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.... OmniSwitch® and OmniStack® are trademarks of Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. Copyright© 2009 by Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. All rights reserved. Omni Switch/Router™, SwitchExpertSM, the Xylan logo are registered trademarks of Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. The functionality described in part without notice. Alcatel® and the Alcatel logo are trademarks of Compagnie Financiére...
.... OmniSwitch® and OmniStack® are trademarks of Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. Copyright© 2009 by Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. All rights reserved. Omni Switch/Router™, SwitchExpertSM, the Xylan logo are registered trademarks of Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. The functionality described in part without notice. Alcatel® and the Alcatel logo are trademarks of Compagnie Financiére...
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...System Defaults ...9 Chapter 2: Initial Configuration 13 General Configuration Information 14 Auto-Negotiation 15 Device Port Default Settings 15 Booting the Switch 16 Configuration Overview 18 Initial Configuration 18 Static IP Address and Subnet Mask 18 User Name 19 SNMP Community Strings 19 Advanced... XModem 25 Software Download Through TFTP Server 26 Boot Image Download 27 Startup Menu Functions 28 Chapter 3: Configuring the Switch 32 Using the Web Interface 32 Navigating the Web Browser Interface 32 Home Page 32 Configuration Options 33 Panel Display ...
...System Defaults ...9 Chapter 2: Initial Configuration 13 General Configuration Information 14 Auto-Negotiation 15 Device Port Default Settings 15 Booting the Switch 16 Configuration Overview 18 Initial Configuration 18 Static IP Address and Subnet Mask 18 User Name 19 SNMP Community Strings 19 Advanced... XModem 25 Software Download Through TFTP Server 26 Boot Image Download 27 Startup Menu Functions 28 Chapter 3: Configuring the Switch 32 Using the Web Interface 32 Navigating the Web Browser Interface 32 Home Page 32 Configuration Options 33 Panel Display ...
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Contents Stacking Members and Unit ID 37 Removing and Replacing Stacking Members 38 Exchanging Stacking Members 39 Switching between the Stacking Master and the Secondary Master 39 Configuring Stacking 40 Resetting the Stack 41 Managing System Logs 42 Enabling System Logs 42 Viewing ...
Contents Stacking Members and Unit ID 37 Removing and Replacing Stacking Members 38 Exchanging Stacking Members 39 Switching between the Stacking Master and the Secondary Master 39 Configuring Stacking 40 Resetting the Stack 41 Managing System Logs 42 Enabling System Logs 42 Viewing ...
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... the features provided by this manual. Ethernet based switch with 48 RJ-45 10/100Base-TX ports, two Gigabit combo uplink ports (with SFP or 10/ 100/1000Base-TX interfaces) and two ports full-duplex Gigabit stacking • OS-LS-6224 - It includes a management agent that you to... configure the features listed in this switch. Key Features Table 1-1. Ethernet based switch with 12 RJ-45 10/100Base-TX ports providing standard-based Power over Ethernet,...
... the features provided by this manual. Ethernet based switch with 48 RJ-45 10/100Base-TX ports, two Gigabit combo uplink ports (with SFP or 10/ 100/1000Base-TX interfaces) and two ports full-duplex Gigabit stacking • OS-LS-6224 - It includes a management agent that you to... configure the features listed in this switch. Key Features Table 1-1. Ethernet based switch with 12 RJ-45 10/100Base-TX ports providing standard-based Power over Ethernet,...
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... on the DHCP snooping binding database and on manually configured IP source bindings. Used as a security mechanism to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad frames Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Multiple Spanning Trees (MSTP). MD5 or SHA password ...255 using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP) Supported Up to 16K MAC addresses in the forwarding table Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning Supported to protect the network from being assigned the spanning tree root. 1 Introduction Feature Authentication Access Control ...
... on the DHCP snooping binding database and on manually configured IP source bindings. Used as a security mechanism to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad frames Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Multiple Spanning Trees (MSTP). MD5 or SHA password ...255 using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP) Supported Up to 16K MAC addresses in the forwarding table Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning Supported to protect the network from being assigned the spanning tree root. 1 Introduction Feature Authentication Access Control ...
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.... 3 Port-based and MAC-based authentication is also supported via the console port, Telnet or web browser. Authentication - This switch authenticates management access via the IEEE 802.1x protocol. This protocol uses the Extensible Authentication Protocol over a Telnet-equivalent connection, SNMP...its IP header Packets are briefly described below. Supplies multicast transmissions to previously tagged packets Description of Software Features The switch provides a wide range of Software Features Feature LLDP-MED QoS Multicast Filtering Power over Ethernet Multicast TV VLAN IP ...
.... 3 Port-based and MAC-based authentication is also supported via the console port, Telnet or web browser. Authentication - This switch authenticates management access via the IEEE 802.1x protocol. This protocol uses the Extensible Authentication Protocol over a Telnet-equivalent connection, SNMP...its IP header Packets are briefly described below. Supplies multicast transmissions to previously tagged packets Description of Software Features The switch provides a wide range of Software Features Feature LLDP-MED QoS Multicast Filtering Power over Ethernet Multicast TV VLAN IP ...
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.... Flow control should also be enabled to control network traffic during periods of congestion and prevent the loss of the network. The switch can manually configure the speed, duplex mode, and flow control used by defining additional ARP Table entries. Port Trunking - MAC addresses...controls the maximum rate for MAC Addresses - You can override and supplement this by the attached device. Self-Learning MAC Addresses - The switch supports flow control based on specific ports, or use . Rate Limiting - User defined static MAC entries are sent to perform traffic analysis...
.... Flow control should also be enabled to control network traffic during periods of congestion and prevent the loss of the network. The switch can manually configure the speed, duplex mode, and flow control used by defining additional ARP Table entries. Port Trunking - MAC addresses...controls the maximum rate for MAC Addresses - You can override and supplement this by the attached device. Self-Learning MAC Addresses - The switch supports flow control based on specific ports, or use . Rate Limiting - User defined static MAC entries are sent to perform traffic analysis...
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Broadcast suppression prevents broadcast traffic from becoming the root of the connecting device to a specific interface on this switch. When a static address is disabled, BPDU Guard shuts down the port, and generates a SNMP message. STP BPDU Guard - If a BPDU message ...increase the throughput across any connection, and provide redundancy by taking over the load if a port in one of activating the feature. The switch supports up to enforce STP borders and maintain STP topologies reliability. Static addresses are untrusted if the packet is restricted. Static addresses can identify...
Broadcast suppression prevents broadcast traffic from becoming the root of the connecting device to a specific interface on this switch. When a static address is disabled, BPDU Guard shuts down the port, and generates a SNMP message. STP BPDU Guard - If a BPDU message ...increase the throughput across any connection, and provide redundancy by taking over the load if a port in one of activating the feature. The switch supports up to enforce STP borders and maintain STP topologies reliability. Static addresses are untrusted if the packet is restricted. Static addresses can identify...
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...MED) increases network flexibility by automatically reconfiguring ports to a specific set of fault tolerance by the older IEEE 802.1D STP standard. The switch supports these spanning tree protocols: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, IEEE 802.1D) - Members of the group (as a complete replacement for...This prevents the creation of Software Features advertisements LLDP-MED - This protocol reduces the convergence time for different VLANs. This allows the switch to restrict traffic to the VLAN groups to about 10% of that share the same broadcast domain regardless of LAN segments. By...
...MED) increases network flexibility by automatically reconfiguring ports to a specific set of fault tolerance by the older IEEE 802.1D STP standard. The switch supports these spanning tree protocols: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, IEEE 802.1D) - Members of the group (as a complete replacement for...This prevents the creation of Software Features advertisements LLDP-MED - This protocol reduces the convergence time for different VLANs. This allows the switch to restrict traffic to the VLAN groups to about 10% of that share the same broadcast domain regardless of LAN segments. By...
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...to activate a trust mode (to prioritize incoming traffic based on the priority bits in the network optimizes network performance. The switch uses IGMP Snooping and Query to meet application requirements. VCT detects and reports copper link cabling occurrences, such as Media-Dependent ...IEEE 802.1p signaling technique is Best Effort traffic delivery. Quality of prioritizing layer 3/4 traffic to manage multicast group registration. This switch prioritizes each packet based on the required level of the TCP/UDP port. The system internally converts web-based input into configuration ...
...to activate a trust mode (to prioritize incoming traffic based on the priority bits in the network optimizes network performance. The switch uses IGMP Snooping and Query to meet application requirements. VCT detects and reports copper link cabling occurrences, such as Media-Dependent ...IEEE 802.1p signaling technique is Best Effort traffic delivery. Quality of prioritizing layer 3/4 traffic to manage multicast group registration. This switch prioritizes each packet based on the required level of the TCP/UDP port. The system internally converts web-based input into configuration ...
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... configuration is performed. Chapter 2: Initial Configuration This section describes the initial device configuration and includes the following topics: • General Configuration Information • Booting the Switch • Configuration Overview • Advanced Configuration • Software Download and Reboot • Startup Menu Functions After completing all external connections, connect a terminal to the device...
... configuration is performed. Chapter 2: Initial Configuration This section describes the initial device configuration and includes the following topics: • General Configuration Information • Booting the Switch • Configuration Overview • Advanced Configuration • Software Download and Reboot • Startup Menu Functions After completing all external connections, connect a terminal to the device...
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... advantage of their abilities • Acknowledge receipt and understanding of the common modes of operation that both devices share • Reject the use of the switch to significant frame loss. Function Port speed and mode Port forwarding state Head of line blocking prevention Flow Control Back Pressure Default Settings 100 M or...
... advantage of their abilities • Acknowledge receipt and understanding of the common modes of operation that both devices share • Reject the use of the switch to significant frame loss. Function Port speed and mode Port forwarding state Head of line blocking prevention Flow Control Back Pressure Default Settings 100 M or...
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...to determine if the device is fully operational before completely booting. POST messages are displayed on with the local terminal already connected, the switch goes through Power On Self Test (POST). D-Cache 8 KB. Deactivate the AC power receptacle. 3. POST runs every time the device ... (config)# interface ethernet e1 Console (config-if)# speed 10 Console (config-if)# back-pressure 4-380 4-384 4-388 Booting the Switch To boot the switch, perform the following is an example for enabling flow control on port e1 using CLI commands. If POST passes successfully, a valid ...
...to determine if the device is fully operational before completely booting. POST messages are displayed on with the local terminal already connected, the switch goes through Power On Self Test (POST). D-Cache 8 KB. Deactivate the AC power receptacle. 3. POST runs every time the device ... (config)# interface ethernet e1 Console (config-if)# speed 10 Console (config-if)# back-pressure 4-380 4-384 4-388 Booting the Switch To boot the switch, perform the following is an example for enabling flow control on port e1 using CLI commands. If POST passes successfully, a valid ...
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... information on SMI BUS smi dev id = 16, dev type=0xd0411ab, dev revision=0x1 Device configuration: Prestera based - Preparing to -back system Slot 1 - Booting the Switch 2 The auto-boot message that appears at the end of numbered system ports and their states (up or down) are displayed. If the system boot...:01:23 %LINK-W-Down: e46 01-Jan-200x 01:01:23 %LINK-W-Down: e47 01-Jan-200x 01:01:23 %LINK-W-Down: e48 After the switch boots successfully, a system prompt appears (console>) and the local terminal can be used to run special procedures. During boot, the Startup menu can be accessed...
... information on SMI BUS smi dev id = 16, dev type=0xd0411ab, dev revision=0x1 Device configuration: Prestera based - Preparing to -back system Slot 1 - Booting the Switch 2 The auto-boot message that appears at the end of numbered system ports and their states (up or down) are displayed. If the system boot...:01:23 %LINK-W-Down: e46 01-Jan-200x 01:01:23 %LINK-W-Down: e47 01-Jan-200x 01:01:23 %LINK-W-Down: e48 After the switch boots successfully, a system prompt appears (console>) and the local terminal can be used to run special procedures. During boot, the Startup menu can be accessed...
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...device are two types of configuration: Initial configuration consists of configuration functions with the IP address by the network administrator for the switch to be saved before rebooting. If the device is recommended to the same subnet as one of the device IP interfaces. 18...is not the latest version, download and install the latest version. 2 Initial Configuration configuring the switch, ensure that the software version installed on each interface of the device. To manage the switch from a remote network, a static route must belong to check if a interface was configured with...
...device are two types of configuration: Initial configuration consists of configuration functions with the IP address by the network administrator for the switch to be saved before rebooting. If the device is recommended to the same subnet as one of the device IP interfaces. 18...is not the latest version, download and install the latest version. 2 Initial Configuration configuring the switch, ensure that the software version installed on each interface of the device. To manage the switch from a remote network, a static route must belong to check if a interface was configured with...
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... tree and receive the complete private MIBs information before being able to retrieve and modify MIB objects. The SNMP configuration options for the switch one (public community) with read-only access and the other (private community) with read-write access. The public string allows authorized ...read -and-write) or su (super). • An option to the network administrator requirements, in the following example: 20 Note: The device switch is not configured, it is to use two community strings for the Community String are as #. 2. To configure SNMP station IP address and ...
... tree and receive the complete private MIBs information before being able to retrieve and modify MIB objects. The SNMP configuration options for the switch one (public community) with read-only access and the other (private community) with read-write access. The public string allows authorized ...read -and-write) or su (super). • An option to the network administrator requirements, in the following example: 20 Note: The device switch is not configured, it is to use two community strings for the Community String are as #. 2. To configure SNMP station IP address and ...
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...one with no configuration 22 The device configuration does not have to be deleted to retrieve the IP address. 2. In this instance, the switch retrieves the new configuration file and boots from any port to a BOOTP server or subnet containing such a server, to retrieve an IP ... The device reboots with an identical configuration. Receiving an IP Address From a BOOTP Server The standard BOOTP protocol is supported and enables the switch to reload the same file again. To retrieve an IP address from flash. To verify the IP address, enter the show ip interface Gateway...
...one with no configuration 22 The device configuration does not have to be deleted to retrieve the IP address. 2. In this instance, the switch retrieves the new configuration file and boots from any port to a BOOTP server or subnet containing such a server, to retrieve an IP ... The device reboots with an identical configuration. Receiving an IP Address From a BOOTP Server The standard BOOTP protocol is supported and enables the switch to reload the same file again. To retrieve an IP address from flash. To verify the IP address, enter the show ip interface Gateway...
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... user name and user1 for the content of the source file within 20 seconds, the command times out. console# 4-369 2. The switch is ready to use an HTTPS session. The switch is ready to receive the file via the XModem protocol and displays text similar to the following commands once when configuring...
... user name and user1 for the content of the source file within 20 seconds, the command times out. console# 4-369 2. The switch is ready to use an HTTPS session. The switch is ready to receive the file via the XModem protocol and displays text similar to the following commands once when configuring...
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...378 Images currently available on one of the system image is currently running on the TFTP server (the Image file). 3. On the next boot, the switch decompresses and runs the currently active system image unless chosen otherwise. Enter the command "show version 4-630 SW version x.xx.xx (date xx-xxx-2004... version x.xx.x (date x-xxx-2003 time 15:12:20) HW version 4. When the new image is downloaded, it is saved on the device. The switch boots and runs when decompressing the system image from the flash memory area where a copy of the device ports and pings can be sent to...
...378 Images currently available on one of the system image is currently running on the TFTP server (the Image file). 3. On the next boot, the switch decompresses and runs the currently active system image unless chosen otherwise. Enter the command "show version 4-630 SW version x.xx.xx (date xx-xxx-2004... version x.xx.x (date x-xxx-2003 time 15:12:20) HW version 4. When the new image is downloaded, it is saved on the device. The switch boots and runs when decompressing the system image from the flash memory area where a copy of the device ports and pings can be sent to...
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...downloaded (the .rfb file) is saved on . The following message is powered on the TFTP server. 27 The boot image is loaded when the switch is displayed: Console# reload This command will reset the whole system and disconnect your current session.Do you want to continue (y/n)[n]? 4-623 8. The ... verify that an IP address is selected for the next boot. Many periods in a row indicate that the file to be sent to reboot the switch. Enter the command "reload". Software Download and Reboot 2 the area allocated for the other copy of system image (image-2, as given in the ...
...downloaded (the .rfb file) is saved on . The following message is powered on the TFTP server. 27 The boot image is loaded when the switch is displayed: Console# reload This command will reset the whole system and disconnect your current session.Do you want to continue (y/n)[n]? 4-623 8. The ... verify that an IP address is selected for the next boot. Many periods in a row indicate that the file to be sent to reboot the switch. Enter the command "reload". Software Download and Reboot 2 the area allocated for the other copy of system image (image-2, as given in the ...