Asante 8000 Operation & User’s Manual

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Introduction ..................................................................................1-1 IntraCore Architecture Overview .................................................1-1 The Core Switching Engine .....................................................1-1 Infrastructure Connectivity .......................................................1-2 Network Management, Security, Performance, and Control ...1-2 The IntraCore Product Family .....................................................1-3 The IntraCore 8000 .....................................................................1-5 Expansion Modules ....................................................................1-5 8-port 10/100 Switch Module ...................................................1-5 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module ..............................................1-6 Features ......................................................................................1-7 Defaults and Specifications ........................................................1-9 LEDs .........................................................................................1-10 Installation and Setup ..................................................................2-1 Installation Guidelines .................................................................2-1 Power Requirements ...............................................................2-1 Environmental Requirements ..................................................2-1 Cooling and Airflow ..................................................................2-1 Installation Overview ...................................................................2-2 Chassis Installation/Placement ...................................................2-3 Installation in an Equipment Rack ...........................................2-3 Free-Standing/Desktop Placement ..........................................2-4 Stacking Switches .......................................................................2-5 Installing Port Expansion Modules ..............................................2-7 Installing GBIC Interfaces ........................................................2-8 Connecting Power ......................................................................2-9 Connecting to the Network .......................................................2-10 10/100BaseX Ports Cabling Procedures ...............................2-10 1000BaseX Ports Cabling Procedures ..................................2-11 Configuring for Management ....................................................2-11 BootP Configuration ..............................................................2-11 Connecting To a Console ......................................................2-12

Out-of-Band Management .................................................... 2-13 In-Band Management ........................................................... 2-14 Configuration ............................................................................... 3-1 Local Management Interface ...................................................... 3-2 Logging In ............................................................................... 3-2 Main Menu .............................................................................. 3-3 Viewing General Information ...................................................... 3-4 Configuration Menu .................................................................... 3-6 System Administration Configuration ......................................... 3-8 Current Settings ...................................................................... 3-8 Changing System Administration Info ..................................... 3-8 System IP Configuration ............................................................. 3-9 Current Settings .................................................................... 3-10 Changing System IP Information .......................................... 3-10 Bootstrap Configuration ............................................................ 3-11 Loading Software Locally ...................................................... 3-12 Loading Software Remotely .................................................. 3-13 SNMP Configuration ................................................................. 3-16 Current Settings .................................................................... 3-17 Changing Community Strings ............................................... 3-17 Enabling Authentication Traps .............................................. 3-18 Adding or Updating a Trap Receiver ..................................... 3-18 Deleting a Trap Receiver ...................................................... 3-19 Port Configuration .................................................................... 3-19 Viewing Legends for Configuration Settings ......................... 3-21 Current Port Settings ............................................................ 3-22 Enabling or Disabling a Port ................................................. 3-22 Configuring Auto-Negotiation ................................................ 3-23 Configuring a Port Manually .................................................. 3-24 Configuring 1000BaseX Ports ............................................... 3-25 Advanced Port Configuration ................................................... 3-27 Current Settings .................................................................... 3-29 Setting the Maximum Broadcast or Multicast Rate ............... 3-29 Enabling or Disabling 802.3x Flow Control ........................... 3-30 Setting Port Default Priority ................................................... 3-31 Global Port Configuration ......................................................... 3-31

Current Settings .....................................................................3-34 Displaying the Forwarding Database .....................................3-34 Searching for a MAC Address ...............................................3-36 Setting the MAC Address Age-Out Time ...............................3-37 Image File Downloading Configuration .....................................3-38 Image Downloading Through TFTP ......................................3-39 Serial Downloading Configuration .........................................3-42 System Reset Configuration .....................................................3-45 Current Options .....................................................................3-46 Resetting the IntraCore 8000 ................................................3-46 Scheduling a System Reset ..................................................3-47 Viewing the System Log ...........................................................3-47 Clearing the System Log .......................................................3-48 User Interface Configuration .....................................................3-49 Current Settings .....................................................................3-49 Setting Console Idle Time-out Period ....................................3-51 Setting Telnet Idle Time-out Period .......................................3-51 Changing the Password ........................................................3-51 Enabling or Disabling the Web Server ...................................3-52 Viewing Statistics ......................................................................3-52 Advanced Management ...............................................................4-1 Spanning Tree Protocol ..............................................................4-1 Overview ..................................................................................4-1 How It Works ...........................................................................4-2 Enabling and Disabling STP ....................................................4-2 Configuring Spanning Tree Parameters ..................................4-3 Current STP Settings ...............................................................4-5 Spanning Tree Port Configuration ...........................................4-6 Setting Port Priority and Path Cost ..........................................4-6 SNMP and RMON Management ................................................4-7 RMON Management ................................................................4-8 Security Management .................................................................4-9 Current Settings .....................................................................4-10 Duplicated IP Detection and Trap ..........................................4-11 Enabling and Disabling Station Movement Trap ...................4-12 Configuring Port Security .......................................................4-13 Configuring Port New Node Detection Trap ..........................4-14