Olicom CrossFire 8720 User manual

Installation Guide
CrossFire™ 8720
Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch
DOC-7037/v.1.00.02

CrossFireTM 8720
Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch
Installation Guide

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Trademarks
GoCard and the Olicom clasped hands logo are registered trademarks of Olicom A/S. CellDriver,
ClearServer, ClearSession, ClearSight, CrossFire, LANscout, PowerMACH, RapidFire and RapidLAN
are trademarks of Olicom A/S. ClearCare, ClearPartner, ClearStep and ExpertWatch are service marks
of Olicom A/S. Olicom is a registered trademark. Other brand and product names are trademarks,
registered trademarks, service marks or registered service marks of their respective holders.
Copyrights
Olicom A/S reserves the right to modify the information given in this publication without prior notice.
The warranty terms and conditions applicable for your purchase of this equipment are given at the time
of purchase. Please consult your place of purchase for details.
Publication: DOC-7037 v.1.00.02
Part Number: 710001800
© Copyright Olicom A/S, Denmark, June 1999
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
FCC Compliance
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant
to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this
equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Warning: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Declaration of Conformity
We Olicom A/S
Nybrovej 114
DK-2800 Lyngby
Denmark
declare under our sole responsibility that the product
CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch
to which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards or other normative
documents
EN 50082-1
EN 55022
EN 60950 including Amendments
EN 60825-1
following the provisions of 89/336/EEC Directive and 73/23/EEC Directive.
Product Warranty
This product is covered by a limited lifetime warranty. See Appendix C, Warranty Conditions for details.

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Modifications
If the device is changed or modified without the express approval of Olicom A/S the user may void his
or her authority to operate the equipment.
Safety Notices
➽Danger: To avoid shock hazard, do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation,
maintenance, or reconfiguring of the CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch during an electrical
storm.
➽Danger: To avoid the possibility of electrical shock, switch power off and unplug the power cord from
the outlet before detaching the power cord from the CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch.
➽Danger: Do not open the CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch. Dangerous voltages inside.
➽Danger: To avoid shock hazard the power cord must be connected to a properly wired and grounded
receptacle. Any equipment to which the CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch will be attached
must also be connected to properly wired and grounded receptacles.
➽Caution: Observe the following power cable considerations before you begin installation of the
CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch.
1. The socket outlet must be installed near the equipment and must be easily accessible.
2. To prevent electrical shock, the power cord set used must comply with national regulations.
2a. The female receptacle of the cord must meet CEE-22 requirements.
2b. The cord must be UL listed, CSA labelled, and consist of three conductors with a maximum
of 15 feet in length.
Type SVT or SJT cord sets must be used for units which stand on a desk or table. Type SJT
cord sets must be used for units which stand on floor.
2c. The male plug for units operating at 115 VAC must consist of a parallel blade, grounding
type attachment plug rated 15 A, 125 VAC.
The male plug for units operating at 230 VAC must consist of a tandem blade, grounding
type attachment plug rated 15 A, 250 VAC.
The male plug for units operating at 230 VAC (outside of the United States and Canada) must
consist of a grounding type attachment plug rated 15 A, 250 VAC and have the appropriate
safety approvals for the country in which the equipment will be installed.
➽Caution: Support the while you are installing the unit to avoid dropping it on the floor or any equipment
beneath it in the rack. The CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch unit weighs approximately 8.8
kg (19.4 lbs).
➽Warning:All RJ45 connectors must only be connected to safety extra low voltage (SELV) circuits like
local area networking (LAN).

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1
1.1 About the Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Front Panel Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.1 Connectors and Push Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2.2 Status LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Rear Panel Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3.1 Rear Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4 Default Settings for the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Installation 7
2.1 Preparing for Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.1 Safety Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.2 Site Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1.3 Cabling Rules to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.1 Installation Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.2 Unpacking and Inspecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.3 Other Materials You Will Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.4 Installing a Universal Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.5 Mounting Hints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.6 Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2.7 Applying Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3. Switch Access for Management 17
3.1 Selecting Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2 Using Web-Based Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.1 Choosing a Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.2 Connecting a Management Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.3 To Start a Web Management Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.2.4 Web-Browser Interface Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.3 Statistics Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.4 Help and Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.5 How to End a Web Management Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.6 Using the Console Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.6.1 Connecting a Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.6.2 How to Start a Console Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.6.3 Console Management Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.7 Selecting a Command Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.8 Entering Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.9 Error Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.10 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.11 How to End a Console Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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4. Troubleshooting 29
4.1 Basic Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.2 Using LEDs for Diagnosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.3 Hardware Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.3.1 Testing the Switch by Resetting It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.4 Checking Console Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.4.1 Testing Switch-to-Device Network Communications. . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.4.2 Testing End-to-End Network Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.4.3 Restoring the Factory Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Appendix A. Cable and PIN Information 35
A.1 Cable and Pin Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
A.1.1Out-of-Band Management Port and Cable Pin-Outs . . . . . . . . . . . 35
A.2 Management Port Pin-Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
A.3 EIA 232 Modem Cable Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
A.4 EIA 232 Null-Modem Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
A.4.1Twisted-Pair Cable/Connector Pin-Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
A.4.2Fiber-Optic Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
A.4.3Cabling Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix B. Getting in Touch with Technical Support 43
B.1 Before You Contact Olicom Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
B.2 Hotline Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
B.3 Fax Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B.4 Internet E-Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B.5 Anonymous Internet FTP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B.6 Internet World Wide Web Server (WWW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B.7 Olicom Support WEB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
B.8 Problem Report Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix C. Warranty Conditions 47
C.1 Standard Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
C.2 Limited Lifetime Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Illustrations
Figure 1. CrossFire 8720 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Figure 2. CrossFire 8720 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 3. Connecting Devices to Ethernet Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 4. Connecting Using Building Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 5. Login Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 6. Web Management Applet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 7. Sample Web-Browser Interface Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 8. Device Panel in Toggle and Select Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 9. Sample Unpinned Statistics Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 10. Sample Error Message on the Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 11. Straight-through Modem Cable DB 25-DB 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 12. Straight-through Modem Cable DB 9-DB 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 13. EIA 232 Null-Modem Cable DB-25 for 25-pin Connector . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 14. EIA 232 Null-Modem Cable DB-9 for 9-pin Connector . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 15. Twisted-Pair Cable Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 16. Twisted-Pair Straight-Through Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 17. Twisted-Pair Crossover Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tables
Table 1. Textual Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Table 2. Front Panel Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Table 3. Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Table 4. CrossFire 8720 Rear Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 5. Default Switch Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 6. CLI Editing Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 7. Front Panel LEDs Abnormal States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 8. Pin-out of the DB-9 Management Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 9. Maximum Cable Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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About This Guide
This installation guidecontains the information neededto install and get started
with the CrossFireTM 8720Fast Ethernet Layer 3Switch. Throughout this guide it
will be referred to as the “CrossFire 8720 Switch”.
The guide is intended to be used by network administrators or knowledgeable
users,therefore it assumes a basic knowledge of Local Area Networks and IP
routing principles.
In addition to this installation guide, the CrossFire 8720 Switch is delivered with
the on-lineCrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch Reference Guide
enclosed as a PDF file on a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM also contains an on-line
version of this installation guide. When you need information outside the scope of
the installation guide, please refer to the reference guide.
Textual Conventions
Table 1. Textual Conventions
❏
Convention Example
Console commands are written in Courier console command
Menu items are indicated by bold Statistics
Options are identified by brackets and delimited by “|” (option1 |option2)
Text to be substituted is enclosed by < ><text>
References to other sections or documents are in italics italics
Key entries are shown in Helvetica narrow
ESCEnter
Screendisplay is shownin Couriernormal andbold display
Hexadecimal notation may be indicated with an “h” D0000h
End of a chapter is indicated with ❏❏

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CrossFire 8720 Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Switch, v. 1.00.02, P/N: 710001800 Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1 About the Switch
The following tables list and describe the connectors, switches and status LEDs on
the CrossFire 8720 Switch.
1.2 Front Panel Details
Figure 1 illustrates the front panel. Components (12) and (13) are expansion slot
covers that you must remove before you can install any optional expansion
module. For further instructions on installing expansion modules, see the UEM
Quick Reference Guide that comes with each module.
Figure 1. CrossFire 8720 Front Panel
1.2.1 Connectors and Push Buttons
Table 2. Front Panel Connectors
# Name Description
9 Ports 1 to 16 UTP 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX Ethernet ports with RJ-45
jacks.
8 Management Console connection with DB-9 connector.
7 Reset Press this button to start a full system reset of the
software and hardware.
6 Default Press this button to reset all non-volatile configuration
settings to the original, factory default values and to
start a full system reset of the software and hardware.
1
4
5
3
6
2
9
8711
10 12
13