IntraSwitch Series
User’s Manual
 Limited Lifetime Warranty
 Table of Contents
 LED Indicators
Installation
Setting Up For Management
 Console Management
Status Monitoring and Statistics
 Web Browser Management
Advanced Management
Vlan Management
 Index
Index-1
 IntraSwitch 6216M Front Panel
List of Figures
 Statistics Menu
 List of Tables
Page
 Chapter Contents Document Conventions Audience
About This Manual
 Manual Contents
About This Manual
 Document Conventions
Document Conventions
 About This Manual
 Introduction
 IntraSwitch 6216M
IntraSwitch 6216M
 IntraSwitch
IntraSwitch
 IntraSwitch Components
 Console/Telnet Management
Switching Capacity
Configuration/ Management
Web Browser Management
 Intelligent Forwarding Chassis Design
 Package Contents
 Tools Materials
Tools and Materials Required
 Factory Defaults
Configuration Default Setting
 Factory Defaults
 Installation
 Installation Guidelines
Installing the IntraSwitch
Installation Overview
 Rack Mounting Desktop Placement
Equipment Rack Installation
 Free-Standing Desktop Installation
 Installing Asanté MII
Modules IntraSwitch 6216M Only
 Connecting to the Network
Connecting Power
10/100 Ports Cabling Procedures
 10/100 Ports Cable Guidelines
MII Expansion Ports Cabling Procedures
10Base-FL Module
100Base-FX MII Module Cable Guidelines
 BootP Configuration
Configuring for Management
 Console Configuration
 Using a straight-throughRS-232 cable with a
 Configuring for Management
 Installation
 LED Indicators
LED Indicators Port LEDs Function Indicator Lights
 IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224, Common LEDs
LED Indicators
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 LED Indicators
IntraSwitch 6216M LEDs
 IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224Port LED Descriptions
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 Port LEDs
IntraSwitch 6224 LEDs
100Mbps Green Port speed is 100Mbps
 IntraSwitch 6216M Indicator Light Description
IntraSwitch 6216M Function LEDs
IntraSwitch 6224 Indicator Light Descriptions
 Setting Up For Management
 IntraSwitch Management
Management Options
 Out-of-Band Management
In-Band Management
 Local Management Interface Main Menu
 In-Band Management
 Setting Up For Management SNMP-Based Management Software
 Console Management
 Console Management
Configuration Tasks
 Management Tasks
Management Tasks
 Local Management Interface
Accessing a Submenu Exiting a
Main Menu
 Accessing the General Information Menu
General Information Menu
 Configuration Menu
Logging into the Configuration Menu
 Configuration Menu Options
Configuration Menu Options
 Menu Item Description Tftp Image File
System Reset Options
Change Password
Downloading Configuration
 Current Settings
System Administration Configuration
System Administration Configuration Menu Settings
 Changing System Administration Information
System IP Configuration
 System IP Configuration Menu Settings
System IP Configuration Menu
 Bootstrap Configuration
Changing System IP Information
 BootStrap Configuration Menu
Image Banks
 Bootstrap Configuration Menu Settings
 Boot Bank
Selecting the Boot Bank Number
Setting Description Load Mode
Loading Software Locally
 Select option Set Boot Server IP Address
Loading Software Remotely
 Snmp Configuration
Snmp Configuration Menu
 Snmp Configuration Menu Settings
Changing Community Strings
 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
 Auto-Neg
Setting Description Port Status
Enabling or Disabling a Port
Link Status
 Configuring Duplex Mode
 Setting Broadcast BC Filtering
Configuring an IntraSwitch’s Port for Auto-negotiation
Configuring Auto-negotiation
 Modifying Auto-negotiation Advertisement
 Spanning Tree Configuration
Forwarding Database/Security Configuration
 10 Forwarding DB/Security Configuration Menu
 Displaying the MAC Address Table
Security Configuration Menu Settings
Open the Forwarding DB/Security Con
 Number next to Enter Port Number
Searching the MAC Address Table
 Setting the MAC Address Age-Out Time
 Enabling the Duplicated-IP Trap
Enabled
Viewing the Trap Log
 Image File Downloading Configuration
Image Downloading Through Tftp
 13 Image Downloading Menu
 Performing a Software Upgrade at Runtime
Type s to set the Image Server Address
 Return
Serial Downloading Configuration
Type d to Download the Image toFile
 Current Baud Rate
Setting Description Download Protocol
11 X/Y/Z Downloading Menu Table
Version Date
 Performing Software Upgrade
 System Reset Options
 16 Reset Menu
12 Reset Menu Settings
 Resetting the IntraSwitch
Scheduling a Reset
 System Log
Viewing the System Log
 Clearing the System Log
18 System Log Display
 13 UI Time-out Settings
Set Menu Idle Time-out
 Press ctrl-c
To set the Console Idle Time-out Period
To set the Telnet Idle Time-out period
 Changing the Password
 Global Port Configuration
14 Global Port Configuration Settings
Setting Description Port Operating Status
Port Auto-negotiation
 Global Configuration Operations
23 Global Port Configuration Help Menu
 Option h, prompt for confirmation. Press y
 24 Auto-negotiation Advertisement Summary Screen
 Status Monitoring Statistics
 Monitoring the IntraSwitch
Viewing Current Operating Information
 Viewing Current Operating Information
General Information Menu Parameters
 Viewing IntraSwitch System Information
 IntraSwitch System Information
Viewing Statistics
 Statistics Menu
Statistics Fields on Statistics Screen
 Statistics Since Last Reset
Statistics Since Last Reset
 Following table describes the Counters screen
Counters Screen Description
 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
 Spanning Tree Port Configuration Menu Settings
Root Port
 Advanced Management
 Web Browser Management
Download Image Tech Support
 Web Browser Management
 Accessing with a Web Browser
 Management buttons
Overview
Page
 Port Selector Feature
Port Selector Screen
 General Info Screen
General Information 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 Screen
Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
 STP Port Configuration Screen
STP Port Configuration
 Snmp Configuration Screen
Snmp Configuration Screen
 Downloading Image File Screen
Download Image File
 Asanté Technical Support Screen
 11 Asanté Technical Support Screen
 Overview Vlan Configuration
Vlan Port Attribute Configuration
 Snmp Management
 Vlan Management
 Vlan Groups
Abbreviations
Vlan Untagged normal Ports
 Vlan Tagged Expansion Ports
 Management VLANs
Spanning Tree Protocol in Vlan environment
 Vlan Configuration
System Vlan Default Settings
Vlan Management Interface Options
 Accessing Configuration Menus
No Ports 0012 Enabled 0013 0014 No ports 0015
 Current Settings
Vlan Configuration Screen
 This field represents the current VID
Vlan Group Current Settings
Default VLAN, which by default is equal to
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
Vlan Port Attribute Configuration Screen
 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
 Switch
Example of System With Tagging
 Status of Ethernet Segments in Example
Disabled SW1 and SW2 not connected
Configuration used in example of tagging
 Snmp Management
 Troubleshooting
Power LED Error Type/Cause Solution Options or Steps
 A-2
 Technical Specifications
 Environmental Specifications
Weight
Power Specifications
Standards Compliance
 Technical Support
 Technical Support
 Numerics
Index
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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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