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