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1. Centralized Server Farm Figure 7 Enterprise Solution XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications INSTALLATION and SETUP Unpacking and Inspection Upon receiving the XM59x inspect the carton for visible external damage If the carton is damaged request that the carrier s agent be present during unpacking and do not destroy the shipping carton After removing the XM59x examine it for obvious physical damage such as dents or dislodged components In case of damage notify the carrier and follow his instructions for damage claims In addition inform your NBase representative immediately providing specific details of the damage The representative will arrange for repair or replacement If necessary retain the carton and packing material for return shipment Installing the XM59x This section outlines the installation and operation of the XM59x The XM59x family are installed in the GigaHUB System occupying either one or two slots depending on the specific card Front Panels The front panels of the XM59x are illustrated below in Figure 9 and 10 The various components LED indications and their functions are identical from panel to panel See Technical Specifications for descriptions of LEDs 1 Captive screw s for attaching XM59x to GigaHUB chassis 2 Extractor handle s for removing card from GigaHUB chassis 3 Global LEDs RUN STA 4 Panel for housing uplink modules 5
2. 100Mbps Server Farm Figure 5 Collapsed Switched Fast Ethernet Backbone NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM GigaHUB Switch with Gigabit Ethernet Extension Modules IF Ethemet Desktop Switching Fast Ethemet Distribution Data Center CEE Ta Del aC ssses n comme s XM598 Switching Card f E ul ey ln Centralized Server Farm Figure 6 Gigabit Ethernet Backbone Solution GigaHUB Switch Switched Fast Ethernet me E Fost Ethernet Distribution gt ai re switched Ethemet ui 4 Ethemet Distribution to J IL fa E ouan a GigaHUB Switch Eeke Switched Fast Ethernet an ou jee 1 fj E L a l AA En Pen 0 yoy yo a a J i q EM jua 2e Eh 5 PTT a XM599 Switching Card 4 il np se LL I g i f i CE s goj i 9 gt a m m Jo u u Switched Fast Ethernet l ae GigaHUB Switch os XM538 Switching Card
3. 2 3 t ee ee 4 t ee 5 6 7 te 8 9 ee Ce 10 f 11 ee ee 12 ee ee get lt filter Usage get lt filter lt mac_address gt This command retrieves the Learn Table filter for the specified MAC Address See above for an example add cf entry Usage add cf entry lock on lock off perm lt mac_address gt lt sport gt lt dport gt This command adds a custom filter learn table entry for the hardware address mac_address lock on indicates that the entry will not be aged out but will be lost upon reset lock off indicates that the entry can be aged out normally perm indicates the filter will be written to NVRAM and restored upon reset sport is a hexadecimal bitmask of incoming ports bit 0 is port 1 bit 1 is port 2 and dport is a hexadecimal bitmask of outgoing ports bit 0 is the management port bit 1 is port 1 Packets arriving at the switch with mac_address destina tion address from any port specified in sport will be transmitted to all ports specified in dport For example SYS_console gt add cf entry lock on 00 00 00 11 11 11 62 108 Add CF LT entry OK CF Entry Update in NVRAM OK SYS_console gt _ will send packets with destination MAC addres
4. 7 t 8 9 _ 10 11 12 SYS_ console gt get vbc matrix Retrieve the current broadcast domain matrix for the switch See above for a description of the resulting table Here though only the broadcast address will be affected SYS_console gt get vbc matrix VBC CONNECTIVITY MATRIX SRC PORT to P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 1 2 3 4 f 5 6 7 8 9 ei e pe a a a 10 11 12 SYS_ console gt 45 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM set vbc domain Usage set vbc domain run nvram all lt port_list gt This command establishes a Virtual broadcast domain port_list is a dash separated list of ports to group into a broadcast domain For example set vbc domain all 2 5 6 7 will create a virtual broadcast domain of ports 2 5 6 and 7 del vcb domain Usage del vbc domain run nvram lt domain_id gt This command deletes a virtual broadcast domain as identified by get vbc tbl get vcb tbl Usage get vbc tbl run nvram This command retrieves the list of defined virtual broadcast d
5. CLI running password changed CLI password change in NVRAM OK Password changed SYS_console gt _ NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM System Commands The System Commands allow the user to display and set the system related parameters sys stat The sys stat command displays general status information about the Ethernet Switch and its SNMP Agent Hardware and Software SYS_console gt sys stat NBase Fibronics Ltd XM59x MegaSwitch II Version V1 1 SNMP Agent Software Version V1 1 Jul 13 1997 08 49 34 SNMP Object ID is lt 1 3 6 1 4 1 629 1 1 5 gt System MAC Address 00 20 1A 01 06 7B Switching Data Base Size 4096 entries Total uptime hundredths of seconds 75048 Total uptime days hh mm ss format 0 days 0 12 30 48 i 1 description Port 1 10 100 BaseTX Ethernet Port status i 2 description Port 2 10 100 BaseTX Ethernet Port status i 3 description Port 10 100 BaseTX Ethernet Port status i description Port 10 100 BaseTX Ethernet Port status i description Port missing status DOWN i f description Port missing status DOWN i description Port missing status DOWN i f description Port missing status DOWN ijt description Port 9 missing status DOWN i f description Port 10 missing status DOWN i 11 description Port 11 missing status DOWN i f 12 description Port 12 missing status DOWN SYS_console gt The screen displays the following information e The device na
6. The XM59x cards combine switched 10Mbps Ethernet and Fast Ethernet technology in a seamless integration of regular Ethernet and the IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX standard making them an ideal base from which to begin migration to Fast Ethernet or create a fully switched Fast Ethernet environment XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Typical Configurations The following four configurations illustrate the versatility and flexibility offered the network administrator by the XM59x family in the creation and management of a powerful corporate network ATM Campus Backbone or Gigabit Ethernet Campus Backbone Building Backbone High Performance Workgroup _ _ NH 2012 MegaSwitch Il 10 100Mops Switcn Megaswitch G 10 100Mbps Ethemet Switch MegaSwitch GX 10 100Mbps Ethemet Switch 100 Mbps Server Farm 10 Mbps Workstations Figure 4 GigaFrame Solution for Building Backbones Tr Dal if 0 p a E B m a Elenet D tibuion L Eihemet Desktop Switching Cm orne COUDE Switched 10080se Fx kaw 1 if 2 Ce Jesus o t ue RE ssl sl le XM599 Switching Card ml m m fe z EE Fost Ethiemet Distioution um m ml
7. test the switch it is necessary to assign an IP Address a netmask and a broadcast address The IP address should be assigned by the Network Administrator in accordance with the existing IP network Set the IP configuration with the set ip conf command SYS_console gt set ip conf 192 1 1 64 255 255 255 0 192 1 1 255 NOTE If the switch has no IP Address then the provided IP Configuration will change the running parameters as well as the NVRAM based database If the switch was already configured for the actual session the parameters will change only the NVRAM database In order to use these new parameters it is necessary to reset the Switch using the lt warm reset gt command You may also use the set ip command eg set ip 192 1 1 64 In this case the Agent will automatically determine the netmask and broadcast address 22 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Testing the Installation After you have completed the installation and configured the IP Address use the Administrative Interface ping command to test for connectivity The ping command sends an echo request to the host specified in the command line For example to test con nectivity from the Switch to a workstation with an IP Address of 192 1 1 1 use the following command BYS_console gt ping 192 1 1 2 SYS console Use CTAL C or ping stop to stop the ping process 192 001 001 002 Alive echo reply id 8495 seg echo data les 6 192 001
8. view our web site or contact NBase for a data sheet The XM59x implements an NBase Enterprise MIB that may be provided upon request 17 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM THE XM59x AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS The XM59x cards comply fully with GigaHUB s management architecture for local or remote access and downloading of firmware updates enabling the SNMP Manager MegaVision NMS to perform all the man agement functions provided by the GigaHUB Front panel LEDs display current status for simplified installa tion and maintenance The XM59x can also be managed locally via the GigaHUB s LCD Details are provided in GigaHUB Management GigaHUB Management The operational status of the XM59x can be monitored on the card s front panel LEDs and on the GigaHUB LCD See Installing the XM59x for details of card status LEDs and Front Panel for details of port status LEDs GigaHUB LCD Card Status Commands Window This window is used for comprehensive XM59x monitoring Access to it is described in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Section 5 4 The status parameters of the XM59x are described in the window as the curser is moved across the LEDs The description for a LED is true if the LED circle is filled black otherwise the complementary possibility is true The descriptions are summarized in Table 1 below which shows the LEDs Channels and LED functions Table 1 XM59x Status using Giga
9. 001 002 Alive echo peply id 6495 seq 2 eche data lsn PING process stopped statistice TCM echo requests a ICMP echo responses a PING process press CR for prompt S_ooneole gt Accessing the Administrative Interface Remotely After configuring the IP address of the Switch the administrative interface can be accessed remotely through Telnet All commands work exactly as if the serial interface were being used Please note that only one con sole session may be active at any given time This means that after the first Telnet session is established all other Telnet connections will be refused until the current session is closed From the serial interface the remote console session may be terminated by pressing lt Enter gt three 3 times 23 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM USING THE ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE This chapter provides instructions for using the XM59x Administrative Interface Features of the Administrative Interface The Administrative Interface provides the following e Configuration of system parameters including the serial line and or the console s parameters e Configuration of the switch s SNMP Agent parameters e Configuration of the ports parameters e Network performance monitoring e A fail safe back up for in band management Entering Commands Enter commands by typing the command name followed by zero or more parameters and pressing lt enter gt For example typi
10. 8 are not seen on the front panel Half Full with auto negotiation and auto sensing Half Full Duplex SM and MM Single port ATM port Full Duplex singlemode and multimode One 100Base Fx with Interswitch VLAN EM594 4 10 100Base ports Backplane connection only XM59x for GigaHUB Note XM598 9 are field upgradable up to twelve 10 100Base ports ATM Forum LAN emulation For upgrading XM594 to XM596 Support for 256 VLANs Slots 5 8 Switching Store and forward Explicit Flow Control In port Inter Switch flow control Only on modules and port 1 Implicit Flow Control In all ports Backpressure Port Mirroring On incoming and outgoing traffic VLAN 256 VLANs Port grouping Cache Aging Time Manageable Custom Filtering By hardware address and port Network Management In band and out of band SNMP w MIB IL private MIB and out of band serial console support Boot and Configuration NVRAM configuration loaded on power up and fully downloadable firmware local remote downloadable Addresses Table Transparent automatic self learning at full wire speed cache aging time manageable custom filtering by hardware address amp port Troubleshooting Startup Diagnostics Self test on power up Run Time Diagnostics Front panel and ESM LEDs CLI NMS MegaVision 15 ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE USER GUIDE NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM OVERVIEW The XM59x contains a built in SNMP agent running on the SNMP Processor Board
11. Diagonal Pin attachment connects a card via the MatrixBus of the slot in which the card resides For example a card located in Slot 2 will connect via MatrixBus 2 to Port 2 of the concentrator card XM59x cards use port 1 for the MatrixBus connections to the concentrator switch An XM59x concentrator switch enables up to ten backplane connections For maximum backplane utilization the switch must be installed in slots 11 12 The combination of backplane connections depends upon the total Power Consumption of the installed cards See Technical Specifications XM594 XM594 XM594 LC372 XM542 XM598 XM599 Oo E D IESi I a LI al LI 338 a im a a m g a g LT J E a BU 3 5 11 12 A a O T R X B U S Figure 3 Combination of Backplane Connections in GigaHUB Matrix Bus Topology XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications To arrive at the configuration in Figure 3 follow the procedure below Switch Connections me From the GigaHUB LCD Main Menu choose Expanded Card Cmds to open the Expanded Card Commands window Verify that Slot 1 and Card XM594 Press NEXT to move to COMD field Scroll UP until COMD Dia
12. ETH10 100 ETH10 100 10 ETH10 100 11 PORT HOT INSTALLED 12 PORT HOT INSTALLED S S_console gt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERSSSSSSSeS The information displayed contains e An interface number e LAN type ETH 10 indicates 10 Mbps Ethernet e Link status ON OFF e Physical Interface Type AUI TP AUI TP AUI amp TP etc e Physical Interface selected AUI or TP default e Full Duplex mode OFF Standard Ethernet default ON Full Duplex e Flow Control has no effect if Full Duplex is enabled ON enabled default OFF disabled set port cfg Usage set port cfg lt port_list gt lt command gt lt param gt This command sets any port configuration The port_1ist parameter is a list of ports as specified in the Port Grouping Commands section command can be one of dplex fctrl speed isvp or state param is a parameter to send to the appropriate command see the other Port Configuration commands for further details command param meaning dplex half set the ports in port_list to half duplex dplex full set the ports in port_list to full duplex ctrl off turns off flow control for all ports in port_list ctrl on turns on flow control for all ports in port_list speed 10 set the ports in port_list to 10Mbps mode speed 100 set the ports in port_list to 100Mbps mode speed asense set the ports in port_list to Autonegotiate mode isvp trunk set the ports in port_list to ISVP trunk mode isvp access set the p
13. This allows each card to be managed from a centralized management station via any SNMP compliant NMS The SNMP agent software complies with the following standards RFC 1155 The Structure of Management Information SMI for TCP IP Based Internets May 1990 RFC 1556 Management Information Base MIB for Network Managers of TCP IP Based Internets May 1990 RFC 1557 The Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP May 1990 RFC 1213 The Management Information Base I MIB II March 1991 RFC 1643 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet like Interface Types RFC 1573 Evolution of the Interfaces Group of MIB II January 1994 RFC 1493 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges July 1993 RFC 793 Transmission Control Protocol RFC 854 Telnet Protocol Specification RFC 1055 Non standard for transmission of IP datagrams over serial lines SLIP January 1988 The SNMP agent utilizes UDP IP RFC 768 RFC950 RFC1071 and RFC791 as OSI layers 3 and 4 protocols ICMP RFC792 and ARP RFC826 to complete the UDP IP protocol suite The UDP IP stack implementation is conformant to RFC 1122 Requirements for Internet hosts communication layers RFC 1123 Requirements for Internet hosts application and support The XM59x may be managed by any SNMP Manager that conforms to the above standards It may be fully managed by MegaVision NBase s multi platform network management system For more information on MegaVision
14. activation IP traffic generator Stop the ping process Retrieves the running default TTL value Modifies the running default TTL value 56 XM59x for GigaHUB SNMP Commands get comm set comm get auth set auth get traps add trap del trap NBase Communications Show current read and or write community Change the read or write community Shows the traps authentication mode Sets the trap authentication mode Show destination stations in the trap list Add destination station to trap list Delete a destination station from trap list Switching Database Commands get sport hex get dport hex get lt age set It age get lt entry get lt 16 find It addr del lt entry del It addr get It filter add lt entry add cf entry del cf entry get nv cftbl get nv cfilt Virtual LAN Commands 57 get con matrix get vbc matrix set vbc domain del vbc domain get vbc tbl set sec vlan del sec vlan get svlan tbl set isvlan del isvlan get isvlan set mon port monitor stop mon get nv mon save mon clear nv mon Convert list of ports to hexadecimal format for use as sport parameter Convert list of ports to hexadecimal format for use as dport parameter Displays the LT aging period Modifies the LT aging period Gets an LT entry at index Gets 16 LT entries starting at a given index Searches for an address in the LT Removes an LT entry at index Removes an LT with a given address Retrieves Learn Table filter for specified M
15. arp entry del arp entry get bootp set bootp ping ping stop get def ttl set def ttl Lists the console commands Lists the console functional keys Display banner Clear console screen Exit the Admin Interface but do not disconnect a Telenet session Exit the Admin Interface and any active Telenet session Change console prompt Change the console password Show system status Show self test level of switch Warm reset of device Cold reset of device Displays information about the last fatal error Initialize NVRAM to default values Retrieves SNMP agent software file name Sets the SNMP Agent Software file name for download Retrieves SNMP agent software remote file name Sets the SNMP Agent Software remote file name for download Retrieves IP address of TFTP server for downloading software by agent Sets IP address of TFTP server for uploading and downloading Begins software download to TFTP server Sets the SNMP Agent Parameters file name for automatic setup Sets the Ethernet frame generator parameters Starts the Ethernet frame generator Stop the frame generator Show current IP address Set IP address Show current IP configuration Set IP address netmask and broadcast Clear IP configuration in NVRAM Show default gateway Define default gateway Display the ARP Table Adds an entry to the ARP table Deletes an entry all entries of the ARP table Retrieves the state of BOOTP process Enable disable BOOTP process
16. between the switch and an IP station It is not intend ed as a traffic generator Thus using the endless ping option is not recommended If you started a long ping issue a ping stop command to stop it successful ping of a reachable host SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 1 10 4 SYS_console gt Use CTRL C or ping stop to stop the ping process 192 168 001 002 Alive echo reply id 2652 seq 1 echo data len 0 192 168 001 002 Alive echo reply id 2652 seq 2 echo data len 0 129 068 001 002 Alive echo reply id 2652 seq 3 echo data len 0 PING process stopped statistics ICMP echo requests 3 ICMP echo responses 3 PING process press lt CR gt for prompt unsuccessful ping of a host SYS_console gt SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 88 2 4 SYS_console gt _ If the host does not respond the console prompt is printed and no output is added Failure to get an echo response from a host may be due to e A bad physical connection e A non existent or inactive host e Network Unreachable no corresponding entry in the routing table e Destination Unreachable the default gateway failed to route the datagram e Outdated ARP table information flush the ARP table with the del arp entry command NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM If there is an active ping process due to a previous long ping command and you try to start a new ping the command fails and an error message is displayed For example
17. equipment attached to the switch is properly configured When working with some 3COM 10Base cards you may have to force the port to operate in 10Base half duplex if your PC does not establish a connection to the network If you encounter any situations or problems you cannot solve obtain if possible the following information The serial number of your card and its hardware address The configuration of the equipment that is being interfaced with the switch The sequence of events leading up to your problem Troubleshooting procedures you have already followed After compiling the above information contact your local NBase representative or a Customer Service Representative In addition if you have specific questions about your network configuration or have a particularly difficult network please call our technical support Tel 972 4 993 6200 972 4 993 6271 or 972 4 993 6257 Fax 972 4 989 2743 E mail support nbase co 1l 13 XM59x for GigaHUB NBase Communications Technical Compatibility IEEE 802 3u Fast Ethernet Standard IEEE 802 1d Bridge Spanning Tree SNMP REC 1157 RMON Groups 1 2 3 FDSE MIB II RFC 1213 Bridge MIB RFC 1493 Electrical Power Consumption XM594 7 SA 5 P U XM596 11A 7 5 P U XM598 12A 8 P U XM599 15 5A 10 5 P U EM590 to EM593 Expansion Modules 2Amax 1 4 P U Connectors UTP RJ 45 100Base TX F O SC 100Base FX Buffers 64KB per port Addresses 4086 entries Diagn
18. frame sizes 3 Bus B test This tests the secondary bus If the test succeeds the SNMP software is copied from the Flash into main memory and is executed If any part of the test fails the system will halt In short mode the switch will wake up after 30 40 seconds depending on the number of ports installed If the test level is none no self test will be performed and the SNMP software will be loaded immediately after the download timeout expires If the test level is long a RAM check will be run on reset and the self test will perform many other tests In this mode the switch will wake up after about 2 minutes NOTE The switch should be disconnected from the network while the long test is executing If the test level is diagnostics the self test will run in interactive mode Typing lt quit gt at the debugger prompt will exit the tester and resume the boot sequence The interactive mode can also be entered by typing three escapes lt Esc gt lt Esc gt lt Esc gt in quick succession after the appears If during boot the boot ROM determines that the flash checksum is bad it will NOT timeout during the download sequence Instead it will wait there ad infinitum until a valid download request is received on the console As before three quick escapes will bring up the interactive self test During the self tests individual tests can be skipped by pressing any key during the test warm reset The warm reset command
19. reset cold or warm detection of an inter face link status change an SNMP authentication failure due to an incorrect community string etc The SNMP trap commands let you manage Whether or not the MegaSwitch issues an authentication trap The list of selected Network Manager Stations to which the switch generated traps will be sent by the SNMP agent The list has a maximum capacity of five entries get auth Displays the Authentication Trap mode enabled or disabled set auth Usage set auth on off This command allows the user to modify the Authentication Trap mode The default value is on meaning that the switch will generate authentication traps Changing the mode to off will cause the switch to avoid sending authentication traps 37 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM get traps Displays the list of traps receiving stations their IP address and trap SNMP community string S S_console gt get traps add trap Usage add trap lt IPaddress gt lt trap community gt The add trap command enters the IP Address of the receiving station and the trap community string that will appear in the trap message S S_console gt add trap 129 1 1 76 rnd Entry 129 1 1 76 rnd added SHMP TRAP TABLE IPADDR COMMUNITY 129 001 001 public 129 001 001 trapcomm 129 001 001 rnd del trap Usage del trap lt IPaddress gt The del trap command can be used to remove a station from the trap table The stat
20. start an endless ping to an unreachable host No response will be received Now try to ping an existing host The second ping will fail because the first one is still active The solution is to use the ping stop command to stop the first active ping process host 129 1 1 1 reachable SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 1 1 SYS_console gt Use ping stop to stop the ping process 129 001 001 001 Alive echo reply id 297 seq 1 echo data len 8 PING process stopped press lt CR gt for prompt SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 88 0 SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 1 1 A ping process is active can t start another one SYS_console gt ping stop host 129 1 1 1 reachable SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 1 1 SYS_console gt Use CTRL C or ping stop to stop the ping process 129 001 001 001 Alive echo reply id 297 seq 1 echo data len 8 PING process stopped press lt CR gt for prompt SYS_console gt _ ping stop Stop the active ping process get def ttl This command returns the running default IP Time To Live value This value between and 255 is the number of seconds this frame will be kept alive by router along its path set def ttl Usage set def ttl lt number gt This command modifies the default Time To Live value number between and 255 will be used as the new value 36 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications SNMP Commands This chapter contains a description of the commands available under the Administrative Int
21. 000 IP Config already defined SYS_console gt set ip conf 129 1 1 67 255 255 255 0 129 1 1 0 Device IP Address unchanged for this session Device IP Address change in the NVRAM OK The device IP configuration in the next session will be IP address 129 001 001 067 IP netmask 255 255 255 000 IP broadcast 129 001 001 000 SYS_console gt _ clear ip cfg This command clears the IP configuration in the NVRAM get gatew Shows default gateway This command shows which default route will be used to access a different IP network set gatew Usage set gatew lt IPaddress gt Sets the default gateway IP Address This command lets you specify the address of the router used to access a different IP network The default value for the default gateway IP address is 0 0 0 0 SYS_console gt set gatew 129 1 1 1 Device Default Gateway change in the NVRAM OK Device Default Gateway changed to 129 1 1 1 SYS_console gt get gatew Device default gateway address is 129 001 001 001 SYS_console gt _ NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM get arp tbl Shows ARP table The ARP table contains information relating IP addresses to MAC addresses and interface numbers S S_console gt get arp th1l IfIndex MAC Address 129 001 001 001 00 40 05 2D 73 9C S S_console gt add arp entry 129 1 1 200 00 40 05 2h 59 ea 1 ARP Table Entry successfully added S S_console gt get arp thl IfIndex MAC Address 129 001 001 001 00 40 05 2
22. 1A 20 20 D9 CUSTOM FILTER 11 00 20 1A 24 20 D9 CUSTOM FILTER 12 00 20 1A 28 20 D9 CUSTOM FILTER 13 00 20 1A 2C 20 D9 CUSTOM FILTER 14 00 20 1A 30 20 D9 CUSTOM FILTER 15 00 20 1A 34 20 D9 CUSTOM FILTER 16 00 20 1A 38 20 D9 CUSTOM FILTER 17 FF FF FF FF FF FF CUSTOM FILTER 18 00 40 05 2D 9D 49 3 19 00 20 C5 00 59 E6 14 7 20 00 00 92 94 01 54 1 21 00 C0 1D 01 06 20 1 22 00 40 05 2B 0A 26 13 23 00 40 05 29 1E DE 4 24 00 40 05 2B 17 37 4 25 08 00 20 76 72 89 2 SYS_ console gt _ 40 XM59x for GigaHUB SYS_console gt get 1t 16 NBase Communications DPORT MGMT Entry MAC Address 26 00 40 05 11 06 AD 27 00 40 05 2B 59 EA 28 00 40 05 2D 99 3A 29 00 40 05 16 80 7C 30 00 00 C0 60 A7 B9 31 00 40 05 1A A1 69 32 00 40 05 29 1E EB 33 00 40 05 2E DF 15 34 00 40 05 28 B4 1A 35 00 40 05 2F 93 A7 36 00 40 33 32 A6 58 37 00 40 05 15 70 5E 38 00 40 05 1A A1 5F 39 00 40 05 28 B7 2A 40 00 40 05 2B 16 3D 41 00 40 05 15 B6 83 SYS_ console gt _ 14 12 12 Note that the first few entries belong to the system These entries contain important information related to the SNMP Agent and should never be modified or removed by the user Also note that entries 18 and onwards are self learned MAC addresses as indicated by the lock OFF and by self OFF These entries were each learned from the port stated in the DPORT field f
23. 29 001 001 076 2 2 PUBLIC 60 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter provides troubleshooting hints for problems you may encounter when trying to manage the XM59x using an SNMP Management System e If your SNMP Manager has trouble communicating with the SNMP Agent in the Switch check your SNMP configuration parameters Your Network Administrator can help determine if your IP configuration IP Address netmask and broadcast address is correct If the SNMP management workstation is on a different network be sure that you have defined an appropriate Default Gateway IP Address see 3 3 e Check the community string configuration by using the get comm command e If you are not receiving any traps check that you have correctly entered the Network Management Workstation address in the trap receiver table Display the table using the get trap tbl command Check that both the IP Address and the community string are correct e If the network management station does not receive authentication failure traps check for the Authentication Mode using the get auth command e Check that you have a correct physical connection to the Switch Test that the Switch port is configured with the desired Physical Interface TP or AUI If you are using the TP interface check the LINK status e Test the connection to the Network Management Station by pinging it Use the Administrative Interface ping IPaddres
24. AC address Adds an LT entry Adds Custom Filter LT entry Deletes Custom Filter entry Displays the NVRAM stored Custom Filters table Displays the NVRAM stored Custom Filters table for a given MAC address Retrieves the VLAN connectivity matrix Retrieves the VBC connectivity matrixmonitor Defines a Virtual Broadcast domain Deletes a Virtual Broadcast domain Displays the Virtual Broadcast domain table Defines a Security Virtual LAN Deletes a Security Virtual LAN Displays the Security Virtual LAN table Establishes a Virtual LAN Deletes the Virtual LAN specified by lan_id Shows the table of defined Virtual LANs Sets monitoring port Sets port monitoring Ends port monitoring Retrieves port monitoring information stored in NVRAM Saves current port monitoring information into NVRAM Clears port monitoring information previously stored in NVRAM NBase Communications get stp set stp get st bcfg get st syscfg get st pcfg set st pcfg set br prio set br maxage set br hellot set br fwdel set prt prio set br enb set br pcost get port cfg set port cfg set port dplex set speed sel set port fctrl set port state set isvp mode get isvp mode clr cnt get eth cnt get colls cnt get rmon cnt get sdist cnt get br cnt get mgm brent XM59x for GigaHUB Spanning Tree Commands Displays the Spanning Tree session state Enables Disables Spanning Tree for the next session Retrieves the Spanning Tree Bridge para
25. Agent The XM59x with an SNMP Agent board installed is a plug and play device Once connected to the network and powered ON the XM59x starts operating according to factory set default values However to ensure proper operation and maximum performance specific to your network configuration and to provide SNMP access some environment specific parameters must be configured through the Administrative Interface Two options exist for managing the XM59x a through the GigaHUB ESM or b through the XM59x card interface for direct communication with the host a ESM Setup Open the GigaHUB ESM LAN Attach window GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Section 5 2 4 3 through the following sequence of windows Main gt System Config gt IP Config gt ESM LAN Attach Select the following attachment mode ESM The XM59x is to communicate through the GigaHUB ESM b Global Setup 1 Connect a terminal to the ESM 2 Log in to the Administrative Interface 3 Initialize all the XM59x parameters to their default values Use the following command sequence init nvram warm reset 4 Wait until you see the LOGIN prompt again Login to the the Administrative Interface Now all system parameters have been initialized to their default values IP Setup 1 Modify the system IP configuration to match your IP network Use the set ip conf command in order to provide an IP address a netmask and a broadcast address for more details see Admin
26. B variable dot 1dStpBridgeForwardDelay RFC 1493 is in units of hundreths of seconds in the range 400 3000 and must be a multiple of 100 set prt prio Usage set prt prio lt port_number gt lt port_priority gt This command sets the Spanning Tree port priority port_number is the decimal port number and port_priority is an integer in the range 1 255 This is equivalent to setting the MIB variable dot1dStpPortPriority RFC 1493 set prt enb Usage set prt enb lt port_number gt enable disable This command enables or disables a port in the Spanning Tree port_number is the integer port number This is equivalent to setting the MIB variable dot dStpPortEnable RFC 1493 set prt pcost Usage set prt pcost lt port_number gt lt path_cost gt This command sets the Spanning Tree port path cost port_number is the integer port number and path_cost is an integer path cost in the range 1 65535 This is equivalent to setting the MIB variable dot1dStpPortPathCost REC 1493 50 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Port Configuration Commands 51 This chapter contains instructions for configuring and displaying the ports parameters with the Administrative Interface get port cfg The get port cfg command displays the current port configuration SYS console gt get port cfg LAN TYPE LINK IF TYPE SPEED SEL LAN SPEED FDPLX FCTRL ETH10 100 ETH10 100 ETH10 100 ETH10 100 ETH10 100 ETH10 100 ETH10 100
27. D 73 9C 129 001 001 200 00 02 A0 D4 9A 57 S S_console gt del arp entry 129 1 1 200 ARP Table Entry with IP Address lt 129 1 1 200 gt removed S S_console gt get arp thl IfIndex MAC Address 129 001 001 001 00 40 05 2D 73 9C SYS_console gt _ Host 129 1 1 1 is add arp entry Usage add arp entry lt IPaddress gt lt mac_address gt lt Interface gt Add entry to ARP table del arp entry Usage del arp entry lt IPaddress gt Deletes entries from the ARP table If an IP address is specified the matching arp entry will be deleted If is specified the entire ARP table will be flushed This command should be used if the network topology has phys ically changed e g if a management station has been moved from one segment to another thus changing its interface number get bootp This command retrieves the current state of the BOOTP process set bootp Usage set bootp enable disable This command enables or disables BOOTP 34 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications 35 Ping Usage ping lt IPaddress gt lt number gt 0 Ping IP address number times or 0 for endless ping The ping process starts sending one datagram per second until number datagrams are sent It prints one line of output for every response that it receives The ping com mand does not return any output if there is no response Normal response time is 1 to 10 seconds The ping command is intended for testing the connectivity
28. Errors Exces Coll Errors Exces Fctrl Errors Receive EOF Receive OK Overflow Errors CRC Errors Alignment Errors Runt Errors Lost Fctrl Errors Too Long Errors S S_console gt _ get colls cnt Usage get colls cnt lt port number gt This command displays the Ethernet collision statistics for port port number This is almost identical to the Ethernet like Collisions Statistics Group of the Ethernet MIB and shows the collision count distribution for this port S S_console gt get colls cnt 1 Ethernet Collision Distribution for port 1 collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision collision S S_console gt _ NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM get rmon cnt Usage get rmon cnt lt port gt Retrieve the RMON statistics group counters for port get sdist cnt Usage get sdist cnt lt port gt Retrieve the RMON statistics packet size histogram for port get br cnt Usage get br cnt lt port number gt This command displays the Switching Statistics Counters for port port number The command displays e Number of packets bytes received e Number of packets forwarded e Number of multicast packets e Number of packets with unknown destination and subsequently multicast e Number of packets transmitted e Number of packets lost if flow control is disabled or number of packets retransmit
29. Fast Ethernet GigaFrame Switch Family XM59x INSTALLATION AND USER GUIDE XM59x for GigaHUB TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Installation and User Guide INTRODUCTION es jccescstceectiviens cyseeite cedars remettent de ve tree dee eens eed ete canted 1 DOSCM DUO Men re ere en AR cree re E ee 1 R EL e E I E T E EEE A A E E 2 The XM59x Family of 10 100 1000 Mbps Switches eeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaes 2 UDIRE sarcir a EEE AAE aA A T 4 Understanding the Backplane Connections 0 eecceceeeenneeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeaneeeeeea 5 APPLICATIONS c cccscccresceeesececnseeeeeseeneseceneeennaseenesanaesnaeceaseeenasaeessenensneeeneseeeesnaeerees 7 Configuring Your NGtwork ss ciccstebsccceghettcncceie srl a nissan AE 7 Typical Configurations svt nine duveviaedveveversdeevv erss 8 INSTALLATION AND SETUP iii 10 Unpacking nd INSP CHON 22e vus es vas sexenpancdeveneved M tes tn mas nds 10 stalling the XM59X esiaren Mobi EEOAE seysseuccdubs sade tente EEE 10 Front Panels avevsc ccccvvecccceeenescteved ccscecteveccivestnescievevnescecvewssucecbed ecctceetnesetdveynewsvevevescceeetnese 10 Installation Sp cifications 2 ssssssssersisses cava vtec svasssuceccassyelacvanssathadeedascecencnedsesecseusseenes 12 TROUBLESHOOTING iiiiccec tics cag Sivas Re eee ee ae eet een 13 SPECIFICATIONS 22 vedic secede va E Eaa E teddies enact en ete eee ieee 14 DEE e E E L T N asnc
30. HUB Card Stat Cmds Window LEDs Giga HUB Card Status Commands Window LEDs Chan 1 Pl P1 Spare P2 Diag jal Spare Spare ir etil Lis Fdplx Detach tan pon Fdplx pak Span ON 100 ON ON Tree Disabl P3 P3 Spare P4 Spare ha Spare Fe ae Fdplx Detach Lik Fe Fdplx ae E P5 P5 Spare P6 Spare ig sh Spare Ft C4 Fdplx Detach Lik Ft Fdplx Cab P7 P7 Spare P8 Spare Spare Spare Spare Fe Zs Fdplx Detach Lik Fe Fdplx ae P9 P9 Spare a Pig P10 Fe er Fdplx Detach re Hk Fdplx Detach ni 100 Hi 3 S 2 1 Bit 0 a Pll Pill Pll Spare 3 i P12 P12 i a ao Fetrl Speed Fdplx Detach Link Fetrl Fdplx Detach ON 100 ON ON 3 Bi 2 1 Bi 0 Cards Status Window This window provides general status information about the XM59x Details are provided in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Section 5 5 3 Cards Type Window This window shows the type of LAN Card identified for each LAN Card in a GigaHUB slot Details are provid ed in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Section 5 2 1 1 18 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Card Versions Window This window shows the XM59x version Details are provided in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Section 5 2 1 2 Serial Buses Per Resource Window This window is used to attach XM59x cards housed in a GigaHUB to Eth100SW resources Details are provided in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manag
31. LEDs for RJ 45 Ports LINK DATA C FDX 6 RJ 45 Ports 7 Connector for attaching XM59x to GigaHUB backplane 8 Female connector for attaching EM594 EM598 and EM599 modules nooo ofan oSCo E 5005 Figure 8 Front Panel View XM594 10 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM XMSG XMSGE AMS Figure 9 Front Panel Views XM596 XM598 XM599 es Om PI 10 To gt Os P4 P5 Figure 10 XM59x PCI board screws 11 XM59x for GigaHUB NBase Communications Installation Specifications The following tools are required to correctly mount the XM59x switch cards 6 flat tip screwdriver 6 Phillips screwdriver Please refer to Figures 9 10 and 11 during the mounting procedure XM59x iB The XM59x is installed in a single slot of the GigaHUB System and is hot swappable Hold the XM594 by the two extractor handles Fig 9 and insert it into its allocated slot in the GigaHUB chassis Upon reaching the GigaHUB backplane push the extractor handles towards each other to secure the XM594 Tighten the two captive screws on the XM594 panel The self test diagnostics for the XM594 will run for about half a minute The RUN and STA LEDs turn ON at Power UP and stay ON for the duration of the diagnostic cycle Upon the successful completion of the self test the STA LED turns OFF If the RUN LED turns OFF but the STA LED is turned ON
32. Os The field is for future use and does not need to be changed at present Default GW IP address of the Default Gateway through which the card communicates with the remote subnetworks The Default Gateway should reside on the local XM59x subnetwork eg Ethernet or FDDI The default value 000 000 000 000 means no Default Gateway Each one of the IP Address and Subnet Mask parameters consists of four bytes in decimal representation Each one of these byte locations is one input field Pressing the NEXT FIELD pushkey advances the cursor in 1 byte steps Pressing the SCROLL UP pushkey increments the decimal value of the byte indicated by the cursor in steps of 1 in cyclic order Pressing the SCROLL DOWN pushkey decrements the decimal value of the byte indicated by the cursor in steps of 1 in cyclic order To increment the decimal value in steps of 10 hold down the SCROLL UP pushkey The incrementation begins at the next decade value eg 20 30 etc To decrement the decimal value in steps of 10 hold down the SELECT FUNCTION and SCROLL DOWN pushkeys The decrementation begins at the previous decade value eg 20 30 etc 19 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM To register and activate the parameter values in the window 1 Move the cursor to the Slot input field and select your choice 1 to 12 2 Move the cursor to the IP Address input field and select the value If the first byte of the IP address is changed the
33. RE DOWNLOADING 62 FROCUING NSIS emna e E EERE EEE Ae ane 62 Proce UTO paer E TE EEEE E R E E RETT 62 APPENDIX B SYSTEM DEFAULT VALUES aeeeeeeeeerierirerrrerrnsriesrrrsrrensre 64 This document and the information contained herein are proprietary to NBase and are furnished to the recipient solely for use in operating main taining and repairing NBase equipment The information within may not be utilized for any purpose except as stated herein and may not be dis closed to third parties without written permission from NBase NBase reserves the right to make changes to any technical specifications in order to improve reliability function or design 1997 NBase Communications MA0250 Rev 01 07 97 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM INTRODUCTION The NBase XM59x is a family of high performance switching cards for GigaFrame a board in the GigaHUB System which functions as a 10 100Base X switch ASIC technology assures superior performance and greater reliability while the cards flexibility enables them to be deployed at both the departmental and enterprise levels When combined with enhanced media and protocol support these features make the XM59x the obvious choice for fully integrated Fast Ethernet networks Description The XM59x family comprising the XM594 XM596 XM598 and XM599 switching cards features a maximum configuration of eight dual speed 10 100 Mbps ports and up to two
34. Subnt Mask value gets adjusted if necessary as soon as the cursor is moved to the second byte of the IP address Move the cursor to the Subnt Mask input field and select the value 4 Move the cursor to the Default GW input field and select the value Press ENTER to register the values Generic information on this window Individual IP Parameters window is given in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Commands Expanded Card Commands Window The following commands are invocable in the Expanded Card Commands window described generically in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Section 5 3 Table 2 Expanded Card Commands Window Commands Parameters Cold Warm Init NVram Enable Disable Enable Disable P 1 Num of Installed ports P 1 Num of Installed ports P1 Num of Installed ports P 1 Num of Installed ports P 1 Num of Installed ports 20 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications ACCESSING THE SNMP AGENT Console Management This section describes how to use the console services to configure and manage the XM59x Connecting to the Administrative Interface The GigaHUB ESM allows access to the CLI facility of a card in the GigaHUB It routes CLI commands from the host eg VT 100 terminal via the GigaHUB Management Bus to the addressed card for decoding emula tion and drives the card responses to the Management Bus The CLI commands and responses are enc
35. The lt name gt parameter is simply a string up to 15 characters to identify the VLAN Names can be duplicate but Tags cannot tag can take any value from 2 to 255 Values 1 and 0 are reserved by the system Adding an ISVLAN will cause the switch to add an SVLAN if necessary so the get svlan tbl command will reflect the new changes In addition an SVLAN created by an ISVLAN cannot be deleted except by deleting the appropriate ISVLAN del isvlan Usage del isvlan run nvram lt lan_id gt This command deletes the Virtual LAN specified by lan_id In addition if necessary the SVLAN associated with this ISVLAN will be deleted If the SVLAN was created directly through the set sec vlan command then it will remain in the system until deleted by the del sec vlan command get isvlan tbl Usage get svlan tbl run nvram This command shows the table of defined Virtual LANs S S_console gt get isvlan thl run RUNTIME InterSwitch Virtual LAW Table VID TAG SVID S S_console gt Here the VID is the 1an_id in the database for use in the del isvlan command TAG is the tag parameter used in the set isvlan command SVID is the number of the Security Virtual LAN associ ated with this ISVLAN which will contain the same ports as the SVLAN ID number listed after the get svlan tbl command NAME is the name parameter used in the set isvlan command Finally the ports which are contained in this VLAN are listed with a T used to represe
36. apsulated in a Data Link Layer DLL frame format Setting Up and Starting the Local Console System Requirements Hardware Requirements e XM59x card e Either a VT100 terminal or a VT100 terminal emulator running on a workstation or PC e Straight through RS 232 cable with a 9 pin male D subminiature connector on one end and an appropriate connector on the other end to attach to the VT terminal or VT100 terminal emulator Software Requirements If you are using a workstation use the VT100 terminal emulation software appropriate for your workstation If you are using a PC to emulate a VT100 terminal you can use the following software e Ina DOS environment MS DOS 3 30 or later PROCOMM PLUS for DOS e Ina Windows environment Microsoft Windows 3 1 or later Windows Terminal or PROCOMM PLUS for Windows NOTE Because of their compatibility and reliability the software combination listed above are recommended Other applications may also provide satisfactory results VT100 Terminal Settings Use the following modem settings when connecting the VT100 terminal or terminal emulator to the XM59x e Press the Setup key identified on the screen s prompt bar and set the parameter values as follows General Setup VT100 Mode Application Keypad Communications Setup Transmit 9600 baud Receive Transmit 8 Bits No Parity No Local Echo e Terminate the setup session by keying Ctrl C NBase Communications XM59x for Gi
37. ecture Reliability Transmission Management Duplex Mode Address Table Security Configuration Telnet NBase Communications Up to eight 10Base T ports and two expansion slots or four 10Base T 100Base TX and six 100Base FX ports Up to two high speed network interface slots for two 100Base TX and two 100Base FX modules or ATM and Gigabit uplinks Parallel store and forward with direct source to destination port transfer Selective flow control selectable on each port prevents packet loss on both Half and Full Duplex ports Up to 110 km with singlemode 100Base FX ports SNMP Spanning Tree and RMON Group 1 3 9 Half Full Duplex selectable on each port Up to 4096 address cache entries Extensive custom filtering table VLAN support Downloadable management system software TFTP or ESM serial or TFTP Provides remote access to Administrative Interface The XM59x Family of 10 100 1000 Mbps Switches XM594 This is the basic card consisting of four steerable auto negotiable 100Base TX ports and one expansion slot The module allows connection of two additional 100Base X ports or one high speed uplink ATM or Gigabit 4x SRJ45 10 100 Mbps Management Front Panel pas Expansion Slot MatrixBus Backplane XM594 Block Diagram NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM XM596 This card consists of the basic XM594 plus one field upgradeable plug in module The module EM594 pro vides four additional 100Base TX po
38. er Section 5 2 1 3 2 The procedure for attach ing an XMS59x to any one or more of the resources is described there as well Slots Assignment Window This window is used to view all the resources allocated to all the LAN Cards in the GigaHUB Details are pro vided in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Section 5 2 1 3 3 ESM LAN Attach Window This window is used to assign the ESM Management Bus or the LAN as the medium of access Details are pro vided in the GigaHUB User s Manual Part B Extended System Manager Individual IP Parameters Window If the XM59x in the displayed slot was already configured the IP parameters are also displayed in the window The window parameters are as follows Slot The number of the GigaHUB slot housing the card whose IP parameters are displayed set up Slots without SNMP Agents are skipped Card Type The type of the card IP Address The 32 bit IP address of the XM59x presented in the format XXX XXX XXX XXX where XXX is the decimal value of an IP address byte The IP Address must be entered for direct card to SNMP_Manager inband communication Subnt Mask Used to extract the Host ID from the IP address in a subnetted network architecture When the cursor is moved out of the first byte of the IP Address input field the Subnt Mask input field value assumes the default mask value for the IP address class A B or C Beast Type The type of broadcast messages all 1s or all
39. erface to set and dis play the SNMP Agent IP and SNMP parameters and databases SNMP Community String Commands SNMP Community strings authenticate access to the Management Information Base MIB Community strings function as passwords embedded in every SNMP packet The community string must match one of the two community strings configured in the switch for the message to be processed There are two community strings one for each of the following types of accesses e read mode gives read access to all the objects in the MIB but does not allow write access e write mode gives read and write access to all objects in the MIB get comm Usage get comm read write This command displays the SNMP community string for a given access mode read or write If the access mode is specified as both the read and the write community strings are displayed SYS_console gt get comm Current read community is lt public gt Current write community is lt private gt set comm Usage set comm read write lt community string gt This command lets you specify the SNMP community string for each of the two access modes read and write SYS_console gt set comm write password New write community is lt password gt SNMP Trap Message Commands When the Switch detects an extraordinary event it generates a trap A trap is a notification message that may be sent to predefined Network Manager Stations A trap event may be a
40. es or disables the BOOTP process ping IP traffic generator ping stop stop the ping process get def ttl Retrieves the running default TTL value Hit any key for more type q to quit SYS console gt User pressed q Finally the user may press lt Tab gt to see the list of commands which start with the text he has already typed eg User pressed lt Tab gt S S_console gt get c Commands matching lt get c gt show current read or and write community get con matrix retrieves the VLAN connectivity matrix get colls cnt gets the collision dist counters per port SYS console gt 25 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM Administrative Interface Command Structure The Administrative Interface has several categories of commands e Console related commands help banner serial line setup console parameters setup etc e System related commands reset commands download commands initialize the NVRAM with defaults etc e IP commands parameter setup parameter and information display etc e SNMP agent related commands parameter setup management and traps options e Switching Database related commands aging time management and Switching Database entry management e Spanning Tree related commands e Virtual LAN commands e Port Configuration related commands e Switching statistics commands Console Commands The console commands contain a set of commands which allow the user to configure the Admini
41. gaHUBTM To start the local console follow the steps below e Connect a VT100 terminal or a VT100 terminal emulator to the Outband DB9 connector on the GigaHUB using a straight through RS 232 cable e Make sure both units are powered on e To establish connection to the CLI as well as to display the GigaHUB CLI Main Menu for the XM59x For Press VT100 terminal BREAK key PC VT100 Terminal Emulator CTRL BREAK key Procomm ALT F7 keys In response to pressing the BREAK key the CLI Main Menu window will display a list of cards having CLIs eg XM59x To select a card move the cursor to the row and press ENTER When the command line appears you can enter the console commands To return to the CLI Main Menu from any other window press the CTRL C key or type logout Configuring the SNMP Agent Logging into the Administrative Interface The Administrative Interface is protected against usage by inappropriate personnel To access the Administrative Interface the Network Administrator has to provide his name and a password Please Login username don password not echoed As configured at the factory the password consists of a null string To enter the first time just press lt Enter gt Once you have logged into the Administrative Interface you may change the password in order to avoid unde sired access Setting the IP Address To manage the MegaSwitch using an SNMP Network Management Application or to use the ping command to
42. ge start fg lt dport gt lt count gt lt rate gt This command starts frame generation dport is a hex bitmap of ports on which to generate traffic For exam ple a dport of 3E will send frames to ports 2 3 4 5 6 count specifies the number of frames to send on each interface A count of 0 specifies an infinite number of packets rate specifies the number of packets per sec ond to generate stop fg This command stops the Ethernet frame generator NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM IP Commands This section lists the IP Configuration commands available to the command line interface It is separated into different sections to allow simpler lookup IP Configuration lists general configuration commands Ping lists commands pertaining to the ping ability of the Agent Address Resolution Protocol lists pertinent features IP Configuration get ip This command shows the device s current IP address if any SYS_console gt get ip no IP Config defined The device has no IP Address defined SYS_console gt _ SYS_console gt get ip IP Config already defined The device IP address is 129 001 001 064 SYS_console gt _ set ip Usage set ip lt IPaddress gt Sets the IP address of the SNMP Agent If no IP address was previously set as is the default factory configura tion the new value will be used immediately and saved into NVRAM Otherwise the new value will only be stored in the NVRAM and the user must exec
43. ghten the two uplink screws reinsert the XM59x card 12 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM TROUBLESHOOTING The XM59x cards are highly reliable If you encounter an operating problem follow the troubleshooting steps below If the problem persists contact your local NBase representative 1 Check if the STA LED is OFF If it is ON invoke Reset for the card in the GigaHUB Card Hardware Reset window The STA LED remains ON during the 10 second diagnostic self test then turns OFF if the unit is operating properly Review all link LEDs to ensure that those ports you believe should be functioning are properly attached to a cable Verify that your cables are wired correctly i e use a UTP crossover cable to connect another MDI X device such as a hub or switch directly to a port Use a straight cable to directly connect a workstation or an NH 2007 Review all link LEDs to ensure that those ports you believe should be functioning are properly configured and not disabled partitioned or attached to an internal bus LINK LED is yellow If the suspect ports are disabled or do not seem to be configured properly reconfigure the port through SNMP management or the Administrative Interface If the ports are connected to the backplane disconnect them and try a connection to another port Review all Full Duplex LEDs to ensure that those ports you believe should be functioning are in the correct mode of operation Ensure that the
44. gonal Port Press NEXT to move to PARAM field Scroll UP until PARAM Enable and press Enter The screen should read Successful execution of command Follow the above procedure for slots 2 3 and 7 making sure that Slot appropriate slot number and Card ID the correct XM59x card installed in that slot Go to Serial Buses screen and select Serial Buses Per Resource option 2 to open the Serial Buses Per Resource window Through this window it is possible to configure each resource to a backplane bus e g Slot 1 Card ID XM594 Res Index 1 Res Type Eth 100SW Connect to bus num 1 Here it is possible to choose the appropriate bus connection The options are 0 for Disconnect or the number of the corresponding slot for Connect Press lt Enter gt to receive confirmation of command process or error message Follow the same procedure as above for each XM59x card slots 2 3 7 making sure that the bus connection corresponds to Slot number Concentrator Connection Go to Serial Buses screen and select Serial Buses Per Resource option 2 to open the Serial Buses Per Resource window Through this window you establish the backplane connection between the concentrator switch in Slot land the other switch cards residing on the matrix bus e g Slot 11 Card ID XM599 Res Index 1 Res Type Eth 100SW Connect to bus num 1 This number should correspond to the slot number of the card to which you are connecting the c
45. gt This command sets the Spanning Tree bridge priority of the Switch priority is an integer in the range 0 65535 This is equivalent to setting the MIB variable dotldStpPriority RFC 1493 49 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM set br maxage Usage set br maxage lt maxage gt This command sets the Spanning Tree bridge MaxAge This is the amount of time between Spanning Tree con figuration messages Note that maxage is in units of seconds in the range 6 40 while the corresponding MIB variable dotidStpBridgeMaxAge RFC 1493 is in units of hundreths of a second in the range 600 4000 and must be a multiple of 100 set br hellot Usage set br hellot lt hello_time gt This command sets the Spanning Tree bridge Hello Time ne110_time is an integer in the range 1 10 Note that hello_time is in units of seconds while the corresponding MIB variable dot1dStpBridgeHelloTime RFC 1493 is in units of hundreths of seconds in the range 100 1000 and must be a multiple of 100 SYS_console gt set br hellot 2 The Bridge Hello Time was changed SYS_console gt set br fwdel Usage set br fwdel lt forward_delay gt This command sets the Spanning Tree bridge Forward Delay This controls the amount of time between the lis tening and forwarding Spanning Tree states and is completely unrelated to the forwarding latency Note that forward_delay is an integer in units of seconds in the range 4 30 while the corresponding MI
46. he change may be made e In the running database so that the new value is used immediately e In the NVRAM meaning that the change will occur only in the next session e In both the running and the NVRAM databases The aging_time is in seconds The factory default value is 300 seconds Use a lower value if the number of active workstations at a given moment is larger than the size of the Switching Database The aging time can be anywhere between and 55 000 seconds 39 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM Virtual Addresses get It entry Usage get lt entry lt index gt Displays the entry at lt index gt in the Switching Database SYS_console gt get lt entry 19 Entry MAC Address LOCK SELF DPORT MGMT 19 00 20 C5 00 59 E6 14 The entry described is e Entry number 19 e MAC Address 00 20 C5 00 59 E6 e Is not a static entry i e it will be aged out lock is off e Is not a system address self is off e The frame will be forwarded only to port 14 e The frame will not be forwarded to the management port mgmt is OFF get It 16 Usage get 1t 16 lt index gt Displays 16 learn table entries starting at lt index gt or to continue from the last displayed index The format of the display is similar to the previous command format If the end of the learn table is reached the parameter will start the list over from the beginning SYS_console gt get 1t 16 10 DPORT MGMT 10 00 20
47. high speed expansion slots These slots are for the EM590 1 2 3 plug in modules which provide capability for FDDI InterSwitch VLAN ATM and Gigabit Ethernet uplinks or serve as two additional 10 100Base TX FX ports Each port on the XM59x can be configured for Full Duplex operation for supporting high end workstations up to 200Mbps point to point connections over standard Fast Ethernet cabling or fiber are possible In addition the F O cards support flow control over Full Duplex links for incomparable quality of service PEREU ESM eee EDD Sle UI a i IL a ae al a gialla a ala al A l g ala a a ala a giallo a olo 8 ad gee 388 g GS a a ces 88e 333 la al a gs je a ia oa a a a a H g Ol a q T a aq a a E E E E E E O Figure 1 General View XM59x Family in GigaHUB System XM59x for GigaHUB Features Versatility High Speed Connectivity Archit
48. ind Ilt addr Usage find lt addr lt mac_address gt Search for a MAC address in the learn table If mac_address is found in the Switching Database an entry description as in the previous commands is displayed S S_console gt find lt addr 00 40 05 2B 16 3D MAC Address 00 40 05 2B 16 3D S S_console gt _ LOCK SELF 41 If the requested MAC address is not in the learn table an error message is displayed SYS_console gt find lt addr 00 40 05 2b 59 66 MAC Address 00 40 05 2b 59 66 not in LT SYS_console gt _ address already deleted NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM del It entry Usage del lt entry lt index gt Deletes the learn table entry at lt index gt If the entry delete was successful or if the entry is not ACTIVE then the command will be successful Deleting entries with the self field set is prohibited since they are system addresses The del lt entry command is very powerful allowing the user to change the entire Switching Database with the exception of the System MAC Address Therefore it should be used with caution SYS_console gt del lt entry 15 Deleting entry at index 15 OK SYS_console gt del lt entry 16 Deleting entry at index 16 OK SYS_console gt del lt entry 1 Deleting entry at index 1 failed SYS_console gt del lt entry 2 Cannot delete a System Address Deleting entry at index 2 failed SYS_console gt _ del It addr Usage del lt addr lt
49. ion IP address must be pro vided SYS_console gt del trap 129 1 1 7 Entry 129 1 1 7 trap comm deleted Switching Database Commands This section contains instructions for managing the Switching Database with the Administrative Interface The Switching Database consists of 1024 or 2048 entries depending on the Switch model Each active entry contains the information relevant to a workstation characterized by its Ethernet MAC Address Each entry con tains the following information e lock If on denoted as a the entry will not be deleted by the switch aging process static entry If off denoted as a this is a dynamic entry that may be automatically deleted by the switch aging process if the workstation is not active during an aging time period e self not user configurable If on denoted as a the entry is a system address Such addresses are the switch s individual and group addresses as well as other addresses added by the management system If off denoted as a the entry contains the MAC address of a station on the connected network 38 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications e dport The destination port to which frames with the stated address will be forwarded Only applied if the address is not a custom filter e The MAC Address contained in an entry or given as a parameter is printed as a 6 byte hexadecimal sequence separated by the sign e g 00 20 1A 00 01 29 e The index contai
50. isable This command enables or disables the Spanning Tree protocol Spanning Tree is enabled by default in accor dance with 802 1d Enabling or disabling Spanning Tree will not take effect until the SNMP agent is reset via warm reset cold reset or a power cycle get st bcfg This command retrieves the Spanning Tree bridge parameters If Spanning Tree is disabled no parameters will be retrieved get st syscfg This command retrieves the Spanning Tree state of all the ports get st pcfg This command retrieves the Spanning Tree port parameter table If Spanning Tree is disabled no parameters will be retrieved set st pcfg Usage set st pcfg lt port_list gt lt command gt lt param gt This command sets any Spanning Tree port configuration The port_list parameter is a list of ports as specified in the Port Grouping Commands section command can be one of prio enb or pcost param is a parameter to send to the appropriate command command param meaning enb enable enable all the ports in port_list disable disable all the ports in port_list prio number set the port priority of all the ports in port_list to number pcost number set the port path cost of all the ports in port_list to number For pcost the range of number is between 0 and 65535 For prio the range of number is between 0 and 255 See the commands set prt enb set prt prio and set prt pcost for further details set br prio Usage set br prio lt priority
51. istrative Interface ZP Commands For example set ip conf 129 1 1 64 255 255 255 0 129 1 1 0 Check that the actual IP configuration matches the desired one SYS_console gt get ip conf The device IP address netmask and broadcast are IP address 5 129 001 001 064 IP netmask 255 255 255 000 IP broadcast 129 001 001 000 2 Set the default gateway address using the set gatew command This should be a station that can route IP packets to non local IP networks For example SYS_console gt set gatew 129 1 1 1 Confirm that the default gateway IP address was properly accepted SYS_console gt get gatew Device default gateway address is 129 001 001 001 59 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM SNMP Setup 1 Set up the SNMP communities strings for the two access modes read and write see SNMP Commands Confirm that the read and write communities were properly accepted SYS_console gt set comm read public New read community is lt public gt SYS_console gt set comm write private New write community is lt private gt SYS_console gt get comm Current read community is lt public gt Current write community is lt private gt SYS_console gt 2 Set up the trap receiver table add the Network Manager Station s that are to receive system generated traps SYS_console gt add trap 129 1 1 76 public Entry 129 1 1 76 public added SNMP TRAP TABLE IPADDR COMMUNITY 129 001 001 065 2 PUBLIC 1
52. istrative Interface Session Any further access will request the user to login again set prompt set prompt lt new_prompt gt The set prompt command allows the user to set a new command line prompt for the Administrative Interface With the prompt command you can set a more meaningful prompt such as a location of the switch or the name of a workgroup The default prompt is SYS_console gt SYS_console gt set prompt R amp D_grp gt CLI prompt change in the NVRAM OK R amp D_grp gt _ set passwd The console requires the user to enter a password in order to log in preventing unauthorized access The set passwd command allows the user to change the console password The system first prompts the user for the original password Then the user is asked to input a new password and then type it again for verification At no time are any of the passwords echoed back to the user If the user enters the old password incorrectly or fails to verify the new password correctly the password will not be changed SYS_console gt set passwd Enter old password not echoed back to screen Enter new password not echoed Enter new password again not echoed New password not verified password not changed SYS_console gt _ If the password change succeeds the system will respond accordingly SYS_console gt set passwd Enter old password not echoed back to screen Enter new password not echoed Enter new password again not echoed
53. lex With full duplex 20 full speed symmetrical streams may be handled simultaneously An Ethernet to Fast Ethernet switch offers the network administrator a possible upgrade path At first the switch can be used simply to segment the existing Ethernet immediately boosting performance Next with the addition of a single 100Mbps NIC a file server can be migrated to Fast Ethernet increasing its availability As needed additional file servers or individual users can be moved to Fast Ethernet while leaving all other parts of the net work running as usual If some of the shared Ethernet segments are still congested but don t warrant a full 100Mbps additional switches may be added to further divide the shared segments creating a collapsed 100Mbps backbone and small switched 10Mbps segments The XM59x s auto negotiating 10 100 ports provide unmatched flexibility because they allow the network administrator to upgrade the network devices to 100Mbps as needed existing 10Mbps hardware is fully compatible with the XM59x Finally if a network s bandwidth needs outstrip even 100Mbps shared workgroups the XM59x can be used to create a fully switched Fast Ethernet network Fast Ethernet works 10 times faster than regular Ethernet Software except for low level drivers which are always card specific works with Fast Ethernet without modifica tion Frames from a device using Fast Ethernet require no translation except for the physical layer conversion
54. loaded by TFTP This name will be sent to the TFTP server to retrieve the software when the sw dnld command is used get tftp srvr This command retrieves the IP address of the TFTP server which the Agent will use to download software see sw dnld and upload paramters see par upld set tftp srvr Usage set tftp srvr lt IP address gt Sets the IP address of the TFTP server used for uploading and downloading sw dnld This command begins the software download process to the TFTP server specified by the set tftp srvr command retrieving the file specified by the set rsw file command get par file This command retrieves the SNMP Agent Parameters file name 30 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications 31 set par file Usage set par file lt filename gt Sets the name of the SNMP Agent parameter file downloaded by BOOTP This filename must match the name of the parameter file on the BOOTP server The format of the parameter file is lt switch_hardware_address gt lt read_comm gt lt write comm gt for example 00 20 1A 00 01 23 public private set fg param Usage set fg param lt dest gt lt source gt lt fill_byte gt lt length gt This command sets the frame generator parameters dest and source are dash separated hardware addresses in hex fill_byte is a single byte used to fill the entire packet except for the first 12 bytes length is the total length of the packet excluding CRC start fg Usa
55. m Commands 5 225 a ees cases cde ene eini S NiS EEEE PAE a AEN 28 IP COMMMAN GS viiia a EE EEE Eaa Aer AE REL a a 32 IPC OMMIQUTAT Onean n ea Eene iseia E T a a aE 32 SNMP COMMANAS 2 58 ane ra sm Ed NE 37 SNMP Community String Commands eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeenaeeees 37 SNMP Trap Message Commands ceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeenaeeees 37 Switching Database COMMAMNAS cceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeaeeees 38 Virtual Addres SES sis adeeves 2 lentes asst enr lee net cest hole tte eeu timide 40 Custom Filtering COMMAMNAS wisc ccccceeccevcesteseedeeedec deecebenedeenebeceveyabinsdvevedaateeesbeevecsiun eave 43 Virtual LAN Comma ms anise vec Ra Rte ans eee nas te ddr cies anse 45 Port Monitoring issu Rester duns icidts Samavent dene tetes tien teens tes 48 SPANNING Troe Command nosses nn MAN er tee td Ads 49 Port Configuration Command see sert asa NS daniel entiers en 51 switching Statistics Commande stone AEA entente AA 53 Console Command Line References 56 USING AN SNMP MANAGER 8c sie 224 anioi eiia andaa oaa dada aiana n i Au dese 59 Configuring the XM59x with an SNMP Agent 59 GIO Dali S StU p cies ctateccecsrect Re en Ress ete taeurentu seduce aan Peters ace tee 59 NPS OUP es ne S ser E went ein 59 SA LU RTE TR E E R EEEE ETR 60 TROUBLESHOOTING iii 61 APPENDIX A SOFTWA
56. mac_address gt Deletes the learn table entry that matches mac_address The command fails if mac_address is not found in the learn table Again as in the previous command caution should be employed when deleting system entries self ON SYS_console gt del lt addr 00 40 05 2b 59 4c Deleting entry with MAC address 00 40 05 2b 59 4c OK SYS_console gt del lt addr 00 40 05 2b 59 4c MAC Address 00 40 05 2b 59 4c not in LT SYS_console gt _ add lt entry Usage add lt entry lt mac_address gt lock on lock off lt dport gt Add a learn entry to the Switching Database The commands parameters are described at the beginning of this chapter Note that dport is a decimal number representing the number of the destination port 42 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Custom Filtering Commands 43 The custom filter entry for an address is shown on the screen as a matrix in the following format Here the SRC column lists the available source ports 1 through the number of ports on the switch Each of the other columns represents an available destination port If a mark is encountered it represents a forwarding path For example as displayed below each source port with the exception of port 3 will forward this frame to port 3 SYS_console gt get lt filter 00 20 1A 00 0A 5C 2 00 20 1A 00 0A 5C LOCK _ ON SELF_ON CUSTOM FILTER SRC PORT to MGMT P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 1
57. me and type e The SNMP Agent Software version and release date e The device SNMP Object ID e The device MAC Address e The system uptime in 1 100 sec as well as in days hours minutes and seconds e The interfaces description and status get stst level This command shows the self test level of the switch set stst level Usage set stst level lt level gt THIS COMMAND SHOULD ONLY BE USED BY A QUALIFIED NBASE ENGINEER This command shows the self test level of the switch There are four levels of self test none short long and diagnostics The self test level is stored in NVRAM 28 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications 29 The default self test level is short In this mode the power up sequence below is followed The OS bootloader boots out of the ROM bank The checksum of the SNMP software flash bank is verified for consistency The bootloader prints a to the serial console It then waits 5 seconds for a download command from a PC running the firmware download software on the serial port If after 5 seconds no download request is detected the bootloader will run the self test out of ROM space The self test then runs in 10 Mbps loopback mode and performs these three tests 1 Loopback test This tests the basic send receive functionality of each port with varying frame sizes 2 Broadcast test This tests the basic forwarding capabilities of the bus by sending broadcast frames from each port with varying
58. meters Retrieves the Spanning Tree System Ports configuration Retrieves the Spanning Tree port parameter table Sets any Spanning Tree port configuration Sets the Spanning Tree bridge priority Sets the Spanning Tree bridge MaxAge Sets the Spanning Tree bridge HelloTime Sets the Spanning Tree bridge Forward Delay Sets the Spanning Tree port priority Sets the Spanning Tree port enable disable Sets the Spanning Tree port path cost Port Configuration Commands Displays the configuration of all ports Sets any port configuration Sets the port mode full or half duplex Sets the port speed 10Mbps 100Mbps or Asense Sets the port flow control mode ON or OFF Enables or disables a port when Spanning Tree algorithm is not running Specifies if given port will operate in ISVP trunk mode or ISVP access mode Retrieves the ISVP mode of the given port number Switching Statistics Commands Clears the switch Ethernet and bridging counters Gets the Ethernet counters per port Gets the collision distribution counters per port Gets the Ethernet RMON counters per port Gets packet size distribution counters per port Gets the switching counters per port Gets the switching counters of the mgmt port 58 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications USING AN SNMP MANAGER This chapter contains instructions regarding the configuration and management of the XM59x with an SNMP Management System MegaVision Configuring the XM59x with an SNMP
59. n XM59x See note above S S_console gt set port fctrl 2 off Port 2 flow control lt off gt Parameter change in HVRAM OK S S_console gt _ set port state Usage set port state lt port number gt enable disable This command can be used to enable or disable a port when the Spanning Tree algorithm is not running When Spanning Tree is running set prt enb should be used instead set isvp mode Usage set isvp mode lt port number gt trunk access This command specifies if the given port will operate in ISVP trunk mode or in ISVP access mode At least one port must be in ISVP trunk mode in order to add InterSwitch Virtual LANs see set isvlan get isvp mode Usage get isvp mode lt port number gt This command retrieves the ISVP mode of the given port number 52 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Switching Statistics Commands 53 This chapter contains instructions for displaying the switching statistics using the Administrative Interface The following commands provide full physical layer information as well as inter port switching statistics clr cnt This command clears the Ethernet and bridging counters get eth cnt Usage get eth cnt lt port number gt This command displays the Ethernet Statistics Counters for port port number This is almost identical to the Ethernet like Statistics Group of the Ethernet MIB S S_console gt get eth cnt 1 Ethernet Statistics for port 1 Under flow
60. ned in the following commands is an integer number between and the maximum size of the Switching Database Table 1024 or 2048 The first section Virtual Addresses lists commands relevant to standard MAC Addresses such as determining the behavior of the switch when presented with a particular address The second section Custom Filtering lists commands pertinent to the Custom Filtering capabilities of the XM59x get sport hex Usage get sport hex lt port_list gt This command converts a list of ports to hexadecimal format for use in the add cf entry or del cf entry com mands as the sport paramater See the Port Grouping Commands section for details on the format of the port_list parameter get dport hex Usage get dport hex lt port_list gt This command converts a list of ports to hexadecimal format for use in the add cf entry command as the dport paramater See the Port Grouping Commands section for details on the format of the port_list parameter get It age Displays the Switching Database Aging Time in seconds The Aging Time is the time out period for aging out dynamically learned forwarding information entries An entry whose MAC address does not appear in the source field of an incoming packet for a period equal to the Aging Time is discarded The default value for the Aging Time is 300 seconds set It age Usage set lt age run nvram all lt aging_time gt Lets the user modify the Switching Database Aging Time T
61. ng lt banner gt lt enter gt at the command prompt displays the Administrative Interface logo Items typed in courier are to be typed literally or read directly from the screen Italicized items are variables and represent values For example lt Paddress gt represents an IP address in dotted decimal notation as 123 1 2 3 Items in the Times New Roman font this font appearing on a line are hints to the user not actually displayed on the screen Items in and separated by represent alternatives for the argument get comm read write means you can type one of get comm read get comm write get comm If you enter a command incorrectly a message is displayed indicating the type of error that occurred For exam ple typing a nonexistent command gives the following message SYS_console gt pin command lt pin gt not found If the command exists but the number of parameters is incorrect the following message is displayed SYS_console gt ping too few arguments To get an explanation of the command s parameters add a question mark after the command name SYS_console gt ping ping IP traffic generator arg 0 destination IP address arg 1 number of packets to send or 0 for endless ping SYS_console gt ping _ XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Note that the command is reprinted after the prompt and the user has only to add the necessary parameters If a question mark is added afte
62. nt a port in trunk mode Port Monitoring 47 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM set mon port Usage set mon port lt port gt This command sets the port to be monitored port is a decimal port number All traffic from this port will be duplicated on the monitoring port specified by the monitor command monitor Usage monitor lt port gt This command sets the monitoring port All traffic from the port specified by set mon port will be duplicated On port port is a decimal port number stop mon This command ends port monitoring get nv mon This command retrieves the port monitoring information stored by the save mon command in the NVRAM save mon This command saves the current port monitoring information including set mon port and monitor commands into the NVRAM so that the monitoring will be restarted upon device reset clear nv mon This command clears the port monitoring information previously stored in the NVRAM with the save mon command 48 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Spanning Tree Commands Spanning Tree automatically configures a loop free topology in a bridged environment The Spanning Tree agent is implemented in conformance to the IEEE 802 1d standard Listed below are the configuration commands pertinent to the operation of the Spanning Tree algorithm get stp Retrieve the current state of Spanning Tree Options are enable or disable set stp Usage set stp enable d
63. omains SYS_console gt get vbc tbl run RUNTIME VIRTUAL BROADCAST DOMAIN TABLE VBC ID P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 1 SYS_ console gt set sec vlan Usage set sec vlan run nvram all lt port_list gt This command establishes a Security Virtual LAN The arguments are identical to set vbc domain The ports in a Virtual LAN are only allowed to send and receive packets from other ports in the same Virtual LAN del sec vlan Usage del sec vlan run nvram lt lan_id gt This command deletes the Virtual LAN specified by 1an_ia get svlan tbl Usage get svlan tbl run nvram This command shows the table of defined Virtual LANs SYS console gt get svlan thl run SECURITY YIRTUAL LANs TABLE SVLAN ID Pi P2 P3 P4 PS P PT P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 SYS_console gt 46 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications set isvlan Usage set isvlan run nvram all lt port_list gt lt tag gt lt name gt This command establishes a Virtual LAN The first two arguments are identical to set vbc domain The ports in a Virtual LAN are only allowed to send and receive packets from other ports in the same Virtual LAN You must include at least one trunk port see the set isvp mode command in the Virtual LAN and there can be no sharing of ports like in Security Virtual LANs The lt tag gt parameter sets an identifier for the VLAN This number must uniquely identify the VLAN to all devices on the network
64. oncentrator switch Press lt Enter gt to receive confirmation of command process or error message Follow the same procedure as above for each resource index slots 2 3 7 making sure that the bus connection corresponds to Slot number To verify that the bus connection for each slot is correct make sure that Index Connect to bus num NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM APPLICATIONS Typical network applications for the XM59x would include interlinking Fast Ethernet hubs interlinking 10 100 workgroup switches and 10 and 100Mbps Ethernet segments creating a Fast Ethernet backbone driving high bandwidth application servers connecting 10 100 networks with ATM or Gigabit backbone WAN connections connecting to other GigaHUB cards such as XM542 XM53x the LC372 Repeater and other XM59x cards Configuring Your Network Links to a File Server Intense client server traffic on the LAN may limit overall network performance Fast Ethernet allows the file server to communicate at 100Mbps to a 10 100 switch such as the XM59x which then distributes the traffic to several 100Mbps ports or 10Mbps ports Links Between Switches Links that run at more than 10Mbps are essential between switches If the link between two switches is at 10Mbps then only one full speed Ethernet stream can be handled at a time With the 100Mbps connection of Fast Ethernet 10 full speed Ethernet streams can be handled simultaneously using half dup
65. orporate backbone LAN Emulation Client EM593 Provides a single port of Gigabit Ethernet connectivity allowing for super fast 1 Gbps backbones O O O O Col Fdx O OFc Mgmt O O Fe Mgmt O O Fe Mgmt O O Fe Colfax Q Ofc Link OS100 Link O Osync Link O Osync Link O Osync a 5 En xmt O O Rev x O O 5 O OR 5 O OR E Co Fx Q OFc Col Fdx O O Fc Link O Os100 Link O OS100 Xmt O ORcv xmt O O Rev E EM591 Ix EM591 FO EM591 V O NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM Understanding the Backplane Connections The XM59x switch operates in the MatrixBus topology of the GigaHUB platform By allowing the backplane connection of other GigaHUB cards the XM59x streamlines a company s network eliminating the need for superfluous stand alone units The XM59x serves as a concentrator switch while all other cards are Diagonal Pin connections configured through ESM The following cards can be connected to the XM59x through the MatrixBus backplane XM53x 10Base T switch with Fast Ethernet and FDDI connectivity must be HW Revision 7 0 or higher Connection to a concentrator XM59x card requires an EM537S module XM542 16 port 10Mbps switch with Fast Ethernet connectivity in both Half and Full Duplex connection is via the internal Fast Ethernet port of the card see XM542 User Guide LC372 12 port Fast Ethernet repeater card see LC372 User Guide for connection specifications XM59x All other members of the XMS59x family
66. orts in port_list to ISVP access mode state enable enables all ports in port_list state disable disables all ports in port_list NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM set port dplex Usage set port dplex lt port_number gt half full The set port dplex command specifies if the given port will be active in full duplex or in half duplex Standard Ethernet mode The default is half duplex S S_console gt set port dplex 2 full Port configured in lt full duplex mode Parameter change in HVRAM OK S S_console gt _ NOTE 10Mbps Full Duplex and Flow Control are mutually exclusive Full Duplex Flow Control operation is only available on 100Mbps connections between two XM59x cards set speed sel Usage set port sel lt port number gt auiltplasel This command specifies if port number will negotiate a 10Mbps or 100Mbps connection or auto select NOTES If the switch is having difficulty auto negotiating the wire speed use this command to set the correct value Asense and Full Duplex are mutually exclusive You must choose a line speed before selecting Full Duplex set port fctrl Usage set port fctrl lt port number gt onloff This command specifies if the given port will have the flow control feature enabled on or disabled off The default is flow control enabled on If the port is in Full Duplex mode the status of the flow control option has no effect unless the connection is 100Mbps and both ports are on a
67. ostics 100Base Ports LINK Green Indicates external link Yellow Indicates backplane link DATA Green Indicates Rx or Tx activity C FDX Green Blinking indicates collision Green Constant indicates Full Duplex Global RUN Green Card Status LEDs see pg 12 STA Amber Card Status LEDs see pg 12 EM59x Green Indicates presence of EM59x Performance Filter Forward Rate 800 000 800 000 pps Aggregate Bandwidth 1 Gbps Learning Rate 360 000 pps Physical HxDxW Weight Mounting XM594 300 x 276 x 35 mm lt 1kg One GigaHUB slot 12 x 11 x 1 4 lt 2 2 lb XM596 300 x 276 x 35 mm lt 1 5 kg One GigaHUB slot 12 x 11 x 1 4 lt 3 3 Ib XM598 9 300 x 276 x 70 mm lt 1 5 kg Two GigaHUB slots 12 x 11 x 2 8 lt 3 3 Ib Environment Operating Temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Storage Temperature 40 C to 50 C 14 F to 122 F Humidity 85 maximum non condensing Standards Compliance UL 1950 CSA 22 2 No 950 VCCI FCC Part 15 Class A CE 89 336 EEC 73 23 EEC NBase Communications General Characteristic External Ports Count XM594 4 10 100Base Tx XM596 4 10 100Base Tx XM598 8 10 100Base Tx XM599 10 10 100Base Tx Fx Backplane Ports XM594 up to 4 100Base TX XM596 up to 8 100Base TX XM598 up to 8 100Base TX XM599 up to 10 100Base TX Modules Two 10 100Base Tx Two 100Base Fx One ATM OC 3 155Mbps One Gigabit Description Half Full with Autonegotiation and Autosensing steerable to backplane Ports 5 to
68. r the first parameter then the same explanation is provided and the previous com mand including the provided parameters is redisplayed SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 7 ping IP traffic generator arg 0 destination IP address arg 1 number of packets to send or 0 for endless ping SYS_console gt ping 129 1 1 7 The Administrative Interface provides a history of the last commands In order to obtain the last command in the the command history press lt gt or Ctrl P at the prompt To correct a command line you may use the following special keys see the help kbda command lt gt orCTRL P for the previous command CTRL W to delete the previous word CTRL U to erase the entire line When as a result of a command more than one screen full of text is to be printed the user may continue to scroll or stop the process S S_console gt ip IP related commands show current IP address set IP address get ip conf show current IP configuration set ip conf set IP address netmask and broadcast set slip set slip IP address get slip get slip IP address get slip conf show current IP configuration set slip conf set IP address netmask and broadcast get gatew show default gateway set gatew define default gateway get arp tbl display the ARP table del arp entry deletes an entry all entries of the ARP thl add arp entry add an entry to the ARP table get hootp retrieves the state of the BOOTP process set bootp enabl
69. red in non volatile memory 44 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Virtual LAN Commands Virtual LANs can be used to limit the broadcast domain and to establish virtual workgroups e run indicates that only the currently running configuration is changed Changes are not restored after a reset e nvram indicates that only the configuration stored in non volatile memory is changed Changes will not take effect until a reset e all indicates that both the currently running configuration and the non volatile configuration is changed Changes will take effect immediately and will be restored after a reset get con matrix Retrieve the current connectivity matrix for the switch A table similar to the one displayed above Custom Filters is displayed Here the first column is the source port The other columns are destinations to which frames from a given source port determined by which row may be forwarded Unlearned addresses will be for warded to all destinations marked with a in the source port s row Learned addresses will be forwarded to their destinations only if the destination is marked with a in the source port s row Filtered ports are marked with f SYS_console gt get con matrix VLAN CONNECTIVITY MATRIX SRC PORT to Pl P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 1 2 3 4 f 5 6
70. resets the SNMP Agent software without resetting the Switch Nevertheless the Switch configuration is changed according to the values stored in the NVRAM This command will permit the user to refresh the Switch configuration after a change of the NVRAM parameters The statistics counters are also reset by the warm reset command cold reset This command causes the switch to cold reset Cold reset is equivalent to power cycling the Switch get last err This command retrieves the most recent system failure for diagnostic purposes SYS_console gt get last err System information since the last hardware reset Software resets number 0 The system never encountered a fatal error SYS_console gt _ NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM init nvram This command resets the non volatile RAM on the SNMP Agent to default values get sw file This command retrieves the SNMP Agent Software file name set sw file Usage set sw file lt filename gt Sets the name of the file downloaded by TFTP This name must match the name of the agent software file on the TFTP server When TFTP is used the per packet retransmission time out value on the server must be increased to 10 seconds since the SNMP Agent must first erase its flash EEPROM which takes about 30 seconds get rsw file This command retrieves the SNMP Agent Software remote file name set rsw file Usage set rsw file lt filename gt Sets the name of the remote file down
71. rts through a backplane connection only Together the cards occupy one GigaHUB slot and offer eight 100Base ports and one slot for high speed expansion Selectors Management Bus Expansion Slot MatrixBus Bac lp ne EM594 XM596 Block Diagram XM598 Occupying two GigaHUB slots this card offers eight 100Base TX steerable auto negotiable ports and two slots for high speed expansion Selectors 4x SRHS 4x SRHS 10100 Mbps 10100 Mbps Panel Management Front Panel Front Bus Expansion Slot Expansion Slot MatrixBus Back hne EM 98 XM598 Block Diagram XM599 This card occupies two GigaHUB slots and consists of four 100Base TX and six 100Base FX ports as well as an expansion slot 6 x Duplex SC 100 Mbps Switch A SICs F iP 1 3M594 Slot ront Fane wind Expansion Slot MatrixB us Backplane EM599 XM599 Block Diagram XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications Uplinks The following uplinks supported by the XM59x high speed interface slots serve various application requirements EM591 TX Two 100Base TX ports auto negotiation flow control and full duplex support EM591 FO Two 100Base FX ports extends Fast Ethernet networks to over 100 km link distance with a 200 Mbps backbone EM591 IV Adds InterSwitch VLAN capabilities implemented as a single 100Base FX port ideal for configuring secure workgroups across multiple switches EM592 Provides one 155Mbps ATM port for interlinking Ethernet LANs over an ATM c
72. s 00 00 00 11 11 11 from source ports 2 6 and 7 62 in hex is 0 11000 1 0 in binary to destination ports 3 and 8 108 in hex is 1 0000 1000 in binary All other ports receive a value of 00 meaning that they are filtered For example a packet with MAC address 00 00 00 1 1 1 1 11 with a source port other than sport will be filtered unless there was a previous filter for this MAC address and source port NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM For example you may check the above custom filter entry with the get lt filter command S S_console gt get lt filter 00 00 00 11 11 11 69 00 00 00 11 11 11 LOCK ON SELF OFF CUSTOM FILTER P10 P11 P12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 S S_console gt del cf entry Usage del cf entry run nvrun lt mac_address gt lt sport gt This command deletes the custom filter learn table entry for address mac_address from source port sport The run option indicates that the entry will only be deleted from the current running table nvrun indicates that the entry should be removed from the non volatile memory as well as from the current running table get nv cftbl Usage get nv cftbl This command displays the Custom Filter table stored in non volatile memory NVRAM CUSTOM FILTERS TABLE 1 00 00 00 11 11 11 SYS_console gt get nv cfilt Usage get nv cfilt lt mac_address gt This command retrieves the Custom Filter associated with mac_address from the Custom Filter table sto
73. s count number e Ifthe network s physical topology has changed recently e g a Network Management Station has been moved from one segment to another the ARP cache may be out of date You can use the del arp entry command to flush the cache 61 NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM APPENDIX A SOFTWARE DOWNLOADING Requirements e Diskette with software file to be downloaded e DOS station host management console VT100 terminal or VT100 terminal emulator or UNIX host eg Sun Sparc e TFTP program Operational XM59x Procedure NOTE Do not remove card or perform Reset if problems are encountered during the TFTP procedure Wait for the end of the time out and restart the TFTP procedure If this option fails call NBase Technical Support 1 Insure that an IP Address is assigned according to the selected attachment mode ie ESM IP Address for GigaHUB ESM LAN IP Address for XM59x 2 Insure that the host and XM59x are interconnected according to the selected attachment mode ie ESM Inband GigaHUB s RJ 45 connector attached to a LAN accessible by the host Outband GigaHUB s SLIP RS 232 DB9 connector attached to the host LAN XM59x attached to a LAN accessible by the host 3 Insert the diskette with the software file into the host drive 4 Select Create a directory into which to copy the software file and enter this directory 5 Copy the software file into a file with the name according to the selected a
74. strative Interface parameters and user interface 9 Typing at the Administrative Interface prompt displays a list of all the available commands and a short expla nation about each Typing in one of the names on this list will yield a list of the commands under that topic SYS_console gt Commands groups are console system ip snmp switch db vlan port cfg statistics sp tree Console related commands System related commands IP related commands SNMP related commands Switching Database related commands Virtual LANs related commands Port Configuration related commands Switching Statistics related commands Spanning Tree related commands use for prev cmd U to clr line W to clr previous word SYS_console gt help kbd This command lists the console function keys SYS_console gt help kbd or P AU W SYS_console gt for a list of the commands for previous command to clear the line to clear the previous word 26 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications 27 banner The banner command will display the MegaSwitch NBase Administrative interface logo clear The clear command will clear the screen and display the prompt login The login command will exit the Administrative Interface but will not disconnect a Telnet session This allows the user to test a password or other activity without reconnecting logout The logout command will finish the actual Admin
75. t is a TFTP prompt gt trace ie display trace output to user gt timeout 100 ie timeout interval set to 100 seconds gt put lt software file name gt ie send software file to to XM59x GigaHUB where the bold italicized alphanumerics are typed in by the user 63 NBase Communications APPENDIX B SYSTEM DEFAULT VALUES console password prompt system SW file name Parameter file name BOOTP TTL snmp Read Community Write Community Authentication Mode Traps Managers switch db Aging Time port configuration port duplex port select port flow control spanning tree Spanning Tree Bridge priority Bridge Max Age Bridge Hello Time Bridge Forward Delay Port Priority Port Cost NONE SYS_console gt flash12 hex param 12 hex disable 10 in range 1 255 public private enable NONE 300 seconds HALF AUTO ON enable 32768 0 65535 20 6 0 40 0 sec 2 1 0 10 0 sec 15 4 0 30 0 128 0 255 1000 LAN speed Mbps XM59x for GigaHUB 64
76. te A A A E EE TE 14 E E E A E E T EE E E E N O 15 Part Il Administrative Interface OVERVIEW hate than channel a et a ea 17 THE XM59x and NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 18 GIGAHUB Managements scsccccsseeegescceeees stunt dessin nsc EREA ne deu eneuustt eae 18 Giga HUB LUGD SR med e a Reset en tes e ner n ter des t ded 18 COMMANAS scssi sets assises ester ner tnt etant teen dott besevoubi nese EA AEAEE N 20 ACCESSING THE SNMP AGENT iii 21 Console Mana gome ssid AREE Yeutl mn d le sadeveues mane b0 ma dunt nade 21 Connecting to the Administrative Interface 21 Setting Up and Starting the Local Console ceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseeeeeees 21 Configuring the SNMP Agent iii 22 Logging into the Administrative Interface eeeceeeeeeneeeeeeeneeeeeeenaeeeeeeenaeeeeeneaneeeeeiaa 22 Setting the IP AUNES Suia scenes kee vee Dect sant ns nde N Raes 22 Testing the Installations cisssscccscesdeccccueeviecedesviten a AANEEN sires 23 Accessing the Administrative Interface Remotely cceceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeneeeeeenaaes 23 NBase Communications NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM USING THE ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE 24 Features of the Administrative Interface 24 Ent ring COMMAS erinin enna snnene da en ntte te trie ein 24 Administrative Interface Command Structure 0 ceeeseeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeseeaeeeeeeeaees 26 Console Commands 2252 80 ht dirt a ends PR E Dines AAAA 27 Syste
77. ted by the originator due to the flow control if flow control is enabled e Number of packets bytes forwarded to port lt n gt Note that if lt n gt equals lt port number gt then the number of packets bytes represents filtered frames S S_console gt get br cnt 1 Ethernet Switching Counters for port 1 Received OK Bytes Received Frm Filtered Frm to all ports Frm multicast Frm lost fctrl Bytes Tr OK Forward to port S S_console gt _ 54 XM59x for GigaHUB 55 get mgm brent Retrieve the counters for the management interface S S_console gt get mgm brcnt Management Port Counters Frm Received Bytes Received 2710566 Frm Filtered i 12907 Frm Received Bcast 14205 Frm Transmited 29047 Frm Transmit Ucast 2487 Frm Transmit Mcast 26560 Frm Transmit Bcast Received from port S S_console gt _ 228120 228120 228120 0 228120 228120 228120 425219 NBase Communications NBase Communications XM59x for GigaHUBTM Console Command Line Reference Console Commands help kbd banner clear login logout set prompt set passwd Sysytem Commands sys stat get stst level set stst level warm reset cold reset get last err init nvram get sw file set sw file get rsw file set rsw file get tftp srvr set tftp srvr sw dnld set par file set fg param start fg stop fg IP Commands get ip set ip get ip cfg set ip cfg clear ip cfg get gatew set gatew get arp tbl add
78. the self test has failed During normal operation RUN ON and STA ON indicates a global error Self test Diagnostics RUN STA ON ON Self test in progress ON OFF Normal Mode OFF ON Self test failed ON BLINKING Waiting for download On the GigaHUB LCD open the Expanded Card Commands window to verify that the XM594 appears indicating that the GigaHUB has identified it Upgrading from XM594 to XM596 The XM596 consists of the basic XM594 card and the EM 594 module It is installed in a single slot of the GigaHUB chassis and is hot swappable l 2 3 4 5 Remove the XM594 module from the GigaHUB chassis Change the name sticker on the top extractor handle Fit the EM594 module onto the XM594 card by aligning the EM594 male connector with the XM594 female connector P4 P5 The EM594 female spacers should fit into S10 and S11 Secure the EM594 module with screws on the print side of the card Insert the XM596 back into the GigaHUB slot as per XM594 instructions above NOTE The XM598 and XM599 cards are not field upgradable Expansion Modules GigaHUB Chassis MegaSwitch II EM590 NH 2002FD EM591 TX NH 2002MP EM591FO x NH 2002FO x EM591MV x NH 2002MV x EM592ATM NH 2002ATM EM593 S1 NH 2002GE The following instructions are correct for the installation of all expansion modules 1 Remove the XM59x card from the GigaHUB chassis unscrew and remove the blank panel 2 Slide the uplink into the slot along its runner 3 Ti
79. ttachment mode ie ESM FLASH12 Sxx where S must be upper case and xx are two digits designating the number of the slot housing the XM59x Example If the slot is 3 then the file name must be FLASH12 S03 LAN Flash12 hex where hex must be lower case 62 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications 6 Perform TFTP as follows e Select the total timeout for the TFTP transfer retries to be 100 seconds if possible not necessary for PCs e Select binary transfer mode if the code is in ASCII equivalent to octet in UNIX code e Using the TFTP protocol send the file to be loaded into Flash memory to the IP address of the XM59x if downloading is to be executed via the LAN or GigaHUB if downloading is to be executed via the GigaHUB ESM When the file transfer is completed the XM59x automatically resets itself and reboots with the downloaded software in about two minutes Verify that the software has been downloaded by opening the GigaHUB Card Versions window through the following sequence of windows Main gt System Config gt Cards Config gt Card Versions NOTE If the downloading is to be repeated for a new slot insure that the file name includes the new slot number Step 5 above On a UNIX system for example the TFTP session would look as follows tftp lt GigaHUB IP Address gt ie start a tftp session for GigaHUB where is the host Operating system prompt gt mode octet ie send as binary file where g
80. ute a warm reset to effect the change get ip cfg This shows the complete current IP configuration address network mask and broadcast address SYS_console gt get ip cfg no address defined The device has no IP Address defined SYS_console gt SYS_console gt get ip cfg address previously defined The device IP address netmask and broadcast are IP address 129 001 001 064 IP netmask 255 255 255 000 IP broadcast 129 001 001 000 set ip cfg Usage set ip cfg lt IPaddress gt lt netmask gt lt broadcast gt Sets IP address network IP address and broadcast IP address If no IP configuration was previously set as is the default factory configuration the new values will be used immediately and saved into NVRAM If a previous IP configuration was being used the new configuration will be saved in NVRAM for the next session In order to use the newly defined values immediately reset the system using the warm reset command 32 XM59x for GigaHUBTM NBase Communications 33 NOTE If the IP configuration is not specified the agent will not respond to any in band requests including ping messages No IP Config defined SYS_console gt set ip conf 129 1 1 64 255 255 255 0 129 1 1 0 Device IP Address set for this session Device IP Address change in the NVRAM OK The device IP configuration in the next session will be IP address 129 001 001 064 IP netmask 255 255 255 000 IP broadcast 129 001 001

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