Black Box LPB716A manual

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    8-/16-/24-Port 10/1 00 PoE P SE Web S mart Switch Connect VoIP phone s, IP c a meras , o r a ny Po E PD dev i ces th rough ma na geab l e, switched l in ks. Complie s with 802.a f Po wer-ove r Etherne t s tanda r d. Suppo rts W eb-bas ed configu ration and manage m e nt . Uses A u to-M D I/M D I-X so y o u c an us e cr oss ov er or st ra ight -th r[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-746- 5500 l w w w.black bo x.co m 2 Fe der al Com m un icat ions Co m m i s si o n and I ndu st r y C anada Radi o F re quenc y I n te r fe rence State m e nt s This equip ment genera tes, uses , an d can radia te radio- frequency energy , and if not ins talled and used properly , that is, i[...]

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    NOM St ate m ent an d CE Di recti ve 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 3 No r m a s O fi ciale s Me x ic ana s (NO M ) E lec tr i cal S af et y S ta tem ent IN S TRUCCI ON ES D E S EG URI D AD 1. T odas las i nstrucciones de s eguridad y operació n deberán s er le ídas ant es de que el apar ato eléc tri co sea operado . 2. Las instrucc iones [...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 4 Tab le of Conte nt s 1. Spe c i fic a tio n s ............................................................................................................ ...................................................... 6 1.1 Ha rd wa re Spe ci fic a tio ns .......[...]

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    Tabl e of C ont ent s 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 5 4.8 Spann ing Tree ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 4.8. 1 ST P Br idg e S et ting ......................................................................................[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 6 1. Sp ecificati o n s Hardware S pecifi cat ion s B uf fer Memor y: L PB708A , LPB716 A: E mbedded 1625 K bits frame buffer; LPB724A : 2750 K bi ts Certif i ca tions: F C C C l as s A , CE Flow Con tro l: I EEE802 .3x com pliant for full duplex ; Backpres[...]

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    Chapter 1 : Specifications 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 7 Ma nagem ent Sof tware Speci ficatio ns Backup/Recovery Co nfiguration IGMP Snooping : V1/V 2 Port Management : Port Configuration, P ort Mirroring, B andwidth C on trol , Broad cast Strom Control, PoE On / Off Setting QoS Setting: Up to 4 queue s RS TP/ STP : Rapid/Spanni ng Tree P r[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 8 2. O ve r view 2.1 Introdu ctio n LPB708A /LPB716A/LP B724A, is a sta ndard 8-P ort/16-Port/24-Por t 10/100 PoE P SE Web Smar t Sw it ch that mee ts all IEEE 8 0 2. 3 u/ x Et hernet spe cif icati ons. The swit ch includes 8-, 1 6 -, o r 24-Po rt 1 0/ 1 00[...]

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    Chapte r 2 : Overvi ew 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 9 LED Indicat ors LED Indicat ors AC Po w e r Inp u t 24 RJ-45 TP Por ts 2 Combo UTP/SFP Por ts LED Indicat ors 8 RJ-45 TP p orts 2. 4 F ro nt and B ac k P anel s 2. 4. 1 F ro n t P anel LPB708A . LPB716A . LPB724A . Figure 2-1. L PB708 A, LP B716A, LP B724A Fro nt pane ls . 2. 4. 2 B ac k [...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 10 2.5 LED Ind icator s Figure 2-3. L ED Indicat ors. LPB716A LPB724A LPB708A[...]

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    Chapte r 2 : Overvi ew 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 11 Table 2-1 . LED des criptions . LED Color Function Systems LED ( All models) Power Green Lit when power is on Reset Used to re stor e management syst em 10/100 Ethernet TP Port 1 to 8 LEDs (L PB708A) LINK/ACT Green Bli nks when any traffic is presen t Off when c onnection is no t good Po[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 12 3. Installation 3. 1 Ha rdwa re and Cable Ins talla tion CAUTION: Wear a grounding device to avoid da mage from electrostatic d ischarge. Be sure that the power s witch is OFF before you co nnect the power cord to the p ower source. 3.1.1 T P Port an d C[...]

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    Chapte r 3: In stall ation 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 13 3.1.3 Pow er On The sw it ch suppor ts a 100-2 40 VAC, 50-6 0 Hz power s upply. Th e power s upply w ill au tomati cally co nvert the l ocal AC power source to DC power . It does not matter whether any connec tion is plugg ed into the s witch or not whe n powering on. After the pow e[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 14 3. 4 S wi tc h Ca scadi ng in Topolog y Theore tically , the swi tch par titions t he co llision do main for e ach por t in sw itch casc ading s o tha t y ou may upl in k an unlimited num ber o f switches. In practice, the n etwork extension (casc ading [...]

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    Chapte r 3: In stall ation 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 15 Case2a: Port-based VLAN (See Figure 3-4). Figure 3-4. O ne sw itch connec ted to four VLANs in a p ort-based VLAN . 1. T he same VLAN me mbers ca n not be in different s wit ches. 2. E very VLAN me mbers can not access each other’s VLAN. 3. T he switch manager has to ass ign di ff [...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 16 Case 3 : The s ame VLAN me mbers c an be a t di ff erent switches w it h the same VID ( See Fig ure 3-6). Figure 3-6. Att ribu te-base d VLAN diagram . 3. 6 S et I P A ddr e s s, S ubnet M a sk , and Def aul t Ga tewa y I P A dd res s First, either con f[...]

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    Chapte r 3: In stall ation 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 17 NOTE: If a PC directl y connec ts to the s witch, you hav e to se tup the sa me subne t mask b etwe en the m. Bu t, subnet mask may be d iffe re n t fo r the PC a t the r e mote s i te. See th e fo ll ow in g abo ut th e s wi tc h’ s de fa ul t IP a ddr es s i nfor ma tio n. Defaul[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 18 4. Op e ra t ion of W e b -bas ed M a nagem ent This chapter instru cts you ho w to configure an d manage the switch through the web user interfac e it supports, to access and manage the swit ch . With this facilit y , you can easily acces s and mo nitor[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 19 Configuration Function Bar Port Connection Status In Figure 4-2 , for example , the le ft section sh ows the w hole func tion tree w ith web user. Each opt ion is d escrib ed in this chapter. Figure 4-2. Lay out of screen for web management . 4.1 W eb Mana g e m e nt Ho m[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 20 S ys t em St atu s Load D efault Setti ng Firm ware Up date Reboot Device 4.2.1 A uthentic atio n Co nfi gur ati o n Func tio n na me: Authentication C onf iguration Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: Change the default lo gin usern ame (ID) or pas sword. Para[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 21 Figure 4-5. System IP Configura tion screen. 4.2.3 S yste m Statu s Function name: System Status Fun ct ion descript ion : Di splay th e system inf ormation of the swit ch. Parameter descrip ti on: MAC Address: The MAC addre ss of this swi tch. Number o f Ports: Sh ow the[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 22 4.2.4 Loa d Defa u lt Setti n g Func tio n na me: L oad Def ault Se tt ing Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: Back to f actory def ault se ttings of the switch. Param et er desc ri ptio n: C lick <Lo ad> to back to the facto r y d ef a ult se tt ing. NOT[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 23 4.3.1 P or t C o nfi gur atio n Func tio n na me: Port Configuration Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: Conf igure each port’s s peed, full- or hal f-duplex, and so o n. Param et er desc ri ptio n: Au to : Enable or disable Auto-Negoti ation. Speed: 10 M or 100M mode for th e[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 24 Parameter descripti on: Destination Port: Select the port for monitoring an d the egress traffic will be copied to the monitoring port. Monitor Packe ts: Enable or Disable if you want to copy the pac ket from source port to des tination por t. Sou rc e P[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 25 Figure 4-11 . Bandwid th Control screen . 4.3.4 Br oa dcast Storm Co ntro l Func tio n na me: Broadcast Storm Control Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: Yo u can limit the bandwid th of r eceived a nd transmitted frames t o eac h port. Param et er desc ri ptio n: Threshol d: Se[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 26 Figure 4-13 . PoE screen. 4.4 VLAN Se t tin g The sw itch suppor ts Tag-based VL AN (802.1Q) and Port-based VLAN . It supports 4094 active VLANs and VL AN ID 1– 4094. VLAN con fi guration is used to partition y our L AN into sma ll ones ad needed. By p[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 27 Figure 4-15. Port-based VLAN Me mber Setting screen. 4.4.3 Tag-b a s e d VL A N Function name: Tag-based VL AN Function description: Wh en yo u enable tag-based VLA N, you ne ed to configure the packe t forwarding options first. Parameter descrip tion: Ou tgoing Packets: [...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 28 Figure 4-16. Tag-based VL AN screen. 4.4.4 Tag-b a s e d VL A N— VL A N Me mb er Function name: VLAN Me mber Function description: Wh en yo u enable tag-based VLA N, you ne ed to configure VLAN me mbers w it h each por t. Parameter descrip tion: VID : [...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 29 Figure 4-17. Tag-based VL AN Member Setting screen . 4.4.5 Multi to 2 S etting Func tio n na me: Mu l t i to 2 Se tt i ng Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: Th is s ets th e s wi tc h VL AN in to “ VL AN Pe r P or t.“ W he n yo u en a bl e th is se tti n g, al l the o rig i[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 30 Figure 4-18 . Multi to 2 Setting screen . 4.5 Per P ort C o u nter 4.5.1 Co u nter Categ ory Func tio n na me: C ounter Ca tegory Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: You c an read the transmitting a nd receivin g pac ket of t he connec ted p orts in thi s scr e[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 31 Figure 4-19 . Per Port Counter screen . 4.6 QoS Set ting 4.6.1 Prior it y Mode Function name: Pri or ity Mode Function description: T his is t he page that allows you to conf igure Qo S (Qua lit y o f Service) to enhanc e networ k performance. T his swi tch suppor ts thre[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 32 4.6.3 Class of Se rvice— TCP/UD P Function name: TCP/UDP Port Function des cription: You need to con fi gure the queu e priority for eac h TC P and UD P service. Jus t select the priori t y queue by the service type you wa nt to en able , and the s wit[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 33 4.6.4 Cl a s s of Ser vice—IP T OS /DS Func tio n na me: IP TOS /DS (Type of Serv ice/ Differential Service) Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: When you enab le this func ti on, the pack ets with spec ial I P will be tra nsmitted fi rst. Th e sw it ch provides the IP layer C [...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 34 4.6.6 Cl a s s of Ser vice—Phys i c a l Port Function name: Physical Port Function description: Sele c t the p or t tha t yo u wa n t to co n figu re a s Q 1– Q4 pri o rity . Figure 4-24 . Physical Port for CoS c onfiguration. 4.7 Secur it y This swi[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 35 4.7.2 TCP /UDP Filter C o nfig ur atio n Func tio n na me: TCP/UD P Filter C onf iguration Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: This s wit ch al lows you to config ure each port you wan t to limit or allow the TCP /UDP protocol typ e to get t hrough, such as H TTP, FTP or TELNET [...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 36 Figure 4-26 . TC P/ UD P filtering co nfiguration. 4. 8 S panning T ree 4.8.1 S TP B ri dg e Setting s Func tio n na me: STP Br id g e Se t tin g s Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: Spanning Tree c an preven t net work loops . For RING conn ections, you n eed[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 37 Bridge Pri ority (0–61440) : Usually, the bridge wi th the h ighest bridg e priority is the roo t. If you w ant to h ave the switch as the r oo t b rid g e, y ou c an se t t his v alu e lo w er th an t ha t o f br id ge i n the L AN . T he v al id v alue is 0 – 61 440[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 38 802.1w R STP rec ommen ded value : (Valid ra nge: 1– 200,000 ,000) 10 Mbps: 2,000,000 100 Mbps: 200,000 Fi gure 4-28. STP Port Settings screen. 4. 9 T run king The sw it ch suppor ts two kinds o f port trunking methods , L ACP and Sta tic. Func tio n n[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 39 - Aggrega ti on with non-IEEE 8 02.3 MAC link - Ope ra ting in ha lf-du p lex mod e - Ag g re ga te th e po r ts wi th d iffe re n t da ta ra te Link Aggreg ation Algorithm : The switch supp orts two types of link ag gregation alg orit hm, MAC sourc e and MA C source/ MAC[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 40 Figure 4-30 . Trunking c onfiguration s creen for link grou ps. 4.1 0 Back u p /R ec o ver y Func tio n na me: B ackup/Recovery Func tio n de sc ri pt i on: You c an back up or res tore th e c onfi guration from a s pecified local drive o f your PC. Para[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 41 Param et er desc ri ptio n: Aging Time : You c an set queue agi ng time of t he pac ket bu ff er into different timi ng or disable this func ti on. The options are 200 , 400, 600 and 80 0 mi niseconds. VLAN S tridi ng: Th is switch does N OT suppor t U nicast. Bu t you ca[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 42 5. Troub le s h o oti ng Q: Resolvin g No Li nk Con dition A: The p ossible c auses for a n o link L ED sta tus are as fol l ows: - The a tt ached d evice is no t powered on . - The cable may not be the correc t type or is faulty. - The ins tall ed b uil[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 43 6. IP A ddre s s As s i g n m e nt For IP ad dress con figuration, there are three parameter s y ou n eed to fill in . They are I P address, Subne t Mask, and Default Ga teway and DN S. 6.1 IP ad dr e s s The address of the network device in the network is us ed for inter[...]

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    8- /16 -/24-Port 10/10 0 PoE PSE Web S ma rt Swit c h 724-7 46- 5500 l w w w.bl ackbo x.co m 44 we divide it into s maller n etworks by extend ing the ne twork prefix from 16 bi ts to , say 24 bits, the network use s its th ird byte to s ubnet thi s class B net work. The subne t mask is 255. 255.255 .0; each bi t of t he first three bytes is 1. The[...]

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    Chapte r 6 : IP Ad dress A ssi gnme nt 72 4-746-5 500 l www.black box.co m 45 Figure 6-3. System IP configurat ion sc reen. First, IP Address: as shown in the Figure 6-3 , enter de fault I P address “ 192.168 .1.1”, for instance. F or sure, a n IP address such as 19 2.168.1 .x mus t be se t on yo ur PC. Second, Subnet Mask : as shown in Fig. 2-[...]

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    LPB 70 8A, r ev . 2[...]