Page 3 - Contents
ZT8101 User’s Manual 3 Contents Contents 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 9 Highlights ......................................................................................................
Page 8 - Revision History
8 ZT8101 User’s Manual Contents Link Aggregation .................................................................................................. 113 To configure a link aggregation group ................................................. 114 Layer 3 - IP Networking ...................................
Page 9 - Introduction; Highlights; Layer 2 Switching Functions
ZT8101 User’s Manual 9 Introduction 1 The ZT8101 board 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 Ethernet ports and 2 gigabit Ethernet ports in a 6U CompactPCI* form factor board. The i...
Page 10 - Layer 3 Switching Functions; Additional Features; Front Panel Features
10 ZT8101 User’s Manual Introduction • Per device packet buffer: 512 KB • 8.8 Gbps switching fabric capacity • Store and forward switching forwarding mode • 8 KB Layer 2 MAC address • Broadcast and multicast storm control • Port mirroring • Port aggregation • IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol • IEE...
Page 11 - Management Functions; Product Information and Sales Support
ZT8101 User’s Manual 11 Introduction Management Functions • RS-232 port for out-of-band management and system diagnostics • Telnet remote control console • Web-based management console • SNMP v1 Agent • Supported MIBs — MIB-II — Bridge MIB — RMON MIB (Statistics, History, Alarm, Event) — RIP MIB — C...
Page 13 - Installation and Initial Setup; Installing the Board; Injector/Ejector Operations; Open
ZT8101 User’s Manual 13 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 ZT8101board. The board should be installed in a PICMG* 2.16 compliant fabri...
Page 14 - Power on; Uninstalling the Board
14 ZT8101 User’s Manual Installation and Initial Setup Power on After the power switch is turned on, the LED indicators should respond as follows: • All LED indicators will momentarily blink, which represents a reset of the system. • The board status LED indicator will blink while the switch loads o...
Page 15 - Identifying External Components
ZT8101 User’s Manual 15 Installation and Initial Setup Identifying External Components This chapter describes the front panel and the LED indicators of the ZT-8101switch. The front panel consists of LED indicators, a management serial port, a toggle button, two 10/100 Ethernet ports, and two 100/100...
Page 16 - Status LEDs; Health Status LED; Port LEDs; Link / Activity LED Mode
16 ZT8101 User’s Manual 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. Health Status LED Hot Swap LED Port LEDs The LED array...
Page 17 - Link / Speed LED Mode; Getting Started with Management; Accessing the Local Console
ZT8101 User’s Manual 17 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 SNMP agent firmware. These components allow yo...
Page 18 - 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.
18 ZT8101 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 DB25 terminal adapter, a DB-9 terminal adapter, and RJ-45 rollover cable. A terminal (such as a VT-100) or a computer running a terminal e...
Page 19 - Press Escape to return to the Main Menu.; Upgrading Firmware through Zmodem; To upgrade the firmware using Zmodem
ZT8101 User’s Manual 19 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 information in the following fields. 4. Highlight...
Page 21 - Managing the Switch
ZT8101 User’s Manual 21 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 instructions for configuring the switch are in chapt...
Page 22 - Switch IP and MAC Addresses; Flow Control
22 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts • Switch diagnostics—The PROM loader automatically runs memory diagnostics each time the switch is booted. • Reset to factory defaults—The switch includes an option that allows you to reset the configuration to the factory defaults. Yo...
Page 23 - Port Security and MAC Address Learning; SNMP
ZT8101 User’s Manual 23 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 routines and reduces the amount of traffic o...
Page 24 - DNS Relay; MAC Address Aging Time
24 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts DNS Relay The Domain Name System (DNS) is used to map names to IP addresses. DNS relay enables the switch to act as a DNS cache or proxy. It forwards DNS requests to DNS servers only if it can’t resolve the name from its cache. If you ...
Page 25 - Storm Control; IP Forwarding; ARP Table
ZT8101 User’s Manual 25 Switch Management and Operating Concepts • For unicast packets, you specify the MAC address and then either select the port that they will be forwarded to or have them dropped (called “BlackHole”). • For multicast packets, you specify the MAC address and then select the ports...
Page 26 - Router Ports; Priority; Filtering
26 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts Router Ports Router ports allow multicast packets to be propagated throughout the network. Router ports can be either static or dynamic. Static router ports are special routes that you manually enter into the switch’s routing table. Us...
Page 27 - MAC Address Filtering; Port Mirroring
ZT8101 User’s Manual 27 Switch Management and Operating Concepts Each port on the switch is a unique collision domain, and the switch filters (discards) packets whose destination lies on the same port as where it originated. This keeps local packets from disrupting communications on other parts of t...
Page 28 - Spanning Tree Protocol; STP Levels and Parameters
28 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts • The target port cannot belong to a link aggregation group. • The target port should be operating at the same or higher speed than the source port. If the target port is operating at a lower speed than the source port, packets will be...
Page 29 - STP Parameters for the Switch Level; STP Parameters for the Port Level
ZT8101 User’s Manual 29 Switch Management and Operating Concepts STP Parameters for the Switch Level The following are the user-configurable STP parameters for the switch level. Use the following formulas when setting these parameters: • Max Age = 2 x (Forward Delay -1second) • Mag Age = 2 x (Hello ...
Page 30 - Link Aggregation
30 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts Link Aggregation Link aggregation allows several ports to be grouped so that they can act as a single port. This is done to either increase the bandwidth of a network connection or to ensure fault recovery. The group has the following ...
Page 31 - VLANs; Static VLAN—Ports are assigned to a specific VLAN.; Static Port-Based VLANs
ZT8101 User’s Manual 31 Switch Management and Operating Concepts • Load balancing is automatically applied to the links in the aggregation group, and a link failure within the group causes the network traffic to be directed to the remaining links in the group. • Switches that use a load-balancing sc...
Page 32 - GVRP
32 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts • Member ports 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 to be untagged, so that the VL...
Page 33 - Ingress Checking; Broadcast Storm Control and VLANs
ZT8101 User’s Manual 33 Switch Management and Operating Concepts A global flag controls the switch’s ability to participate in dynamically configured VLANs. If the GVRP flag is enabled, ports can dynamically register to be a member of a VLAN. If the flag is disabled, only statically configured ports...
Page 34 - IP Interfaces; System IP Interface
34 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts Layer 3-Based VLANs Layer 3-based VLANs use network-layer addresses (subnet address for TCP/IP) to determine VLAN membership. These VLANs are based on Layer 3 information, but this does not constitute a “routing” function. Note: The ZT...
Page 35 - Additional IP Interfaces
ZT8101 User’s Manual 35 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 interfaces differ from the System IP interfa...
Page 36 - Multicasting; Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
36 ZT8101 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 for some amount of time. The main advantage of...
Page 37 - IGMP Queriers; Non-Querier—Prevents the VLAN from becoming a querier.; IGMP Snooping
ZT8101 User’s Manual 37 Switch Management and Operating Concepts The ZT8101 switch supports both IGMPv1 and IGMPv2. You can select which version to use on a particular VLAN. IGMPv2 is an enhancement to the original IGMP and includes a few extensions such as a procedure for the election of the multic...
Page 38 - IGMP Group Settings; Routing Protocols; RIP; Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)
38 ZT8101 User’s Manual Switch Management and Operating Concepts You can configure the switch to snoop and to keep track of IGMP groups. These two interact in the following ways: • If the IP interface has IGMP Snooping configured for the associated VLAN, the configuration of IGMP Snooping will be ov...
Page 41 - Using the Telnet Console; Before You Start; General Deployment Strategy
ZT8101 User’s Guide 41 Using the Telnet Console 4 Your ZT8101 Fast Ethernet 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 Telnet application. This chapter desc...
Page 42 - VLAN Layout
42 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 redundant links and routes to network-critical r...
Page 43 - Getting Started; Console Usage Conventions; Connecting to the Switch; APPLY
ZT8101 User’s Guide 43 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 function keys with the Telnet Console. You use the ...
Page 45 - Main Menu; Basic Setup; — Network Management—Set up SNMP traps and community strings.
ZT8101 User’s Guide 45 Using the Telnet Console Main Menu The Main Menu has these options. • 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 por...
Page 46 - — VLAN Configurations—Set up and administer VLANs on the switch.; Creating User Accounts; To create a new user account; Use the spacebar to toggle the Action field to Add.
46 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console — IP Address Filtering—Configure filters to drop packets from specified IP addresses or MAC addresses. — MAC Address Priority—Configure specified MAC addresses for priority handling on source address, destination address, or both. — Mirroring Configura...
Page 47 - To log in once you have created a registered user; Type in your password and press Enter.; Saving Changes
ZT8101 User’s Guide 47 Using the Telnet Console Note: Remeber 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 Changes command on the Main Menu, if you want these ...
Page 48 - To save changes to NV-RAM; Reboot; Highlight one of these options and press Enter.; Basic Settings
48 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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, select Reboot and press Enter. 2. Highlight on...
Page 49 - Switch Information
ZT8101 User’s Guide 49 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 Switch Setup Use the Basic Network Setup menu to se...
Page 50 - Get IP From Description
50 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 determine where to get its IP address. You must use...
Page 51 - Network Management Setup; To configure SNMP; To configure trap recipients; Recipients Setup and press Enter.
ZT8101 User’s Guide 51 Using the Telnet Console Network Management Setup You use the Network Management Setup screens to display and modify parameters for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The switch includes an on-board SNMP agent that monitors the status of its hardware, as well as th...
Page 52 - 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.
52 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console 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 enter IP addresses in this form, only the management stations with those IP addre...
Page 53 - Switch Utilities
ZT8101 User’s Guide 53 Using the Telnet Console 4. Use the spacebar to toggle these fields to the appropriate value. 5. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. Switch Utilities You can upgrade the switch’s firmware by transferring a new firmware file from an TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server to ...
Page 54 - To update firmware; To download a configuration file; To start the download, highlight DOWNLOAD and press Enter.; To upload a configuration file
54 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console To update 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, use the Save Changes option on the Main Menu before starting these steps. 1. From the Main Menu, s...
Page 55 - To test connectivity with ping
ZT8101 User’s Guide 55 Using the Telnet Console 2. In the Server IP Address field, enter the IP address of the TFTP server. 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 IP address of the TFTP server so t...
Page 56 - Configuration and press Enter.; To configure DNS Relay services
56 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 configure these fields. 6. Highlight APPLY and ...
Page 57 - Toggle the Action field to Add and configure these fields.; Network Monitoring; Port Statistics; To view port utilization
ZT8101 User’s Guide 57 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 configure these fields. 6. Highlight APPLY and press E...
Page 58 - To view port error statistics
58 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 port number to view. 3. Toggle the Interval fiel...
Page 59 - To view an analysis of packet sizes and types; Address Tables; To view the MAC address table; Highlight BROWSE and press Enter to populate the table.
ZT8101 User’s Guide 59 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 the Interval field to suspend or to a value fro...
Page 60 - To view the IP address table; To view the routing table
60 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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, you will have the option of clearing all the en...
Page 61 - To view the ARP table; Status; To view GVRP status; FIND and press Enter.
ZT8101 User’s Guide 61 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 information is displayed in the table. 3. To delete an...
Page 62 - To view the IGMP snooping status; information. Highlight FIND and press Enter.; To view the IP multicast forwarding table
62 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 been dynamically assigned to be a router port, or...
Page 63 - To view the DVMRP routing table; To view the switch’s history log
ZT8101 User’s Guide 63 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 combination. 1. From the Main Menu, select Network Mon...
Page 64 - Advanced Setup; Spanning Tree; To configure global STP switch settings
64 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) prevents loops in a ne...
Page 65 - To define the port members of an STP group
ZT8101 User’s Guide 65 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 group of ports that will be handled as though the...
Page 66 - Forwarding; To configure MAC address aging
66 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 are transmitted only to the destination port r...
Page 67 - To configure unicast MAC address forwarding; To configure multicast MAC address forwarding; Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify and configure these fields.
ZT8101 User’s Guide 67 Using the Telnet Console Address is allowed to remain idle). The aging time can be set to any value between 10—1,000,000 seconds. The default is 300 seconds (5 minutes). 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. To configure unicast MAC address forwarding Unicast addresses are used ...
Page 68 - To configure storm control; To configure advanced traffic control
68 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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 Delete, enter the VLAN Name and MAC address, hig...
Page 69 - 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
ZT8101 User’s Guide 69 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 Enter. 4. To delete a route, toggle the Action fi...
Page 70 - MAC Address Priority; From the Main Menu, select MAC Address Priority and press Enter.
70 ZT8101 User’s Guide 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. MAC Address Priority You can specify a MAC address so tha...
Page 71 - Mirroring Configurations; To configure a port for mirroring; VLAN Configuration; To configure GVRP globally; From the Main Menu, select VLAN Configurations and press Enter.
ZT8101 User’s Guide 71 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 source port in a completely unobtrusive manner. W...
Page 72 - To create or modify a port-based VLAN; To create or modify an 802.1Q VLAN
72 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console To create or modify a port-based VLAN 1. From the Main Menu, select VLAN Configurations | Configure VLAN Settings and press Enter. 2. Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify and configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. To create or mod...
Page 73 - To configure the member ports of an 802.1Q VLAN
ZT8101 User’s Guide 73 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 Menu, select VLAN Configurations | IEEE 802.1Q...
Page 74 - To configure a link aggregation group; Layer 3 IP Networking
74 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console Link Aggregation Link aggregation allows several ports to be grouped together so that they can act as a single port. This is done to either increase the bandwidth of a network connection or to increase fault tolerance. Link Aggregation is most commonly...
Page 75 - Setting Up IP Interfaces; To set up IP Interfaces on the switch; RIP Configuration; To configure RIP; On the RIP Configurations menu, select RIP Interface Settings.
ZT8101 User’s Guide 75 Using the Telnet Console Setting Up IP Interfaces Each IP interface on the switch corresponds to a VLAN. A VLAN, which does not have a corresponding IP interface defined for it, will function as a Layer 2-only VLAN. The switch allows ranges of IP addresses (OSI Layer 3) to be ...
Page 76 - Multicast Global Configurations; To configure globally the multicast protocols; Configurations and press Enter.
76 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console 5. Configure these fields. 6. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. Multicast Global Configurations The Multicast Global Configurations screen is only for globally enabling or disabling the multicast routing protocols on the switch. Each VLAN or IP Interfac...
Page 77 - IGMP Configuration; To configure IGMP snooping
ZT8101 User’s Guide 77 Using the Telnet Console IGMP Configuration The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) allows the switch to forward multicast traffic intelligently on the switch. The switch “snoops” the IGMP query and report messages and forwards traffic only to the ports that request the ...
Page 78 - To configure IGMP for an IP interface; DVMRP Interface Configuration; To configure DVMRP for an IP interface
78 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console To configure IGMP for an IP interface 1. From the Main Menu, select Layer 3 - IP Networking Setup | IGMP Interface Configurations and press Enter. 2. Configure these fields. 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. Note: When IGMP is enabled on an interface...
Page 79 - PIM-DM Interface Configurations; To configure PIM-DM for an IP interface; Static Router Port
ZT8101 User’s Guide 79 Using the Telnet Console 3. Highlight APPLY and press Enter. PIM-DM Interface Configurations 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 guarantee ...
Page 80 - To configure a static router port
80 ZT8101 User’s Guide Using the Telnet Console The purpose of a router port is to enable UDP multicast packets and IGMP multicast group membership messages to reach multiple ports of a multi-port router. Routers do not implement IGMP snooping or transmit/forward IGMP report packets. Thus, forwardin...
Page 81 - Using the Web Console
ZT8101 Users Guide 81 Using the Web Console 5 The ZT8101 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 browser communicates directly with the switch u...
Page 83 - Logging In
ZT8101 Users Guide 83 Using the Web Console You determine how these packets are routed by entering static routes into the switch’s static/default routing table. 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 Micr...
Page 84 - Configuration Options; — Basic Switch Setup—Configure the switch’s IP address.
84 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console Configuration Options 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 address. — Serial Port Settings...
Page 85 - — Reboot—Restart the switch.; User Accounts; Click Apply to make the user addition effective.; Admin and User Privileges
ZT8101 Users Guide 85 Using the Web Console — Switch Utilities—View the history log, ping other devices, and manage firmware and configuration files. — Network Monitoring—View various statistics by port or protocol and to view various routing tables. — Factory Reset—Restart the switch using the defa...
Page 86 - To retain any configuration changes permanently
86 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console The table summarizes the Admin and User privileges: After establishing a User Account with Admin-level privileges, highlight Save Changes and press Enter. The switch will save any changes to its non-volatile RAM. You can now log in as that user and continu...
Page 87 - Restart; To reset the switch to factory default values
ZT8101 Users Guide 87 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-saved (previous) configuration. 3. Click Restart...
Page 90 - Network Management
90 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console Serial Port Settings The Serial Port Settings screen allows the configuration of the switch’s serial port, which is on the front panel. Terminals must match these settings to connect to the switch. 1. In the left panel, click Serial Port Settings. 2. Confi...
Page 91 - To configure SNMP community strings
ZT8101 Users Guide 91 Using the Web Console attached to the network, called a Network Management Station (NMS), can be used to access this information. Access rights to the on-board agent are controlled by community strings. To communicate with the switch, the NMS must first submit a valid community...
Page 92 - To configure management station IP addresses
92 ZT8101 Users Guide 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 this form, only the management stations with th...
Page 93 - To upload a history log file
ZT8101 Users Guide 93 Using the Web Console When the download is completed, the switch automatically reboots and executes the new runtime firmware. To download a configuration file 1. In the left panel, click Switch Utilities. 2. In the top panel under TFTP Services, click Download Configuration fro...
Page 94 - BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent; To configure the BOOTP/DHCP relay agent
94 ZT8101 Users Guide 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 to display the results of the test. If you selec...
Page 95 - To configure the static BOOTP relay setup
ZT8101 Users Guide 95 Using the Web Console 3. Configure these fields. 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, click Switch Utilitie...
Page 96 - To configure DNS Relay
96 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console When the switch receives packets destined for a DNS server and the requests are not statically defined in the switch or previously cached, the switch forwards them to the servers as defined in the following configuration. The switch also forwards packets f...
Page 97 - In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Utilization.; In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Error Packets.
ZT8101 Users Guide 97 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 the drop-down menu. 4. To clear the gathered stati...
Page 98 - In the top panel under Statistics, click Port Packet Analysis.
98 ZT8101 Users Guide 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. In the Interval field, select the interval for...
Page 101 - To view GVRP Status; To view router ports
ZT8101 Users Guide 101 Using the Web Console The following ARP information is displayed. 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 de...
Page 102 - To view IGMP snooping status; 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
102 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console To view IGMP snooping status 1. In the left panel, click Network Monitoring. 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 tabl...
Page 104 - To configure STP switch settings
104 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console The Switch History screen contains this information 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 Protoc...
Page 108 - Select the port you want to configure and click Edit.
108 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console 3. Click New and configure these fields. 4. Click Apply. To configure storm control The storm control settings allow you to specify thresholds for broadcast or multicast traffic that will activate storm control. When the threshold is exceeded, the switch ...
Page 110 - To remove an entry, select the entry in the table and click Remove.; To set up a MAC address priority
110 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console IP Address Filtering You can manually configure the switch to drop packets from specified MAC and IP addresses. For information about specifying MAC addresses to drop, see the Forwarding | Unicast MAC Address Setting screen To specify an IP address for fi...
Page 111 - To remove an entry, select the entry in the table and click Delete.
ZT8101 Users Guide 111 Using the Web Console 3. Click Apply. 4. To remove an entry, select the entry in the table and click Delete. 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 ...
Page 112 - VLAN Configurations
112 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console VLAN Configurations The switch allows the assignment of an IP interface to each VLAN. A VLAN must be configured before setting up its IP interface. You can create either a port-based or an IEEE 802.1Q VLAN. By default, all ports belong to an IEEE 802.1Q V...
Page 113 - To configure member ports of an 802.1Q VLAN
ZT8101 Users Guide 113 Using the Web Console 4. Click Apply. 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 Apply. Link Aggregation Link agg...
Page 114 - Select a group to configure and click Edit.; Layer 3 - IP Networking; To set up IP interfaces on the switch
114 ZT8101 Users Guide Using the Web Console You can configure up to six aggregation groups, each using from two to eight ports between any two ZT8101 switches or other switches that support Etherchannel. Etherchannel is only required for this first release. In the second release, the ports can be f...
Page 115 - 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.
ZT8101 Users Guide 115 Using the Web Console 3. Click New and configure these fields. 4. Click Apply. 5. To delete an IP interface, highlight the interface and click Delete. If you modify an existing IP interface and apply the changes, the RIP and IP multicast interface configurations are reset to d...
Page 117 - IGMP Configurations
ZT8101 Users Guide 117 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 forwards traffic only to the ports that request the mu...
Page 118 - DVMRP Interface Configurations
118 ZT8101 Users Guide 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 and click Edit. 4. Configure these fields. 5. Cl...
Page 119 - Static Router Port Settings
ZT8101 Users Guide 119 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 guarantee delivery of multicast packets, not to redu...
Page 121 - Agency Approvals; CE Certification
ZT8101 Users Guide 121 Agency Approvals A CE Certification The ZT8101 meets the intent of Directive 89/336/EEC for Electromagnetic Compatibility & Low-Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC for Product Safety. The ZT8101 has been designed for NEBS/ETSI compliance. Safety Emissions Test Regulations EN 50081...
Page 122 - Regulatory Information; FCC—Federal Communications Commission (USA)
122 ZT8101 Users Guide 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 are designed to provide reasonable protection ag...
Page 123 - Product Safety Information; Safety Precautions
ZT8101 Users Guide 123 Agency Approvals Product Safety Information Safety Precautions Review the following precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product, or products to which it is connected. To avoid potential hazards, use the product only as specified. Read all safety information ...
Page 124 - Rack Mount Enclosure Safety
124 ZT8101 Users Guide Agency Approvals Product 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. Auxiliary AC and/or DC On/Off switches and/...