SwitchMaster R6100 User Manual

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www.secureswitch.com

500 Business Center Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15205 USA

412.494.2800

CAGE 1BGJ7

R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH

USER'S MANUAL

May 2010

Part Number 6101038

Market Central Inc., 500 Business Center Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205

Phone: (412) 494-2800, Fax: (412) 494-5550,

www.secureswitch.com

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Page 1 Market Central www.secureswitch.com 500 Business Center Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15205 USA 412.494.2800 CAGE 1BGJ7 R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH USER’S MANUAL May 2010 Part Number 6101038 Market Central Inc., 500 Business Center Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 Phone: (412) 494-2800, Fax: (412) 494-5550, www.secureswitch.com...
Page 2: Specifications
Altitude Tolerance: 10,000 ft. (3048 m) operating Temperature Tolerance: Operating: 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C) Storage: -4° to 158° F (-20° to 70° C) Humidity Tolerance: Up to 95% non-condensing R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH Page 2 of 27...
Page 3 ICMP echo request (PING) packets from an internal Ethernet node to any user configurable IP address on the network. If the normal path connections go down for any reason, the R6100 will no longer be able to PING the IP address specified during configuration, and will automatically disconnect the normal path connections and switch to the bypass/failover path connections.
Page 4 • IP address and MAC address of the external Ethernet node that the R6100 Auto Bypass Switch is to monitor in order to determine when to switch between the normal and the bypass paths. A value of 0.0.0.0 for the monitor IP address disables the auto bypass and auto recovery switching functions.
Page 5: Installation
R6100 are typically connected together with a short patch cable. The “NORMAL or B” ports on the R6100 are connected to the IN/OUT ports on the IPS. And the “COMMON or C” ports on the R6100 are used to provide the connections between the firewall and the R6100, and between the R6100 and the first edge router/switch on the network.
Page 6 “BYPASS or A” to “COMMON or C” connection state, and the NORMAL (B) LED lights when both switching elements within the R6100 are in the “NORMAL or B” to “COMMON or C” connection state. If one A/B switch element is in the “BYPASS or A” position and the other is in the “BORMAL or B” position, neither LED will be lit (this would occur only if the user issues a “set port n”...
Page 7: Operation
R6100, the appropriate power supply status indicators (PS1 and/or PS2) will light and the BYPASS (A) LED indicator on the front of the unit will also light to show that the non-latching relays in the R6100 are in the...
Page 8: Manual Switching
“set rack” or “set port” commands and will operate as though no change in connection state actually took place. For example, if the user issues a “set rack 1 A” command, the R6100 will switch to “A”. If at some point in time after this the Auto Switching feature detects that a path failure has occurred, it will internally issue a “set system A”...
Page 9: Ethernet Switching
5.3 Ethernet Switching Switching can also be accomplished by sending a “set system”, a “set rack” or a “set port” command to the R6100 via its Ethernet remote interface. Note that the auto switching feature, if enabled, is affected differently depending on whether a “system”...
Page 10: Network Setup
RS232 serial interface. The R6100 also includes a built in http server that allows all of the commands that are available via the RS232 serial port to be accessed via a web browser interface.
Page 11: Console Commands
Monitor MAC Address: 00 00 00 00 00 00 Monitor Interval: 10 Monitor Fail Count: 5 Monitor OK Count: 5 Authentication Trap: Disabled Alert Type: TRAP Model 2: 2.9S JUN 2012, Rev. 61.C ADMIN IP Addresses: SNMP Managers: GET VERSION R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH Page 11 of 27...
Page 12 Displays the system status. This is the same as the status returned by the SNMP variable abSystemGangPort. It will report “A” if either A/B switch element in the R6100 is in the BYPASS (A) position, or “B” if both A/B switch elements are in the NORMAL (B) position.
Page 13 GET EVERYRACK N This command is intended to be used with multi-rack R6100 systems, and would not typically be used with an R6100 Auto Bypass Switch. It displays the status of racks (1 thru N). This command displays the “Rack Status” for racks 1 thru N, stopping when it reaches rack N or encounters a “no response”...
Page 14 Note that the telnet timeout cannot be disabled, it can however, be set arbitrarily large. Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed. R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH Page 14 of 27...
Page 15 GET MONITORIP Set or dis play the IP address of the device that the R6100 Auto Bypass Switch is to PING to determine whether or not the normal and/or bypass path is operational. Setting this to 0.0.0.0 disables the auto bypass and the auto recovery functions.
Page 16 IP address must be entered using the “SET MANAGER N X.X.X.X” command before either syslog messages or traps will be issued. See section 9 for a list of the traps supported by the R6100 Auto Bypass Switch, and see section 10 for a list of the supported syslog messages.
Page 17 Market Central, Inc. Causes the R6100 to issue a single ICMP echo request packet to the designated IP address. If a response is received, the R6100 will display the message “Reply from X.X.X.X”. If no response is received within 5 seconds, the R6100 will display the message “Request timed out”.
Page 18 Market Central, Inc. RESET restart (use after SAVE) SET DEFAULTS (restore default user settings, save required) > R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH Page 18 of 27...
Page 19: Web Browser Interface
(or similar). Note: If using a pop up blocker on your web browser, be sure to allow pop ups from the IP address of the R6100 Auto Bypass Switch, Other wise you could experience trouble receiving a response through the interface.
Page 20 Send Command The R6100 Ethernet Module will allow only 1 telnet or web access session at a time. For this reason, the web timeout and telnet timeout parameters should be set to reasonable timeout values. To free up a session without waiting for the web timeout, click “Logoff”.
Page 21 0 authenticationFailure generic trap 4 abRackKeyLockChange specific trap 1 abRackGangSwitchChange specific trap 2 abSwitchPortChange specific trap 4 abSystemGangSwitchChange specific trap 6 abRackPowerStatChange specific trap 7 abSystemAutoSwitchChange specific trap 8 R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH Page 21 of 27...
Page 22 A/B Switch Rack Power Status. This is a read only variable. On the R6100, there are two DC power entry connectors. If power is applied to both power entry connectors, the Power Status will report “TwoSupplies”. If power is applied to only one of the power entry connectors, the Power Status will report “One Supply Down”.
Page 23 [abSwitchSoftwareVersion] – 1.3.6.1.4.1.9477.1.4.3.1.3.SwitchIndex A/B Switch Card Software Version. This is a read only variable, and is limited to a maximum of 14 characters. This variable is not applicable to the R6100, which will respond N/A. [abSwitchName] – 1.3.6.1.4.1.9477.1.4.3.1.4.SwitchIndex A/B Switch Port Identification String. The string is limited to a maximum of 14 characters.
Page 24: Traps Summary
10. Traps Summary The R6100 Auto Bypass Switch can be configured to issue an SNMP trap when certain events occur. Use the “SET ALERTTYPE” command to enable traps, and use the “SET MANAGER N X.X.X.X” command to specify the IP addresses of up to 16 different NMS computers that you want to send these traps to (see section 7 for details regarding these commands).
Page 25: Syslog Messages
Jan 1 00:00:00 [R6100 IP address] Bypass Switch: [specific message based on the event that occurred] Listed below is each type of syslog message that the R6100 can issue, followed by the actual syslog message that the R6100 will send.
Page 26 Jan 1 00:00:00 192.168.1.151 Bypass Switch: Automatic switch from B to A position. auto switch A to B via auto recovery feature Jan 1 00:00:00 192.168.1.151 Bypass Switch: Automatic switch from A to B position. R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH Page 26 of 27...
Page 27 THIS WARRANTY SHALL NOT BE EXTENDED, ALTERED OR VARIED EXCEPT BY A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT SIGNED BY A DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF MARKET CENTRAL. Market Central is a registered trademark of Market Central, Inc. All rights reserved. R6100 AUTO BYPASS SWITCH Page 27 of 27...