Stratix 8000 - The Next Generation

Ethernet Switch - Best of Both Worlds

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS __________________________________________________________ 3
STRATIX 8000 - THE NEXT GENERATION ETHERNET SWITCH - BEST OF BOTH WORLDS _________ 5
ABOUT THIS HANDS-ON LAB __________________________________________________ 5
WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH IN THIS LAB _______________________________________ 5
BEFORE YOU BEGIN ________________________________________________________ 5
LAB MATERIALS ___________________________________________________________ 5
DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS ____________________________________________________ 7
LAB 1: STRATIX 8000 HARDWARE FAMILIARIZATION ___________________________________ 8
ABOUT THIS LAB ___________________________________________________________ 8
STRATIX 8000 BASE MODULE _________________________________________________ 8
STRATIX 8000 PORT NUMBERING _____________________________________________ 10
CONNECTING YOUR DEMO BOX _______________________________________________ 12
LAB 2: THE STRATIX 8000 CIP INTERFACE _________________________________________ 14
ABOUT THIS LAB __________________________________________________________ 14
ADDING THE STRATIX 8000 TO THE I/O TREE _____________________________________ 14
THE STRATIX 8000 PROFILE _________________________________________________ 19
STRATIX 8000 RSLOGIX 5000 TAGS ___________________________________________ 33
CONTROLLING INPUT AND OUTPUTS WITH LADDER LOGIC ___________________________ 35
LAB 3: STRATIX 8000 AOI & DIAGNOSTIC FACEPLATES ________________________________ 38
ABOUT THIS LAB __________________________________________________________ 38
ADDING THE AOI TO THE PROJECT ____________________________________________ 38
STRATIX 8000 FACTORYTALK VIEW FACEPLATE __________________________________ 44
LAB 4: DEVICE MANAGER ______________________________________________________ 50
ABOUT THIS LAB __________________________________________________________ 50
LAUNCHING THE DEVICE MANAGER ____________________________________________ 50
USING DEVICE MANAGER TO CONFIGURE THE STRATIX 8000 _________________________ 53
USING DEVICE MANAGER TO MONITOR THE STRATIX 8000 ___________________________ 65
USING DEVICE MANAGER TO MONITOR YOUR NETWORK _____________________________ 69
LAB 5: NETWORK SEGMENTATION USING STRATIX 8000 AND 8300 _______________________ 72
ABOUT THIS LAB __________________________________________________________ 72
CONFIRMING YOUR VLAN AND ROUTING CONFIGURATION ___________________________ 74
TESTING CONNECTIVITY TO A REMOTE SUBNET ___________________________________ 75
CONFIGURING A UNICAST I/O CONNECTION ______________________________________ 78
LAB 6: USING THE CISCO CLI (OPTIONAL) __________________________________________ 81
ABOUT THIS LAB __________________________________________________________ 81
CONNECTING TO THE SWITCH THROUGH TELNET___________________________________ 81
USING BASIC DIAGNOSTIC COMMANDS __________________________________________ 82
FILTERING OUTPUT ________________________________________________________ 83
ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS ____________________________________________________ 84

Stratix 8000 - The Next Generation Ethernet

Switch - Best of Both Worlds
About This Hands-On Lab
Welcome to the Stratix 8000 Managed Ethernet Switch Lab. The Stratix 8000 is a Rockwell
Automation switch utilizing Cisco technology. This switch, which is designed specifically for
use in industrial environments, is a unique product offering the best of Cisco and the best of
Allen-Bradley.
The switch line uses the Cisco Catalyst switch architecture and feature set, along with
powerful configuration tools, helping to provide secure integration with the enterprise
network and making IT professionals feel at home.
At the same time, it allows for easy setup and comprehensive diagnostics from within the
Rockwell Automation Integrated architecture. The switch can be configured using RSLogix
5000 programming software. It also automatically generates Logix tags for integrated
diagnostics and includes Factory Talk View faceplates for status monitoring and alarming.
Together these features provide the preferred mechanisms for controls and automation
professionals to integrate networked devices to controls. It is therefore a switch designed to
allow IT professionals and control engineers to work together to build a converged Ethernet
solution.
This lab will show how a switch can be managed through RSLogix 5000 using the CIP
interface, including the configuration of new features such as DHCP per port. It goes on to
describe the FactoryTalk View Faceplates.
The Stratix 8300 Layer 3 Switch which offers the same functionality as the Stratix 8000 but
with the added value of layer 3 switching in a Cisco-based industrial switch.

What You Will Accomplish In This Lab

This hands-on lab is intended for individuals who want to learn about the specific switch
features which provide a preferred (CIP) interface to the Rockwell Automation Integrated
Architecture and also into existing Cisco infrastructure. This includes the RSLogix 5000 Add
on Profile, Predefined logic tags, FactoryTalk View faceplates and the Device Manager. As
you complete the exercises in this hands-on session, you will also be introduced to the
techniques on how to configure DHCP per port and unicast I/O.

Before You Begin

Before you begin this Hands-On Lab, please be sure to close any applications that are
currently running.

Lab Materials
For this Hands-On lab, we have provided you with the following materials that will allow you
to complete the labs in this workbook.

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Hardware
This hands-on lab uses the following hardware:

ENET demo box 10P084A

The lab requires a Logix controller running V21 firmware

Stratix 8000 Managed Ethernet Switch

The lab uses the ies-lanbase-tar.122-58.EX1.bin IOS image
Stratix 8300 L3 switch as a central switch
The lab uses the ies-lanbase-tar.12.2.58 IOS image

Software
This hands-on lab uses the following software:

RSLinx Classic
Version 3.60.00 (CPR9 SR5)

RSLinx Enterprise
Version 5.50.00.00 (CPR9 SR5)

RSLogix 5000
Version 21.00.00 (CPR9 SR5)

FactoryTalk View Site Edition Client (Optional)

Version 6.10.00.00 (CPR9 SR4)

Internet Explorer
Version 6.0

Cisco Network Assistant

Version 5.8

Files
This hands on lab uses the following files. All of these files are in the Lab Files directory on
your PC

AUL01.acd

AUL01_VLANs.acd

Rungs1to2_from_MainRoutine.L5X

Rung4_from_MainRoutine.L5X

AB_Stratix_8000.L5X

EIP_Lab.cli

EIP_Lab.apa

Document Conventions
Throughout this workbook, we have used the following conventions to help guide you
through the lab materials.
This style or symbol:

Indicates:

Words shown in bold (e.g.,

RSLogix 5000 or OK)

Any item or button that you must click on, or a menu name
from which you must choose an option or command. This will
be an actual name of an item that you see on your screen or
in an example.

Words shown in bold italics,

enclosed in single quotes
(e.g., 'Controller1')

An item that you must type in the specified field. This is

information that you must supply based on your application
(e.g., a variable).
Note: When you type the text in the field, remember that you
do not need to type the quotes; simply type the words that
are contained within them (e.g. Controller1).
The text that appears inside of this gray box is supplemental
information regarding the lab materials, but not information
that is required reading in order for you to complete the lab
exercises. The text that follows this symbol may provide you
with helpful hints that can make it easier for you to use this
product. Most often, authors use this Tip Text style for
important information they want their students to see.

Note: If the mouse button is not specified in the text, you should click on the left mouse
button.

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Lab 1: Stratix 8000 Hardware Familiarization

About This Lab
In this lab, we will introduce you to the Stratix 8000 co-branded managed switch.

Stratix 8000 Base Module

1. Look at the front of the switch

There are two power connectors on the top left of the switch.
You can connect the switch to two separate power sources for redundancy.
Additional connections on the power connectors provide hardwired contacts for major
and minor alarms.
The Express Setup button is located below the power connections.
Express Setup allows you to easily configure the switch for EtherNet/IP networks.

The Console port is a serial connection available on all Cisco hardware. The console
port allows direct access to the switch via Ciscos Command Line Interface (CLI)

The System LEDs are next to the console port. They give an indication of the state
of the switch.

LED
EIP Mod
EIP Net
Setup
Power A
Power B

Description
Indicates the status of the switch
Indicates the status of the I/O connection to the switch
Indicates the switch is in Express Setup Mode
Indicates the status of power connection A
Indicates the status of power connection B

A complete description of the System LEDs can be found in the Device

Manager (Stratix 8000 webpage).

Below the console ports are the Gigabit Ethernet ports.

The Stratix 8000 comes with two Gigabit Ethernet ports. There are two connectors
for each port; a RJ-45 and a SFP. The RJ-45 connector allows you to connect a
standard Category 5e or better patch cable. The SFP port is used to connect to fiber
optic cables. SFPs allow you to select the right fiber optic transceiver for your
application.
The copper Gigabit Ethernet port support speeds of 10, 100, and 1000 mbps.
SFPs (Small Form factor Pluggable) are small modules that plug into the
switch. They allow you to select from a variety of fiber optic transceivers for
the switch. You will need to select different SFPs depending on the speed
and type of fiber you plan on using.

The 10/100 Base-TX ports are located on the right side of the switch. The Stratix
8000 is available with either four or eight 10/100 ports on the base module. The
eight port version is used in this lab.

The grounding lug is located at the lower right corner of the switch.

2. Look at the right side of the switch

This cover can be removed to install optional expansion modules. There are two
expansion modules available:

8 port 10/100 Base-TX

8 port 100 Base-FL fiber optic module

The following image shows a copper expansion module and a fiber expansion module
connected to a 10 port base unit, giving a total of 26 ports.

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The switch can support up to two expansion modules. You can only have one
100 Base-FL fiber optic expansion module installed in the switch.
3. Look at the bottom of the switch.
The clear plastic tab on the bottom of the switch is the Compact Flash card. The Stratix
8000 stores the configuration and Operating System on the Compact Flash card. In the
event of a hardware failure the Compact Flash card can be moved to the replacement
switch. The replacement switch will boot with the correct configuration and Operating
System.
The Stratix 8000 uses the Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS). At
boot-up the switch copies the configuration and IOS into RAM. The Compact
Flash card can be removed while the switch is running. However, you will not
be able to save the configuration or boot the switch without the Compact
Flash card installed.

Stratix 8000 Port Numbering

The Stratix 8000 uses Ciscos standard port naming convention. Each port name has three
parts; the type of interface, the module number, and the port number.
Port Name
gi1/1
fa1/1
fa1/5
fa2/3
fa3/7

Interface Type
Gigabit Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
Fast Ethernet

Module
1
1
1
2
3

Port
1
1
5
3
7

Ethernet, FastEthernet and Gigabit?

Stratix 8000 follows Ciscos convention for naming ports. 10Mbps ports are
known as Ethernet (e) ports, 100Mbps ports are know as FastEthernet (fa)
ports and 1Gbps ports are known as Gigabit (g)
The ports are numbered from top to bottom and left to right. The port numbering for each
interface type always starts at one. Each switch has a port gi1/1 and a port fa1/1. The base
unit is module one. The first expansion module is number two and the second expansion
module is number three.
You may see the terms port and interface used interchangeably. If you
are configuring the switch using the RSLogix 5000 or Device Manger the term
port is used. If you are configuring the switch via the CLI the term
interface is used.

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Connecting Your Demo Box

1. Look at the diagram below, which shows the Ethernet devices on your station. Note your
station number which is indicated by the white number at the top right of your station.
Generally speaking, the IP addresses of the nodes on your station follow the following
convention:
172.16.XX.YY (XX is station address, YY is Ethernet address of the node).

Node numbers are indicated in the table below. So for the station shown here the left EN2TR
in the top ControlLogix rack has the IP address 172.16.XX.2. Later in the lab, you will
change the IP address of some of the devices to a different subnet.

Table A: Component IP Addressing

Device
PC
(Top CLX Chassis Slot 1)
1756-EN2TR
(Bottom CLX Chassis Slot 1)
1756-EN2TR
1732E-IB16M12SOEDR
Armor Block Module
1734-AENTR
1783-ETAP
1783-ETAP
Stratix 8000
Stratix 6000

IP Address
172.16.xx.1
172.16.xx.2

Replace xx with
your stationnumber.

172.16.xx.3
172.16.xx.4
172.16.xx.9
172.16.xx.10
172.16.xx.11
172.16.xx.101
172.16.xx.102

For example:
Stratix 8000 station11:
IP= 172.16.11.101.

N.B. The IP addresses on the screenshots within this document are shown as an
example only. When inputting IP addresses, please identify your workstation (table)
and then refer to Table A above for the correct IP address. Ask an instructor if its not
clear.

The Stratix 8300 in the center of the room is configured with the following IP addresses:

VLAN 1 (Management)
VLAN 100

172.16.0.1
192.168.100.1

Other IP addresses may also be configured.

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Lab 2: The Stratix 8000 CIP Interface

About This Lab
In this lab you will add the Stratix 8000 to a simple RSLogix 5000 project. We will accomplish
the following tasks:

Add the Stratix 8000 to the I/O tree.

Explore the Add-on Profile and its tags.

Configure the DHCP per port functionality.

Control inputs and outputs on the switch.

To save time the switch has been pre-configured with an IP address and password using a
procedure known as Express Setup. In addition, a Logix project and tags have already
been created for you. These instructions assume that you have some experience of the
Logix 5000 programming environment. Ask your instructor if you have any queries.

Adding the Stratix 8000 to the I/O Tree

In this section, you will add the Stratix 8000 to the I/O Configuration.
1. Open the project AUL01.acd located under the folder Lab Files\AUL01\ found on your
Desktop.
2. Right-click on Ethernet and select New Module.

3. In the Select Module Type window type stratix 8000 in the field on top. The dialog will
automatically only filter out the devices with the letters stratix 8000 in their Catalog
Number, Description and Vendor.
In the filtered list of catalog numbers select Stratix 8000 10 Port managed Switch.

4. Type Stratix8000 in the Name field and assign the correct IP address to your switch.
This will be in the form 172.16.<your station number>.101 in the IP Address field.
Click the Change button.

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Change the Connection type from Input Data to Data.

The Stratix 8000 has three sets of tags, configuration, input, and output. All
controllers can read the configuration and input tags. Only one controller can
own the I/O and write to the output tags. Setting the connection to Data
causes the controller to own the I/O.
5. Type rockwell in the password field and press OK.

6. Re-enter password rockwell to confirm and click OK.

7. Click OK to close the Module Definition window.

8. Click Yes to confirm the module definition change.

Select the Connection tab.

The default RPI for the Stratix 8000 is 1000ms. This slow update rate is
specified so that processor resources are available for I/O control. An update
once a second is normally enough for obtaining network diagnostics, though
this can be set to an update of 300ms should the application require it.
9. Click OK to add the switch to the I/O tree.
10. Click Close to close the window to add IO.

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11. Your completed I/O configuration will look like this:

The Stratix 8000 Profile

Configuring and Managing your Switch using RSLogix 5000
12. Click the Who Active

button in the toolbar.

13. Browse to your communication card with IP address 172.16.<your station>.2. Expand it
and select the controller. Click Download.

14. Click Download again and select Yes to go to run mode.

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15. If you didnt had the pop up to go to run mode then click the drop-down in the online bar
and select Run Mode. Click Yes to change to the controller to Remote Run.

16. Double-click on Stratix8000 in the I/O tree.

17. Select the Module Info tab.

This tab displays basic information about module.

The information displayed on all of the module profile tabs is obtained by
sending explicit messages to the switch. All of this information can also be
read programmatically using the MSG instruction. You will see an example of
this when you cover the add-on instruction and global object later in this lab

18. Select the Switch Configuration tab. This tab can be used to change the configuration
parameters of the switch for example to change the IP address or hostname. Enter
your name in the Contact field and your station number in the Geographic Location
field. Click the Set button.

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19. When you see the following warning, click Yes

20. You will be prompted for your switch password rockwell. This ensures that only
authorized people can make configuration changes in the switch. When you have
entered your password, click OK

21. Select the Switch Status tab

This tab displays basic information about the switch such as up time, IOS release, and
active alarms.
22. Select the Port Configuration tab.

This tab allows you to enable/disable ports and configure the speed and duplex of the
ports.

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23. Select the Advanced Port Config tab.

This tab allows you to change Smartport and VLAN assignments for the ports on your
switch as well as to set an Authorized Device MAC ID for a port.
Smartport?
Smartports are pre-defined configurations which optimize the settings of a
port for your application. For example, a Switch for Automation smartport
sets the port to carry traffic on multiple VLANs. In contrast, Automation
Device restricts the traffic on a port to a single VLAN and also sets Quality of
Service parameters to ensure that automation traffic receives priority over
other types of traffic in a converged network.
Authorized MAC ID?
Setting an Authorized MAC ID on a port ensures that only the device with the
MAC address configured on that port is able to communicate through that
port. An attempt to connect any other device will shut down the port and
generate an alarm.

24. Assign smartports by selecting the drop down menu so that your switch is configured as
shown in the following table:
Port
gi1/1
gi1/2
fa1/3
fa1/4
fa1/5

Device
Stratix 8300
PC
1756 - EN2TR, Lower Rack
1756 EN2TR, Upper Rack,
Point IO and 1783 - ETAPs
1783 EMS08T

Smartport
Switch for Automation
Virtual Desktop for Automation
Automation Device
Multiport Automation Device
Multiport Automation Device

What is the difference between Desktop for Automation and Virtual

Desktop for Automation?
The Desktop for Automation smartport includes a security implementation
which restricts traffic on the port to a single MAC address. In most cases, this
is an appropriate configuration. However, this lab runs in a VMware image,
which presents two MAC addresses to the switch: that from the host PC, and
that from the VMWare image. In order to avoid one of the images from being
restricted from accessing the network, we are using Virtual Desktop for
Automation smartport in this lab. This allows 2 mac addresses to be
connected. This is a new feature from FW 5.001.
The Multiport Automation Device is also a new smartport that is created to
add DLR or daisy chained IO to the stratix8000. In the past Automation
Device smartport was used where you had to disable the security for MAC
addresses manually true CLI. If you dont disable it and connect multiple mac
addresses, the switch will block the port because it only allows one mac
address. After the new firmware 5.001 you dont have to do this ant more.

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25. Your completed smartport configuration should look like this:

For the moment, you should leave the VLAN settings unchanged

26. Click the Set button

27. When you see the following window, click Yes

28. Select the Advanced Port Thresholds tab.

This tab allows you to configure traffic thresholds for broadcast, unicast, and multicast
traffic on a per port basis. The thresholds can be configured as packets per second,
percent utilization, or bits per second. Any traffic that exceeds the threshold will be
dropped. If traffic is exceeded on a port then an alarm condition will be triggered.
Configure the broadcast, unicast and multicast threshold values on the port to which your
controller is connected, as shown in the image and click Set.
29. When you see the following window, click Yes

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30. Select the Port Status tab.

This tab displays link status, fault status, and bandwidth utilization for the ports.
31. Click the Port Diagnostics button for fa1/4.

32. This window gives detailed Ethernet errors and statistics for the port.

33. Close the Port Diagnostics window.

34. Now click on the Time Sync Configuration tab.

This allows you to enable the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) on your switch. PTP is used
in application where accurate synchronization between controller and I/O device is
needed. This includes motion control applications as well as systems requiring accurate
timestamps from networked devices. We will not be working with PTP in this lab.
35. Now click on the Time Sync Information tab.

In a fully configured system which uses PTP, this tab allows identification of the network
GrandMaster Clock. In this case, both are the same as there is no other clock on the
network.

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Backing up a Switch Configuration

36. Select the Save/Restore tab.

This tab allows you to save the current switch configuration to the RSLogix 5000 project.
Once the configuration has been saved to the project you can download it to the switch
or export it to the local hard drive.
37. Click on Upload.
38. Now click on Export to transfer the configuration data from the Logix project into a text
file.

39. Select a location for your configuration file (for example the desktop) and click Export to
save the Stratix8000_Config file.

40. Now click Export again to save your VLAN configuration information. Note that you will
need to check that you are saving the file in the correct location.

The config.text file is a text file that contains the configuration for the switch.
The vlan.dat file is a binary file that contains the VLAN configuration for the
switch.
41. Click OK to close the Module Properties window.

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42. Now locate the Stratix8000_Config.text file on the desktop and double-click to open it
with Wordpad (the file will also open with notepad but the text will not include the line
breaks).

43.

Confirm that you can read the switch

configuration information in the file. This file can be stored for backup purposes or sent to
technical support.

This procedure can be reversed to transfer configurations developed offline into a switch.
Close the file.

Stratix 8000 RSLogix 5000 Tags

When you added your switch to the I/O configuration, RSLogix 5000 automatically created
tags for the module. In this section you will look at the tags that were created by the Stratix
8000 module profile.
44. Double-click on the Controller Tags.

45. Browse the tags until you find the input and output tags for the Stratix 8000:

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46. Expand the Stratix8000:I tags.

The input tags allow you to read link status, port security alarms and threshold alarms for
each port.
47. Expand the Stratix8000:O tags.

The output tags allow you to enable/disable individual ports on the switch.
If your connection type is set to Input Data you will not see the
Stratix8000:O tags. In this situation, you can obtain diagnostic information
from the switch but cannot control any functions.
48. Close the Controller tags window.

Controlling Input and Outputs with Ladder Logic

In this section, we will write ladder logic to control input and outputs on the Stratix 8000.
49. Expand the MainProgram.

50. Double-click on MainRoutine. While being online you are going to import 2 rungs of
code. Select the first rung and right mouse click and select Import Rungs.

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51. Browse to the AOIs and rungs folder (C:\Lab Files\AUL01\AOI's and rungs). Select
Rungs1to2_from_MainRoutine.L5X and press import.

52. On the Import Configuration window press OK to import the rungs.

53. On the pop up for Online Options select Finalize All Edits In Program to execute the
code immediately after you imported it.

54. Rung 1 uses the link status of port fa1/3 to control the light labeled DO1.
Rung 2 uses the state of the Port_Disabled tag to enable/disable port fa1/3. By pressing
the green button DI2 you can disable the port and by pressing the green button DI3 you
can enable it again.

55. Disconnect the cable connected to port fa1/3.

The green light labeled DO1 is controlled by the link status of fa1/3. When the cable is
disconnected the light turns off.
56. Reconnect the cable to port fa1/3.
The green light will turn on.
57. Press the green button labeled DI2.
Pressing the green button disables port fa1/3 on the switch.
58. Press the green button DI3 to enable the port.
59. Save the project.
Thats it. You have seen how easy it is to bring port status from your switch into your
controller and to use that information in your program. We will come back to the
controller interface to the switch later in this lab.
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Lab 3: Stratix 8000 AOI & Diagnostic

Faceplates
About this Lab
In this lab you will add the Stratix 8000 Add-on Instruction to the project. You will then
launch the Stratix 8000 faceplate using FactoryTalk View Client.
The Stratix 8000 faceplates are posted on the Rockwell Automation sample code website
along with documentation. You can use the faceplates as is or modify them for your needs.

Adding the AOI to the Project

In this section, you will add the Add-on Instruction to a new rung in your project.
60. Click the drop-down in the online bar and select Go Offline.

61. Right Click on Add-On Instructions and select Import Add-On Instruction.

62. Select the AB_Stratix_8000.L5X add on instruction in the file browser and click import.

The file is located into folder C:\Lab Files\AUL01\AOI's and rungs.

The file downloaded from the sample code library contains an add on
instruction for each variant of the Stratix 8000 family

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63. When the Import Configuration screen appears, click OK

64. You will get an error message. Click OK on the error messagebox and retry the import.
65. Notice that two add-on instructions have been imported, the AB_Stratix_8000 and
MSG_CSPath_to_HexPath. Also some UDTs are imported.

66. Double-click on your MainRoutine. Select rung 3 and right mouse click to select Import
Rung.

67. Select Rung4_from_MainRoutine.L5X and press Import.

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68. On the Import Configuration screen press OK.

Delete rung 2 to ensure that there is no conflict between your code and that in the addon instruction. This is one of the rungs we previously added. Your code should look like
this:

The AOI is already configured for you. When you download the faceplate
FREE from the sample code library, it contains a document that explains how
to configure the AOI. Ask your instructor for more details.

69. Download your program to your controller and return to Run mode, as before.

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Stratix 8000 FactoryTalk View Faceplate

The add-on instruction which you have just imported and configured works with a global
object
70. Double-click on the FactoryTalk View Client EIP_Lab.cli icon in the Lab files\AUL01
folder on the desktop.

The faceplate introduction screen for the lab will open. You can take several actions
from this screen:
Launch the Diagnostic faceplate
Launch the Device Manager (Stratix 8000 webpage)
You can also see an alarm and events banner which is currently configured to give
indication when a port becomes active, is disabled or is in an error state.

71. Click the Stratix 8000 Diagnostic Faceplate button, and the click on the

button.

This is the main window for the Diagnostic faceplate. The switch graphic shows the state
of the ports. You will see that the main display for the switch shows information about the
switch such as the hostname, IP address, subnet mask, temperature and uptime. Also
shown on the display are the active ports. Confirm that the active ports visible on your
switch correspond to those indicated on your faceplate.
72. Click on port fa1/4 to select it. The name of the selected port will appear in the selected
field.

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73. Click the Port information button

in the toolbar.

This screen shows the settings for the selected port. You will see the speed and duplex
values. If you select port fa1/4, you will see the threshold values which you configured on
the port in one of the previous exercises. Note that the values which you configured are
the rise thresholds. The fall thresholds are derived automatically from these values.
74. Click on the In button at the bottom of the faceplate. This will show ingress traffic stats.
The Out button will show egress traffic stats. The counters update periodically.

75. Click on the Settings button to take you back to the Port Settings screen.

76. Click the Trend button in the toolbar.

This screen shows a graph of the percent utilization of the selected port as well as the
temperature of the switch. It also allows you to see how these values have changed over
a period of time by scrolling the trend forwards or backwards. You can change the port
for which the traffic level is displayed by clicking on the appropriate port.
Traffic rates in the lab are too low to appear on the graph.

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77. By default, the trend axes are set to a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 100. However,
these values can be changed. Click on the trend configuration button
which will
bring up the following screen. Type new values in the fields and press the enter key to
submit your changes.

78. Return to your trend by clicking the trend button. You can toggle between the trends by
clicking the colored indicators indicated below.

79. Click the Alarm button

in the toolbar.

This screen shows any current alarms on the switch. The faceplate will show any ports
with unauthorized devices or thresholds exceeded.
80. Close the faceplate when done.

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Lab 4: Device Manager

About This Lab
In this section of the lab, you will see how to manage the Stratix 8000 using its Device
Manager (Stratix 8000 webpage) as well as to see what diagnostic information is visible from
the web browser.

Launching the Device Manager

81. Click on the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar to open it.
82. In the Address Bar enter 172.16.<your station number>.101.
83. Enter the password rockwell in the login window. No username is required.

Select NO for the secured session.

The main Device Manager page will open.

The Device Manager page is divided into 5 sections.

The Toolbar

The Toolbar is at the top of the screen. It allows you to manually refresh the screen,
print the screen, access the help file, and access the legend. The legend is a handy
reference that describes the meaning of all of the indicator lights on the switch.

Below the Toolbar is the Front Panel view.

The front panel view shows what ports are connected and the state of those ports. It
also shows the state of the system LEDs. To expand the Front Panel view, click
once on the switch:

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Clicking on the switch a second time will shrink the Front Panel view. If you hold the
mouse over any of the ports on the switch a pop-up will appear giving your details for
that port:

Below the Front Panel View is the Status bar.

The Status bar shows if there are any errors in the Diagnostic log.

The Menu is located on the lower left.

The Menu lists all of the configuration and diagnostic options for the switch. When a
menu item is selected, it is displayed on the main view.

The main view is in the lower right.

The default screen is the Dashboard. The Dashboard gives a quick overview of the
state of the switch.

Using Device Manager to Configure the Stratix 8000

In this section, we will configure the Stratix 8000 using the Device Manager (Stratix 8000
webpage).
84. Click the Configure folder in the Menu to expand it.
Creating a Virtual LAN (VLAN)
A VLAN is what you would use to segment a large Ethernet network. Segmenting a network
is a two-step process. First, you create the VLAN. Then you assign a port to a VLAN.
85. Click VLANs in the Menu.

This page shows which VLANs are configured in your switch and allows you to add and
delete VLANs. The Advanced button allows you to enable/disable RSTP (Rapid
Spanning Tree) or IGMP Snooping on an individual VLAN.
Rapid Spanning Tree is a protocol that allows redundant connections, or
loops, between switches. RSTP blocks ports to create a loop free path
through the network. If one of the paths is broken, RSTP will unblock one or
more alternate paths to restore network connectivity.
IGMP Snooping is used to control multicast traffic. Without IGMP Snooping
multicast traffic is forwarded out every port on the switch. IGMP Snooping
allows the switch to only send the multicast traffic to the ports that need it.
IGMP Snooping requires an IGMP Querier to function properly.
Express Setup configures RSTP, IGMP Querier, and IGMP Snooping for you.
86. Click Create

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87. Create a new VLAN called ARMORBLOCK with VLAN ID 100 as shown. Click Done.

88. Your completed configuration should look like this. Click Submit to apply your changes.

89. Now select Smartports from the Menu. Confirm that the smartports below have been
applied. If any smartports are missing then select the required configuration from the
drop down menu and click the port to which you would like to apply it.

You can remove the Smartport configuration from a port by applying the
none role.

90. Lets apply a smartport for port 6. Click on the drop down button and select Automation
Device.

91. Click on port 6 to apply the selected smartport on port 6. Press Submit.

Cisco routers and switches maintain two different versions of the

configuration file; the running configuration and the startup configuration.
Configuration changes made via the Device Manager or Logix 5000 are
automatically saved to the startup configuration. If you make any changes
using the CLI you will need to remember to save the changes by entering
either copy running-config startup-config or write me in privileged
EXEC mode.

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92. Click the Customize button. The screen which appears allows you to assign a port to a
VLAN. By default, all ports are set to be on the management VLAN. Unless you change
it, this will be VLAN 1

93. Now assign port Fa1/6 to VLAN 100 by selecting ARMORBLOCK 100 from the
Access VLAN drop down menu. This configuration restricts traffic on port fa1/6 to VLAN
100
Click on Done and subsequently the Submit button.

The Switch role automatically configures the port to use IEEE802.1Q VLAN
trunking (also known as Dot1Q). Dot1Q tags the Ethernet frames with the
VLAN number. This allows a VLAN to exist across multiple switches. Dot1Q
also uses a native VLAN. The Ethernet frames that are a part of the native
VLAN are not tagged. This allows backward compatibility to devices that do
not understand trunking.
Ports that only have single device connected to them are configured in
access mode. Ports in access mode are restricted to a single VLAN.

Configuring Ports
94. Click Port Settings in the Menu. The port settings screen allows you to configure the
speed, duplex and Auto-MDIX settings. If you look at the settings for the gigabit ports
then you will notice that you also have the option to select whether the gigabit port uses
the fiber or copper connection. Clearly, this is only relevant if an SFP module is plugged
into the port.

You can insert any text in the Description field you like. It is generally used to
list what device is supposed to be connected to the port. You can also use it
to explain why a port is in a given state. For example, if you detect a virus
infected PC you can shut the port down to contain the threat. You could use a
description of port shutdown virus to indicate to other administrators that
the port should not be enabled until the virus has been removed.
Normally you need to use a cross-over cable to connect two switches
together. Auto-MDIX eliminates the need to use a cross over cable to
connect switches together.

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Basic Configuration
95. Click Express Setup in the Menu.

This is the configuration page used during Express Setup. Here, the IP address, subnet,
gateway, CIP VLAN and IP address and password can be specified.
Why are there two fields for the IP address?
The default IP address you enter is for what is known as the management
interface of the switch. This is the interface used by the web page, for telnet
connections and CNA. The second field allows you to specify a different IP
address and VLAN for the CIP interface. In a network which is not
segmented, these will normally be the same IP address. In a segmented
network, this allows you to choose the VLAN or subnet on which you would
like your CIP interface to be enabled. It is the address in the CIP VLAN field
which should be configured in your RSLogix 5000 project.

Assigning a DHCP Per-Port Address on a different VLAN / Subnet

Now, we will create a DHCP configuration for use in the next lab. This configuration will
assign an IP address on VLAN100 and the 192.168.100.0 subnet. This may be valuable if
you are configuring devices on a segmented network
96. Click DHCP in the menu.

97. Click Create to continue to the DHCP Server screen

98. This is where the DHCP addresses that are available to be assigned to individual ports
are defined. Define your DHCP settings as follows:

DHCP Pool Name: Station_(Your station number)

DHCP Pool Network: 192.168.100.0

Starting IP: 192.168.100.(Your station number)

Ending IP: 192.168.100.(Your station number)

Default Router: 192.168.100.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

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DHCP Pool Network is the Subnet ID of the subnet to which your IP addresses belong.

Starting IP is the lowest address that will be assigned to any port

Ending IP is the highest address that will be assigned to any port.

Together these three parameters define the range of IP address that can be assigned to a
particular port

99. Click Done.

100. Check the Reserved Only box and ensure that DHCP Snooping is enabled. Your
DHCP configuration should look similar to that shown here. Note that the Interface field
is blank. This is owing to the fact that the IP address we specified in the 192.168.100.0
subnet is in a different range from the management VLAN.
Click Submit to save your changes

Why do I need to select Reserved Only and DHCP Snooping?

The DHCP server in Stratix 8000 is based on two steps:
1st define a pool of IP Addresses as in every DHCP server
(e.g. 192.168.100.10 to 192.168.100.20)
2nd assign a specific IP Address from the above pool to the specific port you
want to receive the address
(e.g. fa2/3 = 192.168.100.15, fa2/5 = 192.168.100.17, )
This means if you do not assign all IP Addresses available in the pool, the
remaining ones may be used by any device on the network requesting via
DCHP.
If you select Reserved Only you limit the IP addresses which can be
assigned to only those addresses which have been allocated to a port.
Meaning, all unassigned addresses are NOT available. Or, in other words, the
DHCP server will not respond to any request except on the assigned ports.
To avoid conflicts between multiple DHCP servers on the network it is
advisable to always select Reserved Only.

DHCP Snooping is a mechanism to ensure that DHCP requests are served

locally, and not by any other DHCP server on the network. So, if there is an IT
DHCP server on the same VLAN, addresses will only be served from the
switch
101. Return to the menu and select IP Addresses. Enter the IP address
192.168.100.(100+station number) for VLAN 100 and click Submit

Note that the Enable Routing check box is grayed out. Routing functionality
is only available in the Stratix 8300 switch. If you are interested, browse to the
web page of the Stratix 8300 (172.16.0.1) and see the difference. Please do
not make any configuration changes in the 8300 as it will stop part of the lab
from working.
102. Return to the DHCP configuration screen and confirm that the configuration now
shows that the pool is active on Interface Vlan100. Select the DHCP Snooping check
box and click Submit

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Assigning specific IP addresses to specific ports

With the pool of addresses assigned you can assign individual addresses to the ports.
103. Select the DHCP Persistence tab.
You are going to assign an IP address to the port to which the armorblock is connected
using DHCP Persistence. Click Create to define individual port IP addresses. The IP
address assigned here is part of the pool defined earlier.

104. In the DHCP screen select the interface Fa1/6.

Select the DHCP Pool Name from the drop down menu.
Enter the IP address to be assigned to your armorblock - 192.168.100.(your station).
Click Done

105. Select Submit to save your work. When completed the DHCP screen should look
similar to the sample below.

106. Remove the ethernet cable #8 from the stratix 6000 and connect it to port Fa1/6 on
the stratix 8000.
107. In the next part of the lab we will check if the armorblock module got the configured
IP address.

Configuring PTP
108. Click on the PTP option in the menu. PTP stands for Precision Time Protocol and is
used for CIP Sync and CIP Motion. PTP support in the switch allows for time-stamped
CIP Sync packets to be corrected for the latency of the switch. This screen allows the
selection of the ports on which PTP is enabled, as well as the mode of operation. We will
not be configuring PTP in this lab.

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Configuring REP

109. Click on the REP option in the menu. REP stands for Resilient Ethernet Protocol.
REP is a protocol which facilitates high availability topologies. In particular, it allows the
creation of ring architectures in which I/O connections will not fail in the event of a link
failure. We will not be configuring REP in this lab.

Returning your Switch to Factory Default

110.

Click Restart/Reset in the Menu.

This page allows you to reboot the switch. It also gives you the option of restoring the
configuration to factory defaults before rebooting.
You should re-run Express Setup after restoring the switch to factory defaults.
NOTE: It is not necessary to restart or reset the switch in this lab.

Using Device Manager to Monitor the Stratix 8000

In this section, we will look at the diagnostic capabilities of the Device Manager (Stratix 8000
webpage).
111.

Expand the Monitor folder in the Menu and click Trends.

The trends page gives and overall view of bandwidth utilization and error rate. You can
also graph the utilization and error rate for each port. There are several time scales
available ranging from 60 seconds to 14 days.
Traffic rates in the lab are too low to appear on the graphs.
112.

Click Port Status in the Menu.

The port status page shows the link status, VLAN setting, speed, and duplex for each
port.

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113.

Click Port Statistics in the Menu.

This page provides detailed statistics on a per port basis. The Transmit Detail and
Receive Details tabs provide additional stats. You can reset the counters by selecting
the checkbox next to the port and clicking the Clear Counters button.
114.

Click Alert Log in the Menu.

The Alert Log shows switch errors, warnings, and other messages.

115. Click CIP Status in the Menu. This page shows the health of the CIP connection to
the controller. You can see the IP address of the EN2TR which owns it.

CIP is the Common Industrial Protocol. It is the application layer protocol that
is used by DeviceNet, ControlNet, and EtherNet/IP.

116. Click REP Topology in the Menu. You will see the following error message as REP
is not configured at present. Click OK.

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117. The screen allows you select a REP segment using the drop-down menu. As REP is
not configured in your switch, you will not be able to select anything

When REP is configured, if the REP process has been configured correctly then you will
see that your topology indication is similar to that shown here with a port defined as a
Primary port and a second port defined as Secondary port.

In contrast, the following display indicates that either a link has failed or that the REP
process has not been properly configured.

Using Device Manager to Monitor your Network

118.

Expand the Maintenance folder in the Menu.

119. Click Diagnostic Test in the Menu. This page allows you to perform some
automated diagnostic tests on the switch.
120.

Remove the cables connected to ports gi1/1 and fa1/3 of your Stratix 8000 switch.

121. Now reconnect the uplink cable (that connects your local Stratix 8000 switch to the
central Stratix 8300 switch) again on port gi1/1. You will notice that the port indicator is
amber for several seconds before the port indicator turns green and the link becomes
active. This is because the switch is conducting checks to ensure that there are no loops
present on the network.
122. Now reconnect the EN2TR to port fa1/3. Notice that the port becomes active
immediately. This difference in connection speed is achieved by the automation device
smartport which turns on a feature known as Portfast. Portfast allows certain ports to
become active faster than others. When you applied the automation device smartport,
you turned off the check for network loops effectively saying I know that the device is
an end device, so you can disable checking for loops in order to allow the port to become
active faster.
123. What happens if you get the configuration wrong and plug a switch into a port which
is configured to be an access port? Test this by swapping the connections on gi1/1 and
fa1/3. You will see that the EIP Mod LED starts to flash red, indicating that there is an
error present.
124. Refresh your device manager screen. Notice two things: the port connected to the
Stratix 8300 is yellow and there is a warning present.

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125. Hoover your mouse over the yellow port. You will see a message indicating that the
port has been error disabled

126.

Now click on the Get Details button.

You will see a warning message indicating that RSTP blocked the port because it
detected that the device connected to that port is different from the type of device
connected to that port.

127.

Change the connections to Gi1/1 and fa1/3 to return to the original configuration.

128.

Click Firmware Upgrade in the Menu.

This page allows you to upgrade the version of IOS running on the switch. You can also
upgrade using Cisco Network Assistant or the Command Line Interface
The IOS downloads are available from the current Rockwell Automation
Support website.

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Lab 5: Network Segmentation using Stratix

8000 and 8300
About This Lab

Second Generation Ethernet

Third Generation Ethernet

EtherNet/IP networks can be created in different ways. One common approach is what is
known as Second Generation Ethernet in which multiple networks are implemented, each
with a specific function. For example one Ethernet network may connect to sensors and
actuators. A second network may provide interlocking between controllers, and connectivity
to HMI systems. A third network in turn may provide a connection to the corporate network.
This approach has the advantage of providing clear segmentation of the system. However, it
means that more hardware (such as communication cards and switches) needs to be fitted
than may strictly be necessary.
In contrast, Third Generation Ethernet allows the creation of a single, converged Ethernet
network for all functions: communication to I/O, machine safety, interlocking, interface to the
enterprise as well as data transfer and voice. This allows resources to be used most
efficiently, and provides maximum flexibility. The disadvantage is that the clear segmentation
presented by Second Generation Ethernet is lost. There is however, a mechanism by which
the flexibility provided by a Third Generation solution can be implemented whilst maintaining
the structure of a Second Generation solution. The answer is Virtual LANs or VLANs
In this section of the lab, you will learn how to work with a network segmented using VLANs.
You will confirm your VLAN configuration in the Stratix 8000 switches, and then see how
connectivity between the VLANs can be obtained using a Stratix 8300 layer 3 switch. You
will also see the use of Unicast I/O communication. This is a technique new in RSLogix 5000
version 18 which allows a network scanner card to be placed on one subnet or VLAN and an
I/O node on another subnet or VLAN. Unicast produce-consume communication between
controllers has been possible since RSLogix5000 version 16.

The scenario in which segmentation using VLANs may be used is shown below:

In order to demonstrate the principle, in this lab you will use the following configuration

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Confirming your VLAN and Routing Configuration

1. Open Internet Explorer and browse to the IP address of your Stratix 8300 - 172.16.0.1.
When prompted, enter the password rockwell as for your Stratix 8000.
2. In the Configure menu, select the IP Addresses option.
3. Confirm that the IP addresses below are configured in the Stratix 8300, and that the
Enable Routing checkbox is selected.

These IP addresses are the gateway addresses which your devices will use
in order to communicate with each other.

Testing Connectivity to a Remote Subnet

4. Check the IP settings of your PC. Confirm that the IP address of your PC is 172.16.<your
station>.100 and that the default gateway is set to 172.16.0.1

A default gateway is the device, typically a router or a layer 3 switch to which

your Ethernet device sends packets which are not on the same subnet
5. Open a Windows command prompt and confirm that the DHCP we configured earlier did
his work. Ping the armorblock with IP address 192.168.100.<your station>.

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6. Use the tracert command to verify the route from your PC to the armorblock. You will
see that there are two hops from the PC to the router and then from the router to the
armorblock.

7. Open RSLinx and right mouse click on Ethernet/IP driver AB_ETHIP-172 and select
Configure Driver.

8. Check that your existing EtherNet/IP driver is configured to browse the 172.16.0.0
subnet.

9. Now check the driver configuration of the second EtherNet/IP driver AB_ETHIP-192 to
browse the 192.168.100.0 subnet as shown in the following screenshots

10. Confirm that you can see your armorblock in RSLinx along with other armorblocks on the
same subnet.

The Stratix 8300 located at the front of the room is configured as a router in
this room. This allows your PC to communicate with devices on the
192.168.100.x IP subnet. Routing is also configured to allow directed
broadcasts on each of the VLAN interfaces. Without directed broadcasts, it
would not be possible to browse the network and we would need to enter the
IP address of the remote armorblock manually using the AB-ETH driver. The
AB-ETH driver makes TCP connections to the IP addresses you have
defined. In contrast, the AB-ETHIP driver is using a broadcast. Broadcast
traffic cannot pass through a router if the ability to send direct broadcasts is
not configured.

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Configuring a Unicast I/O Connection

11. Open AUL01_VLANs.acd.
12. Right click on the armorblock IO and select properties.

13. Open the connection tab. Download the file in the most left controller in the upper
chassis IP address <172.16.station number.2> - and go to run mode.

14. You can see that we have a fault. Only Unicast is supported true multiple networks.

15. Check the Use Unicast Connection over EtherNet/IP box and press apply.

16. On the message you get click Yes.

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17. Now youll see that the IO problem is solved.

18. Now unplug the uplink cable between your Stratix 8000 switch and the Stratix 8300. Note
that you will have a yellow triangle on the point I/O confirming that the I/O connection is
not active.

This confirms that I/O communication between modules on different IP

subnets cannot take place unless (1) you have configured the modules to use
unicast communication and (2) that you have a Layer 3 switch present on
the network. Note that even though both your controller and I/O device are
physically connected to the same switch, all of the traffic between the two
nodes is passing through the Stratix 8300 switch.
How do I maintain connectivity if the layer 3 switch fails?
The Stratix 8300 layer 3 switch supports what is known as Hot-Standby
Routing Protocol, or HSRP. This is a technique which allows one layer 3
switch to take over the function of another. Using a pair of Stratix 8300
switches in a high availability topology allows you to create a fault-tolerant
segmented network

CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE STRATIX 8000 LAB!
The next part is optional.

Lab 6: Using the Cisco CLI (Optional)

About This Lab
The Stratix 8000 switch can be configured completely from de Device Manager web pages,
or the Property pages in Studio 5000. Optionally, these devices have the option of
communicating with a PC over Telnet. It is comparable to using an MS-Dos command
prompt on a windows PC. Not necessary in normal operation, but definitely useful to the
expert user.

Connecting to the switch through Telnet

From the desktop, launch PuTTY

From the Saved Sessions, select the one called LabSwitch and click on Load.

In the top, where the IP address now is 1.2.3.4, change it to match the IP address of the
switch in your demo box (172.16.station number.101). When it is correct, click on Open.
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The switch prompts for the Password.

Enter the password rockwell and you will see the prompt with a > character.
This means you are connected to the switch, but with limited access. At this level, some
interesting diagnostics are already possible.

Using basic diagnostic commands

The Cisco CLI command to see what other Cisco devices are connected is show cdp
neighbor, but this can be shortened to.
sho cdp nei
Enter the command and you should see a response like.

You can see another Cisco device is connected, the local port it is connected to, and the port
on the remote device that is connected. This can be very helpful to determine the layout of a
network.

Another useful command, to see the status of the ports, is show ip interface brief, which can
be shortened to:
sho ip int bri

Enter the command and you will see a response like.

This shows you the ports on the device, what the link state is and if there is any problem to
report. To see the speed of the ports, the command show interface status can be used, it
can be shortened to:
sho int statu
Entering this gives you a result like:

This way, you can see the speed and duplex status of the ports.

Filtering output
Some commands can generate a lot of output, while you may only be interested in a part of
it. For instance, enter the short version of the show version command:
sho ver
When you see the --More-- prompt, you can press the space bar on your
keyboard to see the rest of the output.
It generates a lot of data, including something about the uptime, how long ago the device
was last booted. To not have to waste your time finding the line, you can use the pipe |
and i modifiers on the output to only show the line containing the uptime:
sho ver | i upt
After entering this command, the output is much easier to read:

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Advanced diagnostics
To be able to do more advanced diagnostics, you need to give yourself more rights by
enabling privileged mode, using the enable command:
ena
Use the same rockwell password, the prompt will then change to a # :

Now, you can enter more commands, for instance to see everything about the device and its
configuration. The command for that generates so much output, that the terminal will not be
able to show it with the default settings. To change the settings for this, right-click on the title
bar of PuTTY:

Select Change Settings, then Window and set the Lines of Scrollback to 20000;

Then click on the Apply button.

In the terminal, enter the show tech-support command, that you can enter as:
sho tec
The switch will now generate a lot of output, without stopping to prompt you. Since you have
set the terminal to buffer up to 20,000 lines, you can use the window scroll bar to see all
output. PuTTY allows you to select all this, which then could be pasted to a .txt or .doc file.
Doing this would allow to to engage Tech Support or a collegue with a lot of information
about the switch configuration and status.

Another very helpful tool the switches have is the ability to find where devices are on the
network. Write down the IP address of the EN2T card in the bottom chassis of your demo
case and also the IP address of the same card of one of your neighbors.
In the terminal, now enter
trace mac ip ipaddr1 ipaddr2
there you replace ipaddr1 and ipaddr2 with the IP addresses you wrote down:

You will see the switch first translates the IP addresses to Mac addresses, then it gives you
the complete path between the two devices, including the ports on the switches that are
used for the entire path.

End of optional part.

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