- Is the Volktek “Xpress Ring” protocol compatible with the other switch manufacturer link recovery protocols?
No.
“Xpress Ring” is a Volktek proprietary protocol, and works exclusively with Volktek switches.
For the network recovery to work with other switches the user can configure Spanning-Tree protocol or RTSP. - If the Storm Control rate is set to a specific level and then the traffic exceeds the threshold, will the port be blocked?
Once the Storm Control is activated, the packets that reach beyond the threshold will be dropped without blocking the port.
- What is the cause of receiving the error “client init serv fail”?
The reason is more than 10 Telnet/SSH sessions are open at the same time. It may be caused by the customer not following the proper CLI command to exit, leaving the session running in the background.
It is advisable to use the proper exit command as: L2SWITCH#exit. - Can Volktek switches running STP/RSTP make ring connectivity with Cisco proprietary PVST/RPVST?
If Cisco switches only support PVST/RPVST then attempt to interoperate between R-PVST and RSTP by keeping the vlan1 (the native VLAN) to be configured as untagged on the Cisco ports connected to the others switches.
- In Tacacs+, after creating user privileges, is not working will every user have all permissions?
Authorization execution is disabled in the switch (which means it will allow all permissions to every level of user ) will need to be enabled.
- How to block TELNET in Volktek switches for specific IP's?
TELNET can be blocked by creating an ACL,
L2SWITCH#show access-list
Profile Name: TELNET
Activate: drop
VLAN: any
Destination MAC Address: any
Source MAC Address: any
Ethernet Type: any
Source Interface: any
Source IP Address: 192.168.0.2 Mask: 255.255.255.192
Destination IP Address: any
Source Application: any
Destination Application: 23 - How to manually set the time in Volktek switches?
Use the following commands:
To see the present time in the switch
L2SWITCH#show time
Current Time:
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Time: 4:32:28 (UTC)
Date: 1970-1-1
Time Server Configuration:
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State: Disabled
Time Zone: +05:30
IP Address: 203.117.180.36
DayLight Saving Time Configuration:
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State: Disabled
Start Date: First Sunday of January at 0 o'clock
End Date: First Sunday of January at 0 o'clock
will execute to set the time and date find below
L2SWITCH#con t
L2SWITCH(config)#time 02:50:50
Success!
L2SWITCH(config)#time date 2018/11/13
Success!
L2SWITCH(config)#write memory
Success! - How to check TX RX power with DDMI SFP in any of the interfaces?
Check with the below command:
L2SWITCH#Show sfp ddmi port 1 - Can the configuration file be uploaded via TFTP?
Yes, use the command below under config mode:
#archive upload-config tftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/INS-8648P - Where can I configure the VLAN priority?
VLAN priority can be configured by:
- Port-based
- QinQ
- MAC-Based
- ALC