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