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This digital apparatus (Baystack 425-24T 10/100/1000 Switch) does not exceed the Class A limits for radio-noise
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Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications

Cet appareil numérique (Baystack 425-24T 10/100/1000 Switch) respecte les limites de bruits radioélectriques visant les
appareils numériques de classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des
Communications du Canada.

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chapter 1
BayStack 425-24T Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Physical description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
User Interface reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Small Form Factor Pluggable Gigabit Interface Converter (SFP GBIC) . . . . . 27
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LED display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cascade Up and Down connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cooling fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AC power receptacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
RADIUS-based network security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MAC address-based security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Flash memory storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switch software image storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuration parameters storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
MultiLink Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Port mirroring (conversation steering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Autosensing, autonegotiation, and autopolarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SNMP MIB support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SNMP trap support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuration and switch management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chapter 2
Network configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Network configuration examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Desktop switch application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Segment switch application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
High-density switched workgroup application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
BayStack 425 Switch stack operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Initial installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Stack MAC address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing a unit from the stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Stack configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Stack up configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Stack down configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
IEEE 802.1Q tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
VLANs spanning multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Shared servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
VLAN workgroup summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
VLAN configuration rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Client/server configuration using MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Trunk configuration screen examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Trunk configuration screen for Switch S1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Trunk configuration screen for Switch S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Before you configure trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Additional tips about the MultiLink Trunking feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Port mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Chapter 3
Using the console interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Accessing the CI menus and screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Using the CI menus and screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Navigating the CI menus and screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Screen fields and descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
IP Configuration/Setup screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Choosing a BootP request mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SNMP Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
System Characteristics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Switch Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
MAC Address Table screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
MAC Address Security Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
MAC Address Security Port Lists screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Port list syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Accelerator keys for repetitive tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
MAC Address Security Table screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
VLAN Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
VLAN Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
VLAN Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
VLAN Display by Port screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Choosing a high speed flow control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Symmetric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Asymmetric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Port Mirroring Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Port Statistics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
System Log screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Console/Comm Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Renumber Stack Units screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Hardware Unit Information screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
TELNET Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Software Download screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
LED Indications during the download process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Configuration File Download/Upload screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Chapter 4
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Interpreting the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Diagnosing and correcting problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Normal power-up sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Port connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Autonegotiation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Port interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Appendix A
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Performance specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Network protocol and standards compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Safety agency certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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Electromagnetic emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Electromagnetic immunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Appendix B
Installing a Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

SFP GBIC Product description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Handling, safety, and environmental guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Product models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
GBIC labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Installing a Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Removing a Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Standards, connectors, cabling, and distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
1000BASE-SX (LC Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1000BASE-LX (LC Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexed (CWDM) Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP)
Gigabit Interface Converters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
CWDM SFP GBIC description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
About the optical routing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
CWDM SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Appendix C
Quick configuration for MultiLink Trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Appendix D
Connectors and pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

RJ-45 (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) port connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

MDI and MDI-X devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
MDI-X to MDI cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
MDI-X to MDI-X cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
DB-9 (RS-232-D) Console/Comm Port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Appendix E
Default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Appendix F

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Sample BootP configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Appendix G
BayStack 425 MIB Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

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Figures

Figure 1 BayStack 425-24T Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 2 BayStack 425-24T Switch front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 3 BayStack 425-24T Switch LED display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 4 BayStack 425-24T Switch back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 5 BayStack 425-24T Switch security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 6 BayStack 425 Switch used as a desktop switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 7 BayStack 425 Switch used as a segment switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 8 Configuring power workgroups and a shared media hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 9 Stack up configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 10 Stack down configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 11 Port-based VLAN example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 12 Default VLAN settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 13 Port-based VLAN assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 14 802.1Q tagging (after port-based VLAN assignment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 15 802.1Q tag assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 16 802.1Q tagging (after 802.1Q tag assignment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 17 VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 18 VLANs spanning multiple untagged switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 19 Possible problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 20 Multiple VLANs sharing resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 21 VLAN broadcast domains within the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 22 Default VLAN Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 23 VLAN Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 24 Default VLAN Port Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 25 VLAN Port Configuration screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 26 VLAN configuration spanning multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 27 Switch-to-switch trunk configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 28 Switch-to-server trunk configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 29 Client/server configuration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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Figure 30 Choosing the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 31 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 32 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 33 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 34 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 35 Path Cost arbitration example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 36 Example 1: correctly configured trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 37 Example 2: detecting a misconfigured port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 38 Port Mirroring Configuration port-based screen example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 39 Map of console interface screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 40 Console interface main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 41 IP Configuration/Setup screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 42 SNMP Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 43 System Characteristics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Figure 44 Switch Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Figure 45 MAC Address Table screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Figure 46 MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Figure 47 MAC Address Security Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 48 MAC Security Port Configuration screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Figure 49 MAC Security Port Configuration screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Figure 50 MAC Address Security Port Lists screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Figure 51 MAC Address Security Port Lists screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 52 MAC Address Security Table screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Figure 53 MAC Address Security Table screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Figure 54 VLAN Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 55 VLAN Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 56 VLAN Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Figure 57 VLAN Display by Port screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Figure 58 Port Configuration screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 59 Port Configuration screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Figure 60 High Speed Flow Control Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Figure 61 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Figure 62 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Figure 63 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Figure 64 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Figure 65 Port Mirroring Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 66 Port Statistics screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 67 System Log screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Figure 68 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Figure 69 Renumber Stack Units screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Figure 70 Hardware Unit Information screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Figure 71 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Figure 72 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Figure 73 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Figure 74 Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Figure 75 TELNET Configuration screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Figure 76 Software Download screen for a BayStack 425-24T Switch . . . . . . . . . . 169
Figure 77 Configuration File Download/Upload screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Figure 78 LED display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Figure 79 SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Figure 80 Nortel Networks SFP GBIC label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Figure 81 Inserting a LC SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Figure 82 Inserting a MT-RJ SFP GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Figure 83 Removing a SFP GBIC (Bottom view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Figure 84 Configuring MultiLink Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Figure 85 RJ-45 (8-pin modular) port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Figure 86 MDI-X to MDI cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Figure 87 MDI-X to MDI-X cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Figure 88 DB-9 Console port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

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Tables

Table 1 Components of the BayStack 425 front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 2 LEDs on the BayStack 425-24T Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 3 SFP GBIC Port LEDs on the BayStack 425-24T Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 4 Components on the BayStack 425-24T Switch back panel . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 5 International power cord specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Table 6 SNMP MIB support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 7 Support SNMP traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Table 8 Stack up configuration description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 9 Stack down configuration description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 10 Console interface main menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 11 IP Configuration/Setup screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 12 SNMP Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Table 13 System Characteristics screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Table 14 Switch Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Table 15 MAC Address Table screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 16 MAC Address Security Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 17 MAC Address Security Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Table 18 MAC Security Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Table 19 MAC Address Security Port Lists screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Table 20 MAC Address Security Table screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Table 21 VLAN Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Table 22 VLAN Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Table 23 VLAN Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Table 24 VLAN Display by Port screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Table 25 Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Table 26 High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Table 27 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Table 28 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Table 29 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Table 30 Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Table 31 Monitoring modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Table 32 Port Statistics screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Table 33 System Log screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Table 34 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Table 35 Renumber Stack Units screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Table 36 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Table 37 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Table 38 Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Table 39 TELNET Configuration screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Table 40 Software Download screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Table 41 Configuration File Download/Upload screen fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Table 42 Parameters not saved to the configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Table 43 BayStack 425-24T Switch LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Table 44 SFP GBIC Port LEDs on the BayStack 425-24T Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Table 45 Corrective actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Table 46 Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Table 47 Electrical parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Table 48 Physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Table 49 Performance specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Table 50 Nortel Networks SFP GBIC models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Table 51 SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Table 52 1000BASE-SX SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Table 53 1000BASE-LX SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Table 54 1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ) SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Table 55 Nortel Networks CWDM SFP GBIC List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Table 56 40 Kilometer CWDM SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Table 57 70 Kilometer CWDM SFP GBIC specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Table 58 RJ-45 port connector pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Table 59 DB-9 Console port connector pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Table 60 Factory default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

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Preface

This guide describes the Nortel Networks* BayStack* 425-24T 10/100/1000

Switch features and uses. The terms “BayStack 425-24T 10/100/1000 Switch”
and “BayStack 425-24T Switch” are used synonymously in this document.

You can use the BayStack 425-24T Switch in a standalone switch configuration.

Before you begin

This guide is intended for network managers and administrators with the
following background:

• Basic knowledge of networks, Ethernet* bridging, and IP and IPX routing

• Familiarity with networking concepts and terminology
• Specific knowledge about the networking devices, protocols, topologies, and
interfaces that comprise your network
• Experience with windowing systems, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), or
Web browsers

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Text conventions
This guide uses the following text conventions:

angle brackets (< >) Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the
description inside the brackets. Do not type the
brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is:
ping <ip_address>, you enter:
ping [Link]
bold text Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Enter show ip {alerts | routes}.
Example: Use the dinfo command.
braces ({}) Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions
where there is more than one option. You must choose
only one of the options. Do not type the braces when
entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is:
show ip {alerts | routes}, you must enter
either:
show ip alerts or show ip routes, but not
both.
brackets ([ ]) Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do
not type the brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is:
show ip interfaces [-alerts], you can enter
either:
show ip interfaces or show ip interfaces
-alerts.
ellipsis points (. . . ) Indicate that you repeat the last element of the
command as needed.
Example: If the command syntax is:
ethernet/2/1 [<parameter> <value>] . . . ,
you enter
ethernet/2/1 and as many parameter-value pairs as
needed.

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italic text Indicates file and directory names, new terms, book
titles, and variables in command syntax descriptions.
Where a variable is two or more words, the words are
connected by an underscore.
Example: If the command syntax is:
show at <valid_route>
valid_route is one variable and you substitute one value
for it.
screen text Indicates system output, for example, prompts and
system messages.
Example: Set Trap Monitor Filters
separator ( > ) Shows menu paths.
Example: Protocols > IP identifies the IP option on the
Protocols menu.
vertical line ( | ) Separates choices for command keywords and
arguments. Enter only one of the choices. Do not type
the vertical line when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is:
show ip {alerts | routes}, you enter either:
show ip alerts or show ip routes, but not
both.

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Related publications
For more information about using the BayStack 425-24T Switch, refer to the
following publications:

• Using Web-Based Management for the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/1000 Switch

(part number 215659-A)
Describes how to use Command Line Interface (CLI) commands to configure
and manage the BayStack 425-24T Switch.
• Installing the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/1000 Switch (part number 215658-A)
Describes how to install the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/1000 switch.
• Release Notes for the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/1000 switch
(part number 215664-A)
Documents important changes about the software and hardware that are not
covered in other related publications.
• Reference for the BayStack 425 Management Software (part number
215662-A)
Describes how to use the Device Manager software management application.

You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free, directly from the
Internet. Go to the [Link]/documentation URL. Find the
product for which you need documentation. Then locate the specific category and
model or version for your hardware or software product. Use Adobe* Acrobat
Reader* to open the manuals and release notes, search for the sections you need,
and print them on most standard printers. Go to Adobe Systems at the
[Link] URL to download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How to get help

If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel Networks product from a
distributor or authorized reseller, contact the technical support staff for that
distributor or reseller for assistance.

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If you purchased a Nortel Networks service program, contact one of the following
Nortel Networks Technical Solutions Centers:

Technical Solutions Center Telephone

Europe, Middle East, and Africa (33) (4) 92-966-968
North America (800) 4NORTEL or (800) 466-7835
Asia Pacific (61) (2) 9927-8800
China (800) 810-5000

An Express Routing Code (ERC) is available for many Nortel Networks products
and services. When you use an ERC, your call is routed to a technical support
person who specializes in supporting that product or service. To locate an ERC for
your product or service, go to the [Link]/ URL and click
ERC at the bottom of the page.

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Chapter 1
BayStack 425-24T Switch

This chapter introduces the BayStack 425-24T Switch and covers the following
topics:

• “Physical description,” next

• “Features” on page 35

Physical description
Figure 1 depicts the front and side views of the BayStack 425-24T Switch.

Figure 1 BayStack 425-24T Switch

BayS
tack TM

11107FA

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Front panel

Figure 2 shows the configuration of the front panel on the BayStack 425-24T
Switch. Table 1 describes the components on the front panel.

For descriptions of the back panel BayStack 425-24T Switch components, see
“Back panel” on page 31.

Figure 2 BayStack 425-24T Switch front panel

1 2 4 5

26 25
LED Status - Amber:10Mps Green:100 Mps Blink:Activity LED Status - Off:Half Duplex Green:Full Duplex BayStack 425-24T Switch
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Console

BayStack
TM
UI Base

GBK/Stack Up M T A M T A

Pwr Down

UI Set
M:MGBIC T:1000T A:Activity

BayStack 425-24T Switch

3 11108EA

Table 1 Components of the BayStack 425 front panel

Item Description

1 User interface reset button (not supported in this release).

2 10/100/1000BaseT (copper) port 25 and 26
3 Small Form Factor Pluggable Gigabit Interface Converter
(SFP GBIC) ports 25 and 26
4 10/100BaseT ports 1 to 24
5 Console port

User Interface reset button

This feature is not supported in this release.

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Small Form Factor Pluggable Gigabit Interface Converter (SFP

GBIC)

SFP GBICs are hot-swappable input/output enhancement components designed

for use with Nortel Networks products to allow Gigabit Ethernet ports to link with
fiber optic networks.

10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T Ports

The BayStack 425-24T Switch has two 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T

and 24 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX port connectors.

The 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T port connectors are configured as

MDI-X (media-dependent interface-crossover). These ports connect over straight
cables to the network interface card (NIC) in a node or server, similar to a
conventional Ethernet repeater hub. If you are connecting to an Ethernet hub or
Ethernet switch, use a crossover cable unless an MDI connection exists on the
associated port of the attached device (see “Appendix D, “Connectors and pin
assignments,” on page 203).

The ports on the BayStack 425-24T Switch operate at 10 Mb/s (megabits per
second) or at 10 Mb/s (megabytes per second), 100 Mb/s, or 1000 Mb/s,
depending on the connecting device. With these ports supporting the IEEE 802.3u
autonegotiation standard, when a port is connected to another device that also
supports the IEEE 802.3u standard, the two devices negotiate the best speed and
duplex mode.

The 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX switch ports also support half- and full-duplex

mode operation (refer to Installing the BayStack 425 10/100/1000 Switch).

The 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX RJ-45 ports can connect to 10 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s

Ethernet segments or nodes.

Note: Use only Category 5 or better copper unshielded twisted pair

(UTP) cable connections when connecting 100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T
ports.

See Appendix D, “Connectors and pin assignments,” on page 203 for more
information about the RJ-45 port connectors.

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LED display panel

Figure 3 shows the BayStack 425-24T Switch LED display panel. See Table 2 for
a description of the LEDs.

Figure 3 BayStack 425-24T Switch LED display panel

26

UI Base

GBIC/Stack Up M T A

Pwr Down

UI Set
M:MGBIC

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Table 2 LEDs on the BayStack 425-24T Switch

Label Color/Status Meaning

UI Green The switch is operating normally.
Amber A flash error occurred.
Off The switch is inactive.
Base Green This switch is the active base unit in the stack.
Amber This switch is configured as the base unit, but is not currently the active base
unit.
Off This switch is not the base unit, or is in a stand-alone configuration.
GBIC/ Green The GBIC port is linked. (Stacking is not available for this release)
Stack
Off The GBIC port is not linked.
Up Green A connection was detected to a unit through the stack up connector.
Off No connection was detected to a unit through the stack up connector.
Pwr Green Power is available to the switch.
Off No power is available to the switch.
Down Green/steady A connection was detected to a unit through the stack down connector.
Off No connection was detected to a unit through the stack down connector.

Table 3 SFP GBIC Port LEDs on the BayStack 425-24T Switch

Label Color/Status Meaning

M (MGBIC) Green This port has a connection through the SFP GBIC port.
Off This port does not have a connection throught the SFP GBIC port.
T (Copper) Green This port has a 1000BASE-T connection.
Amber This port has a 100BASE-TX connection.
Amber/Green This port has a 10BASE-T connection.
Off This port does not have a good connection.
A (Activity) Green (blinking) There is activity on this port.
Off There is no activity on this port.

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Console port

The Console port allows you to access the console interface (CI) screens and
customize your network using the supplied menus and screens (see Chapter 3,
“Using the console interface,” on page 89).

The Console port is a DB-9, RS-232-D male serial port connector. You can use
this connector to connect a management station or console/terminal to the
BayStack 425-24T Switch by using a straight-through DB-9 to DB-9 standard
serial port cable. You must use a VT100/ANSI-compatible terminal (for cursor
control and to enable cursor and functions keys) to use the console port. See
Installing the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/1000 Switch for more information.

Note: The console port is configured as a data communications

equipment (DCE) connector. Ensure that your RS-232 cable pinouts are
configured for DCE connections (see Appendix D, “Connectors and pin
assignments,” on page 203).

The Console port default settings are: 9600 baud with eight data bits, one stop bit,
and no parity as the communications format, with flow control set to enabled.

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Back panel

The switch back panel is shown in Figure 4. Table 4 describes the components on
the back panel.

Figure 4 BayStack 425-24T Switch back panel

1 2

Cascade
Down Up
100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A

11110EA

Table 4 Components on the BayStack 425-24T Switch back panel

Item Description

1 AC power receptacle
2 Cascade Up and Down Connectors

Cascade Up and Down connectors

The Cascade Up and Down connectors allow the switch to be connected to the
upstream unit’s Cascade Up connector, or to the downstream unit’s Cascade
Down connector (see “Stack configurations” on page 53.)

Cooling fans

Two cooling fans are located on one side of the BayStack 425-24T Switch to
provide cooling for the internal components. (See Figure 1 on page 25.) When
you install the switch, be sure to allow enough space on both sides of the switch
for adequate air flow. See Installing the BayStack 425 10/100/1000 Switch for
detailed information.

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AC power receptacle

The AC power receptacle accepts the AC power cord (supplied). For installation
outside of North America, make sure that you have the proper power cord for your
region. Any cord used must have a CEE-22 standard V female connector on one
end and must meet the IEC 320-030 specifications. Table 5 lists specifications for
international power cords.

Table 5 International power cord specifications

Country/Plug description Specifications Typical plug

Continental Europe: 220 or 230 VAC

• CEE7 standard VII male plug 50 Hz
Single phase
• Harmonized cord (HAR marking
on the outside of the cord jacket
to comply with the CENELEC 228FA
Harmonized Document HD-21)

U.S./Canada/Japan: 100 or 120 VAC

• NEMA5-15P male plug 50–60 Hz
Single phase
• UL recognized (UL stamped
on cord jacket)
• CSA certified (CSA label 227FA
secured to the cord)

United Kingdom: 240 VAC

• BS1363 male plug with fuse 50 Hz
Single phase
• Harmonized cord

229FA

Australia: 240 VAC

• AS3112-1981 Male plug 50 Hz
Single phase

230FA

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Caution: Please read immediately.

Inspect this power cord and determine if it provides the proper plug and is
appropriately certified for use with your electrical system. Immediately discard this
cord if it is inappropriate for your country's electrical system and obtain the proper
cord as required by your national electrical codes or ordinances.
Refer to this product's technical documentation for detailed installation procedures to
be followed by qualified service personnel.

Vorsicht: Bitte sofort lesen.

Sehen Sie nach, ob dieses Netzkabel über den richtigen Stecker verfügt und für die
Verwendung in Ihrem Stromversogungsnetz zertifiziert ist. Falls dieses Kabel nicht für
das Stromversorgungsnetz in Ihrem Land geeignet ist, darf es nicht verwendet werden.
Besorgen Sie sich ein Kabel, das die Vorschriften der Zulassungsbehörden in Ihrem
Land erfüllt.
Die technische Dokumentation dieses Produkts enthält ausführliche
Installationsanweisungen, die nur von qualifiziertem Kundendienstpersonal
ausgeführt werden dürfen.

Attention: Lisez ceci immédiatement.

Examinez ce cordon d'alimentation pour déterminer s'il dispose de la fiche appropriée
et s'il est bien agréé pour utilisation sur votre installation électrique.
Débarrassez-vous en immédiatement s'il ne convient pas à l'utilisation sur le secteur
électrique en usage dans votre pays et procurez-vous un cordon conforme à la
réglementation nationale en vigueur.
Reportez-vous à la documentation technique de ce produit pour obtenir des
instructions détaillées d'installation, destinées à un technicien qualifié.

Attenzione: Leggere attentamente.

Controllare questo cavo di alimentazione, verificarne il collegamento con la presa
appropriata nonché la certificazione per l'uso nell'impianto elettrico posseduto. Non
utilizzare assolutamente in caso tale cavo non sia adatto al sistema elettrico del paese
in cui viene utilizzato e richiederne un altro certificato dall'ente nazionale di fornitura
elettrica.
Per le procedure di installazione che devono essere seguite dal personale di servizio,
consultare questa documentazione tecnica del prodotto.

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Advertencia: Sírvase leer inmediatamente.

Inspeccione este cable de alimentación eléctrica y determine si viene con el enchufe
apropiado y está debidamente certificado para el uso con su sistema eléctrico. Si no
cumple con los reglamentos del sistema eléctrico de su país, despójese de este cable de
alimentación inmediatamente y obtenga el cable requerido, según las ordenanzas y
códigos eléctricos nacionales.
Refiérase a la documentación técnica de este producto para recibir información
detallada sobre los procedimientos que el personal calificado de reparaciones deberá
seguir.

Caution:

Warning: Removal of the power cord is the only way to turn off power to this
device. The power cord must always be connected in a location that can be
accessed quickly and safely in case of an emergency.
Vorsicht: Die Stromzufuhr zu diesem Gerät kann nur durch Ziehen des
Netzstromkabels unterbrochen werden. Die Netzsteckdose, an die das
Netzstromkabel angeschlossen ist, muß sich stets an einem Ort befinden, der
bei einem Notfall schnell und einfach zugänglich ist.
Avertissement: Le débranchement du cordon d'alimentation constitue le
seul moyen de mettre cet appareil hors tension. Le cordon d'alimentation doit
donc toujours être branché dans une prise accessible pour faciliter la mise hors
tension en cas d'urgence.
Advertencia: La única forma de desconectar la alimentación de este
dispositivo es desenchufar el cable de alimentación. El cable de alimentación
siempre debe estar conectado en una ubicación que permita acceder al cable de
forma rápida y segura en caso de emergencia.

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Avvertenza: Estrarre il cavo di alimentazione è l'unico sistema per spegnere

il dispositivo. Il cavo di alimentazione deve essere sempre collegato in una
posizione che permetta l'accesso facile e sicuro in caso di emergenza.

Features
The BayStack 425-24T Switch provides wire-speed switching that allows
high-performance, low-cost connections to full-duplex and half-duplex
10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet local area networks (LANs). The BayStack 425-24T
Switch provides the following features.

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)

In a traditional shared-media network, traffic generated by a station is transmitted

to all other stations on the local segment. Therefore, for any given station on the
shared Ethernet, the local segment is the collision domain because traffic on the
segment has the potential to cause an Ethernet collision. The local segment is also
the broadcast domain because any broadcast is sent to all stations on the local
segment. Although Ethernet switches and bridges divide a network into smaller
collision domains, they do not affect the broadcast domain. In simple terms, a
virtual local area network provides a mechanism to fine-tune broadcast domains.

Your BayStack 425-24T Switch allows you to create port-based VLANs:

• IEEE 802.1Q port-based VLANs

A port-based VLAN is a VLAN in which the ports are explicitly configured to
be in the VLAN. When you create a port-based VLAN, you assign a Port
VLAN Identifier (PVID) and specify which ports belong to the VLAN. The
PVID is used to coordinate VLANs across multiple switches.
• Auto PVID
When Auto PVID is active, a port that is assigned to a numbered VLAN has
the same number for its PVID. For example, if the VLAN is 2, the PVID is 2.

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Security

The BayStack 425-24T Switch security features provide two levels of security for
your local area network (LAN):

• RADIUS-based security—limits administrative access to the switch through

user authentication
• MAC address-based security—limits access to the switch based on allowed
source MAC addresses

Figure 5 shows a typical campus configuration using the BayStack 425-24T

Switch security features. This example assumes that the switch, the teachers’
offices and classrooms, and the library are physically secured. The student
dormitory may (or may not be) physically secure.

Figure 5 BayStack 425-24T Switch security feature

RADIUS server

To Network
Center

RADIUS-based
Switch BayStack security

Teachers offices
Student Dormitory and classrooms

Legend

Library
= Secure locked area

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In this configuration example, the following security measures are implemented:

• The switch
— RADIUS-based security is used to limit administrative access to the
switch through user authentication (see “RADIUS-based network
security” on page 38).
— MAC address-based security is used to allow up to 448 authorized
stations (MAC addresses) access to one or more switch ports
(see “MAC address-based security” on page 38).
— The switch is located in a locked closet, accessible only by authorized
Technical Services personnel.
• Student dormitory
Dormitory rooms are typically occupied by two students and have been
prewired with two RJ-45 jacks. Only students who are authorized (as
specified by the MAC address-based security feature) can access the switch
on the secured ports.
• Teachers’ offices and classrooms
The PCs that are located in the teachers’ offices and in the classrooms are
assigned MAC address-based security that is specific for each classroom and
office location. The security feature logically locks each wall jack to the
specified station and prevents unauthorized access to the switch should
someone attempt to connect a personal laptop PC into the wall jack. The
printer is assigned as a single station and is allowed full bandwidth on that
switch port.
It is assumed that all PCs are password protected and that the classrooms and
offices are physically secured.
• Library
The wall jacks in the library are set up so that the PCs can be connected to any
wall jack in the room. This arrangement allows the PCs to be moved
anywhere in the room. The exception is the printer, which is assigned as a
single station with full bandwidth to that port.
It is assumed that all PCs are password protected and that access to the library
is physically secured.

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RADIUS-based network security

The RADIUS-based security feature allows you to set up network access control,
using the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Services) security
protocol. The RADIUS-based security feature uses the RADIUS protocol to
authenticate local console and Telnet logins.

You will need to set up specific user accounts (user names and passwords, and
Service-Type attributes) on your RADIUS server before the authentication
process can be initiated. To provide each user with appropriate levels of access to
the switch, set the following username attributes on your RADIUS server:

• Read-write access—Set the Service-Type field value to Administrative.

• Read-only access—Set the Service-Type field value to NAS-Prompt.

For detailed instructions to set up your RADIUS server, refer to your RADIUS
server documentation.

For instructions to use the console interface (CI) to set up the RADIUS-based
security feature, see Chapter 3, “Using the console interface,” on page 89.

MAC address-based security

The MAC address-based security feature allows you to set up network access
control, based on source MAC addresses of authorized stations.

You can:

• Create a list of up to 448 MAC addresses and specify which addresses are
authorized to connect to your switch or stack configuration. The 448 MAC
addresses can be configured within a single standalone switch, or they can be
distributed in any order among the units in a single stack configuration.
• Specify which of your switch ports each MAC address is allowed to access.
The options for allowed port access include: NONE, ALL, and single or
multiple ports that are specified in a list, for example, 1/1-4,1/6,2/9 (see “Port
list syntax” on page 117).
• Specify optional actions to be exercised by your switch if the software detects
a security violation.

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The response can be to send a trap, turn on destination address (DA) filtering,
disable the specific port, or any combination of these three options.

The MAC address-based security feature is based on Nortel Networks BaySecure

LAN Access for Ethernet, a real-time security system that safeguards Ethernet
networks from unauthorized surveillance and intrusion.

For instructions to use the console interface (CI) to set up the RADIUS-based
security feature, see Chapter 3, “Using the console interface,” on page 89.

Flash memory storage

Switch software image storage

The BayStack 425-24T Switch uses flash memory to store the switch software
image. The flash memory allows you to update the software image with a newer
version without changing the switch hardware (see “Software Download screen”
on page 167). An in-band connection between the switch and the TFTP load host
is required to download the software image.

Configuration parameters storage

All configuration parameters are stored in flash memory. These parameters are
updated every 60 seconds (if a change occurs) or whenever a reset command is
executed.

Warning: Do not power off the switch within 10 seconds of changing

any configuration parameters. Powering down the switch within 10
seconds of changing configuration parameters can cause the changed
configuration parameters to be lost.

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MultiLink Trunking

The MultiLink Trunking feature allows you to group multiple ports, two to four
together, when forming a link to another switch or server, thus increasing the
aggregate throughput of the interconnection between the two devices, up to 4000
Mb/s (4 Gbps) in full-duplex mode. The BayStack 425-24T Switch can be
configured with up to six MultiLink Trunks in a stack. The trunk members can
only be configured within a single unit in the stack.

For more information about the MultiLink Trunking feature, see “MultiLink
Trunk Configuration Menu screen” on page 134.

Port mirroring (conversation steering)

The port mirroring feature (sometimes referred to as conversation steering) allows

you to designate a single switch port as a traffic monitor for a specified port. You
can specify port-based monitoring for ingress to a specific port. You can also
attach a probe device (such as a Nortel Networks StackProbe, or equivalent) to the
designated monitor port.

For more information about the port mirroring feature, see “Port Mirroring
Configuration screen” on page 140.

Autosensing, autonegotiation, and autopolarity

The BayStack 425-24T switches are autosensing and autonegotiating devices:

• The term autosense refers to a port’s ability to sense the speed of an attached
device.
• The term autonegotiation refers to a standardized protocol (IEEE 802.3u) that
exists between two IEEE 802.3u-capable devices. Autonegotiation allows the
switch to select the best of both speed and duplex modes.
• The term autopolarity refers to the ability of a port to compensate for positive
and negative signals being reversed on the receive cable pairs.
• The term auto-MDI/X refers to automatic detection of transmit and receive
twisted pairs.

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Note: The Autopolarity and AutoMDI/MDI-X features are only

available if Autonegotiation is enabled.

Autosensing is used when the attached device is not capable of autonegotiation or

is using a form of autonegotiation that is not compatible with the IEEE 802.3u
autonegotiation standard. In this case, because it is not possible to sense the
duplex mode of the attached device, the BayStack 425-24T Switch reverts to
half-duplex mode.

By default, when autonegotiation-capable devices are attached to the BayStack

425-24T Switch, the ports negotiate down from full-duplex mode and the highest
speed that the port supports until the attached device acknowledges a supported
speed and duplex mode.

Autpolarity detects receive and transmit twisted pairs automatically.

When auto-MDI/MDI-X is active, any straight or crossover category 5 cable can

be used to provide connection to a port. If the port is set to a fixed configuration,
then auto-MDI/MDI-X is not active.

For more information about autosensing and autonegotiation modes, see

Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting,” on page 175.

RFCs

For more information about networking concepts, protocols, and topologies,

consult the following RFCs:

• [Link]- Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)

• [Link] - Textual Conventions for SMIv2
• [Link] - An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
• [Link] - Definitions of Textual Conventions and OBJECT-IDENTITIES
for ATM Management
• [Link] - Management Information Base for Network Management of
TCP/IP-based internets:MIB-II

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• [Link] - Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network

Management Protocol (SNMP)
• [Link] - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Applications
• [Link] - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Applications
• [Link] - User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
• [Link] - View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• [Link] - Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
• [Link] - The Interfaces Group MIB
• [Link] - Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet-like Interface
Types
• [Link] - Entity MIB (Version 2)
• [Link] - Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3
• of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
• [Link] - Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
• [Link] - Token Ring Extensions to the Remote Network Monitoring
MIB
• [Link] - Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base
Version 2 using SMIv2
• [Link]- Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with
TrafficClasses, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN Extensions
• [Link] - Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic
Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN Extensions
• [Link]- SynOptics Root MIB
• [Link]- 5000 Root MIB Release 1.1.6
• [Link]- 5000 Common Textual Conventions MIB Release
• [Link]- S5000 Agent MIB
• [Link]- 5000 Chassis MIB Release
• [Link]- 5000 Ethernet Multi-segment MIB Release 1.0.4
• [Link]- Interface Extension MIB
• [Link]- S5000 Registration MIB

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• [Link]- 5000 Switch BaySecure MIB Release 1.0.3

• [Link]- 5000 Ethernet MIB Release 1.2.1
• [Link]- 5000 Ethernet Common MIB Release 1.1.7
• [Link]- 5000 Ethernet Redundant Links MIB Release 1.0.2
• [Link]- 5000 Chassis Trap MIB Release 1.2.0
• [Link]- 5000 Ethernet Trap MIB Release 1.1.3
• [Link]- Bay Networks log message facility
• [Link] - Rapid-City Communications Enterprise MIB

Standards

The following IEEE Standards also contain information germane to the BayStack
425-24T Switch:

• IEEE 802.1D (Standard for Spanning Tree Protocol)

• IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet)
• IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN Tagging)

SNMP MIB support

The BayStack 425-24T Switch supports an SNMP agent with industry standard
MIBs, as well as private MIB extensions, which ensures compatibility with
existing network management tools. The switch supports the MIB-II (RFC 1213),
Bridge MIB (RFC 1493), and the RMON MIB (RFC 1757), which provide access
to detailed management statistics. With SNMP management, you can configure
SNMP traps (on individual ports) to generate automatically for conditions such as
an unauthorized access attempt or changes in a port’s operating status. Table 6
lists supported SNMP MIBs.

Table 6 SNMP MIB support

Application Standard MIBs Proprietary MIBs

S5 Chassis MIB [Link]

S5 Agent MIB [Link]
RMON [Link]

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Table 6 SNMP MIB support (continued)

MLT rcMLT
SNMPv3 MIBs RFCs 2571, 2572,
2573, 2574, 2575,
2576
MIB2 [Link]
IF-MIB [Link]
Etherlike MIB [Link]
Interface Extension MIB [Link]
Switch Bay Secure [Link]
System Log MIB [Link]
S5 Autotopology MIB [Link]
VLAN rcVlan
Entity MIB RFC 2037
Spanning Tree RFC1493 Bridge
MIB

SNMP trap support

The BayStack 425-24T Switch supports an SNMP agent with industry standard
SNMPv1 traps, as well as private SNMPv1 trap extensions (Table 7).

Table 7 Support SNMP traps

Trap name Configurable Sent when

RFC 1215 (industry standard):

linkUp Per port A port’s link state changes to up.
linkDown Per port A port’s link state changes to down.
authenticationFailure System wide There is an SNMP authentication failure.
coldStart Always on The system is powered on.
warmStart Always on The system restarts due to a management
reset.
s5CtrMIB (Nortel proprietary traps):
s5CtrUnitUp Always on A unit is added to an operational stack.
s5CtrUnitDown Always on A unit is removed from an operational stack.

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Table 7 Support SNMP traps (continued)

Trap name Configurable Sent when

s5CtrHotSwap Always on A unit is hot-swapped in an operational

stack.
s5CtrProblem Always on An assigned base unit fails.
s5EtrSbsMacAccessViolation Always on A MAC address violation is detected.

BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address

The BayStack 425-24T Switch has a unique 48-bit hardware address, or MAC
address, that is printed on a label on the back panel. You use this MAC address
when you configure the network BootP server to recognize the BayStack 425-24T
Switch BootP requests. A properly configured BootP server enables the switch to
automatically learn its assigned IP address, subnet mask, IP address of the default
router (default gateway), and software image file name.

For information on a stack MAC address, see “Stack MAC address” on page 52.

For more information and an example of a BootP configuration file, see

Appendix F, “Sample BootP configuration file,” on page 215.

Configuration and switch management

The BayStack 425-24T Switch is shipped directly from the factory ready to
operate in any 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX standard network.

You must assign an IP address to the switch or stack, depending on the mode of
operation. You can set both addresses by using the console port or BootP, which
resides on the switch. You can manage the switch using:

• Console interface
The console interface allows you to configure and manage the switch locally
or remotely. Access the CI menus and screens locally through a console
terminal attached to your BayStack 425-24T Switch, remotely through a
dial-up modem connection, or in-band through a Telnet session.
For information about the console interface, see Chapter 3, “Using the
console interface,” on page 89.

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• Web-based management
You can manage the network from the World Wide Web. Access the
Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) through the Embedded Web Server
(EWS), the HTML-based browser located on your network. The GUI allows
you to configure, monitor, and maintain your network through Web browsers.
You can also download software using the Web.
For information about Web-based management, refer to Using Web-Based
Management for the BayStack 425 10/100/1000 Switch.
• Java-based Device Manager
Device Manager is a Java-based set of graphical network management
applications used to configure and manage a BayStack 425-24T Switch. See
Reference for the BayStack 425 10/100/1000 Switch Management Software
for more information.
• Any generic SNMP-based network management software.
You can use any generic SNMP-based network management software to
configure and manage a BayStack 425-24T Switch.
• Nortel Networks Optivity* network management software
Optivity network management software consists of views, most of which are
maps that illustrate the interconnections between the segments, rings, and
nodes of your network. The views allow you to analyze network performance
and fault conditions on the individual segments and specific areas in your
network. They can also alert you when a problem has occurred in a specific
location. For further information about Optivity, contact your Nortel
Networks sales representative.

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Chapter 2
Network configuration

Use BayStack 425-24T switches to connect workstations, personal computers

(PCs), and servers to each other by connecting these devices directly to the switch,
through a shared media hub connected to the switch or by creating a virtual LAN
(VLAN) through the switch.

This chapter describes the following topics:

• “Network configuration examples,” next

• “BayStack 425 Switch stack operation” on page 51
• “IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups” on page 56
• “MultiLink Trunks” on page 72
• “Port mirroring” on page 87

Network configuration examples

This section provides four network configuration examples using BayStack
425-24T switches. In these examples, the packet classification feature can be used
to prioritize the traffic of the network to ensure uninterrupted traffic of critical
applications. The examples are:

• Desktop switch application (next)

• Segment switch application (page 48)
• High-density switched workgroup application (page 50)

Desktop switch application

Figure 6 shows a BayStack 425 Switch used as a desktop switch, where desktop
workstations are connected directly to switch ports.

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Figure 6 BayStack 425 Switch used as a desktop switch

Before After

10BASE-T hub BayStack 425-24T

BayStack

To Up to 24 users To Up to 24 users
Network Network
Center Center
Key

10 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
1000 Mb/s

- 23 users share 10 Mb/s (10/24 Mb/s per user) - 24 users; each with dedicated 100 Mb/s bandwidth
- Network center bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth) - Network center with dedicated 1 Gb/s full-duplex
bandwith
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Segment switch application

Figure 7 shows a BayStack 425 Switch used as a segment switch to alleviate user
contention for bandwidth and eliminate server and network bottlenecks. Before
segmentation, 88 users had a total bandwidth of only 10 Mb/s available. After
segmentation, 92 users have 40 Mb/s, four times the previous bandwidth, while
adding 22 dedicated 100 Mb/s connections. This configuration can be extended to
add more segments without degrading performance.

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Figure 7 BayStack 425 Switch used as a segment switch

Before After Server

BayStack
10BASE-T hubs 425-24T Up to 20
BayStack users
Server

Up to 23
users

Up to 23
users

Up to 23
To users
Network To
Center Up to Network
88 users Center
Key

10 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
1000 Mb/s

- 88 users share 10 Mb/s (10/88 Mb/s per user) - Three sets of 23 users; each set shares 10 Mb/s
- Server bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth) (10/23 Mb/s per user)
- Network center bottleneck (10 Mb/s bandwidth) - Addition of 21 users; each with dedicated
-Total of 88 users 100 Mb/s bandwidth
- Server with dedicated 100 Mb/s bandwidth
- Network center with dedicated 1 Gb/s full-duplex bandwidth
- Total of 89 users
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High-density switched workgroup application

Figure 8 shows an example of using a BayStack 425 Switch with a high-speed

(gigabit) connection to a Nortel Networks Passport* 8600 switch. BayStack 303
and BayStack 304 switches are also shown in this example of a high-density
switched workgroup.

As shown in Figure 8, the Passport 8600 switch is used as a backbone switch,

connecting to the BayStack 425 Switch with an optional (1000BASE-SX) GBIC
for maximum bandwidth. The BayStack 303 and BayStack 304 switches have 100
Mb/s connections to the BayStack 425 Switch, a 100BASE-TX hub, and a 100
Mb/s server as well as 10 Mb/s connections to DTE (data terminal equipment).

See the Nortel Networks library Web page [Link]/

documentation for online documentation about the Nortel Networks Passport
8600 switch and the BayStack 303 and BayStack 304 switches.

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Figure 8 Configuring power workgroups and a shared media hub

BayStack BayStack
425-24T

F BayStack 303
switch
CPU PS1 PS2 FAN

Accelar 1100 switch Server

BayStack 304
Key switch

10 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
1000 Mb/s
(Gigabit)

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BayStack 425 Switch stack operation

You can connect up to eight BayStack 425-24T switches to provide uninterrupted
connectivity for up to 192 ports. The entire stack is manageable as a single unit.

Base unit

The base unit is the unique stack unit that you configure with the Unit Select
switch on the front panel. One BayStack 425 Switch in the stack must be
configured as the base unit; all other units in the stack must have their Unit Select
switch set to Off (see “Base unit” on page 51). You can assign any single
BayStack 425 Switch as the base unit.

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The physical ordering of all of the other units in the stack is determined by the
position of the base unit within the stack. This is important for network
management applications that view the physical ordering of the units within the
stack.

Some characteristics of the base unit are described in the following sections.

Initial installation

During the initial installation of the stack, the software automatically determines
the physical order of all units in the stack according to the position of the base unit
within the stack. Thereafter, the individual units maintain their original unit
numbering, even if you change the position of one or more units in the stack (you
can renumber the units using the Renumber Stack Units screen; see “Renumber
Stack Units screen” on page 155).

For example, when you initially power up the stack, the base unit becomes unit 1
and the unit that the base unit connects to becomes unit 2 (and the next unit is unit
3 and so on), until the maximum stack configuration (up to 8 units) is reached. If
you change the base unit to another unit in the stack, the new base unit keeps its
original unit number in the stack.

Stack MAC address

When the switch is participating in a stack configuration, a stack MAC address is

automatically assigned during the stack initialization. The base unit’s MAC
address, with a software offset, is used for the stack MAC address.

For example, if the base unit’s MAC address is 00-00-82-99-44-00, and the stack
software offset is 1F, then the stack MAC address becomes:

00-00-82-99-44-1F

If another unit in the stack is assigned as the base unit, the MAC address of the
new base unit (with offset) now applies to the stack configuration. The original
stack IP address still applies to the new base unit.

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Removing a unit from the stack

If a unit is removed from the stack (therefore operating in standalone mode), the
following switch configuration settings revert back to the settings configured
before the unit became a member of the stack:

• IP address
• Console password
• Telnet password
• SNMP community strings

Stack configurations

As shown in Figure 9, the cable connectors provide the ability to stack up to eight
switches. Because stack parameters are associated with the base unit (see “Base
unit” on page 51), the physical stack order depends on the base unit’s position and
whether the stack is configured stack up or stack down.

Stack up configurations

In Figure 9, data flows from the base unit (unit 1) to the next switch, which is
assigned as unit 2, and continues until the last switch in the stack is assigned as
unit 8. The physical order of the switches is from bottom to top (unit 1 to unit 8).

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Figure 9 Stack up configuration example

Down

Cascade
Down Up

1 Unit 8

Cascade
Down Up

Unit 7

Cascade
Down Up

Unit 6

Cascade
Down Up

Unit 5

Cascade
Down Up

Unit 4

Cascade
Down Up

Unit 3

Cascade
Down Up

Unit 2

Cascade
Down Up

2 Unit 1

Up

3 4
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Table 8 describes the stack up configuration illustration references.

Table 8 Stack up configuration description

Item Description

1 Last unit
2 Base unit
3 Stacking cable 30 cm (order number AL 2018005)
4 Stacking cable 1 m (order number AL 2018006)

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Stack down configurations

In Figure 10, data flows from the base unit (unit 1) to the next switch, which is
assigned as unit 2, and continues until the last switch in the stack is assigned as
unit 8. The physical order of the switches is from top to bottom (unit 1 to unit 8).

Figure 10 Stack down configuration example

In
1 100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A
Out
Cascade
In
Unit 1

Unit 2
100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A Cascade
Out In

Unit 3
100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A Cascade
Out In

Unit 4
100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A Cascade
Out In

Unit 5
100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A Cascade
Out In

Unit 6
100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A Cascade
Out In

Unit 7
100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A Cascade
Out In

2 100-240 V-
50-60Hz 2A
Out
Cascade
In
Unit 8

3
Out
4
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Table 9 describes the stack down configuration illustration references.

Table 9 Stack down configuration description

Item Description

1 Base unit
2 Last unit
3 Stacking cable 30 cm (order number AL 2018005)
4 Stacking max-return cable 1 m (part number AL 2018006)

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Certain network management station (NMS) applications assume a stack down

configuration for the graphical user interface (GUI) that represents the stack (see
Figure 10). For this reason, Nortel Networks recommends that you always
configure the top unit in the stack as the base unit.

In any stack configuration, the following applies:

• When you apply power to the stack, the base unit initializes and the entire
stack powers up as a single logical unit.
• You can attach an RS-232 communications cable to the console port of any
switch in the stack.
• You can downline upgrade the entire stack from any switch in the stack from
the console interface, a Telnet session, the Web-based management interface,
or any generic SNMP-based network management software.
• You can access and manage the stack using a Telnet connection, the
Web-based management interface, or any generic SNMP management tool
through any switch port that is part of the stack configuration.
• When you stack three or more switches, use the longer (1-meter) stacking
max-return cable to complete the link from the last unit in the stack to the base
unit.

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups

BayStack 425-24T switches support up to 32 port-based VLANs with IEEE
802.1Q tagging available per port. Ports are grouped into broadcast domains by
assigning them to the same VLAN. Frames received in one VLAN can only be
forwarded within that VLAN, and multicast frames and unknown unicast frames
are flooded only to ports in the same VLAN.

Setting up virtual LANs (VLANs) is a way to segment networks to increase

network capacity and performance without changing the physical network
topology (Figure 11). With network segmentation, each switch port connects to a
segment that is a single broadcast domain. When a switch port is configured to be
a member of a VLAN, it is added to a group of ports (workgroup) that belong to
one broadcast domain.

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The BayStack 425 Switch allows you to assign ports to VLANs using the console,
Telnet, Web-based management, or an appropriate SNMP-based application. You
can assign different ports (and therefore the devices attached to these ports) to
different broadcast domains. This feature allows network flexibility because you
can reassign VLANs to accommodate network moves, additions, and changes,
eliminating the need to change physical cabling.

Figure 11 Port-based VLAN example

VLAN 1 VLAN 2

BayStack BayStack
425-24T

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IEEE 802.1Q tagging

BayStack 425-24T switches operate in accordance with the IEEE 802.1Q tagging
rules. Important terms used with the 802.1Q tagging feature are:

• VLAN identifier (VID)—the 12-bit portion of the VLAN tag in the frame
header that identifies an explicit VLAN. Refer to Using Web-Based
Management for the BayStack 425 10/100/1000 Switch.
• Port VLAN identifier (PVID)—a classification mechanism that associates a
port with a specific VLAN. For example, a port with a PVID of 3 (PVID =3)
assigns all untagged frames received on this port to VLAN 3.
• Tagged frame— a frame that contains the the 32-bit 802.1q field (VLAN tag).
This field identifies the frame as belonging to a specific VLAN.

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• Untagged frame— a frame that does not carry any VLAN tagging information
in the frame header.
• VLAN port members— a set of ports that form a broadcast domain for a
specific VLAN. A port can be a member of one or more VLANs.
• Untagged member—a port that has been configured as an untagged member
of a specific VLAN. When an untagged frame exits the switch through an
untagged member port, the frame header remains unchanged. When a tagged
frame exits the switch through an untagged member port, the tag is stripped
and the tagged frame is changed to an untagged frame.
• Tagged member—a port that has been configured as a member of a specific
VLAN. When an untagged frame exits the switch through a tagged member
port, the frame header is modified to include the 32-bit tag associated with the
PVID. When a tagged frame exits the switch through a tagged member port,
the frame header remains unchanged (original VID remains).
• User priority—a three-bit field in the header of a tagged frame. The field is
interpreted as a binary number, therefore has a value of 0 - 7. This field allows
the tagged frame to carry the user-priority across bridged LANs where the
individual LAN segments may be unable to signal priority information.
• Port priority—the priority level assigned to untagged frames received on a
port. This value becomes the user priority for the frame. Tagged packets get
their user priority from the value contained in the 802.1Q frame header.
• Unregistered packet—a tagged frame that contains a VID where the receiving
port is not a member of that VLAN.

The default configuration settings for BayStack 425-24T switches have all ports
set as untagged members of VLAN 1 with all ports configured as PVID = 1. Every
VLAN is assigned a unique VLAN identifier (VID) that distinguishes it from all
other VLANs. In the default configuration example shown in Figure 12, all
incoming packets are assigned to VLAN 1 by the default port VLAN identifier
(PVID =1). Untagged packets enter and leave the switch unchanged.

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Figure 12 Default VLAN settings

802.1Q Switch

VLAN 1

Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Port 6 Port 7 Port 8

PVID = 1

DA CRC
SA
Incoming Outgoing Data
untagged Data untagged packet
packet (unchanged) SA
CRC DA

Key
By default:
All ports are assigned PVID = 1
All ports are untagged members of VLAN 1

BS45010A

When you configure VLANs, you configure the switch ports as tagged or
untagged members of specific VLANs (see Figure 13 through Figure 21).

In Figure 13, untagged incoming packets are assigned directly to VLAN 2

(PVID = 2). Port 5 is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2, and port 7
is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2.

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Figure 13 Port-based VLAN assignment

PVID = 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Tagged member

of VLAN 2
Untagged packet

Port 4

Port 5
CRC Data SA DA 802.1Q Switch

Before Port 6 Port 7 Port 8

Untagged member
of VLAN 2
BS45011A

As shown in Figure 14, the untagged packet is marked (tagged) as it leaves the
switch through port 5, which is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2. The
untagged packet remains unchanged as it leaves the switch through port 7, which
is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2.

Figure 14 802.1Q tagging (after port-based VLAN assignment)

Tagged member
PVID = 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 of VLAN 2
Port 4

Port 5

802.1Q Switch CRC* Data Tag SA DA

(*Recalculated)
Port 6 Port 7 Port 8

Untagged member 8100 Priority CFI VID = 2

CRC
of VLAN 2
16 bits 3 bits 1 bits 12 bits
Data
After
SA
Outgoing
untagged packet Key
DA
(unchanged) Priority - User_priority
CFI - Canonical format indicator
VID - VLAN identifier
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In Figure 15, tagged incoming packets are assigned directly to VLAN 2 because
of the tag assignment in the packet. Port 5 is configured as a tagged member of
VLAN 2, and port 7 is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2.

Figure 15 802.1Q tag assignment

PVID = 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Tagged member

of VLAN 2
Tagged packet

Port 4

Port 5
CRC Data Tag SA DA 802.1Q Switch

Before
Port 6 Port 7 Port 8

Untagged member
of VLAN 2
BS45013A

As shown in Figure 16, the tagged packet remains unchanged as it leaves the
switch through port 5, which is configured as a tagged member of VLAN 2.
However, the tagged packet is stripped (untagged) as it leaves the switch through
port 7, which is configured as an untagged member of VLAN 2.

Figure 16 802.1Q tagging (after 802.1Q tag assignment)

PVID = 2 Tagged member
Port 1 Port 2 Port 3
of VLAN 2
Port 4

Port 5

802.1Q Switch CRC Data Tag SA DA

Port 6 Port 7 Port 8

Untagged member CRC* (*Recalculated) 8100 Priority CFI VID = 2

of VLAN 2
16 bits 3 bits 1 bit 12 bits
Data

Outgoing After
SA untagged packet
changed Key
DA (tag removed)
Priority - User_priority
CFI - Canonical format indicator
VID - VLAN identifier
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VLANs spanning multiple switches

You can use VLANs to segment a network within a switch. When you connect
multiple switches, it is possible to connect users of one VLAN with users of that
same VLAN in another switch. However, the configuration guidelines depend on
whether both switches support 802.1Q tagging.

With 802.1Q tagging enabled on a port for a VLAN, all frames leaving the port
for that VLAN are marked as belonging to that specific VLAN. You can assign
specific switch ports as members of one or more VLANs that span multiple
switches, without interfering with the Spanning Tree Protocol.

VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches

Figure 17 shows VLANs spanning two BayStack 425-24T switches. The 802.1Q
tagging is enabled on S1, port 2 and on S2, port 1 for VLAN 1 and VLAN 2. Both
ports are tagged members of VLAN 1 and VLAN 2.

Figure 17 VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches

VLAN 1 VLAN 2

BayStack
S1 BayStack 425-24T

Both ports are tagged

members of VLAN 1
and VLAN 2

BayStack
S2 BayStack
425-24T

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Because there is only one link between the two switches, the Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP) treats this configuration as any other switch-to-switch connection.
For this configuration to work properly, both switches must support the 802.1Q
tagging protocol.

VLANS spanning multiple untagged switches

Figure 18 shows VLANs spanning multiple untagged switches. In this

configuration, Switch S2 does not support 802.1Q tagging and you must use a
single switch port on each switch for each VLAN.

For this configuration to work properly, you must set spanning tree participation
to Disabled (the STP is not supported across multiple LANs).

Figure 18 VLANs spanning multiple untagged switches

VLAN 1 VLAN 2

S1 BayStack
BayStack
425-24T

Untagged ports

S2 Non-802.1Q
BayStack
tagging switch

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When the STP is enabled on these switches, only one link between each pair of
switches will be forwarding traffic. Because each port belongs to only one VLAN
at a time, connectivity on the other VLAN is lost. Exercise care when configuring
the switches to ensure that the VLAN configuration does not conflict with
spanning tree configuration.

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To connect multiple VLANs across switches with redundant links, you must
disable the STP on all participating switch ports. Figure 19 shows possible
consequences of enabling the STP when using VLANs between untagged
(non-802.1Q tagged) switches.

Figure 19 Possible problems with VLANs and Spanning Tree Protocol

Station A

BayStack
425-24T
BayStack S1

VLAN 1 VLAN 2

No
Communications Forwarding Blocking

BayStack
425-24T
BayStack S2
VLAN 1 VLAN 2

Station B
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As shown in Figure 19, with STP enabled, only one connection between Switch
S1 and Switch S2 is forwarding at any time. Communications failure occurs
between VLAN 2 of S1 and VLAN 2 of S2, blocking communications between
Stations A and B.

The STP selects the link connecting VLAN 1 on Switches S1 and S2 as the
forwarding link based on port speed, duplex-mode, and port priority. Because the
other link connecting VLAN 2 is in Blocking mode, stations on VLAN 2 in
Switch S1 cannot communicate with stations in VLAN 2 on Switch S2. With
multiple links only one link will be forwarding.

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Shared servers

BayStack 425-24T switches allow ports to exist in multiple VLANs for shared
resources, such as printers, and switch-to-switch connections. It is also possible to
have resources exist in multiple VLANs on one switch as shown in Figure 20.

In this example, clients on different broadcast domains share resources. The

broadcasts from ports configured in VLAN 3 can be seen by all VLAN port
members of VLAN 3.

Figure 20 Multiple VLANs sharing resources

BayStack 425-24T
S1
BayStack

V2 V2 V1 V3 V2 V1
Key
VLAN 1 (PVID=1)
VLAN 2 (PVID=2)
VLAN 3 (PVID=3)

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In the above configuration, all of the switch ports are set to participate as VLAN
port members. This arrangement allows the switch to establish the appropriate
broadcast domains within the switch (Figure 21).

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Figure 21 VLAN broadcast domains within the switch

S1

VLAN 3

VLAN 2 VLAN 1

Port 2 Port 4 Port 10 Port 8 Port 6 Port 11

PVID = 2 PVID = 3 PVID = 1

V2 V2 V2 V3 V1 V2

Key

VLAN 1 (PVID = 1)
VLAN 2 (PVID = 2)
VLAN 3 (PVID = 3)
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For example, to create a broadcast domain for each VLAN shown in Figure 21,
configure each VLAN with a port membership, and each port with the appropriate
PVID/VLAN association:

• Ports 8, 6, and 11 are untagged members of VLAN 1.

• The PVID/VLAN association for ports 6 and 11 is: PVID = 1.
• Ports 2, 4, 10, and 8 are untagged members of VLAN 2.
• The PVID/VLAN association for ports 2, 4, and 10 is: PVID = 2.
• Ports 2, 4, 10, 8, 6, and 11 are untagged members of VLAN 3.
• The PVID/VLAN association for port 8 is: PVID = 3.

The following steps show how to use the VLAN configuration screens to
configure the VLAN 3 broadcast domain shown in Figure 21.

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To configure the VLAN port membership for VLAN 1:

1 Select Switch Configuration from the BayStack 425 Switch Main Menu
(or press w).
2 From the Switch Configuration Menu, select VLAN Configuration
(or press v).
3 From the VLAN Configuration Menu select VLAN Configuration
(or press v).
The default VLAN Configuration screen opens (Figure 22).

Figure 22 Default VLAN Configuration screen example

The VLAN Configuration screen settings shown in Figure 22 are default settings
with all switch ports classified as untagged members of VLAN 1.

Figure 23 shows the VLAN Configuration screen after it is configured to support

the VLAN 3 broadcast domain shown in Figure 21 on page 66 (VLAN Name is
optional).

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Ports 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11 are now untagged members of VLAN 3 as shown in

Figure 21 on page 66.

Figure 23 VLAN Configuration screen example

To configure the PVID (port VLAN identifier) for port 8:

1 From the VLAN Configuration screen, press [Ctrl]-R to return to the VLAN
Configuration Menu.
2 From the VLAN Configuration Menu, select VLAN Port Configuration
(or press c).
The default VLAN Port Configuration screen opens (Figure 24).

The VLAN Port Configuration screen settings shown in Figure 24 are default
settings.

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Figure 24 Default VLAN Port Configuration screen example

Figure 25 shows the VLAN Port Configuration screen after it is configured to

support the PVID assignment for port 8, as shown in Figure 21 on page 66 (Port
Name is optional).

The PVID/VLAN association for VLAN 3 is now PVID = 3.

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Figure 25 VLAN Port Configuration screen example

VLAN workgroup summary

This section summarizes the VLAN workgroup examples discussed in the

previous sections of this chapter.

As shown in Figure 26, Switch S1 (BayStack 425 Switch) is configured with

multiple VLANs:

• Ports 1, 6, 11, and 12 are in VLAN 1.

• Ports 2, 3, 4, 7, and 10 are in VLAN 2.
• Port 8 is in VLAN 3.

Because S4 does not support 802.1Q tagging, a single switch port on each switch
must be used for each VLAN (see “VLANS spanning multiple untagged
switches” on page 63).

The connection to S2 requires only one link between the switches because S1 and
S2 are both BayStack 425-24T switches that support 802.1Q tagging (see
“VLANs spanning multiple 802.1Q tagged switches” on page 62).

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Figure 26 VLAN configuration spanning multiple switches

Non-802.1Q BayStack
tagging switch 425-24T
S4 S2 BayStack

Untagged ports Both ports are tagged

(STP disabled) members of VLAN 1
and VLAN 2
BayStack
425-24T
S1 BayStack V1

Non-802.1Q
tagging switch
S3

V2 V2 V1 V3 V2
Key
VLAN 1 (PVID=1)
VLAN 2 (PVID=2)
VLAN 3 (PVID=3)
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VLAN configuration rules

VLANs operate according to specific configuration rules. When creating VLANs,

consider the following rules that determine how the configured VLAN reacts in
any network topology:

• All ports that are involved in port mirroring must have memberships in the
same VLANs. If a port is configured for port mirroring, the port’s VLAN
membership cannot be changed.
• If a port is a trunk group member, all trunk members are added or deleted
from the VLAN.
• All ports involved in trunking and port mirroring must have the same VLAN
configuration. If a port is on a trunk with a mirroring port, the VLAN
configuration cannot be changed.
• Auto PVID can be activated by creating a VLAN and enabling Auto PVID for
it.

For more information about configuring VLANs, see “VLAN Configuration

Menu screen” on page 122.

See also Appendix C, “Quick configuration for MultiLink Trunking,” on page 201
for configuration flowcharts that can help you use this feature.

MultiLink Trunks
MultiLink Trunks allow you to group from two to four switch ports together to
form a link to another switch or server, thus increasing aggregate throughput of
the interconnection between the devices (up to 800 Mb/s in full-duplex mode).
You can configure up to six MultiLink Trunks. For BayStack 425, software
release 2.0, the trunk members can only reside on a single unit. MultiLink
Trunking software detects misconfigured (or broken) trunk links and redirects
traffic on the misconfigured or broken trunk link to other trunk members within
that trunk.

You can use the Trunk Configuration screen to create switch-to-switch and
switch-to-server MultiLink Trunk links (Figure 27 and Figure 28).

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Figure 27 shows two trunks (T1 and T2) connecting Switch S1 to switches S2
and S3.

Figure 27 Switch-to-switch trunk configuration example

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S1
BayStack
T1

BayStack 425-24T
S2 T2
BayStack

BayStack 425-24T
S3
BayStack

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You can configure each of the trunks shown in Figure 27 with up to four switch
ports to provide up to 800 Mb/s aggregate bandwidth through each trunk, in
full-duplex mode. As shown in this example, when traffic between
switch-to-switch connections approaches single port bandwidth limitations,
creating a MultiLink Trunk can supply the additional bandwidth required to
improve the performance.

Figure 28 shows a typical switch-to-server trunk configuration. In this example,

file server FS1 uses dual MAC addresses, using one MAC address for each
network interface card (NIC). For this reason, FS1 does not require a trunk
assignment. FS2 is a single MAC server (with a four-port NIC) and is set up as
trunk configuration T1.

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Figure 28 Switch-to-server trunk configuration example

FS1 FS2

T1

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S1
BayStack

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Client/server configuration using MultiLink Trunks

Figure 29 shows an example of how MultiLink Trunking can be used in a

client/server configuration. In this example, both servers connect directly to
Switch S1. FS2 is connected through a trunk configuration (T1). The
switch-to-switch connections are through trunks (T2, T3, T4, and T5).

Clients accessing data from the servers (FS1 and FS2) are provided with
maximized bandwidth through trunks T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5. Trunk members
(the ports making up each trunk) do not have to be consecutive switch ports; you
can select ports randomly, as shown by T5.

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Figure 29 Client/server configuration example

FS1 FS2

T1
T2

BayStack 425-24T
S1
BayStack

T3 T4 T5

S2 BayStack 425-24T S3 BayStack 425-24T S4 BayStack 425-24T

BayStack BayStack BayStack

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The trunk configuration screens for switches S1 to S4 are shown in “Trunk

configuration screen examples” following this section. For detailed information
about configuring trunks, see “MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen” on
page 136.

Trunk configuration screen examples

This section shows examples of the MultiLink Trunk configuration screens for the
client/server configuration example shown in Figure 29. The screens show how
you could set up the trunk configuration screens for switches S1 to S4. See
“Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks” on page 84, and “MultiLink
Trunk Configuration screen” on page 136 for more information.

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Trunk configuration screen for Switch S1

Switch S1 is set up with five trunk configurations: T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5.

To set up the S1 trunk configuration:

Choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration (or press t) from the MultiLink

Trunk Configuration Menu screen (Figure 30).

Figure 30 Choosing the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen

The MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen opens (Figure 31).

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Figure 31 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S1

Switch S1 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunks (1 to 6) that correspond to the switch
ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.
• Trunk Members (Unit/Port) indicates the ports that can be configured, in
each row, to create the corresponding trunk:

Note: The Unit value (in the Unit/Port field) is not configurable when
the switch is operating standalone. For detailed information about the
MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen fields, see “MultiLink Trunk
Configuration screen” on page 136.

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— Ports 15, 17, 19, and 21 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 1.
— Ports 25 and 26 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 2.
— Ports 2 and 4 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 3.
— Ports 14 and 16 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 4.
— Ports 22 and 24 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 5.
• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree participation setting for each of the
trunks:
— Trunks 1 through 4 are enabled for Normal STP Learning.
— Trunk 5 is enabled for Fast STP Learning.
• Trunk Mode (read only) indicates the Trunk Mode for each of the trunks.
The Trunk Mode field values for trunks 1 to 5 are set to Basic. Source MAC
addresses are statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and
forwarding, which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data
streams of source addresses across the trunk members.
• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When set to
Enabled, the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated.
• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the
corresponding configured trunks.
The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the
user of this switch (for example, S1:T1 to FS2 indicates that Trunk 1, in
Switch S1, connects to File Server 2).

Trunk configuration screen for Switch S2

As shown in Figure 29 on page 75, Switch S2 is set up with two trunk

configurations (T2 and T3). Both trunks connect directly to Switch S1.

As in the previous screen examples, to set up a trunk configuration, choose

MultiLink Trunk Configuration from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu
screen.

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Figure 32 shows the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S2.

Figure 32 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S2

Switch S2 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunks (1 to 6) that correspond to the switch
ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.
• Trunk Members (Unit/Port) indicates the ports that can be configured, in
each row, to create the corresponding trunk:
— Ports 25 and 26 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 1.
— Ports 1 and 3 are assigned as trunk members of trunk 2.
• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree participation setting for each of the
trunks. Trunks 1 and 2 are enabled for Normal STP Learning.
• Trunk Mode (read only) indicates the Trunk Mode for each of the trunks. The
Trunk Mode field values for trunks 1 and 2 are set to Basic. Source MAC
addresses are statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and
forwarding, which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data
streams of source addresses across the trunk members.
• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When set to
Enabled, the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated.

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• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the

corresponding configured trunks.
The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the
user of this switch (for example, S2:T2 to S1 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch
S2, connects to Switch 1).

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3

As shown in Figure 29 on page 75, Switch S3 is set up with one trunk

configuration (T4). This trunk connects directly to Switch S1.

As in the previous screen examples, to set up an interswitch trunk configuration,

choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration
Menu screen.

Figure 33 shows the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3.

Figure 33 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S3

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Switch S3 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunk (1 to 6) that corresponds to the switch
ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.
• Trunk Members (Unit/Port) indicates the ports that can be configured, in
each row, to create the corresponding trunk. Ports 1 and 3 are assigned as
trunk members of trunk 1.
• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree participation setting for each of the
trunks. Trunk 1 is enabled for Normal STP Learning.
• Trunk Mode (read only) indicates the Trunk Mode for each of the trunks. The
Trunk Mode field value for trunk 1 is set to Basic. Source MAC addresses are
statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding,
which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source
addresses across the trunk members.
• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When set to
Enabled, the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated.
• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the
corresponding configured trunks.

Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4

The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the user of
this switch (for example, S3:T4 to S1 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch S3,
connects to Switch 1).

As shown in Figure 34, Switch S4 is set up with one trunk configuration (T5).
This trunk connects directly to Switch S1.

As in the previous screen examples, to set up a trunk configuration, choose

MultiLink Trunk Configuration from the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu
screen.

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Figure 34 shows the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4.

Figure 34 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen for Switch S4

Switch S4 is configured as follows:

• Trunk (read only) indicates the trunk (1 to 6) that corresponds to the switch
ports specified in the Trunk Members fields.
• Trunk Members (Unit/Port) indicates the ports that can be configured, in
each row, to create the corresponding trunk. Ports 5 and 11 are assigned as
trunk members of trunk T1.
• STP Learning indicates the spanning tree participation setting for each of the
trunks. Trunk 1 is enabled for Normal STP Learning.
• Trunk Mode (read only) indicates the Trunk Mode for each of the trunks. The
Trunk Mode field value for trunk 1 is set to Basic. Source MAC addresses are
statically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and forwarding,
which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source
addresses across the trunk members.
• Trunk Status indicates the Trunk Status for each of the trunks. When it is set
to Enabled, the configuration settings for that specific trunk are activated.
• Trunk Name indicates optional fields for assigning names to the
corresponding configured trunks.

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The names chosen for this example provide meaningful information to the
user (for example, S4:T5 to S1 indicates that Trunk 1, in Switch S4, connects
to Switch 1).

Before you configure trunks

When you create and enable a trunk, the trunk members (switch ports) take on
certain settings necessary for correct operation of the MultiLink Trunking feature.

Before you configure your MultiLink Trunk, you must consider these settings,
along with specific configuration rules, as follows:

1 Read the configuration rules provided in the next section, “Spanning tree
considerations for MultiLink Trunks” on page 84.
2 Determine which switch ports (up to four) are to become trunk members (the
specific ports making up the trunk). A minimum of two ports are required for
each trunk.
Ensure that the chosen switch ports are set to Enabled, using either the Port
Configuration screen (see “Port Configuration screen” on page 130) or
network management.

Trunk member ports must have the same VLAN configuration. Trunk
members must also have the same IGMP configuration.

3 All network cabling should be complete and stable before configuring any
trunks, to avoid configuration errors.
4 Consider how the existing spanning tree will react to the new trunk
configuration (see “Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks” on
page 84).
5 Consider how existing VLANs will be affected by the addition of a trunk.
6 After completing the above steps, see “MultiLink Trunk Configuration
screen” on page 136 for screen examples and field descriptions that will help
you configure your MultiLink Trunks.

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Spanning tree considerations for MultiLink Trunks

The spanning tree Path Cost parameter is recalculated based on the aggregate
bandwidth of the trunk. For example, Figure 35 shows a four-port trunk (T1) with
two port members operating at 100 Mb/s and two at 10 Mb/s. Trunk T1 provides
an aggregate bandwidth of 220 Mb/s. The Path Cost for T1 is 4 (Path Cost = 1000/
LAN speed, in Mb/s). Another three-port trunk (T2) is configured with an
aggregate bandwidth of 210 Mb/s, with a comparable Path Cost of 4. When the
Path Cost calculations for both trunks are equal, the software chooses the trunk the
forwarding trunk based on the root port.

Figure 35 Path Cost arbitration example

S1 BayStack
BayStack 425-24T

100 Mb/s 100 Mb/s

100 Mb/s 100 Mb/s Path Cost T2 = 4
Path Cost T1 = 4
10 Mb/s 10 Mb/s
10 Mb/s

T1 T2
Aggregate Bandwidth Aggregate Bandwidth
220 Mb/s 210 Mb/s

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The switch can also detect trunk member ports that are physically misconfigured.
For example, in Figure 36, trunk member ports 2, 4, and 6 of Switch S1 are
configured correctly to trunk member ports 7, 9, and 11 of Switch S2. The
Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen for each switch shows the port state field
for each port in the Forwarding state.

Figure 36 Example 1: correctly configured trunk

S1 Port Configuration screen

BayStack 425-24T
S1
BayStack

T1

BayStack 425-24T
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If Switch S2’s trunk member port 11 is physically disconnected and then

reconnected to port 13, the Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen for Switch
S1 changes to show port 6 in the Blocking state (Figure 37).

Figure 37 Example 2: detecting a misconfigured port

[Blocking]

S1 Port Configuration screen

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S1
BayStack

T1

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Additional tips about the MultiLink Trunking feature

When you create a MultiLink Trunk, the individual trunk members (the specific
ports that make up the trunk) logically connect and react as a single entity. For
example, if you change spanning tree parameters for any trunk member, the
spanning tree parameters for all trunk members change.

All configured trunks are indicated in the Spanning Tree Configuration screen.
The Trunk field lists the active trunks, adjacent to the port numbers that
correspond to the specific trunk member for that trunk.

When a trunk is active, you can disable spanning tree participation using the
Trunk Configuration screen or using the Spanning Tree Configuration screen.

When a trunk is not active, the spanning tree participation setting in the Trunk
Configuration screen does not take effect until you set the Trunk Status field to
Enabled.

The trunk is also viewed by management stations as a single spanning tree port.
The spanning tree port is represented by the trunk member with the lowest port
number. For example, if ports 13, 14, 15, and 16 are trunk members of trunk T1,
the management station views trunk T1 as spanning tree port 13.

For more information about using the MultiLink Trunking feature, see “MultiLink
Trunk Configuration Menu screen” on page 134.

See also Appendix C, “Quick configuration for MultiLink Trunking,” on page 201
for a configuration flowchart that can help you use this feature.

Port mirroring
You can designate one of your switch ports to monitor ingress traffic on a single
specified switch port (port-based).

Note: A probe device, such as Nortel Networks StackProbe, must be

connected to the designated monitor port to use this feature (contact your
Nortel Networks sales agent for details about the StackProbe).

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Figure 38 provides a sample Port Mirroring Configuration screen. Note that the
displayed screens do not show all of the screen prompts that precede some
actions.

For example, when you configure a switch for port mirroring or when you modify
an existing port mirroring configuration, the new configuration does not take
effect until you respond [Yes] to the following screen prompt:

Is your port mirroring configuration complete? [ Yes ]

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Chapter 3
Using the console interface

This chapter describes how to configure and manage the BayStack 425-24T
Switch using the menu-driven console interface (CI).

This chapter covers the following topics:

• “Accessing the CI menus and screens,” next

• “Using the CI menus and screens” on page 90
• “Main menu” on page 92

Accessing the CI menus and screens

You can access the CI menus and screens locally through a console terminal
attached to your BayStack 425-24T Switch, or in-band through a Telnet session
(see “Console port” on page 30). You can connect your console cable into any unit
in a BayStack 425-24T Switch-only stack for a unified stack interface. For the
mixed stack management functions to become fully operational, you must connect
your console terminal into a BayStack 425-24T Switch port within your mixed
stack.

Note: If you have a properly configured BootP server in your network,

it detects the IP address; you will not need to configure the IP address.

For information about SNMP, see your network management documentation.

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Using the CI menus and screens

The CI menus and screens provide options that allow you to configure and
manage BayStack 425-24T switches. Help prompts at the bottom of each menu
and screen explain how to enter data in the highlighted field and how to navigate
the menus and screens.

The Console port default settings are: 9600 baud with eight data bits, one stop bit,
and no parity as the communications format, with flow control set to disabled.

Some options allow you to toggle among several possible values; other options
allow you to set or modify a parameter.

Navigating the CI menus and screens

Use the following methods to navigate the CI menus and screens.

To select a menu option:

1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the option name.

2 Press [Enter].
The option takes effect immediately after you press [Enter].

Alternatively, you can press the key corresponding to the underlined letter in
the option name. For example, to select the Switch Configuration option in
the main menu, press the w key. Note that the text characters are not
case-sensitive.

To toggle between values in a form:

1 Use the spacebar to highlight the value.

2 Press [Enter].

To clear a string field:

1 Position the cursor in the string field.

2 Press [Ctrl]-K.

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To return to the previous menu, press [Ctrl]-R.

To go to the next screen in a series, press [Ctrl]-N.

To return to the main menu at any time, press [Ctrl]-C.

Press [Backspace] to delete entered text.

Options that appear in brackets (for example, [Enabled]) are user-settable options.

Screen fields and descriptions

Figure 39 shows a map of the CI screens. The remainder of this chapter describes
the CI screens and their fields, beginning with the main menu.

Figure 39 Map of console interface screens

MAC Address Security Configuration

Main Menu MAC Address Security Port Configuration
IP Configuration/Setup MAC Address Table
MAC Address Security Port Lists
SNMP Configuration MAC Address-Based Security
MAC Address Security Table
System Characteristics VLAN Configuration
Switch Configuration Port Configuration VLAN Configuration
2
Console/Comm Port Configuration High Speed Flow Contro Configuration VLAN Port Configuration
MultiLink Trunk Configuration VLAN Display by Port
Identify Unit Numbers1
Port Mirroring Configuration
Renumber Stack Units1
Display Port Statistics
Display Hardware Units
Clear Port Statistics MultiLink Trunk Configuration
Spanning Tree Configuration MultiLink Trunk Utilization
TELNET Configuration
Software Download
Configuration File
Display Event Log Spanning Tree
Reset Display Spanning Tree Switch Setting
Reset to Default Settings
Logout

1
Only appears when the switch is participating in a stack configuration.
2 Only appears when a gigabit MDA is installed in one or more units in a stack configuration.
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The CI screens for your specific switch model will show the correct model name
in the main menu screen title and the correct number of ports and port types in the
Port Configuration screen.

Note: The field values shown in the CI screens in this section are
provided as examples only.

Main menu
This section describes the options available from the CI main menu (Figure 40).
The CI screens and submenus for these options are described in the following
sections.

Note: Some menu options shown in this main menu example and in
other screen examples in this chapter may not appear on your screen,
depending on the switch options installed. However, the full menu
options are shown in the screen examples and described in the following
sections.

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Figure 40 Console interface main menu

Table 10 describes the CI main menu options.

Table 10 Console interface main menu options

Option Description

IP Configuration/ Displays the IP Configuration/Setup screen (see “IP Configuration/Setup screen”

Setup... on page 96). This screen allows you to set or modify IP configuration
parameters.
SNMP Configuration... Displays the SNMP Configuration screen (see “SNMP Configuration screen” on
page 101). This screen allows you to set or modify the SNMP read-only
community and read-write community strings, enable or disable the
authentication trap and the link Up/down trap, set the IP address of trap
receivers, and set the trap community strings.
System Displays the System Characteristics screen (see “System Characteristics
Characteristics... screen” on page 102). This screen allows you to view switch characteristics,
including number of resets, power status, hardware and firmware version, and
MAC address. This screen also contains three user-configurable fields:
sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation. When the switch is part of a stack
configuration, this screen also displays the base unit identification, the number of
units configured in the stack, and the local unit stack number.

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Table 10 Console interface main menu options (continued)

Option Description

Switch Configuration... Displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen (see “Switch Configuration
Menu screen” on page 105). This menu provides the following configuration
options: MAC Address Table, MAC Address-Based Security, VLAN
Configuration, Port Configuration, MultiLink Trunk Configuration, Port Mirroring
Configuration, Display Port Statistics, Clear All Port Statistics, Display System
Log, and Stack Operational Mode.
Console/Comm Port Displays the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (see “Console/Comm
Configuration... Port Configuration screen” on page 148). This screen allows you to configure
and modify the console/Comm port parameters, including the console port
speed and password settings for the switch and stack operation.
Spanning Tree Displays the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu (see “Spanning Tree
Configuration... Configuration Menu screen” on page 157). This menu provides the following
options: Spanning Tree Port Configuration, Display Spanning Tree Switch
Settings.
TELNET Displays the TELNET Configuration screen (see “TELNET Configuration screen”
Configuration... on page 165). This screen allows you to set your switch to enable a user at a
remote console terminal to communicate with the BayStack 425-24T Switch as if
the console terminal were directly connected to it. You can have up to four active
Telnet sessions running at one time in either a standalone switch or a stack
configuration.
Software Download... Displays the Software Download screen (see “Software Download screen” on
page 167). This screen allows you to revise the BayStack 425-24T Switch
software image that is located in nonvolatile flash memory.
Configuration File Displays the Configuration File Download/Upload screen (see “Configuration
File Download/Upload screen” on page 170). This screen allows you to store
your switch/stack configuration parameters on a TFTP server. You can retrieve
the configuration parameters for automatically configuring a replacement switch
or stack with the same configuration when required.
Display System Log Displays the System Log screen (see “System Log screen” on page 146).
Reset Resets the switch with the current configuration settings. This option is followed
by a screen prompt that precedes the action. Enter Yes to reset the switch; enter
No to abort the option:
• If the switch is participating in a stack configuration, you can reset the entire
stack.
• When you select this option, the switch resets, runs a self-test, then displays
the Nortel Networks logo screen. Press [Ctrl]-Y to access the BayStack
425-24T Switch main menu.

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Table 10 Console interface main menu options (continued)

Option Description

Reset to Default Resets the switch to the factory default configuration settings. This option is
Settings followed by a screen prompt that precedes the action. Enter Yes to reset the
switch to the factory default configuration settings; enter No to abort the option:
• If the switch is participating in a stack configuration, you can reset the entire
stack.
• When you select this option, the switch resets, runs a self-test, then displays
the Nortel Networks logo screen. Press [Ctrl]-Y to access the BayStack
425-24T Switch main menu.
Caution: If you choose the Reset to Default Settings option, all of your
configured settings will be replaced with factory default settings when
you press [Enter]
Achtung: Bei Auswahl des Befehls zur Rücksetzung auf die
Standardeinstellungen werden alle von Ihnen konfigurierten
Einstellungen durch die werkseitigen Standardeinstellungen ersetzt,
wenn Sie die Eingabetaste drücken.

Attention: Si vous restaurez la configuration usine, votre configuration

courante sera remplacée par la configuration usine dès que vous
appuierez sur [Entrée].

Precaución: Si selecciona el comando Restaurar valores

predeterminados, todos los valores de configuración se sustituirán por
las valores predeterminados en fábrica al pulsar [Intro].

Attenzione: Nel caso in cui si selezioni la reimpostazione dei valori di

default, tutte le impostazioni configurate verranno sostituite dai default di
fabbrica premendo il tasto [Invio].

Logout Allows a user in a Telnet session or a user working at a password-protected

console terminal to terminate the session.

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IP Configuration/Setup screen

The IP Configuration/Setup screen (Figure 41) allows you to set or modify the
BayStack 425-24T Switch IP configuration parameters. Data that you enter in the
user-configurable fields takes effect as soon as you press [Enter].

To open the IP Configuration/Setup screen:

Choose IP Configuration/Setup (or press i) from the main menu.

Figure 41 IP Configuration/Setup screen

Table 11 describes the IP Configuration/Setup screen fields.

Note: The read-only fields in this screen are updated based on the BootP
mode specified in the BootP Request Mode field. (See “Choosing a
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Table 11 IP Configuration/Setup screen fields

Field Description
BootP Request One of four modes of operation for BootP. (See “Choosing a BootP request mode” on
Mode page 98 for details about the four modes.)
Default Value BootP Disabled
Range BootP Disabled, BootP When Needed, BootP Always, BootP or Last
Address
Configurable Column header for the user-configurable IP configuration fields in this screen.
In Use Column header for the read-only fields in this screen. The read-only data displayed in
this column represents IP configuration that is currently in use.
Last BootP Column header for the read-only fields in this screen. The read-only data displayed in
this column represents IP configuration obtained from the last BootP reply received.
In-Band Stack IP The in-band stack IP address field. This field is not required for the operation of the
Address standalone switch.
Default Value [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, between 0 and 255, separated by a decimal
point
In-Band Switch The in-band IP address of the switch. This field is not required for the operation of the
IP Address stack. This field can not use the same IP address used for the stack.
Default Value [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, between 0 and 255, separated by a decimal
point
Note: When the IP address is entered in the In-Band IP Address field, and the
In-Band Subnet Mask field value is not present, the software provides an in-use
default value for the In-Band Subnet Mask field that is based on the class of the
IP address entered in the In-Band IP Address field.

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Table 11 IP Configuration/Setup screen fields (continued)

Field Description

In-Band Subnet The subnet address mask associated with the in-band IP address shown on the screen
Mask (see In-Band Switch IP address field). Network routers use the subnet mask to
determine the network or subnet address portion of a host’s IP address. The bits in the
IP address that contain the network address (including the subnet) are set to 1 in the
address mask, and the bits that contain the host identifier are set to 0.
Default Value [Link] (no subnet mask assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, between 0 and 255, separated by a decimal
point
Default Gateway The IP address of the default gateway.
Default Value [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, between 0 and 255, separated by a decimal
point

Choosing a BootP request mode

The BootP Request Mode field in the IP Configuration screen allows you to
choose which method the switch uses to broadcast BootP requests:

• BootP When Needed

• BootP Always
• BootP Disabled
• BootP or Last Address

Note: Whenever the switch is broadcasting BootP requests, the BootP

process will eventually time out if a reply is not received. When the
process times out, the BootP request mode automatically changes to
BootP Disabled mode. To restart the BootP process, change the BootP
request mode to any of the three following modes:
• BootP When Needed
• BootP Always
• BootP or Last Address.

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BootP When Needed

Allows the switch to request an IP address if one has not already been set from the
console terminal. When selected, this mode operates as follows:

• When the IP data is entered from the console terminal, the data becomes the
in-use address of the switch and BootP requests are not broadcast. The switch
can be managed using this in-band IP address.
• When the in-band IP address is not set from the console terminal, the switch
broadcasts BootP requests until it receives a BootP reply containing an IP
address. If the switch does not receive a BootP reply that contains an IP
address, the switch cannot be managed in-band.

If an IP address is not currently in use, these actions take effect immediately. If an

IP address is currently in use, these actions take effect only after the switch is reset
or power cycled.

BootP Always

Allows the switch to be managed only when configured with the IP address
obtained from the BootP server. When selected, this mode operates as follows:

• The switch continues to broadcast BootP requests, regardless of whether an

in-band IP address is set from the console terminal.
• If the switch receives a BootP reply that contains an in-band IP address, the
switch uses this new in-band IP address.
• If the switch does not receive a BootP reply, the switch cannot be managed
using the in-band IP address set from the console terminal.

If an IP address is not currently in use, these actions take effect immediately. If an

IP address is currently in use, these actions take effect only after the switch is reset
or power cycled.

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BootP Disabled

Allows the switch to be managed only by using the IP address set from the
console terminal. When selected, this mode operates as follows:

• The switch does not broadcast BootP requests, regardless of whether an IP

address is set from the console terminal.
• The switch can be managed only by using the in-band switch IP address set
from the console terminal.

These actions take effect after the switch is reset or power cycled, even if an IP
address is not currently in use.

BootP or Last Address

Allows the switch to be managed even if a BootP server is not reachable. When
selected, this mode operates as follows:

• When the IP data is entered from the console terminal, the data becomes the
in-band address of the switch and BootP requests are not broadcast. The
switch can be managed using this in-band IP address.
• When the in-band IP address is not set from the console terminal, the switch
broadcasts BootP requests until it receives a BootP reply containing an
in-band IP address. If the switch does not receive a BootP reply that contains
an in-band IP address within 10 minutes, the switch uses the last in-band IP
address it received from a BootP server. This IP information is displayed in
the Last BootP column.

If an IP address is not currently in use, these actions take effect immediately. If an

IP address is currently in use, these actions take effect only after the switch is reset
or power cycled.

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SNMP Configuration screen

The SNMP Configuration screen (Figure 42) allows you to set or modify the
SNMP configuration parameters.

To open the SNMP Configuration screen:

Choose SNMP Configuration (or press m) from the main menu.

Figure 42 SNMP Configuration screen

Table 12 describes the SNMP Configuration screen fields.

Table 12 SNMP Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Read-Only The community string used for in-band read-only SNMP operations.
Community String
Default Value public
Range Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable characters

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Table 12 SNMP Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Read-Write The community string used for in-band read-write SNMP operations.
Community String
Default Value private
Range Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable characters
Trap #1 IP Address 1 Number one of four trap IP addresses. Successive trap IP address fields
are numbered 2, 3, and 4. Each trap address has an associated community
string (see Community String).
Default Value [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is
represented as a decimal value, separated by a decimal
point
Community String The community string associated with one of the four trap IP addresses
(see Trap #1 IP Address).
Default Value Zero-length string
Range Any ASCII string of up to 32 printable characters
Authentication Trap Determines whether a trap will be sent when there is an SNMP
authentication failure.
Default Value Enabled
Range Enabled, Disabled
Autotopology Allows you to enable or disable the switch participation in autotopology,
which allows network topology mapping of other switches in your network.
Default Value Enabled
Range Disabled
1 The Trap IP Address and Community String fields can be set using a MIB table (in a Nortel Networks
proprietary MIB). The status of the row in the MIB table can be set to Ignore. If the row status is set to Ignore,
the fields appear to be set when viewed from the console terminal; however, no traps will be sent to that
address until the row status is set to Valid.

System Characteristics screen

The System Characteristics screen (Figure 43) allows you to view system
characteristics and contains three user-configurable fields: sysContact, sysName,
and sysLocation.

To open the System Characteristics screen:

Choose System Characteristics (or press s) from the main menu.

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Figure 43 System Characteristics screen

Table 13 describes the System Characteristics screen fields.

Table 13 System Characteristics screen fields

Field Description

Operation Mode Read-only field that indicates the operation mode of the unit, for example:
• When the unit is part of a stack configuration, the (read-only) field indicates the
unit is operational in a stack, and lists the current unit number of this switch. In
this example (see Figure 43 on page 103), the current unit number is Unit 2.
• When the unit is not part of a stack configuration (operating standalone), the
read-only field indicates the unit is operating as a switch. When in this operation
mode, the Size of Stack and Base Unit fields (see following description) do not
appear.
Size of Stack This read-only field only appears when the switch is participating in a stack
configuration. This field indicates the number of units configured in the stack
configuration (1 to 8 units maximum).
Base Unit This read-only field only appears when the switch is participating in a stack
configuration. This field indicates the unit number of the switch that is currently
operating as the base unit.
MAC Address The MAC address of the switch or, when the switch is participating in a stack
configuration, the MAC address of the stack configuration.

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Table 13 System Characteristics screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Reset Count A read-only field that indicates the number of resets since the operational firmware
was first loaded on the switch.
Default Value 1
Range 0 to 232 -1 (4,294,967,295)
Last Reset Type A read-only field that indicates the last type of reset.
Default Value Power Cycle
Range Power Cycle, Software Download, Management Reset,
Management Factory Reset
Power Status A read-only field that indicates the current power source (primary, RPSU, or both).
Default Value Primary Power
Range Primary Power, Redundant Power, Primary and Redundant
Power
Local GBIC Type A read-only field that indicates the GBIC type that is configured in this unit.
sysDescr A read-only field that specifies hardware and software versions.
sysObjectID A read-only field that provides a unique identification of the switch, which contains
the vendor’s private enterprise number.
sysUpTime A read-only field that shows the length of time since the last reset. Note that this field
is updated when the screen is redisplayed.
sysServices A read-only field that indicates the switch’s physical and data link layer functionality.
sysContact The name and phone number of the person responsible for the switch.
Default Value Zero-length string
Range Any ASCII string of up to 56 printable characters1
sysName A name that uniquely identifies the switch.
Default Value Zero-length string
Range Any ASCII string of up to 56 printable characters1
sysLocation The physical location of the switch.
Default Value Zero-length string
Range Any ASCII string of up to 56 printable characters
1 Although this field can be set to up to 255 characters from a Network Management Station (NMS), only 56 characters
are displayed on the console terminal.

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Switch Configuration Menu screen

The Switch Configuration Menu screen (Figure 44) allows you to set or modify
your switch configuration.

Choose Switch Configuration (or press w) from the main menu to open the Switch
Configuration Menu screen (Table 14).

Figure 44 Switch Configuration Menu screen

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Table 14 describes the Switch Configuration Menu options.

Table 14 Switch Configuration Menu options

Option Description
MAC Address Table Displays the MAC Address Table screen (see “MAC Address Table
screen” on page 107). This screen allows you to view all MAC
addresses and their associated port or trunk that the switch has
learned, or to search for a particular MAC address (to see if the switch
has learned the address).
MAC Address Security Displays the MAC Address Security Configuration menu (see “MAC
Configuration... Address Security Configuration Menu screen” on page 109). This
screen allows you to set up the MAC address security feature and
provides the following options: MAC Address Security Configuration,
MAC Address Security Port Configuration, MAC Address Security
Port Lists, and MAC Address Security Table. This menu allows you to
enable and disable security features on the port and trunk levels.
VLAN Configuration... Displays the VLAN Configuration Menu (see “VLAN Configuration
Menu screen” on page 122). This menu provides the following options:
VLAN Configuration, VLAN Port Configuration, VLAN Display by Port,
and Return to Switch Configuration Menu screen. This menu allows
you to create and modify VLANs.
Port Configuration... Displays the Port Configuration screen (see “Port Configuration
screen” on page 130). This screen allows you to configure a specific
switch port, all switch ports or, when in a stack configuration, all stack
ports.
High Speed Flow Control Displays the High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen.
Configuration...
MultiLink Trunk Configuration... Displays the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu (see “MultiLink Trunk
Configuration Menu screen” on page 134). This menu provides the
following options: MultiLink Trunk Configuration, MultiLink Trunk
Utilization, and Return to Switch Configuration Menu screen. This
menu allows you to create and modify trunks, and to monitor the
bandwidth utilization of configured trunks.
Port Mirroring Configuration... Displays the Port Mirroring Configuration screen (see “Port Mirroring
Configuration screen” on page 140). This screen allows you to
designate a single switch port as a traffic monitor for one specific port.
IGMP Configuration Displays the IGMP Configuration screen. This screen allows to specify
an IGMP configuration.
Display Port Statistics Displays the Port Statistics screen (see “Port Statistics screen” on
page 142). This screen allows you to view detailed information about
any switch port.

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Table 14 Switch Configuration Menu options (continued)

Option Description

Clear All Port Statistics Allows you to clear all port statistics.
This option is followed by screen prompts that precede a choice of the
actions:
• If the switch is operating standalone, choose one of the following:
• Yes, to clear all port statistics for all switch ports
• No, to abort the option
• If the switch is participating in a stack configuration, choose one of
the following:
• Clear all port statistics for a specific unit in the stack
• Clear all port statistics for the entire stack
• No, to abort the option
Display System Log In a stack environment, displays the system log screen, which
provides information obtained through volatile or nonvolatile RAM.
See “System Log screen” on page 146.

MAC Address Table screen

The MAC Address Table screen (Figure 45) allows you to view MAC addresses
that the switch has discovered or to search for a specific MAC address.

The MAC Address Table screen also operates in conjunction with the Port
Mirroring Configuration screen. When you configure a switch for MAC
address-based port mirroring, you can use the MAC Address Table screen to find
an address and enter the address directly from this screen. You can enter addresses
from either screen, but you must return to the Port Mirroring Configuration screen
to activate the feature (see “Port Mirroring Configuration screen” on page 140).

Choose MAC Address Table (or press m) from the Switch Configuration Menu
screen to open the MAC Address Table screen (Figure 45).

Note: This screen does not refresh dynamically to show new entries. To
refresh the screen, press [Ctrl]-R to return to the previous menu.

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Figure 45 MAC Address Table screen

Table 15 describes the MAC Address Table screen fields.

Table 15 MAC Address Table screen fields

Field Description

Aging Time Specifies how long a learned MAC address remains in the switch’s
forwarding database. If an entry is inactive for a period of time that exceeds
the specified aging time, the address is removed.
Default Value 300 seconds
Range 10 to 1,000,000 seconds
Find an Address Allows the user to search for a specific MAC address.
Default Value 00-00-00-00-00-00 (no MAC address assigned)
Range 00-00-00-00-00-00 to FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF

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MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen

The MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen (Figure 46) allows you to
specify a range of system responses to unauthorized network access to your
switch. The system response can range from sending a trap to disabling the port.
The network access control is based on the MAC addresses of the authorized
stations. You can specify a list of up to 448 MAC addresses that are authorized to
access the switch. You can also specify the ports that each MAC address is
allowed to access. The options for allowed port access include: NONE, ALL, and
single or multiple ports that are specified in a list, for example, 1-4, 6, 9, etc. You
must also include the MAC address of any router connected to any secure ports.

When the switch software detects a security violation, the response can be to send
a trap, turn on destination address (DA) filtering, disable the specific port, or any
combination of these three options.

To open the MAC Address Security Configuration screen:

Choose MAC Address Security Configuration from the Switch

Configuration Menu.

Figure 46 MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen

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Table 16 describes the MAC Address Security Configuration Menu options.

Table 16 MAC Address Security Configuration Menu options

Option Description
MAC Address Security Displays the MAC Address Security Configuration screen (see “Table 16
Configuration... describes the MAC Address Security Configuration Menu options.” on
page 110). This screen allows you to Enable or Disable the MAC Address
Security feature.
MAC Address Security Displays the MAC Address Security Port Configuration screen (see “MAC
Port Configuration... Address Security Port Configuration screen” on page 113”). This screen
allows you to Enable or Disable MAC Security for each port.
MAC Address Security Displays the MAC Address Security Port Lists screen (see “MAC Address
Port Lists... Security Port Lists screens” on page 115). This screen allows you to create
port lists that can be used as an allowed source port list for a MAC address in
the MAC Address Security Table screen.
MAC Address Security Displays the MAC Address Security Table screen (see “MAC Address
Table... Security Table screens” on page 120). This screen allows you to specify the
MAC addresses that are allowed to access the switch.
Return to Switch Exits the MAC Address Security Configuration Menu screen and displays the
Configuration Menu... Switch Configuration Menu screen.

The MAC Address Security Configuration screen (Figure 47) allows you to
enable or disable the MAC address security feature and to specify the appropriate
system responses to any unauthorized network access to your switch.

Choose MAC Address Security Configuration from the MAC Address Security
Configuration Menu to open the MAC Address Security Configuration screen.

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Figure 47 MAC Address Security Configuration screen

Table 17 describes the MAC Address Security Configuration screen fields.

Table 17 MAC Address Security Configuration screen fields

Field Description

MAC Address Security When this field is set to enabled, the software checks source MAC addresses
of packets that arrive on secure ports against MAC addresses listed in the
MAC Address Security Table for allowed membership. If the software detects
a source MAC address that is not an allowed member, the software registers
a MAC intrusion event.
Default Disabled
Range Disabled, Enabled
MAC Address Security When this field is set to enabled, the MAC address security screens cannot
SNMP-Locked be modified using SNMP.
Default Disabled
Range Disabled, Enabled

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Table 17 MAC Address Security Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Partition Port on Intrusion This field value determines how the switch reacts to an intrusion event. When
Detected: an intrusion even is detected (see MAC Address Security field description)
the specified switch port is set to Disabled (partitioned from other switch
ports).
When the field is set to:
• Disabled - the port remains enabled, even if an intrusion event is
detected.
• Enabled - the port becomes disabled, then automatically resets to
enabled depending on the value set in the Partition Time field.
• Forever - the port becomes disabled, and remains disabled (partitioned).
The Partition Time field cannot be used automatically reset the port to
Enabled if you set this field to Forever.
You can always manually set the port’s status field to Enabled using the Port
Configuration screen (see “Port Configuration screen” on page 130).
Default Disabled
Range Disabled, Enabled, Forever
Partition Time This field appears only when the Partition Port on Intrusion Detected field is
set to enabled. This field determines the length of time a partitioned port
remains disabled. This field is not operational when the Partition Port on
Intrusion Detected field is set to Forever.
Default 0 seconds (the value 0 indicates forever)
Range 0-65536 seconds
DA Filtering on Intrusion When set to Enabled, this field isolates the intruding node by filtering
Detected: (discarding) packets sent to that MAC address.
Default Disabled
Range Disabled, Enabled
Generate SNMP Trap on When set to enabled and a MAC intrusion event is detected, the software
Intrusion issues an SNMP trap message to all registered SNMP trap addresses (see
“SNMP Configuration screen” on page 101).
Default Disabled
Range Disabled, Enabled

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Table 17 MAC Address Security Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Clear by Ports This field clears the specified port (or ports) that are listed in the Allowed
Source Port(s) field of the MAC Address Security Table screen (see “MAC
Address Security Table screens” on page 120). When you specify a port (or
ports) to be cleared using this field, the specific port (or ports) will be cleared
for each of the entries listed in the MAC Address Security Table. If you totally
clear the allowed Source Port(s) field (leaving a blank field) for an entry, the
associated MAC address for that entry is also cleared.
Default NONE
Range NONE, ALL, a port number list (for example, 1/1, 2/6, etc.)
Learn by Ports All source MAC addresses of any packets received on the specified port (or
ports) are added to the MAC Security Table when the Current Learning Mode
field is set to Learning in Progress. You cannot include any of the port values
you have chosen for the secure ports field.
Default NONE
Range NONE, ALL, a port number list (for example, 1/1-4, 2/6, etc.)
Current Learning Mode Indicates the current learning mode for the switch ports. When this field is set
to Learning in Progress, all source MAC addresses of any packets received
on the specified port (or ports) are added to the MAC Security Table
(maximum of 448 MAC address entries allowed). If you exceed the limit of
448 entries, the system prompts you with an alert message.
Default Disabled
Range Disabled, Enabled

MAC Address Security Port Configuration screen

The MAC Address Security Port Configuration screens (Figure 48 and Figure 49)
allow you to set or modify your MAC address port security configuration on a per
port basis.

To open the MAC Address Security Port Configuration screen:

Choose MAC Address Security Port Configuration from the MAC Address
Security Configuration Menu.

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Figure 48 MAC Security Port Configuration screen (1 of 2)

Figure 49 MAC Security Port Configuration screen (2 of 2)

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Table 18 describes the MAC Security Port Configuration screen fields.

Table 18 MAC Security Port Configuration screen fields

Field Description
Port Displays a numbered port list.
Trunk Displays the trunk number if the port is a member of that trunk.
Default blank field
Security This field value determines whether or not security is enabled or disabled on
the port level or switch level.
Default Disabled
Range Disabled, Enabled

MAC Address Security Port Lists screens

The MAC Address Security Port Lists screens allow you to create port lists that
can be used as allowed source port lists for a specified MAC address in the MAC
Address Security Table screen. You can create as many as 32 port lists, using up to
five MAC Address Security Port Lists screens (see Figure 50).

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Figure 50 MAC Address Security Port Lists screens

MAC Address Security Port Lists

Screen 1
Entry Port List
----- ---------
S1 [ ]

S2 [ ] MAC Address Security Port Lists Screen 2

S3 [
Entry ] Port List
----- ---------
S4 S8 [ ] [ ]

S5 S9 [ ] [ ] MAC Address Security Port Lists

Screen 3
S6 S10 [ ]
Entry[ ] Port List
----- ---------
S7 S11 [ ]
S15 [ ] [ ]
S12 S16 [
] [ ]
More...
MAC Address Security Port Lists Screen 4
S13 S17 [ ] Entry [ ]
Press Ctrl-N to display next screen. Port List
----- ---------
Enter unit/port,"1/NONE","1/ALL","2/3,4/7-9",press
S14 <Return> or <Enter> when done
S18 [ ] [ ]
Press Ctrl-R to return to previousS22
menu. Press [Ctrl-C
] to return to Main Menu.
S19 S23 [ ] [ ]
More...
MAC Address Security Port Lists
Screen 5
S20 [ ]
Press Ctrl-N to displayS24 Entry [Press
next screen. ] Ctrl-P
PorttoList
display previous screen.
Enter unit/port,"1/NONE","1/ALL","2/3,4/7-9",press
S21 [ ] ----- [ ] <Return> or <Enter> when done
---------
Press Ctrl-R to return S25
to previous
S29menu. Press[ Ctrl-C
] to return to Main Menu.
S26 More...
S30 [ ] [ ]
S27 [ ]
Press Ctrl-N to displayS31
next screen. [Press
] Ctrl-P to display previous screen.
Enter unit/port,"1/NONE","1/ALL","2/3,4/7-9",press
S28 [ ] <Return> or <Enter> when done
Press Ctrl-R to return S32 [ ] Press Ctrl-C to return to Main Menu.
to previous menu.
More...

Press Ctrl-N to display next screen. Press Ctrl-P to display previous screen.
Enter unit/port,"1/NONE","1/ALL","2/3,4/7-9",press <Return> or <Enter> when done
Press Ctrl-R to return to previous menu. Press Ctrl-C to return to Main Menu.

Press Ctrl-P to display previous screen.

Enter unit/port,"1/NONE","1/ALL","2/3,4/7-9",press <Return> or <Enter> when done
Press Ctrl-R to return to previous menu. Press Ctrl-C to return to Main Menu.

To open the MAC Address Security Lists screen:

Choose MAC Address Security Lists from the MAC Address Security
Configuration Menu.

The options for allowed port access include: NONE, ALL, and ports that are
specified in a list (for example, 1/1, 2/6, etc.). Refer to Port List syntax for
more information.

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Figure 51 MAC Address Security Port Lists screen

Table 19 describes the MAC Address Security Port Lists screen fields.

Table 19 MAC Address Security Port Lists screen fields

Field Description

Entry This field indicates the port list number (S1 to S32) that corresponds to the
values you set in the Port List field.
Port List This field allows you to create a port list that you can use as an “Allowed
Source” in the MAC Address Security Table screen.

Port list syntax

When you enter a port list in a stack configuration, you must specify either a unit/
port list, NONE, or ALL. In a stack configuration, ALL indicates all of the stack
port; whereas, in a standalone scenario, ALL indicates all of the switch ports.

Note: NONE and ALL must be entered in uppercase characters as

shown in the screen prompt.

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A unit/port number list is composed of one or more list items, each of which can
be a single number or a range of numbers (where the numbers represents one or
more ports). If a list item is preceded by a number and then a slash (/), the number
represents a stack unit.

For example, 1/1-7,2/1-7,2/9,3/1-4,4/12 is a valid unit/port number list (see entry

S1 in Figure 51 on page 117). It represents the following port order:

• Unit 1: ports 1 to 7
• Unit 2: ports 1 to 7 and port 9
• Unit 3: ports 1 to 4
• Unit 4: port 12

Accelerator keys for repetitive tasks

You can use certain keystrokes as “accelerator keys” to help speed up repetitive
tasks. For example, suppose you want to modify the Port List field in the MAC
Address Security Port List screen (Figure 51 on page 117). You can modify the
port list in any of the following ways:

• Add a new port to an existing port number list.

• Remove a port from an existing port number list.
• Copy an existing field into an adjacent field.

Adding a new port to an existing port number list

In the example shown in Figure 51 on page 117, S3 shows the Port List field
values as:

1/3,2/7,3/1-4

If you want to add another port (for example, port 2/9) to the existing port number
list, you could highlight the field and then type another port list, including the new
port number 1/3,2/7,2/9,3/1-4 [Return]. This method can be cumbersome.

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As an alternative method instead, you can highlight the field and then enter +2/9
[Return]. The existing field keeps the previous list and adds the new port number
(2/9) between ports 2/7 and 3/14.

(If you choose to add port 2/8 to the existing port number list, the field accepts the
new port 2/8 but shows the new port number list field as: 1/3,2/7-8,3/1-4.)

Removing a port from an existing port number list

To remove a port from the port number list, use the minus sign (-) character
instead of the plus sign (+) character as described above.

Copying an existing field into and adjacent field

You can use the period (.) character to copy a previously entered field value into
the field directly next to it. For example, to copy the Allowed Source S3 (shown in
Figure 51 on page 117) into the next field (entry 6):

1 Enter a MAC address into the next MAC address field.

2 Highlight the (blank) Allowed Source field.
3 Enter the period (.) character and click Return.

The port number list from the previous entry is copied into the new field.

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MAC Address Security Table screens

The MAC Address Security Table screens allow you specify the ports that each
MAC address is allowed to access. You must also include the MAC addresses of
any routers that are connected to any secure ports.

There are 16 available MAC Address Security Table screens (Figure 52) that you
can use to create up to 448 MAC address entries (28 per screen).

Figure 52 MAC Address Security Table screens

MAC Address Security Table

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Press Ctrl-N to display next screen.

Enter MAC Address, xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx, press <Return> or <Enter> when complete.
Press Ctrl-R to return to previous menu. Press Ctrl-C to return to Main Menu.

MAC Address Security Table

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Enter MAC Address, xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx, press <Return> or <Enter> when complete.
Press Ctrl-R to return to previous menu. Press Ctrl-C to return to Main Menu.

Choose MAC Address Security Table from the MAC Address Security
Configuration Menu to open the MAC Address Security Table screen (Figure 53).

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Figure 53 MAC Address Security Table screen

Table 20 describes the MAC Address Security Table screen fields.

Table 20 MAC Address Security Table screen fields

Field Description

Find an Address Allows you to search for a specific MAC address that is used in any of the
MAC Address Security Table screens.
MAC Address Allows you to specify up to 448 MAC addresses that are authorized to access
the switch. You can specify the ports that each MAC address is allowed to
access using the Allowed Source field (see next field description). The
specified MAC address does not take effect until the Allowed Source field is
set to some value (a single unit/port number or a port list value that you
previously configured in the MAC Address Security Port Lists screen). You can
clear an existing MAC address field by entering zero (0) in the field and
pressing [Enter].
Default - - - - - (no address assigned)
Range A range of 6 Hex Octets, separated by dashes (multicast1 and
broadcast addresses are not allowed).
Allowed Source Allows you to specify the ports that each MAC address is allowed to access.
The options for the Allowed Source field include a single unit/port number or a
port list value that you have previously configured in the MAC Address
Security Port Lists screen.

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Table 20 MAC Address Security Table screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Default - (Blank field)

Range A single unit/port or a port list value (for example, 1/3, 1/6,
3/4, S1, S5, etc.).
1 Multicast address -- Note that the first octet of any Multicast address will always be an odd number.

VLAN Configuration Menu screen

The VLAN Configuration Menu screen (Figure 54) allows you to select the
appropriate screen to configure up to 32 VLANs.

When you create VLANs, you can assign various ports (and therefore the devices
attached to these ports) to different broadcast domains. Creating VLANs increases
network flexibility by allowing you to reassign devices to accommodate network
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To open the VLAN Configuration Menu:

Choose VLAN Configuration (or press v) from the Switch Configuration

Menu screen.

Figure 54 VLAN Configuration Menu screen

Table 21 describes the VLAN Configuration Menu options.

Table 21 VLAN Configuration Menu options

Option Description

VLAN Configuration... Displays the VLAN Configuration screen (see “VLAN Configuration screen” on
page 124). This screen allows you to set up VLAN workgroups.
VLAN Port Displays the VLAN Port Configuration screen (see “VLAN Port Configuration
Configuration... screen” on page 127). This screen allows you to set up a specific switch port.
VLAN Display by Port... Displays the VLAN Display by Port screen (see “VLAN Display by Port screen”
on page 128).
Return to Switch Exits the VLAN Configuration Menu screen and displays the Switch
Configuration Menu Configuration Menu screen.

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VLAN Configuration screen

The VLAN Configuration screen (Figure 55) allows you to create and assign
VLAN port memberships to standalone or stacked unit ports. You can create
port-based and policy-based VLANs for the following purposes:

• IEEE 802.1Q port-based VLANs allow you to explicitly configure switch

ports as VLAN port members.

When you create a port-based VLAN, you assign a Port VLAN Identifier (PVID)
manually, or use Auto PVID to assign it automatically.

When you configure ports as VLAN port members, they become part of a set of
ports that form a broadcast domain for a specific VLAN. You can assign switch
ports, whether standalone or stacked unit ports, as VLAN port members of one or
more VLANs.

You can add or remove port members from a VLAN in accordance with the
IEEE 802.1Q tagging rules. See “IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups” on page 56
for a description of important terms used with 802.1Q VLANs.

You can also use this screen to create and to delete specific VLANs, to assign
VLAN names, and to assign any VLAN as the management VLAN.

To open the VLAN Configuration screen:

Choose VLAN Configuration (or press v) from the VLAN Configuration

Menu screen.

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Figure 55 VLAN Configuration screen

Table 22 describes the VLAN Configuration screen fields.

Table 22 VLAN Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Create VLAN Allows you to set up or view configured VLAN workgroups. Enter the number of the
new VLAN you want to create or view, then press [Return]. The Port Membership
fields indicate the corresponding VLAN workgroup configuration, if configured.
Dashes (-) indicate no VLAN Members are configured. Alternatively, you can use
the space bar to toggle through the various configured VLAN workgroups. You can
create up to 32 different VLANs (except VLAN #1).
Default 1
Range 2 to 4094
Delete VLAN Allows you to delete specified VLANs, except the assigned management VLAN
(See Management VLAN field). Enter the number of the VLAN you want to delete,
then press [Return], or use the space bar to toggle through the selection until you
reach the VLAN you want to delete, then press [Return].
The specified VLAN is deleted as soon as you press [Return]. The software does
not prompt you to reconsider this action. If you delete a VLAN, all configuration
parameters that are associated with that VLAN are deleted also.
You cannot delete VLAN 1. By default, all switch ports are assigned as untagged
members of VLAN 1 with all ports configured as PVID = 1. See “IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
workgroups” on page 56 for more information.

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Table 22 VLAN Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Default blank field

Range 2 to 4094
VLAN Name Allows you to assign a name field to configured VLANs.
Default VLAN # (VLAN number)
Range Any ASCII string of up to 16 printable characters
Management VLAN Allows you to assign any VLAN as the management VLAN. VLAN 1 is the default
management VLAN for the switch. To set this field, the VLAN State field value must
be Active.
Default No
Range Yes, No
VLAN State Allows you to activate your newly created VLAN.
The values VLAN Type, must be configured appropriately before this field can be set
to active. After you set the VLAN State field value to Active, you cannot change the
VLAN State or VLAN Type, unless you delete the VLAN.
If you delete a VLAN, all configuration parameters that are associated with that
VLAN are also deleted.
Default Inactive
Range Inactive, Active
Port Membership Allows you to assign VLAN port memberships to standalone or stacked unit ports.
The ports can be configured in one or more VLANs. To set this field, you must set
the VLAN State field to Active. Certain restrictions apply for Gigabit and BayStack
410 ports.
This field is dependent on the Tagging field value in the VLAN Port Configuration
screen (see the Tagging field description in “VLAN Port Configuration screen fields”
on page 128).
For example:
• When the Tagging field is set to Untagged Access, you can set the Port
Membership field as an untagged port member (U) or as a non-VLAN port
member (-).
• When the Tagging field is set to Tagged Trunk, you can set the Port Membership
field as a tagged port member (T) or as a non-VLAN port
member (-).
The Port Membership fields are displayed in six-port groups (for example, 1-6, 7-12,
13-18). The number of ports displayed depends on the switch model or type of
optional GBIC installed in the Uplink Module slot.
Default U (All ports are assigned as untagged members of VLAN 1.)
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VLAN Port Configuration screen

The VLAN Port Configuration screen (Figure 56) allows you to configure
specified switch ports with the appropriate PVID/VLAN association that enables
the creation of VLAN broadcast domains (see “Shared servers” on page 65 for
more information about setting up VLAN broadcast domains).

You can configure specified switch ports to filter (discard) all received untagged
frames (see “IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups” on page 56).

To open the VLAN Port Configuration screen.

Choose VLAN Port Configuration (or press c) from the VLAN

Configuration Menu screen.

Figure 56 VLAN Port Configuration screen

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Table 23 describes the VLAN Port Configuration screen fields.

Table 23 VLAN Port Configuration screen fields

Field Description
Unit Allows you to select a switch in your stack. To view another switch, type
its switch number and press [Enter], or press the spacebar to toggle the
switch numbers.
Port Allows you to select the number of the port you want to view or
configure. To view another port, type its port number and press [Enter],
or press the spacebar to toggle the port numbers.
Filter Untagged Frames Sets this port to filter (discard) all received untagged frames.
Default No
Range No, Yes
Port Name The default port name (with associated stack unit number when
configured) assigned to this port. You can change this field to any name
that is up to 16 characters long.
Default Unit x, Port x
Range Any ASCII string of up to 16 printable characters
PVID Associates this port with a specific VLAN. For example, a port with a
PVID of 3 assigns all untagged frames received on this port to VLAN 3.
Default 1
Range 1 to 4094
Tagging Allows you to assign VLAN Port Membership tagging options to this port,
as follows:
• Untagged Access: Any VLAN that this port is a member of will not be
802.1Q tagged.
Default Untagged Access
Range Untagged Access, Tagged Trunk
Auto PVID Specifies the port VLAN identifier (PVID) automatically

VLAN Display by Port screen

The VLAN Display by Port screen (Figure 57) allows you to view VLAN
characteristics associated with a specified switch port.

Choose VLAN Display by Port (or press d) from the VLAN Configuration Menu
screen to open the VLAN Display by Port screen.

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Figure 57 VLAN Display by Port screen

Table 24 describes the VLAN Display by Port screen fields.

Table 24 VLAN Display by Port screen fields

Field Description

Unit Allows you to select a switch in your stack. To view another switch, type its switch
number and press [Enter], or press the spacebar to toggle the switch numbers.
Port Allows you to select the number of the port you want to view. To view another port,
type its port number and press [Enter], or press the spacebar on your keyboard to
toggle the port numbers.
PVID Read-only field that indicates the PVID setting for the specified port.
Port Name Read-only field that indicates the port name assigned to the specified port.
VLANs Column header for the read-only fields listing the VLANs associated with the
specified port.
VLAN Name Column header for the read-only fields listing the VLAN Names associated with the
specified port.

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Port Configuration screen

The Port Configuration screen (Figures 58 and 59) allows you to configure
specific switch ports or all switch ports. You can enable or disable the port status
of specified switch ports, set the switch ports to autonegotiate for the highest
available speed of the connected station, or set the speed for selected switch ports
(autonegotiation is not supported on fiber optic ports).

You can disable switch ports that are trunk members; however, the screen prompts
for verification of the request before completing the action. Choosing [Yes]
disables the port and removes it from the trunk.

Note: The Autonegotiation fields, the Speed fields, and the Duplex
fields are independent of MultiLink Trunking, VLANs, and the STP.

To open the Port Configuration screen:

Choose Port Configuration (or press p) from the Switch Configuration Menu
screen.

Figure 58 Port Configuration screen (1 of 2)

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Figure 59 Port Configuration screen (2 of 2)

Table 25 describes the Port Configuration screen fields.

Table 25 Port Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Port Indicates the switch port numbers that correspond to the field values in that row of
the screen (for example, the field values in row 2 apply to switch port 2). The values
that you set in the Switch row will affect all switch ports and, when the switch is part
of a stack, the values that you set in the Stack row will affect all ports in the entire
stack (except the GBIC ports or fiber optic ports).
Trunk The read-only data displayed in this column indicates the trunks that correspond to
the switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields of the Trunk Configuration
screen (see “MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen” on page 134).
Status Allows you to disable any of the switch ports. You can also use this field to control
access to any switch port.
Default Value Enabled
Range Enabled, Disabled
Link A read-only field that indicates the current link state of the corresponding port, as
follows:
• Up: The port is connected and operational.
• Down: The port is not connected or is not operational.

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Table 25 Port Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

LnkTrap Allows you to control whether link up/link down traps are sent to the configured trap
sink from the switch.
Default Value On
Range On, Off
Autonegotiation When enabled, sets the corresponding port speed to match the best service provided
by the connected station, up to 100 Mb/s in full-duplex mode. This field is disabled for
all fiber optic ports.
Default Value Enabled
Range Enabled, Disabled
Speed/Duplex1 Allows you to manually configure any port to support an Ethernet speed of 10 Mb/s
or 100 Mb/s, in half- or full-duplex mode. This field is set (by default) to 1000 Mb/s,
full-duplex for Gigabit ports only.
Default Value 100Mbs/Half (when Autonegotiation is Disabled)
Range 10Mbs/Half, 10Mbs/Full, 100Mbs/Half, 100Mbs/Full
1.

High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen

The High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen (Figure 60) allows you to set
the port parameters for the Gigabit Ethernet Interface.

Note: The GBIC module does not need to be installed to configure the
port.

Choose High Speed Flow Control Configuration (or press h) from the Switch
Configuration Menu screen to open the High Speed Flow Control Configuration
screen.

Flow control can only be modified when autonegotiation on ports 25 and 26 is

disabled. Autonegotiation can only be enabled or disabled from the Port
Configuration screen.

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Figure 60 High Speed Flow Control Configuration

Table 26 describes the High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen fields.

Table 26 High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Unit Allows you to select the unit number (when stacking is configured) to view or
configure. To view or configure another unit, type its unit number and press
[Enter], or press the spacebar to toggle the unit numbers (the system only
displays a screen for units that are configured with a Gigabit MDA).
Autonegotiation When enabled, the port only advertises support for 1000 Mb/s operation, in
full-duplex mode.
Default Value Enabled
Range Enabled, Disabled
Flow Control Allows you to control traffic and avoid congestion on the Gigabit MDA port. Two
modes are available (see “Choosing a high speed flow control mode,” next, for
details about the two modes). The Flow Control field cannot be configured
unless you set the Autonegotiation field value to Disabled.
Default Value Disabled
Range Disabled, Symmetric, Asymmetric

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Choosing a high speed flow control mode

The high speed flow control feature allows you to control traffic and avoid
congestion on the Gigabit full-duplex link. If the receive port buffer becomes full,
the BayStack 425-24T Switch issues a flow-control signal to the device at the
other end of the link to suspend transmission. When the receive buffer is no longer
full, the switch issues a signal to resume the transmission. You can choose
Symmetric or Asymmetric flow control mode.

Symmetric mode

This mode allows both the GBIC port and its link partner to send flow control
pause frames to each other.

When a pause frame is received (by either the GBIC port or its link partner), the
port suspends transmission of frames for a number of slot times specified in the
control frame or until a pause-release control frame is received. Both devices on
the link must support this mode when it is selected.

Asymmetric mode

This mode allows the link partner to send flow control pause frames to the GBIC
port. When a pause frame is received, the receiving port suspends transmission of
frames for a number of slot times specified in the control frame or until a
pause-release control frame is received.

In this mode, the GBIC port is disabled from transmitting pause frames to its link
partner. Use this mode when the GBIC port is connected to a buffered repeater
device.

MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen

The MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen (Figure 61) allows you to select
the appropriate screen to configure up to six MultiLink Trunks (you can group up
to four switch ports together to form each trunk).

You can configure up to six MultiLink Trunks in each stack, with trunk members
in either a single unit or distributed between units within the stack configuration
(distributed trunking).

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You can monitor the bandwidth usage for the trunk member ports within each
trunk. For more information about configuring MultiLink Trunks, see “MultiLink
Trunks” on page 72.

Note: When a trunk is not active (Trunk Status field set to Disabled),
configuration changes do not take effect until you set the Trunk Status
field to Enabled.

To open the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen:

Choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration (or press t) from the Switch

Configuration Menu screen.

Figure 61 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen

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Table 27 describes the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu options.

Table 27 MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu options

Option Description
MultiLink Trunk Displays the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen (Figure 62). This screen
Configuration... allows you to configure up to six MultiLink Trunks within a standalone switch or
within a stack configuration. You can group up to four switch ports together to
form each trunk.
MultiLink Trunk Displays the MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (Figure 63 and Figure 64). This
Utilization... screen allows you to monitor the bandwidth utilization of the configured trunks.
Return to Switch Exits the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen and displays the Switch
Configuration Menu Configuration Menu screen.

MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen

The MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen (Figure 62) allows you to configure up
to six trunks in a standalone switch or stack. In a stack configuration, trunk
members can be distributed between any of the units within the same stack
configuration.

To open the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen:

Choose Trunk Configuration (or press t) from the MultiLink Trunk

Configuration Menu screen.

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Figure 62 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen

Table 28 describes the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen fields.

Table 28 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Trunk Column header for the read-only fields in this screen. The read-only data displayed in
the Trunk column indicates the trunk (1 to 6) that corresponds to the switch ports
specified in the user-configurable Trunk Members fields.
Trunk Members The Trunk Members column contains fields in each row that can be configured to create
(Unit/Port) the corresponding trunk. The Unit value in the (Unit/Port) field is configurable only when
the switch (unit) is part of a stack configuration. It indicates that the trunk members in this
row are associated with the specified unit number configured in the Unit field. Each
switch port can only be a member of a single trunk. The appropriate trunk number for
each trunk member configured within this field is shown adjacent to the corresponding
switch port in the following screens: Port Configuration screen, and Spanning Tree
Configuration screen.
Default Value blank field
Range For unit number: 1 to 8, for port number: 1 to 26

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Table 28 MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

STP Learning The STP Learning column contains a single field for each row that, when enabled,
allows the specified trunk to participate in the spanning tree. This setting overrides those
of the individual trunk members.

Fast is the same as Normal, except that the state transition timer is shortened to two
seconds.
Default Value Normal
Range Normal, Fast, Disabled
Trunk Mode The Trunk Mode column contains a single read only field for each row that indicates the
default operating mode for the switch.
Basic: Basic mode is the default mode for the switch. When in this mode, source MAC
addresses are dynamically assigned to specific trunk members for flooding and
forwarding, which allows the switch to stabilize and distribute the data streams of source
addresses across the trunk members.
Trunk Status The Trunk Status column contains a single field for each row that allows users to enable
or disable any of the trunks.
Default Value Disabled
Range Enabled, Disabled
Trunk Name The Trunk Name column contains a single optional field in each row that can be used to
assign names to the corresponding configured trunks. The names chosen for this
example can provide meaningful information to the user (for example, S1:T1 to FS2
indicates Trunk 1, in switch S1 connects to File Server 2).

MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen

The MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (Figure 63 and Figure 64) allows you to
monitor the percentage of bandwidth used by configured trunk members. You can
choose the type of traffic to monitor.

Figure 63 shows an example of bandwidth utilization rates for the trunk member
ports configured in Figure 62. Because two screens are necessary to show all of
the configured trunks (up to six), the screen prompts you to Press [Ctrl]-N to view
trunks five and six.

Choose MultiLink Trunk Utilization (or press u) from the MultiLink Trunk
Configuration Menu screen to open the MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen.

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Figure 63 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (1 of 2)

Figure 64 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen (2 of 2)

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Table 29 describes the MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen fields.

Table 29 MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen fields

Field Description
Trunk Column header for the read-only fields in this screen. The read-only data displayed in
this column indicates the trunk (1 to 6) that corresponds to the switch ports specified
in the Port field.
Traffic Type Allows you to choose the traffic type to be monitored for percent of bandwidth
utilization (see Range).
Default Value Rx and Tx
Range Rx and Tx, Rx, Tx
Unit/Port Lists the trunk member ports that correspond to the trunk specified in the Trunk
column. The (Unit/) extension to the Port column name only appears when the switch
(unit) is part of a stack configuration. It indicates that the ports in this row are
associated with the specified unit number configured in the Unit field.
Last 5 Minutes This read-only field indicates the percentage of packets (of the type specified in the
Traffic Type field) utilized by the port in the last 5 minutes. This field provides a
running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds.
Last 30 Minutes This read-only field indicates the percentage of packets (of the type specified in the
Traffic Type field) utilized by the port in the last 30 minutes. This field provides a
running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds.
Last Hour This read-only field indicates the percentage of packets (of the type specified in the
Traffic Type field) utilized by the port in the last 60 minutes. This field provides a
running average of network activity and is updated every 15 seconds.

Port Mirroring Configuration screen

The Port Mirroring Configuration screen allows you to configure a specific switch
port to monitor one specific port. You can specify port-based monitoring, and in a
stack configuration, you can monitor ports that reside on different units within the
stack.

For more information about the port mirroring feature, see “Port mirroring
(conversation steering)” on page 40.

Figure 65 shows an example of a Port Mirroring Configuration screen.

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To open the Port Mirroring Configuration screen:

Choose Port Mirroring Configuration (or press i) from the Switch

Configuration Menu screen.

Figure 65 Port Mirroring Configuration screen

Table 30 describes the Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields.

Table 30 Port Mirroring Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Monitoring Mode Allows a user to select any one of six port-based monitoring modes or any one of five
address-based monitoring modes (see Table 31 on page 142). Selecting any one of
the six port-based modes activates the port X and port Y screen fields, where a user
can choose up to two ports to monitor. Selecting any one of the five address-based
modes activates the Address A and Address B screen fields, where a user can
specify MAC addresses to monitor.
Default Value Disabled
Range See Table 31 on page 142

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Field Description

Monitor Unit/Port Indicates the port number (of the specified unit) that is designated as the monitor
port.
Default Value Zero-length string
Range 1 to 8/ 1 to 26
Unit/Port X Indicates one of the ports (of the specified unit) that will be monitored by the
designated port monitor when one of the port-based monitoring modes is selected.
This port will be monitored according to the value of Port X in the Monitoring Mode
field (see Table 31).
Default Value Zero-length string
Range 1 to 8/ 1 to 26

Table 31 describes the various monitoring modes available from the Port
Mirroring Configuration screen.

Table 31 Monitoring modes

Field Description

Port-based:
Disabled Default value for this feature.
-> Port X Monitor all traffic received by Port X.

Port Statistics screen

The Port Statistics screen (Figure 66) allows you to view detailed information
about any switch or port in a stacked or standalone configuration. The screen is
divided into two sections (Received and Transmitted) so that you can compare
and evaluate throughput or other port parameters. All screen data is updated
approximately every 2 seconds.

You can use the Port Statistics screen to clear (reset to zero) port counters for a
specific switch or port. Alternatively, you can use the Clear All Port Statistics
option to clear port counters for all switches or ports (see “Switch Configuration
Menu screen” on page 105).

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To open the Port Statistics screen:

Choose Display Port Statistics (or press d) from the Switch Configuration
Menu screen.

Figure 66 Port Statistics screen

Table 32 describes the Port Statistics screen fields.

Note: In a stacked configuration, the Port Statistics screen appears in a

slightly different format when the port selected in the Unit/Port field is
configured with a GBIC.

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Table 32 Port Statistics screen fields

Field Description
Unit Only appears if the switch is participating in a stack configuration. The field allows
you to select the number of the unit you want to view or configure. To view or
configure another unit, type its unit number and press [Enter], or press the
spacebar on your keyboard to toggle the unit numbers.
Port Allows you to select the number of the port you want to view or reset to zero.
To view another port, type its port number and press [Enter], or press the spacebar
on your keyboard to toggle the port numbers.
Packets Received column: Indicates the total number of packets received on this port,
including bad packets, broadcast packets, and multicast packets.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of packets transmitted successfully
on this port, including broadcast packets and multicast packets.
Multicasts Received column: Indicates the total number of good multicast packets received
on this port, excluding broadcast packets.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of multicast packets transmitted
successfully on this port, excluding broadcast packets.
Broadcasts Received column: Indicates the total number of good broadcast packets received
on this port.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of broadcast packets transmitted
successfully on this port.
Total Octets Received column: Indicates the total number of octets of data (including data in
bad packets) received on this port, excluding framing bits but including FCS octets.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of octets of data transmitted
successfully on this port, including FCS octets.
Lost Packets Received column: Indicates the total number of packets lost (discarded) when the
capacity of the port receive buffer was exceeded.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of packets lost (discarded) when
the capacity of the port transmit buffer was exceeded.
Packets 64 bytes Received column: Indicates the total number of 64-byte packets received on this
port.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of 64-byte packets transmitted
successfully on this port.
65-127 bytes Received column: Indicates the total number of 65-byte to 127-byte packets
received on this port.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of 65-byte to 127-byte packets
transmitted successfully on this port.

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Table 32 Port Statistics screen fields (continued)

Field Description

128-255 bytes Received column: Indicates the total number of 128-byte to 255-byte packets
received on this port.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of 128-byte to 255-byte packets
transmitted successfully on this port.
256-511 bytes Received column: Indicates the total number of 256-byte to 511-byte packets
received on this port.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of 256-byte to 511-byte packets
transmitted successfully on this port.
512-1023 bytes Received column: Indicates the total number of 512-byte to 1023-byte packets
received on this port.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of 512-byte to 1023-byte packets
transmitted successfully on this port.
1024-1518 bytes Received column: Indicates the total number of 1024-byte to 1518-byte packets
received on this port.
Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of 1024-byte to 1518-byte packets
transmitted successfully on this port.
Frame Errors Indicates the total number of valid-size packets that were received but discarded
because of CRC errors and improper framing.
Undersized Packets Indicates the total number of packets received on this port with fewer than 64 bytes
and with proper CRC and framing (also known as short frames or runts).
Oversized Packets Indicates the total number of packets received on this port with more than 1518
bytes and with proper CRC and framing (also known as oversized frames).
Filtered Packets Indicates the number of packets filtered (not forwarded) by this port.
Flooded Packets Indicates the total number of packets flooded (forwarded) through this port
because the destination address was not in the address database.
FCS Errors Indicates the total number of valid-size packets that were received with proper
framing but discarded because of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) errors.
Collisions Indicates the total number of collisions detected on this port.
Single Collisions Indicates the total number of packets that were transmitted successfully on this
port after a single collision.
Multiple Collisions Indicates the total number of packets that were transmitted successfully on this
port after more than one collision.
Excessive Collisions Indicates the total number of packets lost on this port due to excessive collisions.
Deferred Packets Indicates the total number of frames that were delayed on the first transmission
attempt, but never incurred a collision.
Late Collisions Indicates the total number of packet collisions that occurred after a total length of
time that exceeded 512 bit-times of packet transmission.

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Table 32 Port Statistics screen fields (continued)

Field Description

The following field values appear only when the port selected in the Unit/Port field is configured with a GBIC.
Pause Frames Transmitted column: Indicates the total number of pause frames transmitted on this
(Port 25 only) port. Pause frames cause the transmitting port to temporarily suspend the
transmission of packets when the receiving port’s frame buffer is full (Gigabit ports
only).
Received column: Indicates the total number of pause frames received on this port.
Pause frames cause the transmitting port to temporarily suspend the transmission
of packets when the receiving port’s frame buffer is full (Gigabit ports only).

System Log screen

The System Log screen (Figure 67) displays or clears messages obtained from
system nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) or dynamic random access
memory (DRAM) and NVRAM. When the switch is part of a stack configuration,
the System screen displays only the data for the BayStack 425-24T Switch you are
connected to through the Console/Comm port.

System Log messages operate as follows:

• NVRAM messages are retrievable after a system reset.

• DRAM messages can be viewed while the system is operational.
• All NVRAM and DRAM messages are time stamped.
• When you restart your system after a reset, the DRAM messages are deleted.
• After a reset, all messages stored in NVRAM are copied to DRAM (DRAM
messages are not copied to NVRAM). The messages copied to DRAM are
time stamped to zero (0).

To open the System Log screen:

Choose Display System Log (or press y) from the main menu.

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Figure 67 System Log screen

Table 33 describes the System Log screen fields.

Table 33 System Log screen fields

Field Description

Unit This field only appears if the switch is participating in a stack configuration. The
field allows you to select the unit number of the BayStack 425-24T Switch you
want to view. To view the log messages of another BayStack 425-24T Switch,
type its unit number and press [Enter], or press the spacebar on your keyboard
to toggle the unit numbers.
Display Messages This field allows you to select the RAM source your messages are obtained
From from. Choose Non Volatile (NVRAM) or Volatile (DRAM) + Non Volatile. Use the
spacebar to toggle between the options.
Default Non Volatile
Range Non Volatile, Volatile, Volatile + Non Volatile

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Field Description

Display configuration This field allows you to determine whether the configuration information received
complete? from NVRAM/DRAM (depending on what is selected in the Display Messages
From field) is complete. Use the spacebar to toggle between the options.
Default No
Range No, Yes
Clear Messages From This field allows you to clear the information messages from DRAM, NVRAM or
both. If you clear DRAM messages, existing NVRAM messages are copied into
DRAM. After a system reset, all existing NVRAM messages are copied to
DRAM. Use the spacebar to toggle between the options.
Default None
Range None, NVRAM, DRAM + NVRAM

Console/Comm Port Configuration screen

The Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (Figure 68) allows you to

configure and modify the console/comm port parameters and security features of a
standalone switch or any participating switch in a stack configuration.

To open the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen:

Choose Console/Comm Port Configuration (or press o) from the main menu.

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Figure 68 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen

Table 34 describes the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen fields.

Table 34 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Comm Port Data Bits A read-only field that indicates the current console/comm port data bit setting.
Comm Port Parity A read-only field that indicates the current console/comm port parity setting.
Comm Port Stop Bits A read-only field that indicates the current console/comm port stop bit setting.
Console Port Speed Allows you to set the console/comm port baud rate to match the baud rate of the
console terminal.
Default Value: 9600 Baud
Range: 2400 Baud, 4800 Baud, 9600 Baud, 19200 Baud, 38400 Baud
Caution: If you choose a baud rate that does not match your console
terminal baud rate, you will lose communication with the configuration
interface when you press [Enter]. If communication is lost, set your
console terminal to match the new service port setting.

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Field Description

Achtung: Bei Auswahl einer Baud rate, die nicht mit der Baudrate des
Konsolenterminals übereinstimmt, geht die Kommunikation mit der
Konsolenschnittstelle verloren, wenn Sie die Eingabetaste drücken.
Stellen Sie in diesem Fall das Konsolenterminal so ein, daß es mit der
neuen Einstellung der Service-Schnittstelle übereinstimmt.

Attention: Si vous sélectionnez un débit différent de celui de votre

terminal, vous perdrez le contact avec l'interface de votre console dès
que vous appuierez sur [Entrée]. Pour restaurer la communication,
alignez le débit de votre terminal sur le nouveau débit de votre port de
service.

Precaución: Si selecciona una velocidad de transmisión que no

coincide con la velocidad de transmisión del terminal de la consola,
perderá la comunicación con el interfaz de la consola al pulsar [Intro]. Si
se pierde la comunicación, ajuste el terminal de la consola para que
coincida con el nuevo valor del puerto de servicio.

Attenzione: Nel caso in cui si scelga una velocità di trasmissione non

corrispondente a quella del terminale della console, la comunicazione
con l'interfaccia della console cadrà premendo il tasto [Invio]. Se la
comunicazione cade, impostare il terminale della console in modo tale
che corrisponda alla nuova impostazione della porta di servizio.

Console Switch Enables password protection for accessing the console interface (CI) of a
Password Type standalone switch through a console terminal.
If you set this field to Required, you can use the Logout option to restrict access
to the CI. Thereafter, you will need to specify the correct password at the
console-terminal prompt. See Console Read-Only Switch Password and
Console Read-Write Switch Password for more information.
Default Value None
Range None, Local Password, RADIUS Authentication

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Table 34 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Console Stack Enables password protection for accessing the console interface (CI) of any
Password Type participating switch in a stack configuration through a console terminal.
If you set this field to Required, you can use the Logout option to restrict access
to the CI of any stack unit. Thereafter, you will need to specify the correct
password at the console-terminal prompt when accessing the stack. See
Console Read-Only Stack Password and Console Read-Write Stack Password
for more information.
Default Value None
Range None, Local Password, RADIUS Authentication
TELNET Switch Enables password protection for accessing the console interface (CI) of a
Password Type standalone switch through a Telnet session.
If you set this field to Required, you can use the Logout option to restrict access
to the CI. Thereafter, you will need to specify the correct password at the
console-terminal prompt. See Console Read-Only Switch Password and
Console Read-Write Switch Password descriptions for more information.
Default Value None
Range None, Local Password, RADIUS Authentication
TELNET Switch Enables password protection for accessing the console interface (CI) of any
Password Type participating switch in a stack configuration, through a Telnet session.
If you set this field to Required, you can use the Logout option to restrict access
to the CI of any stack unit. Thereafter, you will need to specify the correct
password at the console-terminal prompt when accessing the stack. See
Console Read-Only Stack Password and Console Read-Write Stack Password
for more information.
Default Value None
Range None, Local Password, RADIUS Authentication
Console Read-Only When the Console Switch Password field is set to Required (for Telnet, for
Switch Password Console, or for Both), this field allows read-only password access to the CI of a
standalone switch. Users can access the CI using the correct password (see
default), but cannot change parameters or use the Reset option or Reset to
Default option.
Default Value user
Range An ASCII string of up to 15 printable characters
Console Read-Write When the Console Switch Password field is set to Required (for Telnet, for
Switch Password Console, or for Both), this field allows read-write password access to the CI of a
standalone switch. Users can log in to the CI using the correct password (see
default) and can change any parameter, except the stack passwords.
You can change the default passwords for read-only access and read-write
access to a private password.

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Field Description

Default Value: secure

Range: Any ASCII string of up to 15 printable characters
Caution: If you change the system-supplied default passwords, be
sure to write the new passwords down and keep them in a safe place. If
you forget the new passwords, you cannot access the console interface.
In that case, contact Nortel Networks for help.

Achtung: Wenn Sie die für das System standardmäßig eingestellten

Paßwörter ändern, notieren Sie sich die neuen Paßwörter, und
bewahren Sie sie an einem sicheren Ort auf. Falls Sie die neuen
Paßwörter vergessen, können Sie nicht mehr auf die
Konsolenschnittstelle zugreifen. Wenden Sie sich in diesem Fall an
Nortel Networks, um Unterstützung zu erhalten.

Attention: Si vous changez les mots de passe par défaut du système,

assurez-vous de bien noter vos nouveaux mots de passe et de les
conserver dans un endroit sûr. Si vous perdez vos nouveaux mots de
passe, vous ne pourrez plus accéder à votre interface. Le cas échéant,
veuillez contacter Nortel Networks.

Precaución: Si modifica las contraseñas predeterminadas asignadas

por el sistema, asegúrese de anotar las nuevas contraseñas y
guárdelas en un lugar seguro. Si olvida las nuevas contraseñas, no
podrá acceder al interfaz de la consola. En ese caso, póngase en
contacto con Nortel Networks para obtener ayuda al respecto.

Attenzione: In caso di modifica delle password predefinite nel sistema,

assicurarsi di annotare le nuove password e di conservarle in un luogo
sicuro. Nel caso in cui le nuove password vengano dimenticate, non
sarà possibile accedere all'interfaccia della console. In tal caso,
contattare la Nortel Networks per avere assistenza.

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Table 34 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Console Read-Only When the Console Switch Password field is set to Required (for Telnet, for
Stack Password Console, or for Both), this field allows read-only password access to the CI of
any participating switch in a stack configuration. Users can access the CI using
the correct password (see default), but cannot change any parameters or use
the Reset option or Reset to Default option.
Default Value user
Range An ASCII string of up to 15 printable characters
Console Read-Write When the Console Switch Password field is set to Local Password (for Telnet, for
Stack Password Console, or for Both), this field allows read-write password access to the CI of
any participating switch in a stack configuration. Users can log in to the CI using
the correct password (see default), and can change any parameter, except the
switch password.
You can change the default passwords for read-only access and read-write
access to a private password.
Default Value: secure
Range: Any ASCII string of up to 15 printable characters
Caution: If you change the system-supplied default passwords, be sure
to write the new passwords down and keep them in a safe place. If you
forget the new passwords, you cannot access the console interface. In
that case, contact Nortel Networks for help.
Achtung: Wenn Sie die für das System standardmäßig eingestellten
Paßwörter ändern, notieren Sie sich die neuen Paßwörter, und
bewahren Sie sie an einem sicheren Ort auf. Falls Sie die neuen
Paßwörter vergessen, können Sie nicht mehr auf die
Konsolenschnittstelle zugreifen. Wenden Sie sich in diesem Fall an
Nortel Networks, um Unterstützung zu erhalten.

Attention: Si vous changez les mots de passe par défaut du système,

assurez-vous de bien noter vos nouveaux mots de passe et de les
conserver dans un endroit sûr. Si vous perdez vos nouveaux mots de
passe, vous ne pourrez plus accéder à votre interface. Le cas échéant,
veuillez contacter Nortel Networks.

Precaución: Si modifica las contraseñas predeterminadas asignadas

por el sistema, asegúrese de anotar las nuevas contraseñas y
guárdelas en un lugar seguro. Si olvida las nuevas contraseñas, no
podrá acceder al interfaz de la consola. En ese caso, póngase en
contacto con Nortel Networks para obtener ayuda al respecto.

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Table 34 Console/Comm Port Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Attenzione: In caso di modifica delle password predefinite nel sistema,

assicurarsi di annotare le nuove password e di conservarle in un luogo
sicuro. Nel caso in cui le nuove password vengano dimenticate, non
sarà possibile accedere all'interfaccia della console. In tal caso,
contattare la Nortel Networks per avere assistenza.

Primary RADIUS Server The IP address of the Primary RADIUS server.

Default [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is
represented as a decimal value, separated by a decimal point
Secondary RADIUS The IP address of the Secondary RADIUS server.
Server
Default [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is
represented as a decimal value, separated by a decimal point
RADIUS UPD Port The user datagram protocol (UDP) port for the RADIUS server.
Default 1645
Range 0 to 65536
RADIUS Shared Secret Your special switch security code that provides authentication to the RADIUS
server.
Default Null string (which will not authenticate)
Range Any contiguous ASCII string that contains at least 1 printable
character, up to a maximum of 35

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Renumber Stack Units screen

The Renumber Stack Units screen (Figure 69) allows you to renumber the units
configured in the stack. When selected, this option identifies the unit number of
each unit in the stack configuration by lighting the corresponding number of (100
Mb/s port) LEDs on each unit for approximately 10 seconds. For example, unit 3
will display three LEDs.

Note: This menu option and screen appears only when the switch is
participating in a stack configuration.

To open the Renumber Stack Units screen:

Choose Renumber Stack Units (or press n) from the main menu.

Figure 69 Renumber Stack Units screen

Renumber Stack Units

Current Unit Number MAC Address New Unit Number

------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------
[ 1 ] 00-60-fd-77-a6-0c [ 1 ]
[ 2 ] 00-60-fd-77-a5-f0 [ 2 ]
[ 3 ] 00-60-fd-77-a4-4c [ 3 ]
[ 4 ] 00-60-fd-77-ab-84 [ 4 ]

Renumbering stack units will cause an automatic Reset to Current Settings to

occur across the entire stack. The current configuration will be adapted to
the new numbering scheme. Check the stack configuration after the reset to
confirm the desired configuration is set.
Are you sure you want to renumber switches with the new settings? [ No ]

Use space bar to display choices, press <Return> or <Enter> to select choice.
Press Ctrl-R to return to previous menu. Press Ctrl-C to return to Main Menu.

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Table 35 describes the Renumber Stack Units screen fields.

Table 35 Renumber Stack Units screen fields

Field Description
Current Unit Number Read-only fields listing the current unit number of each of the configured stack
units. The entries in this column are displayed in order of their current physical
cabling with respect to the base unit, and can show nonconsecutive unit
numbering if one or more units were previously moved or modified. The entries can
also include unit numbers of units that are no longer participating in the stack (not
currently active).
MAC Address Read-only field listing the MAC address of the corresponding unit listed in the
Current Unit Number field.
New Unit Number User-settable field showing the current unit number of each unit in the stack. You
can change any of the fields, as required. You can also delete entries by typing
zero (0) or using the space bar to clear the field.
Default Value Current stack order
Range 1 to 8
Renumber units with Specifies whether to start the renumbering process (default is No). Use the
new setting? spacebar to toggle the selection to Yes.
Renumbering resets the switch with the current configuration values. When you
select this option, the switch resets, runs a self-test, then displays the Nortel
Networks logo screen. After you press [Ctrl]-Y at the screen prompt, the console
screen temporarily displays the (standalone) BayStack 425-24T Switch main
menu. Then, within 20 seconds, the console screen refreshes and displays the
main menu screen for the stack configuration. The Unit LEDs display the new
numbering order.
Default Value No
Range No, Yes

Hardware Unit Information screen

The Hardware Unit Information screen (Figure 70) lists the switch models,
including any installed GBICs that are configured in your standalone or stack
configuration.

To open the Hardware Unit Information screen:

Choose Display Hardware Units (or press h) from the main menu.

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Figure 70 Hardware Unit Information screen

Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen

The Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen (Figure 71) allows you to view
spanning tree parameters and configure individual switch ports to participate in
the spanning tree algorithm (STA). To modify any of the spanning tree
parameters, see your SNMP documentation.

To open the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen:

Choose Spanning Tree Configuration (or press p) from the main menu.

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Figure 71 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen

Table 36 describes the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu options.

Table 36 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu options

Option Description

Spanning Tree Port Configuration... Displays the Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen (see
“Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen” on page 159).
Spanning Tree Switch Settings Displays the Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen (see
“Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen” on page 162).
Return to Main Menu Exits the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu and displays the
main menu.

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Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen

The Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen allows you to configure individual
switch ports or all switch ports for participation in the spanning tree.

Note: If spanning tree participation of any trunk member is changed

(enabled or disabled), the spanning tree participation of all members of
that trunk is changed similarly.

Figure 72 and Figure 73 show sample port configurations for the two Spanning
Tree Port Configuration screens.

Choose Spanning Tree Port Configuration (or press c) from the Spanning Tree
Configuration Menu to open the Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen.

Figure 72 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen (1 of 2)

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Figure 73 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen (2 of 2)

Table 37 describes the Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen fields.

Table 37 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen fields

Field Description

Unit This field only appears if the switch is participating in a stack configuration. The field
allows you to select the number of the unit you want to view. To view another unit, type its
unit number and press [Enter], or press the spacebar on your keyboard to toggle the unit
numbers.
Port Indicates the switch port numbers that correspond to the field values in that row of the
screen (for example, the field values in row 2 apply to switch port 2). Note that the values
in the Switch row affect all switch ports and, when the switch is part of a stack, the values
in the Stack row affect all ports in the entire stack.
Trunk The read-only data displayed in this column indicates the trunks that correspond to the
switch ports specified in the Trunk Members fields of the Trunk Configuration screen (see
“MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu screen” on page 134).

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Table 37 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Participation Allows you to configure any (or all) of the switch ports for Spanning tree participation.
When an individual port is a trunk member (see Trunk field), changing this setting for one
of the trunk members changes the setting for all members of that trunk. You should
consider how this can change your network topology before you change this setting.
The Fast Learning parameter is the same as Normal Learning, except that the state
transition timer is shortened to 2 seconds.
Default Value Normal Learning
Range Normal Learning, Fast Learning, Disabled
Priority This read-only field is a bridge spanning tree parameter that prioritizes the port’s lowest
path cost to the root. When one or more ports have the same path cost, the STA selects
the path with the highest priority (lowest numerical value). See also Path Cost.
Default Value 128
Range 0 to 255
Path Cost This read-only field is a bridge spanning tree parameter that determines the lowest path
cost to the root.
Default Value 10 or 100 (1 for Gigabit port)
Path Cost = 1000/LAN speed (in Mb/s)
The higher the LAN speed, the lower the path cost.
See also Priority.
Range 1 to 65535
State This read-only field indicates the current port state within the spanning tree network.
Each port can transition to various states, as determined by the Participation field setting.
For example, when the Participation field is set to Disabled, the port does not participate
in the STA and transitions to the Forwarding state (the default). When the Participation
field is set to Enabled, the port transitions from the Disabled state through the Blocking,
Listening, and Learning states before entering the Forwarding state.
Default Value Topology dependent
Range Disabled, Blocking, Listening, Learning, Forwarding

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Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen

The Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen (Figure 74) allows you to view
spanning tree parameter values for the BayStack 425-24T Switch.

To open the Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen:

Choose Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings (or press d) from the
Spanning Tree Configuration Menu screen.

Figure 74 Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen

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Table 38 describes the Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters.

Table 38 Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters

Parameter Description
Bridge Priority Indicates the management-assigned priority value of the bridge ID in hexadecimal
notation, which is the most significant byte of the bridge ID. The STA uses this parameter
to determine the root bridge (or designated bridge). For example, the bridge with the
lowest bridge ID becomes the root bridge, with Bridge Priority values compared first,
followed by the hardware addresses.
Default Value 8000
Range 0 to 65535
Designated Indicates the bridge ID of the root bridge, as determined by the STA.
Root
Default Value 8000 (bridge_id)
Range 0 to 65535
Root Port Indicates the switch port number that offers the lowest path cost to the root bridge.
Default Value 0
Range Unit: 0
Port: 28
Root Path Cost Indicates the path cost from this switch port to the root bridge.
Default Value 0
Range Not applicable
Hello Time Indicates the Actual Hello Interval, the amount of time between transmissions of
configuration Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) that the root bridge is currently using.
Note that all bridges participating in the spanning tree network use the root bridge’s Hello
Interval parameter value. See also Bridge Hello Time.
Default Value 2 seconds
Range 1 to 10 seconds
Maximum Age Indicates the Maximum Age Time parameter value that the root bridge is currently using.
Time This value specifies the maximum age that a Hello message can attain before it is
discarded.
Note that the root bridge’s Maximum Age Time parameter value becomes the actual
Maximum Age Time parameter value for all bridges participating in the spanning tree
network. See also Bridge Maximum Age Time.
Default Value 20 seconds
Range 6 to 40 seconds

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Table 38 Spanning Tree Switch Settings parameters (continued)

Parameter Description

Forward Delay Indicates the Forward Delay parameter value that the root bridge is currently using. This
value specifies the amount of time that the bridge ports remain in the Listening and
Learning states before entering the Forwarding state.
Note that the root bridge’s Forward Delay parameter value becomes the actual Forward
Delay parameter value for all bridges participating in the spanning tree network. See also
Bridge Forward Delay.
Default Value 15 seconds
Range 4 to 30 seconds
Bridge Hello Indicates the Hello Interval (the amount of time between transmissions of BPDUs)
Time specified by management for this bridge. This parameter takes effect only when this
bridge becomes the root bridge.
Note that, although you can set the Hello Interval for a bridge using bridge management
software, once the spanning tree computation process is complete, all bridges
participating in the spanning tree network use the root bridge’s Hello Interval parameter
value. If any bridge becomes the root bridge, its Hello Interval parameter value becomes
the Actual Hello Interval parameter value for all bridges participating in the spanning tree
network. See also Hello Time.
Default Value 2 seconds
Range 1 to 10 seconds
Bridge Specifies the maximum age (in seconds) that a Hello message can attain before it is
Maximum Age discarded. This parameter, specified by management for this bridge, takes effect only
Time when the bridge becomes the root bridge.
Note that, if this bridge becomes the root bridge, its Maximum Age Time parameter value
becomes the Actual Maximum Age Time parameter value for all bridges participating in
the spanning tree network. See also Maximum Age Time.
Default Value 20 seconds
Range 6 to 40 seconds
Bridge Forward Indicates the Forward Delay parameter value specified by management for this bridge.
Delay This parameter takes effect only when this bridge becomes the root bridge.
The Forward Delay parameter value specifies the amount of time that the bridge ports
remain in the Listening and Learning states before entering the Forwarding state.
Note that all bridges participating in the spanning tree network use the root bridge’s
Forward Delay parameter value. See also Forward Delay.
Default Value 15 seconds
Range 4 to 30 seconds

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TELNET Configuration screen

The TELNET Configuration screen (Figure 75) allows a user at a remote console
terminal to communicate with the BayStack 425-24T Switch as if the console
terminal were directly connected to it. You can have up to four active Telnet
sessions at one time.

To open the TELNET Configuration screen:

Choose TELNET Configuration (or press t) from the main menu.

Figure 75 TELNET Configuration screen

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Table 39 describes the TELNET Configuration screen fields.

Table 39 TELNET Configuration screen fields

Field Description
TELNET Access Allows a user remote access to the CI through a Telnet session.
Default Value: Enabled
Range: Enabled, Disabled
Login Timeout Specifies the amount of time a user has to enter the correct password at the
console-terminal prompt.
Default Value: 1 minute
Range: 0 to 10 minutes (0 indicates “no timeout”)
Login Retries Specifies the number of times a user can enter an incorrect password at the
console-terminal prompt before terminating the session.
Default Value: 3
Range: 1 to 100
Inactivity Specifies the amount of time the session can be inactive before it is terminated.
Timeout
Default Value: 15 minutes
Range: 0 to 60 minutes (0 indicates “no timeout”)
Event Logging Specifies the types of events that will be displayed in the Event Log screen (see “System
Log screen” on page 146.
Default Value: All
Range: All, None, Accesses, Failures
Description: All: Logs the following Telnet events to the Event Log screen:
• TELNET connect: Indicates the IP address and access mode of a
Telnet session.
• TELNET disconnect: Indicates the IP address of the remote host
and the access mode, due to either a logout or inactivity.
• Failed TELNET connection attempts: Indicates the IP address of
the remote host whose IP address is not on the list of allowed
addresses, or indicates the IP address of the remote host that did
not supply the correct password.
None: Indicates that no Telnet events will be logged in the Event Log
screen.
Accesses: Logs only Telnet connect and disconnect events in the
Event Log screen.
Failures: Logs only failed Telnet connection attempts in the Event Log
screen.

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Table 39 TELNET Configuration screen fields (continued)

Field Description

Allowed Source Specifies up to 10 user-assigned host IP addresses that are allowed Telnet access to the
IP Address CI.
Default Value: [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range: Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, separated by a decimal point
Allowed Source Specifies up to 10 user-assigned allowed source address masks. The remote IP address
Mask is masked with the Allowed Source Mask and, if the resulting value equals the Allowed
Source IP address, the connection is allowed.
For example, a connection would be allowed with the following settings:
Remote IP address = [Link]
Allowed Source IP Address = [Link]
Allowed Source Mask = [Link]
Default Value: [Link] (no IP mask assigned)
Range: Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, separated by a decimal point

Software Download screen

The Software Download screens (Figure 76 and Figure 77) allow you to revise the
BayStack 425-24T Switch software image that is located in nonvolatile flash
memory.

Caution: Do not interrupt power to the device during the software

download process. If the power is interrupted, the firmware image can
become corrupted.

Achtung: Unterbrechen Sie die Stromzufuhr zum Gerät nicht, während

die Software heruntergeladen wird. Bei Unterbrechung der Stromzufuhr
kann das Firmware-Image beschädigt werden.

Attention: Ne pas couper l'alimentation de l'appareil pendant le

chargement du logiciel. En cas d'interruption, le programme résident
peut être endommagé.

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Precaución: No interrumpa la alimentación del dispositivo durante el

proceso de descarga del software. Si lo hace, puede alterar la imagen de
la programación (firmware).

Attenzione: Non interrompere l'alimentazione elettrica al dispositivo

durante il processo di scaricamento del software. In caso di interruzione,
l'immagine firmware potrebbe danneggiarsi.

To download the software image, you need a properly configured Trivial File
Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server in your network, and an IP address for the switch
(or stack, if configured). To learn how to configure the switch or stack IP address,
refer to “IP Configuration/Setup screen” on page 96.

To open the Software Download screen:

Choose Software Download (or press f) from the main menu.

You can monitor the software download process by observing the LEDs
(see “LED Indications during the download process” on page 170).

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Figure 76 Software Download screen for a BayStack 425-24T Switch

Table 40 describes the Software Download screen fields.

Table 40 Software Download screen fields

Field Description

BayStack The BayStack 425-24T Switch software image load file name.
425-24T Image
Filename
NOTE: Certain software releases may require you to download two images: the boot
code image and the agent image. For proper operation of the switch, the new boot code
image must be downloaded before the agent image is downloaded.
Default Value Zero-length string
Range An ASCII string of up to 30 printable characters
BayStack The BayStack 425-24T Switch diagnostics file name.
425-24T
Diagnostics
Filename
Default Value Zero-length string
Range An ASCII string of up to 30 printable characters

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Table 40 Software Download screen fields (continued)

Field Description

TFTP Server IP The IP address of your TFTP load host.

Address
Default Value [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is represented
as a decimal value, separated by a decimal point
Start TFTP Load Specifies whether to start the download of the switch software image (default is No).
of New Image
Use the spacebar to toggle the selection to Yes.
Press [Enter] to initiate the software download process.
NOTE: The software download process can take up to 60 seconds to complete (or more
if the load host path is congested or there is a high volume of network traffic).
To ensure that the download process is not interrupted, do not power down the switch for
approximately 10 minutes.
Default Value No
Range Yes, No

LED Indications during the download process

The software download process automatically completes without user

intervention. The process erases the contents of flash memory and replaces it with
a new software image. Be careful not to interrupt the download process until after
it runs to completion (the process can take up to 10 minutes, depending on
network conditions).

Note: If problems occur during the software download process, the

Software Download screen displays error codes that define the problem.
The error codes are described in Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting,” on page
175.

Configuration File Download/Upload screen

The Configuration File Download/Upload screen (Figure 77) allows you to store
your switch/stack configuration parameters on a TFTP server.

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You can retrieve the configuration parameters of a standalone switch or an entire

stack and use the retrieved parameters to automatically configure a replacement
switch or stack. Certain requirements apply when automatically configuring a
switch or stack using this feature (see “Requirements” on page 173). You must set
up the file on your TFTP server and set the filename read/write permission to
enabled before you can save the configuration parameters.

Although most configuration parameters are saved to the configuration file,

certain parameters are not saved (see Table 42 on page 173).

To open the Configuration File Download/Upload screen:

Choose Configuration File (or press g) from the main menu.

Figure 77 Configuration File Download/Upload screen

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Table 41 describes the Configuration File Download/Upload screen fields.

Table 41 Configuration File Download/Upload screen fields

Field Description
Configuration Image The file name you have chosen for the configuration file. Choose a
Filename meaningful file name that will allow you to identify the file for retrieval when
required. The file must already exist on your TFTP server and must be read/
write enabled.
Default Value Zero-length string
Range An ASCII string of up to 30 printable characters
TFTP Server IP Address The IP address of your TFTP load host.
Default Value [Link] (no IP address assigned)
Range Four-octet dotted-decimal notation, where each octet is
represented as a decimal value, separated by a decimal
point
Copy Configuration Specifies whether to copy the presently configured switch/stack parameters to
Image to Server the specified TFTP server (default is No).
Use the spacebar to toggle the selection to Yes.
Press [Enter] to initiate the process.
Default Value No
Range Yes, No
Retrieve Configuration Specifies whether to retrieve the stored switch/stack configuration parameters
Image from Server from the specified TFTP server (default is No). If you choose Yes, the
download process begins immediately and, when completed, causes the
switch/stack to reset with the new configuration parameters.
Use the spacebar to toggle the selection to Yes.
Press [Enter] to initiate the process.
Default Value No
Range Yes, No

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Requirements

The following requirements apply to the Configuration File feature:

• The Configuration File feature can only be used to copy standalone switch
configuration parameters to other standalone switches or to copy stack
configuration parameters to other stack configurations.
For example, you cannot duplicate the configuration parameters of a unit in a
stack configuration and use it to configure a standalone switch.
• A configuration file obtained from a standalone switch can only be used to
configure other standalone switches that have the same firmware revision and
model type as the donor standalone switch.
• A configuration file obtained from a stack unit can only be used to configure
other stacks that have the same number of switches, firmware version, model
types, and physical IDs as the stack the donor stack unit resides in.
Reconfigured stacks are configured according to the unit order number of the
donor unit. For example, the configuration file parameters from a donor unit
with physical ID x are used to reconfigure the unit with physical ID x.

Table 42 describes configuration file parameter information.

Table 42 Parameters not saved to the configuration file

These parameters are not saved: Used in this screen: See page:

In-Band Stack IP Address IP Configuration/Setup 96

In-Band Switch IP Address
In-Band Subnet Mask
Default Gateway
Console Read-Only Switch Password Console/Comm Port Configuration 148
Console Read-Write Switch Password
Console Read-Only Stack Password
Console Read-Write Stack Password
Configuration Image Filename Configuration File Download/Upload 170
TFTP Server IP Address

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Chapter 4
Troubleshooting

This chapter describes how to isolate and diagnose problems with your BayStack
425-24T Switch and covers the following topics:

• “Interpreting the LEDs,” next

• “Diagnosing and correcting problems” on page 178
— Normal power-up sequence
— Port connection problems

The chapter topics lead you through a logical process for troubleshooting the
BayStack 425-24T Switch. For example, because LEDs provide visual indications
of certain problems, see “Interpreting the LEDs” on page 175 to understand the
various states (Table 43) that your switch LEDs can exhibit during normal
operation.

For more help in determining the problem, “Diagnosing and correcting problems”
on page 178 describes symptoms and corrective actions (Table 45) you can
perform to resolve specific problems. Subsequent sections give step-by-step
procedures to correct the problems.

Interpreting the LEDs

Figure 78 shows the BayStack 425-24T Switch LED display panel. Table 43
describes the LEDs.

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Figure 78 LED display panel

26

UI Base

GBK/Stack Up M T A

Pwr Down

UI Set
M:MGBIC T:1000T

1 = Switch LEDs
11106EA

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Table 43 BayStack 425-24T Switch LED descriptions

Label Color/Status Meaning

UI Green The switch is operating normally.
Amber A flash error occurred.
Off The switch is inactive.
Base Green This switch is the active base unit in the stack.
Amber This switch is configured as the base unit, but is not currently the active base
unit.
Off This switch is not the base unit, or is in a stand-alone configuration.
GBIC/ Green The GBIC port is linked. (Stacking is not available in this release).
Stack
Off The GBIC port is not linked.
Up Green A connection was detected to a unit through the stack up connector.
Off No connection was detected to a unit through the stack up connector.
Pwr Green Power is available to the switch.
Off No power is available to the switch.
Down Green/steady A connection was detected to a unit through the stack down connector.
Off No connection was detected to a unit through the stack down connector.

Table 44 SFP GBIC Port LEDs on the BayStack 425-24T Switch

Label Color/Status Meaning

M (MGBIC) Green This port has a good connection (fiber).

Off This port does not have a good connection (fiber).
T (Copper) Green This port has a good connection (copper - at 1000 Mbps).
Amber This port has a good connection (copper - at 100 Mbps).
Amber/Green This port has a good connection (copper - at 10 Mbps)
Off This port does not have a good connection.
A (Activity) Green (blinking) There is activity on this port.
Off There is no activity on this port.

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Diagnosing and correcting problems

Before you perform the problem-solving steps in this section, cycle the power to
the BayStack 425-24T Switch (disconnect and then reconnect the AC power
cord); then verify that the switch follows the normal power-up sequence.

Warning: To avoid bodily injury from hazardous electrical current,

never remove the top cover of the device. There are no user-serviceable
components inside.

Vorsicht: Um Verletzungsgefahr durch einen elektrischen Stromschlag

auszuschließen, nehmen Sie niemals die obere Abdeckung vom Gerät
ab. Im Geräteinnern befinden sich keine Komponenten, die vom
Benutzer gewartet werden können.

Avertissement: Pour éviter tout risque d'électrocution, ne jamais

retirer le capot de l'appareil. Cet appareil ne contient aucune pièce
accessible par l'utilisateur.

Advertencia: A fin de evitar daños personales por corrientes eléctricas

peligrosas, no desmonte nunca la cubierta superior de este dispositivo.
Los componentes internos no son reparables por el usuario.

Avvertenza: Per evitare lesioni fisiche dovute a scariche pericolose di

corrente, non rimuovere mai il coperchio superiore del dispositivo. I
componenti interni non possono essere manipolati dall'utente.

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Normal power-up sequence

In a normal power-up sequence, the LEDs appear as follows:

1 After power is applied to the switch, the Pwr (Power) LED turns on within 5
seconds.
2 The switch initiates a self-test, during which the port LEDs display various
patterns to indicate the progress of the self-test.
3 After the self-test, the remaining port LEDs indicate their operational status,
as described in Table 45.

Table 45 Corrective actions

Symptom Probable cause Corrective action

All LEDs are off. The switch is not receiving AC Verify that the AC power cord is fastened
power. securely at both ends and that power is available
at the AC power outlet.
The fans are not operating or Verify that there is sufficient space for adequate
the airflow is blocked, causing airflow on both sides of the switch.
the unit to overheat.
Note: Operating temperature for the
switch must not exceed 40°C (104°F). Do
not place the switch in areas where it can
be exposed to direct sunlight or near
warm air exhausts or heaters.

The Activity LED for a The switch is experiencing a See “Port connection problems” next.
connected port is off or port connection problem.
does not blink (and you
have reason to believe The switch’s link partner is not
that traffic is present). autonegotiating properly.

Port connection problems

You can usually trace port connection problems to either a poor cable connection
or an improper connection of the port cables at either end of the link. To remedy
these types of problems, make sure that the cable connections are secure and that
the cables connect to the correct ports at both ends of the link.

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Port connection problems are also traceable to the autonegotiation mode or the
port interface.

Autonegotiation modes

Port connection problems can occur when a port (or station) is connected to
another port (or station) that is not operating in a compatible mode (for example,
connecting a full-duplex port on one station to a half-duplex port on another
station).

The BayStack 425-24T Switch negotiates port speeds according to the IEEE
802.3u autonegotiating standard. The switch adjusts (autonegotiates) its port
speed and duplex mode to match the best service provided by the connected
station, up to 100 Mb/s in full-duplex mode as follows:

• If the connected station uses a form of autonegotiation that is not compatible

with the IEEE 802.3u autonegotiating standard, the BayStack 425-24T Switch
cannot negotiate a compatible mode for correct operation.
• If the autonegotiation feature is not present or not enabled at the connected
station, the BayStack 425-24T Switch may not be able to determine the
correct duplex modes.

In both situations, the BayStack 425-24T Switch “autosenses” the speed of the
connected station and, by default, reverts to half-duplex mode. If the connected
station is operating in full-duplex mode, it cannot communicate with the switch.

To correct this mode mismatch problem:

1 Use the Port Configuration screen to disable autonegotiation for the suspect
port (see “Port Configuration screen” on page 130).
2 Manually set the Speed/Duplex field to match the speed/duplex mode of the
connected station (see Table 25 on page 131).
You may have to try several settings before you find the correct speed/duplex
mode of the connected station.

If the problem persists:

1 Disable the autonegotiation feature at the connected station.

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2 Manually set the speed/duplex mode of the connected station to the same
speed/duplex mode you have manually set for the BayStack 425-24T Switch
port.

Port interface

Ensure that the devices are connected using the appropriate crossover or
straight-through cable (see Appendix D, “Connectors and pin assignments,” on
page 203), or that autonegotiation or autopolarity is active.

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Appendix A
Technical specifications

This appendix provides technical specifications for the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/
1000 Switch.

Environmental
Table 46 lists environmental specifications for the BayStack 425-24T Switch.

Table 46 Environmental specifications

Parameter Operating specification Storage specification

Temperature 0° to 40°C (32° to 104°F) -25° to 70°C (-13° to 158°F)
Humidity 85% maximum relative humidity, 95% maximum relative humidity,
noncondensing noncondensing
Altitude 3024 m (10,000 ft) 3024 m (10,000 ft)

Electrical
Table 47 lists power electrical parameters for the BayStack 425-24T Switch.

Table 47 Electrical parameters

Parameter Electrical specification

Input Voltage 100 to 240 VAC @ 47 to 63 Hz

Input Power 50 W maximum
Consumption
Input Volt 65 VA maximum
Amperes Rating

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Table 47 Electrical parameters (continued)

Parameter Electrical specification

Input current 1 A @ 100 VAC

0.5 A @ 240 VAC
Maximum thermal 250 BTU/hr
output

Physical dimensions
Table 48 lists physical dimensions for the BayStack 425-24T Switch.

Table 48 Physical dimensions

Parameter Specifications
Height 1.75 in (4.5 cm)
Width 17.125 in (43.5 cm)
Depth 8.0 in (20.32 cm)
Weight 6.2 lb (2.82 kg)

Performance specifications
Table 49 lists performance specifications for the BayStack 425-24T Switch.

Table 49 Performance specifications

Parameter Specifications
Frame Forward Rate Up to 3.2 million packets per second (pps) maximum,
(64-byte packets) learned unicast traffic; 5.1 million packets per second (pps)
in a stack configuration
Port Forwarding/Filtering • For 10 Mb/s: 14,880 pps maximum
Performance • For 100 Mb/s: 148,810 pps maximum
(64-byte packets)
Address Database Size 8,000 entries at line rate
Addressing 48-bit MAC address
Frame Length 64 to 1518 bytes (IEEE 802.1Q Untagged)
68 to 1522 bytes (IEEE 802.1Q Tagged)

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Network protocol and standards compatibility

The following are protocols and standards used by the BayStack 425-24T Switch:

• IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T (ISO/IEC 8802-3, Clause 14)

• IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX (ISO/IEC 8802-3, Clause 25)
• IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN Tagging)
• IEEE 802.1z (Gigabit)
• IEEE 802.1d (Spanning tree protocol)

Safety agency certification

• The safety certifications follow for the BayStack 425-24T Switch:
• UL Listed (UL 1950)
• IEC 950/EN60950 (CB report) with all national deviations
• C22.2 No. 950 (CUL)
• UL-94-V1 flammability requirements for PC board
• NOM (NOM-019)

Electromagnetic emissions
• The electromagnetic emission standards for the BayStack 425-24T Switch:
• US. CFR47, Part 15, Subpart B, Class A
• Canada. ICES-003, Issue 2, Class A
• Australia/New Zealand. AS/NZS 3548:1995, Class A
• Japan. V-3/97.04:1997, Class A
• Taiwan. CNS 13438, Class A
• EN55022:1995, Class A
• EN61000-3-2:1995
• EN61000-3-3:1994

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Electromagnetic immunity
The BayStack 425-24T Switch meets the EN50082-1:1997 standard.

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Appendix B
Installing a Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC

This appendix describes how to install and remove a Small Form Factor Pluggable
Gigabit Interface Converter (SFP GBIC). It also provides a description of the SFP
GBIC, the SFP GBIC label, and SFP GBIC specifications.

SFP GBIC Product description

SFP GBICs are hot-swappable input/output enhancement components designed
for use with Nortel Networks products to allow Gigabit Ethernet ports to link with
fiber optic networks.

Table 50 lists and describes the Nortel Networks GBIC models.

Table 50 Nortel Networks SFP GBIC models

Model number Product number Description

1000BASE-SX (LC Type) AA1419013 Small Form Factor Pluggable,
short wavelength 550 m
1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ Type) AA1419014 Small Form Factor Pluggable,
short wavelength 550 m
1000BASE-LX (LC Type) AA1419015 Small Form Factor Pluggable,
long wavelength 5 km

Note: The cable distance may vary depending on the quality of fiber optic
cable used.

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Handling, safety, and environmental guidelines

Before installing your GBIC, read the following handling, safety, and
environmental guidelines:

• GBICs are static sensitive. To prevent damage from electrostatic discharge

(ESD), follow your normal board and component handling procedures.
• GBICs are dust sensitive. When storing a GBIC, or when a GBIC is
disconnected from a fiber optic cable, always keep the dust cover over a
GBIC’s optical bores.
• To clean contaminants from the optical bores of a GBIC, use an alcohol swab
or equivalent to clean the ferrules of the optical connector.
• Dispose of this product according to all national laws and regulations.

Warning: Fiber optic equipment can emit laser or infrared light that can injure
your eyes. Never look into an optical fiber or connector port. Always assume
that fiber optic cables are connected to a light source.

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Installing a SFP GBIC

SFP GBIC bays are covered by spring-loaded filler panels that rotate out of the
way as you push the SFP GBIC into place. You can install or replace a SFP GBIC
in a BayStack 425-24T Switch without turning off power to the switch.

Warning: Fiber optic equipment can emit laser or infrared light that can injure
your eyes. Never look into an optical fiber or connector port. Always assume
that fiber optic cables are connected to a light source.
Vorsicht: Glasfaserkomponenten können Laserlicht bzw. Infrarotlicht
abstrahlen, wodurch Ihre Augen geschädigt werden können. Schauen Sie
niemals in einen Glasfaser-LWL oder ein Anschlußteil. Gehen Sie stets davon
aus, daß das Glasfaserkabel an eine Lichtquelle angeschlossen ist.
Avertissement: L’équipement à fibre optique peut émettre des rayons laser
ou infrarouges qui risquent d’entraîner des lésions oculaires. Ne jamais
regarder dans le port d’un connecteur ou d’un câble à fibre optique. Toujours
supposer que les câbles à fibre optique sont raccordés à une source lumineuse.
Advertencia: Los equipos de fibra óptica pueden emitir radiaciones de láser
o infrarrojas que pueden dañar los ojos. No mire nunca en el interior de una
fibra óptica ni de un puerto de conexión. Suponga siempre que los cables de
fibra óptica están conectados a una fuente luminosa.
Avvertenza: Le apparecchiature a fibre ottiche emettono raggi laser o
infrarossi che possono risultare dannosi per gli occhi. Non guardare mai
direttamente le fibre ottiche o le porte di collegamento. Tenere in
considerazione il fatto che i cavi a fibre ottiche sono collegati a una sorgente
luminosa.

8769EA

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Product models

Small Form Factor Pluggable Gigabit Interface Converters (GBICs) are

hot-swappable input/output enhancement components designed for use with
Nortel Networks* products to allow Gigabit Ethernet ports to link with fiber optic
networks.

Figure 79 shows the GBIC

Figure 79 SFP GBIC

MTRJ GBIC model with LC GBIC model with

extractor button extractor tab
10515FA

GBIC labeling

The Nortel Networks label on a typical GBIC (Figure 80) contains a Nortel
Networks serial number, a bar code, a manufacturer’s code, an interface type, and
a part number.

Figure 80 Nortel Networks SFP GBIC label

Part number
GBIC interface type

AA141901x
SFP 1000 BASE-xx Top view
21CFR(J) CLASS1

Serial number
Bar code

Side view

10516EA

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Note: When you contact a Nortel Networks service representative for

troubleshooting purposes, you must have the following information
available:
• Nortel Networks serial number
• Manufacturer’s code
• Interface type
• GBIC part number

Installing a Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC

This section lists the steps to install a GBIC.

To install a GBIC:

1 Remove the GBIC from its protective packaging.

2 Verify that the GBIC is the correct model for your network configuration
(Table 50 on page 187).
3 Remove the dust cover from the GBIC’s optical bores.
4 Grasp the GBIC between your thumb and forefinger.
5 Insert the GBIC into the slot on the front panel of the Gigabit Ethernet
switching module (Figure 82).

Figure 81 Inserting a LC SFP GBIC

Link
Act
E MDA
00-2G
BPS20

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Figure 82 Inserting a MT-RJ SFP GBIC

Link
Act
E MDA
00-2G
BPS20

Note: GBICs are keyed to prevent incorrect insertion.

Removing a Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC

This section lists the steps for removing a GBIC.

To remove a GBIC:

1 Disconnect the network fiber cable from the GBIC connector.

2 Depending on your GBIC model, either pull the LC extraction tab located in
the front of the GBIC (below right) with your thumb and forefinger, or press
the button on the botton of the MT-RJ GBIC (below left).

Figure 83 Removing a SFP GBIC (Bottom view)

MT-RJ LC SFP GBIC

SFP GBIC
10518FA

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3 Slide the GBIC out of the Gigabit Ethernet module slot.

4 If the GBIC does not slide easily from the module slot, use a gentle
side-to-side rocking motion while firmly pulling the GBIC from the slot.
5 Dispose of the GBIC according to all national laws and regulations.

Note: If you are storing a GBIC, remember to place a dust

cover over the fiber optic bores.

Small Form Factor Pluggable GBIC specifications

Table 51 describes general GBIC specifications.

Table 51 SFP GBIC specifications

Specification Descriptions
Dimensions (H x W x D) 0.53 x 0.33 x 2.22 inches
(13.4 x 8.5 x 56.4 mm)
Connectors Multimode fiber optic: LC or MT-RJ
Single-mode fiber optic: LC

Standards, connectors, cabling, and distance

This section describes GBIC standards, connectors, cabling, and distance; and
provides specifications for the following GBICs:

• “1000BASE-SX (LC Type)” on page 194

• “1000BASE-LX (LC Type)” on page 194
• “1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ Type)” on page 196

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1000BASE-SX (LC Type)

The Model 1000BASE-SX GBIC provides 1000BASE-SX (850 nm, short

wavelength, Gigabit Ethernet) connectivity using LC duplex multimode fiber
[Link] Model 1000BASE-SX GBIC supports full-duplex operation only.

Table 52 describes standards, connectors, cabling, and distance for the Model
1000BASE-SX GBIC.

Table 52 1000BASE-SX SFP GBIC specifications

Type Specifications
Standards Conformity to the following standards:
802.3z, 1000BASE-SX
Connectors Duplex LC fiber optic connector
Cabling 62.5 µm MMF optic cable
50 µm MMF optic cable
Distance 902 ft. (275 m) using 62.5 µm MMF optic cable
1804 ft. (550 m) using 50 µm MMF optic cable
Wavelength 850 nm
Optical budget 7 dB
Laser Transmitter Characteristics
Minimum launch power -10 dBm
Maximum launch power -4 dBm
Receiver Characteristics
Minimum input power -17 dBm
Maximum input power 0 dBm

1000BASE-LX (LC Type)

The Model 1000BASE-LX SFP GBIC provides 1000BASE-LX (1300 nm,

wavelength, Gigabit Ethernet) connectivity using LC duplex fiber connectors. The
long wavelength optical transceivers used in the LX model provide variable
distance ranges using both multimode and single-mode fiber optic cabling. The
Model 1000BASE-LX GBIC supports full-duplex operation only.

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Table 53 describes standards, connectors, cabling, and distance for the Model
1000BASE-LX GBIC.

Table 53 1000BASE-LX SFP GBIC specifications

Type Specifications
Standards Conformity to the following standards:
802.3z, 1000BASE-LX
Connectors Duplex LC fiber optic connector
Cabling 10 µm SMF optic cable
Distance 16405 ft. (5 km) using 10 µm SMF optic cable
Wavelength 1300 nm
Optical budget 11.0 dB
Laser Transmitter Characteristics
Minimum launch power -9.0 dBm
Maximum launch power -3 dBm
Receiver Characteristics
Minimum input power -20 dBm
Maximum input power -3 dBm

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1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ Type)

The Model 1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ Type) GBIC provides Gigabit Ethernet

connectivity using MT-RJ multi-mode fiber connectors.

Table 54 describes standards, connectors, cabling, and distance for the Model
1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ Type) GBIC.

Table 54 1000BASE-SX (MT-RJ) SFP GBIC specifications

Type Specifications
Standards Conformity to the following standards:
802.3z, Ethernet full duplex
Connectors Duplex MT-RJ fiber optic connector
Cabling 62.5 µm MMF optic cable
50 µm MMF optic cable
Distance 275 mm (62.5 µm MMF optic cable)
550 mm (50 µm MMF optic cable)
Optical budget 7 dB
Laser Transmitter Characteristics
Wavelength 850 nm
Maximum spectral width 0.85 nm
Maximum launch power -4.0 dBm
Minimum launch power -10.0 dBm
Receiver Characteristics
Wavelength 850 nm
Minimum input power -17 dBm
Maximum input power 0 dBm

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Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexed (CWDM) Small

Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Interface
Converters
This section describes how the Nortel Networks* Coarse Wavelength Division
Multiplexed Small Form Factor Pluggable Gigabit Interface Converter (CWDM
SFP GBIC) works within the optical routing system. It also provides a list of
CWDM SFP GBICs by wavelength and shows how they are labeled and
color-coded.

CWDM SFP GBIC description

CWDM SFP GBICs are transceivers that link Gigabit Ethernet ports with fiber
optic networks. WDM technology consolidates multiple optical channels, using
specific wavelengths to expand available bandwidth, on a common optical fiber.

About the optical routing system

CWDM SFP GBICs are a component in the optical routing system designed to
support high speed data communication for Metropolitan Area Networks
(MANs). The system uses a grid of eight CWDM optical wavelengths in both ring
and point-to-point configurations. All components are color-coded by
wavelength.

CWDM GBIC Listing

Table 55 lists the Nortel Networks CWDM GBICs and describes their
wavelengths, color codes, part numbers, and cable lengths.

Table 55 Nortel Networks CWDM SFP GBIC List

CWDM SFP GBIC Product number Maximum distance

1470nm/Gray AA1419025 40 KM
AA1419033 70 KM
1490nm/Violet AA1419026 40 KM
AA1419034 70 KM

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Table 55 Nortel Networks CWDM SFP GBIC List (continued)

CWDM SFP GBIC Product number Maximum distance

1510nm/Blue AA1419027 40 KM
AA1419035 70 KM
1530nm/Green AA1419028 40 KM
AA1419036 70 KM
1550nm/Yellow AA1419029 40 KM
AA1419037 70 KM
1570nm/Orange AA1419030 40 KM
AA1419038 70 KM
1590nm/Red AA1419031 40 KM
AA1419039 70 KM
1610nm/Brown AA1419032 40 KM
AA1419040 70 KM

Note: The cable distance may vary depending on the quality of

fiber optic cable used.

Note: CWDM SFP GBICs are installed and removed like any
other LC type SFP GBIC.

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CWDM SFP GBIC specifications

The following tables list the specifiications for the 40 kilometer and 70 kilometer
CWDM SFP GBICs

Table 56 40 Kilometer CWDM SFP GBIC specifications

Item Specification
Physical dimensions 0.457 X .604 X 2.18 inches
(11.6 X 15.3 X 55.43 mm)
Connectors Duplex LC fiber optic
Cabling SMF, 9 µm
Data rate Nominal range 50 to 1300 Mb/s
Average launch power minimum -4.0 dBm
maximum +1.0 dBm
Transmitter extinction ratio minimum 9 dB
Data format 8 B/10 B
Average receive power minimum -21.0 dBm
maximum -3.0 dBm
Power supply maximum 3.15 to 3.45 V, 175 mA
Operating temperature range 0oC to 60oC
Regulatory Class 1 devices per FDA/CDRH and 1EC8251 Laser Safety
Regulations
Optical budget 17 dB

Table 57 70 Kilometer CWDM SFP GBIC specifications

Item Specification
Physical dimensions 0.457 X .604 X 2.18 inches
(11.6 X 15.3 X 55.43 mm)
Connectors Duplex LC fiber optic
Cabling SMF, 9 µm
Data rate Nominal range 50 to 1300 Mbaud
Average launch power minimum -3.0 dBm
maximum +2.0 dBm
Transmitter extinction ratio minimum 9 dB
Data format 8 B/10 B

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Table 57 70 Kilometer CWDM SFP GBIC specifications (continued)

Item Specification
Average receive power minimum -23.0 dBm
maximum -3.0 dBm
Power supply maximum 3.15 to 3.45 V, 175 mA
Operating temperature range 0oC to 60oC
Regulatory Class 1 devices per FDA/CDRH and 1EC8251 Laser Safety
Regulations
Optical budget 20 dB

Note: A minimum attenuation of 5 dB must be present between the transmitter

and receiver. To avoid receiver saturation, you must insert a minimum
attenuation of 5 dB when:
• testing the CWDM SFP GBIC in loopback mode
• using short runs of fiber with no intermediate CWDM OADM or CWDM
OMUX
To determine the expected signal loss for a CWDM OADM, CWDM OMUX,
or fiber length, see Installation and Networking Guidelines for Optical Routing,
part number 212257-A.
Given a loss budget of 24 dB and assuming fiber loss of .25 dB/km, up to 96 km
reach is supported with no intermediate CWDM OADM or CWDM OMUX.

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Appendix C
Quick configuration for MultiLink Trunking

If you are a system administrator with experience configuring BayStack 425-24T

Switch MultiLink Trunking, use the flowchart in Figure 84 on page 202 as a quick
configuration guide. The flowchart refers you to the “configuration rules”
appropriate for this feature.

To open the MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen:

Choose MultiLink Trunk Configuration (or press t) from the MultiLink

Trunk Configuration Menu screen.

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202 Appendix C Quick configuration for MultiLink Trunking

Figure 84 Configuring MultiLink Trunks

MultiLink Trunk
Configuration screen

Are all No Configure trunk members

trunk members (see "MultiLink Trunking
configured? Configuration Rules").

Yes

Is trunk No
STP Enabled? Configure STP field.

Yes

No Enable Trunk Status field

Is trunk
(see "MultiLink Trunking
Enabled?
Configuration Rules").

Yes
Key

Done Off-page reference

On-page reference

BS45050A

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Appendix D
Connectors and pin assignments

This appendix describes the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/1000 Switch port

connectors and pin assignments.

RJ-45 (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) port connectors

The RJ-45 port connectors (Figure 85) are wired as MDI-X ports to connect
end stations without using crossover cables. (See “MDI and MDI-X devices” on
page 204 for information about MDI-X ports.) For 10BASE-T connections, use
Category 3 (or higher) UTP cable. For 100BASE-TX connections, use only
Category 5 UTP cable.

Figure 85 RJ-45 (8-pin modular) port connector

1 8

616EA

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Table 58 lists the RJ-45 (8-pin modular) port connector pin assignments.

Table 58 RJ-45 port connector pin assignments

Pin Signal Description

1 RX+ Receive Data +
2 RX- Receive Data -
3 TX+ Transmit Data +
4 Not applicable Not applicable
5 Not applicable Not applicable
6 TX- Transmit Data -
7 Not applicable Not applicable
8 Not applicable Not applicable

MDI and MDI-X devices

Media dependent interface (MDI) is the IEEE standard for the interface to
unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable.

For two devices to communicate, the transmitter of one device must connect to the
receiver of the other device. The connection is established through a crossover
function, which can be a crossover cable or a port that implements the crossover
function internally.

Ports that implement the crossover function internally are known as MDI-X ports,
where X refers to the crossover function.

Note: For the transmitter of one device to connect to the receiver of

another device, the total number of crossovers must always be an odd
number.

The following sections describe the use of straight-through and crossover cables
for connecting MDI and MDI-X devices.

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MDI-X to MDI cable connections

BayStack 425-24T Switch switches use MDI-X ports that allow you to connect
directly to end stations without using crossover cables (Figure 86).

Figure 86 MDI-X to MDI cable connections

Business Policy
BayStack Switch 2000
425-24T End station
1 8 8 1 8 1 1 8

1 RX+ 1 1 TX+ 1
T
T
2 RX- 2 2 TX- 2
3 TX+ 3 3 RX+ 3
4 4 4 4
R
R
5 5 5 5
6 TX- 6 6 RX- 6
7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8
MDI-X port Straight-through cable MDI port

BS45056A

MDI-X to MDI-X cable connections

If you are connecting the BayStack 425-24T Switch to a device that also
implements MDI-X ports, use a crossover cable (Figure 87).

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Figure 87 MDI-X to MDI-X cable connections

BayStack 425 Switch Switch or hub

1 8 8 1 8 1 1 8

1 RX+ 1 1 RX+ 1
T T
2 RX- 2 2 RX- 2
3 TX+ 3 3 TX+ 3
4 4 4 4
R R
5 5 5 5
6 TX- 6 6 TX- 6
7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8
MDI-X port Crossover cable MDI-X port

11183EA

DB-9 (RS-232-D) Console/Comm Port connector

The DB-9 Console/Comm Port connector (Figure 88) is configured as a data
communications equipment (DCE) connector. The DSR and CTS signal outputs
are always asserted; the CD, DTR, RTS, and RI signal inputs are not used. This
configuration enables a management station (a PC or console terminal) to connect
directly to the switch using a straight-through cable.

Figure 88 DB-9 Console port connector

1 5

6 9
619EA

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Table 59 lists the DB-9 Console port connector pin assignments.

Table 59 DB-9 Console port connector pin assignments

Pin Signal Description

1 CD Carrier detect (not used)
2 TXD Transmit data (output)
3 RXD Receive data (input)
4 DTR Data terminal ready (not used)
5 GND Signal ground
6 DSR Not used
7 RTS Request to send (not used)
8 CTS Not used
9 RI Ring indicator (not used)
Shell Chassis ground

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Appendix E
Default settings

Table 60 lists the factory default settings for the BayStack 425-24T Switch
according to the console interface (CI) screens and fields for the settings.

Table 60 Factory default settings

Field Default setting Appears in this CI screen

BootP Request Mode BootP Disabled “IP Configuration/Setup screen” on

page 96
In-Band Stack IP Address [Link]
(no IP address assigned)
In-Band Switch IP Address [Link]
(no IP address assigned)
In-Band Subnet Mask [Link]
(no subnet mask assigned)
Default Gateway [Link]
(no IP address assigned)
Read-Only Community String public “SNMP Configuration screen” on
page 101
Read-Write Community String private
Trap IP Address [Link]
(no IP address assigned)
Community String Zero-length string
Authentication Trap Enabled
Link Up/Down Trap Enabled
sysContact Zero-length string “System Characteristics screen” on
page 102
sysName Zero-length string
sysLocation Zero-length string

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Table 60 Factory default settings (continued)

Field Default setting Appears in this CI screen

Aging Time 300 seconds “MAC Address Table screen” on

page 107
Find an Address 00-00-00-00-00-00
(no MAC address assigned)
MAC Address Security Disabled “MAC Address Security Configuration
Menu screen” on page 109
MAC Address Security Disabled
SNMP-Locked
Partition Port on Intrusion Disabled
Detected:
Partition Time 0 seconds (the value 0
indicates forever)
DA Filtering on Intrusion Detected: Disabled
Generate SNMP Trap on Intrusion Disabled
Clear by Ports NONE
Learn by Ports NONE
Current Learning Mode Not Learning
Trunk blank field “MAC Address Security Port
Configuration screen” on page 113
Security Disabled
Port List blank field “MAC Address Security Port Lists
screens” on page 115
Find an Address blank field “MAC Address Security Table screens”
on page 120
MAC Address - - - - - - (no address
assigned)
Allowed Source - (blank field)
Display/Create MAC Address 00-00-00-00-00-00
Create VLAN 1 “VLAN Configuration screen” on
page 124
Delete VLAN blank field
VLAN Name VLAN # (VLAN number)
Management VLAN Yes, VLAN #1
VLAN Type Port-based
VLAN State Inactive

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Table 60 Factory default settings (continued)

Field Default setting Appears in this CI screen

Port Membership + (all ports assigned as

untagged members of
VLAN 1)
Unit 1 “VLAN Port Configuration screen” on
page 127
Port 1
Filter Untagged Frames No
Port Name Unit 1, Port 1
PVID 1
Tagging Untagged Access
Unit 1 “VLAN Display by Port screen” on
page 128
Port 1
PVID 1 (read only)
Auto PVID Disabled
Port Name Unit 1, Port 1 (read only)
Unit 1 “Port Configuration screen” on
page 130
Status Enabled (for all ports)
Autonegotiation Enabled (for all ports)
Speed/Duplex 100Mbs/Half (when
Autonegotiation is Disabled)
Trunk 1 to 6 (depending on “MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu
configuration status) screen” on page 134
Trunk Members (Unit/Port) Blank field
STP Learning Normal
Trunk Mode Basic
Trunk Status Disabled
Trunk Name Trunk #1 to Trunk #6
Traffic Type Rx and Tx “MultiLink Trunk Utilization screen” on
page 138

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Table 60 Factory default settings (continued)

Field Default setting Appears in this CI screen

Monitoring Mode Disabled “Port Mirroring Configuration screen”

on page 140
Monitor/Unit Port Zero-length string
Unit/Port X Zero-length string
Unit 1 “Port Statistics screen” on page 142
Port 1
Console Port Speed 9600 Baud “Console/Comm Port Configuration
screen” on page 148
Console Switch Password Not Required
Console Stack Password Not Required
Console Read-Only Switch user
Password
Console Read-Write Switch secure
Password
Console Read-Only Stack user
Password
Console Read-Write Stack secure
Password
Note: The following two fields only appear when the switch is a participant in a stack configuration.
New Unit Number Current stack order “Renumber Stack Units screen” on
page 155
Renumber units with new setting? No
Unit 1 “Spanning Tree Port Configuration
screen” on page 159
Participation Normal Learning
Priority 128
Path Cost 10 or 100
Bridge Priority 8000 (read only) “Spanning Tree Switch Settings
screen” on page 162
Designated Root 8000 (bridge_id) (read only)
Root Port 0 (read only)
Root Path Cost 0 (read only)
Hello Time 2 seconds (read only)
Maximum Age Time 20 seconds (read only)

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Table 60 Factory default settings (continued)

Field Default setting Appears in this CI screen

Forward Delay 15 seconds (read only)

Bridge Hello Time 2 seconds (read only)
Bridge Maximum Age Time 20 seconds (read only)
Bridge Forward Delay 15 seconds (read only)
TELNET Access Enabled “TELNET Configuration screen” on
page 165
Login Timeout 1 minute
Login Retries 3
Inactivity Timeout 15 minutes
Event Logging All
Allowed Source IP Address First field: [Link]
(10 user-configurable fields) (no IP address assigned)
Remaining nine fields:
[Link]
(any address is allowed)
Allowed Source Mask First field: [Link]
(10 user-configurable fields) (no IP address assigned)
Remaining nine fields:
[Link]
(any address is allowed)
Image Filename Zero-length string “Software Download screen” on
page 167
TFTP Server IP Address [Link]
(no IP address assigned)
Start TFTP Load of New Image No
Configuration Image Filename Zero-length string “Configuration File Download/Upload
screen” on page 170
TFTP Server IP Address [Link]
(no IP address assigned)
Copy Configuration Image to No
Server
Retrieve Configuration Image from No
Server

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Appendix F
Sample BootP configuration file

This appendix provides a sample BootP configuration file. The BootP server
searches for this file, called bootptab (or [Link], depending on your
operating system), which contains the site-specific information (including IP
addresses) needed to perform the software download and configuration. You can
modify this sample BootP configuration file or create one of your own.

A sample BootP configuration file follows:

# The following is a sample of a BootP configuration file that was extracted

# from a Nortel Networks EZ LAN network management application. Note that
other BootP daemons can use a configuration file with a different format.
#
# Before using your switch BootP facility, you must customize your BootP
# configuration file with the appropriate data.
#
# Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
#
# Legend:
#
# first field -- hostname
# ht -- hardware type
# ha -- host hardware address
# tc -- template host (points to similar host entry)
# ip -- host IP address
# hd -- bootfile home directory
# bf -- bootfile
# EZ dt -- device type
# EZ fv -- firmware version
# EZ av -- agent version
#
# Fields are separated with a pipe (|) symbol. Forward slashes (/) are
# required to indicate that an entry is continued to the next line.
#

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216 Appendix F Sample BootP configuration file

# Caution
#
# Omitting a Forward slash (/) when the entry is continued to the next
# line, can cause the interruption of the booting process or the
# incorrect image file to download. Always include forward slashes
# where needed.
#
# Important Note:
#
# If a leading zero (0) is used in the IP address it is calculated as an
# octal number. If the leading character is "x" (upper or lower case),
# it is calculated as a hexadecimal number. For example, if an IP address
# with a base 10 number of 45 is written as .045 in the [Link] file,
# the Bootp protocol assigns .037 to the client.
#
# Global entries are defined that specify the parameters used by every device.
# Note that hardware type (ht) is specified first in the global entry.
#
# The following global entry is defined for an Ethernet device. Note that this
# is where a client's subnet mask (sm) and default gateway (gw) are defined.
#
global1|/
|ht=ethernet|/
|hd=c:\opt\images|/
|sm=[Link]|/
|gw=[Link]|
#
# The following sample entry describes a BootP client:

bay1|ht=ethernet|ha=0060fd000000|ip=[Link]|hd=c:\btpftp\images|bf=BS425_200.img
BS425-24T_100.img

# Where:
# host name: bay1
# hardware type: Ethernet
# MAC address: 00-60-FD-00-00-00
# IP address: [Link]
# home directory of boot file: c:\BTPFTP\images
# boot file: BS425-24T_100.img
BS425_200.img

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Appendix G
BayStack 425 MIB Objects

This appendix provides t a list of MIB objects for the BayStack 425-24T 10/100/
1000 Switch.

• sysDescr
• sysObjectID
• sysUpTime
• sysContact
• sysName
• sysLocation
• sysServices
• ifNumber
• ifIndex
• ifDescr
• ifType
• ifMtu
• ifSpeed
• ifPhysAddress
• ifAdminStatus
• ifOperStatus
• ifLastChange
• ifInOctets
• ifInUcastPkts
• ifInNUcastPkts
• ifInDiscards
• ifInErrors
• ifInUnknownProtos

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• ifOutOctets
• ifOutUcastPkts
• ifOutNUcastPkts
• ifOutDiscards
• ifOutErrors
• ifOutQLen
• ifSpecific
• atIfIndex
• atPhysAddress
• atNetAddress
• ipForwarding
• ipDefaultTTL
• ipInReceives
• ipInHdrErrors
• ipInAddrErrors
• ipForwDatagrams
• ipInUnknownProtos
• ipInDiscards
• ipInDelivers
• ipOutRequests
• ipOutDiscards
• ipOutNoRoutes
• ipReasmTimeout
• ipReasmReqds
• ipReasmOKs
• ipReasmFails
• ipFragOKs
• ipFragFails
• ipFragCreates
• ipAdEntAddr
• ipAdEntIfIndex
• ipAdEntNetMask
• ipAdEntBcastAddr

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• ipAdEntReasmMaxSize
• ipRouteDest
• ipRouteIfIndex
• ipRouteMetric1
• ipRouteMetric2
• ipRouteMetric3
• ipRouteMetric4
• ipRouteNextHop
• ipRouteType
• ipRouteProto
• ipRouteAge
• ipRouteMask
• ipRouteMetric5
• ipRouteInfo
• ipNetToMediaIfIndex
• ipNetToMediaPhysAddress
• ipNetToMediaNetAddress
• ipNetToMediaType
• ipRoutingDiscards
• icmpInMsgs
• icmpInErrors
• icmpInDestUnreachs
• icmpInTimeExcds
• icmpInParmProbs
• icmpInSrcQuenchs
• icmpInRedirects
• icmpInEchos
• icmpInEchoReps
• icmpInTimestamps
• icmpInTimestampReps
• icmpInAddrMasks
• icmpInAddrMaskReps
• icmpOutMsgs

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• icmpOutErrors
• icmpOutDestUnreachs
• icmpOutTimeExcds
• icmpOutParmProbs
• icmpOutSrcQuenchs
• icmpOutRedirects
• icmpOutEchos
• icmpOutEchoReps
• icmpOutTimestamps
• icmpOutTimestampReps
• icmpOutAddrMasks
• icmpOutAddrMaskReps
• tcpRtoAlgorithm
• tcpRtoMin
• tcpRtoMax
• tcpMaxConn
• tcpActiveOpens
• tcpPassiveOpens
• tcpAttemptFails
• tcpEstabResets
• tcpCurrEstab
• tcpInSegs
• tcpOutSegs
• tcpRetransSegs
• tcpConnState
• tcpConnLocalAddress
• tcpConnLocalPort
• tcpConnRemAddress
• tcpConnRemPort
• tcpInErrs
• tcpOutRsts
• udpInDatagrams
• udpNoPorts

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• udpInErrors
• udpOutDatagrams
• udpLocalAddress
• udpLocalPort
• dot3StatsIndex
• dot3StatsAlignmentErrors
• dot3StatsFCSErrors
• dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames
• dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames
• dot3StatsSQETestErrors
• dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions
• dot3StatsLateCollisions
• dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions
• dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors
• dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors
• dot3StatsFrameTooLongs
• dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors
• dot3StatsEtherChipSet
• dot3StatsSymbolErrors
• snmpInPkts
• snmpOutPkts
• snmpInBadVersions
• snmpInBadCommunityNames
• snmpInBadCommunityUses
• snmpInASNParseErrs
• snmpInTooBigs
• snmpInNoSuchNames
• snmpInBadValues
• snmpInReadOnlys
• snmpInGenErrs
• snmpInTotalReqVars
• snmpInTotalSetVars
• snmpInGetRequests

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• snmpInGetNexts
• snmpInSetRequests
• snmpInGetResponses
• snmpInTraps
• snmpOutTooBigs
• snmpOutNoSuchNames
• snmpOutBadValues
• snmpOutGenErrs
• snmpOutGetRequests
• snmpOutGetNexts
• snmpOutSetRequests
• snmpOutGetResponses
• snmpOutTraps
• snmpEnableAuthenTraps
• snmpSilentDrops
• snmpProxyDrops
• etherStatsIndex
• etherStatsDataSource
• etherStatsDropEvents
• etherStatsOctets
• etherStatsPkts
• etherStatsBroadcastPkts
• etherStatsMulticastPkts
• etherStatsCRCAlignErrors
• etherStatsUndersizePkts
• etherStatsOversizePkts
• etherStatsFragments
• etherStatsJabbers
• etherStatsCollisions
• etherStatsPkts64Octets
• etherStatsPkts65to127Octets
• etherStatsPkts128to255Octets
• etherStatsPkts256to511Octets

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• etherStatsPkts512to1023Octets
• etherStatsPkts1024to1518Octets
• etherStatsOwner
• etherStatsStatus
• historyControlIndex
• historyControlDataSource
• historyControlBucketsRequested
• historyControlBucketsGranted
• historyControlInterval
• historyControlOwner
• historyControlStatus
• etherHistoryIndex
• etherHistorySampleIndex
• etherHistoryIntervalStart
• etherHistoryDropEvents
• etherHistoryOctets
• etherHistoryPkts
• etherHistoryBroadcastPkts
• etherHistoryMulticastPkts
• etherHistoryCRCAlignErrors
• etherHistoryUndersizePkts
• etherHistoryOversizePkts
• etherHistoryFragments
• etherHistoryJabbers
• etherHistoryCollisions
• etherHistoryUtilization
• alarmIndex
• alarmInterval
• alarmVariable
• alarmSampleType
• alarmValue
• alarmStartupAlarm
• alarmRisingThreshold

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• alarmFallingThreshold
• alarmRisingEventIndex
• alarmFallingEventIndex
• alarmOwner
• alarmStatus
• eventIndex
• eventDescription
• eventType
• eventCommunity
• eventLastTimeSent
• eventOwner
• eventStatus
• logEventIndex
• logIndex
• logTime
• logDescription
• dot1dBaseBridgeAddress
• dot1dBaseNumPorts
• dot1dBaseType
• dot1dBasePort
• dot1dBasePortIfIndex
• dot1dBasePortCircuit
• dot1dBasePortDelayExceededDiscards
• dot1dBasePortMtuExceededDiscards
• dot1dStpProtocolSpecification
• dot1dStpPriority
• dot1dStpTimeSinceTopologyChange
• dot1dStpTopChanges
• dot1dStpDesignatedRoot
• dot1dStpRootCost
• dot1dStpRootPort
• dot1dStpMaxAge
• dot1dStpHelloTime

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• dot1dStpHoldTime
• dot1dStpForwardDelay
• dot1dStpBridgeMaxAge
• dot1dStpBridgeHelloTime
• dot1dStpBridgeForwardDelay
• dot1dStpPort
• dot1dStpPortPriority
• dot1dStpPortState
• dot1dStpPortEnable
• dot1dStpPortPathCost
• dot1dStpPortDesignatedRoot
• dot1dStpPortDesignatedCost
• dot1dStpPortDesignatedBridge
• dot1dStpPortDesignatedPort
• dot1dStpPortForwardTransitions
• dot1dTpLearnedEntryDiscards
• dot1dTpAgingTime
• dot1dTpFdbAddress
• dot1dTpFdbPort
• dot1dTpFdbStatus
• dot1dTpPort
• dot1dTpPortMaxInfo
• dot1dTpPortInFrames
• dot1dTpPortOutFrames
• dot1dTpPortInDiscards
• dot1dPortDefaultUserPriority
• dot1qFdbDynamicCount
• dot1qTpFdbPort
• dot1qTpFdbStatus
• dot1qVlanNumDeletes
• dot1qVlanFdbId
• dot1qVlanStatus
• dot1qNextFreeLocalVlanIndex

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• dot1qPortIngressFiltering
• dot1qConstraintType
• dot1qConstraintStatus
• dot1qConstraintSetDefault
• dot1qConstraintTypeDefault
• ifName
• ifInMulticastPkts
• ifInBroadcastPkts
• ifOutMulticastPkts
• ifOutBroadcastPkts
• ifHCInOctets
• ifHCInUcastPkts
• ifHCInMulticastPkts
• ifHCInBroadcastPkts
• ifHCOutOctets
• ifHCOutUcastPkts
• ifHCOutMulticastPkts
• ifHCOutBroadcastPkts
• ifLinkUpDownTrapEnable
• ifHighSpeed
• ifPromiscuousMode
• ifConnectorPresent
• ifAlias
• ifCounterDiscontinuityTime
• ifStackStatus
• ifRcvAddressStatus
• ifRcvAddressType
• ifTableLastChange
• ifStackLastChange
• entPhysicalDescr
• entPhysicalVendorType
• entPhysicalContainedIn
• entPhysicalClass

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• entPhysicalParentRelPos
• entPhysicalName
• entPhysicalHardwareRev
• entPhysicalFirmwareRev
• entPhysicalSoftwareRev
• entPhysicalSerialNum
• entPhysicalMfgName
• entPhysicalModelName
• entPhysicalAlias
• entPhysicalAssetID
• entPhysicalIsFRU
• entPhysicalChildIndex
• entLastChangeTime
• s5ChasType
• s5ChasDescr
• s5ChasLocation
• s5ChasContact
• s5ChasVer
• s5ChasSerNum
• s5ChasGblPhysChngs
• s5ChasGblPhysLstChng
• s5ChasGblAttChngs
• s5ChasGblAttLstChng
• s5ChasGblConfChngs
• s5ChasGblConfLstChng
• s5ChasGrpIndx
• s5ChasGrpType
• s5ChasGrpDescr
• s5ChasGrpMaxEnts
• s5ChasGrpNumEnts
• s5ChasGrpPhysChngs
• s5ChasGrpPhysLstChng
• s5ChasGrpEncodeFactor

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• s5ChasComGrpIndx
• s5ChasComIndx
• s5ChasComSubIndx
• s5ChasComType
• s5ChasComDescr
• s5ChasComVer
• s5ChasComSerNum
• s5ChasComLstChng
• s5ChasComAdminState
• s5ChasComOperState
• s5ChasComMaxSubs
• s5ChasComNumSubs
• s5ChasComRelPos
• s5ChasComLocation
• s5ChasComGroupMap
• s5ChasBrdIndx
• s5ChasBrdLeds
• s5ChasBrdNumAtt
• s5ChasBrdAttChngs
• s5ChasBrdAttLstChng
• s5ChasBrdStatusDsply
• s5ChasBrdDateCode
• s5ChasBrdCfgSrc
• s5ChasBrdCfgChngs
• s5ChasStoreGrpIndx
• s5ChasStoreComIndx
• s5ChasStoreSubIndx
• s5ChasStoreIndx
• s5ChasStoreType
• s5ChasStoreCurSize
• s5ChasStoreCntntVer
• s5ChasStoreFilename
• s5ChasSmLeds

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• s5ChasSmDateCode
• s5AgMyGrpIndx
• s5AgMyComIndx
• s5AgInfoReBoot
• s5AgInfoWriteCfg
• s5AgInfoMgmtProtocolNxtBoot
• s5AgInfoMgmtProtocolCur
• s5AgInfoBootMode
• s5AgInfoCfgLoadMode
• s5AgInfoImgLoadMode
• s5AgInfoImgSaveMode
• s5AgInfoImgSaveStatus
• s5AgInfoVer
• s5AgInfoLocStorVer
• s5AgInfoNxtBootDfltGwAddr
• s5AgInfoCurDfltGwAddr
• s5AgInfoDramUsage
• s5AgInfoLoadProtocolNxtBoot
• s5AgInfoLoadProtocolLast
• s5AgInfoSlotScope
• s5AgInfoImgType
• s5AgInfoScheduleBootTime
• s5AgInfoScheduleBootCancel
• s5AgInfoNumBootBanks
• s5AgInfoNextBootBank
• s5AgInfoDstLoadBank
• s5AgInfoFileAction
• s5AgInfoFileStatus
• s5AgInfoStackBootpMACUsage
• s5AgMyIfIndx
• s5AgMyIfNxtBootIpAddr
• s5AgMyIfNxtBootNetMask
• s5AgMyIfCfgFname

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230 Appendix G BayStack 425 MIB Objects

• s5AgMyIfLdSvrAddr
• s5AgMyIfImgFname
• s5AgMyIfValidFlag
• s5AgMyIfBootRouterAddr
• s5AgMyIfMacAddr
• s5AgOthIfGrpIndx
• s5AgOthIfComIndx
• s5AgOthIfIndx
• s5AgOthIfIpAddr
• s5AgUnAuthIpAddr
• s5AgUnAuthComm
• s5AgTrpRcvrMaxEnt
• s5AgTrpRcvrCurEnt
• s5AgTrpRcvrNext
• s5AgTrpRcvrIndx
• s5AgTrpRcvrStatus
• s5AgTrpRcvrAddrType
• s5AgTrpRcvrNetAddr
• s5AgTrpRcvrComm
• s5AgTrpRcvrAgeTime
• s5AgRemoteLoginIp
• s5AgRemoteLoginStatus
• s5SbsAuthSecurityLock
• s5SbsAuthCtlPartTime
• s5SbsSecurityStatus
• s5SbsSecurityMode
• s5SbsSecurityAction
• s5SbsCurrNodesAllowed
• s5SbsMaxNodesAllowed
• s5SbsCurrNodesBlocked
• s5SbsMaxNodesBlocked
• s5SbsAuthCfgBrdIndx
• s5SbsAuthCfgPortIndx

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• s5SbsAuthCfgMACIndx
• s5SbsAuthCfgAccessCtrlType
• s5SbsAuthCfgStatus
• s5SbsAuthCfgSecureList
• s5SbsAuthStatusBrdIndx
• s5SbsAuthStatusPortIndx
• s5SbsAuthStatusMACIndx
• s5SbsCurrentAccessCtrlType
• s5SbsCurrentActionMode
• s5SbsCurrentPortSecurStatus
• s5SbsViolationStatusBrdIndx
• s5SbsViolationStatusPortIndx
• s5SbsViolationStatusMACAddress
• s5SbsMgmViolationType
• s5SbsMgmViolationIpAddress
• s5SbsPortSecurityStatus
• s5SbsPortLearnStatus
• s5SbsCurrSecurityLists
• s5SbsMaxSecurityLists
• s5SbsSecurityListIndx
• s5SbsSecurityListMembers
• s5SbsSecurityListStatus
• s5EnMsTopIpAddr
• s5EnMsTopStatus
• s5EnMsTopNmmLstChg
• s5EnMsTopBdgLstChg
• s5EnMsTopNmmMaxNum
• s5EnMsTopNmmCurNum
• s5EnMsTopBdgMaxNum
• s5EnMsTopBdgCurNum
• s5EnMsTopNmmSlot
• s5EnMsTopNmmPort
• s5EnMsTopNmmIpAddr

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• s5EnMsTopNmmSegId
• s5EnMsTopNmmMacAddr
• s5EnMsTopNmmChassisType
• s5EnMsTopNmmBkplType
• s5EnMsTopNmmLocalSeg
• s5EnMsTopNmmCurState
• s5EnMsTopNmmEosSize
• s5EnMsTopNmmEos
• s5EnMsTopBdgSlotNum
• s5EnMsTopBdgPortNum
• s5EnMsTopBdgIpAddr
• s5EnMsTopBdgNumber
• s5EnMsTopBdgMacAddr
• s5EnMsTopBdgType
• s5EnMsTopBdgNumPorts
• s5EnMsTopBdgStatus
• s5EnMsTopBdgHelloPortNum
• s5EnMsTopBdgHelloPortType
• s5EnMsTopBdgHelloPortStatus
• s5EnMsTopBdgCompBdgMac1
• s5EnMsTopBdgCompBdgMac2
• s5EnMsTopBdgEosSize
• s5EnMsTopBdgEos
• bnIfExtnIndex
• bnIfExtnSlot
• bnIfExtnPort
• bnIfExtnIsPortShared
• bnIfExtnPortActiveComponent
• bnIfExtnPoweredDeviceDetectType
• bnIfExtnAutoNegotiationExtAdv
• bnIfExtnExtHwAdvCapability
• bnLogMsgBufferOperaton
• bnLogMsgBufferMaxSize

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• bnLogMsgBufferCurSize
• bnLogMsgBufferFullAction
• bnLogMsgBufferSaveTargets
• bnLogMsgBufferClearTargets
• bnLogMsgBufferClearMsgs
• bnLogMsgBufferNonVolCurSize
• bnLogMsgBufferNonVolSaveTargets
• bnLogMsgBufferMsgSrc
• bnLogMsgBufferMsgCode
• bnLogMsgBufferMsgString
• bnLogMsgBufferMsgParam1
• bnLogMsgBufferMsgParam2
• bnLogMsgBufferMsgParam3
• rcVlanNumVlans
• rcVlanId
• rcVlanName
• rcVlanColor
• rcVlanHighPriority
• rcVlanRoutingEnable
• rcVlanIfIndex
• rcVlanAction
• rcVlanResult
• rcVlanStgId
• rcVlanType
• rcVlanPortMembers
• rcVlanActiveMembers
• rcVlanStaticMembers
• rcVlanNotAllowToJoin
• rcVlanProtocolId
• rcVlanAgingTime
• rcVlanRowStatus
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopEnable
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopReportProxyEnable

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234 Appendix G BayStack 425 MIB Objects

• rcVlanIgmpSnoopRobustness
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopQueryInterval
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopMRouterPorts
• rcVlanUserDefinedPid
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopActiveMRouterPorts
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopActiveQuerier
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopMRouterExpiration
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopQuerierPort
• rcVlanPortIndex
• rcVlanPortNumVlanIds
• rcVlanPortVlanIds
• rcVlanPortType
• rcVlanPortDiscardTaggedFrames
• rcVlanPortDiscardUntaggedFrames
• rcVlanPortDefaultVlanId
• rcVlanPortPerformTagging
• rcVlanMacVlanId
• rcVlanMacAddr
• rcVlanMacRowStatus
• rcVlanIgmpSnoopNumGroups
• rcPortIndex
• rcPortType
• rcPortConnectorType
• rcPortPerformRouting
• rcPortHighPriority
• rcPortAction
• rcPortResult
• rcPortPrimaryConnector
• rcPortActiveConnector
• rcPortBackupConnectorStatus
• rcPortAutoNegotiate
• rcPortAdminDuplex
• rcPortOperDuplex

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• rcPortAdminSpeed
• rcPortOperSpeed
• rcPortMltId
• rcPortLocked
• rcPortAutoNegotiationSupported
• rcPortSingleRoutablePort
• rcPortUnknownMacDiscard
• rcPortNumStateTransition
• rcStatMltIfExtnMltId
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfInMulticastPkts
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfInBroadcastPkts
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfOutMulticastPkts
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfOutBroadcastPkts
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCInOctets
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCInUcastPkts
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCInMulticastPkt
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCInBroadcastPkt
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCOutOctets
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCOutUcastPkts
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCOutMulticast
• rcStatMltIfExtnIfHCOutBroadcast
• rcStatMltEtherMltId
• rcStatMltEtherAlignmentErrors
• rcStatMltEtherFCSErrors
• rcStatMltEtherSingleCollFrames
• rcStatMltEtherMultipleCollFrames
• rcStatMltEtherSQETestError
• rcStatMltEtherDeferredTransmiss
• rcStatMltEtherLateCollisions
• rcStatMltEtherExcessiveCollis
• rcStatMltEtherIMacTransmitError
• rcStatMltEtherCarrierSenseError
• rcStatMltEtherFrameTooLong

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236 Appendix G BayStack 425 MIB Objects

• rcStatMltEtherIMacReceiveError
• rcStatMltIpMltId
• rcStatMltIpInReceives
• rcStatMltIpInHdrErrors
• rcStatMltIpInAddrErrors
• rcStatMltIpForwDatagrams
• rcStatMltIpInUnknownProtos
• rcStatMltIpInDiscards
• rcStatMltIpInDelivers
• rcStatMltIpOutRequest
• rcStatMltIpOutDiscards
• rcStatMltIpOutNoRoutes
• rcStatMltIpReasmReqds
• rcStatMltIpReasmOKs
• rcStatMltIpReasmFails
• rcStatMltIpFragOKs
• rcStatMltIpFragFails
• rcStatMltIpFragCreates
• rcStatMltIpRoutingDiscards
• rcStgMaxStgs
• rcStgNumStgs
• rcStgUnassignedPorts
• rcStgId
• rcStgTaggedBpduAddress
• rcStgTaggedBpduVlanId
• rcStgBridgeAddress
• rcStgNumPorts
• rcStgProtocolSpecification
• rcStgPriority
• rcStgTimeSinceTopologyChange
• rcStgTopChanges
• rcStgDesignatedRoot
• rcStgRootCost

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• rcStgRootPort
• rcStgMaxAge
• rcStgHelloTime
• rcStgHoldTime
• rcStgForwardDelay
• rcStgBridgeMaxAge
• rcStgBridgeHelloTime
• rcStgBridgeForwardDelay
• rcStgEnableStp
• rcStgStpTrapEnable
• rcStgPortMembers
• rcStgRowStatus
• rcStgPort
• rcStgPortStgId
• rcStgPortPriority
• rcStgPortState
• rcStgPortEnableStp
• rcStgPortFastStart
• rcStgPortPathCost
• rcStgPortDesignatedRoot
• rcStgPortDesignatedCost
• rcStgPortDesignatedBridge
• rcStgPortDesignatedPort
• rcStgPortForwardTransitions
• rcStgPortInConfigBpdus
• rcStgPortInTcnBpdus
• rcStgPortInBadBpdus
• rcStgPortOutConfigBpdus
• rcStgPortOutTcnBpdus
• rcStgPortRowStatus
• rcStgNotAllowedPorts
• rcMltNumMlts
• rcMltPotentialMembers

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• rcMltId
• rcMltName
• rcMltPortMembers
• rcMltPortType
• rcMltNumVlanIds
• rcMltVlanIds
• rcMltRowStatus
• rcMltEnable
• rcMltLoadBalance
• rcMltDistributionAlgorithm
• rcMltIfIndex
• snmpSetSerialNo
• snmpEngineID
• snmpEngineBoots
• snmpEngineTime
• snmpEngineMaxMessageSize
• snmpUnknownSecurityModels
• snmpInvalidMsgs
• snmpUnknownPDUHandlers
• snmpTargetSpinLock
• snmpTargetAddrTDomain
• snmpTargetAddrTAddress
• snmpTargetAddrTimeout
• snmpTargetAddrRetryCount
• snmpTargetAddrTagList
• snmpTargetAddrParams
• snmpTargetAddrStorageType
• snmpTargetAddrRowStatus
• snmpTargetParamsMPModel
• snmpTargetParamsSecurityModel
• snmpTargetParamsSecurityName
• snmpTargetParamsSecurityLevel
• snmpTargetParamsStorageType

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• snmpTargetParamsRowStatus
• snmpUnavailableContexts
• snmpUnknownContexts
• snmpNotifyTag
• snmpNotifyType
• snmpNotifyStorageType
• snmpNotifyRowStatus
• snmpNotifyFilterProfileName
• snmpNotifyFilterProfileStorType
• snmpNotifyFilterProfileRowStatus
• snmpNotifyFilterMask
• snmpNotifyFilterType
• snmpNotifyFilterStorageType
• snmpNotifyFilterRowStatus
• usmStatsUnsupportedSecLevels
• usmStatsNotInTimeWindows
• usmStatsUnknownUserNames
• usmStatsUnknownEngineIDs
• usmStatsWrongDigests
• usmStatsDecryptionErrors
• usmUserSpinLock
• usmUserSecurityName
• usmUserCloneFrom
• usmUserAuthProtocol
• usmUserAuthKeyChange
• usmUserOwnAuthKeyChange
• usmUserPrivProtocol
• usmUserPrivKeyChange
• usmUserOwnPrivKeyChange
• usmUserPublic
• usmUserStorageType
• usmUserStatus
• vacmContextName

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• vacmGroupName
• vacmSecurityToGroupStorageType
• vacmSecurityToGroupStatus
• vacmAccessContextMatch
• vacmAccessReadViewName
• vacmAccessWriteViewName
• vacmAccessNotifyViewName
• vacmAccessStorageType
• vacmAccessStatus
• vacmViewSpinLock
• vacmViewTreeFamilyMask
• vacmViewTreeFamilyType
• vacmViewTreeFamilyStorageType
• vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus
• snmpCommunityName
• snmpCommunitySecurityName
• snmpCommunityContextEngineID
• snmpCommunityContextName
• snmpCommunityTransportTag
• snmpCommunityStorageType
• snmpCommunityStatus
• snmpTargetAddrTMask
• snmpTargetAddrMMS

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Index

A Bridge Maximum Age Time field 164

Actual Hello Interval 163 Bridge Priority field 163

Aging Time field 108 Broadcasts field 144

Allowed Source IP Address field 167 Business Policy Switch

front panel 26
Allowed Source Mask field 167
Authentication Trap field 102
C
auto-MDI/X 40
Clear All Port Statistics option 107
autonegotiation
description 40 Collisions field 145
modes 180 Comm Port Data Bits field 149
troubleshooting 180 Comm Port Parity field 149
Autonegotiation field 132 Comm Port Stop Bits field 149
autosense description 40 Community String field 102
Configurable field 97
B configuration rules
BayStack 460 switch VLANs 72
connectors 203 connectors 203
default port settings for VLANs 58 DB-9 console/comm port connector 206
BootP RJ-45 port connector 203
Always mode 99 console interface (CI)
[Link] file 215 main menu 92
Bootstrap Protocol menus, using 90
choosing a request mode 98 Console Password field 150, 151
Disabled 100
Console Port Speed field 149
Last Address setting 100
Last BootP field 97 Console Read-Only Password field 151, 153
Request Mode field 97 Console Read-Write Password field 151, 153
sample configuration file 215 console/comm port
When Needed mode 99 configuration screen 148
BPS 2000 Image Filename field 169 illustration 206
Bridge Forward Delay field 164 pin assignments 207
Bridge Hello Time field 164 Console/Comm Port Configuration options 94

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242 Index

conventions, text 20 cleaning 188

conversation steering 40 connectors 193
description 187, 197
crossover cable 205
dimensions 193
customer support 22 disposal 188, 193
handling 188
D installation 191
introduction 190, 197
DB-9 console/comm port connector 206
labels 190
Default Gateway field 98 Model
default settings 209 1000BASE-LX 194
Deferred Packets field 145 1000BASE-SX 194
1000BASE-XD 196
Designated Root field 163
removal 192
Display Event Log option 94 specifications 193, 199
Display Port Statistics option 106 storing 188, 193
Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings option 158 Gigabit Ethernet ports,
linking with fiber optic networks 27, 187, 190
E
electrostatic discharge
H
and GBICs 188 Hello Interval 163, 164
Event Logging field 166 Hello Time field 163
Excessive Collisions field 145
I
F IEEE 802.1Q tagging important terms 57
FCS Errors field 145 IEEE 802.3u standard 40
fiber optic equipment In Use field 97
warning notice 188 Inactivity Timeout field 166
fiber optic networks In-Band IP Address field 97
linking with Gigabit Ethernet ports 27, 187, 190
In-Band Subnet Mask field 98
Filtered Packets field 145
infrared light
Find an Address field 108 warning notice 188
flash memory for software image upgrades 39 interoperability issues
Flooded Packets field 145 setting up your configuration 187
Forward Delay field 164 IP Configuration option 93
Frame Errors field 145 IP Configuration screen 96

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reading 190 O
Late Collisions field 145
options
LEDs Clear All Port Statistics 107
display panel 28, 176 Console/Comm Port Configuration 94
Link field 131 Display Event Log 94
Login Retries field 166 Display Port Statistics 106
Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings 158
Login Timeout field 166
IP Configuration 93
Logout option 95 Logout 95
Lost Packets field 144 MAC Address Table 106
MultiLink Trunk Configuration 106
Port Configuration 106
M Port Mirroring Configuration 106
MAC Address Table option 106 Reset 93, 94
MAC Address Table screen 107 Reset to Default Settings 95
MAC address-based network security 38 SNMP Configuration 93
Software Download 94
main menu, console interface 92 Spanning Tree Configuration 94
Maximum Age Time field 163 Spanning Tree Port Configuration 158
MDI-X to MDI cable connections 205 Switch Configuration 94
MDI-X to MDI-X cable connections 205 System Characteristics 93
TELNET Configuration 94
MIBs SNMP MIB support 43 VLAN Configuration 106
Model Oversized Packets field 145
1000BASE-LX 194
1000BASE-SX 194
1000BASE-XD 196 P
Multicasts field 144 Packets field 144
MultiLink Trunk Configuration option 106 Participation field 161
MultiLink Trunk Configuration screen 134 Path Cost field 161
MultiLink Trunking Port Configuration option 106
configuration example 72 Port Configuration screen 130
feature 40
port connections, troubleshooting 179
Multiple Collisions field 145
Port field 131, 144, 160
port mirroring
N coversation steering 40
network configuration monitoring modes 142
configuring power workgroups and a shared Nortel Networks StackProbe 40
media hub 51 Port Mirroring Configuration option 106
network protocol/standards compatibility 185 Port Mirroring Configuration screen 140
Port Statistics screen 142

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power cord warnings (multilingual) 33 Spanning Tree Configuration Menu 157

power cords 32 Spanning Tree Configuration option 94
power-up sequence 179 Spanning Tree Port Configuration option 158
Priority field 161 Spanning Tree Port Configuration screen 159
product support 22 Spanning Tree Switch Settings screen 162
publications specifications
related 22, 41 GBIC 193, 199
specifications,
R Model
1000BASE-LX 194
RADIUS-based network security 38
1000BASE-SX 194
Read-Only Community String field 101 1000BASE-XD 196
Read-Write Community String field 102 Speed/Duplex field 132
request mode, choosing 98 stack MAC address 52
requirements stack up/down configurations 53
power cords 32
stacking
Reset to Default Settings option 95 cascade module slot 31
RFC 41 considerations 56
RJ-45 port connector initial installation 52
illustration 203 overview 51
pin assignments 204 stack MAC address 52
stacking considerations 53
Root Path Cost field 163
standards 43
Root Port field 163
Start TFTP Load of New Image field 170
State field 161
S
Status field 131
safety notice
support, Nortel Networks 22
infrared light 188
Switch Configuration Menu 105
Security
options 106
MAC address-based network security 38
RADIUS-based network security 38 Switch Configuration option 94
settings, default 209 System Characteristics option 93
Single Collisions field 145 System Characteristics screen 102
SNMP Configuration option 93 System Characteristics screen fields
Base Unit 103
SNMP Configuration screen 101
Last Reset Type 104
software Local MDA Type 104
download process 170 MAC Address 103
image upgrades 39 Operational Mode 103
Software Download option 94 Power Status 104

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Reset Count 104 U

Size of Stack 103
sysContact 104 Undersized Packets field 145
sysDescr 104 Uplink/Expansion slot 26, 27
sysLocation 104
sysName 104 V
sysObjectID 104
sysServices 104 virtual LAN (VLAN)
sysUpTime 104 configuration rules 72
network example 47
T VLANs
Configuration option 106
technical specifications 183, 217 Configuration screen 123
technical support 22 port-based 35
technical terms
port priority 58
port VLAN identifier (PVID) 57
tagged frame 57
tagged member 58
unregistered packet/frame 58
untagged frame 58
untagged member 58
user_priority 58
VLAN identifier (VID) 57
VLAN port members 58
TELNET Access field 166
TELNET Configuration option 94
TELNET Configuration screen 165
text conventions 20
TFTP Server IP Address field 170, 172
Total Octets field 144
Trap IP Address fields 102
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
software download 168
troubleshooting 191
port interface 180
power-up sequence 179
tutorial
IEEE 802.1Q tagging 57
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN workgroups 56

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