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D-Link TM DES-6500 User Manual

Manual is about: Modular Layer 3 Chassis Ethernet Switch

Summary of TM DES-6500

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    D-link ™ des-6500 modular layer 3 chassis-based ethernet switch user’s guide.

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    D-link des-6500 stackable gigabit ethernet switch ____________________ information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2004 d-link corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of d-link corporation is strictly forbidden. T...

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    Contents d-link ™ des-6500 ................................................................................................................. I intended readers.................................................................................................................................. X typograp...

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    Traps ..............................................................................................................................................................................7 mibs ....................................................................................................................

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    Static unicast forwarding..............................................................................................................................39 static multicast forwarding .........................................................................................................................

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    Reauthenticate port(s) ..................................................................................................................................................78 radius server .....................................................................................................................

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    Autonomous systems external link advertisements ................................................................................................106 general ospf settings......................................................................................................................................

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    Received (rx)..............................................................................................................................................145 transmitted (tx) ...............................................................................................................................

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    Save changes................................................................................................................................... 183 reset ................................................................................................................................................ 1...

  • Page 10: Intended Readers

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch intended readers the des-6500 user guide contains information for setup and management and of the des- 6500 switch. This guide is intended for network managers familiar with network management concepts and terminology. Typographical conventio...

  • Page 11: Notes, Notices, and Cautions

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch notes, notices, and cautions note: a note indicates important information that helps you make better use of your device. Notice: a notice indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. Ca...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch • use the product only with approved equipment. • allow the product to cool before removing covers or touching internal components. • operate the product only from the type of external power source indicated on the electrical ratings label. I...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch observe the following precautions for rack stability and safety. Also refer to the rack installation documentation accompanying the system and the rack for specific caution statements and procedures. Systems are considered to be components in...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch protecting against electrostatic discharge static electricity can harm delicate components inside your system. To prevent static damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of the electronic components, such as th...

  • Page 15: Section 1

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch section 1 introduction switch description features front-panel components back panel description plug-in module descriptions management options switch description the des-6500 is a modular, chassis-based ethernet backbone switch designed for ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch • traffic segmentation • syslog support • simple network time protocol • web gui traffic monitoring des-6500 chassis contains 9 slots to install the following available modules des-6501 backplane chassis des-6502 management module des-6506 pa...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch des-6509 12-port mini gbic(sfp) switch module • 12 mini gbic gigabit ethernet ports • support 1000base-sx/lx sfp module • fully compliant with ieee802.3z • support full duplex operations • ieee 802.3x compliant flow control support for full-d...

  • Page 18: Front-Panel Components

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch • power management functions • input: 90 ~ 264 vac, 47 ~ 63hz • output: 3.3v: 4a ~ 80a • 12v: 0.1a ~ 2a front-panel components the front panel of the switch consists of led indicators, and an rs-232 communication port. Figure 1 - 1. Front pan...

  • Page 19: Management Options

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch management options the system may be managed out-of-band through the console port on the front panel or in- band using telnet or a web browser. Web-based management interface after you have successfully installed the switch, you can configure...

  • Page 20: Section 2

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 2 section 2 installation package contents before you connect to the network switch installation connecting stacked switch groups gigabit combo ports external redundant power system connecting the console port password protection snmp settings...

  • Page 21: Switch Installation

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 3 switch installation installing the switch without the rack 1. Install the switch on a level surface that can safely support the weight of the switch and its attached cables. The switch must have adequate space for ventilation and for access...

  • Page 22: Gigabit Combo Ports

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 4 3. Insert and tighten two screws through each of the mounting brackets. Figure 2-2. Attach mounting brackets gigabit combo ports in addition to the 24 10/100/1000 mbps ports, the switch features four mini-gbic combo ports. These four ports ...

  • Page 23: Connecting The Console Port

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 5 connecting the console port the switch provides an rs-232 serial port that enables a connection to a computer or terminal for monitoring and configuring the switch. This port is a db-9 connector, implemented as a dce connection. To use the ...

  • Page 24: Password Protection

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch password protection the des-6500 does not have a default user name and password. One of the first tasks when settings up the switch is to create user accounts. If you log in using a predefined administrator-level user name you have privileged...

  • Page 25: Snmp Settings

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 7 snmp settings simple network management protocol (snmp) is an osi layer 7 (application layer) function designed specifically for managing and monitoring network devices. Snmp enables network management stations to read and modify the settin...

  • Page 26: Ip Address Assignment

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 8 mibs management and counter information are stored by the switch in the management information base (mib). The switch uses the standard mib-ii management information base module. Consequently, values for mib objects can be retrieved from an...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 9 the ip interface named system on the switch can be assigned an ip address and subnet mask which can then be used to connect a management station to the switch’s telnet or web-based management agent. Figure 2 - 4. Assigning the switch an ip ...

  • Page 28: Section 3

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 10 section 3 introduction to switch management login to web manager web-based user interface basic setup switch information ip address user accounts saving changes factory reset restart system introduction all software functions of the des-65...

  • Page 29: Web-Based User Interface

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 11 this opens the management module’s user authentication window, as shown below. Leave both the user name field and the password field blank and click ok. This will open the web-based user interface. The switch management features available ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch area 1 area 2 area 3 figure 3-2. Main web-manager screen area function 1 presents a graphical near real-time image of the front panel of the switch. This area displays the switch’s ports and expansion modules, showing port activity, duplex mo...

  • Page 31: Basic Setup

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 13 web pages when you connect to the management mode of the switch with a web browser, a login screen is displayed. Enter a user name and password to access the switch’s management mode. Below is a list and description of the main folders ava...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 14 figure 3-3. Switch information – basic settings the switch information window shows the switch’s mac address (assigned by the factory and unchangeable). In addition, the boot prom and firmware version numbers are shown. This information is...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 15 figure 3-4. Configure switch ip settings note: the switch’s factory default ip address is 10.90.90.90 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 and a default gateway of 0.0.0.0. To manually assign the switch’s ip address, subnet mask, and default ga...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 16 the switch. These fields should be of the form xxx.Xxx.Xxx.Xxx, where each xxx is a number (represented in decimal form) between 0 and 255. This address should be a unique address on the network assigned for use by the network administrato...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 17 security ip management stations configuration go to the security management folder and click on security ip ; the following screen will appear. Figure 3-5. Security ip management setup use the management station ip settings to select up to...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 18 figure 3-7. Add user accounts modify table add a new user by typing in a user name , and new password and retype the same password in the confirm new password . Choose the level of privilege ( admin or user ) from the access right drop-dow...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 19 network monitoring yes read only community strings and trap stations yes read only update firmware and configuration files yes no system utilities yes ping only factory reset yes no user account management add/update/delete user accounts y...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 20 factory reset click the reset link in the maintenance folder to bring up the reset menu. Figure 3-10. Factory reset to default value reset − returns all configuration settings except the switch’s ip address, subnet mask, default gateway, l...

  • Page 39: Switch Information

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 21 figure 3-11. Restart system note: clicking yes is equivalent to executing save changes and then restarting the switch. Switch information the first page displayed upon logging in presents the system information menu. This page can be acces...

  • Page 40: Advanced Settings

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 22 the system information page displays general information about the switch including its mac address, hardware boot prom and firmware versions, and other optional information. You can also enter or change a system name , system location , a...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 23 following options: 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes or never. Serial port baud rate fixed at 115200. Mac address aging time this field specifies the length of time a learned mac address will remain in the forwarding table witho...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 24 section 4 configuration configuring ports configuring port mirroring configuring link aggregation configuring igmp configuring the spanning tree configuring forwarding and filtering configuring vlans configuring traffic control configuring...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 25 figure 4- 1. Port configuration menu to configure switch ports: 1. Choose the unit from the pull-down menu. The unit pull-down menu refers to the module installed in the des-6500 chassis that you want to configure ports for. The modules ar...

  • Page 44: Configuring Port Mirroring

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 26 addresses must be manually entered into the forwarding table. This is sometimes done for reasons of security or efficiency. See the section on forwarding/filtering for information on entering mac addresses into the forwarding table. Config...

  • Page 45: Configuring Link Aggregation

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 27 note: you cannot mirror a fast port onto a slower port. For example, if you try to mirror the traffic from a 100 mbps port onto a 10 mbps port, this can cause throughput problems. The port you are copying frames from should always support ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 28 figure 4- 3. Port trunking group entry table to configure port trunk groups, click the add button to add a new trunk group and use the menu link aggregation group configuration menu (see example below) to set up trunk groups. To modify a p...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 29 to turn a port trunking group on or off. This is useful for diagnostics, to quickly isolate a bandwidth intensive network device or to have an absolute backup aggregation group that is not under automatic control. Master port choose the ma...

  • Page 48: Configuring Igmp

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 30 unit select the module that contains the ports you want to configure lacp for. The modules are numbered from 1 at the top (just below the cpu module), to 8 (the slot farthest from the cpu module). From select the first in a group of ports ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 31 figure 4- 7. Igmp snooping settings window the following parameters may be viewed or modified: parameter description query interval the query interval field is used to set the time (in seconds) between transmitting igmp queries. Entries be...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 32 leave timer this specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds between the switch receiving a leave group message from a host, and the switch issuing a group membership query. If no response to the membership query is received before the...

  • Page 51: Configuring Spanning Tree

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 33 figure 4- 9. Static router ports settings window the following parameters can be set: parameter description vid (vlan id) this is the vlan id that, along with the vlan name, identifies the vlan where the multicast router is attached. Vlan ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 34 increasingly handled by ethernet switches. The basic function and much of the terminology is the same as stp. Most of the settings configured for stp are also used for rstp. This section introduces some new spanning tree concepts and illus...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 35 p2p port a p2p port is also capable of rapid transition. P2p ports may be used to connect to other bridges. Under rstp, all ports operating in full-duplex mode are considered to be p2p ports, unless manually overridden through configuratio...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 36 configure the following parameters and click the apply button to implement them: parameter description spanning tree protocol disabled > this field can be toggled between enabled and disabled using the pull- down menu. This will enable or ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 37 stp port settings for stacked switch installations, first select the unit to be configured. Figure 4- 11. Stp port settings in addition to setting spanning tree parameters for use on the switch level, the switch allows for the configuratio...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 38 state disabled > this drop-down menu allows you to enable or disable stp for the selected group of ports. Cost 0 > a port cost can be set from 1 to 200000000 . The lower the number, the greater the probability the port will be chosen to fo...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 39 configuring forwarding & filtering static unicast forwarding open the forwarding & filtering folder in the configuration menu and click on the unicast forwarding link. This will open the setup static unicast forwarding table , as shown bel...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 40 static multicast forwarding the following figure and table describe how to set up multicast forwarding on the switch. Open the forwarding & filtering folder and click on the multicast forwarding link to see the entry screen below: figure 4...

  • Page 59: Configuring Vlans

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 41 configuring vlans understanding ieee 802.1p priority priority tagging is a function defined by the ieee 802.1p standard designed to provide a means of managing traffic on a network where many different types of data may be transmitted simu...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 42 vlans can enhance performance by conserving bandwidth, and improve security by limiting traffic to specific domains. A vlan is a collection of end nodes grouped by logic instead of physical location. End nodes that frequently communicate w...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 43 switches through a single physical connection and allows spanning tree to be enabled on all ports and work normally. The ieee 802.1q standard restricts the forwarding of untagged packets to the vlan the receiving port is a member of. The m...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 44 802.1q vlan tags the figure below shows the 802.1q vlan tag. There are four additional octets inserted after the source mac address. Their presence is indicated by a value of 0x8100 in the ethertype field. When a packet’s ethertype field i...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 45 figure 4- 17. Adding an ieee 802.1q tag port vlan id packets that are tagged (are carrying the 802.1q vid information) can be transmitted from one 802.1q compliant network device to another with the vlan information intact. This allows 802...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 46 a switch port can have only one pvid, but can have as many vids as the switch has memory in its vlan table to store them. Because some devices on a network may be tag-unaware, a decision must be made at each port on a tag-aware device befo...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 47 reception . This eliminates the subsequent processing of packets that will just be dropped by the destination port. Default vlans the switch initially configures one vlan, vid = 1, called “default.” the factory default setting assigns all ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 48 vlan and trunk groups the members of a trunk group have the same vlan setting. Any vlan setting on the members of a trunk group will apply to the other member ports. Note : in order to use vlan segmentation in conjunction with port trunk g...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 49 figure 4- 19. 802.1q static vlans entry settings – add to change an existing 802.1q vlan entry, double-click on the selected entry in the 802.1q static vlans menu. A new menu appears, use this to configure the port settings and to assign a...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 50 the following fields can then be set in either the add or modify 802.1q static vlans menus: parameter description unit displays the unit id of the switch − within the switch stack − that the vlan will be created on. Vid (vlan id) allows th...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 51 gvrp settings in the configuration menu, open the vlans folder and click gvrp setting . The port vlan id (pvid) dialog box, shown below, allows you to determine whether the switch will share its vlan configuration information with other ga...

  • Page 70: Control)

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 52 ingress checking is disabled by default. Pvid this read only field in the gvrp table shows the current pvid assignment for each port. The switch’s default is to assign all ports to the default vlan with a vid of 1. The pvid is used by the ...

  • Page 71: Configuring Port Security

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 53 down a loop when a storm is formed because a mac address cannot be located in the switch’s forwarding database and it must send a packet to all ports or all ports on a vlan. To configure traffic control, select the unit (unit id of a switc...

  • Page 72: Configuring Qos

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 54 the following parameters can be set: parameter description unit allows you to specify a switch in a switch stack using that switch’s unit id. From/to a consecutive group of ports may be configured starting with the selected port. Admin sta...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 55 for weighted round-robin queuing, if the weight for a cos is set to 0, then it will continue processing the packets from this cos until there are no more packets for this cos. The other cos queues that have been given a nonzero value, and ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 56 transmitting packets. No_limit this drop-down menu allows you to specify that the selected port will have no bandwidth limit. Enabled disables the limit. Rate this field allows you to enter the data rate, in kb/s, that will be the limit fo...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 57 qos output scheduling qos can be customized by changing the output scheduling used for the hardware queues in the switch. As with any changes to qos implementation, careful consideration should be given to how network traffic in lower prio...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 58 802.1p default priority the switch allows the assignment of a default 802.1p priority to each port on the switch. In the configuration folder open the qos folder and click 802.1p default priority , to view the screen shown below. Figure 4-...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 59 figure 4- 28. User priority configuration window once you have assigned a priority to the port groups on the switch, you can then assign this class to each of the 8 levels of 802.1p priorities. Configuring traffic segmentation traffic segm...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 60 click on the setup button to open the setup forwarding ports page, as shown below. Figure 4- 30. Setup forwarding ports window this page allows you to determine which port on a given switch in a switch stack will be allowed to forward pack...

  • Page 79: The System Log Server

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 61 the system log server the switch can send syslog messages to up to four designated servers using the system log server . In the configuration folder click system log server , to view the screen shown below. Figure 4- 31. System log server ...

  • Page 80: Configuring Sntp Settings

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 62 numerical facility code 0 kernel messages 1 user-level messages 2 mail system 3 system daemons 4 security/authorization messages 5 messages generated internally by syslog line printer subsystem 7 network news subsystem 8 uucp subsystem 9 c...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 63 time settings to configure the time settings for the switch, open the configuration folder, then the sntp folder and click on the time setting link, revealing the following screen for the user to configure. Figure 4- 33. Time settings page...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 64 year enter the current year, if you want to update the system clock. Month enter the current month, if you would like to update the system clock. Day enter the current day, if you would like to update the system clock. Time in hh mm ss ent...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 65 the following parameters can set: parameter description daylight saving time state use this pull-down menu to enable or disable the dst settings. Daylight saving time offset in minutes use this pull-down menu to specify the amount of time ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 66 configuring the access profile table access profiles allow you to establish criteria to determine whether or not the switch will forward packets based on the information contained in each packet’s header. These criteria can be specified on...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 67 the following parameters can be set: parameter description profile id (1-8) type in a unique identifier number for this profile set. This value can be set from 1 – 8. Type select profile based on ethernet (mac address) or ip address. This ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 68 figure 4- 37. Access profile configuration (ip) the following parameters can be set: parameter description profile id(1-8) type in a unique identifier number for this profile set. This value can be set from 1 – 8. Type select profile based...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 69 protocol selecting this option instructs the switch to examine the protocol type value in each frame’s header. You must then specify what protocol(s) to include according to the following guidelines: select icmp to instruct the switch to e...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 70 figure 4- 39. Access rule configuration window − modify to modify a rule set for the access profile enter the new settings in the appropriate fields. This screen is the only place you can specify whether a rule will permit or deny access. ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 71 vlan name this instructs the switch to examine the vlan tag in the header of incoming packets to determine if they meet the specified name. Source ip source ip mask - enter an ip address mask for the source ip network address. Destination ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 72 configuring the port access entity 802.1x port-based network access control the switch is an implementation of the server side of ieee 802.1x-port based network access control. Through this mechanism, users have to be authorized before bei...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 73 figure 4- 41. Typical 802.1x configuration with user authentication the user’s information, including account number, password, and configuration details such as ip address and billing information, is stored in a centralized radius server....

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 74 state machine name port timers state machine authenticator pae state machine the authenticator key transmit state machine reauthentication timer state machine backend authentication state machine controlled directions state machine the key...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 75 figure 4- 44. 802.1x authenticator settings modify window this window allows you to set the following features: parameter description unit allows you to select a switch from a switch stack using that switch’s unit id. From [ ] to [ ] enter...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 76 server timeout select the length of time to wait for a response from a radius server. The default is 30 seconds. Max req select the maximum number of times to retry sending packets to the supplicant. The default is 2. Reauthperiod select t...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 77 figure 4- 46. 802.1x capability settings and table window to set up the switch’s 802.1x port-based authentication, select which ports are to be configured in the from and to fields. Next, enable the ports by selecting authenticator from th...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 78 figure 4- 47. 802.1x port initial and port authentication state window this window allows you to initialize a port or group of ports. The initialize port table in the bottom half of the window displays the current status of the port(s) onc...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 79 figure 4- 48. Reauthenticate port and reauthenticate port table window this window displays the following information: parameter description port the port number. Mac address the mac address of the switch where the port resides. Auth state...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 80 figure 4- 49. Authentic radius server setting and table window this window displays the following information: parameter description succession first > choose the desired radius server to configure: first , second or third . Radius server ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 81 configuring layer 3 ip networking to access the layer 3 ip networking links, open the configuration folder and then the layer 3 ip networking folder. Setting up ip interfaces each vlan must be configured prior to setting up the vlan’s corr...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 82 figure 4- 50. Ip interface table window to setup a new ip interface, click the add button. To edit an existing ip interface entry, click on an entry under the interface name heading. Both actions will result in the same screen, as shown be...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 83 md5 key the md5 key table configuration menu allows the entry of a 16-character message digest − version 5 (md5) key that can be used to authenticate every packet exchanged between ospf routers. It is used as a security mechanism to limit ...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 84 route source metric type ospf 0 to 16 all internal external exttype1 exttype2 inter-e1 inter-e2 rip 0 to 16777214 type 1 type 2 static 0 to 16777214 type 1 type 2 local 0 to 16777214 type 1 type 2 table 4- 4. Route redistribution source ta...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 85 the user may choose between all , internal , external , exttype1 , exttype2 , inter-e1 , inter-e2 . See the table above for available metric value types for each source protocol. Metric allows the entry of an ospf interface cost. This is a...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 86 static/default route entries into the switch’s forwarding table can be made using both mac addresses and ip addresses. Static ip forwarding is accomplished by the entry of an ip address into the switch’s static ip routing table . Figure 4-...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 87 routing information protocol (rip) the routing information protocol is a distance-vector routing protocol. There are two types of network devices running rip – active and passive. Active devices advertise their routes to others through rip...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 88 rip version 1 message format there are two types of rip messages: routing information messages and information requests. The same format is used by both types. The command field specifies an operation according the following table: command...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 89 family of source network field (ip has a value of 2). This will determine how the address field is interpreted. Rip specifies that the ip address 0.0.0.0 denotes a default route. The distances, measured in router hops are entered in the di...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 90 rip version 2 also adds a 16-bit route tag that is retained and sent with router updates. It can be used to identify the origin of the route. Because the version number in rip2 occupies the same octet as in rip1, both versions of the proto...

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    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 91 refer to the table below for a description of the available parameters for rip interface settings. The following rip settings can be applied to each ip interface: parameter description interface name the name of the ip interface on which r...

  • Page 110

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 92 the backbone and area 0 ospf limits the number of link-state updates required between routers by defining areas within which a given router operates. When more than one area is configured, one area is designated as area 0 − also called the...

  • Page 111

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 93 authentication − ospf allows for the configuration of a password for a specific area. Two routers on the same segment and belonging to the same area must also have the same ospf password before they can become neighbors. Hello and dead int...

  • Page 112

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 94 way stage, routers will decide whether to proceed in building an adjacency or not. The decision is based on whether one of the routers is a dr or a bdr or the link is a point- to-point or virtual link. Exstart − (exchange start) routers es...

  • Page 113

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 95 ospf packet header type packet length router id area id checksum authentication type authentication authentication version no. Field description version no. The ospf version number type the ospf packet type. The ospf packet types are as fo...

  • Page 114

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 96 all routers connected to a common network must agree on certain parameters such as the network mask, the hello interval, and the router dead interval. These parameters are included in hello packets, so that differences can inhibit the form...

  • Page 115

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 97 field description network mask the network mask associated with this interface. Options the optional capabilities supported by the router. Hello interval the number of seconds between this router’s hello packets. Router priority this route...

  • Page 116

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 98 database description packet version no. 2 packet length router id area id authentication type authentication authentication checksum options dd sequence no. Reserved reserved link-state advertisement header ... I m ms field description opt...

  • Page 117

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 99 version no. Packet length router id area id authentication type authentication authentication checksum link-state request packet 3 link-state type link-state id advertising router each advertisement requested is specified by its link-state...

  • Page 118

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 100 the body of the link-state update packet consists of a list of link-state advertisements. Each advertisement begins with a common 20-byte header, the link-state advertisement header. Otherwise, the format of each of the five types of link...

  • Page 119

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 101 routers have the same collection of link-state advertisements. The collection of advertisements is called the link-state (or topological) database. From the link-state database, each router constructs a shortest path tree with itself as r...

  • Page 120

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 102 field description link state age the time is seconds since the link state advertisement was originated. Options the optional capabilities supported by the described portion of the routing domain. Link state type the type of the link state...

  • Page 121

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 103 link-state age options link-state type link-state id advertising router link-state sequence number link-state checksum length routers links advertisements reserved reserved number of links link id link data type no. Of tos tos 0 metric to...

  • Page 122

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 104 field description type a quick classification of the router link. One of the following: type description point-to-point connection to another router. Connection to a transit network. Connection to a stub network. Virtual link. Link id ide...

  • Page 123

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 105 network links advertisements network links advertisements are type 2 link state advertisements. A network links advertisement is originated for each transit network in the area. A transit network is a multi- access network that has more t...

  • Page 124

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 106 boundary router’s ospf router id. Other that the difference in the link state id field, the format of type 3 and 4 link state advertisements is identical. Link-state age options link-state id advertising router link-state sequence number ...

  • Page 125

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 107 advertisements are also used to describe a default route. Default routes are used when no specific route exists to the destination. When describing a default route, the link stat id is always set the default destination address (0.0.0.0) ...

  • Page 126

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 108 from the layer 3 ip networking folder, open the ospf folder and click on the ospf general setting link. To enable ospf, first supply an ospf rout id (see below), select enabled from the state drop-down menu and click the apply button. Fig...

  • Page 127

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 109 figure 4- 62. Ospf area settings window to add an ospf area to the table, type a unique area id (see below) select the type from the drop-down menu. For a stub type, choose enabled or disabled from the stub import summary lsa drop-down me...

  • Page 128

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 110 see the parameter descriptions below for information on the ospf area id setting. The area id settings are as follows: parameter description area id a 32-bit number in the form of an ip address (xxx.Xxx.Xxx.Xxx) that uniquely identifies t...

  • Page 129

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 111 figure 4- 65. Edit ospf interface settings menu configure each ip interface individually using the ospf interface settings – edit menu. Click the apply button when you have entered the settings. The new configuration appears listed in the...

  • Page 130

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 112 dead interval allows the specification of the length of time between the receipt of hello packets from a neighbor router before the selected area declares that router down. An interval between 5 and 65535 seconds can be specified. The dea...

  • Page 131

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 113 figure 4- 67. Add/modify ospf virtual interface setting configure the following parameters if you are adding or changing an ospf virtual interface: parameter description transit area id allows the entry of an ospf area id − previously def...

  • Page 132

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 114 area aggregation configuration area aggregation allows all of the routing information that may be contained within an area to be aggregated into a summary lsdb advertisement of just the network address and subnet mask. This allows for a r...

  • Page 133

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 115 parameter description area id allows the entry the ospf area id for which the routing information will be aggregated. This area id must be previously defined on the switch. Network number sometimes called the network address. The 32-bit n...

  • Page 134

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 116 figure 4- 71. Add/modify ospf host route settings specify the host route settings and click the apply button to add or change the settings. The new settings will appear listed in the ospf host route settings list. To view the previous win...

  • Page 135

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 117 the following fields can be set: parameter description bootp/dhcp relay status disabled > this field can be toggled between enabled and disabled using the pull- down menu. It is used to enable or disable the bootp/dhcp relay service on th...

  • Page 136

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 118 for two dns servers to communicate across different subnets, the dns relay of the switch must be used. The dns servers are identified by ip addresses. Mapping domain names to addresses name-to-address translation is performed by a program...

  • Page 137

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 119 the following fields can be set: parameter description dns relay status disabled > this field can be toggled between disabled and enabled using the pull- down menu, and is used to enable or disable the dns relay service on the switch. Pri...

  • Page 138

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 120 igmp interface configuration the internet group multicasting protocol (igmp) can be configured on the switch on a per-ip interface basis. To view the igmp interface table , open the ip multicasting folder under configuration and click igm...

  • Page 139

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 121 parameter description interface name system > displays the name of the ip interface that is to be configured for igmp. This must be a previously configured ip interface. Ip address displays the ip address corresponding to the ip interface...

  • Page 140

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 122 the higher the route cost, the lower the probability that the current route will be chosen to be an active branch of the multicast delivery tree (not ‘pruned’) – if there is an alternative route. Enabling dvmrp dvmrp can be enabled or dis...

  • Page 141

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 123 the following fields can be set: parameter description interface name system > displays the name of the ip interface for which dvmrp is to be configured. This must be a previously defined ip interface. Ip address displays the ip address c...

  • Page 142

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 124 enabling pim-dm pim-dm can be enabled or disabled , globally on the switch, using the pim-dm configuration link to open the pim-dm global setting page, as shown below. Figure 4- 81. Pim-dm global setting page select enabled or disabled , ...

  • Page 143

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 125 configured. This must be a previously defined ip interface. Ip address displays the ip address for the ip interface named above. Hello interval 30 > this field allows an entry of between 0 and 18724 seconds and determines the interval bet...

  • Page 144: Section 5

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 126 section 5 managing snmp snmp settings snmp user table snmp view table snmp group table snmp community table snmp host table snmp engine id snmp settings simple network management protocol (snmp) is an osi layer 7 (application layer) desig...

  • Page 145

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 127 snmp v.3 uses a more sophisticated authentication process that is separated into two parts. The first part is to maintain a list of users and their attributes that are allowed to act as snmp managers. The second part describes what each u...

  • Page 146: Snmp User Table

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 128 enabling snmp traps snmp traps can be enabled or disabled , globally on the switch, using the snmp traps settings link to open the snmp traps settings page, as shown below. Figure 4- 84. Pim-dm global setting page select enabled or disabl...

  • Page 147

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 129 figure 5- 2. Snmp user table display the following parameters are displayed: parameter description user name an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters. This is used to identify the snmp users. Group name this name is used to specify t...

  • Page 148: Snmp View Table

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 130 figure 5- 3. Snmp user table configuration the following parameters can set: parameter description user name an alphanumeric string of up to 32 characters. This is used to identify the snmp users. Group name this name is used to specify t...

  • Page 149

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 131 figure 5- 4. Snmp view table to delete an existing snmp view table entry, click the selection button on the far left that corresponds to the port you want to configure and click the delete button. To create a new entry, click the add butt...

  • Page 150: Snmp Group Table

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 132 snmp manager. View type select included to include this object in the list of objects that an snmp manager can access. Select excluded to exclude this object from the list of objects that an snmp manager can access. Snmp group table an sn...

  • Page 151

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 133 figure 5- 7. Snmp group table display to add a new entry to the switch’s snmp group table, click the add button in the upper left- hand corner of the snmp group table page. This will open the snmp group table configuration page, as shown ...

  • Page 152

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 134 snmpv2 – specifies that snmp version 2c will be used. The snmp v2c supports both centralized and distributed network management strategies. It includes improvements in the structure of management information (smi) and adds some security f...

  • Page 153: Snmp Host Table

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 135 the following parameters can set: parameter description community name type an alphanumeric string of up to 33 characters that is used to identify members of an snmp community. This string is used like a password to give remote snmp manag...

  • Page 154: Snmp Engine Id

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 136 figure 5- 11. Snmp host table configuration the following parameters can set: parameter description ip address type the ip address of the remote management station that will serve as the snmp host for the switch. Snmp version v1 – to spec...

  • Page 155: Section 6

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 137 section 6 monitoring port utilization packets errors size stacking information device status mac address switch history log igmp snooping browse router port port access control layer 3 feature port utilization the port utilization page di...

  • Page 156

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 138 figure 6- 1. Port utilization window the following field can be set or viewed: parameter description unit allows you to specify a switch in a switch stack using that switch’s unit id. 15 indicates a switch in standalone mode. Port allows ...

  • Page 157: Packets

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 139 packets the web manager allows various packet statistics to be viewed as either a line graph or a table. Six windows are offered. Received(rx) click the received(rx) link in the packets folder of the monitoring menu to view the following ...

  • Page 158

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 140 figure 6- 3. Rx packets analysis window (table for bytes and packets) the following fields may are displayed: parameter description time interval [ 1s ] select the desired setting between 1s and 60s , where “s” stands for seconds. The def...

  • Page 159

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 141 umb_cast(rx) click the umb_cast(rx) link in the packets folder of the monitoring menu to view the following graph of umb cast packets received on the switch. Figure 6- 4. Rx packets analysis window (line graph for unicast, multicast, and ...

  • Page 160

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 142 figure 6- 5. Rx packets analysis window (table for unicast, multicast, and broadcast packets) the following fields may be set or viewed: parameter description time interval [ 1s ] select the desired setting between 1s and 60s , where “s” ...

  • Page 161

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 143 view line chart clicking this button instructs the switch to display a line graph rather than a table. Transmitted (tx) click the transmitted (tx)) link in the packets folder of the monitoring menu to view the following graph of packets t...

  • Page 162

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 144 figure 6- 7. Tx packets analysis window (table for bytes and packets) the following fields are displayed: parameter description time interval [ 1s ] select the desired setting between 1s and 60s , where “s” stands for seconds. The default...

  • Page 163: Errors

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 145 errors the web manager allows port error statistics compiled by the switch’s management agent to be viewed as either a line graph or a table. Four windows are offered. Received (rx) click the received(rx) link in the error folder of the m...

  • Page 164

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 146 figure 6- 9. Rx error analysis window (table) the following fields can be set: parameter description time interval [ 1s ] select the desired setting between 1s and 60s , where “s” stands for seconds. The default value is one second. Recor...

  • Page 165

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 147 jabber, and drop errors. Clear clicking this button clears all statistics counters on this window. View table clicking this button instructs the switch to display a table rather than a line graph. View line chart clicking this button inst...

  • Page 166

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 148 figure 6- 11. Tx error analysis window (table) the following fields are displayed: parameter description time interval [ 1s ] select the desired setting between 1s and 60s , where “s” stands for seconds. The default value is one second. R...

  • Page 167: Size

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 149 size the web manager allows packets received by the switch, arranged in six groups and classed by size, to be viewed as either a line graph or a table. Two windows are offered. Figure 6- 12. Rx size analysis window (line graph) to view th...

  • Page 168

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 150 figure 6- 13. Rx size analysis window (table) the following fields are displayed: parameter description time interval [ 1s ] select the desired setting between 1s and 60s , where “s” stands for seconds. The default value is one second. Re...

  • Page 169: Stacking Information

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 151 but including fcs octets). Show/hide check whether or not to display 64, 65-127, 128-255, 256-511, 512-1023, and 1024-1518 packets received. Clear clicking this button clears all statistics counters on this window. View table clicking thi...

  • Page 170: Device Status

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 152 the following parameters are displayed: parameters description box id displays the switch’s order in the stack. User set box id can be assigned automatically (auto), or can be assigned statically. Default is auto. Type displays the model ...

  • Page 171: Mac Address

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 153 the following fields are displayed: parameter description status this displays powered if the corresponding redundant power supply (rps) is powering the switch. Output voltage this displays normal if the power supply is operating properly...

  • Page 172

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 154 figure 6- 16. Mac address table the following fields are displayed: parameter description vlan id enter a vlan id for the forwarding table to be browsed by. Mac address enter a mac address for the forwarding table to be browsed by. Unit -...

  • Page 173

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 155 find allows the user to move to a sector of the database corresponding to a user defined port, vlan, or mac address. Vid the vlan id of the vlan the port is a member of. Mac address the mac address entered into the address table. Unit the...

  • Page 174: Switch History Log

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 156 switch history log the web manager allows the switch’s history log, as compiled by the switch’s management agent, to be viewed. Figure 6- 17. Switch history log window the following fields are displayed: field description sequence display...

  • Page 175: Igmp Snooping Table

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 157 igmp snooping table igmp snooping allows the switch to read the multicast group ip address and the corresponding mac address from igmp packets that pass through the switch. The number of igmp reports that were snooped is displayed in the ...

  • Page 176: Browse Router Port

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 158 browse router port this displays which of the switch’s ports are currently configured as router ports. A router port configured by a user (using the console or web-based management interfaces) is displayed as a static router port, designa...

  • Page 177

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 159 figure 6- 20. Authenticator state window the information on this screen is described as follows: parameter description entersconnecting this counts the number of times that the switch’s 802.1x state machine transitions from the connecting...

  • Page 178

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 160 an eapol-logoff message. Entersauthenticating this counts the number of times that the switch’s 802.1x state machine transitions form the connecting state to the authenticating state as a result of an eap-response/identity message being r...

  • Page 179

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 161 eaplogoffwhileauthenticated this counts the number of times that the switch’s 802.1x state machine transitions form the authenticating state to the disconnected state as a result of an eapol-logoff message being received from the supplica...

  • Page 180

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 162 802.1x session statistics this page displays information gathered by the switch, collected in the form of mibs, that may prove useful in determining the functionality of 802.1x on the switch. The 802.1x session link is accessed under the ...

  • Page 181

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 163 the session. Sessionframestx this is the number of 802.1x frames that the switch has transmitted during the session. Sessionid this is a unique identifier for this session, in the form a an alphanumeric string. Sessionauthenticmethod this...

  • Page 182

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 164 figure 6- 22. 802.1x statistics information displayed on this screen is described as follows: parameter description eapolframesrx this counts the number of eapol frames, of any type, received by the switch. Eapolframestx this counts the n...

  • Page 183

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 165 received by the supplicant. Eapolreqframestx this counts the number of eap req frames that have been transmitted by the supplicant. Eapolrespidframesrx this counts the number of eap resp/id frames that have been transmitted by the supplic...

  • Page 184

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 166 figure 6- 23. 802.1x account client information displayed on this screen is described as follows: parameter description radiusacctclientinvalidserveraddresses this is the number of radius accounting-response packets received from unknown ...

  • Page 185

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 167 radiusaccclientserverportnumber this is the udp port number the client is using to send requests to the radius server. Radiusaccclientroundtriptime this is the time interval between the most recent accounting-response and the accounting-r...

  • Page 186

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 168 figure 6- 24. 802.1x auth client information displayed on this screen is described as follows: parameter description radiusauthclientinvalidserveraddresses this is the number of radius access-response packets received from unknown address...

  • Page 187

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 169 radiusauthclientserverportnumber this is the udp port number the client is using to send requests to the server. Radiusauthclientroundtriptime this is the time interval, in hundredths of a second, between the most recent access- reply/acc...

  • Page 188: Layer 3 Monitoring Features

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 170 authentication port and dropped for some other reason. Layer 3 monitoring features this folder in the monitoring section will display information concerning settings configured in layer 3 ip networking of the configuring folder. These set...

  • Page 189

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 171 figure 6- 25. Browse ip address window. Browse routing table the browse routing table window may be found in the monitoring menu in the layer 3 feature folder. This screen shows the current ip routing table of the switch. To find a specif...

  • Page 190

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 172 figure 6- 26. Browse routing table window browse arp table the browse arp table window may be found in the monitoring menu in the layer 3 feature folder. This window will show current arp entries on the switch. To search a specific arp en...

  • Page 191

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 173 figure 6- 28. Browse ip multicast forwarding table browse igmp group table the browse igmp group table window may be found in the monitoring menu in the layer 3 feature folder. This window will show current igmp group entries on the switc...

  • Page 192

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 174 figure 6- 30. Ospf lsdb table the user may search for a specific entry by entering the following information into the fields at the top of the screen: to browse the ospf lsdb table, you first must select which browse method you want to us...

  • Page 193

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 175 ls type link state id ____________________________________________ 1 the originating router's router id. 2 the ip interface address of the network's designated router. 3 the destination network's ip address. 4 the router id of the describ...

  • Page 194

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 176 events this logs changes in the state of this route. Ospf virtual neighbor this table can be found in the ospf monitoring folder by clicking on the ospf virtual neighbor link. This table displays a list of virtual ospf neighbors of the sw...

  • Page 195

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 177 dvmrp routing next hop table. Information on dvmrp and its features in relation to the des-6500 can be found in section 4, under ip multicasting . Dvmrp routing table multicast routing information is gathered and stored by dvmrp in the dv...

  • Page 196

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 178 figure 6- 34. Dvmrp neighbor address table the following fields are displayed: parameter description interface name this is the name of the ip interface on which the router resides. Neighbor address this is the ip address of the router. G...

  • Page 197

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 179 parameter description source ip address this is the ip address of the source of the multicast packets. Source mask this is the subnet mask corresponding to the ip address above. Interface name this is the name of the ip interface on which...

  • Page 198: Section 7

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 180 section 7 switch maintenance tftp services ping test trace route save changes reset reboot device logout tftp services trivial file transfer protocol (tftp) services allow the switch firmware to be upgraded by transferring a new firmware ...

  • Page 199

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 181 the tftp server must be running tftp server software to perform the file transfer. Tftp server software is a part of many network management software packages – such as netsight, or can be obtained as a separate program . Click start to r...

  • Page 200: Ping Test

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 182 figure 7- 4. Upload history log window enter the ip address of the tftp server and the path and filename for the history log on the tftp server. Click apply to make the changes current. Click start to initiate the file transfer. Ping test...

  • Page 201: Save Changes

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 183 the following fields are displayed: parameter description target ip address enter the ip address of the computer or network device you want to discover the route between the switch and this device. Ttl this is the time-to-live parameter o...

  • Page 202: Reset

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 184 some settings, though, require you to restart the switch before they will take effect. Restarting the switch erases all settings in ram and reloads the stored settings from the nv-ram. Thus, it is necessary to save all setting changes to ...

  • Page 203: Reboot Device

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 185 figure 7- 7. Factory reset window reboot device the following menu is used to restart the switch. Clicking the yes click-box will instruct the switch to save the current configuration to non- volatile ram before restarting the switch. Cli...

  • Page 204: Logout

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 186 logout use the logout page to logout of the switch’s web-based management agent by clicking on the log out button. Figure 7- 9. Logout window.

  • Page 205: Appendix A

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 187 appendix a technical specifications physical and environmental ac inputs & external redundant power supply 100 - 240 vac, 50/60 hz (internal universal power supply) power consumption: 288w dc fans: 4 built-in 80 x 80 x25 mm fans operating...

  • Page 206

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch 188 general standard ieee 802.3u 100base-tx fast ethernet ieee 802.3ab 1000base-t gigabit ethernet ieee 802.1 p/q vlan ieee 802.3x full-duplex flow control ieee 802.3 nway auto-negotiation protocols csma/cd data transfer rates: ethernet fast ...

  • Page 207: Glossary

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch glossary 100base-fx 100mbps ethernet implementation over fiber. 100base-tx 100mbps ethernet implementation over category 5 and type 1 twisted pair cabling. 10base-t the ieee 802.3 specification for ethernet over unshielded twisted pair (utp) ...

  • Page 208

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch fast ethernet 100mbps technology based on the ethernet/cd network access method. Flow control (ieee 802.3z) a means of holding packets back at the transmit port of the connected end station. Prevents packet loss at a congested switch port. Fo...

  • Page 209

    D-link des-6500 layer 3 stackable gigabit ethernet switch spanning tree protocol (stp) a bridge-based system for providing fault tolerance on networks. Stp works by allowing you to implement parallel paths for network traffic, and ensure that redundant paths are disabled when the main paths are oper...

  • Page 210

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  • Page 211

    Germany d-link central europe (d-link deutschland gmbh) schwalbacher strasse 74, d-65760 eschborn, germany tel: 49-6196-77990 fax: 49-6196-7799300 bbs: 49-(0) 6192-971199 (analog) & bbs: 49-(0) 6192-971198 (isdn) info: 00800-7250-0000 (toll free) & help: 00800-7250-4000 (toll free) repair: 00800-725...

  • Page 212

    Sweden d-link sweden p. O. Box 15036, s-167 15 bromma, sweden tel: 46-8-564-61900 fax: 46-8-564-61901 url: www.Dlink.Se e-mail: info@dlink.Se taiwan d-link taiwan 2f, no. 119, pao-chung road, hsin-tien, taipei, taiwan tel: 886-2-2910-2626 fax: 886-2-2910-1515 url: www.Dlinktw.Com.Tw e-mail: dssqa@dl...

  • Page 213: Usa

    W arranty and r egistration for all c ountries and r egions e xcept usa wichtige sicherheitshinweise 1. Bitte lesen sie sich diese hinweise sorgfältig durch. 2. Heben sie diese anleitung für den spätern gebrauch auf. 3. Vor jedem reinigen ist das gerät vom stromnetz zu trennen. Vervenden sie keine f...

  • Page 214: Usa O

    Better specifications, relative to the defective product, but need not be identical. Any product or part repaired by d-link pursuant to this warranty shall have a warranty period of not less than 90 days, from date of such repair, irrespective of any earlier expiration of original warranty period. W...

  • Page 215

    Submitting a claim : any claim under this limited warranty must be submitted in writing before the end of the warranty period to an authorized d- link service office. The customer must submit as part of the claim a written description of the hardware defect or software nonconformance in sufficient d...

  • Page 216

    Fcc warning: this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This...