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DUA1730-0BAA02 Published November 2002 SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Series Implementation Guide Generic guide for units in the SuperStack 3 Switch 4200 Series: 3C17300 3C17302 3C17304 http://www.3com.com/ Part No.
DUA1730-0BAA02 Published November 2002 SuperStack® 3 Switch 4200 Series Implementation Guide Generic guide for units in the SuperStack 3 Switch 4200 Series: 3C17300 3C17302 3C17304 http://www.3com.com/ Part No.
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... Automatic IP Configuration 16 Port Security 16 Aggregated Links 16 Auto-negotiation 17 Multicast Filtering 17 Spanning Tree Protocol and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 18 Switch Database 18 Traffic Prioritization 18 RMON 19 Broadcast Storm Control 20 VLANs 20 2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH Port Features 21 Duplex 21 Flow Control 22 Auto-negotiation...
... Automatic IP Configuration 16 Port Security 16 Aggregated Links 16 Auto-negotiation 17 Multicast Filtering 17 Spanning Tree Protocol and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 18 Switch Database 18 Traffic Prioritization 18 RMON 19 Broadcast Storm Control 20 VLANs 20 2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH Port Features 21 Duplex 21 Flow Control 22 Auto-negotiation...
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... Example 30 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 30 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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...Notification of Events 61 Hardware Status Monitoring 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 68 Creating New VLANs 68 VLANs: Tagged and Untagged Membership 68 Placing a Port in ...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 Server Support 76 Event Log Entries and ...
...Notification of Events 61 Hardware Status Monitoring 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 68 Creating New VLANs 68 VLANs: Tagged and Untagged Membership 68 Placing a Port in ...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 Server Support 76 Event Log Entries and ...
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Configuration Rules with Full Duplex 81 B NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Simple Network Configuration Examples 84 Segmentation Switch Example 84 Desktop Switch Example 85 Advanced Network Configuration Examples 86 Improving the Resilience of Your Network 86 Enhancing the Performance of Your Network 87 C IP ADDRESSING IP Addresses 89 Simple Overview 89 Advanced Overview 90 Subnets and Subnet Masks 92 Default Gateways 94 GLOSSARY INDEX
Configuration Rules with Full Duplex 81 B NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Simple Network Configuration Examples 84 Segmentation Switch Example 84 Desktop Switch Example 85 Advanced Network Configuration Examples 86 Improving the Resilience of Your Network 86 Enhancing the Performance of Your Network 87 C IP ADDRESSING IP Addresses 89 Simple Overview 89 Advanced Overview 90 Subnets and Subnet Masks 92 Default Gateways 94 GLOSSARY INDEX
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... the command line interface (CLI) commands that you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on the 3Com World Wide Web site: http://www.3com.com/ ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide describes the features of the SuperStack®...; 3 Switch 4200 Series and outlines how to use these features to interconnect LANs. It assumes...
... the command line interface (CLI) commands that you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in HTML format on the 3Com World Wide Web site: http://www.3com.com/ ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide describes the features of the SuperStack®...; 3 Switch 4200 Series and outlines how to use these features to interconnect LANs. It assumes...
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... are other publications you may find useful: ■ Online documentation accompanying the 3Com Network Supervisor application that is supplied on how to access the management software to begin managing the Switch. ■ Management Interface Reference Guide This guide contains information about the current ...us. Please e-mail comments about this guide, each command and the different parameters available. It contains an explanation for each Switch documentation set includes the following: ■ Getting Started Guide This guide contains: ■ all the information you need to ...
... are other publications you may find useful: ■ Online documentation accompanying the 3Com Network Supervisor application that is supplied on how to access the management software to begin managing the Switch. ■ Management Interface Reference Guide This guide contains information about the current ...us. Please e-mail comments about this guide, each command and the different parameters available. It contains an explanation for each Switch documentation set includes the following: ■ Getting Started Guide This guide contains: ■ all the information you need to ...
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... sales should be directed in the first instance to comments and questions about 3Com product documentation at this e-mail address. You can now register your SuperStack 3 Switch on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: ■ SuperStack 3 Switch Implementation Guide ■ Part number: DUA1730-0BAA0x ■ Page 25 Please note that...
... sales should be directed in the first instance to comments and questions about 3Com product documentation at this e-mail address. You can now register your SuperStack 3 Switch on the title page) ■ Page number (if appropriate) Example: ■ SuperStack 3 Switch Implementation Guide ■ Part number: DUA1730-0BAA0x ■ Page 25 Please note that...
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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
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
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... help you with the capability to change and monitor the way it works, you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in Chapter 3 of the web interface operations and the command line interface ... network. This is Management Software? These methods are explained in HTML format on the Switch. their applications are several different methods of the Switch features. This section provides a brief overview of your Switch. Managing the Switch can operate in this guide. The management software provides you to manage the...
... help you with the capability to change and monitor the way it works, you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied in Chapter 3 of the web interface operations and the command line interface ... network. This is Management Software? These methods are explained in HTML format on the Switch. their applications are several different methods of the Switch features. This section provides a brief overview of your Switch. Managing the Switch can operate in this guide. The management software provides you to manage the...
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...to your network. The port security feature, Disconnect Unauthorised Device (DUD), disables a port if an unauthorised device transmits data on the network then the Switch detects this IP address. if one link is broken, the traffic load can potentially double, triple or quadruple the bandwidth of use on it is... already in parallel. The Switch tries each method in the range 169.254.1.0 to four links in use , you do not have full duplex connections operating at the same ...
...to your network. The port security feature, Disconnect Unauthorised Device (DUD), disables a port if an unauthorised device transmits data on the network then the Switch detects this IP address. if one link is broken, the traffic load can potentially double, triple or quadruple the bandwidth of use on it is... already in parallel. The Switch tries each method in the range 169.254.1.0 to four links in use , you do not have full duplex connections operating at the same ...
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... mode. For details of congestion on ports operating in the "physical" interconnection to another port. The multicast filtering system supported by your Switch, please refer to the Management Quick Reference Guide that minimizes packet loss during periods of the auto-negotiation features supported by your... capabilities are part of a link. When auto-negotiation is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on the network. Switch Features Explained 17 Auto-negotiation Auto-negotiation allows ports to auto-negotiate port speed, duplex-mode (only at 1000 Mbps only support full...
... mode. For details of congestion on ports operating in the "physical" interconnection to another port. The multicast filtering system supported by your Switch, please refer to the Management Quick Reference Guide that minimizes packet loss during periods of the auto-negotiation features supported by your... capabilities are part of a link. When auto-negotiation is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on the network. Switch Features Explained 17 Auto-negotiation Auto-negotiation allows ports to auto-negotiate port speed, duplex-mode (only at 1000 Mbps only support full...
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... Resilience Features". RSTP can detect if it is enabled by default. For more information about multicast filtering, see Chapter 5 "Using the Switch Database". For more resilient to STP on that high priority data, such as time-sensitive and system-critical data is transferred smoothly and ...Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) are bridge-based systems that makes your network traffic to the IEEE 802.1w standard. 18 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW endstations in the event of path failure and uses a loop-detection process to: ■ Discover the efficiency of each ...
... Resilience Features". RSTP can detect if it is enabled by default. For more information about multicast filtering, see Chapter 5 "Using the Switch Database". For more resilient to STP on that high priority data, such as time-sensitive and system-critical data is transferred smoothly and ...Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) are bridge-based systems that makes your network traffic to the IEEE 802.1w standard. 18 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW endstations in the event of path failure and uses a loop-detection process to: ■ Discover the efficiency of each ...
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...feature for different traffic classifications. For more information about 802.1D and traffic prioritization, see Chapter 6 "Using Traffic Prioritization". The Switch uses a policy-based QoS mechanism. If needed, you notification when certain events occur. High priority traffic is given preference over ... to your workstation on a different queue from lower priority traffic. The traffic prioritization feature supported by your Switch using the Quality of the Switch to ensure that are present in the hardware of Service (QoS) feature. Traffic prioritization uses the two...
...feature for different traffic classifications. For more information about 802.1D and traffic prioritization, see Chapter 6 "Using Traffic Prioritization". The Switch uses a policy-based QoS mechanism. If needed, you notification when certain events occur. High priority traffic is given preference over ... to your workstation on a different queue from lower priority traffic. The traffic prioritization feature supported by your Switch using the Quality of the Switch to ensure that are present in the hardware of Service (QoS) feature. Traffic prioritization uses the two...
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... level drops below the threshold. VLANs A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a flexible group of broadcast traffic on the port is faulty or configured incorrectly. 20 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW For more information about RMON and Event Notification, see Chapter 8 "Setting Up Virtual LANs". If the broadcast traffic level rises to : ■ Departmental...
... level drops below the threshold. VLANs A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a flexible group of broadcast traffic on the port is faulty or configured incorrectly. 20 CHAPTER 1: SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW For more information about RMON and Event Notification, see Chapter 8 "Setting Up Virtual LANs". If the broadcast traffic level rises to : ■ Departmental...
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... best configuration for example, if 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 Switch. To communicate effectively, both devices at 10 Mbps. If you utilize ...certain Switch features you can optimize the bandwidth on the CD-ROM that you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied...
... best configuration for example, if 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 Switch. To communicate effectively, both devices at 10 Mbps. If you utilize ...certain Switch features you can optimize the bandwidth on the CD-ROM that you require to manage the Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide supplied...
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... ports do not support auto-negotiation, both ends of the link must ensure you have the correct type of cable, that accompanies your Switch. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is caused by inhibiting the transmitting port from generating more information on the...-negotiation is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on the type of port. You can disable auto-negotiation on all fixed ports on the Switch, or on a per port basis, dependent on ports operating in half duplex mode, and is enabled (default), a port "advertises" its maximum capabilities - ...
... ports do not support auto-negotiation, both ends of the link must ensure you have the correct type of cable, that accompanies your Switch. Flow Control All Switch ports support flow control, which is caused by inhibiting the transmitting port from generating more information on the...-negotiation is implemented using the IEEE 802.3x standard on the type of port. You can disable auto-negotiation on all fixed ports on the Switch, or on a per port basis, dependent on ports operating in half duplex mode, and is enabled (default), a port "advertises" its maximum capabilities - ...
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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 a per port basis. The link will not operate on links that do not support smart auto-sensing. For example, smart auto-sensing...
... 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 a per port basis. The link will not operate on links that do not support smart auto-sensing. For example, smart auto-sensing...
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... B is the physical links, form an aggregated link. In this example, if link 1 fails, the data flow between two devices (switch-to-switch or switch-to another device and will detect if there is broken, the traffic load can provide redundancy - if one link is more than one ...connection to -server) that have full duplex connections operating at the same speed. Switch Aggregated Link Switch How 802.3ad Link Aggregation Operates Your Switch supports IEEE 802.3ad standard aggregated links which uses the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). Aggregated links are ...
... B is the physical links, form an aggregated link. In this example, if link 1 fails, the data flow between two devices (switch-to-switch or switch-to another device and will detect if there is broken, the traffic load can provide redundancy - if one link is more than one ...connection to -server) that have full duplex connections operating at the same speed. Switch Aggregated Link Switch How 802.3ad Link Aggregation Operates Your Switch supports IEEE 802.3ad standard aggregated links which uses the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). Aggregated links are ...
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...able to automatically detect and form an aggregation. ■ The operation of an aggregated link for Switch B, thus overriding the manual configuration. network management does not need to Switch B, but you will override the manual configuration. non-802.3ad devices can be used to be... this and place the port in Figure 3, if a port on Switch C is physically connected to manually configure the aggregated links as the Switch detects that a member link has failed - For example, in the aggregated link for Switch A in three ways: ■ Manual Aggregations - However, you ...
...able to automatically detect and form an aggregation. ■ The operation of an aggregated link for Switch B, thus overriding the manual configuration. network management does not need to Switch B, but you will override the manual configuration. non-802.3ad devices can be used to be... this and place the port in Figure 3, if a port on Switch C is physically connected to manually configure the aggregated links as the Switch detects that a member link has failed - For example, in the aggregated link for Switch A in three ways: ■ Manual Aggregations - However, you ...