Nortel Networks 2500 Series Users Manual Ethernet Routing Switch Overview — System Configuration

2015-01-26

• Overview — SystemConfiguration
• Contents
• New in this release
  • Features
  • Other changes
• Introduction
  • Before you begin
  • Text conventions
  • Related publications
  • How to get help
    • Getting help from the Nortel web site
    • Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller
    • Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center
    • Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code
• Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series hardware
  • Hardware components of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
    • Front panel
    • Back panel
  • Network configuration examples
    • Small office desktop switch application
    • Branch office workgroup switch application
    • Medium sized office wiring closet switch application
• Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series stacking
  • Stacking capabilities
  • Stacking functionality delivery
    • Stack enabled switches
    • Standalone configuration with license files
  • Stack configuration
    • Configuring the operational mode on rear ports using the CLI
    • rear-ports mode command
    • show rear-ports mode command
    • Configuring the operational mode of rear ports using the Device Manager
    • Rear ports and stacking
    • Initial stack installation
    • Stack MAC address
    • Stack configurations
    • Temporary base unit
    • Redundant cascade stacking
    • Removing a stack unit
    • Adding/Replacing a stack unit
  • Auto Unit Replacement
    • AUR function
    • Configuring AUR using the CLI
    • Configuring AUR using Device Manager
• System configuration software features
  • Switch management features
    • Configuration and switch management
    • Console port settings
    • Switch banner
    • User name and password
    • Logging in
    • Autosave feature
    • Using SNTP
    • Using DNS to ping and Telnet
    • BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address
    • Choosing a BootP request mode
    • Flash memory storage
    • Configuration File Download/Upload
    • Requirements
    • Binary configuration file
    • ASCII configuration file
    • Autotopology
    • Link Layer Discovery Protocol (IEEE 802.1ab)
  • Ethernet port management features
    • Autosensing and autonegotiation
    • Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements
    • High speed flow control
    • Rate Limiting Configuration
  • Other features
    • RFCs
    • Standards
• CLI Basics
  • CLI command modes
  • Port numbering
    • Port numbering in Standalone Mode
  • Accessing CLI
  • Setting the system username and password
  • Getting help
  • Basic navigation
    • General navigation commands
    • Keystroke navigation
    • help command
    • no command
    • default command
    • logout command
    • enable command
    • configure command
    • interface command
    • disable command
    • end command
    • exit command
    • reload command
    • shutdown command
  • Managing basic system information
    • show sys-info command
    • show tech command
  • Managing MAC address forwarding database table
    • show mac-address-table command
    • mac-address-table aging-time command
    • default mac-address-table aging-time command
• Getting Started with Device Manager
  • Installing Device Manager
  • JDM installation precautions
  • Installing the Device Manager software
  • Installing JDM on Windows
    • Windows minimum requirements
    • Removing previous versions of JDM on Windows
    • Installing JDM on Windows from the CD
    • Installing JDM on Windows from the web
    • Executing the JDM installation software on Windows
  • Installing JDM on UNIX or Linux
    • Minimum requirements
    • Installing JDM on Solaris from the CD
    • Installing JDM on Linux from the CD
    • Installing JDM on UNIX or Linux from the web
    • Executing the JDM installation software on UNIX or Linux
    • Removing JDM in Unix or Linux environments
  • Device Manager basics
  • Starting Device Manager
  • Setting the Device Manager properties
  • Opening a device
  • Device Manager window
    • Menu bar
    • Toolbar
    • Device view
    • Shortcut menus
    • Status bar
    • Using the buttons in Device Manager dialog boxes
  • Editing objects
  • Working with statistics and graphs
    • Types of statistics
    • Types of graphs
    • Statistics for single and multiple objects
    • Viewing statistics as graphs
  • Telnet session
  • Opening an SSH connection to the device
  • Opening the web-based management home page
  • Trap log
  • Online Help
• Using the Web-based management interface
  • Requirements
  • Logging in to the web-based management interface
    • Menu
    • Management page
  • Viewing stack information
  • Viewing summary information
  • Changing stack numbering
  • Identifying unit numbers
• Power over Ethernet for the Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T-PWR and 2550T-PWR
  • Diagnosing and correcting PoE problems
    • Status codes on PoE ports
  • Configuring PoE switch parameters using the CLI
    • poe poe-pd-detect-type command
    • poe poe-power-usage-threshold command
    • poe poe-trap command
    • no poe-trap command
  • Configuring PoE port parameters using the CLI
    • no poe-shutdown command
    • poe poe-shutdown command
    • poe poe-priority command
    • poe poe-limit command
  • Displaying PoE configuration using the CLI
    • show poe-main-status command
    • show poe-port-status command
    • show poe-power-measurement command
  • Configuring PoE using web-based management
    • Displaying and configuring power management for the switch
    • Displaying and configuring power management for the ports
  • Editing and viewing switch PoE configurations using Device Manager
    • PoE tab for a single unit
    • Device Manager display for PoE ports
    • PoE tab for ports
• System configuration using the CLI
  • Configuring the switch IP address, subnet mask and default gateway
    • IP notation
    • Assigning and clearing IP addresses
    • Pinging
  • Resetting the switch to default configuration
  • Using DNS to ping and telnet
    • show ip dns command
    • ping command
    • ip name-server command
    • no ip name-server command
    • ip domain-name command
    • no ip domain-name command
    • default ip domain-name command
  • Configuration Management
    • Automatically loading Configuration file
    • ASCII Configuration Generator
  • Customizing your system
    • Setting the terminal
    • Displaying system information
    • Setting boot parameters
    • Setting TFTP parameters
    • Customizing the€opening banner
  • Displaying the ARP table
  • Displaying interfaces
    • show interfaces command
    • show interfaces config command
  • Saving the configuration to NVRAM
    • copy config nvram command
    • write memory command
    • save config command
  • Enabling and disabling autosave
    • show autosave command
    • autosave enable command
    • no autosave enable command
    • default autosave enable command
  • Setting time on network elements using Simple Network Time Protocol
    • show sntp command
    • sntp enable command
    • no sntp enable command
    • sntp server primary address command
    • sntp server secondary address command
    • no sntp server command
    • sntp sync-now command
    • sntp sync-interval command
    • default sntp command
  • Setting local time zone
    • clock time-zone
    • no clock time-zone
    • clock summer-time
    • no clock summer-time
    • show clock time-zone
    • show clock summer-time
  • Enabling Autopology
    • autotopology command
    • no autotopology command
    • default autotopology command
    • show autotopology settings
    • show autotopology nmm-table
  • Configuring LLDP using the CLI
    • lldp command
    • default lldp command
    • lldp config-notification command
    • no lldp config-notification command
    • default lldp config-notification command
    • lldp tx-tlv command
    • no lldp tx-tlv command
    • default lldp tx-tlv command
    • lldp status command
    • no lldp status command
    • default lldp status command
    • show lldp command
    • show lldp port command
  • Configuring LEDs to blink on the display panel
  • Upgrading software
    • download command
• Ethernet port management using the CLI
  • Enabling or disabling a port
    • shutdown command for the port
    • no shutdown command
  • Naming ports
    • name command
    • no name command
    • default name command
  • Setting port speed
    • speed command
    • default speed command
    • duplex command
    • default duplex command
  • Enabling flow control
    • flowcontrol command
    • no flowcontrol command
    • default flowcontrol command
  • Enabling rate-limiting
    • show rate-limit command
    • rate-limit command
    • no rate-limit command
    • default rate-limit command
  • Enabling Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements (CANA)
    • show auto-negotiation-advertisements command
    • show auto-negotiation-capabilities command
    • auto-negotiation-advertisements command
    • no auto-negotiation-advertisements command
    • default auto-negotiation-advertisements command
• Configuring the switch using Device Manager
  • Viewing Unit information
    • Unit tab
    • Rate Limit tab
  • Viewing switch IP information
    • Globals tab
    • Addresses tab
    • ARP tab
    • TCP tab
    • TCP Connections tab
    • UDP Listeners tab
  • Editing the chassis configuration
    • System tab
    • Agent tab
    • PowerSupply tab
    • Fan tab
    • Banner tab
    • Custom Banner tab
  • Working with configuration files
    • FileSystem dialog box
    • ASCII config file
    • Save Configuration tab
  • Working with SNTP
    • Configuring SNTP
    • Configuring local time zone using the device manager
    • Configuring daylight savings time using the device manager
  • Displaying topology information using Device Manager
    • Topology tab
    • Topology Table tab
  • Configuring LLDP using Device Manager
    • LLDP Globals tab
    • Port tab
    • TX Stats tab
    • Graphing LLDP transmit statistics
    • RX Stats tab
    • Graphing LLDP receive statistics
    • Local System tab
    • Local Port tab
    • Local Management tab
    • Neighbor tab
    • Neighbor Mgmt Address tab
    • Unknown TLV tab
    • Organizational Defined Info tab
• Configuring ports using Device Manager
  • Viewing and editing a single port configuration
    • Interface tab for a single port
  • Viewing and editing multiple port configurations
    • Interface tab for multiple ports
• Administering the switch using web-based management
  • Viewing system information
  • Quick Start
  • Configuring system security
  • Rebooting the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
  • Changing the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series to system defaults
  • Logging out of the management interface
• Configuring the switch using web-based management
  • Configuring BootP, IP, and gateway settings
  • Modifying system settings
  • Configuring switch port status
  • Configuring high speed flow control
  • Downloading switch images
  • Downloading ASCII configuration files
  • Storing and retrieving a switch configuration file from a TFTP server
    • Requirements for storing and retrieving configuration parameters on a TFTP server
  • Enabling and disabling autosave
  • Configuring port communication speed
  • Configuring Rate Limiting
    • Configuring Rate Limiting
• Troubleshooting
  • Interpreting the LEDs
  • Diagnosing and correcting problems
    • Normal power-up sequence
    • Port connection problems
• DB-9 (RS-232-D) Console/Comm Port connector
• Default settings
• Sample BootP configuration file
• Command List
• Technical specifications
  • Environmental specifications
  • AC power specifications
  • Physical dimensions
  • Performance specifications
  • Network protocol and standards compatibility
  • Safety agency certification
  • Electromagnetic emissions
  • Electromagnetic immunity
• Index
• Figures
  • Figure 1 Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T-PWR
  • Figure 2 Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T front panel
  • Figure 3 Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T front panel
  • Figure 4 Ethernet Routing Switch 2526T-PWR front panel
  • Figure 5 Ethernet Routing Switch 2550T-PWR front panel
  • Figure 6 LED display panel
  • Figure 7 Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series back panel
  • Figure 8 Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series used as a desktop switch
  • Figure 9 Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series used as a workgroup switch
  • Figure 10 Configuring power workgroups and a wiring closet switch
  • Figure 11 show license all command output
  • Figure 12 License Download page
  • Figure 13 show rear-ports mode command output
  • Figure 14 Rear panel components
  • Figure 15 CFG mirror process in stack
  • Figure 16 CFG mirror images in the stack after adding unit 4
  • Figure 17 CFG mirror images after removing unit 4
  • Figure 18 CFG mirror images in the stack after removing the BU (unit 1)
  • Figure 19 CFG mirror images in the stack after adding unit 5
  • Figure 20 Login banner
  • Figure 21 Login screen
  • Figure 22 How LLDP works
  • Figure 23 CLI command mode hierarchy
  • Figure 24 help command output
  • Figure 25 show sys-info command output
  • Figure 26 show tech command output
  • Figure 27 show mac-address-table command output
  • Figure 28 InstallAnywhere Introduction dialog box
  • Figure 29 InstallAnywhere Introduction dialog box
  • Figure 30 Device Manager window
  • Figure 31 Default Properties dialog box
  • Figure 32 Open Device dialog box
  • Figure 33 Parts of the Device Manager window
  • Figure 34 Objects in the device view
  • Figure 35 Interface tab
  • Figure 36 Color port legend
  • Figure 37 Switch unit shortcut menu
  • Figure 38 Port shortcut menu
  • Figure 39 Line graph
  • Figure 40 Area graph
  • Figure 41 Bar graph
  • Figure 42 Pie graph
  • Figure 43 Interface statistics for a single port
  • Figure 44 Interface statistics for multiple ports
  • Figure 45 Statistics dialog box for a port
  • Figure 46 Web-based management home page
  • Figure 47 Menu
  • Figure 48 Console page
  • Figure 49 Stack Information page
  • Figure 50 Switch Information page
  • Figure 51 Stack Numbering page
  • Figure 52 Identifying Unit Numbers page
  • Figure 53 show poe-main-status command output
  • Figure 54 show poe-port-status command output
  • Figure 55 show poe-power-measurement command output
  • Figure 56 show ip command output
  • Figure 57 show ip address command output
  • Figure 58 ping command responses
  • Figure 59 show ip dns command output
  • Figure 60 ping command responses
  • Figure 61 show config-network command output
  • Figure 62 show running-config command output
  • Figure 63 show terminal command output
  • Figure 64 show cli command output
  • Figure 65 show sys-info command output
  • Figure 66 show tftp-server command output
  • Figure 67 show arp-table command output
  • Figure 68 show interfaces names command output
  • Figure 69 show interfaces command output
  • Figure 70 show interfaces verbose command output
  • Figure 71 show interfaces config command output
  • Figure 72 show autosave command output
  • Figure 73 show sntp command output
  • Figure 74 show clock time-zone output
  • Figure 75 show clock summer-time
  • Figure 76 show autotopology settings command output
  • Figure 77 show autotopology nmm-table command output
  • Figure 78 show lldp local-sys-data command output
  • Figure 79 show lldp mgmt-sys-data command output
  • Figure 80 show lldp stats command output
  • Figure 81 show lldp port neighbor command output
  • Figure 82 show lldp port neighbor-mgmt-addr command output
  • Figure 83 show lldp port rx-stats command output
  • Figure 84 show lldp port tx-stats command output
  • Figure 85 show lldp port tx-tlv command output
  • Figure 86 download message
  • Figure 87 shutdown port command output
  • Figure 88 show rate-limit command output
  • Figure 89 show auto-negotiation-advertisements command output
  • Figure 90 show auto-negotiation-capabilities command output
  • Figure 91 Unit dialog box
  • Figure 92 Globals tab
  • Figure 93
  • Figure 94 Telnet window with default banner
  • Figure 95 FileSystem - Config/Image/Diag File tab dialog box
  • Figure 96 File system - ASCII Config File dialog box
  • Figure 97 Save Config tab
  • Figure 98 SNTP_Clock dialog box
  • Figure 99 Diagnostics dialog box Topology tab
  • Figure 100 Diagnostics dialog box Topology Table tab
  • Figure 101 LLDP Globals tab
  • Figure 102 LLDP Port tab
  • Figure 103 TX Stats tab
  • Figure 104
  • Figure 105 RX Stats tab
  • Figure 106
  • Figure 107 Local System tab
  • Figure 108 Local Port tab
  • Figure 109 Local Management tab
  • Figure 110 Neighbor tab
  • Figure 111 Neighbor Mgmt Address tab
  • Figure 112 Organizational Defined Info tab
  • Figure 113 Port dialog box Interface tab
  • Figure 114 Interface tab for multiple ports
  • Figure 115 System Information page
  • Figure 116 Quick Start page
  • Figure 117 Reset page
  • Figure 118 Reset page message
  • Figure 119 Reset to Default page message
  • Figure 120 Logout message
  • Figure 121 IP page
  • Figure 122 System page
  • Figure 123 Port Management page
  • Figure 124 High Speed Flow Control page
  • Figure 125 Software Download page
  • Figure 126 Ascii Configuration file download page
  • Figure 127 Configuration File
  • Figure 128 Console/Communication Port page
  • Figure 129 Rate Limiting page
  • Figure 130 DB-9 Console port connector
• Tables
  • Table 1 Components on the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 front panel
  • Table 2 Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series LED descriptions
  • Table 3 Components on the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series back panel
  • Table 4 International power cord specifications
  • Table 5 show license command parameters
  • Table 6 License Download page fields
  • Table 7 rear-ports mode command
  • Table 8 Parameters not saved to the configuration file
  • Table 9 Command mode prompts and entrance/exit commands
  • Table 10 Keystroke navigation
  • Table 11 configure command parameters and variables
  • Table 12 interface command parameters and variables
  • Table 13 reload command parameters and variables
  • Table 14 shutdown command parameters and variables
  • Table 15 show mac-address-table command parameters and variables
  • Table 16 mac-address-table aging-time command parameters and variables
  • Table 17 Properties dialog box fields
  • Table 18 SNMP community string default values
  • Table 19 Open Device dialog box fields
  • Table 20 Menu bar commands
  • Table 21 Toolbar buttons
  • Table 22 Selecting multiple objects
  • Table 23 Port color codes
  • Table 24 Switch unit shortcut menu command
  • Table 25 Port shortcut menu commands
  • Table 26 Device Manager buttons
  • Table 27 Types of statistics
  • Table 28 Graph dialog box buttons
  • Table 29 Help file locations
  • Table 30 Main headings and options
  • Table 31 Menu icons
  • Table 32 Page icons
  • Table 33 Switch Information page fields
  • Table 34 poe poe-pd-detect-type command parameters and variables
  • Table 35 poe poe-power-usage-threshold command parameters and variables
  • Table 36 no poe-shutdown command parameters and variables
  • Table 37 poe poe-shutdown command parameters and variables
  • Table 38 poe poe-priority command parameters and variables
  • Table 39 poe poe-limit command parameters and variables
  • Table 40 show poe-port-status command parameters and variables
  • Table 41 show poe-power-measurement command parameters and variables
  • Table 42 Global Power Management page items
  • Table 43 Port Property page items
  • Table 44 PoE tab items for a single unit
  • Table 45 Port power color codes
  • Table 46 PoE tab items
  • Table 47 ip address command parameters and variables
  • Table 48 ip default-gateway command parameters and variables
  • Table 49 show ip command parameters and variables
  • Table 50 show ip address command parameters and variables
  • Table 51 ping command parameters and variables
  • Table 52 ping command parameters and variables
  • Table 53 ip name-server command parameters and variables
  • Table 54 no ip name-server command parameters and variables
  • Table 55 ip domain-name command parameters and variables
  • Table 56 configure network command parameters and variables
  • Table 57 copy running-config tftp command parameters and variables
  • Table 58 terminal command parameters and variables
  • Table 59 show cli command parameters and variables
  • Table 60 boot command parameters and variables
  • Table 61 ip bootp server command parameters and variables
  • Table 62 tftp-server command parameters and variables
  • Table 63 copy config tftp command parameters and variables
  • Table 64 copy tftp config command parameters and variables
  • Table 65 banner command parameters
  • Table 66 show banner command parameters and variables
  • Table 67 show interfaces command parameters and variables
  • Table 68 show interfaces config command parameters and variables
  • Table 69 sntp server primary address command parameters and variables
  • Table 70 sntp server secondary address command parameters and variables
  • Table 71 no sntp server command parameters and variables
  • Table 72 sntp sync-interval command parameters and variables
  • Table 73 default sntp command parameters and variables
  • Table 74 clock time-zone command parameters and variables
  • Table 75 clock summer-time command parameters and variables
  • Table 76 lldp command parameters and variables
  • Table 77 default lldp command parameters and variables
  • Table 78 lldp config-notification command parameters and variables
  • Table 79 no lldp config-notification command parameters and variables
  • Table 80 default lldp config-notification command parameters and variables
  • Table 81 lldp tx-tlv command parameters and variables
  • Table 82 no lldp tx-tlv command parameters and variables
  • Table 83 default lldp tx-tlv command parameters and variables
  • Table 84 lldp status command parameters and variables
  • Table 85 no lldp status command parameters and variables
  • Table 86 default lldp status command parameters and variables
  • Table 87 show lldp command parameters and variables
  • Table 88 show lldp port command parameters and variables
  • Table 89 blink-leds command parameters and variables
  • Table 90 download command parameters and variables
  • Table 91 shutdown port command parameters and variables
  • Table 92 no shutdown command parameters and variables
  • Table 93 name command parameters and variables
  • Table 94 no name command parameters and variables
  • Table 95 default name command parameters and variables
  • Table 96 speed command parameters and variables
  • Table 97 default speed command parameters and variables
  • Table 98 duplex command parameters and variables
  • Table 99 default duplex command parameters and variables
  • Table 100 flowcontrol command parameters and variables
  • Table 101 no flowcontrol command parameters and variables
  • Table 102 default flowconrtol command parameters and variables
  • Table 103 rate-limit command parameters and variables
  • Table 104 show auto-negotiation-advertisements command
  • Table 105 show auto-negotiation-capabilities command
  • Table 106 auto-negotiation-advertisements command
  • Table 107 no auto-negotiation-advertisements command
  • Table 108 default auto-negotiation-advertisements command
  • Table 109 Unit tab fields
  • Table 110 Rate Limit tab fields
  • Table 111 Rear Ports Mode tab fields
  • Table 112 Globals tab fields
  • Table 113 Addresses tab fields
  • Table 114 ARP tab fields
  • Table 115 TCP tab fields
  • Table 116 UDP Listeners tab fields
  • Table 117 System tab fields
  • Table 118 Base Unit Info tab fields
  • Table 119 Agent tab fields
  • Table 120 Power Supply tab fields
  • Table 121 Fan tab fields
  • Table 122 FileSystem Config/Image/Diag file dialog box fields
  • Table 123 ASCII Config File tab fields
  • Table 124 Save Configuration tab fields
  • Table 125 SNTP_Clock dialog box fields
  • Table 126 Topology tab fields
  • Table 127 Topology Table tab fields
  • Table 128 LLDP Globals tab fields
  • Table 129 Port tab fields
  • Table 130 TX Stats tab fields
  • Table 131 RX Stats tab fields
  • Table 132 Local System tab fields
  • Table 133 Local Port tab fields
  • Table 134 Local Management tab fields
  • Table 135 Neighbor Mgmt Address tab fields
  • Table 136 Unknown TLV tab fields
  • Table 137 Organizational Defined Info tab fields
  • Table 138 Interface tab fields for a single port
  • Table 139 Interface tab fields for multiple ports
  • Table 140 System Information page items
  • Table 141 Items on the Quick Start page
  • Table 142 IP page items
  • Table 143 System page items
  • Table 144 Port Management page items
  • Table 145 High Speed Flow Control page items
  • Table 146 Software Download page fields
  • Table 147 LED Indications during the software download process
  • Table 148 Ascii Configuration file download page items
  • Table 149 Configuration File Setting items
  • Table 150 Parameters not saved to the configuration file
  • Table 151 Console/Communication Port page items
  • Table 152 Rate Limiting page items
  • Table 153 Corrective actions
  • Table 154 DB-9 Console port connector pin assignments
  • Table 155 Factory default settings
  • Table 156 CLI command list
  • Table 157 Environmental specifications
  • Table 158 AC power specifications
  • Table 159 Physical dimensions of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
  • Table 160 Performance specifications of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series