MAGNUM 6K FAMILY OF SWITCHES

Managed Network Software (MNS) for Magnum 6K family of Switches

– MNS-6K

Release 3.7.1

CLI User Guide

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Preface

This guide describes how to use the Command Line Interface (CLI) for the Magnum
6K family of switches. For the Web Management Interface please refer to the Web
Management Guide.
Some simple guidelines which will be useful for configuring and using the Magnum
6K family of switches -
If you need information on a specific command in the CLI, type the
command name after you type the word “help” (help <command> ) or just
type <command> [Enter].
If you need information on a specific feature in Web Management Interface,
use the online help provided in the interface.
If you need further information or data sheets on GarrettCom Magnum 6K
family of switches, refer to the GarrettCom web links at:
http://www.garrettcom.com/managed_switches.htm (except MP62 switch shown on the page)

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Table of Contents

1 – Conventions Followed...............................................................18
Flow of the User Guide ..........................................................19
2 – Getting Started ............................................................................22
Before starting ..........................................................................22
MNS-6K Software Updates .......................................................23
Console connection .................................................................23
Console setup............................................................................24
Console screen..........................................................................24
Logging in for the first time ...................................................25
Setting the IP parameters........................................................25
Privilege levels...........................................................................28
Operator Privileges......................................................................28
Manager Privileges.......................................................................28
User management.....................................................................28
Add User.......................................................................................29
Delete User...................................................................................29
Modify Password .........................................................................29
Modify the Privilege Level .........................................................29
Modify Access Privileges for a user ..........................................30
Help ............................................................................................31
Displaying Help for an Individual Command.........................31
Viewing options for a command...............................................31
Context help .................................................................................32
Exiting........................................................................................33

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 List of commands in this chapter ..........................................33
3 – IP Address and System Information.....................................35
IP Addressing...............................................................................35
Importance of an IP address ..................................................35
DHCP and bootp ........................................................................36
Bootp Database ...........................................................................36
Configuring Auto/DHCP/Bootp/Manual .............................37
Using Telnet .................................................................................38
Setting serial port parameters .................................................40
System parameters....................................................................41
Date and time............................................................................43
Network time............................................................................44
Saving and loading configuration ..........................................45
Config files....................................................................................48
Displaying configuration.........................................................50
Erasing configuration ..............................................................53
Displaying Serial Number .......................................................54
List of commands in this chapter ..........................................55
Other commands .....................................................................57
4 – IPv6 .................................................................................59
Assumptions.................................................................................59
Introduction to IPv6................................................................59
What’s changed in IPV6?........................................................60
IPv6 Addressing .......................................................................61
Configuring IPv6......................................................................61
List of commands in this chapter ..........................................62
5 – Access Considerations ....................................................64
Securing access.............................................................................64
Passwords ..................................................................................64
Port Security..............................................................................65
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 Network security..........................................................................65
Configuring Port Security...........................................................65
Logs ............................................................................................71
Authorized managers...............................................................73
List of commands in this chapter ..........................................75
6 – Access Using RADIUS ...................................................77
RADIUS .......................................................................................77
802.1x .........................................................................................77
Configuring 802.1x...................................................................80
List of commands in this chapter ..........................................85
7 – Access Using TACACS+ ................................................87
TACACS – flavors and history..................................................87
TACACS+ Flow.......................................................................88
TACACS+ Packet....................................................................89
Configuring TACACS+ ..........................................................89
List of commands in this chapter ..........................................91
8 – Port Mirroring and Setup................................................93
Port monitoring and mirroring..................................................93
Port mirroring...........................................................................93
Port setup ..................................................................................94
Speed settings...............................................................................95
Flow Control ................................................................................96
Back Pressure ...............................................................................97
Broadcast Storms.........................................................................99
Preventing broadcast storms ................................................100
Port Rate limiting for broadcast traffic...............................101
List of commands in this chapter ........................................101
9 – VLAN............................................................................ 103
Why VLANs?.............................................................................103
Tag VLAN or Port VLAN? .................................................105

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 Private VLANs .......................................................................106
Using Port VLANs ................................................................107
Creating VLANs.....................................................................107
Using Tag VLANs .................................................................111
Tag VLANs and Management .............................................118
List of commands in this chapter ........................................121
10 – Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).................................... 123
STP features and operation......................................................123
Using STP................................................................................124
List of commands in this chapter ........................................134
11 – Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)....................... 135
RSTP concepts...........................................................................135
Transition from STP to RSTP .............................................136
Configuring RSTP..................................................................137
List of commands in this chapter ........................................147
12 – RS-Ring™, S-Ring™ and Link-Loss-Learn™ (LLL) 149
S-Ring and LLL concepts.........................................................150
RS-Ring concepts ......................................................................151
When to use RS-Ring vs S-Ring ..........................................152
Comparing resiliency methods.............................................153
RSTP/STP Operation without RS-Ring or S-Ring ..........154
RSTP/STP Operation with S-Ring .....................................156
LLL with S-Ring.....................................................................158
Ring learn features..................................................................158
Configuring S-Ring ................................................................159
RSTP Operation with RS-Ring ............................................162
Configuring RS-Ring .............................................................164
List of commands in this chapter ........................................166
13 – Dual-Homing .............................................................. 168

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 Dual-Homing concepts ............................................................168
Dual-Homing Modes.............................................................171
Configuring Dual-Homing ...................................................171
List of commands in this chapter ........................................173
14 – Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) ............... 174
LACP concepts ..........................................................................174
LACP Configuration..............................................................175
List of commands in this chapter ........................................185
15 – Quality of Service ........................................................ 186
QoS concepts .............................................................................186
DiffServ and QoS...................................................................187
IP Precedence .........................................................................188
Configuring QoS ....................................................................189
List of commands in this chapter ........................................193
16 – IGMP........................................................................... 195
IGMP concepts..........................................................................195
IGMP-L2 .................................................................................199
Configuring IGMP.................................................................202
List of commands in this chapter ........................................207
17 – GVRP...........................................................................209
GVRP concepts .........................................................................209
GVRP Operations..................................................................210
Configuring GVRP ................................................................215
GVRP Operations Notes......................................................216
List of commands in this chapter ........................................217
18 – SNMP .......................................................................... 218
SNMP concepts .........................................................................218
Traps.........................................................................................220
Standards .................................................................................220

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 Configuring SNMP ................................................................221
Configuring RMON ..............................................................230
List of commands in this chapter ........................................231
19 – Miscellaneous Commands ..........................................235
Alarm Relays ...........................................................................235
Email ........................................................................................239
Serial Connectivity .................................................................244
Miscellaneous commands .....................................................245
Prompt .....................................................................................246
Ping...........................................................................................247
FTP modes..............................................................................248
System Events.........................................................................248
MAC Address Table ..............................................................253
List of commands in this chapter ........................................254
APPENDIX 1 - Command listing by Chapter ..................257
Chapter 2 – Getting Started..................................................257
Chapter 3 – IP Address and System Information.............258
Chapter 4 – IPv6 ....................................................................261
Chapter 5 – Access Considerations.....................................262
Chapter 6 – Access Using Radius........................................263
Chapter 7 – Access using TACACS+.................................264
Chapter 8 – Port mirroring and setup.................................265
Chapter 9 - VLAN .................................................................266
Chapter 10 – Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).....................267
Chapter 11 – Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol.....................267
Chapter 12 – RS-Ring, S-Ring and Link-Loss-Learn .......268
Chapter 13 – Dual-Homing..................................................270
Chapter 14 – Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)270
Chapter 15 – Quality of Service...........................................270

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 Chapter 16 - IGMP................................................................271
Chapter 17 - GVRP ...............................................................272
Chapter 18 – SNMP ..............................................................272
Chapter 19 – Miscellaneous Commands ............................275
APPENDIX 2 - Commands sorted alphabetically............278
APPENDIX 3 - Daylight Savings ......................................299
Daylight Savings Time...........................................................299
APPENDIX 4 – Updating MNS-6K Software.................... 301
1. Getting Started ......................................................302
Selecting the proper version .................................................303
Downloading the MNS-6K software..................................303
Next steps................................................................................307
2. Preparing to load the software..............................308
Accessing the switch ..............................................................308
Serial Connection.......................................................................308
Network Access.........................................................................309
Saving the Configuration ......................................................309
Serial Connection.......................................................................310
Network Access.........................................................................312
Next steps................................................................................313
3. Loading the MNS-6K software ............................. 314
Before loading the MNS-6K software ................................314
Accessing the switch ..............................................................314
Serial Connection.......................................................................315
Network Access.........................................................................316
Next steps................................................................................317
4. (Optional Step) Restoring the configuration........ 318
Accessing the switch ..............................................................318
Reloading the configuration .................................................318

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 Updating boot code over the network................................319
Index................................................................................... 321

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List of Figures

FIGURE 1 - HyperTerminal screen showing the serial settings ................................................................. 24

FIGURE 2 - Prompt indicating the switch model number as well as mode of operation – note the
commands to switch between the levels is not shown here.............................................................. 25
FIGURE 3 - Setting IP address on the switch ......................................................................................... 26
FIGURE 4 - Rebooting the switch .......................................................................................................... 27
FIGURE 5 - Viewing the basic setup parameters. You can use ‘show setup’ or ‘show sysconfig’ to
view setup parameters ................................................................................................................ 27
FIGURE 6 - Switching users and privilege levels. Note the prompt changes with the new privilege
level. ......................................................................................................................................... 28
FIGURE 7 - Adding a user with Manager level privilege ....................................................................... 29
FIGURE 8 - Deleting a user ................................................................................................................. 29
FIGURE 9 - Changing the password for a specific user........................................................................... 29
FIGURE 10 - Changing the privilege levels for a user ............................................................................. 30
FIGURE 11 – Creating user access privileges........................................................................................... 30
FIGURE 12 - Help command.............................................................................................................. 31
FIGURE 13 - Help for a specific command........................................................................................... 31
FIGURE 14 - Options for the ‘show’ command...................................................................................... 32
FIGURE 15 - Listing commands available (at the operator level) ........................................................... 32
FIGURE 16 - Listing commands starting with a specific character .......................................................... 32
FIGURE 17 - Listing commands options – note the command was not completed and the TAB
key completed the command. ...................................................................................................... 33
FIGURE 18 – logout command .............................................................................................................. 33
FIGURE 19 - Checking the IP settings.................................................................................................. 36
FIGURE 20 - Changing the boot mode of the switch .............................................................................. 38
FIGURE 21 - Changing telnet access – note in this case, the enable command was repeated without
any effect to the switch................................................................................................................ 38
FIGURE 22 - Reviewing the console parameters – note telnet is enabled ................................................. 39
FIGURE 23 - Example of a telnet session............................................................................................. 39
FIGURE 24 – managing and viewing multiple telnet sessions .................................................................. 40

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FIGURE 25 - Querying the serial port settings ...................................................................................... 41
FIGURE 26 - System parameters using the show setup command. Most parameters here cannot be
changed ..................................................................................................................................... 41
FIGURE 27 - System parameters using the show sysconfig command. Most parameters here can be
changed. .................................................................................................................................... 42
FIGURE 28 - Setting the system name, system location and system contact information........................... 42
FIGURE 29 - Setting the system date, time and time zone ..................................................................... 43
FIGURE 30 - Setting the system daylight saving time............................................................................. 44
FIGURE 31 - Setting up SNTP services ............................................................................................... 45
FIGURE 32 - Saving the configuration on a tftp server .......................................................................... 45
FIGURE 33 – Based on the ftp or tftp or xmodem commands – the MNS-6K based switch can
upload or download different types of files and images .Other files such as log files, hosts file
can also be saved or loaded onto a switch .................................................................................... 47
FIGURE 34 – commands to save the configuration using ftp. Similar options will be specified using
tftp etc. When using the ftp command, use the host command discussed later in this section
to define the ftp server ................................................................................................................ 48
FIGURE 35 – Contents of the config file................................................................................................. 49
FIGURE 36 – Creating host entries on MNS-6K.................................................................................. 50
FIGURE 37 – ‘show config’ command output................................................................................... 52
FIGURE 38 – displaying specific modules using the ‘show config’ command....................................... 52
FIGURE 39 – displaying configuration for different modules. Note – multiple modules can be
specified on the command line..................................................................................................... 53
FIGURE 40 – Erasing configuration without erasing the IP address ....................................................... 54
FIGURE 41 – Display the serial number, factory code and other relevant setup information...................... 54
FIGURE 42 – Configuring IPv6............................................................................................................ 62
FIGURE 43 – Changing password for a given account ............................................................................ 64
FIGURE 44 – Port security configuration mode ...................................................................................... 65
FIGURE 45 – Port security configuration mode ...................................................................................... 66
FIGURE 46 – Port security – allowing specific MAC addresses on a specified port. (No spaces
between specified MAC addresses) ............................................................................................. 67
FIGURE 47 – Port security - the port learns the MAC addresses. Note – a maximum of 200
MAC addresses can be learnt per port and a maximum of 500 per switch. Also, the
‘action’ on the port must be set to none before the port ‘learns’ the MAC address
information. .............................................................................................................................. 67
FIGURE 48 – Enabling and disabling port security ............................................................................... 67

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FIGURE 49 – Viewing port security settings on a switch. On port 9, learning is enabled. This port
has 6 stations connected to it with the MAC addresses as shown. Other ports have
learning disabled and the MAC addresses are not configured on those ports ................................ 68
FIGURE 50 – Enabling learning on a port. Note – after the learning is enabled, the port security
can be queried to find the status of MAC addresses learnt. If there were machines
connected to this port, the MAC address would be shown on port 11 as they are shown on
port 9 ....................................................................................................................................... 68
FIGURE 51 – Allowing specific MAC address on specific ports. After the MAC address is
specified, the port or specific ports or a range of ports can be queried as shown .............................. 69
FIGURE 52 – Removing a MAC address from port security .................................................................. 69
FIGURE 53 – Setting the logging on a port ............................................................................................ 69
FIGURE 54 – Steps for setting up port security on a specific port ............................................................ 71
FIGURE 55 – Show log and clear log command. The show log command indicates the type of log
activity in the S column ............................................................................................................. 73
FIGURE 56 – Steps to allow deny or remove specific services ................................................................... 75
FIGURE 57 – 802.1x network components........................................................................................... 78
FIGURE 58 – 802.1x authentication details ......................................................................................... 79
FIGURE 59 – securing the network using port access .............................................................................. 84
FIGURE 60 – Flow chart describing the interaction between local users and TACACS
authorization ............................................................................................................................ 88
FIGURE 61 – TACACS packet format ............................................................................................... 89
FIGURE 62 – Configuring TACACS+............................................................................................... 91
FIGURE 63 – Enabling port mirroring ................................................................................................. 94
FIGURE 64 – Port setup....................................................................................................................... 95
FIGURE 65 – Setting up back pressure and flow control on ports............................................................ 99
FIGURE 66 – Setting up broadcast storm protection. Also shows how the threshold can be lowered
for a specific port .....................................................................................................................101
FIGURE 67 – VLAN as two separate collision domains. The top part of the figure shows two
“traditional” Ethernet segments. Up to 32 VLANs can be defined per switch.........................103
FIGURE 68 – Ports can belong to multiple VLANs. In this figure a simplistic view is presented
where some ports belong to VLANs 1, 2 and other ports belong to VLANs 2,3. Ports
can belong to VLANs 1, 2 and 3. This is not shown in the figure. .........................................104
FIGURE 69 – routing between different VLANs is performed using a router or a Layer 3 switch
(L3-switch) .............................................................................................................................105
FIGURE 70 – configuring VLANs on Magnum 6K switch ................................................................108
FIGURE 71 – Example of setting up port based VLANs ..................................................................111

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FIGURE 72 – Example for Tag VLAN...........................................................................................118
FIGURE 73 – Editing the VLAN information for enabling or disabling management .........................121
Figure 74 – STP default values – refer to next section “Using STP” for more detailed
explanation on the variables ....................................................................................................124
FIGURE 75 – Viewing STP configuration ..........................................................................................125
FIGURE 76 – STP Port status information.........................................................................................126
FIGURE 77 – Enabling STP .............................................................................................................128
FIGURE 78 – Configuring STP parameters ........................................................................................134
FIGURE 79 – Enabling RSTP and reviewing the RSTP variables ......................................................139
FIGURE 80 – Reviewing the RSTP port parameters ............................................................................140
Figure 81 – Path cost as defined in IEEE 802.1d (STP) and 802.1w (RSTP) ...............................141
FIGURE 82 – RSTP information from a network with multiple switches. Note the “show stp
ports” command can be executed from the manager level prompt or from rstp configuration
state as shown in the screen captures earlier. .............................................................................141
FIGURE 83 – Configuring RSTP on MNS-6K..................................................................................147
FIGURE 84 – Normal RSTP/STP operations in a series of switches. Note – this normal status
is designated RING_CLOSED ............................................................................................155
FIGURE 85 – A fault in the ring interrupts traffic. The blocking port now becomes forwarding so
that traffic can reach all switches in the network Note – the mP62 as well as the ESD42
switches support LLL and can participate in S-Ring as an access switch ..................................156
FIGURE 86 – More than one S-Ring pair can be selected and more than one S-Ring can be
defined per switch. Note – the mP62 as well as the ESD42 switches support LLL and
can participate in S-Ring as an access switch ............................................................................157
FIGURE 87 – Activating S-Ring on the switch ....................................................................................159
FIGURE 88 – S-Ring configuration commands for root switch ..............................................................161
FIGURE 89 – Link Loss Learn (LLL) setup. Setup LLL on ports connected to other switches
participating in S-Ring............................................................................................................162
FIGURE 90 – More than one RS-Ring cannot be defined per managed Magnum 6K switch. Note
– unmanaged switches cannot participate in RS-Ring. ..............................................................163
FIGURE 91 – Activating RS-Ring on the switch..................................................................................164
FIGURE 92 – RS-Ring configuration commands .................................................................................166
FIGURE 93 – Dual-homing using ESD42 switch and Magnum 6K family of switches. In case of
a connectivity break – the connection switches to the standby path or standby link .....................169
FIGURE 94 – Dual-homing using Magnum 6K family of switches. Note the end device (video
surveillance camera) can be powered using PoE options on Magnum 6K family of switches.

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 In case of a connectivity break – the connection switches to the standby path or standby
link ........................................................................................................................................169
FIGURE 95 – Using S-Ring, RS-Ring and dual-homing, it is possible to build networks resilient
not only to a single link failure but also for one device failing on the network .............................170
FIGURE 96 – configuring dual-homing ................................................................................................172
FIGURE 97 – Some valid LACP configurations. ................................................................................176
FIGURE 98 – an incorrect LACP connection scheme for Magnum 6K family of switches. All
LACP trunk ports must be on the same module and cannot span different modules..................176
FIGURE 99 – In this figure, even though the connections are from one module to another, this is
still not a valid configuration (for LACP using 4 ports) as the trunk group belongs to two
different VLANs...................................................................................................................177
FIGURE 100 - In the figure above, there is no common VLAN between the two sets of ports, so
packets from one VLAN to another cannot be forwarded. There should be at least one
VLAN common between the two switches and the LACP port groups. ...................................177
FIGURE 101 – This configuration is similar to the previous configuration, except there is a common
VLAN (VLAN 1) between the two sets of LACP ports. This is a valid configuration. ........178
FIGURE 102 – In the architecture above, using RSTP and LACP allows multiple switches to be
configured together in a meshed redundant link architecture. First define the RSTP
configuration on the switches. Then define the LACP ports. Then finally connect the ports
together to form the meshed redundant link topology as shown above..........................................178
FIGURE 103 – LACP, along with RSTP/STP brings redundancy to the network core or
backbone. Using this reliable core with a dual-homed edge switch brings reliability and
redundancy to the edge of the network.......................................................................................179
FIGURE 104 – This architecture is not recommended............................................................................180
FIGURE 105 – Creating a reliable infrastructure using wireless bridges (between two facilities) and
LACP. “A” indicates a Wi-Fi wireless Bridge or other wireless Bridges..................................181
FIGURE 106 – Configuring LACP....................................................................................................183
FIGURE 107 – The network for the ‘show lacp’ command listed below..................................................184
FIGURE 108 – LACP information over a network .............................................................................185
FIGURE 109 – ToS and DSCP.........................................................................................................187
FIGURE 110 - IP Precedence ToS Field in an IP Packet Header.........................................................188
FIGURE 111 - Port weight settings and the meaning of the setting .........................................................190
FIGURE 112 – QoS configuration and setup........................................................................................193
FIGURE 113 – IGMP concepts – advantages of using IGMP..............................................................197
FIGURE 114 – IGMP concepts – Isolating multicast traffic in a network.............................................198
FIGURE 115 - In a Layer 2 network, an IGMP multicast traffic goes to all the nodes. In the
figure, T1, a surveillance camera, using multicast, will send the traffic to all the nodes - R1

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 through R6 - irrespective of whether they want to view the surveillance traffic or not. The
traffic is compounded when additional cameras are added to the network. End result is that
users R1 through R6 see the network as heavily loaded and simple day to day operations
may appear sluggish.................................................................................................................200
FIGURE 116 - Using IGMP-L2 on Magnum 6K family of switches, a Layer 2 network can
minimize multicast traffic as shown above. Each switch has the IGMPL2 turned on.
Each switch can exchange the IGMP query message and respond properly. R4 wants to
view surveillance traffic from T1. As shown by (1), a join request is sent by R4. Once the
join report information is exchanged, only R4 receives the video surveillance traffic, as
shown by (2). No other device on the network gets the video surveillance traffic unless they
issue a join request as well. ......................................................................................................201
FIGURE 117 – Enabling IGMP and query the status of IGMP .........................................................203
FIGURE 118 – Displaying IGMP groups............................................................................................204
FIGURE 119 – Configuring IGMP.....................................................................................................207
FIGURE 120 - Setting IGMP-L2 .......................................................................................................207
FIGURE 121 – GVRP operation – see description below .....................................................................210
FIGURE 122 – VLAN Assignment in GVRP enabled switches. Non GVRP enabled switches
can impact VLAN settings on other GVRP enabled switches.................................................211
FIGURE 123 – Port settings for GVRP operations .............................................................................212
FIGURE 124 – Command to check for dynamically assigned VLANs ................................................213
FIGURE 125 – Converting a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN.....................................................213
FIGURE 126 – GVRP options...........................................................................................................214
FIGURE 127 – GVRP configuration example ....................................................................................216
FIGURE 128 – Configuring SNMP – most of the command here are SNMP v3 commands ................230
FIGURE 129 – Configuring RMON groups........................................................................................231
FIGURE 130 – Predefined conditions for the relay ................................................................................236
FIGURE 131 – Setting up the external electrical relay and alerts...........................................................239
FIGURE 132 – setting SMTP to receive SNMP trap information via email.........................................244
FIGURE 133 – Optimizing serial connection (shown for Hyper Terminal on Windows XP). The
highlighted fields are the ones to change as described ..................................................................244
FIGURE 134 – History commands ......................................................................................................246
FIGURE 135 – Setting custom prompts................................................................................................247
FIGURE 136 – Using the ping command .............................................................................................247
FIGURE 137 – Event log shown on the screen......................................................................................249
FIGURE 138 – Using exportlog to export the event log information ......................................................250
FIGURE 139 – Listing of severity - sorted by subsystem and severity .....................................................253

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FIGURE 140 – Display of the internal switching decision table.............................................................254
FIGURE 141 – Accessing the GarrettCom site for download.................................................................305
FIGURE 142 – Select the proper version to use after successful login ......................................................306
FIGURE 143 – Navigate to MNS-6K folder to download the latest MNS-6K software and the
release notes.............................................................................................................................306
FIGURE 144 – Use the copy command to copy the files to the proper location ........................................307
FIGURE 145 - HyperTerminal screen showing the serial settings .........................................................309
FIGURE 146 – Using telnet command to connect to a Magnum 6K switch with IP address
192.168.10.11 ......................................................................................................................309
FIGURE 147 – Example of saveconf command using serial interface.....................................................310
FIGURE 148 – Invoke the “Receive File” to start the Xmodem transfer program. In the figure
above the Windows XP based HyperTerminal screen is shown .................................................311
FIGURE 149 – Make sure to select the Xmodem protocol and the proper directory where the
configuration is saved. Click on Receive. This starts the file transfer. .........................................311
FIGURE 150 – Status window for Xmodem (using HyperTerminal under Windows XP) ....................312
FIGURE 151 – Message which shows the completion of the file transfer (from ‘saveconf’ command).........312
FIGURE 152 – Example of saveconf command for tftp.........................................................................312
FIGURE 153 – Upgrade using serial connection ...................................................................................315
FIGURE 154 – File upload status window under Xmodem (using HyperTerminal under Windows
XP)........................................................................................................................................315
FIGURE 155 – upgrading the switch using the serial interface ...............................................................316
FIGURE 156 – Dialog for upgrading the image using tftp.....................................................................317
FIGURE 157 – Updating the boot code over the network using the upgrade command. Make sure
to reboot the switch after the boot loader upgrade is completed....................................................319

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Chapter

1 – Conventions Followed
Conventions followed in the manual…

T
o best use this document, please review some of the conventions followed in the
manual, including screen captures, interactions and commands with the switch,
etc.

Box shows interaction with the switch command line or screen captures from the
switch or computer for clarity

Commands typed by a user will be shown in a different color and this

font
Switch prompt – shown in Bold font, with a “# or >” at the end. For the
document we will use Magnum6K25# as the default prompt.

Syntax rules
Optional entries are shown in [square brackets]
Parameter values within are shown in < pointed brackets >
Optional parameter values are shown again in [square brackets]

Thus
Syntax command [parameter1=<value1>[, parameter2=<value2>]]
parameter3=<value3|value4>

In the example above:

Parameter 1 and Parameter 2 are optional values
Parameter 2 can be used optionally only if Parameter 1 is specified
Parameter 3 is mandatory.

Parameter 1 has value1 = IP address

Parameter 2 has value2 = string
Parameter 3 has value3 or value4

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Related Topics
Related topics show that GarrettCom strongly recommends reading
about those topics. You may choose to skip those if you already have
prior detailed knowledge on those subjects.

Tool box – Necessary software and hardware components needed (or

recommended to have) as a prerequisite. These include serial ports on a
computer, serial cables, TFTP or FTP software, serial terminal emulation
software etc.

Caution or take notice – Things to watch out for in case of problems or

potential problems. This is also used to draw attention to a special issue,
capability or fact.

Terminology – Whenever the word PC is used it implies a UNIX, Linux, Windows or

any other operating system based work station, computer, personal computer, laptop,
notebook or any other computing device. Most of the manual uses Windows-XP based
examples. While effort has been made to indicate other Operating System interactions, it
is best to use a Windows-XP based machine when in doubt.

Supported MNS-6K Version – The documentation reflects features of MNS-6K

version 3.4 or later. If your switch is not at the current version, GarrettCom Inc.
recommends upgrade to the latest version. Please refer to the GarrettCom Web site for
information on upgrading the MNS-6K software on Magnum 6K family of switches.

Product Family – this manual is for all the Magnum 6K family of switches.

Finally, at the end of each chapter, is a list of the commands covered in the chapter
as well as a brief synopsis of what they do.

Flow of the User Guide

The manual is designed to guide the user through a sequence of events.

Chapter 1 – this chapter

Chapter 2 is the basic setup as required by the Magnum 6K family of switches. After
completing Chapter 2, the configuration can be done using the web interface. Chapter 2 is
perhaps the most critical chapter in what needs to be done by the network administrator
once the switch is received.

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Chapter 3 focuses on operational issues of the switch. This includes time synchronization
using the command line or using a time server on the network.

Chapter 4 through Chapter 6 focuses on security and access consideration. Bad

passwords trump any security setup, so setup the manager passwords carefully as
described in Chapter 2. Chapter 4 describes how to setup port access using MAC address
security. Chapter 5 describes how a RADIUS server can be used for authentication and
access. Chapter 6 essentially is similar to Chapter 5, and talks about using a TACACS+
server instead of a RADIUS server.

Chapter 7 talks about port mirroring and preventing broadcast storms. Port mirroring is
necessary in a network to reflect traffic from one port onto another port so that the traffic
can be captured for protocol analysis or intrusion analysis.

Chapter 8 deals with VLANs. VLANs provide security as well as traffic separation. This
chapter shows how VLANs can be setup and managed.

At this stage the network and the switch are secured. It is now critical to make the
network more reliable. The User Guide switches gears and talks about STP, RSTP and S-
Ring technologies which can be used for making the network reliable. These technologies
allow resiliency in a network. Chapters 9 through Chapter 12 discuss some resiliency
techniques.

Chapter 9 shows how STP can be setup and used. Today, RSTP is preferred over STP.

Chapter 10 shows how RSTP is setup and used as well as how RSTP can be used with
legacy devices which support STP only.

Chapter 11 focuses on S-Ring™ and setup of S-Ring (optional). This chapter also talks
about using RS-Ring™ with managed switches.

Chapter 12 talks about dual homing and how dual homing can be used to bring resiliency
to edge devices.

Chapter 13 describes LACP and how LACP can be used to increase the throughput
using 10/100 Mbps ports or in situations where resiliency is needed between switches
(trunks).

Once the network is made resilient, the network manager may want to setup prioritization
of traffic.

Chapter 14 focuses on Quality of Service (QoS) and other prioritization issues.

Chapters 15 and 16 focus on advanced topics such as IGMP and GVRP.

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Chapter 15 focuses on IGMP.

Chapter 16 focuses on GVRP.

Chapter 17 shows how the SNMP parameters can be setup for managing the switch with
network management software such as Castle Rock SNMPc™

Chapter 18 includes miscellaneous commands to improve the overall ease of use and
other diagnostic information.

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Chapter

2 – Getting Started
First few simple steps …

T
his section explains how the GarrettCom Magnum 6K family of switches can be setup
using the console port on the switch. Some of the functionality includes setting up the IP
address of the switch, securing the switch with a user name and password, setting up
VLAN’s and more.

Before starting
Before you start, it is recommended to acquire the hardware listed below and
be ready with the items listed.

For initial configuration through the serial/console port

1) A female-female null modem cable. This cable is available from GarrettCom Inc.
as well as from LAN store (http://www.lanstore.com)
2) Serial port – if your PC does not have a serial port, you may want to invest in a
USB to serial converter. This is again available from LAN store or from
GarrettCom Inc. Alternately a USB to serial cable can also be used. This cable is
also available from LAN store or GarrettCom Inc.
3) A PC (or a workstation/computer) with a terminal emulation program such as
HyperTerminal (included with Windows) or Teraterm-pro, minicom or other
equivalent software. (Make sure the software supports Xmodem protocol, as you
may need this in the future to update the MNS-6K software)
4) Enough disk space to store and retrieve the configuration files as well as copy
software files from GarrettCom. We recommend at least 15MB of disk space for
this purpose
5) Decide on a manager level account name and password for access security
6) IP address, netmask, default gateway for the switch being configured

As a default, the switch has no IP (Internet Protocol) address and subnet mask. For
first time use, the IP address has to be assigned. This can only be done by using the
console interface provided.

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The same procedure can also be used for other configuration changes or updates –
e.g. changing the IP address, VLAN assignments and more. Once the IP address is
assigned and a PC is networked to the switch, the switch’s command line interface
(CLI) can be accessed via telnet. To manage the switch through in-band (networked)
access (e.g. telnet, or Web Browser Interface), you should configure the switch with
an IP address and subnet mask compatible with your network. You should also
change the manager password to control access privileges from the console.
Many other features such as optimizing the switch’s performance, traffic engineering
and traffic prioritizing, VLAN configuration, and improving network security can be
configured through the switch’s console interface as well as in-band (networked)
access, once the IP address is setup. Besides the IP address, setting up the SNMP
parameters allows configuration and monitoring through an SNMP network
management station running a network management program (e.g. SNMPc from
Castle Rock – available from GarrettCom Inc.)

j MNS-6K Software Updates

Magnum switches already have the necessary software loaded on
them. If a software upgrade is needed or the MNS-6K software
needs to be updated to the current version, please refer to the
GarrettCom web site for information on updating the MNS-6K software. The
documentation on how to update the MNS-6K is included as an Appendix in this
manual.
The Login prompt is shown when the connection to the GarrettCom Magnum 6K
Switch is successful and the switch is ready for the configuration commands. Should
you get a boot prompt, please contact GarrettCom technical support.

The IP address of the switch is assigned automatically from a DHCP server or a

BootP server. If these servers do not exist, the switch will be assigned an IP address
which was previously configured or a static IP address of 192.168.1.2 with a netmask
of 255.255.255.0 (if that address is not in use). It is recommended that the user uses
Secure Web Management (SWM) capabilities built into MNS-6K to setup and
manage the switch. Please refer to the SWM user guide for more information.

Console connection
The connection to the console is accessed through the DB-9 RS232 connector on
the switch marked on the Magnum 6K family of switches as a console port. This
interface provides access to the commands the switch can interpret and is called the
Command Line Interface (or CLI). This interface can be accessed by attaching a
VT100 compatible terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program to the
console port on the Magnum 6K family of switches.

USB to serial adapters are also available for laptops or computers that do not native
serial ports but have access to USB ports.

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The interface through the console or the Console Management Interface (or CMI)
enables you to reconfigure the switch and to monitor switch status and performance.

Once the switch is configured with an IP address, the Command

Line Interface (or CLI) is also accessible using telnet as well as the
serial port. Access to the switch can be either through the console
interface or remotely over the network.

The Command Line Interface (CLI) enables local or remote unit installation and
maintenance. The Magnum 6K family of switches provides a set of system
commands which allow effective monitoring, configuration and debugging of the
devices on the network.

Console setup
Connect the console port on the switch to the serial port on the computer using the
serial cable listed above. The settings for the HyperTerminal software emulating a
VT100 are shown in Figure 1 below. Make sure the serial parameters are set as
shown (or bps = 38400, data bits=8, parity=none, stop bits=1, flow control=none).

FIGURE 1 - HyperTerminal screen showing the serial settings

Console screen
Once the console cable is connected to the PC and the software configured, MNS-
6K legal disclaimers and other text scrolls by on the screen.

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The switch has three modes of operation – Operator (least privilege), Manager and
Configuration. The prompts for the switches change as the switch changes modes
from Operator to Manager to Configuration. The prompts are shown in Figure 2
below, with a brief explanation of what the different prompts indicate.

Magnum6K> Operator Level – for running operations queries

Magnum6K# Manager Level – for setting and reviewing commands
Magnum6K## Configuration Level – for changing the switch parameter values
FIGURE 2 - Prompt indicating the switch model number as well as mode of operation – note the
commands to switch between the levels is not shown here.

The prompt can be changed by the user. See the Chapter on Miscellaneous
Commands, sub section Prompt for more details. This manual was documented on a
Magnum 6K25 switch, and for clarity, the prompt shown in the manual will be
Magnum6K25

j For additional information on default users, user levels and

more, see User Management in this guide.

Logging in for the first time

For the first time, use the default user name and passwords assigned by GarrettCom
for the Magnum 6K family of switches. They are:

Username – manager Password – manager

Username – operator Password – operator

We recommend you login as manager for the first time to set up the IP address as
well as change user passwords or create new users.

Setting the IP parameters

To setup the switch, the IP address and other relevant TCP/IP parameters have to
be specified. A new GarrettCom Magnum switch looks for a DHCP or a BootP
server. If a DHCP or a BootP server is present, the switch will be assigned an IP
address from those servers. Failing to find these servers, the IP address is
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Should a situation arise when there are multiple new switches powered up at the
same time, there could be a situation of duplicate IP addresses. In this situation, only
one Magnum switch will be assigned the IP address of 192.168.1.2 and netmask of
255.255.255.0. The other switches will not be assigned an IP address till the static IP
address of 192.168.1.2 is freed up or reassigned.

To change the IP address, please ensure that the IP address to be assigned to the
switch is known or contact your system/network administrator to get the IP address
information. Follow the steps listed below to configure the IP address manually.

• Ensure the power is off

• Follow the steps described above for connecting the console cable and setting
the console software
• Power on the switch
• Once the login prompt appears, login as manager using default password
(manager)
• Configure the IP address, network mask and default gateway as per the IP
addressing scheme for your network
• Set the Manager Password (recommended–refer to next section)
• Save the settings (without saving, the changes made will be lost)
• Power off the switch (or a software reboot as discussed below)
• Power on the switch – login with the new login name and password
• From the PC (or from the switch) ping the IP address specified for the switch to
ensure connectivity
• From the switch ping the default gateway specified (ensure you are connected to
the network to check for connectivity) to ensure network connectivity

Syntax ipconfig [ip=<ip-address>] [mask=<subnet-mask>]

[dgw=<gateway>] [add|del]

Magnum6K25# ipconfig ip=192.168.1.150 mask=255.255.255.0

dgw=192.168.1.10

Magnum6K25# save
FIGURE 3 - Setting IP address on the switch

This document assumes the reader is familiar with IP

addressing schemes as well as how net mask is used and how
default gateways and routers are used in a network.

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Reboot gives an opportunity to save the configuration prior to shutdown. For a

reboot – simply type in the command “reboot”. (Note – even though the passwords
are not changed, they can be changed later.)
Magnum6K25# reboot
Proceed on rebooting the switch? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y
Do you wish to save current configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 4 - Rebooting the switch

MNS-6K forces an answer the prompts with a “Y” or a “N” to prevent accidental
keystroke errors and loss of work.

The parameters can be viewed at any time by using the ‘show’ command. The show
command will be covered in more detail later in various sections throughout the
document.

Magnum6K25# show setup

Version : Magnum 6K25 build 3.7.1 Sep 27 2007 16:41:37

MAC Address : 00:20:08:03:05:09
IP Address : 192.168.5.5
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address : 192.168.5.1
CLI Mode : Manager
System Name : Magnum 6K25
System Description : 25 Port Modular Ethernet Switch
System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
System Location : Fremont, CA
System ObjectId : 1.3.6.1.4.1.553.12.6
System Serial No : 43576812
Original Factory Config Code : 6K25-8TP

Magnum6K25# show sysconfig

System Name : Magnum6K25

System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
System Location : HO, Fremont, CA
Boot Mode : manual
Inactivity Timeout(min) : 10
Address Age Interval(min) : 300
Inbound Telnet Enabled : Yes
Web Agent Enabled : Yes
Time Zone : GMT-08hours:00minutes
Day Light Time Rule : USA
System UpTime : 36 Days 7 Hours 49 Mins 48 Secs

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 5 - Viewing the basic setup parameters. You can use ‘show setup’ or ‘show sysconfig’ to
view setup parameters

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Some of the parameters in the Magnum 6K family of switches are shown above. The
list of parameters below indicates some of the key parameters on the switch and the
recommendations for changing them (or optionally keeping them the same).

Privilege levels
Two privilege levels are available - Manager and Operator. Operator is at privilege
level 1 and the Manager is at privilege level 2 (the privilege increases with the levels).
For example, to set up a user for basic monitoring capabilities use lower number or
operator level privilege (Level 1)

The Manager level provides all Operator level privileges plus the ability to
perform system-level actions and configuration commands. To select this level, enter
the ‘enable <user-name>’ command at the Operator level prompt and enter the
Manager password, when prompted.
Syntax enable <user-name>
For example, switching from an Operator level to manager level, using the ‘enable’
command is shown below in Figure 6

Magnum6K25> enable manager

Password: *******
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 6 - Switching users and privilege levels. Note the prompt changes with the new privilege
level.

Operator Privileges
Operator privileges allow views of the current configurations but do not allow
changes to the configuration. A ">" character delimits the Operator-level prompt.

Manager Privileges
Manager privileges allow configuration changes. The changes can be done at the
manager prompt or for global configuration as well as specific configuration. A “#”
character delimits any Manager prompt.

User management
A maximum of five users can be added per switch. Users can be added, deleted or
changed from a manager level account. There can be more than one manager
account, subject to the maximum number of users on the switch being restricted to
five.

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Add User
To add a user, use the command “add” as shown below. The user name has to be a
unique name and can be up to 24 characters long. The password is recommended to be at
least 8 characters long with a mix of upper case, lower case, numbers and special
characters.

Syntax add user=<name> level=<number>

Magnum6K25# user
Magnum6K25(user)## add user=peter level=2
Enter User Password:******
Confirm New Password:******
Magnum6K25(user)##
FIGURE 7 - Adding a user with Manager level privilege

In this example, user ‘peter’ was added with Manager privilege.

Delete User

Syntax delete user=<name>

Magnum6K25(user)##delete user=peter
Confirm User Deletion(Y/N): Y
User successfully deleted
Magnum6K25(user)##
FIGURE 8 - Deleting a user

In this example, user ‘peter’ was deleted.

Modify Password

Syntax passwd user=<name>

Magnum6K25(user)## passwd user=peter

Enter New Password:******
Confirm New Password :******
Password has been modified successfully
Magnum6K25(user)##
FIGURE 9 - Changing the password for a specific user

In this example, password for ‘peter’ was modified.

Modify the Privilege Level

Syntax chlevel user=<name> level=<number>

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Magnum6K25(user)## chlevel user=peter level=1

Access Permission Modified
Magnum6K25(user)##
FIGURE 10 - Changing the privilege levels for a user

In this example, user ‘peter’ was modified to Operator privileges.

Modify Access Privileges for a user

Syntax useraccess user=<name> service=<telnet|web> <enable|disable>

Where
user=<name> specifies the user id
service=<telnet|web> specifies which service (telnet or web) the user has access
to
<enable|disable> specifies whether the services are allowed or not allowed.

Magnum6K25# user
Magnum6K25(user)## add user=peter level=2
Enter User Password :*****
Confirm New Password :*****
Magnum6K25(user)## useraccess user=peter service=telnet disable
Telnet Access Disabled.
FIGURE 11 – Creating user access privileges

After this command, user Peter will not have telnet access to the switch. User Peter
only has console access or SWM access.

The user “peter” has to be added before this command can be

successfully executed.

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Help
Typing the ‘help’ command lists the commands you can execute at the current privilege
level. For example, typing ‘help’ at the Operator level shows

Magnum6K25> help

logout ping set

terminal telnet walkmib

Contextless Commands:

! ? clear
enable exit help
show whoami

alarm
Magnum6K25>
FIGURE 12 - Help command

Displaying Help for an Individual Command

Help for any command that is available at the current context level can be viewed by
typing help followed by enough of the command string to identify the command.

Syntax help <command string>

For example, to list the Help for the ‘set time’ command

Magnum6K25# help set time

set time : Sets the device Time

Usage
set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 13 - Help for a specific command

Viewing options for a command

The options for a specific command can be displayed by typing the command and
pressing enter.
Syntax command <Enter>

Magnum6K25# show <Enter>

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Usage
show active-stp
show active-snmp
show active-vlan
show address-table
show age
show alarm
show arp
show auth <config|ports>
show backpressure
show bootmode
--more--
FIGURE 14 - Options for the ‘show’ command

Context help

Other ways to display help, specifically, with reference to a command or a set of

commands, use the TAB key.
Syntax <TAB>
Syntax <Command string> <TAB>
Syntax <First character of the command> <TAB>

For example, following the syntax listed above, the <TAB> key will list the available
commands in the particular privilege level:

Magnum6K25> <TAB>
?
alarm
clear
enable
exit
help
logout
ping
set
show
telnet
terminal
walkmib
whoami
Magnum6K25>
FIGURE 15 - Listing commands available (at the operator level)

OR

Magnum6K25> s <TAB>
set
show
Magnum6K25>
FIGURE 16 - Listing commands starting with a specific character

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OR

Magnum6K25> se<TAB>
password
timeout
vlan
Magnum6K25> set
FIGURE 17 - Listing commands options – note the command was not completed and the TAB key
completed the command.

Exiting
To exit from the CLI interface and terminate the console session use the ‘logout’
command. The logout command will prompt you to ensure that the logout was not
mistakenly typed.

Syntax logout

Magnum6K25# logout

Logging out from the current session...[ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

Connection to the host lost

FIGURE 18 – logout command

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax ipconfig [ip=<ip-address>] [mask=<subnet-mask>] [dgw=<gateway>]
[add|del] – to set IP address on the switch

Syntax save – save changes made to the configuration

Syntax reboot – restart the switch – same effect as physically turning off the power

Syntax show setup – show setup parameters

Syntax show config – show setup parameters configured

Syntax enable <user-name> - changing the privilege level

Syntax add user=<name> level=<number> - adding a user

Syntax delete user=<name> - deleting a user

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Syntax passwd user=<name> - changing a password for a user

Syntax chlevel user=<name> level=<number> - changing the user privilege level

Syntax help <command string> - help for a specific command

Syntax command <Enter> - options for a command

Syntax <TAB> - listing all commands available at the privilege level

Syntax <command string> <TAB> - options for a command

Syntax <first character of the command> <TAB> - listing commands starting with the character

Syntax logout – logout from the CLI session

Syntax useraccess user=<name> service=<telnet|web> <enable|disable>

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3 – IP Address and System

Information
First simple steps to follow…

T
his section explains how the Magnum 6K family of switches can be setup using other
automatic methods such as bootp and DHCP. Besides this, other parameters required for
proper operation of the switch in a network are discussed.

IP Addressing
j It is assumed that the user has familiarity with IP addresses, classes
of IP addresses and related netmask schemes (e.g. class A, Class B
and Class C addressing).

Importance of an IP address
Without an IP address, the switch will operate as a standalone Layer 2 switch. Without an IP
address, you cannot

• Use the web interface to manage the switch

• Use telnet to access the CLI
• Use any SNMP Network Management software to manage the switch
• Use NTP protocol or an NTP server to synchronize the time on the switch
• Use TFTP or FTP to download the configurations or upload software updates
• Run ping tests to test connectivity

To set the IP address, please refer to the section in Chapter 2 – Setting IP Parameters.

Once the IP address is set, the CLI can be accessed via the telnet programs as
well as the console interface. From now on – all commands discussed are
accessible from the CLI – irrespective of the access methods – serial port or in
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To verify the IP address settings, the ‘show ipconfig’ command can be used.

Magnum6K25> show ipconfig

IP Address : 192.168.1.150
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway : 192.168.1.10
Magnum6K25>
FIGURE 19 - Checking the IP settings

Besides manually assigning IP addresses, there are other means to assign an IP address
automatically. The two most common procedures are using DHCP and bootp.

DHCP and bootp

j DHCP is commonly used for setting up addresses for computers,
users and other user devices on the network. bootp is the older
cousin of DHCP and is used for setting up IP addresses of
networking devices such as switches, routers, VoIP phones and more. Both of them can
work independent of each other. Both of them are widely used in the industry. It’s best to
check with your network administrator as to what protocol to use and what the related
parameters are. DHCP and bootp require respective services on the network. DHCP and
bootp can automatically assign an IP address. It is assumed that the reader knows how to
setup the necessary bootp parameters (usually specified on Linux/UNIX systems in
/etc/boopttab 1 ).

Bootp Database
Bootp keeps a record of systems supported in a database – a simple text file. On most
systems, the bootp service is not started as a default and has to be enabled. A sample entry
by which the bootp software will look up the database and update the IP address and
subnet mask of the switch would be as follows

M6k25switch:\
ht=ether:\
ha=002006250065:\
ip=192.168.1.88:\
sm=255.255.255.0:\
gw=192.168.1.1:\
hn:\
vm=rfc1048

where
M6k25switch: is a user-defined symbolic name for the switch

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ht: is the “hardware type”. For the Magnum 6K family of switches, set this to ether (for
Ethernet). This tag must precede the “ha” tag.
ha: is the “hardware address”. Use the switch’s 12-digit MAC address
ip: is the IP address to be assigned to the switch
sm: is the subnet mask of the subnet in which the switch is installed

Configuring Auto/DHCP/Bootp/Manual

By default, the switch is configured for ‘auto’. As describer earlier in Chapter 2, in the
auto mode, the switch will first look for a DHCP server. If a DHCP server is not found, it
will then look for a BootP server. If that server is not found, the switch will first inspect to
see if the IP address 192.168.1.2 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0 is free. If the IP address
is free, MNS-6K will assign the switch that IP address. If the address is not free, MNS-6K
will poll the network for DHCP server then BootP server then check if the IP address
192.68.1.2 is freed up. This mode of assigning the IP address can be changed by using the
‘set bootmode’ command.

Syntax set bootmode type=<dhcp|bootp|manual|auto>

[bootimg=<enable|disable>] [bootcfg=[<enable|disable>] – assign the boot mode
for the switch
Where
<dhcp|bootp|manual|auto> - where
dhcp – look only for DHCP servers on the network for the IP address. Disable
bootp or other modes
bootp – look only for bootp servers on the network. Disable dhcp or other mode
manual – do not set the IP address automatically
auto - the switch will first look for a DHCP server. If a DHCP server is not found,
it will then look for a BootP server. If that server is not found, the switch will
check to see if the switch had a pre-configured IP address. If it did, the switch
would be assigned that IP address. If the switch did not have a pre-configured
IP address, it would inspect if the IP address 192.168.1.2 with a netmask of
255.255.255.0 is free. If the IP address is free, MNS-6K will assign the switch
that IP address. If the address is not free, MNS-6K will poll the network for
DHCP server then BootP server then check if the IP address 192.68.1.2 is freed
up
bootimg=<enable|disable> - valid with type=bootp only. This option allows the
switch to load the image file from the BootP server. This is useful when a new switch
is put on a network and the IT policies are set to load only a specific MNS-6Kimage
which is supported and tested by IT personnel.
bootcfg=<enable|disable> - valiad with type=bootp only. This option allows the
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switch is put on a network and the specific configurations are loaded from a
centralized BootP server

Magnum6K25# set bootmode type=dhcp

Save Configuration and Restart System
Magnum6K25# set bootmode type=auto
Save Configuration and Restart System
Magnum6K25# set bootmode type=bootp bootimg=enable bootcfg=disable
Network application image download is enabled.
Network application config download is disabled.
Save Configuration and Restart System
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 20 - Changing the boot mode of the switch

Using Telnet

By default, the telnet client is enabled on the GarrettCom Magnum 6K family of switches.
MNS-6K supports five simultaneous sessions on a switch – four telnet sessions and one
console session. This allows many users to view, discuss or edit changes to the MNS-6K.
This also becomes useful as two remote people want to view the commands and other
settings on the switch. The telnet client can be disabled by using the “telnet disable”
command. Telnet can also be disabled for a specific user by using the “useraccess”
command discussed in Chapter 2.

Multiple telnet sessions started from the CLI interface or the command line are serviced
by MNS-6K in a round robin fashion – i.e. one session after another. If one telnet session
started from MNS-6K interface is downloading a file, the other windows will not be
serviced till the file transfer is completed.

Syntax telnet <enable|disable>

Magnum6K25# configure access

Magnum6K25(access)## telnet enable
Access to Telnet already enabled
Magnum6K25(access)## exit
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 21 - Changing telnet access – note in this case, the enable command was repeated without
any effect to the switch

The ‘show console’ command can show the status of the telnet client as well as other
console parameters.

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Magnum6K25# show console

Console/Serial Link
Inbound Telnet Enabled : Yes
Outbound Telnet Enabled : Yes
Web Console Enabled : Yes
SNMP Enabled : Yes
Terminal Type : VT100
Screen Refresh Interval (sec) : 3
Baud Rate : 38400
Flow Control : None
Session Inactivity Time (min) : 10
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 22 - Reviewing the console parameters – note telnet is enabled

Users can telnet to a remote host from the Magnum 6K family of switches.

Syntax telnet <ipaddress> [port=<port number>]

The default port for telnet is 23.

Magnum6K25# show ipconfig

IP Address : 192.168.1.11
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address : 192.168.1.1
Magnum6K25# telnet 192.168.1.1 port=2097
FIGURE 23 - Example of a telnet session

While MNS-6K times out an idle telnet session, it may be useful to see who is currently connected to
the switch. It may also be useful for a person to remotely terminate a telnet session. To facilitate this,
MNS-6K supports two commands

Syntax show session

Syntax kill session id=<session> - terminate a telnet session

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Magnum6K25# user
Magnum6K25(user)## useraccess user=peter service=telnet enable
Telnet Access Enabled.
Magnum6K25(user)## exit

Magnum6K25# show session

Current Sessions:

SL # Session Id Connection User Name User Mode

1 1 163.10.10.14 manager Manager
2 2 163.11.11.15 peter Manager
3 3 163.12.12.16 operator Operator
Magnum6K25# kill session id=3
Session Terminated.
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 24 – managing and viewing multiple telnet sessions

In the above example, the user with user-id peter is given telnet access (which was disabled earlier in
Chapter 2). Then multiple users telnet into the switch. This is shown using the “show session”
command. The user operator session is then terminated using the “kill session” command.

The default port – port 23 is used for telnet.

A maximum of four simultaneous telnet sessions are allowed at any time on the
switch. The commands in these telnet windows are executed in a round robin – i.e.
if one window takes a long time to finish a command, the other windows may
encounter a delay before the command is completed. For example, if one window
is executing a file download, the other windows will not be able to execute the
command before the file transfer is completed. Another example, if a outbound
telnet session is started from the switch (through a telnet window) then the other
windows will not be able to execute a command till the telnet session is completed.

Setting serial port parameters

To be compliant with IT or other policies the console parameters can be changed from the CLI
interface. This is best done by setting the IP address and then telnet over to the switch. Once
connected using telnet, the serial parameters can be changed. If you are using the serial port,
remember to set the VT-100 emulation software properties to match the new settings.

Syntax set serial [baud=<rate>] [data=<5|6|7|8>] [parity=<none|odd|even>]

[stop=<1|1.5|2>] [flowctrl=<none|xonxoff>]

Where <rate> = standard supported baud rates

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Warning – changing these parameters through the serial port will cause loss
of connectivity – the parameters of the terminals software (e.g. Hyper
Terminal etc.) will also have to be changed to match the new settings.

To see the current settings of the serial port, use the ‘show serial’ command.

Magnum6K25# show serial

Baud Rate : 38400
Data :8
Parity : No Parity
Stop :1
Flow Control : None
FIGURE 25 - Querying the serial port settings

System parameters
The system parameters can be queried and changed. To query the system parameters, two
commands are used frequently. They are ‘show sysconfig’ and ‘show setup’. Both the
commands are shown below.

Magnum6K25# show setup

Version : Magnum 6K25 build 3.7.1 Sep 27 2007 16:41:37
MAC Address : 00:20:08:03:05:09
IP Address : 192.168.5.5
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address : 192.168.5.1
CLI Mode : Manager
System Name : Magnum 6K25
System Description : 25 Port Modular Ethernet Switch
System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
System Location : Fremont, CA
System ObjectId : 1.3.6.1.4.1.553.12.6
System Seriial No. : 43576812
Original Factory Config Code : 6K25-8TP
Magnum6K25#

FIGURE 26 - System parameters using the show setup command. Most parameters here cannot be
changed

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Magnum6K25# show sysconfig

System Name : Magnum6K25
System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
System Location : HO, Fremont, CA
Boot Mode : manual
Inactivity Timeout(min) : 10
Address Age Interval(min) : 300
Inbound Telnet Enabled : Yes
Web Agent Enabled : Yes
Time Zone : GMT-08hours:00minutes
Day Light Time Rule : USA
System UpTime : 7 Days 12 Hours 30 Mins 46 Secs
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 27 - System parameters using the show sysconfig command. Most parameters here can be
changed.

System variables can be changed. Below is a list of system variables which GarrettCom
recommends changing.

System Name: Using a unique name helps you to identify individual devices in a
network.

System Contact and System Information: This is helpful for identifying the
administrator responsible for the switch and for identifying the locations of individual
switches.

To set these variables, change the mode to be SNMP configuration mode from the
manager mode.

Syntax snmp
Syntax setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string> where string is a character
string, maximum 24 characters long

Magnum6K25# snmp
Magnum6K25(snmp)## setvar ?
setvar : Configures system name, contact or location
Usage:
setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string>
Magnum6K25(snmp)## setvar syslocation=Fremont
System variable(s) set successfully
Magnum6K25(snmp)## exit
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 28 - Setting the system name, system location and system contact information

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Date and time

It may be necessary to set the day, time or the time zone manually. This can be done by
using the ‘set’ command with the necessary date and time options. These are listed below:

Syntax set timezone GMT=[+ or -] hour=<0-14> min=<0-59>

Syntax set date year=<2001-2035> month=<1-12> day=<1-31>

[format=<mmddyyyy|ddmmyyyy|yyyymmdd>]

Syntax set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]

Thus to set the time to be 08:10 am in the -8 hours from GMT (PST or time zone on west
coast of USA) and to set the date to be 15 October 2003, the following set of commands
are used.

Magnum6K25# set time hour=8 min=30 sec=0 zone=GMT-8:00

success in setting device time
Magnum6K25# show time
Time : 8:30:04
Magnum6K25# show timezone
Timezone : GMT-08hours:00minutes
Magnum6K25# set date year=2003 month=10 day=15
Success in setting device date
Magnum6K25# show date
System Date : Wednesday 10-15-2003 (in mm-dd-yyyy format)
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 29 - Setting the system date, time and time zone

Rebooting the switch resets the time to the default. Synchronizing with the time server
resets the time. Other relevant date and time commands are:

Syntax set timeformat format=<12|24>

Syntax set daylight country=< country name>

Magnum6K25# set daylight ?

set daylight : Sets the day light location

Usage
set daylight country=<name>
Magnum6K25# set daylight country=USA

Success in setting daylight savings to the given location/country USA

Magnum6K25# show daylight

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Daylight savings location name : USA

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 30 - Setting the system daylight saving time

See Appendix 3 for additional information on Daylight Savings Time. The lists of countries for the time
zone are

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, London,
Namibia, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, USA

Network time
Many networks synchronize the time using a Network time server. The network time
server provides time to the different machines using the Simple Network Time Protocol
(SNTP). To specify the SNTP server, one has to
1) Set the IP parameters on the switch
2) Define the SNTP parameters

To set the SNTP parameter, enter the SNTP configuration mode from the manager. The
‘setsntp, sync, sntp’ commands can then be used to setup the time synchronization
automatically from the SNTP server. Note it is not sufficient to setup the SNTP variables.
Make sure to setup the synchronization frequency as well as enable SNTP. The list of
relevant commands is listed below.

Syntax setsntp server = <ipaddress> timeout = <1-10> retry = <1-3>

Syntax sync [hour=<0-24>] [min=<0-59>] (default = 24 hours)

The time zone and daylight savings time information have to be set
for SNTP server to set the proper time

Syntax sntp [enable|disable]

For example, to set the SNTP server to be 204.65.129.201 2 (with a time out of 3 seconds
and a number of retries set to 3 times); allowing the synchronization to be ever 5 hours, the
following commands are used

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Magnum6K25# sntp

Magnum6K25(sntp)## setsntp server=204.65.129.201 timeout=3 retry=3

SNTP server is added to SNTP server database

Magnum6K25(sntp)## sync hour=5
Do not forget to enable sntp
for time synchronization.
Magnum6K25(sntp)## sntp enable
SNTP is already enabled.

Magnum6K25(sntp)## exit
Magnum6K25(sntp)#
FIGURE 31 - Setting up SNTP services

Saving and loading configuration

After configuration changes are made, all the changes are automatically registered but not
saved i.e. the effect of the change is immediate, however, if power fails, the changes are
not saved and restored, unless the changed are saved using the save command. It is also a
good practice to save the configuration on another server on the network using the tftp or
ftp protocols. Once the configuration is saved – the saved configuration can be loaded to
restore back the settings. At this time the configuration parameter saved or loaded are not
in a human readable format. The commands for saving and loading configurations on the
network are:

Syntax saveconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

Syntax loadconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

Make sure the machine specified by the IP address has the necessary services running on
it. For serial connections, x-modem or other alternative methods can be used. File name
in many situations has to be a unique file name as over-writing files is not permitted by
most ftp and tftp servers (or services). Only alpha-numeric characters are allowed in the
file name – special characters like !@#$%&*(\|){/};[,’]” (or other control characters e.g.
^G) are not allowed

Magnum6K25# saveconf mode=tftp 192.168.10.1 file=mag6Kmain

Do you wish to upload the configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
FIGURE 32 - Saving the configuration on a tftp server

The “saveconf” and “loadconf” commands are used often to update new software to
the Magnum 6K family of switches. These commands will be obsoleted in the next release
and replaced with the “ftp” or “tftp” or “xmodem” commands listed below. It is advised
to start using these commands instead of “saveconf” and “loadconf”. Before the

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software is updated, it is advised to save the configurations. The re-loading of the

configuration is not usually necessary; however, in certain situations it maybe needed and
it is advised to save configurations before a software update. The ‘loadconf’ command
requires a reboot for the new configuration to be active. Without a reboot the older
configuration is used by the Magnum 6K family of switches. When Reboot is selected,
the user is prompted: ‘Reboot Y/N’. Select ‘Y’, the prompt is then: ‘Save Current
Configuration?’ You must select ‘No’.

Along with the ftp command listed below, MNS-6K also supports normal ftp as well as
passive ftp. Passive FTP is used by many companies today to work with firewall policies
and other security policies set by companies. The commands for setting the type of ftp
are:

Syntax set ftp mode=<normal|passive> - set the ftp mode of operation3

Syntax show ftp- display the current ftp operation mode

With MNS-6K additional capabilities have been added to save and load configurations.
The commands are:

Syntax ftp <get|put|list|del> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>]

[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] [user=<user>]
[pass=<password>] – upload and download information using ftp command

Where
<get|put|list|del> - different ftp operations
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This
is useful to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded.
This can also perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a
new image to the switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] [user=<user>]
[pass=<password>] – parameters associated with ftp server for proper
communications with the server

Syntax tftp <get|put> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>]

[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] – upload and
download information using tftp command

Where
<get|put> - different tftp operations – get a file from the server or put the
information on the server

3FTP uses a set of separate ports for the data stream and command stream. This causes problems in security conscious companies
who prefer that the client initiate the file transfer as well as the stream for the commands. To accommodate that, ftp added the
capability called “passive ftp” in which the client initiating the connection initiates both the data and command connection request.
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[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This

is useful to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded.
This can also perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a
new image to the switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] – parameters
associated with tftp server for proper communications with the server

Syntax xmodem <get|put> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] –

upload and download information using xmodem command and console connection

Where
<get|put> - different xmodem file transfer operations – get a file from the server
or put the information on the server
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This
is useful to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded.
This can also perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a
new image to the switch

The details are conceptually explained in the figure below.

app
MNS-6K
image

script
CLI
commands
ftp or
tftp Server or config
xmodem Configuration
connection parameters

FIGURE 33 – Based on the ftp or tftp or xmodem commands – the MNS-6K based switch can upload
or download different types of files and images .Other files such as log files, hosts file can also be saved or
loaded onto a switch

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Prior to Release 3.2, the configuration was saved only as a binary object (file). With
Release 3.2 and beyond, the configuration can be saved in the older format – binary
object or in a newer format as an ASCII (readable) file. The new format is preferred by
GarrettCom and GarrettCom recommends all configuration files be saved in the new
format. GarrettCom recommends saving the configuration in the old format only if
there are multiple Magnum 6K family of switches on the network and they all run
different versions of MNS-6K. GarrettCom recommends to upgrade all switches to the
most current release of MNS-6K.

Config files
As shown in the figure above, MNS-6K can now use the ftp, tftp or xmodem commands to
upload and download information to the server running the proper services. One useful capability
provided in MNS-6K is the capability to export the CLI commands (as described in this manual)
used to configure the switch. To do that, for example, using the tftp command, the sequence of
commands are shown below

Magnum 6K25# show ftp

Current FTP Mode: NORMAL

Magnum 6K25# set ftp mode=passive

FTP Set to Passive Mode

Magnum 6K25# show ftp

Current FTP Mode: PASSIVE

Magnum 6K25# set ftp mode=normal

FTP Set to Normal Mode

Magnum 6K25# show ftp

Current FTP Mode: NORMAL

Magnum6K25# ftp put type=config ip=192.168.5.2 file=config
Do you wish to export configuration file? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
Successfully exported the configuration
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 34 – commands to save the configuration using ftp. Similar options will be specified using tftp etc.
When using the ftp command, use the host command discussed later in this section to define the ftp server

After saving the contents of the saved configuration file are as follows

################################################################
# Copyright (c) 2001-2005 GarrettCom, Inc All rights reserved.
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS
# ---------------------------------
# Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to U.S. Government
# restrictions as set forth in Sub-division (b)(3)(ii) of the

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# rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at

# 52.227-7013.
#
# This file is provided as a sample template to create a backup
# of Magnum 6K switch configurations. As such, this script
# provides insights into the configuration of Magnum 6K switch's
# settings. GarrettCom recommends that modifications of this
# file and the commands should be verified by the User in a
# test environment prior to use in a "live" production network.
# All modifications are made at the User's own risk and are
# subject to the limitations of the GarrettCom software End User
# License Agreement (EULA). Incorrect usage may result in
# network shutdown. GarrettCom is not liable for incidental or
# consequential damages due to improper use.
################################################################

#Magnum 6KQ build 3.7.1 Sep 27 2007 16:41:37

#Modules: 39 99 86 0
#Slot A: 4 Port TP-MDIX Module
#Slot B: 2 Port Fiber10 Module
#Slot C: 4 Port Fiber100 Module
#Slot D: 1 10/100/1000T 1 Giga SFP-1000
##########################################################
# System Manager - This area configures System related #
# information. #
##########################################################
set bootmode type=auto
set timeout=10
access
telnet enable
snmp enable
web enable
ssl enable
exit
##########################################################
# User Accounts - This area configures user accounts for #
# accessing this system. #
##########################################################
user
add user=manager level=2 pass=manager
useraccess user=manager service=telnet enable
useraccess user=manager service=web enable
useraccess user=manager service=acl enable
add user=operator level=1 pass=operator
##########################################################

<additional lines deleted for succinct viewing>

FIGURE 35 – Contents of the config file

Note 1 – the config file only allows certain portions of the file to be edited by a user.
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computed and stored in the file will not be matched. Should you want to edit, edit the System portion
of the file only. GarrettCom recommends editing the “script” file (see below)

Note 2 – File names cannot have special characters such as *#!@$^&* space and control characters.

To ease the process of uploading and executing a series of commands, the MNS-6K
commands are:

Syntax host <add|edit|del> name=<host-name> [ip=<ipaddress>] [user=<user>]

[pass=<password>] – create a host entry for accessing host. This is equivalent
to creating a host table on many systems. Maximum of 10 such entries are
allowed

Syntax show host – displays the host table entries

Magnum6K25# access
Magnum6K25(access)## host
Usage
host <add|edit|del> name=<host-name> [ip=<ipaddress>] [user=<user>] [pass=<password>]
Magnum6K25(access)## host add name=server ip=192.168.5.2
Host added successfully
Magnum6K25(access)## show host
No Host Name IP Address User Password
====================================================================
1 server 192.168.5.2 -- ******
2 -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- --
Magnum 6K25(access)##
FIGURE 36 – Creating host entries on MNS-6K

Displaying configuration
To display the configuration or to view specific modules configured, the ‘show config’ command is
used as described below.

Syntax show config [module=<module-name>]

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Where module-name can be

Name Areas affected

system IP Configuration, Boot mode, Users settings (e.g.
login names, passwords)
event Event Log and Alarm settings
port Port settings, Broadcast Protection and QoS
settings
bridge Age time setting
stp STP, RSTP, S- Ring and LLL settings
ps Port Security settings
mirror Port Mirror settings
sntp SNTP settings
llan VLAN settings
gvrp GVRP settings
snmp SNMP settings
web Web and SSL/TLS settings
tacacs TACACS+ settings
auth 802.1x Settings
igmp IGMP Settings
smtp SMTP settings

If the module name is not specified the whole configuration is displayed.

Magnum6K25# show config

[HARDWARE]
type=Magnum6K25
slotB=8 Port TP Module
##########################################################
# System Manager - This area configures System related #
# information. #
##########################################################
[SYSTEM]
***Edit below this line only****
system_name=Main
system_contact=someone@joe.com
system_location=Sunnyvale, CA
boot_mode=manual
system_ip=192.168.1.15
system_subnet=0.0.0.0
system_gateway=192.168.1.11
idle_timeout=10
telnet_access=enable
snmp_access=enable
web_access=enable

--more—

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<additional lines deleted for succinct viewing>

FIGURE 37 – ‘show config’ command output

Magnum6K25# show config module=snmp

[HARDWARE]
type=Magnum6K25
slotB=8 Port TP Module
##########################################################
# Network Management - This area configures the SNMPv3 #
# agent. #
##########################################################
[SNMP]
engineid=6K_v3Engine
defreadcomm=public
defwritecomm=private
deftrapcomm=public
authtrap=disable
com2sec_count=0
group_count=0
view_count=1
view1_name=all
view1_type=included
view1_subtree=.1
view1_mask=ff

--more—
<additional lines deleted for succinct viewing>
FIGURE 38 – displaying specific modules using the ‘show config’ command

Magnum6K25# show config module=snmp,system

[HARDWARE]
type=Magnum6K25
slotB=8 Port TP Module
##########################################################
# System Manager - This area configures System related #
# information. #
##########################################################
[SYSTEM]
***Edit below this line only****
system_name=Main
system_contact=someone@joe.com
system_location=Sunnyvale, CA
boot_mode=manual
system_ip=192.168.1.15
system_subnet=0.0.0.0
system_gateway=192.168.1.11
idle_timeout=10
telnet_access=enable

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snmp_access=enable
web_access=enable

--more—
<additional lines deleted for succinct viewing>
FIGURE 39 – displaying configuration for different modules. Note – multiple modules can be specified on the
command line

Erasing configuration
To erase the configuration and reset the configurations to factory default, you can use the
command ‘kill config’. This command is a “hidden command” i.e. the on-line help and other
help functions normally do not display this command. The ‘kill config’ command resets
everything to the factory default. The reset does not take place till the switch reboots.

It is recommended to save the configuration (using ‘saveconf’

command discussed above) before using the ‘kill config’ command.
The ‘kill config’ will also reset the IP address and all other parameters
as well unless the save option described below is used.

Syntax kill config [save=module-name] – resets the system configuration. The module-name
option does not reset the specific module parameters. The modules are listed below

The module-name can be

Name Areas affected

system IP Configuration, Boot mode, Users settings (e.g.
login names, passwords)
event Event Log and Alarm settings
port Port settings, Broadcast Protection and QoS
settings
bridge Age time setting
stp STP, RSTP, S- Ring and LLL settings
ps Port Security settings
mirror Port Mirror settings
sntp SNTP settings
llan VLAN settings
gvrp GVRP settings
snmp SNMP settings
web Web and SSL/TLS settings

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tacacs TACACS+ settings

auth 802.1x Settings
igmp IGMP Settings
smtp SMTP settings
If the module name is not specified the whole configuration is erased.

For example, ‘kill config save=system’ preserves the system IP address, netmask and
default gateway.

Magnum6K25# kill config save=system

Do you want to erase the configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
Successfully erased configuration...Please reboot.
FIGURE 40 – Erasing configuration without erasing the IP address

Once the configuration is erased, please reboot the switch for the changes to take effect.

Displaying Serial Number

To display the serial number of the unit, use the command “show setup” as shown below. The
command also displays other information related to the switch.

Syntax show setup – display the setup, serial number, factory code information and more

Magnum 6K25# show setup

Version : Magnum 6K25 build 3.7.1 Sep 27 2007 16:41:37

MAC Address : 00:20:08:03:05:09
IP Address : 192.168.5.5
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address : 192.168.5.1
CLI Mode : Manager
System Name : Magnum 6K25
System Description : 25 Port Modular Ethernet Switch
System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
System Location : Fremont, CA
System ObjectId : 1.3.6.1.4.1.553.12.6
System Seriial No. : 43576812
Original Factory Config Code : 6K25-8TP

Magnum 6K25#

FIGURE 41 – Display the serial number, factory code and other relevant setup information

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List of commands in this chapter

Syntax set bootmode type=<dhcp|bootp|manual|auto> [bootimg=<enable|disable>]
[bootcfg=[<enable|disable>] – assign the boot mode for the switch
Where
<dhcp|bootp|manual|auto> - where
dhcp – look only for DHCP servers on the network for the IP address. Disable
bootp or other modes
bootp – look only for bootp servers on the network. Disable dhcp or other mode
manual – do not set the IP address automatically
auto - the switch will first look for a DHCP server. If a DHCP server is not found,
it will then look for a BootP server. If that server is not found, the switch will
check to see if the switch had a pre-configured IP address. If it did, the switch
would be assigned that IP address. If the switch did not have a pre-configured
IP address, it would inspect if the IP address 192.168.1.2 with a netmask of
255.255.255.0 is free. If the IP address is free, MNS-6K will assign the switch
that IP address. If the address is not free, MNS-6K will poll the network for
DHCP server then BootP server then check if the IP address 192.68.1.2 is freed
up
bootimg=<enable|disable> - valiad with type=bootp only. Allows the switch to load
the image file from the BootP server. This is useful when a new switch is put on a
network and the IT policies are set to load only a specific MNS-6Kimage which is
supported and tested by IT personnel.
bootcfg=<enable|disable> - valiad with type=bootp only. Allows the switch to load
the configuration file from the BootP server. This is useful when a new switch is put
on a network and the specific configurations are loaded from a centralized BootP
server
Syntax telnet <enable|disable> - enables or disables telnet sessions

Syntax telnet <ipaddress> [port=<port number>] – telnet from the switch

Syntax set serial [baud=<rate>] [data=<5|6|7|8>] [parity=<none|odd|even>]

[stop=<1|1.5|2>] [flowctrl=<none|xonxoff>] – sets serial port parameters

Syntax snmp – enter the snmp configuration mode

Syntax setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string> - sets the system name, contact and

location information

Syntax set timezone GMT=[+ or -] hour=<0-14> min=<0-59> - sets the timezone

Syntax set date year=<2001-2035> month=<1-12> day=<1-31>

[format=<mmddyyyy|ddmmyyyy|yyyymmdd>] – sets the date and the format in which the
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Syntax set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm] – sets the

time (as well as the timezone)

Syntax set timeformat format=<12|24> - sets the display time in the 12/24 hour mode

Syntax set daylight country=< country name> - sets the daylight saving time

Syntax setsntp server = <ipaddress> timeout = <1-10> retry = <1-3> - setup the SNTP server

Syntax sync [hour=<0-24>] [min=<0-59>] – setup the frequency at which the SNTP server is queried

Syntax sntp [enable|disable] – enables or disables the SNTP services

Syntax saveconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] – saves the

configuration on the network using tftp, ftp or serial protocols

Syntax loadconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] – loads the previously

saved configuration from the network using tftp, ftp or serial protocols

Syntax kill config [save=module_name] – resets the system configuration. The module_name option does not
reset the specific module parameters. The modules are system, event, port, bridge, stp, ps, mirror, sntp, vlan, gvrp
and snmp

Syntax show session – display telnet sessions active on the switch

Syntax kill session id=<session> - kill a specific telnet session

Syntax set ftp mode=<normal|passive> - set the ftp mode of operation

Syntax show ftp- display the current ftp operation mode

Syntax ftp <get|put|list|del> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>]

[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] [user=<user>]
[pass=<password>] – upload and download information using ftp command

Where
<get|put|list|del> - different ftp operations
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This is useful
to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded. This can also
perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a new image to the
switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] [user=<user>]
[pass=<password>] – parameters associated with ftp server for proper
communications with the server

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Syntax tftp <get|put> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>]

[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] – upload and download
information using tftp command

Where
<get|put> - different tftp operations – get a file from the server or put the information
on the server
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This is useful
to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded. This can also
perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a new image to the
switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] – parameters associated
with tftp server for proper communications with the server

Syntax xmodem <get|put> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – upload and

download information using xmodem command and console connection

Where
<get|put> - different xmodem file transfer operations – get a file from the server or put
the information on the server
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This is useful
to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded. This can also
perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a new image to the
switch

Syntax host <add|edit|del> name=<host-name> [ip=<ipaddress>] [user=<user>]

[pass=<password>] – create a host entry for accessing host. This is equivalent to
creating a host table on many systems. Maximum of 10 such entries are allowed

Syntax show host – displays the host table entries

Syntax climode <script|console|show> - set the interactive CLI mode on (console) or off
(script). To see the mode – use the show option

Syntax more <enable|disable|show> - enable or disable the scrolling of lines one page at a time

Syntax show config [module=<module-name>] – displays the configuration

Other commands
Syntax configure access – sets the access parameters (e.g. disable telnet session)

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Syntax show ipconfig – shows IP parameters set

Syntax show console – reviews console settings

Syntax show serial – reviews serial settings

Syntax show setup – reviews system parameters

Syntax show sysconfig – reviews settable system parameters

Syntax show time – shows the system time

Syntax show timezone – shows the system timezone

Syntax show date – shows the system date

Syntax show uptime – shows the amount of time the switch has been operational

Syntax show setup – display the setup, serial number, factory code information and more

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Chapter

4 – IPv6
Next generation IP addressing

T
his section explains how the access to the GarrettCom Magnum MNS-6K can setup using
IPv6 instead of IPv4 addressing described earlier. IPv6 provides a much larger address space
and is required today by many.

Assumptions
It is assumed here that the user is familiar with IP addressing
j schemes and has other supplemental material on IPv6,
configuration, routing, setup and other items related to IPv6. This
user guide does not dwell or probe those details.

Introduction to IPv6
IPv6 is short for "Internet Protocol Version 6". IPv6 is the "next generation" protocol or
IPng and was recommended to the IETF to replace the current version Internet Protocol,
IP Version 4 ("IPv4"). IPv6 was recommended by the IPv6 (or IPng) Area Directors of
the Internet Engineering Task Force at the Toronto IETF meeting on July 25, 1994 in
RFC 1752, The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol. The
recommendation was approved by the Internet Engineering Steering Group and made a
proposed standard on November 17, 1994. The core set of IPv6 protocols were made an
IETF draft standard on August 10, 1998.
IPv6 is a new version of IP which is designed to be an evolutionary step from IPv4. It is a
natural increment to IPv4. It can be installed as a normal software upgrade in internet
devices and is interoperable with the current IPv4. Its deployment strategy is designed to
not have any dependencies. IPv6 is designed to run well on high performance networks
(e.g. Gigabit Ethernet, OC-12, ATM, etc.) and at the same time still be efficient for low
bandwidth networks (e.g. wireless). In addition, it provides a platform for new internet
functionality that will be required in the near future.
IPv6 includes a transition mechanism which is designed to allow users to adopt and
deploy IPv6 in a highly diffuse fashion and to provide direct interoperability between IPv4

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and IPv6 hosts. The transition to a new version of the Internet Protocol is normally
incremental, with few or no critical interdependencies. Most of today's internet uses IPv4,
which is now nearly twenty years old. IPv4 has been remarkably resilient in spite of its age,
but it is beginning to have problems. Most importantly, there is a growing shortage of
IPv4 addresses, which are needed by all new machines added to the Internet.
IPv6 fixes a number of problems in IPv4, such as the limited number of available IPv4
addresses. It also adds many improvements to IPv4 in areas such as routing and network
auto configuration. IPv6 is expected to gradually replace IPv4, with the two coexisting for
a number of years during a transition period.

What’s changed in IPV6?

The changes from IPv4 to IPv6 fall primarily into the following categories:
• Expanded Routing and Addressing Capabilities – IPv6 increases the IP address size
from 32 bits to 128 bits, to support more levels of addressing hierarchy and a much
greater number of addressable nodes, and simpler auto-configuration of addresses.
The scalability of multicast routing is improved by adding a "scope" field to multicast
addresses.
• A new type of address called a "anycast address" is defined, to identify sets of nodes
where a packet sent to an anycast address is delivered to one of the nodes. The use of
anycast addresses in the IPv6 source route allows nodes to control the path which
their traffic flows.
• Header Format Simplification - Some IPv4 header fields have been dropped or made
optional, to reduce the common-case processing cost of packet handling and to keep
the bandwidth cost of the IPv6 header as low as possible despite the increased size of
the addresses. Even though the IPv6 addresses are four time longer than the IPv4
addresses, the IPv6 header is only twice the size of the IPv4 header.
• Improved Support for Options - Changes in the way IP header options are encoded
allows for more efficient forwarding, less stringent limits on the length of options, and
greater flexibility for introducing new options in the future.
• Quality-of-Service Capabilities - A new capability is added to enable the labeling of
packets belonging to particular traffic "flows" for which the sender requests special
handling, such as non-default quality of service or "real- time" service.
• Authentication and Privacy Capabilities - IPv6 includes the definition of extensions
which provide support for authentication, data integrity, and confidentiality. This is
included as a basic element of IPv6 and will be included in all implementations.

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IPv6 Addressing
IPv6 addresses are 128-bits long and are identifiers for individual interfaces and sets of
interfaces. IPv6 addresses of all types are assigned to interfaces, not nodes. Since each
interface belongs to a single node, any of that node's interfaces' unicast addresses may be
used as an identifier for the node. A single interface may be assigned multiple IPv6
addresses of any type.
There are three types of IPv6 addresses. These are unicast, anycast, and multicast. Unicast
addresses identify a single interface. Anycast addresses identify a set of interfaces such that
a packet sent to an anycast address will be delivered to one member of the set. Multicast
addresses identify a group of interfaces, such that a packet sent to a multicast address is
delivered to all of the interfaces in the group. There are no broadcast addresses in IPv6,
their function being superseded by multicast addresses.
IPv6 supports addresses which are four times the number of bits as IPv4 addresses (128
vs. 32). This is 4 Billion times 4 Billion times 4 Billion (296) times the size of the IPv4
address space (232). This works out to be:
340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456
This is an extremely large address space. In a theoretical sense this is approximately
665,570,793,348,866,943,898,599 addresses per square meter of the surface of the planet
Earth (assuming the earth surface is 511,263,971,197,990 square meters). In the most
pessimistic estimate this would provide 1,564 addresses for each square meter of the
surface of the planet Earth. The optimistic estimate would allow for
3,911,873,538,269,506,102 addresses for each square meter of the surface of the planet
Earth. Approximately fifteen percent of the address space is initially allocated. The
remaining 85% is reserved for future use.
The details on the addressing are covered by numerous articles on the WWW as well as
other literature and are not covered here.

Configuring IPv6
The commands used for IPv6 are the same as those used for IPv4. Some of the
commands will be discussed in more details later. The only exception is the ‘ping’
command where there is a special command for IPv6. That commands is ‘ping6’ and the
syntax is as

Syntax ping6 <IPv6 address> - pings an IPv6 station

There is also a special command to ping the status of IPv6. That command is

Syntax show ipv6 - displays the IPv6 information

To configure IPv6, the following sequence of commands can be used.

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Magnum 6K25# ipconfig ?

ipconfig : Configures the system IP address, subnet mask and gateway

Usage
ipconfig [ip=<ipaddress>] [mask=<subnet-mask>] [dgw=<gateway>]

Magnum 6K25# ipconfig ip=fe80::220:6ff:fe25:ed80 mask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::

Action Parameter Missing. "add" assumed.

IPv6 Parameters Set.
Magnum 6K25# show ipv6

IPv6 Address : fe80::220:6ff:fe25:ed80 mask : ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::

Magnum 6K25# show ipconfig

IP Address : 192.168.5.5
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address : 192.168.5.1
IPv6 Address : fe80::220:6ff:fe25:ed80 mask : ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
IPv6 Gateway : ::

Magnum 6K25#
FIGURE 42 – Configuring IPv6

In addition to the commands listed above, the commands which support IPv6 addressing are

Syntax ftp <IPv6 address> - ftp to an IPv6 station

Example – ftp fe80::220:6ff:fe25:ed80

Syntax telnet <IPv6 address> - telnet to an IPv6 station

Example – telnet fe80::220:6ff:fe25:ed80

Besides, if the end station supports IPv6 addressing (as most Linux and Windows systems do),
one can access the switch using the IPv6 addressing as shown in the example below

http://fe80::220:6ff:fe25:ed80

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax ipconfig [ip=<ip-address>] [mask=<subnet-mask>] [dgw=<gateway>]
[add|del] – configure and IPv6 address. The add/delete option can be used to add or delete
IPv4/IPv6 addresses
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Syntax ping6 <IPv6 address> - pings an IPv6 station

Syntax show ipv6 - displays the IPv6 information
Syntax ftp <IPv6 address> - ftp to an IPv6 station
Syntax telnet <IPv6 address> - telnet to an IPv6 station

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5
Chapter

5 – Access Considerations
Securing the switch access….

T
his section explains how the access to the GarrettCom Magnum MNS-6K can be secured.
Further security considerations are also covered such as securing access by IP address or MAC
address.

Securing access
It is assumed here that the user is familiar with issues concerning
j security as well as securing access for users and computers on a
network. Secure access on a network can be provided by
authenticating against an allowed MAC address as well as IP
address.

Passwords
Magnum 6K family of switches comes with a factory default password for the manager as
well as the operator account. Passwords can be changed from the user id by using the
command ‘set password’ command.

Syntax set password

Example

Magnum6K25# set password

Enter New Password :*******
Confirm New Password :*******
Password has been modified successfully
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 43 – Changing password for a given account

Other details on managing users and the passwords are covered in Chapter 2, User
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Port Security
The port security feature can be used to block computers from accessing the network by
requiring the port to validate the MAC address against a known list of MAC addresses.
This port security feature is provided on an Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet
port. In case of a security violation, the port can be configured to go into the disable
mode or drop mode. The disable mode disables the port, not allowing any traffic to pass
through. The drop mode allows the port to remain enabled during a security violation and
drop only packets that are coming in from insecure hosts. This is useful when there are
other network devices connected to the Magnum 6K family of switches. If there is an
insecure access on the secondary device, the Magnum 6K family of switches allows the
authorized users to continue to access the network; the unauthorized packets are dropped
preventing access to the network.

Network security
j Network security hinges on the ability to allow or deny access to
network resources. The access control aspect of secure network
services involves allowing or disallowing traffic based on information
contained in packets, such as the IP address, MAC address, or other content. Planning for
access is a key architecture and design consideration. For example, which ports are
configured for port security? Normally rooms with public access e.g. lobby, conference
rooms etc. should be configured with port security. Once that is decided, the next few
decisions are – who are the authorized and unauthorized users? What action should be
taken against authorized as well as unauthorized users? How are the users identified as
authorized or unauthorized?

Configuring Port Security

Login as a level 2 user or as a manager to configure port security. Once logged in, get to
the port-security configuration level to setup and configure port security.

Syntax configure port-security

Or
Syntax port-security

For example
Magnum6K25# configure port-security

Magnum6K25(port-security)##
FIGURE 44 – Port security configuration mode

Alternately, the following commands can also be used to enter the port-security
configuration mode:

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Magnum6K25# port-security

Magnum6K25(port-security)##
FIGURE 45 – Port security configuration mode

From the port-security configuration mode, the switch can be configured to:
1) Auto-learn the MAC addresses
2) Specify individual MAC addresses to allow access to the network
3) Validate or change the settings

The commands for doing the above actions are:

Syntax allow mac=<address|list|range> port=<num|list|range>

Syntax learn port=<number-list> <enable|disable>

Syntax show port-security

Syntax action port=<num|list|range> <none|disable|drop>

Syntax signal port=<num|list|range> <none|log|trap|logandtrap>

Syntax ps <enable|disable>

Syntax remove mac=<all|address|list|range> port=<num|list|range>

Syntax signal port=<num|list|range> <none|log|trap|logandtrap>

Where
allow mac – configures the switch to setup allowed MAC addresses on specific ports

learn port – configures the switch to learn the MAC addresses associated with specific
port or a group of ports

show port-security – shows the information on port security programmed or learnt

action port – specifies the designated action to take in case of a non authorized access

ps – port security – allows port security to be enable or disabled

remove mac – removes specific or all MAC addresses from port security lookup

signal port=<num|list|range> - observe list of specified ports and notify if there is a

security breach on the list of port specified. The signal can be a log entry, a trap to the trap
receiver specified as part of the SNMP commands (where is that specified) or both

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Note 1: There is a limitation of 200 MAC addresses per port

and 500 MAC addresses per Switch for Port Security.
Note 2: All the commands listed above have to be executed
under the port-security configuration mode.

Syntax clear <history|log [1..5 |informational |activity |critical |fatal |debug]

|terminal |arp|portstats|addr] – clear command to clear various aspects of the MNS-6K
information – most notably clear addr – clears the addresses learnt

Let’s look at a few examples.

Magnum6K25(port-security)## allow mac=00:c1:00:7f:ec:00,00:60:b0:88:9e:00

port=18
FIGURE 46 – Port security – allowing specific MAC addresses on a specified port. (No spaces between
specified MAC addresses)

Magnum6K25(port-security)## action port=9,10 none

Magnum6K25(port-security)## learn port=9,10 enable
FIGURE 47 – Port security - the port learns the MAC addresses. Note – a maximum of 200 MAC
addresses can be learnt per port and a maximum of 500 per switch. Also, the ‘action’ on the port must be
set to none before the port ‘learns’ the MAC address information.

Magnum6K25(port-security)## ps enable
Port Security is already enabled
Magnum6K25(port-security)## ps disable
Port Security Disabled
Magnum6K25(port-security)## ps enable
Port Security Enabled
FIGURE 48 – Enabling and disabling port security

Magnum6K25(port-security)## show port-security

PORT STATE SIGNAL ACTION LEARN COUNT MAC ADDRESS

-------- ---------- ----------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ----------------------
9 ENABLE LOG NONE ENABLE 6 00:e0:29:2a:f1:bd
00:01:03:e2:27:89
00:07:50:ef:31:40
00:e0:29:22:15:85
00:03:47:ca:ac:45
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10 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured

11 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
12 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
13 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
14 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
15 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
16 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured

Magnum6K25(port-security)##
FIGURE 49 – Viewing port security settings on a switch. On port 9, learning is enabled. This port has 6
stations connected to it with the MAC addresses as shown. Other ports have learning disabled and the
MAC addresses are not configured on those ports

Magnum6K25(port-security)## learn port=11 enable

Port Learning Enabled on selected port(s)
Magnum6K25(port-security)## show port-security

PORT STATE SIGNAL ACTION LEARN COUNT MAC ADDRESS

-------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------
9 ENABLE LOG NONE ENABLE 6 00:e0:29:2a:f1:bd
00:01:03:e2:27:89
00:07:50:ef:31:40
00:e0:29:22:15:85
00:03:47:ca:ac:45
00:30:48:70:71:23
10 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
11 ENABLE NONE NONE ENABLE 0 Not Configured
12 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
13 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
14 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
15 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
16 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured

Magnum6K25(port-security)##
FIGURE 50 – Enabling learning on a port. Note – after the learning is enabled, the port security can be
queried to find the status of MAC addresses learnt. If there were machines connected to this port, the
MAC address would be shown on port 11 as they are shown on port 9

Magnum6K25(port-security)## allow mac=00:c1:00:7f:ec:00 port=9,11,13

Specified MAC address(es) allowed on selected port(s)

Magnum6K25(port-security)## show port-security port=9,11,13

PORT STATE SIGNAL ACTION LEARN COUNT MAC ADDRESS

-------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------
9 ENABLE LOG NONE ENABLE 6 00:e0:29:2a:f1:bd

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00:01:03:e2:27:89
00:07:50:ef:31:40
00:e0:29:22:15:85
00:03:47:ca:ac:45
00:30:48:70:71:23
00:c1:00:7f:ec:00
11 ENABLE NONE NONE ENABLE 0 00:c1:00:7f:ec:00
13 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 00:c1:00:7f:ec:00

FIGURE 51 – Allowing specific MAC address on specific ports. After the MAC address is specified, the
port or specific ports or a range of ports can be queried as shown

Magnum6K25(port-security)## remove mac=00:c1:00:7f:ec:00 port=13

Specified MAC address(es) removed from selected port(s)

Magnum6K25(port-security)## show port-security port=13

PORT STATE SIGNAL ACTION LEARN COUNT MAC ADDRESS

-------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------
13 ENABLE LOG NONE ENABLE 0 Not Configured

Magnum6K25(port-security)##
FIGURE 52 – Removing a MAC address from port security

Magnum6K25(port-security)## signal port=11 logandtrap

Port security Signal type set to Log and Trap on selected port(s)
FIGURE 53 – Setting the logging on a port

The figures listed above show the necessary commands to setup port security. The
recommended steps to setup security are:
1) Set the MNS-6K software to allow port security commands (Use ‘port-security’
command)
2) Enable port security (Use ‘enable ps’ command)
3) Enable learning on the required ports (Use ‘learn port=11 enable’ command for port 11)
4) Verify learning is enables and MAC addresses are being learnt on required ports (Use
‘show port-security port=11’ command)
5) Save the port-security configuration (Use ‘save’ command)
6) Disable learning on required ports (Use ‘learn port=11,15 disable’ command)
7) (Optional step) Add any specific MAC addresses, if needed, to allow designated devices to
access the network (Use ‘add mac=00:c1:00:7f:ec:00 port=11,15’ command)

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8) Disable access to the network for unauthorized devices (Use ‘action port=11
<diable|drop>’ depending on whether the port should be disabled or the packed
dropped. Follow that with a ‘show port-security’ command to verify the setting)
9) (Optional step) Set the notification to notify the management station on security breach
attempts (Use command ‘signal port’ to make a log entry or send a trap)

Magnum6K25# port-security

Magnum6K25(port-security)## ps enable

Port Security is already enabled

Magnum6K25(port-security)## learn port=11 enable

Port Learning Enabled on selected port(s)

Magnum6K25(port-security)## show port-security

PORT STATE SIGNAL ACTION LEARN COUNT MAC ADDRESS

-------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------
9 ENABLE LOG NONE ENABLE 6 00:e0:29:2a:f1:bd
00:01:03:e2:27:89
00:07:50:ef:31:40
00:e0:29:22:15:85
00:03:47:ca:ac:45
00:30:48:70:71:23
10 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
11 ENABLE NONE NONE ENABLE 0 00:c1:00:7f:ec:00
12 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
13 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
14 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
15 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
16 ENABLE NONE NONE DISABLE 0 Not Configured
Magnum6K25(port-security)## save

Saving current configuration

Configuration saved
Magnum6K25(port-security)## learn port=11 disable

Port Learning Disabled on selected port(s)

Magnum6K25(port-security)## action port=11 drop

Port security Action type set to Drop on selected port(s)

Magnum6K25(port-security)## show port-security port=11

PORT STATE SIGNAL ACTION LEARN COUNT MAC ADDRESS

-------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------------------
11 ENABLE NONE DROP DISABLE 0 00:c1:00:7f:ec:00
Magnum6K25(port-security)## signal port=11 logandtrap

Port security Signal type set to Log and Trap on selected port(s)
Magnum6K25(port-security)## exit

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Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 54 – Steps for setting up port security on a specific port

Once port security is setup, it is important to manage the log and review the log often. If the
signals are sent to the trap receiver, the traps should also be reviewed for intrusion and other
infractions.

Logs
All events occurring on the Magnum 6K family of switches are logged. The events can be
as shown below

Code Description
0 Emergency: system is unusable – called “fatal” in show log
command
1 Alert: action must be taken immediately
2 Critical: critical conditions
3 Error: error conditions
4 Warning: warning conditions
5 Notice: normal but significant condition – called “note” in show log
command
6 Informational: informational messages
7 Debug: debug-level messages

A few point to note about logs

• By default, the logging is limited to the first six levels
• The event log is now automatically saved to flash, so rebooting will not loose
them. NOTE – since the event logs are written on the flash, once the flash
memory is full, the logs stop writing. It is important to erase the log periodically
or use syslog capability to download the logs to a syslog server
• The event log now includes more information, because of the additional
flexibility built into the log engine. For example, it now logs the IP address and
user name of a remote user login
• The log size parameter is now redefined as the max size of the log that is saved to
flash. More events might appear in the log as they happen, but the whole list will
be trimmed to the specified max size when a save command is issued, or the
system rebooted.

These logs are in compliance with the definitions of RFC 3164, though not all the nuances
of the syslog are implemented as specified by the RFC.

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The ‘show log’ command displays the log information and the ‘clear log’ command
clears the log entries.

Syntax show log [fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|debug] – display the log

Syntax clear log [fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|debug]– clear the log

Syntax set logsize size=<1-1000> - set the number of line to be collected in the log before the oldest
record is re-written

Magnum6K25# show log

S Date Time Log Description
-- ------- ------- ------------------------
Note 04-17-2007 09:57:27 P.M CLI:Session Timed Out for User manager on Telnet:
Note 04-17-2007 09:57:27 P.M CLI:Session Term. User manager on Telnet:
Note 04-17-2007 10:00:06 P.M CLI:Session Started from Telnet: 192.168.5.2
Note 04-17-2007 10:00:12 P.M CLI:User manager Login From Telnet: 192.168.5.2
Note 04-17-2007 10:08:58 P.M CLI:User manager Logout From Telnet: 192.168.5.2
Note 04-17-2007 10:08:58 P.M CLI:Session Term. User manager on Telnet:
Note 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SYSMGR:System Was Rebooted By power cycle
Note 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SNTP:System Clock Set to Default
Note 01-01-2001 12:01:32 A.M WEB:Session Started from SWM: 192.168.5.2
Note 01-01-2001 12:01:47 A.M WEB:User manager Login From SWM: 192.168.5.2
Note 01-01-2001 12:04:16 A.M SYSMGR:Loaded Application Ver 3.7
Note 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SYSMGR:System Was Rebooted By HW Watchdog
Note 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SNTP:System Clock Set to Default
Note 01-01-2001 12:01:13 A.M WEB:Session Started from SWM: 192.168.5.2
Note 01-01-2001 12:01:25 A.M WEB:User manager Login From SWM: 192.168.5.2
Note 04-23-2007 09:57:01 A.M SNTP:System Time Zone Set to -08:00
Note 04-23-2007 05:59:02 P.M SNTP:SNTP Client Started
Note 04-23-2007 05:59:09 P.M SNTP:SNTP Time Synchronized
Note 04-23-2007 05:59:10 P.M SNTP:SNTP Time Synchronized
Note 04-23-2007 05:59:36 P.M CLI:Session Started from Telnet: 192.168.5.2
Note 04-23-2007 05:59:39 P.M SNTP:SNTP Time Synchronized
Note 04-23-2007 05:59:40 P.M SNTP:SNTP Time Synchronized
Note 04-23-2007 05:59:49 P.M CLI:User manager Login From Telnet: 192.168.5.2
Note 04-23-2007 06:11:32 P.M CLI:Session Timed Out for User manager on Telnet:
Note 04-23-2007 06:11:32 P.M CLI:Session Term. User manager on Telnet:
Note 04-23-2007 06:18:05 P.M CLI:Session Started from Telnet: 192.168.5.2
Note 04-23-2007 06:18:16 P.M CLI:User manager Login From Telnet: 192.168.5.2

Magnum6K25# clear log

Clear Logged Events? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

Magnum6K25# show log

Magnum6K25#

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FIGURE 55 – Show log and clear log command. The show log command indicates the type of log activity
in the S column

The log shows the most recent intrusion at the top of the listing. If the log is filled when the
switch detects a new intrusion, the oldest entry is dropped off the listing.

As discussed in the prior section, any port can be set to monitor security as well as make a
log on the intrusions that take place. The logs for the intrusions are stored on the switch.
When the switch detects an intrusion on a port, it sets an “alert flag” for that port and
makes the intrusion information available.

The default log size is 50 rows. To change the log size, use the
“set logsize” command.

When the switch detects an intrusion attempt on a port, it records the date and time
stamp, the MAC address, the port on which the access was attempted and the action taken
by MNS-6K software. The event log lists the most recently detected security violation
attempts. This provides a chronological entry of all intrusions attempted on a specific
port.

The event log records events as single-line entries listed in chronological order, and serves
as a tool for isolating problems. Each event log entry is composed of four fields
Severity – the level of severity (see below)
Date – date the event occurred on. See Chapter 3 on setting the date and time on the
switch
Time – time the event occurred on. See Chapter 3 on setting the date and time on the
switch
Log Description – description of event as detected by the switch

Severity is one of 8 severities described at the beginning of this section.

Authorized managers
Just as port security allows and disallows specific MAC addresses from accessing a network, the
MNS-6K software can allow or block specific IP addresses or a range of IP addresses to access
the switch. The command used for that is

Syntax access – access configuration mode

Syntax allow ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> service=<name|list> - authorize
managers
Syntax deny ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> service=<name|list> - deny access
to a specific IP address(s) or a subnet

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Syntax remove ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> - remove specific IP address(s) or

subnet
Syntax removeall - remove all managers

Syntax show ip-access – display list of authorized managers

access – context are the access commands

allow – allow specified services for specified IP addresses – IP addresses can be individual
stations, a group of stations or subnets. The range is determined by the IP address and
netmask settings
deny – deny specified services for specified IP addresses – IP addresses can be individual
stations, a group of stations or subnets. The range is determined by the IP address and
netmask settings
remove – eliminate specified entry from the authorized manager list
removeall – remove all authorized managers
service – the services allowed or denied are telnet, web and SNMP

It is assumed here that the user is familiar with IP addressing schemes

(e.g. Class A, B, C etc.), subnet masking and masking issues such as
how many stations are allowed for a given subnet mask.

In the examples – any computer on 192.168.5.0 network is allowed (note how the subnet
mask is used to indicate that). Also a specific station with IP address 192.168.15.25 is
allowed (again note how the subnet mask is used to allow only one specific station in the
network.) Older station with IP address 192.168.15.15 is removed.

Magnum6K25# access

Magnum6K25(access)## allow ip=192.168.5.0 mask=255.255.255.0 service=telnet

Service(s) allowed for specified address

Magnum6K25(access)## allow ip=192.168.15.25 mask=255.255.255.255 service=telnet

Service(s) allowed for specified address

Magnum6K25(access)## remove ip=192.168.15.15 mask=255.255.255.255

Access entry removed

Magnum6K25(access)## exit

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Magnum6K25# show ip-access

==========================================================================
IP Address | Mask | Telnet | Web | SNMP |
==========================================================================
192.168.5.0 255.255.255.0 ALLOWED DENIED DENIED
192.168.15.25 255.255.255.255 ALLOWED DENIED DENIED

FIGURE 56 – Steps to allow deny or remove specific services

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax set password – set or change password
Syntax configure port-security – sets the port authorization based on MAC addresses
Syntax port-security – configure port security settings
Syntax allow mac=<address|list|range> port=<num|list|range> - specify a specific
MAC address or MAC address list
Syntax learn port=<number-list> <enable|disable> - learn MAC addresses connected to the
Magnum 6K switch
Syntax show port-security – display port security settings
Syntax action port=<num|list|range> <none|disable|drop> - action to perform in case of
breach of port security
Syntax signal port=<num|list|range> <none|log|trap|logandtrap> - port to monitor
and signal to send in case of breach of port security
Syntax ps <enable|disable> - enable or disable port security
Syntax remove mac=<all|address|list|range> port=<num|list|range> - remove a
MAC address entry
Syntax show log [fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|debug] – display logs and
specific types of logs
Syntax clear log [fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|debug] – clear logs or specific
type of logs
Syntax set logsize size=<1-1000> - set the log buffer size
Syntax access – setup access configuration parameters
Syntax allow ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> service=<name|list> - allow specific
IP address or range of addresses as a trusted host(s)
Syntax deny ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> service=<name|list> - deny specific
IP address or range of IP addresses
Syntax remove ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> - delete a specific IP address from the
access or trusted host list

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Syntax removeall – remove all IP addresses of trusted hosts

Syntax show ip-access – display all trusted hosts
Syntax clear <history|log [1..5 |informational |activity |critical |fatal |debug]
|terminal |arp|portstats|addr] – clear command to clear various aspects of the MNS-
6K information – most notably “clear addr” – clears the addresses learnt or “clear log” to clear
the logs (and the type of logs)

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Chapter

6 – Access Using RADIUS

Using a RADIUS server to authenticate access….

T
he IEEE 802.1x standard, Port Based Network Access Control, defines a mechanism for port-
based network access control that makes use of the physical access characteristics of
IEEE 802 LAN infrastructure. It provides a means of authenticating and authorizing
devices attached to LAN ports that have point-to-point connection characteristics. It also
prevents access to that port in cases where the authentication and authorization fails.
Although 802.1x is mostly used in wireless networks, this protocol is also implemented in
LANs. The Magnum 6K family of switches implements the authenticator, which is a
major component of 802.1x.

j RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service or RADIUS is a server that has been
traditionally used by many Internet Service Providers (ISP) as well as
Enterprises to authenticate dial in users. Today, many businesses use the RADIUS server for
authenticating users connecting into a network. For example, if a user connects a PC into the
network, whether the PC should be allowed access or not provides the same issues as to
whether or not a dial in user should be allowed access into the network or not. A user has to
provide a user name and password for authenticated access. A RADIUS server is well suited
for controlling access into a network by managing the users who can access the network on a
RADIUS server. Interacting with the server and taking corrective action(s) is not possible on
all switches. This capability is provided on the Magnum 6K family of switches.

RADIUS servers and its uses are also described by one or more RFCs.

802.1x
There are three major components of 802.1x: - Supplicant, Authenticator and
Authentication Server (RADIUS Server). In the figure below, the PC acts as the
supplicant. The supplicant is an entity being authenticated and desiring access to the
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allowing access to services that are accessible via that port. The authenticator is
responsible for communication with the supplicant and for submitting the information
received from the supplicant to a suitable authentication server. This allows the
verification of user credentials to determine the consequent port authorization state. It is
important to note that the authenticator’s functionality is independent of the actual
authentication method. It effectively acts as a pass-through for the authentication
exchange.

802.1x
Switch

Authenticator
Supplicant
Authentication
Server (RADIUS)

FIGURE 57 – 802.1x network components

The RADIUS server is the authentication server. The authentication server provides a
standard way of providing Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting services to a
network. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is an authentication framework which
supports multiple authentication methods. EAP typically runs directly over data link
layers such as PPP or IEEE 802, without requiring IP. EAP over LAN (EAPOL)
encapsulates EAP packets onto 802 frames with a few extensions to handle 802
characteristics. EAP over RADIUS encapsulates EAP packets onto RADIUS packets for
relaying to RADIUS authentication servers.

The details of the 802.1x authentication are shown below

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EAPOL EAP over RADIUS

802.1x
Switch

X Port Connected Access Blocked

Y EAP Request Id
Z
RADIUS Access Request
[
\ EAP Request
RADIUS Access Challenge

]
EAP Response ^ RADIUS Access Request
` _ RADIUS Access Accept
EAP Success
Access Allowed

FIGURE 58 – 802.1x authentication details

1. The supplicant (laptop/host) is initially blocked from accessing the network. The
supplicant wanting to access these services starts with an EAPOL-Start frame
2. The authenticator (Magnum 6K switch), upon receiving an EAPOL-start frame, sends a
response with an EAP-Request/Identity frame back to the supplicant. This will inform
the supplicant to provide its identity
3. The supplicant then sends back its own identification using an EAP-Response/Identity
frame to the authenticator (Magnum 6K switch.) The authenticator then relays this to the
authentication server by encapsulating the EAP frame on a RADIUS-Access-Request
packet
4. The RADIUS server will then send the authenticator a RADIUS-Access-Challenge packet
5. The authenticator (Magnum 6K switch) will relay this challenge to the supplicant using an
EAP-Request frame. This will request the supplicant to pass its credentials for
authentication
6. The supplicant will send its credentials using an EAP-Response packet
7. The authenticator will relay using a RADIUS-Access-Request packet
8. If the supplicant’s credentials are valid, RADIUS-Access-Accept packet is sent to the
authenticator
9. The authenticator will then relay this on as an EAP-Success and provides access to the
network
10. If the supplicant does not have the necessary credentials, a RADIUS-Access-Deny packet
is sent back and relayed to the supplicant as an EAP-Failure frame. The access to the
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The Magnum MNS-6K software implements the 802.1x authenticator. It fully conforms to the
standards as described in IEEE 802.1x, implementing all the state machines needed for port-
based authentication. The Magnum MNS-6K Software authenticator supports both EAPOL and
EAP over RADIUS to communicate to a standard 802.1x supplicant and RADIUS authentication
server.

The Magnum MNS-6K software authenticator has the following characteristics:

• Allows control on ports using STP-based hardware functions. EAPOL frames are
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) link Bridge PDUs (BPDU) with its own bridge multicast
address.
• Relays MD5 challenge (although not limited to) authentication protocol to RADIUS
server
• Limits the authentication of a single host per port
• The Magnum 6K family of switches provides the IEEE 802.1x MIB for SNMP
management

Configuring 802.1x
On enabling 802.1x ports, make sure the port which connects to the RADIUS servers needs to be
manually authenticated. To authenticate the port, use the “setport” command. The CLI
commands to configure and perform authentication with a RADIUS server are

Syntax auth - configuration mode to configure the 802.1x parameters

Syntax show auth <config|ports> - show the 802.1x configuration or port status

Syntax authserver [ip=<ip-addr>] [udp=<num>] [secret=<string>] - define the RADIUS

server – use UDP socket number if the RADIUS authentication is on port other than 1812

Syntax auth <enable|disable> - enables or disables the 802.1x authenticator function on MNS-6K switch

Syntax setport port=<num|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>]

[control=<auto|forceauth|forceunauth>] [initialize=<assert|deassert>] - setting the
port characteristic for an 802.1x network

Syntax backend port=<num|list|range> supptimeout=<1-240>] [servertimeout=<1-240>]

[maxreq=<1-10>] - configure parameters for EAP over RADIUS

port – [mandatory] – port(s) to be configured

supptimeout – [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for the
supplicant to respond back. Default value is 30 seconds. Values can range from 1 to 240
seconds.
servertimeout – [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for the
backend RADIUS server to respond back. The default value is 30 seconds. Values can
range from 1 to 240 seconds.

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maxreq – [optional] The maximum number of times the authenticator will retransmit an
EAP Request packet to the Supplicant before it times out the authentication session. Its
default value is 2. It can be set to any integer value from 1 to 10.

Syntax portaccess port=<num|list|range> [quiet=<0-65535>] [maxreauth=<0-10>]

[transmit=<1-65535>] - set port access parameters for authenticating PCs or supplicants

port – [mandatory] – ports to be configured

quiet – [optional] This is the quiet period, the amount of time, in seconds, the supplicant
is held after an authentication failure before the authenticator retries the supplicant for
connection. The default value is 60 seconds. Values can range from 0 to 65535 seconds.
maxreauth – [optional] The number of re-authentication attempts that are permitted
before the port becomes unauthorized. Default value is 2. Values are integers and can
range from 0 to 10.
transmit – [optional] This is the transmit period, this is the time in seconds the
authenticator waits to transmit another request for identification from the supplicant.
Default value is 30. Values can be from 1 to 65535 seconds

Syntax reauth port=<num|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>] [period=<10-86400>] -

set values on how the authenticator (Magnum 6K switch) does the re-authentication with the supplicant or
PC

port – [mandatory] – ports to be configured

status – [optional] This enables/disables re-authentication
period – [optional] this is the re-authentication period in seconds. This is the time the
authenticator waits before a re-authentication process will be done again to the supplicant.
Default value is 3600 seconds (1 hour). Values can range from 10 to 86400 seconds.

Syntax show-stats port=<num> - displays 802.1x related statistics

Syntax trigger-reauth port=<num|list|range> - manually initiate a re-authentication of supplicant

Magnum6K25# show auth config

Make sure there is no 802.1x or Radius server
802.1X Authenticator Configuration defined. Note only one RADIUS server can be
======================================== defined for the whole network.
Status : Disabled
RADIUS Authentication Server
==============================
IP Address : 0.0.0.0 The RADIUS server is on port #2. This port is
UDP Port : 1812 authenticated manually. If the RADIUS server is
several hops away, it may be necessary to
Shared Secret :
authenticate the interconnection ports. Note make
sure this command is executed before auth enable
Magnum6K25# auth command.

Magnum6K25(auth)## setport port=2 status=enable control=forceauth initialize=assert

Successfully set port control parameter(s)

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This command is not necessary, however is shown for

Magnum6K25(auth)## auth disable completeness in case there was a RADIUS server
802.1X Authenticator is disabled. defined and a previously set authentication scheme

Magnum6K25(auth)## authserver ip=192.168.1.239 secret=secret

Successfully set RADIUS Authentication Server parameter(s)

Magnum6K25(auth)##auth enable Enable the authentication

802.1X Authenticator is enabled.

Magnum6K25(auth)## show auth ports

Port Status Control Initialize Current State

================================================================
1 Enabled Auto Deasserted Authorized
2 Enabled ForcedAuth Asserted Unauthorized Port #2 is where
3 Enabled Auto Deasserted Authorized RADIUS server
4 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized is connected
5 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
6 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
7 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
8 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
9 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
10 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
11 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
12 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
13 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
14 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
15 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
16 Enabled Auto Deasserted Unauthorized
-- Port not available

Magnum6K25(auth)## show auth config Command included for completeness –

validate the RADIUS server settings
802.1x Authenticator Configuration
========================================
Status : Enabled

RADIUS Authentication Server

========================================
IP Address : 192.168.1.239
UDP Port : 1812
Shared Secret : secret

Magnum6K25(auth)## backend port=2 supptimeout=45 servertimeout=60 maxreq=5

Successfully set backend server authentication parameter(s)

Backend command is used for setting

characteristics of the timeouts and number
of requests before access is denied.

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Magnum6K25(auth)## show-port backend

Port Supp Timeout Server Timeout Max Request
(sec) (sec)
=================================================
1 30 30 2
2 45 60 5 The authenticator waits for the
3 30 30 2 supplicant to respond back for 45
4 30 30 2 seconds; the authenticator waits for
5 30 30 2 60 seconds for the backend
6 30 30 2 RADIUS server to respond back
7 30 30 2 and the authenticator will
8 30 30 2 retransmit an EAP request packet
9 30 30 2 5 times to the Supplicant before it
10 30 30 2 times out the authentication session
11 30 30 2
12 30 30 2
13 30 30 2
14 30 30 2
15 30 30 2
16 30 30 2

Magnum6K25(auth)## portaccess port=2 quiet=120 maxreauth=7 transmit=120

Successfully set port access parameter(s)

Magnum6K25(auth)## show-port access

Port Quiet Period Max Reauth Tx Period

(sec) (sec)
=================================================The amount of time, in seconds, the
1 60 2 30 supplicant is held after an
2 120 7 120 authentication failure before the
3 60 2 30 authenticator retries the supplicant
4 60 2 30 for connection is changed to 120
5 60 2 30 seconds, the number of re-
6 60 2 30 authentication attempts that are
7 60 2 30 permitted before the Port becomes
8 60 2 30 Unauthorized is set to 7 and the
9 60 2 30 time in seconds the authenticator
10 60 2 30 waits to transmit another request
11 60 2 30 for identification from the
12 60 2 30 supplicant is changed to 120
13 60 2 30 seconds. These values can be
14 60 2 30 changed on all ports depending on
15 60 2 30 devices being authenticated.
16 60 2 30
Force the authentication
Magnum6K25(auth)## reauth port=1 status=enable period=300 period on port #1 every 5
minutes – all other ports
are force authenticated
Successfully set re-authentication parameter(s)
every hour as the show-
port reauth command
shows.

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Magnum6K25(auth)## show-port reauth

Port Reauth Status Reauth Period (sec)

=================================================
1 Enabled 300
2 Enabled 3600
3 Enabled 3600
4 Enabled 3600
5 Enabled 3600
6 Enabled 3600
7 Enabled 3600
8 Enabled 3600
9 Enabled 3600
10 Enabled 3600
11 Enabled 3600
12 Enabled 3600
13 Enabled 3600
14 Enabled 3600
15 Enabled 3600
16 Enabled 3600
See Figure 47 for meaning of
Magnum6K25(auth)## show-stats port=3
these statistics.
Port 3 Authentication Counters
authEntersConnecting :3
authEapLogoffsWhileConnecting :0
authEntersAuthenticating :3
authAuthSuccessesWhileAuthenticating :2
authAuthTimeoutsWhileAuthenticating :0
authAuthFailWhileAuthenticating :0
authAuthReauthsWhileAuthenticating :0
authAuthEapStartsWhileAuthenticating :1
authAuthEapLogoffWhileAuthenticating :0
authAuthReauthsWhileAuthenticated :0
authAuthEapStartsWhileAuthenticated :0
authAuthEapLogoffWhileAuthenticated :0
backendResponses :5
backendAccessChallenges :2
backendOtherRequestsToSupplicant :0
backendNonNakResponsesFromSupplicant :2
backendAuthSuccesses :2
backendAuthFails :0

Magnum6K25(auth)## trigger-reauth port=3 Force re-authentication on port #3.

Successfully triggered re-authentication

FIGURE 59 – securing the network using port access

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List of commands in this chapter

Syntax auth - configuration mode to configure the 802.1x parameters

Syntax show auth <config|ports> - show the 802.1x configuration or port status

Syntax authserver [ip=<ip-addr>] [udp=<num>] [secret=<string>] - define the RADIUS

server – use UDP socket number if the RADIUS authentication is on port other than 1812

Syntax auth <enable|disable> - enables or disables the 802.1x authenticator function on MNS-6K switch

Syntax setport port=<num|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>]

[control=<auto|forceauth|forceunauth>] [initialize=<assert|deassert>] - setting the
port characteristic for an 802.1x network

Syntax backend port=<num|list|range> supptimeout=<1-240>] [servertimeout=<1-240>]

[maxreq=<1-10>] - configure parameters for EAP over RADIUS

port – [mandatory] – port(s) to be configured

supptimeout – [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for the
supplicant to respond back. Default value is 30 seconds. Values can range from 1 to 240
seconds.
servertimeout – [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for the
backend RADIUS server to respond back. The default value is 30 seconds. Values can
range from 1 to 240 seconds.
maxreq – [optional] The maximum number of times the authenticator will retransmit an
EAP Request packet to the Supplicant before it times out the authentication session. Its
default value is 2. It can be set to any integer value from 1 to 10.

Syntax portaccess port=<num|list|range> [quiet=<0-65535>] [maxreauth=<0-10>]

[transmit=<1-65535>] - set port access parameters for authenticating PCs or supplicants

port – [mandatory] – ports to be configured

quiet – [optional] This is the quiet period, the amount of time, in seconds, the supplicant
is held after an authentication failure before the authenticator retries the supplicant for
connection. The default value is 60 seconds. Values can range from 0 to 65535 seconds.
maxreauth – [optional] The number of re-authentication attempts that are permitted
before the port becomes unauthorized. Default value is 2. Values are integers and can
range from 0 to 10.
transmit – [optional] This is the transmit period, this is the time in seconds the
authenticator waits to transmit another request for identification from the supplicant.
Default value is 30. Values can be from 1 to 65535 seconds

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Syntax reauth port=<num|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>] [period=<10-86400>] -

set values on how the authenticator (Magnum 6K switch) does the re-authentication with the supplicant or
PC

port – [mandatory] – ports to be configured

status – [optional] This enables/disables re-authentication
period – [optional] this is the re-authentication period in seconds. This is the time the
authenticator waits before a re-authentication process will be done again to the supplicant.
Default value is 3600 seconds (1 hour). Values can range from 10 to 86400 seconds.

Syntax show-stats port=<num> - displays 802.1x related statistics

Syntax trigger-reauth port=<num|list|range> - manually initiate a re-authentication of supplicant

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7 – Access Using TACACS+

Using a TACACS+ server to authenticate access….

T
ACACS+, short for Terminal Access Controller Access Control System, protocol provides
access control for routers, network access servers and other networked computing devices via
one or more centralized servers. TACACS+ provides separate authentication, authorization
and accounting services.

TACACS – flavors and history

j TACACS allows a client to accept a username and password and send a query to
a TACACS authentication server, sometimes called a TACACS daemon (server)
or simply TACACSD. This server was normally a program running on a host.
The host would determine whether to accept or deny the request and sent a response back.

The TACACS+ protocol is the latest generation of TACACS. TACACS is a simple UDP based
access control protocol originally developed by BBN for the MILNET (Military Network).
Cisco’s enhancements to TACACS are called XTACACS. XTACACS is now replaced by
TACACS+. TACACS+ is a TCP based access control protocol. TCP offers a reliable connection-
oriented transport, while UDP offers best-effort delivery.

TACACS+ improves on TACACS and XTACACS by separating the functions of

authentication, authorization and accounting and by encrypting all traffic between the Network
Access Server (NAS) and the TACACS+ clients or services or daemon. It allows for arbitrary
length and content authentication exchanges, which allows any authentication mechanism to be
utilized with TACACS+ clients. The protocol allows the TACACS+ client to request very fine-
grained access control by responding to each component of a request.

The Magnum 6K family of switches implements a TACACS+ client.

1. TACACS+ servers and daemons use TCP Port 49 for listening to client
requests. Clients connect to this port number to send authentication and
authorization packets.
2. There can be more than one TACACS+ server on the network. MNS-
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TACACS+ Flow
TACACS works in conjunction with the local user list on the MNS-6K software (operating
system.) Please refer to User Management for adding users on the MNS-6K software. The
process of authentication as well as authorization is shown in the flow chart below.

Start
Login as Operator

Login
No

Is User Manager? Yes User in Local

User List?

Yes

Login as Manager No

Logout TACACS+ Enabled?

No

Yes
Yes
Authentication failure Connection failure
Connect to Additional
Logout TACACS server to Servers?
authenticate

Authorized as Authenticated No
Operator or Logout
Authorization Failure TACACS+
Login as Operator
authorization

Authorized as
Manager
Login as Manager

FIGURE 60 – Flow chart describing the interaction between local users and TACACS authorization

The above flow diagram shows the tight integration of TACACS+ authentication with the local
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is authentication where the user is verified against the network user database. The second stage is
authorization, where it is determined whether the user has operator access or manager privileges.

TACACS+ Packet
Packet encryption is a supported and is a configurable option for the Magnum MNS-6K software.
When encrypted, all authentication and authorization TACACS+ packets are encrypted and are
not readable by protocol capture and sniffing devices such as EtherReal or others. Packet data is
hashed and shared using MD5 and secret string defined between the Magnum 6K family of
switches and the TACACS+ server.

32 bits wide

4 4 8 8 8 bits
Major Minor Packet type Sequence no. Flags
Version Version
Session ID
Length
FIGURE 61 – TACACS packet format

• Major Version – The major TACACS+ version number.

• Minor version – The minor TACACS+ version number. This is intended to allow
revisions to the TACACS+ protocol while maintaining backwards compatibility
• Packet type – Possible values are
TAC_PLUS_AUTHEN:= 0x01 (Authentication)
TAC_PLUS_AUTHOR:= 0x02 (Authorization)
TAC_PLUS_ACCT:= 0x03 (Accounting)
• Sequence number – The sequence number of the current packet for the current
session
• Flags – This field contains various flags in the form of bitmaps. The flag values signify
whether the packet is encrypted
• Session ID – The ID for this TACACS+ session
• Length - The total length of the TACACS+ packet body (not including the header)

Configuring TACACS+
CLI commands to configure TACACS+ are

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Syntax show tacplus <status|servers> - show status of TACACS or servers configured as TACACS+
servers
Syntax tacplus <enable|disable> [ order=<tac,local | local,tac>] - enable or disable TACACS
authentication, specifying the order in which the server or local database is looked up where “tac,local”
implies, first the TACAS+ server, then local logins on the device. Default order is Local then
TACACS+ server.
Syntax tacserver <add|delete> id=<num> [ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<tcp-port>]
[encrypt=<enable|disable>] [key=<string>] [mgrlevel=<level>]
[oprlevel=<level>] – adds a list of up to five TACACS+ servers where
<add|delete> – [mandatory] adds or delete a TACACS+ server.
id=<num> – [mandatory] the order in which the TACACS+ servers should be polled for
authenticaton
[ip=<ip-addr>] – [mandatory for add] the IP address of the TACACS+ server
[port=<tcp-port>] – [optional for add] TCP port number on which the server is listening
[encrypt=<enable|disable>] – [optional for add] enable or disable packet encryption
[key=<string>] – [optional for add, mandatory with encrypt] when encryption is enabled,
the secret shared key string must be supplied
[mgrlevel=<level>] and [oprlevel=<level>] – [optional] specifies the manager and
operator level as defined on the TACACS+ server for the respective level of login

This command works in the user configuration

mode as well. Note – maximum of five
Magnum6K25# show tacplus servers TACACS+ servers.

ID TACACS+ Server Port Encrypt Key

================================================
1 10.21.1.170 49 Enabled secret
2 -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- --
To configure TACACS+ enter the user configuration mode
Magnum6K25# user

Magnum6K25(user)##
Check the status of TACACS+ authentication.
Magnum6K25(user)## show tacplus status Note – this command was run in the user
configuration mode.
TACACS+ Status : Disabled

Magnum6K25(user)## tacplus disable

TACACS+ Tunneling is disabled.

Magnum6K25(user)## tacserver add id=2 ip=10.21.1.123 encrypt=enable key=some

TACACS+ server is added.

Magnum6K25(user)## show tacplus servers

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ID TACACS+ Server Port Encrypt Key

================================================
1 10.21.1.170 49 Enabled secret
2 10.21.1.123 49 Enabled some
3 -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(user)## tacserver delete id=2

TACACS+ server is deleted.

Magnum6K25(user)## show tacplus servers

ID TACACS+ Server Port Encrypt Key

================================================
1 10.21.1.170 49 Enabled secret
2 -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(user)## tacplus enable

TACACS+ is enabled.

Magnum6K25(user)##
FIGURE 62 – Configuring TACACS+

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax show tacplus <status|servers> - show status of TACACS or servers configured as TACACS+
servers

Syntax tacplus <enable|disable> [ order=<tac,local | local,tac>] - enable or disable TACACS

authentication, specifying the order in which the server or local database is looked up where “tac,local”
implies, first the TACAS+ server, then local logins on the device

Syntax tacserver <add|delete> id=<num> [ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<tcp-port>]

[encrypt=<enable|disable>] [key=<string>] [mgrlevel=<level>]
[oprlevel=<level>] – adds a list of up to five TACACS+ servers where
<add|delete> – [mandatory] adds or delete a TACACS+ server.
id=<num> – [mandatory] the order in which the TACACS+ servers should be polled for
authenticaton
[ip=<ip-addr>] – [mandatory for add] the IP address of the TACACS+ server

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[port=<tcp-port>] – [optional for add] TCP port number on which the server is listening
[encrypt=<enable|disable>] – [optional for add] enable or disable packet encryption
[key=<string>] – [optional for add, mandatory with encrypt] when encryption is enabled,
the secret shared key string must be supplied
[mgrlevel=<level>] and [oprlevel=<level>] – [optional] specifies the manager and
operator level as defined on the TACACS+ server for the respective level of login

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8 – Port Mirroring and Setup

Setup the ports for network speeds, performance as well as for monitoring….

T
his section explains how individual characteristics of a port on the GarrettCom Magnum 6K
family of switches are setup. For monitoring a specific port, the traffic on a port can be
mirrored on another port and viewed by protocol analyzers. Other setup includes
automatically setting up broadcast storm prevention thresholds.

Port monitoring and mirroring

j An Ethernet switch sends traffic from one port to another port,

unlike a hub or a shared network device, where the traffic is
“broadcast” on each and every port. Capturing traffic for protocol
analysis or intrusion analysis can be impossible on a switch unless
all the traffic for a specific port is “reflected” on another port, typically a monitoring port.
The Magnum 6K family of switches can be instructed to repeat the traffic from one port
onto another port. This process - when traffic from one port is reflecting to another port -
is called port mirroring. The monitoring port is also called a “sniffing” port. Port
monitoring becomes critical for trouble shooting as well as for intrusion detection.

Port mirroring
Monitoring a specific port can be done by port mirroring. Mirroring traffic from one port
to another port allows analysis of the traffic on that port. The set of commands for port
mirroring are

Syntax show port-mirror – displays the status of port mirroring

Syntax port-mirror - enter the port mirror configuration mode

Syntax setport monitor=<monitor port number> sniffer=<sniffer port number> -

setup a prot mirrior port

Syntax prtmr <enable|disable> - enable and disable port mirroring

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The set of commands show how port 11 is mirrored on port 13. Any traffic on port 11 is
also sent on port 13.

Magnum6K25# show port-mirror

Sniffer Port : 0
Monitor Port : 0
Mirroring State : disabled
Magnum6K25# port-mirror
Magnum6K25(port-mirror)## setport monitor=11 sniffer=13
Port 11 set as Monitor Port
Port 13 set as Sniffer Port
Magnum6K25(port-mirror)## prtmr enable
Port Mirroring Enabled
Magnum6K25(port-mirror)## exit
Magnum6K25# show port-mirror
Sniffer Port : 13
Monitor Port : 11
Mirroring State : enabled
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 63 – Enabling port mirroring

Once port monitoring is completed, for security reasons, GarrettCom strongly

recommends that the port mirroring be disabled using the “prtmr diable” command.

1) Only one port can be set to port mirror at a time

2) Both the ports (monitored port and sniffer port) have to belong to
the same VLAN
3) The mirrored port shows both incoming as well as outgoing traffic
4) When port mirror is active, to change mirrored port, first disable
port mirror and then assign the new port as described above

Port setup
Each port on the GarrettCom Magnum 6K family of switches can be setup specific port
characteristics. The command for setting the port characteristics are:

Syntax device – enter the device configuration mode

Syntax setport port=<port#|list|range> [name=<name>] [speed=<10|100>]

[duplex=<half|full>] [auto=<enable|disable>] [flow=<enable|disable>]
[bp=<enable|disable>] [status=<enable|disable>]

where
device – sets up the Magnum 6K switch in the device configuration mode
name – assigns a specific name to the port. This name is a designated name for the port
and can be a server name, user name or any other name

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speed – specifically sets the speed to be 10 or 100Mbps. Note – this works only with
10/100 ports – with 10Mbps ports, the option is ignored. No error is shown. See speed
settings section below.
flow – sets up flow control on the port. See Flow Control section below
bp – back pressure – enables back pressure signaling for traffic congestion management
status – disable – disables the port from operation

Syntax show port[=<port number>]

In the example listed below, the ports 11 and 12 are given specific names. Ports 9 and 13
are active, as shown by the link status. Port 13 is set to 100 Mbps – all other ports are set
to 10Mbps. All ports are set with auto sensing (speed)

Magnum6K25# device

Magnum6K25(device)## setport port=11 name=JohnDoe

Magnum6K25(device)## setport port=12 name=JaneDoe

Magnum6K25(device)## show port

Keys: E = Enable D = Disable

H = Half Duplex F = Full Duplex
M = Multiple VLANs NA = Not Applicable
LI = Listening LE = Learning
F = Forwarding B = Blocking
Port Name Control Dplx Media Link Speed Part Auto VlanID GVRP STP
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 B1 E H 10Tx UP 10 No E 1 - -
10 B2 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
11 JohnDoe E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
12 JaneDoe E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
13 B5 E F 100Tx UP 100 No E 1 - -
14 B6 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
15 B7 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
16 B8 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -

Magnum6K25(device)## exit
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 64 – Port setup

The port’s speed and duplex (data transfer operation) setting are summarized below.

Speed settings
Auto (default) – Senses speed and negotiates with the port at the other end of the link
for data transfer operation (half-duplex or full-duplex). “Auto” uses the IEEE 802.3u
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with the 802.3u standard, then the port configuration on the switch must be manually set
to match the port configuration on the other device.

Possible port setting combinations for copper ports are:

• 10HDx: 10 Mbps, Half-Duplex
• 10FDx: 10 Mbps, Full-Duplex
• 100HDx: 100 Mbps, Half-Duplex
• 100FDx: 100 Mbps, Full-Duplex

Possible port settings for 100FX (fiber) ports are:

• 100FDx (default): 100 Mbps, Full-Duplex
• 100HDx: 100 Mbps, Half-Duplex

Possible port settings for 10FL (fiber) ports are:

• 10HDx (default): 10 Mbps, Half-Duplex
• 10FDx: 10 Mbps, Full-Duplex

Gigabit fiber-optic ports (Gigabit-SX and Gigabit-LX):

• 1000FDx (default): 1000 Mbps (1 GBPS), Full Duplex only
• Auto: The port operates at 1000FDx and auto-negotiates flow control with the
device connected to the port

Flow Control
Flow control is for full duplex operation and the controls provided indicates the number
of buffers allowed for incoming traffic before a Rxon or Rxoff information is sent. RXon
is sent when the number of buffers used by the traffic falls below the specified level
(default is 4). Rxoff is sent when the number of buffers used goes above the specified
value (default is 6). The "flowcontrol" command is used to set the above thresholds. It
DOES NOT enable or DISABLE flow control

Disabled (default) – The port will not generate flow control packets and drops received
flow control packets
Enabled: The port uses 802.3x Link Layer Flow Control, generates flow control packets,
and processes received flow control packets.

With the port speed set to auto (the default) and flow control set
to enabled; the switch negotiates flow control on the indicated
port. If the port speed is not set to auto, or if flow control is
disabled on the port, then flow control is not used.

To set flow control

Syntax flowcontrol xonlimit=<value> xofflimit=<value>

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where
xonlimit can be from 3 to 30, default value is 4
xofflimit from 3 to 127, default value is 6

Syntax show flowcontrol

Back Pressure
Back Pressure is for half duplex operations and the controls provided indicates the
number of buffers allowed for incoming traffic before a xon/xoff message is sent.

Disabled (default) – The port will not use back pressure based flow control mechanisms.
Enabled – The port uses 802.3 Layer 2 back off algorithms. Back pressure based
congestion control is possible only on half-duplex, 10-Mbps Ethernet ports. Other
technologies are not supported on Magnum 6K family of switches.

Syntax backpressure rxthreshold=<value>

where
rxthreshold value can be from 3 to 127, default is 28

Syntax show backpressure

Backpressure and Flow control are to be used in networks in

which all devices and switches can participate in the flow control
and back pressure recognition. In most networks, these techniques
are not used as not all devices can participate in the flow control
methods and notifications. Alternately, QoS and other techniques
are widely used today.

In the example below, the Magnum 6K family of switches are setup with flow control and
back pressure.

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Magnum6K25# device
Magnum6K25(device)## show flowcontrol
XOnLimit : 4
XOffLimit : 6
Magnum6K25(device)## flowcontrol xonlimit=10 xofflimit=15
XOn Limit set successfully
XOff Limit set successfully
Magnum6K25(device)## show flowcontrol
XOnLimit : 10
XOffLimit : 15
Magnum6K25(device)## show backpressure
Rx Buffer Threshold : 28
Magnum6K25(device)## backpressure rxthreshold=45
Rx Buffer Threshold set successfully
Magnum6K25(device)## show backpressure
Rx Buffer Threshold : 45
Magnum6K25(device)## show port

Keys: E = Enable D = Disable

H = Half Duplex F = Full Duplex
M = Multiple VLAN's NA = Not Applicable
LI = Listening LE = Learning
F = Forwarding B = Blocking
Port Name Control Dplx Media Link Speed Part Auto VlanID GVRP STP
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 B1 E H 10Tx UP 10 No E 1 - -
10 B2 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
11 JohnDoe E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
12 JaneDoe E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
13 B5 E F 100Tx UP 100 No E 1 - -
14 B6 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
15 B7 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
16 B8 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -

Magnum6K25(device)## show port=11

Configuration details of port 11
--------------------------------------------------
Port Name : JohnDoe
Port Link State : DOWN
Port Type : TP Port
Port Admin State : Enable
Port VLAN ID :1
Port Speed : 10Mbps
Port Duplex Mode : half-duplex
Port Auto-negotiation State : Enable
Port STP State : NO STP
Port GVRP State : No GVRP
Port Priority Type : None
Port Security : Enable

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Port Flow Control : Disable

Port Back Pressure : Disable

Magnum6K25(device)## setport port=11 flow=enable bp=enable

Magnum6K25(device)## show port
Keys: E = Enable D = Disable
H = Half Duplex F = Full Duplex
M = Multiple VLAN's NA = Not Applicable
LI = Listening LE = Learning
F = Forwarding B = Blocking
Port Name Control Dplx Media Link Speed Part Auto VlanID GVRP STP
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 B1 E H 10Tx UP 10 No E 1 - -
10 B2 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
11 JohnDoe E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
12 JaneDoe E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
13 B5 E F 100Tx UP 100 No E 1 - -
14 B6 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
15 B7 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
16 B8 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
Magnum6K25(device)## show port=11
Configuration details of port 11
--------------------------------------------------
Port Name : JohnDoe
Port Link State : DOWN
Port Type : TP Port
Port Admin State : Enable
Port VLAN ID :1
Port Speed : 10Mbps
Port Duplex Mode : half-duplex
Port Auto-negotiation State : Enable
Port STP State : NO STP Note – the flow control and back pressure is
Port GVRP State : No GVRP shown as enabled for the specific port. The
Port Priority Type : None global “show port” command does not show
Port Security : Enable this detail. The back pressure and flow control
Port Flow Control : Enable parameters are global – i.e. the same for all
the ports.
Port Back Pressure : Enable
Magnum6K25(device)## exit
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 65 – Setting up back pressure and flow control on ports

j
Broadcast Storms
One of the best features of the Magnum 6K family of switches is its
ability to keep broadcast storms from spreading throughout a network.
Network storms (or broadcast storms) are characterized by an excessive
number of broadcast packets being sent over the network. These storms can occur if network
equipment is configured incorrectly or the network software is not properly functioning or
badly designed programs (including some network games) are used. Storms can reduce
network performance and cause bridges, routers, workstations, servers and PC's to slow down
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Preventing broadcast storms

The Magnum 6K family of switches is capable of detecting and limiting storms on each
port. A network administrator can also set the maximum rate of broadcast packets
(frames) that are permitted from a particular interface. If the maximum number is
exceeded, a storm condition is declared. Once it is determined that a storm is occurring on
an interface, any additional broadcast packets received on that interface will be dropped
until the storm is determined to be over. The storm is determined to be over when a one-
second period elapses with no broadcast packets received.
Syntax broadcast-protect <enable|disable> - enable or disable the broadcast storm protection
capabilities

Syntax rate-threshold port=<port|list|range> rate=<frames/sec> - set the rate limit in

frames per second

Syntax show broadcast-protect – display the broadcast storm protection settings

In the example below, the broadcast protection is turned on. The threshold for port 11 is then
set to a lower value of 3500 broadcast frames/second.

Magnum6K25# device
Magnum6K25(device)## show broadcast-protect
======================================================================
PORT | STATUS | THRESHOLD (frms/sec) | CURR RATE (frms/sec) | ACTIVE
======================================================================
9 Disabled 19531 0 NO
10 Disabled 19531 0 NO
11 Disabled 19531 0 NO
12 Disabled 19531 0 NO
13 Disabled 19531 0 NO
14 Disabled 19531 0 NO
15 Disabled 19531 0 NO
16 Disabled 19531 0 NO
Magnum6K25(device)## broadcast-protect enable
Broadcast Storm Protection enabled

Magnum6K25(device)## show broadcast-protect

======================================================================
PORT | STATUS | THRESHOLD (frms/sec) | CURR RATE (frms/sec) | ACTIVE
======================================================================
9 Enabled 19531 0 NO
10 Enabled 19531 0 NO
11 Enabled 19531 0 NO
12 Enabled 19531 0 NO
13 Enabled 19531 0 NO
14 Enabled 19531 0 NO
15 Enabled 19531 0 NO

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16 Enabled 19531 0 NO
Magnum6K25(device)## rate-threshold port=11 rate=3500
Broadcast Rate Threshold set
Magnum6K25(device)## show broadcast-protect
======================================================================
PORT | STATUS | THRESHOLD (frms/sec) | CURR RATE (frms/sec) | ACTIVE
======================================================================
9 Enabled 19531 0 NO
10 Enabled 19531 0 NO
11 Enabled 3500 0 NO
12 Enabled 19531 0 NO
13 Enabled 19531 0 NO
14 Enabled 19531 0 NO
15 Enabled 19531 0 NO
16 Enabled 19531 0 NO
FIGURE 66 – Setting up broadcast storm protection. Also shows how the threshold can be lowered for a
specific port

Port Rate limiting for broadcast

traffic
Please refer to the above section on broadcast storms.

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax show port-mirror – display port mirror settings

Syntax port-mirror <enter> - configure port mirror settings

Syntax setport monitor=<monitor port number> sniffer=<sniffer port number> - set port
mirror settings

Syntax prtmr <enable|disable> - enable or disable port mirror settings

Syntax device – configure device and port specific settings

Syntax setport port=<port#|list|range> [name=<name>] [speed=<10|100>]

[duplex=<half|full>] [auto=<enable|disable>] [flow=<enable|disable>]
[bp=<enable|disable>] [status=<enable|disable>] – configure port settings

Syntax show port[=<Port number>] – display port settings

Syntax flowcontrol xonlimit=<value> xofflimit=<value> - configure flow control buffers

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Syntax show flowcontrol – display flow control buffers

Syntax backpressure rxthreshold=<value> - configure backpressure buffers

Syntax show backpressure – display backpressure buffers

Syntax broadcast-protect <enable|disable> - protect switch from broadcast storms

Syntax rate-threshold port=<port|list|range> rate=<frames/sec> - change the allowed broadcast

rate threshold

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Chapter

9 – VLAN
Create separate network segments (collision domains) across Magnum 6K family of
switches…..

S
hort for virtual LAN (VLAN), a VLAN creates separate collision domains or network
segments that can span multiple Magnum 6K family of switches. A VLAN is a group of ports
designated by the switch as belonging to the same broadcast domain. The IEEE 802.1Q
specification establishes a standard method for inserting VLAN membership information into
Ethernet frames.

Why VLANs?

j VLAN’s provide the capability of having two (or more) Ethernet

segments co-exist on common hardware. The reason for creating
multiple segments in Ethernet is to isolate collision domains.
VLANs can isolate groups of users, or divide up traffic for security, bandwidth
management, etc. VLANs are widely used today and are here to stay. VLANs need not be
in one physical location. They can be spread across geography or topology. VLAN
membership information can be propagated across multiple Magnum6K switches.

Segment 1 Segment 2

VLAN 1 VLAN 2

FIGURE 67 – VLAN as two separate collision domains. The top part of the figure shows two
“traditional” Ethernet segments. Up to 32 VLANs can be defined per switch.

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A group of network users (ports) assigned to a VLAN form a broadcast domain. Packets
are forwarded only between ports that are designated for the same VLAN. Cross-domain
broadcast traffic in the switch is eliminated and bandwidth is saved by not allowing
packets to flood out on all ports. For many reasons a port may be configured to belong to
multiple VLANs.

Segment 1 Segment 2 Segment 3

VLAN 1 VLAN 2 VLAN 3

FIGURE 68 – Ports can belong to multiple VLANs. In this figure a simplistic view is presented where
some ports belong to VLANs 1, 2 and other ports belong to VLANs 2,3. Ports can belong to
VLANs 1, 2 and 3. This is not shown in the figure.

By default, on Magnum 6K family of switches, VLAN support is

enabled and all ports on the switch belong to the default VLAN
(DEFAULT-VLAN). This places all ports on the switch into one
physical broadcast domain.

If VLANs are entirely separate segments or traffic domains – how can the VLANs route
traffic (or “talk”) to each other? This can be done using routing technologies (e.g., a router
or a L3-switch). The routing function can be done internally to a L3-switch. One
advantage of an L3 switch is that the switch can also support multiple VLANs. The L3
switch can thus route traffic across multiple VLANs easily and provides a cost effective
solution if there are mnay VLANs defined.

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Segment 1 Segment 2

Router

Router or
L3-switch
VLAN 1 VLAN 2

FIGURE 69 – routing between different VLANs is performed using a router or a Layer 3 switch (L3-
switch)

The Magnum 6K family of switches supports up to 32 VLANs per

switch

Tag VLAN or Port VLAN?

What is the difference between tag and port VLAN? In a nutshell – the term port vlan is
specific to a switch and port VLAN assigns a specific port or group of ports belonging to a
VLAN. So when ports belong to multiple VLANs and they are specific to a switch, use the
Port VLAN to configure that. Port VLANs do not look for VLAN identifier (VID)
information nor does it manipulate the VID information. It thus works “transparently” and
propagates the VLAN information along.

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In the tag VLAN, an identifier called the VLAN identifier (VID) is either inserted or
manipulated. This manipulated VLAN tag allows VLAN information to be propagated across
devices or switches, allowing VLAN information to span multiple switches.

As described earlier, VLAN is an administratively configured LAN or broadcast domain. Instead

of going to the wiring closet to move a cable to a different LAN segment, the same task can be
accomplished remotely by configuring a port on an 802.1Q-compliant switch to belong to a
different VLAN. The ability to move end stations to different broadcast domains by setting
membership profiles for each port on centrally managed switches is one of the main advantages
of 802.1Q VLANs.

802.1Q VLANs aren't limited to one switch. VLANs can span many switches. Sharing VLANs
between switches is achieved by inserting a tag with a VLAN identifier (VID) into each frame. A
VID must be assigned for each VLAN. By assigning the same VID to VLANs on many switches,
one or more VLAN (broadcast domain) can be extended across a large network.

802.1Q-compliant switch ports, such as those on the Magnum 6K family of switches, can be
configured to transmit tagged or untagged frames. A tag field containing VLAN information can
be inserted into an Ethernet frame. If a port has an 802.1Q-compliant device attached (such as
another switch), these tagged frames can carry VLAN membership information between switches,
thus letting a VLAN span multiple switches. Normally connections between switches can carry
multiple VLAN information and this is call port trunking or 802.1Q trunks.

There is one important caveat: administrators must ensure ports with non-802.1Q-compliant
devices attached are configured to transmit untagged frames. Many network interface cards such
as those for PCs printers and other “dumb” switches are not 802.1Q-compliant. If they receive a
tagged frame, they will not understand the VLAN tag and will drop the frame. In situations like
these, its best to use port based VLANs for connecting to these devices.

Sometimes a port may want to listen to broadcasts across different VLANs or propagate the
VLAN information on to other ports. This port must thus belong to multiple VLANs so that the
broadcast information reaches the port accurately. If the port also wants to send broadcast traffic,
the proper egress (sending out of information) and ingress (receiving information) has to be
configured on the Magnum 6K family of switches. In Tag based VLAN this is similar but only if
the port is tagged for each VLAN.

Private VLANs
Private VLANs are VLANs which are private to a given switch in a network. For Magnum 6K
family of switches, the Private VLANs are usually restricted to a single switch. Private
VLANs are implemented on Magnum 6K family of switches using Port based VLAN. See the
section on Port VLAN for additional information.

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The reasons Private VLANs are constructed are for security. For example, if some confidential
data were residing on VLAN 5, then only the people connected to that switch on VLAN 5 can
have access to that information. No one else can access that VLAN. Similarly, if another
switch had video surveillance equipment on VLAN 20 then only ports with access to VLAN
20 can have access to the video surveillance information.

Finally, one port can belong to multiple VLANs – so depending on the function and use,
different VLANs information can be shared across a port. Such a port is said to be in
promiscuous mode for private VLANs.

Using Port VLANs

Port VLANs are rarely used in networks which uses the same VLANs across multiple switches.
Port VLANs are used when VLANs are setup up on a single switch and connectivity between
the system on different VLANs is needed. Broadcast traffic is not isolated to one VLAN in
Port VLANs.

General steps for using port VLANs are

1) Plan your VLAN strategy and create a map of the logical topology that will result from
configuring VLANs. Include consideration for the interaction between VLANs.
2) Configure at least one VLAN in addition to the default VLAN
3) Assign the desired ports to the VLANs
4) Decide on trunking strategy – how will the VLAN information be propagated from
one switch to another and also what VLAN information will be propagated across
5) (Layer 3 consideration) check to see if the routing between the VLANs is “working”
by pinging stations on different VLANs

1) You can rename the default VLAN, but you cannot

change its VID (1) or delete it from the switch
2) Any ports not specifically assigned to another VLAN will
remain assigned to the DEFAULT-VLAN
3) Changing the number of VLANs supported on the switch
requires the SAVE command to save the new VLAN
information

Creating VLANs
Creating VLAN and to configure VLAN related commands

Syntax set vlan type=<port|tag|none>

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VLAN Configuration

Syntax configure vlan type=port OR

Syntax vlan type=port

Adding VLANs

Syntax add id=<vlan Id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[forbid=<number|list|range>] [<mgt|nomgt>]

Disabling Management on VLAN

Use the <nomgt> option when creating a VLAN as shown in the add command above.

Starting VLANs

Syntax start vlan=<name|number|list|range>

Saving the configuration

Syntax save

Editing VLANs

Syntax edit id=<vlan Id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[<mgt|nomgt>]

Displaying the VLAN information

Syntax show vlan type=<port|tag> [<id=vlanid>]

Magnum6K25#vlan type=port

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## add id=2 name=test port=1-10

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## start vlan=all

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## save

Saving current configuration...

Configuration saved
FIGURE 70 – configuring VLANs on Magnum 6K switch

The example below shows how to add three different VLANs. Along with the VLANs, Port 14 is
assigned to the four VLANs – the three new ones added plus the DEFAULT-VLAN 1. The following

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interaction shows how VLANs 10, 20, 30 are added to port 14 and the VLANs activated. A typical use
for such a port would be to connect a “dumb” switch to this port and allow traffic from three different
VLANs to pass through transparently to the “dumb” switch, which will be connected to port 14. Note
in this example, VLAN information is not propagated on to the “dumb” switch.

Magnum6K25# set vlan type=port

VLAN set to Port-based.
Enter the VLAN configuration
Magnum6K25# vlan type=port mode

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## add id=10 name=engineering port=14

Vlan added successfully with
Vlan id : 10
Vlan name : engineering
Ports : 14

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## add id=20 name=engineering port=14

Notice – each VLAN needs a
ERROR - Duplicate Vlan name unique name – here by mistake,
VLAN 10 and 20 had the same
Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## add id=20 name=sales port=14 name.

Vlan added successfully with

Vlan id : 20
Vlan name : sales
Ports : 14

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## add id=30 name=marketing port=14

Vlan added successfully with

Vlan id : 30
Vlan name : marketing
Ports : 14
Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## show vlan type=port

VLAN ID : 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
9 | UP
10 | DOWN
11 | DOWN
12 | DOWN
13 | UP
14 | DOWN
15 | DOWN
16 | DOWN

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VLAN ID : 10 The VLANs added are not yet active. Each individual
Name : engineering VLAN can be activated or all VLANs can be
Status : Pending activated
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN

VLAN ID : 20
Name : sales
Status : Pending
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN

VLAN ID : 30
Name : marketing
Status : Pending
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN
Start all VLANs
Magnum6K25(port-vlan)##start vlan=all

All pending VLAN's started.

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)##show vlan type=port

VLAN ID : 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
9 | UP
10 | DOWN
11 | DOWN
12 | DOWN
13 | UP
15 | DOWN
16 | DOWN

VLAN ID : 10
Name : engineering
Status : Active The “Pending” VLAN is now “Active”
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN

VLAN ID : 20
Name : sales

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Status : Active
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN

VLAN ID : 30
Name : marketing
Status : Active
========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## exit
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 71 – Example of setting up port based VLANs

Using Tag VLANs

When multiple switches are connected on a network, the VLAN information needs to be
propagated on to other switches. In such situations – it is best to use tag based VLANs.

Older versions of MNS-6K the use of tag VLANs needed the set-
ingress and set-egress commands to set the flow of incoming and
outgoing traffic. These commands are defunct. GarrettCom recommends
using the set-port command instead.

The commands for setting Tag VLANs are

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> default id=<number> sets the default VLAN

id (termed PVID in previous versions). Default VLAN id is the VLAN id assigned to the
untagged packets received on that port. For Magnum 6K family of switches, the default VLAN id
is 1
Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> filter status=<enable|disable> enables or
disables the VLAN filtering function. When enabled, the switch will drop the packets coming in
through a port if the port is not a member of the VLAN. For example, if port 1 is a member of
VLANs 10, 20 and 30, if a packet with VLAN id 40 arrives at port 1 it will be dropped
Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> tagging id=<number> status=<tagged|
untagged> defines whether the outgoing packets from a port will be tagged or untagged. This
definition is on a per VLAN basis. For example the command set-port port=1 tagging id=10
status=tagged will instruct the switch to tag all packets going out of port 1 to belong to VLAN
10
Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> join id=<number> adds the specified port(s) to the
specified VLAN id. This command works with active or pending VLANs

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Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> leave id=<number> releases a specific port from a

VLAN. For example if port 1 belongs to VLAN 10, 20, 30, 40 the command set-port
port=1 leave id=40 makes port 1 belong to VLAN 10, 20, 30, dropping VLAN 40
Syntax show-port [port=<port|list|range>] shows all parameters related to tag vlan for the list of
ports. If the port parameter is omitted, it will display all ports

In the example below, we start with Port VLAN and convert to TAG VLAN. We define ports 14
through 16 to belong to VLANs 10, 20 and 30 and the rest of the ports belong to the default
VLAN – VLAN 1. Filtering is enabled on ports 14-16. The VLAN setup is done before devices
are plugged into ports 14-16 as a result the status of the ports show the port status as DOWN.

1. A word of caution – when TAG VLAN filtering is enabled, there can be

serious connectivity repercussions – the only way to recover from that it
is to reload the switch without saving the configuration or by modifying
the configuration from the console (serial) port
2. There can be either TAG VLAN on MSN-6K or Port VLAN. Both
VLANs cannot co-exit at the same time
3. There can only be one default VLAN for the switch. The default is set
to VLAN 1 and can be changed to another VLAN. A word of caution
on changing the default VLAN as well – there can be repercussions on
management as well as multicast and other issues
4. Tag VLAN support VLAN ids from 1 to 4096. VLAN ids more than
2048 are reserved for specific purposes and it is recommended they not
be used
5. There are a maximum of 32 VLANs per switch which can be defined
and supported

Magnum6K25# vlan type=port

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## show vlan type=port

VLAN ID: 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active

========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
9 | UP
10 | DOWN
11 | DOWN
12 | DOWN
13 | UP
15 | DOWN
16 | DOWN

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VLAN ID: 10
Name : engineering
Status : Active

========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN

VLAN ID: 20
Name : sales
Status : Active

========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN

VLAN ID: 30
Name : marketing
Status : Active

========================
PORT | STATUS
========================
14 | DOWN To switch to TAG VLAN, the port VLAN has to be disabled or
stopped. Only one type of VLAN can co-exist at the same time.
Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## stop vlan=all Exit out of Port VLAN configuration mode and set the VLAN
type to be Tag VLAN.
All active VLAN's stopped.

Magnum6K25(port-vlan)## exit

Magnum6K25# set vlan type=tag

VLAN set to Tag-based.

Magnum6K25# show active-vlan

Tag VLAN is currently active.

Magnum6K25# show vlan type=tag

VLAN ID: 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active

-----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------------
9 | UNTAGGED | UP
10 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

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11 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
12 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
13 | UNTAGGED | UP Note – ports 14-16 are “DOWN” – the
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN VLAN configuration is preferably done before
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN devices are plugged in to avoid connectivity
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN repercussions.

Magnum6K25# vlan type=tag

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## add id=10 name=mkt port=14-16

Tag based vlan Added Successfully.

Vlan id :10
Vlan name : mkt The edit command can be used to reset the names or
Ports :14-16 other values

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## edit id=10 name=engineering port=14-16

Tag based vlan edited Successfully.

Vlan id : 10
Vlan name : engineering
Ports : 14-16

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## add id=20 name=sales port=14-16

Tag based vlan Added Successfully.

Vlan id :20 Intentionally done to show the effect of adding a
Vlan name : sales duplicate VLAN.
Ports :14-16

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## add id=20 name=marketing port=14-16

ERROR: Duplicate Vlan Id

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## add id=30 name=marketing port=14-16

Tag based vlan Added Successfully.

Vlan id :30
Vlan name : marketing
Ports :14-16

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## show vlan type=tag

VLAN ID: 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active

-----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------------
9 | UNTAGGED | UP
10 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
11 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

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12 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
13 | UNTAGGED | UP
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 10
Name : engineering Note – the VLANs are not started as yet. Adding the
Status : Pending VLAN does not start it by default.
----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 20
Name : sales
Status : Pending

----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 30
Name : marketing
Status : Pending

----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## start vlan=all Enable filtering on the ports required. Note – the MNS-6K
software will prompt you to be sure that connectivity is not
All pending VLAN's started. disrupted.

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## set-port port=14-16 filter status=enable

WARNING: PVID does not match the port(15)'s VLAN ID(s).

If you are using telnet session on this port,
setting ingress might stop the session.

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Do you want to continue? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

WARNING: PVID does not match the port(14)'s VLAN ID(s).
If you are using telnet session on this port,
setting ingress might stop the session.

Do you want to continue? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

WARNING: PVID does not match the port(16)'s VLAN ID(s).
If you are using telnet session on this port,
setting ingress might stop the session.

Do you want to continue? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

Ingress Filter Enabled

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## show vlan type=tag

VLAN ID: 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active

-----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------------
9 | UNTAGGED | UP
10 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
11 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
12 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
13 | UNTAGGED | UP

VLAN ID: 10
Name : engineering
Status : Active

----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 20
Name : sales
Status : Active

----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

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VLANs are now active, however, as the packet traverses

VLAN ID: 30
VLANs the packet should be tagged. This now enabled next.
Name : marketing
Status : Active

----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## set-port port=14-16 tagging id=10 status=tagged

Port tagging enabled

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## set-port port=14-16 tagging id=20 status=tagged

Port tagging enabled

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## set-port port=14-16 tagging id=30 status=tagged

Port tagging enabled

Magnum6K25(tag-vlan)## show vlan type=tag

VLAN ID: 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active

-----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------------
9 | UNTAGGED | UP
10 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
11 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
12 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
13 | UNTAGGED | UP

VLAN ID: 10
Name : engineering
Status : Active

----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | TAGGED | DOWN
15 | TAGGED | DOWN
16 | TAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 20
Name : sales
Status : Active

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----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
----------------------------------------------------
14 | TAGGED | DOWN
15 | TAGGED | DOWN
16 | TAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 30
Name : marketing
Status : Active

----------------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
---------------------------------------------------- Before exiting – don’t forget to save the configuration or
14 | TAGGED | DOWN discard the configuration by doing a reboot.
15 | TAGGED | DOWN
16 | TAGGED | DOWN

FIGURE 72 – Example for Tag VLAN

Tag VLANs and Management

Normally, for security reasons, a user may want to disable management information propagating
on a specific VLAN. By default, management information propagates on VLAN 1 (default
VLAN). To disable management or to enable management information from propagating on a
VLAN, please use the commands listed below:

Syntax add id=<vlan Id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[forbid=<number|list|range>] [<mgt|nomgt>] – add VLANs

GarrettCom recommends to disable management function when the VLANs are added
using the add command shown above. By default, management is allowed (enabled) on a
VLAN.

Syntax edit id=<vlan Id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[<mgt|nomgt>] – change VLAN assignment

THE EDIT COMMAND ONLY ASSOCIATES THE PORT WITH

THE VLANS. So for example, if VLAN 5 had port 10-14, an edit
command on port 14 only will drop ports 10-13 from VLAN 5. See
example below.

Magnum 6K25# vlan type=tag

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Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)## add id=5 name=engineering port=10-14

Tag based vlan Added Successfully.

Vlan id :5
Vlan name : engineering
Ports :10-14

Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)## add id=10 name=marketing port=15,16 nomgt

Tag based vlan Added Successfully.
Vlan id :10
Vlan name : marketing
Ports :15,16

Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)## show vlan type=tag

VLAN ID: 1
Name : Default VL
Status : Active

-----------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------
1| UNTAGGED | UP
2| UNTAGGED | DOWN
3| UNTAGGED | DOWN
4| UNTAGGED | DOWN
5| UNTAGGED | DOWN
6| UNTAGGED | DOWN
7| UNTAGGED | DOWN
8| UNTAGGED | DOWN
9| UNTAGGED | DOWN
10 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
11 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
12 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
13 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 5
Name : engineering
Status : Pending

-----------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------
10 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
11 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
12 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
13 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 10

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Name : marketing
Status : Pending
Management Port Excluded from this VLAN

-----------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)## edit id=5 port=14 nomgt

Tag based vlan edited Successfully.

Vlan id : 5
Vlan name : engineering
Ports : 14

Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)## show vlan type=tag id=5

VLAN ID: 5
Name : engineering Note – ports 10-13 got dropped from
Status : Pending VLAN 5. Also note – the management
Management Port Excluded from this VLAN function is excluded for this VLAN
now

-----------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)## show vlan type=tag id=5 port=10-14

VLAN ID: 5
Name : engineering
Status : Pending
Management Port Excluded from this VLAN

-----------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)## show vlan type=tag

VLAN ID: 1
Name : Default VLAN
Status : Active

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PORT | MODE | STATUS
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1| UNTAGGED | UP
2| UNTAGGED | DOWN
3| UNTAGGED | DOWN
4| UNTAGGED | DOWN
5| UNTAGGED | DOWN
6| UNTAGGED | DOWN
7| UNTAGGED | DOWN
8| UNTAGGED | DOWN
9| UNTAGGED | DOWN
10 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
11 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
12 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
13 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 5
Name : engineering
Status : Pending
Management Port Excluded from this VLAN

-----------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------
14 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

VLAN ID: 10
Name : marketing
Status : Pending
Management Port Excluded from this VLAN

-----------------------------------------------
PORT | MODE | STATUS
-----------------------------------------------
15 | UNTAGGED | DOWN
16 | UNTAGGED | DOWN

Magnum 6K25(tag-vlan)##

FIGURE 73 – Editing the VLAN information for enabling or disabling management

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax set vlan type=<port|tag|none> defines the VLAN type

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Syntax configure vlan type=port enter the VLAN configuration commands

Syntax vlan type=port enter the VLAN configuration commands

Syntax add id=<vlan Id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[forbid=<number|list|range>] [<mgt|nomgt>] - adding VLAN

Syntax edit id=<vlan id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[<mgt|nomgt>] - edit existing VLAN name

Syntax start vlan=<name|number|list|range> activate the VLAN configuration

Syntax save save the configuration (including the VLAN configuration)

Syntax show vlan type=<port|tag> [<id=vlanid>] display specific VLAN information

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> default id=<number> sets the default VLAN id.
For Magnum 6K family of switches, the default VLAN id is 1, unless changed using this command

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> filter status=<enable|disable> enables or disables

the VLAN filtering function.

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> tagging id=<number> status=<tagged|

untagged> defines whether the outgoing packets from a port will be tagged or untagged.

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> join id=<number> adds the specified port(s) to the
specified VLAN id

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> leave id=<number> releases a specific port from a

VLAN

Syntax show-port [port=<port|list|range>] shows all parameters related to tag vlan for the list of ports.
If the port parameter is omitted, it will display all ports

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Chapter

10 – Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Create and manage alternate paths to the network

S
panning Tree Protocol was designed to avoid loops in an Ethernet network. An Ethernet
network using switches can have redundant paths – this may however cause loops and to
prevent the loops MNS-6K software uses spanning tree protocol. As a manager of the MNS-6K
software, controlling n which span the traffic traverses is necessary. It is also necessary to specify
the parameters of STP. STP is available as the IEEE 802.1d protocol and is a standard of the IEEE.

STP features and operation

j The switch uses the IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
When STP is enabled, it ensures that only one path at a time is
active between any two nodes on the network. In networks where
more than one physical path exists between two nodes, STP ensures only a single path is
active by blocking all redundant paths. Enabling STP is necessary to avoid loops and
duplicate messages. This duplication leads to a “broadcast storm” or other erratic
behavior that can bring down the network.

As recommended in the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN standard, the Magnum 6K family of

switches uses single-instance STP. This means a single spanning tree is created to make
sure there are no network loops associated with any of the connections to the switch.
This works regardless of whether VLANs are configured on the switch. Thus, these
switches do not distinguish between VLANs when identifying redundant physical links.

The switch automatically senses port identity and type, and automatically defines port cost
and priority for each type. The MNS-6K software allows a manager to adjust the cost,
priority, the mode for each port as well as the global STP parameter values for the switch.

While allowing only one active path through a network at any time, STP retains any
redundant physical path to serve as a backup (blocked) path in case the existing active path
fails. Thus, if an active path fails, STP automatically activates (unblocks) an available
backup to serve as the new active path for as long as the original active path is down.

The table below lists the default values of the STP variables.

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Variable or Attribute Default Value

STP capabilities Disabled
reconfiguring general operation priority 32768
Bridge maximum age 20 seconds
Hello time 2 seconds
Forward delay 15 seconds
Reconfiguring per-port STP path cost 0
Priority 32768
Mode Normal
Monitoring of STP Not Available
Root Port Not set
Figure 74 – STP default values – refer to next section “Using STP” for more detailed explanation on
the variables

1. By default, STP is disabled. To use STP, it has to be manually enabled.

2. If you are using tagged VLANs, at least one untagged VLAN must be
available for the BPDU’s to propagate through the network to update STP
status.

Using STP
The commands used for configuring STP are listed below.

Syntax show stp <config|ports > - regardless of whether STP is enabled or disabled (default) this
command lists the switch’s full STP configuration, including general settings and port settings

Magnum6K25# show stp config

STP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Spanning Tree Enabled(Global) : NO
Spanning Tree Enabled(Ports) : YES, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal STP
Bridge ID : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Bridge Priority : 32768
Bridge Forward Delay : 15

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Bridge Hello Time : 2

Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port : 0
Root Path Cost : 0
Designated Root : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Designated Root Priority : 32768
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 2
Root Bridge Max Age : 20

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 75 – Viewing STP configuration

The variables listed above are:

Spanning Tree Enabled (Global): indicates whether STP is enabled or disabled globally
i.e. if the values is YES, all ports have STP enabled, otherwise, all ports have STP disabled

Spanning Tree Enabled (Ports): indicates which ports have STP enabled – note in the
figure the ports 9 through 16 are STP enabled, but STP functionality is not enabled – so
STP will not perform on these ports

Bridge Priority: specifies the switch (bridge) priority value. This value is used along with
the switch MAC address to determine which switch in the network is the root device.
Lower values mean higher priority. Value ranges from 0 to 65535. Default value is 32768

Bridge Forward Delay: indicates the time duration the switch will wait from listening to
learning states and from learning to forwarding states. The value ranges from 4 to 30
seconds. Default value is 15

Bridge Hello Time: When the switch is the root device, this is the time between
messages being transmitted. The value is from 1 to 10 seconds. Default value is 2 seconds

Bridge Max Age: This is the maximum time a message with STP information is allowed
by the switch before the switch discards the information and updates the address table
again. Value ranges from 6 to 40 seconds with default value of 20 seconds

Root Port: indicates the port number, which is elected as the root port of the switch. A
root port of “0” indicates STP is disabled

Root Path Cost: A path cost is assigned to individual ports for the switch to determine
which ports are the forwarding points. A higher cost means more loops, a lower cost
means fewer loops. More loops equal more traffic and a tree which takes a long time to
converge – resulting in a slower system

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Designated Root: shows the MAC address of the bridge in the network elected or
designated as the root bridge. Normally when STP is not enabled the switch designates
itself as the root switch

Designated Root Priority: shows the designated root bridge’s priority. Default value is
32768

Root Bridge Forward Delay: indicates the designated root bridge’s forward delay. This
is the time the switch waits before it switches from the listening to the forwarding state.
The default is 15 seconds. This value can be set between 4-30 seconds

Root Bridge Hello Time: indicates the designated root bridge’s hello time. Hello
information is sent out every 2 seconds

Root Bridge Max Age: indicates the designated root bridge’s maximum age – after which
it discards the information as being old and receives new updates

These variables can be changed using the “priority”, “cost”, “port”

and “timers” commands described later in this chapter.

Magnum6K25# show stp ports

STP Port Configuration

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d
14 TP(10/100 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 76 – STP Port status information

The variables shown above are

Port#: indicates the port number. Value ranges from 01 to max number of ports in the
switch

Type: indicates the type of port – TP indicates Twisted Pair

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Priority: STP uses this to determine which ports are used for forwarding. Lower the
number means higher priority. Value ranges from 0 to 255. Default is 128

Path Cost: This is the assigned port cost value used for the switch to determine the
forwarding points. Values range from 1 to 65535

State: indicates the STP state of individual ports. Values can be Listening, Learning,
Forwarding, Blocking and Disabled.

Des. Bridge: This is the port’s designated root bridge

Des. Port: This is the port’s designated root port

To enable or disable STP, enter the STP configuration mode and use the “stp
<enable|disable>” command.

Syntax stp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax stp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP
Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - set the spanning tree protocol to be IEEE 802.1d or 802.1w
(Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
Syntax show active-stp – Display which version of STP is currently active

Incorrect STP settings can adversely affect network performance.

GarrettCom Inc. recommends starting with the default STP settings.
Changing the settings requires a detailed understanding of STP. For more
information on STP, please refer to the IEEE 802.1d standard.

Magnum6K25# show active-stp

Note –it is always a good idea to check which mode of STP
Current Active Mode: RSTP. is active. If the proper mode is not active, the configuration
RSTP is Disabled. command “stp” will not be understood. To set the proper
mode, use the “set stp” command.
Magnum6K25# stp

ERROR: Invalid Command

Magnum6K25#set stp type=stp

STP Mode set to STP.

Magnum6K25# stp

Magnum6K25(stp)## stp enable

Successfully set the STP status

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp config

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STP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Spanning Tree Enabled(Global) : YES
Spanning Tree Enabled(Ports) : YES, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal STP
Bridge ID : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Bridge Priority : 32768
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 2
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port : 0
Root Path Cost : 0
Designated Root : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Designated Root Priority : 32768
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 2
Root Bridge Max Age : 20

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp ports

STP Port Configuration

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 100 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 128 19 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d
14 TP(10/100 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

Magnum6K25(stp)##
FIGURE 77 – Enabling STP

Syntax priority [port=<number|list|range>] value=<0-255 | 0-65535> - specifies the

port or switch level priority. When a port(s) are specified the priority is associated with ports and
their value is 0-255. If no ports are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is specified and its
value is 0-65535
Syntax cost port=<number|list|range> value=<0-65535> - cost is specific to a port and the
port(s) have to be specified
Syntax port port=<number|list|range> status=<enable|disable> - specific ports may
not need to participate in STP process. These ports typically would be end-stations. If you are not
sure – let MNS-6K software make the decisions
Syntax timers forward-delay=<4-30> hello=<1-10> age=<6-40> - change the STP
Forward Delay, Hello timer and Aging timer values

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Priority: specifies the switch (bridge) priority value. This value is used along with the
switch MAC address to determine which switch in the network is the root device. Lower
values mean higher priority. Value ranges from 0 to 65535. Default value is 32768

Cost: A path cost is assigned to individual ports for the switch to determine which ports
are the forwarding points. A higher cost means the link is “more expensive” to use and
falls in the passive mode compared to the link with a lower cost. Value ranges from 0 to
65535. Default value is 32768

Status: Enables or disables a port from participating in STP discovery. Its best to only
allow trunk ports to participate in STP. End stations need not participate in STP process.

Forward-Delay: indicates the time duration the switch will wait from listening to learning
states and from learning to forwarding states. The value ranges from 4 to 30 seconds.
Default value is 15

Hello: When the switch is the root device, this is the time between messages being
transmitted. The value is from 1 to 10 seconds. Default value is 2 seconds

Age: This is the maximum time a message with STP information is allowed by the switch
before the switch discards the information and updates the address table again. Value
ranges from 6 to 40 seconds with default value of 20 seconds

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp config

STP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Spanning Tree Enabled(Global) : NO
Spanning Tree Enabled(Ports) : YES, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal STP
Bridge ID : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Bridge Priority : 32768
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 2
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port : 0
Root Path Cost : 0
Designated Root : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Designated Root Priority : 32768
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 2
Root Bridge Max Age : 20

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp ports

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STP Port Configuration

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

Magnum6K25(stp)## stp enable

Successfully set the STP status

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp config

STP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Spanning Tree Enabled(Global) : YES
Spanning Tree Enabled(Ports) : YES, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal STP
Bridge ID : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Bridge Priority : 32768
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 2
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port : 0
Root Path Cost : 0
Designated Root : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Designated Root Priority : 32768
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 2
Root Bridge Max Age : 20

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO
Ports which have devices connected to it now
Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp ports participate in STP.

STP Port Configuration

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Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 100 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 128 19 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d

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14 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e

15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

Magnum6K25(stp)## priority value=15535

Successfully set the bridge priority

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp config STP is now enabled. Note the default values for
the different variables discussed.
STP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Spanning Tree Enabled(Global) : YES
Spanning Tree Enabled(Ports) : YES, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal STP
Bridge ID : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Bridge Priority : 15535
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 2
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port : 0
Root Path Cost : 0
Designated Root : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Designated Root Priority : 15535
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 2
Root Bridge Max Age : 20

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO

Magnum6K25(stp)## priority port=13 value=20

Successfully set the priority for port 13

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp ports

Note on Port #13, the priority changed, however the Path
Cost did not – till the cost command is issued.
STP Port Configuration
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 100 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 20 19 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

Magnum6K25(stp)## cost port=13 value=20

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Setting cost for STP...Successfully set the path cost for port 13

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp ports

STP Port Configuration

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 100 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 20 20 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

Magnum6K25(stp)## port port=9 status=disable

Successfully set the STP status for port 9

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp ports

Since Port #9 does not participate in STP – it
is not listed here. Any changes made to STP
STP Port Configuration parameters on Port #9 will be ignored.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 20 19 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

Magnum6K25(stp)## port port=9 status=enable

Successfully set the STP status for port 9

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp ports

STP Port Configuration

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 100 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0c
13 TP(10/100) 20 20 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 100 Disabled 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80 80:10

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Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp config

STP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Spanning Tree Enabled(Global) : YES
Spanning Tree Enabled(Ports) : YES, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal STP
Bridge ID : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Bridge Priority : 15535
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 2
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port : 0
Root Path Cost : 0
Designated Root : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Designated Root Priority : 15535
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 2
Root Bridge Max Age : 20

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO The age parameter is out of range as per
IEEE 802.1d specifications.
Magnum6K25(stp)## timers forward-delay=20 hello=5 age=40

ERROR: Invalid Values

Max Age <= (2*(Forward-Delay-1)) and Max Age >= (2*(Hello-Time+1))

Magnum6K25(stp)## timers forward-delay=20 hello=5 age=30

Successfully set the bridge time parameters

Magnum6K25(stp)## show stp config

STP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Spanning Tree Enabled(Global) : YES
Spanning Tree Enabled(Ports) : YES, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal STP
Bridge ID : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Bridge Priority : 15535
Bridge Forward Delay : 20
Bridge Hello Time : 5
Bridge Max Age : 30
Root Port : 0
Root Path Cost : 0
Designated Root : 80:00:00:20:06:25:ed:80
Designated Root Priority : 15535
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 20
Root Bridge Hello Time : 5
Root Bridge Max Age : 30

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RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO

Magnum6K25(stp)##

FIGURE 78 – Configuring STP parameters

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax show stp <config|ports > - regardless of whether STP is enabled or disabled (default) this
command lists the switch’s full STP configuration, including general settings and port settings

Syntax stp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax stp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

Syntax priority [port=<number|list|range>] value=<0-255 | 0-65535> - specifies the port or

switch level priority. When a port(s) are specified the priority is associated with ports and their value is 0-
255. If no ports are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is specified and its value is 0-65535

Syntax cost port=<number|list|range> value=<0-65535> - cost is specific to a port and the port(s)
have to be specified

Syntax port port=<number|list|range> status=<enable|disable> - specific ports may not need to

participate in STP process. These ports typically would be end-stations. If you are not sure – let MNS-6K
software make the decisions

Syntax timers forward-delay=<4-30> hello=<1-10> age=<6-40> - change the STP Forward

Delay, Hello timer and Aging timer values

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11 – Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

(RSTP)
Create and manage alternate paths to the network

R
apid Spanning Tree Protocol (RTSP), like STP, was designed to avoid loops in an Ethernet
network. Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) (IEEE 802.1w) is an evolution of the
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) (802.1d standard) and provides for faster spanning tree
convergence after a topology change.

RSTP concepts

j The IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) was developed to

allow the construction of robust networks that incorporate
redundancy while pruning the active topology of the network to
prevent loops. While STP is effective, it requires that frame transfer must halt after a link
outage. This halt is until all bridges in the network are sure to be aware of the new
topology. Using STP (IEEE 802.1d) recommended values, this period lasts 30 seconds.

Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1w) is a further evolution of the 802.1d
Spanning Tree Protocol. It replaces the settling period with an active handshake between
switches (bridges) that guarantees topology information to be rapidly propagated through
the network. RSTP converges in less than one second to six seconds. RSTP also offers a
number of other significant innovations. These include
• Topology changes in STP must be passed to the root bridge before they can be
propagated to the network. Topology changes in RSTP can be originated from
and acted upon by any designated switch (bridge), leading to more rapid
propagation of address information
• STP recognizes one state - blocking for ports that should not forward any data or
information. RSTP explicitly recognizes two states or blocking roles - alternate and
backup port including them in computations of when to learn and forward and
when to block
• STP relays configuration messages received on the root port going out of its
designated ports. If an STP switch (bridge) fails to receive a message from its
neighbor it cannot be sure where along the path to the root a failure occurred.

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RSTP switches (bridges) generate their own configuration messages, even if they
fail to receive one from the root bridge. This leads to quicker failure detection
• RSTP offers edge port recognition, allowing ports at the edge of the network to
forward frames immediately after activation while at the same time protecting
them against loops
• An improvement in RSTP allows configuration messages to age more quickly
preventing them from “going around in circles” in the event of a loop

RSTP has three states. They are discarding, learning and forwarding.

The discarding state is entered when the port is first taken into service. The port does not
learn addresses in this state and does not participate in frame transfer. The port looks for
STP traffic in order to determine its role in the network. When it is determined that the
port will play an active part in the network, the state will change to learning. The learning
state is entered when the port is preparing to play an active member of the network. The
port learns addresses in this state but does not participate in frame transfer. In a network
of RSTP switches (bridges) the time spent in this state is usually quite short. RSTP
switches (bridges) operating in STP compatibility mode will spend between 6 to 40
seconds in this state. After ‘learning’ the bridge will place the port in the forwarding state.
While in this state the port both learns addresses and participates in frame transfer while
in this state.

The result of these enhanced states is that the IEEE 802.1d version of spanning tree
(STP) can take a fairly long time to resolve all the possible paths and to select the most
efficient path through the network. The IEEE 802.1w Rapid reconfiguration of Spanning
Tree significantly reduces the amount of time it takes to establish the network path. The
result is reduced network downtime and improved network robustness. In addition to
faster network reconfiguration, RSTP also implements greater ranges for port path costs
to accommodate the higher connection speeds that are being implemented.

Proper implementations of RSTP (by switch vendors) is designed to be compatible with

IEEE 802.1d STP. GarrettCom recommends that you employ RSTP or STP in your
network.

Transition from STP to RSTP

IEEE 802.1w RSTP is designed to be compatible with IEEE 802.1D STP. Even if all the other
devices in your network are using STP, you can enable RSTP on your Magnum 6K family of
switches. The default configuration values of the RSTP available in MNS-6K software will ensure
that your switch will interoperate effectively with the existing STP devices. RSTP automatically
detects when the switch ports are connected to non-RSTP devices using spanning tree and
communicates with those devices using 802.1d STP BPDU packets.

Even though RSTP interoperates with STP, RSTP is so much more efficient at establishing the
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GarrettCom recommends that all your network devices be updated to support RSTP. RSTP
offers convergence times typically of less than one second. However, to make best use of RSTP
and achieve the fastest possible convergence times there are some changes that you should make
to the RSTP default configuration.

1. GarrettCom Inc. provides downloadable software Fault Timing

Analyzer (FTA) for testing how quickly a network recovers from a
fault, once the redundancy feature such as STP or RSTP is configured
on the switches (bridges). This software can be downloaded from the
GarrettCom site. This software is available at
http://www.garrettcom.com/ftaform.htm
2. Under some circumstances it is possible for the rapid state transitions
employed by RSTP to result in an increase in the rates of frame
duplication and the order in which the frames are sent and received. In
order to allow RSTP switches to support applications and protocols
that may be sensitive to frame duplication and out of sequence frames,
RSTP may have to be explicitly set to be compatible with STP. This
explicit setting is called setting the “Force Protocol Version”
parameter to be STP compatible. This parameter should be set to all
ports on a given switch
3. As indicated above, one of the benefits of RSTP is the implementation
of a larger range of port path costs which accommodates higher
network speeds. New default values have also been implemented for
the path costs associated with the different network speeds. This could
create incompatibility between devices running the older
implementations of STP a switch running RSTP
4. If you are using tagged VLANs, at least one untagged VLAN must be
available for the BPDU’s to propagate through the network to update
STP status.
5. RSTP is needed for RS-Ring on the GarrettCom
Magnum 6K family of switches.

Configuring RSTP
The commands to setup and configure RSTP on MNS-6K are

Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - Set the switch to support RSTP or change it back to STP. Need to save
and reboot the switch after this command

Syntax rstp – enter the RSTP configuration mode

Syntax rstp <enable|disable> - enable RSTP – by default, this is disabled and has to be manually
activated

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Syntax port port=<number|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>]

[migration=<enable>] [edge=<enable|disable>] [p2p=<on|off|auto>]

Example port port=<number|list|range> p2p= off - Set the “point-to-point” value to off on
all ports that are connected to shared LAN segments (i.e. connections to hubs). The default
value is auto. P2P ports would typically be end stations or computers on the network

Example port port=<number|list|range> edge=enable – enable all ports connected to

other hubs, bridges and switches as edge ports

Example port port=<number|list|range> migration=enable – set this for all ports

connected to other devices such as hubs, bridges and switches known to support IEEE 802.1d
STP services, but cannot support RSTP services

Syntax show active-stp – status whether STP or RSTP is running

Syntax show stp <config|ports> – display the RSTP or STP parameters

Magnum6K25# rstp

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show rstp config

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO

Magnum6K25(rstp)## rstp enable

Successfully set the RSTP status

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show active-stp

Current Active Mode: RSTP.

RSTP is Enabled.

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp config

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : YES
RSTP/STP Enabled Ports : 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal RSTP
Bridge ID : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Bridge Priority :0
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 02
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port :0
Root Path Cost :0
Designated Root : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89

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Designated Root Priority :0

Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 02
Root Bridge Max Age : 20
Topology Change count :0
Time Since topology Chg : 12

FIGURE 79 – Enabling RSTP and reviewing the RSTP variables

The variables listed by the “show stp config” command are:

Rapid Spanning Tree Enabled (Global): indicates whether STP is enabled or disabled globally
i.e. if the values is YES, all ports have STP enabled, otherwise, all ports have STP disabled

Rapid Spanning Tree Enabled Ports: indicates which ports have RSTP enabled

Protocol: indicates type of RSTP protocol active

Bridge Priority: specifies the switch (bridge) priority value. This value is used along with the
switch MAC address to determine which switch in the network is the root device. Lower values
mean higher priority. Value ranges from 0 to 65535. Default value is 0

Bridge Forward Delay: indicates the time duration the switch will wait from listening to learning
states and from learning to forwarding states. The value ranges from 4 to 30 seconds. Default
value is 15

Bridge Hello Time: when the switch is the root device, this is the time between messages being
transmitted. The value is from 1 to 10 seconds. Default value is 2 seconds

Bridge Max Age: this is the maximum time a message with STP information is allowed by the
switch before the switch discards the information and updates the address table again. Value
ranges from 6 to 40 seconds with default value of 20 seconds

Root Port: indicates the port number, which is elected as the root port of the switch. A root port
of “0” indicates STP is disabled

Root Path Cost: a path cost is assigned to individual ports for the switch to determine which
ports are the forwarding points. A higher cost means more loops; a lower cost means fewer loops.
More loops equal more traffic and a tree which takes a long time to converge – resulting in a
slower system

Designated Root: shows the MAC address of the bridge in the network elected or designated as
the root bridge.

Designated Root Priority: shows the designated root bridge’s priority. Default value is 0

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Root Bridge Forward Delay: indicates the designated root bridge’s forward delay. This is the
time the switch waits before it switches from the listening to the forwarding state. The default is
15 seconds. This value can be set between 4-30 seconds

Root Bridge Hello Time: indicates the designated root bridge’s hello time. Hello information is
sent out every 2 seconds

Root Bridge Max Age: indicates the designated root bridge’s maximum age – after which it
discards the information as being old and receives new updates

Topology Change count: since the last reboot, the number of times the topology has changed.
Use this in conjunction with “show uptime” to find the frequency of the topology changes

Time Since topology Change: number of seconds since the last topology change

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

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Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0c
13 TP(10/100) 128 200000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:10

Magnum6K25(rstp)##
FIGURE 80 – Reviewing the RSTP port parameters

The variables listed by the “show stp config” command are:

Port#: indicates the port number. Value ranges from 01 to max number of ports in the switch

Type: indicates the type of port – TP indicates Twisted Pair

Priority: STP uses this to determine which ports are used for forwarding. Lower the number
means higher priority. Value ranges from 0 to 255. Default is 128

Path Cost: This is the assigned port cost value used for the switch to determine the forwarding
points. Values range from 1 to 2000000. Lower the value, lower the cost and hence the preferred
route. The costs for different Ethernet speeds are shown below. The Path cost in STP is
compared to the path cost in RSTP.

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Port Type STP Path cost RSTP Path cost

10 Mbps 100 2,000,000
100 Mbps 19 200,000
1 Gbps 4 20,000
10 Gbps 2 2,000
Figure 81 – Path cost as defined in IEEE 802.1d (STP) and 802.1w (RSTP)

State: indicates the STP state of individual ports. Values can be Listening, Learning, Forwarding,
Blocking and Disabled.

Des. Bridge: this is the port’s designated root bridge

Des. Port: this is the port’s designated root port

Another screen capture of the same command, from a larger network with several switches is
shown below.

Magnum6K25# show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

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Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:01
02 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:02
03 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:03
04 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:04
05 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:05
06 TP(10/100) 128 200000 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:30:00:01 00:06
07 TP(10/100) 128 200000 Discarding 80:00:00:20:06:2b:0f:e1 00:07
08 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:08
09 Gigabit 128 20000 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:2b:0f:e1 00:09
10 Gigabit 128 20000 Forwarding 80:00:00:20:06:30:00:01 00:0a
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 82 – RSTP information from a network with multiple switches. Note the “show stp ports” command
can be executed from the manager level prompt or from rstp configuration state as shown in the screen captures
earlier.

In this example, ports 9,10 have a path cost of 20,000 and are the least cost paths. These ports are
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connected to other switches. From the state column, it indicates that port 7 is in a standby state as
that port is discarding all traffic.

More CLI commands associated with RSTP in the RSTP configuration mode are:

Syntax forceversion <stp|rstp> - set the STP or RSTP compatibility mode

Syntax show-forceversion - the current force version

Syntax show-timers – show the values of the timers set for RSTP

Syntax priority [port=<number|list|range>] value=<0-255 | 0-65535> - specifies the port or

switch level priority. When a port(s) are specified the priority is associated with ports and their value is 0-
255. If no ports are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is specified and its value is 0-65535

Syntax cost port=<number|list|range> value=<0-65535> - cost is specific to a port and the port(s)
have to be specified

Syntax port port=<number|list|range> status=<enable|disable> - specific ports may not need to

participate in STP process. These ports typically would be end-stations. If you are not sure – let MNS-6K
software make the decisions

Syntax timers forward-delay=<4-30> hello=<1-10> age=<6-40> - change the STP Forward delay,
Hello timer and Aging timer values

Priority: specifies the switch (bridge) priority value. This value is used along with the
switch MAC address to determine which switch in the network is the root device. Lower
values mean higher priority. Value ranges from 0 to 65535. Default value is 32768

Cost: A path cost is assigned to individual ports for the switch to determine which ports
are the forwarding points. A higher cost means the link is “more expensive” to use and
falls in the passive mode compared to the link with a lower cost. Value ranges from 0 to
65535. Default value is 32768

Status: Enables or disables a port from participating in STP discovery. It’s best to only
allow trunk ports to participate in STP. End stations need not participate in STP process.

Forward-Delay: indicates the time duration the switch will wait from listening to learning
states and from learning to forwarding states. The value ranges from 4 to 30 seconds.
Default value is 15

Hello: When the switch is the root device, this is the time between messages being
transmitted. The value is from 1 to 10 seconds. Default value is 2 seconds

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Age: This is the maximum time a message with STP information is allowed by the switch
before the switch discards the information and updates the address table again. Value
ranges from 6 to 40 seconds with default value of 20 seconds

Magnum6K25# rstp

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp config Check status of STP or RSTP. This command
shows STP or RSTP is disabled.
RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : NO

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show active-stp

Current Active Mode: RSTP.

RSTP is Disabled.

Magnum6K25(rstp)## rstp enable

Successfully set the RSTP status

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show active-stp

Current Active Mode: RSTP.

RSTP is Enabled.

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp config

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : YES
RSTP/STP Enabled Ports : 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal RSTP
Bridge ID : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Bridge Priority :0
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 02
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port :0
Root Path Cost :0
Designated Root : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Designated Root Priority :0
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 02
Root Bridge Max Age : 20
Topology Change count :0
Time Since topology Chg : 33

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

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Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
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09 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0c
13 TP(10/100) 128 200000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:10

Magnum6K25(rstp)## forceversion rstp

Error: Force Version already set to Normal RSTP

Magnum6K25(rstp)## forceversion stp

“forceversion” can be used for compatibility with STP
devices. In this example, the switch is forced to STP
Magnum6K25(rstp)## show-forceversion
mode.
Force Version : Force to STP only

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp config

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : YES
RSTP/STP Enabled Ports : 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Force to STP only
Bridge ID : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Bridge Priority :0
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 02
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port :0
Root Path Cost :0
Designated Root : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Designated Root Priority :0
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 02
Root Bridge Max Age : 20
Topology Change count :0
Time Since topology Chg : 100

Magnum6K25(rstp)## forceversion rstp

Using forceversion the switch is now operating using RSTP.
Note the “show stp config” command also indicates the switch
Magnum6K25(rstp)## show-forceversion protocol is RSTP.

Force Version : Normal RSTP

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp config

RSTP CONFIGURATION

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-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : YES
RSTP/STP Enabled Ports : 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal RSTP
Bridge ID : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Bridge Priority :0
Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Bridge Hello Time : 02
Bridge Max Age : 20
Root Port :0
Root Path Cost :0
Designated Root : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Designated Root Priority :0
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 15
Root Bridge Hello Time : 02
Root Bridge Max Age : 20
Topology Change count :0
Time Since topology Chg : 141

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show-timers

Forward Delay Timer : 15 sec

Hello Timer : 2 sec
Max Age : 20 sec

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

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Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0c
13 TP(10/100) 128 200000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:10

Magnum6K25(rstp)## priority port=13 value=100

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0b

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12 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0c

13 TP(10/100) 100 200000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:10

Magnum6K25(rstp)## cost port=13 value=250000

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

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Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0c
13 TP(10/100) 100 250000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:10

Magnum6K25(rstp)## port port=9 status=disable

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 NO STP 00:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0a
11 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0b
12 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0c
13 TP(10/100) 100 250000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:10

Magnum6K25(rstp)## port port=9 status=enable

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp ports

RSTP Port Configuration

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Port# Type Priority Path Cost State Des. Bridge Des. Port
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
09 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:09
10 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0a

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11 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0b

12 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0c
13 TP(10/100) 100 250000 Forwarding 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89 00:0d
14 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0e
15 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:0f
16 TP(10/100) 128 2000000 Disabled 00:10

Magnum6K25(rstp)## timers forward-delay=20 hello=5 age=30

Successfully set the bridge time parameters

Magnum6K25(rstp)## show stp config

RSTP CONFIGURATION
-----------------
Rapid STP/STP Enabled(Global) : YES
RSTP/STP Enabled Ports : 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
Protocol : Normal RSTP
Bridge ID : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Bridge Priority :0
Bridge Forward Delay : 20
Bridge Hello Time : 05
Bridge Max Age : 30
Root Port :0
Root Path Cost :0
Designated Root : 00:00:00:20:06:25:ed:89
Designated Root Priority :0
Root Bridge Forward Delay : 20
Root Bridge Hello Time : 05
Root Bridge Max Age : 30
Topology Change count :0
Time Since topology Chg : 567

Magnum6K25(rstp)## exit

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 83 – Configuring RSTP on MNS-6K

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - Set the switch to support RSTP or change it back to STP. Need to save
and reboot the switch after this command

Syntax rstp – enter the RSTP configuration mode

Syntax rstp <enable|disable> - enable RSTP – by default, this is disabled and has to be manually
activated

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Syntax port port=<number|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>]

[migration=<enable>] [edge=<enable|disable>] [p2p=<on|off|auto>] - set the
port type for RSTP

Example port port=<number|list|range> p2p= off - Set the “point-to-point” value to off on
all ports that are connected to shared LAN segments (i.e. connections to hubs). The default
value is auto. P2P ports would typically be end stations or computers on the network

Example port port=<number|list|range> edge=enable – enable all ports connected to

other hubs, bridges and switches as edge ports

Example port port=<number|list|range> migration=enable – set this for all ports

connected to other devices such as hubs, bridges and switches known to support IEEE 802.1d
STP services, but cannot support RSTP services

Syntax show active-stp – status whether STP or RSTP is running

Syntax show stp <config|ports> - display the RSTP or STP parameters

Syntax forceversion <stp|rstp> - set the STP or RSTP compatibility mode

Syntax show-forceversion - the current force version

Syntax show-timers - show the values of the timers set for RSTP

Syntax priority [port=<number|list|range>] value=<0-255 | 0-65535> - specifies the port or

switch level priority. When a port(s) are specified the priority is associated with ports and their value is 0-
255. If no ports are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is specified and its value is 0-65535

Syntax cost port=<number|list|range> value=<0-65535> - cost is specific to a port and the port(s)
have to be specified

Syntax port port=<number|list|range> status=<enable|disable> - specific ports may not need to

participate in STP process. These ports typically would be end-stations. If you are not sure – let MNS-6K
software make the decisions

Syntax timers forward-delay=<4-30> hello=<1-10> age=<6-40> - change the STP Forward delay,
Hello timer and Aging timer values

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12
Chapter

12 – RS-Ring™, S-Ring™ and Link-

Loss-Learn™ (LLL)
Speed up recovery from faults in Ethernet networks

S
-Ring and RS-Ring use ring topology to provide fast recovery from faults. These are
based on industry standard STP and RSTP technologies. These technologies have
been adapted to ring recovery applications by GarrettCom Inc. and these rings are
called S-Ring. In addition, LLL enables a switch to rapidly re-learn MAC addresses in
order to participate in S-Ring configurations.

In the last two chapters we looked at how RSTP or STP can be used to bring
resiliency to a meshed network. This chapter’s focus is to look at ring topologies and
how these topologies can be used to provide faster recovery times than what STP or
RSTP can offer. Both RSTP and STP are industry standard protocols and can be
used with networking switches from different vendors.

LLL triggers action on the device supporting LLL when a connection is broken or
there is loss of the link signal on a ring port. LLL can be used with S-Ring on
managed switches such as the GarrettCom Magnum 6K family of switches. LLL can
also be used on managed switches such as Magnum 6K family of switches, Magnum
mP62 as well as on unmanaged switches such as ESD42 switches. Note that LLL
can also be used with non-ring topologies (such as mesh topologies) using RSTP or
STP where it does the necessary actions for fault recovery (such as re-learn
addresses) in case of a link failure.

S-Ring is a ring technology using the GarrettCom MNS-6K software. In a S-Ring, a

switch is designated as a “Ring Manager”. Devices in a S-Ring can be managed
switches such as the Magnum 6K family of switches, other managed switches such as
Magnum mP62 or unmanaged switches such as ESD42 or even hubs which
leverages LLL. S-Ring is a licensed product from GarrettCom Inc. GarrettCom Inc.
also licenses this technology to other companies who are interested in implementing
the resiliency capabilities offered by S-Ring.

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• The ring is made up of devices which are managed switches only from
Magnum 6K family of switches
• Each of the switches in the ring topology are configured for RSTP
• The RS-Ring product license key is configured on each switch in the ring

S-Ring and LLL concepts

j S-Ring is built upon networking software standards such as

IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) or Rapid
Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) based on IEEE 802.1w.
The purpose of S-Ring is to define two ports which participate in the RSTP/STP
tree structure in a ring topology as opposed to a meshed topology. S-Ring running
on the ring manager switch leverages this capability to recover quickly from fault
situations. The recovery times for S-Ring based networks are within a few hundred
milliseconds. Recovery time for STP devices is in tens of seconds (typically 30-50
seconds in most networks) or sub second to a few seconds for RSTP networks. The
biggest advantage of S-Ring, besides the fast recovery time, is the defined ring
topology which makes the network manageable. S-Ring can also be an overall lower
cost solution as there are hubs as well as switches which can be used in the ring.

In the Magnum 6K family of switches as well as in other unmanaged switches such

as the ESD42, a feature called Link-Loss-Learn™ (LLL) can be activated to
immediately flush its address buffer and relearn the MAC addresses that route
packets around the fault. This procedure, which is similar to switch initialization,
occurs within milliseconds, resulting in fast ring recovery. An S-Ring implementation
watches for link-loss as well as for STP/RSTP BPDU packet failures and responds
to whichever occurs first. In most instances the link-loss will be detected faster than
the two-second interval at which the BPDU packets are successfully passed around
the ring. Typical ring recovery times using S-Ring software and mP62 edge switches
with the LLL feature enabled on the ring ports is less than 250 milliseconds, even
with 50 or more Magnum 6K family of switches in a ring structure. Without LLL
activation, the Magnum 6K family of switches address buffer aging time (5 minutes
default) could be the gating factor in ring recovery time. LLL is used on S-Ring and
helps speed up the ring recovery time.

S-Ring operates from specifically defined port pairs that participate in a ring-
topology. Multiple rings of different pairs on the same switch are also supported;
however, intersecting rings or a “ring of rings” or “overlapping rings” is not
supported in the current version. While S-Ring builds upon the foundation of RSTP
or STP, S-Ring offers an additional topology option to network architects. The two
ends of a ring must be connected to two ports in a Magnum 6K Switch that is
enabled with the S-Ring software. The end points of the ring provide an alternate
path to reach the switch that has failed. The in-out pairs of the ports to other devices
in the ring have to be enabled with LLL. Some items to be aware of with S-Ring are
as follows:

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1. The S-Ring feature is a separately licensed module for the MNS-6K software
package. This module must be enabled by means of a software key
2. Only one switch is the “Ring Master”. That switch has S-Ring Software
authorized (enabled) for that device. Thus only one license key is needed per
ring (and not per switch)
3. There can be multiple S-Rings on a given Magnum 6K switch. There can be
multiple ring topologies in a network. Each ring has to be a separate ring. Ring
of rings or overlapping rings are not supported at this time
4. S-Ring topologies support one failure in the network. A second failure may
create isolated network islands
5. At least one untagged VLAN must be available for the BPDU’s to propagate
through the network to update RSTP/STP status
6. S-Ring faults can be software signaled to alarm contacts.

RS-Ring concepts

j Today, more and more situations demand a network to be

built using managed switches. These situations also demand
a faster recovery time in case of a network failure. The
topologies have to be simple for maintenance and other reasons. In these situations,
a ring topology provides fault tolerance with the simplicity. RS-Ring feature can be
used on managed Magnum 6K family of switches. RS-Ring provides the simple ring
topology and provides faster recovery times than S-Ring or STP/RSTP.

RS-Ring is built upon networking software standards such as Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol (RSTP) based on IEEE 802.1w. RS-Ring defines two ports on each switch
which participates in the ring topology and works with the RSTP tree structure. RS-
Ring requires RSTP to be configured across all switches and uses the underlying
RSTP protocol to provide simplicity in configuration as well as rapid recovery in the
RS-Ring topology. The recovery times for RS-Ring based networks are within
milliseconds. While the recovery time for STP devices is in tens of seconds (typically
30 seconds in most networks) or sub second to a few seconds for RSTP networks,
RS-Ring offers recovery times typically in less than 100 milliseconds. The biggest
advantage of RS-Ring, besides the fast recovery time, is the defined topology which
makes the network manageable. RS-Ring is configured on Magnum 6K family of
switches and requires RSTP to be enabled on all switches participating in the RS-
Ring. RS-Ring cannot be used in a multi-vendor environment.

RS-Ring operates from specifically defined port pairs that participate in a ring-
topology. Each of the two ends of a ring must be connected to two ports in a
Magnum 6K Switch that is enabled with the RS-Ring software. The end points of the
ring provide an alternate path to reach the switch that has failed. Some items for
using RS-Ring are as follows:

1. Faster recover times than S-Ring or RSTP are needed by the network
2. The RS-Ring feature is a separately licensed module for the MNS-6K software
package. This module must be enabled by means of a software key.
3. The same key can be used for either S-Ring or RS-Ring

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4. The same license key needs to be configured for each switch on the ring and
RS-Ring capability has to be enabled on all switches (and hence all the devices
in the ring have to be a managed Magnum 6K switches)
5. RS-Ring topologies support one failure in the network. The second failure
may create isolated network islands
6. RSTP has to be enabled on all Magnum 6K switches in the ring
7. At least one untagged VLAN must be available for the BPDU’s to propagate
through the network to update RSTP status.

When to use RS-Ring vs S-Ring

RS-Ring or S-Ring provides resiliency in the network. So does RSTP and STP. The general
guidelines for making a decision as to whether to use S-Ring or RS-Ring or for that matter,
RSTP or STP, matters a lot on some key criteria, some of which are listed below.
• Speed – RS-Ring offers substantially faster recovery times compared to S-Ring.
While the recovery time will vary on factors such as number of nodes in a ring,
lengthof the ring etc., on an average, RS-Ring typically recovers in less than 100
mSec vs 300 mSec for S-Ring.
• Cost – RS-Rings and S-Rings are licensed features. S-Ring requires at least one
device in the network should be a managed switch. RS-Ring requires all devices
in the ring should be a managed Magnum 6K switches. So while the recovery
times are faster for RS-Ring, the cost of building such a ring may be higher
• Ring Topology – multiple rings may be implemented with S-Ring running on
one managed Magnum 6K switch. Only one RS-Ring per Magnum 6K switch can
be configured 4 .
• Managed Switches – RS-Ring requires all devices in the ring are managed
Magnum 6K family of switches. If there are non managed devices, RS-Ring
cannot be used.

4 It is technically possible to have S-Ring and RS-Ring on the same Magnum 6K Switch. GarrettCom Inc. does not
recommend nor support such configurations.

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Comparing resiliency methods

So far we have briefly covered S-Ring with LLL, RS-Ring, RSPT as well as STP. The table
below summarizes some decision criteria on selecting RSPT vs STP vs S-Ring (and LLL) vs
RS-Ring.

RS-Ring S-Ring with LLL RSTP STP

License Same license key as A license key is Included in Included in
S-Ring. One license needed. One key per MNS-6K MNS-6K
key needs to be ring manager switch
enabled on each
Magnum 6K switch
Spanning Tree Works with RSTP Works with RSTP or -- --
STP devices
Devices Managed Magnum Managed or certain Many Many
supported 6K family of non managed Magnum
switches switches. Requires at
least one Magnum 6K
switch as ring manager
Recovery Distributed across Centralized to “Ring Typically done Typically
decision all switches in the Manager”. LLL using BPDU. done using
ring. Works with provides triggers to Can take time. BPDU. Can
RSTP in each switch recomputed topology take time.
for ring members.
Also works with RSTP
or STP.
Topology Single ring, multiple Single ring, multiple Mesh topology Mesh
rings, no rings, no overlapping – can have topology –
overlapping rings or rings or ring of rings multiple paths can have
ring of rings multiple
paths
Interoperability Works with Works with managed Wide range of Wider range
managed Magnum 6K family of switches, products, of products,
6K family of other managed including other including
switches switches such as mP62 vendor other vendor
and non managed products products
switches as well as
some hubs
Recovery time Fastest Fast Medium – sub Slow – in tens
second to a few of seconds
seconds

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RS-Ring S-Ring with LLL RSTP STP

Resiliency Fast recovery from a Fast recovery from a Multiple points Multiple
single point of single point of failure. of failure – points of
failure. No Ring Master is each connected failure – each
centralized decision responsible for node can be in connected
making decision making stand-by node can be
in stand-by
Software Cost Licensed per ring Licensed per ring Included in Included in
MNS-6K MNS-6K
Hardware cost Managed 6K One Managed 6K per Many choices Many choices
switches only ring. Multiple choices available, available,
for members of the making it cost making it cost
ring effective effective
Software Alarm Not available at this Yes No No
time
Ring Size 50+ nodes 50+ nodes NA NA
Dual-Homing Supports dual - Supports dual-homing Supports dual- Supports
homing to members to members in the ring homed device dual-homed
in the ring to devices in device to
the network devices in the
network

RSTP/STP Operation without RS-

Ring or S-Ring
S-Ring supports non managed switches as long as LLL capability is supported on that
switch. A ring is a special form of mesh network topology. The two top-of-the-ring ports
form an otherwise-illegal redundant path, and standard RSTP/STP causes one of these two
ports to block incoming packets in order to enable normal Ethernet traffic flow. All ring
traffic goes through the non-blocking port for normal LAN operation. This port is
designated Forwarding Port. Meanwhile, there is a regular flow of status-checking multi-cast
packets (called BPDUs or Bridge Protocol Data Units) sent out by RSTP/STP that move
around the ring to show that things are functioning normally.

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ffic
Tra
DU
BP Forwarding Blocking
Port Port

FIGURE 84 – Normal RSTP/STP operations in a series of switches. Note – this normal status is
designated RING_CLOSED

This normal status is designated as RING_CLOSED. Operations will continue this way
indefinitely until a fault occurs.

A fault anywhere in the ring will interrupt the flow of standard RSTP/STP status-checking
BPDU packets, and will signal to RSTP/STP that a fault has occurred. According to the
standard RSTP/STP defined sequence, protocol packets are then sent out, gathered up and
analyzed to enable RSTP/STP to calculate how to re-configure the LAN to recover from the
fault. After the standard RSTP/STP reconfiguration time period (typically 20 to 30 seconds),
the RSTP/STP analysis concludes that recovery is achieved by changing the blocking port of
the ring port-pair to the forwarding state.

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Tra

c
Traffi
DU
BP Forwarding
Forwarding
Port
Port

X PDU
B

FIGURE 85 – A fault in the ring interrupts traffic. The blocking port now becomes forwarding so that
traffic can reach all switches in the network Note – the mP62 as well as the ESD42 switches support LLL
and can participate in S-Ring as an access switch

When this change is made by RSTP/STP and both of the ring manager switch’s ring ports
are forwarding, the fault is effectively bypassed and there is a path for all LAN traffic to be
handled properly. This abnormal status is designated RING_OPEN, and may continue
indefinitely, until the ring fault is repaired. At that time, RSTP/STP will change one of the
ring control ports to be a blocking port again. This recovery operation may take thirty
seconds to a few minutes, depending on the number of switches and other RSTP/STP
parameters in operation.

RSTP/STP Operation with S-Ring

When the Magnum 6K family of switches is used in the network and the S-Ring feature is
enabled, the result of a ring-fault is the same but the recovery is faster. The S-Ring capability
overrides the normal RSTP/STP analysis for the ring-pair ports of the ring manager (or ring-
control) switch, providing quick recovery of the ring fault without conflicting with standard
RSTP/STP.

The Magnum 6K family of switches, running MNS-6K software, offer users the choice of
selecting S-Ring when RSTP or STP is configured and in use. For the S-Ring, the user must
select two ports of one 6K switch to operate as a pair in support of each Ethernet ring, and
attach to the two “ends” of each ring as it comes together at the ring control switch.

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Ring 1
Ring 2

FIGURE 86 – More than one S-Ring pair can be selected and more than one S-Ring can be defined per
switch. Note – the mP62 as well as the ESD42 switches support LLL and can participate in S-Ring as
an access switch

More than one S-Ring port-pair may be selected per ring control switch. Each port-pair will
have its own separate attached ring, and each port-pair operates on faults independently. The
port-pairs may be of any media type, and the media type does not have to be the same for
the pair. With the Magnum 6K family of switches, a port operating at any speed (10Mb,
100Mb, Gb) may be designated as part of an S-Ring port-pair (or RS-Ring port pair)
ensuring proper Ethernet configuration of the ring elements.

After selecting a port-pair for a ring, the manager or administrator enables S-Ring (on the
selected port-pairs via S-Ring software commands. One command (enable / disable) turns S-
Ring on and off. Another command adds / deletes port- pairs. Other commands provide for
status reporting on the ring. The MNS-6K software package provides for remote operation,
access security, event logs, and other industry-standard managed network capabilities
suitable for industrial applications requiring redundancy.

When S-Ring is enabled for a port-pair, fault detection and recovery are armed for the
associated ring. The standard RSTP/STP functions are performed by the Magnum 6K
family of switches for other ports in the same manner as they would be without S-Ring
enabled, when operating in the RING_CLOSED state. During this state, RS-Ring or S-Ring
is also watching the flow of the BPDU packets that move around the ring between the
designated part-pair.

The extra capability of S-Ring comes into play when a fault occurs. When the flow of BPDU
packets around the ring is interrupted (or when Link-Loss is sensed on one of the ports of
the ring port-pair by S-Ring), S-Ring quickly acts to change the blocking port’s state to
forwarding. No waiting for STP analysis. No waiting for RSTP analysis. No checking for
other possible events. No other ports to look at. No 30-second delay before taking action. S-
Ring or RS-Ring takes immediate corrective action for quick recovery from the fault in the
ring. The ring becomes two strings topologically, as shown above, and there is a path

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through the two strings for all normal LAN traffic to move as needed to maintain LAN
operations.

When the fault is cured, the re-emergence of the ring structure enables the BPDU packets to
flow again between the ring’s port-pair. This is recognized by S-Ring (and RSTP/STP) as
well as by RS-Ring (and RSTP) , and one of the ports in the ring’s port pair is changed to the
blocking state. S-Ring takes the recovery action immediately, not waiting for the 30-second
STP analysis.

Rings are simple structures. Either one port of a pair is forwarding or both are. Not
complicated; not much to go wrong.

A Link-loss on one of the Magnum 6K Switch’s ring ports is an alternative trigger for S-Ring
to initiate fault recovery. The Link-loss trigger almost always comes quicker after a fault (a
few milliseconds) than the loss of a BPDU packet which is gated by the standard STP 2-
second “hello time” interval. So the Link-loss trigger will almost always provide faster fault
detection and faster recovery accordingly.

LLL with S-Ring

The Link-Loss-Learn™ feature, available on Magnum 6K family of switches can
significantly reduce switch address memory decay time, resulting in more rapid
reconfiguration. With Link-Loss-Learn (LLL), Magnum 6K family switches in a ring can
flush their address memory buffer and quickly re-learn where to send packets, enabling them
to participate in a very quick recovery or restoration. Note that a Link-loss on any Magnum
6K Switch port somewhere in the ring is an alternative trigger for S-Ring to act for either
fault recovery or ring restoration. The interruption (or the restoration) of the flow of BPDU
packets is one trigger, link-loss is another, and action is taken by S-Ring based on whichever
occurs first.

Ring learn features

One of the S-Ring software commands, “s-ring learn”, causes the scanning of all ports in
the Magnum 6K family of switches for the presence of rings. This command can be a handy
tool in setting up the S-Ring product for correct initial operation. During a ring-learn scan, if
any port receives a BPDU packet that was also originated by the same switch, the source and
destination ports are designated as a ring port-pair and they are automatically added to the S-
Ring port-pair list for that 6K Switch. The user can enable or disable ports pairs that are on
the S-Ring list by CLI commands in order to exercise final control if needed. This feature is
not available with RS-Ring.

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Configuring S-Ring
S-Ring is a licensed software feature from GarrettCom Inc. Before using the S-Ring
capabilities; authorize the use of the software with the license key. To obtain the license key,
please contact GarrettCom Inc. Sales (for purchasing the S-Ring feature) or Technical
Support (to obtain the 12 character key.) If the S-Ring capability was purchased along with
the switch, the software license code will be included with the switch.

Syntax authorize <module> key=<security key> - activate the S-Ring capabilities. Don’t forget
to use the “save” command to save the key

In the example below – STP is used to show how S-Ring is setup. S-Ring
will also work with RSTP. If RSTP is used, GarrettCom Inc. recommends
using RS-Ring instead.

Magnum6K25# authorize s-ring key=abc123456789

S-RING Module Successfully Authorized
Please Save Configuration.
Magnum6K25# save

Saving current configuration

Configuration saved

Saving current event logs

Event logs saved

Magnum 6K25# reboot

Proceed on rebooting the switch? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y

Do you wish to save current configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y

Saving current configuration
Configuration saved

Rebooting now...
FIGURE 87 – Activating S-Ring on the switch

Since S-Ring uses RSTP/STP, STP has to be activated and enabled. Please refer to the
Chapter on Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) for more information. Some of the commands
are repeated here for clarity. Using S-Ring with multiple switches, it is recommended to do
the following:
1) On the switch which is the root node, authorize the use of S-Ring software
2) On the switch which is the root node or where the top of the ring ports are
configured, enable STP
3) On the root node enable S-Ring and add the necessary ports as S-Ring ports
4) On all other switches (except the root node), disable STP
5) On all other switches (except the root node), enable LLL

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Ports associated with S-Ring should have the following settings

• Auto negotiation - disable
• Speed - Fixed
• Same Speed
• Same Duplex and
• LLL - enable

The necessary commands are

Syntax stp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax stp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - set the spanning tree protocol to be IEEE 802.1d or 802.1w
(Spanning Tree Protocol or Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)

Syntax show active-stp – Display which version of STP is currently active

Syntax show s-ring – show the status of S-Ring status and configuration

Syntax s-ring <enable|disable> - enable or disable S-Ring capabilities

Syntax s-ring learn – start the learning process to discover the ring and the ports which make up the S-
Ring

Syntax s-ring add port=<port1,port2> - define ports which make up the S-Ring ports. Note as
discussed earlier, you can create multiple S-Rings on a switch

Syntax s-ring del port=<port1,port2> - remove the switch from S-Ring topology by eliminating the
end ports on the switch

Magnum6K25(stp)## show s-ring

S-Ring Status:

sRing Status: DISABLED

Port 1 Port 2 Status

Magnum6K25(stp)## s-ring enable

S-RING Enabled.

Magnum6K25(stp)## show s-ring

S-Ring Status:

sRing Status: ENABLED

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Port 1 Port 2 Status

Magnum6K25(stp)## s-ring add port=1,7

Ports 1 and 7 Configured for sRing Operation

Magnum6K25# show s-ring

Magnum Ring Status:

sRing Status: ENABLED

Port 1 Port 2 Status

1 7 CLOSED

FIGURE 88 – S-Ring configuration commands for root switch

If the BPDU stream is broken, or it finds the Link-Loss-Learn signal, the

system will immediately force STP to put both ports in forwarding mode.
Should that happen, the ring status will be displayed as “OPEN”

If the ring sees BPDUs not belonging to itself on any of the ports, it will set
the ring to “UNKNOWN” state, and stop all ring activity on that ring.

The ring activity has several timers and safeguards to prevent erroneous operation. Ring
faults are not expected to happen in quick successions. If the ring system sees a sequence of
changes in the duration of a less than a second each, it will temporarily ignore the signals and
leave STP to reconfigure the ring (network) using the normal IEEE 802.1d algorithms.

With S-Ring it is also critical to setup and configure Link-Loss-Learn as the S-ring can
recover from fault situations a lot faster. For configuring LLL, use the commands listed
below.

Syntax lll <enable|disable> - enable or disable LLL on the switch

If STP is enabled, Link Loss Learn will not work even though it was enabled.
LLL is not enabled on the root node.

Syntax lll add port=<port|list|range> - enable LLL on the list of specified ports

Syntax lll del port=<port|list|range> - disable LLL on the list of specified ports

Syntax show lll – display the status of LLL

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Magnum6K25# stp

Magnum6K25(stp)## lll enable

Link-Loss-Learn Enabled.

Magnum6K25(stp)## lll add port=1,2,3

Added Ports: 1,2,3

Magnum6K25(stp)##show lll
Link-Loss-Learn Status:

LLL Status: ENABLED

LLL Enabled on Ports: 1,2,3

Magnum6K25(stp)## lll del port=2,3

Deleted Ports: 2,3

Magnum6K25(stp)## lll disable

Link-Loss-Learn Disabled.

FIGURE 89 – Link Loss Learn (LLL) setup. Setup LLL on ports connected to other switches
participating in S-Ring

RSTP Operation with RS-Ring

When the managed Magnum 6K family of switches is used in the network and the RS-Ring
feature is enabled 5 , each of the managed Magnum 6K switch knows of the neighbor and the
related associations and topologies. The RS-Ring capability overrides the normal RSTP
analysis for the ring-pair ports on each switch, providing quick recovery of the ring fault
without conflicting with standard RSTP. Unlike S-Ring, the decision is made by each
individual switch and not by the ring master. For RS-Ring, the user must select the two ports
(port pairs) and enable RS-Ring on each of the switches in the ring.

5 Note – S-Ring license also enables use of RS-Ring

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Ring 1
Ring 2

FIGURE 90 – More than one RS-Ring cannot be defined per managed Magnum 6K switch. Note –
unmanaged switches cannot participate in RS-Ring.

The port-pairs may be of any media type, and the media type does not have to be the same
for the pair. With the Magnum 6K family of switches, a port operating at any speed (10Mb,
100Mb, Gb) may be designated as part of a RS-Ring port pair ensuring proper Ethernet
configuration of the ring elements.

After selecting a port-pair for a ring, the manager or administrator enables RS-Ring on the
selected port-pairs via RS-Ring software commands. One command (enable / disable) turns
RS-Ring on and off. Another command adds / deletes port- pairs. Other commands provide
for status reporting on the ring. The MNS-6K software package provides for remote
operation, access security, event logs, and other industry-standard managed network
capabilities suitable for industrial applications requiring redundancy.

When RS-Ring is enabled for a port-pair, fault detection and recovery are armed for the
associated ring. The standard RSTP functions are performed by the Magnum 6K family of
switches for other ports in the same manner as they would be without RS-Ring enabled,
when operating in the RING_CLOSED state. During this state, RS-Ring is also watching
the flow of the BPDU packets that move around the ring between the designated part-pair.

The extra capability of RS-Ring comes into play when a fault occurs. When the flow of
BPDU packets around the ring is interrupted RS-Ring quickly acts to change the blocking
port’s state to forwarding. No waiting for RSTP analysis. No checking for other possible
events. No other ports to look at. No 30-second delay before taking action. RS-Ring takes
immediate corrective action for quick recovery from the fault in the ring. The ring becomes
two strings topologically, and there is a path through the two strings for all normal LAN
traffic to move as needed to maintain LAN operations.

When the fault is cured, the re-emergence of the ring structure enables the BPDU packets to
flow again between the ring’s port-pair. This flow of packets may take as long as 6 seconds
in most situations. This is recognized by RS-Ring as well as by RSTP and one of the ports in
the defined ring port pair is changed to the blocking state. RS-Ring takes the recovery action
immediately, not waiting for the 30-second STP analysis.

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Rings are simple structures. Either one port of a pair is forwarding or both are. Not
complicated; not much to go wrong.

Configuring RS-Ring
RS-Ring is a licensed software feature from GarrettCom Inc. Before using the RS-Ring
capabilities; authorize the use of the software with the S-Ring license key. The same license
key is used for either the S-Ring or RS-Ring. To obtain the license key, please contact
GarrettCom Inc. Sales (for purchasing the S-Ring feature) or Technical Support (to obtain
the 12 character key.) If the S-Ring capability was purchased along with the switch, the
software license code will be included with the switch.

Syntax authorize <module> key=<security key> - activate the RS-Ring (or S-Ring) capabilities.
Don’t forget to use the “save” command to save the key

Magnum6K25# authorize s-ring key=abc123456789

S-RING Module Successfully Authorized
Please Save Configuration.
Magnum6K25# save

Saving current configuration

Configuration saved

Saving current event logs

Event logs saved
FIGURE 91 – Activating RS-Ring on the switch

Since RS-Ring uses RSTP, RSTP has to be activated and enabled. Please refer to the Chapter
on Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for more information. Some of the commands are
repeated here for clarity. Using RS-Ring with multiple switches, it is recommended to do the
following:
1) On all switches in the ring topology, authorize the use of RS-Ring software
2) On all the switches in the ring, enable RSTP
3) On all the switches in the ring designate the ports which make the ring pair
4) Only the ports on the RS-Ring must be enabled with RS-Ring capability
5) DO NOT enable S-Ring and RS-Ring in a given ring at the same time.
6) Enable RS-Ring on each switch

Ports associated with RS-Ring should have the following settings

• Same Speed - 100Mbps connection provides faster recovery than 10 Mbps
networks
• Same Duplex capabilities -

The necessary commands are

Syntax rstp – STP Configuration mode

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Syntax rstp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - set the spanning tree protocol to be IEEE 802.1w (Rapid
Spanning Tree Protocol)

Syntax show active-stp – Display which version of STP is currently active

Syntax show rs-ring – show the status of RS-Ring status and configuration

Syntax rs-ring <enable| disable> - enable or disable RS-Ring capabilities

Syntax rs-ring add port=<port1,port2> - define ports which make up the RS-Ring ports. Note as
discussed earlier, you can create multiple RS-rings on a switch

Syntax rs-ring del port=<port1,port2> - remove the switch from RS-Ring topology by eliminating the
end ports on the switch

Magnum 6K25# authorize s-ring key=BABABABABABAB

S-RING Module Successfully Authorized
Please Save Configuration.
Magnum 6K25# save

Saving current configuration

Configuration saved

Saving current event logs

Event logs saved
Magnum 6K25# show rs-ring

RS-RING status : Disabled

RS-RING set on ports : NONE
Magnum 6K25# show active-stp

Current Active Mode: RSTP.

RSTP is Disabled.
Magnum 6K25# rstp
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## rstp enable
Successfully set the RSTP status
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## show active-stp

Current Active Mode: RSTP.

RSTP is Enabled.
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## rs-ring add port=13,14
Added Ports: 13,14
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## show rs-ring

RS-RING status : Disabled

RS-RING set on ports : 13,14

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Magnum 6K25(rstp)## rs-ring enable

RS-RING enabled.
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## show rs-ring

RS-RING status : Enabled

RS-RING set on ports : 13,14
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## rs-ring disable

RS-RING disabled.

Magnum 6K25(rstp)## rs-ring del port=13,14

Deleted Ports: 13,14
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## show rs-ring

RS-RING status : Disabled

RS-RING set on ports : NONE
Magnum 6K25(rstp)## exit
Magnum 6K25#

FIGURE 92 – RS-Ring configuration commands

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax authorize <module> key=<security key> - activate the S-Ring capabilities. Don’t forget
to use the “save” command to save the key

Syntax stp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax stp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - set the spanning tree protocol to be IEEE 802.1d or 802.1w
(Spanning Tree Protocol or Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)

Syntax show active-stp – Display which version of STP is currently active

Syntax show s-ring – show the status of S-Ring status and configuration

Syntax s-ring <enable|disable> - enable or disable S-Ring capabilities

Syntax s-ring learn – start the learning process to discover the ring and the ports which make up the S-
Ring

Syntax s-ring add port=<port1,port2> - define ports which make up the S-ring ports. Note as
discussed earlier, you can create multiple S-Rings on a switch

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Syntax s-ring del port=<port1,port2> - remove the switch from S-Ring topology by eliminating the
end ports on the switch

Syntax lll <enable|disable> - enable or disable LLL on the switch

Syntax lll add port=<port|list|range> - enable LLL on the list of specified ports

Syntax lll del port=<port|list|range> - disable LLL on the list of specified ports

Syntax show lll – display the status of LLL

Syntax rstp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax rstp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - set the spanning tree protocol to be IEEE 802.1d or 802.1w
(Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)

Syntax show active-stp – Display which version of STP is currently active

Syntax show rs-ring – show the status of RS-Ring status and configuration

Syntax rs-ring <enable| disable> - enable or disable RS-Ring capabilities

Syntax rs-ring add port=<port1,port2> - define ports which make up the RS-Ring ports. Note as
discussed earlier, you can create multiple RS-Rings on a switch

Syntax rs-ring del port=<port1,port2> - remove the switch from RS-Ring topology by eliminating the
end ports on the switch

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13
Chapter

13 – Dual-Homing
Fault tolerance options for edge devices

D
esigning and implementing high-availability Ethernet LAN topologies in
networks can be challenging. Traditionally, the choices for redundancy for
edge of the network devices were too limited, too expensive, and too
complicated to be considered in most networks. Redundancy at the edge of
the network is greatly simplified by the using dual-homing.

Dual-Homing concepts

j In Ethernet LANs, dual-homing is a network topology that adds

reliability by allowing a device to be connected to the network by
way of two independent connection points (points of attachment).
One connection point is the operating connection, and the other is a standby or back-up
connection that is activated in the event of a failure of the operating connection. A dual-
homing switch (such as EDS42) offers two attachments into the network or two
independent media paths and two upstream switch connections. In the case of the
Magnum 6K family of switches, any two ports can be defined as dual-home ports to
provide this level of redundancy. Loss of the Link signal on the operating port connected
upstream indicates a fault in that path, and traffic is quickly moved to the standby
connection to accomplish a fault recovery.

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= Active link
= Standby Link

FIGURE 93 – Dual-homing using ESD42 switch and Magnum 6K family of switches. In case of a
connectivity break – the connection switches to the standby path or standby link

In those situations where the end device is a PoE device (for example, a video
surveillance camera, as shown above) a Magnum 6K switch with MNS-6K can provide
PoE to the end devices as well as other advantages such as IGMP, managed configuration
and more. To provide the managed reliability to the end devices, dual-homing can be
used with MNS-6K devices.

PoE

= Active link
= Standby Link
FIGURE 94 – Dual-homing using Magnum 6K family of switches. Note the end device (video surveillance
camera) can be powered using PoE options on Magnum 6K family of switches. In case of a connectivity break
– the connection switches to the standby path or standby link

Because it takes advantage of Ethernet standards, the dual-homing redundancy features of

the ESD42 as well as those for MNS-6K work with any brands or models of Ethernet

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switches upstream. With MNS-6K, the user has to define the set of ports which make up
the dual-home ports.

= Active link
PoE = Standby Link

FIGURE 95 – Using S-Ring, RS-Ring and dual-homing, it is possible to build networks resilient not only
to a single link failure but also for one device failing on the network

The following points should be remembered for setting up dual-homing

• Configure dual-homing before connecting the Ethernet
connectors (cables) in the switch 6
• Only one set of dual-homing ports can be defined per
switch
• Port types (Copper vs fiber) as well as speeds can be mixed
and matched – both ports need not be identical
• By default dual-homing is turned off – you have to enable it
after the ports are defined
• Dual-homing ports can span different modules in a switch

6 If dual homing is not configured there is a potential a loop can be created and either STP or RSTP will setup the port in

the active stand-by mode. Dual-homing may not work if one of the dual-homed port is in active standby. To avoid that
situation, it is recommended to configure dual-homing first.

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Dual-Homing Modes
There are two modes in which the dual-homing works. The first one is where the ports are
“equivalent” i.e. if one port fails, the other one take over, however, if the first (failed) port
recovers, the active port does not switch back.

The second mode of operation is primary-secondary mode. In this mode of operation, the
primary port is explicitly defined and the secondary port is explicitly defined. In the primary-
secondary mode of operation, if the primary fails, the secondary takes over. When the
primary recovers, the secondary switches back from active state to passive state and the
primary port is now the active port.

The primary-secondary mode has to be explicitly setup. The primary-secondary mode of

operation is only possible on managed switches such as the Magnum 6K family of switches.

The primary-secondary mode of operation allows the network manager to determine on

which path the packets will flow (as a default).

Configuring Dual-Homing
The following commands are used for configuring dual-homing

Syntax dualhome – enter the dual-homing configuration sub-system

Syntax dualhome <enable|disable> – enable or disable dual-homing

Syntax dualhome add port1=<port#> port2=<port#> – dual-homing setup similar to that of

unmanaged switches such as ESD42

OR

Syntax dualhome add primary=<port#> secondary=<port#> – dual-homing setup as

primary-secondary mode

Syntax dualhome del – Delete the dual-homing setup

Syntax show dualhome – Display dual-homing status

The following set of commands show how dual-homing is setup. In the example below both
modes of dual-homing operation is setup.

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Magnum 6K25# dualhome ?

dualhome : Configures Dual homing

Usage
dualhome <enter>

Magnum 6K25# show dualhome

Dual Homing Status : DISABLED

Magnum 6K25# dualhome

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## dualhome add port1=10 port2=11

Dual Homing Ports configured

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## dualhome enable

Dual Homing Enabled.

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## show dualhome

Dual Homing Status : ENABLED

Dual Homing Ports : 10 11
Dual Homing Active On Port : 10

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## dualhome del

Dual Homing Ports Deleted and Dual Homing Disabled.

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## show dualhome

Dual Homing Status : DISABLED

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## dualhome add primary=10 secondary=11

Dual Homing Ports configured

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## show dualhome

Dual Homing Status : DISABLED

Dual Homing Ports : Primary: 10, Secondary: 11

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## dualhome enable

Dual Homing Enabled.

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## show dualhome

Dual Homing Status : ENABLED

Dual Homing Ports : Primary: 10, Secondary: 11
Dual Homing Active On Port : 10

Magnum 6K25(dualhome)## exit

Magnum 6K25#
FIGURE 96 – configuring dual-homing

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List of commands in this chapter

Syntax dualhome – enter the dual-homing configuration sub-system

Syntax dualhome <enable|disable> – enable or disable dual-homing

Syntax dualhome add port1=<port#> port2=<port#> – dual-homing setup similar to that of

unmanaged switches such as ESD42

OR

Syntax dualhome add primary=<port#> secondary=<port#> – dual-homing setup as

primary-secondary mode

Syntax dualhome del – Delete the dual-homing setup

Syntax show dualhome – Display dual-homing status

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14
Chapter

14 – Link Aggregation Control

Protocol (LACP)
Increase Network throughput and reliability

L
ink aggregation Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) is part of an IEEE
specification (IEEE 802.3ad) that allows several physical ports to be grouped or
bundled together to form a single logical channel. This increases the throughput
across two devices and provides improved reliability.

LACP concepts

j The IEEE802.3ad standard provides for the formation of a

single Layer 2 link from two or more standard Ethernet links
using the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
LACP provides a robust means of assuring that both ends of the link are up and
agree to be members of the aggregation before the link member is activated. LACP
trunking is a method of combining physical network links into a single logical link
for increased bandwidth. With LACP the effective bandwidth of a trunk and
network availability is increased. Two or more Fast Ethernet connections are
combined as one logical trunk in order to increase the bandwidth and to create
resilient and redundant links. By taking multiple LAN connections and treating them
as a unified, aggregated link, Link Aggregation provides the following important
benefits:
• Higher link availability – in case a link fails, the other links continue to
operate
• Increased link capacity – the effective throughput is increased
• Better port utilization – allows unused ports to be used as trunk ports
allowing better throughput and availability
• Interoperability – being a standard allows LACP to work across different
hardware platforms where LACP is supported

Failure of any one physical link will not impact the logical link defined using LACP.
The loss of a link within an aggregation reduces the available capacity, but the
connection is maintained and the data flow is not interrupted.

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The performance is improved because the capacity of an aggregated link is higher

than each individual link alone. 10Mbps or 10/100Mbps or 100Mbps ports can be
grouped together to form one logical link.

Instead of adding new hardware to increase speed on a trunk – one can now use
LACP to incrementally increase the throughput in the network, preventing or
deferring hardware upgrades. Some known issues with LACP on the Magnum 6K
family of switches are:

• LACP will not work on Half Duplex ports.

• All trunk ports must be on the same module. Trunk ports
cannot be spread out across different modules.
• All trunk ports MUST have the same speed setting. If the
speed is different, LACP shows an error indicating speed
mismatch.
• Many switches do not forward the LACPDUs by default. So, it is possible to
hook up multiple ports to these switches and create an Ethernet loop. (In many
cases this is prevented by Spanning Tree running on these switches).
• All ports in a trunk group should be members of the same VLAN. Each port can
be a member of multiple VLANs, but each port should have at least one VLAN
that is common to both the port groups.
• The LACPDU packets are sent out every 30 seconds. It is possible that in
configuring LACP, a loop can be created until LACP notification is completed. It
is recommended to configure LACP first and then physically connect the ports
to avoid this potential issue.
• Port Security will not work with the ports configured for LACP.
• IGMP will work with the primary LACP port only. All IGMP traffic is sent via a
primary port. If needed, this port can be mirrored for traffic analysis.

LACP Configuration
For LACP to work on the Magnum 6K family of switches, only one trunk per module can
be created. Some valid connections are shown in the picture below.

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Switch 1 Switch 1

Switch 2 Switch 2

FIGURE 97 – Some valid LACP configurations.

Should trunks be created so as to span multiple ports, a “trunk mismatch” error message
is printed on the console. An example of an incorrect configuration is shown below.

Switch 1

Switch 2

FIGURE 98 – an incorrect LACP connection scheme for Magnum 6K family of switches. All LACP
trunk ports must be on the same module and cannot span different modules.

Another example is highlighted below where some ports belong to VLAN 10 (shown in
red) and other ports belong to VLAN 20 (shown in blue). If the port groups do not have a
common VLAN between them, LACP does not form a connection.

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Switch 1
VLAN 10
VLAN 20

Switch 2

FIGURE 99 – In this figure, even though the connections are from one module to another, this is still not a
valid configuration (for LACP using 4 ports) as the trunk group belongs to two different VLANs.

However – on each switch, the set of ports can belong to same VLANs as shown in the
figure below. While the ports belong to the same VLANs, there is no common VLAN
between the switches and hence the LACPDU cannot be transmitted. This configuration
will not work in the LACP mode.

VLAN 10 Switch 1

VLAN 20 Switch 2

FIGURE 100 - In the figure above, there is no common VLAN between the two sets of ports, so packets
from one VLAN to another cannot be forwarded. There should be at least one VLAN common between
the two switches and the LACP port groups.

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Switch 1
VLAN 1,10
VLAN 1,20

Switch 2

FIGURE 101 – This configuration is similar to the previous configuration, except there is a common
VLAN (VLAN 1) between the two sets of LACP ports. This is a valid configuration.

Switch 1

Switch 2

Switch 3

FIGURE 102 – In the architecture above, using RSTP and LACP allows multiple switches to be configured
together in a meshed redundant link architecture. First define the RSTP configuration on the switches. Then
define the LACP ports. Then finally connect the ports together to form the meshed redundant link topology as
shown above.

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Using the Magnum edge switch with dual-homing allows the edge devices
to have link level redundancy as well – bringing the fault tolerance from
the network to the edge.

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Using this reliable core with a dual-homed edge switch brings reliability and redundancy to the edge of the
network

It is recommended not to use LACP with S-Ring at this time.

Since S-Ring and LACP use the same BPDUs (called LACPDUs), the architecture shown
below is not supported in this release.

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S-Ring 1

S-Ring 2

FIGURE 104 – This architecture is not recommended

LACP can be used for creating a reliable network between two facilities connected via a
wireless bridge. As shown in the figure below, four trunk ports are connected to four
wireless bridge pairs. This increases the effective throughput of the wireless connections
and also increases the reliability. If one of the bridges were to stop functioning, the other
three will continue to operate, providing a very reliable infrastructure.

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Facility 1

A A

A A

A A
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Facility 2
FIGURE 105 – Creating a reliable infrastructure using wireless bridges (between two facilities) and LACP.
“A” indicates a Wi-Fi wireless Bridge or other wireless Bridges.

The list of commands to configure, edit and manage LACP on the Magnum 6K family of
switches is the following:

Syntax lacp - enable the LACP configuration module within CLI

Syntax lacp <enable | disable> - enable or disable LACP 7
Syntax add port=<number|list|range> [priority=<0-65535>] – add the specified list of ports
to form the logical LACP trunk. Default value for priority is 32768. The lower the value assigned
to priority, the higher the priority. The port with the highest priority is the primary port.
Syntax del port=<number|list|range> - delete specified ports from the LACP membership
Syntax edit port=<number|list|range> [priority=<priority>] - edit the membership of the
ports specified. The priority can be from 0 – 65535
Syntax show lacp – displays the status and other relevant LACP information

7Before enabling, please ensure that the correct ports are configured. If network connectivity is lost due to a port being
configured as a LACP port, you will need to physically access the switch via the console to correct this error.

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Some other definitions are worth noting are primary port. Primary port is the port
over which specific traffic like Multicast (IGMP), unknown Unicast and
broadcast traffic is transmitted. As shown by the add port command, the port with
the lowest priority value has the highest priority and is designated as the primary
port. If traffic analysis is required, it is recommended to mirror the primary port
(and physically disconnect the other ports if all traffic needs to be captured).

If multiple ports have the same priority, the first port physically connected
becomes the primary port. In case the ports are already connected, the port with
the lowest port count becomes the primary port i.e. if ports 4, 5, 6 are designated
as the LACP group, port 4 would become the primary port.

If the primary port fails, the next available secondary port is designated as the
primary port. So in the example above, if port 4 fails, port 5 will be designated as
the primary port.

Magnum 6K25# show lacp

LACP is Disabled. Need to enable LACP before
ports can be added to the trunk
Magnum 6K25# lacp group

Magnum 6K25(lacp)## add port=14,15,16

Error : LACP is disabled.

Magnum 6K25(lacp)## lacp enable

LACP Enabled.
Magnum 6K25(lacp)## add port=13-16

Port(s) added successfully.

Magnum 6K25(lacp)## show lacp

Orphan Ports:

Port Priority Trunk

=====================
13 32768 Link Down
14 32768 Link Down Indicates no LACP BPDU can be received from
15 32768 Link Down this port. This port was in use and was an error to
16 32768 Peer Not a Trunk add this. The next few steps delete this port and add
the proper port. See other messages below.
Magnum 6K25(lacp)## del port=16

Port(s) deleted successfully.

Magnum 6K25(lacp)## show lacp

Orphan Ports:

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Port Priority Trunk

=====================
13 32768 Link Down
14 32768 Link Down
15 32768 Link Down

Magnum 6K25(lacp)## add port=12

Port(s) added successfully.

Magnum 6K25(lacp)## show lacp

Orphan Ports:

Port Priority Trunk

=====================
12 32768 Link Down
13 32768 Link Down
14 32768 Link Down
15 32768 Link Down

Magnum 6K25(lacp)## exit

Magnum 6K25# show lacp

Orphan Ports:

Port Priority Trunk

=====================
12 32768 Link Down
13 32768 Link Down
14 32768 Link Down
15 32768 Link Down

Magnum 6K25#
FIGURE 106 – Configuring LACP

The error messages received when a trunk port is not configured properly are as follows:

Link Down Link is down or the cable is not connected

Half duplex A Half Duplex port – Half Duplex ports cannot participate in LACP
Loop Detected Indicates the other side does not have LACP configured. Without
LACP configured on both switches, the network will create an
Ethernet loop.
Peer Not a Trunk When no LACPDU was received (or cannot be received) from the
peer. This maybe due to the fact that the port is already in use or is
shutdown or not available
Speed Mismatch All ports in a trunk should have the same speed. If one port’s speed
does not match the other ports, this specific port cannot join the port
group.

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Trunk Mismatch The other switch sent a BPDU which did not match the trunk
information associated with this port. This happens when the port is
connected to a different switch, or a different module in the Magnum
6K switch

The output of the LACP command in the network shown below

Switch 1

Switch 2

Switch 3

FIGURE 107 – The network for the ‘show lacp’ command listed below

In the figure shown above, Switch 1 has ports 11 and 15 forming the first trunk, connecting to
Switch 3. Switch 1 also has ports 17 and 23 forming the second trunk on Switch 2. The ‘show
lacp’ command was executed on Switch 1.

Magnum 6K(lacp)## show lacp Unique ID of

trunk
Trunk Id :1
Trunk Status : Trunk Active
Primary Port : 11 MAC address of
Trunk Partner : 00:20:06:25:11:40 Switch 3

Member Ports:

Port Priority Trunk

===================== Ports belonging to this
trunk
11 32768 Primary Port
15 32768 Member Port

Trunk Id :2
Trunk Status : Trunk Active
Primary Port : 17

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Trunk Partner : 00:20:06:25:72:90

Member Ports:

Port Priority Trunk

=====================
17 32768 Primary Port
23 32768 Member Port

FIGURE 108 – LACP information over a network

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax lacp - enable the LACP configuration module within CLI
Syntax lacp <enable | disable> - enable or disable LACP
Syntax add port=<number|list|range> [priority=<0-65535>] – add the specified list of ports
to form the logical LACP trunk. Default value for priority is 32768. The lower the value assigned
to priority, the higher the priority. The port with the highest priority is the primary port (over which
certain types of traffic like IGMP is transmitted)
Syntax del port=<number|list|range> - delete specified ports from the LACP membership
Syntax edit port=<number|list|range> [priority=<priority>] - edit the membership of the
ports specified. The priority can be from 0 – 65535
Syntax show lacp – displays the status and other relevant LACP information

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15 – Quality of Service
Prioritize traffic in a network

Q
uality of Service (QoS) refers to the capability of a network to provide different
priorities to different types of traffic. Not all traffic in the network has the same
priority. Being able to differentiate different types of traffic and allowing this
traffic to accelerate through the network improves the overall performance of
the network and provides the necessary quality of service demanded by different
users and devices. The primary goal of QoS is to provide priority including
dedicated bandwidth.

QoS concepts

j The Magnum 6K family of switches supports QoS as

specified in the IEEE 802.1p and IEEE 802.1q standards.
QoS is important in network environments where there are
time-critical applications, such as voice transmission or video conferencing, which
can be adversely effected by packet transfer delays or other latency in a network.

Most switches today implement buffers to queue incoming packets as well as

outgoing packets. In a queue mechanism, normally the packet which comes in first
leaves first (FIFO) and all the packets are serviced accordingly. Imagine, if each
packet had a priority assigned to it. If a packet with a higher priority than other
packets were to arrive in a queue, the packet would be given a precedence and
moved to the head of the queue and would go out as soon as possible. The packet is
thus preempted from the queue and this method is called preemptive queuing.

Preemptive queuing makes sense if there are several levels of priorities, normally
more than two. If there are too many levels, then the system has to spend a lot of
time managing the preemptive nature of queuing. IEEE 802.1p defines and uses
eight levels of priorities. The eight levels of priority are enumerated 0 to 7, with 0 the
lowest priority and 7 the highest.

To make the preemptive queuing possible, most switches implement at least two
queue buffers. The Magnum 6K family of switches has two priority queues, 1 (low)
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the packet into one of the two queues, and depending on the precedence levels the
queue could be rearranged to meet the QoS requirements.

QoS refers to the level of preferential treatment a packet receives when it is being
sent through a network. QoS allows time sensitive packets such as voice and video,
to be given priority over time insensitive packets such as data. Differentiated Services
(DiffServ or DS) are a set of technologies defined by the IETF (Internet Engineering
Task Force) to provide quality of service for traffic on IP networks.

DiffServ and QoS

DiffServ is designed for use at the edge of an Enterprise where corporate traffic enters the
service provider environment. DiffServ is a layer-3 protocol and requires no specific layer-2
capability, allowing it to be used in the LAN, MAN, and WAN. DiffServ works by tagging
each packet (at the originating device or an intermediate switch) for the requested level of
service it requires across the network.

IP Header

Protocol
DMAC SMAC ToS Data FCS
Type

Diffserv Code Points (DSCP) Unused

FIGURE 109 – ToS and DSCP

DiffServ inserts a 6-bit DiffServ code point (DSCP) in the Type of Service (ToS) field of the
IP header, as shown in the picture above. Information in the DSCP allows nodes to
determine the Per Hop Behavior (PHB), which is an observable forwarding behavior for
each packet. PHBs are defined according to:
• Resources required (e.g., bandwidth, buffer size)
• Priority (based on application or business requirements)
• Traffic characteristics (e.g., delay, jitter, packet loss)

Nodes implement PHBs through buffer management and packet scheduling mechanisms.
This hop-by-hop allocation of resources is the basis by which DiffServ provides quality of
service for different types of communications traffic.

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IP Precedence
IP Precedence utilizes the three precedence bits in the IPv4 header's Type of Service (ToS)
field to specify class of service for each packet. You can partition traffic in up to eight classes
of service using IP precedence. The queuing technologies throughout the network can then
use this signal to provide the appropriate expedited handling.

Data +FCS

ToS byte

3 bits

IP precedence
FIGURE 110 - IP Precedence ToS Field in an IP Packet Header

The 3 most significant bits (correlating to binary settings 32, 64, and 128) of the Type of
Service (ToS) field in the IP header constitute the bits used for IP precedence. These bits are
used to provide a priority from 0 to 7 for the IP packet.

Because only 3 bits of the ToS byte are used for IP precedence, you need to differentiate
these bits from the rest of the ToS byte.

The Magnum 6K family of switches has the capability to provide QoS at Layer 2. At Layer 2,
the frame uses Type of Service (ToS) as specified in IEEE 802.1p . ToS uses 3 bits, just like
IP precedence, and maps well from Layer 2 to layer 3, and vice versa.

The switches have the capability to differentiate frames based on ToS settings. With two
queues present - high or low priority queues or buffers in Magnum 6K family of switches,
frames can be placed in either queue and serviced via the weight set on all ports. This
placement of queues, added to the weight set plus the particular tag setting on a packet
allows each queue to have different service levels.

Magnum QoS implementations provide mapping of ToS (or IP precedence) to Class of

Service (CoS). A CoS setting in an Ethernet Frame is mapped to the ToS byte of the IP
packet, and vice versa. A ToS level of 1 equals a CoS level of 1. This provides end-to-end
priority for the traffic flow when Magnum 6K family of switches are deployed in the
network.

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Not all packets received on a port have high priority. IGMP and BPDU
packets have high priority by default.

The Magnum 6K family of switches has the capability to set the priorities based on three
different functions. They are

Port QoS: assigns a high priority to all packets received on a port, regardless of the type of
packet.

TAG QoS: if a packet contains a tag, the port on which the packet was received then looks
to see at which level that tag value is set. Regardless of the tag value, if there is a tag, that
packet is automatically assigned high priority (sent to the high priority queue)

ToS QoS: (Layer 3) when a port is set to ToS QoS, the most significant 6-bits of the IPv4
packet (which has 64 bits) are used. If the 6 bits are set to ToS QoS for the specific port
number the packet went to, that packet is assigned high priority by that port

Configuring QoS
Magnum 6K family of switches support three types of QoS - Port based, Tag based and ToS
based.

QoS is disabled by default on the switch. QoS needs to be enabled and

configured.

Syntax qos – enter the QoS configuration mode

Syntax set qos type=<port|tag|tos|none> port=<port|list|range>

[priority=<high|low>] [tos=<0-63|list|range>][tag=<0-7|list|range>] -
depending on the type of QOS, the corresponding field has to be set. For example, for QOS type tag,
the tag levels have to be set, and for QOS type ToS, the ToS levels have to be set. If the priority field
is not set, it then defaults to low priority. ToS has 64 levels and the valid values are 0-63 and a
tagged packet has 8 levels and the valid values are 0-7.

Setting type to none will clear the QoS settings

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Syntax set-weight weight=<0-7> - sets the port priority weight for All the ports. Once the weight is
set, all the ports will be the same weight across the switch. The valid value for weight is 0-7.

A weight is a number calculated from the IP precedence setting

for a packet. This weight is used in an algorithm to determine
when the packet will be serviced

Syntax show-portweight - display the weight settings on a port

As mentioned previously, the switch is capable of detecting higher-priority packets marked

with precedence by the IP forwarder and can schedule them faster, providing superior
response time for this traffic. The IP Precedence field has values between 0 (the default) and
7. As the precedence value increases, the algorithm allocates more bandwidth to that traffic
to make sure that it is served more quickly when congestion occurs. Magnum 6K family of
switches can assign a weight to each flow, which determines the transmit order for queued
packets. In this scheme, lower weights (set on all ports) are provided more service. IP
precedence serves as a divisor to this weighting factor. For instance, traffic with an IP
precedence field value of 7 gets a lower weight than traffic with an IP Precedence field value
of 3, and thus has priority in the transmit order.

Once the port weight is set, the hardware will interpret the weight setting for all ports as
outlined below (assuming the queues are sufficiently filled – if there are no packets, for
example, in the high priority queue, packets are serviced on a first come first served - FCFS -
basis from the low priority queue).

Setting Hardware traffic queue behavior

0 No priority – traffic is sent alternately from each queue and packets are queued
alternately in each queue
1 Two packets are sent from the HIGH priority queue and one packet from LOW
priority queue
2 Four packets are sent from the HIGH priority queue and one packet from LOW
priority queue
3 Six packets are sent from the HIGH priority queue and one packet from LOW
priority queue
4 Eight packets are sent from the HIGH priority queue and one packet from
LOW priority queue
5 Ten packets are sent from the HIGH priority queue and one packet from LOW
priority queue
6 Twelve packets are sent from the HIGH priority queue and one packet from
LOW priority queue
7 All packets are sent from the HIGH priority queue and none are sent from
LOW priority queue
FIGURE 111 - Port weight settings and the meaning of the setting

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Syntax show qos [type=<port|tag|tos>] [port=<port|list|range>] – displays the QoS

settings

Sometimes it is necessary to change the priority of the packets going out of a switch. For
example, when a packet is received untagged and has to be transmitted with an addition of
the 802.1p priority tag, the tag can be assigned depending on the untag value set. For
example if the untag command is set to port=1 tag=2 priority=low, untagged packets
received on that port will be tagged with a priority low upon transmit.

Syntax set-untag port=<port|list|range> priority=<high|low> tag=<0-7> - The

802.1p user priority assigned to untagged received packets to be transmitted as tagged from the priority queue

Magnum6K25# show port

Keys: E = Enable D = Disable

H = Half Duplex F = Full Duplex
M = Multiple VLAN's NA = Not Applicable
LI = Listening LE = Learning
F = Forwarding B = Blocking

Port Name Control Dplx Media Link Speed Part Auto VlanID GVRP STP
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 B1 E H 10Tx UP 10 No E 1 - -
10 B2 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
11 B3 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
12 B4 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
13 B5 E F 100Tx UP 100 No E 1 - -
14 B6 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E M - -
15 B7 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
16 B8 E H 10Tx DOWN 10 No E 1 - -
All traffic on port 10 is sent to the
Magnum6K25#qos
high priority queue

Magnum6K25(qos)## setqos type=port port=10 priority=high

Successfully set QOS.

Magnum6K25(qos)## show qos

==============================
PORT | QOS | STATUS
==============================
9 | None | UP
10 | Port | DOWN
11 | None | DOWN
12 | None | DOWN
13 | None | UP
14 | None | DOWN
15 | None | DOWN
16 | None | DOWN

Magnum6K25(qos)## show qos type=port

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================================
PORT | PRIORITY | STATUS
================================
9 | Low | UP
10 | High | DOWN
11 | Low | DOWN
12 | Low | DOWN
13 | Low | UP
14 | Low | DOWN
15 | Low | DOWN
16 | Low | DOWN

Magnum6K25(qos)## setqos port=11 priority=high type=tag tag=6

Successfully set QOS.

Magnum6K25(qos)## show qos All traffic on port 11 is sent to the high priority
queue and the QoS tag is set to 6
==============================
PORT | QOS | STATUS
==============================
9 | None | UP
10 | Port | DOWN
11 | Tag | DOWN
12 | None | DOWN
13 | None | UP
14 | None | DOWN
15 | None | DOWN
16 | None | DOWN

Magnum6K25(qos)## show qos type=tag

==============================
PORT | QOS | STATUS
==============================
9 | | UP
10 | | DOWN
11 | 6 | DOWN
12 | | DOWN
13 | | UP
14 | | DOWN
15 | | DOWN
16 | | DOWN

Magnum6K25(qos)## setqos port=12 priority=high type=tag tag=5

Successfully set QOS.

Magnum6K25(qos)## show qos type=tag

==============================
PORT | QOS | STATUS
==============================

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9 | | UP
10 | | DOWN
11 | 6 | DOWN
12 | 5 | DOWN
13 | | UP
14 | | DOWN
15 | | DOWN
16 | | DOWN

The queue behavior is set so that for 8 high priority

Magnum6K25(qos)## show-portweight packets, 1 low priority packet is sent out

Port priority Weight set to 1 High : 1 Low.

Magnum6K25(qos)## set-weight weight=4

Magnum6K25(qos)## show-portweight

Port priority Weight set to 8 High : 1 Low.

Magnum6K25(qos)## show qos

==============================
PORT | QOS | STATUS
==============================
9 | None | UP
10 | Port | DOWN
11 | Tag | DOWN
12 | Tag | DOWN
13 | None | UP
14 | None | DOWN
15 | None | DOWN
16 | None | DOWN
FIGURE 112 – QoS configuration and setup

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax qos – enter the QoS configuration mode

Syntax setqos type=<port|tag|tos|none> port=<port|list|range>

[priority=<high|low>] [tos=<0-63|list|range>][tag=<0-7|list|range>] -
depending on the type of QOS, the corresponding field has to be set. For example, for QOS type tag,
the tag levels have to be set, and for QOS type ToS, the ToS levels have to be set. If the priority field
is not set, it then defaults to low priority. ToS has 64 levels and the valid values are 0-63 and a
tagged packet has 8 levels and the valid values are 0-7.

Syntax set-weight weight=<0-7> - sets the port priority weight for All the ports. Once the weight is
set, all the ports will be the same weight across the switch. The valid value for weight is 0-7

Syntax show-portweight - display the weight settings on a port

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Syntax show qos [type=<port|tag|tos>] [port=<port|list|range>] – displays the QoS

settings

Syntax set-untag port=<port|list|range> priority=<high|low> tag=<0-7> - The

802.1p user priority assigned to untagged received packets to be transmitted as tagged from the
priority queue

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16 – IGMP
Multicast traffic on a network

I
nternet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is defined in RFC 1112 as the standard for IP
multicasting in the Internet. It is used to establish host memberships in particular multicast
groups on a single network. The mechanisms of the protocol allows a host to inform its
local router, using Host Membership Reports that it wants to receive messages addressed to
a specific multicast group. All hosts conforming to level 2 of the IP multicasting
specification require IGMP.

IGMP concepts8

j The Magnum 6K family of switches supports IGMP L2 standards as

defined by RFC 1112. IGMP is disabled by default and needs to be
enabled on the Magnum 6K family of switches. IP multicasting is defined
as the transmission of an IP datagram to a "host group", a set of zero or more hosts identified by
a single IP destination address. A multicast datagram is delivered to all members of its destination
host group with the same "best-efforts" reliability as regular unicast IP datagram, i.e. the datagram
is not guaranteed to arrive at all members of the destination group or in the same order relative to
other datagram.
The membership of a host group is dynamic; that is, hosts may join and leave groups at any time.
There is no restriction on the location or number of members in a host group, but membership in
a group may be restricted to only those hosts possessing a private access key. A host may be a
member of more than one group at a time. A host need not be a member of a group to send
datagram to it.
A host group may be permanent or transient. A permanent group has a well-known,
administratively assigned IP address. It is the address and not the membership of the group that is
permanent; at any time a permanent group may have any number of members, even zero. A
transient group on the other hand is assigned an address dynamically when the group is created, at
the request of a host. A transient group ceases to exist, and its address becomes eligible for
reassignment, when its membership drops to zero.

8 Most of the concepts are extracted from RFC 1112 and it is recommended that RFC 1112 be read and understood carefully if

IGMP is used or planned for the network.

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The creation of transient groups and the maintenance of group membership information is the
responsibility of "multicast agents", entities that reside in internet gateways or other special-
purpose hosts. There is at least one multicast agent directly attached to every IP network or sub-
network that supports IP multicasting. A host requests the creation of new groups, and joins or
leaves existing groups, by exchanging messages with a neighboring agent.
The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is an internal protocol of the Internet
Protocol (IP) suite. IP manages multicast traffic by using switches, multicast routers, and hosts
that support IGMP. A set of hosts, routers, and/or switches that send or receive multicast data
streams to or from the same source(s) is termed a multicast group, and all devices in the group use
the same multicast group address. The multicast group running version 2 of IGMP uses three
fundamental types of messages to communicate:

• Query: A message sent from the querier (multicast router or switch) asking for a response from
each host belonging to the multicast group. If a multicast router supporting IGMP is not present,
then the switch must assume this function in order to elicit group membership information from
the hosts on the network. (If you need to disable the querier feature, you can do so through the
CLI, using the IGMP configuration MIB. See “Changing the Querier Configuration Setting” on
page “Configuring the Querier Function”)

• Report: A message sent by a host to the querier to indicate that the host wants to be or is a
member of a given group indicated in the report message.

• Leave Group: A message sent by a host to the querier to indicate that the host has ceased to be a
member of a specific multicast group. Thus, IGMP identifies members of a multicast group
(within a subnet) and allows IGMP-configured hosts (and routers) to join or leave multicast groups.

When IGMP is enabled on the Magnum 6K family of switches, it examines the IGMP packets it
receives:
• To learn which of its ports are linked to IGMP hosts and multicast routers/queriers belonging
to any multicast group.

• To become a querier if a multicast router/querier is not discovered on the network.

Once the switch learns the port location of the hosts belonging to any particular multicast group,
it can direct group traffic to only those ports, resulting in bandwidth savings on ports where
group members do not reside. The following example illustrates this operation.

The figure below shows a network running IGMP.

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FIGURE 113 – IGMP concepts – advantages of using IGMP

• PCs 1 and 4, switch 2, and all of the routers are members of an IP multicast group. (The
routers operate as queriers.)
• Switch 1 ignores IGMP traffic and does not distinguish between IP multicast group members
and non-members. Thus, it is sending large amounts of unwanted multicast traffic out the
ports to PCs 2 and 3.
• Switch 2 is recognizing IGMP traffic and learns that PC 4 is in the IP multicast group
receiving multicast data from the video server (PC X). Switch 2 then sends the multicast data
only to the port for PC 4, thus avoiding unwanted multicast traffic on the ports for PCs 5 and
6.

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The next figure (below) shows a network running IP multicasting using IGMP without a multicast
router. In this case, the IGMP-configured switch runs as a querier. PCs 2, 5, and 6 are members
of the same IP multicast group. IGMP is configured on switches 3 and 4. Either of these switches
can operate as querier because a multicast router is not present on the network. (If an IGMP
switch does not detect a querier, it automatically assumes this role, assuming the querier feature is
enabled—the default—within IGMP.)

FIGURE 114 – IGMP concepts – Isolating multicast traffic in a network

• In the above figure, the multicast group traffic does not go to switch 1 and beyond. This
is because either the port on switch 3 that connects to switch 1 has been configured as
blocked or there are no hosts connected to switch 1 or switch 2 that belong to the
multicast group.
• For PC 1 to become a member of the same multicast group without flooding IP multicast
traffic on all ports of switches 1 and 2, IGMP must be configured on both switches 1 and
2, and the port on switch 3 that connects to switch 1 must be unblocked.

IP Multicast Filters - IP multicast addresses occur in the range from 224.0.0.0 through
239.255.255.255 which corresponds to the Ethernet multicast address range of 01005e-000000
through 01005e-7fffff in hexadecimal.

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groups in the IP address range of 224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255 will always be flooded because
addresses in this range are “well known” or “reserved” addresses. Thus, if IP Multicast is enabled
and there is an IP multicast group within the reserved address range, traffic to that group will be
flooded instead of filtered by the switch.

IGMP Support - Magnum 6K family of switches support IGMP version 1 and version 2. The
switch can act either as a querier or a nonquerier. The querier router periodically sends general
query messages to solicit group membership information. Hosts on the network that are members
of a multicast group send report messages. When a host leaves a group, it sends a leave group
message. The difference between Version 1 and Version 2 is that version 1 does not have a
“Leave” mechanism for the host. Magnum 6K family of switches do pruning when there is a leave
message or a time expires on a port, we prune the multicast group membership on that port.

1. The Magnum 6K family of switches can snoop up to 256 Multicast groups.

It can be enabled within a port VLAN, tagged VLAN, or no VLAN.
2. IGMP is disabled as a default.

A switch, with IGMP snooping has the behavior similar to a regular switch
(default IGMP behavior) i.e. it forwards the multicast stream (packets) to all the ports.
Now, if a device on any of the ports sends a join report or invokes the IGMP Pruning action, the
behavior changes. A multicast group is formed in the switch, and the stream is sent only to those
ports that actually want to join the stream.
The default behavior of multicasting streams to all ports could create problems when there are a
number of multicast streams that enter the switch though a number of different ports. Each
stream goes to ALL OTHER ports and creates congestion in the switch.
The mcast command (described below) controls this default behavior. The default setting is
"enable". If it is set to "disable", the default behavior is modified so that the stream is not
transmitted or multicast to any of the ports until a device joins the stream from that port.

IGMP-L2
IGMP requires a Layer 3 device in the network. What happens if your network has only Layer 2
devices? Can the Layer 2 devices take advantage of the IGMP technology and reduce the overall
traffic in the network, without requiring the presence of a Layer 3 device in the network? Using
GarrettCom IGMP-L2 (patent pending technology), it is possible to do that.
The benefits of IGMP are clear. The traditional ways of building an IGMP network calls for the
IGMP querier to reside on a Layer 3 network device - typically a router or a Layer 3 switch. The
end devices (encoders or transmitters) reside on a Layer 2 device and the encoder sends a
query/join request to join the specific multicast group. The Magnum 6K family of switches, with
the IGMP-L2 enabled, can propagate the query request and also make sure that the multicast
traffic only goes to the ports requesting the traffic. The Magnum 6K family of switches, using
IGMP-L2, can perform the similar tasks a Layer 3 device performs for IGMP.

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For a Layer 2 IGMP environment, all Magnum 6K family of switches have to be enabled in the
IGMP-L2. This is done using the CLI command 'set igmp mode=l2' which will be described
later.
In a Layer 2 network, without IGMP-L2, there is no querier nor is there any capability for the
devices to use IGMP snooping to join a multicast group. Thus - the traffic picture from a
multicast device would look as shown below.

R1 R2

T1

T2
R3 R4

R6 R5
FIGURE 115 - In a Layer 2 network, an IGMP multicast traffic goes to all the nodes. In the figure, T1, a
surveillance camera, using multicast, will send the traffic to all the nodes - R1 through R6 - irrespective of whether
they want to view the surveillance traffic or not. The traffic is compounded when additional cameras are added to
the network. End result is that users R1 through R6 see the network as heavily loaded and simple day to day
operations may appear sluggish.

With IGMP-L2 enabled on all Magnum 6K family of switches, this situation as shown above is
prevented. This is explained in the figure below.

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R1 R2

L2 Mode

T1 L2 Mode
L2 Mode

T2 L2 Mode

R3 R4

R6 R5

FIGURE 116 - Using IGMP-L2 on Magnum 6K family of switches, a Layer 2 network can minimize multicast
traffic as shown above. Each switch has the IGMPL2 turned on. Each switch can exchange the IGMP query
message and respond properly. R4 wants to view surveillance traffic from T1. As shown by (1), a join request is
sent by R4. Once the join report information is exchanged, only R4 receives the video surveillance traffic, as shown
by (2). No other device on the network gets the video surveillance traffic unless they issue a join request as well.

Since the query and the join information is exchanged between the neighboring switches, the
topology does not matter. The design issue to consider is the timing difference between a
topology recovery and IGMP refresh (recovery). GarrettCom Magnum 6K family of switches,
connected in a S-Ring or RS-Ring topology recovers very rapidly (sub-second recovery). The
IGMP requests for updates are sent out every few seconds (depending on the network and the
devices on the network). The recovery of the network from a fault situation is much faster than
the age out and join request from IGMP. Thus when the Magnum 6K switch network self heals,
it is possible that the video may freeze till the (IGMP) device reissues a join request again.

A few additional facts about IGMP L2

• GarrettCom Magnum 6K family of switches configured for IGMP-L2 can perform the
Join aggregation required by IGMP

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• Multicast forwarding is done based on MAC addresses – so datagram to IP addresses

224.1.2.3 and 239.129.2.3 can be forwarded on the same port groups. It is not possible to
do forwarding based on IP addresses as the Magnum 6K family of switches operate at
Layer-2
• Magnum 6K family of switches, configured for IGMP L2 are aware of IP address range
224.0.0.x as well as MAC address range 01:00:5e:00:00:xx aware as required by RFC 4541
• The Magnum 6K family of switches, configured for IGMP L2 support forwarding to
ports on which multicast routers are attached in addition to the ports where IGMP joins
have been received. Thus IGMP L2 and IGMP L3 networks can co-exist
• The Magnum 6K family of switches, configured for IGMP L2 are aware of topology
changes, so new queries can be sent or tables updated to ensure robustness

Configuring IGMP
Syntax igmp – IGMP configuration mode

Syntax igmp <enable| disable> - enable or disable IGMP on the switch

Syntax show igmp – IGMP operation status

Syntax mcast <enable | disable> - enable or disable unknown multicast streams. The default is enabled

Syntax set igmp mode= <normal|l2> - set the IGMP mode. Normal is when a L3 device is in the
network and is the IGMP root. The IGMP-L2 is used when there is no L3 device in the network

Magnum6K25# igmp

Magnum6K25(igmp)## igmp enable

IGMP is enabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Enabled
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 10
Multicasting unknown streams : Enabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## mcast disable

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MCAST is disabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Enabled
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 10
Multicasting unknown streams : Disabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## igmp disable

IGMP is disabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Disabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Disabled
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 10
Multicasting unknown streams : Disabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)##
FIGURE 117 – Enabling IGMP and query the status of IGMP

The output of “show igmp” provide useful information. The following information is provided:

IGMP State shows if IGMP is turned on (Enable) or off (Disable).

Immediate Leave provides a mechanism for a particular host that wants to leave a multicast
group. It disables the port (where the leave message is received) ability to transmit multicast
traffic.

Querier shows where the switch is acting a querier or a non-querier. In the example above
the switch is the querier.

Querier Interval shows the time period in seconds on which the switch sends general host-
query messages.

Querier Response Interval specifies maximum amount of time in seconds that can elapse
between when the querier sends a host-query message and when it receives a response from
a host.

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Syntax show-group – shows the multicast groups

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show-group

GroupIp PortNo Timer LeavePending

------------------------------------------------------------------------
224.1.0.1 9 155 0
224.0.1.40 9 155 0

Magnum6K25(igmp)##
FIGURE 118 – Displaying IGMP groups

The output of the “show-group” command displays

Group IP column shows the multicast groups.

Port No shows the port where the multicast group is being detected.

Timer shows the amount of time left in seconds before the group port will be deleted (or will
not be able to route multicast traffic) if the switch does not receive a membership report.

Leave Pending column shows the number of leave messages received from this port

Every port can be individually set to three different IGMP modes – Auto, Block and Forward.

• Auto – lets IGMP control whether the port should or should not participate sending
multicast traffic
• Block – manually configures the port to always block multicast traffic
• Forward – manually configures the port to always forward multicast traffic

To set the port characteristics, use the set-port in the IGMP configuration command mode

Syntax set-port port=< port|list|range> mode=<auto|forward|block> - set the port

characteristics. Block drops the unregistered multicasts. Forward forwards unregistered multicasts

Syntax show-port – display the port characteristics for IGMP

Syntax show-router – displays detected IGMP-enabled router ports

Syntax set-leave <enable|disable> - enables or disables the switch to immediately process a host
sending a leave message rather that wait for the timer to expire

Syntax set-querier <enable|disable> - enables or disables a switch as IGMP querier

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Syntax set-qi interval=<value> - The IGMP querier router periodically sends general host-query
messages. These messages are sent to ask for group membership information. This is sent to the all-
system multicast group address, 224.0.0.1. The default value is 125 seconds. The valid range can be
from 60 to 127 seconds.

Syntax set-qri interval=<value> - The query response interval is the maximum amount of time that
can elapse between when the querier router sends a host-query message and when it receives a response
from a host. The Default value is 10 seconds. The Range can be from 2 to 270 seconds. Restrictions
apply to the maximum value because of an internal calculation that is dependent on the value of the
Query Interval.

Magnum6K25# igmp

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-port port=10-12 mode=forward

Port mode is set.

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-port port=14-16 mode=block

Port mode is set.

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show-port

-----------------------------------
Port | Mode
-----------------------------------
09 Auto
10 Forwarding
11 Forwarding
12 Forwarding
13 Auto
14 Blocking
15 Blocking
16 Blocking

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show-router

RouterIp PortNo Timer

--------------------------------------
10.21.1.250 9 25

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-leave enable

IGMP immediate leave status is enabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Enabled
Querier : Enabled

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Querier Interval : 125

Querier Response Interval : 10

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-leave disable

IGMP immediate leave status is disabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Enabled
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 10

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-querier enable

IGMP querier status is enabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Enabled
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 10

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-querier disable

IGMP querier status is disabled

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Disabled
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 10

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-qi interval=127

Query interval successfully set

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Disabled
Querier Interval 127
Querier Response Interval : 10

Magnum6K25(igmp)## set-qri interval=11

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Query response interval successfully set

Magnum6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Enabled

ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : Disabled
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 11
FIGURE 119 – Configuring IGMP

For setting IGMP L2 mode, make sure the set of commands listed below are executed on all the
Magnum switches participating in the L2

Magnum 6K25# igmp

Magnum 6K25(igmp)## mode L2

IGMP set to L2 Mode.

Magnum 6K25(igmp)## show igmp

IGMP State : Disabled
ImmediateLeave : Disabled
Querier : L2 Mode
Querier Interval : 125
Querier Response Interval : 10
Multicasting unknown streams : Disabled

Magnum 6K25(igmp)## mode normal

IGMP set to Normal Mode.

Magnum 6K25(igmp)## exit

Magnum 6K25#

FIGURE 120 - Setting IGMP-L2

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax igmp – IGMP configuration mode

Syntax igmp <enable/disable> - enable or disable IGMP on the switch

Syntax show igmp – IGMP operation status

Syntax mcast <enable | disable> - enable or disable unknown multicast streams. The default is enabled

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Syntax set igmp mode=<normal|l2> - set the IGMP mode. Normal is when a L3 device is in the
network and is the IGMP root. The IGMP-L2 is used when there is no L3 device in the network
Syntax show-group – shows the multicast groups

Syntax set-port port=< port|list|range> mode=<auto|forward|block> - set the port

characteristics. Block drops the unregistered multicasts. Forward forwards unregistered multicasts

Syntax show-port – display the port characteristics for IGMP

Syntax show-router – displays detected IGMP-enabled router ports

Syntax set-leave <enable|disable> - enables or disables the switch to immediately process a host sending a
leave message rather that wait for the timer to expire

Syntax set-querier <enable|disable> - enables or disables a switch as IGMP querier

Syntax set-qi interval=<value> - The IGMP querier router periodically sends general host-query messages.
These messages are sent to ask for group membership information. This is sent to the all-system multicast
group address, 224.0.0.1. The default value is 125 seconds. The valid range can be from 60 to 127
seconds.

Syntax set-qri interval=<value> - The query response interval is the maximum amount of time that can
elapse between when the querier router sends a host-query message and when it receives a response from a
host. The Default value is 10 seconds. The Range can be from 2 to 270 seconds. Restrictions apply to the
maximum value because of an internal calculation that is dependent on the value of the Query Interval.

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Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)

G
eneric Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) and VLAN registration over GARP is
called GVRP. GVRP is defined in the IEEE 802.1q and GARP in the IEEE 802.1p
standards. In order to utilize the capabilities of GVRP, GarrettCom Inc. strongly
recommends that the user is familiar with the concepts and capabilities of IEEE
802.1q.

GVRP concepts
j GVRP makes it easy to propagate VLAN information across multiple switches.
Without GVRP, a network administrator has to go to each individual
switch and enable the necessary VLAN information or block specific
VLAN’s so that the network integrity is maintained. With GVRP this process can be
automated.

It is critical that all switches share a common VLAN. This VLAN typically is the default
VLAN (VID=1) on most switches and other devices. GVRP uses “GVRP Bridge
Protocol Data Units” (“GVRP BPDUs”) to “advertise” static VLANs. We refer to GVRP
BPDU as an “advertisement”.

GVRP enables the Magnum 6K family of switches to dynamically create 802.1q-compliant

VLANs on links with other devices running GVRP. This enables the switch to
automatically create VLAN links between GVRP-aware devices. A GVRP link can include
intermediate devices that are not GVRP-aware. This operation reduces the chances for
errors in VLAN configuration by automatically providing VLAN ID (VID) consistency
across the network. GVRP can thus be used to propagate VLANs to other GVRP-aware
devices instead of manually having to set up VLANs across the network. After the switch
creates a dynamic VLAN, GVRP can also be used to dynamically enable port membership
in static VLANs configured on a switch.

There must be one common VLAN (that is, one common VID)
connecting all of the GVRP-aware devices in the network to carry
GVRP packets. GarrettCom Inc. recommends the default VLAN
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configured as untagged on every port of the Magnum 6K family of switches. That is, on
ports used as GVRP links, leave the default VLAN set to untagged and configure other
static VLANs on the ports as either “Tagged or Forbid”. (“Forbid” is discussed later in this
chapter.)

GVRP Operations
A GVRP-enabled port with a Tagged or Untagged static VLAN sends advertisements (BPDUs, or
Bridge Protocol Data Units) advertising the VLAN identification (VID). Another GVRP-aware
port receiving the advertisements over a link can dynamically join the advertised VLAN. All
dynamic VLANs operate as Tagged VLANs. Also, a GVRP-enabled port can forward an
advertisement for a VLAN it learned about from other ports on the same switch. However, the
forwarding port will not itself join that VLAN until an advertisement for that VLAN is received
on that specific port.

Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 3 Static VLAN

GVRP On GVRP On GVRP On configured end
device (NIC or
switch) with
2 3 5 GVRP on
1 4 6

FIGURE 121 – GVRP operation – see description below

Switch 1 with static VLANs (VID= 1, 2, & 3). Port 2 is a member of VIDs 1, 2, & 3.
1. Port 2 advertises VIDs 1, 2, & 3
2. On Switch 2 - Port 1 receives advertisement of VIDs 1, 2, & 3 AND becomes a member
of VIDs 1, 2, & 3
3. As discussed above, a GVRP enabled port can forward advertisement for a VLAN it
learnt about. So port 3 advertises VIDs 1, 2, & 3, but port 3 is NOT a member of VIDs 1,
2, & 3 at this point, nor will it join the VLAN until and advertisement is received
4. On Switch 3, port 4 receives advertisement of VIDs 1, 2, & 3 and becomes a member of
VIDs 1, 2, & 3
5. Port 5 advertises VIDs 1, 2,& 3, but port 5 is NOT a member of VIDs 1, 2, & 3 at this
point
6. Port 6 on the end device is statically configured to be a member of VID 3. Port 6
advertises VID 3
7. Port 5 receives advertisement
8. Port 4 advertises VID 3
9. Port 3 receives advertisement of VID 3 AND becomes a member of VID 3. (Still not a
member of VIDs 1 & 2 as it did not receive any advertisements for VID 1 or 2)
10. Port 1 advertises VID 3 AND becomes a member of VID 3. (Port 1 is still not a member
of VIDs 1 & 2)

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11. Port 2 receives advertisement of VID 3. (Port 2 was already statically configured for VIDs
1, 2, 3)

If a static VLAN is configured on at least one port of a switch, and that port has
established a link with another device, then all other ports of that switch will send
advertisements for that VLAN.

In the figure below, tagged VLAN ports on switch “A” and switch “C” advertise VLANs 22 and
33 to ports on other GVRP-enabled switches that can dynamically join the VLANs. A port can
learn of a dynamic VLAN through devices that are not aware of GVRP (Switch “B”.)

Switch C Switch C
1 5 GVRP On Port 5 dynamically joined VLAN 22
Switch A Ports 11, 12 belong to Tagged VLAN 33
GVRP On Tagged
VLAN 22
Tagged 11
2 Switch E
VLAN 22 Tagged 12 GVRP On
VLAN 33 Dynamic
VLAN 33

Switch D
GVRP On Dynamic
Switch B Dynamic 3 VLAN 22
No GVRP 7
VLAN 33
Tagged Switch E
Dynamic 6
VLAN 22 Port 2 dynamically joined VLAN 33
VLAN 22 Ports 7 dynamically joined VLAN 33

Switch D
Port 3 dynamically joined VLAN 33
Ports 6 dynamically joined VLAN 33

FIGURE 122 – VLAN Assignment in GVRP enabled switches. Non GVRP enabled switches can impact
VLAN settings on other GVRP enabled switches

An “unknown VLAN” is a VLAN that the switch learns of by GVRP. For example, suppose that
port 1 on switch “A” is connected to port 5 on switch “C”. Because switch “A” has VLAN 22
statically configured, while switch “C” does not have this VLAN statically configured, VLAN 22
is handled as an “Unknown VLAN” on port 5 in switch “C”. Conversely, if VLAN 22 was
statically configured on switch C, but port 5 was not a member, port 5 would become a member
when advertisements for VLAN 22 were received from switch “A”. GVRP provides a per-port
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VLANs must be disabled in GVRP-unaware devices to allow tagged packets to pass through. A
GVRP-aware port receiving advertisements has these options:

• If there is no static VLAN with the advertised VID on the receiving port, then
dynamically create a VLAN with the same VID as in the advertisement, and allow that
VLAN’s traffic
• If the switch already has a static VLAN with the same VID as in the advertisement, and
the port is configured to learn for that VLAN, then the port will dynamically join the
VLAN and allow that VLAN’s traffic.
• Ignore the advertisement for that VID and drop all GVRP traffic with that VID
• Don’t participate in that VLAN

A port belonging to a tagged or untagged static VLAN has these configurable

options:
• Send VLAN advertisements, and also receive advertisements for VLANs
on other ports and dynamically join those VLANs
• Send VLAN advertisements, but ignore advertisements received from
other ports
• Avoid GVRP participation by not sending advertisements and dropping
any advertisements received from other devices

Unknown Operations
VLAN Mode
Learn Enables the port to dynamically join any VLAN for which it receives and
advertisement, and allows the port to forward the advertisement it receives
Block Prevents the port from dynamically joining a VLAN that is not statically
configured on the switch. The port will still forward advertisements that were
received by the switch on other ports. Block should typically be used on
ports in insecure networks where there is exposure to attack – such as ports
where intruders can connect to
Disable Causes the port to ignore and drop all the advertisements it receives from
any source
FIGURE 123 – Port settings for GVRP operations

The CLI command “show-vlan” shows a switch’s current GVRP configuration, including the
unknown VLANs.

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Magnum6K25# gvrp

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## show-vlan

============================================
VLAN ID | NAME | VLAN STATUS
============================================
1 | Default VLAN | Static Active
2 | Blue | Static Active
10 | dyn10 | Dynamic Active

Magnum6K25(gvrp)##
FIGURE 124 – Command to check for dynamically assigned VLANs

Note that port 10 must be enabled and configured to learn for it to be assigned to the dynamic
VLAN. To send advertisements, one or more tagged or untagged static VLANs must be
configured on one (or more) switches with GVRP enabled. MNS-6K allows a dynamic VLAN to
be converted to a static VLAN. The command to use is

Syntax static vlan=<VID> - convert a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN

Note “show vlan type=tag” will display VID in case the VID is not known.

Magnum6K25# gvrp

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## show-vlan

============================================
VLAN ID | NAME | VLAN STATUS
============================================
1 | Default VLAN | Static Active
2 | Blue | Static Active
10 | dyn10 | Dynamic Active

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## static vlan=10

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## show-vlan

============================================
VLAN ID | NAME | VLAN STATUS
============================================
1 | Default VLAN | Static Active VLAN 10 is converted to a
2 | Blue | Static Active static VLAN
10 | dyn10 | Static Active

FIGURE 125 – Converting a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN

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Per Port Per-Port Static VLAN Options

“unknown
VLAN” (GVRP) Tagged or Untagged Auto Forbid
configuration
Learn Generate advertisements. Receive Do not allow the
Forward advertisements advertisements and port to become a
for other VLANs dynamically join any member of this
Receive advertisements advertised VLAN that VLAN
and dynamically join any has the same VID as
advertised VLAN the static VLAN
Block Generate advertisements Receive Do not allow the
Forward advertisements advertisements and VLAN on this
received from other ports dynamically join any port
to other VLANs advertised VLAN that
Do not dynamically join has the same VID
any advertised VLAN
Disable Ignore GVRP and drop Ignore GVRP and Do not allow the
all GVRP advertisements drop all GVRP VLAN on this
advertisements port
FIGURE 126 – GVRP options

As the above table indicates a port that has a tagged or untagged static VLAN has the option to
both generate advertisements and dynamically join other VLANs.

The unknown VLAN parameters are configured on a per interface basis using the
CLI. The tagged, untagged, Auto, and Forbid options are configured in the
VLAN context. Since dynamic VLANs operate as tagged VLANs, and it is
possible that a tagged port on one device may not communicate with an
untagged port on another device, GarrettCom Inc. recommends that you use
Tagged VLANs for the static VLANs.

A dynamic VLAN continues to exist on a port for as long as the port continues to receive
advertisements of that VLAN from another device connected to that port or until you:
• Convert the VLAN to a static VLAN
• Reconfigure the port to Block or Disable
• Disable GVRP
• Reboot the switch

The time-to-live for dynamic VLANs is 10 seconds. That is, if a port has not received an
advertisement for an existing dynamic VLAN during the last 10 seconds, the port removes itself
from that dynamic VLAN.

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Configuring GVRP
The commands used for configuring GVRP are

Syntax show gvrp - shows whether GVRP is disabled, along with the current settings for the maximum
number of VLANs and the current Primary VLAN

Syntax gvrp <enable|disable> - enable or disable GVRP

Syntax show-vlan – list all the VLANs (including dynamic VLANs) on the switch

Syntax set-ports port=<port|list|range> state=<learn|block|disable> - set the state of the port

to learn, block or disable for GVRP. Note the default state is disable

Syntax static vlan=<VID> - convert a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN

Syntax set-forbid vlan=<tag vlanid> forbid=<port-number|list|range> - sets the forbid GVRP

capability on the ports specified

Syntax show-forbid – display the ports with GVRP forbid capabilities

Magnum6K25# gvrp

Magnum6K25(gvrp)#show gvrp

GVRP Status : Enabled

Magnum6K25(gvrp)##gvrp disable

GVRP is now disabled

Magnum6K25(gvrp)##gvrp enable

GVRP enabled

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## show-vlan

============================================
VLAN ID | NAME | VLAN STATUS
============================================
1 | Default VLAN | Static Active
2 | Blue | Static Active
10 | dyn10 | Dynamic Active

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## static vlan=10

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## show-vlan

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============================================
VLAN ID | NAME | VLAN STATUS
============================================
1 | Default VLAN | Static Active
2 | Blue | Static Active
10 | dyn10 | Static Active

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## set-forbid vlan=2 forbid=11-15

Magnum6K25(gvrp)## show-forbid

============================================
VLAN ID | FORBIDDEN PORTS
============================================
1 | None
2 | 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
FIGURE 127 – GVRP configuration example

GVRP Operations Notes

A dynamic VLAN must be converted to a static VLAN before it can have an IP address.

After converting a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN use the “save” command to save the
changes made – on a reboot the changes can be lost without the save command.

Within the same broadcast domain, a dynamic VLAN can pass through a device that is not
GVRP-aware. This is because a hub or a switch that is not GVRP-aware will flood the GVRP
(multicast) advertisement packets out all ports.

GVRP assigns dynamic VLANs as tagged VLANs. To configure the VLAN as untagged, first
convert the tagged VLAN to a static VLAN.

Rebooting a switch with a dynamic VLAN deletes that VLAN. However, the dynamic VLAN re-
appears after the reboot if GVRP is enabled and the switch again receives advertisements for that
VLAN through a port configured to add dynamic VLANs.

By receiving advertisements from other devices running GVRP, the switch learns of static
VLANs from those devices and dynamically (automatically) creates tagged VLANs on the links to
the advertising devices. Similarly, the switch advertises its static VLANs to other GVRP-aware
devices.

A GVRP-enabled switch does not advertise any GVRP-learned VLANs out of the port(s) on
which it originally learned of those VLANs.

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List of commands in this chapter

Syntax show gvrp - shows whether GVRP is disabled, along with the current settings for the maximum
number of VLANs and the current Primary VLAN

Syntax gvrp <enable|disable> - enable or disable GVRP

Syntax show-vlan – list all the VLANs (including dynamic VLANs) on the switch

Syntax set-ports port=<port|list|range> state=<learn|block|disable> - set the state of the port

to learn, block or disable for GVRP. Note the default state is disable

Syntax static vlan=<VID> - convert a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN

Syntax set-forbid vlan=<tag vlanid> forbid=<port-number|list|range> - sets the forbid GVRP

capability on the ports specified

Syntax show-forbid – display the ports with GVRP forbid capabilities

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Managing your network using SNMP

S
imple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) enables management of the network.
There are many software packages which provide a graphical interface and a graphical view
of the network and its devices. The graphical interface and view would not be possible
without SNMP. SNMP is thus the building block for network management.

SNMP concepts
j SNMP provides the protocol to extract the necessary information from a
networked device and display the information. The information is defined and
stored in a Management Information Base (MIB). MIB is the “database” of the
network management information.

SNMP has evolved over the years (since 1988) using the RFC process. Several RFC’s today define
the SNMP standards. The most common standards for SNMP are SNMP v1 (the original version
of SNMP); SNMP v2 and more recently SNMP v3.

SNMP is a poll based mechanism. SNMP manager polls the managed device for information and
display the information retrieved in text or graphical manner. Some definitions related to SNMP
are

Community string – A text string used to authenticate messages between a management station
and an SNMP v1/v2c engine

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) – A network management protocol that

provides a means to monitor and control network devices, and to manage configurations,
statistics collection, performance, and security.

Simple Network Management Protocol Version 2c (SNMPv2c) – The second version of

SNMP, it supports centralized and distributed network management strategies, and includes
improvements in the Structure of Management Information (SMI), protocol operations,
management architecture, and security

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Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) – The third version of SNMP,
the enhancements made to secure access, different levels of access and security.

SNMP engine – A copy of SNMP that can either reside on the local or remote device

SNMP group – A collection of SNMP users that belong to a common SNMP list that defines an
access policy, in which object identification numbers (OIDs) are both read-accessible and write-
accessible. Users belonging to a particular SNMP group inherit all of these attributes defined by
the group

SNMP user – A person for which an SNMP management operation is performed. The user is
the person on a remote SNMP engine who receives the information

SNMP view – A mapping between SNMP objects and the access rights available for those
objects. An object can have different access rights in each view. Access rights indicate whether the
object is accessible by either a community string or a user

Write view – A view name (not to exceed 64 characters) for each group that defines the list of
object identifiers (OIDs) that are able to be created or modified by users of the group

Authentication – The process of ensuring message integrity and protection against message
replays. It includes both data integrity and data origin authentication

Authoritative SNMP engine – One of the SNMP copies involved in network communication
designated to be the allowed SNMP engine which protects against message replay, delay, and
redirection. The security keys used for authenticating and encrypting SNMPv3 packets are
generated as a function of the authoritative SNMP engine's engine ID and user passwords. When
an SNMP message expects a response (for example, get exact, get next, set request), the receiver of
these messages is authoritative. When an SNMP message does not expect a response, the sender is
authoritative

Data integrity – A condition or state of data in which a message packet has not been altered or
destroyed in an unauthorized manner

Data origin authentication – The ability to verify the identity of a user on whose behalf the
message is supposedly sent. This ability protects users against both message capture and replay by
a different SNMP engine, and against packets received or sent to a particular user that use an
incorrect password or security level

Encryption – A method of hiding data from an unauthorized user by scrambling the contents of
an SNMP packet

Group – A set of users belonging to a particular security model. A group defines the access rights
for all the users belonging to it. Access rights define what SNMP objects can be read, written to,
or created. In addition, the group defines what notifications a user is allowed to receive

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Notification host – An SNMP entity to which notifications (traps and informs) are to be sent

Notify view – A view name (not to exceed 64 characters) for each group that defines the list of
notifications that can be sent to each user in the group

Privacy – An encrypted state of the contents of an SNMP packet where they are prevented from
being disclosed on a network. Encryption is performed with an algorithm called CBC-DES (DES-
56)

Read view – A view name (not to exceed 64 characters) for each group that defines the list of
object identifiers (OIDs) that are accessible for reading by users belonging to the group

Security level – A type of security algorithm performed on each SNMP packet. The three levels
are: noauth, auth, and priv. noauth authenticates a packet by a string match of the user name. auth
authenticates a packet by using either the HMAC MD5 algorithms. priv authenticates a packet by
using either the HMAC MD5 algorithms and encrypts the packet using the CBC-DES (DES-56)
algorithm

Security model – The security strategy used by the SNMP agent. Currently, MNS-6K supports
three security models: SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3

Traps
The traps supported by MNS-6K are as follows:

SNMP Traps: Warm Start, Cold Start, Link Up, Link Down, Authentication Failure.
RMON Traps: Rising Alarm, Falling Alarm for RMON groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 (Statistics, Events,
Alarms, and History)
Enterprise Traps: Intruder, S-Ring and LLL

Standards
There are several RFC’s defining SNMP. MNS-6K supports the following RFC’s and standards

SNMPv1 standards
• Security via configuration of SNMP communities
• Event reporting via SNMP
• Managing the switch with an SNMP network management tool Supported Standard MIBs
include:
• SNMP MIB-II (RFC 1213)
• Bridge MIB (RFC 1493) (ifGeneralGroup, ifRcvAddressGroup, ifStackGroup)

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• RMON MIB (RFC 1757)

• RMON: groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 (Statistics, Events, Alarms, and History)
• Version 1 traps (Warm Start, Cold Start, Link Up, Link Down, Authentication Failure,
Rising Alarm, Falling Alarm)
RFC 1901-1908 – SNMPv2
• RFC 1901, Introduction to Community-Based SNMPv2. SNMPv2 Working Group
• RFC 1902, Structure of Management Information for Version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv2). SNMPv2 Working Group
• RFC 1903, Textual Conventions for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMPv2). SNMPv2 Working Group
• RFC 1904, Conformance Statements for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMPv2). SNMPv2 Working Group
• RFC 1905, Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMPv2). SNMPv2 Working Group
• RFC 1906, Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMPv2)
• RFC 1907, Management Information Base for Version 2 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv2). SNMPv2 Working Group
• RFC 1908, Coexistence between Version 1 and Version 2 of the Internet-standard
Network Management Framework. SNMPv2 Working Group
RFC 2271-2275 – SNMPv3
• RFC 2104, Keyed Hashing for Message Authentication
• RFC 2271, An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
• RFC 2272, Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)
• RFC 2273, SNMPv3 Applications
• RFC 2274, User-Based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
• RFC 2275, View-Based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)

Configuring SNMP
There are several commands and variable which can be set for configuring SNMP. They are listed
below. The basic SNMP v1 parameters can be set by referring to the section on System
Parameters. Most commands here refer to SNMP v3 commands and how the variables for SNMP
v3 can be configured.

Syntax snmp – enter the SNMP Configuration mode

Syntax set snmp type=<v1|all> - define the version of SNMP to use – the option all supports all versions
(v1, v2 and v3) – v1 restricts SNMP to v1 only. By default – SNMP v1only is enabled

Syntax show active-snmp – shows the version of SNMP currently in use

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Syntax community [write=<write community>] [read=<read community>] [trap=<trap

community>] – set the necessary community strings

Syntax authtraps <enable|disable> - enables or disables authentication traps generation

Syntax traps <add|delete> type=<Snmp|Rmon|Snmp,Rmon|Enterprise|

Snmp,Enterprise |Rmon,Enterprise|All> ip=<ipaddress> - add v1 traps as well as
define the trap receiver

Syntax show snmp – displays the SNMP configuration information

Syntax mgrip <add|delete> ip=<IPaddress> - adds or deletes a management station, specified by the
IP address, which can query SNMP variables from the switch. This is done to protect the switch from
being polled by unauthorized managers. Valid for SNMP v1. Maximum of 5 stations allowed

Syntax setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string> sets the system name, contact and

location. All parameters are optional but a user must supply at least one parameter

Syntax snmpv3 – enter the SNMP V3 configuration mode – note enable SNMP V3 by using the “set
snmp” command which follows

Syntax quickcfg - quick setup for snmpv3 configuration. It automatically configures a default VACM (view-
based access control model). This allows any manager station to access the Magnum 6K switch either via
SNMP v1, v2c or v3. The community name is “public”. This command is only intended for first time
users and values can be changed by administrators who want more strict access

Syntax engineid string=<string> - Every agent has to have an engineID (name) to be able to respond to
SNMPv3 messages. The default engine ID value is “6K_v3Engine”. This command allows the user to
change the engine ID

Syntax show-authtrap - displays the current value of authentication trap status.

Syntax deftrap community=<string> - defines the default community string to be used when sending traps.
When user does not specify the trap community name when setting a trap station using the “trap”
command, the default trap community name is used

Syntax show-deftrap - displays the current value of default trap

Syntax trap <add|delete> id=<id> [type=<v1|v2|inform>] [host=<host-ip>]

[community=<string>] [port=<1-65534>] - define the trap and inform manager stations. The
station can receive v1, v2 traps and/or inform notifications. An inform notification is an acknowledgments
that a trap has been received. A user can add up to 5 stations.

Syntax show-trap [id=<id#>]- shows the configured trap stations in tabular format - id is optional and is
the number corresponding to the trap entry number in the table

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Syntax com2sec <add|delete> id=<id> [secname=<name>] [source=<source>]

[community=<community>] - a part of the View based Access control model (VACM) as defined
in RFC 2275. This specifies the mapping from a source/community pair to a security name. On MNS-
6K, up to 10 entries can be specified

Syntax group <add|delete> id=<id> [groupname=<name>]

[model=<v1|v2c|usm>] [com2secid=<com2sec-id>] - a part of the View based Access
control model (VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This command defines the mapping from sec model or
a sec name to a group. A sec model is one of v1, v2c, or usm. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can be
specified

Syntax show-group [id=<id>] - display all or specific group entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the group entry number in the table

Syntax view <add|delete> id=<id> [viewname=<name>] [type=<included|excluded>]

[subtree=<oid>] [mask=<hex-string>] - a part of the View based Access control model
(VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This command defines a manager or group or manager stations
what it can access inside the MIB object tree. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can be specified

Syntax show-view [id=<id>] - display all or specific view entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the view entry number in the table

Syntax user <add|delete> id=<id> [username=<name>]

[usertype=<readonly|readwrite>] [authpass=<pass-phrase>]
[privpass=<pass-phrase>] [level=<noauth|auth|priv>] [subtree=<oid>] for
quickly adding or deleting v3 USM based security, this command adds user entries. MNS-6K allows up
to 5 users to be added. Right now, the MNS-6K agent only support noauth and auth-md5 for v3
authentication and auth-des for priv authentication

Syntax show-user [id=<id>] - display all or specific view entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the view entry number in the table

Magnum6K25# set snmp type=v1

Magnum6K25# show active-snmp

6K SNMP Agent supports v1 only.

Magnum6K25# show snmp

SNMP CONFIGURATION INFORMATION

------------------------------
SNMP Get Community Name : public
SNMP Set Community Name : private
SNMP Trap Community Name : public
AuthenTrapsEnableFlag : disabled
SNMP Access Status : enabled

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SNMP MANAGERS INFO

------------------

SNMP TRAP STATIONS INFO

-----------------------

Magnum6K25# snmp

Magnum6K25(snmp)## community write=private read=public

SNMP Read community name successfully set

SNMP Write community name successfully set

Magnum6K25(snmp)## show snmp

SNMP CONFIGURATION INFORMATION

------------------------------
SNMP Get Community Name : public
SNMP Set Community Name : private
SNMP Trap Community Name : public
AuthenTrapsEnableFlag : enabled
SNMP Access Status : enabled

SNMP MANAGERS INFO

------------------

SNMP TRAP STATIONS INFO

-----------------------

Magnum6K25(snmp)## mgrip add ip=192.168.1.111

Use this command for SNMP v1 managers.
Manager IP Address added successfully Without this command SNMP v1 managers
will not be able to manage the switches. Not
Magnum6K25(snmp)## mgrip add ip=192.168.1.222 needed for SNMP v3. Note – maximum of
5 stations allowed.
Manager IP Address added successfully

Magnum6K25(snmp)# show snmp

SNMP CONFIGURATION INFORMATION

------------------------------
SNMP Get Community Name : public Managers added are displayed under the
SNMP Set Community Name : private SNMP information by using the “show
SNMP Trap Community Name : public snmp” command
AuthenTrapsEnableFlag : disabled
SNMP Access Status : enabled

SNMP MANAGERS INFO

------------------
IP Address = 192.168.1.111
IP Address = 192.168.1.222

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SNMP TRAP STATIONS INFO

-----------------------

Magnum6K25(snmp)## traps add type=Snmp,Rmon ip=192.168.1.2

Successfully Added.

Magnum6K25(snmp)## show snmp

SNMP CONFIGURATION INFORMATION

------------------------------
SNMP Get Community Name : public
SNMP Set Community Name : private
SNMP Trap Community Name : public Managers added are displayed under the
AuthenTrapsEnableFlag : enabled SNMP information by using the “show
SNMP Access Status : enabled snmp” command

SNMP MANAGERS INFO

------------------
IP Address = 192.168.1.111
IP Address = 192.168.1.222

SNMP TRAP STATIONS INFO

-----------------------
IP Address = 192.168.1.2 Trap Type = SNMP,RMON

Magnum6K25(snmp)# exit

Magnum6K25# show snmp

SNMP CONFIGURATION INFORMATION

------------------------------
SNMP Get Community Name : public
SNMP Set Community Name : private
SNMP Trap Community Name : public
AuthenTrapsEnableFlag : enabled
SNMP Access Status : enabled

SNMP MANAGERS INFO

------------------
IP Address = 192.168.1.111
IP Address = 192.168.1.222

SNMP TRAP STATIONS INFO

-----------------------
IP Address = 192.168.1.2 Trap Type = SNMP,Enterprise

Magnum6K25# set snmp type=all

SNMP version support is set to "v1, v2c and v3"

Magnum6K25# show active-snmp

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6K SNMP Agent supports all (v1/v2c/v3) versions.

Magnum6K25# show snmp

SNMP v3 Configuration Information

=============================
System Name : Magnum6K25
System Location : Fremont, CA
System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
Authentication Trap : Disabled
Default Trap Comm. : public
V3 Engine ID : 6K_v3Engine

Magnum6K25# snmpv3 Switch over to SNMPv3 from this point forward

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## setvar sysname=my_m6k syscontact=admin syslocation=lab

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)# quickcfg

This will enable default VACM.

Max limit of system variables is
Do you wish to proceed? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y 15 characters
Quick configuration done, default VACM enabled

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## engineid string=Magnum6K

Engine ID is set successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## authtrap enable

Authentication trap status is set successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-authtrap

Authentication Trap Status: Enabled

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## deftrap community=mysecret

Default trap community is set successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-deftrap

Default Trap Community : public

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## trap add id=1 type=v1 host=10.21.1.100

Entry is added successfully

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Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-trap

ID Trap Type Host IP Community Port

================================================================
1 v1 10.21.1.100 -- --
2 -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-trap id=1

Trap ID :1
Trap Type : v1
Host IP : 10.21.1.100
Community : --
Auth. Type : --

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## com2sec add id=1 secname=public source=default community=public

Entry is added successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## com2sec add id=2

ERROR: "secname" parameter is required for "add" directive

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## com2sec add id=2 secname=BCM

Entry is added successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-com2sec

ID Sec. Name Source Community

==================================================
1 public default public
2 BCM default public
3 -- -- --
4 -- -- --
5 -- -- --
6 -- -- --
7 -- -- --
8 -- -- --
9 -- -- --
10 -- -- --

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-com2sec id=2

Com2Sec ID :2
Security Name : BCM
Source : default
Community : public

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Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## group add id=1 groupname=v1 model=v1 com2secid=1

Entry is added successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-group

ID Group Name Sec. Model Com2Sec ID

==================================================
1 v1 v1 1
2 public v2c 1
3 public usm 1
4 -- -- --
5 -- -- --
6 -- -- --
7 -- -- --
8 -- -- --
9 -- -- --
10 -- -- --

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-group id=1

Group ID :1
Group Name : v1
Model : v1
Com2Sec ID : 1

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## view add id=1 viewname=all type=included subtree=.1

Entry is added successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-view

ID View Name Type Subtree Mask

===========================================
1 all included .1 ff
2 -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-view id=1

View ID :1
View Name : all
Type : included
Subtree : .1
Mask : ff

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Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## access add id=1 accessname=v1 model=v1 level=noauth read=1 writ

e=none notify=none

Entry is added successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-access

ID View Name Model Level R/View W/View N/View Context Prefix

==============================================================
1 v1 v1 noauth 1 none none "" exact
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-access id=1

Access ID :1
Access Name : v1
Sec. Model : v1
Sec. Level : noauth
Read View ID :1
Write View ID : none
Notify View ID : none
Context : ""
Prefix : exact

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## user add id=1 username=jsmith usertype=readwrite

authpass=something

Entry is added successfully

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-user

ID User Name UType AuthPass PrivPass AType Level Subtree

=======================================================================
1 jsmith RW something MD5 auth
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-user id=2

ERROR: Entry is not active

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Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## show-user id=1

User ID :1
User Name : jsmith
User Type : read-write
Auth. Pass something
Priv. Pass :
Auth. Type : MD5
Auth. Level : auth
Subtree :

Magnum6K25(snmpv3)## exit

Magnum6K25# show snmp

SNMPv3 Configuration Information

==================================

System Name : Magnum6K25

System Location : Fremont, CA
System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
Authentication Trap : Enabled
Default Trap Comm. : public
V3 Engine ID : 6K_v3Engine

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 128 – Configuring SNMP – most of the command here are SNMP v3 commands

Configuring RMON
The switch supports RMON (Remote Monitoring) on all connected network segments. This
allows for troubleshooting and optimizing your network. The Magnum 6K family of switches
provides hardware-based RMON counters. The switch manager or a network management
system can poll these counters periodically to collect the statistics in a format that complies with
the RMON MIB definition.

The following RMON groups are supported:

• Ethernet Statistics Group - maintains utilization and error statistics for the switch port
being monitored.
• History Group – gathers and stores periodic statistical samples from previous Statistics
Group.
• Alarm Group – allows a network administrator to define alarm thresholds for any MIB
variable.
• Log and Event Group – allows a network administrator to define actions based on alarms.
SNMP Traps are generated when RMON Alarms are triggered.

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The following RMON communities, when defined, enable the specific RMON group as show
above.

Syntax rmon – enter the RMON configuration mode to setup RMON groups and communities

Syntax history def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON history group and the
community string associated with the group

Syntax statistics def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string>- define the RMON statistics group and
the community string associated with the group

Syntax alarm def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON alarm group and the
community string associated with the group

Syntax event def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON event group and the
community string associated with the group

Syntax show rmon <stats|hist|event|alarm> - list the specific RMON data as defined by the group
type

Magnum6K25# rmon

Magnum6K25(rmon)## event def-owner=test def-comm=somestring

RMON Event Default Owner is set

RMON Event Default Community is set

Magnum6K25(rmon)## show rmon event

RMON Event Default Owner : test

RMON Event Default Community : somestring

Magnum6K25(rmon)## exit

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 129 – Configuring RMON groups

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax snmp – enter the SNMP Configuration mode

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Syntax snmpv3 – enter the SNMP V3 configuration mode – note enable SNMP V3 by using the “set
snmp” command which follows

Syntax show active-snmp – shows the version of SNMP currently in use

Syntax community [write=<write community>] [read=<read community>] [trap=<trap

community>] – set the necessary community strings

Syntax authtraps <enable|disable> - enables or disables authentication traps generation

Syntax traps <add|delete> type=<Snmp|Rmon|Snmp,Rmon|Enterprise|

Snmp,Enterprise |Rmon,Enterprise|All> ip=<ipaddress> - add v1 traps as well as
define the trap receiver

Syntax mgrip <add|delete> ip=<IPaddress> - adds or deletes a management station, specified by the
IP address, which can query SNMP variables from the switch. This is done to protect the switch from
being polled by unauthorized managers. Valid for SNMP v. Maximum of five stations allowed.

Syntax set snmp type=<v1|all> - define the version of SNMP to use – the option all supports all versions
(v1, v2 and v3) – v1 restricts SNMP to v1 only. By default – SNMP v1only is enabled

Syntax show snmp – displays the SNMP configuration information

Syntax setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string> sets the system name, contact and

location. All parameters are optional but a user must supply at least one parameter

Syntax quickcfg - quick setup for snmpv3 configuration. It automatically configures a default VACM (view-
based access control model). This allows any manager station to access the Magnum 6K switch either via
SNMP v1, v2c or v3. The community name is “public”. This command is only intended for first time
users and values can be changed by administrators who want more strict access

Syntax engineid string=<string> - Every agent has to have an engineID (name) to be able to respond to
SNMPv3 messages. The default engine ID value is “6K_v3Engine”. This command allows the user to
change the engine ID

Syntax authtrap <enable|disable> - enables or disables authentication traps generation

Syntax show-authtrap - displays the current value of authentication trap status.

Syntax deftrap community=<string> - defines the default community string to be used when sending traps.
When user does not specify the trap community name when setting a trap station using the “trap”
command, the default trap community name is used

Syntax show-deftrap - displays the current value of default trap

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Syntax trap <add|delete> id=<id> [type=<v1|v2|inform>] [host=<host-ip>]

[community=<string>] [port=<1-65534>] - define the trap and inform manager stations. The
station can receive v1, v2 traps and/or inform notifications. An inform notification is an acknowledgments
that a trap has been received. A user can add up to 5 stations.

Syntax show-trap [id=<id#>]- shows the configured trap stations in tabular format - id is optional and is
the number corresponding to the trap entry number in the table

Syntax com2sec <add|delete> id=<id> [secname=<name>] [source=<source>]

[community=<community>] - a part of the View based Access control model (VACM) as defined
in RFC 2275. This specifies the mapping from a source/community pair to a security name. On MNS-
6K, up to 10 entries can be specified

Syntax group <add|delete> id=<id> [groupname=<name>]

[model=<v1|v2c|usm>] [com2secid=<com2sec-id>] - a part of the View based Access
control model (VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This command defines the mapping from sec model or
a sec name to a group. A sec model is one of v1, v2c, or usm. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can be
specified

Syntax show-group [id=<id>] - display all or specific group entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the group entry number in the table

Syntax view <add|delete> id=<id> [viewname=<name>] [type=<included|excluded>]

[subtree=<oid>] [mask=<hex-string>] - a part of the View based Access control model
(VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This command defines a manager or group or manager stations
what it can access inside the MIB object tree. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can be specified

Syntax show-view [id=<id>] - display all or specific view entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the view entry number in the table

Syntax user <add|delete> id=<id> [username=<name>]

[usertype=<readonly|readwrite>] [authpass=<pass-phrase>]
[privpass=<pass-phrase>] [level=<noauth|auth|priv>] [subtree=<oid>] for
quickly adding or deleting v3 USM based security, this command adds user entries. MNS-6K allows up
to 5 users to be added. Right now, the MNS-6K agent only support noauth and auth-md5 for v3
authentication and auth-des for priv authentication

Syntax show-user [id=<id>] - display all or specific view entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the view entry number in the table

Syntax rmon – enter the RMON configuration mode to setup RMON groups and communities

Syntax history def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON history group and the
community string associated with the group

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Syntax statistics def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string>- define the RMON statistics group and
the community string associated with the group

Syntax alarm def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON alarm group and the
community string associated with the group

Syntax event def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON event group and the
community string associated with the group

Syntax show rmon <stats|hist|event|alarm> - list the specific RMON data as defined by the group
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19 – Miscellaneous Commands
Improving productivity and manageability

T
here are several features built into the Magnum 6K family of switches which help with
the overall productivity and manageability of the switch. These items are examined
individually in this chapter.

Alarm Relays
In a wiring closet, it would be helpful if there was a visual indication for faults on components on
the network. Normally, these would be performed by LED’s. While the Magnum 6K family of
switches has the necessary LED’s to provide the information needed, it also has a provision for
tripping or activating an external relay to electrically trigger any circuit desired. These could be an
indicator light, a flashing strobe light, an audible alarm or any other such devices.

The Magnum 6K family of switches has a software (optional) controlled relay contact that can be
use to report alarm conditions. The relay is held open (no connection) in normal circumstances
and will go to close position during alarm conditions.

Two types of alarm signals are defined in the alarm system.

• SUSTAINED
• MOMENTARY

The SUSTAINED mode is used to report a continuing error condition. The MOMENTARY
mode is used to report a single event.

The following pre-defined events are currently supported on the MNS-6K and the relay which
can be triggered by software:

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Event ID Event Description Signal Type

1 S-RING OPEN SUSTAINED

2 Cold Start MOMENTARY

3 Warm Start MOMENTARY

4 Link Up MOMENTARY

5 Link Down MOMENTARY

6 Authentication Failure MOMENTARY

7 RMON Rising Alarm 9 MOMENTARY

8 RMON Falling Alarm MOMENTARY

9 Intruder Alarm MOMENTARY

10 Link Loss Learn Triggered MOMENTARY

11 Broadcast Storm Detected MOMENTARY

12 STP/RSTP Reconfigured MOMENTARY

FIGURE 130 – Predefined conditions for the relay

The S-RING open condition generates a sustained relay contact close. The relay will stay closed
during the period which the S-RING is in OPEN condition. The relay will revert to closed
position when the S-RING goes to CLOSED position. This information is covered in more
details in Chapter 11 on S-Ring and Link-Loss-Learn.

To customize these capabilities, the MNS-6K provides additional software capabilities and
commands for configuring the behavior. They are

Syntax alarm – enter the alarm configuration mode

Syntax add event=<event-id|list|range|all> - enables alarm action in response to the specified event ID

9 The RMON settings are when the RMON thresholds are crossed and hence indicated as RMON rising or falling – indicating the

threshold has been crossed . While there is no specific command to view and change the specific RMON variables, the RMON
discussion is in Chapter 16. Best way to set RMON values will be via using the web interface or a Management system such as
Castle Rock’s SNMPc™

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Syntax period time=<1..10> - sets the duration of relay action for the momentary type signal. This may be
needed to adjust to the behavior of the circuit or relay. Default is 3 seconds. Time is in seconds

Syntax del event=<event-id|list|range|all> - disables alarm action in response to the specified event ID

Syntax alarm <enable|disable> - globally enables or disables the alarm action

Syntax show alarm - displays the current status of Alarm system

Magnum6K25# alarm

Magnum6K25(alarm)## add event=2

Alarm Event(s) Added: 2

Magnum6K25(alarm)## add event=1-5

Event 2 is Already Enabled.
Alarm Event(s) Added: 1, 3, 4, 5

Magnum6K25(alarm)## add event=6,8

Alarm Event(s) Added: 6, 8

Magnum6K25(alarm)## add event=all

Event 1 is Already Enabled.
Event 2 is Already Enabled.
Event 3 is Already Enabled.
Event 4 is Already Enabled.
Event 5 is Already Enabled.
Event 6 is Already Enabled.
Event 8 is Already Enabled.
Alarm Event(s) Added: 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

Magnum6K25(alarm)## del event=2

Alarm Event(s) Deleted: 2

Magnum6K25(alarm)## period time=5

Relay closure Time Set.

Magnum6K25(alarm)## show alarm

Alarm Events Configuration
--------------------------

Alarm Status: DISABLED

Relay Closure Time Period: 5 Seconds

EventId Description Mode

1 S-RING OPEN SUSTAINED

2 Cold Start NOT ENABLED
3 Warm Start MOMENTARY
4 Link Up MOMENTARY

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5 Link Down MOMENTARY

6 Authentication Failure MOMENTARY
7 RMON Raising Alarm MOMENTARY
8 RMON Falling Alarm MOMENTARY
9 Intruder Alarm MOMENTARY
10 Link Loss Learn Triggered MOMENTARY
11 Broadcast Storm Detected MOMENTARY
12 STP/RSTP Reconfigured MOMENTARY

Magnum6K25(alarm)## add event=2

Alarm Event(s) Added: 2

Magnum6K25(alarm)## show alarm

Alarm Events Configuration
--------------------------

Alarm Status: DISABLED

Relay Closure Time Period: 5 Seconds

EventId Description Mode

1 S-RING OPEN SUSTAINED

2 Cold Start MOMENTARY
3 Warm Start MOMENTARY
4 Link Up MOMENTARY
5 Link Down MOMENTARY
6 Authentication Failure MOMENTARY
7 RMON Raising Alarm MOMENTARY
8 RMON Falling Alarm MOMENTARY
9 Intruder Alarm MOMENTARY
10 Link Loss Learn Triggered MOMENTARY
11 Broadcast Storm Detected MOMENTARY
12 STP/RSTP Reconfigured MOMENTARY

Magnum6K25(alarm)## alarm enable

Alarm system Enabled

Magnum6K25(alarm)## show alarm

Alarm Events Configuration
--------------------------

Alarm Status: ENABLED

Relay Closure Time Period: 5 Seconds

EventId Description Mode

1 S-RING OPEN SUSTAINED

2 Cold Start MOMENTARY
3 Warm Start MOMENTARY
4 Link Up MOMENTARY
5 Link Down MOMENTARY
6 Authentication Failure MOMENTARY
7 RMON Raising Alarm MOMENTARY

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8 RMON Falling Alarm MOMENTARY

9 Intruder Alarm MOMENTARY
10 Link Loss Learn Triggered MOMENTARY
11 Broadcast Storm Detected MOMENTARY
12 STP/RSTP Reconfigured MOMENTARY

Magnum6K25(alarm)## alarm disable

Alarm system Disabled

Magnum6K25(alarm)## del event=1,3,5,7

Alarm Event(s) Deleted: 1, 3, 5, 7

Magnum6K25(alarm)## show alarm

Alarm Events Configuration
--------------------------

Alarm Status: DISABLED

Relay Closure Time Period: 5 Seconds

EventId Description Mode

1 S-RING OPEN NOT ENABLED

2 Cold Start MOMENTARY
3 Warm Start NOT ENABLED
4 Link Up MOMENTARY
5 Link Down NOT ENABLED
6 Authentication Failure MOMENTARY
7 RMON Raising Alarm NOT ENABLED
8 RMON Falling Alarm MOMENTARY
9 Intruder Alarm MOMENTARY
10 Link Loss Learn Triggered MOMENTARY
11 Broadcast Storm Detected MOMENTARY
12 STP/RSTP Reconfigured MOMENTARY

Magnum6K25(alarm)## exit

Magnum6K25#

FIGURE 131 – Setting up the external electrical relay and alerts

Email
SMTP (RFC 821) is a TCP/IP protocol used in sending email. However, since it is limited in its
ability to queue messages at the receiving end, it’s usually used with one of two other protocols,
POP3 or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) that lets the user save messages in a server
mailbox and download them as needed from the server. In other words, users typically use a
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either POP3 or IMAP for receiving messages that have been arrived from the outside world.
While SMTP (and its related protocols such as POP3, IMAP etc.) are useful transports for
sending and receiving emails, it is extremely beneficial for a network administrator to receive
emails in case of faults and alerts. The Magnum 6K family of switches can be setup to send an
email alert when a trap is generated.

If this capability is used, please ensure that SPAM filters and other filters are not
set to delete these emails.

GarrettCom Inc. recommends that a rule be setup on the mail server so that all
emails indicating SNMP faults are automatically stored in a folder or redirected
to the necessary administrators.

The SNMP alerts can be configured using MNS-6K for the following:

• Send email alert according to the configuration rules when a specific event category
happens
• Send email alert according to the configuration rules when a specific trap SNMP trap
category happens
• Provide configuration and customization commands for users to specify SMTP server to
connect to, TCP ports, user recipients and filters

The SMTP alerts provide the following capabilities:

• SMTP alerts can be enabled or disabled globally
• User can define a global default SMTP server identified by its IP address, TCP port and
retry count
• User can add up to five SMTP alert recipients. Each recipient is identified by an ID and
email address. The email address needs to be a valid address and can be an alias setup for
distribution to a larger audience
• Filters are provided for each recipient to allow only certain categories of traps and events
be sent by email
• Each recipient can have its own SMTP server and TCP port number, if this is not defined
on a certain recipient, the default SMTP server and TCP port number is used

Syntax smtp – configure the SNMP alerts to be sent via email

Syntax show smtp <config|recipients> - config – displays the current SMTP global settings and
recipients displays the currently configured recipients of email alerts

Syntax add id=<1-5> email=<email-addr> [traps=<all|none|S|R|E>]

[events=<all|none|I|A|C|F|D>] [ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<1-65535>]

id – [mandatory] the recipient ID - range from 1 to 5. MNS-6K allows a maximum of 5

recipients

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email – [mandatory] email address of the recipient

traps – [optional] this is the trap filter. If value is “all”, all traps of any type will be sent to
this recipient. If value is none, no traps are sent to this recipient. Value can also be
a combination of ‘S’ (SNMP), ‘R’ (RMON) and ‘E’ (ENTERPRISE). For example,
trap=SR means that SNMP and RMON traps will be sent via email to the recipient.
If this option is not defined, the recipient will have a default value of “all”

events – [optional] this is the event filter. Value can be “all” - all event severity types will
be sent to recipient, “none” - no event will be sent to recipient or a combination of
‘I’ (informational), ‘A’ (activity), ‘C’ (critical), ‘F’ (fatal) and ‘D’ (debug). With
“event=ACF” implies that events of severity types activity, critical and fatal will be
sent to recipients by email. If this option is not defined, a value of “all” is taken

ip – [optional] SMTP server IP address. This is the SMTP server to connect to for this
particular user. If this option is not defined, the global/default SMTP server is used

port – [optional] TCP port of the SMTP server. If this is not defined, the global default
TCP port is used

Syntax delete id=<1-5> - delete the specific id specified. The deleted id no longer receives the traps via email.
The id is added using the “add” command

Syntax sendmail server=<ip-addr> to=<email-addr> from=<email-addr>

subject=<string> body=<string> - customize (and also to send a test email to check SMTP
settings) the email sent out by specifying the email subject field, server address, to field and the body of the
text. See example fo the body of the text message later in this chapter

server – [mandatory] SMTP server IP v4 address.

to – [mandatory] the recipient email address

from – [mandatory] the sender email address.

subject – [mandatory] email subject or title

body – [mandatory] email body

Syntax server ip=<ip-addr> [port=<1-65535>] [retry=<0-3>] – configure the global SMTP server
settings

ip – [mandatory] SMTP server IP address

port – [mandatory] TCP port to be used for SMTP communications – default is 25

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retry – [optional] specifies how many times to retry if an error occurs when sending email.
Range from 0 to 3. Default is 0.

Syntax smtp <enable|disable> - enables or disables SMTP to send SNMP alerts by email

Magnum6K25# smtp

Magnum6K25(smtp)## show smtp config

SMTP Global Configuration

========================================
Status : Disabled
SMTP Server IP : 67.109.247.195 Note – there are two recipients – multiple
SMTP Server Port : 25 recipients can be added – they have to be comma
Retry Count : 3 separated and there should be no spaces between
each name.
Magnum6K25(smtp)## show smtp recipients

ID E-mail Address SMTP Server Port Traps Events

===========================================================
1 rk@gci,sys@gci.com 67.109.247.195 25 All All
2 -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(smtp)## add id=2 email=jsmith@garrettcom.com traps=S events=CF

Recipient successfully added Jsmith will only receive Critical or Fatal SNMP
traps
Magnum6K25(smtp)## show smtp recipients

ID E-mail Address SMTP Server Port Traps Events

===========================================================
1 rk@gci,sys@gci.com 67.109.247.195 25 All All
2 jsmith@gci.com 67.109.247.195 25 S CF
3 -- -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(smtp)## delete id=2

Recipient successfully deleted

Magnum6K25(smtp)## show smtp recipients

ID E-mail Address SMTP Server Port Traps Events

===========================================================
1 rk@gci,sys@gci.com 67.109.247.195 25 All All
2 -- -- -- -- --
3 -- -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- -- --

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5 -- -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(smtp)## add id=2 email=jsmith@garrettcom.com traps=S events=CF

ip=192.168.10.13 Jsmith will receive Critical and Fatal SNMP traps on a
different SMTP server than the other users. You may
Recipient successfully added want to do that if you expect a higher traffic load and
don’t want to throttle a SMTP server
Magnum6K25(smtp)## show smtp recipients

ID E-mail Address SMTP Server Port Traps Events

===========================================================
1 rk@gci,sys@gci.com 67.109.247.195 25 All All
2 jsmith@gci.com 192.168.10.13 25 S CF
3 -- -- -- -- --
4 -- -- -- -- --
5 -- -- -- -- --

Magnum6K25(smtp)## sendmail server=10.21.1.2 to=jack@garrettcom.com

from=support@garrettcom.com subject=test body=hello

Magnum6K25(smtp)## smtp enable A test email is sent to Jack to test email connectivity.
This email will not work as SMTP was disabled.
The sendmail command after SMTP is enabled will
SMTP Alert is enabled.
work.

Magnum6K25(smtp)## sendmail server=10.21.1.2 to=jack@garrettcom.com

from=support@garrettcom.com subject=test body=hello

Magnum6K25(smtp)## show smtp config

SMTP Global Configuration

========================================
Status : Enabled
SMTP Server IP : 67.109.247.195
SMTP Server Port : 25
Retry Count : 3

Magnum6K25(smtp)## smtp disable

SMTP Alert is disabled.

Magnum6K25(smtp)## show smtp config

SMTP Global Configuration

========================================
Status : Disabled
SMTP Server IP : 67.109.247.195
SMTP Server Port : 25
Retry Count : 3

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Magnum6K25(smtp)## exit

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 132 – setting SMTP to receive SNMP trap information via email

Email alerts can be forwarded to be received by other devices such as Cell phones,
pagers etc. Most interfaces to SMTP are already provided by the cell phone service
provider or the paging service provider.

Serial Connectivity
When using the serial connectivity with applications such as Hyper terminal etc. it may be
necessary to optimize the character delays so that the FIFO buffer used in the GarrettCom
Magnum 6K family of switches is not overrun. The important parameters to set for any serial
connectivity software is to set the line delay to be 500 milliseconds and the character delay to be
50 milliseconds. For example, using Hyper Terminal this can be set under File Properties and
when the Properties sheet is open, click on the ASCII Setup button and in the Line Delay entry
box enter in 500 and in the Character Delay entry box enter in 50 as shown below.

FIGURE 133 – Optimizing serial connection (shown for Hyper Terminal on Windows XP). The
highlighted fields are the ones to change as described

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Note – this is needed if you plan to cut and paste between a serial window and another file. This
allows the buffer management of the serial port on the Magnum 6K family of switches.

Miscellaneous commands
Some of the commands listed below may be useful in repeating several commands over and over
again. They are

Syntax !! – repeat the last command

Syntax !<n> - repeat the “n”th command (as indicated by a show history)

Syntax show history – show the last 25 commands executed – if less than 25 commands are executed, only
those commands executed are shown

If the user logs out or if the switch times out – the history is erased. The history
count restarts when the user logs in again

Syntax <Up-arrow> - every time the key is pressed, the last command is printed on the screen but not executed.
This allows for editing errors made in typing

Syntax <Down-arrow> - opposite of Up-arrow key

Syntax show version – displays the version of MNS-6K being used

Magnum6K25# show version

MNS-6K Ver: 3.6 Date:Oct 20 2006 Time:17:22:35 Build ID 1161390154

Magnum6K25# show setup

Version : Magnum 6K25 build 3.6 Oct 20 2006 17:22:35

MAC Address : 00:20:06:25:ed:80
IP Address : 67.109.247.197
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.224
Gateway Address : 67.109.247.193
CLI Mode : Manager
System Name : pierpaolo
System Description : 25 Port Modular Ethernet Switch
System Contact : support@garrettcom.com
System Location : HQ, Fremont, CA
System ObjectId : 1.3.6.1.4.1.553.12.6

Magnum6K25# show serial

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Baud Rate : 38400

Data :8
Parity : No Parity
Stop :1
Flow Control : None

Magnum6K25# show history

1 : show version
2 : show setup
3 : show serial
4 : show history

Magnum6K25# !1
show version
MNS-6K Ver: 3.6 Date:Oct 20 2006 Time:17:22:35 Build ID 1161390154

Magnum6K25#

FIGURE 134 – History commands

Prompt
Setting a meaningful host prompt can be useful when a network administrator is managing
multiple switches and has multiple telnet or console sessions open at the same time. To facilitate
this, MNS-6K allows administrators to define custom prompts. The command to set a prompt is

Syntax set prompt <prompt string>

The length of the prompt is limited to 60 characters

There are predefined variables which can be used to set the prompt. These are
$n : System Name
$c : System Contact
$l : System Location
$i : System IP
$m : System MAC
$v : Version
$$ : $ Character
$r : New Line
$b : Space

A few examples on how the system prompt can be setup is shown below.

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Magnum6K25# snmp
Magnum6K25(snmp)## setvar sysname=Core
System variable(s) set successfully
Magnum6K25(snmp)## exit
Magnum6K25# set prompt $n
Core# set prompt $n$b$i
Core 192.168.5.5# set prompt $n$b$i$b
Core 192.168.5.5 # snmp
Core 192.168.5.5 (snmp)## setvar sysname=Magnum6K25
System variable(s) set successfully
Core 192.168.5.5 (snmp)## exit
Core 192.168.5.5 # set prompt $b$b$i$b
192.168.5.5 # set prompt $n$b$i$b
Magnum6K25 192.168.5.5 #
Magnum6K25 192.168.5.5 #
Magnum6K25 192.168.5.5 #
Magnum6K25 192.168.5.5 # set prompt Some$bthing$i
Some thing192.168.5.5# set prompt Some$bthing$b$i
Some thing 192.168.5.5#
FIGURE 135 – Setting custom prompts

Ping
Ping command can be used from MNS-6K to test connectivity to other devices as well as
checking to see if the IP address is setup correctly. The command is

Syntax ping <ipaddress> [count=<1-999>] [timeout=<1-256>] – use the ping command to test
connectivity

Magnum6K25# ping 67.109.247.202

67.109.247.202 is alive, count 1, time = 40ms

Magnum6K25# ping 67.109.247.202 count=3

67.109.247.202 is alive, count 1, time = 20ms

67.109.247.202 is alive, count 2, time = 20ms
67.109.247.202 is alive, count 3, time = 40ms

Magnum6K25#

FIGURE 136 – Using the ping command

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Many devices do not respond to ping or block ping commands. Make sure that
the target device does respond or the network does allow the ping packets
to propagate through.

FTP modes
The file transfer protocol or ftp is supported on MNS-6K. MNS-6K supports normal ftp as well
as passive ftp. Passive FTP is used by many companies today to work with firewall policies and
other security policies set by companies. The commands for setting the type of ftp are:

Syntax set ftp mode=<normal|passive> - set the ftp mode of operation

Syntax show ftp- display the current ftp operation mode

FTP uses a set of separate ports for the data stream and command stream. This causes problems
in security conscious companies who prefer that the client initiate the file transfer as well as the
stream for the commands. To accommodate that, ftp added the capability called “passive ftp” in
which the client initiating the connection initiates both the data and command connection
request. Most companies prefer passive ftp and GarrettCom MNS-6K provides means to operate
in those environments.

System Events
The Event Log records operating events as single-line entries listed in chronological order, and
therefore can be a useful tool for isolating problems. Each Event Log entry is composed of four
fields as shown below:
S Date Time Description
-- ------ ------- --------------------
S or Severity is one of the following:
I (Information) indicates routine events
A (Activity) indicates the activity on Switch
D (Debug). reserved for Magnum MNS-6K internal diagnostic information
C (Critical) indicates that a severe Switch error has occurred
F (Fatal). indicates that a service has behaved unexpectedly
Date is the date in mm/dd/yy format (as per configured) that the entry was placed in the
log.
Time is the time in hh:mm:ss format (as per configured) that the entry was placed in the
log.
Description is a brief description of the event

The event log holds up to 1000 lines in chronological order, from the oldest to the
newest. Each line consists of one complete event message. NOTE – since the event logs
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important to erase the log periodically or use syslog capability to download the logs to a
syslog server. The event log window contains 22 log entry lines.

Magnum6K25# show log

S DATE TIME Log Description

-- -------- -------- ------------------------------------------------------------
I 03-02-2005 5:14:43 P.M SYSMGR:System Subnet Mask changed
I 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SYSMGR:successfully registered with DB Manager
I 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SYSMGR:successfully read from DB
A 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M VLAN:Vlan type set to Port VLAN
I 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SYSMGR:system was reset by user using CLI command
I 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SNTP:Date/Time set to 01-01-2001 12:00AM
I 01-01-2001 12:00:00 A.M SNTP:Client started
I 03-03-2005 4:32:48 A.M SNTP:Date and Time updated from SNTP server
I 03-03-2005 9:31:59 A.M TELNET:Telnet Session Started
I 03-03-2005 9:32:04 A.M CLI:manager console login
A 03-03-2005 9:32:11 A.M IGMP:IGMP Snooping is enabled
A 03-03-2005 9:35:40 A.M IGMP:IGMP Snooping is disabled
A 03-03-2005 9:41:46 A.M IGMP:IGMP Snooping is enabled

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 137 – Event log shown on the screen

Event logs can be exported to a ftp or a TFTP server on the network for further analysis or for
other uses. To facilitate the export of the event log, the CLI command is exportlog as shown
below

Syntax exportlog mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

[doctype=<raw|html>] – facilitates the export of the event log information as a
text file or as an HTML file

Where
mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> - is the mode of transfer
<ipaddress> - is the IP address of the ftp or TFTP server
file=<name> - is the file name – please make sure the proper file extension is used e.g
html for an html file
doctype=<raw|html> - indicates the log is saved as a text file (raw) or as an HTML file

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Magnum6K25# exportlog
Usage
exportlog mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] [doctype=<raw|html>]
Magnum6K25# exportlog mode=tftp 192.168.5.2 file=eventlog doctype=html
Do you wish to export the event logs? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
Successfully uploaded the event log file.
Magnum6K25# exportlog mode=tftp 192.168.5.2 file=eventlog.txt doctype=raw
Do you wish to export the event logs? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
Successfully uploaded the event log file.
Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 138 – Using exportlog to export the event log information

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For the alerts, the events per subsystem function are listed below. The table is sorted by the
subsystem function first and then by the severity level.

Subsystem Description Severity

BRIDGE Unable to delete MAC address from FDB D
BRIDGE Unable to insert MAC address to FDB D
BRIDGE Bridge init failed for ethx F
BRIDGE Bridge enable for ethx failed F
BRIDGE Bridge MIB init is done I
CLI Manager login at console I
CLI Operator login at console I
CLI Manager password changed I
CLI Operator password changed I
DEVICE Port x enabled A
DEVICE Port x disabled A
DEVICE Port X link down A
DEVICE Port X link up A
DEVICE Ethernet counters init failure C
DEVICE Unable to access ethernet counters C
DEVICE Failed to read saved system logs D
DEVICE Ethernet DMA init failure F
DEVICE Ethernet hardware error F
DEVICE Ethernet interrupt init failure F
DEVICE Unable to allocate ethernet memory F
DEVICE System started I
DEVICE Network Stack not yet configured I
DEVICE IP address a.b.c.d configured I
DEVICE subnetmask a.b.c.d configured I
DEVICE Default gateway a.b.c.d configured I
DEVICE Switch rebooted by user I
DEVICE No saved system logs I
DEVICE Timezone set to x I
DEVICE Country set to x (no DST) I
DEVICE Country set to x (DST valid) I
DEVICE Time set to x : y : z (HH:MM:SS) tz = a I
DEVICE Date set to x : y : z (HH:MM:YYYY) I
PRTMR Enabled by user monitor = x , sniffer = y I
PRTMR Disabled by user I
PS INTRUDER a:b:c:d:e:f @ port X , port disabled A
PS INTRUDER a:b:c:d:e:f @ port X , port disabled A
PS Port security enabled A
PS port security disabled A
PS Resetting MAC a:b:c:d:e:f at port X failed C
PS Unable to delete learnt MACs in hardware D

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Subsystem Description Severity

RMON Alarm : internal error , unable to get memory F
RMON Alarm : internal error, unable to get memory for alarm entry F

RMON History : internal error, unable to get memory for history control F
entry
RMON History : internal error, unable to get memory for history data F
entry
RMON History : internal error, unable to get memory F
RMON Event : unable to get memory for event entry F
RMON Alarm : unable to get memory for RMON logs F
RMON rising alarm trap sent to a.b.c.d by alarm entry X I
RMON falling alarm trap sent to a.b.c.d by alarm entry X I
RMON RMON init is done I
RMON history : control entry X is set to valid I
RMON history : control entry X is set to invalid I
RMON Event : entry X is set to valid I
RMON Event : entry X is set to invalid I
RMON Alarm : entry X is set to valid I
RMON Alarm : entry X is set to invalid I
SNMP Snmp.snmpEnableAuthenTraps is set to enabled A
SNMP Snmp.snmpEnableAuthenTraps is set to disabled A
SNMP System.sysName configured A
SNMP System.sysLocation configured A
SNMP System.sysContact configured A
SNMP Port X link up trap sent to a.b.c.d A
SNMP Port X Link down trap sent to a.b.c.d A
SNMP Configuring IP address in trap receivers list failed D
SNMP read community string changed I
SNMP write community string changed I
SNMP trap community string changed I
SNMP authentication failure trap sent to a.b.c.d I
SNMP Trap receiver a.b.c.d added I
SNMP Trap receiver a.b.c.d deleted I
SNMP Coldstart trap sent to a.b.c.d I
SNMP Warmstart trap sent to a.b.c.d I
SNTP client started I
SNTP client stopped….disabled by user I
SNTP client stopped….server not configured I
SNTP Request timed out I
SNTP Retrying.. I
SNTP Time synchronized through SNTP I

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Subsystem Description Severity

TCP/IP Duplicate IP a.b.c.d sent from MAC address XXXXXX C
TCP/IP Unable to allocate memory for an ICMP packet C
TCP/IP IP packet from a.b.c.d , with checksum error dropped D
TCP/IP Bad IP fragments from a.b.c.d dropped D
TCP/IP UDP checksum error in the received packet a.b.c.d D
TCP/IP TCP checksum error in the received packet a.b.c.d D
TCP/IP ICMP checksum error in the received packet D
TCP/IP Failed to initialize the interface x F
TCP/IP IP packet of version X is dropped I
VLAN Type set to port I
VLAN Type set to mac I
VLAN Type set to tag I
VLAN Type set to none I
VLAN Pvlan: port based vlan started I
VLAN Pvlan: default vlan is modified I
VLAN Tvlan: Tag based vlan started I
VLAN pvlan:vlan X enabled I
VLAN pvlan:vlan X disabled I
VLAN pvlan:vlan X deleted I
VLAN pvlan:port based VLAN started I
VLAN pvlan:port based VLAN stopped I
VLAN pvlan:default vlan is modified I
VLAN tvlan:vlan X deleted I
VLAN tvlan:vlan X enabled I
VLAN tvlan:vlan X disabled I
VLAN tvlan:tag based VLAN stopped I
VLAN tvlan:tag based VLAN started I
FIGURE 139 – Listing of severity - sorted by subsystem and severity

Please refer to the related chapters in this manual to find more information. For example, for the
VLAN subsystem, refer to the chapter on VLAN.

MAC Address Table

Syntax show address-table – displays the MAC addresses associated with ports – shows the MAC addresses
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Sometimes it is useful to see which port a specific packet will be switched to by examining the
internal MAC address table. The ‘show address-table’ command displays the internal switching
table.

Magnum6K25# show address-table

Sl# MAC Address Port

-----------------------------------------------------
1 01:00:5e:00:00:fb 0
2 00:0c:f1:b9:d1:dc 3
3 33:33:00:00:00:02 0
4 01:00:0c:cc:cc:cc 0
5 01:00:5e:00:00:16 0
6 00:07:50:ef:31:40 3
7 00:e0:81:52:85:96 3
8 01:40:96:ff:ff:ff 0
9 01:40:96:ff:ff:00 0
10 00:40:96:33:51:81 3

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 140 – Display of the internal switching decision table

Where Sl# is the sequential listing form the memory and is just a sequence of the data as it
appears in the memory. Port is the port number which the MAC address is assigned to. For
example, if the packet with MAC address 00:0c:F1:B9:D1:DC (#2 above) appears with this MAC
address in the DST field, the packet will be sent to port number 3. Also notice that there are other
MAC addresses associated with port #3, indicating that the port has a hub or a switch connected
to it.

List of commands in this chapter

Syntax alarm – enter the alarm configuration mode

Syntax add event=<event-id|list|range|all> - enables alarm action in response to the specified event ID

Syntax period time=<1..10> - sets the duration of relay action for the momentary type signal. This may be
needed to adjust to the behavior of the circuit or relay. Default is 3 seconds. Time is in seconds

Syntax del event=<event-id|list|range|all> - disables alarm action in response to the specified event ID

Syntax alarm <enable|disable> - globally enables or disables the alarm action

Syntax show alarm - displays the current status of Alarm system

Syntax smtp – configure the SNMP alerts to be sent via email

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Syntax show smtp <config|recipients> - config – displays the current SMTP global settings and
recipients displays the currently configured recipients of email alerts

Syntax add id=<1-5> email=<email-addr> [traps=<all|none|S|R|E>]

[events=<all|none|I|A|C|F|D>] [ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<1-65535>]

id – [mandatory] the recipient ID - range from 1 to 5. MNS-6K allows a maximum of 5

recipients

email – [mandatory] email address of the recipient

traps – [optional] this is the trap filter. If value is “all”, all traps of any type will be sent to
this recipient. If value is none, no traps are sent to this recipient. Value can also be
a combination of ‘S’ (SNMP), ‘R’ (RMON) and ‘E’ (ENTERPRISE). For example,
trap=SR means that SNMP and RMON traps will be sent via email to the recipient.
If this option is not defined, the recipient will have a default value of “all”

events – [optional] this is the event filter. Value can be “all” - all event severity types will
be sent to recipient, “none” - no event will be sent to recipient or a combination of
‘I’ (informational), ‘A’ (activity), ‘C’ (critical), ‘F’ (fatal) and ‘D’ (debug). With
“event=ACF” implies that events of severity types activity, critical and fatal will be
sent to recipients by email. If this option is not defined, a value of “all” is taken

ip – [optional] SMTP server IP address. This is the SMTP server to connect to for this
particular user. If this option is not defined, the global/default SMTP server is used

port – [optional] TCP port of the SMTP server. If this is not defined, the global default
TCP port is used

Syntax delete id=<1-5> - delete the specific id specified. The deleted id no longer receives the traps via email.
The id is added using the “add” command

Syntax sendmail server=<ip-addr> to=<email-addr> from=<email-addr>

subject=<string> body=<string> - customize (and also to send a test email to check SMTP
settings) the email sent out by specifying the email subject field, server address, to field and the body of the
text. See example fo the body of the text message later in this chapter

server – [mandatory] SMTP server IP v4 address.

to – [mandatory] the recipient email address

from – [mandatory] the sender email address.

subject – [mandatory] email subject or title

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body – [mandatory] email body

Syntax server ip=<ip-addr> [port=<1-65535>] [retry=<0-3>] – configure the global SMTP server
settings

ip – [mandatory] SMTP server IP address

port – [mandatory] TCP port to be used for SMTP communications – default is 25

retry – [optional] specifies how many times to retry if an error occurs when sending email.
Range from 0 to 3. Default is 0.

Syntax smtp <enable|disable> - enables or disables SMTP to send SNMP alerts by email

Syntax exportlog mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

[doctype=<raw|html>] – facilitates the export of the event log information as a text
file or as an HTML file

Syntax !! – repeat the last command

Syntax !<n> - repeat the “n”th command (as indicated by a show history)

Syntax show history – show the last 25 commands executed – if less than 25 commands are executed, only
those commands executed are shown

Syntax <Up-arrow> - every time the key is pressed, the last command is printed on the screen but not executed.
This allows for editing errors made in typing

Syntax <Down-arrow> - opposite of Up-arrow key

Syntax show version – displays the version of MNS-6K being used

Syntax set ftp mode=<normal|passive> - set the ftp mode of operation

Syntax show ftp- display the current ftp operation mode

Syntax ping <ipaddress> [count=<1-999>] [timeout=<1-256>] – use the ping command to test
connectivity

Syntax set prompt <prompt string> - set the prompt for switch. The prompt has predefined
variables. These are $n : System Name; $c : System Contact; $l : System Location; $i :
System IP; $m : System MAC; $v : Version; $$ : $ Character; $r : New Line; $b :
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APPENDIX 1 - Command listing by

Chapter
A rich environment – this Appendix provides a reference to the commands by chapter

Chapter 2 – Getting Started

Syntax ipconfig [ip=<ip-address>] [mask=<subnet-mask>] [dgw=<gateway>] – to set IP
address on the switch

Syntax save – save changes made to the configuration

Syntax reboot – restart the switch – same effect as physically turning off the power

Syntax show setup – show setup parameters

Syntax show config – show setup parameters configured

Syntax enable <user-name> - changing the privilege level

Syntax add user=<name> level=<number> - adding a user

Syntax delete user=<name> - deleting a user

Syntax passwd user=<name> - changing a password for a user

Syntax chlevel user=<name> level=<number> - changing the user privilege level

Syntax useraccess user=<name> service=<telnet|web> <enable|disable>

Syntax help <command string> - help for a specific command

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Syntax command <Enter> - options for a command

Syntax <TAB> - listing all commands available at the privilege level

Syntax <command string> <TAB> - options for a command

Syntax <first character of the command> <TAB> - listing commands starting with the character

Syntax logout – logout from the CLI session

Chapter 3 – IP Address and

System Information
Syntax set bootmode type=<dhcp|bootp|manual|auto> [bootimg=<enable|disable>]
[bootcfg=[<enable|disable>] – assign the boot mode for the switch
Where
<dhcp|bootp|manual|auto> - where
dhcp – look only for DHCP servers on the network for the IP address. Disable
bootp or other modes
bootp – look only for bootp servers on the network. Disable dhcp or other mode
manual – do not set the IP address automatically
auto - the switch will first look for a DHCP server. If a DHCP server is not found,
it will then look for a BootP server. If that server is not found, the switch will
check to see if the switch had a pre-configured IP address. If it did, the switch
would be assigned that IP address. If the switch did not have a pre-configured
IP address, it would inspect if the IP address 192.168.1.2 with a netmask of
255.255.255.0 is free. If the IP address is free, MNS-6K will assign the switch
that IP address. If the address is not free, MNS-6K will poll the network for
DHCP server then BootP server then check if the IP address 192.68.1.2 is freed
up
bootimg=<enable|disable> - valid with type=bootp only. This option allows the
switch to load the image file from the BootP server. This is useful when a new switch
is put on a network and the IT policies are set to load only a specific MNS-6Kimage
which is supported and tested by IT personnel.
bootcfg=<enable|disable> - valid with type=bootp only. This option allows the switch
to load the configuration file from the BootP server. This is useful when a new switch
is put on a network and the specific configurations are loaded from a centralized
BootP server
Syntax telnet <enable|disable> - enables or disables telnet sessions

Syntax telnet <ipaddress> [port=<port number>] – telnet from the switch

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Syntax set serial [baud=<rate>] [data=<5|6|7|8>] [parity=<none|odd|even>]

[stop=<1|1.5|2>] [flowctrl=<none|xonxoff>] – sets serial port parameters

Syntax snmp – enter the snmp configuration mode

Syntax setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string> - sets the system name, contact and

location information

Syntax set timezone GMT=[+ or -] hour=<0-14> min=<0-59> - sets the timezone

Syntax set date year=<2001-2035> month=<1-12> day=<1-31>

[format=<mmddyyyy|ddmmyyyy|yyyymmdd>] – sets the date and the format in which the
date is displayed

Syntax set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm] – sets the

time (as well as the timezone)

Syntax set timeformat format=<12|24> - sets the display time in the 12/24 hour mode

Syntax set daylight country=< country name> - sets the daylight saving time

Syntax setsntp server = <ipaddress> timeout = <1-10> retry = <1-3> - setup the SNTP server

Syntax sync [hour=<0-24>] [min=<0-59>] – setup the frequency at which the SNTP server is queried

Syntax sntp [enable|disable] – enables or disables the SNTP services

Syntax saveconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] – saves the

configuration on the network using tftp, ftp or serial protocols

Syntax loadconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] – loads the previously

saved configuration from the network using tftp, ftp or serial protocols

Syntax kill config [save=module_name] – resets the system configuration. The module_name option does not
reset the specific module parameters. The modules are system, event, port, bridge, stp, ps, mirror, sntp, vlan, gvrp
and snmp

Syntax show session – display telnet sessions active on the switch

Syntax kill session id=<session> - kill a specific telnet session

Syntax set ftp mode=<normal|passive> - set the ftp mode of operation

Syntax show ftp- display the current ftp operation mode

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Syntax ftp <get|put|list|del> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>]

[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] [user=<user>]
[pass=<password>] – upload and download information using ftp command

Where
<get|put|list|del> - different ftp operations
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This is useful
to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded. This can also
perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a new image to the
switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] [user=<user>]
[pass=<password>] – parameters associated with ftp server for proper
communications with the server

Syntax tftp <get|put> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>]

[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] – upload and download
information using tftp command

Where
<get|put> - different tftp operations – get a file from the server or put the information
on the server
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This is useful
to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded. This can also
perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a new image to the
switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>] – parameters associated
with tftp server for proper communications with the server

Syntax xmodem <get|put> [type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – upload and

download information using xmodem command and console connection

Where
<get|put> - different xmodem file transfer operations – get a file from the server or put
the information on the server
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hosts|log>] – optional type field. This is useful
to specify whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded. This can also
perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a new image to the
switch

Syntax host <add|edit|del> name=<host-name> [ip=<ipaddress>] [user=<user>]

[pass=<password>] – create a host entry for accessing host. This is equivalent to
creating a host table on many systems. Maximum of 10 such entries are allowed

Syntax show host – displays the host table entries

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Syntax climode <script|console|show> - set the interactive CLI mode on (console) or off
(script). To see the mode – use the show option

Syntax more <enable|disable|show> - enable or disable the scrolling of lines one page at a
time
Syntax configure access – sets the access parameters (e.g. disable telnet session)

Syntax show ipconfig – shows IP parameters set

Syntax show console – reviews console settings

Syntax show serial – reviews serial settings

Syntax show setup – reviews system parameters

Syntax show sysconfig – reviews settable system parameters

Syntax show time – shows the system time

Syntax show timezone – shows the system timezone

Syntax show date – shows the system date

Syntax show uptime – shows the amount of time the switch has been operational

Syntax show config [module=<module-name>] – displays the configuration

Syntax show setup – display the setup, serial number, factory code information and more

Chapter 4 – IPv6
Syntax ipconfig [ip=<ip-address>] [mask=<subnet-mask>] [dgw=<gateway>]
[add|del] – configure and IPv6 address. The add/delete option can be used to add or delete
IPv4/IPv6 addresses

Syntax show ipconfig – display the IP configuration information – including IPv6 address

Syntax ping6 <IPv6 address> - pings an IPv6 station

Syntax show ipv6 - displays the IPv6 information

Syntax ftp <IPv6 address> - ftp to an IPv6 station

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Syntax telnet <IPv6 address> - telnet to an IPv6 station

Chapter 5 – Access
Considerations

Syntax set password – set or change password

Syntax configure port-security – sets the port authorization based on MAC addresses

Syntax port-security – configure port security settings

Syntax allow mac=<address|list|range> port=<num|list|range> - specify a specific MAC

address or MAC address list

Syntax learn port=<number-list> <enable|disable> - learn MAC addresses connected to the

Magnum 6K switch

Syntax show port-security – display port security settings

Syntax action port=<num|list|range> <none|disable|drop> - action to perform in case of breach

of port security

Syntax signal port=<num|list|range> <none|log|trap|logandtrap> - port to monitor and

signal to send in case of breach of port security

Syntax ps <enable|disable> - enable or disable port security

Syntax remove mac=<all|address|list|range> port=<num|list|range> - remove a MAC

address entry

Syntax show log [fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|debug] – display logs and specific types

of logs

Syntax clear log [fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|debug] – clear logs or specific type of

logs

Syntax set logsize size=<1-1000> - set the log buffer size

Syntax access – setup access configuration parameters

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Syntax allow ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> service=<name|list> - allow specific IP

address or range of addresses as a trusted host(s)

Syntax deny ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> service=<name|list> - deny specific IP

address or range of IP addresses

Syntax remove ip=<ipaddress> mask=<netmask> - delete a specific IP address from the access or
trusted host list

Syntax removeall – remove all IP addresses of trusted hosts

Syntax show ip-access – display all trusted hosts

Syntax clear <history|log [1..5 |informational |activity |critical |fatal |debug] |terminal
|arp|portstats|addr] – clear command to clear various aspects of the MNS-6K information – most
notably “clear addr” – clears the addresses learnt or “clear log” to clear the logs (and the type of logs)

Chapter 6 – Access Using Radius

Syntax auth configuration mode to configure the 802.1x parameters

Syntax show auth <config|ports> show the 802.1x configuration or port status

Syntax authserver [ip=<ip-addr>] [udp=<num>] [secret=<string>] define the RADIUS server

– use UDP socket number if the RADIUS authentication is on port other than 1812

Syntax auth <enable|disable> enables or disables the 802.1x authenticator function on MNS-6K switch

Syntax setport port=<num|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>]

[control=<auto|forceauth|forceunauth>] [initialize=<assert|deassert>] setting the
port characteristic for an 802.1x network

Syntax backend port=<num|list|range> supptimeout=<1-240>] [servertimeout=<1-240>]

[maxreq=<1-10>] configure parameters for EAP over RADIUS

port – [mandatory] – port(s) to be configured

supptimeout – [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for the
supplicant to respond back. Default value is 30 seconds. Values can range from 1 to 240
seconds.
servertimeout – [optional] This is the timeout in seconds the authenticator waits for the
backend RADIUS server to respond back. The default value is 30 seconds. Values can
range from 1 to 240 seconds.

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maxreq – [optional] The maximum number of times the authenticator will retransmit an
EAP Request packet to the Supplicant before it times out the authentication session. Its
default value is 2. It can be set to any integer value from 1 to 10.

Syntax portaccess port=<num|list|range> [quiet=<0-65535>] [maxreauth=<0-10>]

[transmit=<1-65535>] set port access parameters for authenticating PCs or supplicants

port – [mandatory] – ports to be configured

quiet – [optional] This is the quiet period, the amount of time, in seconds, the supplicant
is held after an authentication failure before the authenticator retries the supplicant for
connection. The default value is 60 seconds. Values can range from 0 to 65535 seconds.
maxreauth – [optional] The number of re-authentication attempts that are permitted
before the port becomes unauthorized. Default value is 2. Values are integers and can
range from 0 to 10.
transmit – [optional] This is the transmit period, this is the time in seconds the
authenticator waits to transmit another request for identification from the supplicant.
Default value is 30. Values can be from 1 to 65535 seconds

Syntax reauth port=<num|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>] [period=<10-86400>]

set values on how the authenticator (Magnum 6K switch) does the re-authentication with the supplicant or
PC

port – [mandatory] – ports to be configured

status – [optional] This enables/disables re-authentication
period – [optional] this is the re-authentication period in seconds. This is the time the
authenticator waits before a re-authentication process will be done again to the supplicant.
Default value is 3600 seconds (1 hour). Values can range from 10 to 86400 seconds.

Syntax show-stats port=<num> displays 802.1x related statistics

Syntax trigger-reauth port=<num|list|range> manually initiate a re-authentication of supplicant

Chapter 7 – Access using

TACACS+
Syntax show tacplus <status|servers> - show status of TACACS or servers configured as TACACS+
servers

Syntax tacplus <enable|disable> [ order=<tac,local | local,tac>] - enable or disable TACACS

authentication, specifying the order in which the server or local database is looked up where “tac,local”
implies, first the TACAS+ server, then local logins on the device

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Syntax tacserver <add|delete> id=<num> [ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<tcp-port>]

[encrypt=<enable|disable>] [key=<string>] [mgrlevel=<level>]
[oprlevel=<level>] – adds a list of up to five TACACS+ servers where
<add|delete> – [mandatory] adds or delete a TACACS+ server.
id=<num> – [mandatory] the order in which the TACACS+ servers should be polled for
authenticaton
[ip=<ip-addr>] – [mandatory for add] the IP address of the TACACS+ server
[port=<tcp-port>] – [optional for add] TCP port number on which the server is listening
[encrypt=<enable|disable>] – [optional for add] enable or disable packet encryption
[key=<string>] – [optional for add, mandatory with encrypt] when encryption is enabled,
the secret shared key string must be supplied
[mgrlevel=<level>] and [oprlevel=<level>] – [optional] specifies the manager and
operator level as defined on the TACACS+ server for the respective level of login

Chapter 8 – Port mirroring and

setup
Syntax show port-mirror – display port mirror settings

Syntax port-mirror <enter> - configure port mirror settings

Syntax setport monitor=<monitor port number> sniffer=<sniffer port number> - set port
mirror settings

Syntax prtmr <enable|disable> - enable or disable port mirror settings

Syntax device – configure device and port specific settings

Syntax setport port=<port#|list|range> [name=<name>] [speed=<10|100>]

[duplex=<half|full>] [auto=<enable|disable>] [flow=<enable|disable>]
[bp=<enable|disable>] [status=<enable|disable>] – configure port settings

Syntax show port[=<Port number>] – display port settings

Syntax flowcontrol xonlimit=<value> xofflimit=<value> - configure flow control buffers

Syntax show flowcontrol – display flow control buffers

Syntax backpressure rxthreshold=<value> - configure backpressure buffers

Syntax show backpressure – display backpressure buffers

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Syntax broadcast-protect <enable|disable> - protect switch from broadcast storms

Syntax rate-threshold port=<port|list|range> rate=<frames/sec> - change the allowed broadcast

rate threshold

Chapter 9 - VLAN
Syntax set vlan type=<port|tag|none> defines the VLAN type

Syntax configure vlan type=port enter the VLAN configuration commands

Syntax vlan type=port enter the VLAN configuration commands

Syntax add id=<vlan Id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[forbid=<number|list|range>] [<mgt|nomgt>] - adding VLAN

Syntax edit id=<vlan id> [name=<vlan name>] port=<number|list|range>

[<mgt|nomgt>] - edit existing VLAN name

Syntax start vlan=<name|number|list|range> activate the VLAN configuration

Syntax save save the configuration (including the VLAN configuration)

Syntax show vlan type=<port|tag> [<id=vlanid>] display specific VLAN information

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> default id=<number> sets the default VLAN id.
For Magnum 6K family of switches, the default VLAN id is 1, unless changed using this command

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> filter status=<enable|disable> enables or disables

the VLAN filtering function.

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> tagging id=<number> status=<tagged|

untagged> defines whether the outgoing packets from a port will be tagged or untagged.

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> join id=<number> adds the specified port(s) to the
specified VLAN id

Syntax set-port port=<number|list|range> leave id=<number> releases a specific port from a

VLAN

Syntax show-port [port=<port|list|range>] shows all parameters related to tag vlan for the list of ports.
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Chapter 10 – Spanning Tree

Protocol (STP)
Syntax show stp <config|ports > - regardless of whether STP is enabled or disabled (default) this
command lists the switch’s full STP configuration, including general settings and port settings

Syntax stp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax stp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

Syntax priority [port=<number|list|range>] value=<0-255 | 0-65535> - specifies the port or

switch level priority. When a port(s) are specified the priority is associated with ports and their value is 0-
255. If no ports are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is specified and its value is 0-65535

Syntax cost port=<number|list|range> value=<0-65535> - cost is specific to a port and the port(s)
have to be specified

Syntax port port=<number|list|range> status=<enable|disable> - specific ports may not need to

participate in STP process. These ports typically would be end-stations. If you are not sure – let MNS-6K
software make the decisions

Syntax timers forward-delay=<4-30> hello=<1-10> age=<6-40> - change the STP Forward

Delay, Hello timer and Aging timer values

Chapter 11 – Rapid Spanning Tree

Protocol
Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - Set the switch to support RSTP or change it back to STP. Need to save
and reboot the switch after this command

Syntax rstp – enter the RSTP configuration mode

Syntax rstp <enable|disable> - enable RSTP – by default, this is disabled and has to be manually
activated

Syntax port port=<number|list|range> [status=<enable|disable>]

[migration=<enable>] [edge=<enable|disable>] [p2p=<on|off|auto>] - set the
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Example port port=<number|list|range> p2p= off - Set the “point-to-point” value to off on
all ports that are connected to shared LAN segments (i.e. connections to hubs). The default
value is auto. P2P ports would typically be end stations or computers on the network

Example port port=<number|list|range> edge=enable – enable all ports connected to

other hubs, bridges and switches as edge ports

Example port port=<number|list|range> migration=enable – set this for all ports

connected to other devices such as hubs, bridges and switches known to support IEEE 802.1d
STP services, but cannot support RSTP services

Syntax show active-stp – status whether STP or RSTP is running

Syntax show stp <config|ports> - display the RSTP or STP parameters

Syntax forceversion <stp|rstp> - set the STP or RSTP compatibility mode

Syntax show-forceversion - the current forced version

Syntax show-timers - show the values of the timers set for RSTP

Syntax priority [port=<number|list|range>] value=<0-255 | 0-65535> - specifies the port or

switch level priority. When a port(s) are specified the priority is associated with ports and their value is 0-
255. If no ports are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is specified and its value is 0-65535

Syntax cost port=<number|list|range> value=<0-65535> - cost is specific to a port and the port(s)
have to be specified

Syntax port port=<number|list|range> status=<enable|disable> - specific ports may not need to

participate in STP process. These ports typically would be end-stations. If you are not sure – let MNS-6K
software make the decisions

Syntax timers forward-delay=<4-30> hello=<1-10> age=<6-40> - change the STP Forward delay,
Hello timer and Aging timer values

Chapter 12 – RS-Ring, S-Ring and

Link-Loss-Learn
Syntax authorize <module> key=<security key> - activate the S-Ring capabilities. Don’t forget to use
the “save” command to save the key

Syntax stp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax stp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

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Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - set the spanning tree protocol to be IEEE 802.1d or 802.1w (Spanning
Tree Protocol or Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)

Syntax show active-stp – Display which version of STP is currently active

Syntax show s-ring – show the status of S-ring status and configuration

Syntax s-ring <enable|disable> - enable or disable S-ring capabilities

Syntax s-ring learn – start the learning process to discover the ring and the ports which make up the S-ring

Syntax s-ring add port=<port1,port2> - define ports which make up the S-ring ports. Note as discussed
earlier, you can create multiple s-rings on a switch

Syntax s-ring del port=<port1,port2> - remove the switch from S-ring topology by eliminating the end ports
on the switch

Syntax lll <enable|disable> - enable or disable LLL on the switch

Syntax lll add port=<port|list|range> - enable LLL on the list of specified ports

Syntax lll del port=<port|list|range> - disable LLL on the list of specified ports

Syntax show lll – display the status of LLL

Syntax rstp – STP Configuration mode

Syntax rstp <enable|disable> - Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP

Syntax set stp type=<stp|rstp> - set the spanning tree protocol to be IEEE 802.1d or 802.1w (Rapid
Spanning Tree Protocol)

Syntax show active-stp – Display which version of STP is currently active

Syntax show rs-ring – show the status of RS-ring status and configuration

Syntax rs-ring <enable| disable> - enable or disable RS-ring capabilities

Syntax rs-ring add port=<port1,port2> - define ports which make up the RS-ring ports. Note as
discussed earlier, you can create multiple RS-rings on a switch

Syntax rs-ring del port=<port1,port2> - remove the switch from RS-ring topology by eliminating the end
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Chapter 13 – Dual-Homing
Syntax dualhome – enter the dual-homing configuration sub-system

Syntax dualhome <enable|disable> – enable or disable dual-homing

Syntax dualhome add port1=<port#> port2=<port#> – dual-homing setup similar to that of

unmanaged switches such as ESD42

OR

Syntax dualhome add primary=<port#> secondary=<port#> – dual-homing setup as primary-

secondary mode

Syntax dualhome del – Delete the dual-homing setup

Syntax show dualhome – Display dual-homing status

Chapter 14 – Link Aggregation

Control Protocol (LACP)
Syntax lacp - enable the LACP configuration module within CLI

Syntax lacp <enable | disable> - enable or disable LACP

Syntax add port=<number|list|range> [priority=<0-65535>] – add the specified list of ports to

form the logical LACP trunk. Default value for priority is 32768. The lower the value assigned to
priority, the higher the priority. The port with the highest priority is the primary port (over which certain
types of traffic like IGMP is transmitted)

Syntax del port=<number|list|range> - delete specified ports from the LACP membership

Syntax edit port=<number|list|range> [priority=<priority>] - edit the membership of the ports

specified. The priority can be from 0 – 65535

Syntax show lacp – displays the status and other relevant LACP information

Chapter 15 – Quality of Service

Syntax qos – enter the QoS configuration mode

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Syntax setqos type=<port|tag|tos|none> port=<port|list|range> [priority=<high|low>]

[tos=<0-63|list|range>][tag=<0-7|list|range>] - depending on the type of QOS, the
corresponding field has to be set. For example, for QOS type tag, the tag levels have to be set, and for
QOS type ToS, the ToS levels have to be set. If the priority field is not set, it then defaults to low priority.
ToS has 64 levels and the valid values are 0-63 and a tagged packet has 8 levels and the valid values are
0-7.

Syntax set-weight weight=<0-7> - sets the port priority weight for All the ports. Once the weight is set, all
the ports will be the same weight across the switch. The valid value for weight is 0-7

Syntax show-portweight - display the weight settings on a port

Syntax show qos [type=<port|tag|tos>] [port=<port|list|range>] – displays the QoS settings

Syntax set-untag port=<port|list|range> priority=<high|low> tag=<0-7> - The 802.1p user

priority assigned to untagged received packets to be transmitted as tagged from the priority queue

Chapter 16 - IGMP
Syntax igmp – IGMP configuration mode

Syntax igmp <enable/disable> - enable or disable IGMP on the switch

Syntax show igmp – IGMP operation status

Syntax mcast <enable | disable> - enable or disable unknown multicast streams. The default is enabled

Syntax set igmp mode= <normal|l2> - set the IGMP mode. Normal is when a L3 device is in the
network and is the IGMP root. The IGMP-L2 is used when there is no L3 device in the network

Syntax show-group – shows the multicast groups

Syntax set-port port=< port|list|range> mode=<auto|forward|block> - set the port

characteristics. Block drops the unregistered multicasts. Forward forwards unregistered multicasts

Syntax show-port – display the port characteristics for IGMP

Syntax show-router – displays detected IGMP-enabled router ports

Syntax set-leave <enable|disable> - enables or disables the switch to immediately process a host sending a
leave message rather that wait for the timer to expire

Syntax set-querier <enable|disable> - enables or disables a switch as IGMP querier

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Syntax set-qi interval=<value> - The IGMP querier router periodically sends general host-query messages.
These messages are sent to ask for group membership information. This is sent to the all-system multicast
group address, 224.0.0.1. The default value is 125 seconds. The valid range can be from 60 to 127
seconds.

Syntax set-qri interval=<value> - The query response interval is the maximum amount of time that can
elapse between when the querier router sends a host-query message and when it receives a response from a
host. The Default value is 10 seconds. The Range can be from 2 to 270 seconds. Restrictions apply to the
maximum value because of an internal calculation that is dependent on the value of the Query Interval

Syntax mode=<l2|normal> - Toggle the IGMP mode from L2 to nnormal or IGMP-L2

Chapter 17 - GVRP
Syntax show gvrp - shows whether GVRP is disabled, along with the current settings for the maximum
number of VLANs and the current Primary VLAN

Syntax gvrp <enable|disable> - enable or disable GVRP

Syntax show-vlan – list all the VLANs (including dynamic VLANs) on the switch

Syntax set-ports port=<port|list|range> state=<learn|block|disable> - set the state of the port

to learn, block or disable for GVRP. Note the default state is disable

Syntax static vlan=<VID> - convert a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN

Syntax set-forbid vlan=<tag vlanid> forbid=<port-number|list|range> - sets the forbid GVRP

capability on the ports specified

Syntax show-forbid – display the ports with GVRP forbid capabilities

Chapter 18 – SNMP
Syntax snmp – enter the SNMP Configuration mode

Syntax snmpv3 – enter the SNMP V3 configuration mode – note enable SNMP V3 by using the “set
snmp” command which follows

Syntax set snmp type=<v1|all> - define the version of SNMP to use – the option all supports all versions
(v1, v2 and v3) – v1 restricts SNMP to v1 only. By default – SNMP v1only is enabled

Syntax show active-snmp – shows the version of SNMP currently in use

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Syntax community [write=<write community>] [read=<read community>] [trap=<trap

community>] – set the necessary community strings

Syntax authtraps <enable|disable> - enables or disables authentication traps generation

Syntax traps <add|delete> type=<Snmp|Rmon|Snmp,Rmon|Enterprise|

Snmp,Enterprise |Rmon,Enterprise|All> ip=<ipaddress> - add v1 traps as well as
define the trap receiver

Syntax show snmp – displays the SNMP configuration information

Syntax mgrip <add|delete> ip=<IPaddress> - adds or deletes a management station, specified by the
IP address, which can query SNMP variables from the switch. This is done to protect the switch from
being polled by unauthorized managers. Maximum of five stations allowed.

Syntax setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string> sets the system name, contact and

location. All parameters are optional but a user must supply at least one parameter

Syntax quickcfg - quick setup for snmpv3 configuration. It automatically configures a default VACM (view-
based access control model). This allows any manager station to access the Magnum 6K switch either via
SNMP v1, v2c or v3. The community name is “public”. This command is only intended for first time
users and values can be changed by administrators who want more strict access

Syntax engineid string=<string> - Every agent has to have an engineID (name) to be able to respond to
SNMPv3 messages. The default engine ID value is “6K_v3Engine”. This command allows the user to
change the engine ID

Syntax authtrap <enable|disable> - enables or disables authentication traps generation

Syntax show-authtrap - displays the current value of authentication trap status.

Syntax deftrap community=<string> - defines the default community string to be used when sending traps.
When user does not specify the trap community name when setting a trap station using the “trap”
command, the default trap community name is used

Syntax show-deftrap - displays the current value of default trap

Syntax trap <add|delete> id=<id> [type=<v1|v2|inform>] [host=<host-ip>]

[community=<string>] [port=<1-65534>] - define the trap and inform manager stations. The
station can receive v1, v2 traps and/or inform notifications. An inform notification is an acknowledgments
that a trap has been received. A user can add up to 5 stations.

Syntax show-trap [id=<id#>]- shows the configured trap stations in tabular format - id is optional and is
the number corresponding to the trap entry number in the table

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Syntax com2sec <add|delete> id=<id> [secname=<name>] [source=<source>]

[community=<community>] - a part of the View based Access control model (VACM) as defined
in RFC 2275. This specifies the mapping from a source/community pair to a security name. On MNS-
6K, up to 10 entries can be specified

Syntax group <add|delete> id=<id> [groupname=<name>]

[model=<v1|v2c|usm>] [com2secid=<com2sec-id>] - a part of the View based Access
control model (VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This command defines the mapping from sec model or
a sec name to a group. A sec model is one of v1, v2c, or usm. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can be
specified

Syntax show-group [id=<id>] - display all or specific group entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the group entry number in the table

Syntax view <add|delete> id=<id> [viewname=<name>] [type=<included|excluded>]

[subtree=<oid>] [mask=<hex-string>] - a part of the View based Access control model
(VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This command defines a manager or group or manager stations
what it can access inside the MIB object tree. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can be specified

Syntax show-view [id=<id>] - display all or specific view entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the view entry number in the table

Syntax user <add|delete> id=<id> [username=<name>]

[usertype=<readonly|readwrite>] [authpass=<pass-phrase>]
[privpass=<pass-phrase>] [level=<noauth|auth|priv>] [subtree=<oid>] for
quickly adding or deleting v3 USM based security, this command adds user entries. MNS-6K allows up
to 5 users to be added. Right now, the MNS-6K agent only support noauth and auth-md5 for v3
authentication and auth-des for priv authentication

Syntax show-user [id=<id>] - display all or specific view entries - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the view entry number in the table

Syntax rmon – enter the RMON configuration mode to setup RMON groups and communities

Syntax history def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON history group and the
community string associated with the group

Syntax statistics def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string>- define the RMON statistics group and
the community string associated with the group

Syntax alarm def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON alarm group and the
community string associated with the group

Syntax event def-owner=<string> def-comm=<string> - define the RMON event group and the
community string associated with the group

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Syntax show rmon <stats|hist|event|alarm> - list the specific RMON data as defined by the group
type

Chapter 19 – Miscellaneous
Commands
Syntax alarm – enter the alarm configuration mode

Syntax add event=<event-id|list|range|all> - enables alarm action in response to the specified event ID

Syntax period time=<1..10> - sets the duration of relay action for the momentary type signal. This may be
needed to adjust to the behavior of the circuit or relay. Default is 3 seconds. Time is in seconds

Syntax del event=<event-id|list|range|all> - disables alarm action in response to the specified event ID

Syntax alarm <enable|disable> - globally enables or disables the alarm action

Syntax show alarm - displays the current status of Alarm system

Syntax smtp – configure the SNMP alerts to be sent via email

Syntax show smtp <config|recipients> - config – displays the current SMTP global settings and
recipients displays the currently configured recipients of email alerts

Syntax add id=<1-5> email=<email-addr> [traps=<all|none|S|R|E>]

[events=<all|none|I|A|C|F|D>] [ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<1-65535>]

id – [mandatory] the recipient ID - range from 1 to 5. MNS-6K allows a maximum of 5

recipients

email – [mandatory] email address of the recipient

traps – [optional] this is the trap filter. If value is “all”, all traps of any type will be sent to
this recipient. If value is none, no traps are sent to this recipient. Value can also be
a combination of ‘S’ (SNMP), ‘R’ (RMON) and ‘E’ (ENTERPRISE). For example,
trap=SR means that SNMP and RMON traps will be sent via email to the recipient.
If this option is not defined, the recipient will have a default value of “all”

events – [optional] this is the event filter. Value can be “all” - all event severity types will
be sent to recipient, “none” - no event will be sent to recipient or a combination of
‘I’ (informational), ‘A’ (activity), ‘C’ (critical), ‘F’ (fatal) and ‘D’ (debug). With

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“event=ACF” implies that events of severity types activity, critical and fatal will be
sent to recipients by email. If this option is not defined, a value of “all” is taken

ip – [optional] SMTP server IP address. This is the SMTP server to connect to for this
particular user. If this option is not defined, the global/default SMTP server is used

port – [optional] TCP port of the SMTP server. If this is not defined, the global default
TCP port is used

Syntax delete id=<1-5> - delete the specific id specified. The deleted id no longer receives the traps via email.
The id is added using the “add” command

Syntax sendmail server=<ip-addr> to=<email-addr> from=<email-addr>

subject=<string> body=<string> - customize (and also to send a test email to check SMTP
settings) the email sent out by specifying the email subject field, server address, to field and the body of the
text. See example fo the body of the text message later in this chapter

server – [mandatory] SMTP server IP v4 address.

to – [mandatory] the recipient email address

from – [mandatory] the sender email address.

subject – [mandatory] email subject or title

body – [mandatory] email body

Syntax server ip=<ip-addr> [port=<1-65535>] [retry=<0-3>] – configure the global SMTP server
settings

ip – [mandatory] SMTP server IP address

port – [mandatory] TCP port to be used for SMTP communications – default is 25

retry – [optional] specifies how many times to retry if an error occurs when sending email.
Range from 0 to 3. Default is 0.

Syntax smtp <enable|disable> - enables or disables SMTP to send SNMP alerts by email

Syntax exportlog mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

[doctype=<raw|html>] – facilitates the export of the event log information as a text
file or as an HTML file

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Syntax !<n> - repeat the “n”th command (as indicated by a show history)

Syntax show history – show the last 25 commands executed – if less than 25 commands are executed, only
those commands executed are shown

Syntax <Up-arrow> - every time the key is pressed, the last command is printed on the screen but not executed.
This allows for editing errors made in typing

Syntax <Down-arrow> - opposite of Up-arrow key

Syntax set ftp mode=<normal|passive> - set the ftp mode of operation

Syntax show ftp- display the current ftp operation mode

Syntax show version – displays the version of MNS-6K being used

Syntax ping <ipaddress> [count=<1-999>] [timeout=<1-256>] – use the ping command to test
connectivity

Syntax set prompt <prompt string> - set the prompt for switch. The prompt has predefined
variables. These are $n : System Name; $c : System Contact; $l : System Location; $i :
System IP; $m : System MAC; $v : Version; $$ : $ Character; $r : New Line; $b :
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APPENDIX 2 - Commands sorted

alphabetically
Command Description
!! repeat the last command
!<n> repeat the “n”th command (as indicated by a
show history)
<command string> <TAB> options for a command
<Down-arrow> opposite of Up-arrow key
<first character of the command> listing commands starting with the character
<TAB>
<TAB> listing all commands available at the privilege
level
<Up-arrow> every time the key is pressed, the last command
is printed on the screen but not executed. This
allows for editing errors made in typing
access setup access configuration parameters
action port=<num|list|range> action to perform in case of breach of port
<none|disable|drop> security
add event=<event-id|list|range|all> enables alarm action in response to the specified
event ID
add id=<1-5> email=<email-addr> setup email id for receiving SNMP trap
[traps=<all|none|S|R|E>] information by email
[events=<all|none|I|A|C|F|D>]
[ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<1-65535>]
add id=<vlan Id> [name=<vlan name>] adding VLAN
port=<number|list|range>
[forbid=<number|list|range>]
[<mgt|nomgt>]
add user=<name> level=<number> adding a user

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Command Description
add port=<number|list|range> add the specified list of ports to form the logical
[priority=<0-65535>] LACP trunk. Default value for priority is
32768. The lower the value assigned to priority,
the higher the priority. The port with the highest
priority is the primary port (over which certain
types of traffic like IGMP is transmitted).
Requires the lacp command (module).

alarm enter the alarm configuration mode

alarm <enable|disable> globally enables or disables the alarm action
alarm def-owner=<string> def- define the RMON alarm group and the
comm=<string> community string associated with the group
allow ip=<ipaddress> allow specific IP address or range of addresses as
mask=<netmask> service=<name|list> a trusted host(s)
allow mac=<address|list|range> specify a specific MAC address or MAC
port=<num|list|range> address list
auth configuration mode to configure the 802.1x
parameters
auth <enable|disable> enables or disables the 802.1x authenticator
function on MNS-6K switch
authorize <module> key=<security activate the S-Ring capabilities. Don’t forget to
key> use the “save” command to save the key
authserver [ip=<ip-addr>] define the RADIUS server
[udp=<num>] [secret=<string>]
authtraps <enable|disable> enables or disables authentication traps
generation
backend port=<num|list|range> configure parameters for EAP over RADIUS
supptimeout=<1-240>]
[servertimeout=<1-240>] [maxreq=<1-
10>]
backpressure rxthreshold=<value> configure backpressure buffers
broadcast-protect <enable|disable> protect switch from broadcast storms
chlevel user=<name> level=<number> changing the user privilege level

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Command Description
clear <history|log [1..5 |informational clear command to clear various aspects of the
|activity |critical |fatal |debug] MNS-6K information – most notably “clear
|terminal |arp|portstats|addr] addr” – clears the addresses learnt or “clear log”
to clear the logs (and the type of logs)
clear log clear logs or specific type of logs
[fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|d
ebug]
climode <script|console|show> set the interactive CLI mode on (console) or off
(script). To see the mode – use the show option

com2sec <add|delete> id=<id> a part of the View based Access control model
[secname=<name>] [source=<source>] (VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This
[community=<community>] specifies the mapping from a source/community
pair to a security name. On MNS-6K, up to 10
entries can be specified
command <Enter> options for a command
community [write=<write community>] set the necessary community strings
[read=<read community>] [trap=<trap
community>]
configure access sets the access parameters e.g. disable telnet
session
cost port=<number|list|range> cost is specific to a port and the port(s) have to
value=<0-65535> be specified
configure port-security sets the port authorization based on MAC
addresses
configure vlan type=port enter the VLAN configuration commands
cost port=<number|list|range> cost is specific to a port and the port(s) have to
value=<0-65535> be specified
deftrap community=<string> defines the default community string to be used
when sending traps. When user does not specify
the trap community name when setting a trap
station using the “trap” command, the default
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Command Description
del event=<event-id|list|range|all> disables alarm action in response to the specified
event ID
del port=<number|list|range> delete specified ports from the LACP
membership. Requires the lacp module.
delete id=<1-5> delete the specific id specified. The deleted id no
longer receives the traps via email. The id is
added using the “add” command
delete user=<name> deleting a user
deny ip=<ipaddress> deny specific IP address or range of IP addresses
mask=<netmask> service=<name|list>
device configure device and port specific settings
dualhome enter the dual-homing configuration sub-system
dualhome <enable|disable> enable or disable dual-homing
dualhome add port1=<port#> dual-homing setup similar to that of unmanaged
port2=<port#> switches such as ESD42
OR
dualhome add primary=<port#> dual-homing setup as primary-secondary mode
secondary=<port#>
dualhome del Delete the dual-homing setup
edit id=<vlan id> [name=<vlan name>] edit existing VLAN name
port=<number|list|range>
[<mgt|nomgt>]
edit port=<number|list|range> edit the membership of the ports specified for
[priority=<priority>] LACP ports. The priority can be from 0 –
6553. Requires LACP module.

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Command Description
enable <user-name> changing the privilege level
engineid string=<string> Every agent has to have an engineID (name)
to be able to respond to SNMPv3 messages. The
default engine ID value is “6K_v3Engine”. This
command allows the user to change the engine ID
event def-owner=<string> def- define the RMON event group and the
comm=<string> community string associated with the group
exportlog mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> facilitates the export of the event log information
[<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] as a text file or as an HTML file
[doctype=<raw|html>]

flowcontrol xonlimit=<value> configure flow control buffers

xofflimit=<value>
forceversion <stp|rstp> set the STP or RSTP compatibility mode
ftp <get|put|list|del> upload and download information using ftp
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|host command. The IP address can be a IPv4 address
s|log>] [host=<hostname>] or an IPv6 address
[ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>]
[user=<user>] [pass=<password>] –

where
<get|put|list|del> - different ftp
operations
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|hos
ts|log>] – optional type field. This is
useful to specify whether a log file or host
file is uploaded or downloaded. This can
also perform the task of exporting a
configuration file or uploading a new
image to the switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>]
[file=<filename>] [user=<user>]
[pass=<password>] – parameters
associated with ftp server for proper
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Command Description
group <add|delete> id=<id> a part of the View based Access control model
[groupname=<name>] (VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This
[model=<v1|v2c|usm>] command defines the mapping from sec model or
[com2secid=<com2sec-id>] a sec name to a group. A sec model is one of v1,
v2c, or usm. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can
be specified
gvrp <enable|disable> enable or disable GVRP
host <add|edit|del> name=<host-name> create a host entry for accessing host.
[ip=<ipaddress>] [user=<user>] This is equivalent to creating a host
[pass=<password>] table on many systems. Maximum of 10
such entries are allowed
help <command string> help for a specific command
history def-owner=<string> def- define the RMON history group and the
comm=<string> community string associated with the group
igmp IGMP configuration mode
igmp <enable/disable> enable or disable IGMP on the switch
ipconfig [ip=<ip-address>] to set IP address on the switch
[mask=<subnet-mask>]
[dgw=<gateway>]
kill config [save=system] resets the system configuration. The
module_name option does not reset the specific
module parameters. The modules are system,
event, port, bridge, stp, ps, mirror, sntp, vlan,
gvrp and snmp
kill session id=<session> terminate a telnet session. See also “show session”

lacp enable the LACP configuration module within

CLI
lacp <enable | disable> enable or disable LACP
learn port=<number-list> learn MAC addresses connected to the
<enable|disable> Magnum 6K switch

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Command Description
lll <enable|disable> enable or disable LLL on the switch
lll add port=<port|list|range> enable LLL on the list of specified ports
lll del port=<port|list|range> disable LLL on the list of specified ports
loadconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> loading the previously saved configuration from
[<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] the network using tftp, ftp or serial protocols
logout logout from the CLI session
mcast <enable | disable> enable or disable unknown multicast streams.
The default is enabled
mgrip <add|delete> ip=<IPaddress> adds or deletes a management station, specified by
the IP address, which can query SNMP
variables from the switch. This is done to protect
the switch from being polled by unauthorized
managers. Applicable for SNM v1 only.
Maximum of five stations allowed.
mode <l2|normal> Set the IGMP mode to be IGMP-L2 mode or
normal IGMP mode
more <enable|disable|show> enable or disable the scrolling of lines
one page at a time
passwd user=<name> changing a password for a user
period time=<1..10> sets the duration of relay action for the
momentary type signal. This may be needed to
adjust to the behavior of the circuit or relay.
Default is 3 seconds. Time is in seconds
ping <ipaddress> [count=<1-999>] use the ping command to test connectivity
[timeout=<1-256>]
ping6 <ipv6-address> ping an IPv6 station
port port=<number|list|range> set the port type for RSTP
[status=<enable|disable>]
[migration=<enable>]
[edge=<enable|disable>]
[p2p=<on|off|auto>]

port port=<number|list|range> specific ports may not need to participate in

status=<enable|disable> STP process. These ports typically would be end-
stations. If you are not sure - let MNS-6K
software make the decisions
portaccess port=<num|list|range> set port access parameters for authenticating
[quiet=<0-65535>] [maxreauth=<0-10>] PCs or supplicants
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Command Description
port-mirror <enter> configure port mirror settings
port-security configure port security settings
priority [port=<number|list|range>] specifies the port or switch level priority. When
value=<0-255 | 0-65535> a port(s) are specified the priority is associated
with ports and their value is 0-255. If no ports
are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is
specified and its value is 0-65535
priority [port=<number|list|range>] specifies the port or switch level priority. When
value=<0-255 | 0-65535> a port(s) are specified the priority is associated
with ports and their value is 0-255. If no ports
are specified, then the switch (bridge) priority is
specified and its value is 0-65535
prtmr <enable|disable> enable or disable port mirror settings
ps <enable|disable> enable or disable port security
qos enter the QoS configuration mode
quickcfg quick setup for snmpv3 configuration. It
automatically configures a default VACM (view-
based access control model). This allows any
manager station to access the Magnum 6K switch
either via SNMP v1, v2c or v3. The community
name is “public”. This command is only intended
for first time users and values can be changed by
administrators who want more strict access
rate-threshold port=<port|list|range> change the allowed broadcast rate threshold
rate=<frames/sec>
reauth port=<num|list|range> set values on how the authenticator (Magnum
[status=<enable|disable>] [period=<10- 6K switch) does the re-authentication with the
86400>] supplicant or PC
reboot restart the switch same effect as physically
turning off the power
remove ip=<ipaddress> delete a specific IP address from the access or
mask=<netmask> trusted host list
remove mac=<all|address|list|range> remove a MAC address entry
port=<num|list|range>
removeall remove all IP addresses of trusted hosts

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Command Description
rmon enter the RMON configuration mode to setup
RMON groups and communities
rs-ring <enable| disable> enable or disable RS-Ring capabilities
rs-ring add port=<port1,port2> define ports which make up the RS-Ring ports.
Note as discussed earlier, you can create multiple
RS-rings on a switch
rs-ring del port=<port1,port2> remove the switch from RS-Ring topology by
eliminating the end ports on the switch
rstp enter the RSTP configuration mode
rstp <enable|disable> enable RSTP – by default, this is disabled and
has to be manually activated
save save changes made to the configuration
saveconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> saving the configuration on the network using
[<ipaddress>] [file=<name>] tftp, ftp or serial protocols
sendmail server=<ip-addr> to=<email- customize (and also to send a test email to check
addr> from=<email-addr> SMTP settings) the email sent out by specifying
subject=<string> body=<string> the email subject field, server address, to field and
the body of the text. See example fo the body of
the text message later in this chapter

server ip=<ip-addr> [port=<1-65535>] configure the global SMTP server settings

[retry=<0-3>]
set bootmode assign the boot mode for the switch
type=<dhcp|bootp|manual|auto>
[bootimg=<enable|disable>]
[bootcfg=[<enable|disable>]
set date year=<2001-2035> month=<1- sets the date and the format in which the date is
12> day=<1-31> displayed
[format=<mmddyyyy|ddmmyyyy|yyyy
mmdd>]
set daylight country=< country name> set the daylight saving time

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Command Description
set ftp mode=<normal|passive> set the ftp mode of operation
set igmp mode= <normal|l2> set the IGMP mode. Normal is when a L3
device is in the network and is the IGMP root.
The IGMP-L2 is used when there is no L3
device in the network
set logsize size=<1-1000> set the log buffer size
set password set or change password
set prompt <prompt string> set the prompt for switch. The prompt
has predefined variables. These are $n :
System Name; $c : System Contact; $l :
System Location; $i : System IP; $m :
System MAC; $v : Version; $$ : $
Character; $r : New Line; $b : Space
set serial [baud=<rate>] set serial port parameters
[data=<5|6|7|8>]
[parity=<none|odd|even>]
[stop=<1|1.5|2>]
[flowctrl=<none|xonxoff>]
set snmp type=<v1|all> define the version of SNMP to use – the option
all supports all versions (v1, v2 and v3) – v1
restricts SNMP to v1 only. By default – SNMP
v1only is enabled
set stp type=<stp|rstp> Set the switch to support RSTP or change it
back to STP. Need to save and reboot the switch
after this command
set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sets the time (as well as the timezone)
sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]
set timeformat format=<12|24> set the display time in the 12/24 hour mode
set timezone GMT=[+ or -] hour=<0- sets the timezone
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Command Description
set vlan type=<port|tag|none> defines the VLAN type
set-forbid vlan=<tag vlanid> sets the forbid GVRP capability on the ports
forbid=<port-number|list|range> specified
set-leave <enable|disable> enables or disables the switch to immediately
process a host sending a leave message rather that
wait for the timer to expire
setport monitor=<monitor port number> set port mirror settings
sniffer=<sniffer port number>
set-port port=< port|list|range> set the port characteristics for IGMP. Block
mode=<auto|forward|block> drops the unregistered multicasts. Forward
forwards unregistered multicasts
set-port port=<number|list|range> sets the default VLAN id. For Magnum 6K
default id=<number> family of switches, the default VLAN id is 1,
unless changed using this command
set-port port=<number|list|range> enables or disables the VLAN filtering function.
filter status=<enable|disable>
set-port port=<number|list|range> join adds the specified port(s) to the specified VLAN
id=<number> id
set-port port=<number|list|range> releases a specific port from a VLAN
leave id=<number>
set-port port=<number|list|range> defines whether the outgoing packets from a port
tagging id=<number> status=<tagged| will be tagged or untagged.
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Command Description
setport port=<num|list|range> setting the port characteristic for an 802.1x
[status=<enable|disable>] network
[control=<auto|forceauth|forceunauth>
] [initialize=<assert|deassert>]
setport port=<port#|list|range> configure port settings
[name=<name>] [speed=<10|100>]
[duplex=<half|full>]
[auto=<enable|disable>]
[flow=<enable|disable>]
[bp=<enable|disable>]
[status=<enable|disable>]

set-ports port=<port|list|range> set the state of the port to learn, block or disable
state=<learn|block|disable> for GVRP. Note the default state is disable
set prompt <prompt string> Set the prompt string

The length of the prompt is limited to 60

characters. The predefined variables are
$n : System Name
$c : System Contact
$l : System Location
$i : System IP
$m : System MAC
$v : Version
$$ : $ Character
$r : New Line
$b : Space

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Command Description
set-qi interval=<value> The IGMP querier router periodically sends
general host-query messages. These messages are
sent to ask for group membership information.
This is sent to the all-system multicast group
address, 224.0.0.1. The default value is
125 seconds. The valid range can be from 60 to
127 seconds.
set qos type=<port|tag|tos|none> depending on the type of QOS, the
port=<port|list|range> corresponding field has to be set. For example, for
[priority=<high|low>] [tos=<0- QOS type tag, the tag levels have to be set, and
63|list|range>][tag=<0-7|list|range>] for QOS type ToS, the ToS levels have to be set.
If the priority field is not set, it then defaults to
low priority. ToS has 64 levels and the valid
values are 0-63 and a tagged packet has 8 levels
and the valid values are 0-7.
set-qri interval=<value> The query response interval is the maximum
amount of time that can elapse between when the
querier router sends a host-query message and
when it receives a response from a host. The
Default value is 10 seconds. The Range can be
from 2 to 270 seconds. Restrictions apply to the
maximum value because of an internal
calculation that is dependent on the value of the
Query Interval.
set-querier <enable|disable> enables or disables a switch as IGMP querier
setsntp server = <ipaddress> timeout = setup the SNTP server
<1-10> retry = <1-3>

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Command Description
set-untag port=<port|list|range> The 802.1p user priority assigned to untagged
priority=<high|low> tag=<0-7> received packets to be transmitted as tagged from
the priority queue
setvar set the system name, contact and location
[sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<stri information
ng>
setvar sets the system name, contact and location. All
[sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<stri parameters are optional but a user must supply
ng> at least one parameter
set-weight weight=<0-7> sets the port priority weight for All the ports.
Once the weight is set, all the ports will be the
same weight across the switch. The valid value
for weight is 0-7
show address-table displays which mac address is associated with
which port for packet switching
show active-stp status whether STP or RSTP is running
Show active-snmp display the version of SNMP currently in use
show alarm displays the current status of Alarm system
show auth <config|ports> show the 802.1x configuration or port status
show backpressure display backpressure buffers
show config show setup parameters configured
show console displays the console settings
show date displays the date
show dualhome Display dual-homing status
show flowcontrol display flow control buffers
show ftp display the current ftp operation mode
show gvrp shows whether GVRP is disabled, along with
the current settings for the maximum number of
VLANs and the current Primary VLAN
show history show the last 25 commands executed – if less
than 25 commands are executed, only those
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Command Description
show host display the hosts table entries
show igmp IGMP operation status
show ip-access display all trusted hosts
show ipconfig shows the IP parameters set in the switch
show lacp displays the status and other relevant LACP
information
show lll display the status of LLL
show log display logs and specific types of logs
[fatal|alert|crit|error|warn|note|info|d
ebug]
show port[=<Port number>] display port settings
show port-mirror display port mirror settings
show port-security display port security settings
show qos [type=<port|tag|tos>] displays the QoS settings
[port=<port|list|range>]
show rmon <stats|hist|event|alarm> list the specific RMON data as defined by the
group type
show rs-ring show the status of RS-Ring
show serial displays the serial port settings
show session Display the current telnet sessions. See also “kill
session”
show setup displays the system parameters setup on the
system
show setup show setup parameters
show smtp <config|recipients> config – displays the current SMTP global
settings and recipients displays the currently
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Command Description
show snmp displays the SNMP configuration information
show s-ring show the status of S-Ring
show stp <config|ports > regardless of whether STP is enabled or disabled
(default) this command lists the switch’s full STP
configuration, including general settings and port
settings
show stp <config|ports> display the RSTP or STP parameters
show sysconfig displays the settable system parameters
show tacplus <status|servers> show status of TACACS or servers configured
as TACACS+ servers
show time displays the system time
show timezone displays the timezone information
show uptime displays the amount the time elapsed since the
last reboot or power failure
show version displays the version of MNS-6K being used
show vlan type=<port|tag> display specific VLAN information
[<id=vlanid>]
show-authtrap displays the current value of authentication trap
status
show-deftrap displays the current value of default trap
show-forbid display the ports with GVRP forbid capabilities
show-forceversion the current forced version
show-group shows the multicast groups
show-group [id=<id>] display all or specific group entries - id is
optional and is the number corresponding to the
group entry number in the table
show-port display the port characteristics for IGMP
show-port [port=<port|list|range>] shows all parameters related to tag vlan for the
list of ports. If the port parameter is omitted, it
will display all ports
show-portweight display the weight settings on a port

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Command Description
show-router displays detected IGMP-enabled router ports
show-stats port=<num> displays 802.1x related statistics
show-timers show the values of the timers set for RSTP
show-trap [id=<id#>] shows the configured trap stations in tabular
format - id is optional and is the number
corresponding to the trap entry number in the
table
show-user [id=<id>] display all or specific view entries - id is optional
and is the number corresponding to the view entry
number in the table
show-view [id=<id>] display all or specific view entries - id is optional
and is the number corresponding to the view entry
number in the table
show-vlan list all the VLANs (including dynamic
VLANs) on the switch
signal port=<num|list|range> port to monitor and signal to send in case of
<none|log|trap|logandtrap> breach of port security
smtp configure the SNMP alerts to be sent via email
smtp <enable|disable> enables or disables SMTP to send SNMP
alerts by email
snmp enter the SNMP Configuration mode
snmpv3 enter the SNMP V3 configuration mode – note
enable SNMP V3 by using the “set snmp”
command which follows
sntp [enable|disable] enable or disable the SNTP services
s-ring <enable/disable> enable or disable S-ring capabilities
s-ring add port=<port1,port2> define ports which make up the s-ring ports.
Note as discussed earlier, you can create multiple
s-rings on a switch
s-ring del port=<port1,port2> remove the switch from S-ring topology by
eliminating the end ports on the switch
s-ring learn start the learning process to discover the ring and
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Command Description
start vlan=<name|number|list|range> activate the VLAN configuration
static vlan=<VID> convert a dynamic VLAN to a static VLAN
statistics def-owner=<string> def- define the RMON statistics group and the
comm=<string> community string associated with the group
stp STP Configuration mode
stp <enable|disable> Start (Enable) or stop (Disable) STP
sync [hour=<0-24>] [min=<0-59>] setup the frequency at which the SNTP server is
queried
tacplus <enable|disable> [ enable or disable TACACS authentication,
order=<tac,local | local,tac>] specifying the order in which the server or local
database is looked up where “tac,local” implies,
first the TACAS+ server, then local logins on
the device
tacserver <add|delete> id=<num> adds a list of up to five TACACS+ servers
[ip=<ip-addr>] [port=<tcp- where
port>] <add|delete> – [mandatory] adds or
[encrypt=<enable|disable>] delete a TACACS+ server.
[key=<string>] id=<num> – [mandatory] the order in
[mgrlevel=<level>] which the TACACS+ servers should be
[oprlevel=<level>] polled for authenticaton
[ip=<ip-addr>] – [mandatory for add]
the IP address of the TACACS+ server
[port=<tcp-port>] – [optional for add]
TCP port number on which the server is
listening
[encrypt=<enable|disable>] –
[optional for add] enable or disable packet
encryption
[key=<string>] – [optional for add,
mandatory with encrypt] when encryption
is enabled, the secret shared key string
must be supplied
[mgrlevel=<level>] and
[oprlevel=<level>] – [optional] specifies
the manager and operator level as defined
on the TACACS+ server for the
respective level of login
telnet <enable|disable> enable or disable telnet sessions
telnet <ipaddress> [port=<port telnet from the switch. The IP address can be an
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Command Description
timers forward-delay=<4-30> hello=<1- change the STP Forward Delay, Hello timer
10> age=<6-40> and Aging timer values
tftp <get|put> upload and download information using tftp
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|host command
s|log>] [host=<hostname>]
[ip=<ipaddress>] [file=<filename>]

where
<get|put> - different tftp operations – get
a file from the server or put the information
on the server
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|ho
sts|log>] – optional type field. This is
useful to specify whether a log file or host
file is uploaded or downloaded. This can
also perform the task of exporting a
configuration file or uploading a new
image to the switch
[host=<hostname>] [ip=<ipaddress>]
[file=<filename>] – parameters
associated with tftp server for proper
communications with the server

traps <add|delete> add SNMP v1 traps as well as define the trap

type=<Snmp|Rmon|Snmp,Rmon| receiver
Enterprise| Snmp,Enterprise
|Rmon,Enterprise|All> ip=<ipaddress>

trap <add|delete> id=<id> define the trap and inform manager stations.
[type=<v1|v2|inform>] [host=<host- The station can receive v1, v2 traps and/or
ip>] [community=<string>] [port=<1- inform notifications. An inform notification is an
65534>] acknowledgments that a trap has been received.
A user can add up to 5 stations.

trigger-reauth port=<num|list|range> manually initiate a re-authentication of

supplicant

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Command Description
user <add|delete> id=<id> for quickly adding or deleting v3 USM based
[username=<name>] security, this command adds user entries. MNS-
[usertype=<readonly|readwrite>] 6K allows up to 5 users to be added. Right now,
[authpass=<pass-phrase>] the MNS-6K agent only support noauth and
[privpass=<pass-phrase>] auth-md5 for v3 authentication and auth-des for
[level=<noauth|auth|priv>] priv authentication
[subtree=<oid>]
useraccess user=<name> For assigning access capabilities to the user – for
service=<telnet|web> <enable|disable> example to allow or not allow telnet access to the
switch
where
user=<name> specifies the user id
service=<telnet|web> specifies which
service (telnet or web) the user has access to
<enable|disable> specifies whether the
services are allowed or not allowed

view <add|delete> id=<id> a part of the View based Access control model
[viewname=<name>] (VACM) as defined in RFC 2275. This
[type=<included|excluded>] command defines a manager or group or manager
[subtree=<oid>] [mask=<hex-string>] stations what it can access inside the MIB object
tree. On MNS-6K, up to 10 entries can be
specified
xmodem <get|put> upload and download information using xmodem
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|host command and console connection
s|log>]

where
<get|put> - different xmodem file transfer
operations – get a file from the server or put
the information on the server
[type=<app|config|oldconf|script|host
s|log>] – optional type field. This is useful
to specify whether a log file or host file is
uploaded or downloaded. This can also
perform the task of exporting a configurat
vlan type=port enter the VLAN configuration commands

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APPENDIX

APPENDIX 3 - Daylight Savings

No time like the present...

Daylight Savings Time

Magnum6K Switches provide a way to automatically adjust the system clock for Daylight Savings
Time (DST) changes. In addition to the value "none" (no time changes), there are fifteen pre-
defined settings, a few examples are:
• Alaska
• Canada and Continental US
• Middle Europe and Portugal
• Southern Hemisphere
• Western Europe

The pre-defined settings follow these rules:

Alaska
• Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after April 24th
• End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 25th
Canada and Continental US
• Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after April 1st
• End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 25th
Middle Europe and Portugal
• Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after March 25th
• End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after September 24th
Southern Hemisphere
• Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 25th
• End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after March 1st
Western Europe:
• Begin DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after March 23rd
• End DST at 2am the first Sunday on or after October 23rd

Daylight saving time is defined for the following countries

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Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy,
London, Namibia, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, USA

Note – as of Release 3.7, the new daylight saving times dates enforced as of 2007, for the
time zones and states in US, have been implemented in MNS-6K

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APPENDIX

APPENDIX 4 – Updating MNS-6K

Software
Keep up to date....

The steps required to update the MNS-6K software on your Magnum switch are listed.

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1
Step

1. Getting Started
Decide which version to use…..

T
his document describes how to upgrade the MNS-6K software on a Magnum 6K
switch. The methods described for updating the MNS-6K software are either locally
at the console port on the Magnum 6K switch or remotely over the network using
FTP or TFTP. This step involves getting ready with the necessary software and
hardware tools as well as deciding on which MNS-6K software version to update to.

Depending on the update process (update through the serial/console port or

remotely through the network), it would be best if the necessary tools listed
below are available, tested and working before you start.

For serial port updates directly through the serial/console port

7) A female-female null modem cable. This cable is available from GarrettCom, Inc.
as well as from LANstore, Inc. (http://www.lanstore.com)
8) Serial port – if your PC does not have a serial port, you may want to invest in a
USB to serial converter. This is again available from LANstore or from
GarrettCom. Alternately a USB to serial cable can also be used. This cable is
available also available from LAN store or GarrettCom Inc.
9) A PC (or a workstation/computer) with a terminal emulation program such as
HyperTerminal (included with Windows) or Teraterm-pro or other equivalent
software. Make sure that the software supports Xmodem protocol
10) Enough disk space to store and retrieve the configuration files as well as copy
software files from GarrettCom. We recommend that at least 15MB of disk
space is available for this purpose
11) Manager level account name and password of the switch being upgraded
12) Connection to the Internet. Make sure the connection does not block ftp file
transfers
For remote updates over the network
1) A PC (or a workstation/computer) with a FTP as well as TFTP server software.
This software is widely available as a free download on the Internet. If you need
assistance in finding one, contact GarrettCom tech support at (510) 438-9071,
email – support@garrettcom.com

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2) Enough disk space to store and retrieve the configuration files as well as copy
software files from GarrettCom. We recommend at least 15MB of disk space for
this purpose
3) Connection to the Internet. Make sure the connection does not block FTP file
transfers
4) IP address of the switch that is being upgraded. Along with that, the manager
level account name and password is also needed
5) Connection to the GarrettCom Magnum 6K switch. Make sure the Intranet over
which the software update will occur does not block FTP or TFTP traffic.

Selecting the proper version

The first step is to ensure that you have the proper version of the MNS-6K software. To
access the proper software, you will require access to the GarrettCom web site (and ftp site)
through a network which does not block ftp file transfers. If your site blocks ftp file transfer
traffic, please contact your system administrator to figure out how to access the GarrettCom
site to download the necessary software.
First determine the version of the software on your switch. To do that, use the command
‘show version’ after connecting to the switch and logging in as manager, with the proper
password. If the password is lost or forgotten, please contact GarrettCom Inc customer
support at Phone (510) 438-9071, email – support@garrettcom.com.
The table below lists the current MNS-6K version number and software version upgrade
path for the MNS-6K.
Table A4-1 – Software upgrade matrix

Existing software Upgrade Path What to do

version

Version 1.0 to Version 2.5 Contact GarrettCom customer support to upgrade the
software
Version 2.5.x or higher Latest Version of Download latest version of MNS-6K
MNS-6K from ftp://ftp.garrettcom.com/
following the steps listed below

Downloading the MNS-6K software

To download the MNS-6K software, follow these simple steps:

1) Access GarrettCom’s FTP site through any standard browser ftp://ftp.garrettcom.com

a) (Note: Make sure the browser has – “enable the ftp view” option checked. For
Internet Explorer it can be enabled by using the menu Tools Internet options
Advanced). If you are running a personal firewall or other firewall software, please
ensure that ftp protocol is allowed on the computer or the network.

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b) If the site uses another socket number for ftp connections, use the socket number at
the end of the URL. For example, if the network administrator has setup a firewall to
use socket number 1684, the URL would be as follows:
ftp://ftp.garrettcom.com:1684
c) NOTE - You can use any other FTP program available on the Internet, including
the ‘ftp’ command available on most operating systems instead of the browser for
downloading the software.

Remember the file name and the directory where the MNS-6K
software is stored. This will be needed later for the upgrade –
irrespective of whether the MNS-6K software is updated via the serial
port or over the network.

NOTE – the common error is to use ftp://www.garrettcom.com – this URL will not
work. It will give you an error. Please use ftp://ftp.garrettcom.com

2) Once the connection is established, use the user login as m6kuser and the password as
m6kuser – see Figure 1. If you have previously established a different login/password
for the GarrettCom site, that login name and password can be used as well.

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FIGURE 141 – Accessing the GarrettCom site for download.

Note – if the browser does not support the login prompt, you can type in the user
name and password on the URL as follows:

ftp://m6kuser:m6kuser@ftp.garrettcom.com

3) After successful login, select the proper folder for downloading the proper MNS-6K
software, as shown in Figure 2. Select the MNS-6K software version based on the
information provided in Table 1.

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FIGURE 142 – Select the proper version to use after successful login

4) Navigate to the folder MNS-6K. See Figure 3. (There are other folders with additional
software, MIBs as well as additional useful information for the Magnum-6K switches
which you may want to use later.) From the MNS-6K folder download the latest ‘Release
Notes’ as well as the file labeled Relx.x.bin (where x.x would be the release number. For
example for release 3.0, the file will be Rel3.0.bin). The release numbers increase with
new releases, so the higher the number, the recent the release is. The release notes
provide additional information on the latest features and functionality plus any other
additional information not covered in the manuals.

FIGURE 143 – Navigate to MNS-6K folder to download the latest MNS-6K software and the release notes

5) Copy the necessary files by using the copy command. This can be done by using the
right click (or for left handed mouse – the left click) button and then selecting the copy
command. See Figure 4. (Note - Linux or other operating system users – please use the
appropriate copy command.)
a) If you are using another ftp program, use that programs copy command. Make sure
to download the Rel.x.x.bin file in the binary mode (especially if you are using a
command line ftp command), or the MNS-6K image may be corrupted.

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FIGURE 144 – Use the copy command to copy the files to the proper location

6) Make sure you remember where the files are stored as these files will be needed for the
next step.

Next steps
1) Access the GarrettCom Magnum 6K switch. The access can be over the console port
using the null modem cable or through the network using telnet. This is described in
step 2.
2) Save the existing configuration (either through the serial port or through the network
– depending on the access method). This is also described in step 2.
3) Load the updated MNS-6K software and reboot the switch. This is described in step
3.
4) (Optional step) Reload the saved configuration. This is described in step 4.

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2
Step

2. Preparing to load the software

Backup your existing configuration…..

O
nce the MNS-6K software is downloaded from the GarrettCom site, it is strongly
recommended that the existing configuration of the switch is preserved before the
MNS-6K software upgrade is performed. This section will show you how to save the
existing configuration and prepare you for loading the configuration.

Accessing the switch

The MNS-6K User Guide explains how the switch can be accessed. For clarity, this section
simplifies the details and describes some of the commands you can use for accessing the switch.

The Magnum 6K switch can be accessed via the serial port or through the network using telnet.
For using telnet, make sure the switch is configured with the proper IP address, netmask and
default gateway information. If needed, refer to Chapter 1 of the User Guide on how to set IP
address and related parameters on the Magnum 6K switch.

Make sure the Manager level login name and password associated with that switch is also known.
Without the proper access (login name and password) the switch cannot be upgraded.

Serial Connection
Connect the serial port on the switch to the serial port on the computer using the
serial cable listed in step 1. The settings for the HyperTerminal software emulating a
VT100 are shown in Figure 5 below. Make sure the serial parameters are set as
shown (or bps = 38400, data bits=8, parity=none, stop bits=1, flow control=none).

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FIGURE 145 - HyperTerminal screen showing the serial settings

Network Access
Prerequisites - a PC (or workstation/computer) with telnet software and the IP address of
the Magnum 6K switch (or DNS name associated with the switch) to be upgraded.
Access the Magnum 6K switch by using the telnet command. For example, if the switch
has the IP address 192.168.10.11 the command is as shown in Figure 6 below.

C:> telnet 192.168.10.11

Trying ….. connected…
FIGURE 146 – Using telnet command to connect to a Magnum 6K switch with IP address
192.168.10.11

If the telnet command does not work – check for network connectivity
(using the ‘ping’ command). Please ensure that a personal firewall or other
firewall settings are not affecting ping or telnet commands. If telnet services
fail 10 then the alternative is to locate the Magnum 6K switch and update the
MNS-6K software through the serial port following the serial update
process described in this document.

Saving the Configuration

Before saving the configuration, please ensure that one of the three capabilities listed below are
available

10 telnet services can fail due to a number of reasons. Please check with your system and/or network administrator for

additional help.

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1) Serial file transfer capability such as X-modem or equivalent

2) TFTP server
3) FTP server
As a good practice, GarrettCom recommends that you should have all these capabilities available
on your local computer if you plan to upgrade additional switches as well as switches in the future.

The command used for saving the existing configuration of the Magnum 6K switch is ‘saveconf’

Syntax saveconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

Where the [ipaddress] is the IP Address of the server running the TFTP services or the FTP
services. The field is needed if either the TFTP or FTP is the mode chosen.

File=<name> is needed for saving the configuration

If mode=<tftp|ftp> is used, be aware that most FTP and TFTP services, as

a default, do not over-write files. If the file transfer fails, check to see if the
file name already exists or use a different file name with the ‘saveconf’
command. Also make sure the ftp or TFTP/FTP services are running before
the ‘saveconf’ command is used on the switch.

Serial Connection
To save the configuration using the serial connection, use the ‘saveconf’ command as
shown below. In this example, we will show the ‘saveconf’ interaction using the Hyper-
Terminal software available on most Windows® systems.

Magnum6K25# saveconf mode=serial file=6kconfig-10.11

Do you wish to upload the configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
(Use XMODEM to download configuration file)

FIGURE 147 – Example of saveconf command using serial interface

At this point, switch to the VT100 emulation software (e.g. HyperTerminal on

Windows platform) and invoke the Xmodem file receive. Figure 8 shows the Xmodem
process for HyperTerminal application.

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FIGURE 148 – Invoke the “Receive File” to start the Xmodem transfer program. In the figure above
the Windows XP based HyperTerminal screen is shown

Once the “Receive File” is invoked (as shown in Figure 8) follow the dialog to save the
file in the proper directory with the proper name as shown in Figure 9.

FIGURE 149 – Make sure to select the Xmodem protocol and the proper directory where the
configuration is saved. Click on Receive. This starts the file transfer.

Once the file transfer is started, the Xmodem status window is shown in Figure 10.

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FIGURE 150 – Status window for Xmodem (using HyperTerminal under Windows XP)

When the file transfer is completed, the window shown in Figure 10 exits and the
completion message is displayed as shown in Figure 11.

Successfully uploaded the configuration

Magnum6K25#
FIGURE 151 – Message which shows the completion of the file transfer (from ‘saveconf’ command)

Network Access
Prerequisites – PC (or workstation/computer) with telnet software and a PC (or
workstation/computer) with FTP or TFTP server software. For simplicity, the two PC’s (or
workstations/computers) can be one and the same.

To save using TFTP or FTP first ensure that you have the FTP or TFTP server set up and
the switch can ‘ping’ the TFTP or the FTP server. For ftp services, make sure the server can
support anonymous login or make sure the login password information is available.

For saving the configuration, use the same saveconf command listed above. In the example
below, assume the IP address of the TFTP or FTP server is 192.168.10.99 and is connected
to the switch with proper network connectivity (i.e. the switch can ping the TFTP or FTP
server as well.)

Example using TFTP

Magnum6K25# saveconf mode=tftp 192.168.10.99 file=6kconfig-10.11

Do you wish to upload the configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

FIGURE 152 – Example of saveconf command for tftp

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This will save the file 6kconfig-10.11 to the specified IP address (192.168.10.99) in the
default TFTP folder.

Using FTP would be the same as Figure 12, except replace 'mode=tftp' with 'mode=ftp'

In some situations (e.g. routed networks), TFTP or FTP services may be

blocked. Check for network connectivity (using the ‘ping’ command). If the
connectivity is OK, please contact your system or network administrator to
unblock FTP or TFTP packets. If that is not possible, the alternative then is
to locate the Magnum 6K switch and update the MNS-6K software
through the serial port as described in this document.

Next steps
1) Upload the updated MNS-6K software and reboot the switch. This is described in
step 3.
2) (Optional step) Reload the saved configuration. This is described in step 4.

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3
Step

3. Loading the MNS-6K software

Load the new version of the MNS-6K image…..

A
T this stage, the Magnum MNS-6K software has been downloaded from the
GarrettCom site, and the configuration saved. The Magnum-6K switch is now ready to
upload the new MNS-6K software image.

Before loading the MNS-6K software

It will be necessary for the Magnum 6K switch to be reset or re-booted after the new MNS-6K
software is loaded. Since this may cause a network outage, software upgrades should be
performed when it is tolerable for the outage and the appropriate users are informed of this
outage.

Alternately, if the S-Ring technology is used, the outage will not be noticeable and the switch will
be re-inserted in the S-Ring after the upgrade is performed. It is however a good practice to
inform the affected people of a possible outage.

Accessing the switch

Continue to use the access method defined in steps 1 and 2.

The command used for upgrade is

Syntax upgrade mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

Where

mode is the mode by which the software will be accessed for upload – serial, ftp or tftp

ipaddress is the IP address of the ftp or tftp server (only used when mode = ftp or tftp)

file=name is the name of the MNS-6K software file to be used for upgrade. This file was
downloaded from the GarrettCom site (as described in steps 1 and 2).

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Serial Connection
Prerequisites - make sure the directory and the file name of the MNS-6K software image
downloaded in steps 1 and 2 is known. To use the serial connection to update the MNS-6K
image, the command dialog is shown below:

Magnum6K25# show version

Version 2.6.0, Build Date: Jan 29 2004, Time: 12:02:32
Magnum6K25# upgrade mode=serial
Do you wish to upgrade the image? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

FIGURE 153 – Upgrade using serial connection

Once the upgrade process is started, the VT100 emulation software (e.g.
HyperTerminal) will ask for the file location. Once the file location is indicated, the file
transfer begins. Make sure the Xmodem protocol is also selected in this file location
dialog window. Once selected, the file transfer begins. The file transfer status window
is shown in Figure 14.

FIGURE 154 – File upload status window under Xmodem (using HyperTerminal under Windows
XP)

Once the transfer is complete, the dialog is shown in Figure 15.

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Upgrade is Successful. Please reboot Magnum 6Kxx to start the application

Magnum6K25# reboot
Proceed on rebooting the switch? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y
Do you wish to save current configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y

(The switch will now reboot. After the reboot, the Magnum 6K switch may prompt you should the
boot code need an update. If prompted, say “Y” to update the boot code. After the reboot and
login verify the MNS-6K software was upgraded.)

Magnum6K25# show version

MNS-6K Ver: 3.4 Date:Mar 31 2006 Time:17:06:23 Build ID 1143853580

FIGURE 155 – upgrading the switch using the serial interface

Network Access
Prerequisites - make sure the directory and the file name of the MNS-6K software image
downloaded in steps 1 and 2 is known. To upgrade using TFTP or FTP, ensure that the
FTP or TFTP server is set up and the switch can ‘ping’ the TFTP or the FTP server and
vice-versa. Ensure that the server has access to the MNS-6K software image downloaded in
step 2. Make sure the MNS-6K software image file is copied to the default folder specified
by the FTP or TFTP server. If using FTP services, make sure the FTP access information
(login name and password) is also known.

In the example below, let us assume that the IP address of the TFTP server is
192.168.10.99; that the server can ping the switch and the switch can ping the server.

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Magnum6K25# show version

Version 2.6.0, Build Date: Jan 29 2004, Time: 12:02:32
Magnum6K25# upgrade mode=tftp 192.168.10.99 file=Rel3.0.bin
Do you wish to upgrade the image? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y
Upgrade is Successful. Please reboot Magnum 6Kxx to start the application
Magnum6K25# reboot
Proceed on rebooting the switch? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y
Do you wish to save current configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y
(The switch will now reboot. Reconnect and login. Verify the MNS-6K software was upgraded.
Note – as discussed in step 1, the switch may need a boot code update. After a reboot, the switch
awaits a “Y” or “N” on whether the boot code should be updated. If no answer is given, the default
is not to update the boot code (or a “N”). Since this connection is over the network the question will
not be visible and the boot code will not be automatically updated. See step 4 – updating boot code
over the network on how to update the boot code manually.)
Magnum6K25# show version
MNS-6K Ver: 3.4 Date:Mar 31 2006 Time:17:06:23 Build ID 1143853580

FIGURE 156 – Dialog for upgrading the image using tftp

This will load the Rel3.0.bin file from the TFTP server with the IP address (192.168.10.99)
on the switch.

A similar example using ftp would be similar to what is shown in Figure 16, except the
command ‘mode=tftp’ will be replaced by ‘mode=ftp’. Make sure the username and
password for the ftp user is known. If not known, use the user name anonymous with any
password. Enter the username and password when prompted by the ftp server. Note – if
you are using MNS-6K version3.0 or lower, it is best to use the FTP server without a
password – i.e. use the anonymous login.

Next steps
(Optional step) Reload the saved configuration. Update the boot code if needed. This is
described in step 4.

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4
Step

4. (Optional Step) Restoring the

configuration
Optionally, restore back the original configuration and update the boot code…..

A
t this optional step, the original configuration has been saved, MNS-6K image copied from the
www.garrettcom.com site and then onto the Magnum 6K switch and finally, if required, the
configuration can be restored using the instructions in this step. If the Magnum 6K switch is
updated over the network, it maybe necessary to update the boot code.

Accessing the switch

Continue to use the access method defined in steps 1, 2 and 3.

Reloading the configuration

The command used for restoring the original configuration is

Syntax loadconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> [<ipaddress>] [file=<name>]

Where

mode is the mode by which the configuration file will be accessed for upload – serial, ftp or tftp

ipaddress is the IP address of the ftp or tftp server (only used when mode = ftp or tftp)

file=name is the name of the configuration file

At this stage, follow the same process for uploading the files as described in step 3. The file that needs to
be uploaded is the configuration file which was saved in step 2 (as shown in Figure 7 or Figure 12.)

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Updating boot code over the network

As discussed in step 1 – selecting the proper version, with either upgrade path (to Version 2.7.1B or to
Version 3.0), the boot code will be updated. At boot up time, the Magnum 6K switch identifies that
there is a new version of the boot code and asks if the new boot code should be loaded11 . The new boot
code is not loaded unless the user responds affirmatively to the question from the console port (or serial
connection)12 . If the Magnum 6K switch is upgraded over the network or remotely, the boot code can
be manually updated by using the ‘upgrade’ command discussed below. This allows the boot code to be
updated without requiring access to serial port.

Syntax upgrade mode=bl

mode=bl is a hidden option and is not visible using the help capabilities in MNS-6K.
This command can be executed by accessing the switch through the console port
(serial connection) or through the network (telnet to the switch.)

Continue to use the network access method defined in steps 1, 2 and 3. Use the upgrade command as
shown in Figure 17 and reboot the switch.

Magnum6K25# upgrade mode=bl

The BOOT Flash image will be replaced by the version

embedded in this application.

Do you wish to upgrade the image? [ 'Y' or 'N'] Y

Uncompressing image and programming flash memory.
This will take up to a minute to complete...

Boot loader upgrade is successful...

Magnum6K25# reboot
Proceed on rebooting the switch? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y
Do you wish to save current configuration? [ 'Y' or 'N' ] Y
FIGURE 157 – Updating the boot code over the network using the upgrade command. Make sure to reboot the switch after
the boot loader upgrade is completed

11 This question is asked on the console port (serial connection) only.

12 Note – If the response is not given, the switch will not load the new boot code.

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Make sure there is no power failure during the boot loader update. If the boot code does not load
properly, please contact GarrettCom Inc technical support at (510) 438-9071, email –
support@garrettcom.com

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Index
!!, 276 auth, 32, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85,
263
!<n>, 277
Authentication, 219
802.1d, 123, 127, 135, 136, 138,
141, 148, 268 Authentication Server, 77
802.1q, 209 authenticator, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85,
86, 263, 264
802.1Q, 103, 106, 123
Authenticator, 77
802.1w, 135, 136, 141, 150, 151
Authoritative SNMP engine, 219
802.1x, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 263
authorize, 159, 164, 165, 166, 268,
access, 50, 73, 74, 75, 229, 262
279
action, 66, 67, 70, 75, 262
authserver, 80, 85, 263
action port, 66
authtrap, 222, 226, 232, 273
add, 29, 33, 69, 108, 109, 114,
auto, 37, 55, 258
122, 181, 183, 185, 236,
237, 238, 240, 242, 243, backend, 85, 263
254, 255, 257, 266, 270,
backpressure, 97, 98, 102, 265
275, 278, 279
bootcfg, 37, 55, 258
add id, 109
bootimg, 37, 55, 258
add mac, 69
bootp, 36, 37, 55, 258
add port, 181, 182, 183, 185, 270,
279 BPDU, 80, 150, 154, 155, 157, 158,
161, 163, 179
add user, 29
broadcast storms, 99
advertisement, 209
broadcast-protect, 100, 102, 266
alarm, 231, 234, 236, 237, 238,
254, 274, 275 chlevel, 30, 34, 257
alarm disable, 239 chlevel user, 30
Alarm Group, 230 clear, 67, 72, 75, 262
allow, 66, 67, 68, 73, 74, 75, 262, clear log, 72, 75, 262
263 CLI, 23, 24
allow mac, 66, 67, 75, 262 climode, 57
anycast address, 60 com2sec, 223, 227, 233, 274
app, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297 community, 222, 232, 273, 280
community string, 218

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config, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297 enable, 28, 33, 257
configure, 57, 75, 107, 108, 122, enable ps, 69
261, 262, 266
engineid, 222, 226, 232, 273
configure access, 38, 57, 261
Ethernet segments, 103
configure vlan, 108, 122, 266
Ethernet Statistics Group. See
CoS, 188
event, 231, 234, 274
cost, 126, 128, 131, 134, 142, 146,
exit, 42, 45, 74, 95, 99, 113, 147,
148, 267, 268
183, 207, 239, 244, 247
default user name, 25
exportlog, 249, 250, 256, 276
DEFAULT-VLAN, 104, 107
FIFO, 186
deftrap, 222, 226, 232, 273
file transfer protocol. See ftp
del, 46, 181, 182, 185, 237, 239,
flowcontrol, 96, 98, 101, 265
254, 260, 270, 275, 281,
282 forceversion, 142, 144, 148, 268
del port, 181, 182, 185, 270, 281 FTA, 137
delete, 29, 33, 241, 242, 255, 257 ftp, 46, 56, 62, 63, 248, 260, 261,
282
delete user, 29
FTP modes, 248
deny, 73, 75, 263
GARP, 209
device, 94, 95, 98, 100, 101, 265
get, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297
dhcp, 37, 55, 258
group, 223, 233, 274
DHCP, 36
group add, 228
Differentiated Services. See
Diffserv gvrp, 215, 272
DiffServ, 187 GVRP, 209, 211
disable mode, 65 GVRP BPDUs, 209
drop mode, 65 help, 31, 34, 257
DS. See Diffserv history, 231, 233, 274
DSCP, 187 History Group, 230
dualhome, 171, 172, 173, 270, 281 host, 50, 57
Dual-Homing, 168 hosts, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297
EAP, 78 IEEE, 78, 80, 95, 103, 123, 127,
135, 136, 138, 141, 148,
EAPOL, 78
150, 151, 160, 161, 165,
edit, 108, 114, 122, 181, 185, 266, 166, 167, 174, 186, 188,
270, 281 209, 268, 269
edit port, 181, 185, 270, 281 IEEE 802.1p, 186, 209

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IEEE 802.1q, 186, 209 log, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297
IEEE 802.3ad, 174 Log and Event Group, 230
IETF, 187 logout, 33, 34, 258
igmp, 202, 203, 205, 207, 271 Management Information Base. See
MIB
IGMP, 20, 189, 195, 196, 197, 198,
199, 202, 203, 204, 205, Manager, 28
206, 207, 208, 209, 218,
manual, 37, 55, 258
235, 257, 271, 272, 299,
301 mcast, 202, 207, 271
IGMP-L2, 199, 200, 201, 202, 207, MD5, 80, 89
208, 271, 272, 284, 287 mgrip, 222, 232, 273
IMAP, 239 MIB, 80, 196, 218, 223, 230, 233,
ipconfig, 26, 33, 62, 257, 261 274
IPv4, 59, 60, 61, 188, 189, 282, mode L2, 207
295 mode normal, 207
IPv6, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 261, 262, modes of operation, 25
282, 295
MOMENTARY, 235, 236, 237, 238,
ISP, 77 239
kill, 39, 56, 259, 283 more, 57
kill config, 53, 54 NAS, 87
kill session, 39, 40, 56, 259, 283 oldconf, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297
lacp, 181, 182, 185, 270, 283 OPEN, 161
LACP, 20, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, Operator, 28
179, 180, 181, 182, 183,
184, 185, 270, 279, 281, passwd, 29, 34, 257
283, 292 passwd user, 29
LACPDU, 175, 177, 179 period, 237, 254, 275
learn, 66, 68, 69, 70, 75, 262 PHB, 187
learn port, 66, 75, 262 ping, 247, 256, 277
Link-Loss-Learn, 149, 150, See LLL ping6, 61, 63, 261
list, 46, 260, 282 PoE, 169
lll, 161, 162, 167, 269 POP3, 239
LLL, 149, 150, 158, 161, 162, 167, port, 126, 128, 132, 134, 138, 142,
269 146, 148, 267, 268
lll add, 161, 167, 269 port security, 65, See ps
lll del, 161, 162, 167, 269 port VLAN, 105
loadconf, 45, 56, 259 port VLANs, 107

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portaccess, 83, 85, 264 RFC 2271, 221

port-mirror, 93, 101, 265 RFC 2272, 221
port-security, 65, 69, 70, 75, 262 RFC 2273, 221
priority, 126, 128, 131, 134, 142, RFC 2274, 221
145, 148, 186, 267, 268
RFC 2275, 221
Private VLAN, 106
RFC 3164, 71
privilege level, 28
RFC 4541, 202
prtmr, 93, 101, 265
RFC 821, 239
ps, 66, 67, 75, 262
RING_CLOSED, 155, 157, 163
put, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297
RING_OPEN, 156
qos, 189, 193, 270
rmon, 231, 233, 274
QoS, 20, 97, 186, 187, 188, 189,
RMON, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236,
191, 193, 194, 270, 271
241, 274, 275
quickcfg, 222, 226, 232, 273
rs-ring, 165, 166, 286
RADIUS, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 263
RS-Ring, 20, 137, 149, 150, 151,
rate-threshold, 100, 101, 102, 266 152, 154, 157, 158, 159,
162, 163, 164, 165, 167,
reauth, 83, 86, 264
268, 286
reboot, 27, 33, 257, 316, 317, 319
rs-ring add, 165, 286
remove, 66, 69, 73, 74, 75, 262,
rs-ring del, 165, 166, 286
263
rs-ring disable, 166
remove mac, 66, 75, 262
rstp, 137, 143, 147, 165, 267
removeall, 74, 263
RSTP, 20, 51, 53, 125, 127, 128,
RFC, 77, 195
129, 130, 131, 133, 134,
RFC 1112, 195 135, 136, 137, 138, 139,
RFC 1752, 59 140, 141, 142, 143, 144,
145, 146, 147, 148, 149,
RFC 1901, 221 150, 151, 152, 153, 154,
RFC 1902, 221 155, 156, 157, 158, 159,
162, 163, 164, 165, 178,
RFC 1903, 221 179, 236, 238, 239, 267,
RFC 1904, 221 268, 282, 284, 286, 287,
291, 293, 294
RFC 1905, 221
rstp enable, 137
RFC 1906, 221
RSTP Path cost, 141
RFC 1907, 221
RTSP, 135
RFC 1908, 221
save, 26, 27, 33, 46, 53, 69, 70,
RFC 2104, 221 122, 164, 216, 257, 266

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saveconf, 45, 53, 56, 259 set-ingress, 111

saveconf mode, 56, 259 set-leave, 205, 206, 208, 271
script, 46, 47, 260, 282, 297 setport, 80, 81, 85, 93, 94, 95, 99,
101, 263, 265
sendmail, 241, 243, 255, 276
set-port, 111, 112, 115, 117, 122,
serial number, 54
204, 205, 266, 271
server, 241, 256, 276
setport monitor, 93, 101, 265
service, 74
setport port, 94, 101, 265
set, 24, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37,
set-ports, 215, 272
40, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 55,
56, 57, 58, 64, 67, 69, 70, set-qi, 205, 206, 208, 272
72, 73, 75, 93, 94, 95, 96,
setqos, 189, 191, 192, 193, 271
107, 109, 113, 122, 127,
137, 147, 160, 165, 166, set-qri, 205, 207, 208, 272
167, 200, 221, 223, 232, set-querier, 204, 206
246, 247, 248, 256, 257,
258, 259, 261, 262, 266, setsntp, 44, 45, 56, 259
267, 269, 272, 277, 286, setsntp server, 56, 259
287, 289
set-untag, 194, 271
set bootmode, 37
setvar, 42, 55, 222, 226, 232, 247,
set date, 43, 55, 259 259, 273
set daylight, 43, 56, 259 set-weight, 190, 193, 271
set ftp mode, 46, 48, 56, 248, 256, show, 19, 27, 31, 32, 36, 38, 39,
277, 287 41, 42, 43, 46, 48, 54, 56,
set igmp, 200 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67,
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75,
set logsize, 72, 73, 75, 262 80, 81, 82, 85, 90, 93, 94,
set password, 61, 62, 63, 64, 262 95, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,
102, 108, 109, 110, 112,
set prompt, 246, 247, 256, 277,
113, 114, 116, 117, 122,
289
124, 127, 128, 129, 130,
set serial, 40, 55, 259 131, 132, 133, 134, 138,
139, 140, 141, 143, 144,
set snmp, 221, 223, 232, 272
145, 146, 147, 148, 160,
set stp, 127, 137, 147, 160, 165, 161, 162, 165, 166, 167,
166, 167, 267, 269 181, 184, 185, 191, 192,
set time, 43, 56, 259 193, 194, 202, 203, 205,
206, 207, 213, 215, 221,
set timeformat, 43, 56, 259 222, 223, 226, 228, 231,
set timezone, 43, 55, 259 232, 234, 237, 239, 240,
242, 243, 245, 246, 248,
set vlan, 107, 109, 113, 122, 266 249, 254, 256, 259, 261,
set-egress, 111 262, 263, 265, 266, 267,

set-forbid, 215, 216, 272

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268, 269, 270, 271, 272, show lll, 161, 167, 269
273, 275, 277, 291
show log, 71, 72, 75, 249, 262
show ip-access, 74
show port, 95, 98, 101, 191, 265
show ipconfig, 62, 261
show port-mirror, 93, 101, 265
show active-snmp, 221, 223, 225,
show port-security, 66, 67, 68, 69,
232, 272
70, 75, 262
show active-stp, 127, 138, 143,
show qos, 191, 192, 193, 194, 271
148, 160, 165, 166, 167,
268, 269 show rmon, 231
show active-vlan, 113 show rs-ring, 165, 166
show address-table, 253, 254 show serial, 41, 58, 245, 261
show alarm, 237, 238, 239, 275 show session, 39, 40, 56, 259
show auth config, 81 show setup, 27, 33, 41, 54, 58,
245, 257, 261
show auth ports, 82
show smtp, 240, 242, 243, 255,
show backpressure, 97, 98, 102,
275
265
show snmp, 222, 226, 232, 273
show broadcast-protect, 100, 101
show s-ring, 160, 165, 166, 167,
show config, 33, 50, 51, 52, 57,
269
257, 261
show stp, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129,
show console, 38, 39, 58, 261
130, 131, 132, 133, 134,
show date, 43, 58, 261 138, 139, 140, 141, 143,
144, 145, 146, 147, 148,
show daylight, 43
267, 268
show dualhome, 171, 172, 173,
show sysconfig, 27, 42, 58, 261
270, 291
show tacplus, 90, 91, 264
show flowcontrol, 97, 98, 102, 265
show time, 43, 58, 261
show ftp, 46, 48, 56, 248, 256,
277, 291 show timezone, 43, 58, 261
show gvrp, 215, 272 show uptime, 58, 261
show history, 245, 256, 277 show version, 245, 256, 277
show host, 57 show vlan, 108, 110, 112, 113,
114, 116, 117, 122, 213,
show igmp, 202, 203, 205, 206,
266
207, 271
show-access, 229
show ip-access, 74
show-authtrap, 222, 226, 232, 273
show ipconfig, 36, 39, 58, 261
show-com2sec, 227
show ipv6, 61, 63, 261
show-deftrap, 222, 226, 232, 273
show lacp, 181, 182, 183, 184,
185, 270 show-forbid, 215, 216, 272

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show-forceversion, 142, 144, 148, s-ring, 160, 165, 166, 167, 269,
268 286
show-group, 204, 208, 223, 228, S-Ring, ii, 20, 149, 150, 151, 152,
233, 271, 274 154, 156, 157, 158, 159,
160, 161, 162, 163, 164,
show-port, 83, 84, 112, 122, 204,
166, 186, 268, 279
205, 208, 266, 271
s-ring add, 160, 161, 166, 167, 269
show-portweight, 190, 193, 194,
271 s-ring del, 160, 167, 269
show-router, 204, 205, 208, 271 s-ring enable, 160
show-stats, 84, 86, 264 s-ring learn, 160, 166, 269
show-timers, 142, 145, 148, 268 start, 108, 110, 115, 122, 266
show-trap, 222, 227, 233, 273 start vlan, 110
show-user, 223, 229, 230, 233, 274 static, 213, 215, 272
show-view, 223, 228, 233, 274 statistics, 231, 234, 274
show-vlan, 215, 272 stop, 113
signal, 66, 69, 70, 75, 262 stp, 127, 130, 134, 160, 164, 165,
166, 167, 267, 268, 269
signal port, 66, 75, 262
STP, 20, 51, 53, 80, 95, 98, 99,
smtp, 240, 242, 243, 254, 256,
123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
275, 276
128, 129, 130, 131, 132,
SMTP, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137,
244, 255, 256, 275, 276, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142,
286, 292, 294 143, 144, 145, 146, 147,
snmp, 42, 55, 231, 247, 259, 272 148, 149, 150, 151, 152,
153, 154, 155, 156, 157,
SNMP, 21, 23, 35, 39, 42, 66, 74, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163,
80, 218, 219, 220, 221, 164, 165, 166, 167, 179,
222, 223, 224, 226, 230, 191, 236, 238, 239, 267,
231, 232, 240, 241, 242, 268, 269, 282, 284, 287,
244, 252, 254, 255, 256, 291, 293, 295, 296
272, 273, 275, 276, 278,
285, 287, 293, 294 stp enable, 127, 130

SNMP engine, 219 STP Path cost, 141

SNMP group, 219 supplicant, 77, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86,
263, 264
SNMP user, 219
Supplicant, 77
SNMPv2c, 218, 219
SUSTAINED, 235, 236, 237, 238
snmpv3, 222, 226, 232, 272
sync, 44, 45, 56
sntp, 44, 45, 56
sysname, 247
sntp enable, 45
TAB, 32, 34, 258

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TACACS+, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 264, user, 40, 223, 229, 233, 274
265, 295
useraccess, 30, 34, 40, 257
TACACSD, 87
USM, 221, 223, 233, 274
tacplus, 90, 91, 264, 295
VACM, 221, 222, 223, 226, 232,
tacserver, 90, 91, 265, 295 233, 273, 274
tag VLAN, 106 VID, 105, 106, 107, 209, 210, 211,
212, 213, 214, 215, 217,
TCP, 25, 87, 90, 92, 265, 295
272
telnet, 38, 39, 55, 62, 63, 258, 262
view, 223, 228, 233, 274
telnet enable, 38
virtual LAN. See VLAN
tftp, 46, 48, 57, 250, 260, 296
vlan, 108, 109, 112, 114, 122, 266
timers, 126, 128, 133, 134, 142,
VLAN, 22, 23, 94, 95, 98, 99, 103,
147, 148, 267, 268
104, 105, 106, 107, 108,
ToS, 187, 188, 189, 193, 271 109, 110, 111, 123, 209
trap, 222, 226, 233, 273 VLAN identifier, 106
trigger-reauth, 84, 86, 264 Write view, 219
UDP, 80, 81, 82, 85, 87, 263 xmodem, 47, 57, 260, 297
UNKNOWN, 161 XTACACS, 87

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