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DUA1730-0BAA03 Published June 2005 SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family Implementation Guide Generic guide for units in the SuperStack 3 Switch 4200 Family: 3C17300 3C17302 3C17304 3C17300A 3C17302A 3C17304A http://www.3com.com/ Part No.
DUA1730-0BAA03 Published June 2005 SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family Implementation Guide Generic guide for units in the SuperStack 3 Switch 4200 Family: 3C17300 3C17302 3C17304 3C17300A 3C17302A 3C17304A http://www.3com.com/ Part No.
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... 15 Automatic IP Configuration 16 Security 16 Aggregated Links 16 Auto-negotiation 17 Multicast Filtering 18 Spanning Tree Protocol and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 18 Switch Database 19 Traffic Prioritization 19 RMON 20 Broadcast Storm Control 20 VLANs 20 Configuration Save and Restore 20 2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH Port Features 23 Duplex 23...
... 15 Automatic IP Configuration 16 Security 16 Aggregated Links 16 Auto-negotiation 17 Multicast Filtering 18 Spanning Tree Protocol and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 18 Switch Database 19 Traffic Prioritization 19 RMON 20 Broadcast Storm Control 20 VLANs 20 Configuration Save and Restore 20 2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH Port Features 23 Duplex 23...
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... Example 32 3 USING MULTICAST FILTERING What is an IP Multicast? 33 Benefits of Multicast 34 Multicast Filtering 34 Multicast Filtering and Your Switch 35 IGMP Multicast Filtering 36 4 USING RESILIENCE FEATURES Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 39 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 40 What is... Example 45 STP Configurations 46 Using STP on a Network with Multiple VLANs 48 5 USING THE SWITCH DATABASE What is the Switch Database? 49 How Switch Database Entries Get Added 49 Switch Database Entry States 50 6 USING TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION What is Traffic Prioritization? 51 How Traffic Prioritization Works...
... Example 32 3 USING MULTICAST FILTERING What is an IP Multicast? 33 Benefits of Multicast 34 Multicast Filtering 34 Multicast Filtering and Your Switch 35 IGMP Multicast Filtering 36 4 USING RESILIENCE FEATURES Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 39 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) 40 What is... Example 45 STP Configurations 46 Using STP on a Network with Multiple VLANs 48 5 USING THE SWITCH DATABASE What is the Switch Database? 49 How Switch Database Entries Get Added 49 Switch Database Entry States 50 6 USING TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION What is Traffic Prioritization? 51 How Traffic Prioritization Works...
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...The Audit Log 62 Email Notification of Events 62 8 SETTING UP VIRTUAL LANS What are VLANs? 65 Benefits of VLANs 66 VLANs and Your Switch 67 The Default VLAN 67 Communication Between VLANs 67 Creating New VLANs 68 VLANs: Tagged and Untagged Membership 68 Placing a Port in a ...Single VLAN 69 VLAN Configuration Examples 70 Using Untagged Connections 70 Using 802.1Q Tagged Connections 71 9 USING AUTOMATIC IP CONFIGURATION How Your Switch Obtains IP Information 74 How Automatic IP Configuration Works 74 Automatic Process 75 Important Considerations 76 Event Log Entries and Traps 76 10 MAKING YOUR...
...The Audit Log 62 Email Notification of Events 62 8 SETTING UP VIRTUAL LANS What are VLANs? 65 Benefits of VLANs 66 VLANs and Your Switch 67 The Default VLAN 67 Communication Between VLANs 67 Creating New VLANs 68 VLANs: Tagged and Untagged Membership 68 Placing a Port in a ...Single VLAN 69 VLAN Configuration Examples 70 Using Untagged Connections 70 Using 802.1Q Tagged Connections 71 9 USING AUTOMATIC IP CONFIGURATION How Your Switch Obtains IP Information 74 How Automatic IP Configuration Works 74 Automatic Process 75 Important Considerations 76 Event Log Entries and Traps 76 10 MAKING YOUR...
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...Important Considerations 83 What is Disconnect Unauthorized Device (DUD)? 85 How DUD Works 85 What is RADIUS? 85 11 USING SWITCH CONFIGURATION FEATURES Configuration Save and Restore 87 Upgrading Management Software 89 A CONFIGURATION RULES Configuration Rules for Gigabit Ethernet 93 Configuration ...Rules for Fast Ethernet 94 Configuration Rules with Full Duplex 95 B NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Simple Network Configuration Examples 98 Desktop Switch Example 98 Advanced Network Configuration Examples 99 Improving the Performance and Resilience of Your Network 99 C IP ADDRESSING IP Addresses ...
...Important Considerations 83 What is Disconnect Unauthorized Device (DUD)? 85 How DUD Works 85 What is RADIUS? 85 11 USING SWITCH CONFIGURATION FEATURES Configuration Save and Restore 87 Upgrading Management Software 89 A CONFIGURATION RULES Configuration Rules for Gigabit Ethernet 93 Configuration ...Rules for Fast Ethernet 94 Configuration Rules with Full Duplex 95 B NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Simple Network Configuration Examples 98 Desktop Switch Example 98 Advanced Network Configuration Examples 99 Improving the Performance and Resilience of Your Network 99 C IP ADDRESSING IP Addresses ...
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...of the web interface operations and the command line interface (CLI) commands that when this Guide states "the Switch", this guide, follow the instructions in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide describes the features of the units in the release notes. It outlines... how to use these features to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on the 3Com World Wide Web site: http://www.3com.com/ Please ...
...of the web interface operations and the command line interface (CLI) commands that when this Guide states "the Switch", this guide, follow the instructions in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide describes the features of the units in the release notes. It outlines... how to use these features to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on the 3Com World Wide Web site: http://www.3com.com/ Please ...
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... modifications, and known problems. Your suggestions are very important to us. Please e-mail comments about the web interface operations and CLI (command line interface) commands that enable you to manage the Switch. They will help make our documentation more useful to you need...This guide contains information about this guide on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch. ■ Management Quick Reference Guide You can find this document to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com Related Documentation 11 Related Documentation Documentation Comments In addition to this guide, each...
... modifications, and known problems. Your suggestions are very important to us. Please e-mail comments about the web interface operations and CLI (command line interface) commands that enable you to manage the Switch. They will help make our documentation more useful to you need...This guide contains information about this guide on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch. ■ Management Quick Reference Guide You can find this document to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com Related Documentation 11 Related Documentation Documentation Comments In addition to this guide, each...
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Questions related to technical support or sales should be directed in the first instance to comments and questions about 3Com product documentation at this e-mail address. 12 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Please include the following information when contacting us: ■ Document title ■ Document part number (on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: ■ SuperStack 3 Switch Implementation Guide ■ Part number: DUA1730-0BAA0x ■ Page 25 Please note that we can only respond to your network supplier.
Questions related to technical support or sales should be directed in the first instance to comments and questions about 3Com product documentation at this e-mail address. 12 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Please include the following information when contacting us: ■ Document title ■ Document part number (on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: ■ SuperStack 3 Switch Implementation Guide ■ Part number: DUA1730-0BAA0x ■ Page 25 Please note that we can only respond to your network supplier.
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I SWITCH FEATURES Chapter 1 Switch Features Overview Chapter 2 Optimizing Bandwidth Chapter 3 Using Multicast Filtering Chapter 4 Using Resilience Features Chapter 5 Using the Switch Database Chapter 6 Using Traffic Prioritization Chapter 7 Status Monitoring and Statistics Chapter 8 Setting Up Virtual LANs Chapter 9 Using Automatic IP Configuration Chapter 10 Making Your Network Secure Chapter 11 IP Addressing
I SWITCH FEATURES Chapter 1 Switch Features Overview Chapter 2 Optimizing Bandwidth Chapter 3 Using Multicast Filtering Chapter 4 Using Resilience Features Chapter 5 Using the Switch Database Chapter 6 Using Traffic Prioritization Chapter 7 Status Monitoring and Statistics Chapter 8 Setting Up Virtual LANs Chapter 9 Using Automatic IP Configuration Chapter 10 Making Your Network Secure Chapter 11 IP Addressing
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...accessing the management software to manage the Switch. their applications are several different methods of your network. Managing the Switch can operate in HTML format on the Switch. 1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW What is known as managing the Switch. However, to make full use ...provides a brief overview of the Getting Started Guide that accompanies your Switch. It covers the following topics: ■ What is Management Software? ■ Switch Features Explained For detailed descriptions of the Switch features. This is Management Software? There are explained in more detail...
...accessing the management software to manage the Switch. their applications are several different methods of your network. Managing the Switch can operate in HTML format on the Switch. 1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW What is known as managing the Switch. However, to make full use ...provides a brief overview of the Getting Started Guide that accompanies your Switch. It covers the following topics: ■ What is Management Software? ■ Switch Features Explained For detailed descriptions of the Switch features. This is Management Software? There are explained in more detail...
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...links provide two benefits: It uses the following security features, which guard against a RADIUS server. ■ Disconnect Unauthorized Device (DUD) - the Switch will configure itself with its default IP address 169.254.100.100 if it . disables a port if an unauthorized device transmits data on it...Device Access) - Aggregated Links Aggregated links are supported on the 10/100/1000 Mbps ports and the GBIC or SFP ports. On the Switch 4200 Family, aggregated links are connections that accompanies your network: ■ Network Login - If this default IP address is operating in the ...
...links provide two benefits: It uses the following security features, which guard against a RADIUS server. ■ Disconnect Unauthorized Device (DUD) - the Switch will configure itself with its default IP address 169.254.100.100 if it . disables a port if an unauthorized device transmits data on it...Device Access) - Aggregated Links Aggregated links are supported on the 10/100/1000 Mbps ports and the GBIC or SFP ports. On the Switch 4200 Family, aggregated links are connections that accompanies your network: ■ Network Login - If this default IP address is operating in the ...
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... ■ They can provide redundancy - these capabilities are by default the parameters that provide the highest performance supported by your Switch, please refer to be shared amongst the remaining link(s). Duplex Full duplex mode allows packets to the Management Quick Reference Guide ...supplied in PDF format on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is broken, the traffic load can be transmitted and received simultaneously and, in full duplex mode...
... ■ They can provide redundancy - these capabilities are by default the parameters that provide the highest performance supported by your Switch, please refer to be shared amongst the remaining link(s). Duplex Full duplex mode allows packets to the Management Quick Reference Guide ...supplied in PDF format on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is broken, the traffic load can be transmitted and received simultaneously and, in full duplex mode...
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... legacy device that only supports IEEE 802.1D STP and will automatically downgrade to STP on that are bridge-based systems that makes your Switch uses IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping to detect the endstations in the event of path failure and uses a loop-detection process to... feature. one of the major causes of broadcast storms. STP allows you to the whole network. Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering allows the Switch to forward multicast traffic to the IEEE 802.1w standard. Spanning Tree Protocol and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ...
... legacy device that only supports IEEE 802.1D STP and will automatically downgrade to STP on that are bridge-based systems that makes your Switch uses IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping to detect the endstations in the event of path failure and uses a loop-detection process to... feature. one of the major causes of broadcast storms. STP allows you to the whole network. Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering allows the Switch to forward multicast traffic to the IEEE 802.1w standard. Spanning Tree Protocol and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ...
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... enables you to ensure that high priority traffic is compatible with minimal delay over low priority traffic to prioritize particular applications or traffic types. The Switch uses a policy-based QoS mechanism. Traffic prioritization uses the two traffic queues that are present in the hardware of the... Switch to be taken one step further by your network traffic to be forwarded, and which port should be prioritized to ensure that high priority data, ...
... enables you to ensure that high priority traffic is compatible with minimal delay over low priority traffic to prioritize particular applications or traffic types. The Switch uses a policy-based QoS mechanism. Traffic prioritization uses the two traffic queues that are present in the hardware of the... Switch to be taken one step further by your network traffic to be forwarded, and which port should be prioritized to ensure that high priority data, ...
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... connected to be located anywhere in a network, but which is exceeded. As an example, with an RMON management application, the Switch can result from network equipment which communicate as a file on a remote server, or to send you can segment your workstation on... group of your network without being restricted by physical connections - If you have a management workstation with VLANs you can segment your Switch to the Switch. VLANs A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is an industry standard feature for traffic monitoring and collecting network statistics. With VLANs, you notification...
... connected to be located anywhere in a network, but which is exceeded. As an example, with an RMON management application, the Switch can result from network equipment which communicate as a file on a remote server, or to send you can segment your workstation on... group of your network without being restricted by physical connections - If you have a management workstation with VLANs you can segment your Switch to the Switch. VLANs A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is an industry standard feature for traffic monitoring and collecting network statistics. With VLANs, you notification...
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Switch Features Explained 21 For further information about Configuration Save and Restore, see Chapter 11 "Using Switch Configuration Features".
Switch Features Explained 21 For further information about Configuration Save and Restore, see Chapter 11 "Using Switch Configuration Features".
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... want to force a port to operate at either end of the web interface operations and the command line interface (CLI) commands that accompanies your Switch. However, under certain conditions you may wish to alter the default state of these ports, for most users. If you utilize certain...Full duplex allows packets to be transmitted or received at both devices at 10 Mbps. In normal operation, you do not need to alter the Switch from its default state. Half duplex only allows packets to be transmitted and received simultaneously and, in HTML format on your network and improve ...
... want to force a port to operate at either end of the web interface operations and the command line interface (CLI) commands that accompanies your Switch. However, under certain conditions you may wish to alter the default state of these ports, for most users. If you utilize certain...Full duplex allows packets to be transmitted or received at both devices at 10 Mbps. In normal operation, you do not need to alter the Switch from its default state. Half duplex only allows packets to be transmitted and received simultaneously and, in HTML format on your network and improve ...
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...port on the network. You can disable auto-negotiation on all fixed ports on the Switch, or on a per port basis, dependent on ports operating in auto-MDIX mode. You can ...also modify the capabilities that accompanies your Switch. Ports operating at 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps) and flow control. GBIC or SFP ports ... ensure you are by default the parameters that minimizes packet loss during periods of congestion on the Switch. Flow control is supported on ports operating in half duplex mode, and is cross-over or ...
...port on the network. You can disable auto-negotiation on all fixed ports on the Switch, or on a per port basis, dependent on ports operating in auto-MDIX mode. You can ...also modify the capabilities that accompanies your Switch. Ports operating at 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps) and flow control. GBIC or SFP ports ... ensure you are by default the parameters that minimizes packet loss during periods of congestion on the Switch. Flow control is supported on ports operating in half duplex mode, and is cross-over or ...
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... ends of operation when the link is lost or the unit is power cycled. ■ Smart auto-sensing can only be configured for the whole Switch and not on links where one end is at a fixed speed. Conditions that affect smart auto-sensing: ■ Smart auto-sensing will reset to a lower...
... ends of operation when the link is lost or the unit is power cycled. ■ Smart auto-sensing can only be configured for the whole Switch and not on links where one end is at a fixed speed. Conditions that affect smart auto-sensing: ■ Smart auto-sensing will reset to a lower...