ExtremeSwitching 3600 Series Operator's manual

Documentation Reference for Ethernet
Routing Switch 3600 Series
Release 6.1.1
NN47213-101
Issue 02.01
December 2017

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Contents
Chapter 1: Preface.................................................................................................................... 6
Purpose.................................................................................................................................. 6
Training.................................................................................................................................. 6
Providing Feedback to Us........................................................................................................ 6
Getting Help............................................................................................................................ 6
Extreme Networks Documentation............................................................................................ 7
Subscribing to service notifications........................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: New in this document............................................................................................ 9
Chapter 3: Roadmap............................................................................................................... 10
Customer documentation packaging....................................................................................... 10
Product fundamentals............................................................................................................ 10
Installation and commissioning............................................................................................... 11
Upgrades and Patches.......................................................................................................... 12
Operations............................................................................................................................ 12
Administration and Security.................................................................................................... 12
Fault and Performance Management...................................................................................... 13
Chapter 4: Information quality............................................................................................... 14
Chapter 5: Text conventions.................................................................................................. 15
Angle brackets...................................................................................................................... 15
Bold or Bold Courier text........................................................................................................ 15
Braces.................................................................................................................................. 15
Brackets............................................................................................................................... 16
Ellipses................................................................................................................................. 16
Plain Courier text................................................................................................................... 16
Separator............................................................................................................................. 17
Vertical bar........................................................................................................................... 17
cr convention........................................................................................................................ 17
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Chapter 1: Preface
Purpose
The Documentation Reference explains the organization of Extreme Networks technical
documentation. You can use this document to understand where you can find specific types of
information in the customer documentation suite.
Training
Ongoing product training is available. For more information or to register, you can access the Web
site at www.extremenetworks.com/education/.
Providing Feedback to Us
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from you! We welcome all feedback but especially want to know about:
• Content errors or confusing or conflicting information.
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this document, please contact us using our short online feedback form. You can also email us
directly at [email protected]
Getting Help
Product purchased from Extreme Networks
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to get help.
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If you require assistance, contact Extreme Networks using one of the following methods:
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Table continues…
Extreme Networks Documentation
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Preface
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Chapter 2: New in this document
There are no new feature changes in this document.
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Chapter 3: Roadmap
Use this section to find the correct document for the task you need to perform.
Customer documentation packaging
Extreme Networks technical documents are organized according to job functions. Following are the
job functions:
•Product fundamentals on page 10
•Installation and commissioning on page 11
•Upgrades and Patches on page 12
•Operations on page 12
•Administration and Security on page 12
•Fault and Performance Management on page 13
Product fundamentals
Product fundamentals documentation includes product overview and information that applies to all
areas of the product.
Table 1: ERS 3600 Series product fundamentals documents
Document title Description
Regulatory Reference for Ethernet Routing Switch
3600 Series
Provides regulatory information and precautionary
messages.
Documentation Reference for Ethernet Routing
Switch 3600 Series
Provides an overview of the documentation suite.
Using CLI and EDM on Ethernet Routing Switch
3600 Series
Describes user interfaces and information about
feature licensing, if applicable.
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Document title Description
CLI Commands Reference for Ethernet Routing
Switch 3600 Series
Provides default values and proper syntax for the
Command Line Interface (CLI) commands.
Locating the documentation for Ethernet Routing
Switch 3600 Series
This document provides information about locating
the switch documentation and software.
Installation and commissioning
Installation and Commissioning documentation includes information that supports initial installation
and commissioning (initial configuration) activities, including preparation, processes, safety
requirements, and instructions for rollback procedures.
Table 2: ERS 3600 installation and commissioning documents
Document title Description
Quick Start Configuration for Ethernet Routing
Switch 3600 Series
Provides information and procedures to introduce the
switch to the network and perform basic
configuration tasks.
Installing Ethernet Routing Switch 3600 Series This document provides instructions to install the
switch in an equipment rack (individually or in a
stack) or on a shelf. It also provides instructions to
perform the initial IP configuration on the switch
using CLI, BootP, or the IP.CFG file. It also provides
instructions to verify the switch status using the
frontpanel LEDs.
Installing Transceivers and Optical Components on
Ethernet Routing Switch 3600 Series
Provides instructions to install small form factor
pluggable (SFP) transceivers, 10 Gigabit small form
factor pluggable transceivers, and includes
specification for these hardware components.
Installation Job Aid for Ethernet Routing Switch 3600
Series
Provides instructions to install the switch in an
equipment rack or on a shelf and prepare for network
connectivity, as well as instructions to configure
stacking.
Configuring Systems on Ethernet Routing Switch
3600 Series
This document provides instructions to perform basic
configuration of the switch including procedures to
configure the switch IP address after hardware
installation. It also provides instructions to configure
system-level features such as stacking, feature
licensing, Simple Network Time Protocol, BootP,
Domain Name System, PoE, and LLDP.
Installation and commissioning
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Upgrades and Patches
Upgrades and Patches documentation includes information to upgrade software and hardware
components.
Table 3: 3600 Series upgrades and patches documents
Document title Description
Release Notes for Ethernet Routing Switch 3600
Series
Describes new features and important information
about the latest release. Release Notes includes a
list of known issues (including workarounds where
appropriate) and a list of fixed issues.
Operations
Operations documents include information that supports tasks related to configuration (post-
commissioning) of services or applications, routine maintenance of hardware or software, and
accounting or billing activities.
Table 4: ERS 3600 Series operations documents
Document title Description
Configuring VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Multi-Link
Trunking on Ethernet Routing Switch 3600 Series
Provides procedures and conceptual information to
configure Layer 2; can include VLANs, Spanning
Tree, Link Aggregation Control Protocol, and Multi-
Link Trunking.
Configuring IP Routing and Multicast on Ethernet
Routing Switch 3600 Series
Provides procedures and conceptual information to
configure IP routing features, including static routes,
Proxy ARP, DHCP Relay, and UDP forwarding. It
also provides procedures and conceptual information
to manage multicast traffic using IGMP snooping.
Configuring Quality of Service on Ethernet Routing
Switch 3600 Series,
Provides procedures and conceptual information to
configure Quality of Service.
Administration and Security
Administration and Security documentation includes information that supports tasks that operations
personnel perform that relate to network administration or product security, including the
configuration and management of systems data and users. The documentation also includes the
management and protection of resources from unauthorized or detrimental access and use.
Roadmap
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Table 5: ERS 3600 Series administration and security documents
Document title Description
Configuring Security on Ethernet Routing Switch
3600 Series
Provides procedures and conceptual information to
administer and configure security features, including
MAC-based security, RADIUS, EAPOL, IPv6 First
Hop Security (FHS), and SSH.
Fault and Performance Management
Fault and Performance Management documents include information that supports the tasks that
operations personnel perform that relate to managing or preventing faults, troubleshooting, and
monitoring and improving the performance of the network or product.
Table 6: ERS 3600 Series fault and performance management documents
Document title Description
Configuring System Monitoring on Ethernet Routing
Switch 3600 Series
Provides information and system diagnostics tools
including syslog, Remote Monitoring, port mirroring,
and displaying ports and chassis statistics.
Logs Reference for Ethernet Routing Switch 2000,
3000, 4000, 5000 Series and Virtual Services
Platform 7000 Series
Provides information about the various log messages
generated by the system.
Troubleshooting Ethernet Routing Switch 3600
Series
Describes common problems and error messages
and the techniques to resolve them.
Fault and Performance Management
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Chapter 4: Information quality
Extreme Networks technical documents are tested by subject matter experts (SMEs) throughout the
product development lifecycle. SMEs from Design, Product Verification (PV), Product Line
Management (PLM), and other stakeholder groups, all contribute to document quality.
On a limited basis, Extreme Networks releases technical documents in the early stages of
development that have not completed all testing milestones. Documents that have not completed
testing bear a Draft identification to indicate that the content they contain can change as the product
is refined and document testing is completed. Draft documents are not widely available.
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Chapter 5: Text conventions
This chapter describes the text conventions used in this document.
Angle brackets
When you see angle brackets in a command string they indicate that you choose the text to enter
based on the description inside the brackets. Do not type the brackets when you enter the command
Example
If the command syntax is ping <ip_address>, then you enter the following:
ping 192.32.10.12
Bold or Bold Courier text
Bold or Bold Courier text indicates command names, options, and text that you must enter.
Example
Use the info command.
Example
Enter show ip {alerts | routes}.
Example
Procotols, IP identifies the IP command on the Protocols menu.
Braces
Braces ({}) indicate required elements in syntax descriptions where more than one option is
available.
You must choose only one option.
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Do not type the braces when you enter the command.
Example
If the command syntax is stack oper-mode {Pure | Hybrid}, you must enter one of the
following:
•stack oper-mode Pure
•stack oper-mode Hybrid
Brackets
Brackets ([ ]) indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do not type the brackets when you
enter the command.
Example
If the command syntax is show ip interfaces [-alerts] you can enter one of the following:
•show ip interfaces
•show ip interfaces —alerts
Ellipses
An ellipsis (...) indicates that you repeat the last element of the command as needed.
Example
If the command syntax is ethernet/2/1 [<parameter> <value>] ... you enter the
following:
ethernet/2/1 and as many parameter-value pairs as you need.
Plain Courier text
Plain Courier text indicates system output.
Example
Prompts and system messages like the following are presented in plain Courier text.
Set Trap Monitor Filters
Text conventions
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Separator
A separator ( >) is used to define menu paths.
Example
The following illustrates the IP command on the Protocols menu.
Protocols > IP
Vertical bar
A vertical bar ( | ) separates choices for command keywords and arguments.
Enter only one choice.
Do not type the vertical line when you enter the command.
Example
If the command syntax is show ip {alerts | routes}, you enter one of the following:
•show ip alerts
•show ip routes
cr convention
In CLI procedures, when you see <cr> as an option for a command, you can press the Enter key
on your keyboard to execute the command.
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December 2017 Documentation Reference for Ethernet Routing Switch 3600 Series 17