Page 1 ADMINISTRATION GUIDE Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Chapter 3: Administration: System Log Setting System Log Settings Setting Remote Logging Settings Viewing Memory Logs Chapter 4: Administration: File Management System Files Upgrade/Backup Firmware/Language Active Image Download/Backup Configuration/Log Configuration Files Properties Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 4 System Modes Chapter 6: Administration Device Models System Settings Console Settings (Autobaud Rate Support) Management Interface System Mode and Stack Management User Accounts Defining Idle Session Timeout Time Settings System Log File Management Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 5 Configuring Port and VLAN Mirroring Viewing CPU Utilization and Secure Core Technology Chapter 9: Administration: Discovery Bonjour LLDP and CDP Configuring LLDP Configuring CDP CDP Statistics Chapter 10: Port Management Configuring Ports Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 6 Macro Failure and the Reset Operation How the Smartport Feature Works Auto Smartport Error Handling Default Configuration Relationships with Other Features and Backwards Compatibility Common Smartport Tasks Configuring Smartport Using The Web-based Interface Built-in Smartport Macros Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 7 Rapid Spanning Tree Settings Multiple Spanning Tree MSTP Properties VLANs to a MSTP Instance MSTP Instance Settings MSTP Interface Settings Chapter 16: Managing MAC Address Tables Static MAC Addresses Dynamic MAC Addresses Reserved MAC Addresses Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 8 IPv6 Management and Interfaces Domain Name Chapter 19: IP Configuration: RIPv2 Overview How Rip Operates on the Device Configuring RIP Chapter 20: IP Configuration: VRRP Overview Configurable Elements of VRRP Configuring VRRP Chapter 21: Security Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 9 Overview of 802.1X Authenticator Overview Common Tasks 802.1X Configuration Through the GUI Defining Time Ranges Authentication Method and Port Mode Support Chapter 23: Security: IPv6 First Hop Security IPv6 First Hop Security Overview Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 10 Common Tasks SSH Client Configuration Through the GUI Chapter 25: Security: SSH Server Overview Common Tasks SSH Server Configuration Pages Chapter 26: Security: Secure Sensitive Data Management Introduction SSD Rules SSD Properties Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 11 Chapter 29: SNMP SNMP Versions and Workflow Model OIDs SNMP Engine ID Configuring SNMP Views Creating SNMP Groups Managing SNMP Users Defining SNMP Communities Defining Trap Settings Notification Recipients SNMP Notification Filters Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 12: Chapter 1: Getting Started
If you are using a pop-up blocker, make sure it is disabled. Browser Restrictions If you are using IPv6 interfaces on your management station, use the IPv6 global address and not the IPv6 link local address to access the device from your browser. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 13: Launching The Configuration Utility
IP address, the power LED is on solid. Logging In The default username is cisco and the default password is cisco. The first time that you log in with the default username and password, you are required to enter a new password.
Page 14 Getting Started Starting the Web-based Configuration Utility If this is the first time that you logged on with the default user ID (cisco) and the STEP 3 default password (cisco) or your password has expired, the Change Password Page appears. See Password Expiration for additional information.
Page 15 Getting Started page. If you did not select this option, the initial page is the Getting Started page. If you did select this option, the initial page is the System Summary page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 16: Quick Start Device Configuration
Configure Port Mirroring Port and VLAN Mirroring page There are two hot links on the Getting Started page that take you to Cisco web pages for more information. Clicking on the Support link takes you to the device product support page, and clicking on the Forums link takes you to the Support Community page.
Page 17: Interface Naming Conventions
SG500X and Sx500 devices - see Administration: Stack Management for more details). • TCAM size, see TCAM Utilization • Stack ports are different on these devices. See Default Stack and Network Ports. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 18 Enabling IPv4 routing is done differently in the devices, as follows: SG500XSG500XG/ESW2-550X—IPv4 routing must be enabled in the IPv4 Interface page. Sx500—When the device is switched from Layer 2 to Layer 3 system mode, IPv4 routing is automatically enabled. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 19: Window Navigation
Configuration and sets the device parameters according to the data in the Running Configuration. Username Displays the name of the user logged on to the device. The default username is cisco. (The default password is cisco). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 20 SYSLOG Alert Status icon is no longer displayed. To display the page when there is not an active SYSLOG message, Click Status and Statistics > View Log > RAM Memory. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 21 Click to clear the statistic counters for the selected Counters interface. Clear Logs Clears log files. Clear Table Clears table entries. Close Returns to main page. If any changes were not applied to the Running Configuration, a message appears. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 22 2. Click Close to return to the main page. Enter the query filtering criteria and click Go. The results are displayed on the page. Refresh Clich Refresh to refresh the counter values. Test Click Test to perform the related tests. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 23 Getting Started Window Navigation Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 24: Chapter 2: Status And Statistics
The Interface page displays traffic statistics per port. The refresh rate of the information can be selected. This page is useful for analyzing the amount of traffic that is both sent and received and its dispersion (Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 25 To clear or view statistics counters: • Click Clear Interface Counters to clear counters for the interface displayed. • Click View All Interfaces Statistics to see all ports on a single page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 26: Etherlike Statistics
To clear statistics counters: • Click Clear Interface Counters to clear the selected interfaces counters. • Click View All Interfaces Statistics to see all ports on a single page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 27: Gvrp Statistics
• Invalid Protocol ID—Invalid protocol ID errors. • Invalid Attribute Type—Invalid attribute ID errors. • Invalid Attribute Value—Invalid attribute value errors. • Invalid Attribute Length—Invalid attribute length errors. • Invalid Event—Invalid events. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 28: 802.1X Eap Statistics
EAP Response Frames Received—EAP Response frames received by the port (other than Resp/ID frames). • EAP Request/ID Frames Transmitted—EAP Req/ID frames transmitted by the port. • EAP Request Frames Transmitted—EAP Request frames transmitted by the port. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 29: Acl Statistics
The interfaces on which packets were forwarded or rejected based on ACL rules are displayed. To manage statistics counters: • Click Refresh to reset the counters. • Click Clear Counters to clear the counters of all interfaces. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 30: Tcam Utilization
• IPv6 Multicast Routing—Number of TCAM entries used for IPv6 routing. In Use—Number of TCAM entries used for IPv6 routing. Maximum—Number of available TCAM entries that can be used for IPv6 routing. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 31: Health
Define interesting changes in counter values, such as “reached a certain number of late collisions” (defines the alarm), and then specify what action to perform when this event occurs (log, trap, or log and trap). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 32: Rmon Statistics
Undersize Packets—Undersized packets (less than 64 octets) received. • Oversize Packets—Oversized packets (over 2000 octets) received. • Fragments—Fragments (packets with less than 64 octets, excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) received. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 33: Rmon History
After the data is sampled and stored, it appears in the History Table page that can be viewed by clicking History Table. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 34: Rmon History Table
The History Table page displays interface-specific statistical network samplings. The samples were configured in the History Control table described above. To view RMON history statistics: Click Status and Statistics > RMON > History. STEP 1 Click History Table. STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 35 FCS (Frame Check Sequence) with an integral number of octets (FCS Error) or a bad FCS with a non-integral octet (Alignment Error) number. • Collisions—Collisions received. • Utilization—Percentage of current interface traffic compared to maximum traffic that the interface can handle. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 36: Rmon Events Control
Log (Event Log Table)—Add a log entry to the Event Log table when the alarm is triggered. Trap (SNMP Manager and SYSLOG Server)—Send a trap to the remote log server when the alarm goes off. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 37: Rmon Alarms
After a falling alarm is issued, the next alarm is issued when a rising threshold is crossed. One or more alarms are bound to an event, which indicates the action to be taken when the alarm occurs. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 38 Falling Event—Select an event to be performed when a falling event is triggered. • Startup Alarm—Select the first event from which to start generation of alarms. Rising is defined by crossing the threshold from a low-value threshold to a higher-value threshold. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 39: View Log
Owner—Enter the name of the user or network management system that receives the alarm. Click Apply. The RMON alarm is saved to the Running Configuration file. STEP 4 View Log Viewing Memory Logs. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 40: Chapter 3: Administration: System Log
(-) on each side (except for Emergency that is indicated by the letter F). For example, the log message "%INIT-I-InitCompleted: … " has a severity level of I, meaning Informational. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 41 Time and sent in a single message. The aggregated messages are sent in the order of their arrival. Each message states the number of times it was aggregated. • Max. Aggregation Time—Enter the interval of time that SYSLOG messages are aggregated. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 42: Setting Remote Logging Settings
IPv4 address of SYSLOG messages sent to SYSLOG servers. • IPv6 Source Interface—Select the source interface whose IPv6 address will be used as the source IPv6 address of SYSLOG messages sent to SYSLOG servers. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 43 Minimum Severity—Select the minimum level of system log messages to be sent to the server. Click Apply. The Add Remote Log Server page closes, the SYSLOG server is STEP 5 added, and the Running Configuration file is updated. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 44: Viewing Memory Logs
Log Settings page. Flash logs remain when the device is rebooted. You can clear the logs manually. To view the Flash logs, click Status and Statistics > View Log > Flash Memory. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 45 • Log Index—Log entry number. • Log Time—Time when message was generated. • Severity—Event severity. • Description—Message text describing the event. To clear the messages, click Clear Logs. The messages are cleared. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 46: Chapter 4: Administration: File Management
The possible methods of file transfer are: • Internal copy • HTTP/HTTPS that uses the facilities that the browser provides • TFTF/SCP client, requiring a TFTP/SCP server Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 47 The device has been operating continuously for 24 hours. No configuration changes have been made to the Running Configuration in the previous 24 hours. The Startup Configuration is identical to the Running Configuration. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 48 Copy one configuration file type to another configuration file type as described in the Copy/Save Configuration section. • Enable automatically uploading a configuration file from a DHCP server to the device, as described in the section. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 49: Upgrade/Backup Firmware/Language
Image can be updated prior to connecting a unit to the stack. This is the recommended method. • Upgrade device or stack. If the stack is updated, the slave units are automatically updated. This is done as follows: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 50 Select one of the following Save Action:: • Upgrade—Specifies that the file type on the device is to be replaced with a new version of that file type located on a TFTP server. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 51 If you selected via SCP (Over SSH), see SSH Client Authentication STEP 5 instructions. Then, enter the following fields: (only unique fields are described, for non-unique fields, see the descriptions above) Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 52 SCP Server Definition—Select whether to specify the SCP server by IP address or by domain name. • IP Version—Select whether an IPv4 or an IPv6 address is used. • IPv6 Address Type—Select the IPv6 address type (if used). The options are: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 53: Active Image
To select the active image: Click Administration > File Management > Active Image. STEP 1 The page displays the following: • Active Image—Displays the image file that is currently active on the device. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 54: Download/Backup Configuration/Log
Management Interface section. Configuration File Backwards Compatibility When restoring configuration files from an external device to the device, the following compatibility issues might arise: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 55 To backup or restore the system configuration file: Click Administration > File Management > Download/Backup Configuration/ STEP 1 Log. Select the Transfer Method. STEP 2 If you selected via TFTP, enter the parameters. Otherwise, skip to STEP STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 56 TFTP Server Definition—Select whether to specify the TFTP server by IP address or by domain name. b. IP Version—Select whether an IPv4 or an IPv6 address is used. c. IPv6 Address Type—Select the IPv6 address type (if used). The options are: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 57 (\ or /), the leading letter of the file name must not be a period (.), and the file name must be between 1 and 160 characters. (Valid characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, “.”, “-”, “_”). Click Apply. The file is upgraded or backed up. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 58 SSH user authentication method (password or public/private key), set a username and password on the device, if the password method is selected, and generate an RSA or DSA key if required. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 59 Source File Name—Enter the name of the source file. • Destination File Type—Select the configuration file type. Only valid file types are displayed. (The file types are described in the Files and File Types section). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 60: Configuration Files Properties
Click Administration > File Management > Configuration Files Properties. STEP 1 This page displays the following fields: • Configuration File Name—Type of system file. • Creation Time—Date and time that file was modified. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 61: Copy/Save Configuration
Select the Source File Name to be copied. Only valid file types are displayed STEP 2 (described in the Files and File Types section). Select the Destination File Name to be overwritten by the source file. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 62: Auto Configuration/Image Update Via Dhcp
Auto Configuration/Image Update via DHCP The Auto Configuration/Image Update feature provides a convenient method to automatically configure Cisco 200, 300 and 500 switches in a network and upgrade their firmware. This process enables the administrator to remotely ensure that the configuration and firmware of these devices in the network are up-to-date.
Page 63 TFTP Only—The download is done through TFTP, regardless of the file extension of the configuration file name. • SCP Only—The download is done through SCP (over SSH), regardless of the file extension of the configuration file name. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 64 • If the DHCP server did not send the indirect file name of the firmware image file, the Backup Indirect Image File Name (from the DHCP Auto Configuration/Image Update page) is used. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 65 TFTP/SCP server address parameter has not been configured, then: SCP—The Auto Configuration process is halted. TFTP—The device sends TFTP Request messages to a limited Broadcast address (for IPv4) or ALL NODES address (for IPv6) on its IP Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 66 • If Auto Configuration is enabled, the Auto Configuration process is triggered when the configuration file name is received from a DHCP server or a backup configuration file name has been configured. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 67 In IPv4, to ensure that a device downloads the configuration and images file as intended during the Auto Configuration/Image Update process, it is recommended that the device is always assigned the same IP address. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 68 Place a configuration file in the working directory. This file can be created by copying a configuration file from a device. When the device is booted, this becomes the Running Configuration file. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 69 Defining an IPv4 Interface in Layer 2 STEP 2 System Mode Defining IPv4 Interface in Layer 3 System Mode pages, and/ or define the device as a stateless DHCPv6 client in the IPv6 Interface page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 70 —If Auto By File Extension is selected, you can indicate a file extension here. Any file with this extension is downloaded using SCP. If no extension is entered, the default file extension .scp is used. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 71 Backup Configuration File Name—Enter the backup configuration file name. • Backup Indirect Image File Name—Enter the indirect image file name to a file that holds the path to the image. be used. This is An example of an Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 72 Administration: File Management indirect image file name is: indirect-cisco.scp. This file contains the path and name of the firmware image. The following fields are displayed: • Last Auto Configuration/Image Server IP Address—Address of the last backup server. • Last Auto Configuration File Name—Name of the last configuration file name.
Page 73: Chapter 5: Administration: Stack Management
System Modes Overview Devices can either function on their own (Standalone mode), or they can be connected into a stack of up to eight devices in various stacking modes (see Stack Unit Mode). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 74 Until the stack recovers to the new chain topology, the stack port that is currently down, loops-back the packets that were supposed to be sent through it, so that the packets arrive at their Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 75: Types Of Units In Stack
Hybrid stack mode, its system mode reverts to the default system mode (SG500X/EWS2-550X: L3 and L2, Sx500: L2). If a stack’s unit IDs were manually-configured, those units whose ID is greater than 4 are switched to auto numbering. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 76: Unit Leds
• Ring Topology—Each unit is connected to the neighboring unit. The last unit is connected to the first unit. The following shows a ring topology of an eight-unit stack: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 77: Topology Discovery
During topology discovery, each unit in a stack exchanges packets, which contain topology information. After the topology discovery process is completed, each unit contains the stack mapping information of all units in the stack. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 78: Unit Id Assignment
ID. Unit 1 does not join the stack and is shut down. It did not win the master selection process between the master-enabled units (1 or 2). Duplicate Unit Shut Down Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 79 Duplication Between Two Units With Auto Number Unit ID If a new stack has more than the maximum number of units (8), all extra units are shut NOTE down. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 80: Master Selection Process
Any of its stack ports has a link up or down. • The stack changes between ring and chain formation. When units are added or removed to and from a stack, it triggers topology changes, master election process, and/or unit ID assignment. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 81 The best unit is the unit with the higher uptime in segments of 10 minutes. The other unit is made the backup. Auto-numbered Master-enabled Unit Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 82: Unit Failure In Stack
1. The newer Unit 1 does not join the stack and is shutdown. User-assigned Master-enabled Unit Unit Failure in Stack Failure of Master Unit If the Master fails, the backup unit takes over the master role and continues to operate the stack normally. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 83 Clear and reset the configuration of the slave unit to default (to prevent an incorrect configuration from the new master unit). As a result, there is no traffic forwarding on the slave unit. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 84: Software Auto Synchronization In Stack
All units in a native stack must be of the same type (either all Sx500s, all SG500Xs/ESW2-550Xs or all SG500XGs). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 85 Native Stacking mode. Disabled Stack consists of all ESW2-550Xs Enabled/ 1G/10G or 1G/5G in Native Stacking mode. Disabled Stack consists of all Sx500s in 1G/5G (default) or 1G Native Stacking mode. supported. Copper/SFP (Combo) Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 86 LEDs (system, FAN, unit IDs, network ports and stack ports LEDs) are turned on. The information regarding the stack unit mode is displayed as a SYSLOG error in the master unit. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 87 It is retained after bootup in the following cases: • SG500X/ESW2-550X devices: Standalone to Native Stacking—Retained only when the unit is forced to become the master with unit ID = 1 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 88: Stack Ports
When two neighboring units are connected, the ports connecting them are automatically assigned to a stack LAG. This feature enables increasing the stack bandwidth of the stack port beyond that of a single port. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 89 (inactive). Recommended Stack Connections The following tables describe the optimal way to connect units in a stack according to the type of units in the stack. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 90 Case 2: XG1 to one neighbor and XG2 to another neighbor Case 3: S1 and S2 to same neighbor Case 4: XG1 and XG2 to same neighbor S1+S2 to same neighbor and XG1+XG2 to another neighbor Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 91 SG500X/ESW2-550X Devices—S1-S2-10G are stack ports by default. You can manually reconfigure S1-S2-10G and S1-S2-5G as network ports or stack ports. • SG500XG Devices—Any ports can be stack or network. By default the device is standalone. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 92: Port Speeds
Two units can only be connected in a stack if the ports on both ends of the link are of the same speed. This is done by configuring the stack ports speed to: • Auto Speed mode • Same speed on each side of the connection Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 93 Passive Copper Cable Cisco SFP- H10GB-CU5M – Passive Copper Cable Cisco SFP-10G- supported supported supported supported Cisco SFP-10G- supported supported supported supported Cisco SFP-10G- supported supported supported supported 1G SFP Module MGBSX1 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 94 Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU1M – Passive Copper Cable 1G - 10G Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU3M – Passive Copper Cable 1G - 10G Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M – Passive Copper Cable 1G - 10G Cisco SFP-10G-SR Cisco SFP-10G-LRM Cisco SFP-10G-LR 1G SFP Module MGBSX1 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 95 1G SFP Module MGBT1 1G SFP Module MGBLX1 1G SFP Module MGBBX1 100Mbs SFP Module MFELX1 Not supported 100Mbs SFP Module MFEFX1 Not supported 100Mbs SFP Module MFEBX1 Not supported Other SFPs Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 96: Default Configuration
RIP and VRRP are not supported in Basic Hybrid stack mode. System Modes Use the System Mode and Stack Management page to perform the following: • Change the stack mode of a device to Standalone. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 97 Stacking mode). If you want to downgrade software from a device that was configured in a hybrid stacking mode to a software version that does not support hybrid stacking, configure the device to Native Stacking mode first. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 98 Stack Master—Select the master unit of the stack. The following options are available: Auto Select—System selects the master. See Master Selection Process. Unit 1—Select unit 1 as the master unit after reboot. Unit 2—Select unit 2 as the master unit after reboot. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 99 When you click on the arrows connecting the devices, a tooltip displays the unit number, the type of stack ports connected the units and the numbers of the connected units. See an example of this below: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 100 Unit 1 Stack Connection Speed—Select the speed for the stack ports. Select Auto for the system to select the speed. Click Apply and Reboot. The parameters are copied to the Running Configuration STEP 3 file and the stack is rebooted. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 101 Administration: Stack Management System Modes Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 102: Chapter 6: Administration
System Log • File Management • Rebooting the Device • Routing Resources • Health • Diagnostics • Discovery - Bonjour • Discovery - LLDP • Discovery - CDP • Ping • Traceroute Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 103: Device Models
SF500-48MP-K9 48-Port 10/100 Max-PoE Stackable 740W Managed Switch SF500-48P SF500-48P-K9 48-Port 10/100 PoE Stackable 375W Managed Switch SG500-28 SG5000-28-K9 28-Port Gigabit Stackable Managed Switch SG500-28MPP SG500-28MPP-K9 28-Port Gigabit PoE Managed 740W Switch Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 104 Switch ESW2-550X-48 ESW2-550X-48- 48-Port Gigabit with 4-Port 10- Gigabit Stackable Managed Switch ESW2-550X- ESW2-550X- 48-Port Gigabit with 4-Port 10- 48DC 48DC-K9 Gigabit Stackable Managed Switch SG500XG-8F8T SG500XG-8F8T- 16-Port 10-Gigabit Stackable Managed Switch Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 105: System Settings
System Object ID—Unique vendor identification of the network management subsystem contained in the entity (used in SNMP). • System Uptime—Time that has elapsed since the last reboot. • Current Time—Current system time. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 106 Language MD5 Checksum—MD5 checksum of the language file. TCP/UDP Services Status: • HTTP Service—Whether HTTP is enabled/disabled. • HTTPS Service—Whether HTTPS is enabled/disabled. • SNMP Service—Whether SNMP is enabled/disabled. • Telnet Service—Whether Telnet is enabled/disabled. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 107 Host Name—Select the host name of this device. This is used in the prompt of CLI commands: Use Default—The default hostname (System Name) of these switches is: switch123456, where 123456 represents the last three bytes of the device MAC address in hex format. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 108: Console Settings (Autobaud Rate Support)
To enable Auto Detection or to manually set the baud rate of the console: Click Administration > Console Settings. STEP 1 Select one of the following: STEP 2 • Auto Detection—The console baud rate is detected automatically. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 109: Management Interface
To set the idle session timeout for various types of sessions: Click Administration > Idle Session Timeout. STEP 1 Select the timeout for the each session from the corresponding list. The default STEP 2 timeout value is 10 minutes. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 110: Time Settings
You are performing actions on a remote device, and these actions might create loss of connectivity to the remote device. Pre-scheduling a reboot restores the working configuration and enables restoring the connectivity to Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 111 This process erases the Startup Configuration file and the backup configuration file. The stack unit ID is set to auto, and in Sx500, the system mode is set to Layer 2. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 112: Routing Resources
If IPv4 routing is enabled on the device, the following table describes the number of TCAM entries used by the various features: Table 5: Logical Entity IPv4 IP Neighbor 1 entry IP Address on an interface 2 entries IP Remote Route 1 entry Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 113 Routes (1 TCAM entry per route)—Count is the number of routes recorded on the device and TCAM Entries is the number of TCAM entries being used for the routes. • Total—Displays the number of TCAM entries which are currently being used. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 114 Use Default—On Sx500 the number of TCAM entries is 25% of the TCAM size. On SG500X/SG500XG the number of Router TCAM entries is 50% of the Router TCAM size. User Defined—Enter a value. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 115 In Use—Number of TCAM entries utilized for IPv6 Multicast routing. Maximum—Maximum number of TCAM entries available for IPv6 Multicast routing. • Maximum TCAM Entries for Non-IP Rules—Number of TCAM entries available for non-IP rules. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 116: Health
In this case, the following actions are performed by the device if it overheats and during the cool down period after overheating: Event Action At least one temperature The following are generated: sensor exceeds the • SYSLOG message Warning threshold • SNMP trap Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 117 N/A—Fan ID is not applicable for the specific model. • Fan Direction—(On relevant devices) The direction that the fans are working in (for example: Front to Back). • Temperature—The options are: OK—The temperature is below the warning threshold. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 118: Diagnostics
Critical—Temperature is above the critical threshold If the device is in Native Stack mode, the Health page displays the above fields for each unit: Diagnostics Administration: Diagnostics. Discovery - Bonjour See Bonjour. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 119: Discovery - Lldp
IP addresses of the type specified in the IP Version field will be displayed. If the Auto option is selected, the system computes the source NOTE address based on the destination address. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 120 STEP 3 added to the list of messages, indicating the result of the ping operation. View the results of ping in the Ping Counters and Status section of the page. STEP 4 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 121: Traceroute
A page appears showing the Round Trip Time (RTT) and status for each trip in the fields: • Index—Displays the number of the hop. • Host—Displays a stop along the route to the destination. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 122 Administration Traceroute • Round Trip Time (1-3)—Displays the round trip time in (ms) for the first through third frame and the status of the first through third operation. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 123 Administration Traceroute Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 124: Chapter 7: Administration: Time Settings
This section describes the options for configuring the system time, time zone, and Daylight Savings Time (DST). It covers the following topics: • System Time Options • SNTP Modes • Configuring System Time Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 125: System Time Options
After the time has been set by any of the above sources, it is not set again by the browser. SNTP is the recommended method for time setting. NOTE Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 126: Sntp Modes
The device supports having all of the above modes active at the same time and selects the best system time received from an SNTP server, according to an algorithm based on the closest stratum (distance from the reference clock). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 127: Configuring System Time
The Clock Source Setting needs to be set to either of the above in NOTE order for RIP MD5 authentication to work. This also helps features that associate with time, for example: Time Based ACL, Port, 802.1 port authentication that are supported on some devices. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 128 —DST is set manually, typically for a country other than the USA or a European country. Enter the parameters described below. Recurring —DST occurs on the same date every year. By Dates Selecting allows customization of the start and stop of DST: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 129: Adding A Unicast Sntp Server
Click Administration > Time Settings > SNTP Unicast. STEP 1 Enter the following fields: STEP 2 • SNTP Client Unicast—Select to enable the device to use SNTP-predefined Unicast clients with Unicast SNTP servers. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 130 Delay—Estimated round-trip delay of the server's clock relative to the local clock over the network path between them, in milliseconds. The host determines the value of this delay using the algorithm described in RFC 2030. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 131 (distance from the reference clock) that is reachable. The server with the lowest stratum is considered to be the primary server. The server with the next lowest stratum Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 132: Configuring The Sntp Mode
The packets are transmitted to all SNTP servers on the subnet. If the system is in Layer 3 system mode, click Add to select the interface for SNTP STEP 3 reception/transmission. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 133: Defining Sntp Authentication
Click Apply to update the device. STEP 3 Click Add. STEP 4 Enter the following parameters: STEP 5 • Authentication Key ID—Enter the number used to identify this SNTP authentication key internally. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 134: Time Range
The time-range feature can be used for the following: • Limit access of computers to the network during business hours (for example), after which the network ports are locked, and access to the rest Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 135 Click Administration > Time Settings > Recurring Range. STEP 1 The existing recurring time ranges are displayed (filtered per a specific, absolute time range.) Select the absolute time range to which to add the recurring range. STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 136 • Recurring Ending Time—Enter the date and time that the Time Range ends on a recurring basis. Click Apply STEP 5 Click Time Range to access the Absolute Time Range STEP 6 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 137 Administration: Time Settings Configuring System Time Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 138: Chapter 8: Administration: Diagnostics
Copper Test page. Preconditions to Running the Copper Port Test Before running the test, do the following: • (Mandatory) Disable Short Reach mode (see the Port Management > Green Ethernet > Properties page) Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 139 Unknown Test Result—Error has occurred. • Distance to Fault—Distance from the port to the location on the cable where the fault was discovered. • Operational Port Status—Displays whether port is up or down. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 140: Displaying Optical Module Status
MFELX1: 100BASE-LX SFP transceiver, for single-mode fiber, 1310 nm wavelength, supports up to 10 km. The following GE SFP (1000Mbps) transceivers are supported: • MGBBX1: 1000BASE-BX-20U SFP transceiver, for single-mode fiber, 1310 nm wavelength, supports up to 40 km. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 141 Transmitter Fault—Remote SFP reports signal loss. Values are True, False, and No Signal (N/S). • Loss of Signal—Local SFP reports signal loss. Values are True and False. • Data Ready—SFP is operational. Values are True and False Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 142: Configuring Port And Vlan Mirroring
Source Interface—Interface, port, or VLAN from which traffic is sent to the analyzer port. • Type—Type of monitoring: incoming to the port (Rx), outgoing from the port (Tx), or both. • Status— Displays one of the following values: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 143: Viewing Cpu Utilization And Secure Core Technology
The device uses the Secure Core Technology (SCT) feature to ensure that the device receives and processes management and protocol traffic, no matter how much total traffic is received SCT is enabled by default on the device and cannot be disabled. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 144 STEP 2 Select the Refresh Rate (time period in seconds) that passes before the statistics STEP 3 are refreshed. A new sample is created for each time period. Click Apply. STEP 4 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 145 Administration: Diagnostics Viewing CPU Utilization and Secure Core Technology Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 146: Chapter 9: Administration: Discovery
Services page. When Bonjour Discovery and IGMP are both enabled, the IP Multicast address of Bonjour appears on the Adding IP Multicast Group Address page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 147: Bonjour In Layer 3 System Mode
Bonjour Discovery advertisements sent by other devices. To configure Bonjour when the device is in Layer 3 system mode: Click Administration > Discovery - Bonjour. STEP 1 Select Enable to enable Bonjour Discovery globally. STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 148: Lldp And Cdp
Apply). LLDP and CDP LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) and CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) are link layer protocols for directly-connected LLDP and CDP-capable neighbors to advertise themselves and their capabilities. By default, the device sends an LLDP/ CDP advertisement periodically to all its interfaces and processes incoming LLDP and CDP packets as required by the protocols.
Page 149: Configuring Lldp
This section describes how to configure LLDP. It covers the following topics: • LLDP Overview • LLDP Properties • LLDP Port Settings • LLDP MED Network Policy • LLDP MED Port Settings • LLDP Port Status • LLDP Local Information Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 150: Lldp Overview
3. Create LLDP MED network policies by using the LLDP MED Network Policy page. 4. Associate LLDP MED network policies and the optional LLDP-MED TLVs to the desired interfaces by using the LLDP MED Port Settings page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 151: Lldp Properties
LLDP frame transmissions, due to changes in the LLDP local systems MIB. • Chassis ID Advertisement—Select one of the following options for advertisement in the LLDP messages: MAC Address —Advertise the MAC address of the device. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 152: Lldp Port Settings
Tx & Rx—Publishes and discovers. Disable—Indicates that LLDP is disabled on the port. • SNMP Notification—Select Enable to send notifications to SNMP notification recipients; for example, an SNMP managing system, when there is a topology change. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 153 Auto Advertise—Specifies that the software automatically chooses a management address to advertise from all the IP addresses of the device. In case of multiple IP addresses, the software chooses the lowest Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 154: Lldp Med Network Policy
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Emergency Call Service (E-911) by using IP Phone location information. • Troubleshooting information. LLDP MED sends alerts to network managers upon: Port speed and duplex mode conflicts Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 155 Click Apply to add this setting to the Running Configuration file. STEP 3 To define a new policy, click Add. STEP 4 Enter the values: STEP 5 • Network Policy Number—Select the number of the policy to be created. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 156: Lldp Med Port Settings
This page displays the following LLDP MED settings for all ports (only fields not described in the Edit page are listed): • Location—Whether Location TLV is transmitted. • PoE—Whether POE-PSE TLV is transmitted. • Inventory—Whether Inventory TLV is transmitted. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 157 LLDP. Location ECS ELIN—Enter the Emergency Call Service (ECS) ELIN location to be published by LLDP. Click Apply. The LLDP MED port settings are written to the Running Configuration STEP 5 file. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 158 • Remote PoE—PoE information advertised by the neighbor. • # of neighbors—Number of neighbors discovered. • Neighbor Capability of 1st Device—Displays the primary functions of the neighbor; for example: Bridge or Router. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 159: Lldp Local Information
Address Subtype—Type of management IP address that is listed in the Management Address field; for example, IPv4. • Address—Returned address most appropriate for management use,typically a Layer 3 address. • Interface Subtype—Numbering method used for defining the interface number. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 160 • Remote Tx Echo—Indicates the local link partner’s reflection of the remote link partner’s Tx value. • Remote Rx Echo—Indicates the local link partner’s reflection of the remote link partner’s Rx value. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 161 • Model Name—Device model name. • Asset ID—Asset ID. Location Information • Civic—Street address. • Coordinates—Map coordinates: latitude, longitude, and altitude. • ECS ELIN—Emergency Call Service (ECS) Emergency Location Identification Number (ELIN). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 162: Lldp Neighbor Information
Chassis ID Subtype—Type of chassis ID (for example, MAC address). • Chassis ID—Identifier of the 802 LAN neighboring device's chassis. • Port ID Subtype—Type of the port identifier that is shown. • Port ID—Identifier of port. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 163 Bits 8 through 15 are reserved. • Enabled System Capabilities—Primary enabled function(s) of the device. Management Address Table • Address Subtype—Managed address subtype; for example, MAC or IPv4. • Address—Managed address. • Interface Subtype—Port subtype. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 164 802.3 Link Aggregation • Aggregation Capability—Indicates if the port can be aggregated. • Aggregation Status—Indicates if the port is currently aggregated. • Aggregation Port ID—Advertised aggregated port ID. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 165 PoE Power Source—Port’s power source. • PoE Power Priority—Port’s power priority. • PoE Power Value—Port’s power value. • Hardware Revision –Hardware version. • Firmware Revision—Firmware version. • Software Revision—Software version. • Serial Number—Device serial number. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 166 10.2.4 of the ANSI-TIA-1057 standard: • Civic—Civic or street address. • Coordinates—Location map coordinates—latitude, longitude, and altitude. • ECS ELIN—Device’s Emergency Call Service (ECS) Emergency Location Identification Number (ELIN). • Unknown—Unknown location information. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 167: Lldp Statistics
—Total number of received frames that were discarded. Errors —Total number of received frames with errors. • Rx TLVs Discarded —Total number of received TLVs that were discarded. Unrecognized —Total number of received TLVs that were unrecognized. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 168: Lldp Overloading
Size (Bytes)—Total mandatory TLV byte size. Status—If the mandatory TLV group is being transmitted, or if the TLV group was overloaded. • LLDP MED Capabilities Size (Bytes)—Total LLDP MED capabilities packets byte size. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 169 —Total LLDP MED inventory TLVs packets byte size. Status —If the LLDP MED inventory packets were sent, or if they were overloaded. • Total Total (Bytes)—Total number of bytes of LLDP information in each packet Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 170: Configuring Cdp
• CDP Statistics CDP Properties Similar to LLDP, the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a link layer protocol for directly-connected neighbors to advertise themselves and their capabilities to each other. Unlike LLDP, CDP is a Cisco proprietary protocol. CDP Configuration Workflow The followings is sample workflow for configuring CDP on the device.
Page 171 • CDP Transmission Rate—The rate in seconds at which CDP advertisement updates are sent. The following options are possible: Use Default—Use the default rate (60 seconds) User Defined—Enter the rate in seconds. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 172 The conflict can be Voice VLAN data, Native VLAN, or Duplex. By setting these properties it is possible to select the types of information to be provided to devices that support the LLDP protocol. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 173 Syslog Voice VLAN Mismatch—Select to enable sending a SYSLOG message when a voice VLAN mismatch is detected. This means that the voice VLAN information in the incoming frame does not match what the local device is advertising. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 174 • Address TLV Address1-3—IP addresses (advertised in the device address TLV). • Port TLV Port ID—Identifier of port advertised in the port TLV. • Capabilities TLV Capabilities—Capabilities advertised in the port TLV) Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 175 Request ID—Last power request ID received echoes the Request-ID field last received in a Power Requested TLV. It is 0 if no Power Requested TLV was received since the interface last transitioned to Up. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 176 The CDP Neighbor Information page contains the following fields for the link partner (neighbor): • Device ID—Neighbors device ID. • System Name—Neighbors system name. • Local Interface—Number of the local port to which the neighbor is connected. • Advertisement Version—CDP protocol version. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 177 Power Drawn—Amount of power consumed by neighbor on the interface. • Version—Neighbors software version. Clicking on the Clear Table button disconnect all connected devices if from CDP, NOTE and if Auto Smartport is enabled change all port types to default. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 178: Cdp Statistics
To clear all counters on all interfaces, click Clear All Interface Counters. To clear all counters on an interface, select it and click Clear Interface Counters. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 179 Administration: Discovery CDP Statistics Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 180: Chapter 10: Port Management
4. Configure the LACP parameters for the ports that are members or candidates of a dynamic LAG by using the LACP page. 5. Configure Green Ethernet and 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet by using the Properties page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 181: Port Configuration
Copper Ports—Regular, not Combo, support the following values: 10M, 100M, and 1000M (type: Copper). Combo Ports Copper—Combo port connected with copper CAT5 cable, supports the following values: 10M, 100M, and 1000M (type: ComboC). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 182 10M or 100M. At port speed of 1G, the mode is always full duplex. The possible options are: Half—The interface supports transmission between the device and the client in only one direction at a time. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 183 Flow Control—Enable or disable 802.3x Flow Control, or enable the auto- negotiation of Flow Control on the port (only when in Full Duplex mode). • MDI/MDIX—Media Dependent Interface (MDI)/Media Dependent Interface with Crossover (MDIX) status on the port. The options are: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 184 Automatic Recovery Interval has passed. To configure error recovery settings: Click Port Management > Error Recovery Settings. STEP 1 Enter the following fields: STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 185 Click Port Management > Error Recovery Settings. STEP 1 The list of inactivated interfaces along with their Suspension Reason is displayed. Select the interface to be reactivated. STEP 2 Click Reactivate. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 186: Loopback Detection
LAGs, the LBD is transmitted on every active port member in LAG). When a loop is detected, the switch performs the following actions: • Sets the receiving ports or LAGs to Error Disable state. • Issues an appropriate SNMP trap. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 187: Configuring Loopback Detection
Click Apply to save the configuration to the Running Configuration file. STEP 4 The following fields are displayed for each interface, regarding the Loopback Detection State: • Administrative—Loopback detection is enabled. • Operational—Loopback detection is enabled but not active on the interface. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 188: Link Aggregation
Dynamic—A LAG is dynamic if LACP is enabled on it. The group of ports assigned to dynamic LAG are candidate ports. LACP determines which candidate ports are active member ports. The non-active candidate ports are standby ports ready to replace any failing active member ports. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 189 When the port is removed from the LAG, its original configuration is reapplied. • Protocols, such as Spanning Tree, consider all the ports in the LAG to be one port. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 190 LAG on the Edit LAG Membership page. To select the load balancing algorithm of the LAG: Click Port Management > Link Aggregation > LAG Management. STEP 1 Select one of the following Load Balance Algorithm: STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 191 Port List to the LAG Members list. Up to eight ports per static LAG can be assigned, and 16 ports can be assigned to a dynamic LAG These are candidate ports. Click Apply. LAG membership is saved to the Running Configuration file. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 192: Configuring Lag Settings
(the Flow Control default is disabled). It is recommended to keep auto-negotiation enabled on both sides of an aggregate link, or disabled on both sides, while ensuring that link speeds are identical. • Operational Auto Negotiation—Displays the auto-negotiation setting. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 193: Configuring Lacp
LAGs. Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated. STEP 4 Configuring LACP A dynamic LAG is LACP-enabled, and LACP is run on every candidate port defined in the LAG. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 194 LACP With No Link Partner In order for LACP to create a LAG, the ports on both link ends should be configured for LACP, meaning that the ports send LACP PDUs and handle received PDUs. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 195 LACP Timeout—Time interval between the sending and receiving of consecutive LACP PDUs. Select the periodic transmissions of LACP PDUs, which occur at either a Long or Short transmission speed, depending upon the expressed LACP timeout preference. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 196: Udld
Energy-Detect Mode—(Not available on SG500XG) On an inactive link, the port moves into inactive mode, saving power while keeping the Administrative status of the port Up. Recovery from this mode to full Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 197 Green Ethernet mode. The saved energy displayed is only related to Green Ethernet. The amount of energy saved by EEE is not displayed. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 198: Az Energy Efficient Ethernet Feature
When using 802.3az EEE, systems on both sides of the link can disable portions of their functionality and save power during periods of no traffic. 802.3az EEE supports IEEE 802.3 MAC operation at 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 199 802.3az EEE operation after auto-negotiation is completed. The 802.3az EEE TLV is used to fine tune system wake-up and refresh durations. Availability of 802.3az EEE Please see the release notes for a complete listing of products that support EEE. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 200 Check the 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) mode on the port (it is enabled by default). c. Select whether to enable or disable advertisement of 802.3az EEE capabilities through LLDP in 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) LLDP (it is enabled by default). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 201 This value is updated each time there is an event that affects power saving. • 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)— Globally enable or disable EEE mode (only available if there are GE ports on the device). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 202 Short Reach—State of the port regarding Short Reach mode: Administrative—Displays whether Short Reach mode was enabled. Operational—Displays whether Short Reach mode is currently operating. Reason—If Short-Reach mode is not operational, displays the reason. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 203 (advertisement of EEE capabilities through LLDP) if there are GE ports on the device. Click Apply. The Green Ethernet port settings are written to the Running STEP 7 Configuration file. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 204: Chapter 11: Port Management: Unidirectional Link Detection
The purpose of UDLD is to detect ports on which the neighbor does not receive traffic from the local device (unidirectional link) and to shut down those ports. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 205: Udld Operation
If the link state of the port is determined to be bi-directional and the UDLD information times out while the link on the port is still up, UDLD tries to re- establish the state of the port. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 206 Device is in normal UDLD mode: A notification is issued. Device is in aggressive UDLD mode. The port is shut down. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 207: Usage Guidelines
Recovery Settings page Usage Guidelines Cisco does not recommend enabling UDLD on ports that are connected to devices on which UDLD is not supported or disabled. Sending UDLD packets on a port connected to a device that does not support UDLD causes more traffic on the port without providing benefits.
Page 208: Dependencies On Other Features
UDLD is disabled by default on all ports of the device. • Default message time is 15 seconds. • Default expiration time is 45 seconds (3 times the message time). • Default port UDLD state: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 209: Before You Start
STEP 1 a. Select a port. b. Select either Default, Disabled, Normal or Aggressive as the port’s UDLD status. If you select Default, the port receives the global setting. Click Apply. STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 210: Configuring Udld
If the link is bi-directional, the device shuts down after the UDLD information times out. The port state is marked as undetermined. Click Apply to save the settings to the Running Configuration file. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 211 UDLD message was received or the UDLD message did not contain the local device ID in it. Disabled—UDLD has been disabled on this port. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 212 Undetermined—The state of the link between the port and its connected port cannot be determined either because no UDLD message was received or the UDLD message did not contain the local device ID in it. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 213 Neighbor Expiration Time (Sec.)—Displays the time that must pass before the device attempts to determine the port UDLD status. This is three times the Message Time. • Neighbor Message Time (Sec.)—Displays the time between UDLD messages. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 214: Chapter 12: Smartport
• Auto Smartport • Error Handling • Default Configuration • Relationships with Other Features and Backwards Compatibility • Common Smartport Tasks • Configuring Smartport Using The Web-based Interface • Built-in Smartport Macros Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 215: Overview
Voice VLAN and Smartport, described in the Voice VLAN section. • LLDP/CDP for Smartport, described in the Configuring LLDP Configuring CDP sections, respectively. Additionally, typical work flows are described in the Common Smartport Tasks section. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 216: What Is A Smartport
"the anti-macro," serves to undo all configuration performed by "the macro" when that interface happens to become a different Smartport type. You can apply a Smartport macro by the following methods: • The associated Smartport type. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 217: Special Smartport Types
Smartport. The following describe these special Smartport types: • Default An interface that does not (yet) have a Smartport type assigned to it has the Default Smartport status. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 218: Smartport Macros
View Macro Source button on the Smartport Type Settings page. A macro and the corresponding anti-macro are paired together in association with each Smartport type. The macro applies the configuration and the anti-macro removes it. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 219: Applying A Smartport Type To An Interface
Auto Smartport: If the Auto Smartport Global Operational state, the interface Auto Smartport state, and the Persistent Status are all Enable, the Smartport type is set to this dynamic type. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 220: Macro Failure And The Reset Operation
Smartport Interface Settings page, selecting the radio button of the desired interface, and clicking Edit. Then, select the Smartport type you want to assign and adjust the parameters as necessary before clicking Apply. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 221: Auto Smartport
Status. If the Persistent Status is enabled, the interface configuration is retained. If not, the Smartport Type reverts to Default. Enabling Auto Smartport Auto Smartport can be enabled globally in the Properties page in the following ways: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 222: Identifying Smartport Type
The device detects the type of device attached to the port, based on the CDP/ LLDP capabilities. This mapping is shown in the following tables: CDP Capabilities Mapping to Smartport Type Capability Name CDP Bit Smartport Type Router 0x01 Router TB Bridge 0x02 Wireless Access Point Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 223 Station Only IETF RFC 4293 Host C-VLAN Component of a VLAN Bridge Switch IEEE Std. 802.1Q S-VLAN Component of a VLAN Bridge Switch IEEE Std. 802.1Q Two-port MAC Relay (TPMR) IEEE Std. Ignore 802.1Q Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 224: Multiple Devices Attached To The Port
(assuming the configuration was saved). The Smartport type and the configuration of the interface are not changed unless Auto Smartport detects an attaching device with a different Smartport type. If the Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 225: Error Handling
Voice VLAN, relies on both CDP and LLDP to detect attaching device's Smartport type, and detects Smartport type IP phone, IP phone + Desktop, Switch, and Wireless Access Point. Voice VLAN for a description of the voice factory defaults. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 226: Relationships With Other Features And Backwards Compatibility
Smartport > Interface Settings page. Select the interface, and click Edit. STEP 6 Select Auto Smartport in the Smartport Application field. STEP 7 Check or uncheck Persistent Status if desired. STEP 8 Click Apply. STEP 9 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 227 5. In the Edit page, modify the fields. 6. Click Apply to rerun the macro if the parameters were changed, or Restore Defaults to restore default parameter values to built-in macros if required. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 228: Configuring Smartport Using The Web-Based Interface
The Smartport feature is configured in the Smartport > Properties, Smartport Type Settings and Interface Settings pages. For Voice VLAN configuration, see Voice VLAN. For LLDP/CDP configuration, see the Configuring LLDP Configuring CDP sections, respectively. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 229: Smartport Properties
Auto Smartport can assign Smartport types to interfaces. If unchecked, Auto Smartport does not assign that Smartport type to any interface. Click Apply. This sets the global Smartport parameters on the device. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 230: Smartport Type Settings
Smartport type. The macro must have already been paired with an anti-macro. Pairing of the two macros is done by name and is described in the Smartport Macro section. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 231: Smartport Interface Settings
Smartport macro so that the configuration at an interface is up to date. For instance, reapplying a switch Smartport macro at a device interface makes the interface a member of the VLANs created Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 232 Resetting the interface of unknown type does not reset the configuration NOTE performed by the macro that failed. This clean up must be done manually. To assign a Smartport type to an interface or activate Auto Smartport on the interface: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 233: Built-In Smartport Macros
The following describes the pair of built-in macros for each Smartport type. For each Smartport type there is a macro to configure the interface and an anti macro to remove the configuration. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 234 $native_vlan port security max $max_hosts port security mode max-addresses port security discard trap 60 smartport storm-control broadcast level 10 smartport storm-control include-multicast smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 235 $native_vlan #single host port security max 1 port security mode max-addresses port security discard trap 60 smartport storm-control broadcast level 10 smartport storm-control include-multicast smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 236 $native_vlan #single host port security max 1 port security mode max-addresses port security discard trap 60 smartport storm-control broadcast level 10 smartport storm-control include-multicast smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast no_guest]] Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 237 $native_vlan port security max $max_hosts port security mode max-addresses port security discard trap 60 smartport storm-control broadcast level 10 smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast no_server [no_server] #macro description No server Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 238 $max_hosts port security mode max-addresses port security discard trap 60 smartport storm-control broadcast level 10 smartport storm-control include-multicast smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast no_host [no_host] #macro description No host Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 239 60 smartport storm-control broadcast level 10 smartport storm-control include-multicast smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast no_ip_camera [no_ip_camera] #macro description No ip_camera no switchport access vlan no switchport mode no port security Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 240 10 smartport storm-control include-multicast smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast no_ip_phone [no_ip_phone] #macro description no ip_phone #macro keywords $voice_vlan #macro key description: $voice_vlan: The voice VLAN ID #Default Values are Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 241 $native_vlan port security max $max_hosts port security mode max-addresses port security discard trap 60 smartport storm-control broadcast level 10 smartport storm-control include-multicast smartport storm-control broadcast enable spanning-tree portfast no_ip_phone_desktop Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 242 #$voice_vlan = 1 #the default mode is trunk smartport switchport trunk allowed vlan add all smartport switchport trunk native vlan $native_vlan spanning-tree link-type point-to-point no_switch [no_switch] #macro description No switch #macro keywords $voice_vlan Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 243 #macro key description: $voice_vlan: The voice VLAN ID no smartport switchport trunk native vlan smartport switchport trunk allowed vlan remove all no smartport storm-control broadcast enable no smartport storm-control broadcast level no spanning-tree link-type Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 244 Smartport Built-in Smartport Macros [ap] #macro description ap #macro keywords $native_vlan $voice_vlan #macro key description: $native_vlan: The untag VLAN which will be configured on the port Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 245 Smartport Built-in Smartport Macros Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 246: Chapter 13: Port Management: Poe
Eliminates the need to run 110/220 V AC power to all devices on a wired LAN. • Removes the necessity for placing all network devices next to power sources. • Eliminates the need to deploy double cabling systems in an enterprise significantly decreasing installation costs. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 247: Poe Configuration Considerations
There are two factors to consider in the PoE feature: • The amount of power that the PSE can supply • The amount of power that the PD is actually attempting to consume Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 248 The PoE switches can detect and supply power to pre-standard legacy PoE PDs. Due to the support of legacy PoE, it is possible that a PoE device acting as a PSE may mistakenly detect and supply Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 249: Poe Properties
PoE ports, and enable them after changing the power configuration. • Traps—Enable or disable traps. If traps are enabled, you must also enable SNMP and configure at least one SNMP Notification Recipient. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 250: Poe Settings
PoE Class Limit mode. That mode is configured in the PoE Properties page. When the power consumed on the port exceeds the class limit, the port power is turned off. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 251 PoE Properties page is Power Limit. Displays the maximum amount of power permitted on this port. • Power Consumption—Displays the amount of power in milliwatts assigned to the powered device connected to the selected interface. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 252 Signatures are the means by which the powered device identifies itself to the PSE. Signatures are generated during powered device detection, classification, or maintenance. Click Apply. The PoE settings for the port are written to the Running Configuration STEP 4 file. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 253 Port Management: PoE PoE Settings Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 254: Chapter 14: Vlan Management
A VLAN is a logical group of ports that enables devices associated with it to communicate with each other over the Ethernet MAC layer, regardless of the physical LAN segment of the bridged network to which they are connected. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 255: Vlan Description
VLAN, and the original frame does not have a VLAN tag. • Removes the VLAN tag from the frame if the egress port is an untagged member of the target VLAN, and the original frame has a VLAN tag. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 256 With QinQ, the device adds an ID tag known as Service Tag (S-tag) to forward traffic over the network. The S-tag is used to segregate traffic between various customers, while preserving the customer VLAN tags. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 257: Private Vlan
VLAN per private VLAN. • Community VLAN (also known as a Secondary VLAN)—To create a sub- group of ports (community) within a VLAN, the ports must be added a Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 258 VLANs in the private VLAN. Inter-switch trunk ports send and receive tagged traffic of the private VLAN’s various VLANs (primary, isolated and the communities). The switch supports 16 primary VLANs and 256 secondary VLANs. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 259: Traffic Flow
The following describes traffic flow from hosts to servers/routers or other hosts. Figure 1 Traffic from Hosts to Servers/Routers Server Promiscous Promiscous Isolated vlan Community Vlan Isolated Isolated Community Community Community Isolated 1 Isolated 2 Community 1 Community 1 Community 1 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 260 The following describes server/router traffic (reply to host). Figure 2 Server/Router Traffic to Hosts Server Promiscous Promiscous Primary VLAN Isolated Isolated Community Community Community Isolated 1 Isolated 2 Community 1 Community 1 Community 1 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 261 IP connectivity. IP connectivity requires traffic to pass on a primary VLAN. Features Not Supported on Private VLAN Port Modes The following features not supported on private VLAN port modes: • GVRP Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 262 MSTP—All VLANs in a private VLAN must be assigned to the same MSTP instance. • IP Source Guard—Binding an ACL on IP source guard ports with private VLAN is not recommended due to the amount of TCAM resources needed. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 263: Regular Vlans
6. If required, configure VLAN groups as described in the MAC-based Groups Protocol-based VLANs sections. 7. If required, configure TV VLAN as described in the Access Port Multicast TV VLAN Customer Port Multicast TV VLAN sections. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 264 To change the default VLAN: Click VLAN Management > Default VLAN Settings. STEP 1 Enter the value for the following field: STEP 2 • Current Default VLAN ID—Displays the current default VLAN ID. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 265 The page enables the creation of either a single VLAN or a range of VLANs. To create a single VLAN, select the VLAN radio button, enter the VLAN ID, and STEP 3 optionally the VLAN Name. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 266: Interface Settings
Interface VLAN Mode—Select the interface mode for the VLAN. The options are: General—The interface can support all functions as defined in the IEEE 802.1q specification. The interface can be a tagged or untagged member of one or more VLANs. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 267 VLAN is used to allow Layer 2 connectivity from promiscuous ports to isolated ports and to community ports. • Secondary VLAN - Host—Select an isolated or community VLAN for those hosts that only require a single secondary VLAN. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 268: Vlan Membership
Click VLAN Management > Port to VLAN. STEP 1 Select a VLAN and the interface type (Port or LAG), and click Go to display or to STEP 2 change the port characteristic with respect to the VLAN. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 269 The Port VLAN Membership page displays all ports on the device along with a list of VLANs to which each port belongs. If the port-based authentication method for an interface is 802.1x and the Administrative Port Control is Auto, then: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 270 Select a port, and click the Join VLAN button. STEP 3 Enter the values for the following fields: STEP 4 • Interface—Select a Port or LAG. Select the Unit/Slot on a 500 Series device. • Mode—Displays the port VLAN mode that was selected in the Interface Settings page.
Page 271: Private Vlan Settings
VLAN. The primary VLAN is used to allow Layer 2 connectivity from promiscuous ports to isolated ports and to community ports. • Isolated VLAN ID—An isolated VLAN is used to allow isolated ports to send traffic to the primary VLAN. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 272: Gvrp Settings
To define GVRP settings for an interface: Click VLAN Management > GVRP Settings. STEP 1 Select GVRP Global Status to enable GVRP globally. STEP 2 Click Apply to set the global GVRP status. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 273: Vlan Groups
MAC-to-VLAN mapping of the ingress interface. • Protocol-Based VLAN—If a protocol-based VLAN has been defined, the VLAN is taken from the (Ethernet type) protocol-to-VLAN mapping of the ingress interface. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 274 Basic Hybrid - Layer 3 SG500XG Same as Sx500 Workflow To define a MAC-based VLAN group: 1. Assign a MAC address to a VLAN group ID (using the MAC-Based Groups page). 2. For each required interface: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 275 Click VLAN Management > VLAN Groups > MAC-Based Groups to VLAN. STEP 1 Click Add. STEP 2 Enter the values for the following fields: STEP 3 • Group Type—Displays that the group is MAC-Based. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 276 Protocol / DSAP-SSAP—Displays the protocol value in hex. • Group ID—Displays the protocol group ID to which the interface is added. Click the Add Button. The Add Protocol-Based Group page appears STEP 2 Enter the following fields:. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 277 Enter the following fields. STEP 3 • Interface—Port or LAG number assigned to VLAN according to protocol- based group. • Group ID—Protocol group ID. • VLAN ID—Attaches the interface to a user-defined VLAN ID. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 278: Voice Vlan
The following are typical voice deployment scenarios with appropriate configurations: • UC3xx/UC5xx hosted: All Cisco phones and VoIP endpoints support this deployment model. For this model, the UC3xx/UC5xx, Cisco phones and VoIP endpoints reside in the same voice VLAN. The voice VLAN of UC3xx/ UC5xx defaults to VLAN 100.
Page 279 VoIP endpoints register with an on-premise IP PBX. • IP Centrex/ITSP hosted: Cisco CP-79xx, SPA5xx phones and SPA8800 endpoints support this deployment model. For this model, the VLAN used by the phones is determined by the network configuration. There may or may not be separate voice and data VLANs.
Page 280 CDP and/or LLDP-MED. Voice End-Points To have a voice VLAN work properly, the voice devices, such as Cisco phones and VoIP endpoints, must be assigned to the voice VLAN where it sends and receives its voice traffic.
Page 281 Communication (UC) devices, are advertising their voice VLAN, the voice VLAN from the device with the lowest MAC address is used. If connecting the device to a Cisco UC device, you may need to NOTE configure the port on the UC device using the switchport voice vlan command to ensure the UC device advertises its voice VLAN in CDP at the port.
Page 282 You can disable the automatic update between Voice VLAN and LLDP-MED and use his own network policies. Working with the OUI mode, the device can additionally configure the mapping and remarking (CoS/802.1p) of the voice traffic based on the OUI. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 283 The device default configuration on Auto Voice VLAN, Auto Smartports, CDP, and LLDP cover most common voice deployment scenarios. This section describes how to deploy voice VLAN when the default configuration does not apply. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 284 Telephony OUI. Configure Telephony OUI in the Telephony OUI page. STEP 2 Configure Telephony OUI VLAN membership for ports in the Telephony OUI STEP 3 Interface page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 285: Voice Vlan Configuration
• CoS/802.1p —Select a CoS/802.1p value that to be used by LLDP-MED as Administration > Discovery > LLDP > LLDP a voice network policy. Refer to MED Network Policy for additional details. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 286 LAN that are Auto Voice VLAN enabled. This only resets the voice VLAN to the default voice vlan if the Source Type is in the NOTE Inactive state. To view Auto Voice VLAN parameters: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 287 Source MAC Address— MAC address of a UC from which the voice configuration was received. • Source Type— Type of UC from which voice configuration was received. The following options are available: Default—Default voice VLAN configuration on the device Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 288 Voice VLAN. The OUI Global table can hold up to 128 OUIs. This section covers the following topics: • Telephony OUI Table • Telephone OUI Interface Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 289 Delete. If you then click Restore, the system recovers the known OUIs. To add a new OUI, click Add. STEP 4 Enter the values for the following fields: STEP 5 • Telephony OUI—Enter a new OUI. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 290 Voice VLAN QoS Mode—Select one of the following options: All—QoS attributes are applied on all packets that are classified to the Voice VLAN. Telephony Source MAC Address—QoS attributes are applied only on packets from IP phones. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 291: Access Port Multicast Tv Vlan
Any VLAN can be configured as a Multicast-TV VLAN. A port assigned to a Multicast-TV VLAN: • Joins the Multicast-TV VLAN. • Packets passing through egress ports in the Multicast TV VLAN are untagged. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 292: Igmp Snooping
Regular VLAN Multicast TV VLAN VLAN Membership Source and all receiver Source and receiver ports ports must be static cannot be members in the members in the same same data VLAN. data VLAN. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 293 Multicast TV VLAN—VLAN to which the Multicast packets are assigned. Click Add to associate a Multicast group to a VLAN. Any VLAN can be selected. STEP 2 When a VLAN is selected, it becomes a Multicast TV VLAN. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 294: Customer Port Multicast Tv Vlan
The box forwards the packets from the network port to the subscriber's devices based on the VLAN tag of the packet. Each VLAN is mapped to one of the MUX access ports. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 295 To support the CPE MUX with subscribers VLANs, subscribers may require multiple video providers, and each provider is assigned a different external VLAN. CPE (internal) Multicast VLANs must be mapped to the Multicast provider (external) VLANs. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 296: Port Multicast Vlan Membership
The Candidate Customer Ports list contains all access ports configured on the STEP 4 device. Move the required ports to the Member Customer Ports field. Click Apply. The new settings are modified, and written to the Running Configuration file. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 297 VLAN Management Customer Port Multicast TV VLAN Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 298: Chapter 15: Spanning Tree
STP provides a tree topology for any arrangement of switches and interconnecting links, by creating a unique path between end stations on a network, and thereby eliminating loops. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 299: Stp Status And Global Settings
Click Spanning Tree > STP Status & Global Settings. STEP 1 Enter the parameters. STEP 2 Global Settings: • Spanning Tree State—Select to enable on the device. • STP Loopback Guard—Select to enable Loopback Guard on the device. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 300 Root Bridge ID—The Root Bridge priority concatenated with the MAC address of the Root Bridge. • Root Port—The port that offers the lowest cost path from this bridge to the Root Bridge. (This is significant when the bridge is not the root.) Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 301: Spanning Tree Interface Settings
Fast Link optimizes the STP protocol convergence. The options are: Enable—Enables Fast Link immediately. Auto—Enables Fast Link a few seconds after the interface becomes active. This allows STP to resolve loops before enabling Fast Link. Disable—Disables Fast Link. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 302 The priority is a value from 0 to 240, set in increments of 16. • Port State—Displays the current STP state of a port. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 303: Rapid Spanning Tree Settings
The RSTP Interface Settings page enables you to configure RSTP per port. Any configuration that is done on this page is active when the global STP mode is set to RSTP or MSTP. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 304 Point to Point Administrative Status is set to Auto. • Role—Displays the role of the port that was assigned by STP to provide STP paths. The possible roles are: Root —Lowest cost path to forward packets to the Root Bridge. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 305 MAC addresses. Forwarding —The port is in Forwarding mode. The port can forward traffic and learn new MAC addresses. Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated. STEP 7 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 306: Multiple Spanning Tree
MSTP bridges inside the region itself. For two or more switches to be in the same MST region, they must have the same VLANs to MST instance mapping, the same configuration revision number, and the same region name. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 307: Vlans To A Mstp Instance
Configuration on this page (and all of the MSTP pages) applies if the system STP mode is MSTP. Up to 16 MST instances can be defined on the 500 Series switches in addition to instance zero. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 308: Mstp Instance Settings
Status and Global Settings. To enter MSTP instance settings: Click Spanning Tree > MSTP Instance Settings. STEP 1 Enter the parameters. STEP 2 • Instance ID—Select an MST instance to be displayed and defined. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 309: Mstp Interface Settings
Interface Type equals to—Select whether to display the list of ports or LAGs. Click Go. The MSTP parameters for the interfaces on the instance are displayed. STEP 3 Select an interface, and click Edit. STEP 4 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 310 LAN, which provides the lowest root path cost from the LAN to the Root Bridge for the MST instance. Alternate—The interface provides an alternate path to the root device from the root interface. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 311 Remain Hops—Displays the hops remaining to the next destination. • Forward Transitions—Displays the number of times the port has changed from the Forwarding state to the Blocking state. Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated. STEP 6 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 312: Chapter 16: Managing Mac Address Tables
MAC address that is not found in the tables, they are transmitted/broadcasted to all the ports on the relevant VLAN. Such frames are referred to as unknown Unicast frames. The device supports a maximum of 8K static and dynamic MAC addresses. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 313: Static Mac Addresses
Delete on timeout—The MAC address is deleted when aging occurs. Secure—The MAC address is secure when the interface is in classic locked mode (see Configuring Port Security). Click Apply. A new entry appears in the table. STEP 4 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 314: Dynamic Mac Addresses
LAGs. Click Go. The Dynamic MAC Address Table is queried and the results are STEP 3 displayed. To delete all of the dynamic MAC addresses. click Clear Table. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 315: Reserved Mac Addresses
Action—Select one of the following actions to be taken upon receiving a packet that matches the selected criteria: Bridge —Forward the packet to all VLAN members. Discard —Delete the packet. Click Apply. A new MAC address is reserved. STEP 4 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 316: Chapter 17: Multicast
The data is sent only to relevant ports. Forwarding the data only to the relevant ports conserves bandwidth and host resources on links. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 317 (S,G) is supported by IGMPv3 and MLDv2, while IGMPv1/2 and MLDv1 support only (*.G), which is just the group ID. The device supports a maximum of 256 static and dynamic Multicast group addresses. Only one of filtering options can be configured per VLAN. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 318: Typical Multicast Setup
When a device learns that a host is using IGMP/MLD messages to register to receive a Multicast stream, optionally from a specific source, the device adds the registration to the MFDB. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 319 Queries must be sent at a rate that is aligned to the snooping table aging time. If queries are sent at a rate lower than the aging time, the subscriber cannot receive the Multicast packets. This is performed in the IGMP/MLD Snooping Edit page. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 320: Multicast Address Properties
For IPv6, this is mapped by taking the 32 low-order bits of the Multicast address, and adding the prefix of 33:33. For example, the IPv6 Multicast address FF00:1122:3344 is mapped to Layer 2 Multicast 33:33:11:22:33:44. IGMP/MLD Proxy IGMP/MLD Proxy is a simple IP Multicast protocol. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 321 • A Multicast packet received on a downstream interface on which the proxy device is the querier is forwarded on the upstream interface and on all Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 322: Multicast Properties
The MAC Group Address page has the following functions: • Query and view information from the Multicast Forwarding Data Base (MFDB), relating to a specific VLAN ID or a specific MAC address group. This Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 323 The page displays: • VLAN ID—The VLAN ID of the Multicast group. • MAC Group Address—The MAC address of the group. Select either port or LAG from the Filter: Interface Type menu. STEP 7 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 324: Ip Multicast Group Addresses
IP Version equals to—Select IPv6 or IPv4. • IP Multicast Group Address equals to—Define the IP address of the Multicast group to be displayed. This is only relevant when the Forwarding mode is (S,G). Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 325 Forbidden—Specifies that this port is forbidden from joining this group on this VLAN. • None—Indicates that the port is not currently a member of this Multicast group on this VLAN. This is selected by default until Static or Forbidden is selected. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 326: Ipv4 Multicast Configuration
IGMP Snooping Status—Select to enable IGMP Snooping on the VLAN. The device monitors network traffic to determine which hosts have asked to be sent Multicast traffic. The device performs IGMP snooping only when IGMP snooping and Bridge Multicast filtering are both enabled. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 327 If the Auto option is selected, the system takes the source IP address NOTE from the IP address defined on the outgoing interface. Select a VLAN, and click Edit. STEP 4 Enter the parameters as described above. STEP 5 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 328: Igmp Interface Settings
Multicast packets with a TTL value less than the threshold are not forwarded on the interface. The default value of 0 means all Multicast packets are forwarded on the interface. A value of 256 means that no Multicast packets are forwarded on the interface. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 329 A value of 256 means that no Multicast packets are forwarded on the interface. Configure the TTL threshold only on border routers. Conversely, routers on which you configure a TTL threshold value automatically become border routers. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 330: Igmp Proxy
• Downstream Protection—Select one of the following options: Use Global—Use the status set in the global block. Disable—This disables forwarding of IPv4 Multicast traffic from downstream interfaces. Enable—This enables forwarding from downstream interfaces. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 331 Uptime—Length of time in hours, minutes, and seconds that the entry has been in the IP Multicast routing table. • Expiry Time—Length of time in hours, minutes, and seconds until the entry is removed from the IP Multicast routing table. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 332: Ipv6 Multicast Configuration
Multicast traffic. The device performs MLD snooping only when MLD snooping and Bridge Multicast filtering are both enabled. • MRouter Ports Auto Learn—Select to enable Auto Learn of the Multicast router. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 333 Multicast routers in the VLAN that perform source-specific IP Multicast forwarding. Otherwise, select MLDv1. Select a VLAN, and click Edit. STEP 4 Enter the parameters as described above. STEP 5 Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated. STEP 6 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 334 A value of 256 means that no Multicast packets are forwarded on the interface. Configure the TTL threshold only on border routers. Conversely, routers on which you configure a TTL threshold value automatically become border routers. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 335 A value of 256 means that no Multicast packets are forwarded on the interface. Configure the TTL threshold only on border routers. Conversely, routers on which you configure a TTL threshold value automatically become border routers. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 336: Mld Proxy
• Downstream Protection—Select one of the following options: Use Global—Use the status set in the global block. Disable—This disables forwarding of IPv6 Multicast traffic from downstream interfaces. Enable—This enables forwarding from downstream interfaces. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 337 Uptime—Length of time in hours, minutes, and seconds that the entry has been in the IP Multicast routing table. • Expiry Time—Length of time in hours, minutes, and seconds until the entry is removed from the IP Multicast routing table. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 338: Igmp/Mld Snooping Ip Multicast Group
Included Ports—The list of destination ports for the Multicast stream. • Excluded Ports—The list of ports not included in the group. • Compatibility Mode—The oldest IGMP/MLD version of registration from the hosts the device receives on the IP group address. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 339: Multicast Router Ports
Mrouter is not learned on this port (i.e. MRouter Ports Auto-Learn is not enabled on this port). • None—The port is not currently a Multicast router port. Click Apply to update the device. STEP 5 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 340: Forward All
Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated. STEP 5 Unregistered Multicast This feature can be used to ensure that the customer receives only the Multicast groups requested (registered) and not others that may be transmitted in the network (unregistered). Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 341 Forwarding—Enables forwarding of unregistered Multicast frames to the selected interface. Filtering—Enables filtering (rejecting) of unregistered Multicast frames to the selected interface. Click Apply. The settings are saved, and the Running Configuration file is updated. STEP 5 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 342: Chapter 18: Ip Configuration
Layer 2 system mode, this refers to all Sx500 devices and SG500X devices (in Hybrid mode) that have been manually set to Layer 2 mode. The MTU for layer 3 traffic on the SG500X, SG500XG and ESW2-550X is limited to 9000 bytes. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 343 If the ARP response shows that the IPv4 address is in use, the device sends a DHCPDECLINE message to the offering DHCP server, and sends another DHCPDISCOVER packet that restarts the process. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 344 With factory default settings, when no statically-defined or DHCP-acquired IP address is available, the default IP address is used. When the other IP addresses become available, the addresses are automatically used. The default IP address is always on the management VLAN. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 345: Loopback Interface
VLAN, and no layer 2 protocol can be enabled on it. The IPv6 link-local interface identifier is 1. When the switch is in Layer 2 system mode, the following rules are supported: • Only one loopback interface is supported. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 346: Ipv4 Management And Interfaces
IP Configuration > IPv6 Management and Interfaces > IPv6 Addresses page. IPv4 Management and Interfaces IPv4 Interface IPv4 interfaces can be defined on the device when it is in Layer 2 or Layer 3 system mode. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 347 Prefix Length—Select and enter the length of the IPv4 address prefix. • Loopback Interface—Select to enable the configuration of a loopback interface (see Loopback Interface). • Loopback IP Address—Enter the IPv4 address of the loopback interface. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 348 IP subnets configured on the device. The device continues to bridge traffic between devices in the same VLAN. Additional IPv4 routes for routing to non-directly attached subnets can be configured in the IPv4 Static Routes page. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 349 Duplicated—A duplicated IP address was detected for the default IP address. Delayed—The assignment of the IP address is delayed for 60 second if DHCP Client is enabled on startup in order to give time to discover DHCP address. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 350 When the system is in one of the stacking modes with a Backup Master present, CAUTION Cisco recommends configuring the IP address as a static address to prevent disconnecting from the network during a Stacking Master switchover. This is because when the backup master takes control of the stack, when using DHCP, it might receive a different IP address than the one that was received by the stack’s...
Page 351: Ipv4 Routes
Enter values for the following fields: STEP 3 • Destination IP Prefix—Enter the destination IP address prefix. • Mask—Select and enter information for one of the following: Network Mask—IP route prefix for the destination IP. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 352: Access List
IP subnets directly connected to it. A directly-connected IP subnet is the subnet to which an IPv4 interface of the device is connected. When the device is required to send/route a packet to a local device, it searches Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 353 IP Address—The IP address of the IP device. • MAC Address—The MAC address of the IP device. • Status—Whether the entry was manually entered or dynamically learned. Click Add. STEP 4 Enter the parameters: STEP 5 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 354: Arp Proxy
Select ARP Proxy to enable the device to respond to ARP requests for remotely- STEP 2 located nodes with the device MAC address. Click Apply. The ARP proxy is enabled, and the Running Configuration file is STEP 3 updated. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 355 A trusted port is a port that is connected to a DHCP server and is allowed to assign DHCP addresses. DHCP messages received on trusted ports are allowed to pass through the device. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 356 The main goal of option 82 is to help to the DHCP server select the best IP subnet (network pool) from which to obtain an IP address. The following Option 82 options are available on the device: Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 357 Snooping is not enabled and DHCP Relay is enabled. DHCP Relay DHCP Relay VLAN with IP Address VLAN without IP Address Packet arrives Packet arrives Packet arrives Packet arrives without Option with Option without with Option Option 82 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 358 Relay – Insertion without Option sent with the Option 82 discards the Disabled original packet Bridge – no Option 82 Option 82 is Bridge – Packet is sent inserted with the original Option 82 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 359 Snooping is disabled: DHCP Relay DHCP Relay VLAN with IP Address VLAN without IP Address Packet arrives Packet arrives Packet arrives Packet arrives without with Option without with Option Option 82 Option 82 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 360 Option 82 without Option 82 Option 82 Bridge – Packet is sent Bridge – Bridge – Packet is sent Packet is sent without with the Option 82 with the Option 82 Option 82 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 361: Dhcp Snooping Binding Database
DHCP packets entering the device through trusted ports. The DHCP Snooping Binding database contains the following data: input port, input VLAN, MAC address of the client and IP address of the client if it exists. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 362 DHCPNAK to deny the address request. Device snoops packet. If an entry exists in the DHCP Snooping Binding table that STEP 5 matches the packet, the device replaces it with IP-MAC binding on receipt of DHCPACK. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 363 Otherwise the packet is forwarded to trusted interfaces only, and the entry is removed from database. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 364 Option 82 Insertion Not enabled Option 82 Passthrough Not enabled Verify MAC Address Enabled Backup DHCP Snooping Not enabled Binding Database DHCP Relay Disabled Configuring DHCP Work Flow To configure DHCP Relay and DHCP Snooping: Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 365 —Select to back up the DHCP Snooping Binding database on the device’s flash memory. Backup Database Update Interval —Enter how often the DHCP Snooping Binding database is to be backed up (if Backup Database is selected). Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 366 Relay > DHCP Snooping Trusted Interfaces. Select the interface and click Edit. STEP 2 Select Trusted Interface (Yes or No). STEP 3 Click Apply to save the settings to the Running Configuration file. STEP 4 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 367 Active—IP Source Guard is active on the device. Inactive—IP Source Guard is not active on the device. • Reason— No Problem No Resource No Snoop VLAN Trust Port To add an entry, click Add. STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 368: Dhcp Server
(that can be infinite). If the DHCP client does not renew the allocated IP Address, the IP address is revoked at the end of this period, and the client must request another IP address. This is done in the Network Pools page. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 369 IP address from the configured pool. Do this in the IP Configuration > IPv4 Interface page. View the allocated IP addresses using the Address Binding page. IP addresses STEP 7 can be deleted in this page. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 370 If the message arrived via DHCP relay, the address used belongs to the IP subnet specified by minimum IP address and IP mask of the pool and the pool is a remote pool. Up to eight network pools can be defined. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 371 Minutes—The number of minutes in the lease. A days value and an hours value must be added before a minutes value can be added. • Default Router IP Address (Option 3)— Enter the default router for the DHCP client. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 372 By default, the DHCP server assumes that all pool addresses in a pool may be assigned to clients. A single IP address or a range of IP addresses can be excluded. The excluded addresses are excluded from all DHCP pools. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 373 • Identifier Type—Set how to identify the specific static host. Client Identifier—Enter a unique identification of the client specified in hexadecimal notation, such as: 01b60819681172. MAC Address—Enter the MAC address of the client. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 374 File Server Host Name (sname/Option 66)—Enter the name of the TFTP/SCP server. • Configuration File Name (file/Option 67)—Enter the name of the file that is used as a configuration file. Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated. STEP 3 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 375 IP—Select if you want to enter an IP address when this is relevant for the DHCP option selected. IP List—Enter list of IP addresses separated by commas. Integer—Select if you want to enter an integer value of the parameter for the DHCP option selected. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 376 The IP address is revoked at the end of this period, at which time the client must request another IP address. • State—The possible options are: Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 377: Ipv6 Management And Interfaces
Tunnel). Tunneling treats the IPv4 network as a virtual IPv6 local link, with mappings from each IPv4 address to a link local IPv6 address. The device detects IPv6 frames by the IPv6 Ethertype. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 378: Ipv6 Global Configuration
In Layer 2 system mode, click Administration > Management Interface > IPv6 STEP 1 Global Configuration. In Layer 3 system mode, click IP Configuration > IPv6 Management and Interfaces > IPv6 Global Configuration. Enter values for the following fields: STEP 2 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 379: Ipv6 Interface
An IPv6 interface can be configured on a port, LAG, VLAN, loopback interface or tunnel. As opposed to other types of interfaces, a tunnel interface is first created in the IPv6 Tunnel page and then IPv6 interface is configured on the tunnel in this page. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 380 Infinite (no refresh unless the server sends this option) or User Defined to set a value. To configure additional IPv6 parameters, enter the following fields: STEP 7 • IPv6 Address Auto Configuration—Select to enable automatic address configuration from router advertisements sent by neighbors. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 381 DHCPv6 server. DHCPv6 Client Details The Details button displays information received on the interface from a DHCPv6 server. It is active when the interface selected is defined as a DHCPv6 stateless client. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 382 POSIX Timezone String—Timezone received from the DHCPv6 server. • Configuration Server—Server containing configuration file received from the DHCPv6 server. • Configuration Path Name—Path to configuration file on the configuration server received from the DHCPv6 server. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 383: Ipv6 Tunnel
6to4 is an automatic tunneling mechanism that uses the underlying IPv4 network as a non-Broadcast multiple-access link layer for IPv6. Only one 6to4 tunnel is supported on a device. The 6to4 tunnel is supported only when IPv6 Forwarding is supported. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 384 Click Apply to save the ISATAP parameters to the Running Configuration file. STEP 4 To add a tunnel, select an interface (which was defined as a tunnel in the IPv6 STEP 5 Interfaces page) in the IPv6 Tunnel Table and click Add. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 385 • Destination—(For manual tunnel only) Select one of the following options to specify the destination address of the tunnel: Host Name—DNS name of the remote host. IPv4 Address—IPv4 address of the remote host. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 386: Defining Ipv6 Addresses
If a link local address exists on the interface, this entry replaces the address in the configuration. Global—An IPv6 address that is a global Unicast IPV6 type that is visible and reachable from other networks. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 387 The following sections describe how to configure IPv6 routers. Router Advertisement IPv6 routers are able to advertise their prefixes to neighboring devices. This feature can be enabled or suppressed per interface, as follows: Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 388 • Neighbor Solicitation Retransmissions Interval—Set the interval to determine the time between retransmissions of neighbor solicitation messages to a neighbor when resolving the address or when probing the reachability of a neighbor. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 389 Enter the following fields: STEP 5 • Prefix Address—The IPv6 network. This argument must be in the form documented in RFC 4293 where the address is specified in hexadecimal— using 16-bit values between colons. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 390 (L-bit set). No-Onlink—Configures the specified prefix as not onlink. A no onlink prefix is inserted into the routing table as a connected prefix but advertised with a L-bit clear. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 391: Ipv6 Default Router List
Default Router IPv6 Address—Link local IP address of the default router. • Type—The default router configuration that includes the following options: Static—The default router was manually added to this table through the Add button. Dynamic—The default router was dynamically configured. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 392: Defining Ipv6 Neighbors Information
IPv6 subnet as the device. This is the IPv6 equivalent of the IPv4 ARP Table. When the device needs to communicate with its neighbors, the device uses the IPv6 Neighbor Table to determine the MAC addresses based on their IPv6 addresses. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 393 Delay state for a predefined Delay Time. If no reachability confirmation is received, the state changes to Probe. Probe —Neighbor is no longer known to be reachable, and Unicast Neighbor Solicitation probes are being sent to verify the reachability. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 394 If only Lower Than is specified, the range is from the value entered for the network/length argument to the Lower Than. If both the Greater Than and Lower Than arguments are entered, the range is between the values used for Greater Than and Greater Than. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 395 • Greater Than—Minimum prefix length to be used for matching. Select one of the following options: No Limit—No minimum prefix length to be used for matching. User Defined—Minimum prefix length to be matched. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 396 User Defined—Only the specified IPv6 address can be the source. • Prefix length—Enter the prefix length of the source IPv6 address. • Action—Select one of the following options: Permit—Permit passage of the source IPv6 Address. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 397: Viewing Ipv6 Route Tables
Only one link local address is supported. If a link local address exists on the interface, this entry replaces the address in the configuration. Global—An IPv6 address that is a global Unicast IPV6 type that is visible and reachable from other networks. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 398: Dhcpv6 Relay
Interface List—This is a per-interface list of DHCPv6 servers. When a DHCPv6 packet is received on an interface, the packet is relayed both to the servers on the interface list (if it exists) and to the servers on the global destination list. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 399 To enable DHCPv6 on an interface and optionally add a DHCPv6 server for an STEP 2 interface, click Add. Enter the fields: • Source Interface—Select the interface (port, LAG, VLAN or tunnel) for which DHCPv6 Relay is enabled. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 400: Domain Name
Polling Timeout—Enter the number of seconds that the device will wait for a response to a DNS query. • Polling Interval—Enter how often (in seconds) the device sends DNS query packets after the number of retries has been exhausted. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 401 If a link local address exists on the interface, this entry replaces the address in the configuration. Global—The IPv6 address is a global Unicast IPV6 type that is visible and reachable from other networks. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 402: Search List
There can be up to 64 static entries. • Dynamic Entries—These are mapping pairs that were either added by the system as a result of being used by the user, or and an entry for each IP Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 403 Remaining TTL (Sec)— If this is a dynamic entry, how much longer will it remain in the cache. To add a host mapping, click Add. STEP 3 Enter the parameters. STEP 4 • IP Version—Select Version 6 for IPv6 or Version 4 for IPv4. Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 404 0 through 9, the underscore and the hyphen. A period (.) is used to separate labels. • IP Address—Enter a single address or up to eight associated IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6). Click Apply. The settings are saved to the Running Configuration file. STEP 5 Cisco 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 405: Chapter 19: Ip Configuration: Ripv2
The IP Routing control is available on the SG500X/ESW2-550X models only. To NOTE enable IP Routing, go to Configuration > Management and IP Interface > IPv4 Interface page. The device supports RIP version 2, which is based on the following standards: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 406: How Rip Operates On The Device
The offset is set per interface and, for example, can reflect the speed, delay, or some other quality of that particular interface. In this way, the relative cost of the interfaces can be adjusted as desired. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 407: Passive Mode
Transmission of routing update messages over a specific IP interface can be disabled. In this case, the router is passive, and only receives the updated RIP information on this interface. By default, transmission of routing updates on an IP interface is enabled. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 408 You can determine whether static or connected routes are redistributed by RIP by configuring the Redistribute Static Route or Redistribute Connected Route feature, respectively. These feature are disabled by default and can be enabled globally. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 409 If the metric value of a static route is greater than 15, the route is not advertised to other routers using RIP. • User Defined Metric Causes RIP to use the metric value entered by the user. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 410 Plain text or password—Uses a key password (string) that is sent along with the route to another router. The receiving router compares this key to its own configured key. If they are the same, it accepts the route. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 411: Configuring Rip
Optional actions (if these are not performed, default values are used by the system) Enable/disable RIP to advertise static or connected routes and its metric on the IP interface, using the RIPv2 Properties page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 412 Default Route Advertisement—Select to enable sending the default route to the RIP domain. This route will serve as the default router. • Default Metric—Enter the value of the default metric (refer to Redistribution Feature). Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 413 If the metric value of a static route is greater than 15, the static route is not advertised to other routers using RIP. • User Defined Metric—Enter the value of the metric. Click Apply. The settings are written to the Running Configuration file. STEP 7 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 414 IP interface. The following options are available: None—There is no authentication performed. Text—The key password entered below is used for authentication. MD5—The MD5 digest of the key chain selected below is used for authentication. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 415 For example, the IP destination is a Broadcast address, or the metric is 0 or greater than 16 • Update Sent—Specifies the number of packets sent by RIP on the IP interface. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 416: Access Lists
To create access lists, do the following: 1. Create an access list with a single IP address, using the Access List Settings page. 2. Add additional IP addresses if required, using the Source IPv4 Address List page. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 417 To modify the parameters of an access list, click Add to open the Edit Access List STEP 2 page and modify any of the following fields: • Access List Name—Name of the access list. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 418 Action—Action for the access list. The following options are available: Permit—Permit entry of packets from the IP address(es) in the access list. Deny—Reject entry of packets from the IP address(es) in the access list. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 419: Chapter 20: Ip Configuration: Vrrp
VRRP also enables load sharing of traffic. Traffic can be shared equitably among available routers by configuring VRRP in such a way that traffic to and from LAN clients are shared by multiple routers. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 420 The VRRP router that is the IP address owner responds/processes packets whose NOTE destination is to the IP address. The VRRP router that is the virtual router master, but not the IP address owner, does not respond/process those packets. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 421 The following shows a LAN topology in which VRRP is configured. Routers A and B share the traffic to and from clients 1 through 4 and Routers A and B act as virtual router backups to each other if either router fails. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 422 For virtual router 2, rB is the owner of IP address 192.168.2.2 and virtual router master, and rA is the virtual router backup to rB. Clients 3 and 4 are configured with the default gateway IP address of 192.168.2.2. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 423: Configurable Elements Of Vrrp
VRRP router to operate in VRRPv3. • All the existing VRRP routers of the virtual router operate in VRRPv2. In this case, configure your new VRRP router to operate in VRRPv2. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 424 The VRRP routers that are non-owners must be configured with an IP interface on the same IP subnet as the IP addresses of the virtual router. The corresponding IP subnets must be configured manually in the VRRP router, not DHCP assigned. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 425: Vrrp Router Priority And Preemption
If both have the same priority, the one with the higher IP address value is selected to become the virtual router master. By default, a preemptive feature is enabled, which functions as follows: Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 426: Vrrp Advertisements
Click IP Configuration > IPv4 Management and Interfaces > VRRP > Virtual STEP 1 Routers. To add a virtual router, click ADD. STEP 2 Enter the following fields: STEP 3 • Interface—Interface on which virtual router is defined. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 427 Virtual Router Identifier—The virtual router identification number. • Virtual Router MAC Address—The virtual MAC address of the virtual router • Virtual Router IP Address Table—IP addresses associated with this virtual router. • Description—The virtual router name. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 428: Vrrp Statistics
The following fields are displayed for every interface on which VRRP is enabled: • Interface—Displays the interface on which VRRP is enabled. • Invalid Checksum—Displays number of packets with invalid checksums. • Invalid Packet Length—Displays number of packets with invalid packet lengths. Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...
Page 429 Invalid Authentication—Displays number of packets that failed authentication. Select an interface. STEP 2 Click Clear Interface Counters to clear the counters for that interface. STEP 3 Click All Clear Interface Counters to clear all the counters. STEP 4 Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide...

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12 Chapter 1: Getting Started

24 Chapter 2: Status and Statistics

40 Chapter 3: Administration: System Log

46 Chapter 4: Administration: File Management

73 Chapter 5: Administration: Stack Management

102 Chapter 6: Administration

124 Chapter 7: Administration: Time Settings

138 Chapter 8: Administration: Diagnostics

146 Chapter 9: Administration: Discovery

180 Chapter 10: Port Management

204 Chapter 11: Port Management: Unidirectional Link Detection

214 Chapter 12: Smartport

246 Chapter 13: Port Management: Poe

254 Chapter 14: VLAN Management

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312 Chapter 16: Managing MAC Address Tables

316 Chapter 17: Multicast

342 Chapter 18: IP Configuration

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430 Chapter 21: Security

483 Chapter 22: Security: 802.1X Authentication

513 Chapter 23: Security: Ipv6 First Hop Security

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24 Chapter 2: Status and Statistics

40 Chapter 3: Administration: System Log

46 Chapter 4: Administration: File Management

73 Chapter 5: Administration: Stack Management

102 Chapter 6: Administration

124 Chapter 7: Administration: Time Settings

138 Chapter 8: Administration: Diagnostics

146 Chapter 9: Administration: Discovery

180 Chapter 10: Port Management

204 Chapter 11: Port Management: Unidirectional Link Detection

214 Chapter 12: Smartport

246 Chapter 13: Port Management: Poe

254 Chapter 14: VLAN Management

298 Chapter 15: Spanning Tree

312 Chapter 16: Managing MAC Address Tables

316 Chapter 17: Multicast

342 Chapter 18: IP Configuration

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Summary of Contents for Cisco 500 Series

12
Chapter 1: Getting Started

24
Chapter 2: Status and Statistics

40
Chapter 3: Administration: System Log

46
Chapter 4: Administration: File Management

73
Chapter 5: Administration: Stack Management

102
Chapter 6: Administration

124
Chapter 7: Administration: Time Settings

138
Chapter 8: Administration: Diagnostics

146
Chapter 9: Administration: Discovery

180
Chapter 10: Port Management

204
Chapter 11: Port Management: Unidirectional Link Detection

214
Chapter 12: Smartport

246
Chapter 13: Port Management: Poe

254
Chapter 14: VLAN Management

298
Chapter 15: Spanning Tree

312
Chapter 16: Managing MAC Address Tables

316
Chapter 17: Multicast

342
Chapter 18: IP Configuration

405
Chapter 19: IP Configuration: Ripv2

419
Chapter 20: IP Configuration: VRRP

430
Chapter 21: Security

483
Chapter 22: Security: 802.1X Authentication

513
Chapter 23: Security: Ipv6 First Hop Security

12
Chapter 1: Getting Started

24
Chapter 2: Status and Statistics

40
Chapter 3: Administration: System Log

46
Chapter 4: Administration: File Management

73
Chapter 5: Administration: Stack Management

102
Chapter 6: Administration

124
Chapter 7: Administration: Time Settings

138
Chapter 8: Administration: Diagnostics

146
Chapter 9: Administration: Discovery

180
Chapter 10: Port Management

204
Chapter 11: Port Management: Unidirectional Link Detection

214
Chapter 12: Smartport

246
Chapter 13: Port Management: Poe

254
Chapter 14: VLAN Management

298
Chapter 15: Spanning Tree

312
Chapter 16: Managing MAC Address Tables

316
Chapter 17: Multicast

342
Chapter 18: IP Configuration

405
Chapter 19: IP Configuration: Ripv2

419
Chapter 20: IP Configuration: VRRP

430
Chapter 21: Security

483
Chapter 22: Security: 802.1X Authentication

513
Chapter 23: Security: Ipv6 First Hop Security