User’s Manual
IntraSwitch Series
 Limited Lifetime Warranty
 Table of Contents
 Setting Up For Management
Installation
LED Indicators
 Status Monitoring and Statistics
Console Management
 Vlan Management
Advanced Management
Web Browser 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
 Web Browser Management
Switching Capacity
Configuration/ Management
Console/Telnet Management
 Intelligent Forwarding Chassis Design
 Package Contents
 Tools and Materials Required
Tools Materials
 Configuration Default Setting
Factory Defaults
 Factory Defaults
 Installation
 Installation Overview
Installing the IntraSwitch
Installation Guidelines
 Equipment Rack Installation
Rack Mounting Desktop Placement
 Free-Standing Desktop Installation
 Modules IntraSwitch 6216M Only
Installing Asanté MII
 10/100 Ports Cabling Procedures
Connecting Power
Connecting to the Network
 100Base-FX MII Module Cable Guidelines
MII Expansion Ports Cabling Procedures
10Base-FL Module
10/100 Ports 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 LEDs
LED Indicators
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 LED Indicators
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224, Common LEDs
 100Mbps Green Port speed is 100Mbps
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 Port LEDs
IntraSwitch 6224 LEDs
IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224Port LED Descriptions
 IntraSwitch 6224 Indicator Light Descriptions
IntraSwitch 6216M Function LEDs
IntraSwitch 6216M Indicator Light Description
 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
 Main Menu
Accessing a Submenu Exiting a
Local Management Interface
 General Information Menu
Accessing the General Information Menu
 Logging into the Configuration Menu
Configuration Menu
 Configuration Menu Options
Configuration Menu Options
 Downloading Configuration
System Reset Options
Change Password
Menu Item Description Tftp Image File
 System Administration Configuration Menu Settings
System Administration Configuration
Current 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
 Loading Software Locally
Selecting the Boot Bank Number
Setting Description Load Mode
Boot Bank
 Loading Software Remotely
Select option Set Boot Server IP Address
 Snmp Configuration Menu
Snmp Configuration
 Changing Community Strings
Snmp Configuration Menu Settings
 Type a to Add a Trap Receiver
Enabling Authentication Traps
Adding a Trap Receiver
 Type d to Delete a Trap Receiver
Port Configuration
Deleting a Trap Receiver
 Port Configuration
 Port Management Menu Settings
IntraSwitch System Information
Current Port Settings
 Link Status
Setting Description Port Status
Enabling or Disabling a Port
Auto-Neg
 Configuring Duplex Mode
 Configuring Auto-negotiation
Configuring an IntraSwitch’s Port for Auto-negotiation
Setting Broadcast BC Filtering
 Modifying Auto-negotiation Advertisement
 Forwarding Database/Security Configuration
Spanning Tree Configuration
 10 Forwarding DB/Security Configuration Menu
 Open the Forwarding DB/Security Con
Security Configuration Menu Settings
Displaying the MAC Address Table
 Searching the MAC Address Table
Number next to Enter Port Number
 Setting the MAC Address Age-Out Time
 Viewing the Trap Log
Enabled
Enabling the Duplicated-IP Trap
 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
 Type d to Download the Image toFile
Serial Downloading Configuration
Return
 Version Date
Setting Description Download Protocol
11 X/Y/Z Downloading Menu Table
Current Baud Rate
 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
 To set the Telnet Idle Time-out period
To set the Console Idle Time-out Period
Press ctrl-c
 Changing the Password
 Port Auto-negotiation
14 Global Port Configuration Settings
Setting Description Port Operating Status
Global Port Configuration
 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
 How it Works
Advanced Management
Spanning Tree Protocol
 Enabling/ Disabling STP
 Configuring STP Parameters
 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Settings
 Configuring Switch Priority
 Configuring Timers
 Type a in the Spanning Tree Configuration
 Setting Storm Duration
Setting Storm Detection Threshold
Open the Spanning Tree Configuration
 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 Untagged normal Ports
Abbreviations
Vlan Groups
 Vlan Tagged Expansion Ports
 Spanning Tree Protocol in Vlan environment
Management VLANs
 Vlan Management Interface Options
System Vlan Default Settings
Vlan Configuration
 No Ports 0012 Enabled 0013 0014 No ports 0015
Accessing Configuration Menus
 Vlan Configuration Screen
Current Settings
 Vlan Group. The user can set this value
Vlan Group Current Settings
Default VLAN, which by default is equal to
This field represents the current VID
 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
 Toggle Vlan Tagging
Overview Using tagging to connect VLANs
Setting the Port
 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
 Configuration used in example of tagging
Disabled SW1 and SW2 not connected
Status of Ethernet Segments in Example
 Snmp Management
 Power LED Error Type/Cause Solution Options or Steps
Troubleshooting
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 Technical Specifications
 Standards Compliance
Weight
Power Specifications
Environmental Specifications
 Technical Support
 Technical Support
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Numerics
 Index
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 Viewing
 MAC
 Remote 4-3
 Package contents 1-7packets, broadcast 5-22parameters, Snmp
 Software 5-15
 Index
 Configuring 5-9, 5-11, 5-14, 5-17, 5-28
 Management 9-6, 9-7
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