Cabletron Systems SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-24TX User Manual Addendum

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    User’s guide addendum smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194.

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    Cabletron systems, inc. Po box 5005 rochester, nh 03866-5005 this addendum is to be used in conjunction with the installation and user guide that ships with the cabletron smartstack 100 els100-24txg and/or els100-24txm ethernet switches. This document contains proprietary information that is the pro...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    9033194 table of contents i table of contents smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 a.1 introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 a.2 user interface menu hierarchy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

  • Page 5: Firmware Revision 2.01

    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 1 addendum a. Smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 a.1 introduction the cabletron smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 supports the following models of the els100-24 product family: • els100-24tx • els100-24txm • els100-24txg firmware...

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    2 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 a.2 user interface menu hierarchy figure a-1 shows the user interface hierarchy for the cabletron smartstack els100-24, firmware revision 2.01. Figure a-1. User interface menu hierarchy system configuration menu snmp configuration menu system nam...

  • Page 7: A.3 Smarttrunking

    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 3 a.3 smarttrunking smarttrunking is a link aggregation feature that allows multiple physical ports of the switch to be aggregated together to form a single logical connection between network devices. All physical connections in the logical connect...

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    4 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 enabled, the switch is smarttrunk-compliant and will automatically configure to work with cabletron products such as a smart switch router (ssr), smartswitch, smartstack, etc. When the protocols are disabled, the switch can be manually configured...

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    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 5 a.3.1 configuring smarttrunking: user interface smarttrunking can be configured through the user interface. A.3.1.1 smarttrunking configuration menu to configure trunking, do the following: 1. Select switch configuration menu from the main menu. ...

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    6 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 table a-1 describes fields and options available in the trunking configuration menu. Table a-1. Trunking configuration menu description 3. Select c from the trunking configuration menu to configure trunking. The following message appears: enter t...

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    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 7 table a-2 describes the trunk configuration menu. Table a-2. Trunking configuration menu description 5. Select a to add ports. The following message appears: enter port number(s) or range of port(s) 1-26: field description name lists the trunk gr...

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    8 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 6. In this example, a range of ports is entered to form a trunk group. Enter 1-4 and press [enter]. Figure a-5 shows the update to the screen. Figure a-5. Adding a range of ports to a trunk 7. To add a trunk name, enter c . The following message ...

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    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9 when configuring trunk groups, consider the following: • when adding or removing port(s), the following message appears: enter port number(s) or range of port(s) you can enter individual ports, separated by a comma, or a range of ports separated ...

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    10 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 table a-3. Spanning tree trunk configuration menu description field/option description trunk id lists the trunk group id. Trunk name lists the trunk group name. Path cost the contribution of the path through this port when it is the root port to...

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    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 11 a.3.2 configuring smarttrunking: web-based management smarttrunking can be configured through a web browser-based utility which allows you to configure and manage cabletron smartstack els100-24 switches remotely. For more information, see the ca...

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    12 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 4. Select trunking table configuration. Figure a-9 shows the trunking table configuration menu. Figure a-9. Trunking table configuration menu 5. To create a new trunk group, select create new trunk. Figure a-10 shows the create new trunk menu. F...

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    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 13 7. To modify an existing trunk group, first choose the trunk to modify by selecting the radio button next to the appropriate trunk on the trunking table configuration menu (figure a-9). Then select modify trunk. Figure a-11 shows the modify trun...

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    14 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 a.5 read-only password protection read-only password protection has been added in firmware revision 2.01. This feature adds an additional password option to the user interface (for serial console and telnet) for read-only access. Previously only...

  • Page 19: A.6 Disable Serial Console

    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 15 a.6 disable serial console a new mib variable was added to the cabletron proprietary mib allowing the serial console of the switch to be disabled or enabled via snmp. Previously, the serial console was always enabled. The name of the variable is...

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    16 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 figure a-14. Syslog server ip address 4. Select lowest syslog severity level. Eight different severity level options are available by selecting o until the desired setting appears. Table a-4 describes each of these severity levels and conditions...

  • Page 21: A.8 Mib Enhancements

    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 17 table a-4. Syslog severity level descriptions a.8 mib enhancements the following subsections describe mib enhancements that have been provided in firmware revision 2.01. A.8.1 802.1p and 802.1q mib support for portions of the ietf 802.1p (priori...

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    18 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 a.8.3 cabletron proprietary mib three new mib objects were added to the cabletron proprietary mib in firmware revision 2.01. The following is a description of these variables presented as a supplement to table 5-1 in the installation and user gu...

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    9033194 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 19 a.8.4 smarttrunking mib support for the cabletron smarttrunking mib was added in firmware revision 2.01. Table a-5 describes the variables contained in the mib. Table a-5. Smarttrunking mib variables variable description trunkglobalstatus the gl...

  • Page 24: A.9 Power Up Diagnostics

    20 smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01 9033194 the power up diagnostics and web management enable features in the user interface were available prior to cabletron smartstack els100-24 firmware revision 2.01, but were not documented in the installation and user guide. These features are docum...