SMC Networks SMC8126L2 Programming manual

MANAGEMENT GUIDE
TigerSwitchTM 10/100/1000
26-Port Gigabit Managed Switch
50-Port Gigabit Managed Switch
SMC8126L2
SMC8150L2
ta

20 Mason
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: [phone]
TigerSwitch 10/100/1000
Management Guide
From SMC’s Tiger line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions
September 2007
Pub. # 149100036100A
E092007-AP-R01

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Copyright © 2007 by
SMC Networks, Inc.
20 Mason
Irvine, CA 92618
All rights reserved. Printed in Taiwan
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registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1
Key Features 1-1
Description of Software Features 1-2
System Defaults 1-6
Chapter 2: Initial Configuration 2-1
Connecting to the Switch 2-1
Configuration Options 2-1
Required Connections 2-2
Remote Connections 2-3
Basic Configuration 2-3
Console Connection 2-3
Setting Passwords 2-4
Setting an IP Address 2-4
Manual Configuration 2-4
Dynamic Configuration 2-5
Enabling SNMP Management Access 2-6
Community Strings (for SNMP version 1 and 2c clients) 2-6
Trap Receivers 2-7
Configuring Access for SNMP Version 3 Clients 2-8
Saving Configuration Settings 2-8
Managing System Files 2-9
Chapter 3: Configuring the Switch 3-1
Using the Web Interface 3-1
Navigating the Web Browser Interface 3-2
Home Page 3-2
Configuration Options 3-3
Panel Display 3-3
Main Menu 3-4
Basic Configuration 3-10
Displaying System Information 3-10
Displaying Switch Hardware/Software Versions 3-11
Displaying Bridge Extension Capabilities 3-13
Setting the Switch’s IP Address 3-14
Manual Configuration 3-15
Using DHCP/BOOTP 3-16
Enabling Jumbo Frames 3-17
Managing Firmware 3-17
Downloading System Software from a Server 3-18

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Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings 3-19
Downloading Configuration Settings from a Server 3-20
Console Port Settings 3-21
Telnet Settings 3-23
Configuring Event Logging 3-25
Displaying Log Messages 3-25
System Log Configuration 3-26
Remote Log Configuration 3-27
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 3-28
Renumbering the System 3-30
Resetting the System 3-30
Setting the System Clock 3-31
Configuring SNTP 3-31
Setting the Time Zone 3-32
Simple Network Management Protocol 3-33
Setting Community Access Strings 3-33
Specifying Trap Managers and Trap Types 3-34
Enabling SNMP Agent Status 3-35
Configuring SNMPv3 Management Access 3-36
Setting the Local Engine ID 3-36
Specifying a Remote Engine ID 3-37
Configuring SNMPv3 Users 3-37
Configuring Remote SNMPv3 Users 3-40
Configuring SNMPv3 Groups 3-41
Setting SNMPv3 Views 3-45
User Authentication 3-46
Configuring User Accounts 3-46
Configuring Local/Remote Logon Authentication 3-48
Configuring HTTPS 3-52
Replacing the Default Secure-site Certificate 3-53
Configuring the Secure Shell 3-54
Configuring the SSH Server 3-56
Generating the Host Key Pair 3-57
Configuring Port Security 3-59
Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication 3-60
Displaying 802.1X Global Settings 3-61
Configuring 802.1X Global Settings 3-62
Configuring Port Settings for 802.1X 3-63
Displaying 802.1X Statistics 3-66
Access Control Lists 3-67
Configuring Access Control Lists 3-67
Setting the ACL Name and Type 3-68
Configuring a Standard IP ACL 3-69
Configuring an Extended IP ACL 3-69
Configuring a MAC ACL 3-72

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Binding a Port to an Access Control List 3-73
Filtering IP Addresses for Management Access 3-74
Port Configuration 3-76
Displaying Connection Status 3-76
Configuring Interface Connections 3-78
Creating Trunk Groups 3-80
Statically Configuring a Trunk 3-81
Enabling LACP on Selected Ports 3-82
Configuring LACP Parameters 3-84
Displaying LACP Port Counters 3-86
Displaying LACP Settings and Status for the Local Side 3-88
Displaying LACP Settings and Status for the Remote Side 3-90
Setting Broadcast Storm Thresholds 3-91
Configuring Port Mirroring 3-93
Configuring Rate Limits 3-94
Rate Limit Configuration 3-94
Showing Port Statistics 3-95
Address Table Settings 3-99
Setting Static Addresses 3-99
Displaying the Address Table 3-100
Changing the Aging Time 3-102
Spanning Tree Algorithm Configuration 3-102
Displaying Global Settings 3-105
Configuring Global Settings 3-107
Displaying Interface Settings 3-111
Configuring Interface Settings 3-114
Configuring Multiple Spanning Trees 3-116
Displaying Interface Settings for MSTP 3-118
Configuring Interface Settings for MSTP 3-120
VLAN Configuration 3-122
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs 3-122
Enabling or Disabling GVRP (Global Setting) 3-125
Displaying Basic VLAN Information 3-126
Displaying Current VLANs 3-126
Creating VLANs 3-128
Adding Static Members to VLANs (VLAN Index) 3-129
Adding Static Members to VLANs (Port Index) 3-131
Configuring VLAN Behavior for Interfaces 3-132
Configuring IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling 3-133
Enabling QinQ Tunneling on the Switch 3-137
Adding an Interface to a QinQ Tunnel 3-138
Configuring Private VLANs 3-141
Enabling Private VLANs 3-141
Configuring Uplink and Downlink Ports 3-142
Protocol VLANs 3-142

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Protocol VLAN Group Configuration 3-142
Configuring Protocol VLAN Interfaces 3-143
Class of Service Configuration 3-144
Layer 2 Queue Settings 3-144
Setting the Default Priority for Interfaces 3-144
Mapping CoS Values to Egress Queues 3-145
Enabling CoS 3-147
Selecting the Queue Mode 3-147
Setting the Service Weight for Traffic Classes 3-148
Layer 3/4 Priority Settings 3-149
Mapping Layer 3/4 Priorities to CoS Values 3-149
Selecting IP Precedence/DSCP Priority 3-149
Mapping IP Precedence 3-150
Mapping DSCP Priority 3-152
Mapping IP Port Priority 3-153
Quality of Service 3-154
Configuring Quality of Service Parameters 3-155
Configuring a Class Map 3-155
Creating QoS Policies 3-158
Attaching a Policy Map to Ingress Queues 3-161
Multicast Filtering 3-162
Layer 2 IGMP (Snooping and Query) 3-162
Configuring IGMP Snooping and Query Parameters 3-163
Enabling IGMP Immediate Leave 3-164
Displaying Interfaces Attached to a Multicast Router 3-165
Specifying Static Interfaces for a Multicast Router 3-166
Displaying Port Members of Multicast Services 3-167
Assigning Ports to Multicast Services 3-168
IGMP Filtering and Throttling 3-169
Enabling IGMP Filtering and Throttling 3-170
Configuring IGMP Filtering and Throttling for Interfaces 3-171
Configuring IGMP Filter Profiles 3-172
Multicast VLAN Registration 3-174
Configuring Global MVR Settings 3-175
Displaying MVR Interface Status 3-176
Displaying Port Members of Multicast Groups 3-178
Configuring MVR Interface Status 3-179
Assigning Static Multicast Groups to Interfaces 3-180
Configuring Domain Name Service 3-181
Configuring General DNS Service Parameters 3-181
Configuring Static DNS Host to Address Entries 3-183
Displaying the DNS Cache 3-185
DHCP Snooping 3-186
DHCP Snooping Configuration 3-187
DHCP Snooping VLAN Configuration 3-188

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DHCP Snooping Information Option Configuration 3-188
DHCP Snooping Port Configuration 3-189
DHCP Snooping Binding Information 3-190
IP Source Guard 3-191
IP Source Guard Port Configuration 3-191
Static IP Source Guard Binding Configuration 3-192
Dynamic IP Source Guard Binding Information 3-193
Switch Clustering 3-194
Cluster Configuration 3-195
Cluster Member Configuration 3-196
Cluster Member Information 3-197
Cluster Candidate Information 3-198
Chapter 4: Command Line Interface 4-1
Using the Command Line Interface 4-1
Accessing the CLI 4-1
Console Connection 4-1
Telnet Connection 4-2
Entering Commands 4-3
Keywords and Arguments 4-3
Minimum Abbreviation 4-3
Command Completion 4-3
Getting Help on Commands 4-3
Showing Commands 4-4
Partial Keyword Lookup 4-5
Negating the Effect of Commands 4-5
Using Command History 4-5
Understanding Command Modes 4-5
Exec Commands 4-6
Configuration Commands 4-7
Command Line Processing 4-8
Command Groups 4-9
Line Commands 4-10
line 4-11
login 4-11
password 4-12
timeout login response 4-13
exec-timeout 4-13
password-thresh 4-14
silent-time 4-15
databits 4-15
parity 4-16
speed 4-17
stopbits 4-17

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disconnect 4-18
show line 4-18
General Commands 4-19
enable 4-19
disable 4-20
configure 4-21
show history 4-21
reload 4-22
end 4-22
exit 4-23
quit 4-23
System Management Commands 4-24
Device Designation Commands 4-24
prompt 4-24
hostname 4-25
User Access Commands 4-25
username 4-25
enable password 4-26
IP Filter Commands 4-27
management 4-27
show management 4-28
Web Server Commands 4-29
ip http port 4-29
ip http server 4-30
ip http secure-server 4-30
ip http secure-port 4-31
Telnet Server Commands 4-32
ip telnet port 4-32
ip telnet server 4-33
Secure Shell Commands 4-33
ip ssh server 4-35
ip ssh timeout 4-36
ip ssh authentication-retries 4-37
ip ssh server-key size 4-37
delete public-key 4-38
ip ssh crypto host-key generate 4-38
ip ssh crypto zeroize 4-39
ip ssh save host-key 4-39
show ip ssh 4-40
show ssh 4-40
show public-key 4-41
Event Logging Commands 4-43
logging on 4-43
logging history 4-44
logging host 4-45