User’s Manual
IntraSwitch Series
 Limited Lifetime Warranty
 Table of Contents
 LED Indicators
Installation
Setting Up For Management
 Status Monitoring and Statistics
Console Management
 Web Browser Management
Advanced Management
Vlan Management
 Index-1
Index
 List of Figures
IntraSwitch 6216M Front Panel
 Statistics Menu
 List of Tables
Page
 About This Manual
Chapter Contents Document Conventions Audience
 About This Manual
Manual Contents
 Document Conventions
Document Conventions
 About This Manual
 Introduction
 IntraSwitch 6216M
IntraSwitch 6216M
 IntraSwitch
IntraSwitch
 IntraSwitch Components
 Configuration/ Management
Switching Capacity
Console/Telnet Management
Web Browser Management
 Intelligent Forwarding Chassis Design
 Package Contents
 Tools and Materials Required
Tools Materials
 Configuration Default Setting
Factory Defaults
 Factory Defaults
 Installation
 Installation Guidelines
Installing the IntraSwitch
Installation Overview
 Equipment Rack Installation
Rack Mounting Desktop Placement
 Free-Standing Desktop Installation
 Modules IntraSwitch 6216M Only
Installing Asanté MII
 Connecting to the Network
Connecting Power
10/100 Ports Cabling Procedures
 10Base-FL Module
MII Expansion Ports Cabling Procedures
10/100 Ports Cable Guidelines
100Base-FX MII Module Cable Guidelines
 Configuring for Management
BootP Configuration
 Console Configuration
 Using a straight-throughRS-232 cable with a
 Configuring for Management
 Installation
 LED Indicators Port LEDs Function Indicator Lights
LED Indicators
 IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 LED Indicators
LED Indicators
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224, Common LEDs
IntraSwitch 6216M LEDs
 IntraSwitch 6224 LEDs
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 Port LEDs
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224Port LED Descriptions
100Mbps Green Port speed is 100Mbps
 IntraSwitch 6216M Indicator Light Description
IntraSwitch 6216M Function LEDs
IntraSwitch 6224 Indicator Light Descriptions
 Setting Up For Management
 Management Options
IntraSwitch Management
 In-Band Management
Out-of-Band Management
 Local Management Interface Main Menu
 In-Band Management
 Setting Up For Management SNMP-Based Management Software
 Console Management
 Configuration Tasks
Console Management
 Management Tasks
Management Tasks
 Local Management Interface
Accessing a Submenu Exiting a
Main Menu
 General Information Menu
Accessing the General Information Menu
 Logging into the Configuration Menu
Configuration Menu
 Configuration Menu Options
Configuration Menu Options
 Change Password
System Reset Options
Menu Item Description Tftp Image File
Downloading Configuration
 Current Settings
System Administration Configuration
System Administration Configuration Menu Settings
 System IP Configuration
Changing System Administration Information
 System IP Configuration Menu
System IP Configuration Menu Settings
 Changing System IP Information
Bootstrap Configuration
 Image Banks
BootStrap Configuration Menu
 Bootstrap Configuration Menu Settings
 Setting Description Load Mode
Selecting the Boot Bank Number
Boot Bank
Loading Software Locally
 Loading Software Remotely
Select option Set Boot Server IP Address
 Snmp Configuration Menu
Snmp Configuration
 Changing Community Strings
Snmp Configuration Menu Settings
 Adding a Trap Receiver
Enabling Authentication Traps
Type a to Add a Trap Receiver
 Deleting a Trap Receiver
Port Configuration
Type d to Delete a Trap Receiver
 Port Configuration
 Current Port Settings
IntraSwitch System Information
Port Management Menu Settings
 Enabling or Disabling a Port
Setting Description Port Status
Auto-Neg
Link Status
 Configuring Duplex Mode
 Setting Broadcast BC Filtering
Configuring an IntraSwitch’s Port for Auto-negotiation
Configuring Auto-negotiation
 Modifying Auto-negotiation Advertisement
 Forwarding Database/Security Configuration
Spanning Tree Configuration
 10 Forwarding DB/Security Configuration Menu
 Displaying the MAC Address Table
Security Configuration Menu Settings
Open the Forwarding DB/Security Con
 Searching the MAC Address Table
Number next to Enter Port Number
 Setting the MAC Address Age-Out Time
 Enabling the Duplicated-IP Trap
Enabled
Viewing the Trap Log
 Image Downloading Through Tftp
Image File Downloading Configuration
 13 Image Downloading Menu
 Type s to set the Image Server Address
Performing a Software Upgrade at Runtime
 Return
Serial Downloading Configuration
Type d to Download the Image toFile
 11 X/Y/Z Downloading Menu Table
Setting Description Download Protocol
Current Baud Rate
Version Date
 Performing Software Upgrade
 System Reset Options
 12 Reset Menu Settings
16 Reset Menu
 Scheduling a Reset
Resetting the IntraSwitch
 Viewing the System Log
System Log
 18 System Log Display
Clearing the System Log
 Set Menu Idle Time-out
13 UI Time-out Settings
 Press ctrl-c
To set the Console Idle Time-out Period
To set the Telnet Idle Time-out period
 Changing the Password
 Setting Description Port Operating Status
14 Global Port Configuration Settings
Global Port Configuration
Port Auto-negotiation
 23 Global Port Configuration Help Menu
Global Configuration Operations
 Option h, prompt for confirmation. Press y
 24 Auto-negotiation Advertisement Summary Screen
 Status Monitoring Statistics
 Viewing Current Operating Information
Monitoring the IntraSwitch
 General Information Menu Parameters
Viewing Current Operating Information
 Viewing IntraSwitch System Information
 Viewing Statistics
IntraSwitch System Information
 Statistics Fields on Statistics Screen
Statistics Menu
 Statistics Since Last Reset
Statistics Since Last Reset
 Counters Screen Description
Following table describes the Counters screen
 Viewing Statistics
 Status Monitoring and Statistics
 Advanced Management
 Spanning Tree Protocol
Advanced Management
How it Works
 Enabling/ Disabling STP
 Configuring STP Parameters
 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Settings
 Configuring Switch Priority
 Configuring Timers
 Type a in the Spanning Tree Configuration
 Open the Spanning Tree Configuration
Setting Storm Detection Threshold
Setting Storm Duration
 Configuring STP Port Parameters
 Root Port
Spanning Tree Port Configuration Menu Settings
 Advanced Management
 Download Image Tech Support
Web Browser Management
 Web Browser Management
 Accessing with a Web Browser
 Overview
Management buttons
Page
 Port Selector Screen
Port Selector Feature
 General Information Screen
General Info Screen
 Web Browser Management
 Statistics Screen
Statistics Screen
 Web Browser Management
 Statistics Counters Screen
Statistics Counters Screen
 Port Configuration Screen
Port Configuration Screen
 Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
Spanning Tree Screen
 STP Port Configuration
STP Port Configuration Screen
 Snmp Configuration Screen
Snmp Configuration Screen
 Download Image File
Downloading Image File Screen
 Asanté Technical Support Screen
 11 Asanté Technical Support Screen
 Vlan Port Attribute Configuration
Overview Vlan Configuration
 Snmp Management
 Vlan Management
 Vlan Groups
Abbreviations
Vlan Untagged normal Ports
 Vlan Tagged Expansion Ports
 Spanning Tree Protocol in Vlan environment
Management VLANs
 Vlan Configuration
System Vlan Default Settings
Vlan Management Interface Options
 No Ports 0012 Enabled 0013 0014 No ports 0015
Accessing Configuration Menus
 Vlan Configuration Screen
Current Settings
 Default VLAN, which by default is equal to
Vlan Group Current Settings
This field represents the current VID
Vlan Group. The user can set this value
 Setting Vlan Name Adding Vlan Members
 Type 0 to make management belong to all
 Vlan Port Attribute Configuration Screen
Vlan Port Attribute Configuration
 Current Settings of Port Attributes
 Setting the Port
Overview Using tagging to connect VLANs
Toggle Vlan Tagging
 Important! The Vlid numbers for
 Map a Port to Multi- ple Vlan Groups
 Removing VLANs from a Tagged Port
 Return to Port Attributes Configu- ration Menu
 Example of System With Tagging
Switch
 Status of Ethernet Segments in Example
Disabled SW1 and SW2 not connected
Configuration used in example of tagging
 Snmp Management
 Power LED Error Type/Cause Solution Options or Steps
Troubleshooting
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 Technical Specifications
 Power Specifications
Weight
Environmental Specifications
Standards Compliance
 Technical Support
 Technical Support
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 Viewing
 MAC
 Remote 4-3
 Package contents 1-7packets, broadcast 5-22parameters, Snmp
 Software 5-15
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 Configuring 5-9, 5-11, 5-14, 5-17, 5-28
 Management 9-6, 9-7
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