Intel Express 550F Routing Switch
User Guide
 Forth edition August 696942-004
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 N T E N T S
 Preface
This switch
Switch and operate the switch using Intel Device View
Printed guide that describes these basic steps
 Electrostatic Sensitive Device
This User Guide gives you instructions on how to use
Intel Express 550F Routing Switch
Intel Device View
 Random Access Memory
Address Resolution Protocol
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
ToS Type of Service
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 This chapter covers the following topics
 Introduction to the product
 Front Panel
ToS Type of Service IP Filtering
Front panel of the switch is shown below
IP Multicast
 LEDs on the front panel have the following functions
Inserted to expand the functionality of the switch
These ports are on the front panel
Buttons on the front panel have the following functions
 Switch
Installation
Switch’s rear panel has the following parts
Rear Panel
 Before Installation
Consult your dealer before proceeding with the installation
 Positioning and Installing the Switch
 An equipment rack Ambient temperature
 Installing a Module
 Connecting Other Devices
 Connecting the Power
 LEDs reflect the state of each port
Start-up
They are operating correctly
 No access restrictions to Local Management Telnet
All ports are enabled
Spanning Tree is disabled on all ports
Certain port. This can be a useful security feature
 Other LEDs on the front panel
Show how the switch is operating
LEDs give information about the state of the switch
 5 seconds, where they have the following meaning
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 Intel Device View
 System Requirements
 Installation and Removal
OpenView* or Intel LANDesk Manager
 Monitors their activities
Using Intel Device View
Removal of Intel Device View
 Before a switch is contacted
 Help menu has the following commands for the switch
Switched on and off
View, see Setting the Preferences, p
 After a Switch or Stack is Contacted
 Setting the Preferences
To change the polling parameters
 Change the community
Timeout parameters
Change the values
Type the new community name Click OK
 Installing and Managing
Switches
 Type in the switch’s IP Address or MAC address
Select DeviceManage The Manage dialog box appears
 Ate or expand an existing stack
This window, even switches that are already configured as a
Device View window
Select DeviceManage, and the Manage dialog opens
 Device Tree displays the separate subnets on your LAN as
Recognized as a switch
Device Tree
Ured devices on the LAN
 Without a device selected
Wizard for new switches
Right mouse button, the following functions are available
 You time
Face side of the switch or stack is displayed
Device View Main Display
 Status of the Vlan links
Right click a single switch and Intel Device View offers
Displays monitoring information
 Intel Device View offers
 Selected
 Right click a single port and Intel Device View offers
 Switch and ports are displayed in different colors
 Explorer
Diagnostics Window
Get it working properly in case of problems
Monitoring menu
 Trap Window
This window provides comprehensive details of the error
Traps window displays all traps generated by the switch
Right click a message and Intel Device View offers
 System Window
Tings, modules inserted in slots
 Errors Window
 Standard Configuration
Setups that affect the switch, or stack, and the ports
 Changing the Setup
Switch or Stack
 Click System
With a switch or stack in the Device View window
System
 Internet Protocol
Click IP
 Authentication
Local Time
 Delete an entry
Only rights and access to communities. You can
Add a new entry to the list
Edit existing entries
 Are sent
Traps
Can
Click Traps
 Permanent Entries
Connections to printers and other similar devices. You can
 Tween two switches or stacks. You can
Link Aggregation
 Rmon data from the Rmon groups 4 to
To add a mirrored port to a switch
Port Mirroring
Forwarded or mirrored
 Type the new time Click OK
Changing configurations
Local Management
 Switching
 Click the default forwarding mode you want Click OK
Check the box to enable this mode
 Adaptive Forwarding Mode
 Spanning Tree
 Type the required value
From a switch that is, or attempting to become, the root
As the root bridge. To change the priority value
Ceived and discarded
 Port
 General Changes
 Click the port you want to disable
Port Mode
Switch. The MAC address of those devices are removed from
Able the port
 Flow Control, click the flow control you want
Default uses the same flow control as specified in Device
Change the flow mechanism on a port
 Port Specific Spanning Tree
 Select Port Setup Click Spanning Tree
 Advanced Configuration
 VLANs Virtual LANs
 Are not learned by MAC or IP rules are learned by a
Port
IP rule is not learned by a Port rule. Only stations that
Port rule
 Cannot delete a Vlan if it is the Designated Manage
To delete a Vlan
Click the name of the Vlan you want to delete. Note you
Management you can now delete the first Vlan
 Switches in the stack these switches are
For switches in a stack there is an exchange
Information using VLANs between
Their own domain Stdalone
 Click Advanced. The Vlan mode is highlighted
Choose one of the switches, and select Device SetupPer
Click Advanced The Vlan mode is highlighted
Manent EntriesAdd in Intel Device View
 You should
Routing Between VLANs
Value
 Click Routing
 Double-click the ToS, and type the new value range
 Click Add
Switches on a network that does not support Dvmrp routing.
Nation IP address
Igmp pruning and IP Multicast addresses
 IP Filtering
 Set up any User Groups and Members required
Allows you to disable IP Filtering
Select Enabled
Groups. To add a user group
 Address define the IP Address and subnet if necessary
To add a member to a user group
Col or by Address
Select the User Group for this new member
 Click a Member in the list
 Managing the Switch
 Name and how long the switch has been running
Management using Intel Device View
Information about the Switch
To update the information, click Refresh
 Monitoring the Switch’s Performance
 Select Device ActivityTx Packets
 Spanning Tree Statistics
 Lowing information, History, Alarm and Event Log are switch
Ment on the switch
Switch contains several Rmon functions. These function pro
Right-click a switch and select MonitoringRMON His
 Which lists all alarms
Right-click a switch and select MonitoringRMON
AlarmsConfigure. The Alarm Table window opens
Click Add to add an alarm to the list
 Monitoring the Stack’s Performance
 Stack, or across the Matrix Module
Right-click the stack border and select IntraStack Traf
 Monitoring the total packet activity per port
 A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch
 Specific switch and select Spanning Tree
 Title bar
That switch
Monitoring VLANs and Routing
 To view the VLANs on the switch
 To view the Vlan mode and Domain name
 To view the links between switches in a distributed Vlan
This provides status information about the server
 To view the IP Routing links
 Packets received and packets transmitted
Ter you are interested
 Select IP RoutingIP MulticastNetwork
 To view the IPX Routing links
 Monitoring the Port’s Performance
Play Legend for further information on LED states
 Select Port DetailsPerformance
 Select Port DetailsDistribution
 Monitoring the VLANs on To view the VLANs on the port
 Local disk or file server
Tools for the Switch
Switch has various tools to help with management
To receive the response
 Switch’s Telnet facility has the following main features
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 Reset the switch if necessary
Software Update lets you
Load new software to the switch
Access from the Console port
 IP address is displayed
Simply lost control of the switch
Type in the DNS name
 Ified switch
When managing a stack, the following tools are available
Ager checks that all the configurations are compatible.
Tools for the Stack
 Port Brown Yellow
To on the Matrix Module
Each Matrix port has a unique color
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 Tle-necks and uses the available bandwidth more efficiently
Redirect TCP Packets
Introduction
Tive destinations are defined from within Intel Device View
 A P T E R 6 Redirect TCP Packets
 Set up any TCP Ports required
Setting up redirection
Ries Switch. To enable redirection
Add a new port
 Select Web Cache RedirectionSetup Click Switch Ports
 Select Web Cache RedirectionSetup Select Forwarding
 Server and its connectivity. To view the status
Monitoring the status
Cache servers
 Technical Specifications
 Switch has the following physical specifications
Physical Specifications
Switch has the following approvals
 Port Power Status Temperature
Switch has the following environmental specifications
Switch has the following number of LEDs
Switch has the following number of connections
 Power consumption 100W maximum
Power Specifications
Performance Specifications
 Flash Memory MB
This switch supports the following protocols
Memory sizes are as follows
Buffer RAM MB
 Ether-like MIB RFC RIP version
Igmp version RFC Dvmrp version Rsvp version
 Console Port Use and Troubleshooting
 Use of the Console Port
 An external machine e.g. MS Windows*, Unix* or other, if
Doing backup of the configurations
Tains the Vlan policy database
Manual Tftp
 Switch sends a Bootp request over the network
Recovering from Start-up Failure
Using Maintenance Mode
Maintenance Mode offers three facilities
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 Dumps memory contents
Loads software using the Tftp protocol
Loads software using the Bootp or Tftp pro
Resets the switch
 Isolating the Problem
Troubleshooting Tools
Troubleshooting Procedure
Tools available for troubleshooting on the switch are
 Further Evaluation of the Problem
Mon switch malfunctions
 Start-up Problems
Performance Problems
 Communication Problems
 Customer Support
 Support
Sible, use Tftp procedures
Retrieving Information for Customer
Various files suitable for Tftp transfer
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