start. A window appears ...
Page 103 - To configure the static BOOTP relay setup
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 103 Using the Web Console 4. Click Apply. To configure the static BOOTP relay setup You must configure the BOOTP/DCHP relay agent so that it knows the servers’ IP addresses and subnet names (IP interface names). 1. In the left panel, ...
Page 104 - To configure DNS Relay
104 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console To configure DNS Relay 1. In the left panel, click Switch Utilities. 2. In the top panel under Others, click DNS Relay. 3. Configure these fields. 4. Click Apply. To configure the static DNS table The DNS tab...
Page 105 - In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Utilization.; In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Error Packets.
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 105 Using the Web Console Port Statistics To view port utilization 1. In the left panel, click Network Monitoring. 2. In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Utilization. 3. To change the refresh interval, select a value from th...
Page 106 - In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Packet Analysis.
106 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console To view an analysis of packet sizes and types 1. In the left panel, click Network Monitoring. 2. In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Packet Analysis. 3. In the Port field, select the port to view. 4...
Page 107 - — Search Table By VLAN—
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 107 Using the Web Console Address Tables To view the MAC address table 1. In the left panel, click Network Monitoring. 2. In the top panel under Tables, click MAC Address Table. 3. Select how you want to view the MAC addresses: — Sear...
Page 109 - To view GVRP Status; To view router ports
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 109 Using the Web Console Status To view GVRP Status 1. In the left panel, click Network Monitoring. 2. In the top panel under Status, click GVRP Status. The screen contains this information. If more than one IEEE 802.1Q VLAN has been...
Page 110 - In the top panel under Status, click IGMP Snooping Status.; To view the IGMP group table; In the top panel under Status, click IGMP Group Table
110 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console 2. In the top panel under Status, click IGMP Snooping Status. 3. In the VLAN Name field, enter the name of the VLAN to retrieve IGMP snooping information. 4. Click Find. The table displays this information. T...
Page 112 - To configure STP switch settings
112 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console Advanced Setup Most of the following options can be configured independently of the other options. However, you must configure a VLAN before you can configure an IP interface for it. Spanning Tree Protocol Th...
Page 116 - Select the port you want to configure and click Edit.
116 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console 3. Configure these following fields for each port group. 4. Click Apply. To configure advanced traffic control Advance traffic control sets the threshold for the amount of traffic a port can handle before tri...
Page 118 - To remove an entry, select the entry in the table and click Remove.; To set up a MAC address priority
118 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console 3. Click Apply. The entry is added to the table. 4. To remove an entry, select the entry in the table and click Remove. Priority Settings The ZT 8101 switch allows you to assign specific levels of priority to...
Page 119 - To remove an entry, select the entry in the table and click Delete.
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 119 Using the Web Console 4. Click Apply. 5. To remove an entry, select the entry in the table and click Delete. IP Priority You can specify an IP address so that packets with this address are given special handling, either a higher o...
Page 121 - VLAN Configurations
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 121 Using the Web Console Mirroring Configurations Incoming or outgoing traffic from any source port can be mirrored for realtime analysis. A logic analyzer or a RMON probe can then be attached to study the traffic crossing the source...
Page 122 - To configure a port-based VLAN
122 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console To configure a port-based VLAN Ports must be removed from another VLAN before they are available for assigning as static members of a port-based VLAN. 1. In the left panel, click VLAN Configurations. 2. In th...
Page 123 - To configure member ports of an 802.1Q VLAN; To configure GMRP globally:
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 123 Using the Web Console To configure member ports of an 802.1Q VLAN 1. In the left panel, click VLAN Configurations. 2. In the top panel, click IEEE 802.1Q Port Settings. 3. For each port, enable or disable the following: 4. Click A...
Page 124 - To configure a link aggregation group:
124 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console 3. Select and configure these fields: 4. Click Apply. 5. To change an entry, repeat steps 3-4. Link Aggregation Link aggregation allows several ports to be grouped together so that they can act as a single po...
Page 125 - Layer 3 - IP Networking
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 125 Using the Web Console To configure link aggregation load sharing 1. In the left panel, click Link Aggregation Settings. 2. In the top panel, click Load Sharing Algorithm . 3. Select a load sharing algorithm from the following: 4. ...
Page 126 - To set up IP interfaces on the switch; To globally enable or disable RIP; In the top panel under IP Interface Settings, click RIP Status.; To configure RIP interface settings; Select the interface you want to configure and click Edit.
126 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console To set up IP interfaces on the switch 1. In the left panel, click Layer 3 IP Networking. 2. In the top panel under IP Interface Settings, click IP Interface Settings. 3. Click New and configure these fields. ...
Page 128 - IGMP Configurations
128 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console IGMP Configurations The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) allows the switch to forward multicast traffic intelligently on the switch. The switch “snoops” the IRMP query and report messages and forward...
Page 129 - DVMRP Interface Configurations
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 129 Using the Web Console To configure IGMP for an IP interface 1. In the left panel, click Layer 3 IP Networking. 2. In the top panel under IP Multicast Routing Protocols, click IGMP Interface Configurations. 3. Select an interface a...
Page 130 - Static Router Port Settings
130 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Using the Web Console 5. Click Apply. PIM-DM Setup The Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM) protocol should be used in networks with a low delay (low latency) and high bandwidth because PIM-DM is optimized to guara...
Page 133 - Agency Approvals; CE Certification
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 133 Agency Approvals A CE Certification The ZT 8101 meets the intent of Directive 89/336/EEC for Electromagnetic Compatibility & Low-Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC for Product Safety. The ZT 8101 has been designed for NEBS/ETSI compl...
Page 134 - Regulatory Information; FCC—Federal Communications Commission (USA); Product Safety Information; Safety Precautions
134 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Agency Approvals Regulatory Information FCC—Federal Communications Commission (USA) This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits a...
Page 135 - Safety Information
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 135 Agency Approvals Safety Information AC and/or DC Power Safety Warning (AC and/or DC Powered Units) The AC and/or DC Power cord is your unit's main AC and/or DC disconnecting device, and must be easily accessible at all times. Auxi...
Page 136 - Rack Mount Enclosure Safety; Warranty Information
136 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Agency Approvals To reduce the possibility of electric shock from a telephone or Ethernet system, plug your enclosure into the power source before making these connects. Disconnect these connections before unplugging your enclosur...
Page 137 - For the Americas
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 137 Agency Approvals warrants the repaired or replaced product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of the greater of: (i) ninety (90) days from the return shipping date; or (ii) the period of time remainin...
Page 138 - For IJKK
138 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Agency Approvals For IJKK Return Material Authorization (RMA) requests e-mail address: [email protected] Telephone No.: 81-298-47-0993 or 81-298-47-5417 Fax No.: 81-298-47-4264 Direct Return Authorization (DRA) for repair ...
Page 139 - Serial Cable; Pin Assignments
Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual 139 Serial Cable B The serial port on the front panel of the ZT 8101 switch requires a serial cable to connect the switch to a terminal or a PC running terminal emulation software. This RJ-45 to DB-9 conversion cable is a standard Eth...
Page 140 - Building the Cable; Figure 5. Serial Cable Diagram
140 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Serial Cable B.2 Building the Cable The serial cable allows you to manage the switch from the serial port on the front panel. To build this cable, use a RJ-45 connector for the switch, a DB-9 connector for the terminal, and the fo...