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...Baseline Switch 2924-SFP Plus. Provides information for setting up and maintaining device settings. ■ Managing Device Security - provides information for viewing and configuring essential information required for configuring both system and network security, including traffic control, ACLs, and device access methods. ■ General System Information - The Web interface web pages are easy-to-use and easy-to the User Guide. It covers summaries of hardware and software features. ■ Using the 3Com Web Interface - Provides information for configuring port settings...
...Baseline Switch 2924-SFP Plus. Provides information for setting up and maintaining device settings. ■ Managing Device Security - provides information for viewing and configuring essential information required for configuring both system and network security, including traffic control, ACLs, and device access methods. ■ General System Information - The Web interface web pages are easy-to-use and easy-to the User Guide. It covers summaries of hardware and software features. ■ Using the 3Com Web Interface - Provides information for configuring port settings...
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...13 LED Status Indicators 14 System Specifications 15 Installing the Switch 16 Setting Up for Management 17 Methods of Managing a Switch 17 Switch Setup Overview 18 Using the Command Line Interface (CLI 21 Setting Up Web Interface Management 25 Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2 26 Default Users and Passwords 27 Upgrading Software using the CLI 27 2 USING THE 3COM WEB INTERFACE Starting the 3Com Web Interface 28 Understanding the 3Com Web Interface 30 Using Screen and Table Options 33 Saving the Configuration 37 Resetting the Device 38 Restoring Factory Defaults 39 Logging Off...
...13 LED Status Indicators 14 System Specifications 15 Installing the Switch 16 Setting Up for Management 17 Methods of Managing a Switch 17 Switch Setup Overview 18 Using the Command Line Interface (CLI 21 Setting Up Web Interface Management 25 Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2 26 Default Users and Passwords 27 Upgrading Software using the CLI 27 2 USING THE 3COM WEB INTERFACE Starting the 3Com Web Interface 28 Understanding the 3Com Web Interface 30 Using Screen and Table Options 33 Saving the Configuration 37 Resetting the Device 38 Restoring Factory Defaults 39 Logging Off...
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... VLAN Settings 105 Modifying Port VLAN Settings 107 Removing VLANs 108 9 CONFIGURING IP AND MAC ADDRESS INFORMATION Defining IP Addressing 109 Configuring ARP Settings 110 Configuring Address Tables 114 10 CONFIGURING IGMP SNOOPING Introduction 123 Defining IGMP Snooping 124 11 CONFIGURING SPANNING TREE Viewing Spanning Tree 127 Defining Spanning Tree 130 Modifying Spanning Tree 133 12 CONFIGURING SNMP Defining SNMP Communities 136 Removing SNMP Communities 138 Defining SNMP Traps 139 Removing SNMP Traps 140 13 CONFIGURING QUALITY OF SERVICE Viewing CoS Settings...
... VLAN Settings 105 Modifying Port VLAN Settings 107 Removing VLANs 108 9 CONFIGURING IP AND MAC ADDRESS INFORMATION Defining IP Addressing 109 Configuring ARP Settings 110 Configuring Address Tables 114 10 CONFIGURING IGMP SNOOPING Introduction 123 Defining IGMP Snooping 124 11 CONFIGURING SPANNING TREE Viewing Spanning Tree 127 Defining Spanning Tree 130 Modifying Spanning Tree 133 12 CONFIGURING SNMP Defining SNMP Communities 136 Removing SNMP Communities 138 Defining SNMP Traps 139 Removing SNMP Traps 140 13 CONFIGURING QUALITY OF SERVICE Viewing CoS Settings...
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...9632; LED Status Indicators ■ System Specifications ■ Installing the Switch ■ Setting Up for Management ■ Methods of Managing a Switch ■ Switch Setup Overview ■ Using the Command Line Interface (CLI) ■ Setting Up Web Interface Management ■ Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2 ■ Default Users and Passwords ■ Upgrading Software using the CLI 1 GETTING STARTED This chapter contains introductory information about the 3Com® Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and the Baseline Switch 2924-SFP Plus and how they can be used in your network.
...9632; LED Status Indicators ■ System Specifications ■ Installing the Switch ■ Setting Up for Management ■ Methods of Managing a Switch ■ Switch Setup Overview ■ Using the Command Line Interface (CLI) ■ Setting Up Web Interface Management ■ Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2 ■ Default Users and Passwords ■ Upgrading Software using the CLI 1 GETTING STARTED This chapter contains introductory information about the 3Com® Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and the Baseline Switch 2924-SFP Plus and how they can be used in your network.
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... Switch 2916 and 2924 ports are used, Auto MDIX is not supported. If fiber SFP transceivers are capable of Table 1 summarizes the hardware features supported by the Switch 2916 Hardware Features and 2924. The Switch 2916 and 2924 includes the following models: ■ Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus 16-Port ■ Baseline Switch 2924-SFP Plus 24-Port The Switch 2916 and 2924 feature the following advantages: ■ Full Gigabit speed access ports ■ Jumbo frames ■ Port security ■ Link aggregation control protocol (LACP) ■ Up to build a secure converged network...
... Switch 2916 and 2924 ports are used, Auto MDIX is not supported. If fiber SFP transceivers are capable of Table 1 summarizes the hardware features supported by the Switch 2916 Hardware Features and 2924. The Switch 2916 and 2924 includes the following models: ■ Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus 16-Port ■ Baseline Switch 2924-SFP Plus 24-Port The Switch 2916 and 2924 feature the following advantages: ■ Full Gigabit speed access ports ■ Jumbo frames ■ Port security ■ Link aggregation control protocol (LACP) ■ Up to build a secure converged network...
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... address, configuring user accounts, upgrading switch firmware, and more. Managing the switch can help you can use the Command Line Interface through the Console port for Management To make full use of the features offered by your switch, and to change and monitor the way it works, you have to access the management software that allow you to manage Management the switch using the Console Port ■ Setting Up Web Interface Management ■ Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2 ■ Default Users and Passwords Methods of Managing a Switch To manage your switch...
... address, configuring user accounts, upgrading switch firmware, and more. Managing the switch can help you can use the Command Line Interface through the Console port for Management To make full use of the features offered by your switch, and to change and monitor the way it works, you have to access the management software that allow you to manage Management the switch using the Console Port ■ Setting Up Web Interface Management ■ Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2 ■ Default Users and Passwords Methods of Managing a Switch To manage your switch...
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... manage your Switch? Plug and Play Setup Is a DHCP server present? For more information on default users and changing default passwords, see "Default Users and Passwords" on the rear of the switch which details the default IP address. Connect to a front panel port and use the Web Interface. See page 21 Connect to the console port and use the Command Line Interface. Switch Setup Overview 19 Figure 5 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram Power Up the Switch. See page 21 SNMP See page 26 Web Interface Connect over the network...
... manage your Switch? Plug and Play Setup Is a DHCP server present? For more information on default users and changing default passwords, see "Default Users and Passwords" on the rear of the switch which details the default IP address. Connect to a front panel port and use the Web Interface. See page 21 Connect to the console port and use the Command Line Interface. Switch Setup Overview 19 Figure 5 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram Power Up the Switch. See page 21 SNMP See page 26 Web Interface Connect over the network...
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... Windows Vista Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes For the browser to operate the web interface correctly, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets must be enabled on page 17. ■ Ensure that the switch is connected to the network using a Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors. ■ A suitable Web browser. Setting Up Web Interface Management 25 Setting Up Web Interface Management This section describes how you can set up web interface management...
... Windows Vista Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes For the browser to operate the web interface correctly, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets must be enabled on page 17. ■ Ensure that the switch is connected to the network using a Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors. ■ A suitable Web browser. Setting Up Web Interface Management 25 Setting Up Web Interface Management This section describes how you can set up web interface management...
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... already modified the default passwords). See "3Com Network Management" on page 135. See "IP Configuration" on the same subnet as your user name and press Return at the DOS or CMD prompt in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). Be sure the management workstation is connected to "Configuring SNMP" on page 181. To display and configure SNMP management parameters, refer to the switch using the Console Port" on page 23. 2 Check that your management workstation is...
... already modified the default passwords). See "3Com Network Management" on page 135. See "IP Configuration" on the same subnet as your user name and press Return at the DOS or CMD prompt in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). Be sure the management workstation is connected to "Configuring SNMP" on page 181. To display and configure SNMP management parameters, refer to the switch using the Console Port" on page 23. 2 Check that your management workstation is...
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... no Password. ■ Monitor access level - There is managed in the local database. Access levels provide read or read/write permissions to be user name: admin with read /write access. The Multi-Session web feature is enabled on the 3Com Web Interface: ■ Management access level - Two access levels exist on device and allows 10 users to users for users using the System Access Interface. A unique password is be created and access the switch concurrently. The factory default...
... no Password. ■ Monitor access level - There is managed in the local database. Access levels provide read or read/write permissions to be user name: admin with read /write access. The Multi-Session web feature is enabled on the 3Com Web Interface: ■ Management access level - Two access levels exist on device and allows 10 users to users for users using the System Access Interface. A unique password is be created and access the switch concurrently. The factory default...
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...; Monitor - Verifies the password. 2 Define the fields. 3 Click Apply. Defines the user password. The Users are created, and the device is Management. ■ Management - Defines the user access level. Monitor users have no access to 10 characters. ■ Confirm Password - The lowest user access level is Monitor and the highest is updated. Configuring System Access 47 Defining System The System Access Setup Page allows network administrators to define Access users, passwords, and access levels for users using the System Access Interface.
...; Monitor - Verifies the password. 2 Define the fields. 3 Click Apply. Defines the user password. The Users are created, and the device is Management. ■ Management - Defines the user access level. Monitor users have no access to 10 characters. ■ Confirm Password - The lowest user access level is Monitor and the highest is updated. Configuring System Access 47 Defining System The System Access Setup Page allows network administrators to define Access users, passwords, and access levels for users using the System Access Interface.
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... traffic classifications. The total number of ACEs that are denied entry, the user can be filtered by IGMP message type. ■ Source Address - Indicates the destination IP address mask. ■ DSCP - Prec. - Indicates the ACL forwarding action. Defining IP Based ACLs Access Control Lists (ACL) allow network managers to the ACL. ■ Source Mask - Your switch supports up to this page. The options are reactivated from the Port Administration Setup Page. Packets...
... traffic classifications. The total number of ACEs that are denied entry, the user can be filtered by IGMP message type. ■ Source Address - Indicates the destination IP address mask. ■ DSCP - Prec. - Indicates the ACL forwarding action. Defining IP Based ACLs Access Control Lists (ACL) allow network managers to the ACL. ■ Source Mask - Your switch supports up to this page. The options are reactivated from the Port Administration Setup Page. Packets...
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... LAGs provide: ■ Fault tolerance protection from work stations configured for Multicast sessions, and which are sending Multicast frames. The CLI is used in the form of a collection of these services. DHCP service is considered too long of the Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and Switch 2924-SFP Plus (continued) Feature Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Class Of Service (CoS) Command Line Interface Configuration File Management DHCP Clients Fast Link Full 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Compliance IGMP Snooping Link Aggregated Groups Description ARP converts between IP addresses and MAC...
... LAGs provide: ■ Fault tolerance protection from work stations configured for Multicast sessions, and which are sending Multicast frames. The CLI is used in the form of a collection of these services. DHCP service is considered too long of the Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and Switch 2924-SFP Plus (continued) Feature Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Class Of Service (CoS) Command Line Interface Configuration File Management DHCP Clients Fast Link Full 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Compliance IGMP Snooping Link Aggregated Groups Description ARP converts between IP addresses and MAC...
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...Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) detects uses of the Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and Switch 2924-SFP Plus (continued) Feature MAC Address Capacity Support MAC Multicast Support MDI/MDIX Support Password Management Port-based Authentication Port-based Virtual LANs Port Mirroring RADIUS Clients Rapid Spanning Tree Remote Monitoring Self-Learning MAC Addresses Description The device supports up to a monitoring port. Multicast service is addressed to a specific Multicast address, from where copies of incoming and outgoing packets from incoming packets. Layer 2 Multicast service is...
...Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) detects uses of the Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and Switch 2924-SFP Plus (continued) Feature MAC Address Capacity Support MAC Multicast Support MDI/MDIX Support Password Management Port-based Authentication Port-based Virtual LANs Port Mirroring RADIUS Clients Rapid Spanning Tree Remote Monitoring Self-Learning MAC Addresses Description The device supports up to a monitoring port. Multicast service is addressed to a specific Multicast address, from where copies of incoming and outgoing packets from incoming packets. Layer 2 Multicast service is...
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... IP address and a 16-bit port number. Transport Control Protocol (TCP). Octets streams are preserved across resets and reboots. VLANs are collections of switching ports that enables secure transactions of the Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and Switch 2924-SFP Plus (continued) Feature SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs SNMP Versions 1 and 2 Spanning Tree Protocol SSL Static MAC Entries TCP TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol Virtual Cable Testing VLAN Support Web-based Management Description The system logs events with severity codes and timestamps. With web-based management, the...
... IP address and a 16-bit port number. Transport Control Protocol (TCP). Octets streams are preserved across resets and reboots. VLANs are collections of switching ports that enables secure transactions of the Baseline Switch 2916-SFP Plus and Switch 2924-SFP Plus (continued) Feature SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs SNMP Versions 1 and 2 Spanning Tree Protocol SSL Static MAC Entries TCP TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol Virtual Cable Testing VLAN Support Web-based Management Description The system logs events with severity codes and timestamps. With web-based management, the...
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... Support. power LED is off ■ Lost Password. Provides a list of the problem. Problem management includes isolating problems, quantifying the problems, and then applying the solution. When a problem is recorded with all known results from the problem. D TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Management Troubleshooting Solutions This section describes problems that may arise when installing the and how to switch management using HTTP, SNMP, etc. ■ Self-test exceeds 15 seconds ■ No connection is established and the port LED...
... Support. power LED is off ■ Lost Password. Provides a list of the problem. Problem management includes isolating problems, quantifying the problems, and then applying the solution. When a problem is recorded with all known results from the problem. D TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Management Troubleshooting Solutions This section describes problems that may arise when installing the and how to switch management using HTTP, SNMP, etc. ■ Self-test exceeds 15 seconds ■ No connection is established and the port LED...
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...and default gateway configured Check that your management station is not readable Software settings Replace the serial cable Reconfigure the emulation software connection settings. Software settings Response from the terminal emulation software Faulty serial cable Incorrect serial cable Replace the serial cable Replace serial cable for a pin-to switch management using the web, the maximum number of connections may not be open. No response from the terminal Faulty serial cable emulations software is plugged into the appropriate VLAN to the mains supply. Troubleshooting Solutions...
...and default gateway configured Check that your management station is not readable Software settings Replace the serial cable Reconfigure the emulation software connection settings. Software settings Response from the terminal emulation software Faulty serial cable Incorrect serial cable Replace the serial cable Replace serial cable for a pin-to switch management using the web, the maximum number of connections may not be open. No response from the terminal Faulty serial cable emulations software is plugged into the appropriate VLAN to the mains supply. Troubleshooting Solutions...
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... admin. Ensure that the setting is required. The Login prompt displays: Login: 2 Enter your User Name at the Login prompt. Logging on a UNIX system. To logon to configure the device. No password is for first time configuration is very similar to entering commands on to manage the device. The device is managed through the CLI from a direct connection to the device console port Getting Started with the Command Line Interface Using the CLI, network managers...
... admin. Ensure that the setting is required. The Login prompt displays: Login: 2 Enter your User Name at the Login prompt. Logging on a UNIX system. To logon to configure the device. No password is for first time configuration is very similar to entering commands on to manage the device. The device is managed through the CLI from a direct connection to the device console port Getting Started with the Command Line Interface Using the CLI, network managers...
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...-bit tag to provide for passing configuration information to hosts on the required level of service, and then placing them in the VLAN tag), TCP/UDP port number, IP Precedence bit, or DSCP priority bit. F GLOSSARY Access Control List ACLs can be set according to the port default, the packet's priority bit (in the appropriate output queue. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) ARP converts between IP addresses and MAC (i.e., hardware) addresses.
...-bit tag to provide for passing configuration information to hosts on the required level of service, and then placing them in the VLAN tag), TCP/UDP port number, IP Precedence bit, or DSCP priority bit. F GLOSSARY Access Control List ACLs can be set according to the port default, the packet's priority bit (in the appropriate output queue. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) ARP converts between IP addresses and MAC (i.e., hardware) addresses.
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... error messages ■ Details about recent configuration changes, if applicable See the table of access numbers later in the next section. To obtain access to technical support and repair services. Support contracts that include software upgrades cover feature enhancements, incremental functionality, and bug fixes, but they do not include software that is available at : http://eSupport.3com.com/ When you contact 3Com for your region, use the Serial Number as part...
... error messages ■ Details about recent configuration changes, if applicable See the table of access numbers later in the next section. To obtain access to technical support and repair services. Support contracts that include software upgrades cover feature enhancements, incremental functionality, and bug fixes, but they do not include software that is available at : http://eSupport.3com.com/ When you contact 3Com for your region, use the Serial Number as part...