Nortel Ethernet Switch 325-24G
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1. RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB RFC 2665 Ethernet MIB RFC 2737 Entity MIBv2 RFC 2819 RMON MIB RFC 1757 RMON RFC 1271 RMON RFC 1157 SNMP RFC 2570 SNMPv3 RFC 2571 SNMP Frameworks RFC 2573 SNMPv3 Applications RFC 2574 SNMPv3 USM RFC 2575 SNMPv3 VACM RFC 2576 SNMPv3 RFC 2572 SNMP Message Processing RFC 791 IP RFC 792 ICMP RFC 793 TCP RFC 783 TFTP RFC 826 ARP RFC 768 UDP RFC 854 TELNET RFC951 Bootp RFC 2236 IGMPv2 RFC 1112 IGMPv1 RFC 1945 HTTP v1 0 RFC 2138 RADIUS RFC 894 IP over Ethernet RFC 2674 Q MIB Environmental Operating temperature O to 40 C 32 to 104 F Storage temperature 25 to 70 C 13 to 158 F Operating humidity 10 to 85 maximum relative humidity noncondensing Storage humidity 10 to 95 maximum relative humidity noncondensing Operating altitude Up to 3 024 m 10 000 ft above sea level Storage altitude Up to 3 024 m 10 000 ft above sea level Input voltage AC version 100 to 240 VAC 47 to 63 Hz Input power consumption AC version 46 W maximum Input current AC version 2 A 120 VAC 1A 240 VAC Maximum thermal output 75 BTU hour Safety agency approvals e UL EN60950 UL 1950 and CSA 22 2 No 60950 e IEC 60950 EN60950 CB report and certificate with all national deviations e C22 2 No 950 CUL with all national deviations e UL 94 V1 flammability requirements for PC board e NOM 019 Technical specifications c2. OT TON DO TNN NN108820 05 24 0 6 NORTEL Includes European Schuko power cord common in Austria Belgium Finland France Germany The Netherlands Norway and Sweden In the United States Nortel 35 Davis Drive Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA In Canada Nortel 8200 Dixie Road Suite 100 Brampton Ontario L6T 5P6 Canada In Caribbean and Latin America Nortel 1500 Concorde Terrace Sunrise FL 33323 USA In Europe Nortel Maidenhead Office Park Westacott Way Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 3QH UK Phone 00800 8008 9009 or 44 0 870 907 9009 In Asia Pacific Nortel Nortel Networks Centre 1 Innovation Drive Macquarie University Research Park Macquarie Park NSW 2109 Australia Tel 61 2 8870 5000 In Greater China Nortel Sun Dong An Plaza 138 Wang Fu Jing Street Beijing 100006 China Phone 86 10 6510 8000
3. mouse click provides access to the RMON statistics for the failing Ethernet port supporting that end node These solu tions provide visual and statistical tools necessary to quickly resolve network events or to manage performance in real time The Ethernet Switch 325 switches support syslog capability that helps in troubleshooting network issues 802 lab auto topology Nortel s Ethernet Switch 325 family supports the 802 lab auto topology standard in addition to Nortel auto topology 802 lab provides a method for the switch and other devices that support 802 lab within the LAN to advertise their identification configura tion and capabilities to neighboring devices Each 802 lab supporting device saves the information they learn inter nally which allows the network manage ment system to model the topology of the network by interrogating each device Simple Network Time Protocol Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP allows you to configure the switch to synchronize Universal Coordinated Time UCT to an accuracy of one second This feature adheres to the IEEE RFC 2030 MIB is the sSagent With this feature the system can obtain the time from any RFC 2030 compliant NTP SNTP server Additionally the Ethernet Switch supports the capability to modify the time zone reported by the switch and automatically adjust the time for daylight savings RMON Network management begins with the device Ethernet Switch 325
4. 612G a remote switch by exchanging informa tion with the remote switch before a trunk group is formed Either switch can accept or reject the aggregation request with the far end on a per port basis A link that cannot join a trunk group operates as an individual link 802 3ad provides an industry standard method for bundling multiple links together to form a single trunk between two networking devices Trunks that conform to the 802 3ad standard are Link Aggregation Groups LAGs The maximum number of LACP based trunk groups on a switch in either standalone or stacked configuration is six with a maximum of four ports allowed for each trunk group Multi Link Trunking Multi Link Trunking MLT enables grouping of links between an Ethernet Switch 325 and another switch or a server to provide greater bandwidth with active redundant links see Figure 4 The Ethernet Switch 325 models support up to six MLIs per switch with up to four ports per MLT Port security IEEE 802 1x For added security Ethernet Switch 325 models support the 802 1x based secu rity feature EAP Based on the IEEE 802 1x standard EAP limits access to the network based on user credentials A user is required to login to the network using a username password the user database is maintained on the authenti cation server not the switch EAP prevents network connectivity without password authorization for added security and control in
5. NORTEL Product Brief Nortel Ethernet Switch 325 gt Cost effective desktop switching for small and medium enterprises and branch offices gt Easy to use gt Uplink connectivity for server or backbone connections gt Easy Web based management gt 1U high compact design with low power consumption Small and medium enterprises are faced with different challenges to larger enterprises When it comes to networking equipment they are looking for gt Minimal time for set up gt Plug and play capability gt Opportunities to improve employee productivity gt Potential for gaining competitive advantage gt Ability to save money Combining small rack space with low per port pricing for a cost effective switching solution the Nortel Ethernet Switch 325 family formerly known as BayStack 325 Switch is designed to meet the requirements of small to medium sized enterprises and branch offices that consider price to be a predominant deci sion factor when acquiring networking functionality such as desktop switching ease of management as well as fast and easy set up Through an extensive feature set which can be easily implemented using either the Web based GUI the CLI or an SNMP management station customers save significant time during the initial set up as well as throughout the life of the switch Nortel Ethernet Switch 325 models are standalone 10 100 Mbps Layer 2 Ethernet switches fea
6. alization No power cord included Includes power cord commonly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland Includes power cord commonly used in Japan Includes North American power cord Includes Australian power cord also commonly used in New Zealand and the People s Republic of China TIGA I Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience ignite and power global commerce and secure and protect the world s most critical information Serving both service provider and enterprise customers Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing end to end broadband Voice over IP multimedia services and applications and wireless broadband designed to help people solve the world s greatest challenges Nortel does business in more than 150 countries For more information visit Nortel on the Web at www nortel com For more information contact your Nortel representative or call 1 800 4 NORTEL or 1 800 466 7835 from anywhere in North America Nortel the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks Microsoft Windows XP is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their owners Copyright 2006 Nortel Networks All rights reserved Information in this document is subject to change without notice Nortel assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document MAMADOU AAT AC UA AA O
7. f the 2 10 100 ports on the switch the switch port automatically can detect the signal on the cable and configures itself This feature eliminates the need for an MDI MDI X port any port may be used for connection to a hub or another switch Full autosensing on every port Every UTP port on the Ethernet Switch 325 models is equipped with autosensing technology to automatically detect and support the speed and mode of a connected device The ports determine whether a connected device is operating at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps and automat ically adjust to the optimal speed Each of the switched ports can also automati cally detect and support full duplex connections to servers power user end stations or other switches as well as half duplex connections to legacy NICs or hubs High speed uplink ports The Ethernet Switch 325 24G provides two 10 100 1000BASE T ports in the front of the unit that provides high speed connections to backbone switches Or Servers Custom Auto Negotiation Advertisements CANA This feature enables the network manager to tune the capabilities that a particular Ethernet port can advertise via auto negotiation The capabilities include half duplex and full duplex modes with speeds of 10 100 and 1000 Mbps Auto negotiated Ethernet ports establish a connection based upon the highest common capabilities This feature is implemented by using CLI commands and saves the network manager from having
8. itch 325 model with IEEE 802 1p DSCP recognition This feature enables the possibility to map the DiffServ Code Point DSCP field within the ingressing IP frames to one of the eight possible values of the 802 1p priorities Broadcast Rate Limiting Broadcast Rate Limiting allows you to configure threshold limits on the switch for either broadcast or multicast packets ingressing on a port for a given time interval in packets per second If the configured threshold exceeds on a port the switch will drop extra packets received No SNMP trap or syslog is generated in case of congestion Switch management Ethernet Switch Operating System Software Ethernet Switch Operating System Software for Ethernet Switch 325 switches is a single software image that is used for both Ethernet Switch 325 models The Ethernet Switch Operating System Software platform is supported across all other Nortel switches for seamless inte gration into the network Username and password authentication The Ethernet Switch 325 provides local switch management using username and password authentication The network manager can assign Read Only or Read Write privileges to different users for management access to the switch Java Device Manager The process of configuration begins with a single device but finishes across multiple devices Java Device Manager is the device configuration tool for those functions that require communicating wi
9. mands to recreate that configura tion It provides the ability to view and store the switch configuration in a text editable format The generated file can be stored on an external server and also used to restore the switch configuration Port naming alias This feature gives the ability to name or specify a text string for each port to enable easy identification of the connected users LED indicators The LED indicators on the front panel make it easy to monitor the switch and port status and help in isolating and diagnosing switch problems Network management Enterprise Switch Manager Enterprise Switch Manager ESM is a Java based real time configuration management application for Nortel Ethernet products including Ethernet Switch 325 switches It enables network managers to discover view and configure more than 500 network devices and their physical links on a topology map Configuration is stored in NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory Fault management and resolution With Enterprise Network Management System ENMS the network manager has quick access to the information required to manage and isolate all network events on Ethernet Switch 325 switches Tools such as Physical Topology View inform the network manager of how a particular event is affecting the physical connectivity within the network The End Node Locate tool provides the ability to locate a failing end node and with one
10. n Width 43 82 cm 17 25 in Depth 22 91 cm 9 02 in Performance Switch fabric bandwidth 16 Gbps Frame forwarding rate Ethernet Switch 325 24T 3 6 million packets per second Mpps Ethernet Switch 325 24G 6 6 million packets per second Mpps Switched 10 Mbps forwarding rate 14 880 pps maximum Switched 100 Mbps forwarding rate 148 810 pps maximum Switched 1000 Mbps forwarding rate 1 488 810 pps maximum Memory 16MB memory architecture shared by all ports 4MB Flash Memory 16MB SDRAM Address database size 8 000 entries at line rate Addressing 48 bit MAC address Frame length 64 to 1518 bytes IEEE 802 19 Untagged 68 to 1522 bytes IEEE 802 1Q Tagged Interface options 10BASE T 100BASE TX RJ 45 8 pin modular connectors for Auto MDI MDI X interface with auto polarity 10BASE T 100BASE TX 1000BASE T RJ 45 8 pin modular connectors for MDI X Network protocol and standards compatibility IEEE 802 3 10BASE T ISO IEC 8802 3 Clause 14 e IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX ISO IEC 8802 3 Clause 25 e IEEE 802 3u Autonegotiation on Twisted Pair ISO IEC 8802 3 Clause 28 e IEEE 802 3x Flow Control on the Gigabit Uplink ports e IEEE 802 3z Gigabit IEEE 802 1d MAC Bridges ISO IEC 10038 e EEE 802 1p Prioritizing e EEE 802 10 VLAN Tagging e IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol e IEEE 802 3ad manual static e EEE 802 3ad LACP e IEEE 802 1s e IEEE 802 1w RFC support RFC 1213 MIB II RFC 1493 Bridge MIB
11. ontinued Electromagnetic emissions Meets the following standards e US CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B Class A e Canada ICES 003 Issue 3 Class A e Australia New Zealand AS NZS 3548 1995 Class A A1 1997 A2 1997 class A e Japan VCCI V 3 02 04 class A e Taiwan CNS 13438 Class A e Europe EN55022 1998 A1 2000 EN61000 3 2 2000 EN61000 3 3 1995 A1 2001 CISPR 22 1997 A1 2000 Class A Electromagnetic immunity Ethernet Switch 325 meets the EN55024 1998 A1 2001 standard Ordering information Order number Description AL2012 45 Ethernet Switch 325 24T with 24 10BASE T 100BASE TX ports includes rack mount kit AL2012 46 Ethernet Switch 325 24G with 24 10OBASE T IOOBASE TX ports plus 2 1OBASE T IOOBASE TX 1000BASE T ports includes rack mount kit AL2011013 Console Cable for use with Ethernet switches Maintenance Services ordering information Order number Description GW5300777 Software Release Subscription Services Basic GU5300777 Software Release Subscription Services Plus GE5300777 Technical Support Service GL5300777 Return amp Replace Service GF5300777 Managed Spares Services Pack Next Business Day GH5300777 Managed Spares Services Pack 4 Hour 7x24 GJ5300777 Managed On Site with Spares Services Pack Next Business Day GN5300777 Managed On Site with Spares Services Pack 4 Hour 7x24 et The seventh character of the switch order number must be replaced with the proper code to indicate desired product nation
12. or new installations or when a switch has failed this feature saves time in reconfiguring another switch Additionally the Ethernet Switch 325 models allow you to make changes to the configuration of the switch and if those configurations changes are incor rect the switch will re boot after a user pre defined amount of time and restore the original configuration using the new reload command Nortel Command Line Interface NNCLI The NNCLI is used to automate general management and configuration of Ethernet Switch 325 models NNCLI provides a common industry look and feel to the CLI commands thus helping to reduce training and operational costs The NNCLI is used through a Telnet session or through the serial port on the console ASCII configuration file Ethernet Switch 325 models can down load a user editable ASCII configuration file from a TFTP server The ASCII configuration file can be loaded auto matically at boot time or on demand using the management systems console menus or CLI Once downloaded the configuration file automatically config ures the switch or stack according to the NNCLI commands in the file This feature allows the flexibility of creating command configuration files that can be used on several switches or stacks with minor modifications ASCII configuration file generator This feature works by reading the current configuration on the switch and generating the appropriate NNCLI com
13. ork When multiple paths exist the switch will automatically place some ports on standby to form a network with the most efficient traffic pathways avoiding the continual looping of frames Figure 4 Multi Link Trunking MLT MLT with load balancing and fail over protection for uninterrupted access to servers or the network center k Server Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP or IEEE 802 1w defines how to reduce the recovery time after a network break down It also maintains backward compatibility with IEEE 802 1d which was the Spanning Tree implementation prior to RSTP In certain configurations the recovery time of RSTP can be reduced to one second RSTP also reduces the amount of flooding in the network by enhancing the way Topology Change Notification TCN packet is generated Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol MSTP or IEEE 802 1s allows you to configure multiple instances of RSTP on the same switch Each RSTP instance can include one or more VLANs Link Aggregation Control Protocol Link Aggregation LA allows you to create and manage a trunk group You can control and configure a trunk group automatically through the use of the Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP The LACP defined by the IEEE 802 3ad standard allows a switch to learn the presence and capabilities of Ethernet Switch 325 24G i Ethernet Routing Switch 1
14. physically non secure areas It is used where the network is not 100 percent physically secure or where physical security needs enhancement for example banks trading rooms or classroom training facilities EAP supports client access to the network and interoperates with Microsoft Windows XP and other compliant 802 1x clients MAC address based security BaySecure MAC address based security allows authentication of all access not only to the switches for management and configurations but also access to the infrastructure through these switches This software feature limits access to only network authorized and trusted personnel including full tracking of network connections With BaySecure network access is granted or denied via proper MAC address identification up to a maximum of 448 Destination Address DA filtering DA filtering allows the use of the MAC address based security feature BaySecure to configure the switch to drop all packets with specified MAC DAs You can enter up to 10 specific MAC DAs you want filtered Traffic management and QoS 802 1p priority queuing 802 1p priority queuing is standards based and enables priority to the order in which the switch forwards packets on a per port basis For example if messages from a specific segment are crucial to the network the switch port connected to that segment can be set to a higher priority level Up to four queues can be set on an Ethernet Sw
15. switches support four groups of Remote Monitoring RMON on all ports and are SNMPv1 v2 and v3 compliant The four groups of RMON are Alarms Events History and Statistics RMON2 support is achievable via port mirroring and the use of an external probe The SNMP agent software resides in the switch and uses the information it collects to provide management for all ports in the stack providing comprehen sive network monitoring capabilities SNMPvI1 and v2 support Full SNMP manageability is supported across the Ethernet Switch 325 family Users can configure SNMP communi ties as well as establish access levels Traps are also supported with the addi tional ability to change the UDP port to which traps are sent for security SNMPv3 SNMPv3 provides user authentication and data encryption for higher security It also offers secure configuration and monitoring Summary With more than 100 years in telecom munications Nortel is uniquely posi tioned to help your business reduce cost by combining voice and data into an integrated system Why take a chance on a vendor that only understands part of the equation Let us show you how the Ethernet Switch 325 along with other Nortel products can increase your profitability streamline your business operations increase productivity and help you gain the competitive edge Technical specifications Physical specifications Weight 3 kg 6 61 Ib Height 4 37 cm 1 72 i
16. th a single device It uses a common user interface and workflow that supports many Nortel Ethernet switches This commonality allows the network manager to become familiar with one tool instead of multiple tools Secure Shell Access SSH SSHv2 supports strong authentication and encrypted communications It allows you to log into the switch from an SSH client and perform a secure Telnet session using CLI commands This feature is ideal for security conscious customers such as federal governments HTTP port number change This feature allows you to specify the UDP TCP port number to be used for Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP switch connections Beginning with software release 3 5 you can configure the HTTP port This feature provides enhanced security and network access Web Quick Start The Web Quick Start feature allows the administrator to set up basic configura tions on the switch using a single screen Web based management Web based network management makes managing the Ethernet Switch 325 models easy with a Web browser Summary configuration fault statistics application administration and support pages can be provided Real time sampling provides up to date LED statistical information The Web inter face also allows for static configuration of numerous parameters of the device RADIUS The RADIUS based security feature allows you to set up network access control using the RADIUS security pro
17. the new soft ware to take effect providing control over the timing of the upgrade IP based switch management BootP support provides centralized switch IP address assignment and in the event that a static IP address is not assigned the switch will automatically look for a BootP server simplifying initial IP address assignment Port mirroring The port mirroring feature sometimes referred to as conversation steering allows the network administrator to designate a single switch port as a traffic monitor for a specified port Port mirroring copies packets flowing into a specified port and sends the replicated data to the mirrored port for in depth analysis of switched traffic patterns to troubleshoot problems and optimize network configurations Additionally an external probe device can be attached to the designated monitor port The Ethernet Switch 325 family supports both ingress and egress port mirroring User interface push button The user interface push button on the front panel is provided for ease of use in configuring the unit It can be used for the purpose of resetting the unit or setting a default IP address for ease of installation Recovery configuration file support The configuration file feature allows for storing of switch configuration parame ters on a TFTP server Configuration parameters can be retrieved automati cally to configure a replacement switch with the same configuration F
18. to go to each workstation and switch to configure a fixed speed Figure 3 Small medium enterprise solution Ethernet Switch 425 Distributed Multi Link Trunking Ethernet Routing Switch 1612G Multi Link Trunking Servers 10 100 Mbps connections Network center Layer 2 features VLAN support Up to 255 port based VLANs can be established on an Ethernet Switch 325 to extend the broadcast domain and segment network traffic for higher network effi ciency IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Trunking is supported on every port of the switch allowing efficient means of transporting broadcast domains Additionally the Ethernet Switch 325 provides the ability to have both tagged and untagged frames on the same port for easy traffic segmentation with minimal setup Enterprise sized MAC address table The Ethernet Switch 325 models support up to 8 000 MAC addresses providing ample scalability for growing networks wishing to connect many devices and workgroups to each switch IGMP snooping The Ethernet Switch 325 models feature IP Multicast support by examining snooping all Internet Group Multicast Protocol IGMP traffic in hardware at line rate and filtering out multicast streams not of interest to particular end stations thereby enabling peak computer performance Spanning Tree Protocol Built in support for Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802 1D detects and eliminates logical loops in the netw
19. tocol to authenticate local console and Telnet logins In the event that the RADIUS server is unreachable the network manager can use the local switch password to log into the switch No Banner and Control Y Skip The No Banner and Control Y Skip feature allows you to configure the switch to prevent the banner being seen when you log into the console or Telnet into the switch The configuration also eliminates the Control Y key sequence Autosave Disable By default every sixty seconds the Ethernet Switch checks to see if a configuration change has occurred or if a log message has been written to non volatile storage If one of these two events has occurred the system auto matically saves its configuration and the non volatile log to the flash memory Also the system automatically saves the configuration file if a system reset command is invoked The autosave disable feature prevents saving the configuration changes to the flash memory When changing configu ration runtime configuration changes dynamically but is not saved to the flash memory Network administrators must then explicitly save the configuration using the CLI or menu Software updates Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP client support allows software upgrades and SNMP agent updates over the network Additionally after the image has been downloaded onto the switch the network manager is allowed to predictably reset the switch in order for
20. turing easy configuration high speed uplinks and Web based management from your Web browser Poe nee Theor oe brunt 7 ae a et Figure 1 Ethernet Switch 325 24T me wwe are ba i 4 j 4 i 0 ESS FEFEFE qa Figure 2 Ethernet Switch 325 24G The Ethernet Switch 325 family is avail able in two standalone compact 1 rack unit 1U size models the Ethernet Switch 325 24T Switch Figure 1 and the Ethernet Switch 325 24G Switch Figure 2 The Ethernet Switch 325 24T switch features 24 1OBASE T 100BASE TX auto sensing ports The Ethernet Switch 325 24G switch supports 24 10BASE T 100BASE TX auto sensing ports plus 2 10 100 1000BASE T ports for uplink connectivity to servers or backbone switches Advanced features such as Multi Link Trunking MLT IGMP Snooping VLAN Trunking and flexible management tools help you to efficiently manage your network traffic Figure 3 Features and benefits Wire speed throughput High speed switching ASICs support full line rate forwarding and filtering across all ports with the Ethernet Switch 325 24T providing a peak forwarding rate of 3 6 million packets per second and the Ethernet Switch 325 24G supporting a forwarding rate of 6 6 million packets per second Auto MDI MDI X Ethernet Switch 325 models can be connected to a hub or another switch quickly and cost effectively using either a straight through or crossover cable When a cable is connected to one o
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