ProCurve 6200yl Series User manual

Management and
Configuration Guide
6200yl
5400zl
3500yl
www.procurve.com
ProCurve Switches
K.12.XX

ProCurve
Series 3500yl Switches
Series 5400zl Switches
6200yl Switch
Management and Configuration Guide
February 2007
K.12.XX
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Hewlett-Packard Company
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Publication Number
5991-3826
February 2007
Applicable Products
ProCurve Switch 5406zl (J8697A)
ProCurve Switch 5412zl (J8698A)
ProCurve Switch 3500yl-24G-PWR Intelligent Edge (J8692A)
ProCurve Switch 3500yl-48G-PWR Intelligent Edge (J8693A)
ProCurve Switch 6200yl-24G (J8992A)
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Contents
Product Documentation
About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Printed Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Electronic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Software Feature Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
1 Getting Started
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Feature Descriptions by Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Command Syntax Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Command Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Screen Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Port Identity Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Configuration and Operation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Sources for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Getting Documentation From the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Need Only a Quick Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Premium Edge Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
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2 Selecting a Management Interface
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Understanding Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Advantages of Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Advantages of Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
General Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Information on Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager
or ProCurve Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Custom Login Banners for the Console and
Web Browser Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or SSHv2 Access . . . . . . . 2-11
Banner Operation with Web Browser Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
3 Using the Menu Interface
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Starting and Ending a Menu Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
How To Start a Menu Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
How To End a Menu Session and Exit from the Console: . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Main Menu Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Screen Structure and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Menu Features List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Where To Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
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4 Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Accessing the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Privilege Levels at Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Privilege Level Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Operator Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Manager Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
How To Move Between Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Listing Commands and Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Listing Commands Available at Any Privilege Level . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Listing Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Displaying CLI “Help” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Configuration Commands and the Context Configuration Modes . . 4-13
CLI Control and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
5 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Starting a Web Browser
Interface Session with the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Using a Standalone Web Browser in a PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . 5-4
Using ProCurve Manager (PCM) or
ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Tasks for Your First ProCurve Web Browser Interface Session . . 5-7
Viewing the “First Time Install” Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Security: Creating Usernames and Passwords
in the Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Entering a User Name and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Using a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
If You Lose the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Online Help for the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
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Support/Mgmt URLs Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Support URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Help and the Management Server URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Using the PCM Server for Switch Web Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Status Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
The Port Utilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Sorting the Alert Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Alert Types and Detailed Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
6 Switch Memory and Configuration
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement
Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Menu: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Using Save and Cancel in the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Rebooting from the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Web: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Switch Software Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
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Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple
Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-28
Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-28
Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the
Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-34
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-35
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-35
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially
Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially
Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
7 Interface Access and System Information
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound Telnet . 7-3
Menu: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
CLI: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote Management
Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
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8 Configuring IP Addressing
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Just Want a Quick Start with IP Addressing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
IP Addressing with Multiple VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Menu: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . 8-5
CLI: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . . . 8-6
Web: Configuring IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Network Preparations for Configuring DHCP/Bootp . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Loopback Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
Configuring a Loopback Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Displaying Loopback Interface Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP
Addressing Across Configuration File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Operating Rules for IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Enabling IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
9 Time Protocols
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or Turning Off Time
Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch: . . . . . . . . 9-3
Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Viewing the Current SNTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
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Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode . . . . . . . . . 9-10
TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-20
SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . 9-24
Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Displaying All SNTP Server Addresses Configured on the Switch . . 9-25
Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Menu: Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses Configured 9-27
SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
10 Port Status and Configuration
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Menu: Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-7
Viewing Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Viewing Port Utilization Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Viewing Transceiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Enabling or Disabling Ports and Configuring Port Mode . . . . . 10-12
Enabling or Disabling Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Configuring ProCurve Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-18
Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-19
Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
Configuring UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Enabling UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
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Changing the Keepalive Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Changing the Keepalive Retries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Configuring UDLD for Tagged Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Viewing UDLD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Configuration Warnings and Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
11 Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Operation
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
PoE Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
PoE on Series 5400zl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
PoE on Series 3500yl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Introduction to PoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Overview of Operation for Series 3500yl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
Overview of Operation for Series 5400zl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6
General PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
PD Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
Determining the Amount of PoE Power Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
PoE Power on the Series 5400zl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
PoE Power on the Series 3500yl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Using a ProCurve 620 Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Power Priority Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
When Is Power Allocation Prioritized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
How Is Power Allocation Prioritized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
PoE Priority With Two or More Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Configuring PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15
Changing the PoE Port Priority Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15
Disabling or Re-Enabling PoE Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16
Enabling Support for Pre-Standard Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16
Changing the Threshold for Generating a Power Notice . . . . . . . . . 11-17
Configuring Optional PoE Port Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-18
Viewing PoE Configuration and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21
Displaying the Switch’s Global PoE Power Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21
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Displaying an Overview of PoE Status on All Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-22
Displaying the PoE Status on Specific Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23
Planning and Implementing a PoE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25
Assigning PoE Ports to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25
Applying Security Features to PoE Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25
Assigning Priority Policies to PoE Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26
Calculating the Maximum Load for a PoE Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-27
When a Power Supply Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28
PoE Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-29
PoE Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-30
“Informational” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-30
“Warning” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-31
12 Port Trunking
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . 12-9
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11
Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11
Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 12-14
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-17
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21
LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-26
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . 12-27
13 Port Traffic Controls
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
All Traffic Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Configuring Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Displaying the Current Rate-Limit Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Operating Notes for Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Guidelines for Configuring ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Configuring ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Using Both ICMP Rate-Limiting and All-Traffic Rate-Limiting
on the Same Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Displaying the Current ICMP Rate-Limit Configuration . . . . . . 13-13
Operating Notes for ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
ICMP Rate-Limiting Trap and Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth (GMB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
GMB Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Impacts of QoS Queue Configuration on GMB Operation . . . . 13-20
Configuring Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth for
Outbound Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21
Displaying the Current Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-24
GMB Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-25
Jumbo Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-26
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-26
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
Configuring Jumbo Frame Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-28
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-28
Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-29
Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-31
Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-31
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-34
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14 Configuring for Network Management Applications
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4
Configuring for SNMP version 1 and 2c Access to the Switch . . . . . 14-4
Configuring for SNMP Version 3 Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
SNMP Version 3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Enabling SNMPv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7
SNMPv3 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7
Group Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11
SNMPv3 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11
Menu: Viewing and Configuring non-SNMP version 3
Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13
CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Community Names . . . . 14-15
SNMPv3 Notification and Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17
SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c Trap Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19
CLI: Configuring and Displaying Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . 14-20
Using the CLI To Enable Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23
Configuring the Source IP Address for SNMP Requests
and Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-24
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-27
Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-28
CLI-Configured sFlow with Multiple Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-28
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-28
Configuring sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-29
Viewing sFlow Configuration and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-29
LLDP (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-32
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-33
General LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-35
LLDP-MED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-35
Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-35
Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-36
Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch . . 14-38
LLDP and LLDP-MED Standards Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-38
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LLDP Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-39
Configuring LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-40
Viewing the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-40
Configuring Global LLDP Packet Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-42
Configuring SNMP Notification Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-46
Configuring Per-Port Transmit and Receive Modes . . . . . . . . . 14-47
Configuring Basic LLDP Per-Port Advertisement Content . . . . 14-48
Configuring Support for Port Speed and Duplex
Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-50
LLDP-MED (Media-Endpoint-Discovery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-51
LLDP-MED Topology Change Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-54
LLDP-MED Fast Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-56
Advertising Device Capability, Network Policy, PoE Status
and Location Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-56
Configuring Location Data for LLDP-MED Devices . . . . . . . . . 14-60
Displaying Advertisement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-65
Displaying Switch Information Available for Outbound
Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-66
Displaying LLDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-70
LLDP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-72
LLDP and CDP Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-74
LLDP and CDP Neighbor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-74
CDP Operation and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-76
A File Transfers
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Downloading Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
General Software Download Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Using TFTP To Download Switch Software from a Server . . . . . . . . A-4
Menu: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary Flash . . . . . . . A-5
CLI: TFTP Download from a Server to Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Using Secure Copy and SFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
The SCP/SFTP Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
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Disable TFTP and Auto-TFTP for Enhanced Security . . . . . . . A-10
Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
SCP/SFTP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
Using Xmodem to Download Switch Software From a PC or UNIX
Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
CLI: Xmodem Download from a PC or UNIX Workstation to
Primary or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Using USB to Transfer Files to and from the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Using USB to Download Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20
Menu: Switch-to-Switch Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . A-20
CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21
Using PCM+ to Update Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
Copying Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23
TFTP: Copying a Software Image to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . . A-23
Xmodem: Copying a Software Image from the Switch to a
Serially Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23
USB: Copying a Software Image to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . A-24
Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . A-25
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . A-25
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially Connected PC or
UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File from a Serially
Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26
USB: Copying a Configuration File to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . A-27
USB: Copying a Configuration File from a USB Device . . . . . . A-28
Transferring ACL Command Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28
TFTP: Uploading an ACL Command File from a TFTP Server A-29
Xmodem: Uploading an ACL Command File from a Serially
Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-30
USB: Uploading an ACL Command File from a USB Device . . A-31
Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote Host, USB Device, PC or UNIX
Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-32
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Copying Command Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-32
Copying Event Log Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-33
Copying Crash Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . . . . A-33
Copying Crash Log Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . A-34
B Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Status and Counters Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Menu Access To Status and Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
General System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Switch Management Address Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Module Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Viewing Port and Trunk Group Statistics and Flow Control Status B-11
Menu Access to Port and Trunk Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
CLI Access To Port and Trunk Group Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Web Browser Access To View Port and Trunk Group Statistics B-13
Viewing the Switch’s MAC Address Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
Menu Access to the MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . B-14
CLI Access for MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . . . . . B-17
Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
CLI Access to MSTP Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Status . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
VLAN Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-20
Web Browser Interface Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-22
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Traffic Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
Mirrored Traffic Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26
Local Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26
Remote Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26
Mirrored Traffic Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26
Criteria for Selecting Traffic To Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27
Mirrored Traffic Operation and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27
Mirroring Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-29
Endpoint Switches and Intermediate Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-30
Updating from a Legacy Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . B-30
Using the Menu or Web Interface To Configure Local Mirroring . . B-31
Menu and Web Interface Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-31
Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-32
CLI: Configuring Local and Remote Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-35
General Steps for Using the CLI To Configure Mirroring . . . . . B-36
Quick Reference to Local Mirroring Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-38
Quick Reference to Remote Mirroring Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-39
1. Determine the Mirroring Session Identity and Destination . . . . . B-41
2. Configure the Remote Mirroring Session on Destination Switch B-41
3. Configure the Mirroring Session on the Source Switch . . . . . . . . B-44
4. Configure Mirroring Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-47
Traffic Selection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-47
Mirroring Source Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-47
Using Interface Identity and Direction of Movement
To Select the Traffic To Mirror from a Source Switch . . . . . . . B-48
Using ACL Assignment and Traffic Direction
To Select the Traffic To Mirror from a Source Switch . . . . . . . B-51
Displaying the Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-56
Displaying the Mirroring Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . B-56
Displaying the Remote Endpoint Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . B-58
Displaying a Mirroring Session Configuration
on a Source Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-59
Viewing Mirroring in the Current Configuration File . . . . . . . . B-61
Mirroring Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-63
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Local Mirroring Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-63
Remote Mirroring Destination Using a VLAN Interface
and an ACL for Mirroring Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-64
Remote Mirroring Destination Using a Port Interface
and Directional Mirroring Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-67
Maximum Supported Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-69
Enabling Jumbo Frames To Increase the Mirroring Path MTU B-69
Effect of Downstream VLAN Tagging on
Untagged, Mirrored Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-70
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-70
Troubleshooting Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-72
C Troubleshooting
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Troubleshooting Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Browser or Telnet Access Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Unusual Network Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
802.1Q Prioritization Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
ACL Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
IGMP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
LACP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
Mesh-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14
Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . C-14
QoS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17
Radius-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17
Spanning-Tree Protocol (MSTP) and Fast-Uplink Problems . . . . . . C-18
SSH-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19
TACACS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21
TimeP, SNTP, or Gateway Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23
VLAN-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23
Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-25
Using the Event Log To Identify Problem Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-26
Menu: Entering and Navigating in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-28
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