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14CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW

Automatic IP By default the Switch tries to configure itself with IP information without Configuration requesting user intervention. It uses the following industry standard

methods to allocate the Switch IP information:

■Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

■Auto-IP — the Switch will configure itself with its default IP address 169.254.100.100 if it is operating in a standalone mode, and/or no other Switches on the network have this IP address. If this default IP address is already in use on the network then the Switch detects this and configures itself with an IP address in the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255.

■Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)

For ease of use, you do not have to choose between these three automatic configuration methods. The Switch tries each method in a specified order.

For more information about how the automatic IP configuration feature works, see Chapter 9 “Using Automatic IP Configuration”.

Port Security Port security guards against unauthorized users connecting devices to your network. The port security feature, Disconnect Unauthorised Device (DUD), disables a port if an unauthorised device transmits data on it.

Aggregated Links Aggregated links are connections that allow devices to communicate using up to two links in parallel. On the Switch 4200, aggregated links are only supported on the 10/100/1000 Mbps ports. Aggregated links provide two benefits:

■They can potentially double the bandwidth of a connection.

■They can provide redundancy — if one link is broken, the other link can share the traffic for that link.

For more information about aggregated links, see Chapter 2 “Optimizing Bandwidth”.

Auto-negotiationAuto-negotiation allows ports to auto-negotiate port speed, duplex-mode (only at 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps) and flow control. When auto-negotiation is enabled (default), a port “advertises” its maximum capabilities — these capabilities are by default the parameters that provide the highest performance supported by the port.

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SuperStack 3Com Corporation 5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, California Contents Using Multicast Filtering Status Monitoring and Statistics IP Addressing About this Guide Conventions List conventions that are used throughout this guide Comments RelatedDocumentation Pddtechpubscomments@3com.com Product Registration Switch Features Page Management What isSwitch Features Software? Switch Features Overview Duplex Ports operating at 1000 Mbps only support full duplex modeFor more information about multicast filtering, see Using Flow Control For more information about STP and RSTP, see Using Resilience Features Event Notification Quality of ServiceFor more information about Quality of Service, see Using For more information about VLANs, see Setting Up Virtual Port Features Ports operating at 1000 Mbps support full duplex mode only Port Features Switch units connected using an aggregated link Aggregated Links Traffic Distribution and Link Failure on Aggregated Links 2 Gbps aggregated link between two Switch units Optimizing Bandwidth Using Multicast Filtering Relevant multicast group Using Multicast Filtering Query Mode Query modeSnooping Mode Igmp multicast filtering works as follows Igmp v2 protocolThat support IP Enabling Igmp Multicast Learning Igmp Multicast Filtering Using Multicast Filtering Network Spanning TreeProtocol STP Ieee 802.1w standard What is STP? Traffic flowing through Bridge B Port Speed Link Type Path Cost 802.1D-1998 802.1w Using Resilience Features Port costs in a network Configuration 3 Redundancy for Cabling Error Configuration 1 Redundancy for Backbone LinkConfiguration 2 Redundancy through Meshed Backbone STP configurations Network with Default BehaviorUsing STP on a Multiple VLANs Configuration that separates VLANs Using Resilience Features Database? What is the SwitchHow Switch Database Entries Switch Database Entry States Databases entries can have three states Available What is TrafficPrioritization? Converged network applications Used by organizations with a 802.1D Priority Levels How Traffic Prioritization Works Your Switch Traffic Prioritization How traffic is processed to provide Quality of Service Configuring traffic prioritization for QoS on a Switch Using Traffic Prioritization That allows you to monitor the traffic of LANs or VLANs What is RMON?Network efficiency and reduce the load on your network It improves your efficiency AlarmsEvents Switch Rmon Low Threshold Statistic High Threshold Recovery Period Low Threshold Statistic High Threshold Recovery Status Monitoring and Statistics Hardware Status Monitoring Example device summary web Setting UP Virtual Lans VLANs ease the movement of devices on networks VLANs provide extra security VLANs help to control traffic Membership Creating an Ieee 802.1Q Tagged Link Two Vlans connected via a router Configure the VLANs ConfigurationUsing Untagged Examples Add ports to the VLANs Configure the VLANs on SwitchAdd endstation ports on Switch 1 to the VLANs Add port 11 on Switch 2 to the VLANs Add port 12 on Switch 1 to the VLANsAdd endstation ports on Switch 2 to the VLANs Check the Vlan membership for both switches Configuration Information How Your SwitchObtains IP How Automatic IP How Automatic IP Configuration Works Considerations Automatic IP configuration featureThat a Switch may change its IP address whilst in use Glossary Configuration RulesIP Addressing IndexPage Configuration Rules Configuration Rules for Gigabit Ethernet Fast Ethernet configuration rules Configuration Rules for Fast Ethernet Appendix a Configuration Rules Network This chapter contains the following sections Family and 4900 family can be used in your network Segments are connected to the Switch which is positionedSimple Network Example Dual Speed Hub Switch Resilience of Your Advanced NetworkImproving Network Therefore the overall network performance EnhancingPerformance IP Addresses Simple Overview Obtaining a Registered IP Address IP Address Network Portion Dotted Decimal NotationDecimal value of an octet whose bits are all 1s is Subnet mask Subnet Mask Numbering Extending the Network Prefix Or leave the field blank Glossary Glossary Ethernet address EndstationEthernet Fast Ethernet Hub GatewayHalf duplex Ieee 802.1D Line speed See baud Glossary Rstp See Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol STP See Spanning Tree Protocol STP Page Glossary Index Numbers Igmp multicast filtering 30 Internet Addresses 85 InterNIC Sub-networks. See subnets Switch Database