Planet Technology GSW-601S manual

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    10/100/ 1 000 M b p s Gigabit Et h e r n e t Sma r t S w tich GSW-601S User ’ s Manaul[...]

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    P LAN E T NOVA S witch series Trade m arks Cop y r i ght  PL A NET T e c hnolog y Corp. 2001. Content s s ubje c t to revision without p r ior notice. P L A N E T is a r egi s te r ed t r ade m a rk o f PLANE T T echnolog y Corp. All othe r trade m ar k s belong to the i r re s pe c tive o w ner s . F C C Warning Thi s e q u i p me n t h a s b e[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al T A B L E OF CON T EN T S 1. IN T R O UC T IO N ................................................................... .7 1.1 C HEC K L I ST ...................................................................... .7 1.2 A BOUT TH E S W ITCH ......................................................... .7 1.3 F E ATURES ....[...]

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    P LAN E T NOVA S witch series A .1 S W ITCH ‘ S RJ - 45 P IN A SSIGNMENTS .............................. . 35 A .2 10/100M BPS , 10/100B A SE - T X ..................................... . 35 A .3 R J -45 C A BLE PIN A S SIGN M E NT ....................................... . 36[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ’ s M a nual 7 1. INTROU C TION 1 . 1 C hecklist Check t he contents o f y our package for follo w ing parts: l GS W -601S. l U s er ' s m anual. l Po w er co r d. l 19 ” r ac k m ount b ra ck ets. l RS-232 cable. I f an y o f the s e pie c es are m is s ing or da m aged, plea s e conta c t y our dealer i mm ediatel y , if [...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 8 In addition, the S w itch i s also suppo r t one m odule slot for 2 Gigabit Ethernet po r t s to uplin k to a se r v er o r networ k ba ck bone. T hese S w itche s are de s igned f o r Plug and Pla y installation, allo w s the net w o rk ad m ini s t r ator to si m pl y conne c t the networ k and po w e r c ables and [...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ’ s M a nual 9 w S uppo r t to handle up to 1522 b y tes pac k et w LED indicators for si m ple diagnostic s and m anage m ent w P r o v ide a r eset swit c h in f ront panel w Inte r nal power suppl y w A uto MDI/ MDI- X on ea c h port w S m a r t function f or advan c ed configuration: − Support one c onsole port fo r s w itch[...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 10 1 .4 Spec i fications Sta n d a r d IEEE8 0 2.3, IEEE80 2 .3 u , IEEE8 0 2. 3 a b , IEEE8 0 2.3x Network M e di a : 1 0 Ba se -T,UTP/STP c ate g ory 3 or 5 c a bl e 1 0 0B as e-TX,UTP/STP ca t e g o ry 5 c a b le 1 0 0 0 Ba se -T,UTP/STP c ate g ory 5 e c a b le, 4 p a ir s 1 0 0 0 Ba se -SX, M u lti-m o d e 6 2.5/ 1[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ’ s M a nual 11 2. H A RD W A RE DESCRIP T ION T his product s erie s provide th r ee dif f erent running speed – 10Mbp s , 100 M bps, and 1000Mbps in the s a m e s w itch and auto m aticall y distingui s h the s peed of inco m ing c onnection. T his s ection des c ribe s the hard w a r e feature s of the s e S w itches. For eas[...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 12 GSW- 2 GT mo du le fr on t pa n el GSW- 2 S X mo du le fr on t pa n el LED indicators GS W -601S and G S W -2GT P W R Green Lit: Po w er on S M ART Green Lit: CPU initial c o m pleted 10/100/1000 Green Lit: indi c ate lin k status and tra ff i c Speed ( 10 fo r 10M, 100 f or 100M, 1000 f o r 1000M) T X/ R X Green Lit[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ’ s M a nual 13 2 . 2 R ear Panel The rea r panel o f the S w itch indi c ates a AC i nlet po w e r so ck et, which accepts input po w er f r o m 100 to 240 V AC, 50-60H z . And a RS-232 c on s ole po r t f or setting up the sw i t c h v ia a c onnection to a te rm inal or PC using a te rm inal e m ulation progra m . P o w e r Not[...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 14 M ake sure the w iring is correct It can be u s ed Categor y 3/4/5 cab l e in 10 Mbp s ope r ation. T o reliabl y operate y our networ k at 100Mbp s and 1000 M bps, y ou m u s t u s e an Un s hielded Twisted - P air (U T P) Catego r y 5 cable, or better Data Grade cabling. W hile a Categor y 3 or 4 cable m a y init i[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ’ s M a nual 15 Link/Speed L E D Color Green Label 10/100/1000 Function T he LED light up steadil y to indi c ate the tran s m i tting speed 10 light up steadil y to indi c ate l in k up at s peed 10M 100 light up steadil y to indi c ate l in k up at s peed 100M 1000 Light up steadil y to indicate lin k up at speed 1000M Full/ Hal[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 17 3.CONFIGUR A T ION 3 . 1 C O N NECT TO PC RS-232 serial cable P r epa r e a R S - 232 s erial c able. Atta c h the 9-pin fe m ale conne c to r to the m ale conne c tor on the s w itch. Plug the other side of this cable to y our PC. H y per T erminal In W indows 95/98/2000/XP,laun c h “ H y per T e rm inal ” ,[...]

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    3 . 2 Ma i n Menu Laun c h the new ter m inal y ou ju s t set up, and then, tu r n on the s w itch. See the f ollow i ng m es s ages f or s uc c e s s f ul c onnection. To enter an y of the sub m enus, si m pl y t y pe the nu m ber on the c o mm and line. PL A NET GS W -601S Gigabit Ethernet S m art S w itch Configuration m enu [ v e r . :x.x x ] ([...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 19 3 . 3 Submenu: (0) Port Sett i ng U s e T ab o r “ U ” , ” D ” , ” L ” , ” R ” to m o v e the ite m which to be change, p r es s s pa c e ba r to change it, ” S ” fo r sa v e thi s configuration. [Port Setting] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Auto Neg. O O O O O O O O Speed 1000 1000 1000 1000[...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 20 3 . 4 Submenu :(1) VL A N O à enables the port y ou s ele c t X à di s able s the port y ou select U se Ta b or “ U ” , ” D ” , ” L ” , ” R ” to m o v e th e it e m whi ch t o b e c h a n g e , pre ss s p ac e b a r to c h a n g e it, ” S ” for sa v e t h is c o n fig u r a ti o n [Port base VLA[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 21 3 . 5 Submenu: (2) TR U NK O à enables the port y ou s ele c t X à di s able s the port y ou select T run k port m e m bers m ust belong to sa m e VLAN group. U s e T ab o r “ U ” , ” D ” , “ R ” , ” L ” to m o v e the ite m w hich to be change, pre s s space ba r to change it, ” S ” for sav[...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 22 3 . 6 Submenu: (3) A ging Contro l U s e T ab o r “ L ” , ” R ” to m ove the ite m w hi c h to be c hange, pre s s s pace bar to c hange it, ” S ” fo r s ave thi s configuration [Port aging] aging time [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] /minutes/ 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 [Tab] : Move to next item [Space Bar] [...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 23 3 . 7 Submenu: (4) Port Enable/Disable O à enables the port y ou s ele c t X à di s able the port y ou s ele c t, an y pac k et c annot be t r an sm itted to this po r t U s e Tab or “ L ” , ” R ” to m ove the ite m w hi c h to be c hange, press s pa c e bar to change it, ” S ” f or s a v e thi s c [...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 24 3 . 8 Submenu: (5) Port Mirror i ng U s e T ab or “ L ” , ” R ” to m ove the ite m which to be c hange, press s pa c e bar to change it, ” S ” f or s a v e thi s c on f igu r ation [Port Mirroring] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Monitoring Port X X X X X X X X Egress Port X X X X X X X X Ingress Port X X[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 25 3 . 9 Submenu: (6) Port-base Priorit y U s e T ab or “ L ” , ” R ” to m ove the ite m whi c h to be c hanged, press s pa c e bar to change it, ” S ” f or s a v e thi s c on f igu r ation [Port -base priority] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] level T T T T T T T T / T : the priority depend on 802.1p / /[...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 26 3 . 10 Submenu: (7) Mac address fi l ter U s e T ab or ” U ” , ” D ” , “ L ” , ” R ” to m ove the ite m w hi c h to be change, p r es s s pa c e ba r o r enter k e y to m odi f y M A C add r es s, ” S ” fo r s ave thi s c on f igu r ation [Mac address filter] 00- 00-00-00 -00-00 00 -00-00- 00-00- [...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 27 3 . 11 Submenu: (8) Change pass w ord U s er can s et pa s sword f or se c urit y , press ente r k e y to disable pa s sword chec k ing w hen s y ste m boot. 3 . 12 Submenu: (9) Restore to Factor y D efault T his ite m w ill re s tore configuration to s u c h setting 1. P ort with auto-negotiation, 1000M, f ull d[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 29 4 SWI T CH OPER A TION 4 . 1 A ddress Tab l e T he S w itch i s i m ple m ented w ith an addres s table. T hi s add r es s table c o m po s ed of m an y entries. E ach entr y is u s ed to store the addres s i nfo r m ation of s o m e node in networ k , in c luding MAC add r es s , port no, etc. T hi s infor m ati[...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 30 4 . 4 Store-and-For w ard Store-and-Forward is one t y pe of pac k et- f orwarding te c hniques. A S to r e-and Forward E the r net S w itching s tore s the in c o m ing f ra m e in an internal buf f er, do the c o m plete erro r chec k ing before trans m is s ion. T he r efore, no error pac k ets oc c ur r ence, it [...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 31 4 . 4 A uto-Negotiation The S T P ports on the S wit c h have built - in “ Auto-negotiation ” . T hi s te c hnolog y auto m aticall y s ets the be s t po s sible bandwi d th when a c onnection is e s t ablished w ith another networ k device (u s uall y at P o w e r On o r Re s et). T his i s done b y detect t[...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 33 5. TROUBLESHOO T ING T his c hapter c ontain s infor m ation to help y ou solve proble m s. I f Giga S w itch is not functioning p r operl y , m a k e sure the E the r net S wit c h w a s s et up ac c ord i ng to in s t r uction s in thi s m anual. T he Link LED is no t lit S olution: Chec k the cable connection [...]

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    GSW- 6 01S User ' s Manu al 35 A PPENDIX A A .1 S w itch ‘ s R J-45 P i n A ssignments 1000Mbp s ,1000Ba s e T Con t act M DI M DI - X 1 B I_D A + BI_DB+ 2 BI_DA- B I_D B - 3 B I_D B + BI_DA+ 4 BI_DC+ BI_DD+ 5 BI_DC- B I_DD- 6 BI_DB- B I_D A - 7 BI_DD+ BI_DC+ 8 BI_DD- B I_DC- I m pli c i t i m ple m entation o f the c ro s sove r function w [...]

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    PLAN E T NOVA S witch series 36 A .3 R J-45 cab l e pin assignment 2 1 3 6 1 2 3 6 2 1 3 6[...]

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    E M - G S W6 V 1 ISO 90 02[...]