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Intel ® Expr ess 510T Switch User Guide 681886-0 04 500.book P age i T hursday, September 2, 1999 1:30 PM.
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iii Contents C h a p t e r 1 Intel Ex press 510T Switch 1 Introduction to the product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv CONTENTS C h a p t e r 3 Standard Configuration 41 Changing the Setu p of the Switch or Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
v CONTENTS Tools for t he Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Stack Synchronization Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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vii Inf or mation sour ces f or this s witch This User G uide is o ne of three sources of inf ormation deliver ed with this switch. Quic k Star t desc ription A printed guide t hat describes these bas.
viii PREFACE viii Wa r n i n g Elect ros ta tic Se nsi tive De vice Product s cov ered This User Guid e gives you instructi ons on how to use: • Intel Ex press 510T Swit ch • Intel Device V iew Prerequisit e know ledge This Use r Guide is intend ed for personnel authorized to configure and manage local ar ea networks.
ix ix PREFACE Access to submenus You access submenus using a menu hierarchy. These are shown by use of angle brackets and the courier ty peface. For example, File>Configuration>Setup shows that to select the Setu p sub- menu you must first click Fi le and then Conf iguration.
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1 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics. 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Switch T opic See P ag e Introd uction to the p roduct 2 Front Pan el 3 Rear Panel 5 Installati on 5 500.
2 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 2 Intr oductio n to the pr oduct Purpose of the s witch The Inte l Express 510T Switch use s your exist ing network cab les to integrat e switching techn ology into your co mputer network.
3 3 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch Softwa re fea tures The switc h offers the following features: • Intel Devic e V iew for W indows* 95, W indows* 98 and W indows NT* or Intel Device V.
4 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 4 Front panel por ts These ports are on th e front panel: Slots f or module s After removi ng one or both of t he cover plates, the modules can be inserted t o expand the func tionality of t he switch.
5 5 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch Rear P anel Introducti on The rear panel has a cooling fa n outlet and the main suppl y cable, so you should posi tio n the switch with the rear panel f aci ng away fro m you.
6 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 6 Bef ore Installat ion Contents of the pac k Unpack the switch carefu lly and check that these p art s are present: Chec k the pac kage contents I f you have not rece ived all of t he parts, or any of the parts are dam- aged, cont act your dealer immedi ately.
7 7 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch P ositio ning and In stalling the Switch Allow adequate v entilati on The switch contai ns t wo fans to air-cool the in ternal circuitry. The air is drawn i n from the le ft of the unit and expelled thr ough the outlet grills on t he right side and the r ear.
8 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 8 • Customer-supp lie d screws for securi ng the swit ch in the ra ck. Mountin g screws are not provided because the requi r ed sizes may vary from r ack to rack.
9 9 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch Installing a Mod ule Introducti on You can increase the connecti vity options of your switch by installing a module. Wa r n i n g Modules are n ot designed to be installed in , or removed from, the switch whil e it is in operati on.
10 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 10 Remo ving the mo dule To remove a modul e: 1 If the switch is a lready operational , disconnect it from th e main power supply . 2 Follow th e instruc ti ons in “A voiding da mage to the circui t board” abo ve.
11 11 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch RJ-45 conn ector pin assignm ents The RJ-45 ports on the front of the switch have the fo llowing pin as- signments: Connec ting a de vice to the RJ-45 por ts To connect a workstat ion compatible with IEEE 802.
12 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 12 Connecting th e P ower Introducti on After connecting the d evi ces to the switch, con nect th e power cabl e. There are certain practical and safety considerat ions to be made be- fore poweri ng the switch on.
13 13 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch P ower up Power ing up t he switch Follo w th ese steps to p ower up th e switch: 1 Push the female end of t he power cabl e int o the ma in socket (i n the rea r p anel); pl ug the o ther end into th e power su pp ly ou tle t.
14 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 14 Def a ult se ttin gs afte r st art- up Once the switch has start ed successfull y, installatio n is complete and the switch is using it s def aul t set ting ( al so known as default confi gu- ration): • All ports are enable d.
15 15 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch Follow t he instructions i n Chapter 2 t o change the conf iguration while the swit ch is ope ra tin g.
16 C H A P T E R 1 Intel Expr ess 510T Swi tch 16 P or t Status b utton To see the speed and dup lex setting s of all t he ports, press t he Port Status button.
17 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics. 2 Intel Device V iew T opic See Page System Requiremen ts 18 Installat ion and Removal 19 Using Intel Device V iew 20 Installi ng and Ma.
18 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 18 System Re quire m e nts Requiremen ts for Inte l De vice View under Wind ows You need a PC with the followi ng minimum requirements to run Intel Device View: • Microsoft W indows NT workstatio n or server , version 4.
19 19 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Web ser ver rest ri ction s To manage the switch from a web server connected directly t o the switch, the web server must not use fr ame tagging. To manage the switch from a web server with IEEE 802. 1Q tagged fra mes, manage- ment must b e through a device whi ch untags the frames.
20 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 20 T o install Intel D evic e View for Wi ndows Clic k Install Windows and follow th e on-screen instru ctions. When the installatio n is complete , Intel Devic e View will start auto- matically when “L aunch Intel Device View” i s selected.
21 21 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Navig ating through Intel Device View Many commands are avai l able from within Intel Devi ce View. These are best accessed using mouse actio ns. However, Windows users can also access most of t hem through the menu bar.
22 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 22 • A list of IP addresses — contains the last eight switches success- fully contac te d from Intel Device V iew.
23 23 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View After a Switch or Stac k is Contacted Comman ds When Intel Device View cont acts a switch, the basic commands are supplem e nted with : • Local Managemen t access — provides T elnet access to monitor- ing funct ions embedded in the switch.
24 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 24 Setting the Preferences Setting the polling interval s The polli ng intervals determi ne how often Intel Device View cont acts the switch or stack and update s the status and informa tion displayed. To change the polling parameters: 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences .
25 25 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Setting the timeout paramet ers fo r SNMP The t imeout dete rmines t he in terva ls bet ween pollin g an d the num ber of times the request is retried i f a device i s not respo nding. To change the timeo ut par ame t ers: 1 Select Monitoring>Pref erences .
26 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 26 Installing and Ma naging Switches F ollowing installatio n of Intel De vice Vie w After instal ling Intel Dev ice View, you can add new switches, estab- lish or expand stacks of switches, an d manage exi st ing switches and stacks.
27 27 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Matrix Mo dule connected to a ne w switc h When the Insta ll wizard detects that a new switch is connected to a Matri x Module, a message infor ms that you must decide how to man- age the switch.
28 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 28 3 Select the b ox if you want to ope n the switch in a n ew Intel Device V iew window . 4 Click OK . Estab lishing and ex panding a s tack If yo u connect switches that alre ady have IP addresses assigned to- gether via a M atrix Module, you can ma nage them as a st ack.
29 29 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View De vice T ree Introducti on The Device Tree disp lays the separate subnets on your LAN as branches in a tree. This includes a branch that shows all the unconfig- ured dev i ces on the LAN.
30 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 30 Installin g and manag ing swi tc h es Double clicking the switch’s IP address or MAC address o pens exist- ing switch e s in the I ntel Devic e View window, or start s the Instal l Wizard for new swit ches.
31 31 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View De vice Vie w (M ain Disp la y) Switch cont acted When Intel Dev ice View cont acts the switch o r stack, the front (inter- face side) of the switch or stack is displayed. This view p rovides a real-time v iew of the switch, or stack and ports, which behav e in the same way as the physical swit ch.
32 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 32 Right mous e button command s f or a single swi tc h Right cl ick a single switc h and Intel Devic e View offers : Functions Description Device Setu p Displays comp rehensive informati on about the switch ’ s overall setup.
33 33 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Right mous e button command s f or a stac k border When managin g a stac k of switches, r i ght cl ick the stack border and Intel Device View offers: Functions Description Stack Setup D is play s c ompreh e nsive in formatio n about the switch ’ s overall setup.
34 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 34 Right mous e button command s f or a s witch in a stac k When managing a stack of switche s, right click a switch and Intel De- vice View offers: Config uratio.
35 35 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Right mous e button command s f or a por t Right clic k a single port and Int el Device View offers: Color coding The switch and ports are displaye d in different col ors: Functions Description Port Setup Displays the po rt status, the speed and duplex set t in gs, an d spa nni ng tree settings.
36 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 36 Explor er Intel De vice Vie w Explor er The Explor er within Int el Device Vie w displays manag ement infor- mation, fo r example VLANs on this switch a nd other switches. If a switc h is disabled or not operational, it is displayed with a red cross through it.
37 37 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View Diagnos tics Windo w Intel De vice Vie w Diagnos tics The Diagnostics wi ndow helps you troubl eshoot the swit ch/stack to get it working properly i n case of prob lems.
38 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 38 Dia gnost ic de tail s wind ow This window prov ides comprehensi ve details of t he error. T rap Windo w T raps win dow The Traps window disp lays all traps gener ated by the switch. Color coding Traps a r e generated by the switch fo r many events, both normal and errors.
39 39 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View System Wind ow System windo w The Syst em window contains a log of all t he major switch event s with date and times (for example, retu rn to factory default, filter entry set- tings, mo du les inserted in slots).
40 C H A P T E R 2 Intel Devic e View 40 Right mous e button command s Right click a message and Intel Device View offers: Functions Description Refresh R eloads and up dates all th e informati on in this window . Clear Clears all the messages di splayed.
41 In this c hapter Configurat i on i s th e way we chan ge the setup of the switc h or sta ck. In this ch apter you will find all the instructions you need to chang e setups that affe ct the switch, or stack, and the p ort s. In chapter 4 you will find instructions to integrate VLANs int o your setup.
42 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 42 Changing the Set up of the Switch or Stack Impr oving switch secu r ity To restrict the use of the switch or stack, you can: • Change t he administrator password for local management. • Change the use r password for local man agement.
43 43 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration System Identif ying the s witch To assist with switch id e ntific a tio n and admi nistrati on, you c a n change certa in switch details (name, lo cation and contact pe r son). With a switch o r stack in the Device V iew window: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup.
44 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 44 Internet Protocol Changin g IP details To change the main IP address and net work mask: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click IP . 3 Change th e details. 4 Click OK . This is u s ed to cont act the switc h via IP (T FT P, SNM P, T EL- NET etc.
45 45 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Time Setting the date and cloc k to local time To chang e the clock in the switch to you r lo cal tim e: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Date/Time . 3 Click Insert Current PC Date/Time to show the present setting s.
46 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 46 Security The authentication s list defines the hosts that can ca rry out SNMP , TF TP or T elnet management on the switch, have read-wr ite or read- only rights and a ccess to communities.
47 47 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 9 Click OK . Tr a p s Purpose A trap alerts you of eve nts occurring in the switch. T he traps list shows where SNMP t r aps (generated by the switch) are sent.
48 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 48 P ermanent Entries Purpose Enables you t o allocate a port to a device t hat does not sen d out device information. These devices are not removed from t he switch’s ad- dress tab le, regardless of how l ong they are quiet.
49 49 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Link Aggr egat ion Purpose Combines two or four adjace nt ports to increase the bandwi dth be- tween two switc hes or stacks. You can: • Add a new entry to the list • Delete an ent ry Adding an Aggr eg ate Link To set up and a dd an aggregate l ink: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup .
50 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 50 P or t Mirr oring Purpose Pr ovide s a facilit y t o deb ug o r moni tor traffic on a sp ecific po rt, by duplica t ing th e traffi c and sending it to a specified po r t. Only one pair of ports can be mirrored per switch.
51 51 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Local Managem ent Changin g pass word detail s The administrator has read-write access at all leve ls. The user can read the monitoring screens, but can not change t he configurat ion, up- date software or rese t th e stat ion.
52 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 52 TFTP Changin g pass word detail s T o give added security , you can li mi t the number of staff authorized to tran sf er TFTP file s by changing th e TFTP password. To change the pass wor d: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup .
53 53 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Changin g the flow c ontrol Flow contr ol prevents the lo ss of frames during busy periods. Note that the i ndividual por t settings overrul e the default setting. To change the default flow mechanism on all ports: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup .
54 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 54 Adap tive Fo rwar ding Mode Purpose You can: • Change the Sampl e Time • Define the minimum an d maximum errors acceptable b efore changing t he forwa.
55 55 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 4 Click the required para meter . 5 T ype the percentage of errors or run t s. 6 Click OK . Spanning T ree Purpose You can change the: • Prior ity given.
56 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 56 Changin g the spanni ng tree priority The higher the value, the lower the chance of the switch being used as the root bridge. To chang e the priority value: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree .
57 57 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 5 Click OK . Changin g the f orward dela y e xpir y time To change the ti me between port st ates while the bri dge attempts to become the ro ot: 1 Select Device Setup or Stack Setup . 2 Click Spanning Tree .
58 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 58 • Specify t he spanning tree Using t he mouse There are two ways to access the Port Se tup window: • Double -click the por t • Right-c lick on the p.
59 59 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Po r t M o d e Disab ling the p or t If yo u disable the port, the dev ices attached to it cannot use the switch. The MAC address of t hose devices are removed from the switch’s address table. If those addresses are defined as pe rmanent entries, they are not purged but are unabl e to use the switch.
60 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 60 5 Click OK . Changin g duple x mode To ch ange the port’s dupl ex mode (when aut o-negotiation is dis- abled): 1 Click the port you want to change. 2 Select Port Setup . 3 Click Port Mode . 4 Click Half Duplex or Full Duplex .
61 61 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration Changin g the flow c ontrol on a por t Flow control prevents the loss of frames during busy periods. To change the flow mechanism on a port: Note This feat ure is over-rid den by disabli ng the flow contro l set- ting in Device Setup>Switching .
62 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 62 3 Click Spanning Tree . 4 Click Enable spanning tree on this port . If ther e is a check mark in the box, the por t is used in STP .
63 63 C H A P T E R 3 Standard Config uration 5 In Priority , type the required val ue. If there are two ports with the same v alue, the port with the lowest port number is chosen.
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65 In this c hapter In this chapt er you wi ll le arn how to use Advanced Configu ration ef - fectively. This chapter covers the V i rtual LAN (VLAN) features. Y ou can create l ogical network gr oups (VLANs) by segment ing the switch; for ex ample, accordi ng to t he subnett ing scheme wi thin yo ur network.
66 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 66 • Allocate net work resources (such as servers) to groups For a more comprehens i ve explanation of the VLAN concept, refer to the on line h elp. W ar ning whe n using STP It is important to be aware of problems t hat may arise when using Spanning Tree and VLANs.
67 67 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration Adding a VLAN The task of addi ng VLANs is simplified by using the VLAN Wizard . VLANs are not switch speci fic when managing a stack. Therefore, right-click the stack borde r to access VLAN Setup. To add a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN Setup .
68 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 68 Changin g VLAN mode To ch ange the mode of operati on of a VLAN: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Advanced . The VLAN mode is shown. 3 Click the VLAN mode to see the full range of choices. 4 Click the new mode and make sure the rest of the det ails are correct.
69 69 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration P or ts with IP l ear ning IP learning must be e nabled when using IP po licies. (IP learni ng is enabled on all ports by default.
70 C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Co nfiguration 70 Enabl ing IGMP pruning IGMP pruning impl ements a system where on ly the necessar y amount of I P multicast packet s are bridged . To enable IGMP pruning: 1 Select VLAN Setup . 2 Click Advanced>IP Routing>IGMP .
71 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics. 5 Managing the Switch T opic See P age Mana ge m en t us in g I ntel Dev i ce V ie w 72 Moni toring th e Swit c h’ s Performa nce 73 M.
72 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 72 Management using Intel De vice Vie w Wh y use Intel De vice View ? Intel Device View al lows you to: • Configure sy stem, switching, IP , spanning tree, au thentication, and tr ap p aramete rs fo r the switch .
73 73 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Hardwa re details To see the MAC address, h ardware version and memory size: 1 Click Monitoring>Hardware Information .
74 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 74 Monitoring th e total activity of transmi tted pa cke ts T o vi ew the to tal activ ity of th e pack e ts bein g t ransmi tte d on all the ports: 1 Select Device Activity >Tx Packets . Each co lu mn represe n ts the activ ity level on t hat port.
75 75 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitorin g the spanning tree statis tics To view the spanni ng tree statistics for the w hole switch, select Spanning Tree Statistics . Ov er vie w of all the por ts To view the se t u ps of all the ports on th e switch: 1 Select Port Overview .
76 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 76 Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addresses of t he devices that have accessed manage- ment on th e swit ch: 1 Click Monitoring>Access Overview . 2 T o change the order of t he information, click the app ropriate title ba r .
77 77 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch RMON Alar ms Alarm is a useful RMON feature; it en ables you to set your own threshol ds for when th e network a c tivity req uires som e at te ntion. 1 Right-cli ck a switch and select Monitoring>RMON Alarms >Confi gure .
78 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 78 Monitoring the Stac k’ s P erformance Monito ri ng the health o f the s tack The St ack Heal th Monito r provides a n overal l status fo r the switches in the stack. To view the health of the stack: Right-click the stack bor- der and select Stack Health Monitor .
79 79 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitoring In traStac k activity T o view the total activity of the packets between t he switches in the stack, or across the Matrix Module: 1 Right-cli ck the stack borde r and select IntraStack Traf- fic Each column represents a Matri x Module port and i ts activity level.
80 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 80 Monitoring th e total pac ket activity pe r por t T o vi ew the to tal activ ity of th e pack e ts on all th e port s: 1 Right-cli ck the stack borde r and select Stack Activ- ity>Total Packets per Port . Each co lumn repr e sents a po rt and its a ctivit y level.
81 81 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 3 Click View and change the presentati on style: 3D- to 2D- Graph, with or without a peak v alue indicator and vertical to horizon tal bars.
82 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 82 Ov er vie w of all the por ts To view the setup s of all the ports in the stack : 1 Right-cli ck the stack borde r and select Port Overview . 2 Double-cli ck a port to get the specific de tails for that port: port performanc e, faults, distr ibution and sp anning tree inf ormation.
83 83 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Stations o n the s witch To view the IP addresse s of the devic es on the switch: 1 Select Monitoring>Acce ss Overview .
84 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 84 Ov er vie w of the VLANs on a s witch To view the VLAN s on the switc h : 1 Select VLAN>Monitoring . This shows a fu ll list of VL ANs a ct iv e on the switch o r in the domain (if di stributed VLAN or st and-alone for a stack).
85 85 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Inf or mation about the domain T o view the VLAN mode and Domain name: 1 Select VLAN>Status . 2 T o change the informati on, see “Changing VLAN mode” in “VLANs (V irtual LANs)”, p.
86 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 86 Inf or mation about the server Thi s provides status inf ormation about the se rver: Note This information is on ly available from switches i n a stack or from switches in a distribut ed VL AN. 1 Select VLAN>Status .
87 87 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitorin g the perf or mance of a port To monitor the performance of a spec ific port: 1 Right -click the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Pe rformance . This ta b le shows the total nu mber of fram e s and b y tes, utili z a- tion of the ports a nd the number of packets transmi tted and received.
88 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 88 Monitorin g the di strib ution on a por t To mo ni tor the distribu tion pe rcentage s o f unica s t, m ultic a st and broadcast frames on a specific port: 1 Right -click the po rt. 2 Select Port Details>Di stribution .
89 89 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch Monitoring th e VLANs on a port To view the VLANs on the p ort: 1 Right-cl ick and select VLAN Port Monitoring . 2 Click ei ther of th e tabs to vie w d etails of th at port: RMON Interf ace statistics To access a rang e of subnet management statistic s: 1 Right-cl ick a port and select RMON Statistics .
90 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 90 T o ols f or th e Swit ch T oo l s avai l a ble The switch has various tool s to help with management: Ping Pinging a de vice Use Ping to ensu re a device is attached to t he network. If the device is on a r emote network, you m ay need to adjust t he timeout in order to receive the respo nse.
91 91 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 3 Change the set tings in the fie lds if req uired, and clic k Ping . Repor t Manage r Using th e Report Manager To view a log or report: 1 Click Tools>Report Manager . If you are managing a stack, select th e IP Address of the indivi dual switch.
92 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 92 • Log file s (to pinpoint t rouble sources) t o provide diagn ostic information fo r tro ubleshooti ng • Detaile d sy ste m informa ti on and o p eration .
93 93 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • Software Update lets you: - L oad new so ftware to the swit ch - Reset the switch if necessary - Mon itor the software st atus Acce ss to the Lo cal Manag.
94 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 94 Recovery Manag er Purpose Use the Recovery Manager if the software in your switch is corrupted or a software download to the switch failed, or you have moved a con- figured switch from a nother net , forgotten the switch’ s IP address, o r simply lost c ontrol o f th e switch.
95 95 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 4 Click Close. T o ols f or th e Stac k T o ols av a ila ble f o r a s tack When managing a sta ck, the followi ng tools are avail able: Stack Sync hronization Manager Purpose Before switches connected toge ther via a Matrix Modul e can be man- aged as a stack , their configurations must be synchronized.
96 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch 96 Switch P osition Organizer Using t he Switch P osition Organiz er This to ol enabl es you to reposi tion th e switches d isplay ed on scre en, so they have t he same relative position to each other as the physical switches in th e sta ck.
97 97 C H A P T E R 5 Managing the Switch • Port 3 – da rk yellow • Port 4 – da rk cyan • Port 5 – purple • Port 6 – cy an • No connecti on – dark gray 500.
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99 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics: 6 T echnical Specifications T opic See Page Physical Specifi cat ions 100 Power Specifi cations 102 Performance Speci fications 102 500.
100 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications 100 Ph ysic al Speci ficat ions Approv als The switch has t he following approv als: Phy s ical The switc h has the following physi cal specificati ons: Appr ov a l for Standar d Safety UL 1950 CSA-C22.2 No.
101 101 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications Enviro nmental The switc h has the following envi ronmental specificat ions: LEDs The switch has t he following number o f LEDs: Connec tions The swit.
102 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications 102 P ower Spec ificati ons Consumpti on Power consumption : 100 W maximum P ow er supply The power supp ly has: P erf ormance Specif ications MA C addresses The n umber of MAC addresses: Throughput I nternal backplane bandwidth: 2.
103 103 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications Memo r y siz es The memory sizes are as follows: Supported protocols This switch supports the fol lowing protocols: Memory Swit ch Flash Mem ory (M B ) 2 CPU RAM (MB) 1 Buf fer RAM (MB) 4 Subject Document Re ference Bridge /Spanning T ree IEEE 802 .
104 C H A P T E R 6 Technica l Specifications 104 RMON RFC 1757 IGMP version 2 RFC 1 1 12 RSVP version 1 R FC 2205 Subject Document Re ference 500.book Page 104 Thursday, September 2, 1999 1:30 PM.
105 In this c hapter This chap ter covers the fo llowing topics: 7 Console Port Use and T r oubleshooting T opic See Pa g e Use of the Consol e Port 106 T roubleshoot ing T ools 1 1 1 T roubleshoot ing Procedure 1 1 1 T ypical Probl ems and Causes 11 2 Reportin g the Pro b lem to In te l Customer Su pport 115 500.
106 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 106 Use of the Cons ole P or t Purpose of Console P or t If you lose c ontact with the swit ch and the R ecovery Manager i n Intel Device View or Local Management over the LAN cannot conta ct it, then th e foll owin g is po ssible via th e C onsole p ort on th e fron t of th e switch.
107 107 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Upgra din g So ftwar e If a working switch software nee ds to be upgraded, it is recommen ded to use the Software U pgrade Wizard in In tel Device View rather than the ma intena nce mod e com mands.
108 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 108 Reco vering from Start-up Failure Network boo t process The network boot p rocess is as follows: 1. The switch sends a BOOTP request over the network. The boot request contains the switch’ s MAC address.
109 109 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting BOOTP request and the name of the boot softwa re to a specified boot server . This is useful i f the boot server being used does not support th e use of a bootp tab file. • It runs test s on hardware and prov ides diagnosti c information.
110 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 110 Commands allow ed in Maintena nce Mode The following c omm and is a v ailable fo r the switch in Maint enance Mode: bootptab fi le entry The en try for the switch i n the bootptab should contain a line sim- ila r to: :bf=/intel/switch/es510_x.
111 111 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting T r oubleshoot ing T ools T roubl eshooting to ols available The tools av ailable for tr oubleshooting on the switch are: The LED indicator s These are locat ed on the front pan el of the swit ch.
112 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 112 3 Check for any r elevant messages in the Trap window. Use of this t ool is described in “T ra p W i ndo w”, p.
113 113 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Star t-up Pr oblems I’v e for gotten m y pass word Explan ation: Y ou are prompted for a password on the Login screen. Action: Enter Mai ntenance Mode, a nd type: run defparm . Conseque nce: This resets th e configurat i on to the default v a lu es so you can assi gn a new password.
114 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 114 I have poor perf ormance and high number s of second port drops Explan ation: There may be a loop in the network and Spanni ng T ree is not en abled. Action: A void loo ps, or alternatively , either enable STP on all the ports (using Device Setup ) or specific ports (using Port Setup ).
115 115 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting Repor t ing the Pr oblem to Intel Customer Su ppor t Introducti on If you are un able to so lve the pr oble m and wa nt to rep ort the proble m to Intel C ustomer Support, the r e are certai n things that you can do , to enable us t o begin solving your problem q uickly.
116 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 116 Retrieving Info rma tion for Customer Suppor t T wo meth ods av ailab le If Intel Device View i s still func tioni ng, this info rm a tion can be o b- tained usi ng the Report Manager. If the Report Manager is not acces- sible, use TFTP procedures.
117 117 C H A P T E R 7 Console Port Us e and Troubleshoo ting 5 If the TF TP access is password protected, type: get<password>/<filename> .
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A 119 Limited Hardwar e W arranty Limited Har dware W arranty Inte l warrants to the orig inal owner that the hardware pr oduct deliv ered in th is package will be fr ee from d efects in ma terial and.
120 120 APPENDIX A Li mited Hardware Warranty If the C ustomer Support G roup ve rifies th at the product is defec tive, th ey wi ll have t he Return Materia l Author ization D epart me nt issue you an R MA nu mber t o place on the outer packa ge of t he pr oduct.
121 121 APPENDIX A Li mited Hardware Warranty Country Number Language France +33 (0) 1 41 91 85 29 French German y +49 (0) 69 9509 6099 Germ an Italy +39 (0) 2 696 332 76 Ital ian UK +44 (0) 87 0 607 .
122 122 APPENDIX A Li mited Hardware Warranty Federal Communi cations Commission (F CC) Statement This equi pment ha s been tested and foun d to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
123 123 APPENDIX A Li mited Hardware Warranty A VER TISSEMENT Le système a été conçu pour fonc ti onn er dans un cad re de travail norm a l. L’em pl aceme nt choisi doit Ítr e: • Propre e t d épourvu de poussière en suspensi on (sa uf la poussièr e nor male).
124 124 APPENDIX A Li mited Hardware Warranty Prima di ri muovere il cop erchio del tela io, assicurarsi c he il sistema sia sc ollegato dall ’alimentazi one, da tutti i co llegamen ti di comuni ca zion e, ret i o line e di mode m. Non avvi a re il sistema senza av er prima me sso a post o il cop erchi o.
I 125 Index Numerics 10/100B ase-TX port, 4 A Acc ess rest ric t ions to L o ca l Mana g em ent, 14 to Lo c al M a nage ment , 93 to SNMP, 45 Acronyms , ix Add a Aggregate Link , 49 a mirro red port, .
126 INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch flow c ontr ol on a po r t, 61 forward delay expiry time, 57 forwar ding mod e on a port, 60 hello expiry time, 56 IP details, 44 MAC address ageing time, 52 mes.
INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch 127 transfer using TFTP, 116 Flow contro l change on a port, 61 change on switch, 53 defa ult, 14 Forward delay expiry tim e chan ge, 57 For w ard ing m ode on a po .
128 INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch Local Management, 23 access, 93 over view, 92 Location for a po rt, 58 M MAC addresses ageing tim e, 14 change ageing time, 52 numbe r per por t , 102 permanent .
INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch 129 CONSOLE, 4 DB-9, 4 disa ble, 59 disa bl ed b y ma na gem en t , 14 dist r ibu t ion of fr a me s , 88 link pulse active, 13 link pulse active, collision detected.
130 INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch change priority, 56 port specific, 61 Specifications, 99 Stack Health Monitor, 78 Stack Sy nchronization Manag er, 23 Start -up proce dure, 13 Start- up problems.
INDEX Intel® Express 510T Sw itch 131 U Uni nstal l unde r Windows NT 4. 0 or Window s 95, 20 V Ventilatio n, 7 VLAN add, 67 delete, 67 information, 85 links to other switches, 86 over view, 65 , 84 .
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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Intel 510T è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Intel 510T - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Intel 510T imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Intel 510T ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Intel 510T, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Intel 510T.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Intel 510T. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Intel 510T insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
