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Cabletron Systems SmartStack STS16-20D Installation And User Manual

Manual is about: Cabletron Systems User Guide Token Ring Switches STS16-20D, STS16-20R

Summary of SmartStack STS16-20D

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    Smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide.

  • Page 3: Notice

    I notice 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 soft...

  • Page 4: Fcc Notice

    Ii notice fcc notice this device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Not...

  • Page 5: Declaration of Conformity

    Iii notice declaration of conformity addendum 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 representative address: ...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Iv notice table of contents 1. Introduction 1 switching technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 switch of switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 switch of servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 switch of hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

  • Page 7: 4. Installation

    V notice spanning tree protocol support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 vlan support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 dynamic source route recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 snmp . . . . . . . . . ....

  • Page 8: 6. Switch Configuration

    Vi notice using building wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 checking the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 applying power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 stacker link module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 installation . . . . ...

  • Page 9: Menu

    Vii notice crosslink menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 crosslink configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 setting up a crosslink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 current crosslink information screen . . . . . . . . . . 115 address filtering . . . . . . . . . ....

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    Viii notice port statistics menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 general statistics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 802.5 statistics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 802.5 state information screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 802.5 dtr mac inform...

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    Ix notice 11. Getting in touch with technical support 221 problem report form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 appendix a. Abbreviations 225 appendix b. Cable and pin information 229 connecting to the out-of-band management port . . . . 229 out-of-band management port and cable pin-outs...

  • Page 12: List Of Figures

    X notice list of figures figure 1. Smartstack sts16-20d token ring switch . . . . . . . . . 1 figure 2. Location of leds, switches and connectors . . . . . . . . . 5 figure 3. The back panel of the smartstack sts16-20d . . . . . . . 9 figure 4. The back panel of the smartstack sts16-20r . . . . . . ...

  • Page 13: List of Tables

    Xi notice list of tables table 1. Status leds and their meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 table 2. Stack-link leds and their meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 table 3. Port leds and their meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 table 4. Back panel connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    Xii notice.

  • Page 15: 1. Introduction

    1 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 1. Introduction this chapter discusses switching technology and how the smartstack sts16-20d and/or smartstack sts16-20r token ring switch can be used to improve network performance. This chapter also inclu...

  • Page 16: Switching Technology

    2 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction switching technology demand for network bandwidth continues to grow, driven by the increasing number of systems used in network-intensive applications. Lan segmentation has been the prevalent method for add...

  • Page 17: Switch Of Servers

    3 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide sts16-20d/sts16-20r to be used as a switch of switches which provides media flexibility in an token ring configuration. The smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r can easily connect with other smartstack products t...

  • Page 18: Switch Of Routers

    4 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction network management statistics. Total network capacity and throughput increase dramatically for attached desktop workstations. Switch of floors and buildings for network managers, multistorey buildings and c...

  • Page 19: Front Panel Details

    5 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide front panel details the front panel details of the switches are illustrated in figure 2. This section lists all the connectors, controls, and leds of the front panel. Figure 2. Location of leds, switches an...

  • Page 20: Reset Button

    6 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction — a connection to a shared-media segment via a token ring concentrator, station mode (on smartstack sts16-20d only via the network ports 17– 20) — a connection to another token ring switch (on smartstack st...

  • Page 21: Labels

    7 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide labels the two labels in the right side of the front panel are: • the mac address label: the unique globally assigned base base mac- address of the switch. • the switch number label: blank label for an indi...

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    8 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction table 2 lists the stack-link leds and their meanings: table 3 lists the port leds and their meanings: led state meaning tx on or blinking data is being transmitted to the stack link. Rx on or blinking data ...

  • Page 23: Back Panel Details

    9 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide back panel details the back panel of the switches are illustrated in figure 3. The back panel of the smartstack sts16-20d figure 4. The back panel of the smartstack sts16-20r table 4 lists the back panel co...

  • Page 24: Features And Specifications

    10 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction features and specifications this section lists important switch features as well as technical specifications. Features performance and advanced features • three switching modes: — low latency cut through —...

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    11 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide — on smartstack sts16-20r up to 256 mbps for all the ports 1–20, when using 8 ports. • advanced filtering (mac address / protocol) • vlan (virtual lan) support • support for transmission priorities • conge...

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    12 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction • smartstack sts16-20r: optional redundant power supply six switches can receive backup power from one smartstack sts-rpc redundant power center equipped with six smartstack sts-psu redundant power supply ...

  • Page 27: Specifications

    13 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide specifications the tables on the following pages list the product specifications for the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r. Capacity table 5. Capacity specifications specification value number of token ring p...

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    14 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction performance table 6. Performance specifications specification value maximum frame rate per port 57,000 pps in each direction (measured with a frame size of 19 bytes) maximum aggregate frame rate per 4 port...

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    15 introduction smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide physical characteristics specification value rack mount 19" rack mount (hardware included) 1.5 u dimensions width: 19" (48.3 cm) depth: 15.74" (40.0 cm) height 2.59" (6.6 cm) weight 15.9 lbs. (7.2 kg) powe...

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    16 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide introduction table 7. Specifications of physical characteristics ❏ protocol compatibility transparent to higher layer protocols spanning tree protocol support (on smartstack sts16-20d only for ports 17 to 20) ieee 802....

  • Page 31: 2. Switch Overview

    17 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 2. Switch overview the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r is an ieee 802.5-compliant device designed to boost throughput on token ring networks. It operates as a media access control (mac)-layer device that...

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    18 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview multiple simultaneous conversations a limitation of token ring is that it supports only one packet at a time. The smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r improves data throughput by supporting multiple, simultan...

  • Page 33: Low Latency

    19 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide the increase in throughput is directly proportional to the number of physical token- rings that are interconnected through the switch. A smartstack sts16-20d/ sts16-20r with 20 ports interconnected prov...

  • Page 34: Address Management

    20 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview address management at power up, the system address tables do not contain any information. Whenever a smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r receives a packet with an unknown source or destination address, it le...

  • Page 35: Multiple Bridging Modes

    21 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide multiple bridging modes the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r supports four different switching modes to provide maximum flexibility in all installation environments. The switching modes are source route s...

  • Page 36: Source Route Bridging (Srb)

    22 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview the crf communicates via a logical, virtual port with the bridge relay function, which functions as a multiport (virtual) bridge between the logical rings. The smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r can support...

  • Page 37: Srt/srb

    23 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide • the bridge relay function has a single bridge number and multiple ring numbers (one per logical ring) srs is used between the ports of each logical ring. The bridge relay function runs the ibm spannin...

  • Page 38: Filtering

    24 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview filtering filtering is important for a lan switch. Filters can be used to reduce broadcast traffic, block certain protocols and provide security functions. The smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r provides fi...

  • Page 39: Three Switching Modes

    25 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide three switching modes this section describes the three switching modes available on the switch. Cut-through in this mode the switch starts forwarding the packet to the output port as soon as the destina...

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    26 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview token ring port operation modes each token ring port may operate in one of the following modes: • half-duplex concentrator port the port behaves like an active mau port for classical token ring. Connect...

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    27 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide ri/ro-like connection on smartstack sts16-20r a utp ri/ro connection is available on ports 19 and 20 on the smartstack sts16-20r switch. This feature allows the smartstack sts16-20r to connect to cau/la...

  • Page 42: Clearsession Support

    28 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview transmission priority queues to address the needs of delay-sensitive data, such as multimedia, the token ring ports of the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r have two transmit queues, a high- priority queue...

  • Page 43: Crosslink Connections

    29 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide crosslink connections two or more token-ring ports can be configured to comprise a crosslink. A crosslink is a collection of identical parallel links between two switches or between a switch and an end ...

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    30 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview for details about crosslink configuration, please refer to the section “crosslink” on page 110 in chapter 6, “switch configuration”. Spanning tree protocol support ibm initially supported only source ro...

  • Page 45: Vlan Support

    31 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide vlan support the virtual lan (vlan) concept creates a virtual switch within a physical switch or stack of switches. A vlan consists of crfs and has its own bridge relay function attached. Frames are not...

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    32 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview dynamic source route recovery dynamic source route recovery (dsrr) is a proprietary protocol that enables a group of switches to handle a link or switch failure without session loss. A basic redundant s...

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    33 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide figure 9. Example of dynamic source route recovery, normal state if one of the switches (figure 9) or its link to any of the token-rings fail, (one of) the remaining active switch(es) will after a short...

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    34 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview figure 10. Example of dynamic source route recovery, switch 1 failed note that since a separate link is required for forwarding traffic with a given route descriptor, one switch can only carry backup tr...

  • Page 49: Management

    35 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide management this section describes the management options for the switch. Snmp the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r can be managed via a snmp manager. The smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r supports ten manage...

  • Page 50: Ibm Lan Network Manager

    36 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview smartstack manager for windows the smartswitch manager is an application that runs under windows. It provides an intuitive graphical user interface (gui) that displays a view of the switch front panel a...

  • Page 51: Rmon Support

    37 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide rmon support rmon is an industry-standard method for providing network statistics monitoring using snmp. It also collects fault, performance, and configuration statistics. It can monitor continuously, e...

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    38 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview 9. Event supported. 10. Token-ring supported: — the token-ring ring station group. Only supported as read. That is, only the entries created as default can be read. The ring station table is not support...

  • Page 53: Built-In Port Counters

    39 switch overview smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide built-in port counters the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r supports a wide range of port counters, which enables you to obtain a detailed overview of the port traffic. The counters give a comprehensive o...

  • Page 54: Smartstack Sts16-20R

    40 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch overview stack must be equipped with a sts-lm stacker link module and an appropriate stacker link cable. The smartstack sts-8su external stacker unit works as a common backplane switching fabric, which provides ...

  • Page 55: Safety Recommendations

    41 preparing for installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 3. Preparing for installation before installing the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r, read this chapter carefully. Safety recommendations follow these guidelines to ensure general safety during...

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    42 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide preparing for installation • before working on the system, unplug the power cord. To avoid the possibility of electrical shock, unplug the power cord from the outlet before detaching the power cord from the switch. • d...

  • Page 57: Site Requirements

    43 preparing for installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide site requirements following are the site requirements for installation. Environment choose a clean, dust-free, preferably air-conditioned location. Avoid direct sunlight, heat sources, or are...

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    44 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide preparing for installation b. The cord must be ul listed, csa labelled, and consist of three conductors with a maximum of 15 feet in length. Type svt or sjt cord sets shall be used for units which stand on a desk or ta...

  • Page 59: Configuration Guidelines

    45 preparing for installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide configuration guidelines this section will help you understand the physical configuration restrictions for the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r. Read the guidelines in the following sections be...

  • Page 60: Ieee 802.1D Spanning Tree

    46 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide preparing for installation you can also use the net 18k dialog box in the hp openview application. This dialog can display all the hardware modules. Note that the ssim-h2-02 fast ethernet - translational switch smartst...

  • Page 61: Ring Numbers

    47 preparing for installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide ring numbers forwarding frames between crfs in srb mode is only possible if the crfs know their ring numbers. If you are running the switch in an environment without other bridges/switches, a...

  • Page 62: Switches

    48 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide preparing for installation sample uses of the smartstack sts16-20rm family switches the cabletron systems smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r switches allow you to increase the performance of the network by providing dedica...

  • Page 63

    49 preparing for installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide figure 11. Typical network without the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r figure 12. Relieving the overstressed backbone 1 srb 2 srb 3 srb 7 srb 8 srb 9 srb 4 6 srb srb 5 server server server ser...

  • Page 64

    50 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide preparing for installation figure 13. Replacing srbs with a smartstack sts16-20rm or smartstack sts16-20r figure 14. Delivering dedicated bandwidth to individual workstations 1 2 crf 2 3 crf 3 7 crf 7 8 crf 8 9 crf 9 s...

  • Page 65: Deployment Scenarios

    51 preparing for installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide deployment scenarios smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r includes a built-in stacker link. To create a stack of smartstack sts16-20x switches you can use any switch in this series as an interface ...

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    52 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide preparing for installation figure 15. Scenario using a stacker link and a matrix switch figure 16 on the next page shows a network design where smartstack sts16-20d/ sts16-20r uses network ports to connect to a remote ...

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    53 preparing for installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide figure 16. Setting up crosslinks ❏.

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    54 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide preparing for installation.

  • Page 69: 4. Installation

    55 installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 4. Installation this chapter contains step-by-step instructions for installing, connecting and verifying that the smartstack sts16-20d token ring switch and/or the smartstack sts16-20r token ring switch is...

  • Page 70: Package Contents

    56 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide installation package contents immediately after receiving the equipment, examine all shipping containers and contents for damage. If any damage has occurred, notify the shipping carrier. Unpack the unit by removing the...

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    57 installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide materials needed for installation to install the switch, you need the following items: • if the unit will be installed in a rack, you need: — a rack inventory chart and a cabling chart from your network ad...

  • Page 72: Mounting The Chassis

    58 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide installation mounting the chassis the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r can be mounted in a standard 19-inch rack or cabinet, or can be mounted on any flat surface such as a tabletop. The installation area should be near ...

  • Page 73: Table-Mounting

    59 installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 2. Position the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r, with the exposed mounting brackets, in the rack or cabinet and slide it up or down until the bracket holes line up with the rack holes. Attach the chassis br...

  • Page 74: Cabling

    60 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide installation cabling ➽ note: for information on connectors, buttons, slots, and leds, please see “front panel details” on page 5 and “back panel details” on page 9 in chapter 1. This section provides instructions for c...

  • Page 75: Using Building Wiring

    61 installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide device at the other end, a unique cable identification number, the mac address of the connected device, and the number of the port to which the cable is attached. 4. To continue installing the switch, go t...

  • Page 76: Checking The Installation

    62 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide installation ➽ note: do not connect these cables to the ring-in or ring-out port on a media access unit (mau), unless you use ports 19 and 20 on sts16-20r. 4. Connect the other end of the cable to a token ring port on ...

  • Page 77: Applying Power

    63 installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide applying power the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r chassis does not have an on/off switch. Power is on when the unit is plugged into a power source . There are no user serviceable parts inside an smartstack...

  • Page 78

    64 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide installation figure 22. The back panel of the sts16-20r 4. Verify that the power led is on. If not, make sure the outlet is working properly. If the outlet is working, but the power led and the fans are not on, see cha...

  • Page 79: Stacker Link Module

    65 installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide stacker link module the smartstack sts-lm internal stacker unit which is factory installed in the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r switch is a single port interface module that is installed into the back slo...

  • Page 80

    66 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide installation smartstack sts-lm connectors and leds the following tables describe the connectors and leds on the sts-lm front panel. Connecting the stacker link cable when connecting two or more stacker link modules tog...

  • Page 81: Working With A Stack

    67 installation smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide working with a stack when the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r switch powers up, it runs through a series of diagnostics. Immediately after the diagnostics are complete, the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r en...

  • Page 82: Checking The Installation

    68 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide installation table 12. Inter-box parameters checking the installation the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r performs a diagnostic self-test during the power on cycle. From a management console, check that the switch lists...

  • Page 83: Overview

    69 accessing switch management smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 5. Accessing switch management the switches can be configured in two ways: 1. Using the switch console. You can access the switch console interface — directly, by connecting a vt100 terminal...

  • Page 84: Connecting The Console

    70 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide accessing switch management connecting the console the two following subsections explain how to connect to the switch console. You can connect directly or via a modem. For detailed information on cabling and pins, see ...

  • Page 85

    71 accessing switch management smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 3. Use the values listed in the following table to set the configuration parameters on your console for interfacing to the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r. Specification value baud rate 2400,...

  • Page 86: Communication Problems

    72 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide accessing switch management 4. At power on (cold boot), the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r performs a series of self-test diagnostics verifying that hardware components are functioning. An example of the self-test diag...

  • Page 87: Diagnostic Screen

    73 accessing switch management smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 5. If you still can not get the connection to work, contact a support person. Diagnostic screen the diagnostic self-test displays two different screens, depending on whether you perform a co...

  • Page 88

    74 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide accessing switch management 20 29 - initializing system address table - system entering stand-alone mode - enabling port: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 22 23 24 press return key to activate console...

  • Page 89: 6. Switch Configuration

    75 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 6. Switch configuration this chapter explains how to set up the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r and to modify the configuration using a vt100 console attached to the switch directly or via a modem c...

  • Page 90: General Guidelines

    76 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration general guidelines to work within the console menus and screens, follow these guidelines: • to select an item on a screen or a menu, highlight it by using the arrow keys and then press enter . If y...

  • Page 91

    77 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide if no password is configured, just press enter and the main menu is presented. To establish a password, see the section "password menu" on page 130 later in this chapter. To open the password menu,...

  • Page 92: Main Menu

    78 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration main menu the main menu contains the following items, that give access to console screens and submenus: configuration... Displays the configuration menu, which enables you to view and set the smart...

  • Page 93: Configuration Menu

    79 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide configuration menu open this menu by selecting configuration in the main menu. From the configuration menu you can view and set the switch configuration parameters. This chapter describes all subme...

  • Page 94: Switch Configuration Screen

    80 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration switch configuration screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → switch configuration .... Use the switch configuration screen to view system information and to view...

  • Page 95

    81 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide flash memory installed amount (in kb) of flash memory installed. Information in this field cannot be changed. Burned-in mac address the factory-assigned base mac address of the smartstack sts16-20d...

  • Page 96

    82 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration or preferred vlan’s, implying that 63 mac addresses need to be reserved for brf. Summarizing each smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r reserve: switch base address + 31 addresses for token ring ports + 6...

  • Page 97: Stack Configuration Screen

    83 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide system contact any text string of max. 64 characters that you have assigned for the switch. Time of day an internal clock is used to calculate total time of operation and time of day. To adjust the...

  • Page 98: Module Information Screen

    84 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration remote box number(s) number of switches (in addition to this one) in the stack. Display only. Stack time-out if a switch goes off line, the length of time (in seconds) during which the stack tries ...

  • Page 99

    85 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide is listed as module 2. Status whether the module is up, down, failed, or the slot is empty. Model type of module. The switch is listed for the base switch. For this module as well as for others, th...

  • Page 100: Vlan Configuration

    86 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration vlan configuration the virtual lan feature can be used to partition a smartstack sts16-20d/sts16- 20r or a stack of switches into several virtual lans, each containing its own set of ports (the ter...

  • Page 101: Vlan Configuration Menu

    87 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide • ip. You may give each domain an ip address, subnet mask, and gateway address definition. • address filters. Domains have no effect on address filters. For example, suppose you create two domains:...

  • Page 102: Vlan Configuration Screen

    88 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration vlan configuration screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → vlan configuration → → → → vlan configuration . Use the this screen to define brfs and crfs for the sw...

  • Page 103

    89 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide view... Zooms in a vlan. Add... Prompts for a new id and brings up the vlan parameter configuration screen. Change... Prompts for a numeric id of a brf or crf to change and brings up the vlan param...

  • Page 104

    90 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration vlan id numeric id of the crf. Possible values are 2 through 1005. Values 1002 through 1005 and 1 are reserved for the default crfs and brfs. Vlan name ascii name associated with the crf. Up to 32 ...

  • Page 105

    91 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide for each crf of translational links connected to the same logical ethernet segment, a connection attribute must be assigned: • primary connection—for a main connection to the ethernet cloud (defaul...

  • Page 106

    92 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration 1005 and 1 are reserved for the default brfs and crfs. These values cannot be changed. Vlan name ascii name associated with the brf. Up to 32 characters are allowed. The name must be unique. Neithe...

  • Page 107: Vlan Port Configuration

    93 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide vlan port configuration to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → vlan configuration → → → → vlan port configuration . This screen is used to view and edit current port a...

  • Page 108: Ip Configuration Screen

    94 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration ip configuration screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → ip configuration. Then select the brf to display the screen. This screen is used to view or change ip in...

  • Page 109

    95 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide default for the class of the ip address. If a subnet mask is specified, it will be used as a net mask. Default: 0.0.0.0 ip state display the following choices by highlighting ip state and pressing ...

  • Page 110

    96 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration bootp requests and parameters when using bootp to determine its ip address, the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16- 20r repeats bootp requests at regular intervals, beginning at one second each and eventua...

  • Page 111: Snmp Configuration Menu

    97 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide snmp configuration menu the next menu item in the configuration menu is snmp configuration... This item opens a menu that is explained in chapter 8, “monitoring the network with snmp”. The next sec...

  • Page 112

    98 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration if two ports to the root have the same path cost, the stp device selects the one with the highest priority (lowest value), an arbitrary value that you assign. To block traffic on a particular segme...

  • Page 113

    99 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide spanning tree for brf screen to open this screen from the main menu, do the following: 1. Select configuration → → → → spanning tree . A list containing available brf vlans appears. 2. Choose a brf...

  • Page 114

    100 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration ➽ note! When using multiport source route bridging, the internal link to the crf with the lowest ring number will be forwarding. The other links will be blocking. This is because all the other par...

  • Page 115: Spanning Tree For Crf Screen

    101 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide default: 20 bridge forward delay (in seconds) enter the time the brf spanning tree entity waits between transitions from listening to learning, and from learning to forwarding. The minimum may not...

  • Page 116

    102 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration stp mode (brf-to-crf) determines the mode of the internal port from this crf to the parent brf. Possible values are auto, forwarding, blocked. If set to auto, the forwarding/blocking state of the ...

  • Page 117

    103 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch hello time (in seconds) the time this crf spanning tree instance waits before sending the next hello bpdu message when this entity is the root in stp. The default is 2. The minimum value is...

  • Page 118

    104 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration port spanning tree parameters screen to open this screen do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select configuration → → → → spanning tree . A list containing available brf vlans appear...

  • Page 119

    105 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide ➽ note: for smartstack sts16-20d n/awill be displayed for ports 1 to 16 as they do not support spanning tree protocol. Path cost cost associated with the port. The spanning tree protocol uses port...

  • Page 120: Port Configuration Screen

    106 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration port configuration screen to open this screen do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select configuration → → → → port configuration . 2. You will be prompted for a port number. When yo...

  • Page 121

    107 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide enabled shows the administrative state of this port. Possible values are yes (enabled) or no (disabled). The default value is yes. Status this field is for informational purposes only, and shows i...

  • Page 122

    108 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration force ac bits on sr frames this field specifies if ac bits will be set unconditionally when a port forwards certain llc frames. Possible values are yes and no (default). Brf mtu (actual) display o...

  • Page 123

    109 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide media speed the token-ring media speed. Possibilities are 4 or 16 mbps or auto. When a switch port configured with auto discovers a connection to shared media, it will open and insert into the rin...

  • Page 124: Menu

    110 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration switched port analyzer menu from the configuration menu the switched port analyzer screen is accessed from the configuration menu. This screen and its submenus are presented in chapter 9, “monitor...

  • Page 125

    111 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide • statistics reporting. Statistics for the crosslink are displayed for individual ports, not for the crosslink as a whole. Station addresses are distributed among the ports in the crosslink. See c...

  • Page 126: Crosslink Menu

    112 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration crosslink menu to open this menu from the main menu, select configuration → → → → crosslink. Use the crosslink menu to access the crosslink configuration and information screens..

  • Page 127

    113 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide crosslink configuration screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → crosslink → → → → crosslink configuration . Use thisscreen to add, delete, and change crosslinks...

  • Page 128: Setting Up A Crosslink

    114 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration clear table deletes all crosslinks. Setting up a crosslink to add a crosslink between two smartstack sts16-20rm family switches, determine which ports to use for the crosslink. Use at least 2 port...

  • Page 129

    115 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide current crosslink information screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → crosslink → → → → current crosslink information .... Use this screen to display the status...

  • Page 130: Address Filtering

    116 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration address filtering the address filtering feature enables you to restrict certain users from communicating with other users. To do this, you can specify source and destination mac-layer token ring a...

  • Page 131

    117 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide ➽ note: to restrict access from one segment to an entire segment—not just an address—see the “vlan configuration” section in this chapter. The following address filtering menus are used to set up ...

  • Page 132: Configure Filters Screen

    118 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration protocol filters... Displays the protocol filters menu. Configure filters screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → filters & port security . Then select configur...

  • Page 133

    119 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide — any packet with the specified destination address is prevented from entering the switch through the specified port(s). • allow any packet with source address—allow src — if a packet is received ...

  • Page 134

    120 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration configure port security mode screen this function disables address learning of source and/or destination addresses at specified ports on an smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r. Port security totally bl...

  • Page 135: View Port Filters Screen

    121 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide view port filters screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. From the main menu, select configuration → → → → filters & port security . 2. Select view port filters... 3. You will be prompted...

  • Page 136: Protocol Filters Menu

    122 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration • traffic to this address will be forced to ports (as specified) return return to the main menu. More displays additional entries in the filter table if the table contains multiple pages. Port (nu...

  • Page 137

    123 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide protocol class assignment... Selecting this item will open the protocol class assignment screen. Port filtering attributes... Selecting this item will open the port filtering attributes screen. Pr...

  • Page 138

    124 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration (in its 4-digit hexadecimal format) for each of the classes 1 through 8. You cannot specify an ethertype for protocol classes 9 through 15. Dsaps list of the dsaps that you want to filter. You can...

  • Page 139

    125 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide • none - allow all frames in this protocol class (default value). Srt the srt field may have the following values: • yes - allow transparent bridging for frames in this protocol class (default val...

  • Page 140: Address Aging

    126 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration address aging you can set the per-port aging value using the address aging menu. The following describes the types of address aging. There are two types of aging: • port aging — any address in a p...

  • Page 141: Address Aging Menu

    127 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide address aging menu to open this menu from the main menu, select configuration → → → → address aging. The screens opened from this menu are described in the following sections. Port address table a...

  • Page 142

    128 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration port the port to which you want to assign an aging time. Aging time (min.) a valid port aging time associated with the port. Addresses will be discarded after reaching the set time limit. The defa...

  • Page 143

    129 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide master address table aging screen master address table aging is the aging value of a set time, in minutes, and a set percentage level after which unused addresses are removed from its table. ➽ not...

  • Page 144: Password Menu

    130 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration password menu to open this menu from the main menu, select configuration → → → → password . There are two types of user rights, read/write and read-only. Read/write users have full access. Read-on...

  • Page 145

    131 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide the password is saved across warm boots and power cycles. ➽ note: if you have forgotten the password, you can delete it by depressing the unlabeled system request button on the front panel of the ...

  • Page 146: Console/telnet Sessions

    132 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration console/telnet sessions the following section describes how to establish a console or telnet session. Console configuration menu this menu lists items for configuring console and telnet sessions. ...

  • Page 147

    133 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide serial link configuration screen use the serial link configuration screen to configure a smartstack sts16-20d/ sts16-20r when using a modem to create a console session. To open this screen from th...

  • Page 148: Stopping The Console Session

    134 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or autobaud. The default value for this parameter is 9600. Make sure that your terminal emulator baud rate matches the console baud rate you set. Creat...

  • Page 149

    135 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide telnet configuration screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → console configuration. Then select telnet configuration... Return to previous menu returns to the c...

  • Page 150: Telnet Sessions Screen

    136 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration telnet sessions screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. From the main menu, select configuration → → → → console configuration . Then select telnet configuration... 2. On the telnet confi...

  • Page 151: Stopping The Telnet Session

    137 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide starting the telnet session observe the following when starting a telnet session to the smartstack sts16- 20d/sts16-20r: • in the ip information screen, the ip state must not be set to ip-disabled...

  • Page 152

    138 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration ➽ note: if you are in a telnet session and change the ip parameters either in the ip information session screen or virtual lan ip configuration screen, and save the changes using the exit command ...

  • Page 153: Syslog Daemon Screen

    139 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide syslog daemon screen to open this menu from the main menu, select configuration → → → → syslog . The syslog facility is used to send messages to a central place in your network where messages can ...

  • Page 154

    140 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration change entry modifies an existing entry. Zoom displays more information..

  • Page 155: Dsrr Configuration

    141 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide dsrr configuration dynamic source route recovery enables a set of switches performing source route bridging between the same legacy token-ring and emulated token-ring (or the same pair of legacy t...

  • Page 156

    142 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration • the traced port and the backup for the traced port must connect to the same legacy or emulated token-ring. • the ports belonging to a dsrr group must be connected to the same rings as the corres...

  • Page 157

    143 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide dsrr group configuration screen ➽ note! Before entering the dsrr group configuration menu, the vlan configuration must be defined. Open the menu from the main menu by selecting configuration → → →...

  • Page 158: Dsrr Configuration Screen

    144 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration state shows the actual state of the displayed dsrr group. View and change select view or change to view or edit a group. You will be prompted for the index (ix) of the group. The dsrr configuratio...

  • Page 159

    145 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide inactive disabled stop transient state during enable/disable idle both primary and traced port down groupportdown primary port down tracedportdown traced port down active operational stoponerror e...

  • Page 160

    146 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration atm address this is the atm address that identifies the lan emulation client implementing the virtual atm traced port (when applicable). You cannot change the value of this parameter. Return saves...

  • Page 161: Download/upload Menu

    147 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide download/upload menu as enhancements are made to the switch, you may need to update the software that is contained in the switch. Or you may wish to save the configuration, that is, upload the con...

  • Page 162

    148 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration from 4.0.0 to 3.11.0, the configuration will be deleted. It is recommended that you save the configuration before upgrading the software. To open the download/upload menu, select download/upload i...

  • Page 163: Tftp

    149 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide use the following steps to update the switch software: 1. Use a terminal emulation program, which supports the x-modem protocol. 2. Insert the upgrade disk in your terminal emulator drive. 3. If y...

  • Page 164: Tftp Download/upload Screen

    150 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration tftp download/upload screen open this screen from the main menu by selecting download/upload → → → → tftp download/upload... The following is an example of the tftp download/upload screen. Note th...

  • Page 165

    151 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide ➽ note! When upgrading the boot code, append the string *boot to the filename when entering the filename. For example, to download the 2.3 bootcode to the switch, type the following: main image do...

  • Page 166: Reset Screen

    152 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration reset screen to open this screen, select reset... In the main menu. This screen displays the reset options available with the switch. Number of resets since diagnostics number of times the switch ...

  • Page 167

    153 switch configuration smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide reset port address table selecting this command clears all address table entries for a specified port (user is queried for which port to reset), sets port traffic counters to zero, and sets time s...

  • Page 168

    154 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch configuration.

  • Page 169: Console Statistics Menu

    155 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 7. Monitoring the network from the console statistics menu this chapter explains how to monitor the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r through a directly connected v...

  • Page 170: Statistics Menu

    156 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu statistics menu to open the statistics menu, select statistics... In the main menu. For information on how to use the console interface, see “general guidelines”...

  • Page 171: Switch Statistics Screen

    157 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switch statistics screen to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → switch statistics . The switch statistics screen shows statistics and ...

  • Page 172

    158 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu error frames received number of frames received (by the cpu) that were corrupted or have crc errors. Frames lost number of frames dropped (by the cpu) due to exc...

  • Page 173

    159 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide power supply information screen to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → power supply information . This screen displays information abo...

  • Page 174: Port Status Screen

    160 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu port status screen to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port status. The port status screen provides a summary of the status of all ...

  • Page 175

    161 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide oper mode the port operation mode. Possible values are: • hdx port —half-duplex mode in which only a dedicated connection to a station is supported. The tx/rx pi...

  • Page 176: Port Statistics Menu

    162 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu port statistics menu to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port status. The port statistics menu provides access to statistical infor...

  • Page 177: General Statistics Screen

    163 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide general statistics screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port statistics. 2. Enter a port numbe...

  • Page 178

    164 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu mac frames forwarded number of mac layer frames forwarded by the port. Note that mac frames are not forwarded to other ports, only to the cpu. Frames processed n...

  • Page 179

    165 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide address chain overflows number of address table chain overflows. An overflow will result in an address being deleted from the address table, which means a decrea...

  • Page 180

    166 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu ring number mismatch indicates the number of times that an incoming frame did not correctly include the port’s ring number. That is, the ring number of the port ...

  • Page 181: 802.5 Statistics Screen

    167 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 802.5 statistics screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port statistics. 2. Enter a port number....

  • Page 182

    168 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu the destination address and copied the frame, and then receives another smp frame in which both the address recognized bit and the frame copied bit are set to 0 ...

  • Page 183

    169 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide transmit beacons the number of times this port has transmitted a beacon frame. Recoveries the number of claim token mac frames received or transmitted after the ...

  • Page 184

    170 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu 802.5 state information screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port statistics. 2. Enter a port ...

  • Page 185

    171 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide attempt to enter the ring. Possible values are: no open, lobe failed, signal loss, insertion timeout , ring failed, beaconing, duplicate mac address, request fai...

  • Page 186

    172 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu 802.5 dtr mac information menu to open this screen, do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port statistics. 2. Enter a port ...

  • Page 187: Txi Information Screen

    173 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide txi information screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port statistics. 2. Enter a port number. ...

  • Page 188

    174 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu initialize station mac frame. Valid range is from 0x00000000 to 0xffffffff. Join state this field displays the present state of the join fsm. Possible values are...

  • Page 189

    175 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide station-cport information screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. Starting from the main menu, select statistics → → → → port statistics. 2. Enter a por...

  • Page 190

    176 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu it indicates the value of the spv(pd) variable and the value of the phantom subvector x'0c' used in the registration request mac frame. This field will always di...

  • Page 191: Address Tables Menu

    177 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide address tables menu to open this menu from the main menu, select statistics → → → → address tables. Use thismenu to select which address table statistics you wan...

  • Page 192: Master Address Table Screen

    178 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu master address table screen to open this menu from the main menu, select statistics → → → → address tables → → → → master address table. Thisscreencontains mac a...

  • Page 193

    179 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide • known- port — a known address on port nn. The port number “nn” can be followed by srt which means that the address is known as source of frames that shall be s...

  • Page 194

    180 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu — present on all ports. • broadcast — one of the token-ring broadcast addresses. — present on all ports. • stp port — the mac address of port nn ports the ports ...

  • Page 195

    181 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide route (hex) the route descriptor triplet: my ring number.Bridge number.Distant ring. This field will always have the format ###.#.### (displayed in hexadecimal)....

  • Page 196: Vlan Address Table Screen

    182 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu vlan address table screen to open this menu, do the following: 1. From the main menu, select statistics → → → → address tables. 2. Select vlan address table. 3. ...

  • Page 197

    183 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide vlan route descriptor table screen to open this menu, do the following: 1. From the main menu, select statistics → → → → address tables. 2. Select vlan route des...

  • Page 198: Locate Mac Address Screen

    184 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu locate mac address screen to open this menu, do the following: 1. From the main menu, select statistics → → → → address tables. Select locate mac address. Enter ...

  • Page 199

    185 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide current spanning tree information screen to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → current spanning tree information. Use the current spa...

  • Page 200

    186 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu hello time time (in seconds) that the root waits between sending configuration messages. This time is advertised by the root and used by all devices and switches...

  • Page 201

    187 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide • a crf that does not connect to other switches or bridges is always forwarding. • when the switch is booted, all crfs are blocked initially, and then some of th...

  • Page 202

    188 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu current spanning tree information for a crf screen to open this screen, do the following: 1. From the main menu, select statistics → → → → current spanning tree ...

  • Page 203

    189 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide hello time time (in seconds) that the root waits between sending configuration messages. This time is advertised by the root and used by all devices and switches...

  • Page 204

    190 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu dsg swid/brid (designated bridge id) a unique bridge identifier of the bridge that is assumed to be the device through which this port has determined it must com...

  • Page 205: Vlan Statistics

    191 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide vlan statistics if you select vlan statistics, you will be prompted for a vlan type. On selection of the vlan type, a screen will be displayed listing available ...

  • Page 206

    192 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu ports list of ports that belong to this crf. Vlan statistics for brf screen to open the vlan statistics screen for brf, do the following: 1. From the main menu, ...

  • Page 207: Dsrr Status Screens

    193 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide dsrr status screens you access the dsrr related status screens by selecting by selecting statistics → → → → dsrr status . This section contains information on th...

  • Page 208: Dsrr Neighbor Table Screen

    194 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu dsrr neighbor table screen open this screen from the main menu by selecting statistics → → → → dsrr status . Then select view neighbor. You will be prompted for ...

  • Page 209

    195 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide dsrr acting as backup table screen open this menu from the main menu by selecting statistics → → → → dsrr status . Then select view backup. You will be prompted ...

  • Page 210

    196 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu diagnostic test results screen to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → diagnostic test results. ( if a prompt appears, enter the box nu...

  • Page 211

    197 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide message log information screen to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → message log information. The data on this screen is useful to te...

  • Page 212

    198 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu back shows the previous screen (if any). Start/end move to the first or last page. Clear clear all messages..

  • Page 213: Display Summary Screen

    199 monitoring the network from the console statistics menu smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide display summary screen to open this screen from the main menu, select statistics → → → → display summary. This screen gives access to the most important switch c...

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    200 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network from the console statistics menu.

  • Page 215: Snmp Setup

    201 monitoring the network with snmp smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 8. Monitoring the network with snmp this chapter explains how to monitor the smartstack sts16-20d token ring switch and the smartstack sts16-20r token ring switch from a network manage...

  • Page 216: Snmp Configuration

    202 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network with snmp snmp configuration use the snmp configuration screen and all of its submenus to configure specific attributes related to snmp. Snmp configuration screen to open this screen from the ma...

  • Page 217: Community Strings Screen

    203 monitoring the network with snmp smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide snmp over mac... Enables or disables snmp transport over the mac protocol. The snmp over mac protocol is used by the clearsight management application. Note that the switch will not se...

  • Page 218

    204 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network with snmp entries are displayed in the order in which they are encountered. There is a limit of five community strings. Community string table entries are saved when you select return. Index seq...

  • Page 219: Trap Receivers Screen

    205 monitoring the network with snmp smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide trap receivers screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → snmp configuration → → → → trap receivers. Trap receiver tables tell the smartstack sts16-20d...

  • Page 220

    206 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network with snmp add entry adds a new entry to the trap receiver table. Delete entry deletes an entry from the trap receiver table. Change entry modifies an entry in the trap receiver table. Clear tabl...

  • Page 221

    207 monitoring the network with snmp smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide an authenticationfailure trap signifies that the sending protocol entity is the addressee of a protocol message that is not properly authenticated. Enterprise specific traps - from sts...

  • Page 222

    208 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network with snmp sts16duplicatebridge this trap is generated when a duplicated bridge number is detected on a port in a crf. Sts16ringnumbermismatch this trap is generated when a mismatch in ring numbe...

  • Page 223

    209 monitoring the network with snmp smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide this trap is sent when one of the links in an crosslink fail. The variable sts16clports contains the ports which are operational in the crosslink. ➽ note: on smartstack sts16-20d only ...

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    210 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring the network with snmp.

  • Page 225

    211 monitoring port traffic smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 9. Monitoring port traffic the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r allows you to configure a switched port analyzer function for monitoring traffic on a port. An analyzer port is a port on which an ...

  • Page 226

    212 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring port traffic will receive all the traffic (including mac frames). If the monitored port is in fdx mode, only half the traffic will be received on the analyzer port. ➽ note! A special probe is needed for usi...

  • Page 227

    213 monitoring port traffic smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide switched port analyzer screen to open this screen from the main menu, select configuration → → → → switched port analyzer . The following information is displayed on this screen: analyzer port ...

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    214 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide monitoring port traffic.

  • Page 229: 10. Troubleshooting

    215 troubleshooting smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 10. Troubleshooting this chapter contains procedures that help you troubleshoot problems with a switch and its connections to other devices. Obtaining service there are no serviceable parts inside the ...

  • Page 230

    216 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide troubleshooting 4. In table 15, locate the symptom that best describes the communication problem and the led pattern you observed. Then, go to the section that contains the recommended actions for resolving the proble...

  • Page 231

    217 troubleshooting smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 2. Reset the switch by disconnecting the power cord, waiting 10 seconds, and then reconnecting it to the electrical outlet. If the problem goes away, resume using the switch. 3. If you have just downlo...

  • Page 232

    218 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide troubleshooting — if the port insrt led is off, the port is probably disabled. Check that the port configuration matches the attached device, and then go to step 3. 2. If the insrt led on the failing port is on, and t...

  • Page 233

    219 troubleshooting smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide ➽ note: if a switch port is configured to “speed auto sense” mode, and is connected to shared-media where there are no active stations, the port will not open until another station becomes active and s...

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    220 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide troubleshooting.

  • Page 235

    221 getting in touch with technical support smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide 11. Getting in touch with technical support for additional support related to this device or document, contact cabletron systems using one of the following methods: before calli...

  • Page 236: Problem Report Form

    222 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide getting in touch with technical support problem report form fill in both sides of this problem report form, print out the relevant system configuration files and fax or mail to cabletron systems technical support. You...

  • Page 237

    223 getting in touch with technical support smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide ❏ problem description network installation sketch.

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    224 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide getting in touch with technical support.

  • Page 239: Appendix A.  Abbreviations

    225 abbreviations smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide appendix a. Abbreviations amp active monitor present are all-routes explorer arp address resolution protocol atm asynchronous transfer mode blk blocked bpdu bridge protocol data unit brf bridge relay fun...

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    226 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide abbreviations ieee institute of electrical and electronics engineers laa local administrated address lan local area network lam lobe attachment module led light emitting diode llc logical link control lrn learning lsn...

  • Page 241

    227 abbreviations smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide snap subnetwork access protocol snmp simple network management protocol span switched port analyzer srb source route bridging srs source route switching srt source route transparent bridging ssim smartst...

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    228 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide abbreviations.

  • Page 243

    229 cable and pin information smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide appendix b. Cable and pin information this appendix provides information on cables that can be used with the smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r. It also provides minimum pin-out information to be...

  • Page 244

    230 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide cable and pin information management port pin-out tia/eia-232 modem cable connections use a standard straight-through modem cable to connect the switch’s management port to a modem. Tia/eia-232 null-modem connections ...

  • Page 245

    231 cable and pin information smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide figure 28. Tia/eia-232 null-modem cable for 25-pin connector use a null-modem (crossover) cable shown in figure 29 to connect the management port to a terminal (dte) with a 9-pin connector. A...

  • Page 246: Twisted-Pair Cable Pin Outs

    232 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide cable and pin information twisted-pair cable pin outs when connecting devices to the token-ring ports on the switch, you must use a straight-through cable. Diagrams of these cables follow. Straight-through 100-ohm/120...

  • Page 247: Cabling Recommendations

    233 cable and pin information smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide cabling recommendations the tables in this section contain the maximum supported lobe lengths. The maximum lengths reflect the longest lengths supported by the transmission characteristics of...

  • Page 248

    234 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide cable and pin information if using any 4 mbps only adapters or filters). Cable length and lobe wiring rules for dedicated-media lan segments the cabletron systems token ring network dedicated-media (full-duplex) conne...

  • Page 249

    235 cable and pin information smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide cable length and lobe wiring rules for shared-media lan segments the types of cables that can be used in shared-media segments (half-duplex) are the same as those described for dedicated-medi...

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    236 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide cable and pin information.

  • Page 251: Numerics

    Index-1 index smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide numerics 802.5 17 802.5 dtr mac information menu 172 802.5 state information screen 170 802.5 statistics screen 167 a address unknown 20 address aging 126 address aging menu 127 address filtering 116 address...

  • Page 252

    Index-2 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide index download/upload menu 147 dsap 225 dsrr 32, 33, 34 dsrr acting as backup table screen 195 dsrr configuration 141 dsrr configuration screen 144 dsrr group configuration screen 143 dsrr neighbour table screen 1...

  • Page 253

    Index-3 index smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide filters and port security 117 navigation 77 password 130 protocol filters 122 statistics 156 vlan configuration 87 message log information screen 197 mib 226 modem creating a console session 134 modem cable ...

  • Page 254

    Index-4 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide index master address table aging 129 master route descriptor table 180 message log information 197 module information 84 port address table aging 127 port configuration 106 port filtering attributes 124 port spann...

  • Page 255

    Index-5 index smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide t table mounting 59 tcp/ip 227 technical support 221 telnet configuration screen 135 telnet management 36 telnet session starting 137 stopping 137 telnet sessions 132 telnet sessions screen 136 terminal emul...

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    Index-6 smartstack sts16-20d/sts16-20r token ring switches installation and user guide index.

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