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Command Reference

Converting Network-to-Tool port Configuring 1G Electrical SFP Enabling FlowVision On-box Support

Converting Network-to-Tool port

A Network port can be converted to a tool port by following the steps below,

Remove the Network port from the flow

Assuming that we want to remove port "Ethernet 63/1" from the flow, The network ports can be reconfigured as below

2. Change the mode of the port to VLAN-aware

This step is only required if the port was configured as VLAN-unware when it was initially configured as a network port.

3. Change the interface type to 'tool'

The 'type' command under the interface works like a description for the user about the port type

4. Add the port to Port-Channel, if required

Adding the port to the Port-Channel

If the port channel is already part of a flow, then the flow has to be deleted and reconfigured with the new Port-Channel

Create the flow and add ports

Add rules to filter traffic

5. Adding the port the tool port

The new port can be added to the existing list if it's not part of the Port-Channel

Configuring 1G Electrical SFP

If an Electrical SFP fails to transfer link status to the switch side, configuring an-clause cl37 and enabling autoneg can resolve this issue. An example is configuring this feature to support the FINISAR SFP FTLX1471D3BCL on Edge-Core AS5812.

To set up a port for supporting a 1G Electrical SFP, follow the steps outlined below:

This feature is only supported on Broadcom platforms

Configure speed on the port

Configure the an-clause to support 1G Electrical pluggable

configure auto-neg on the port

Note that if any changes on autoneg is made to the port, you must follow these exact steps in order:

Enabling FlowVision On-box Support

To manage and configure the APB switch using a graphical user interface (GUI), enable FlowVision support on the device.

FlowVision utilizes TCP port 443 for its Web-GUI.

Configure Management IP on the APB Switch

//Configure Mgmt IP

pbnoscli# configure terminal 
pbnoscli(config)# interface mgmt 
pbnoscli(config-if)# ip address 10.4.4.51/23 gateway 10.4.4.1 
pbnoscli(config-if)# end
pbnoscli#

Enable FlowVision Ob-Box Support

Verify the reachability of the APB switch from the management system

Access the Web-GUI from your favourite browser https://<MGMT-IP>/
User: admin
Password: admin

Converting Network-to-Tool port

A Network port can be converted to a tool port by following the steps below,

Remove the Network port from the flow

Assuming that we want to remove port "Ethernet 63/1" from the flow, The network ports can be reconfigured as below

//Before
pbnoscli(config)# flow flow01
pbnoscli(config-flow-flow01)# network-ports Ethernet4/1,Ethernet6/1,Ethernet63/1,Ethernet8/1
pbnoscli(config-flow-flow01)# 

//Reconfiguring flow01
pbnoscli(config)# flow flow01
pbnoscli(config-flow-flow01)# network-ports Ethernet4/1,Ethernet6/1,Ethernet8/1
pbnoscli(config-flow-flow01)#

2. Change the mode of the port to VLAN-aware

//Reconfiguring port mode
pbnoscli# configure terminal 
pbnoscli(config)# interface ethernet Ethernet63/1
pbnoscli(config-if)# mode vlan-aware 
pbnoscli(config-if)#

This step is only required if the port was configured as VLAN-unware when it was initially configured as a network port.

3. Change the interface type to 'tool'

The 'type' command under the interface works like a description for the user about the port type

4. Add the port to Port-Channel, if required

Adding the port to the Port-Channel

If the port channel is already part of a flow, then the flow has to be deleted and reconfigured with the new Port-Channel

Create the flow and add ports

Add rules to filter traffic

5. Adding the port the tool port

The new port can be added to the existing list if it's not part of the Port-Channel

Enabling FlowVision On-box Support

To manage and configure the APB switch using a graphical user interface (GUI), enable FlowVision support on the device.

FlowVision utilizes TCP port 443 for its Web-GUI.

Configure Management IP on the APB Switch

//Configure Mgmt IP

pbnoscli# configure terminal 
pbnoscli(config)# interface mgmt 
pbnoscli(config-if)# ip address 10.4.4.51/23 gateway 10.4.4.1 
pbnoscli(config-if)# end
pbnoscli#

//Verify Management IP

pbnoscli# show ip management 
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.4.4.51  netmask 255.255.254.0  broadcast 10.4.5.255
        inet6 fe80::63f:72ff:fec4:1a68  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 04:3f:72:c4:1a:68  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 1095  bytes 98068 (95.7 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 785  bytes 542645 (529.9 KiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
        device memory 0xf8100000-f81fffff  
pbnoscli#

Enable FlowVision Ob-Box Support

Verify the reachability of the APB switch from the management system

Access the Web-GUI from your favourite browser https://<MGMT-IP>/
User: admin
Password: admin

Configuring 1G Electrical SFP

To set up a port for supporting a 1G Electrical SFP, follow the steps outlined below:

This feature is only supported on Broadcom platforms

Configure speed on the port

Configure the an-clause to support 1G Electrical pluggable

configure auto-neg on the port

Note that if any changes on autoneg is made to the port, you must follow these exact steps in order: