USER’S GUIDE ADDENDUM SMARTSTACK ELS100-24 FIRMWARE REVISION 2.
Cabletron Systems, Inc. PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03866-5005 This addendum is to be used in conjunction with the Installation and User Guide that ships with the Cabletron SmartSTACK 100 ELS100-24TXG and/or ELS100-24TXM Ethernet Switches. This document contains proprietary information that is the property of Cabletron Systems, Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SMARTSTACK ELS100-24 FIRMWARE REVISION 2.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A.2 User Interface Menu Hierarchy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A.3 SmartTrunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A.3.
ADDENDUM A. SMARTSTACK ELS100-24 FIRMWARE REVISION 2.01 A.1 Introduction The Cabletron SmartSTACK ELS100-24 firmware revision 2.01 supports the following models of the ELS100-24 product family: • ELS100-24TX • ELS100-24TXM • ELS100-24TXG Firmware revision 2.01 provides the following new features: • SmartTrunking - Allows multiple physical ports of the switch to be aggregated together to form a single logical connection between network devices.
A.2 User Interface Menu Hierarchy Figure A-1 shows the user interface hierarchy for the Cabletron SmartSTACK ELS100-24, firmware revision 2.01.
A.3 SmartTrunking SmartTrunking is a link aggregation feature that allows multiple physical ports of the switch to be aggregated together to form a single logical connection between network devices. All physical connections in the logical connection carry traffic, as compared with previous software versions in which Spanning Tree would block all traffic on all but one of the physical connections.
enabled, the switch is SmartTrunk-compliant and will automatically configure to work with Cabletron products such as a Smart Switch Router (SSR), SmartSwitch, SmartSTACK, etc. When the protocols are disabled, the switch can be manually configured to interoperate with trunking implementations used by other vendors. SmartTrunking support in firmware revision 2.01 follows these configuration rules: • There can be up to 2 trunk groups configured per switch cluster (group of 8 ports).
A.3.1 Configuring SmartTrunking: User Interface SmartTrunking can be configured through the user interface. Ports that are members of a trunk group are indicated as such by an asterisk ’ * ’ next to the port number on the Port Menu of the user interface. A.3.1.1 SmartTrunking Configuration Menu To configure Trunking, do the following: 1. Select Switch Configuration Menu from the Main Menu. 2. Select Trunking Configuration Menu. Figure A-3 shows the Trunking Configuration menu.
Table A-1 describes fields and options available in the Trunking Configuration menu. Table A-1. Trunking Configuration Menu Description Fields/Options Description Trunking Enabled Indicates whether trunking is enabled (Yes) or disabled (No). Trunking Protocol Indicates whether trunking protocols are enabled (Yes) or disabled (No). ID Lists the trunk group ID number. Name Lists the trunk group name (1-14 characters). Ports inTrunk Lists the ports in the trunk group.
Table A-2 describes the Trunk Configuration menu. Table A-2. Trunking Configuration Menu Description Field Description Name Lists the trunk group name. Use the Trunk Name option to create a trunk group name (1-14 characters). Trunk Status Lists the trunk group status: PARTIAL (one or more of the trunk group ports are linked and one or more are not linked), CONNECTED (all ports in the trunk group are linked), DISCONNECTED (no ports in the trunk are linked).
6. In this example, a range of ports is entered to form a trunk group. Enter 1-4 and press [Enter]. Figure A-5 shows the update to the screen. TRUNK 1 CONFIGURATION Name Trunk Status Trunking Protocol Access Control: READ/WRITE CONNECTED No PORT ENABLED LINK STATUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Yes CONNECTED 2 Yes CONNECTED 3 Yes CONNECTED 4 Yes CONNECTED a. Add Port(s) d. Protocol Enable b. Remove Port(s) x. Previous Menu c.
When configuring trunk groups, consider the following: • When adding or removing port(s), the following message appears: Enter Port Number(s) or Range of Port(s) You can enter individual ports, separated by a comma, or a range of ports separated by a hyphen. • Protocol Enable either enables or disables a proprietary Cabletron protocol to be run by the switch for purposes of automatically establishing and maintaining a trunk.
Table A-3. Spanning Tree Trunk Configuration Menu Description Field/Option Description Trunk ID Lists the trunk group ID. Trunk Name Lists the trunk group name. Path Cost The contribution of the path through this port when it is the root port to the total path cost from this bridge to the root bridge: 10 for 100 Mbps ports, 100 for 10 Mbps ports. Port Priority The relative priority of the port on the bridge.
A.3.2 Configuring SmartTrunking: Web-Based Management SmartTrunking can be configured through a web browser-based utility which allows you to configure and manage Cabletron SmartSTACK ELS100-24 switches remotely. For more information, see the Cabletron WebView, Web-Based Management for the ELS100-24 User Guide. To examine this guide, see the Cabletron Systems user manual website at: http://www.cabletron.com/support/manuals A.3.2.1 SmartTrunking Configuration To configure SmartTrunking, do the following: 1.
4. Select Trunking Table Configuration. Figure A-9 shows the Trunking Table Configuration menu. Figure A-9. Trunking Table Configuration Menu 5. To create a new trunk group, select Create New Trunk. Figure A-10 shows the Create New Trunk menu. Figure A-10. Create New Trunk Menu 6. Enter the Trunk ID, the Trunk Name, the Trunking Protocol status, and the ports in the trunk, then select Apply. 12 SmartSTACK ELS100-24 Firmware Revision 2.
7. To modify an existing trunk group, first choose the trunk to modify by selecting the radio button next to the appropriate trunk on the Trunking Table Configuration menu (Figure A-9). Then select Modify Trunk. Figure A-11 shows the Modify Trunk menu. Figure A-11. Modify Trunk Menu A.4 Half Duplex Support on 100Base-FX Ports Half duplex support on 100Base-FX ports of the ELS100-24TXM has been added in firmware revision 2.01. Previously, only full duplex operation was supported on 100Base-FX ports.
A.5 Read-only Password Protection Read-only password protection has been added in firmware revision 2.01. This feature adds an additional password option to the user interface (for serial console and Telnet) for read-only access. Previously only read/ write password protection was available. To configure read-only password protection, do the following: 1. Select System Configuration Menu from the Main Menu (Figure A-13). SYSTEM CONFIGURATION a. SNMP Configuration Menu b. System Name c. System Location d.
A.6 Disable Serial Console A new MIB variable was added to the Cabletron proprietary MIB allowing the serial console of the switch to be disabled or enabled via SNMP. Previously, the serial console was always enabled. The name of the variable is SysComPortEnable as shown in the table in A.8.3 Cabletron Proprietary MIB below. Make sure the switch IP address is recorded in an easy to locate place. If the serial console is disabled, and the IP address of the switch is forgotten, the switch cannot be managed.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION a. SNMP Configuration Menu b. System Name c. System Location d. System Contact e. IP Address f. Subnet Mask g. Default Gateway h. BootP/DHCP Enable i. Screen Timeout (minutes) j. READ/WRITE Password k. READ ONLY Password l. Terminal Baud Rate m. Power Up Diagnostics n. Syslog Server IP Address o. Lowest Syslog Severity Level p. Web Management Enable Access Control: READ/WRITE 000.000.000.000 000.000.000.000 000.000.000.000 Yes 0 9600 Yes 024.001.133.111 warning Yes x.
Table A-4. Syslog Severity Level Descriptions Severity Level Condition emergency (0) System is unusable. alert (1) Action must be taken immediately. critical (2) Action must be taken immediately. error (3) Displays an error message. warning (4) Action must be taken to prevent performance degradation. notice (5) Normal condition. Signification of a potential error condition. info (6) Informational. No action required. debug (7) Displays a debug-level message. A.
A.8.3 Cabletron Proprietary MIB Three new MIB objects were added to the Cabletron Proprietary MIB in firmware revision 2.01. The following is a description of these variables presented as a supplement to Table 5-1 in the Installation and User Guide. Variable Description SysSyslogServer The IP address of the Syslog server. SysLowestSyslogSeverity The least severe Syslog severity level sent to the Syslog server. All the logs with the same or higher severity will be delivered.
A.8.4 SmartTrunking MIB Support for the Cabletron SmartTrunking MIB was added in firmware revision 2.01. Table A-5 describes the variables contained in the MIB. Table A-5. SmartTrunking MIB Variables Variable Description TrunkGlobalStatus The global state of trunking capability for the switch, either True or False. TrunkConfigTable Trunk group configuration table indexed by TrunkIndex. TrunkIndex Trunk group number or index. TrunkConfigName The trunk group’s name, used for informational purposes.
The Power Up Diagnostics and Web Management Enable features in the user interface were available prior to Cabletron SmartSTACK ELS100-24 firmware revision 2.01, but were not documented in the Installation and User Guide. These features are documented in the following two sections. A.9 Power Up Diagnostics The Power Up Diagnostics feature allows you to enable or disable diagnostics software to be run every time the switch is initialized.
