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    10/100/1000Mbps Intelligent Ethernet Switch MGSW-2402 User’s Manaul[...]

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    - 2 - Trademarks Copyright  PLANET Technology Corp. 2002. Contents subject to revision without prior notice. PLANET is a registered trademark of PLAN ET Technology Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to [...]

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    - 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTROUCTION ................................................................................................................. ....................... 4 1.1 C HECKLIST ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 A BOUT THE S WIT CH ..[...]

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    - 4 - 1. INTROUCTION 1.1 Checklist Check the contents of your package for following parts:  MGSW-2402.  User's manual CD.  Power cord.  19” rack mount kit.  RS-232 cable.  Quick Installation Guide. If any of these pieces are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immediately, if possible, retain the carton including[...]

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    - 5 -  Internal power supply  Auto MDI/ MDI-X on each port  Network management configuration: − Web-based management − Console and Telnet Configuration − SNMP network management − IEEE 802.1Q Tagging VLAN ( 256 VLAN Group ) − IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol ( STP ) − Port Trunking supported − IGMP and Sniffer ( Port Mirror[...]

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    - 6 - 2. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION This product series provide three differ ent running speed – 10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1000Mbps in the same switch and automatically dist inguish the speed of incoming connection. This section describes the hardware features of these Switches. For easier management and control of the switch, familiarize yourself wi th its[...]

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    - 7 - Power Notice: 1. The device is a power-required device, it means , it will not work till it is powered. If your networks should active all the time, please consider using UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) for your device. It will prevent you from network data loss or network downtime. 2. In some area, installing a surge suppression dev ice may[...]

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    - 8 - 3.WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT This chapter describes how to manage the Swit ch through the at-hand browser like Internet Browser IE 4.0 or Netscape Communicator 4. x or above. Please check the JAVA applet is enabled in your browser’s option or preference. 3.1 Configuration The management function of this interface runs as an unsigned Java applet. [...]

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    - 9 - Figure 3-1 : Password Screen The default user name and password is "root". After the password is entered you will see the main menu screen. Figure 3-2: The start up screen of MGSW-2402 Web Page 3.3 Home The Home page displays the configurati on of the MGSW-2402 Intelligent Switch. System Name An administratively -assigned name of th[...]

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    - 10 - 3.4 Modules Modules page shows the modules that have inst alled into the MGSW-2402-Slot Intelligent Switch. There are fixed 24x 10/100 Base-TX ports in Module 0, and another 2 slot ( module 1 and module 2 ) are used for expansion. In t he following example, 1-port Gigabit 1000Base-SX ( LX ) Fiber Module, and 4-port 100Base-FX (ST) Fiber Modu[...]

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    - 11 - 3.6 Statistics The Statistic page displays the detailed in formation about each port. You can compare and evaluate throughput or other port parameters. All screen data is updated automatically and you can also update the data manually. Figure 3-5 The Statistics Page 3.7 VLAN A VLAN ( Virtual LAN ) is a group of switch por ts designated by th[...]

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    - 12 - Figure 3-6 The VLAN Page In the VLAN management window, you will see 2 VL ANs in the page. To select a certain VLAN, you can do the following: Press " >> " button to display the next two VLANs Press " << " button to display the previous two VLANs Press " >>| " button to display the last two VLA[...]

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    - 13 - You can add, edit and remove port members of each trunk and then press " Apply " button after you have finished configur ing the trunks you need. ( Note: Make sure trunking ports are in the same VLAN group. ) 3.9 STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) Spanning tree is a link management protocol t hat provides path redundancy while preventing[...]

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    - 14 - 3.10 Port Security Port Security allows you to restrict specific MAC addresses to reside in some port. For example, a dummy hub is attached to some port for extens ion, and you just only allow 2 users to access this port at the same time, you can use the port security window to set the parameters. Figure 3-9. The Port Security page To restri[...]

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    - 15 - Figure 3-10. Port Priority – 802.1p page Programmable Mapping of 802.1p to Internal Priority The received packets with 802.1q tag are assi gned priority according to a flexible and programmable mapping of the 802.1p user-priority tag (3 bits, value from 0 to 7) to the internal priority queue. The default is to assign a packet to high prior[...]

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    - 16 - 3.13 IGMP Multicasting is used to support r eal-time applications such as video conferencing or streaming audio. IGMP ( Internet Group Management Protocol ) allow you to query for any attached hosts who want to receive a specific multicast serv ice. The switch looks up the IP Multicast Group used for this service and adds any port which re c[...]

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    - 17 - Static addresses are manually entered in to the Static Address Table. 1. Enter the MAC address in the MAC Addre ss field (ex. 00-00-00-00-00-01) and VLAN ID (default is 1) 2. Select the Module and Port you want to asso ciate with this entry with from the Port drop-down box. 3. Click <<Add…<<. 4. Press “ Apply “ button. Once[...]

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    - 18 - 3-15 The Port Mirroring page If you want to monitor all receive and transmit packets of one port. You can do the following: Choose the monitored port in " Mirror Source Port " choice box in the corresponding mirror source module. Only one port can be monitored in one module at the same time. Choose the corresponding target module, [...]

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    - 19 - Enter the same password in "Password" and "Confirm Password" edit box Press the "Apply" button You should reboot system to let your settings take effect if you have changed one of the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. 3.18 SNMP You can manage the Switch using third-party’s SNMP ( Simple Network Mana[...]

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    - 20 - Figure 3-18 Save & Reboot page 3.20 Upgrade You can on-line upgrade the firmware of the managed unit. The following steps is needed to upgrade the firmware: Use HTTP or FTP to download the new ve rsion firmware from our website. Enter password in the "Password" edit box. Enter the file downloaded in the "File Path" ed[...]

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    - 22 - 4 CONSOLE INTERFACE 4.1 CONNECT TO PC RS-232 serial cable Prepare a RS-232 serial cable. Attach the 9- pin female connector to the male connector on the switch. Plug the other side of this cable to your PC. Hyper Terminal In Windows 95/98/2000/XP,launch “HyperTermi nal”, create a new connection, and adjust settings as below: 4.2 Main Men[...]

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    - 23 - Figure 4-1 The Main Menu of Console Management 4.2.1. Device settings This menu contains system parameters to disp lay and configure the switch to your network. Menu items are: ● Version (RO): display the firmware version of MGSW-2402 ● MAC Address (RO): display the MAC Address of MGSW-2402 ● System Up Time (RO): display the work time [...]

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    - 24 - • Speed/Duplex: allow set Auto- negotiation,100Mbps-f ull/half duplex,10Mbps-full/half duplex • Flow Control: allow enable or disable flow control on each port • Back Pressure: allow enable or disable Back Pressure on each port • VLAN Tagged: allow enable or disable VLAN Tagged on each port • Default VLAN ID: allow set VLAN ID 1~40[...]

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    - 25 - Figure 4-5: Spanning Tree 4.2.5 Broadcast Storm Filter This menu contains three items to enabl e or disable Broadcast Storm Filter: ● Enable ● Disable ● Quit Figure 4-6: Broadcast Storm Filter 4.2.6. IGMP This menu contains three items to enable or disable IGMP: ● Enable ● Disable ● Quit Figure 4-7: IGMP[...]

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    - 26 - 4.2.7. VLAN Mode (2 modes) This menu contains two items for 2 VLAN mode selection: ● VLAN is valid for all packets Disable ● VLAN is valid for broadcast and multic ast packets, not for unicast packets. ● Quit Figure 4-8: VLAN Mode( 2 modes) 4.2.8. VLAN for CPU (2 VLANs) This menu contains two items for 2 VLANs for CPU: ● Current firs[...]

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    - 27 - 4.2.9.1 Secure IP for Telnet : disable allow any PC login in MGSW-2402 by Telnet , enable allow the PC of secure IP login in MGSW-2402. 4.2.9.2 Secure IP for HTTP : disable allow any PC login in MGSW-2402 by H TTP, enable allow PC of secure IP login in MGSW-2402. 4.2.9.3 Secure IP 1.2.3.4 : allow to set 4 Secure IP address of 4 PCs Figure 4-[...]

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    - 28 - Figure 4-12: Factory Default Settings & Reboot System 4.2.12 Reboot System This menu provide reboot the Switch Figure 4-13: Reboot System 4.2.13 Quit T HIS MENU PROVIDE LOGOUT OUT THE S WITCH Figure 4-14: Quit[...]

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    - 29 - 5 SOFTWARE UPGRADE PROCEDURE The application software is field upgradable. The upgrade procedure and the required equipment is described in the following section. Note that once the system is up, it is contro lled by an executing application image residing in the flash memory. No software upgrade is possible during this mode. The upgrade can[...]

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    - 30 - APPENDIX A NETWORKING CONNECTION When attaching an end-station to the device, a standard straight-through CAT5 cable may be used, even when the end-station is attached via a patch panel. However, when attaching another switch or attaching workstations via hubs, a crosso ver cable will need to be used. Please see the following wire diagrams f[...]

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    - 31 - APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Standard IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802. 3z, IEEE802.3ab,IEEE802.1Q,IEEE802.1d Interface RJ-45 10/100M Ethernet Port 24 - front RS232 Male connector 1 - front Slide-in Slot 2 - front Indicator PWR LED 1 per unit Diag LED 1 per unit Port LEDs 100M 1 per port LNK/ACT 1 per port FDX/COL 1 per port Power Input[...]