Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 6800 Operation & User’s Manual

10460 Bandley Drive Cupertino, California 95014 (888) 257-3000 http://www.extremenetworks.com BlackDiamond User Guide Published: September 1998 Part number: 101000-00 Rev. A ...

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1-1 Summary of Features 1-3 Full-Duplex 1-4 Load Sharing 1-4 Virtual LANs (VLANs) 1-4 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 1-5 Quality of Service (QoS) 1-5 IP Unicast Routing 1-6 IP Multicast Routing 1-6 Network Configuration Example 1-6 Factory Defaults 1-8 2 ACCESSING THE SYSTEM Understanding the Command Syntax 2-2 Syntax Helper 2-2 ...

2-8 Default Accounts 2-9 Changing the Default Password 2-9 Creating a Management Account 2-10 Viewing Accounts 2-10 Deleting an Account 2-11 Methods of Managing the BlackDiamond 2-11 Using the Console Interface 2-12 Using Telnet 2-12 Connecting to Another Host Using Telnet 2-12 Configuring System IP Parameters 2-13 Using a BOOTP Server 2-13 Manually Configuring ...

Configuring a Slot 3-1 Specifying One or More Ports 3-3 Enabling and Disabling Ports 3-3 Configuring Port Speed and Duplex Setting 3-4 Turning Off Autonegotiation for a Gigabit Ethernet Port 3-4 Port Commands 3-4 Load Sharing 3-7 Configuring Load Sharing 3-7 Verifying the Load-Sharing Configuration 3-9 Port-Mirroring 3-9 Port-Mirroring Commands 3-10 Port-Mirroring Example 3-10 4 VIRTUAL LANS (VLANS) Overview of Virtual LANs ...

Overview of the FDB 5-1 FDB Contents 5-1 FDB Entry Types 5-1 How FDB Entries Get Added 5-3 Associating a QoS Profile with an FDB Entry 5-3 Configuring FDB Entries 5-3 FDB Configuration Examples 5-4 Displaying FDB Entries 5-5 Removing FDB Entries 5-6 6 SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL (STP) Overview of the Spanning Tree Protocol 6-1 Spanning Tree Domains 6-1 Defaults 6-2 STP Configurations 6-2 Configuring STP on the BlackDiamond 6-5 Con ...

7-9 Sample Egress Mode QoS Configuration 7-10 Displaying QoS Information 7-10 Resetting QoS 7-11 8 IP UNICAST ROUTING Overview of IP Unicast Routing 8-1 Router Interfaces 8-2 Populating the Routing Table 8-3 Dynamic Routes 8-3 Static Routes 8-3 Multiple Routes 8-4 Proxy ARP 8-4 ARP-Incapable Devices 8-4 Proxy ARP Between Subnets 8-5 IP Multinetting 8-5 IP Multinetting Operation 8-6 IP Multinetti ...

9-4 RIP Version 1 versus RIP Version 2 9-4 Overview of OSPF 9-5 Link-State Database 9-5 Areas 9-5 Area 0 9-6 Stub Areas 9-6 Virtual Links 9-7 Unicast Route Distribution 9-9 Configuring RIP 9-9 RIP Configuration Example 9-11 Displaying RIP Settings 9-13 Resetting and Disabling RIP 9-14 Configuring OSPF 9-14 OSPF Configuration Example 9-17 Configuration for ABR1 9-19 Configuration for IR1 9-19 Displayin ...

Status Monitoring 11-1 Slot Diagnostics 11-8 Port Statistics 11-9 Port Errors 11-10 Port Monitoring Display Keys 11-11 Logging 11-11 Local Logging 11-13 Real-Time Display 11-13 Remote Logging 11-14 Logging Commands 11-14 RMON 11-16 About RMON 11-17 RMON Features of the BlackDiamond 11-17 Statistics 11-17 History 11-17 Alarms 11-18 Events 11-18 RMON and the BlackDiamond 11-18 Event Actions 11-19 12 USING EXTREMEWARE VI ...

Downloading a New Image 13-1 Rebooting the System 13-2 Saving Configuration Changes 13-3 Returning to Factory Defaults 13-3 Using TFTP to Upload the Configuration 13-4 Using TFTP to Download the Configuration 13-5 Boot Option Commands 13-5 A SUPPORTED STANDARDS B TROUBLESHOOTING LEDs 9 Using the Command-Line Interface 10 VLANs 12 STP 14 INDEX ...

1-2 1-2 BlackDiamond network configuration example 1-7 4-1 Example of a port-based VLAN 4-3 4-2 Single port-based VLAN spanning two switches 4-4 4-3 Two port-based VLANs spanning two BlackDiamond systems 4-5 4-4 Physical diagram of tagged and untagged traffic 4-7 4-5 Logical diagram of tagged and untagged traffic 4-8 4-6 Network example using GVRP 4-9 4-7 Protocol-based VLANs 4-12 6-1 Multiple Spanning Tree Domains 6 ...

1-8 2-1 Command Syntax Symbols 2-4 2-2 Line-Editing Keys 2-5 2-3 Common Commands 2-6 2-4 Default Accounts 2-9 2-5 IP Host Configuration Commands 2-16 2-6 Supported MIBs 2-19 2-7 SNMP Configuration Commands 2-20 2-8 SNMP Reset and Disable Commands 2-22 2-9 Ping Command Parameters 2-22 3-1 Port Commands 3-5 3-2 Port Combinations for the G4X Module 3-8 3-3 Port Combination ...

7-8 8-1 ESRP Commands 8-11 8-2 Basic IP Commands 8-12 8-3 Route Table Configuration Commands 8-14 8-4 ICMP Configuration Commands 8-15 8-5 Router Show Commands 8-18 8-6 Router Reset and Disable Commands 8-20 9-1 RIP Configuration Commands 9-9 9-2 RIP Show Commands 9-13 9-3 RIP Reset and Disable Commands 9-14 9-4 OSPF Configuration Commands 9-14 9-5 OSPF Show Commands 9-20 9-6 OSPF Reset and Disable Co ...

XV Preface This Preface provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, and lists other publications that may be useful. INTRODUCTION This guide provides the required information to configure the BlackDiamond™ system and software. This guide is intended for use by network administrators who are responsible for installing and setting up network equipment. It assumes a basic working knowledge of the following: • L ...

PREFACE If the information in the “Release Notes” shipped with your switch differs from the information in this guide, follow the “Release Notes.” CONVENTIONS Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide. The command syntax is explained in Chapter 2. Table 1: Notice Icons Icon Notice Type Alerts you to... Note Important features or instructions. Caution Risk of personal injury, system damage, ...

XVII RELATED PUBLICATIONS RELATED PUBLICATIONS The BlackDiamond documentation set includes the following: • BlackDiamond Hardware Installation Guide • BlackDiamond Quick Reference Guide • BlackDiamond “Release Notes” Documentation for Extreme Networks products is available on the World Wide Web at the following location: • Extreme Networks home page http://www.extremenetworks.com/ ...

1-1 1 BlackDiamond Overview The BlackDiamond 6800 is a chassis-based system that is designed to be placed in the core of your network. The BlackDiamond system is flexible and scalable, making it easy for you to meet the changing requirements of your network. The combination of BlackDiamond systems and Summit switches delivers a consistent end-to-end network solution that provides non-blocking architecture, wire-speed switching, wire ...

BLACKDIAMOND OVERVIEW Figure 1-1: BlackDiamond 6800 system 50014 SYS MSTR ENV ERR CONSOLE MODEM PCMCIA 51010 3 4 2 1 STATUS DIAG AMBER GREEN FLASHING GREEN = = = ACTIVITY LINK OK DISABLED 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 A B 5 6 7 8 51010 3 4 2 1 STATUS DIAG AMBER GREEN FLASHING GREEN = = = ACTIVITY LINK OK DISABLED 4 3 2 1 50014 SYS MSTR ENV ERR CONSOLE MODEM PCMCIA 51020 3 4 5 6 2 1 STATUS DIAG AMBER GREEN FLASHING GREEN = = = ACTIVITY LINK OK ...