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    FriendlyNET ® GX5-424W 24+4 W ebManaged™ Gigabit Ethernet Switch User ’ s Manual[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 2 FriendlyNET ® GX5-424W 24+4 WebManaged Gigabit Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Asanté Technologies, Inc. 821 Fox Lane San Jose, CA 95131 USA SA LES 800-662-9686 Hom e/Office Solutions 800-303-9121 Enterp rise Solutions 408-435-8388 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 801-566-899 1: Worldwide 801-566-3787: FAX www.asan[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 3[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 4 Table of Contents Chapter 1 In troduction......................................................................................................... ......................... 5 Featur es ....................................................................................................... Error! Bookmar[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 5 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on the purcha se of the FriendlyNET GX5-424W 24+4 WebManaged Gigabit Ethernet switch. This device integrates 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethern et, 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, and 10 Mbps Ethernet network capa bilitie s in a highly flexible package. The versatile GX5 uses its o[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 6 Chapter 2 Unpacking and Installation This chapter provides unp acking and insta llation information for the GX5-424W swit ch. Unpacking Open the shipping cartons of the GX5-424W swit ch and carefully unpack its cont ents. The carton should contain the following items: • One FriendlyNET GX5-424W WebM [...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 7 Connecting Network Cable The GX5-424W switch supports 10 Mbp s Ethernet or 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet and runs both in half and full duplex mode using Category 5 cable. The GX5-424W switch also supp orts 2 port 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet that runs in auto- negotiation mode and 10 Mbps Ethe rnet or 100 Mbps[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 8 Chapter 3 Identifying External Components This chapter describes the front panel, rear p anel , and LED indicators of the GX5-424W switch. Front Panel The figure below shows the front panel of the GX5-42 4W switch. Figure 3. Front panel of the FriendlyNET GX5-424 W 24+4 WebManaged switch. LED Indicator[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 9 AC Power Connector This three-pronged connector supports the power cord. Plug in the female connector of the provided power cord into this conne ctor, and the male into a power outlet. Supported input voltages range from 100–2 40 VAC at 50–60Hz. Reset to Factory Default This button resets all the s[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 10 Chapter 4 Understanding LED Indicators The front panel LEDs provide instant sta tus f eedback, helping to monitor and troubleshoot wh en needed. Figure 5. LED indicators on the GX5-424 W switch. Power and System LEDs POWER: Power Indicator On The GX5-424W switch is receiving power. Off The power is of[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 11 Ports 25–26 Gigabit Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity On The respective port is successfully connected to an Ethernet network. Blinking The port is transmitting or receiving data on the Ethernet network. Off No link. 100 Mbps On The respective port is c onnected to a 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet network[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 12 Chapter 5 GX5W Management Utility You can configure the GX5-424W sw itch through the Web brow ser. With the GX5W Management Utility, you can eas ily assign the IP address, chan ge the password, and upgrade to new firmware. It is most important to find out the IP of the switch in the network, even thou[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 13 Double-click or press the Add to moni tor list button to select a devic e from the Discovery List to add to the Monitor List. System w ord definitions in the Discov ery List show: • MAC Address: the device MAC address • IP Address: the current IP address of the device • Protocol Version: the ver[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 14 Note: In order to receive trap information, the sw itch must be confi gured with Trap IP and Trap Events in the Web browser. These are available in the Trap Setting Menu. Add Item: To add a device to the Moni tor List manually , enter the IP Addres s of the device that you want to monitor. Delete Item[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 15 Web Access: Double-click the device in the Monitor List or select a device in the Monitor List and press the Web Access b utton to access the device in Web browser. Toolbar The toolbar in the GX5W Management Utility has four main tabs: File, View, Options, and Hel p. The File Tab includes Monitor Save[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 16 Chapter 6 Configuring the Switch You can use any popular web bro wser to config ure the GX5-424W switch for your net work. A network administrator can manage, co ntrol, and mo nitor the switch from the local LAN. This section indicates how to co nfigure the GX5- 424W swi tch to enable its smart functi[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 17 Setup Menu When the main page appears, find the Setup menu on the left sid e of the screen. Click on the setup item that you want to configure.[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 18 Configuring the Setup Setting The Setup menu contains four items: Port Settings, VLAN Settings, Trunk Settings, an d Mirror Settings. Port Settings The Port Settings menu shows each po rt’s status. Press the ID parameter to set each port’s Speed, Flow Control, QoS Priority, and Link Stat us. When [...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 19 Speed/Disable This setting has six modes—100 M Full, 100M Half, 10M Full, 10M Half, Auto, and Disable—for speed or port disabl e selections. Flow Control This setting determines wh ether or not the GX5-424W switch will handle flow control. Set FlowCtrl to Enable for avoiding data transfer over flo[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 20 After modifying the VLAN Group, check on the ID parameter. The ID VLAN configuration wi ndow will appear. Trunk Settings The Trunk function enables ca scading two devices with a double times bandwid th (up to 4000Mbps in full duplex mode).[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 21 The only selection available for the trunk setting i s port 25 and port 26 . To close this function, select disable . The selected trunk setting port mu st connect to the device with the same VLAN gro up. Mirror Settings Port Mirroring is a way to send network t raffic to a port that wouldn’t ordina[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 22 Device Status Click on Status to present the device status on thi s sc reen, which will show the System Status, Port Status, VLAN Status, Tr unk Status, and Mirror Status. Press Refresh when you need to renew the posted informatio n. Statistics The Statistics Menu screen will show the status of each p[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 23 For detailed packet informat ion, click on the ID parameter . System Setting The System Setting includes the System Name, Lo cation Name, Login Timeout, IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway. Through th e GX5W M anagement Utility, you can easily recognize the device by using the System Name and the Lo [...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 24 The Login Timeout is set to the idle timeout for security reasons. If no recent action ha s occurred when running the Utility and the time is up, y ou must re-login b efore setting the Utility.[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 25 Trap Setting Traps are messages sent by the switch to a trap recei ver. You may set any SNMP management station to receive traps, or use the GX5W Ma nagem ent Utility as your trap receiver. You can configure the switch to sen d traps to the trap rece iver for several kin ds of events. Select ea ch of [...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 26 Trap IP Enter the IP address of the device to which you would like to send traps. • System Ev ents: monitoring the system’s trap Device Bootup—a trap will be se nt each time the device boots up Illegal Login—if a login attempt is made with an invalid password, the system wil l send a trap, and[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 27 Backup Setting The backup tools help you to back u p the current setting of the GX5-424W switch. If you need to back up the setting, press the Ba ckup button to save the setting. To restore a current setting file to the device, you m ust specify the backup file and press the Restore button to proceed [...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 28 Logout After pressing the Logout button, the web configuration will go back to the first Login page.[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 29 Chapter 7 Technical Specifications Ports Fast Ethernet: 24 x 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet ports with Auto-Uplink: RJ-45 shielded connectors Gigabit Ethernet: 2 x 10/100/1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet ports with Auto-Uplink: RJ-45 shielded connectors 2 x 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet ports: SPF Mini-GBIC Config[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 30 GX5W Management Utility System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT and XP Supported Switches: FriendlyNET GX5-424W Discovery: Automatic switch discovery or manually add switches. Save settings to a default file Traps: View system (boot-up, illegal login) and Gigabit port events Gigabit Port Events: Detects[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 31 Appendix A FCC and Warranty Statements Please read the following for FCC rules and limit s. GX5-424W FriendlyNET wa rranty and support information is also incl uded in this section. FCC Compliance This equipment has been tested a nd found to comply with the specifications for a Class A digital device,[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 32 respect to accessories (i ncluding but not limited to cables, brackets, and fasteners) included with the covered product, nor to any discontinued p rod uct, i.e., product purchased more than thirty days after Asanté has removed such pr oduct from it s price list or discontinued shipments of such prod[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 33 Appendix B About Gigabit Ethernet This appendix provides so me background in formation about Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet switching technol ogy. Gigabit Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ether net. It utilizes the same packet structure, format, and support f[...]

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    Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 34 The switch acts as a high-speed selective brid ge between the individual segme nts. The switch, without interfering with any other seg ments, automat ically forwards traffic that needs to go from one segment to another. By doing this, the total network capacity is multiplied, while still maintaining t[...]