Superstack II Switch Administration Console User Guide
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 Contents
 Setting Up an IP Interface for Management
Administration Console Interface Parameters
Remote Access Parameters
Online Help
 About Setting Baselines
Setting Passwords
Rebooting the System
Setting Baselines
 Setting the Aging Time
Setting tmaxLowerBound
Setting lerAlarm Setting lerCutoff
Starting Port Monitoring
 10-8
Setting the Bridge Priority
10-7
10-9
 Opcodes A-1
Using Groups in Packet Filters Listing Groups
13-3
Destination Address Filter A-9
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About this Guide
Introduction
Interconnected LANs
 This Guide
How to Use
Switch 2200. The parts of the guide are described in Table
 Conventions
This guide
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Switch
Documentation
 Comments
 Introduction
 Configuration Tasks
Administration Overview
About Switch Administration
 General System Commands Task Quick Command For Details, See
Adjust the console screen height for your terminal
 To the system, or reset nonvolatile data to defaults
Change the factory default baud rate of the Console port
 Configurations, and spanning tree configurations
System Management Setup Commands Task Quick Command
Bridging Commands Task Quick Command For Details, See
 Display bridge port information
Administer bridge port addresses
12-1 and following
Set the multicast packet firewall threshold
 9-2 to
Ethernet Commands Task Quick Command For Details, See
A summarized or detailed format
 Fddi Commands Task Quick Command
8-3
 Access
HOW to USE
Initial User Access
Levels of User
 Select access level read, write, administer Password
 Using Menus to Perform Tasks
 System-level Functions Menu Hierarchy for Administer Access
 Fddi Menu
Bridge Menu
 Bridging Menu Hierarchy for Administer Access
IP Menu
 Snmp Menu
Analyzer Menu
 Most abbreviated version of the same command string is
Menu options are not case sensitive
 Entering Values
 Parameters
Adjusting
Console Interface
 Disabling Reboot Abort Keys
 System consoleLock
 Enter the telnet timeout interval 30 minutes to 60 minutes
Running Scripts Administration Console Tasks
Setting Timeout Interval for Remote Sessions
 HOW to USE the Administration Console
 Running Scripts of Administration Console Tasks
 Console
Getting
Help
 Exiting
Exiting returns you to the password prompt
To exit from the Administration Console
There, by pressing the ESC key
 SYSTEM-LEVEL Functions
Page
 Management
Access to the System
About
 Setting Up Console Serial Port
 Setting Up an
IP Interface for
 Broadcast Address
 Broadcast address
Directed all 1s in the host field
Cost Ports All
 Ip interface modify
 Removing an Interface
 Timed out
Gateway IP Address
Timing out
 Defining a Static Route
 Default route is immediately removed from the routing table
 Administering the ARP Cache
 Setting the RIP Mode
 Enter the IP address of the station you want to ping
You could receive one of the following responses
 Statistics are displayed, as shown in this example
Displaying IP Statistics
IP statistics you can view are described in Table
 Community string settings are displayed as shown here
Setting Up Snmp on Your System
Displaying Snmp Settings
 Administering Snmp Trap Reporting
Community string length
 Configuring Trap Reporting
Enter an IP address of the Snmp manager destination address
 This example shows a trap configuration
Trap address invalid or unreachable
 Remote SMT events. On all other Switch 2200s in your network
You receive the following prompt
 Snmp trap smtProxyTraps
 Displaying System Configuration
Example of a Switch 2200 system configuration display
Environment
 Setting Passwords
Initial passwords
 You are prompted for the name of the system
Setting the System Name
Changing the Date and Time
 Rebooting
 Baselines
About Setting
You must disable the baseline
Displaying the Current Baseline
 Enabling or Disabling Baselines
Setting Baselines
Baselining is automatically enabled when a baseline is set
Message similar to the following appears
 Nonvolatile Data
SAVING, RESTORING, and Resetting Nonvolatile Data
Working with
 Saving NV Data
 Saving the NV data
Restoring
NV Data
Restoration rules described here
 System nvData restore
 Examining a Saved NV Data File
You are returned to the NV data menu options
 Resetting NV Data to Defaults
You see the following prompt
 III
Ethernet and Fddi Parameters
Page
 Ethernet Port
Ports
Displaying
Information
 RxDiscards
 Describes the information provided about an Ethernet port
 Long and are not configurable
Default is enabled
Layer to receive them or because the port was disabled
Disabled
 Transmitted successfully
Second long and are not configurable
Successfully
TxPeakByteRate
 There is no buffer space available Frame is in error
 TxDiscards TxQOverflows
TxFrames Frames delivered to this port
 Setting the Port State
Labeling a Port
 Fddi Stations
Administering
Resources
 ConnectPolicy
Describes these statistics
Can be Thru, Isolated, WrapA, and WrapB
This value can be user-defined
 Frames NIF. This value can be user-defined
Defaults for connecting to a Port M
Description of Fields for Fddi Station Attributes TNotify
TraceMaxExp
 Topology
With defaults for connecting to a Port M
Normal tree connection
Node may not go to Thru state in CFM
 Setting Neighbor Notification Timer
Enabling Disabling Status Reporting
 Fddi Paths
 TmaxLowBound
Description of Fields for Fddi Path Attributes MaxTReq
RingLatency
TraceStatus Current Trace status of the path TvxLowBound
 To set tvxLowerBound
Station, which appears in brackets
 Fddi MACs
 Displaying MAC Information
 Administering Fddi MACs
 Describes the information provided for the Fddi MAC
 Neighbor
Error during reception
Description of Fields for Fddi MAC Attributes OldDownstream
OldUpstream
 There is no buffer space available Frame is in error
 Receive Frame Network
 Setting the Frame Error Threshold
Shows the order in which the discard tests are made
 Setting the Not Copied Threshold
Enter the new threshold value. See the following example
 Enabling Disabling LLC Service
Setting MAC Paths
 Administering Fddi Ports
Displaying Port Information
 Describes the type of information provided for an Fddi port
 Setting lerCutoff
 Setting Port Labels
 Fddi port path
 Analysis
Roving Analysis
About Roving
 Receive
Roving Analysis
On a specific system
 Adding an Analyzer Port
 Removing an Analyzer Port
 You can start monitoring port activity
Starting Port
Monitoring
See the example below for starting port monitoring
 Stopping Port Monitoring
 Bridging Parameters
 Displaying Bridge Information
Information about the bridge is displayed
 Following example shows a display of bridge information
Each item in the bridge parameter list is described in Table
 Root. The default value is 2 seconds
BridgeFwdDelay
Learning states. The default value is 15 seconds
ForwardDelay
 Is determined by the root bridge
Default value is disabled
Bridge Attributes Parameter Description MaxAge
Mode
 Fragmentation
Enabling
Disabling IP
Disabling IPX
 Threshold
Setting
Address
Aging Time
 Enabling and Disabling STP on a Bridge
Enter enabled or disabled at the prompt
STP Bridge
 Setting the Bridge Maximum Age
To configure the STP bridge priority
 Forward delay The recommended value is 15 seconds
To configure the forward delay value
 Setting the STP Group Address
 Bridge Port
 Following example shows a bridge port summary display
Following example shows a bridge port detail display
 DesignatedCost
RxErrorDiscs
Port is attached
BPDUs from the designated bridge for that LAN
 RxMcastExcDiscs
Bridge Port Attributes Parameter Description RxFrames
Management frames
Exceeded
 Bridge Port Attributes Parameter Description State
Disabled in which the port is currently operating
Disabled The port has been disabled by management
Blocking The bridge continues to run the Spanning Tree
 Shows the order in which the discard decisions are made
 Multicast packet firewall, see Bridging Extensions
Multicast Limit
You are prompted for port type
 Disabling STP
STP Bridge Port
Enabling
On a Port
 Bridge port stpCost
 Bridge port stpPriority
 Administering Port Addresses
Listing Addresses
 Enter the number of the port
From the top level of the Administration Console, enter
You are prompted for the port number
You are prompted for one or more addresses to add
 Flushing All Addresses
 You are prompted for the port numbers
 Packet Filters
Packet Filtering
 Listing Packet Filters
 Displaying Packet Filters
 Creating and Using Packet Filters
 Describes the instructions and stacks of a packet filter
 Basic Elements of a Packet Filter
Ethernet and Fddi Packet Fields
 Size of the field can be 1, 2, 4, or 6 bytes
Packet Filter Operands Description Opcode Packet field
PushField
Want the filter to examine a 48-bit address Constant
 Accept and Reject Instructions
 Preprocessed and Run-time Storage
Creating Packet Filters 12-9
 Opcode.size operand... # comment
 12-11
 Creating and Using Packet Filters
 Pseudocode translates into the following packet filter
# XNS Filtering Section
 Enter executable instruction #1
Enter executable instruction #2
 Enter executable instruction #5
Enter executable instruction #3
Enter executable instruction #4
Enter executable instruction #6
 This combination looks like this
Only IP pkts w/in socket range
 Add a not statement to discard any matching packets
 Maximum length of a packet filter definition is 4096 bytes
 Delete Previous Ctrl+h
Command are discarded
Being edited
Character One position Delete Current Ctrl+d
 Saving
Deleting Packet Filters
Editing, Checking
Packet Filters
 At the Replace existing filter? prompt
 Loading Packet Filters
Bridge packetFilter load
 Fddi
 Unassigning Packet Filters from Ports
 User-defined Packet Filtering in the SuperStack II Switch
Configuring Address Port Groups to USE Packet Filters
Using Groups
Address and port groups in packet filters
 OR, for port groups, enter the following command
To list the currently defined groups, enter this command
 Enter this command
Displaying Groups
 Creating New Groups
 Enter the ports in this syntax
Address 08-32-45-e3-32-21
 Port Ethernet
 Ports to Groups
Adding
Addresses
 Address 08-37-21-65-78-c4
 OR, to remove a port from a group, enter
Removing Addresses or Ports from a Group
To remove an address from a group, enter
Enter the ports in the syntax
 Address 08-42-21-84-78-f1
 Loading Groups 13-11
 Configuring Address and Port Groups to USE in Packet Filters
 Appendixes
 Opcodes are described in this section
Packet Filter Opcodes
Opcodes
Name name
 PushField.size offset
Bytes PushLiteral.size value
 Byte PushDAGM
PushTop
Byte PushSAGM
Byte
 Byte Eq equal
PushSPGM
Byte PushDPGM
 Byte Le less than or equal to
Ne not equal
Byte Lt less than
 Byte Bit-wise
Gt greater than
Byte Ge greater than or equal to
 Byte Not
Or bit-wise or
Byte Xor bit-wise exclusive-OR
Byte Accept
 Byte Shiftr shift right
Reject
Byte Shiftl shift left
 Packet filter concepts
Packet Filter
Examples
 Address
 To make a copy of the type field
XNS
Page
 Errors
Common Syntax
 Hexadecimal
Characters of the number
Number with a leading 0x or 0X is treated as
Number with a leading 0 is treated as octal
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 3ComFacts B-3 3ComForum B-2 Abort
Address Resolution Protocol. See ARP address threshold
Index
ARP cache flushing 3-12 removing entry
 Cost
Multicast limit, setting 11-7 Spanning Tree Enabling
Statistics, displaying 10-1bridge port
 Fddi path defined
SRFs 8-2 Connection policies, setting
PortState Station MAC addresses 11-11Ethernet address
Fddi port
 Removing from -9, 3-10 status
Enabling Le opcode A-5
 Password configuring
Name opcode A-1 Naming the Switch 2200 4-3ne opcode A-5
On-line technical services B-1opcode
Multicast frames Packet filters 12-1multicast limit
 Fddi ports 8-19ping IP station
Broadcast address 3-4default mode 3-12displaying state
Rlogin
 Sniffing. See roving analysis and analyzer
Snmp agent Accessing through IP 3-1defined Snmp trap
SMT event
Port LER Condition Port Path Change
 TOpr Technical support B-1telnet
Switch
Defined 8-7 setting
Packet filter 12-12, 12-14, A-11 xor opcode A-7