N-Tron 7014FX2 manual

6/28/2007 page 1 of 145 7014 Series Industrial Gigabit Ether net Switch User Manual & Installation Guide[...]

6/28/2007 page 2 of 145 7014TX, 70 14FX2, and 7014F XE2 Industrial Gigab it Ethernet Switch Installation Gu ide... .............. .............. ......... 7 Safety Warnings ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Installation ......[...]

6/28/2007 page 3 of 145 Help – Event L og .................................................................................................................................................................... 87 Help – Firm ware/Config ................................................................................................................[...]

6/28/2007 page 4 of 145 Port Manager Commands ......................................................................................................................................... 107 Get the link s tate of a give n port .............................................................................................................................[...]

6/28/2007 page 5 of 145 Set Eventlog si ze ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 20 Show Eventlog events .....................................................................................................................[...]

6/28/2007 page 6 of 145 Get RSTP Bridge P riority ..................................................................................................................................................... 136 Set RSTP Port Path Cost ..........................................................................................................................[...]

6/28/2007 page 7 of 145 7014TX, 7014FX2, and 7 014FXE2 Industrial Gi gabit Ethernet Switch Instal lation Guide The N -TRON 7014 Series Gigabit compatible Industrial Ethernet Switch offers outstanding performance and ease of use. It is ideally suited for connecting Ethernet enabled industrial and or security equipment and is a fully managed switch. [...]

6/28/2007 page 8 of 145 Copyright, © N-Tron Corp., 2007 820 S. University Blvd., Suite 4E Mobile, AL 36609 USA All rights reserved. Reproduction, adaptati on, or translation without prior written permission f rom N-Tron Corp. is prohibited, except a s allowed under copyright laws. Ethernet is a registe red trademark of Xerox Corpo ration. All othe[...]

6/28/2007 page 9 of 145 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY WARNING: Disconnect the power and allow to cool 5 minutes befor e touching. ELECTRICAL SAFETY WARNING: Disconnect t he power cable before removing any modules, or any enclosure panel. WARNING: Do not operate th e unit with the any cover removed. WARNING: Do not work on equipment or cables during periods [...]

6/28/2007 page 10 of 145 PACKAGE CON TENTS Please make sure the 7014 Series Gigabit Ethernet Switch package contains the following items: 1. 7014 Series Switch 2. Product CD Contact your carrier if any items are damaged. Installation Read the following warning before beginning the installation: WARNING Never install or work on electrical equipment [...]

6/28/2007 page 11 of 145 DIN RAIL MOUNTIN G Install the unit on a standard 35mm Din-Rail. Recess the 7014TX unit to allow at least 3” of horizontal clearance for fiber cable bend radius. Recess the 7014FX2 unit to allow at least 5” of horizontal clearance for fiber cable bend radius. To mount the un it to the 35mm d in-rail, place top edge of t[...]

6/28/2007 page 12 of 145 FRONT PANEL From Top to Lef t: Gigabit Ports 1000 Base SF P Fiber Transceivers (Optional) RJ45 Ports Auto Sensing 1 0/100 Base-TX Con nections Fiber Ports 100 Base-FX Co nnections (only on 7014FX2 model) Green LED lig hts when Power is su pplied to th e unit NOTE: The RJ45 da ta port has two LED’s located on each connec t[...]

6/28/2007 page 13 of 145 APPLYING POWER (Si de View) • Unscrew & Remove the DC Volt age Input Plug from the Power Input He ader • Install the DC Power Ca bles into the Plug (observing polarity). • For best results kee p the power cable length to a maximum of one (1) m eter. • Plug the Voltage Input Plug ba ck into the Power Input Header[...]

6/28/2007 page 14 of 145 Connecting the Unit For FX/FXE units, remove the dust cap from the fiber optic connectors and connect the fiber optic cables. The TX port on the FX/FXE models sho uld be connected to the RX port of the far end sta tion. The RX por t on the FX/FXE version s should be connected to the TX port of the far end station. For 10/10[...]

6/28/2007 page 15 of 145 N-TRON SWITCH GRO UNDING TECHNIQ UES The grounding philosophy of any contro l syst em is an integral part of the design. N-Tron switches are designed to be grou nded, but the user has been given the flexibility to float the switch when require d. The best noise immunity and emissions (i.e. CE) are obtained when the N-Tron s[...]

6/28/2007 page 16 of 145 SERIAL INTERFACE The 7014 Seri es switches provide an EIA-232 i nterface accessed via a 9 pi n female connector (labeled ‘COM’ on the unit). This is used to access the Command Line Interpreter ( CLI). The pin-outs are shown below: Serial Cable Connect t he serial COM port o f your PC and the 7014 Seri es Switch us ing a[...]

6/28/2007 page 17 of 145 Overview of Advanced Fea tures Mode of Operation Each port on the switch can b e configured into different modes of operation as shown bel ow: Copper Ports: 100Bas e Fiber Ports: 1000Base Fiber Ports: - Half Duplex - Full Duplex - Full Duplex - Full Duplex - Auto Negotiation Half Duplex In ha lf duplex mode, the CSM A/CD me[...]

6/28/2007 page 18 of 145 Priority Tagging (Q oS) IEEE 802.1p priority tagging is supported for two classes of services along wit h bandwidt h support per priority level. Transparent mode is supported through configuratio n wherein if the field is set, the tag bits are ignored. The User c an con figure up to 8 different priori ty level s per port. A[...]

6/28/2007 page 19 of 145 SNMP Traps The 7014 Se ries switch suppor ts up to 5 SNM P Trap Stat ions to which SNMP Traps wil l be sent. The switch supports three standard traps; Li nk Up, Link Down, and Cold Start. SNM P Trap s wil l be sent to all the stations configured on the switch if a port Link goes up or down, and when the switch first p owers[...]

6/28/2007 page 20 of 145 TROUBLESHOOTING 1. Make sure the (Power LED) is ON. 2. Make sure you are supplying sufficient current for the version chosen. Note: The Inrush current will exceed the steady state current by ~ 2X. 3. Verify that Link LED’s a re ON for connected ports . 4. Verify cabling used be tween stations. 5. Verify that cabling is Ca[...]

6/28/2007 page 21 of 145 Web Software C onfiguration Web Management Enter the switch’s IP address in any web b rowser and login to the web management feature of the 7 014 Series. Default: User Name: admi n Password: a dmin[...]

6/28/2007 page 22 of 145 Web Management - Home When the adminis trator first l ogs onto a 7014 Series switch the default home page will be displayed. On t he left hand side of the screen there is a list of c onfigurable settings that the 7014 Series swit ch will support. This se ction of the manual wil l go through each and every choice listed on t[...]

6/28/2007 page 23 of 145 Web Management – Menu Structure To the left, there is a menu which is shown fully opene d below. The pages opened by ea ch of the individual selections are described in the rest of this section. The use of each of these pages is also des cribed in this section. In most of the des criptions, only the right side of t he pag[...]

6/28/2007 page 24 of 145 Administration – System The System tab under the Administration category lists the following information about th e switch: IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway MAC Address System Up Time Name Contact Information Location By selecting the modify butt on you will be able to change the swit ch’s IP Address, Subnet M ask[...]

6/28/2007 page 25 of 145 Administration – SNMP The SNMP tab under t he administration category shows a list of IP Addres ses that act as SNMP Traps. The Get, Set, and Trap Community Names are also shown here. By selecting the modify button you will be able to change any of the fields listed. This a llows the user to se t an IP address for an SNMP[...]

6/28/2007 page 26 of 145 Administration – Gigabit Ports The ‘Gigabits Ports’ tab under the administration ca tegory allows users t o change the configur ation of the gigabit ports. The switch may not o perate correctly if the s lots are not configured properly. You must cli ck “Update” if you wish to keep t he changes. Following the Updat[...]

6/28/2007 page 27 of 145 Ports – Configuration The Configuration tab under the Ports category will show a detailed overvie w of all the active ports on the switch. The overview wi ll display the following informati on: Port Number Port Name Admin Status Link Status Auto Negotiation State Port Speed Duplex Mode Flow Control State Back Pressure Sta[...]

6/28/2007 page 28 of 145 Ports – Con figuration, Cont inued… The User can c lick on the Port Number to configure each port individually. This will allow the us er to change the port’s settings for the following fields: Admin Status Speed and Duplex Flow Control Back Pressure State of Priority Priority Level PVID[...]

6/28/2007 page 29 of 145 Ports – Security The Security tab under the Port s category will show a list of all the active ports and the securit y Lock State for each port.[...]

6/28/2007 page 30 of 145 Ports – Security (Continued) Administrators can change the Port Security by a per port basis. If th e Port is enabled through this the port will be locked and will only allow known MAC addres ses to communicate through the port. Unknown MAC addresses will b e logged in the Intrusion Log.[...]

6/28/2007 page 31 of 145 Ports – Intrusion Log The Intrusion Log tab under the Ports category will show a list of in truders along with their MAC addresses. The log will show what Por t the intruder attempted to acces s your network on and log the sys tem time when it occurred. The log ca n be easily cleared. NOTE: This feature must fir st be ena[...]

6/28/2007 page 32 of 145 Ports – Mirroring A mirroring port is a dedicated port that is configured t o receive the copies of Ethernet frames tha t are being transmitted out and also bei ng received in from any other port that is being monitored. The Mirroring t ab under the Po rts category displays the status including t he list of Source Ports a[...]

6/28/2007 page 33 of 145 Ports – Trunking The Trunking tab under the Ports category displa ys a list of trunks configure d on the swi tch an d t he following details regarding e ach trunk: Trunk Name Trunk Ports Trunk State By selecting the “Create” but ton, you can add a trunk gr oup. NOTE: RSTP must be disab led in order to use the Trunk in[...]

6/28/2007 page 34 of 145 Ports – Trun king, Contin ued… Once the Trunk Group is created you will see detailed i nformation for that trunk group, but i t should have a disabled state by default. In order to enable the Trunk Gr oup you need to click o n the State Button above. The following page should load asking for the Trunk ID and what the Tr[...]

6/28/2007 page 35 of 145 Statistics – Port Statistics The Ports Statistics ta b under the Statistics category di splays a list of MIB Parameters. Each port has a separate counter for e ach parameter. This gives users the ab ility to see what kind of packets are going over which ports. At the bo ttom of each page for each port there are two button[...]

6/28/2007 page 36 of 145 Statistics – Port Utilization The Ports Utilization ta b under the Statistics category shows al l the ports on the switch and will display a bar graph showing the percentage of bandwidth being us ed. These figures and bars are for a general feeling of what the bandwidth usage is. N-Tron recommends t he use of N-View in or[...]

6/28/2007 page 37 of 145 VLAN – Ingress Filter The Ingress Filter tab u nder the VLAN category shows all the Ingress Filter Rule enable d or disabled state for each port. I ngress Fi ltering can be Enabl ed or Disable d for each port. If enabled, received frames will be discarded if the frame's VID does not match any VLAN IDs associated with[...]

6/28/2007 page 38 of 145 To change the Ingress Fi lter Rule simply click on the M odify button on the page above, se lect the port number from the pull down menu that you wish to modify and t hen choose to either enable or disabl e the Ingress Filter Rule. NOTE: The Ingress Filter will automatically be turned on for respective ports when tagge d VL[...]

6/28/2007 page 39 of 145 VLAN – Port Based The Po rt Based tab under th e VLAN categor y shows all the VLANs that are configured on the switch and details about the VLANs su ch as port numbers and tagg ed VLAN settings. To add a VLAN simply cli ck on the Add but ton on the pa ge above and fill in the desir ed fields. The example below would set u[...]

6/28/2007 page 40 of 145 VLAN – Port Based, Conti nued… Now the page will dis play the new VLAN and moved ports P1-P6 from the default VLAN dow n to vlan2 that was just created. To dele te or remove VLANs that are no longer wanted simply c lick on the Del ete butto n on the main Port Based VLAN page. That butt on will l oad the page where the u[...]

6/28/2007 page 41 of 145 VLAN – Port Bas ed, Continu ed… Once the VLAN is delet ed i t will no longer appear on the main pa ge an d all the ports are now back under the default VLAN. When a p ort based VLAN is created the PVID ( Port VLAN ID) will change automatically to be members of the new VLA N they a re a part of. If y ou delete t his VLAN[...]

6/28/2007 page 42 of 145 Bridging – Aging Time The Agin g Time tab under the Bridging category will display t he currentl y configured Aging Time. This page allows users t o modify this variable to meet their needs. After selecting the Mo dify button the user will be prese nted with a page that allows th e number to be entered into and updat ed. [...]

6/28/2007 page 43 of 145 Bridging – Unicast Addresses The Unicas t Addresses tab unde r the Brid ging category will display a lis t of M AC addresses that are associated with each res pective port number. This can be u sed to statically assign a MAC add ress access to a single port on the swi tch. Following the Add button on th e pa ge above, the[...]

6/28/2007 page 44 of 145 Bridging – Un icast Addresses , Continued… Following the Del ete button on the page a bove, an administrator can select a stati c MAC address from th e list using a pull down menu. Afte r selecting the MAC address t he a dministrator needs to press the Delete button on this page to remove the entry .[...]

6/28/2007 page 45 of 145 Bridging – Multicast Addresses The Multicast Address es tab under the Bridging categor y will display a list of Multicast Group Addr esses that are associated with resp ective port numbers. This may be used to statically assign a Mu lticast Group Address access to a group of ports on the switch. Following the Add button o[...]

6/28/2007 page 46 of 145 Bridging – Mu lticast Add resses, Contin ued… After adding a Mul ticast Group Address it will appear on the main list and will show the associated ports that go along with that addres s. Following the Del ete button on the p age above, the administrator will be p resented wi th a list of Mul ticast Group Addresses that [...]

6/28/2007 page 47 of 145 RSTP – RSTP Configuration The RSTP Configurati on tab under the RSTP category wil l display the RSTP information for t he first VLAN. Using the pull down menu at the top of the page an administrator can choos e which VLAN to configure RSTP on. Onc e the VLAN is selected the a dministrator may configure th e bridge by clic[...]

6/28/2007 page 48 of 145 RSTP Conf iguration, Cont inued… Following the link for the view RSTP Port Configurati on at VLAN# the administrator o r user can see the current RSTP status o f the ports on that VLAN. This wil l show information such as the Path Cos t and the Port State. If the switc h sees a redundant path it will put the port with the[...]

6/28/2007 page 49 of 145 RSTP – RSTP Configurat ion, Continu ed… If the administrator selects one of the ports on the previous screen he or she can change the Port’ s Path Cost, Port’s Priority and the statu s of Admin Edge and Auto Edge.[...]

6/28/2007 page 50 of 145 IGMP – Configuration The Configuration tab under the IGMP category will display the IGMP basic configurati on settings. By default IGMP is enabled. Following the Modify but ton on the previous page, the administrator will see a list of config urable fields for the IGMP configurati on. Once these fields are filled in to me[...]

6/28/2007 page 51 of 145 IGMP – Configuration (continued) The IGMP Status pulld own allows the user to enable or disable IGMP completely. The Query Mode pul ldown allows the user to set quer y mode for automatic (the default) , On (always), or off (never):[...]

6/28/2007 page 52 of 145 IGMP – Con figuration (cont inued) The Router Mode pull down allows the user to choose rout er mode. ‘Auto’ allows for dynamicall y detected and manually set router ports. ‘Manual’ allows only for manua lly set router ports. ‘None’ allows no router ports. The user can add or de lete manual router ports:[...]

6/28/2007 page 53 of 145 IGMP – Show Group and Show Router The Show Group tab under the I GMP category will display a list of IGMP groups based on the Gro up IP and the port number that it is associated with. The Show Router tab under the IGMP cat egory will display a list of Auto-detecte d Router IPs and the port numbers that they are a ssociate[...]

6/28/2007 page 54 of 145 IGMP – RFilter The ‘r filter’ ( Router Multic ast Data Filter ) function a llows you to choose whether or n ot DATA frames with KNOWN group multicast addres ses are sent to the ‘router’ ports (links to other switches). Control packets ( Join, Leave ) will be sent to t he router(s) regardless of th is setting. “K[...]

6/28/2007 page 55 of 145 IGMP – Rfilter (Continued) Modifying rfilter port settings:[...]

6/28/2007 page 56 of 145 N-View – Configuration The Configuration tab un der the N-Vie w category will display t wo basic variabl es for N- View, the s tatus and the interval bet ween packets. Following the Modify but ton on the above example, t he administrator can modify the var iable to change the frequency with which N-View reports informatio[...]

6/28/2007 page 57 of 145 N-View – Ports The Ports tab under t he N-View category will display a list of all the configured ports on the 7014 unit alon g with the ports transmitting multicast packets and MIB stats respec tively.[...]

6/28/2007 page 58 of 145 N-View – Port s, Continu ed… Following the Modify but ton on the previous example, the a dministrator can modify these two va riables to enable or disable multic ast out of the port and if MIB st ats are sent out for those ports.[...]

6/28/2007 page 59 of 145 N-Ring - Configuration The Configur ation tab unde r the N-Ring category will di splay the N-Ring basic configuration set tings. By default N-Ring is in AutoMe mber mode and the N-Ring agi ngtime is 20 seconds. Following the M odify button on the pre vious page, the administrator will se e a list of configurab le fields for[...]

6/28/2007 page 60 of 145 5. N-Ring copper port s must be run at 100Mb full duplex, including the default ‘autone gotiate’ as long as all switches in the ring support 100Mb full duplex. The “N-Ring Mode” i s one of three, as below: If N-Ri ng Mod e is “Manage r”, then a pulldown allows selection as available of por ts P1 1 and P12, or GB[...]

6/28/2007 page 61 of 145 N-Ring Co nfiguration (co ntinued) If N-Ri ng Mo de i s “Manager ”, then a pulldown allows selection of d isplaying N-Ring Su mmary Sta tus on all web pages or on N- Ring pages only:[...]

6/28/2007 page 62 of 145 N-Ring Co nfiguration (co ntinued) If N-Ring Mode is “M anager”, then VLAN ID can be se t to a unique vlan id (1 ~ 4094). Default is 1. If N-Ri ng M ode i s “Ma nager”, then a pull down all ows se lection as t o whet her th e N-Ri ng port s are members of the VLANs Tagged or Untagged po rts. Default is Untagged. Onc[...]

6/28/2007 page 63 of 145 N-Ring – Status The Status tab under the N-Ring c ategory will display the N-Ring status. Below is an example of N-Ring St atus from a s witch in defaults (N-Ring Aut o Member) that is not an N-Ring Manager and has not become an “Active” N-Ring Me mber: Below is an example of N-Ring Status from an “Active” N- Ring[...]

6/28/2007 page 64 of 145 Below is an example of N-Ring Status from an N-Ring Manag er with a healthy N-Ring: N-Ring OK N-Ring Status View Switch is an N-Ring Ma nager, using N-Ring Aging Time = 20 Seconds Refresh every 6 secs. U pdat e P ause P r i nt... 12 Active Members Detect ed In Current N-Ring (12 repor ting) Switch No MAC Address IP Add ress[...]

6/28/2007 page 65 of 145 Below is an example of N-Ring Status from an N-Ring Manag er with a faulted N-Ring. The r ed fields on the N-Ring Map show pro blems. Ports that are red i ndicate that the port is not linked. MAC addr esses that are red indicate that there is no communication to that switch. The re d “Ring Broken” line shows wher e the [...]

6/28/2007 page 66 of 145 In rare cases an N-Ring ca n have a “Partial Fault”. An exampl e of this is to have a break in just one fiber in a duplex channel fiber pair. The screenshot below shows N- Ring Manager Status when a ‘Higher’ N-Ring Port (GB2 or FX2) is not receiving self health frames all the way around the N-Ring, though t he other[...]

6/28/2007 page 67 of 145 Event Log – Log Statistics The Log Statistics tab under the EventLog category will show a list of how many times a type of event took place. On the b ottom of the page i t also lists t he maximum log size which c an be modified. Ther e are 5 types o f events that the 7014 wil l categoriz e messages in. If the log l evel i[...]

6/28/2007 page 68 of 145 Event Log – Show Events The Show Events tab under the Event Log category wil l show a list of events that have occ urred in the order in which they occurred. There is a time stamp for eac h event and they are categorized by the severity of the event.[...]

6/28/2007 page 69 of 145 Firmware/Config - TFTP The TFTP tab under th e Firmware/Config category gives the administrator the ability to upl oad or download a config file for a 7014 Seri es switch. This gives administr ators the ability to backup their configurations to a server offsite in case they need to reload their custom configuration s at a l[...]

6/28/2007 page 70 of 145 Firmware/Config - FTP The FTP tab under th e Firmware/Config category gives the administrator the ability to upload or download a config file for a 7014 Seri es switch. This gives administr ators the ability to backup their configurations to a server offsite in case they need to reload their custom configuration s at a late[...]

6/28/2007 page 71 of 145 Support – Web Site and E-mail If at any point in time you get confused or would like a dditional support directly from N-Tron , you may visit N-Tron’s web site, or e- mail N-Tron directory with the links p rovided for more information.[...]

6/28/2007 page 72 of 145 BPCL – Broadcast Packet Count Limit Configuration The BPCL link will display a ll the ports that are installed in the 7014 Series unit and will list the BPCL Percentage for each p ort. BPCL defaults to 80%. A modify but ton is provided to change th ese fields.[...]

6/28/2007 page 73 of 145 BPCL – Broadcast Packet Count Limit Configuration ( Continued) Following the Modify but ton on the previous example, the a dministrator can modify the BPCL Per centage for each port.[...]

6/28/2007 page 74 of 145 User Mgmt – Adding Users The User Management l ink will display a l ist of all the users who have access to the management features of the switch and their acc ess permissions. Following the Add button on t he previous example, the admini strator can add another use r and assign the user a username, a password, a nd the u[...]

6/28/2007 page 75 of 145 User Mgmt – Removing Users In order to remove a user, s imply click on the Remove button at t he bottom of the page. Following the Remove butt on on the last page, the administ rator can remove a user by ente ring in the user’s name and clicking th e Remove button. A page should follow st ating that the user was success[...]

6/28/2007 page 76 of 145 LogicalView The 7014 Web Mana gement offers a logical view of the switc h. Here a user or administ rator can see a graphical depiction of the 7014 switch. Ports that are linked will turn green, while p orts that are not linked will show up as black. The example below shows ports 1,3,5,6,7,8,9,10, and 12 linked. The other po[...]

6/28/2007 page 77 of 145 Configuration – Save or Reset The Configuration section of the web management gives an administr ator the ability to save a running configuration into the NVRAM. Th is step is needed in order for the switch to remember any c hanges after a power cycle. The Reset Configurat ion button will reload N-Tron’s fact ory defaul[...]

6/28/2007 page 78 of 145 Help – Overview When the Help link is clicke d on, you will s ee the Ov erview page that will have s ome basic definitions and more specific c hoices at the top of the screen. Altho ugh this page is not as detailed as the manual is, it gives you a basic feel for different fea tures the 7014 offers.[...]

6/28/2007 page 79 of 145 Help – Administration Selecting the Administration link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some infor mation regarding the configura tion options in the Administration ca tegory on the left side of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 80 of 145 Help – Ports Following the Ports link o n the help page, the administra tor or user can see some infor mation regar ding the configuration options in the Por ts category on the left sid e of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 81 of 145 Help – Statistics Following the Statistics link on the help page, the administrator or u ser can see some information regarding the configuration optio ns in the Statistics category on the l eft side of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 82 of 145 Help – VLAN Using the VLAN l ink on the he lp page, the administr ator or user can see s ome i nformation regarding the configuration options in the VLAN c ategory on the left side of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 83 of 145 Help – BPCL Using the BPCL the li nk on the help page, the administr ator or user can see so me i nformation regarding the configuration options in the BPCL ca tegory on the left side of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 84 of 145 Help – IGMP Following the IGMP link on the help page, the administ rator or user ca n see s ome information regarding the configuration options in the I GMP category on the left side of the we b management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 85 of 145 Help – Bridging Using the Bridgin g l ink on the help page, the administrator or use r can see some informatio n regarding the configuration options in the Bri dging category on the left side of the web manage ment.[...]

6/28/2007 page 86 of 145 Help – RSTP Using the RSTP link on the help page, the administrator or us er can s ee some infor mation regarding the configuration options in the RSTP ca tegory on the left side of the we b management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 87 of 145 Help – Event Log Using the Event Log link on the help page, th e administrator or us er can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Eve nt Log category on the left side of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 88 of 145 Help – Firmware/Config Using the Fi rmware/Config link on the he lp page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration op tions in the Firmware/Config category on the left side o f the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 89 of 145 Help – Logical View Using the Logical Vie w link on the help page, the ad ministrator or user can see so me information regarding the configuration optio ns in the Logical View category on the le ft side of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 90 of 145 Help – User Mgmt Using the Us er Mgmt link on the hel p page, the a dministrator or user can see s ome information reg arding the configuration optio ns in the User Mgmt category on t he left side of the web management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 91 of 145 Help – N-View Using the N-View link on the help page, t he administr ator or user can see some information regardi ng t he configuration options in the N-Vi ew category on the left side of the we b management.[...]

6/28/2007 page 92 of 145 Help – N-Ring Using the N-Ring li nk on the help page, the a dministrator or user can see some informat ion regarding the configuration options in the N-Ri ng category on the left side of the web manage ment.[...]

6/28/2007 page 93 of 145 Help – Others Following the “Others ” link on the help page, the administ rator or user can see some information reg arding other links or categories on the left hand side of the web manager, as above.[...]

6/28/2007 page 94 of 145 CLI Commands Clear Command Name clear Description Clears the screen. The cleared screen shows only the command-line prompt and the cursor. Syntax clear Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> clear The entire screen will be cleared… … … … … N-TRON/Admin#[2]> NOTES “?” (HELP) Command Name “?” Descr[...]

6/28/2007 page 95 of 145 Top Command Name top Description Changes the context to the topmost (global) level. If already at the topmost context, the command is simply ignored Syntax top Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]system> show N-TRON/Admin#[2]system/show> top N-TRON/Admin#[3]> top N-TRON/Admin#[4]> NOTES Up Command Name up D[...]

6/28/2007 page 96 of 145 “!” Command Name ! Description Repeats the command in the history list identified by <command- reference>. !! – repeats the last command executed. ! <n> – repeats the command in the history list associated with reference number <n>. ! <str> – repeats the most recent command that begins with[...]

6/28/2007 page 97 of 145 “$” Command Name $ Description This command copies the command identified by reference number <command no> from the history list into the next command line allowing the user to edit the command for corrections or changes. Syntax $ <n> Parameters n The reference number of the command in the history list that [...]

6/28/2007 page 98 of 145 System Configuration Commands Set Mode IP config Command Name system set modeipconfig Description To set the IP address mode of the system Syntax system set modeipconfig <manual|dhcp|bootp> Parameters manual Uses a static IP address scheme (default mode) dhcp Pulls an IP address from a DHCP server on the LAN bootp Pul[...]

6/28/2007 page 99 of 145 Get Gateway Address of the System Command Name system get gateway Description To display the gateway address of the system Syntax system get gateway Parameters None Example N-TRON/Admin#[4]> system get gateway System Gateway Address : 192.168.1.1 Notes Get Mac Address of the System Command Name system get sysmac Descript[...]

6/28/2007 page 100 of 145 Set System Location Command Name system set syslocation Description To set the location details of the system Syntax system set syslocation <Location-of-the-system> Parameters Location-of-the-system The details of where the system is located Example N-TRON/Admin#[1]> system set syslocation “San Jose” N-TRON/Ad[...]

6/28/2007 page 101 of 145 Set SNMP Set Community name Command Name system set snmpsetcommunity Description To set the community name for performing snmpset operation Syntax system set snmpsetcommunity <Community-Name> Parameters Community-Name The name of the community to be used for performing snmpset operation Example N-TRON/Admin#[1]> s[...]

6/28/2007 page 102 of 145 Show all configuration parameters related to SNMP manager Command Name system show snmpinfo Description To show all the configuration parameters related to snmp manager Syntax system show snmpinfo Parameters None Example N-TRON/Admin#[33]system/show> snmpinfo System SNMP Configuration : IP Address - Trap Station#1 : 192[...]

6/28/2007 page 103 of 145 User Management Commands Show System Users Command Name system show users Description Shows a list of users and their permissions on the system Syntax system show users Parameters None Example N-TRON/Admin#[1]> system show users Serial Username Access Permissions ------ -------- ------------------ 1 admin admin 2 ntron [...]

6/28/2007 page 104 of 145 Remove a System User Command Name system remove user Description To remove a user from the users list Syntax system remove user <username> Parameters username The user’s username that is to be removed Example N-TRON/Admin#[1]> system remove user ntron Do you really want to delete the above user: [y/n]y User succ[...]

6/28/2007 page 105 of 145 Download file from TFTP server Command Name tftp action get Description To download a specified file from the TFTP server. Syntax tftp action get Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> tftp action get NOTES Check whether the server is up or not Check that the connection is established. Check if the file exists or no[...]

6/28/2007 page 106 of 145 Set Name of the Remote File Command Name ftp set remotefile Description To set the name of the remote file which has to be retrieved from the FTP server Syntax ftp set remotefile <Remote-file-name> Parameters Remote-file-name Name of th e file to retrieved from the FTP server including the complete path Example eg.1 [...]

6/28/2007 page 107 of 145 Port Manager Commands Get the link state of a given port Command Name port get linkstate Description This command is used to get the present link state of a given port. Whenever there is an active connection, link state (operational state) is up; else link state is down. Syntax port get linkstate < port-no > Paramete[...]

6/28/2007 page 108 of 145 Show port statistics Command Name port show stats Description This command is used to g et the port statistics o f a given po rt for al l available counters. Syntax port show stats < port-no> Parameters port-no Port number. (1 ~ 14). Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> port show stats 5 ------------------------------------[...]

6/28/2007 page 109 of 145 Set Port Speed Command Name port set speed Description Sets the port speed of a given port. Syntax port set speed < port-no><speed > Parameters port-no Port number. (1 ~ 12) speed Speed of the port. Speed must either 10, 100, 1000 megabits per sec. Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> port set speed 5 10 N-TRON/Admin#[...]

6/28/2007 page 110 of 145 Get Lock State Command Name port get lockstate Description Gets the lock state for a given port. Syntax port get lockstate < port-no > Parameters port-no port number (1 ~ 14). Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> port get lockstate 6 LockState : [enable] N-TRON/Admin#[2]> port get lockstate 14 LockState : [disable] NOTES[...]

6/28/2007 page 111 of 145 Set Flow Control Command Name port set flowcontrol Description Enable or Disable flow control (typically refers to 100Base). When enabled a pause frame will be sent to help control the flow. Syntax port set flowcontrol < port-no><enable | disable> Parameters port-no port number (1 ~ 12) enable | disable Flow Co[...]

6/28/2007 page 112 of 145 Set Priority Level Command Name port set prioritylevel Description Sets the priority level of a given port. Syntax port set prioritylevel < port-no><level> Parameters port-no port number (1 ~ 14) level priority level (0 ~ 7) Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> port set prioritylevel 6 7 NOTES Priority State should be[...]

6/28/2007 page 113 of 145 Get State Of Priority Command Name port get stateofpriority Description Displays the priority state of a given port number. Syntax port get stateofpriority < port-no> Parameters port-no port number (1 ~ 14) Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> port get stateofpriority 6 Priority State of Port[6] is : [disabled] NOTES Check [...]

6/28/2007 page 114 of 145 Clear Counters Command Name port clear counters Description Clears all the numbers in the counters for a given port. These are counters for RX bytes and TX bytes and so on. Syntax port clear counters < port-no> Parameters port-no port number (1 ~ 14) Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> port clear counters 6 Counters of Por[...]

6/28/2007 page 115 of 145 Create Trunk Command Name trunk create Description To create a trunk. A trunk is u sed to get more bandwidth to withstand h igh traffic. Syntax trunk create <port-list> [-name <trunk-name>] Parameters port-list Port numbers to be added to the trunk. trunk-name Name given to a trunk Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]>[...]

6/28/2007 page 116 of 145 Mirroring related commands Set Mirror config Command Name mirror set config Description To the mirroring feature of the switch, for specified ports. Syntax mirror set config <dest-port> <src-ports> Parameters dest-port Destination port is the snooper port onto which the selected source ports traffic is to be mi[...]

6/28/2007 page 117 of 145 VLAN Related Commands Add VLAN Entry Command Name vlan add Description To create a Port based Virtual LAN Syntax vlan add <vlan id> <mgmt port> <at least one of: [-untagged <port mask>] or [-tagged <port mask>]> [-name <vlan name>] [-admit <tagged-only|all>] [-mirror <port-no>[...]

6/28/2007 page 118 of 145 Modify an existing VLAN Command Name vlan modify Description Modifies an existing VLAN. Syntax vlan modify <vlan id> <mgmt port> <at least one of: [-untagged <port mask>] or [-tagged <port mask>]> [-name <vlan name>] [-admit <tagged-only|all>] [-mirror <port-no>] Parameters v[...]

6/28/2007 page 119 of 145 Set VLAN as management VLAN Command Name vlan set mgmtvlan Description Enable or disable a Vlan as a management vlan. User can connect and monitor the device activity of this VLAN. Syntax vlan set mgmtvlan <vlan-id> <enable|disable> Parameters vlan-id Vlan id of the vlan enable|disable Enable or Disable managem[...]

6/28/2007 page 120 of 145 Eventlog Related Commands Get Eventlog count Command Name eventlog get count Description To display the logged events count Syntax eventlog get count Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> eventlog get count No. of events logged : 14 NOTES Get Eventlog level Command Name eventlog get loglevel Description To display [...]

6/28/2007 page 121 of 145 Show Eventlog events Command Name eventlog show events Description To display the logged events Syntax eventlog show events Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> eventlog show events NOTES[...]

6/28/2007 page 122 of 145 Bridging Related Commands Add Multicast MAC Address Command Name bridge add multicastmac Description Adds a multicast mac address which is associated with a vlan. Syntax bridge add multicastmac < mac-address> <port-list> Parameters mac-address Multicast group address to be added to the bridge port-list Port num[...]

6/28/2007 page 123 of 145 Display List of Configured Static MAC Addresses Command Name bridge show staticmac Description To view the list of configure static mac addresses Syntax bridge show staticmac <all|multicast|unicast> Parameters <all|multicast|unicast> which set of static mac addresses to show Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> bridge[...]

6/28/2007 page 124 of 145 NOTES[...]

6/28/2007 page 125 of 145 IGMP Related Commands Enable IGMP Command Name igmp set enable Description The igmp status is made to enable . Syntax igmp set enable Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> igmp set enable igmp status is Enabled N-TRON/Admin#[2]> igmp show config Igmp : Enabled Query Mode : auto Router Mode : auto Router Ports (M[...]

6/28/2007 page 126 of 145 Show IGMP router Command Name igmp show router Description The igmp show router command is used to disp lay the auto-detected routers at present. Syntax igmp show router Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> igmp show router RouterIp PortNo ------------------------ 192.168.1.150 5 NOTES The router display is used t[...]

6/28/2007 page 127 of 145 Show IGMP rfilter mode Command Name igmp show rfilter Description The igmp show rfilter command is used to display the rfilter status b y port(s). Syntax Usage: igmp show rfilter <all|port-list> Parameters port-list|all Enter a specific port number list or specify all ports Examples N-TRON/Admin#[22]> Igmp show rf[...]

6/28/2007 page 128 of 145 N-Ring Related Commands N-Ring get agingtime Command Name n-ring get agingtime Description To display the N-Ring Agingtime of the device Syntax n-ring get agingtime Parameters None Example N-TRON/Admin#[1]> n-ring get agingtime N-Ring Aging Time : 20 NOTES Default: 20 seconds and is separate from the Brid ging Aging Tim[...]

6/28/2007 page 129 of 145 N-Ring set interval Command Name n-ring set interval Description Sets the Self-Health Packet interval and missed threshold. Syntax n-ring set interval <interval> [missed] Parameters interval and missed Examples N-TRON/Admin#[36]n-ring/set> n-ring set interval 1 3 Self Health Packet interval set to 1 Maximum Missed[...]

6/28/2007 page 130 of 145 N-Ring show status Command Name n-ring show status Description Shows the current N-Rin g status of the switch. If Manager, shows ring members. Shows if Automember or active member. If active (manager or member) shows N-Ring ports. Syntax n-ring show status Parameters None Examples On an N-Ring Manager: N-TRON/Admin#[1]>[...]

6/28/2007 page 131 of 145 N-Ring set keepalive Command Name n-ring set keepalive Description Set timeout after which an N-Ring member w ill drop back to RSTP mode on the N-Ring ports after loosing communication with the N-Ring manager. Syntax n-ring set keepalive <timeout> Parameters timeout Timeout in seconds Examples N-TRON/Admin#[10]n-ring[...]

6/28/2007 page 132 of 145 Configuration Related Commands Save Configuration Command Name config save Description The configuration will be saved to the flash. Syntax config save Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> config save NOTES Load Default Configuration Command Name config erase Description This command is useful to erase the configu[...]

6/28/2007 page 133 of 145 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Rela ted Commands Set RSTP Admin Edge Command Name rstp set adminedge Description Sets the Adminedge value of a port in a Vlan. Syntax rstp set adminedge <vlan id> <port no> <status> Parameters vlan id Vlan Id containing the port for which the adminedge is to be set. port no P[...]

6/28/2007 page 134 of 145 Set RSTP Bridge Admin Status Command Name rstp set bridgeadminstatus Description Sets the Bridge Admin Status of the given Vlan-ID. Syntax rstp set bridgeadminstatus <vlan id > <bridge adminstatus > Parameters vlan id Vlan Id for which the priority to be set. bridge adminstatus Status of the Bridge to be set. V[...]

6/28/2007 page 135 of 145 Set RSTP Bridge Hello Time Command Name rstp set bridgehellotime Description To set the HelloTime for a given Vlan-Id. With ST P, Hello Time is the time intervals that the root bridge sends out new BPDUs to the rest of the network. Other STP capable switches will forward these BPDUs alo ng. With RSTP ever y RSTP capable sw[...]

6/28/2007 page 136 of 145 Set RSTP Bridge Priority Command Name rstp set bridgepriority Description Sets the Bridge Priority. The root bridge on the network will be the one with the lowest bridge priority, or the lowest MAC address if the priorities are the same (as per IEEE 802.1D specification). Syntax rstp set bridgepriority <vlan-id> <[...]

6/28/2007 page 137 of 145 Set RSTP Port Priority Command Name rstp set portpriority Description To set the priority of the port for a given port in the given vlan-id. STP and RSTP use the port priority to determine which port to place into forwarding mode when there are 2 or more ports to choose from. Syntax rstp set portpriority <vlan-id> &l[...]

6/28/2007 page 138 of 145 Broadcast Packet Count Limit Commands Get the Broadcast Packet Count Limit for one port Command Name broadcast get percentage Description Displays the broadcast packet percentage for a particular port. Syntax broadcast get percentage <port-number> Parameters port-number The po rt nu mber must range between 1 and the [...]

6/28/2007 page 139 of 145 VLAN Configuration Examples Example 1 – Basic under standing of port based VLANs VLAN Configuration View Ports Configuration View VLAN Status : Enable VLAN ID VLAN Name Untagged Port(s) Tagged Port(s) Mgmt Port Admit Mirror Port 1 Default VLAN P3-P12 -- YES All 0 2 VLAN -2 P1-P2 -- YES All 0 Receiving Port # Tagged VID i[...]

6/28/2007 page 140 of 145 Example 3 – Basic u nderstanding of tagged VLANs (Admit – Al l) VLAN Configuration View Ports Configuration View VLAN Status : Enable VLAN ID VLAN Name Untagged Port(s) Tagged Port(s) Mgmt Port Admit Mirror Port 1 Default VLAN -- P3-P12 YES All 0 2 VLAN -2 -- P1-P2 YES All 0 Receiving Port # Tagged VID in packet Destin[...]

6/28/2007 page 141 of 145 Example 5 – Basic u nderstanding of Overlapping VLANs VLAN Configuration View Ports Configuration View VLAN Status : Enable VLAN ID VLAN Name Untagged Port(s) Tagged Port(s) Mgmt Port Admit Mirror Port 1 Default VLAN -- -- YES All 0 2 VLAN -2 P1-P12 -- YES Al l 0 3 VLAN -3 P2-P12 -- YES Al l 0 4 VLAN -4 P1-P2 -- YES Al l[...]

6/28/2007 page 142 of 145 Example 6 – Basic u nderstanding of VLANs with Mu lticast Filtering VLAN Configuration View Ports Configuration View VLAN Status : Enable VLAN ID VLAN Name Untagged Port(s) Tagged Port(s) Mgmt Port Admit Mirror Port 1 Default VLAN -- -- YES All 0 2 VLAN -2 P1-P12 -- YES Al l 0 3 VLAN -3 P2-P12 -- YES Al l 0 4 VLAN -4 P1-[...]

6/28/2007 page 143 of 145 KEY SPECIFICATION Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses: 4,096 Aging Time: Programmable Latency Type: 2.9 µ s Switching Method: Store & Forward Physical Height: 2.50” / 6.35 cm Width: 7.40” / 18.8 cm Depth: 4 .10” / 10.4 cm Weight (max): 2.10 LBS / 0.95 kg Din-Rail mount: 35mm Electrical Redundant Input Volt[...]

6/28/2007 page 144 of 145 100 Mb Fiber Transceiver Characteristics Fiber Length 2km* 15km** 40km** 80km** TX Power Min/Max -19dBm/-14dBm -15dBm/-7dBm -5dBm/0dBm -5dBm/0dBm RX Sensitivity Max -32dBm -29dBm -34dBm -34dBm Wavelength Min/Max 1310nm 1310dm 1310dm 1550nm * Multimode Fiber Optic Cabl e ** Singlemode Fiber Optic Cable Gigabit Fiber Transce[...]

6/28/2007 page 145 of 145 N-TRON Limited Warrant y N-TRON, Corp. warrants to t he end user that this hardware p roduct will be free from defec ts in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the applicab le warranty period from the date of purcha se from N-TRON or its authorize d reseller. If a pro duct does not operate as warran[...]