Management Guide
Stackable Fast Ethernet Switch
TigerSwitch
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TigerSwitch 100 Management Guide
From SMC’s Tiger line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions
6 Hughes
Irvine, CA
Copyright 2001 by SMC Networks, Inc 6 Hughes Irvine, CA
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2 Using the System Configuration Program
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Switch Management
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3 Web-Based Management
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pin Assignments
Troubleshooting
Advanced Topics
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glossary Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER SWITCH MANAGEMENT
Configuration Options
Required Connections
Console Port Out-of-Band Connections
Remote Management via the Console Port
Configure the Switch Site
Configure the Remote Site
In-Band Connections
CHAPTER USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM
Login Screen
USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM
Not implemented in this firmware release
Description
Main Menu
Menu
Menu
Description
Description
USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM
Menu
System Information Menu ======================= System Information
System Information Menu
Switch Information OK Use TAB or arrow keys to move. Enter to select
Displaying System Information
Displaying Switch Version Information
Parameter
Description
Expansion Slot Expansion Slot
Parameter
Description
Management Setup Menu
2-10
2-11
Changing the Network Configuration
USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM
IP Configuration
2-12
Default Gateway
2-13
2-14
IP Connectivity Test Ping
HTTP Configuration
Enables/disables access to the on-board
HTTP service
Default Port
Configuring the Serial Port
2-16
2-17
Parity
ParameterDescription
Assigning SNMP Parameters
2-18
Configuring Community Names
2-19
Configuring IP Trap Managers
2-20
Console Login Configuration
2-21
Default
2-22
Parameter
Description
2-23
Using TFTP to Download Over the Network
Downloading System Software
Saving the System Configuration
2-24
Description
2-25
Parameter
Configuring the Switch
2-26
Description
2-27
Menu
See “Flow Control” in this table
Configuring Port Parameters
2-28
2-29
Note VF-45 ports operate at 100 Mbps and support full- and half-duplex mode. 100BASE-FX module ports operate at
Viewing the Current Port Configuration
2-30
2-31
FlowControl InUse
2-32
Using the Spanning Tree Algorithm
Configuring Bridge STA
Spanning Tree Enabled
2-33
2-34
The maximum time in seconds a device can
2-35
Configuring STA for Ports
The following figure and table describe port STA configuration
Default
2-36
Parameter
Description
Displaying the Current Bridge STA
Viewing the Current Spanning Tree Information
2-37
Description
2-38
Parameter
USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM
2-39
Displaying the Current STA for Ports
1000BASE-SX
Description
2-40
Parameter
Using a Mirror Port for Analysis
2-41
Configuring Port Trunks
2-42
Description
2-43
Parameter
2-44
Unit1-Port25, Unit2-Port25 and Unit3-Port25, Unit4-Port25
IGMP Multicast Filtering
2-45
2-46
Configuring IGMP
Note The default values are indicated in the sample screen
Configuring Broadcast Storm Control
2-47
Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions
2-48
Parameter
Description
Bridge Settings
2-49
Parameter
Description
Configuring Traffic Classes
802.1P Configuration Selection Menu ====================
802.1P Port Priority Configuration
2-50
Port Priority Configuration
802.1P Port Priority Configuration Unit 1 Port
Port Default Ingress
2-51
2-52
802.1p Port Traffic Class Information
802.1Q VLAN Base Information
Configuring Virtual LANs
2-53
Port 1 Port 13 Port
2-54
802.1Q VLAN Current Table Information
Description
2-55
Parameter
802.1Q VLAN Static Table Configuration
2-56
For example, the following screen displays settings for VLAN 2, which includes tagged ports 1-6, and forbidden port
2-57
802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration
2-58
2-59
GVRP Status
Port Security Configuration
2-60
Description
2-61
Parameter
Monitoring the Switch
2-62
Displaying Port Statistics
2-63
Description
2-64
Menu
Displaying RMON Statistics
2-65
Description
2-66
Menu
Displaying the Unicast Address Table
2-67
Description
2-68
Menu
Displaying the IP Multicast Registration Table
2-69
2-70
Configuring Static Unicast Addresses
USING THE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PROGRAM
2-71
Menu
Description
MAC 00-00-00-e8-34-22
2-72
Resetting the System
Logging Off the System
Web-Based Configuration and Monitoring
CHAPTER 3 WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT
Navigating the Web Browser Interface
Home Page
Configuration Options
Web Page Configuration Buttons
Button
Action
Panel Display
Port State Display
Console Configuration
WEB -BASED MANAGEMENT
Description
Default
Parameter
Main Menu
Description
System Information
Parameter
Switch Information
Main Board
Agent Module
Expansion Slot
3-10
Parameter
IP Configuration
3-11
Default
3-12
Parameter
Description
3-13
SNMP Configuration
SNMP Community
Trap Managers
3-14
Parameter
Description
3-15
Security Configuration
Change Password
3-16
Firmware Upgrade Options
Web Upload Management
TFTP Download Management
3-17
3-18
Configuration Save and Restore
Configuration Upload Management
Configuration Download Management
3-19
Address Table Configuration
3-20
3-21
Spanning Tree Algorithm STA
Spanning Tree Information
3-22
Spanning Tree
3-23
Ports
Parameter
Description
Description
3-24
Parameter
Spanning Tree Configuration
Switch
When the Switch Becomes Root
3-25
Default
3-26
Parameter
Description
See “Fast Forward” in this table
STA Port Configuration
3-27
Default
3-28
Parameter
Description
3-29
Configuring Bridge MIB Extensions
Bridge Capability
Bridge Settings
3-30
Parameter
Description
3-31
Priority
Port Priority Configuration
WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT
Port Traffic Class Information
3-32
3-33
Configuring Virtual LANs
VLAN Basic Information
VLAN Current Table
3-34
Parameter
Description
Use this screen to create or remove VLAN groups
VLAN Static List
3-35
VLAN Static Table
3-36
3-37
Use the menu shown below to prevent a port from being dynamically added to the displayed VLAN group through GVRP
WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT
VLAN Static Membership by Port
3-38
VLAN Port Configuration
3-39
Parameter
Description
GVRP is not available for the current firmware release
IGMP Multicast Filtering
3-40
Configuring IGMP
3-41
IP Multicast Registration Table
3-42
Parameter
Description
3-43
Port Menus
Port Information
3-44
Port Configuration
Use the Port Configuration menu to configure any port on the switch
Default
3-45
Parameter
Description
Port Broadcast Storm Protect Configuration
3-46
Port Security Configuration
3-47
Parameter
Description
Using a Port Mirror for Analysis
3-48
Port Trunk Configuration
3-49
Description
3-50
Parameter
3-51
Unit1-Port25, Unit2-Port25 and Unit3-Port25, Unit4-Port25
3-52
Port Statistics
Etherlike Statistics
3-53
Note Statistics are automatically refreshed every 60 seconds
Parameter
Description
RMON Statistics
3-54
Description
3-55
Parameter
3-56
Note Statistics are automatically refreshed every 60 seconds
Parameter
Description
Layer 2 Switching
CHAPTER ADVANCED TOPICS
Spanning Tree Algorithm
ADVANCED TOPICS
Virtual LANs
Assigning Ports to VLANs
Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames
Port Overlapping
Multicast Filtering
Connecting VLAN Groups
IGMP Snooping
IGMP Protocol
Class-of-Service CoS Support
Port Trunks
SNMP Management Software
Remote Monitoring
4-10
4-11
storms, or other unusual events. Historical information can also be used to predict network growth and plan for expansion before your network becomes too overloaded
4-12
ADVANCED TOPICS
APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING
Troubleshooting Chart
Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Figure B-1. DB-9 Console Port Pin Numbers
APPENDIX B PIN ASSIGNMENTS
Console Port Pin Assignments
Console Port to 25-Pin DCE Port on Modem
DB-9 Port Pin Assignments
Console Port to 9-Pin COM Port on PC
Console Port to 25-Pin DTE Port on PC
PIN ASSIGNMENTS
GLOSSARY
BOOTP
Glossary-1
Bandwidth Utilization
Glossary-2
IEEE 802.1D
IEEE 802.1Q
IEEE 802.3ac
Glossary-3
Port Trunk
Remote Monitoring RMON
Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP
Glossary-4
Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP
Virtual LAN VLAN
XModem
Index-1
INDEX
Numerics
Index-2
Index-3
Index-4
INDEX
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