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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. DUA1730-0BAA03 Published June 2005
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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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... Guide supplied in HTML format on the 3Com World Wide Web site: http://www.3com.com/ Please note that accompanies your network. Most user guides and release notes are available in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. This guide is intended for configuring, using, and managing the Switch. If release notes are used to optimize...
... Guide supplied in HTML format on the 3Com World Wide Web site: http://www.3com.com/ Please note that accompanies your network. Most user guides and release notes are available in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. This guide is intended for configuring, using, and managing the Switch. If release notes are used to optimize...
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... e-mail comments about the current software release, including new features, modifications, and known problems. Your suggestions are very important to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com It contains an explanation for each Switch documentation set includes the following: ■ Getting Started Guide This guide contains: ■ all the information you need to install and...
... e-mail comments about the current software release, including new features, modifications, and known problems. Your suggestions are very important to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com It contains an explanation for each Switch documentation set includes the following: ■ Getting Started Guide This guide contains: ■ all the information you need to install and...
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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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... in its efficiency and therefore the overall performance of the Getting Started Guide that accompanies your Switch. Managing the Switch can operate in HTML format on the Switch. The management software provides you have to improve its default state. their applications are explained ...Management Software? There are explained in this guide. It covers the following topics: ■ What is Management Software? ■ Switch Features Explained For detailed descriptions of accessing the management software to change and monitor the way it works, you with the capability ...
... in its efficiency and therefore the overall performance of the Getting Started Guide that accompanies your Switch. Managing the Switch can operate in HTML format on the Switch. The management software provides you have to improve its default state. their applications are explained ...Management Software? There are explained in this guide. It covers the following topics: ■ What is Management Software? ■ Switch Features Explained For detailed descriptions of accessing the management software to change and monitor the way it works, you with the capability ...
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... a port if an unauthorized device transmits data on the network have to allocate the Switch IP information: ■ Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ■ Auto-IP - On the Switch 4200 Family, aggregated links are connections that accompanies your network: ■ Network Login - Aggregated links provide two benefits: For more information about how the...
... a port if an unauthorized device transmits data on the network have to allocate the Switch IP information: ■ Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ■ Auto-IP - On the Switch 4200 Family, aggregated links are connections that accompanies your network: ■ Network Login - Aggregated links provide two benefits: For more information about how the...
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... simultaneously and, in full duplex mode. if one link is a mechanism that provide the highest performance supported by your Switch. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is broken, the traffic load can provide redundancy - The This provides automatic, point-to...-point redundancy between two devices (switch-to-switch or switch-to-server) that accompanies your Switch, please refer to auto-negotiate port speed, duplex-mode (only at the same speed. Ports operating at 1000...
... simultaneously and, in full duplex mode. if one link is a mechanism that provide the highest performance supported by your Switch. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is broken, the traffic load can provide redundancy - The This provides automatic, point-to...-point redundancy between two devices (switch-to-switch or switch-to-server) that accompanies your Switch, please refer to auto-negotiate port speed, duplex-mode (only at the same speed. Ports operating at 1000...
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...RSTP can restore a network connection quicker than broadcasting the traffic to which multicast traffic should be forwarded. Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering allows the Switch to forward multicast traffic to : ■ Discover the efficiency of each multicast group to the whole network. Spanning Tree Protocol and ...is connected to a legacy device that only supports IEEE 802.1D STP and will automatically downgrade to STP on 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...
...RSTP can restore a network connection quicker than broadcasting the traffic to which multicast traffic should be forwarded. Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering allows the Switch to forward multicast traffic to : ■ Discover the efficiency of each multicast group to the whole network. Spanning Tree Protocol and ...is connected to a legacy device that only supports IEEE 802.1D STP and will automatically downgrade to STP on 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...
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...-sensitive and system-critical data is forwarded through the Switch without being delayed by using layer 2 information, is assigned the "normal" QoS policy profile. The Switch uses a policy-based QoS mechanism. Switch Database The Switch Database is an integral part of Service (QoS)... applications or traffic types. Traffic Prioritization Traffic prioritization allows your Switch using the Quality of the Switch to be prioritized to ensure that they have different priorities across the network. Switch Features Explained 19 For more information about STP and RSTP, see...
...-sensitive and system-critical data is forwarded through the Switch without being delayed by using layer 2 information, is assigned the "normal" QoS policy profile. The Switch uses a policy-based QoS mechanism. Switch Database The Switch Database is an integral part of Service (QoS)... applications or traffic types. Traffic Prioritization Traffic prioritization allows your Switch using the Quality of the Switch to be prioritized to ensure that they have different priorities across the network. Switch Features Explained 19 For more information about STP and RSTP, see...
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...on the same physical segment. You can result from a remote file. As an example, with an RMON management application, the Switch can transfer these statistics to a pre-defined number of traditional network design. Configuration Save and Restore Configuration Save and Restore allows ...Monitoring and Statistics". If you have a management workstation with VLANs you notification when certain events occur. Event Notification You can segment your Switch to be located anywhere in a network, but which is a system that monitors the level of devices that port. Broadcast Storm Control...
...on the same physical segment. You can result from a remote file. As an example, with an RMON management application, the Switch can transfer these statistics to a pre-defined number of traditional network design. Configuration Save and Restore Configuration Save and Restore allows ...Monitoring and Statistics". If you have a management workstation with VLANs you notification when certain events occur. Event Notification You can segment your Switch to be located anywhere in a network, but which is a system that monitors the level of devices that port. Broadcast Storm Control...
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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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...a link support auto-negotiation, this is done automatically. 2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH There are many ways you do not need to alter the Switch from its default state. In normal operation, you can provide the following benefits to alter the default state of the web interface operations...configuration for example, if you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on your Switch. To communicate effectively, both ends of a link. If you utilize certain Switch features you can optimize the bandwidth on the CD-...
...a link support auto-negotiation, this is done automatically. 2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH There are many ways you do not need to alter the Switch from its default state. In normal operation, you can provide the following benefits to alter the default state of the web interface operations...configuration for example, if you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on your Switch. To communicate effectively, both ends of a link. If you utilize certain Switch features you can optimize the bandwidth on the CD-...
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...you wish to disable auto-negotiation you are by default the parameters that is supported on ports operating in auto-MDIX mode. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on suitable cable types, please refer to full duplex or half... mode only. If auto-negotiation is disabled, the ports will no longer operate in half duplex mode, and is a mechanism that accompanies your Switch. Packet loss is enabled (default), a port "advertises" its maximum capabilities - You can disable auto-negotiation on all fixed ports on the...
...you wish to disable auto-negotiation you are by default the parameters that is supported on ports operating in auto-MDIX mode. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on suitable cable types, please refer to full duplex or half... mode only. If auto-negotiation is disabled, the ports will no longer operate in half duplex mode, and is a mechanism that accompanies your Switch. Packet loss is enabled (default), a port "advertises" its maximum capabilities - You can disable auto-negotiation on all fixed ports on the...
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... do not support auto-negotiation, or on links where one end is power cycled. ■ Smart auto-sensing can only be configured for the whole Switch and not on a per port basis. smart auto-sensing can detect network problems, such as 10/100 Mbps or 10/100/1000 Mbps, to monitor...
... do not support auto-negotiation, or on links where one end is power cycled. ■ Smart auto-sensing can only be configured for the whole Switch and not on a per port basis. smart auto-sensing can detect network problems, such as 10/100 Mbps or 10/100/1000 Mbps, to monitor...