Moxa Technologies EDS-518A Series manual

MOXA EtherDevice™ Switch EDS-518A Series User ’ s Manual www .moxa.com/product First Edition, April 2006 MOXA Networking C o., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-2910-1230 Fax: +886-2-2910-1231 Web: www.moxa.com MOXA Technical Support World wide: support@moxanet.tw The Americas support@ moxa.com[...]

MOXA EtherDevice™ Switch EDS-518A Series User’s Manual The software d escribed in this m anual is furnished u nder a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2006 MOXA Networking Co., Ltd . All rights reserved. Reproducti on without permi ssion is prohibited. Trademark[...]

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 1-1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 1-2 Package Ch ecklis t .................................................[...]

The Concept of Mu lticast F ilteri ng ......................................................................... 3-40 Configuring IG MP Snooping .................................................................................. 3-43 Add Static Mu lticast MAC ...................................................................................... 3-44 [...]

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to M OXA EtherDevice Swit ch EDS-518A Serie s, the Gigabit M anaged Redundant Ethernet Swit ch designed special ly for connecting Et hernet-enabled devic es in industrial fiel d applications. The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview  Package Checklist  Features[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview As the world ’s network and in formation technol ogy becomes m ore mature, the trend is t o use Ethernet as the major c ommunications inte rface in many industri al communications an d automati on applications. In fact , a whole new industry has sprung up to pr ovide Ethernet pro ducts tha[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Useful Utility and Remote Configuration y Configurable using a Web browser, Telnet/Serial co nsole, an d Windows utility y Send ping c ommands to ide ntify network se gment integrit y Recommended Software and Accessories y EDS-SNMP OPC Server Pro y DR-4524, DR-7 5-24, DR-120-24 D IN-Rail 24 VD C Powe[...]

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter explains how t o access EDS-518A for the first time. There ar e three ways to access the switch: seri al console, Telnet consol e, and web browser. T he serial console connecti on method, which requires using a short serial cable to co nn ect EDS-518A to a PC’ s COM port, can be used if you do not know E[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2 RS-232 Console Configuration (115200, None, 8, 1, VT100) NOTE Conne ction Caut io n! 1. You cannot connect to EDS- 518A simultaneousl y by serial console a nd Telnet. 2. You can connect t o EDS-518A simultaneou sly by web browser and serial console, or by web browser and Te lnet. However, we s tro[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-3 3. The Communication P arameter page of th e Property window opens. Select the appropriate COM port for Cons ole Connection , 11520 0 for Baud R a te , 8 fo r Data Bits , No ne for Parity , and 1 for Stop Bits . 4. Click the Terminal tab, and select VT100 for Terminal Type . Click OK to continue. [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-4 6. The Console login screen will appear. Press Enter to open the Accoun t pop-up selector and then select either admin or user . Use the keyboar d’s down arrow to m ove the cursor to t he Password field, enter the Console Password (this is the sa me as the Web Browser password; leave the Passwor[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-5 Configuration using a Telnet Console You may use Telnet to access EDS- 518A’s console utility over a network. To be able to access EDS’s functio ns over the network ( by Telnet or Web B rowser) from a PC host that is connected to the same LAN as ED S-518A, you nee d to make sure that the PC ho[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-6 3. The Console login screen will appear. Press Enter to open the Accoun t pop-up selector and then select either admin or user . Use the keyboar d’s down arrow to m ove the cursor to t he Password field, enter the Console Password (this is the sa me as the Web Browser password; leave the Passwor[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-7 NOTE Before accessing EDS-518A’s web br owser interface, first connect one of its RJ45 Ethernet ports to your Ethe rnet LAN, or dir ectly to your PC’s Ethe rnet NIC. You ca n establish a co nnection with either a straight-through or cross-over Ethernet cable. NOTE MOXA EDS-518A’s default IP [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-8 Disabling Telnet and Browser Access If you are co nnecting EDS-51 8A to a public net work, but do not intend to use i ts manageme nt functions ove r the network, we suggest disab ling both Telnet Console and Web Conf iguratio n from the R S-232 Console’s Basic Settin gs Æ System Identification [...]

3 3 Chapter 3 Featured Functions This chapter explains how t o access EDS-518A’ s various configuration, monitoring, and administration functions. The re are three ways to access these functions: R S-232 console, Telnet console, and web browser. The serial console connection m ethod, which r equires using a short serial cable to connect EDS-51 8A[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-2 Configuring Basic Settings The Basic Settings group includes the most commonly used settings required by administrators to maintain and con trol EDS-518A. System Identification The system identification items are displayed at the top of the web page, and will be included in alarm emails. Enteri[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-3 Password EDS-518A provides two leve ls of access privileges: admin privilege gives read/write access to all EDS-518A co nfiguration param eters, and user privilege provides read access only. You will be able to view the configuration, but will not be able to make modifications. ATTENTION EDS-51[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-4 Accessible IP MOXA EDS-518A uses an IP ad dress-based filtering method to control access to EDS-518A units. Accessible IP Settings allows y ou to add or rem ove “Legal” remote host IP addresses to prevent unauthorized access. Access to EDS-518 A is controlled by IP address. If a host’ s I[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-5 Port Port settings a re included to gi ve the user control over Port Access, Port Transmission Speed, Flow Control, and Port Type (M DI or MDIX). An explanation of each confi guration item follows: Enable Setting Description Factory Defaul t checked Allows data transmission thro ugh the port. u[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-6 Speed Setting Description Factory Defaul t Auto Allows the port to use the IEEE 802.3u protoco l to negotiate with connect ed devices. The port and connected devices will determine the best speed for that co nnection. 100M-Ful l 100M-Half 10M-Ful l 10M-Half Choose one of these fixed spe ed opti[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-7 Auto IP Configuration Setting Description Factory Defaul t Disable Set up EDS-51 8A’s IP address m anually. By DHCP EDS-518A’s IP address will be assigned automatically by th e network’s DHCP server. By BOOTP EDS-518A’s IP address will be assigned automatically by the network’s BOOTP [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-8 Time EDS-518A ha s a time calibrat ion function ba sed on informat ion from an NTP se rver or user specified Tim e and Date informat ion. Functions such as Auto wa rning “Email” can add real-time information to the message. NOTE EDS-518A does n ot have a real tim e clock. The user must upda[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-9 Time Server IP/Name Setting Description Factory Defaul t 1st Time Serve r IP/Name IP or Dom ain address (e.g., 19 2.168.1.1 or time.stdtime.gov.tw or time.nist.gov). 2nd Time Server IP/Nam e EDS-518A will try to locate the 2nd NTP Server if the 1st NTP Server fails to connect. None Time Server [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-10 Log Files Path and Name Setting Description Factory Defaul t Max. 40 Cha racters The path and file name of ED S-518A’s log fil e None After setting up the desired path and file name, click Activate to save the setting, an d then click Downloa d to down load the prepared file from the remote [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-11 Factory Default The Factory Defau lt function is in cluded to give users a quick wa y of restoring EDS-518A’s configuration settings to their factory default values. This function is av ailable in the Console utility (serial or Telnet), and Web Browser interface. NOTE After activating the Fa[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-12 If all ports on both switch units are configured as 100BaseTX and they are operating i n full duplex, the potential bandwidth of the conn ection will be up to 1.6 Gbps on the EDS-518A. This means that users can c onnect one EDS t o another EDS by Port Trunking to double, triple, or quadruple t[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-13 Trunk Grou p (Maximum of 3 trunk groups) Setting Description Factory Defaul t Trk1, Trk2, Tr k3 Display or designate the Trunk Ty pe and Member Ports for Trunk Group 1, 2, 3. Trk1 Trunk Type Setting Description Factory Defaul t Static De sign ated MOXA proprietary tr unking protocol Static LAC[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-14 Configuring SNMP EDS-518A sup ports SNMP V1/V2c/V 3. SNMP V1, and S NMP V2c use a comm unity string match for authentication, which means that SNMP servers access all objects with read-only or read/write pe rmissions using the community st ring public/private (d efault va lue). SN MP V3, which[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-15 V1, V2c Write/Read Community Setting Description Factor y Def ault V1, V2c Read/Write Community Uses a comm unity string m atch with a maximum of 30 c haracters for authentication. The SNMP serve rs access all objects with read/write permissions using the c ommunity stri ng private. private Fo[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-16 User Data Encryption Key (for SNMP V1, V2c, V3 and V3 only) Setting Description Factory Defaul t Enable 8-character data encryption key is the minimum requirement for dat a encryption (maxim um of 30 characters) No Disable No data enc ryption No Trap Settings 1 st Trap Server IP/Name Setting D[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-17 Turbo Ring a nd STP/RSTP c annot both be use d on the networ k at the same tim e. The following table lists the key differences betwee n each feature. Use this information to evaluate the benefits of each, and then determine which featur es are most suitable for your network. Turbo Ring STP RS[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-18 Initial Setup 1. Select any two ports as redundant ports. 2. Connect the redu ndant ports to form the Tu r b o Ri ng You do not need to set the Master t o use Turb o Ring. Master is only needed to identify which segment acts as the backup path. The actual topo logy of the redundant ring, i.e.,[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-19 When the number of EDS-518A units in the Turbo Ring is odd. Master Segment N+1 If there are 2N+1 ED S-518A units (an odd number) in t he Turbo Ring, wi th EDS-518A units and se gments labeled c ounterclockwi se, then segment N+1 will serve as the backu p path. For the example shown h ere, N=1,[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-20 Decide appropriate coupling port s in each switch and link them t ogether. Next, assign one switch (e.g., Swit ch A) as couple r and set the pr oper coupling c ontrol port wit h another switch ( e.g., Switch B) in the same Turbo Ring, and then connect them. The Coupler switch (e.g., Switch A) [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-21 Redundant P ort Status This field in dicates the current status of redund ant ports. The state is “Forwarding ” for normal transmission, “Blocked” for tran smission that is stopped if this port is the backup path, and “Link down” for non- connection. Ring Coupling Indicates if t he[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-22 Rapid Spa nning Tree Protoc ol (RSTP) im plements the Spanni ng Tree Algorit hm and Protocol defined by IEEE Std 802.1w- 2001. RSTP provi des the following be nefits: y The topology of a bridged network will be determined much more quickly compared to STP. y RSTP is backward compatible with ST[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-23 What happe ns if a link failure is detected? As s hown in next figure, the STP process reconfigures the network s o that traffic from LAN segment 2 flows t hrough Bridge B. STP will determine which path between each bridged segment is most efficient, and then assigns a specific reference point[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-24 y Each port has a cost t hat specifies the efficiency of each link. The effi ciency cost is usually determined by the bandwidth of the link, with less e fficient links assi gned a higher cost. The following table shows the default port costs for a switch: Port Speed Path Cost 802.1D, 1998 Edit[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-25 STP Example The LAN shown in the follow ing figure has thre e segments, with adjacent se gments connected using two possible links . The various STP factors, s uch as Cost, Root Port, Designate d Bridge Port, and Blocked Port are shown i n the figure. Bridge A LAN Segment 3 LAN Segment 2 LAN S[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-26 The following figur e shows an example of a networ k that contains VLANs 1 and 2. The VLAN s are connected using the 802.1Q-t agged link betwee n Switch B and S witch C. By defa ult, this link has a port cost of 100 and is a utomatically blocked because the ot her Switch-to-Swi tch connections[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-27 Now Active: This will show which communicatio n protocol is being used —Turbo Ring, RSTP, o r neither. Root/Not Root This field will appear only when selected to operate in RSTP mode. It indicates whether or not this EDS-518A is the Root of the Spanning Tree (t he root is determ ined automat[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-28 Enable STP per Port Setting Description Factory Defaul t Enable/Disable Select to enable the port as a node on th e Spanning Tree topology. Disabled NOTE We suggest not enabling the Spanni ng Tree Protocol once the port is conn ected to a device (PLC , RTU, etc.) as opposed to network equipmen[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-29 Using Traffic Prioritization EDS-518A’s traffic prioritization capability provides Qu ality of Service (QoS ) to your network by making data delivery more reliable. You can prioritize traffic on your netwo rk to ensure that high priority data is transmitted with minimum delay. Traffic can be[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-30 IEEE 802.1p Priority Level IEEE 802.1D Traffic Type 0 Best Effort (default) 1 Background 2 Standard (spare ) 3 Excellent Effort (bu siness critical) 4 Controlled Load (stream ing multimedia) 5 Video (interact ive media); less tha n 100 millisecon ds of latency and jitter 6 Voice (interactive v[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-31 2. As the 802.1p pri ority levels are fixed to the traffic queues, the packet will be placed in the appropriate priority queue, read y for transmission through the appropriate egress port. When the packet reaches t he head of its queue and is about to be transmitted, the device determines whet[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-32 Queuing Mec hanism Setting Description Factory Defaul t Weighted Fair EDS-518A ha s 4 prior ity queues. In the weighted fair scheme, an 8, 4, 2, 1 weighti ng is applied to the four priorities. This approach pr even ts the lower priority frames from being starved of opportuni ty for transmissio[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-33 CoS Mapping Setting Description Factory Low/Normal/ Medium /High Set the mappi ng table of diffe rent CoS values to 4 different egres s queues. 0: Low 1: Low 2: Norm al 3: Norm al 4: Medi um 5: Medi um 6: High 7: High TOS/DiffServ Mapping Setting Description Factory Defaul t Low/Normal/ Medium[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-34 Using Virtual LAN Setting up Virtual LAN s (VLANs) on your EDS-518A in creases the efficiency of your netw ork by dividing t he LAN into logical segments, as opposed t o physical segment s. In general, VLANs are easier to manage. The Virtual LAN (VLAN) Concept What is a VLAN? A VLAN is a group[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-35 y VLANs provide extra secur ity: Devices within each VLAN can only communicate with other devices on the same VLAN . If a device o n VLAN Marketing needs to communicate with devices on VLAN Financ e, the traffi c must pass through a routing device or Laye r 3 switch. y VLANs help control traff[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-36 y Access Port: The port connects to a si ngle device that is not tagged. The user must define the default port PVID that determines to whic h VLAN the device belongs. Once the ingress packet of this Access Port e gresses to another Trunk Port (the port need s all packets to carry tag informati[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-37 y Port 6 connect a single untagged device and assigns it t o VLAN 5; it shoul d be configured as “Access Port” with PVID 5. y Port 7 connect s a single untagged device and assigns it t o VLAN 4; it sh ould be configured as “Access Port” with PVID 4. After proper configuration: y Packet[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-38 Management VLAN ID Setting Description Factory Defaul t VLAN ID ranges from 1 to 4094 Set the management VLAN of this EDS-518A . 1 Port Type Setting Description Factory Defaul t Access This port ty pe is used to conne ct single devices with out tags. Trunk Select “Trunk” port type to conne[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-39 VLAN Mode Setting Description Factory Defaul t 802.1Q VL AN Set VL AN mode to 802.1Q VLAN Port-based VLAN Set VLAN mode to Port-based VLAN 802.1Q VL AN Port Setting Description Factory Defaul t Enable/Disable Set port to specific VLAN Group . Enable (all ports belong to VLAN1) VLAN Table In 80[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-40 NOTE The physical network can have a maximum of 64 VLAN settings. Using Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering improves the performance of networks that carry multicast traffic. This section explains multicasts, multicast filtering, and how multicast filtering can be implemented on your EDS-5[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-41 Network with out multicast filtering 12345678 Serial ports Console LAN 9 1 01 11 21 31 41 51 6 IGMP Group2 Group 1 Multicast Stream Group 2 Multicast Stream IGMP Group1 IGMP Group2 IGMP Group1 All hosts receive the multicast traffi c, eve n if they don’t need it. Network with multicast filte[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-42 Query Mode Query mode allows the EDS-518A to work as the Querier if it has the lowest IP address on the subnetwork to wh ich it belongs. IG MP querying is enabled b y default on the EDS-518 A to help prevent intero perability issues with some multi cast routers that may not follow the lowest I[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-43 Enabling Multicast Filtering Use the serial console or Web interface to enable or disable IGMP Snoop ing and IGMP querying. If IGMP Snooping is not enabled, then IP multi cast traffic is always forwarded, flooding the network. Configuring IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping provides the ability to p r[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-44 Static Multicast Router Port Setting Description Factory Defaul t Select/Deselect Select the option to select which ports will conn ect to the multicast rou ters. It’s active only when IGMP Snooping is enabled. Disabled NOTE At least one swi tch must be designate d the Querier or e nable IGM[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-45 Join Port Setting Description Factory Defaul t Select/Deselect Select the appropriate options to select the join ports for this multicast group. None Configuring GMRP GMRP is a M AC-based multicast m anagement protocol , whereas IGMP is IP -based. GMRP provides a m echanism that all ows bridge[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-46 Using Bandwidth Management In general, o ne host should n ot be allowed to occ upy unlimited ba ndwidth, parti cularly when the device malfunc tions. For exam ple, so-called “broa d cast storms” could be caused by an incorrectly configured topology, or a malfunctioning device. Th e EDS-518[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-47 Ingress Setting Description Factory Defaul t Ingress rate Select the ingress rate for all packets from the following options: not limited, 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 65%, 85% N/A Using Port Access Control EDS-518A provides two kinds of Port-Based Access Controls. One is Static Port Lock [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-48 Message Exchange Authentication server (RADIUS) Client EAPOL-Start EAP-Request/Identity EAP-Response/Identity EAP-Request/OTP EAP-Response/OTP EAP-Success EAPOL-Logoff Port Authorized Port Unauthorized RADIUS Access-Request RADIUS Access-Challenge RADIUS Access-Request RADIUS Access-Accept 1. [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-49 7. The authenticator sends “E AP Success” or “EAP Failure” based on the reply fr om the authentication server . Configuring Static Port Lock MOXA EDS-518A supports adding unicast groups manually if required. Setting Description Factory Defaul t MAC Address Add the static unicas t MAC a[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-50 Radius Server Setting Description Factory Defaul t IP address or domain nam e The IP addres s or domain nam e of the RADIUS se rver l ocalhost Server Port Setting Description Factory Defaul t Numerical The UDP port of the RADIUS Server 1812 Shared Key Setting Description Factory Defaul t alpha[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-51 802.1X Re-Authentication EDS-518A can force connected devices to be re-authorized manually. 802.1X Re -Authentication Setting Description Factory Defaul t Enable/Disable Select the optio n to enable 802.1X Re-Au thentication Disable Local User Database Setup When setting the Local User Databas[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-52 Local User Databa se Setup Setting Description Factory Default User Name (Max. 30 character s) User Name for Local User Database None Password (Max. 16 character s) Password for Local User Database None Description (Max. 30 character s) Description for Local User Database None NOTE The user na[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-53 Configuring Email Warning The Auto Email Warning function us es e-mail to alert the user when ce rtain user-configured events take place. Three basic steps are required to set up the Auto Warning function: 1. Configuring E mail Event Types Select the desired Event types from the Con sole or We[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-54 System Events Warning e-mail is sent when… Switch Cold Start Power is cut off and then reconnected. Switch Warm Start EDS-518A is re booted, such as w hen network parameters are change d (IP address, subnet mask, etc.). Power Transition (On Æ Off) EDS-518A is po wered down. Power Transition[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-55 Email Setup Mail Server IP/Name Setting Description Factory Defaul t IP address The IP Address of your email server. None Account Name Setting Description Factory Defaul t Max. 45 Characters Your emai l account name (ty pically your user name) None Password Setting Setting Description Factory [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-56 NOTE Auto warning e-mail messages will be sent through an au thentication protected SMTP server that supports t he CRAM-MD5, L OGIN, and PLAIN m ethods of S ASL (Simple Authenti cation and Security Layer) authentication mechanism. We strongly recommend not entering your Accou nt Name and Accou[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-57 System Events Warning Relay outpu t is triggere d when… Power Transition (On Æ Off) EDS-518A is po wered on. Power Transition (Off Æ On) EDS-518A is pow ered down. DI1 (On Æ Off) Digital Input 1 is triggered by on to off transition DI1 (Off Æ On) Digital Input 1 is triggered by off to on[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-58 Configuring Line-Swap Fast Recovery Enable Line-Swap-Fast-Recovery Setting Description Factory Defaul t Enable/Disable Select this optio n to enable the Line-Swap- Fast-Recovery fu nction Enable Using Set Device IP To reduce the effort required to set up IP addresses, the EDS- 518A series come[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-59 • When using the Console utilit y, activate by first highlighting th e Activate m enu option, and then press Enter . You should receive the Set device IP settings are now active! (Press any key to continue) m essage. Configuring Set Device IP Desired IP Address Setting Description Factory De[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-60 STEP 1 Configure EDS-5 18A’s Mirror Port function from either the Console utility or Web Browser interface. You will need to configure three settings: Monitored Port Select the port number of the port whose network activity will be monitored. Mirror Port Select the port number of the port th[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-61 graph displays data transmission activ ity by showing Packets/s (i.e., packets per second, or pps) versus sec. (se conds). In fact, three curves are display ed on the same graph : Unicast packets (in red color), Multicast pac kets (in green col or), and Broadcast packets (in blue color). The g[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-62 Using the MAC Address Table This section e xplains the inform ation provided by EDS- 518A’s MAC address t able. The MAC Address table can be configured to disp lay the following EDS-518A MAC address groups. ALL Select this item to show all EDS-518A MAC addresses ALL Learned Select this item [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-63 Bootup This fi eld shows how m any times the EDS-518 A has been reboot ed or cold started . Date The date is updated based on how the current date is set in the “Basic Setting” page. Time The time is updated based on how the current time is set in the “Basic Setting” page. System Start[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-64 3. Select Yes to enter the EDS-518A’s web browse r interface and access the web browser interface secured via HTTPS/SSL. NOTE MOXA provides a Roo t CA certificate .After installing this certificate into yo ur PC or notebook, you can access the web browse r interf ace directly and will not se[...]

4 4 Chapter 4 EDS Configurator GUI EDS Confi gurator is a compre hens ive Windows-based GUI that is used to configure and maintain multiple EDS-518A switches. A suite of useful utilities is av ailable to help you locate EDS-518A switches attached to the same LAN as the PC host (regardless of whether or not you know th e IP addresses of th e switche[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-2 Starting EDS Configurator To start EDS Configurator, locate an d then run the executable file edscfgui.exe . NOTE You may do wnload the EDS C onfigurator soft ware from MOXA’ s website at www.m oxa.com. For example, if the file was placed on the Window s des ktop, it should appe ar as follo[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-3 Once the search is complete, the Configurator window will display a list of all switches that were located. Search by IP address This utility is used to search for EDS-518A switches one at a time. Note that the search is conducted by IP address, so you shou ld be able to locate any EDS-518A t[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-4 3. Click the Upgrade Firmw are toolbar icon , or select Upgrade under the Fi rmware menu. If the switch is Locked, you will be prompted to input the switch’s User Name and Password. 4. Use the Open window to navigate to the folder that contains the firm ware upgrade file, and then click the[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-5 Export Configuration The Export Co nf igurat ion utility is used to save the entire configuration of a particular EDS-518A to a text file. Take the follo wing steps to export a conf iguration: 1. Highlight the switch (from the Server list in the Configurator window’s left pane), and then cl[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-6 Import Configuration The Import Conf iguratio n function is us ed to import an entire configu ration from a text file to EDS-518A. This utility can be used to transfer the con figuration from one EDS-518A to another, by first usi ng the Export C onfiguration function (d escribed in the previo[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-7 4. Click Yes in response to the following warn ing message to accept the new settings. Unlock Server The Unlock Se rver function is used to open a pass word protected s witch so that the use r can modify its configuration, impor t/export a configuration, etc. Th ere are six possible responses[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-8 2. When the Unlock status window reports Prog ress as OK , click the Close button in the upper right corn er of the w indow. 3. The status of the switch will now read either Unlocked or Unloc ked Fixed .[...]

A A Appendix A MIB Groups MOXA EDS-518A comes with built-in SNMP (Simple Netw ork Management Proto col) agent software that suppor ts cold/warm start trap, line up/down trap, and RFC 1213 MIB-I I. The standard MIB group s that MOXA EDS-518A series support ar e: MIB II.1 – System Group sysORTable MIB II.2 – Interfaces Group ifTable MIB II.4 – [...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual MIB Groups A-2 MIB II.10 – T ransmission Group dot3 dot3StatsTable MIB II.11 – SNMP Gr ou p SnmpBasicGroup SnmpInputStats SnmpOutputStats MIB II.17 – dot1dBrid ge Group dot1dBase dot1dBase PortTable dot1dStp dot1dSt pPortTable dot1dTp dot1dTp FdbTable dot1dTp PortTable dot1dTp HCPortTable dot1dTpPo rtOverflowTa[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual MIB Groups A-3 EDS-518A also prov ides a priv ate MIB file, located in the file “MOXA-EDS 518A-MIB.my” on the EDS-518A Series utility CD-ROM. Public Traps: 1. Cold Start 2. Link Up 3. Link Down 4. Authentication Failure 5. dot1dB ridge New Root 6. dot1dB ridge Topology C hanged Private Traps: 1. Configurat ion Ch[...]

B B Appendix B Specifications Technology Standards IEEE802.3, 802 .3u, 802.3x, 802.1D, 802.1w, 802.1Q, 802.1p Protocols IGMP V1/V 2/V3 device, G VRP, SNMP V1/ V2c/V3, DHCP Server/ Client, BOOTP, TFTP, SNTP, SMT P, RARP and EDS-S NMP OPC server Pro (Opt ional) MIB MIB-II, Ethernet-Lik e MIB, P-BRIDGE MIB, Q-BRIDGE MIB, Bridge MIB, RSTP MIB, RMON MIB[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Specifications B-2 Min. TX Outp ut: Multi mode : -20 dBm Single mode: 0 to 40 km, -5 dBm 0 to 80 km , -5 dBm Max. TX Ou tput: Multi mode : -14 dBm Single mode: 0 to 40 km, 0 dBm 0 to 80 km , 0 dBm Sensitivity: Multi mode : -34 to - 30 dBm Single mode: -36 to -32 dB m 1000BaseSX /LX/LHX/ZX Distance: Multi mode: ‧ 10[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Specifications B-3 Environmental Operating Tem perature 0 to 60°C (32 to 140°F) Storage Temperature -40 to 85°C (-40 to 185°F) Ambient Relative Humidity 5% to 95% (n on-condensing ) Regulatory Approva ls Safety UL60950, UL 508( Pending), CSA C22.2 No. 60950, EN60950 Hazardous Location UL/cUL Class I, Division 2, [...]

C C Appendix C Service Information This appen dix shows you ho w to contact MOXA for information ab out this and ot her products, and how to report problems. In this appendix, we cover th e following topics.  MOXA Internet Services  Problem Report Form  Product Return Procedure[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Service Information C-2 MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our primary concern. To ensure that custo mers receive the full benefit of our products , MOXA Internet Servi ces has been set up to pr ovide technical support, driver updates, product inf ormation, and user’s manual updat es. The following ser[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Service Information C-3 Problem Report Form MOXA EDS-518A Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Desc ription: Please describe the symptoms of the pr oblem as clearly as possible, including any error messages you see. A clearly written description of the prob[...]

EDS-518A Series User’s Manual Service Information C-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair, exchange , or refund, the customer must:  Provide e vidence of original purc hase.  Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.  Fill out the Problem Report Fo rm (PRF). Include as much detail as possibl[...]