PowerSwitch N1100-ON Series

Dell PowerSwitch N1100-ON Series User guide

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Dell EMC Networking N-Series
N1100-ON, N1500, N2000,
N2100-ON, N2200-ON, N3000E-
ON, N3100-ON and N3200-ON
Switches
User’s Configuration
Guide
Version 6.6.2
Regulatory Models: E04W, E05W, E06W,
E07W, E15W, E16W, E17W, E18W, E30W,
E31W, E32W, E41W
Notes and Cautions
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your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if
instructions are not followed.
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companies.
Marketing Models: N1108T-ON, N1108P-ON, N1108EP-ON, N1124T-ON, N1124P-ON, N1148T-ON, N1148P-ON, N1524, N1524P, N1548,
N1548P, N2024, N2024P, N2048, N2048P, N2128PX-ON, N2224X-ON, N2224PX-ON, N2248X-ON, N2248PX-ON, N3000E-ON, N3132PX-ON,
N3208PX-ON, N3224T-ON, N3224F-ON, N3248X-ON, N3248TE-ON, N3224PX-ON, N3224P-ON, N3248P-ON, N3248PXE-ON
Regulatory Models: E04W, E05W, E06W, E07W, E15W, E16W, E17W, E18W, E30W, E31W, E32W, E41W
2020 - 05 Rev. A09
Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Audience
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Document Conventions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2 Switch Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multiple Management Options
. . . . . . . . . . . 60
System Time Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Log Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
System Reset
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Integrated DHCP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Management of Basic Network Information
. . . . 62
IPv6 Management Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Dual Software Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
File Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Switch Database Management Templates
. . . . 63
Automatic Installation of Firmware and
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
sFlow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs
. . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CDP Interoperability Through ISDP
. . . . . . . . 65
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Stacking Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Mixed and Single Series Stacking . . . . . . . . . 65
Single IP Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Master Failover with Transparent Transition
. . . . 67
Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack
. . . . . . . . . 67
Hot Add/Delete and Firmware Synchronization
. . 67
Security Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configurable Access and Authentication Profiles
. 69
Password-Protected Management Access
. . . . 69
Strong Password Enforcement
. . . . . . . . . . . 69
TACACS+ Client
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
RADIUS Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SSH/SSL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Inbound Telnet Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Denial of Service
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Port Protection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Captive Portal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
802.1X Authentication (IEEE 802.1X)
. . . . . . . . 72
MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication
. . . . . . . . . 73
802.1X Monitor Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Port Security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Time-Based ACLs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
IP Source Guard (IPSG)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dynamic ARP Inspection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge)
. . . . . . . . 75
Green Technology Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Energy Detect Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Energy Efficient Ethernet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Power Utilization Reporting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Features
. . . . . . . . . . . 78
Contents 5
PD Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Legacy (Reduced Capacitor) Detection
. . . . . . 78
Classification
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Port Start Up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Overload Detection and Port Shutdown
. . . . . . 79
Disconnect Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
IC Thermal Monitoring
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Over-Temperature Protection
. . . . . . . . . . . 79
4-Pair Ports
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
IEEE 802.3bt Capability
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
PoE Port Capabilities and Power Limits
. . . . . . 81
Key PoE Plus Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Support
. . . . . . . . 85
PoE Plus Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
PoE 60W Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Powered Device Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
PoE Power Management Modes
. . . . . . . . . . 86
Power Management in Guard Band
. . . . . . . . 88
PoE Plus Default Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Switching Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Flow Control Support (IEEE 802.3x)
. . . . . . . . . 91
Head of Line Blocking Prevention
. . . . . . . . . 91
Jumbo Frames Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Auto-MDI/MDIX Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
VLAN-Aware MAC-based Switching
. . . . . . . . 91
Back Pressure Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Auto-negotiation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storm Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Port Mirroring
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Static and Dynamic MAC Address Tables
. . . . . 93
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
. . . . . . . 93
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for Media
Endpoint Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 802.1ag) . . 95
Cisco Protocol Filtering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
DHCP Layer-2 Relay
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Virtual Local Area Network Supported Features
. . . . 96
VLAN Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Port-Based VLANs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
IP Subnet-based VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
MAC-based VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
IEEE 802.1v Protocol-Based VLANs
. . . . . . . . . 96
Voice VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
GARP and GVRP Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Guest VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Unauthorized VLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Double VLANs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Spanning Tree Protocol Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
. . . . . . . . . . . 99
Spanning Tree Port Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rapid Spanning Tree
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Multiple Spanning Tree
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard
. . . . . . 100
BPDU Filtering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
RSTP-PV and STP-PV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Link Aggregation Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Link Aggregation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Link Aggregate Control Protocol (LACP)
. . . . . . 102
Multi-Switch LAG (MLAG)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Routing Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Table
Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
VLAN Routing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
IP Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Contents 7
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) . . . . . . . . . . 104
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
. . . . . . . . . . 104
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
. . . . . . . 104
BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
IP Helper and DHCP Relay
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Routing Information Protocol
. . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Router Discovery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Routing Table
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
. . . . 106
Tunnel and Loopback Interfaces
. . . . . . . . . . 106
IPv6 Routing Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
IPv6 Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
IPv6 Routes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
OSPFv3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
DHCPv6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Quality of Service (QoS) Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
. . . . . . . . . 108
Class Of Service (CoS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Auto Voice over IP (VoIP)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
Optimization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Layer-2 Multicast Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
MAC Multicast Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
IGMP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
IGMP Snooping Querier
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
MLD Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Multicast VLAN Registration
. . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Layer-3 Multicast Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
. . . . 111
Internet Group Management Protocol
. . . . . . . 111
IGMP Proxy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Protocol Independent Multicast—Dense Mode . . 111
Protocol Independent Multicast—Sparse Mode
. 112
Protocol Independent Multicast—Source Specific
Multicast
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Protocol Independent Multicast IPv6 Support
. . . 112
MLD/MLDv2 (RFC2710/RFC3810)
. . . . . . . . . . 112
3 Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON Series Switch
Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
N1100-ON Series Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 113
N1100-ON Series Power Supply
. . . . . . . . . . 116
N1100-ON Series Ventilation System
. . . . . . . . 116
N1100-ON Series Thermal Shutdown
. . . . . . . . 116
N1100-ON Series LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . 116
Power Consumption for N1100-ON Series PoE
Switches
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
N1100-ON Series Wall Installation
. . . . . . . . . 121
Dell EMC Networking N1500 Series Switch Hardware
. 123
N1500 Series Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
N1500 Series Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
N1500 Series LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Power Consumption for N1500 Series PoE Switches
130
Dell EMC Networking N2000 Series Switch Hardware
. 131
N2000 Series Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
N2000 Series Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
N2000 Series LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Power Consumption for N2000 Series PoE Switches
140
Dell EMC Networking N2100-ON Series Switch
Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
N2100-ON Series Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Contents 9
N2100-ON Series Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 144
N2100-ON Series LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . 144
Power Consumption for N2100-ON Series PoE
Switches
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dell EMC Networking N2200-ON Series Switch Hardware
151
N2200-ON Series Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . 151
N2200-ON Series Rear Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 151
N2200X-ON Series Switch Ports
. . . . . . . . . . 152
N2200-ON Series Console Port
. . . . . . . . . . . 153
N2200-ON Series USB Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
N2200-ON Series Reset Button
. . . . . . . . . . . 154
N2200-ON Series Port and System LEDs
. . . . . . 154
N2200-ON Series Stack Master LED and Stack
Number Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
N2200-ON Series Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . 155
N2200-ON Series LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . 156
Dell EMC Networking N3000E-ON Series Switch Hardware
160
Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Power Consumption for PoE Switches
. . . . . . . 173
Dell EMC Networking N3100-ON Series Switch Hardware
175
N3100-ON Series Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . 175
N3100-ON Series Back Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . 177
N3100-ON Series LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . 177
Power Consumption for N3100-ON Series PoE
Switches
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Dell EMC Networking N3200-ON Series Switch Hardware
185
N3200-ON Series Front Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . 185
N3200-ON Series Rear Panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . 185
N3200-ON Series Switch Ports
. . . . . . . . . . . 186
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N3200-ON Series Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . 187
N3200-ON Series USB Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
N3200-ON Series Reset Button
. . . . . . . . . . . 188
N3200-ON Series Port and System LEDs
. . . . . . 189
N3200-ON Series Stack Master LED and Stack
Number Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
N3200-ON Series Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . 189
N3200-ON Series LED Definitions
. . . . . . . . . . 190
Switch MAC Addresses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
4 Using Dell EMC OpenManage Switch
Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
About Dell EMC OpenManage Switch Administrator. . 205
Starting the Application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Understanding the Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Using the Switch Administrator Buttons and Links
. . . 209
Defining Fields
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Understanding the Device View
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Using the Device View Port Features
. . . . . . . . 210
Using the Device View Switch Locator Feature
. . 211
5 Using the Command-Line Interface . . . . 213
Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . 213
Console Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Telnet Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Understanding Command Modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Contents 11
Entering CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Using the Question Mark to Get Help
. . . . . . . 217
Using Command Completion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Entering Abbreviated Commands
. . . . . . . . . 218
Negating Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Command Output Paging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Understanding Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . 219
Recalling Commands from the History Buffer
. . . 219
6 Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
7 Setting the IP Address and Other Basic
Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 225
What Is the Basic Network Information?
. . . . . 225
Why Is Basic Network Information Needed?
. . . 226
How Is Basic Network Information Configured?
. . 227
What Is Out-of-Band Management and In-Band
Management?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Default Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Configuring Basic Network Information (Web)
. . . . . 231
Out-of-Band Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
IP Interface Configuration (Default VLAN IP Address)
232
Route Entry Configuration (Switch Default Gateway)
234
Domain Name Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Default Domain Name
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Host Name Mapping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Dynamic Host Name Mapping
. . . . . . . . . . . 239
Configuring Basic Network Information (CLI)
. . . . . . 240
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Enabling the DHCP Client on the OOB Port . . . . . 240
Enabling the DHCP Client on the Default VLAN
. . 240
Managing DHCP Leases
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Configuring Static Network Information on the
OOB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Configuring Static Network Information on the
Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Configuring and Viewing Additional Network
Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Basic Network Information Configuration Examples
. . 246
Configuring Network Information Using the
OOB Port
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Configuring Network Information Using the
Serial Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
8 Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Stacking Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Dell EMC Networking Stacking Compatibility
. . . 255
How is the Stack Master Selected?
. . . . . . . . 256
Adding a Switch to the Stack
. . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Removing a Switch from the Stack
. . . . . . . . . 258
How is the Firmware Updated on the Stack?
. . . . 259
What is Stacking Standby?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
What is Nonstop Forwarding?
. . . . . . . . . . . 260
Switch Stack MAC Addressing and Stack Design
Considerations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
NSF Network Design Considerations
. . . . . . . . 263
Why is Stacking Needed?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Default Stacking Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Managing and Monitoring the Stack (Web)
. . . . . . . 266
Contents 13
Unit Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Stack Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Stack Firmware Synchronization
. . . . . . . . . . 268
Supported Switches
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Stack Port Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Stack Port Counters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Stack Port Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
NSF Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Checkpoint Statistics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Managing the Stack (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Configuring Stack Member, Stack Port, SFS and
NSF Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Viewing and Clearing Stacking and NSF Information
276
Connecting to the Management Console from a
Stack Member
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Stacking and NSF Usage Scenarios
. . . . . . . . . . . 277
Basic Failover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Preconfiguring a Stack Member
. . . . . . . . . . 279
NSF in the Data Center
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
NSF and VoIP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
NSF and DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
NSF and the Storage Access Network
. . . . . . . 284
NSF and Routed Access
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
9 Authentication, Authorization, and
Accounting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
AAA Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Methods
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Method Lists
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Access Lines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Enabling SSH Access
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
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Access Lines (AAA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Access Lines (Non-AAA)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Authentication
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Authentication Access Types
. . . . . . . . . . . 295
Authentication Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Using RADIUS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Using TACACS+
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Dynamic ACL Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Authentication Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Public Key SSH Authentication Example
. . . . . . 327
Associating a User With an SSH Key
. . . . . . . . 336
Authorization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Exec Authorization Capabilities
. . . . . . . . . . . 338
Authorization Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
RADIUS Change of Authorization
. . . . . . . . . . 342
TACACS Authorization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Accounting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
RADIUS Accounting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
IEEE 802.1X
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
What is IEEE 802.1X?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
What are the 802.1X Port Authentication Modes?
. 355
What are Authentication Host Modes
. . . . . . . 356
What is MAC Authentication Bypass?
. . . . . . . 357
What is the Role of 802.1X in VLAN Assignment?
. 359
What is Monitor Mode?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
How Does the Authentication Server Assign
DiffServ Policy or ACLs?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
What is the Internal Authentication Server?
. . . . 365
Default 802.1X Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Configuring IEEE 802.1X (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . 367
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Captive Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Captive Portal Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Default Captive Portal Behavior and Settings
. . . 399
Configuring Captive Portal (Web)
. . . . . . . . . 401
Configuring Captive Portal (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . 417
Captive Portal Configuration Example
. . . . . . . 423
In Case Of Problems in Captive Portal Deployment
427
10 Monitoring and Logging System Information 429
System Monitoring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
What System Information Is Monitored?
. . . . . . 429
Why Is System Information Needed?
. . . . . . . 430
Where Are Log Messages Sent?
. . . . . . . . . . 430
What Are the Severity Levels?
. . . . . . . . . . . 431
What Are the System Startup and Operation Logs?
431
What Is the Log Message Format?
. . . . . . . . . 432
What Factors Should Be Considered When
Configuring Logging?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Default Log Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Monitoring System Information and Configuring
Logging (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Device Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
System Health
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
System Resources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Unit Power Usage History
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Integrated Cable Test for Copper Cables
. . . . . . 441
Optical Transceiver Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . 442
Log Global Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
RAM Log
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Log File
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
SYSLOG Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
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Email Alert Global Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 449
Email Alert Mail Server Configuration
. . . . . . . 449
Email Alert Subject Configuration
. . . . . . . . . 451
Email Alert To Address Configuration
. . . . . . . 452
Email Alert Statistics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Monitoring System Information and Configuring
Logging (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Viewing System Information and Enabling the
Locator LED
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Running Cable Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Configuring Local Logging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Configuring Remote Logging
. . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Configuring Mail Server Settings
. . . . . . . . . . 458
Configuring Email Alerts for Log Messages
. . . . 459
Logging Configuration Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Configuring Local and Remote Logging
. . . . . . 461
Configuring Email Alerting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
11 Managing General System Settings . . . 467
System Settings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Why Does System Information Need to Be
Configured?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
What Are SDM Templates?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Why is the System Time Needed?
. . . . . . . . . 472
How Does SNTP Work?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
What Configuration Is Required for Plug-In
Modules?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Default General System Information
. . . . . . . . . . 473
Configuring General System Settings (Web)
. . . . . . 474
System Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
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CLI Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
SDM Template Preference
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
SNTP Global Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
SNTP Authentication
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
SNTP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Summer Time Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Time Zone Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Card Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Slot Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Supported Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Power Over Ethernet Global Configuration
. . . . . 491
Power Over Ethernet Unit Configuration
. . . . . . 492
Power Over Ethernet Interface Configuration
. . . 493
Configuring System Settings (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Configuring System Information
. . . . . . . . . . 495
Configuring the Banner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Managing the SDM Template
. . . . . . . . . . . 497
Configuring SNTP Authentication and an SNTP
Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Setting the System Time and Date Manually
. . . . 499
Configuring the Expansion Slots
. . . . . . . . . . 500
Viewing Slot Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Configuring PoE Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
General System Settings Configuration Examples
. . . 503
Configuring System and Banner Information
. . . 503
Configuring SNTP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Configuring the Time Manually
. . . . . . . . . . . 508
12 SNMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
SNMP Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
What Is SNMP?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
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What Are SNMP Traps? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Why Is SNMP Needed?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Default SNMP Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Configuring SNMP (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
SNMP Global Parameters
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
SNMP View Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Access Control Group
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
SNMPv3 User Security Model (USM)
. . . . . . . 518
Communities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Notification Filter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Notification Recipients
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Trap Flags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
OSPFv2 Trap Flags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
OSPFv3 Trap Flags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Trap Log
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Configuring SNMP (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Configuring the SNMPv3 Engine ID
. . . . . . . . . 531
Configuring SNMP Views, Groups, and Users
. . . 532
Configuring Communities
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Configuring SNMP Notifications (Traps and Informs)
537
SNMP Configuration Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Configuring SNMPv1 and SNMPv2
. . . . . . . . . 540
Configuring SNMP Management Station Access
. 541
Configuring SNMPv3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
13 Images and File Management . . . . . . . . 547
Image and File Management Overview . . . . . . . . . 547
What Files Can Be Managed?
. . . . . . . . . . . 547
Why Is File Management Needed?
. . . . . . . . . 549
What Methods Are Supported for File Management?
552
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What Factors Should Be Considered When
Managing Files?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
How Is the Running Configuration Saved?
. . . . . 556
Managing Images and Files (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . 557
File System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Active Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
USB Flash Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
File Download
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
File Upload
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
Copy Files
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Managing Images and Files (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Downloading and Activating a New Image (TFTP)
. 566
Managing Files in Internal Flash
. . . . . . . . . . 567
Managing Files on a USB Flash Device
. . . . . . 568
Uploading a Configuration File (SCP)
. . . . . . . . 569
Managing Configuration Scripts (SFTP)
. . . . . . 570
SCP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
File and Image Management Configuration Examples
. 572
Upgrading the Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Managing Configuration Scripts
. . . . . . . . . . 575
Managing Files by Using the USB Flash Drive
. . . 577
14 DHCP and USB Auto-Configuration. . . . 579
Auto Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
What Is USB Auto Configuration?
. . . . . . . . . 580
What Files Does USB Auto Configuration Use?
. . 580
How Does USB Auto Configuration Use the Files
on the USB Device?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
What Is the Setup File Format?
. . . . . . . . . . . 583
What Is the DHCP Auto Configuration Process?
. . 584
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Monitoring and Completing the DHCP Auto
Configuration Process
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
What Are the Dependencies for DHCP Auto
Configuration?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Default Auto Configuration Values
. . . . . . . . . . . 592
Managing Auto Configuration (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . 593
Auto-Install Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
Managing Auto Configuration (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . 594
Managing Auto Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . 594
Auto Configuration Example
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
Enabling USB Auto Configuration and Auto Image
Download
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
Enabling DHCP Auto Configuration and Auto Image
Download
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Easy Firmware Upgrade/Downgrade via USB
. . . 598
15 Monitoring Switch Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . 599
Traffic Monitoring Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
What is sFlow Technology?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
What is RMON?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
What is Port Mirroring?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Port Mirroring Behaviors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
RSPAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Remote Capture
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Why is Traffic Monitoring Needed?
. . . . . . . . 609
Default Traffic Monitoring Values
. . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Monitoring Switch Traffic (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 610
sFlow Agent Summary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
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