Edimax Technology ES-5226RS manual

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The contents of this manual are based on the tabl e below listing firmware version, software kernel ve rsion, and hardware version. If the switch functions are different f rom the description of the manual, please contact the local sale dealer for more information. Firmware Version V1.10 Kernel Version V1.1.5 Hardware Version ---------- Notice[...]

FCC Warning This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class-A digital device, pursuant to Pa rt 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against ha rmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates , uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy. It may ca[...]

Content INTRODUCTION...................................................................... 1 Featur es ................................................................................................................ 1 Package Cont ents................................................................................................. 1 HARDWARE DESCRI[...]

Authentication C onfigurat ion ........................................................................... 13 System IP Conf iguratio n .................................................................................. 14 System St atus ................................................................................................. 15 Default Swit[...]

Logout ................................................................................................................. 45 TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................... 46 Incorrect c onnections .......................................................................................... 46 　 Faulty or l oose cabl es ..[...]

1 Introduction The ES-5226RS is a multi-port Switch t hat can be used to build high-performance switched workgroup networks. This switch is a stor e-and-forward device that offers low latency for high-speed networking. The switch is targeted at workgroup, department or backbone co mputing environment. The ES-5226RS has 24 auto-sensing 10/ 100Base-T[...]

2 Unpack the contents of the ES-5226RS and verify them against the checklist below:  ES-5226RS  Mounting Plate  Power Cord  Four Rubber Pads  User Manual Compare the contents of the ES-5226RS package with the standard checklist above. If any item is missing or damaged, please contact the local dealer for exchanging.[...]

3 Hardware Description This section mainly describes the hardware of the ES-5226RS and gives a physical and functional overvi ew on the certain switch. Physical Dimensions The ES-5226RS physical dimensions is 440mm x 120mm x 44mm (W x D x H) . Front Panel The front panel of the ES-5226RS consis ts of 24 x 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 ports (Auto MDI/MDIX) a[...]

4  2 Giga port: The traditional RJ-45 ports can be used for up-linking wide-band paths in short distance (<100m), or the appropriate replaceable mini-GBIC ports can be used for the application of wideband up-linking and long distance transmissions to fit the flexible field request. [NOTE] When the Mini-GBIC slot and the co rresponding RJ-45 p[...]

5 LED Indicators The LED Indicators display real-time info rmation of systematic operation status. The following table provides descripti ons of LED status and their meaning. LED Status Description Green Power On Power Off Power is not connected Green The port works in 10/100 Full-duplex mod e Blinks (continuously) Networking is active Blinks (off [...]

6 meaning. LED Status Description Green The port works in 1 0/100 Full-duplex or gigabit mode Blinks (continuously) Networking is active Blinks (off for about 2 seconds and on alternatively) The port works in 1 0/100 Half-duplex mode Act/Duplex Off No device attached Green The port works at speed of 1000Mbps Speed Blinks The port works at speed of [...]

7 Desktop Installation Set the switch on a sufficiently large fl at space with a power outlet nearby. The surface where the user put the switch s hould be clean, smoot h, level and sturdy. Make sure there is enough clearance around the switch to allow attachment of cables, power cord and allow air circulation. Attaching Rubber Pads A. Make sure mou[...]

8 [NOTE] For proper ventilation, it allows about at least 4 inches (10 cm) of clearance on the front and 3.4 inches (8 cm) on the back of th e Switch. This is especially important for enclosed rack installation. Power On Connect the power cord to the power socke t on the rear panel of the Switch. The other side of power cord connects to t he power [...]

9 Network Application This section provides you a few samples of network topology in which the switch is used. In general, the ES-5226RS is des igned as a segment switch which with its large address table (4k MAC address) and high performance, it is ideal for interconnecting networking segments. PC, workstations, and servers can co mmunicate each o[...]

10 Segment Uplink In the illustration below, two Ethernet swit ches (with PCs, pr int server, and local server attached) are connected via 1000- FX or 10/100/1000Base-TX cable. All the devices in this network can communicate with each other through the switches. Connecting servers to the switch allows other users to access the data on server.[...]

11 Web-Based Management This section introduces the configur ation and functions of the Web-Based management. About Web-based Management An embedded HTML web site resides in flash memory on the CPU board of the switch. It offers advanced management feat ures and allows users to manage the switch from anywhere on the network through a standard brows[...]

12 User Login 1. Launch the Internet Explorer. 2. Key in ‘http://’ and the IP address assigned to the ES-5226RS. Then, press “ Enter ”. 3. The login screen appears. 4. Key in ID & Password. The default login ID and password are “ 1234 ”. 5. Click “ OK ”, then the main page of the Web-based management appears. ES-5226RS Main Page[...]

13 Administrator Administrator includes Authentication Conf iguration, System IP Configuration, System Status, and Load Default Setting. Authentication Configuration Change web management l ogin user name and passwor d for the management security issue. 1. Username: Type in the new user name (The default value is ‘admin’). 2. Password: Type in [...]

14 System IP Configuration User can configure the IP Settings and DHCP client function in here.  IP Address: Manually assign the IP address that the network is using. If DHCP function is enabled, the user doesn’t need to assign the IP address. And, the network DHCP server will assi gn the IP address displaying in this column for the switch. T [...]

15 System Status This page displays the information about t he switch’s MAC address, how many ports it has, system version and kernel versi on. Besides, users ca n also fill in up to 12 characters in the Comment field for note.  MAC Address: Displays the unique hardware address assigned by manufacturer (default).  Number of Ports: Displays [...]

16 Default Switch Setting and Reboot Reset switch to default configuration. Click Defau l t to reset all configurations to the default value. Factory Default interface When you see the information as below, close the web windo w and launch again after a while. Reboot in progress[...]

17 Port Management Port Management includes Port Configurati on, Port Mirroring, Bandwidth Control, and Broadcast Storm Control. Port Configuration In Port Configuration, you can set and view the operation mode for each port.  Auto-Negotiation: Enable and Disable. Being se t as ‘Enable’, the Speed, Duplex mode, Pause, Backpressure, TX Capabi[...]

18 Port Configuration interface[...]

19 Port Mirroring The Port mirroring is a method for monito ring traffic in switched networks. That Traffic through ports can be monitored by any of the ports means traffic goes in or out monitored (source) ports will be duplicat ed into mirroring (destination) port. Port Mirroring interface  Dest Port: Tick the check boxes beneath the port numb[...]

20 Bandwidth Control Y ou can set up every port’ s frame limitation type and bandwid th rate. Bandwidth Control interface  Speed Base: Pull down the selection menu item to choose the speed base in low or high mode. As the picture shows,  Port No: Pull down the selection menu to choose a port to be configured.[...]

21  Tx Rate: Pull down the selection menu to choose the transmitting rate. When Speed Base is set as Low, the transmitting ra te for all the ports is in the range between 32K bytes and 8M bytes. When Speed Base is set as High, the transmitting rate for port 1 ~ 24 is in the range between 256K bytes and 64M bytes; the transmitting rate for port 2[...]

22 Broadcast Storm Control The switch implements a broadcast stor m control mechanism. T ick the check boxes to have them beginning to drop inco ming broadcast packet s if the received broadcast packet count s reach the thres hold defined. Each port’ s broadcast storm protection function can be enabled indivi dually by ticking the check boxes. Br[...]

23 VLAN Setting A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical net work grouping that limits the broadcast domain, which would allow y ou to isolate network traffi c, so only the members of the same VLAN will receive traffic from the ones of the same VLAN. Basically, creating a VLAN from a switch is logica lly equivalent of re connecting a group of network devi[...]

24 VLAN Member Setting (P ort Based) interface[...]

25 VLAN Mode Tagged-based VLAN is an IEEE 802.1Q specification standar d. Therefore, it is possible to create a VLAN across devices from different switch venders. IEEE 802.1Q VLAN uses a technique to insert a “tag” into the Et hernet frames. Tag contains a VLAN Identifier (VID) that indicates the VLAN numbers. Please notice that this page is on[...]

26 care, and RemoveTag—for selecting. ¾ Uplink: In normal operation, if the desti nation and source are located in different VLANs, the packets wil l be dropped. Having ticked the radio button, the port is configured as an up-link port which is used in an application such as virus check or fi rewall. For example, the two up-link ports are locate[...]

27 VLAN PVID Index Setting The switch supports a 32-ent ry VLAN table to provide 32 active VLANs out of 4096 VLANs defined in IEEE802.1Q. User can define 32 VID entries in the VID table and enable the tag VLAN function. When a tagged packet is received, the switch compares the VID field in the packe t with the ones defined in the VID table. If it i[...]

28 VLAN PVID Index Setting interface[...]

29 Per Port Counter This page displays the statistics of eac h port. Four counter categories— Receive Packet & Transmit Packet , Collision Count & Transmit Packet , Drop Packet & Receive Packet , and CRC error Packet & Receive Packet — are available to be chosen.  Receive Packet & Transmit Packet: Displays the counts of r[...]

30 Per Port Counter interface[...]

31 QoS Setting Here you can configure QoS policy prio rity mode and CoS (Class of Service) configuration. QoS (Quality of Service) refers to me chanisms in the network software that make the actual determinati on of which packets have priority. CoS refers to feature se ts, or groups of services, that are assigned to users based on company policy. I[...]

32 Priority Mode There are three priority modes available to specify the priority of packets being serviced. Those include First-In-F irst-Out, All-High-Before-Low, and Weight-Round-Robin.  First-In-First-Out: Packets are placed into the queue and serviced in the order they were received.  All-High-Before-Low: The packets of low weight will b[...]

33 Class of Service Configuration Class of Service (CoS) is a 3-bit field within a layer two Ethernet frame header using IEEE 802.1Q. Class of Service (CoS ) is a way of managing traffic in a network by grouping similar types of traffic (for example, e-mail, streaming video, voice, large document file transfer) toget her and treating each type as a[...]

34 Class of Service Configurat ion interface[...]

35 Security Filter This function provides the security which only the MAC addresses bound with the port are allowed to access it.  Port No: Displays the port number being assigned the MAC addresses.  MAC Address: Users can assign up to 3 MAC addresses to the port.  Read: Pull down the selection bar to choose a port number and click the Rea[...]

36 MAC Address Filter interface[...]

37 Trunk Port trunk allows multiple links to be bund led together and act as a single physical link for increased throughput. It provides load balancing, and redundancy of links in a switched inter-network. Actually, t he link does not have an inherent total bandwidth equal to the sum of its component physical links. Traffic in a trunk is distribut[...]

38 be aggregated together to fo rm a logic trunk group.  Trunk 0: There are four ports—p ort 1 to port 4—can be involved in a trunk group. Tick at least two check boxes and select the trunk type to configure Trunk 0.  Trunk 1: There are four ports—p ort 5 to port 8—can be involved in a trunk group. Tick at least two check boxes and se[...]

39 Aggregation Information Having set up the Trunk Conf iguration page in static mo de, you will see the static trunk group information in here. Aggregation Information interface[...]

40 Configuration Backup/Recovery  Backup: This page allows the user to ba ck up the system configuration by copying the text in the field below to a text file.  Recovery: If the user wants to re store the previous confi guration, just copies the text from the text f ile and pastes it to the syst em information field. Then the user has to fill[...]

41 Firmware Update The firmware update function suppor ts web and command prompt window interface for the user to update the fi rmware to the switch. Both the method require the user to type in the password (login password) and type again for password confirmation, then click Updat e to start firmware update process. Firmware Update interface Pleas[...]

42 Updating Firmware to the flash interface After a while, the message shows as below to indicate the user that the update process is complete. Update Complete message on web As for TFTP firmware update, users can get into the command prompt window to proceed. The command prompt window can be opened by entering "cmd" (without quotes) into[...]

43 name of the firmware) and press enter to update. Command Prompt Window Note The system will erase the flash at fi rst and then update the new firmware during the update process. If the update process is not finished, the web page of Firmware Update will always be displayed when the switch powe rs on.[...]

44 Reboot Click Reboot to re start the switch. Reboot interface[...]

45 Logout Having clicked on Logout item in the tr ee menu, the system will ask the user to make sure to log out by clicking the A ccept button or clicking the Back button to return to the previous web page. Logout Confirmation[...]

46 Troubleshooting This section is intended to help the user solve the most common problems on the ES-5226RS. Incorrect connections The switch port can auto-det ect straight or crossover cable when the user links switch with other Ethernet device. T he RJ-45 connector should use correct UTP or STP cable. 10/100Mbps ports use 2 pairs twisted cable a[...]

47  Improper Network Topologies It is important to make sure that us ers have a valid network topology. Common topology faults include excessive cabl e length and too many repeaters (hubs) between end nodes. In addition, the user s hould make sure that the network topology contains no data path loops. Be tween any two ends nodes, there should be[...]

48 Technical Specification This section provides the specifications of ES-5226RS. Standard IEEE802.3 10BASE-T IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX IEEE802.3ab 1000BASE-T IEEE802.3z Gigabit fiber IEEE802.3x Flow control and Back pressure IEEE802.3ad Port Trunk IEEE802.1p Class of Service LED Indicators System power (Green) 10/100TX Port: Activity/ Duplex (G reen),[...]

49 Flash ROM 512Kbytes Power Suppl y 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60Hz Power Consumption 15.4Watts (Maximum) Operating Temp. 0 o C ~ 45 o C Operating Humidity 10% ~ 90% (Non-condensing) Storage Temp. -40 o C ~ 70 o C Dimensions 440mm x 120mm x 44mm (W x D x H) EMI FCC Class A CE Safety UL cUL CE/EN60950-1[...]

50 Appendix 10 /100BASE-TX Pin outs With10/100BASE-TX cable, pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting data, and pins 3 and 6 for receiving data.  RJ-45 Pin Assignments Pin Number Assignment 1 Tx+ 2 Tx- 3 Rx+ 6 Rx- [NOTE] “+” and “-” signs represent the polarit y of the wires that make up each wire pair. The table below shows the 10 / 100BA[...]

51 Straight-through cable schematic Cross over cable schemat ic 10/100/1000Base-TX Pin outs The following figure shows the 10/100/ 1000 Ethernet RJ-45 pin outs.[...]

52 10/100/1000Base-TX Cable Schematic Straight through cables schematic Cross over cables schem atic[...]

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