Enabling Trunking | Cabletron Systems 100 specs

Conﬁguring Your ELS100-16TX

Usage: bridge [PORT-RANGE [{offonnoBPDU{]]

Port 1 bridging: Transparent Bridging

Port 2 bridging: Transparent Bridging

Port 3 bridging: Transparent Bridging

Port 4 bridging: Transparent Bridging

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Port 16 bridging: off

You could also type bridge [PORT-RANGE]to look at a speciﬁc range of ports. For example bridge 2-4would display bridging functions for ports 2, 3, and 4.

3.5 ENABLING TRUNKING

If your network conﬁguration requires you to connect two or more ELS100-16TXs (or other devices capable of trunking) together, but the applications you are running over the network require more than 100 Mbps of bandwidth per connection, you can use the built- in trunking feature to increase bandwidth up to 1.6 Mbps, without installing additional hardware on your network.

Trunking is a Cabletron Systems proprietary extension to the 802.1d Spanning Tree algorithm. It enables you to use multiple 100BASE-T Ethernet segments to connect ELS100-16TXs together, while maintaining ﬁrst-in, ﬁrst-out ordering of Ethernet packets. In addition, if any of the Ethernet segments conﬁgured for trunking become inoperable, those Ethernet segments are automatically bypassed.

Figure 3-1 shows two ELS100-16TXs connected by four 100BASE-T crossover cables. You can connect up to eight ports for sharing the traffic load. Any additional connected ports will become standby ports. The connections must be point-to-point. That is, there cannot be any other devices on the Ethernet segments.

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Contents

User Guide Page FCC Notice DOC Notice Cabletron Software Program License Declaration of Conformity Contents Monitoring and Managing Your ELS100-16TX ELS100-16TX Diagnostics Troubleshooting Appendix B Glossary Appendix a Technical Specifications Contents Viii Chapter Introduction About this Manual Your email address Getting Help Document Conventions Related Documentation ELS100-16TX Front Panel Overview SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Architecture Introduction Autonegotiation Port Trunking Discarding Local Trafﬁc Store and Forward Switching Spanning Tree Algorithm Typical Switching Application SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Bridge Address Table SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Sample Applications SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Port Mirroring SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Trunking SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-16TX Trunking with 100 Mbps Ports Virtual Workgroups Repeater Traffic Workgroup a Workgroup B Local Console Manager Command Syntax Conventions Help Basic LCM Commands ELS100-16TX Local Console Manager Traplog EraseExit or Logout Introduction ELS100-16TX Front Panel Chapter Unpacking and Installing Your ELS100-16TX Port LEDs 100BASE-T Epim Ports Reset Switch Status LEDs ACT Describes the ELS100-16TX buttons Installing AN Epim Installing an Epim Rack-Mounting an ELS100-16TX Installing the ELS100-16TX Attaching Rackmount Brackets Connecting the Local Console Manager Checking the POWER-UP Diagnostics Sequence Connecting to the Network ELS100-16TX Twisted Pair Connection Connecting UTP Cables Cable Pinouts RJ45 Crossover Cable Connecting a Segment to the EPIM-100FX Fiber Optic Network Connection EPIM-100FX Port Unpacking and Installing Your ELS100-16TX Spectrum Spel Spma Chapter Configuring Your ELS100-16TX Assigning IP Addresses Type ipaddr PORT-NUMBER IP Address Changing a Subnet Mask Displaying IP AddressesDeleting an IP Address To change the subnet mask, at the LCM prompt Enabling Bridging Displaying Bridging Functions Disabling Bridging Enabling Trunking 100BASE-T Crossover Cables Trunk Groups Trunk Groups Disabling Trunking Display could look like the following Displaying Trunking Status Enabled, Rip listening Disabling Mirroring Enabling Port Mirroring Displaying Mirroring Status To check the status for ports conﬁgured for mirroring Deﬁning Virtual Workgroups Defining and Deleting Workgroups LCM responds with the following display Assigning a Community Name Configuring BROADCAST/MULTICAST Storm Protection System Contact Modifying MIB Variables Community Names System NameSystem Location Aging Parameter Set Community Name ELS100-16TX Statistics Chapter Monitoring and Managing Your ELS100-16TXELS100-16TX Management Tools System Statistics Gathering Statistics Ethernet Port Statistics Displaying Status Using LCM to Check ELS100-16TX Status Enabled, Rip listening Displaying MAC Addresses To display all MAC addresses, at the LCM prompt LCM would display Displaying Manufacturing Information Managing the ELS100-16TX Using LCM to Manage the ELS100-16TX Enabling a Port Disabling a Port NoRIP Option Changing a Community Name Setting the Baud Rate Setting a Reboot Time Power-up LED Sequence Chapter ELS100-16TX Diagnostics and TroubleshootingPOWER-UP Diagnostics Software Checksum Comparison Speciﬁc Power-up Tests Status and Activity Indicators Power-up Diagnostics ResultsResponses to Failures AT POWER-UP ELS100-16TX Front Panel LEDs ACT ELS100-16TX does not Power UP 3 ELS100-16TX Does Not Respond to NMS Connectivity Problems2 ELS100-16TX Has Rebooted ELS100-16TX Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Physical Connector PortsElectrical Environmental Standard Support Diagnostic LEDs Management Support Address Table SizeRegulatory Compliance Serial Cable PIN Assignments 100BASE-T PIN Assignments Connectors Crossover Wiring STRAIGHT-THROUGH Wiring 5 4 3 Rule EPIM-100FX Specifications Cable Type Worst Case Budget Typical Budget Technical Speciﬁcations Address AlarmAddress table Agent Bandwidth BackboneBpdu bridge protocol data unit Bps bits per second Data link layer CongestionDatagram Data rate or speed Encapsulation Full wire speedEncode Entity Icmp Internet control message protocol Intelligent bridge/switchIeee Initialization Interoperability InternetworkingIP Internet protocol ISO International Standards Organization Mask MAC media access controlMbps megabits per second MIB management information base Propagation delay Power budgetOSI Open Systems Interconnection Packet Service Rarp reverse address resolution protocolProtocol Protocol suite Symbol SwitchSynchronous transmission Translating bridge WAN wide area network Upstream Glossary