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  • Intel 550F - page 1

    Intel ® Expr ess 550F Routing Switch User Guide 696942-0 04 500.book P age i T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

  • Intel 550F - page 2

    Year 2000 capable An Intel product, when used in acco rdance with a ssociated d ocum entation, is “Y ear 2000 Capabl e” wh en, upon install ation, it ac - curate ly sto res, disp lays, processe s, prov ides, and/or rece ives da ta f rom, i nto, an d bet ween the t wen tieth and tw enty -first ce n turies, includi ng leap ye ar calc ulations, pr ...

  • Intel 550F - page 3

    iii Contents C h a p t e r 1 Intel Expr ess 550F Routing Switch 1 Introduction to the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    iv CONTENTS C h a p t e r 3 Standard Configuration 41 Changing th e Setup of the Switch or Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Internet P ...

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    v CONTENTS Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Recovery Manag er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 DNS IP Conversion Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    vi CONTENTS Manufacturer Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    vii Inf ormation sou rces f or this s wit ch This User Guide is one of thr ee sources of infor mation deliver ed with this switch . Quic k Start description A printed gui de that describes th ese basic steps: • Connect th e switch • Start th e switch (u sin g the de fault set tings ) • Start Intel Device View • Change the setup • Save a n ...

  • Intel 550F - page 8

    viii PREFACE viii Wa r n i n g El ectros tatic S ensi tiv e Devi ce Products co vered This User Guid e gives you instructi ons on how to use: • Intel Express 550F Rout ing Swit ch • Intel Device V iew Pre requ isi te knowl edg e This Use r Guide is int ended for pe rsonnel autho rized to configure and manage local area networks. We assume tha t ...

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    ix ix PREFACE Access to submenus You access submenus using a menu hierarchy . These are shown by use of angle brackets and the courie r typeface. For ex ample, File>Configuration>Setup shows that to select the Setu p sub- menu you must first clic k File and th en Configura tion. Acronyms ARP Address Resolution Protocol ASIC Applicatio n- Sp e ...

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    x 500.book Page x Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

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    1 In this c hapter This cha pter cov ers the fol lowin g topi cs. 1 Intel Expr ess 550F Routing Switch T opic See P age Introd uction to the p roduct 2 Front Pan el 3 Rear Panel 5 Installati on 5 500.book Page 1 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

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    2 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch 2 Intr oduction to the pr oduct Purpose of the s wi tch The Int el Express 550F R outing Switch uses yo ur existin g network cable s to integr ate switching te chnology i nto your compute r network. Each device in a workgrou p or a network segment can commun icate at a full wire-speed of 100Mbps ...

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    3 3 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch Softwa re f eatures The switc h offers the following features: • Intel Devic e V iew for W indows* 95, W indows* 98 and W indows NT* or Intel Device V iew for W eb • Adaptive fo rwarding mode • Local Man agement via a di rect terminal co nnection or vi a TEL- NET • SNMP Managemen t supp ...

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    4 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch 4 Front panel por ts These p orts are on the front panel: Slots f or mod ules After removi ng one or bot h of the cover p lates, the modul es can be inserted t o expand the func tionalit y of the switch. F ron t pa n el LE D fu nctio ns The LEDs on t he front panel hav e the follo wing functi ons ...

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    5 5 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch Rear P anel Introducti on The rear panel has a coo ling fan ou tlet and t he main supply cabl e, so you should posi tio n the switch with the rear panel f aci ng away fro m you. View of rear pan el The rear pa nel of th e switch is sh own b e lo w: Rea r pane l pa r t s The switch’ s rear pan ...

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    6 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch 6 Bef ore Installation Contents of the pac k Unpack the switch carefu lly and check that t hese parts are present: Chec k the pac kage contents I f you have not received al l of the parts, o r any of th e parts are dam- aged, cont act your dealer i mmediately. Keep all t he packaging mat erials i ...

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    7 7 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch P o sitioning and In stalling the Switch Allow adequate venti lation The switch cont ains two fans to air-cool the in ternal circuitr y. The air is drawn i n from th e left of the unit and expelled thr ough the out let grills on t he right side and t he rear. To ensure correct ai rflow, leave 1 ...

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    8 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch 8 • Customer -supplied screws for securing the switch in the rack. Mountin g screws are not pr ovided because t he required sizes may vary from rack t o rack. In an equi pment r ack To mount th e switch in a standard equipmen t rack: 1 Attach t he mounting bracket marke d “Left” to the le f ...

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    9 9 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch Installing a Module Introducti on You can increase the connect ivity options of your switch by installing a module. Wa r n i n g Modules are not designed to be installed in , or removed from, the switch whi le it is in operatio n. Y ou must powe r off the switch b efore attemp ting to instal l ...

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    10 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch 10 Remo ving the mo dule To remov e a module: 1 If the switch is a lready oper ational, disconnect it from th e main power supply . 2 Follow the i nstructions in “A voi ding damage to the circuit board” abo ve. 3 Unscrew the screws securing the module. 4 Pull th e module gen tly to dise ngag ...

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    11 11 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch Connecting th e P ower Introducti on After connecti ng the de vices to the switch, connect th e power cable. There are certa in practical and safety considerations to b e made be- fore power ing the switch on . The P ow er Cable Ground w ar ning The switch is deli vered with a power cable tha ...

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    12 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch 12 P o wer up Power ing up t he switch Follow these steps to power u p the switch: 1 Push the femal e end of t he power cabl e i nto the ma in socket (in the rea r p anel); pl ug the other end into the powe r suppl y outlet. 2 Make sure th at the Power L ED (on the fron t panel) is g reen. If it ...

  • Intel 550F - page 23

    13 13 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch Def a ult se ttin gs afte r st ar t- up Once the switch has start ed successfull y, installa tion is com plete an d the switch is using it s defaul t set ting ( al so known as defau lt conf i gu- ration): • All ports are enabled. • Spanning Tr ee is disable d on all por ts. • Addresses ...

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    14 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch 14 Other LE Ds on the front panel Introducti on There are th ree other LEDs an d one button o n the front panel that show how the swi tch is operat ing: • Status LED • T emperature LED • Redundant P ower Supply (R PS ) LED • Port S tatus butto n LED colors and their meani ngs The LEDs gi ...

  • Intel 550F - page 25

    15 15 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expres s 550F Routing Switch P ort Status butt on To see th e speed and duplex settings of all the po rts, pr ess the Port Status button. The funct ion of th e por t LEDs chang es for a peri od of 5 seconds, where t hey have the followin g meaning: LED Color Meaning Left (Speed) Green Off: 10Mbps Solid: 100Mbps Right (Du ...

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    16 500.book P age 16 T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

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    17 In this c hapter This cha pter cov ers the fol lowin g topi cs. 2 Intel Device V iew T opic See Page System Requiremen ts 18 Installat ion and Removal 19 Using Intel Device V iew 20 Installi ng and Managing Switches 26 Device T ree 29 Device V iew (Main Display) 31 Explor er 37 Diagnosti cs W indow 37 T rap W indow 38 System W i ndow 39 Errors W ...

  • Intel 550F - page 28

    18 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 18 System Req uirements Requiremen ts f or Intel De vice Vie w under Wind ows You need a PC with t he following minimu m requirements to run Inte l Device View: • Microsoft W indows NT workstat ion or serve r , version 4.0, or Microsoft W indows 95 or M icrosoft W i ndows 98. (W indows NT 4.0 English la nguag ...

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    19 19 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Web ser ver rest r i cti ons To manage the switch from a web server co nnected directl y to the switch, the web server must not use frame t agging. To manage the switch from a web server with IEEE 802. 1Q tagged fra mes, manage- ment must b e through a dev ice which unta gs the frames. Requiremen ts f or Int ...

  • Intel 550F - page 30

    20 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 20 T o install Inte l Dev ice Vie w for Wi ndows Cli ck Install Windows and follow the on- screen instru ctions. When th e installati o n is comple te , Intel Dev ic e View will sta rt auto- matically when “Launch Intel Devi ce View” is selected. T o install Inte l Dev ice Vie w for W eb Click Install Web a ...

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    21 21 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Navig ating throu gh Inte l Device View Many commands are availabl e from within Intel Device View. T hese are best accessed using mouse actio ns. However, Windows users can also access most of t hem through the menu b ar. The Inte l De vice Vie w window There are three sectio ns: • Device Tree — di spla ...

  • Intel 550F - page 32

    22 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 22 • A list of IP addresses — contains the last eight switches success- fully contac ted from Intel Device V iew. These can be u sed to manage the swit ch. View m enu — f or Wind ows use rs onl y The View menu all ows you to customize the Intel Devi ce View dis- play to your own preferences: th e Toolbar ...

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    23 23 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View After a Switch or Stac k is Contacted Comman ds When Intel Device View contacts a switch, the basic commands are supplemented wi th: • Local Managemen t access — provides T elnet access to monitor- ing funct ions embedded in the switch. • RMON facility — gathers information a bout the network t raffi ...

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    24 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 24 Setting the Preferences Setting the polling interval s The pol ling interv als dete rmine ho w often Intel De vice View contac ts the switch or stack and update s the status and informa tion displayed. To change the polling parameters: 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences . 2 Click Polling or Monitor . 3 If y ...

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    25 25 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Setting the timeout paramet ers f or SNMP The t imeo ut de termine s th e inte rvals betw een pollin g an d the num ber of ti mes the request is retried i f a device i s not respondi ng. To change the timeout parameters: 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences . 2 Click Timeouts . 3 Change the values. 4 Click OK ...

  • Intel 550F - page 36

    26 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 26 Installing and Mana ging Switches Followin g ins tall ati on of Intel De vice View After inst alling Intel Dev ice View, you can add new switches, est ab- lish or expand stacks of switches, an d manage exis tin g switches and stacks. Adding ne w s witc hes To add new swi tches (that hav e not been assigne d ...

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    27 27 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Matrix Modul e connec ted to a ne w s witch When the Insta ll wizard detects that a new switch is co nnected to a Matri x Module, a message infor ms that you must deci de how to man- age the switch . If you wa nt to ma nage it se parately , the inst allati on is c ompleted a nd the switc h is displayed in th ...

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    28 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 28 3 Select the b ox if you want to open the switc h in a new Inte l Device V iew window . 4 Click OK . Estab lishing and ex panding a stac k If you connect switches that al ready have IP addresses assig ned to- gether via a M atrix Module, you can ma nage them as a st ack. T o cre- ate or expand an existing st ...

  • Intel 550F - page 39

    29 29 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View De vice T ree Introducti on The Device Tree d isplays t he separate subnet s on your LAN as branches in a tree. This incl udes a branch that shows all the unconfig- ured dev ices on the LAN. Iden ti fyin g devices The Device Tree uses severa l icons to repre sent the indi vidual devi c- es: Icons Device Desc ...

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    30 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 30 Installin g and man aging swi tc he s Double clicking the switch’s IP address or MAC address opens exist- ing switches in the Intel Device View windo w, or starts the Install Wizard for new switches. Right mous e bu tton command s By positi oning the mouse pointer in th e Device Tree and clicki ng the righ ...

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    31 31 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View De vice Vie w (Main Displa y) Switch cont acted When Intel Device View contacts t he switch o r stack, t he front (in ter- face sid e) of the switch or st ack is displayed. This view p rovides a real-time v iew of the swit ch, or stack and ports, which behav e in the same way as the physi cal switch. For ex ...

  • Intel 550F - page 42

    32 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 32 Right mous e bu tton command s fo r a sing le swi tc h Right cl ick a single switc h and Intel Device Vie w offers: Functions Description Device Setu p Displays comp rehensive information about th e switch’ s overall setup. VLAN/Routing Setup Provides an overview of existing VLANs and the op portunity to a ...

  • Intel 550F - page 43

    33 33 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Right mous e bu tton command s fo r a stac k border When managing a stac k of switches, ri ght click the stack border and Intel Device View offers: Device Reboots the switch an d provides i nforma- tion ab out the firmwar e in the switch. Also enables the switch’ s firmware to be upgraded. Config uration E ...

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    34 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 34 Right mous e bu tton command s f or a s witc h in a stac k When managing a stack of swit ches, right click a switch and Intel De- vice View offers: Port Overview Provides port performance, packet di stri- bution and spanni ng tr ee info rmation for all the po rts in the sta ck. Device Enables you to rebo ot ...

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    35 35 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Right mous e bu tton command s fo r a port Right cl ick a single p ort and Intel Device View offers: IPX Routing Provides information ab out t he IPX rout- ing links and ne twor k s, and t he numb er of packets sent vi a the IPX protocol s. Device Restarts the swit ch and provides in forma- tion ab out the f ...

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    36 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 36 Color coding The switch and ports are displ ayed in diff erent colors: Color Means Switc h Body Gray The switc h is o peratio nal (the so ft- ware is loaded and running ) and it can be cont acted by Intel Device V iew via the network. Dark blue That switch is selected, and various device-specific parameters ...

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    37 37 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Explor er Intel De vice View Ex plorer The Explorer with in Intel Device View disp lays management infor- mation, fo r example VLANs on this switch a nd other switches. If a switc h is disabled o r not operati onal, it i s displayed wit h a red cross through it. General management informati on for the swi tc ...

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    38 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 38 Right mous e bu tton command s Right clic k a message and Inte l Device View o ffers: Dia gnost ic de t ail s wind ow This window provid es comprehensive d etails of the e rror. T rap Windo w T raps w indow The Traps window d isplays all traps g enerated by t he switch. Color coding Traps are gen erated by t ...

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    39 39 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Right mous e bu tton command s Right clic k a message and Inte l Device View o ffers: System Window System windo w The Syst em window contains a log of al l the major switch events with date and ti mes (for example, retu rn to factory default, fil ter entry set- tings, mo du les inserted in slots). Right mou ...

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    40 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 40 Err or s Window Errors window The Error s window is a log o f all error me ssages generat ed by the switch. Right mous e bu tton command s Right clic k a message and Inte l Device View o ffers: Functions Description Refresh R eloads and up date s all the inf ormati on in this window . Clear Clears all t he m ...

  • Intel 550F - page 51

    41 In this c hapter Configurat i on i s th e way we chan ge t he set up o f the swi tc h or sta ck. In this ch apter you wil l find all the instruc tions you need t o change setups that affect the switch, or stack, and the ports. In chapter 4 you will fi nd instructi ons to integrate VL ANs and rout- ing into your setup . 3 Standard Configuration T ...

  • Intel 550F - page 52

    42 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 42 Changing the Setup of the Switch or Stac k Impr oving swit ch secu rit y To restrict t he use of the switch or st ack, you can: • Change the administrator password for local management. • Change the user password for loca l management. • Limit access to Loca l Ma nagemen t vi a t he Console port a ...

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    43 43 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration System Identif ying the s witch To assist w ith switch id e ntifica tion and admini stration, y ou can change certa in switch d etails (name, location and contact perso n). With a switch o r stack in the Device View window: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup. 2 Click System . 3 Change the detail s. 4 ...

  • Intel 550F - page 54

    44 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 44 Internet Protocol Changin g IP detail s To ch ange the main IP ad dress and network mask: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click IP . 3 Change the detail s. 4 Click OK . This is u sed to c ontac t the sw itch vi a IP (TFT P, SNM P, TEL- NET etc.) pr otocols. 500.book P age 44 T hursday, Septembe ...

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    45 45 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Time Setting the date and cloc k to local time To c hange th e cloc k in the sw itc h to yo u r loca l tim e: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Date/Time . 3 Click Insert Current PC Date/Time to show the present setting s. If this is satisf actor y, click OK . Note The cloc k displays ...

  • Intel 550F - page 56

    46 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 46 Security The authentic ations list defi nes the hosts that can carry out SNMP , TF TP or T elnet management on the swi tch, have read-write or read- only rig hts and access to co mmunities. You can: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete an entry • Edit ex istin g entr ies Adding a de vice To add ...

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    47 47 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 9 Click OK . Tr a p s Purpose A trap alerts you of eve nts occurring in the switch. The trap s list shows where SNMP t raps (generated by the switch) are sent . You can: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete an entry • Edit ex istin g entr ies Adding a tr ap Note If there are no entries in th e ...

  • Intel 550F - page 58

    48 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 48 P ermanent Entries Purpose Enables you t o allocate a p ort to a device that d oes not sen d out device information. These devices are not remove d from the switch’s ad- dress tab le, regardless of how long they ar e quiet. This is useful f or connecti ons to printer s and other simi lar devices. Yo u ...

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    49 49 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Link Aggregation Purpose Combines two or four adjace nt ports to i ncrease the bandwidth be- tween two switc hes or stacks. You ca n: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete an entry Adding an Aggr eg ate Link To set up and a dd an aggregat e link: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Link ...

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    50 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 50 P or t Mirr oring Purpose Provides a facility to debug or monitor traf fic on a spe cific port, by duplica ting the t raffic an d sending it to a specified port. Only one pai r of ports can be mirrored per switch. W ithin Port Mirroring, you can: • Add a new entry to th e list • Delete an entry • ...

  • Intel 550F - page 61

    51 51 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Manage ment Changin g pass word detail s The administrator has read-write access at all levels. The user can read the monitoring screens, but cannot change the configuratio n, up- date software or rese t th e stat ion. T o prevent unauthor ized person nel changing confi gur at ions: 1 Select Devic ...

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    52 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 52 TFTP Changin g pass word detail s T o give added securit y , you can limit t he number of staff au thorized to transfer TFTP files by changing the TFTP password. T o change the pass wor d: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click TFTP . 3 T ype the old password. 4 T ype the new password. 5 Retype ...

  • Intel 550F - page 63

    53 53 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Changin g the flow c ontrol Flow control prevents the lo ss of frames during busy periods. Not e that the i ndividual port settings overrule the def ault setti ng. To change the default flow mechanism on all ports: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Switching . 3 Click Default Flow Control . ...

  • Intel 550F - page 64

    54 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 54 Adaptive Forwar ding Mod e Purpose You can: • Change the Sampl e Ti me • Define the minimum an d maximum errors acceptabl e before changing t he forwardin g mode Note While CRC errors and runts are the most li kely parameters to cause th e switching mod e to change, they are not the onl y ones. Chan ...

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    55 55 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 4 Click t he require d parameter . 5 T ype the percentage of errors or runts. 6 Click OK . Spanning T ree Purpose You can change th e: • Priori ty given to the switch • Maximum len gth of time informat ion is retaine d by the swit ch • T ime between t ransmitted Configurat ion BPDUs • T ime the ...

  • Intel 550F - page 66

    56 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 56 Changin g the spanni ng tree priority The high er the value, t he lower the chance of th e switch being us ed as the root bridge. To change the prior ity value: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree . 3 Click Priority . 4 T ype the requi red value . 5 Click OK . Changin g the mess ...

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    57 57 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 5 Click OK . Changin g the f orwar d dela y e xpiry time To change the time between port st ates while the bri dge attempts to become the ro ot: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree . 3 Click Forward Delay Timer Expiry . 4 T ype the requir ed number of sec onds. 5 Click OK . Chan ...

  • Intel 550F - page 68

    58 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 58 • Specify t he spanning tree Using t he mouse There are two ways to access the Port Setu p window: • Double -click the port • Right-c lick on the p ort, and c lick Port Setup General Ch anges Renami ng a port To give a port a new name , for example, its use or the user(s) connec t- ed: 1 Click the ...

  • Intel 550F - page 69

    59 59 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Po r t M o d e Disab ling th e por t If yo u disable the port , the devices attac hed to it cannot use t he switch. The MAC add ress of those devices are remo ved from the switch’s address tab le. If those add resses are defined as pe rmanent entries, they are not purged but are un able to use the swi ...

  • Intel 550F - page 70

    60 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 60 5 Click OK . Changin g duple x mode To change the port’s duplex mode (when auto-ne gotiation is dis- abled) : 1 Click the port you want to change. 2 Select Port Setup . 3 Click Port Mode . 4 Click Half Duplex or Full Duplex . Half allows eith er transmission or recei pt of the data and Full allows bot ...

  • Intel 550F - page 71

    61 61 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration P o r t Specific Spannin g T ree Purpose You can: • V iew the Spanning T ree setu ps for the port • Specif y whether ST P (Spanni ng T ree Prot ocol) is enabled o n the port • Define which p orts are going to be used most frequently Changin g the stat e of a por t To specify that a por t is using ...

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    62 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 62 4 Select the Port s tatus box. 5 In Path cost , type the r equire d value. 6 Click OK . Changing p rior ity of the por t in the spanning tree The higher t he value, t he l ower the cha nce of th is por t bei ng used as the desig nated or root port. To change the priority v alue: 1 Click the port you wan ...

  • Intel 550F - page 73

    63 In this c hapter In this chapt er you will lear n how to use Advanced Configura tion ef- fectively . This ch apter cove rs the V irtu al LAN (VLAN), Rout ing an d IP Filtering features. Y ou can create logical network group s (VLANs) by segmenting the switch; for exampl e, accordi ng to the su bnettin g scheme wi thin your network. Each VLAN is ...

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    64 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 64 However, IP pol icies cannot be used for de vices using ta gged VLANs and IP l earning i s not possib le. In add ition to thi s, ta gged frames can- not be r outed between VL ANs. VLAN s (Vi r tual LANs) Purpose You can use VLANs to: • Create up to 128 separat e user groups • Limit broad cast and mu ...

  • Intel 550F - page 75

    65 65 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 3. Port Wa r n i n g This means that a station learned by a MAC rule is not learned by an IP or Port rule, and a station learned by an IP rule is not learned by a P ort rule. Only stations that are not learn ed by MAC or IP rules are le arned by a Port rule. Note IP polici es can be used on ly when IP l ...

  • Intel 550F - page 76

    66 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 66 Deleting a VLAN To delete a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup . 2 Click the name of t he VLAN you want to delet e. (Note: you canno t d elete a VLA N if it is th e [Designated Manage- ment VLAN] . T o do this, click anothe r VLAN , click Proper- ties and then cli ck Use this VLAN for SNMP management ; ...

  • Intel 550F - page 77

    67 67 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Changin g VLAN mode To change the mode of operation o f a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup . 2 Click Advanced . The VLAN mode is shown. 3 Click th e VLAN mod e to see the fu ll range of choices . 4 Click the new mode and make sur e the rest of the detail s are correct. 5 Click OK . Y our switch may t ...

  • Intel 550F - page 78

    68 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 68 Adding a s tation to a Switch VLAN Link To place a station on t he link bet ween two switch es or two stacks, config ure t he st ati on as a permane nt entry. If you h ave a st ack, righ t- click a stack border and se lect Stac k Setup inst ead of Device Setup : 1 Choose one o f the switches, and selec ...

  • Intel 550F - page 79

    69 69 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 3 Double-cli ck Server Expiry Time-out , and type the new value. 4 Click OK . P orts with IP learning IP learning must be enabl ed when using IP po licies. (IP learning is enabled on all ports by default.) I f you want to change the settings for individu al po rts, for example i f you ar e usi ng proto ...

  • Intel 550F - page 80

    70 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 70 Adding a ro uting link To add a rou ting link to a VLAN that is not already confi gured: 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup>Add . 2 Select the Setup an IP routing interface box. 3 Click Next , and follo w th e i nstruct io ns in t he W i zard windows. Changin g IP and IPX detail s To change the r outing pr ...

  • Intel 550F - page 81

    71 71 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Cha ngi ng the numbe r of BOO TP requ est hops This parameter specifies t he maximum number of hops that a BOOTP request can make before bei ng discarded. To ch ange the numb er of hops: 1 Select VLAN/Routing Se tup . 2 Click Advanced>IP Routing . 3 Double-cli ck the Maximum BootP request hops , and ...

  • Intel 550F - page 82

    72 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 72 4 Click OK . D VMRP T unnels Introducti on This routi ng switch suppor ts the Distance Vector Multica st Routing Protocol (DVMRP). This enables IP multicast p ackets to be encapsu- lated in an IP header, and sent through a tunnel betw een two specific switches on a network that d oes not support DVMRP r ...

  • Intel 550F - page 83

    73 73 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration IGMP pr uning can only be used in VLANs that ha ve an IP lin k. En- abling I GMP prun in g st ops L ayer 2 for war di ng o f I P mult ica st p ack- ets in all ot her VLANs without IP li nks. Only enabl e IGMP pruning ( on this device) when it is co nnected be- tween the dev ice receiving th e packets an ...

  • Intel 550F - page 84

    74 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 74 Enabl ing IP Filte ring IP Filtering is enabled by default. The re are two defaul t user groups, which allo w all traff ic to pass. Ena ble is a t oggle functio n, which also allows you to disable IP F iltering: 1 Select IP Filtering Se tup . 2 Select Enabled . 3 Set up any User Groups and Membe rs requ ...

  • Intel 550F - page 85

    75 75 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Adding a Member To add a membe r to a user group: 1 Select IP Filtering Se tup>Add member . 2 In Type , select whether th e member is defined by Port (Proto- col) or by Address. 3 For port selections, defin e th e IP filter protocol, while for Address define the IP Address (and su bnet if necessary) ...

  • Intel 550F - page 86

    76 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 76 2 Click a Memb er in th e list. 3 Click Show member connections 4 V erify that the connecti ons for this me mber are corre ct. 5 Click Close . 500.book P age 76 T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

  • Intel 550F - page 87

    77 In this c hapter This cha pter cov ers the fol lowin g topi cs. 5 Managing the Switch T opic See Pa ge Management u sing Intel De vice V iew 78 Monitoring the Switch’ s P erformance 79 Monitoring t he Stack’ s Performance 84 Monitoring VLANs and Routing 89 Monitorin g the Port’ s Performance 97 T oo ls for the Sw itch 101 T ools for th e S ...

  • Intel 550F - page 88

    78 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 78 Management using Intel De vice Vie w Wh y use Intel De vi ce View ? Intel Devi ce View allows you to: • Configure system, switching, IP , span ning tree, auth entication, and trap parameters for the switch. • Configure port-related p arameters. • V iew traps, logs, trace s, and report s generated by t ...

  • Intel 550F - page 89

    79 79 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Hardwa re details To see the MAC address, h ardware version and memory si ze: 1 Click Monitoring>Hardware Information . 2 T o update th e information, cli ck Refresh . Monit oring the Swit ch’ s P e rf orma nce Monitorin g the total p acke t activity T o view th e total activ ity of th e packets o n al ...

  • Intel 550F - page 90

    80 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 80 Monitoring th e total activity of transmi tted pa cke ts T o vi ew th e total ac tiv ity of th e pack e ts bein g t ransmi tte d on all the ports: 1 Select Device Activity >Tx Packets . Each co lumn repre sents the activity level o n t hat port. 2 T o see the exact val ue, hold the mouse pointer over a p ...

  • Intel 550F - page 91

    81 81 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitorin g the spannin g tree statis tics To view the sp anning tree stati stics for the whole swit ch, select Spanning Tree Statistics . Ov erview of all the po r ts To v ie w th e setups o f a ll t he ports on t he swi tch: 1 Select Port Overview . 2 Double-cli ck a port to get the specifi c details f or ...

  • Intel 550F - page 92

    82 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 82 Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addresses of the devic es that have accessed manage- ment on t he switch: 1 Click Monitoring>Access Overview . 2 T o change the order of t he information, click the appropria te title ba r . Monitoring using RMON Purpose The switch contains several RMON functions. ...

  • Intel 550F - page 93

    83 83 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch RMON Alar ms Alarm is a useful RMON feature; it enables yo u to set your own threshol ds for when the network activit y require s so me atte ntion. 1 Right-cl ick a switch an d select Monitoring>RMON Alarms >Confi gure . The Alarm Tab le window opens, which li sts a ll a larms. 2 Click Add to add a n ...

  • Intel 550F - page 94

    84 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 84 Monitoring the Stack’ s P erf ormance Monito ring the health o f the s tack The St ack Heal th M onitor pro vides a n overall st atus fo r the switche s in the stack . To view the health of the sta ck: Right-click the stack bor- der and select Stack Health Monitor . If the condit ion of any of the switche ...

  • Intel 550F - page 95

    85 85 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitoring In traStac k activity T o view the total act ivity of the pa ckets between th e switches in the stack, or across the Matrix Module: 1 Right-cl ick the stack border and selec t IntraStack Traf- fic Each column represents a Mat rix Module por t and its acti vity level. 2 T o see the exact val ue, h ...

  • Intel 550F - page 96

    86 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 86 Monitorin g the total p acke t activity per port T o vi ew the to tal activ ity of th e pack ets on al l the port s: 1 Right-cl ick the stack border and selec t Stack Activ- ity>Total Packets per Port . Each column represent s a port and its act ivity level. 2 T o see the exact val ue, hold the mouse poi ...

  • Intel 550F - page 97

    87 87 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 3 Click View and change the presentat ion style: 3D- t o 2D- Graph, with or wi thout a peak v alue indicat or and vertic al to horizon tal bars. Monitoring th e total activity of transmi tted pa cke ts T o v iew the total ac tiv ity of th e pack e ts bein g t ransmi tte d on all the switches: 1 Right-cl ick ...

  • Intel 550F - page 98

    88 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 88 Ov erview of all the po r ts To v iew the set ups of all t he ports in the stac k: 1 Right-cl ick the stack border and selec t Port Overview . 2 Double-cli ck a port to get the specifi c details f or that port: port performanc e, faults , distributi on and spanni ng tree inf ormation. Monitorin g the spanni ...

  • Intel 550F - page 99

    89 89 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addr esses of the de vices on the swit ch: 1 Select Monitoring>Acce ss Overview . 2 T o change the order of t he information, click the appropria te title ba r . Monitoring VL ANs and Routing Gen eral i nform ati on The info rmation provide d in this section is swi ...

  • Intel 550F - page 100

    90 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 90 Ov er vie w of the VLANs on a s witch To view the VLAN s on the switc h : 1 Select VLAN>Monitoring . This shows a full list of VLANs active on the switch or in the domain (if dist ributed VLAN or stand- alone for a stack). T o view this window from the Expl orer , right- click the VLAN name and select Mo ...

  • Intel 550F - page 101

    91 91 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Inf ormation about th e domain T o view the VLAN mode and Domain n ame: 1 Select VLAN>Status . 2 T o change the information, see “Changing VLAN mode” i n “VLANs (V irtual LANs)”, p. 67. Inf ormation about VL AN configur ation To see if another user is config uring the VLANs, vie w the versi on nu ...

  • Intel 550F - page 102

    92 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 92 Inf ormation about th e server T his provides stat us information a bout the serv er: Note This information i s only availabl e from switches in a stack or from switches in a distributed VLAN. 1 Select VLAN>Status . 2 Click Server Information VLAN links to o ther swi tc he s To view the links between swi ...

  • Intel 550F - page 103

    93 93 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitoring IP l inks T o view the IP Routin g links: 1 Select IP Routing>Link s . 2 Double-cli ck a link to get the specifi c details abou t that link: counte rs, setup an d ARP table i nformation. 3 T o present the Counters infor mation as a gr aph, double-cli ck the parameter y ou are interested in. Mo ...

  • Intel 550F - page 104

    94 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 94 Monitoring IP c ounters T o view the IP protocol count ers for all links: 1 Select IP Routing>Coun ters . 2 Click the protocol to ge t the specif ic details on t hat protocol: packets re ceived and packet s transmitted. 3 T o present the in formation as a grap h, double-clic k the parame- ter you are int ...

  • Intel 550F - page 105

    95 95 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch IP multi cast networks This ta ble provide s infor mation abo ut the t opology of ac cessible sub- nets th at have DV MR P rout ers. To view the mult icast netw ork table , select IP Routing>IP Multicast>Network : IP mul tic ast forward ing Thi s table provi des informa tion about how I P multicast pa ...

  • Intel 550F - page 106

    96 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 96 IGMP tab le This ta ble provide s informati on about ro uters th at want to receive multicast packets at a speci fic address. To view the IGMP table, se- lect IP Routing>IP Multicast>IGMP. Mon i tor ing IP X link s T o v iew the IPX Routing links: 1 Select IPX Routing>Lin ks . 2 Double-cli ck a lin ...

  • Intel 550F - page 107

    97 97 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitoring IPX n etworks To view the IPX network t able, select IPX Routing>Networks . Monitoring IPX s er vices To view the IPX services, select IPX Routing>Services . Monitoring IPX cou nters T o view the IPX protocol count ers for all li nks: 1 Select IPX Routing>Cou nters . 2 Click the protocol ...

  • Intel 550F - page 108

    98 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 98 Monitorin g the perf ormance of a po r t To monitor the p erformance of a specific po rt: 1 Rig ht -click the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Pe rformance . This table shows the total number of frames and bytes, utiliza- tion of the p orts and the number of packe ts transmitted and received. 3 T o change th ...

  • Intel 550F - page 109

    99 99 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitorin g the di strib ution on a por t To m o nitor th e distrib ution p ercen ta ges of un icast, m u ltica s t and broadcast frames on a specific port: 1 Rig ht -click the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Di stribution . Monitorin g the spannin g tree stat istics on a por t To monitor the spanning tree ...

  • Intel 550F - page 110

    100 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 100 Monitoring th e VLANs on a port To view the VLANs on the port: 1 Right- click and sel ect VLAN Port Monitoring . 2 Click eithe r of the t ab s to view details o f that p o rt: RMON Interf ace statistics To access a rang e of subnet management st atistics: 1 Right- click a por t and select RM ON Statistics ...

  • Intel 550F - page 111

    101 101 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch T ools f or the Switch T oo l s ava il a ble The switch has vario us tools to help with mana gement: Ping Pinging a dev ice Use Ping to ensu re a device is attach ed to the network. If t he device is on a r emote network, you may need to adj ust the timeout in order to receiv e the response. 1 Select Tool ...

  • Intel 550F - page 112

    102 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 102 3 Change th e settings in the fields if req uired, and cl ick Ping . Repor t Manager Using th e Report Manager To vi ew a log or repo rt: 1 Click Tools>Report Manager . If you are managing a stack , select th e IP Address of the i ndividual switch. 2 Double-cli ck IP Address , and type t he co rre ct I ...

  • Intel 550F - page 113

    103 103 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • Log file s (to pinpoint trouble sour ces) to provid e diagnostic informat ion for tr oubleshoot ing • Detaile d sy ste m informa ti on and o p eration al statistic s What do es it do? This facility is d iv id e d into fou r p arts: • Configur ation Allows you t o change th e basic configur ation p ...

  • Intel 550F - page 114

    104 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 104 • Software Update lets you: - Load n ew software to the switch - Reset the switch if n ecessary - Mon itor the sof tware status Acce ss to the Lo cal Managem ent appli cation Instructions on how to access the ap plication have been ment ioned earlier: • Access from the CONSOLE po rt Details ar e in Qu ...

  • Intel 550F - page 115

    105 105 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Recovery Manag er Purpose Use t he Recovery Manager i f the software in your switch is corrupted or a software download to the switch failed, or you have moved a con- figured switch fr om another net, forg otten the switch’s IP ad dress, or simply lost c o ntrol of th e sw itc h . Note The Recover y Mod ...

  • Intel 550F - page 116

    106 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 106 4 Click Close. T ools f or the Stack T o ols availa ble for a s tack When managing a stack, the fo llowing tools are available: Stack Synchr onization Manager Purpose Before switches connected tog ether via a Matrix Modul e can be man- aged as a stack , their configurations must be synchronized. This man- ...

  • Intel 550F - page 117

    107 107 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Switch P osition Organizer Using t he Switch P osition Organiz er This to ol e nables you to reposi tion th e switches d isplay ed on scre en, so they hav e the same relati ve position to each o ther as the physical switches in the stack. To reposition a switch: 1 Select Tools>Switch Po sition Organize ...

  • Intel 550F - page 118

    108 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 108 • Port 3 – da rk yellow • Port 4 – da rk cyan • Port 5 – purple • Port 6 – cy an • No connecti on – dark gray 500.book Page 108 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

  • Intel 550F - page 119

    109 Intr oduction Purpose Too many users (on a LAN) requestin g the same information from the Internet can cau se congestion on th e WAN link. A single stand - alone Ex press 550F Routi ng Switch can r edirect TCP pack ets from popular si tes and make a local copy of them in one o f up to four Web Server Caches. Users re questing the same in format ...

  • Intel 550F - page 120

    110 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Pac kets 110 statio ns to the network; “ Cache” ports are conn ected to indi vidual cache serve rs, although a maximum of four is permitted; “Normal” ports c onnect to the I nternet. Note Cache serve rs are not suppor ted through hi gh-speed mod- ules (1000Ba se or 155 A TM) installe d in the switc h and cac ...

  • Intel 550F - page 121

    111 111 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Pac kets Setting up r edirection Enabl ing TCP pac ket redirectio n TCP packets can only be redi rect ed i n a sta nd- al one Expr ess 55 0 Se- ries Switch. T o enable redirection: 1 Select Web Cache Redir ection>Setup . 2 Select TCP Capture . 3 Click Redirect TCP packets . 4 Set up any TCP Ports required. 5 ...

  • Intel 550F - page 122

    112 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Pac kets 112 4 Select t he TCP port fr om the drop-do wn list or type in th e TCP port numb er , and click OK . Note Any new TCP por t number , n ot previously shown, is now added to the drop -down list. 5 Click OK . Setting s wit ch port mode The por ts on the f ront of th e switch c an be set t o one of th ree mod ...

  • Intel 550F - page 123

    113 113 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Pac kets Setting the po lling interv al To ensure that the server cache remains in contact wi th the Internet, a design ated URL (define d in the switc h port pr oper ti es dia l og) is periodi c ally po ll ed. The inte rval be twe e n poll s is d efined he re . If a timeout i s experienced, due to t he server c ...

  • Intel 550F - page 124

    114 C H A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Pac kets 114 3 Click Add . 4 T ype the DNS name or I P address of t he popular site an d select one of t he server caches avai lable from t he drop-down li st, and click OK . 5 Click OK . Monitoring the s tatus of the cache ser v e rs Monitor c ache servers Web cache monitoring enables yo u to check the state of e a ...

  • Intel 550F - page 125

    115 In this c hapter This cha pter cov ers the fol lowin g topi cs: 7 T echnical Specifications T opic See Page Physical Speci fi cat io ns 1 16 Power Specifi cations 1 18 Performance Speci fications 1 18 500.book Page 115 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

  • Intel 550F - page 126

    116 C H A P T E R 7 Technica l Specifications 116 Ph ysic al Specific ations Approv als The swi tch has the fol lowing approvals: Physical The switch has the f ollowing physical specificati ons: Appr ov al for Standard Safety UL 1950 CSA-C22.2 No. 95 0 IEC 950 EN 609 50 Emission FC C 4 7 CFR part 15 Class A EN 55022 Cl ass A CISPR 22 Cl ass A VCCI ...

  • Intel 550F - page 127

    117 117 C H A P T E R 7 Technica l Specification s Enviro nmental The switc h has the followi ng environmental specificati ons: LEDs The switc h has the followi ng number of LE Ds: Connec tions The switc h has the following number of conn ections: Operating tempe rature +41°F to +104°F (+5°C to +40°C) Storage t emperature –13°F to +158°F (? ...

  • Intel 550F - page 128

    118 C H A P T E R 7 Technica l Specifications 118 P ower Spe cifica tions Consumpti on Power consumpt ion : 100 W maximum P ow er supply The power supply has: P er f ormance Specifications MA C addresse s The number of MAC addresses: Throughput I nternal backpl ane bandwidth: 2.1Gbps CPU IDT 79R 3052 (40 MHz ) Nominal power supply voltages 100 t o ...

  • Intel 550F - page 129

    119 119 C H A P T E R 7 Technica l Specification s Memo r y siz es The memory siz es are as follows: Supported protocols This switch su pports the foll owing protocol s: Memory Switch Flash Memo ry (MB) 4 CPU RAM (MB) 4 Buf f er RAM (MB) 8 Subject Document Refer en ce Bridg e/Spannin g T ree IEEE 802.1d Ethern et IEEE 802 .3 Fast Ethernet IEEE 80 2 ...

  • Intel 550F - page 130

    120 C H A P T E R 7 Technica l Specifications 120 Ether -like MIB RFC 1643 RIP versi on 2 RFC 1723 RMON RFC 1757 IGMP version 2 RFC 11 12 DVMRP versi on 3 RFC 1075 RSVP version 1 RFC 2205 Subject Document Refer ence 500.book Page 120 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

  • Intel 550F - page 131

    121 In this c hapter This cha pter cov ers the fol lowin g topi cs: 8 Console Port Use and T r oubleshooting T opic See Page Use of th e Console Po rt 122 T roublesh ooting T ools 127 T roublesh ooting Pro cedure 127 T ypical Problems and Causes 128 Repor tin g the P roble m to Intel Customer Su pport 131 500.book Page 121 Thursday, September 2, 19 ...

  • Intel 550F - page 132

    122 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting 122 Use of the Console P or t Purpose of Console P or t If you lose cont act with th e switch and the Recovery Manager in I ntel Device View or Local Management ov er the LAN cannot con ta ct i t, then th e foll owin g is po ssible via th e Cons ole po rt on the fro nt of the switch. Local ...

  • Intel 550F - page 133

    123 123 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting Upgra din g So f tware If a working swit ch software needs to be upg raded, it is recommended to use the S oftware Upgrade Wizard in Intel Device View rather tha n the maintenan ce mode commands. This is easier and the exi sting con- figuratio n is retain e d . Switch Con figurati on Th ...

  • Intel 550F - page 134

    124 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting 124 Reco vering from Star t-up Failure Network boo t process The network boot process is as f ollows: 1. The switch send s a BOOTP request over the networ k. The boot request contain s the switch ’ s MAC addr ess. The boot server contains a bootptab fil e with an entry for the switch whic ...

  • Intel 550F - page 135

    125 125 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting BOOTP request an d the name of th e boot software to a specified boot server . This is useful if the boot server being u sed does not support th e use of a bo otptab file. • It runs t ests on hardware an d provides di agnostic inf ormation. Note Loadin g software to th e switch in Mai ...

  • Intel 550F - page 136

    126 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting 126 Commands allow ed in Maintena nce Mode The followin g comm and is a v ailab le for th e sw itch in Maint en a nce Mode: bootptab fi le entry The entry for th e swit ch in th e bootptab should contain a line sim- ila r to: :bf=/intel/switch/es550_x.xx: This instru cts the sw itc h to loa ...

  • Intel 550F - page 137

    127 127 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting T r oublesh ooting T ools T ro ublesh oot i ng t ools available The tools av ailable fo r troubleshoo ting on the swit ch are: The LED indicators These are locat ed on the front pan el of the switch. The LEDs indicate the overall switch status, and the st atus of each of the swit ch’s ...

  • Intel 550F - page 138

    128 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting 128 3 Check fo r any relevant messages in the Trap win dow. Use of this t ool is described in “Trap Window ” , p. 3 8. 4 Check fo r any relevant messages in the System win dow . The System L og gives detail s about system events that occ ur during start-up and op eration and also the ge ...

  • Intel 550F - page 139

    129 129 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting Star t-up Problems I’ve f orgotten m y p asswor d Explan ation: Y ou are prompted for a password on the Login screen. Action: Enter Maint enance Mode, a nd type: run defparm . Conseque nce: This resets th e configur at ion to the defaul t v alu es so you can assign a n ew password. Wh ...

  • Intel 550F - page 140

    130 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting 130 Communication Prob lems The mo st common probl ems are cab le probl ems A high percen tage of faults are ca used by cable faults such as loose connecti ons or inapprop riately wired cab les. Managem ent PCs u sing IEEE 802.1Q tagged frames A management P C using IEEE 802.1 Q tagged fram ...

  • Intel 550F - page 141

    131 131 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting Repor ting the Prob lem to Intel Customer Suppor t Introducti on If you are u nabl e to solv e the proble m an d want to repo rt the pr oble m to Intel Cust omer Support, there are certain t hings that you can do, to enable us t o begin solv ing your pr oblem quickl y. Intel Device View ...

  • Intel 550F - page 142

    132 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting 132 Retrieving Inf ormation f or Custom er Suppor t T wo meth ods a va ilable If Intel De v ice View is still function i ng, this info rm ation can be o b- tained usi ng the Report Ma nager. If t he Report Manager is not acces- sible, use TFTP procedur es. Files su itabl e for T FTP transf ...

  • Intel 550F - page 143

    133 133 C H A P T E R 8 Console Port Us e and Troubles hooting T ransf erring fil es to and from the s witc h using TFTP To transfer fil es using TFTP : 1 At the command prompt, start a TF TP session with the switch . 2 T o ob tain a dir ector y listing of al l th e files on the sw itch, ty pe: get dir . 3 Examine t he directory listi ng to confir ...

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    134 500.book Page 134 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

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    A 135 Limited Hardwar e W arranty Limited Har dware W arranty Intel w arr ants t o th e origi nal owner th at t he ha rd ware produc t deli vered in this pac kage will be fre e fro m de fect s in m ateria l an d workmansh ip for th ree (3 ) years fol lowing t he latte r of: ( i) the d ate of p urchase o nly if yo u registe r by retu rning th e regi ...

  • Intel 550F - page 146

    136 136 APPENDIX A Limited Hardw are Warranty If the C ustom er Support Group verifie s that the pr oduct is defec tive, th ey wi ll have the Re turn Ma terial Authoriz atio n Depart me nt issue you an R MA num ber to p lace o n the o uter package of the produ ct. In tel cannot accept any product witho ut an R MA num ber on th e packag e. LIMITATIO ...

  • Intel 550F - page 147

    137 137 APPENDIX A Limited Hardware Warranty Country Number Language France +33 (0) 1 41 91 85 29 French German y +49 (0) 69 9509 6099 German Italy +3 9 (0) 2 69 6 33276 Italian UK +44 (0) 87 0 607 2439 English If the C ustom er Support Group verifie s that the pr oduct is defec tive, th ey wi ll have the Re turn Ma terial Author izatio n Depart me ...

  • Intel 550F - page 148

    138 138 APPENDIX A Limited Hardw are Warranty Federal Communi cations Commissi on (FCC) Statement This eq uipmen t has been teste d and foun d to comply with the li mits for a Class A digita l device , pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. T he se li mits are desig ne d to pr ovide re ason able prote ct ion a ga inst harm ful in t erfe re nce w hen ...

  • Intel 550F - page 149

    139 139 APPENDIX A Limited Hardware Warranty A VER TISSEMENT Le systèm e a été co nçu pour fonc ti onner da ns un cadre de tra vail norm al. L’ empl ac ement choisi doit Ítr e: • Propre e t d épou rvu de poussière en suspe nsi on (sa uf la poussiè r e norma l e). • Bien a èrè e t loin des sourc es de ch al eur, y compris du soleil d ...

  • Intel 550F - page 150

    140 140 APPENDIX A Limited Hardw are Warranty Prima di rimuover e il coperch io del tela io, assicu rarsi che il sistema sia scol legato dall’ali mentazi one, da tut ti i colleg amen ti di comuni cazi on e, ret i o li ne e di mo dem . Non avvia r e i l s is t em a senz a aver prima mess o a pos t o il cop erchi o. ADVER TENCIAS El sistem a está ...

  • Intel 550F - page 151

    I 141 Index Numeri cs 100Base-F X port, 4 A Acc ess restrictions to Local Man agement, 13 to Local Management , 104 to SNMP, 45 Acronyms , ix Add a Aggregate Link , 49 a DVMRP tunn el, 72 a Mem b e r, 75 a mirrored p ort, 50 a Permanent Entry, 48 a routi ng lin k, 70 a static route, 70 a tra p, 47 a User Group, 74 a VLAN, 65 device to authenticatio ...

  • Intel 550F - page 152

    142 INDEX Intel ® Express 550F Routin g Switch C Cable for th e Console P ort, 10 wiring color code, 11 Change defaul t for wardin g mo de, 53 dupl e x mod e , 60 error limits fo r adaptive forwarding, 54 flow c ontr ol , 53 flow co ntrol on a por t , 60 forward delay expiry time, 57 forwardi ng mode on a port, 60 hello expiry time, 56 IP and IPX ...

  • Intel 550F - page 153

    INDEX Intel ® Express 550F Routin g Switch 143 tools needed, 7 Errors change adap tive forwarding mod e limits, 54 monitor the total nu mber, 80 , 87 Errors window, 40 facilities, 40 Essential reading , 6 Events, RMON, 83 F Fan, 5 Files suitable for TF TP transfer, 132 transfer using TFTP, 133 Flow contro l change on a port, 60 change on switch, 5 ...

  • Intel 550F - page 154

    144 INDEX Intel ® Express 550F Routin g Switch IP address change details, 44 IP Filtering add a member, 75 add a User Group, 74 check connections, 75 ena ble , 74 purpo se, 73 IP Multicast Forward ing, 95 IGMP table, 96 Networks , 95 IP Routing change details, 70 monitor counters, 94 monitor links, 93 monit or networ ks, 93 RSVP tabl es, 94 IPX Ro ...

  • Intel 550F - page 155

    INDEX Intel ® Express 550F Routin g Switch 145 total activity of received packets, 80 , 87 total activity o f transmitted p ackets , 80 , 87 total number of errors, 80 , 87 total packet activity, 79 , 86 VLANs on a port, 100 Monitor cache servers, 11 4 Mountin g kit contents , 7 N Nomin a l po wer supply voltage, 118 O Operating temperature, 117 O ...

  • Intel 550F - page 156

    146 INDEX Intel ® Express 550F Routin g Switch R Rack power supply , 11 Read before starting, 6 Rear panel conn ections, 5 descr iption, 5 Received packets monitor the total activ ity, 80 , 87 Recovery Manager, 105 Redunda nt power s upply conn ector, 5 purpo se, 5 Redunda nt power supp ly. see RPS LED Remove a modu le, 10 Rename a port , 58 Repor ...

  • Intel 550F - page 157

    INDEX Intel ® Express 550F Routin g Switch 147 tools availab le, 101 ventilation , 7 Switch Posi tion Organizer, 23 System win dow, 39 facilities, 39 T TCP packet redirection adding a TCP por t, 11 1 assign site to server, 113 definin g a switch port mo de, 112 enabling, 111 setting the polling interval, 113 sett ing up, 111 Telnet Local Managemen ...

  • Intel 550F - page 158

    148 INDEX Intel ® Express 550F Routin g Switch Windows 95, 18 Windows NT , 18 Workst ation interface card, 10 500.book Page 148 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:44 PM ...

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