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SmartSwitch Router User Reference Manual
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Contents
Hot Swapping Line Cards and Control Modules
Creating a non-IP/non-IPX Vlan
SmartTRUNK Configuration Guide
Vrrp Configuration Guide
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IP Multicast Overview 199
Multicast Routing Configuration Guide 199
209
Web Hosting Configuration Guide 233
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QoS Configuration Guide 283
WAN Configuration Guide 315
Contents
Preface
How to Use This Manual
About This Manual
Who Should Read This Manual?
Preface
Managing the SSR using Cabletron’s
Installing and setting up the SSR
Related Documentation
For Information About See
Preface SmartSwitch Router User Reference Manual
Feature Specification
SSR Hardware and software specifications
Chapter SSR Product Overview
Multicast IGMP, Dvmrp
IPX RIP, SAP
Supported Routing Protocols
Supported Media Encapsulation Type
Understanding the Command Line Interface
Configuring the SmartSwitch Router
Routing Information Protocol RIP Version 1
Access Modes
Basic Line Editing Commands
Common CLI key commands
Key Sequence Command
User Mode
Enable Mode
Exit
Configure Mode
Pvst
Boot Prom Mode
Disabling a Function or Feature
Loading System Images and Configuration Files
Boot and System Image
Configuration Files
Ssr# system show version
Loading System Image Software
Activating the Configuration Commands in the Scratchpad
Loading Boot Prom Software
Enter the system image list command to verify the change
CLI displays the following message
Copying the Configuration to the Startup Configuration File
Enter yes or y to activate the changes
Managing the SSR
Displaying Configuration Changes
Setting SSR Date and Time
Setting the SSR Name
Configuring NTP
Configuring Snmp Services
Configuring the SSR CLI
Configuring DNS
Configuring Logging
Connecting Between the SSR and Other Systems
Task Command
Monitoring Configuration
Show the type of Power-On Self Test Post
Show the SSR login banner
Show the configuration changes
Reboot Show the status of the switching fabric
Hot Swapping Overview
Chapter Hot Swapping Line Cards Control Modules
Hot Swapping Line Cards
Removing the Line Card
Deactivating the Line Card
Hot Swapping a Secondary Control Module
Installing a New Line Card
Hot Swapping One Type of Line Card With Another
Removing the Control Module
Deactivating the Control Module
Installing the Control Module
Hot Swapping a Switching Fabric Module SSR 8600 only
SSR-SF-16 Offline Switching Fabric
Bridging Overview
Chapter Bridging Configuration Guide
Spanning Tree Ieee 802.1d
Bridging Modes Flow-Based and Address-Based
Vlan Overview
MAC-address-based VLANs
Port-based VLANs
Protocol-based VLANs
Subnet-based VLANs
Multicast-based VLANs
SSR Vlan Support
Policy-based VLANs
VLANs and the SSR
Ports, VLANs, and L3 Interfaces
Access Ports and Trunk Ports 802.1Q support
Configuring Address-based or Flow-based Bridging
Configuring SSR Bridging Functions
Explicit and Implicit VLANs
Address-Based Bridge Table Flow-Based Bridge Table
Configuring Spanning Tree
Setting the Bridge Priority
Adjusting Spanning-Tree Parameters
More ports for a particular Vlan
Adjusting Bridge Protocol Data Unit Bpdu Intervals
Setting a Port Priority
Assigning Port Costs
Defining the Forward Delay Interval
Adjusting the Interval between Hello Times
Defining the Maximum Age
Configuring Vlan Trunk Ports
Configuring a Port or Protocol based Vlan
Configuring VLANs for Bridging
Creating a Port or Protocol Based Vlan
Monitoring Bridging
Configuring Layer-2 Filters
Creating an IP or IPX Vlan
Configuration Examples
Creating a non-IP/non-IPX Vlan
Show information on MACs
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Overview
Chapter SmartTRUNK Configuration Guide
Creating a SmartTRUNK
Configuring SmartTRUNKs
Add Physical Ports to the SmartTRUNK
Specify Traffic Distribution Policy Optional
Monitoring SmartTRUNKs
St.2 St.4 Router Switch Server
Example Configurations
SmartTRUNK Configuration Guide
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Chapter
Configuration Guide
Dhcp Overview
Configuring an IP Address Pool
Configuring Dhcp
Configuring Client Parameters
Client Parameters
Grouping Scopes with a Common Interface
Configuring a Static IP Address
Updating the Lease Database
Configuring Dhcp Server Parameters
Monitoring the Dhcp Server
Define Dhcp network parameters for the scope ‘scope1’
Dhcp Configuration Examples
Define an IP address pool for addresses 10.1.1.10 through
Define a static IP address for
Configuring Secondary Subnets
Include ‘scope2’ in the superscope ‘super1’
Secondary Subnets and Directly-Connected Clients
Interacting with Relay Agents
Define the address pool for ‘scope1’
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IP Routing Overview
Chapter IP Routing Configuration Guide
SSR supports standards-based TCP, UDP, and IP
IP Routing Protocols
Unicast Routing Protocols
Multicast Routing Protocols
Configuring IP Addresses to Ports
Configuring IP Interfaces and Parameters
Configuring IP Interfaces for a Vlan
Specifying Ethernet Encapsulation Method
Configuring ARP Cache Entries
Configuring Address Resolution Protocol ARP
Configuring Proxy ARP
Specifying IP Interfaces for Rarp
Configuring Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Rarp
Defining MAC-to-IP Address Mappings
Configuring IP Services Icmp
Configuring DNS Parameters
Monitoring Rarp
Specify ping
Configuring Direct Broadcast
Configuring IP Helper
Configuring Denial of Service DOS
Monitoring IP Parameters
Configuring Router Discovery
Assigning IP/IPX Interfaces
IP Routing Configuration Guide
Vrrp Overview
Configuring Vrrp
Backup
Basic Vrrp Configuration
Configuration of Router R1
Following is the configuration file for Router R1 in Figure
Configuration for Router R2
Symmetrical Configuration
Following is the configuration file for Router R2 in Figure
Symmetrical Vrrp Configuration
Master for VRID=1 Master for VRID=2 Backup for VRID=2
Configuration of Router R2
Multi-Backup Configuration
Multi-Backup Vrrp Configuration
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Virtual Router Default Priority Configured Priority
Configuration of Router R3
Additional Configuration
Following is the configuration file for Router R3 in Figure
Setting the Advertisement Interval
Setting the Backup Priority
Setting Pre-empt Mode
Monitoring Vrrp
Setting an Authentication Key
Ip-redundancy trace
Ip-redundancy show
Vrrp Configuration Notes
Virtual routers Display information about all
Specific virtual router
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Configuring RIP
Chapter RIP Configuration Guide
RIP Overview
Configuring RIP Parameters
Configuring RIP Interfaces
Enabling and Disabling RIP
Characters Set the authentication method
Set the authentication method
To RIP
Specify that RIP V2 packets
Configuring RIP Route Default-Metric
Configuring RIP Route Preference
Monitoring RIP
Configuration Example
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Ospf Overview
Ospf
Enable Ospf
Configuring Ospf
Disable Ospf
Ospf Multipath
Ospf Parameter Default Value
Configuring Ospf Interface Parameters
Ospf Interface Parameters
Create an Ospf area
Configuring an Ospf Area
Add an interface to an Ospf area
Creating Virtual Links
Configuring Ospf Area Parameters
Add a stub host to an Ospf area
Add a network to an Ospf area for
Create a virtual
Configuring Ospf over Non-Broadcast Multiple Access
Link
Set virtual link
Monitoring Ospf
Ospf Configuration Examples
Exporting All RIP, Interface & Static Routes to Ospf
Exporting All Interface & Static Routes to Ospf
Create a Ospf export destination for type-2 routes
Create a Ospf export destination for type-1 routes
Create a RIP export source
Create a Static export source
Create Ospf export source
Create a RIP export destination
Create OSPF-ASE export source
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BGP Overview
Chapter BGP Configuration Guide
SSR BGP Implementation
Basic BGP Tasks
Setting the Router ID
Setting the Autonomous System Number
Configuring a BGP Peer Group
Ip-router global set autonomous-system num1 loops num2
Autonomous-system number
Where
Adding and Removing a BGP Peer
Using AS-Path Regular Expressions
Starting BGP
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AS-Path Regular Expression Examples
Using the AS Path Prepend Feature
To import MCI routes with a preference
Following is an example
BGP Configuration Examples
BGP Peering Session Example
AS-1 AS-2
CLI configuration for router SSR1 is as follows
Physical Link Peering Relationship
CLI configuration for router SSR2 is as follows
Ibgp Configuration Example
Gated.conf file for router SSR1 is as follows
Gated.conf file for router SSR2 is as follows
Ibgp Routing Group Example
AS-64801
Sample Ibgp Configuration Routing Group Type
Following lines in the Cisco router configure Ospf
Ibgp Internal Group Example
Sample Ibgp Configuration Internal Group Type
Illustrates a sample Ibgp Internal group configuration
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Configuration for router C1 a Cisco router is as follows
Ebgp Multihop Configuration Example
Configuration for router C2 a Cisco router is as follows
Physical Link
AS-64800
CLI configuration for router SSR3 is as follows
Community Attribute Example
CLI configuration for router SSR4 is as follows
Gated.conf file for router SSR3 is as follows
Gated.conf file for router SSR4 is as follows
Sample BGP Configuration Specific Community
Sample BGP Configuration Well-Known Community
, router SSR11 has the following configuration
, router SSR13 has the following configuration
, router SSR14 has the following configuration
, router SSR10 has the following configuration
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LocalPref Attribute Example
Sample BGP Configuration LocalPref Attribute
Multi-Exit Discriminator Attribute Example
Router SSR6 has the following CLI configuration
Sample BGP Configuration MED Attribute
Ebgp Aggregation Example
Router SSR8 has the following CLI configuration
AS-64900
AS-64901
Route Reflection Example
Router SSR9 has the following CLI configuration
AS-64902
Shows a sample configuration that uses route reflection
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Route Import and Export Policy Overview
Chapter Routing Policy Configuration Guide
Preference Defined by CLI Command Default
Default Preference Values
Preference
Import-Source
Import Policies
Route-Filter
Export Policies
Export-Destination
Export-Source
Specifying a Route Filter
Aggregates and Generates
Aggregate-Source
Aggregate-Destination
Authentication Methods
Authentication
Authentication Keys and Key Management
Configuring Simple Routing Policies
Redistributing Directly Attached Networks
Redistributing Static Routes
Redistributing RIP into Ospf Redistributing Ospf to RIP
Redistributing RIP into RIP
Redistributing Aggregate Routes
To redistribute aggregate
Simple Route Redistribution Examples
Routes into Ospf
Example 1 Redistribution into RIP
Exporting All Static Routes to All RIP Interfaces
Exporting a Given Static Route to All RIP Interfaces
Example 2 Redistribution into Ospf
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Configuring Advanced Routing Policies
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Creating an Export Source
Creating an Export Destination
Creating a Route Filter
Creating an Import Source
Creating an Aggregate Route
Create a RIP import
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Creating an Aggregate Source
Creating an Aggregate Destination
Examples of Import Policies
Example 1 Importing from RIP
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Example 2 Importing from Ospf
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R41
Importing a Selected Subset of OSPF-ASE Routes
Example 1 Exporting to RIP
Examples of Export Policies
Ip-router policy create rip-export-source ripExpSrc
Exporting a Given Static Route to a Specific RIP Interface
Exporting Aggregate-Routes into RIP
Ip-router policy create aggr-export-source aggrExpSrc
Example 2 Exporting to Ospf
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IP Multicast Overview
Chapter Multicast Routing Configuration Guide
Igmp Overview
Dvmrp Overview
Configuring Igmp on an IP Interface
Configuring Igmp
Configuring Igmp Query Interval
Configuring Igmp Response Wait Time
Configuring Per-Interface Control of Igmp Membership
Configuring Dvmrp
Starting and Stopping Dvmrp
Configuring Dvmrp Parameters
Configuring Dvmrp on an Interface
Configuring the Dvmrp Routing Metric
Configuring a Dvmrp Tunnel
Configuring Dvmrp TTL & Scope
Monitoring Igmp & Dvmrp
Multicast protocols Igmp
Show all interfaces running
Show all multicast routes
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Chapter IP Policy-Based Forwarding Configuration Guide
Defining an ACL Profile
Configuring IP Policies
Associating the Profile with an IP Policy
Creating Multi-statement IP Policies
Setting the IP Policy Action
Setting Load Distribution for Next-hop Gateways
Checking the Availability of Next-hop Gateways
Applying an IP Policy to an Interface
Routing Traffic to Different ISPs
IP Policy Configuration Examples
An IP interface Apply a defined IP policy to
All IP interfaces on the SSR
Using an IP policy to route traffic to two different ISPs
Using an IP policy to prioritize service to customers
Prioritizing Service to Customers
Using an IP policy to authenticate users through a firewall
Authenticating Users through a Firewall
Selecting Next Hop Gateway from IP Packet Information
Firewall Load Balancing
Display information about all
Monitoring IP Policies
IP policies
Display statistics about a
Ip-policy show interface interface
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Chapter Network Address Translation Configuration Guide
Setting Inside and Outside Interfaces
Configuring NAT
Managing Dynamic Bindings
Setting NAT Rules
Static
Dynamic
Specify the FTP session timeout
Static Configuration
NAT and FTP
Monitoring NAT
First step is to create the interfaces
Using Static NAT
Next, define the interfaces to be NAT inside or outside
Then, define the NAT static rules
Using Dynamic NAT
Dynamic Configuration
Dynamic NAT with IP Overload PAT Configuration
Dynamic NAT with Outside Interface Redundancy
Using Dynamic NAT with IP Overload
Using Dynamic NAT with Matching Interface Redundancy
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Chapter Web Hosting Configuration Guide
Load Balancing
Configuring Load Balancing
Creating the Server Group
Specifying Load Balancing Policy Optional
Adding Servers to the Load Balancing Group
Setting Server Status
Setting Timeouts for Load Balancing Mappings
Allowing Access to Load Balancing Servers
Load Balancing and FTP
Displaying Load Balancing Information
Configuration Examples
207.135.89.16 10.1.1.1 Ftp.quick..com 10.1.1.2
Ftp.quick.com Internet Router User Queries
207.135.89.16 207.135.89.17 207.135.89.18
Virtual IP Address Ranges
Web Caching
Configuring Web Caching
Specifying the Clients for the Cache Group Optional
Creating the Cache Group
Redirected to cache servers
Not redirected to cache servers
Other Configurations
Configuration Example
Bypassing Cache Servers
Monitoring Web-Caching
Distributing Frequently-Accessed Sites Across Cache Servers
Proxy Server Redundancy
Show cache server information
Show caching policy information
IPX Routing Overview
Chapter IPX Routing Configuration Guide
RIP Routing Information Protocol
SAP Service Advertising Protocol
Creating IPX Interfaces
Configuring IPX RIP & SAP
IPX Addresses
Configuring IPX Addresses to Ports
Configuring IPX Interfaces and Parameters
Configuring IPX Interfaces for a Vlan
Specifying IPX Encapsulation Method
Configuring Static Routes
Configuring IPX Routing
Enabling IPX RIP
Enabling SAP
Controlling Access to IPX Networks
Configuring Static SAP Table Entries
Creating an IPX Access Control List
Creating an IPX SAP Access Control List
Creating an IPX Type 20 Access Control List
Creating an IPX GNS Access Control List
Monitoring an IPX Network
Creating an IPX RIP Access Control List
Adds a SAP access list Adds a GNS access list
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Chapter Access Control List Configuration Guide
Defining Selection Criteria in ACL Rules
ACL Basics
How ACL Rules are Evaluated
Implicit Deny Rule
Allowing External Responses to Established TCP Connections
Creating and Modifying ACLs
Following ACL illustrates this feature
Editing ACLs Offline
Maintaining ACLs Using the ACL Editor
Applying ACLs to Interfaces
Using ACLs
These uses of ACLs are described in the following sections
Using ACLs as Profiles
Applying ACLs to Services
SSR Feature ACL Profile Usage
Following SSR features use ACL profiles
Using Profile ACLs with the IP Policy Facility
Using Profile ACLs with the Traffic Rate Limiting Facility
Using Profile ACLs with the Port Mirroring Facility
Using Profile ACLs with Dynamic NAT
Redirecting Http Traffic to Cache Servers
Using Profile ACLs with the Web Caching Facility
Preventing Web Objects From Being Cached
Enabling ACL Logging
Monitoring ACLs
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Security Overview
Chapter Security Configuration Guide
Configuring Radius
Configuring SSR Access Security
Monitoring Radius
Configuring Tacacs
Monitoring Tacacs
Monitoring Tacacs Plus
Configuring Tacacs Plus
Layer-2 Security Filters
Configuring Passwords
Configuring Layer-2 Port-to-Address Lock Filters
Configuring Layer-2 Address Filters
Configuring Layer-2 Secure Port Filters
Configuring Layer-2 Static Entry Filters
Configure a source static
Configure a destination static
Monitoring Layer-2 Security Filters
Et.1.1 Et.1.2 Et.1.3 Hub
Layer-2 Filter Examples
Static Entries Example
Example 2 Secure Ports
Port-to-Address Lock Examples
Layer-3 Access Control Lists ACLs
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QoS & Layer-2/Layer-3/Layer-4 Flow Overview
Chapter QoS Configuration Guide
Precedence for Layer-3 Flows
Layer-2 and Layer-3 & Layer-4 Flow Specification
Traffic Prioritization for Layer-2 Flows
Configuring Layer-2 QoS
SSR Queuing Policies
Traffic Prioritization for Layer-3 & Layer-4 Flows
Configuring IP QoS Policies
Setting an IP QoS Policy
Configuring IPX QoS Policies
Setting an IPX QoS Policy
Specifying Precedence for an IP QoS Policy
Allocating Bandwidth for a Weighted-Fair Queuing Policy
Configuring SSR Queueing Policy
ToS Rewrite
Specifying Precedence for an IPX QoS Policy
MBZ
Configuring ToS Rewrite for IP Packets
Tos-rewrite
Limiting Traffic Rate
Monitoring QoS
Show all IP QoS flows
Show all IPX QoS flows
Define a rate limit profile
Example Configuration
Apply a rate limit profile to an
Interface
Interface interface
Displaying Rate Limit Information
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Performance Monitoring Overview
Chapter Performance Monitoring Guide
Show information about the master
Show port error statistics
MAC table Show information about a
Particular MAC address Show info about multicasts
Monitoring Broadcast Traffic
Configuring the SSR for Port Mirroring
Only IP ACLs can be specified for port mirroring
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Rmon Overview
Configuring and Enabling Rmon
Example of Rmon Configuration Commands
Lite Rmon Groups
Rmon Groups
Professional Rmon Groups
Standard Rmon Groups
Control Tables
Using Rmon
Configuring Rmon Groups
Num status enabledisable
Enabledisable
String status enabledisable
Size owner string status enabledisable
Oid type absolutedelta status enabledisable
Port port owner string status enabledisable
Rmon protocol-distribution index index-number
Rmon user-history-control index index-number
Displaying Rmon Information
Rmon CLI Filters
01000CCCCCCC
Following shows Host table output without a CLI filter
Using Rmon CLI Filters
Troubleshooting Rmon
Creating Rmon CLI Filters
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Ssr# rmon show status Rmon Status
Allocating Memory to Rmon
Rmon set memory number
WAN Overview
WAN
Primary and Secondary Addresses
Configuring WAN Interfaces
Static, Mapped, and Dynamic Peer IP/IPX Addresses
Static Addresses
Following command line displays two examples for PPP
Following command line displays an example for a Vlan
Mapped Addresses
Dynamic Addresses
Forcing Bridged Encapsulation
Following command line displays an example for PPP
Packet Compression
Average Packet Size
Example Configurations
Nature of the Data
Link Integrity
Packet Encryption
WAN Quality of Service
Source Filtering and ACLs
Weighted-Fair Queueing
Congestion Management
Random Early Discard RED
Virtual Circuits
Frame Relay Overview
Adaptive Shaping
Permanent Virtual Circuits PVCs
Configuring Frame Relay Interfaces for the SSR
Applying a Service Profile to an Active Frame Relay WAN Port
Setting up a Frame Relay Service Profile
Monitoring Frame Relay WAN Ports
Frame Relay Port Configuration
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Point-to-Point Protocol PPP Overview
Configuring PPP Interfaces
Use of LCP Magic Numbers
Defining the Type and Location of a PPP Interface
Setting up a PPP Service Profile
Configuring Multilink PPP Bundles
Applying a Service Profile to an Active PPP Port
Compression on MLP Bundles or Links
Monitoring PPP WAN Ports
PPP Port Configuration
Ssrconfig# ppp apply service profile2 ports hs.5.1
Simple Configuration File
WAN Configuration Examples
Multi-router WAN configuration
Multi-Router WAN Configuration
Following configuration file applies to Router R1
Router R1 Configuration File
Router R2 Configuration File
Following configuration file applies to Router R2
Following configuration file applies to Router R3
Router R3 Configuration File
Router R4 Configuration File
Following configuration file applies to Router R4
Following configuration file applies to Router R5
Router R5 Configuration File
Router R6 Configuration File
Following configuration file applies to Router R6
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