Part No. 214393-AMarch 20034655 Great America ParkwaySanta Clara, CA 95054Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software

10 Figures214393-AFigure 30 FileSystem dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Figure 31 Graph Ch

100 Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports214393-A Figure 46 MLT Statistics — Interface tab Table 38 describes the fields in the Interface tab.T

Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports 101Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software MultiLink Trunk Ethernet error sta

102 Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports214393-A Table 39 describes the fields in the Ethernet Errors tab.Table 39 Ethernet Errors tab fieldsF

Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports 103Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software FrameTooLong A count of frames rec

104 Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports214393-A

105Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 5Creating and managing VLANsThis chapter describes using Device Manag

106 Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs214393-A Creating VLANsDevice Manager enables you to create a port-based VLAN.VLAN InformationTo open the VLA

Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs 107Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Creating a port-based VLANTo create a p

108 Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs214393-A Accepting untagged frames In the BayStack 380-24F, you configure whether or not untagged frames are

Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs 109Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Modifying and managing existing VLANsTh

Figures 11Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 65 How alarms fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

110 Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs214393-A

111Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 6Setting up bridgingThe Bridge parameters allow you to view MAC addre

112 Chapter 6 Setting up bridging214393-A Figure 52 Base tabTable 42 describes the Base tab fields. Spanning Tree tabThe Spanning Tree tab displays

Chapter 6 Setting up bridging 113Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 2 Click the Spanning Tree tab.The Spanning Tree

114 Chapter 6 Setting up bridging214393-A Table 43 describes the Spanning Tree tab fields.Table 43 Spanning Tree tab fieldsField DescriptionProtocol

Chapter 6 Setting up bridging 115Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Transparent tabThe Transparent tab contains inf

116 Chapter 6 Setting up bridging214393-A The Bridge dialog box opens, with the Base tab displayed.2 Click the Transparent tab.The Transparent tab ope

Chapter 6 Setting up bridging 117Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software To view the Forwarding tab:1 From the Device Ma

118 Chapter 6 Setting up bridging214393-A Table 45 describes the Forwarding tab fields.Table 45 Forwarding tab fieldsField DescriptionStatus The val

119Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 7Troubleshooting Device Manager This chapter describes diagnostic inf

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120 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Device Manager214393-A Table 46 describes the Topology tab items.Topology Table tabTo view more topology information:1 F

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Device Manager 121Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 47 describes the Topology Tabl

122 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Device Manager214393-A

123Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 8RMONThe Remote Network Monitoring (RMON) MIB is an interface between

124 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A 2 Do one of the following:• Double-click on the selected port• From the shortcut menu, choose Graph.• From the Device Manag

Chapter 8 RMON 125Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software • Buckets are gathered at 30-minute intervals.• Number of buck

126 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A Creating a historyYou can use RMON to collect statistics at intervals. For example, if you want RMON statistics to be gathe

Chapter 8 RMON 127Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 2 Select an index and then click Insert.The RMONControl, Inser

128 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A 3 Select the port from the port list or type the port number.4 Set the number of buckets. The default is 50.5 Set the inter

Chapter 8 RMON 129Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Enabling Ethernet statistics gatheringYou can use RMON to gath

13Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software TablesTable 1 Properties dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

130 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A 3 Click Insert.The RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats dialog box opens (Figure 63).Figure 63 RMONControl, Insert Ether Stats

Chapter 8 RMON 131Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 2 Click the Ether Stats tab.The Ether Stats tab opens (Figure

132 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A Figure 65 How alarms fireIt is important to note that the alarm fires during the first interval that the sample goes out

Chapter 8 RMON 133Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software spanning tree is disabled (which would cause the value for out

134 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A and allows for the detection of threshold crossings that span the sampling boundary. If you track the current values of a g

Chapter 8 RMON 135Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 2 In the variable field, select a variable for the alarm from

136 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A If you want to make field changes, see the field descriptions shown in Table 50.To view the RMON statistics and history for

Chapter 8 RMON 137Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 3 Click the Ether Stats tab to view the statistics (Figure 64

138 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A To delete an alarm:1 From the Device Manager main menu, choose RMON >Alarms.Value The value of the statistic during the

Chapter 8 RMON 139Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software The RMONAlarms dialog box opens with the Alarms tab (Figure 69

14 Tables214393-ATable 30 STG tab items for a single port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Table 31 Interface tab f

140 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A The Events tab opens (Figure 70). Figure 70 RMONAlarms dialog box — Events tab Table 52 describes the RMONAlarms Events t

Chapter 8 RMON 141Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Creating an eventTo create an event:1 In the RMONAlarms dialog

142 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A Deleting an eventTo delete an event:1 In the Events tab, highlight an event Description.2 Click Delete.The event is removed

Chapter 8 RMON 143Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 53 describes the Log tab fields.Table 53 Log tab field

144 Chapter 8 RMON214393-A

145Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 9Security parametersYou can set the security features for a switch so

146 Chapter 9 Security parameters214393-A Figure 74 General tabTable 54 describes the General tab items.Table 54 General tab itemsItems Descriptio

Chapter 9 Security parameters 147Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software SecurityAction Actions performed by the softwar

148 Chapter 9 Security parameters214393-A SecurityList tabThe SecurityList tab contains a list of Security port items.To view the SecurityList tab:1 F

Chapter 9 Security parameters 149Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Security, Insert SecurityList dialog boxSecurit

15Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software PrefaceWelcome to the Nortel Networks* Device Manager software, a set of graph

150 Chapter 9 Security parameters214393-A AuthConfig tabThe AuthConfig tab contains a list of boards, ports and MAC addresses that have the security c

Chapter 9 Security parameters 151Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 57 describes the AuthConfig tab fields.Se

152 Chapter 9 Security parameters214393-A Figure 78 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog boxTable 58 describes the Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog

Chapter 9 Security parameters 153Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software AuthStatus tabThe AuthStatus tab displays infor

154 Chapter 9 Security parameters214393-A Figure 79 AuthStatus tabTable 59 describes the AuthStatus tab fields.Table 59 AuthStatus tab fieldsItem

Chapter 9 Security parameters 155Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software AuthViolation tabThe AuthViolation tab contains

156 Chapter 9 Security parameters214393-A 2 Click the AuthViolation tab.The AuthViolation tab opens (Figure 80).Figure 80 AuthViolation tabTable 60

Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software157 IndexSymbols<=64 field 96>1023 field 96>127 field 96>255 field 96

158 Index214393-ABase tabBridgeAddress field 112NumPorts field 112Type 112Forwarding tabAddress field 118Port field 118Status field 118Spanning Tree t

Index 159Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software setting properties 20Device Manager window 19, 20Device menu 26Device N

16 Preface214393-A Related publicationsFor more information about using the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch, refer to the following publications:• Usi

160 Index214393-Aimage file 61ImageFileName field 54, 62ImageLoadMode field 51InAddrErrors field 68InASNParseErrs field 66InBadCommunityNames field 66

Index 161Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software MMacAddr field 54MacAddress field 48Max Traps in Log field 22Maximum st

162 Index214393-APort Interface tab 76, 83port shortcut menu 30Port Spanning Tree window 80PortMembers field 98, 106, 109portscolor-coded 29configurin

Index 163Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog boxAccessCtrlType field 152MACIndx f

164 Index214393-Atroubleshootinglocations of Help files 43receiving traps 42TrpRcvrCurEnt field 56TrpRcvrMaxEnt field 56TrpRcvrNext field 56Type 106Ty

Preface 17Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software How to get helpIf you purchased a service contract for your Nortel Net

18 Preface214393-A

19Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management SoftwareChapter 1Device Manager basicsThis chapter describes basic procedures for using

2214393-A Copyright © 2003 Nortel NetworksAll rights reserved. March 2003.The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The st

20 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Figure 1 Device Manager windowSetting the Device Manager propertiesDevice Manager communicates with the B

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 21Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 2 Properties dialog box2 Type informa

22 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Table 1 Properties dialog box itemsArea Item DescriptionPolling Status Interval Interval at which status

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 23Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Opening a device“Opening” a device displays th

24 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Figure 3 Open Device dialog boxTable 3 describes the Open Device dialog box fields.2 In the Device Name t

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 25Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 3 In the Read Community and Write Community te

26 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Figure 5 Parts of the Device Manager windowMenu barUse the menu bar to set up and operate Device Manager

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 27Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software ToolbarThe toolbar contains buttons that provi

28 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Selecting objectsThe types of objects contained in the device view are:• A switch (called a unit in the men

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 29Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Selecting multiple objectsTo select multiple o

3Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software SUCH PORTIONS OF THE SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR I

30 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Figure 7 Color port legendShortcut menus Each object in the device view has a shortcut menu that opens wh

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 31Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 9 Port shortcut menuTable 8 describes

32 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Using the buttons in Device Manager dialog boxesTable 9 describes buttons in Device Manager dialog boxes. N

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 33Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Editing objectsYou can edit objects and values

34 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Types of statisticsThe data tables in the statistics dialog boxes list the counters, or categories of stati

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 35Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 10 Line graphFigure 11 Area graph

36 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Figure 12 Bar graph Figure 13 Pie graph

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 37Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Statistics for single and multiple objectsStat

38 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A To change the type of statistics displayed, select a different type from the show list at the bottom of the

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 39Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 16 Statistics dialog box for a port3

4214393-A OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Licen

40 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Table 11 describes the buttons in the graph dialog boxes.Telneting to a switchFrom Device Manager, you can

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 41Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Opening the Web-based management home pageFrom

42 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A Trap logYou can configure a BayStack 380-24F Switch to send SNMP generic traps. When Device Manager is runn

Chapter 1 Device Manager basics 43Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Online HelpOnline Help in Device Manager is co

44 Chapter 1 Device Manager basics214393-A

45Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 2Configuring and graphing the switchThe first three sections of this c

46 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Figure 19 Globals tab Table 13 describes the Globals tab items.Addresses tabThe Addresses t

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 47Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 20 Edit IP dialog box —

48 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Figure 21 Edit IP dialog box — ARP tab Table 15 describes the ARP tab items.Table 15 ARP

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 49Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Editing the chassis configuratio

5Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software ContentsPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Figure 22 Edit Chassis dialog box — System tab Table 16 describes the System tab items. Not

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 51Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software AuthenticationTraps Click enable

52 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Base Unit Info tabThe Base Unit Info tab provides read-only information about the operating s

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 53Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Agent tabThe Agent tab provides

54 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Table 18 describes the Agent tab fields.Table 18 Agent tab fieldsItem DescriptionNextBootpA

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 55Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software SNMP tabThe SNMP tab provides re

56 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Table 19 describes the SNMP Info tab fields. Trap Receivers tabThe Trap Receivers tab lists t

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 57Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 20 describes the Trap Rece

58 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Power Supply tabThe Power supply tab provides read-only information about the operating statu

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 59Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 21 describes the Power sup

6 Contents214393-ATelneting to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Openin

60 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Fan tabThe Fan tab provides read-only information about the operating status of the switch fa

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 61Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 22 describes the Fan tab f

62 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Figure 30 FileSystem dialog box Table 23 describes the FileSystem dialog box items.Table 23

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 63Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Graphing chassis statisticsTo gr

64 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Six columns provide the statistics for the counters that are listed on the tab. For descripti

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 65Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 31 Graph Chassis dialog

66 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A InGetRequests The total number of SNMP Get-Request PDUs that have been accepted and processed

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 67Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software IP tabThe IP tab shows IP inform

68 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A Figure 32 Graph Chassis dialog box — IP tab Table 25 describes the Chassis IP tab fieldsTab

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 69Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software ForwDatagrams The number of inpu

Contents 7Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software VLAN tab for multiple ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A ICMP In tabThe chassis ICMP In tab shows ICMP In statistics.To open the ICMP In tab:1 Select

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 71Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 33 Graph Chassis dialog

72 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A ICMP Out tabThe chassis ICMP Out shows ICMP Out statistics. To open the ICMP Out tab:1 Select

Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch 73Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 27 describes the ICMP Out

74 Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch214393-A

75Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 3Configuring and graphing portsThis chapter describes how you use Devi

76 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A The following sections provide a description of the tabs in the Edit Port dialog box, and details

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 77Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 28 describes the Interface tab

78 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A VLAN tab for a single portThe VLAN tab allows you to view the VLAN membership for a single port. T

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 79Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 29 describes the VLAN tab items

8 Contents214393-AChapter 8RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Workin

80 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A STG tab for a single portIn the Spanning Tree Group (STG) tab, you can view the status and modify

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 81Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 30 describes the STG tab items.

82 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A Configuring multiple portsYou can graph port statistics from the graph port dialog box. To open th

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 83Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 2 Do one of the following:• From the

84 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A VLAN tab for multiple portsThe VLAN tab shows the VLAN membership for the selected ports.To view o

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 85Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 2 Do one of the following:• From the

86 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A Graphing port statisticsYou can graph statistics for either a single port or multiple ports from t

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 87Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Figure 40 Interface tab for graphin

88 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A Ethernet Errors tab for graphing portsThe port Ethernet Errors tab shows port Ethernet Errors stat

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 89Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software 2 Do one of the following:• From the

9Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software FiguresFigure 1 Device Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A Table 39 describes the Ethernet Errors tab fields.Table 34 Ethernet Errors tab fieldsField Descr

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 91Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software FrameTooLongs A count of frames recei

92 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A Bridge tabThe Bridge tab displays port frame statistics.To open the Bridge tab for graphing:1 Sele

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 93Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 35 describes the Bridge tab fie

94 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A 2 Do one of the following:• From the Device Manager main menu, choose Graph > Port.• From the s

Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports 95Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Table 36 describes the RMON tab field

96 Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports214393-A <=64 The total number of packets (including bad packets) received that were less than or equal

97Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Chapter 4Setting up MultiLink Trunk portsMultiLink Trunking (MLT) is a point-t

98 Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports214393-A Figure 44 MLT dialog boxThe active MultiLink Trunks are displayed with the fields described in

Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports 99Reference for the BayStack 380-24F Gigabit Switch Management Software Adding ports to a MultiLink TrunkTo