Cabletron Systems SmartSTACK STS16-20RM Manuale utente

SmartStack

STS16-20RM/STS16-20FRM

Token Ring Switches

Installation

and

User Guide

Notice

Cabletron Systems reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other

information contained in this document without prior notice. The reader should in all

cases consult Cabletron Systems to determine whether any such changes have been made.

The hardware, firmware, or software described in this manual is subject to change

without notice.

IN NO EVENT SHALL CABLETRON SYSTEMS BE LIABLE FOR ANY

INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS) ARISING

OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS MANUAL OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED

IN IT, EVEN IF CABLETRON SYSTEMS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF, KNOWN, OR

SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Cabletron Systems, Inc.

35 Industrial Way

Rochester, NH 03867

Order Number: 9032957-01

(OC-7052 v. 1.1, 710001810)

SmartStack is a trademark of Cabletron Systems, Inc.

CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe, Inc.

i960 microprocessor is a registered trademark of Intel Corp.

Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation.

Notice

FCC Notice

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following

two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device

must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

operation.

NOTE: 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 equipment uses, generates, and can radiate radio

frequency energy and if not installed in accordance with the operator’s manual, may

cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a

residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user will be required to

correct the interference at his own expense.

WARNING: Changes or modifications made to this device which are not expressly

approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to

operate the equipment.

VCCI Notice

This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for

Interference by Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this equipment is used in

a domestic environment, radio disturbance may arise. When such trouble occurs, the user

may be required to take corrective actions.

Industry Canada Notice

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from

digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian

Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n'émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites

applicables aux appareils numériques de la class A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le

brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le ministère des Communications du Canada.

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Notice

Declaration of Conformity

Addendum

Application of Council Directive(s): 89/336/EEC

73/23/EEC

Manufacturer’s Name: Cabletron Systems, Inc.

Manufacturer’s Address: 35 Industrial Way

PO Box 5005

Rochester, NH 03867

European Representative Name: Mr. J. Solari

European Representative Address: Cabletron Systems Limited

Nexus House,

Newbury Business Park

London Road, Newbury

Berkshire RG13 2PZ, England

Conformance to Directive(s)/Product Standards: EC Directive 89/336/EEC

EC Directive 73/23/EEC

EN 55022

EN 50082-1

EN 60950

Equipment Type/Environment: Networking Equipment, for use

in a Commercial or Light

Industrial Environment.

We the undersigned, hereby declare, under our sole responsibility, that the equipment

packaged with this notice conforms to the above directives.

Manufacturer Legal Representative in Europe

Mr. Ronald Fotino Mr. J. Solari

Full Name Full Name

Principal Compliance Engineer Managing Director - E.M.E.A.

Title Title

Rochester, NH, USA Newbury, Berkshire, England

Location Location

Notice

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 1

Switching Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Switch of Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Switch of Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Switch of Hubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Switch of Desktops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Switch of Floors and Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Switch of Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Front Panel Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The MANAGEMENT Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Token Ring Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Switched Port Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

SmartStack Interface Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

System Request Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Status and Activity LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Back Panel Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Features and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2. Switch Overview 17

Multiple Simultaneous Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Low Latency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Address Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Multiple Bridging Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Source Route Switching (SRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Source Route Bridging (SRB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Source Route Transparent (SRT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

SRT/SRB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Congestion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Three Switching Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Cut-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Store and Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Auto (Adaptive Cut-Through) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Token Ring Port Operation Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

RI/RO-Like Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Transmission Priority Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Notice

ClearSession Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

CrossLink Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Spanning Tree Protocol Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

VLAN Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Dynamic Source Route Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

SmartStack Manager for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Telnet Management and VT100 Management (Console) . . 35

IBM LAN Network Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

RMON Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Built-in Port Counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Stackable Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Back-to-Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Internal Stacker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

External Stacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Optional Redundant Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3. Preparing for Installation 41

Safety Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Safety with Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage . . . . . . . . . 42

Site Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chassis Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Cooling and Airflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Frame Length Limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Ring Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting to Other Non-IEEE 802.5j Compliant

Fiber Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Sample Applications for the STS16-20RM and

the STS16-20FRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Important Management Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 52

4. Installation 53

Installation Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Materials Needed for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Installing a SmartStack Interface Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Mounting the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Notice

Rack or Cabinet Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Table-Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Connecting Devices to the Token Ring Ports . . . . . . . . . 59

Connecting Devices to the Token Ring Ports

Using Building Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Checking the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Applying Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

5. Accessing Switch Management 65

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Connecting the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Communication Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Diagnostic Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

6. Switch Configuration 71

General Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Navigating within the Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Switch Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Stack Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Module Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

VLAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

VLAN Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

VLAN Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

VLAN Parameter Configuration for CRF Screen . . . . . . . 86

VLAN Parameter Configuration for BRF Screen . . . . . . . 88

VLAN Port Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

IP Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

BootP Requests and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

SNMP Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . 95

Spanning Tree for BRF Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Spanning Tree for CRF Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Port Spanning Tree Parameters Screen. . . . . . . . . . . 102

Current Spanning Tree Information Screen . . . . . . . . . 103

Port Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Switched Port Analyzer Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

CrossLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

CrossLink Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

CrossLink Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

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Notice

Setting up a CrossLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Current CrossLink Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Address Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Filters and Port Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Configure Filters Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Configure Port Security Mode Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

View Port Filters Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Protocol Filters Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Protocol Class Assignment Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Port Filtering Attributes Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Address Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Address Aging Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Port Address Table Aging Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Master Address Table Aging Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Password Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Console/Telnet Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Console Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Serial Link Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Creating a Console Session Using a Modem . . . . . . . . 133

Stopping the Console Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Telnet Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Telnet Sessions Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Starting the Telnet Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Stopping the Telnet Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Involuntary Termination of the Telnet Session . . . . . . . . 136

Syslog Daemon Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

DSRR Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

DSRR Group Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

DSRR Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Download/Upload Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Serial Link Download Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

TFTP Download/Upload Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Reset Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

7. Monitoring the Network from the Console

Statistics Menu 153

Statistics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Switch Statistics Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Power Supply Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Port Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Port Statistics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

General Statistics Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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Notice

802.5 Statistics Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

802.5 State Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

802.5 DTR MAC Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

TXI Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Station-CPort Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Address Tables Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Master Address Table Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Master Route Descriptor Table Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 179

VLAN Address Table Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

VLAN Route Descriptor Table Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Locate MAC Address Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Current Spanning Tree Information Screen . . . . . . . . . 183

Current Spanning Tree Information for a CRF Screen . . . 186

VLAN Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

VLAN Statistics Screen for CRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

VLAN Statistics Screen for BRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

DSRR Status Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

DSRR Status Tables Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

DSRR Neighbor Table Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

DSRR Acting as Backup Table Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Diagnostic Test Results Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Message Log Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Display Summary Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

8. Monitoring the Network with SNMP 199

SNMP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

IP Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

SNMP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

SNMP Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Community Strings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Trap Receivers Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

List of Supported Traps from a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . 204

9. Monitoring Port Traffic 209

Switched Port Analyzer Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

10. Troubleshooting 213

Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Troubleshooting in a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Start of Troubleshooting Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Choosing a Troubleshooting Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 214

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