Black Box LB1350A Bedienungsanleitung

1 October 2002 LB135 0A LB135 1A Unmanaged ( LB1350A ) and Managed (LB1351A ) MultiLink Media Converter User and Installation Guide Order toll-free in the U.S. 24 hours, 7 A.M. Monday to midnight Friday: 877-877-BBOX FREE technica l support, 24 hours a day, 7 day s a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 Mail order: Black Box Corp oration , 1[...]

FCC STATEMENT 2 FEDERA L COMM UNICATIONS COMM ISSI ON A ND CA NA DIA N DEPA RTMENT OF COM M UNICATIONS RA DIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STA TEMENTS This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance w ith the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference [...]

NOM STATEM ENT 3 Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (NOM ) Electrical Safety Statement INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURI DAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. Todas las advertencias e[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 4 Table of contents 1. Overview page 5 2. Planning the network with Black Box® LB1350A/LB1351A page 5 3. Content of the shipping container page 7 4 Product general description page 8 5 Preferred Port page 9 6. Far-End-Fault ( FEF ) page 10 7 Parts identification page 11 8 Installation page 12 9 Power connection page 12 [...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 5 1 - OVERVIEW A media-conver ter may be def ined as a devic e connecting tw o active netw ork components point-to-poi nt over a medi a that is different from the ports of at least one of these devices. An ideal media-conver ter should be a transparent element in the netw ork, and its por ts may be considered as integr a[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 6 Note: RJ-45 por t No. 4 is a preferr ed port wi th enhanced functionality – see secti on 5. As each of the Black Box®LB1350A/LB1351A RJ- 45 port 4(3) suppor ts: full auto- negotiation, auto-polar ity and auto- cross, you can si mply connect any device to any por t by using a standard straig ht or crossed cable. In p[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 7 The Black Box®LB1350A/LB1351A will not only convert signals from copper to fiber but also f r om 10 to 100Mbs and HDX to FDX, thus ensur ing max imal distance ov er the optical li nk. All y ou need to take care of is the Speed and Duplex mode balance across the network : if one of the local dev ices is HD X only capab[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 8 4. PRODUCT GENERA L DESCRIPTION The Black Box®LB1350A/LB1351A may be offered in the following pre-configur ed versi ons : LB1350A -SC Multiple 100Base-T X to single 100Bas e-FX Loc al Tr aff ic Aggregator with four RJ-45 (s witched, VLAN) ports and duplex SC connector s, Multi-m ode - 2k m ,internal PS LB1350A -ST Mul[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 9 General Description The Black Box®LB1350A/LB1351A is a shared and buffered media converter . It converts 100Base-FX signals received on its F/O i nterface in 10/100Base-TX signal s and distributes them to 4(3) copper ( shielded RJ- 45) ports. Each of these ports is buffered; f urthermore, factory set VLAN forms groups[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 10 If there is a fault in the outgoi ng path and the remote dev ice is FEF compli ant (see below) then the F/O LINK LED w ill go OFF on both the local and remo te devices. In this way we av oid the possibility of having a FX Link ON indication at one end while, in reality one of the data path is disrupted.[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 11 7 - PA RTS IDENTIFICA TION Black Box®LB1350A Black Box®LB1351A COMMENTS 1 Pow e r ON LED Pow e r ON LED 2 TEST mode LED TEST mode LED Linked to DIP sw itch #8 3 Duplex SC connector Duplex SC connector 4 F/O FDX mode LED F/O FDX mode LED 5 F/O Link/A ctivity F/O Link/A ctivity Lit steady – LINK ON; blinking - recei[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 12 8 - INSTA LLA TION For Half-Rack Mount installation : Use the optional bracket kit, af fix it to the unit. Then use 4 standard bolts and nuts (not supplied), and fasten w ell to the rack. Make sure to leav e a gap of at least 2-3cm above the unit. For wall mount installation Three suitable holes on the back of the Bla[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 13 10 - FIBER OPTIC CONNECTION The Black Box®LB1350A/LB1351A is equipped w ith either a pair of SC-ty pe connectors ( MM or SM models ) or ST connectors ( MM models only ) Do not remove the protective cov ers on the fiber connectors unti l you ar e ready to connect the f iber optic cables. Pow er should be connected bef[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 14 12 – CONFIGURA TION SWITCHES The Black Box®LB1350A/LB1351A) i s equipped w ith an array of 10 DIP switches marked “MODE SETUP” that f acilitate the proper setting of the dev ice and indiv idual ports. See section 7 ( “ Parts Identification ” pag e 11 ) Shaded areas indicate factory default setting. Use a sm[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 15 14. A DVA NCED Features: Port Priority Schemes The Black Box® LB1351A (only) can determine pri ority through three di fferent means. The first method is a simple per port prior ity, the second is via the 802.1p frame tag and the third i s by v iewing the D SCP ( TOS ) field in the Ipv4 header. Tw o priority l evels a[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 16 If the register bi t is a 1, the priori ty is hi gh and if 0, the priori ty is l ow. Thus the DSCP value cl assifies the packet service l evel. W hen more than one scheme is enabl ed, priori ty conflicts ar e resolved by the followi ng order : 802.1p based priori ty ov errides port based pr iority and T OS based prior[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 17 Probl em Indic ation Corrective Action Check the interconnection betw een the Black Box®LB1350A LB1351A and the device. Black Box®LB1350A or LB1351A not recognizing full duplex FDX LED not lit Verify that connected device is FDX capable and set to FDX properly . If HDX then the indication is correct and y ou have to[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 18 16.Specifications Standard Compliance IEEE 802.3u, IEEE802.1p, 100Base-T X, 100Base- FX, 10Bas e-T , FDX f low control, HDX bac k pr essure flow control . Supported MIBs : MIB II (RFC1213,RFC1215) , RFC2474 ( DSCP ) and pr ivate MIBs. Vlan tagging support, (Blac k Box ® LB1351A ) Conversion Method :BMD ( B uf fer ed [...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 19 A ppen dix-A : Managin g the Black Box® LB1351A 1.Preface This appendix provides y ou w ith the necessary information for managing the Black Box® LB1351A Traffic A ggregator (monitor and control). In order to start manag ing your Black Box ® LB1351A you need to setup the management module par ameters ( section 2 ).[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 20 Management card configuration --------------------------------------------------------------------- NETWORK PARAMETERS: ------------------- IP address on LAN is 192.168.1.99 CONSOLE PARAMETERS: ------------------- console channel will use a baud rate of 9600 BOARD PARAMETERS: ----------------- Processor : MPC850, Runn[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 21 Network parameters • IP address : specify her e the IP address you w ish to assign the management module. This parameter must be set cor rectly (according to y our network) i n order to remotel y control and monitor y our devi ce from a management station. • Subnet mask : specify the req u ired subnet mask to use [...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 22 3.Network Connection One of the conditions that have to be met before you’r e able to manage the Black Box® LB1351A is to have the dev ice connected to a networ k (IP). This connection is achiev ed through the Fiber-Opti c port of the device. Natur ally, this port has to be connected to a network, on w hich the man[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 23 5.Managing the Black Box® LB1351A You can monitor and control the Black Box® LB1351A Traffic Aggreg ator using SNMP wi th a management station. This station must have a manag ement applic ation and it should be connected to the devi ce (vi a the network ). After the device and management station are connected and ru[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 24 6. Managing with a Terminal The first option for managing the Black Box® LB1351A Traffic Agg regator i s by using a terminal emulation program. In order to do this you will need a PC (or a terminal) w ith a terminal emul ation progr am. Connect the serial cable supplied w ith the Black Box® LB1351A betw een the devi[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 25 Basic ports' status : # Type Link Duplex AutoNego Rate Connected ================================================ 1 TP Off FDX Disabled 100M Yes 2 TP Off n/a Enabled n/a Yes 3 TP Off n/a Enabled n/a Yes 4 FO Off FDX ---- 100M Yes ================================================ Basic device status : --------- ---[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 26 Advanced status A port’s adv anced status includes, in addition to i ts number and type: • Tag inserti on mode (Yes/No) • Tag stripping mode (Yes/No) • Port’s VID (0-4095) • Port based prior ity (Y es/No) • 802.1p based priori ty (Y es/No) • TOS based priority (Yes/No) • Port’s u ser prio rity (0-7[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 27 The broadcast protection indicates the relative amount of broadcast traffic that w ill be forwarded by the Black Box® LB1351A, starting at 25% maximum and dow n to 3% minimum. Default v alue is 25%. The DSCP codes are repr esented as a series of 8 by tes, corresponding to 64 bits. These bits correspond, in turn, to 6[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 28 Port control menus The port control menu, as show n in figure 6-6, pr ovides the user with tw o options: 1 for basic control and 2 for advanced control. The figures below show the menus f or TP port 1. The menus are identic al for TP ports 2 and 3 and almost the same as in FO port 4, the only di fference being the exc[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 29 TP port 1 basic control : ======================== 1. Change Auto-Negotiation 2. Change 10M/100M 3. Change duplex mode 4. Disconnect port 5. Connect port 6. Reset device 0. Back to port control menu Select (0-6): f igure 6-7 – basic port control menu Selecting any of these options w ill result in the appropriate act[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 30 Basic device control The basic device control menu, illustrated in figure 6-9, enables y ou either to reset the devic e (1) or to chang e its VLAN mode (2). Basic device control : ======== ============= 1. Reset device 2. Change VLAN mode 0. Back to control menu Select (0-2): figure 6-9 – basic dev i ce control menu[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 31 Choosing to set the broadcast protection mode will prompt the user for the desired setting (fig ure 6-12). Broadcast protection : 1. Allow 25% broadcast frames 2. Allow 12% broadcast frames 3. Allow 6% broadcast frames 4. Allow 3% broadcast frames 0. Skip without changing Select (0-4): figure 6-12 – broadcast protec[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 32 7.Managing with SNMP W hen y ou wish to manag e the Black Box® LB1351A with SNM P using a manag ement station, you shoul d have the r elevant MIB file ( “bbLB1351A.mib”) i nstalled and compiled on any standard management appl ication. Once you hav e the appropriate netw ork connection for managing the device y ou[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 33 Advanced device configuration Advanced dev ice configur ation table is l ocated under flLta31mDevice/flLta31mDeviceAdvanced in the devi ce’s MIB sub-tr ee. The table is show n in f igure 7- 3. figure 7-3 – adv a nced device configuration please note that the management config uration (i.e. tag ging and prior ity o[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 34 figure 7-5 – user priority configuration each entry in the user priority table cor responds to 802.1p priori ty classification code ( 0- 7) and its v alue is either high or l ow pri ority. Basic port confi gur ati on Basic port configur ation table is located under flLta31mPorts/flLta31mPortBasic in the devi ce’s [...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 35 Advanced port configur ati on Advanced port config uration table i s located under flLta31mPorts/flLta31mPortAdvanced in the devi ce’s MIB sub-tr ee. The table is shown in fig ure 7-7. figure 7-7 – adv anced port configuration SNMP traps The management application also al lows you to recei ve traps sent by the dev[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 36 Figure 7-8 – traps (listed in bott om of screen)[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 37 Troubleshooting Sy mptom Probable Cause Reme dy Ready LED doesn’t turn on Device is not power ed up Check the power cable connection inside the box . Configur ation menu isn’t r eadable or doesn’t appear at all Problem w ith serial cable or terminal Check the serial cable and the settings of the terminal. No SNM[...]

Black Box®LB1350A /LB1351A 38 This document and the information contained herein are proprietary to the manufacturer and are furnished to the recipient for use in operating, maintaining and repairing manufacturer equipment. The information within may not be ut ilized for any purpose except as stated herein,and may not be disclosed to third parties[...]