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Document Conventions

	Document Conventions

Chapter/Appendix	Description

Appendix B,	Describes the IntraSwitch technical
Technical	speciﬁcations.
Speciﬁcations
Appendix C,	Describes how to contact Asanté Technical
Technical Support	Support.

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❏Commands and key words are in boldfacefont.

ΔNote: Noteworthy information, which contains suggestions or references to other sections in the manual, is in this format.

▲Important: Signiﬁcant information that calls attention to important features or instructions is in this format.

Audience This manual uses terms and concepts associated with Ethernet networking and switches; it is recommended that the user of this manual have a basic working knowledge of local area networks (LANs).

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Contents

IntraSwitch Series User’s Manual Limited Lifetime Warranty Table of Contents Setting Up For Management InstallationLED Indicators Console Management Status Monitoring and Statistics Vlan Management Advanced ManagementWeb Browser 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 CapacityConﬁguration/ 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 Overview Installing the IntraSwitchInstallation Guidelines Rack Mounting Desktop Placement Equipment Rack Installation Free-Standing Desktop Installation Installing Asanté MII Modules IntraSwitch 6216M Only 10/100 Ports Cabling Procedures Connecting PowerConnecting to the Network 10/100 Ports Cable Guidelines MII Expansion Ports Cabling Procedures10Base-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 IndicatorsIntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 LED Indicators IntraSwitch 6216M LEDs IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224Port LED Descriptions IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 Port LEDsIntraSwitch 6224 LEDs 100Mbps Green Port speed is 100Mbps IntraSwitch 6224 Indicator Light Descriptions IntraSwitch 6216M Function LEDsIntraSwitch 6216M Indicator Light Description 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 Main Menu Accessing a Submenu Exiting aLocal Management Interface 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 OptionsChange Password Downloading Conﬁguration System Administration Conﬁguration Menu Settings System Administration ConﬁgurationCurrent 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 NumberSetting 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 Type a to Add a Trap Receiver Enabling Authentication TrapsAdding a Trap Receiver Type d to Delete a Trap Receiver Port ConﬁgurationDeleting a Trap Receiver Port Conﬁguration Port Management Menu Settings IntraSwitch System InformationCurrent Port Settings Auto-Neg Setting Description Port StatusEnabling or Disabling a Port Link Status Conﬁguring Duplex Mode Conﬁguring Auto-negotiation Conﬁguring an IntraSwitch’s Port for Auto-negotiationSetting Broadcast BC Filtering Modifying Auto-negotiation Advertisement Spanning Tree Conﬁguration Forwarding Database/Security Conﬁguration 10 Forwarding DB/Security Conﬁguration Menu Open the Forwarding DB/Security Con Security Conﬁguration Menu SettingsDisplaying the MAC Address Table Number next to Enter Port Number Searching the MAC Address Table Setting the MAC Address Age-Out Time Viewing the Trap Log EnabledEnabling the Duplicated-IP Trap 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 Type d to Download the Image toFile Serial Downloading ConﬁgurationReturn Current Baud Rate Setting Description Download Protocol11 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 To set the Telnet Idle Time-out period To set the Console Idle Time-out PeriodPress ctrl-c Changing the Password Global Port Conﬁguration 14 Global Port Conﬁguration SettingsSetting 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 How it Works Advanced ManagementSpanning 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 ThresholdOpen the Spanning Tree Configuration 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 OverviewPage 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 Untagged normal Ports AbbreviationsVlan Groups Vlan Tagged Expansion Ports Management VLANs Spanning Tree Protocol in Vlan environment Vlan Management Interface Options System Vlan Default SettingsVlan Conﬁguration 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 SettingsDefault 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 Toggle Vlan Tagging Overview Using tagging to connect VLANsSetting 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 Switch Example of System With Tagging Conﬁguration used in example of tagging Disabled SW1 and SW2 not connectedStatus of Ethernet Segments in Example Snmp Management Troubleshooting Power LED Error Type/Cause Solution Options or Steps A-2 Technical Speciﬁcations Environmental Speciﬁcations WeightPower Speciﬁcations Standards Compliance Technical Support Technical Support Numerics Index Index Dram 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 Index Index Index Index Index Index Index Index Index Index Index Index