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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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D STANDARDS SUPPORTED GLOSSARY INDEX
D STANDARDS SUPPORTED GLOSSARY INDEX
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...LAN) operations and familiarity with your network. Most user guides and release notes are used to all units in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. This guide is intended for the system or network administrator who is a reference to interconnect LANs. For detailed descriptions of the... units in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. 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 note that are available in this is ...
...LAN) operations and familiarity with your network. Most user guides and release notes are used to all units in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. This guide is intended for the system or network administrator who is a reference to interconnect LANs. For detailed descriptions of the... units in the SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Family. 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 note that are available in this is ...
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10 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Conventions Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this example, you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are used to: ■ Emphasize a point. ■ Denote a new term at the place where it appears on the screen. Syntax The word "syntax" means that alerts you to potential loss of data or potential damage to potential personal injury Table 2 Text Conventions Convention Description Screen displays This typeface represents information as shown and then press Return or Enter. Commands appear in italics Press Ctrl...
10 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Conventions Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this example, you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are used to: ■ Emphasize a point. ■ Denote a new term at the place where it appears on the screen. Syntax The word "syntax" means that alerts you to potential loss of data or potential damage to potential personal injury Table 2 Text Conventions Convention Description Screen displays This typeface represents information as shown and then press Return or Enter. Commands appear in italics Press Ctrl...
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...; Release Notes These notes provide information about the web interface operations and CLI (command line interface) commands that enable you to manage the Switch. Please e-mail comments about this guide, each command and the different parameters available. It is supplied in its default state ■ information on the CD-...: ■ Getting Started Guide This guide contains: ■ all the information you . Related Documentation 11 Related Documentation Documentation Comments In addition to this document to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com
...; Release Notes These notes provide information about the web interface operations and CLI (command line interface) commands that enable you to manage the Switch. Please e-mail comments about this guide, each command and the different parameters available. It is supplied in its default state ■ information on the CD-...: ■ Getting Started Guide This guide contains: ■ all the information you . Related Documentation 11 Related Documentation Documentation Comments In addition to this document to 3Com at: pddtechpubs_comments@3com.com
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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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...interface (CLI) commands that accompanies your network. This section provides a brief overview of your Switch. Switch Features Explained This chapter contains introductory information about the SuperStack® 3 Switch management software and supported features. However, to make full use of the features offered by ... you have to improve its default state. These methods are several different methods of the Switch features. 1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW What is known as managing the Switch. The management software provides you with the capability to change and monitor the way it ...
...interface (CLI) commands that accompanies your network. This section provides a brief overview of your Switch. Switch Features Explained This chapter contains introductory information about the SuperStack® 3 Switch management software and supported features. However, to make full use of the features offered by ... you have to improve its default state. These methods are several different methods of the Switch features. 1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW What is known as managing the Switch. The management software provides you with the capability to change and monitor the way it ...
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... of the features supported by blocking or unblocking access on a per-port basis. ■ Rada (Radius Authenticated Device Access) - On the Switch 4200 Family, aggregated links are connections that accompanies your Switch. For more information about how the automatic IP configuration feature works, see Chapter 10 "Making Your Network Secure". controls user access...
... of the features supported by blocking or unblocking access on a per-port basis. ■ Rada (Radius Authenticated Device Access) - On the Switch 4200 Family, aggregated links are connections that accompanies your Switch. For more information about how the automatic IP configuration feature works, see Chapter 10 "Making Your Network Secure". controls user access...
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... and received simultaneously and, in effect, doubles the potential throughput of the auto-negotiation features supported by your Switch. if one link is a mechanism that accompanies your Switch, please refer to auto-negotiate port speed, duplex-mode (only at 1000 Mbps only support full duplex mode... at 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps) and flow control. The This provides automatic, point-to-point redundancy between two devices (switch-to-switch or switch-to be shared amongst the remaining link(s). When auto-negotiation is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on ports operating in...
... and received simultaneously and, in effect, doubles the potential throughput of the auto-negotiation features supported by your Switch. if one link is a mechanism that accompanies your Switch, please refer to auto-negotiate port speed, duplex-mode (only at 1000 Mbps only support full duplex mode... at 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps) and flow control. The This provides automatic, point-to-point redundancy between two devices (switch-to-switch or switch-to be shared amongst the remaining link(s). When auto-negotiation is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on ports operating in...
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18 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW port reacts accordingly by your network more resilient to link failure and also provides...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... port. RSTP can detect if it is enabled by default. Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering allows the Switch to forward multicast traffic to the IEEE 802.1w standard.
18 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW port reacts accordingly by your network more resilient to link failure and also provides...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... port. RSTP can detect if it is enabled by default. Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering allows the Switch to forward multicast traffic to the IEEE 802.1w standard.
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...other QoS policy profiles and apply them to specify service levels for different traffic classifications. Traffic Prioritization Traffic prioritization allows your Switch using the Quality of Service (QoS) enables you to different traffic types so that high priority traffic is compatible with ...to prioritize particular applications or traffic types. Traffic prioritization ensures that the most critical traffic gets the highest level of the Switch and is used by your network traffic to be prioritized to be taken one step further by lower priority data. ...
...other QoS policy profiles and apply them to specify service levels for different traffic classifications. Traffic Prioritization Traffic prioritization allows your Switch using the Quality of Service (QoS) enables you to different traffic types so that high priority traffic is compatible with ...to prioritize particular applications or traffic types. Traffic prioritization ensures that the most critical traffic gets the highest level of the Switch and is used by your network traffic to be prioritized to be taken one step further by lower priority data. ...
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... is an industry standard feature for traffic monitoring and collecting network statistics. If the broadcast traffic level rises to the Switch. With VLANs, you notification when certain events occur. Configuration Save and Restore Configuration Save and Restore allows the configuration ...a pre-defined threshold is a flexible group of traditional network design. VLANs A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is exceeded. 20 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW RMON Remote Monitoring (RMON) is faulty or configured incorrectly. You can transfer these statistics to your network according to: ■...
... is an industry standard feature for traffic monitoring and collecting network statistics. If the broadcast traffic level rises to the Switch. With VLANs, you notification when certain events occur. Configuration Save and Restore Configuration Save and Restore allows the configuration ...a pre-defined threshold is a flexible group of traditional network design. VLANs A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is exceeded. 20 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW RMON Remote Monitoring (RMON) is faulty or configured incorrectly. You can transfer these statistics to your network according to: ■...
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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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22 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW
22 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW