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3Com CoreBuilder 9000 Device View User Manual

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Part No. 09-1504-000e
Published August 1999
Device View User Guide
CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise
Switch
Transcend Network Control Services Version 5.0.2 for UNIX

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  • Page 1 Device View User Guide ® CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Switch Transcend Network Control Services Version 5.0.2 for UNIX http://www.3com.com/ Part No. 09-1504-000e Published August 1999...
  • Page 2 3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from time 95052-8145 to time without obligation on the part of 3Com Corporation to provide notification of such revision or change. 3Com Corporation provides this documentation without warranty, term, or condition of any kind, either implied or expressed, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties, terms or conditions of merchantability, satisfactory quality, and fitness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Using the Command Line Using Transcend Central Viewing Network Devices Managing Media, Modules, Segments, and Ports Using Media Selection Lists Viewing and Changing Settings Using Online Help ANAGING EVICES Managing CoreBuilder 9000 Switches Chassis Management Module Management Ethernet Port Setup...
  • Page 4 Managing Power Systems Managing the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch Power Supply DVANCED ANAGEMENT Viewing Performance Statistics Managing Virtual LANs VLANs on the CoreBuilder 9000 Features IEEE 802.1Q and Per-port Tagging VLAN IDs Terminology Procedural Guidelines Selecting VLANs Creating, Editing, or Deleting VLANs...

  • Page 5: About This Guide

    Device View User Guide supplied with Transcend Network Control Services (TNCS) Version 5.0. For information on Device View support of other 3Com hubs and switches, see the Device View User Guide included with TNCS v5.0.
  • Page 6 Get started with Device View and find out about the Device View user interface and how to use it to set up 3Com devices on your network Find out how Device View helps you to manage hubs, switches,...

  • Page 7: Conventions

    Conventions Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide. Table 1 Notice Icons Icon Table 2 Text Conventions Convention Screen displays This typeface represents information as it appears on the Syntax Commands The words “enter” and “type”...

  • Page 8: Related Documentation

    Help includes window descriptions, instructions, conceptual information, and troubleshooting tips for that application. Year 2000 For information on Year 2000 compliance and 3Com products, visit the Compliance 3Com Year 2000 Web page: http://www.3com.com/products/yr2000.html...

  • Page 9: About Device View

    This chapter introduces Device View and summarizes management support for 3Com devices. About Device View New in This Release Management Support Matrix EVICE ® Device View enables you to monitor and set up the 3Com...

  • Page 10: About Device View

    You can use the picture to set up device and port parameters, and collect detailed statistics. The CoreBuilder 9000 16-slot chassis, 8-slot chassis, and 7-slot chassis support frame-based technology with the Gigabit Ethernet Switch Fabric Module, Fast Ethernet switching modules, and Gigabit Ethernet interface modules.

  • Page 11: New In This Release

    New in This Release Transcend NCS v5.0.2 for UNIX includes Device View functionality that enables you to manage the CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Switch and the CoreBuilder 9400 Gigabit Ethernet Switch. Management support is shown in Table 3 Table 3 Device View Support for the CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Switch...

  • Page 12: Management Support Matrix

    Small Office and Enterprise Switches, including the CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Switch and the CoreBuilder 9400 Gigabit Ethernet Switch. To find information about other 3Com devices, see the Device View User Guide included with TNCS, v5.0. Table 4 shows the small office and enterprise switches that you can manage with Device View.
  • Page 13 Device View to perform the following tasks: Manage power supplies (CoreBuilder 9000 Switch) Enable 802.1Q tagging (CoreBuilder 9000 Switch) Set up roving analysis port (CoreBuilder 9000 Switch and CoreBuilder 9400 Switch) Monitor port trunking (CoreBuilder 9000 Switch and CoreBuilder...
  • Page 14 1: A HAPTER BOUT EVICE...

  • Page 15: Using Device View

    SING This chapter describes the Device View interface and explains how to run the application and use it to set up manageable devices. This version of the Device View User Guide supplements the information provided in the Device View User Guide included in Transcend Network Control Services, v5.0.

  • Page 16: Preparing Devices For Management

    SNMP proxy agents, that affect the way you manage devices. For the CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Switch, you must configure the EME with certain parameters before you access the Administration Console of any switch fabric module or interface module, and before you access the system through an external Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) application.

  • Page 17: Preparing The Management Platform

    Transcend database by using Transcend Central to re-import the device. Using the Command At the prompt, enter the command: Line /usr/3Com/dv/bin/dv hostname where Preparing the Management Platform is the hostname or IP address of the device. hostname...

  • Page 18: Using Transcend Central

    1 Select a device or a SuperStack group and click the right mouse button. For a CoreBuilder 9000 Switch, expand the CoreBuilder 9000 Enclosure group, then select the CoreBuilder 9000 device and click the right mouse button. 2 From the shortcut menu, select Tools, then choose Device View.
  • Page 19 Figure 1 Managing a CoreBuilder 9000 Switch Viewing Network Devices Modules — Select a module with the left mouse button, and click the right mouse button to access a shortcut Power Supply/Fan (left) —...

  • Page 20: Managing Media, Modules, Segments, And Ports

    2: U HAPTER SING EVICE Managing Media, Device View enables you to set up all aspects of the devices you manage. Modules, You can select and work with: Segments, and Ports In many cases, you can choose multiple objects and set them up at the same time.

  • Page 21: Using Media Selection Lists

    Using Media Device View also provides two media selection lists called Media and Sub Selection Lists Group which help you to choose the features you want to manage. For example, this makes it easy to work with all Fast Ethernet ports, find out which ports belong to VLAN 2, or choose all the ports that are connected to a cascaded segment in a stack of PS Hub devices as in Figure 2.

  • Page 22: Viewing And Changing Settings

    LANs by highlighting the feature you want to work with and clicking the right mouse button to access a shortcut menu. For modular chassis such as the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch, you can also highlight the entire chassis or a module. The shortcut menu you see depends on the element you have selected.
  • Page 23 Managing Media, Modules, Segments, and Ports different section, the tab labels at the top of the page change automatically to show which options are available within that section. The interface for CoreBuilder 5000 and ONline devices uses a single tabbed page for most module and port configuration forms. Device View provides dialog boxes that enable you to read and write management information.

  • Page 24: Using Online Help

    SING EVICE Using Online Help This guide introduces you to using Device View to manage 3Com enterprise network equipment in your network. For detailed information about the settings that you can read and set, what fields and controls mean, and how you should use them, refer to the comprehensive online help that is automatically placed on your system when you install Device View.

  • Page 25: Managing Devices

    Device View User Guide included in Transcend Network Control Services, v5.0. See “About This Guide” for the scope of this document and other sources of information. This chapter contains: Managing CoreBuilder 9000 Switches Managing Power Systems ANAGING EVICES...

  • Page 26: Managing Corebuilder 9000 Switches

    ANAGING EVICES Managing This section describes the management features that Device View CoreBuilder 9000 provides for CoreBuilder 9000 Switches in your network. Switches This section contains: Chassis Management To manage a CoreBuilder 9000 Switch: 1 View the front of the chassis by starting Device View.
  • Page 27 Routes — Allows you to view the IP routes defined on the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch. Each device maintains a table of routes to other IP network, subnetworks, and hosts. You can either make static entries in this table or configure the device using the Routing Information Protocol (RIP).

  • Page 28: Module Management

    ANAGING EVICES Module Management To manage CoreBuilder 9000 Switch modules: 1 View the front of the chassis by starting Device View. 2 Highlight the module and click the right mouse button. Device View displays a shortcut menu. The menu options include the following: Configure Module and Configure Bridge (all modules), and RAP and IP Config (Layer 3 modules only).
  • Page 29 Backplane Connections — For switch fabric modules, displays a table showing the current backplane connections (switch fabric module to interface module) and the status of each connection. Bridge Settings The Bridge section contains the following settings: General — Allows you to configure standard bridge parameters.

  • Page 30: Ethernet Port Setup

    Connectors such as an AUI port or transceiver module that physically may be on the rear of the device are shown in this view. However, CoreBuilder 9000 Switch backplane ports are not displayed.

  • Page 31: Managing Power Systems

    This section describes special power management features for the Systems CoreBuilder 9000 Switch. For a complete description of power management in the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch, see the CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Management Engine User Guide. Ethernet — Enables you to enable, disable, and configure Ethernet ports on a device.

  • Page 32: Managing The Corebuilder 9000 Switch Power Supply

    Device View provides you with the following power management CoreBuilder 9000 features for the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch: Switch Power Supply To manage a CoreBuilder 9000 Switch power supply: 1 Select the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch chassis. 2 Click the right mouse button. 3 From the shortcut menu, select Inventory.
  • Page 33 In power fault-tolerant mode, power equivalent to one power supply is held in reserve. This reserve power is not available to installed modules unless a power supply fails, or if you switch the power mode from power fault-tolerant mode to power non-fault-tolerant mode.
  • Page 34 Each CoreBuilder 9000 Switch module is shipped with a default power class setting: Module...
  • Page 35 Power State You can enable or disable power to any slot in your CoreBuilder 9000 chassis.The EME allocate power to a module in the disabled slot. All slots are enabled by default.
  • Page 36 3: M HAPTER ANAGING EVICES...

  • Page 37: Advanced Management Tasks

    Device View provides you with advanced management capabilities for devices that have special features. For example, you can set up resilient links to safeguard important inter-switch or backbone connections, use the Transcend Load Balancing Tool to optimize the efficiency of PS Hub segments, and view graphical performance statistics.

  • Page 38: Viewing Performance Statistics

    The statistics that are available depend Statistics on the type of port or device that you select. You can view statistics for the following 3Com devices: To display statistics for one of these devices: 1 Select a port.

  • Page 39: Managing Virtual Lans

    Implementation Guide provided on the Documentation CDROM shipped with each device. The procedures and forms for managing VLANs on these devices differ from other 3Com devices. See the Device View online Help to resolve these differences. When you set up virtual LANs on the devices you are managing, you need to know the kind of devices you are working with, and the kinds of VLAN strategy you plan to implement.
  • Page 40 CoreBuilder 5000 SwitchModules are managed by the CoreBuilder 5000 SwitchModule Manager application. See the Device View online Help for information on starting and using CoreBuilder 5000 SwitchModule Manager. The procedures and forms for managing VLANs on CoreBuilder 2500, CoreBuilder 3500, CoreBuilder 9000, CoreBuilder 9400, SuperStack II...

  • Page 41: Vlans On The Corebuilder 9000

    Switch 3900, and SuperStack II Switch 9300 devices differ from other 3Com devices. See the Device View online Help to resolve these differences. For the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch, 3Com strongly recommends that you read the CoreBuilder 9000 Implementation Guide for information on VLANs and other features.
  • Page 42 4: A HAPTER DVANCED ANAGEMENT To create VLANs in the CoreBuilder 9000 environment, you configure these components: ASKS interface modules directly; you configure them through the switch fabric module. Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching modules — You connect to these...

  • Page 43: Features

    8), you could configure the switch fabric module to create a VLAN on backplane ports 11 and 12. Features Your CoreBuilder 9000 supports the VLAN features shown in Table 5. Table 5 VLAN Features Layer 2 Modules...
  • Page 44 DVANCED ANAGEMENT Table 5 VLAN Features (continued) Feature Ignore STP mode ASKS Layer 2 Modules Switch Fabric Layer 3 Module Modules Description Yes, in Ignores the blocking Spanning Tree Protocol allClosed (STP) mode for the ports of a designated VLAN.

  • Page 45: Ieee 802.1Q And Per-Port Tagging

    You must evaluate tagging for each switching module’s front-panel ports and backplane ports as well as the switch fabric module ports: For front-panel ports, you must use tagging when you have ports shared by different VLANs (VLANs that overlap on ports) and there is no other distinguishing characteristic.

  • Page 46: Vlan Ids

    Description The null VID. You cannot define or configure VLANs with an ID of 0 on a module. Default VLAN assigned by IEEE and 3Com Corporation Reserved Numbers that you assign when you create VLANs Default VLAN — The port-based VLAN interface that is predefined on all Switch Fabric ports and the ports of each switching module without any tagging.

  • Page 47: Procedural Guidelines

    VLAN may or may not include front-panel ports. definition unless the VLAN traffic is limited to that switching module only and will not pass through the switch fabric module. If the switching module supports two backplane ports (and resides in a slot...
  • Page 48 6, you define switch fabric module ports 11 and 12 to be part of the VLAN.) Tag these ports if the front-panel ports of the GEN interface modules are connected to IEEEE 802.1Q enabled devices, such as other CoreBuilder 9000 systems, CoreBuilder 3500 Layer 3 switches, or other 3Com switches. ASKS the lower-numbered backplane port.

  • Page 49: Selecting Vlans

    VLAN. Be sure to include the module's backplane port in the VLAN. 3 Access the switch fabric module and create a VLAN that includes the backplane ports associated with each module in step 2. Assign the same VLAN ID you created in step 2 to the switch fabric module VLAN.

  • Page 50: Creating, Editing, Or Deleting Vlans

    For detailed instructions, click the Help button in the resulting dialog box and follow the steps in the online Help topic. For the CoreBuilder 9000 Switch, 3Com strongly recommends that you read the CoreBuilder 9000 Implementation Guide for information on VLANs and other features.
  • Page 51 6000 SuperStack II Advanced RPS Desktop Switch Switch 1000 Switch 1100 Switch 3000 Switch 3300 Switch 3900 Switch 9000 SX Switch 9300 Switch IP 3800 SuperStack II Switch 3900 VLANs SuperStack II Switch 9300 VLANs VLANs CoreBuilder 9000 viewing port membership...
  • Page 52 NDEX...

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