Enterasys Networks 6G3xx User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Title

  1
• Notice

  3
• Contents

  7
  • A

    13
  • B

    13
• Figures

  14
• Tables

  17
• About This Guide

  21
  • Using This Guide

    21
  • Structure of This Guide

    22
  • Related Documents

    24
  • Document Conventions

    24
  • Typographical and Keystroke Conventions

    25
• Introduction

  27
  • 1.1 Overview

    27
    • 1.1.1 The Management Agent

      29
    • 1.1.2 In-Band vs. Out-of-Band

      29
  • 1.2 Navigating Local Management Screens

    29
  • 1.3 Local Management Requirements

    30
  • 1.4 Local Management Screen Elements

    30
  • 1.5 Local Management Keyboard Conventions

    34
  • 1.6 Getting Help

    35
• Local Management Requirements

  37
  • 2.1 Management Terminal Setup

    37
    • 2.1.1 Console Cable Connection

      38
    • 2.1.2 Management Terminal Setup Parameters

      39
  • 2.2 Telnet Connections

    40
  • 2.3 Monitoring an Uninterruptible Power Supply

    40
• Accessing Local Management

  43
  • 3.1 Navigating Local Management Screens

    43
    • 3.1.1 Selecting Local Management Menu Screen Items

      46
    • 3.1.2 Exiting Local Management Screens

      46
    • 3.1.3 Using the NEXT and PREVIOUS Commands

      47
    • 3.1.4 Using the CLEAR COUNTERS Command

      47
  • 3.2 Password Screen

    48
  • 3.3 Main Menu Screen

    50
  • 3.4 Module Selection Screen

    51
    • 3.4.1 Selecting a Module

      53
  • 3.5 Module Menu Screen

    54
  • 3.6 Overview of Security Methods

    57
    • 3.6.1 Host Access Control Authentication (HACA)

      58
    • 3.6.2 802.1X Port Based Network Access Control

      61
      • 3.6.2.1 Definitions of Terms and Abbreviations

        61
      • 3.6.2.2 802.1X Security Overview

        62
    • 3.6.3 MAC Authentication Overview

      63
      • 3.6.3.1 Authentication Method Selection

        63
      • 3.6.3.2 Authentication Method Sequence

        63
      • 3.6.3.3 Concurrent Operation of 802.1X and MAC Authentication

        64
    • 3.6.4 MAC Authentication Control

      67
  • 3.7 Security Menu Screen

    68
  • 3.8 Passwords Screen

    71
    • 3.8.1 Setting the Module Login Password

      73
  • 3.9 Radius Configuration Screen

    73
    • 3.9.1 Setting the Last Resort Authentication

      76
    • 3.9.2 Setting the Local and Remote Servers

      76
  • 3.10 Name Services Configuration Screen

    77
  • 3.11 System Authentication Configuration Screen

    79
  • 3.12 EAP (Port) Configuration Screen

    81
  • 3.13 EAP Statistics Menu Screen

    86
    • 3.13.1 EAP Session Statistics Screen

      88
    • 3.13.2 EAP Authenticator Statistics Screen

      90
    • 3.13.3 EAP Diagnostic Statistics Screen

      93
  • 3.14 MAC Port Configuration Screen

    96
  • 3.15 MAC Supplicant Configuration Screen

    98
• Chassis Menu Screens

  101
  • 4.1 Chassis Menu Screen

    102
  • 4.2 Chassis Configuration Screen

    104
    • 4.2.1 Setting the IP Address

      106
    • 4.2.2 Setting the Subnet Mask

      107
    • 4.2.3 Setting the Chassis Date

      107
    • 4.2.4 Setting the Chassis Time

      108
    • 4.2.5 Setting a New Screen Refresh Time

      108
    • 4.2.6 Setting the Screen Lockout Time

      109
  • 4.3 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen

    110
  • 4.4 SNMP Community Names Configuration Screen

    112
    • 4.4.1 Establishing Community Names

      113
  • 4.5 SNMP Traps Configuration Screen

    114
    • 4.5.1 Configuring the Trap Table

      116
  • 4.6 Chassis Environmental Information Screen

    116
  • 4.7 Redirect Configuration Menu Screen (Chassis)

    118
  • 4.8 Port Redirect Configuration Screen

    119
    • 4.8.1 Changing Source and Destination Ports

      122
  • 4.9 VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen

    123
    • 4.9.1 Changing Source VLAN and Destination Ports

      126
• Module Configuration Menu Screens

  127
  • 5.1 Module Configuration Menu Screen

    128
  • 5.2 General Configuration Screen

    130
    • 5.2.1 Setting the IP Address

      134
    • 5.2.2 Setting the Subnet Mask

      135
    • 5.2.3 Setting the Default Gateway

      136
    • 5.2.4 Setting the TFTP Gateway IP Address

      137
    • 5.2.5 Setting the Module Name

      138
    • 5.2.6 Setting the Module Date

      138
    • 5.2.7 Setting the Module Time

      139
    • 5.2.8 Entering a New Screen Refresh Time

      139
    • 5.2.9 Setting the Screen Lockout Time

      140
    • 5.2.10 Configuring the COM Port

      140
      • 5.2.10.1 Changing the COM Port Application

        142
    • 5.2.11 Clearing NVRAM

      142
    • 5.2.12 Enabling/Disabling IP Fragmentation

      143
  • 5.3 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen

    144
  • 5.4 SNMP Community Names Configuration Screen

    146
    • 5.4.1 Establishing Community Names

      148
  • 5.5 SNMP Traps Configuration Screen

    149
    • 5.5.1 Configuring the Trap Table

      150
  • 5.6 Access Control List Screen

    151
    • 5.6.1 Entering IP Addresses

      154
    • 5.6.2 Enable/Disable ACL

      155
  • 5.7 System Resources Information Screen

    156
    • 5.7.1 Setting the Reset Peak Switch Utilization

      157
  • 5.8 FLASH Download Configuration Screen

    158
    • 5.8.1 Image File Download Using Runtime

      162
    • 5.8.2 Configuration File Download Using TFTP

      163
    • 5.8.3 Configuration File Upload Using TFTP

      164
• Port Configuration Menu Screens

  165
  • 6.1 Port Configuration Menu Screen

    166
  • 6.2 Ethernet Interface Configuration Screen

    168
  • 6.3 Ethernet Port Configuration Screen

    172
    • 6.3.1 Selecting Field Settings

      176
    • 6.3.2 Setting the Advertised Ability

      176
  • 6.4 HSIM/VHSIM Configuration Screen

    177
  • 6.5 Redirect Configuration Menu Screen

    178
  • 6.6 Port Redirect Configuration Screen

    180
    • 6.6.1 Changing Source and Destination Ports

      183
  • 6.7 VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen

    184
    • 6.7.1 Changing Source VLAN and Destination Ports

      187
  • 6.8 Link Aggregation Screen (802.3ad Main Menu Screen)

    188
    • 6.8.1 802.3ad Port Screen

      193
      • 6.8.1.1 802.3ad Port Details Screen

        195
      • 6.8.1.2 802.3ad Port Statistics Screen

        201
    • 6.8.2 802.3ad Aggregator Screen

      204
      • 6.8.2.1 802.3ad Aggregator Details Screen

        206
    • 6.8.3 802.3ad System Screen

      208
  • 6.9 Broadcast Suppression Configuration Screen

    210
    • 6.9.1 Setting the Threshold

      211
    • 6.9.2 Setting the Reset Peak

      212
• 802.1 Configuration Menu Screens

  213
  • 7.1 802.1 Configuration Menu Screen

    214
  • 7.2 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu Screen

    216
  • 7.3 Spanning Tree Configuration Screen

    218
    • 7.3.1 Configuring a VLAN Spanning Tree

      221
  • 7.4 Spanning Tree Port Configuration Screen

    222
    • 7.4.1 Enabling/Disabling the Default Spanning Tree Ports

      224
    • 7.4.2 Viewing Status of Spanning Tree Ports

      224
  • 7.5 PVST Port Configuration Screen

    224
• 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screens

  227
  • 8.1 Summary of VLAN Local Management

    228
    • 8.1.1 Preparing for VLAN Configuration

      228
  • 8.2 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screen

    229
  • 8.3 Static VLAN Configuration Screen

    232
    • 8.3.1 Creating a Static VLAN

      234
    • 8.3.2 Displaying the Current Static VLAN Port Egress List

      234
    • 8.3.3 Renaming a Static VLAN

      235
    • 8.3.4 Deleting a Static VLAN

      235
    • 8.3.5 Paging Through the VLAN List

      236
  • 8.4 Static VLAN Egress Configuration Screen

    236
    • 8.4.1 Setting Egress Types on Ports

      238
    • 8.4.2 Displaying the Next Group of Ports

      239
  • 8.5 Current VLAN Configuration Screen

    240
  • 8.6 Current VLAN Egress Configuration Screen

    242
  • 8.7 VLAN Port Configuration Screen

    243
    • 8.7.1 Changing the Port Mode

      246
    • 8.7.2 Configuring the VLAN Ports

      247
  • 8.8 VLAN Classification Configuration Screen

    247
    • 8.8.1 Classification Precedence Rules

      255
    • 8.8.2 Displaying the Current Classification Rule Assignments

      258
    • 8.8.3 Assigning a Classification to a VID

      259
    • 8.8.4 Deleting Line Items

      260
  • 8.9 Protocol Port Configuration Screen

    261
    • 8.9.1 Assigning Ports to a VID/Classification

      263
• 802.1p Configuration Menu Screens

  265
  • 9.1 802.1p Configuration Menu Screen

    266
  • 9.2 Port Priority Configuration Screen

    268
    • 9.2.1 Setting Switch Port Priority Port-by-Port

      270
    • 9.2.2 Setting Switch Port Priority on All Ports

      271
  • 9.3 Traffic Class Information Screen

    271
  • 9.4 Traffic Class Configuration Screen

    274
    • 9.4.1 Assigning the Traffic Class to Port Priority

      275
  • 9.5 Transmit Queues Configuration Screen

    276
    • 9.5.1 Setting the Current Queueing Mode

      279
  • 9.6 Priority Classification Configuration Screen

    280
    • 9.6.1 Classification Precedence Rules

      290
    • 9.6.2 About the IP TOS Rewrite Feature

      293
    • 9.6.3 Displaying the Current PID/Classification Assignments

      294
    • 9.6.4 Assigning a Classification to a PID

      294
    • 9.6.5 Deleting PID/Classification/Description Line Items

      295
  • 9.7 Protocol Port Configuration Screen

    296
    • 9.7.1 Assigning Ports to a PID/Classification

      298
    • 9.7.2 Example, Prioritizing Traffic According to Classification Rule

      299
      • 9.7.2.1 Solving the Problem

        299
  • 9.8 Rate Limiting Configuration Screen

    301
    • 9.8.1 Configuring a Port

      305
    • 9.8.2 Changing/Deleting Port Line Items

      307
    • 9.8.3 More About Rate Limiting

      308
• Layer 3 Extensions Menu Screens

  311
  • 10.1 Layer 3 Extensions Menu Screen

    312
  • 10.2 IGMP/VLAN Configuration Screen

    313
    • 10.2.1 IGMP/VLAN Configuration Procedure

      317
• Module Statistics Menu Screens

  319
  • 11.1 Module Statistics Menu Screen

    320
  • 11.2 Switch Statistics Screen

    322
  • 11.3 Interface Statistics Screen

    324
    • 11.3.1 Displaying Interface Statistics

      327
  • 11.4 RMON Statistics Screen

    328
    • 11.4.1 Displaying RMON Statistics

      331
  • 11.5 Chassis Environmental Statistics Configuration Screen

    332
• Network Tools Screens

  335
  • 12.1 Network Tools

    335
  • 12.2 Built-in Commands

    338
  • 12.3 Example, Effects of Aging Time on Dynamic Egress

    371
  • 12.4 Example, Using Dynamic Egress to Control Traffic

    371
  • 12.5 Special Commands

    372
• VLAN Operation and Network Applications

  373
  • 13.1 Defining VLANs

    374
  • 13.2 Types of VLANs

    376
    • 13.2.1 802.1Q VLANs

      376
    • 13.2.2 Other VLAN Strategies

      376
  • 13.3 Benefits and Restrictions

    376
  • 13.4 VLAN Terms

    377
  • 13.5 VLAN Operation

    379
    • 13.5.1 Description

      379
    • 13.5.2 VLAN Components

      379
  • 13.6 Configuration Process

    380
    • 13.6.1 Defining a VLAN

      380
    • 13.6.2 Classifying Frames to a VLAN

      380
    • 13.6.3 Customizing the VLAN Forwarding List

      380
  • 13.7 VLAN Switch Operation

    381
    • 13.7.1 Receiving Frames from VLAN Ports

      382
    • 13.7.2 Forwarding Decisions

      382
      • 13.7.2.1 Broadcasts, Multicasts, and Unknown Unicasts

        382
      • 13.7.2.2 Known Unicasts

        383
  • 13.8 VLAN Configuration

    383
    • 13.8.1 Managing the Switch

      383
    • 13.8.2 Switch Without VLANs

      383
    • 13.8.3 Switch with VLANs

      384
  • 13.9 Summary of VLAN Local Management

    386
    • 13.9.1 Preparing for VLAN Configuration

      387
  • 13.10 Quick VLAN Walkthrough

    388
  • 13.11 Examples

    393
  • 13.12 Example 1, Single Switch Operation

    394
    • 13.12.1 Solving the Problem

      394
    • 13.12.2 Frame Handling

      396
  • 13.13 Example 2, VLANs Across Multiple Switches

    396
    • 13.13.1 Solving the Problem

      398
    • 13.13.2 Frame Handling

      401
  • 13.14 Example 3, Filtering Traffic According to a Layer 4 Classification Rule

    404
    • 13.14.1 Solving the Problem

      404
  • 13.15 Example 4, Securing Sensitive Information According to Subnet

    405
    • 13.15.1 Solving the Problem

      406
  • 13.16 Example 5, Using Dynamic Egress to Control Traffic

    406
  • 13.17 Example 6, Locking a MAC Address to a Port Using Classification Rules

    408
    • 13.17.1 Solving the Problem

      408
• Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)

  411
  • A.1 Operation

    411
  • A.2 How It Works

    412
• About IGMP

  413
  • B.1 IGMP Overview

    413
  • B.2 Supported Features and Functions

    414
  • B.3 Detecting Multicast Routers

    415
• Index

  417
  • Numerics

    417
  • A

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  • B

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  • C

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  • D

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  • E

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  • F

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  • G

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  • H

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  • I

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  • K

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  • L

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  • M

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  • N

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  • P

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  • Q

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  • R

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  • U

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  • V

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  • W

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