Intel Express 550T Routing Switch
 Intel Express 550T Routing Switch
 Third edition October 696939-003
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 Advanced Configuration
 Technical Specifications 109
 Customer Support Technicians
 Printed guide that describes these basic steps
This switch
Switch and operate the switch using Intel Device View
 Electrostatic Sensitive Device
This User Guide gives you instructions on how to use
Intel Express 550T 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
 Installing and using the product for example, limitations
Before Installation
Consult your dealer before proceeding with the installation
 Positioning and Installing the Switch
 Awaiting Drawing from EBZ
 Installing a Module
 Connecting Other Devices
 Connecting the Power
 Make sure that the green and yellow wire is connected to
Ly and ask for the correct power cable
Wires in the power cable provided are color coded
Make sure that the blue wire is connected to the terminal
 LEDs reflect the state of each port
Start-up
They are operating correctly
 Spanning Tree is disabled on all ports
All ports are enabled
All ports operate in auto-negotiation mode
No access restrictions to Local Management Telnet
 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
 Intel Device View
 System Requirements
A P T E R 2 Intel Device View
 Installation and Removal
OpenView* or Intel LANDesk Manager
 Using Intel Device View
Removal of Intel Device View
 Before a switch is contacted
 After a Switch or Stack is Contacted
 To change the polling parameters
Setting the Preferences
Switch’s LEDs
 Change the community
Timeout parameters
Change the values
Type the new community name Click OK
 Installing and Managing
Switches
 Device View window
Type in the switch’s IP Address or MAC address
Select DeviceManage The Manage dialog box appears
 Select DeviceManage, and the Manage dialog opens
This window, even switches that are already configured as a
Ate or expand an existing stack
Stack
 Device Tree
 Right mouse button, the following functions are available
Without a device selected
 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
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 Setups that affect the switch, or stack, and the ports
Standard Configuration
 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
 Adaptive Forwarding Mode
 Spanning Tree
 Why change these from their defaults?
 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
 Changing the Setup 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
 Select Port Setup Click Port Mode Click Speed 10 or Speed
 Change the flow mechanism on a port
Default uses the same flow control as specified in Device
View the Spanning Tree setups for the port
Flow Control, click the flow control you want
 Click Enable spanning tree on this port
 Configuration for example, ports must be configured on each
IP Filtering features
Between groups can be implemented using routers
Vlan mode
 VLANs Virtual LANs
 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
 Click the name of the Vlan you want to edit
 Their own domain Stdalone
Information using VLANs between
Switches in the stack these switches are
 Manent EntriesAdd in Intel Device View
Click Advanced The Vlan mode is highlighted
Click Advanced. The Vlan mode is highlighted
Enter the MAC address
 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
 To add a member to a user group
Groups. To add a user group
Type a unique name for the User Group
 Select the User Group for this new member
For port selections, define the IP filter protocol, while for
Address define the IP Address and subnet if necessary
With, and lists them on screen. To check connections
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 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
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 Local disk or file server
Tools for the Switch
Switch has various tools to help with management
To receive the response
 To view a log or report
Select the IP Address of the individual switch
Switch’s Telnet facility has the following main features
Device you want to receive the directory
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 Reset the switch if necessary
Software Update lets you
Load new software to the switch
Access from the Console port
 Recovery Manager
Simply lost control of the switch
 Tools for the Stack
Stack Synchronization Manager
 Port Brown Yellow
To on the Matrix Module
Each Matrix port has a unique color
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 Technical Specifications
 Physical Specifications
Switch has the following approvals
Switch has the following physical specifications
 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 Specifications
Performance Specifications
 RFC
This switch supports the following protocols
RFCs 768, 950
Telnet RFC 854 to
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 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
Vlan policy database
Manual Tftp
 Maintenance Mode offers three facilities
Recovering from Start-up Failure
Using Maintenance Mode
Ory. From Maintenance Mode the switch is forced to issue a
 Using a pointed tool such as a bent paper clip, press
Consider these points when using Maintenance Mode
To enter Maintenance Mode
Reset button on the front of the switch and hold it until
 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
 Check for any relevant messages in the System window
Further Evaluation of the Problem
Mon switch malfunctions
 Start-up Problems
Performance Problems
 Communication Problems
 Support
Customer Support
Retrieving Information for Customer
 Various files suitable for Tftp transfer
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