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Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide iii REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION This product complies with the following: SAFETY UL 1950; CS A C22.2, No. 950; 73/23/EEC; EN 60950 ; IEC 950 ELECTROMAGN ETIC FCC Part 1 5; CSA C108.
iv R iverstone Networks RS 2100 Switc h Router Getting St arted Guide War n i n g Changes or modification s made to this device that are not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user ’ s authority to operate the equipment.
Riverstone N etworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Gu ide v VCCI COM PLIANC E S TATEMENT This is a Class A pro duct based on the standard of the V oluntary Contr ol Council for Interfer ence by Information T ech nology Equipment (VCCI). If this equipment is used in a domestic environment, radio disturbance may arise.
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xiv Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ADDENDUM Applicatio n of Council Dir ective(s) 89/336/ EEC 73/23/ EEC Manufacturer ’ s Name Riverstone Netwo rks, Inc.
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router G etting Started G uide xv T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 About Th is Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . .
xvi Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 4.3 Configuratio n Changes and Savin g the Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 6 4.3.1 Activating the Conf iguration Comman ds in the Scratchpad .
Riverstone N etworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started G uide xvii LIST OF FI GURES Figure 2-1 Front view of an R S 2100 chass is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Figure 2-2 Front panel of gigabit ports .
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Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide xix LIST OF T ABLES Table 2-1 ISO 7-layer model and RS 2100 capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Table 2-2 Basic hardware and software s pecifications .
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Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 1-1 1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide provides a general overview of the hardware and software features, and provides procedures for initial install ation and s et up of t he RS 21 00. 1.1 HOW TO USE T HIS GUIDE 1.
1-2 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Related Documentation About This Guide.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 2-1 2 RS 2100 INTRODUCTION The Riverst one RS 2100 provid es non-b locking , wire-speed Lay er -2 (swit ching), Layer - 3 (routing) , and Layer -4 (applicat ion) swit ching. Thi s chapter provi des a basic overvi ew of the RS 2100 softw are and hardware feat ure set.
2-2 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Specifications RS 2100 Introduction 2.2 S PECIFICATIONS The RS 2 100 provi des high-s peed swit ching and full non -blocking t hroughp ut.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 2-3 RS 2100 Introduction Software Ov erview 2.3 SOFTWARE OVERVIEW This section describes the features and capabilities of the RS 2100 in greater detail. For full information regarding the use of these features and capabilities, see the Riverstone RS S witch Router User Guide .
2-4 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Software Ov erview RS 2100 Introduction Note All othe r prot ocols that r equire routing mu st be t unneled u sing IP . By default, the RS 2100 us es one MAC address fo r all interfaces.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 2-5 RS 2100 Introduction Software Ov erview 2.3.4 Layer-4 Switching In addition to layer-2 bridging and laye r-3 routing, the RS 2100 performs layer-4 switching. Layer-4 switching is b ased on appli cations and flows.
2-6 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Software Ov erview RS 2100 Introduction • Layer -4 appli cation fl ows QoS mechanisms su pported on the RS 2100 include the follow.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 2-7 RS 2100 Introduction Software Ov erview SSL persistence – a binding is determined by matching the source IP address an d the virtual destination IP/port address. Note that r equests from any source s ocket with the client IP addr ess are considered part of the same sessio n.
2-8 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Hardware Overview RS 2100 Introduction 2.4 HARDWARE OVERVIEW This secti on descri bes the RS 2100’ s hardware specif ications. For in formation o n instal ling the har dware, see Chap ter 3, "Har dwar e Inst allation .
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 2-9 RS 2100 Introduction Hardware Overview 2.4. 3 Mother board Featur es The internal “mother board” perfor ms all the RS 2 100’ s computing and ro uting functio ns. It contains system- wide bridgin g and routi ng tables.
2-10 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Hardware Overview RS 2100 Introduction 2.4.4 F ans The RS 2100 contains three internal fans to provide co oling air flow acr oss the motherbo ard and gigabit po rts. The fans are located near the middle of the chassis, b etween the power supplies and the motherboard.
Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide 2-11 RS 2100 Introduction Hardware Overview LEDs The gigabi t ports u se the followin g LEDs. T able 2- 6 Gigabit port LEDs LED De scription Per -port Link Gr een – Indicates that the port hardware detects a cable plugged into the port and a good link is es tabl ish ed.
2-12 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Hardware Overview RS 2100 Introduction.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 3-1 3 HARDWARE INST ALLATION This chapter pr ovides hard ware installa tion instru ctions and inform ation on safe ty consideration s, environm ental considerat ions, and r egulator y standar ds.
3-2 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Hardware Specifications Hardware Installa tion 3.2 HARDWARE S PECIFICATIONS The following table lists the phy sical and environ mental specifications for the RS 2100 .
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 3-3 Hardware Installation Hardware Specifications 3.2.3 Insta lling t he Chassis Install the RS 2100 in a standar d 19” equipment r ack. War n i n g Before p erforming any mechan ical upgrad e or ins tallation procedures , ensure that the RS 2100 is powered of f.
3-4 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Hardware Specifications Hardware Installa tion Figure 3- 1 I nstalling t he R S 2100 ch assis i n an e quipme nt rack War n i n g Make sure the screws are tight before y our assistant releases the chas sis.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 3-5 Hardware Installation Hardware Specifications Connecting a 10/100BASE-TX Management Cable Use the RJ- 45 10/10 0BASE-TX DT E port for connecting the RS 2100 to your networ k for in- band management through either T elnet or SNMP .
3-6 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Hardware Specifications Hardware Installa tion RXD (receive data) 6 TXD (transmit data) Unused 7 Unused Unused 8 Unused a. The rig ht ha nd co lumn pin assig nment s ar e f or the RJ- 45 co nne ctor on th e RS 210 0.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 4-1 4 RS 2100 INITIAL CONFIGURATION This chapter provides the following information on powering up the RS 2100 for the first time, and performing basic setup procedur es.
4-2 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Powering on the RS 2100 RS 2100 Initi al Configuration Here is a partial exampl e: 4. When the software is fu lly booted, th e following messages appear s on the management co nsole: Boot Software Version prom-2.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 4-3 RS 2100 Initial Conf iguration Powering on the R S 2100 5. As prompted, press Retur n (or Enter) to activate the C ommand Line Interface (CLI) on the console. Note If prompt ed for a pas sword, simply p ress the Return key .
4-4 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Starting the Command Line Interface RS 2100 Initi al Configuration 4.2 S T ARTING THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE T o start the Command Line Interfac e (CLI), power o n the system, as descri bed in Section 4.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 4-5 RS 2100 Initial Configuration Starting the Command Line Interface 4.2.2 Basic Li ne Editing Co mmands The CLI supports Emacs-like line editing com mands. The following table lists some commonly used commands.
4-6 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Configuration Changes and Saving the Confi guration File RS 2100 Initi al Configuration 4.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 4-7 RS 2100 Initial Configuration Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File Note If you ex it the Co nfigure mode ( by enteri ng the exit command or pr essing Ctrl+z), the CLI will as k you whet her you want to make active the changes in the scratchpad.
4-8 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Configuration Changes and Saving the Confi guration File RS 2100 Initi al Configuration 4.3. 3 V ie wing the Curre nt Confi gur atio n T o view the cu rrent config uration: 1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode b y entering the enable command.
Riverstone Ne tworks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 4-9 RS 2100 Initial Configuration Setting the Basic S ystem Information 4.4 SETTING THE BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION Follow the procedures .
4-10 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Setting the Basic System Information RS 2100 Initi al Configuration Here is an examp le: 5. Use the interface add ip co mmand to set the IP address and netmas k for the en0 Ethernet interface.
Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide 4-11 RS 2100 Initial Configuration Setting the Basic S ystem Information 9. Save the Active configuration to the Startup configuration file using the following command: 10.
4-12 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Setting Up Passwords RS 2100 Initi al Configuration 4.5 SETTING UP PASSWORDS Y ou can p assword-protect CLI access to the RS 2100 by s etting up pass words for User mode access and Enable mod e access.
Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide 4-13 RS 2100 Initial Conf iguration Setting Up Passwords 4.5.1 If Y ou Forget Y our Pa sswords If you fo rget yo ur passwor ds follow this proced ure to regain access to your RS 2100 .
4-14 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Setting Up Passwords RS 2100 Initi al Configuration 5. When the RS 2100 fini shes boot ing, ent er the foll owing com mands (when p rompted, an swer yes ): 6. Both the User access mode and En able access mode passwords are now reset to the default “blank” val ues .
Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide 4-15 RS 2100 Initial Conf iguration Setting Up SNM P 4.6 SETTING UP SNMP T o use SNMP to manage the R S 2100, you need to set up an SNMP community and specifying the I P address of the tar get hos t for SNMP t raps.
4-16 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Setting Up SNMP RS 2100 Initi al Configuration By default, SNMP infor mation is sent an d received on the R S 2100’ s en0 Ethern et port.
Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide 4-17 RS 2100 Initial Conf iguration Setting Up SNM P For additional information about RS 2100 security and ACLs, see th e Riverstone RS Switch Ro uter U ser Guide. 4.6. 3 Supp orted MI Bs The following lists the MIBs that are supported b y the RS 2100 SNMP agent.
4-18 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address RS 2100 Initi al Configuration 4.7 SETTING THE DNS DOMAIN NAME AND ADDRESS Associating a DNS name ser ver with your RS 2100 allows you to use d evice names (rather than I P addresses) when entering certain com mands.
Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide 4-19 RS 2100 Initial Configuration Setting the DNS Domain Name and Addre ss 7. Exit Configure mode, then enter the system show dns command to verify the new DNS settings: Here is an examp le: 8.
4-20 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Setting the SYSLOG Parameters RS 2100 Initi al Configuration 4.8 SETTING THE SYSLOG PARAMETERS The RS 2 100 can use SYS LOG messages to communicat e the followi ng types o f messages to a SYSLOG s erver: Ta b l e 4 - 6 s hows examples of the types of SYSLOG mess ages.
Riverstone Network s RS 2100 S witch Router Getting Started Guide 4-21 RS 2100 Initial Configuration Setting the SYSLOG Param eters Note The <facility-type> is a string of the fo rm: user , kern , or local0 thr oug h local7 . These strings are reserved by the SYSLOG server daemon .
4-22 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Setting the SYSLOG Parameters RS 2100 Initi al Configuration.
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide 5-1 5 MANAGING RS 2100 SOF TWARE This chap ter de scri bes ho w to per fo rm ope rat ions regar din g RS 2 100 oper atin g soft ware and bo otPR OM i mage s software.
5-2 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide Upgrading System I mage Software Managing RS 2100 Software Note The <image-file-name> is the full directory path and filename to the image software file on the TFTP server . Here is an examp le: 4.
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide 5-3 Managing RS 2100 Soft ware Upgrading Boot PROM Software Note Y ou do not need to activate this change.
5-4 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide Upgrading Boot PROM Software Managing RS 2100 Software Here is an examp le: 4. Reboot the RS 2100. 5. Enter the system show version command to verify that the new boot PROM software is in the internal memory of t he RS 21 00’ s motherboard.
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide 5-5 Managing RS 2100 Software Loading Software from th e Network 5.3 LOADING SOF TWARE FROM THE NETWORK T ypically , the RS 2100 loads its oper ating software from the flash memor y contained on the motherbo ard.
5-6 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide Loading Software from the Network Managing RS 2100 Software Here is an examp le: 6. Enter the set command to view the ch anges: Here is an examp le: 7. From th e Boo t prom pt, us e the ping command to verify that the RS 2100 can reach the TFTP server .
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide 5-7 Managing RS 2100 Software Loading Software from th e Network 5.3.2 Loading Image S of tware from a B ootP/TFTP Serve r The RS 2100 contains a BootP client and can be conf igured to obtain its image s oftware from a B ootP/TFTP server .
5-8 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Getting Started Guide Loading Software from the Network Managing RS 2100 Software 6. Reboot the RS 2100 by entering th e reboot co mmand at the Boot prompt .
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide A-1 APPENDIX A T ROUBLESHOOTING If you ex perience dif fi culty with th e basic hard ware or softw are setup procedures i n this gui de, check t he following t able to s ee whether the d ifficu lty you are experienci ng is descri bed.
A-2 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Configuration chang es are not reins tated after a reboot. T o save the configur ation changes to the Startup configuration f ile, use the pr ocedure in Section 4.3.2, "Saving the Active Configuratio n to the St artup Configuration File.
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Index-1 INDEX Numerics 1000-Mbp s port .................................. .... 2-10 10Base-T/ 100Base-TX mana gement p ort 2- 8 A access mod es .................... .................. ...
Index-2 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide copy act ive to startup ... ....................4-7 , 4-11 copy sta rtup to s cratc hpad ...................... 4-14 Ctrl+z ........................... .................. ........
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Index-3 IGMP ........................................... ...... 2-4 Multi- Proto col L abel S witc hing ............... 2-6 N NVRAM ............................................. ...... 2-9 O OSPF v2 .
Index-4 Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide set command ......................... ... 4-13 , 5- 5 , 5-7 setti ng basic s ystem in format ion .............. 4-9 setti ng boot sour ce .................................. .. 5-5 setti ng date and time .
Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide Index-5 upgrad ing soft ware image- file-n ame ........................... ...... 5-2 ip add r oute ................ ........................ 5-1 system i mage add ....... ...............
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