Cabletron Systems 3Com PortSwitch Hub Manual
Summary of 3Com PortSwitch Hub
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® 3com portswitch hubs management module guide.
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9032295 e2 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 hardware, firmware, or ...
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3com portswitch hubs ii management module guide virus disclaimer cabletron systems makes no representations or warranties to the effect that the licensed software is virus-free. Cabletron has tested its software with current virus checking technologies. However, because no anti-virus system is 100% ...
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9032295 e2 iii contents preface what is in this guide .......................................................................................................... Ix conventions ...............................................................................................................................
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3com portswitch hubs iv management module guide chapter 4 event and alarm messages what is in this chapter .....................................................................................................4-1 device events and alarms...................................................................
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9032295 e2 v figures chapter 1 introduction figure 1-1. Using double-click zones to access spectrum views ................................... 1-2 figure 1-2. Using the icon subviews menu to access spectrum views .......................... 1-3 figure 1-3. Accessing icon subviews menus from labels ......
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3com portswitch hubs vi management module guide.
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9032295 e2 vii tables chapter 2 device views table 2-1. Module icon subviews menu ................................................................................ 2-4 table 2-2. Port identification label subviews menu............................................................ 2-6 table 2-3. Interfa...
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3com portswitch hubs viii management module guide.
Page 10: Preface
9032295 e2 ix preface use this guide as a reference for the 3com portswitch hubs management software. Before using this guide, you should be familiar with spectrum’s functions and navigational techniques as described in the administration documentation and the operation documentation. For the purpos...
Page 11: Conventions
Conventions preface 3com portswitch hubs x management module guide conventions this guide uses the following conventions: • menu selections and buttons referenced in text appear in bold ; for example, configuration or detail . • buttons names appear in shadowed boxes when introducing paragraphs desc...
Page 12: Other Related Documentation
9032295 e2 preface xi other related documentation other related documentation refer to the following documentation for more information on managing tcp/ip-based networks: martin, james, kathleen kavanagh chapman, joe leben. Local area networks: architectures and implementations , 2d ed. Englewood cl...
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Other related documentation preface 3com portswitch hubs xii management module guide.
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9032295 e2 1-1 chapter 1 introduction what is in this chapter this chapter introduces the spectrum management module for 3com portswitch hubs. It describes the following: • 3com portswitch hubs • spectrum model type • accessing spectrum views • spectrum views roadmap 3com portswitch hubs the 3com po...
Page 15: Accessing Spectrum Views
Accessing spectrum views introduction 3com portswitch hubs 1-2 management module guide accessing spectrum views icons and labels that display information within an icon provide access to spectrum views. This is done using double-click zones ( figure 1-1 ) and icon subviews menu selections ( figure 1...
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9032295 e2 introduction 1-3 accessing spectrum views figure 1-2. Using the icon subviews menu to access spectrum views figure 1-3. Accessing icon subviews menus from labels hub3comportsw go back ctrl+b go up icon subviews view path new view bookmarks view history current view info... Notes... Jump b...
Page 17: Spectrum Views Roadmap
Spectrum views roadmap introduction 3com portswitch hubs 1-4 management module guide spectrum views roadmap figure 1-4 shows a “roadmap” of the spectrum views for this device. These views are accessible from double-click zones ( figure 1-1 ) and icon subviews menus ( figure 1-2 and figure 1-3 ). Fig...
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9032295 e2 2-1 chapter 2 device views what is in this chapter this chapter describes the following device views available for 3com portswitch hubs. • chassis device view • interface device view see chapter 1, introduction , for information on accessing spectrum views ..
Page 19: Chassis Device View
Chassis device view device views 3com portswitch hubs 2-2 management module guide chassis device view this view shows a logical representation of the device chassis and its interfaces or ports. The chassis device icon provides menu and double-click zone access to the views that monitor the interface...
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9032295 e2 device views 2-3 chassis device view chassis device icon chassis device icon this icon is a logical representation of the physical device and its front panel interfaces. This section describes the information available from the chassis device icon. Figure 2-2 shows an example of the chass...
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Chassis device view chassis device icon device views 3com portswitch hubs 2-4 management module guide module identification label this label provides the following information (see figure 2-2 ): module number displays the position of the module in the hub stack. Double-click this area to open the no...
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9032295 e2 device views 2-5 chassis device view figure 2-3. Port identification label port number displays the number of the port within the module. Double-click this area to open the port notes view described in the spectrum views reference. Port operation label displays the operational status of t...
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Chassis device view device views 3com portswitch hubs 2-6 management module guide port identification label subviews menu table 2-2 describes the port identification label subviews menu selections. See chapter 1, introduction , for information on accessing spectrum views . Table 2-2. Port identifica...
Page 24: Interface Device View
9032295 e2 device views 2-7 interface device view interface device view this view shows a logical representation of the interfaces or ports on the device. The interface device icon provides menu and double-click zone access to the views that monitor the interfaces. Figure 2-4 shows an example of the...
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Interface device view interface device icon device views 3com portswitch hubs 2-8 management module guide interface device icon this icon is a logical representation of the services provided by this device. This section describes the information available from the interface device icon. Figure 2-5 s...
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9032295 e2 device views 2-9 interface device view interface device icon mac (physical) address label displays the mac address of this interface. Double-click this area to open the interface address translation table described in chapter 3, configuration views . Ip address label displays the ip addre...
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Interface device view interface device icon device views 3com portswitch hubs 2-10 management module guide network information panel this panel displays the following information on the configuration of a network: name displays the name of the network in question. Address displays the network addres...
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9032295 e2 3-1 chapter 3 configuration views what is in this chapter this chapter describes the configuration views available for 3com portswitch hubs. These views display network configuration and operating information for the device and its interfaces. The following configuration views are availab...
Page 29: Device Configuration View
Device configuration view configuration views 3com portswitch hubs 3-2 management module guide device configuration view this view provides device-specific configuration information as well as access to other views that allow you to configure device components. To access the device configuration vie...
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9032295 e2 configuration views 3-3 device configuration view interface configuration table physical address displays the physical (mac) address of the interface or port. Network address displays the network address of the interface or port. Interface configuration table double-click any entry in thi...
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Interface configuration view configuration views 3com portswitch hubs 3-4 management module guide interface configuration view this view provides information on the configuration and operating status of the interface. To access the interface configuration view do the following: 1. Within the interfa...
Page 32: Module Configuration View
9032295 e2 configuration views 3-5 module configuration view module configuration view this view provides information on the configuration and operating status of the module. To access the module configuration view do the following: 1. Within the chassis device view, highlight the module icon. 2. Fr...
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Port configuration view configuration views 3com portswitch hubs 3-6 management module guide the administrative status value takes precedence over auto partition and functionally operates between the auto-partition mechanism and the aui/ pma. Enabling the port sets it to notautopartitioned regardles...
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9032295 e2 4-1 chapter 4 event and alarm messages what is in this chapter this chapter lists the types of events and alarms generated by 3com portswitch hubs and provides any probable cause messages corresponding to these alarms. Device events and alarms table 4-1 lists the spectrum database directo...
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Device events and alarms event and alarm messages 3com portswitch hubs 4-2 management module guide csevformat/event00010308 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a(n) {t} device, named {m}, has detected a communication link down. (event [{e}]) cspcause/prob00010308 communication link is down. Csevformat/event00...
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9032295 e2 event and alarm messages 4-3 device events and alarms csevformat/event00ea0016 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) a gauge {o 1} has gone over its threshold {i 3}. The sample period was {i 5} and the number of samples used is {i 7}. (event [{e}]) no probable cause message...
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Device events and alarms event and alarm messages 3com portswitch hubs 4-4 management module guide csevformat/event00ea0018 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) has reported that a sytem load request has failed. The reason was {t slstat 1}. (event [{e}]) cspcause/prob00ea0018 when a ...
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9032295 e2 event and alarm messages 4-5 device events and alarms csevformat/event00ea0020 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports the endstation table is full. (event [{e}]) cspcause/prob00ea0020 when the end-station table becomes full this trap is generated. Csevformat/event00e...
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Device events and alarms event and alarm messages 3com portswitch hubs 4-6 management module guide csevformat/event00ea0031 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports that a card has been removed from the service {i 1}. (event [{e}]) no probable cause message. Csevformat/event00ea0...
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9032295 e2 event and alarm messages 4-7 device events and alarms csevformat/event00ea0037 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports that a port {i 2} has detected a security violation. (event [{e}]) cspcause/prob00ea0037 this trap indicates that this port has detected security vio...
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Device events and alarms event and alarm messages 3com portswitch hubs 4-8 management module guide csevformat/event00ea0043 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports that a port {i 2} in a resilience pair has had a change in state and the active port has been switched. The state o...
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9032295 e2 event and alarm messages 4-9 device events and alarms csevformat/event00ea0048 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports that either the main and backup rings have wrapped or that the wrap condition has been removed. The new wrap state is {i 1} (1=notwrapped, 2=wrapped)...
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Device events and alarms event and alarm messages 3com portswitch hubs 4-10 management module guide csevformat/event00ea0061 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports that the managed agent has recieved a reply to a poll after a sequence of four or more un- successfull polls. The ...
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9032295 e2 event and alarm messages 4-11 device events and alarms csevformat/event00ea0068 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports that a repeater {i 2} has had its errors/10000 packets threshold {i 3} exceeded. The errors/10000 packets is {i 1} (event [{e}]) no probable cause m...
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Device events and alarms event and alarm messages 3com portswitch hubs 4-12 management module guide csevformat/event00ea0078 {d “%w- %d %m-, %y - %t”} a 3com hub, {t} (name {m}) reports that a security violation has occured on port {i 2} (slot. Port. Mac-address). The port’s admin status is now {i 3...
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9032295 e2 5-1 chapter 5 application views what is in this chapter this chapter describes the device-specific applications listed below for 3com portswitch hubs. The corresponding application model type is shown in parentheses. • 3com security application (3comsecapp) - local snmp application (3coms...
Page 47: Common Applications
Common applications application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-2 management module guide common applications this device supports the following common applications described in the mib ii applications reference: • mib-ii (snmp2_agent) - icmp (icmp_app) - ip (ip2_app) - system (system2_app) - tcp (tcp2...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-3 device application view figure 5-1. Device application view (icon mode) ssco 3coml 3coml system loa power supp 3compowera 3compowera local snmp 3comfaultapp 3comsnmpa 3comsecur 3comsecapp 3comsecapp system * file view help? Example of type hub3comportsw of landscape ...
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Device application view application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-4 management module guide figure 5-2. Device application view (list mode) hub3comportsw 3com1516extapp 3comsecapp 3comsnmpapp2 3compowerapp 3comsysldapp 3comrmonextapp 3comssconfapp * file view help? Example of type hub3comportsw of la...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-5 security application security application this application supports security features on the device. The model type name is 3comsecapp. Security view this view contains the security enable table and the following buttons: accesses the security users table view, descr...
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Security application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-6 management module guide security users table view this view allows you to add and delete users and to modify their security levels. The default users, monitor, manager, and security, cannot be deleted. Double-clicking an entry in this t...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-7 security application security audit table view this view displays a record of all updates to the managed database of the device. When the log is full the oldest entry is overwritten. Therefore, this log should be read regularly by a management device so that a perman...
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Security application local snmp application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-8 management module guide local snmp application this application provides access to the local snmp view, allowing you to set snmp traps for this device. The model type for this application is 3comsnmpapp2. Local sn...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-9 security application category displays the categories of traps in which the destination is interested. Table 5-2 shows possible values and descriptions. Throttle the maximum rate at which the destination is willing to receive traps, in milliseconds. A value of 2000 w...
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Security application power supply application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-10 management module guide power supply application this application provides access to the power supply configuration view, which presents a table containing power supply information for this device. The model ty...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-11 security application system loader application system loader application this application provides access to the system loader view, which presents a table containing a history of software images loaded on this device. The model type for this application is 3comsysl...
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Security application system loader application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-12 management module guide status displays the status of the last system load operation for this device, or the reason for its failure. Table 5-5 shows possible status settings. Swvers displays the version of the...
Page 58: Rmon Extensions Application
9032295 e2 application views 5-13 rmon extensions application aabbccdd:112233445566. An error is returned if the agent does not support the download protocol implied by the address format. Protocol displays the protocol to use when downloading the software. This is determined from the format of the ...
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Rmon extensions application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-14 management module guide protocol displays the protocol used to monitor the device. Writing to the address field causes a default protocol value, derived from the format/content of the address, to be setup. If the protocol is not...
Page 60: Snmp Extensions Application
9032295 e2 application views 5-15 snmp extensions application rmon extensions host view this view contains mac to port and port to mac tables. These tables provide cross references between the mac address of a port and the complete object id string that refers to that port. Rmon extensions event ala...
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Snmp extensions application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-16 management module guide see table 5-6 for possible values and their meanings. Health text displays a string that provides information on the operational state of the repeater. This may be used to provide detailed failure informa...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-17 snmp extensions application rfc1516 extensions view this view contains the rfc1516 extensions table, which displays information on the configuration of the ports on the device. Double-click any of the table entries to access the rfc1516 extension entry view, from wh...
Page 63: Superstack Application
Superstack application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-18 management module guide this is a sequence of 16-bit numbers, each a pair of octets. Each encoded value represents a repeater. The value of the field repeater num may be set to any of the values in this list. For example, is a port c...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-19 superstack application superstack configuration view module, and unlikely to be contiguous. If a type value is not available for this device, this will return zero. There are two reasons why this value may not be available through this view of the mib; the device ma...
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Superstack application superstack configuration view application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-20 management module guide capabilities displays the capabilities of the device. This is used in conjunction with the upgrade level of the stack to enable a management application to correctly enable and di...
Page 66: Serial I/f Application
9032295 e2 application views 5-21 serial i/f application slip mgmt if the management type is distributed, this field displays the entry in the interface table which represents the potential slip (serial port) management interface for the device. If this is zero there is no slip access port available...
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Serial i/f application interface extensions application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-22 management module guide speed displays the receive and transmit speed of the port if autoconfig is disabled. Different speeds for transmit and receive are not possible. Char size displays the characte...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-23 serial i/f application interface extensions application ip address displays the ip address for this interface. Netmask displays the subnet mask for this interface. See the description of ip address for a more information. Default router displays the ip address of th...
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Serial i/f application port security application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-24 management module guide port security application this application provides access to the the port security view. The model for this application is 3comsecportapp. Port security view this view contains the f...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-25 serial i/f application port security application intr action displays the action taken if an unauthorized device transmits on this port. Possible values are not available, no action, and disable port. Num addr displays the maximum number of addresses that the port c...
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Serial i/f application port security application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-26 management module guide port address table this table displays the mac addresses assigned to each port. Addresses will normally be defined as authorized, and describe the devices which are permitted to trans...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-27 serial i/f application mrm resilience application mrm resilience application this application provides access to the mrm resilience table view. The model for this application is 3commrmresapp. Mrm resilience view this view contains the mrm resilience table and the f...
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Serial i/f application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-28 management module guide main slot displays the slot number of the main port in the pair. Main port displays the port number of the main port in the pair. Main state displays the state of the main port. Table 5-12 shows possible value...
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9032295 e2 application views 5-29 serial i/f application pair enable this filed enables or disables both ports in the resilient pair. Mrm resilience standby table the mrm resilience standby table is accessed by clicking the standby map table button in the mrm resilience view. This is a read-only tab...
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Serial i/f application application views 3com portswitch hubs 5-30 management module guide.
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9032295 e2 1 index numerics 3commrmresapp 5-27 3commultiapp2 5-22 3compowerapp 5-10 3comsecapp 5-5 3comsecportapp 5-24 3comsnmpapp2 5-8 a accessing spectrum views 1-2 alarm manager 4-1 application icmp 5-2 mib-ii 5-2 standard rmon 5-2 system 5-2 tcp 5-2 udp 5-2 view 5-1 (icon mode) 5-2 (list mode) 5...
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Index 3com portswitch hubs 2 management module guide i (continued) interface configuration view admin. Status 3-4 bandwidth 3-4 last change 3-4 network name/address 3-4 operation status 3-4 packet size 3-4 physical address 3-4 queue length 3-4 interface device icon interface index number 2-8 interfa...
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9032295 e2 index 3 p port address mac address 5-26 port 5-26 row status 5-26 slot 5-26 port address table 5-26 port configuration administrative status 3-5 auto partition state 3-6 last source address 3-6 operational status 3-6 source address changes 3-6 port identification label port enable label 2...
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Index 3com portswitch hubs 4 management module guide s (continued) security users table 5-6 community 5-6 level 5-6 local party 5-6 manager party 5-6 name 5-6 password 5-6 status 5-6 serial i/f interface extensions 5-22 snmp extensions application 5-15 snmp2_agent 5-2 snmp-repeater configuration gro...