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Cabletron Systems 2E43-51R Supplemental Manual
Summary of 2E43-51R
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9032971-01 smartswitch series 2e42, 2e43, 2e48, 2e49, 2h22, 2h23, 2h28, 2h33 and 2m46 local management supplement.
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Local management supplement i notice cabletron systems reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other information contained in this document without prior notice. The reader should in all cases consult cabletron systems to determine whether any such changes have been made. The hardwa...
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Notice ii local management supplement cabletron systems, inc. Program license agreement important: this license applies for use of product in the united states of america and by united states of america government end users. Before opening or utilizing the enclosed product, carefully read this licen...
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Notice iv local management supplement cabletron systems sales and service, inc. Program license agreement important: this license applies for use of product in the united states of america and by united states of america government end users. Before opening or utilizing the enclosed product, careful...
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Notice local management supplement v if the program is exported from the united states pursuant to the license exception tsr under the u.S. Export administration regulations, in addition to the restriction on transfer set forth in sections 1 or 2 of this agreement, you agree not to (i) reexport or r...
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Notice vi local management supplement cabletron systems limited program license agreement important: this license applies for use of product in the united states of america and by united states of america government end users. Before opening or utilizing the enclosed product, carefully read this lic...
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Notice local management supplement vii if the program is exported from the united states pursuant to the license exception tsr under the u.S. Export administration regulations, in addition to the restriction on transfer set forth in sections 1 or 2 of this agreement, you agree not to (i) reexport or...
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Notice viii local management supplement declaration of conformity application of council directive(s): 89/336/eec 73/23/eec manufacturer’s name: cabletron systems, inc. Manufacturer’s address: 35 industrial way po box 5005 rochester, nh 03867 european representative name: mr. J. Solari european repr...
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Local management supplement ix contents figures ................................................................................................... Xiii tables..................................................................................................... Xiv chapter 1 changes to local manageme...
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Contents x local management supplement 1.17 summary of vlan local management......................................1-43 1.18 802.1q vlan configuration menu screen ................................1-44 1.19 igmp/vlan configuration screen.............................................1-45 1.19.1 configuri...
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Contents local management supplement xi chapter 4 generic attribute registration protocol (garp) 4.1 garp switch operation .............................................................. 4-1 4.1.1 garp vlan registration protocol (gvrp) ................... 4-1 4.2 garp multicast registration protocol ...
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Local management supplement xiii figures figure page 1-1 802.1d switching mode, lm screen hierarchy........................ 1-3 1-2 802.1q switching mode, lm screen hierarchy ....................... 1-4 1-3 example of a local management screen ................................ 1-5 1-4 device configur...
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Xiv insert booktitle tables table page 1-1 user’s guides affected by revisions........................................1-1 1-2 tx queue mapping default values ........................................1-55 1-3 tx priority regeneration default values ................................1-56 2-1 enet/repeate...
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Local management supplement 1-1 chapter 1 changes to local management screens this chapter introduces the scope of this document, new hierarchy, and new screens (except security screens) affected by the 4.08.Xx and 4.09.Xx firmware revisions. Chapter 2 describes the revised security screens for the ...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-2 local management supplement 1.2 accessing local management access to local management is controlled through the password screen. 1.2.1 navigating local management screens the local management application consists of a series of menu screens. Navigat...
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Accessing local management local management supplement 1-3 \ figure 1-1 802.1d switching mode, lm screen hierarchy device menu password device configuration menu general configuration port configuration menu switch configuration network tools 802.1 configuration menu device statistics menu switch st...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-4 local management supplement figure 1-2 802.1q switching mode, lm screen hierarchy 29713-82 device menu password device configuration menu general configuration port configuration menu network tools 802.1 configuration menu device statistics menu sys...
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Accessing local management local management supplement 1-5 1.2.2 screen format since the top part of the screen contains the same type of information (the name of the screen, the smartswitch model number, the firmware revision, and the boot prom revision), it is not shown in the following descriptio...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-6 local management supplement 1.3 device configuration menu screen the device configuration menu screen, figure 1-4 , provides access to local management screens that allow you to configure and monitor operating parameters, modify snmp community names...
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Device configuration menu screen local management supplement 1-7 snmp traps configuration provides display and configuration access to the table of ip addresses used for trap destinations and associated community names. For details, refer to your smartswitch device user’s guide. System resources inf...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-8 local management supplement 1.4 system resources information screen the system resources information screen, figure 1-5 , provides information concerning the processor used in the smartswitch and the amount of flash memory, dram, and nvram that is i...
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System resources information screen local management supplement 1-9 dram installed (read-only) indicates the amount of dram installed in the smartswitch and how much of it is currently available. Nvram installed (read-only) indicates the amount of nvram installed in the smartswitch and how much of i...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-10 local management supplement 1.5 flash download configuration screen the flash download configuration screen, shown in figure 1-6 , is used to download a new image file from a tftp server to flash memory. Before downloading an image to the device, c...
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Flash download configuration screen local management supplement 1-11 the following briefly defines each field of the flash download configuration screen: download method (selectable) this field steps between tftp, runtime and bootp. If set for bootp, the device sends out a bootp request to determine...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-12 local management supplement download server ip (selectable) the ip address of the tftp server to be used for the flash download is entered in this field. Download file name (selectable) the complete tftp server path and file name of the new image i...
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Flash download configuration screen local management supplement 1-13 1.5.2 image file download using runtime set the smartswitch device to download to flash using runtime as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the download method field. 2. Use the space bar to step to runtime. 3. Use the arr...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-14 local management supplement 1.5.3 image file download using bootp set the smartswitch device to download to flash using bootp as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the download method field. 2. Use the space bar to select bootp. 3. Use the...
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Port configuration menu screen local management supplement 1-15 figure 1-7 port configuration menu screen the following briefly defines each selectable item of the port configuration menu screen: ethernet full duplex configuration the ethernet full duplex configuration screen allows each 10 mbps por...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-16 local management supplement port redirect configuration used to access the redirect configuration menu screen, which provides access to the port redirect configuration and vlan redirect configuration screens. For details, refer to section 1.10 . Br...
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Ethernet full duplex configuration screen local management supplement 1-17 figure 1-8 ethernet full duplex configuration screen this section explains each field of the ethernet full duplex configuration screen. Port # (read-only) identifies the number of the port. Operation mode (toggle) allows the ...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-18 local management supplement link status (read-only) indicates whether there is a physical connection from this port to another ethernet device. One of the following values displays: • link – a link signal is present; there is a valid physical conne...
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High speed interface configuration menu screen local management supplement 1-19 to set the operational mode for individual ports, proceed as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the operation mode field adjacent to the number of the port(s) that you plan to change. 2. Press the space bar unti...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-20 local management supplement to access the high speed interface configuration menu screen from the port configuration menu screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the high speed interface configuration menu item and press enter. The high speed inter...
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High speed interface configuration screen local management supplement 1-21 1.9 high speed interface configuration screen the high speed interface configuration screen displays the types of installed fast ethernet interface modules, their current operating mode, and indicates if the ports are linked....
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-22 local management supplement the following briefly explains each field of the high speed interface configuration screen. Port type (read-only) displays the type of interface (fe-100fx, fe-100tx, fe-100f3, fe-100lh, or unknown) installed. Figure 1-10...
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High speed interface configuration screen local management supplement 1-23 if an fe-100tx is installed, the field steps to auto-negotiation, 10base-t, 10base-tfd (full duplex), 100base-tx, and 100base-txfd (full duplex). In normal operation, the port with an fe-100tx installed is capable of auto-neg...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-24 local management supplement 1.9.2 setting the fe-100fx or fe-100f3 operational mode use this field to set the active technology. This field toggles between 100base-fx and 100base-fxfd (full duplex). To set the active technology through local manage...
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High speed interface configuration screen local management supplement 1-25 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the save command. Press enter. The message “saved ok” displays and local management saves the changes to memory. The selected mode is displayed in both the desired operational mode field and...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-26 local management supplement 1.10 redirect configuration menu screen the redirect configuration menu screen ( figure 1-11 ) provides access to the port redirect configuration and vlan redirect configuration screens. Any combination, up to 128, of po...
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Port redirect configuration screen local management supplement 1-27 1.11 port redirect configuration screen the port redirect configuration screen, figure 1-12 , enables the user to redirect frames from one source port to one destination port. Frames received on the source port can be redirected and...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-28 local management supplement to access the port redirect configuration screen from the redirect configuration menu screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the port redirect configuration menu item and press enter. The port redirect configuration scr...
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Port redirect configuration screen local management supplement 1-29 frame format (read-only) displays the current frame format setting: normal, tagged or untagged the default is normal. • normal – frames are redirected in the format that they were received or transmitted on the source port. • tagged...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-30 local management supplement 1.11.1 changing source and destination ports to add or delete source port and destination port entries and set the frame format and redirect errors functions, proceed as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the so...
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Vlan redirect configuration screen local management supplement 1-31 11. Use the arrow keys to highlight save at the bottom of the screen. Press enter. The message “saved ok” displays. This saves the new settings and updates the source port and destination port read-only fields. 1.12 vlan redirect co...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-32 local management supplement to access the vlan redirect configuration screen from the redirect configuration menu screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the vlan redirect configuration menu item and press enter. The vlan redirect configuration scr...
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Vlan redirect configuration screen local management supplement 1-33 frame format (read-only) displays the current frame format setting: received, tagged or untagged. The default is received. • received – frames are redirected in the format that they were received by the smartswitch device. • tagged ...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-34 local management supplement 1.12.1 changing source vlan and destination ports to add or delete source vlan and destination port entries and set the frame format, proceed as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the source vlan field near the ...
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Broadcast suppression configuration screen local management supplement 1-35 9. Use the arrow keys to highlight save at the bottom of the screen. Press enter. The message “saved ok” displays. This saves the new settings and updates the source port and destination port read-only fields. 1.13 broadcast...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-36 local management supplement the following explains each field of the broadcast suppression screen: port # (read-only) identifies the number of the port. Total rx (read-only) displays the total number of broadcast frames received. Peak rate (read-on...
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Repeater configuration menu screens local management supplement 1-37 [13 - 24] (navigation key) when the switch configuration screen displays, the current screen settings are displayed for the first 12 ports. This field is used to step to the next screen for the same type of information for the next...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-38 local management supplement 1.15 802.1 configuration menu screen the 802.1 configuration menu screen, figure 1-15 , provides access to the switch configuration, 802.1q vlan configuration menu, garp operation status, gmrp group registrations, and 80...
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802.1 configuration menu screen local management supplement 1-39 802.1q vlan configuration menu displays only if the smartswitch has been configured to operate as an ieee 802.1q switch. When selected, this menu item opens the 802.1q vlan configuration menu screen. The igmp/vlan configuration screen ...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-40 local management supplement 1.16 switch configuration screen the switch configuration screen, figure 1-16 , provides the basic setup options to make a switch operational in your network. To access the switch configuration screen from the 802.1 conf...
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Switch configuration screen local management supplement 1-41 age time (modifiable) allows the user to set the amount of time (in seconds) that the smartswitch keeps an address in its switch table before discarding it. An address is automatically discarded when a valid frame is not received from that...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-42 local management supplement [1-8], [9-16], [17-24], [25-32], [33-40], or [41-48] (navigation key) when the switch configuration screen displays, the current screen settings are displayed for the first 8 ports. This field is used to step to another ...
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Summary of vlan local management local management supplement 1-43 1.16.3 setting (enabling or disabling) the port status to set the status of an interface (port), proceed as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the status field of the port. 2. Use the space bar to toggle to either enabled or ...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-44 local management supplement 1.18 802.1q vlan configuration menu screen to access the 802.1q vlan configuration menu screen from the 802.1 vlan configuration menu screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the 802.1q vlan configuration menu item and pr...
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Igmp/vlan configuration screen local management supplement 1-45 port filtering configuration used to set the switch to filter out inbound frames to prevent them from being forwarded by the switch out a particular port. This screen also lists the vlans that have frames eligible to be transmitted out ...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-46 local management supplement igmp is enabled or disabled by vlan, not port by port. The following multicast routing protocols are transparently supported and are used only to detect the location of the routers (see the release notes for any changes ...
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Igmp/vlan configuration screen local management supplement 1-47 figure 1-19 igmp/vlan configuration screen the following describes each field of the igmp/vlan configuration screen: igmp version (toggle) displays the current configured igmp version running on the vlan selected in the vlan id field (v...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-48 local management supplement query response time (modifiable) used to enter the maximum query response time advertised in igmpv2 general queries on this vlan. This value is used in calculations for other timers. The default value is 10 seconds. The ...
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Igmp/vlan configuration screen local management supplement 1-49 vlan id (selectable) displays the identifying number for the vlans available to be modified. The information under configuration and statistics applies only to this vlan id number. Use the space bar to step through all available vlan id...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-50 local management supplement 6. Use the arrow keys to highlight the igmp version field. Then use the space bar to select the proper igmp version for the vlan shown in the vlan id field. 7. Use the arrow keys to highlight the remaining fields: query ...
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Priority/multicast configuration menu screen local management supplement 1-51 figure 1-20 priority/multicast configuration menu screen the priority/multicast configuration menu screen displays the following menu items: port priority configuration used to set the port default transmit priority (0 thr...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-52 local management supplement 1.21 port priority configuration screen the port priority configuration screen, figure 1-21 , is used to set the priority (0 through 7) on each port. A port receiving a frame without priority information in its tag heade...
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Port priority configuration screen local management supplement 1-53 the following describes each field of the port priority configuration screen: port # (read-only) lists each switched port on the device. Priority (selectable) used to select the transmit priority of frames received without the prior...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-54 local management supplement 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the save command at the bottom of the screen. 4. Press enter. The message “saved ok” displays and the setting is saved. 1.22 advanced port priority configuration screen the advanced por...
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Advanced port priority configuration screen local management supplement 1-55 figure 1-22 advanced port priority configuration screen the following describes each field of the advanced port priority configuration screen: priority (read-only) lists the eight priorities, 0 through 7. Tx queue (toggle) ...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-56 local management supplement tx priority (selectable) enables the frames with a certain rx priority to be changed to transmit according to a different tx priority (0 through 7). The following describes how the frames of learned traffic are handled. ...
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Advanced port priority configuration screen local management supplement 1-57 1.22.1 setting the tx mapping queues to set the tx queue for frames with a particular priority, proceed as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the port # field. 2. Type in the number of the port to which the tx queu...
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Chapter 1: changes to local management screens 1-58 local management supplement 5. Press the space bar to step to the appropriate value, 0 through 7. The 0 selection is the lowest level tx priority value. 6. If more than one tx priority is to be changed, repeat steps 4 and 5 until all the appropriat...
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Local management supplement 2-1 chapter 2 lm security screens for 2e43-51/2e43-51r devices the information in this chapter replaces the information about the repeater configuration menu and repeater port configuration screens provided in the 2e43-51/2e43-51r smartswitch 2100 user’s guide. 2.1 repeat...
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Chapter 2: lm security screens for 2e43-51/2e43-51r devices 2-2 local management supplement the following introduces each screen that is accessible from the repeater configuration menu screen. Repeater level security configuration used to set the state of security of all ports on each connector, sim...
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Repeater level security configuration local management supplement 2-3 figure 2-2 repeater level security configuration screen the following section defines the fields on the repeater level security configuration screen. Interface (read-only) indicates the interface connector (enet 1 through 4) selec...
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Chapter 2: lm security screens for 2e43-51/2e43-51r devices 2-4 local management supplement the port will lock down on the address that is currently configured in the port level security configuration screen (if one is entered), or on the source address of the last received frame. When a port is loc...
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Port level security configuration screen local management supplement 2-5 4. To change the disableport setting to nodisableport, press the space bar to toggle the setting. 5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the sendtrap field. 6. To change the sendtrap setting to notrap, press the space bar to toggle...
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Chapter 2: lm security screens for 2e43-51/2e43-51r devices 2-6 local management supplement figure 2-3 port level security configuration screen the following section defines the fields on the port level security configuration screen. Port (read-only) lists the repeater ports on the enet interface co...
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Port level security configuration screen local management supplement 2-7 • lockonnext – the next frame received by each port is examined to learn its source address. After the source address of a frame is learned on a port, it is now locked on that address and only those frames received with that sa...
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Chapter 2: lm security screens for 2e43-51/2e43-51r devices 2-8 local management supplement interface # (selectable) used to select the front panel interface connector (enet 1 to enet 4) to which the port security settings will be applied. 2.3.1 setting the port level security to set the security fo...
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Port level security configuration screen local management supplement 2-9 13. Use the arrow keys to highlight the save command. 14. Press enter. The message “saved ok” displays and all ports of the connector are set to the selected operating mode. 15. To change the security on a different interface c...
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Chapter 2: lm security screens for 2e43-51/2e43-51r devices 2-10 local management supplement.
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Local management supplement 3-1 chapter 3 lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices the information in this chapter replaces the information about the repeater configuration menu and repeater port configuration screens provided in the 2h23-50r/2h33-37r smartswitch 2100 user’s guide. 3.1 repe...
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Chapter 3: lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices 3-2 local management supplement the following introduces each screen that is accessible from the repeater configuration menu. Repeater port configuration used to monitor the link status and current operating mode of each port on the 10-mbp...
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Repeater port configuration screen local management supplement 3-3 figure 3-2 repeater port configuration screen the following are definitions for each field of the repeater port configuration screen: port # (read-only) indicates the repeater port on the connector selected in the connector field. Re...
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Chapter 3: lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices 3-4 local management supplement network # (read-only) indicates the network on the connector selected in the connector field. Table 3-2 shows the association between the connector (conn) and networks on the device. Link stat. (read-only) d...
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Repeater port configuration screen local management supplement 3-5 port stat. (toggle) used to enable (turn on) or disable (turn off) the port. To enable or disable the port, refer to section 3.2.2 . Set all ports (selectable) used to select operating mode for all the ports on the connector simultan...
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Chapter 3: lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices 3-6 local management supplement 3. Press enter to display the repeater port settings on that connector. 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the port stat. Field of the repeater port being enabled or disabled. 5. Use the space bar to toggle ...
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Module level security configuration local management supplement 3-7 3.3 module level security configuration the module level security configuration screen, figure 3-3 , is used to set the state of security according to connector. All repeater ports on a connector can be set to receive all frames (no...
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Chapter 3: lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices 3-8 local management supplement the following section defines the fields on the module level security configuration screen. Connector (read-only) indicates the connector. Refer to table 3-3 for the connector (conn)/repeater port relationsh...
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Module level security configuration local management supplement 3-9 • lockedonaddr – the security state of all ports on the specified connector are set to lockedonaddr. This setting is for convenience, so that all ports on an interface connector can be set to lockedonaddr at one time. Until the addr...
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Chapter 3: lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices 3-10 local management supplement 5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the sendtrap field. 6. To change the sendtrap setting to notrap, press the space bar to toggle the setting. 7. To change the security on more than one connector, repeat st...
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Port level security configuration screen local management supplement 3-11 figure 3-4 port level security configuration screen the following section defines the fields on the port level security configuration screen. Port (read-only) indicates the repeater port on the connector selected in the connec...
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Chapter 3: lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices 3-12 local management supplement network (read-only) indicates the network to which the port is currently attached. Table 3-5 shows the association between the connector (conn) and network on the device. Security state (selectable) used to...
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Port level security configuration screen local management supplement 3-13 when a port is locked on an address, the device executes the actions selected in the action on intruder field when a frame is received that violates security. Action on intruder (toggle) used to select the actions taken for th...
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Chapter 3: lm security screens for 2h23-50r/2h33-37r devices 3-14 local management supplement 2. Use the space bar to step to the appropriate connector (conn) number. 3. Press enter to display the 12 repeater ports of the selected connector. 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the security state fiel...
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Local management supplement 4-1 chapter 4 generic attribute registration protocol (garp) this appendix provides the following information: • describes the switch operation when its ports are configured to operate under the generic attribute registration protocol (garp) applications – garp vlan regis...
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Chapter 4: generic attribute registration protocol (garp) 4-2 local management supplement the purpose of gvrp is to dynamically create vlans across a switched network. When a vlan is declared, the information is transmitted out gvrp configured ports on the switch in a garp formatted frame using the ...
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Garp multicast registration protocol (gmrp) local management supplement 4-3 configuring a vlan on an 802.1q switch creates a static gvrp entry. The entry will always remain registered and will not time out. However, dynamic entries will time-out and their registrations are removed from the member li...
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Chapter 4: generic attribute registration protocol (garp) 4-4 local management supplement 4.3 garp operation status screen the garp operation status screen, figure 4-2 , is used to enable ports on the switch as gmrp- and gvrp-aware ports. The ports may be enabled one by one or all at the same time f...
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Garp operation status screen local management supplement 4-5 gvrp (toggle) sets the port to operate as a gvrp-aware port. The setting is only valid if the gvrp protocol field near the bottom of the screen is set to enable. The gmrp field setting toggles between y (yes) and n (no). The default is “y”...
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Chapter 4: generic attribute registration protocol (garp) 4-6 local management supplement gvrp protocol (toggle) enables or disables the gvrp protocol on the switch. When set to enable, all port settings are valid for gvrp enabling those ports to send/receive frames to other gvrp-aware switches. Dis...
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Gmrp configuration screen local management supplement 4-7 3. Press enter. 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the save command at the bottom of the screen. 5. Press enter. The message “saved ok” displays. 4.4 gmrp configuration screen the gmrp configuration screen, figure 4-3 , is used to set the gmr...
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Chapter 4: generic attribute registration protocol (garp) 4-8 local management supplement mode (selectable) select one of the following four modes of operation: • use gmrp filter unreg – do not forward multicast addressed frames out this port that have an unregistered multicast address. • forward al...
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Gmrp configuration screen local management supplement 4-9 4.4.2 setting a mode for all ports the modes of operation are the same as the ones described in section 4.4.1 , except that all ports are affected. To set all the ports to operate in one mode, proceed as follows: 1. Use the arrow keys to high...
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Local management supplement 5-1 chapter 5 network tools this chapter introduces the “cdp” command and shows how it affects the network tools help screen. The cdp command is an addition to the built-in commands listed in your smartswitch user’s guide. 5.1 network tools the network tools function resi...
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Chapter 5: network tools 5-2 local management supplement figure 5-1 network tools help screen the network tools functions are performed using a series of commands. Entering commands in network tools involves typing the command to be executed at the network tools prompt, adding any desired or require...
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Network tools local management supplement 5-3 cdp description: allows management of cabletron discovery protocol (cdp) on this device. This protocol is used by smartswitch device to discover other neighboring network devices and establish the topology of the network fabric. This protocol can also be...
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Local management supplement a-1 appendix a about igmp this appendix provides the following information: • igmp overview • supported features and functions • detecting multicast routers to configure the smartswitch device for igmp operation, refer to section 1.19 for instructions. A.1 igmp overview i...
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Appendix a: about igmp a-2 local management supplement • supports stand alone multicast servers only if a router is present on the network. • multicast forwarding rate is dependent on the number of ports to which the multicast stream is forwarded. More ports degrade the performance. • supports igmp ...
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Detecting multicast routers local management supplement a-3 there are many multicast routing protocols that the switch supports. These include the following: • pim version 1 and 2 • cbt (core based trees) • mospf • dvmrp the routing protocols are detected as follows: • all the multicast routing prot...
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Local management supplement index-1 index numerics 802.1d switching mode hierarchy of 1-3 802.1q switching mode hierarchy of 1-4 a advanced port priority configuration screen default priority 1-56 port command 1-57 port# 1-56 priority 1-55 rx priority 1-55 tx priority 1-56 tx queue 1-55 age time 1-4...
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Index index-2 local management supplement h hierarchy 802.1d switching mode 1-3 802.1q switching mode 1-4 high speed interface screen advertised ability 1-23 configuring an fe-100fx 1-23 configuring an fe-100tx 1-24 current operational mode 1-22 desired operational mode 1-22 link status 1-22 port ty...
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Index local management supplement index-3 repeater port configuration screen (2hxx) connector # 3-5 current oper. Mode 3-4 desired oper. Mode 3-4 link stat. 3-4 network # 3-4 port # 3-3 port stat. 3-5 set all ports 3-5 repeater ports (2hxx) enabling or disabling of 3-5 s screen repeater port configu...
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Index index-4 local management supplement mac address 1-41 number of ports 1-40 port # 1-41 port status 1-43 selecting the sta 1-42 status 1-41 switch address 1-40 type of sta 1-40 system resources information screen cpu type 1-8 current switch utilization 1-9 dram installed 1-9 flash memory install...