Planet Technology WGSW-2402A manual

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    Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Stackable / Routing Switch 24 10/100 Mbps Ports + 2 modules slot WGSW-2402A 4-port Gigabit Ethernet + 4-slot WGSW-404 User Manual[...]

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    T rademarks Copyright  PLANET Technology Corp. 2002. Contents subject to revision without prio r notice. PLANET is a registered tradema rk of PLANET Te chnology Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warra nt that the ha rdware will wo rk properly in all environment s and applications,[...]

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    T able of Contents CHAPTER 1 IN TRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 F EA TURES .................................[...]

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    4.1 L OGGING ON TO THE S WITCH ......................................................................................................... 20 4.2 N AV I G AT I N G T HROU GH THE C ONSOLE I NTERF A CE ........................................................................... 21 4.3 P ERFORMING B ASIC M ANAGEMENT A CTIVITIES ..........................[...]

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    5.2.2.7 Deleting Ports .............................................................................................................................. 6 7 5.2.3 Confi guring PVID ......................................................................................................... ........ 67 5.3 IP M UL TICAST G ROUP P ERSPECTIVE ...............[...]

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    5.14 P ORT M IRRORING ...................................................................................................................... 146 5.15 S ETTING Q UALITY OF S ERVICE P ARAMETERS .............................................................................. 150 5.15.1 Basic concept ......................................................[...]

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    6.4.2 Configuri ng LAN Po rts .................................................................................................... ... 205 6.4.3 Console Port Configur ation............................................................................................... . 209 CHAPTER 7 PERFORMING ADV A NCED SETUP ACT IVITIES ..........................[...]

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    8.3.1 RMON Groups Supported ................................................................................................. 261 8.3.2 Bridge Grou ps Supported .................................................................................................. 261 8.4 PLANET P R I VAT E MIB ...........................................................[...]

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    - 1 - CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION WGSW-404 and WGSW-2402A are ul tra-fast high-perfo rmance switches with non-blockin g switch fabric of 16Gbps and 12. 8Gbps. WGSW-404 is a backbone switch with 4-port 10/100/1000Mb ps RJ-45 and 4-slot for medi a expansion. WGSW-2402A is designed to b e a workgroup switch with 24-port 10/100Mbps RJ-45 and 2-slot for medi[...]

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    - 2 -  One Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch  One Power Cord  Rack Mounting Bracket s  One Serial/Console Cable  User ’s manual CD  Quick Installation Guide If any of these pieces are missing or d amaged, please contact your deale r immediately , if possible, retain the carton including the original packing materi al, and use [...]

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    - 3 - 1.3 Specification Product WGSW-2402A WGS W-404 Hardware Specification Ports 24 10/ 100Base-TX RJ-45 Auto-MDI/MDI-X ports 4 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 Auto-MDI/MDI-X ports Module Slot for 1000Base-SX/T and 100Base-FX modules 2 4 Stack Interface Through Ethernet interface. Up to 8 units can be managed by single IP Switch Fabric 12.8Gbps 16Gbps Swi[...]

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    - 4 - Gigabit ports QoS Scheduling Supports delay bound, strict pri ority , WFQ (Weighted F air Queuing) and best ef fort service disciplines Congestion A voidance Supports WRED (Wei ghted Random Early Detection) d rop threshold management Rate Control 10 levels of rate (10 to 100%) configurable on 10/100Mbps port - Standards Conformance Regulation[...]

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    - 5 -  Chapter 8, SNMP and RMON Managem ent allows you to access the Switch using SNMP management feature.  Appendix provides cable specification and mo re information regarding to sta ck and VLAN.[...]

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    - 6 - CHAPTER 2 INST ALLA TION This Chapter describes the hardware f unction of the Switches and shows how to install it on the desktop or shelf. Basic knowledge of netwo rking is assumed. Read this chapter completely before continuing. 2.1 WGSW-2402A Hardware Description 2.1.1 Front Panel of WGSW-2402A The front panel of the Switch has 24 RJ-45 po[...]

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    - 7 - 2.1.2 LEDs of WGSW-2402A The LEDs indicate the status of 10/100 Mbps Ethe rn et ports, Over Heat, Fan Failure and Power . Figure 2-2 shows the LED panel of the Switch. T able 2-2 sh ows the fun ctions of power and status LEDs. T able 2-3 shows the functions of the port statu s LEDs. F IGURE 2-2 LED S P ANEL Status LED 10/100 Port Status LEDs [...]

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    - 8 - FDX/COL Y ellow Lights to indicate that the port is op erating in full-duplex mode. Blinks periodically to indicate that th e connection is experiencing collision s. 2.1.3 Rear Panel of WGSW-2402A The rear panel of WGSW-2402A has a power conne ctor , a Buzzer button and a console port. Figure 2-3 shows a rear panel of the Switch. T able 2-5 e[...]

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    - 9 - F IGURE 2-4 F RONT P ANEL OF WGSW-404 Console Status LEDs 10/100/1000 Mbps ports Expansion Ports T able 2-5 Port Function T ABLE 2-5 P ORT F UNCTION Ports # of Ports Description Console 1 This is wh ere you can connect to the RS-232 serial port on your PC for configuring the management function. 10/100/1000 4 These RJ-45 ports suppo rt networ[...]

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    - 10 - 2.2.3 Rear Panel of WGSW-404 The rear panel of WGSW-404 has a p ower connector , a Buzzer button and a console port. Figure 2-3 shows a rear panel of the Switch. T able 2-5 explains the function of the ports shown in the Figure 2-4. F IGURE 2-5 R EAR P ANEL OF WGSW-404 Buzzer Button Power T ABLE 2-8 P ORT F UNCTION OF THE R EAR P ANEL Port F[...]

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    - 1 1 - F IGURE 2-6 G IGABIT E XP ANSION M ODULE WGSW-C1GT Module Status LEDs WGSW-C1SX Module Status LEDs T ABLE 2-9 WGSW-C1GT/SX S TAT U S LED S WGSW-C1GT LED Color Function 1000 Green Lights to indicate that the Switch is sending or re ceiving data at 1000 Mbps. 100 Green Lights to indicate that the Switch is sending or re ceiving data at 100 Mb[...]

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    - 12 - F IGURE 2-7 100B ASE -FX E XP ANSION M ODULE WGSW-C1ST Module Status LEDs WGSW-C1SC Module Status LEDs T ABLE 2-1 1 100B ASE -FX MODULE S TAT U S LED S WGSW-C1SC / WGSW-C 1ST LED Color Function 100 Green Lights to indicate that receiver of fibre port is in normal optical input levels. Act Green Lights to indicate that the connection is actin[...]

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    - 13 - 2.4.1 Pre-Installation Considerations Fast Ethernet Topology Considerations If you will be using the Switch for Fa st Ethernet (100 Mbps) operation, obse rve the following guidelines:  The maximum unshielded twisted-p air (UTP) cable length is 100 meters (328 feet) over Category 5 cable.  Single-repeater topologie s permit a total netw[...]

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    - 14 - 2.4.3 Rack-Mounting The following procedure describ es how to install the Switch in a standa rd 19-inch rack.  Disconnect all cables from the Switch.  Remove all adhesive pads from the bottom of the Switch. Step 1 Place the Switch right side up on a hard flat surface, with the front panel fa cing you. Step 2 Locate a mounting bracket o[...]

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    - 15 - CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURA TION This chapter explains the methods that you can use to configure management a ccess to the Switch. It describes the types of management ap plications and the communication and manag ement protocols that deliver data between your m anagement device (workstation or per sonal computer) and the system. It also contains in[...]

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    - 16 -  Can be accessed from any location  Most visually appealing  May encounter delay times on poor connections SNMP Agent  Communicates with switch functions at the MIB level  Based on open standards  Requires SNMP mana ger software  Least visually appealing of all three methods  Some settings require calculation s  Se[...]

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    - 17 - 3.1.3 Modem Port Access You can access the Switch’s admi nistration console from a PC or Macintosh usi ng an external modem attached to the console (serial) po rt. The Switch management program provides a Con sole Port screen, accessible from the Basic Ma nagement screen, that lets you configure parameters for modem access (see Chapte r 4 [...]

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    - 18 - 3.3 SNMP-Based Network Management You can use an external SNMP-ba sed applicati on to configure and manage the S witch. This management method requires the SNMP agent on t he Switch and the SNMP Network Management Station to use the same community st ring. This management m ethod, in fact, uses two community strings: the get community string[...]

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    - 19 - 3.4.3 Management Architecture All of the management application modules use the same Messaging Application Progra mming Interface (MAPI). By unifying management method s wi th a single MAPI, configuration parameters set using one method (console port, for example ) are immediately displayable by the other managem ent methods (for example, SN[...]

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    - 20 - Chapter 4 Menu-Driven Console Management The Switch provides a me nu-driven console interfa ce for configuration purposes. The Switch can be configured either locally throu gh its RS-232 port or rem otely via a Telnet session. This chapter describes how to configure the Swit ch using its menu-driven console. The figures in thi s chapter will[...]

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    - 21 -  To log out, highlight Logout and press Enter.  To save the current settings and remain in the co nfiguration program, highlight Save Settings, press Ente r.  To restore the factory default settings, highlight Restore Default Settings and press Enter.  To reboot, highlight Reboot and press Enter. 4.2 Navigating Through the Consol[...]

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    - 22 - F IGURE 4-2 B ASIC M ANAGEM ENT S CREEN 2. From the Basic Management screen, hig hlight the desired option and press the E nter key:  General lets you change the system name, loca tion, admini stration and guest passwords, statistics collection, reboot-on-error, and remote Tel net login capability. See Section 4.3.1 “ General Management[...]

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    - 23 - F IGURE 4-3 G ENERAL S CREEN Use the following procedure to configure the gene ral management options. 4.3.1.1 Changing the System Name To change the system name: 1. From the General screen, highlight System Name and press the Enter key. The Enter System Name screen appea rs.[...]

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    - 24 - F IGURE 4-4 E NTER S YSTEM N AME 2. Enter a system name. If you make a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.2 Changing the Contact and Location To change the Contact and location: 1. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Contact or Location and press the Enter key. The foll[...]

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    - 25 - F IGURE 4-5 E NTER C ONT ACT AND L OCA TION 2. Enter a contact or location nam e. If you make a mistake, use the Bac kspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.3 Changing the Administration Password To change the administration pa ssword: 1. Use the Down Arro w key to highlight admin Password and pr[...]

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    - 26 - F IGURE 4-6 E NTER O LD P ASSWORD 2. Enter the current password. Each ch aracter you type appears as an a sterisk (*). If you make a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter . The Enter New Password screen appears. F IGURE 4-7 E NTER N EW P ASSWORD 4. Enter the new password. For security, each pa ssword characte r y[...]

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    - 27 - 5. Press Enter. A screen prompts you to reenter the ne w password. F IGURE 4-8 R EENTER N EW P ASSWORD 6. Reenter the new password you typed in step 4 and press Enter. The “ Password cha nged ” message appears, confirming that the ne w password is in effect. 7. Press Enter to remove the message and return to the General scree n . The adm[...]

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    - 28 - F IGURE 4-9 E NTER N EW P ASSWORD 2. Enter a new guest password. If you make a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.5 Statistic Collection The statistic collection function allows t he Switch to collect RMON and interface statistic d ata of each port. To enable or disable S[...]

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    - 29 - F IGURE 4-10 S T A TISTICS C OLLECTION O PTION S 2. Highlight one of the following choice s:  Disabled — prevents statistic collection to the Switch.  Enabled — allows statistic collection to the Switch. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.6 Reboot-On-Error To enable or disable Reboot-On -Error to the Sw itc h: 1.[...]

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    - 30 - F IGURE 4-1 1 2. Highlight one of the following choice s:  Disabled — prevents the Switch to aut omatically reset when a fatal error is detected. This setting is useful when a persistent problem needs to be repo rted.  Enabled — allows the Switch to automatically reset when a fatal error i s detected. 3. Press Enter to return to th[...]

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    - 31 - F IGURE 4-12 R EMOTE T ELNET L OGIN O PT IONS 2. Highlight one of the following choice s:  Disabled prevents remote Telnet logins to the Switch.  Enabled allows remote Telnet logins to t he Switch. This is the default setting. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.8 Remote Http Login To enable or disable the function of[...]

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    - 32 - F IGURE 4-13 R EMOTE HTTP L OGIN O PTIONS 2. Highlight one of the following choice s: Disable prevents remote HTTP login to the Switch. Enable allows remote HTTP login to the Switch. 3. Press Enter to go back to the General screen. 4.3.1.9 Returning to the Basic Management Scree n After completing the general management activities, pr ess th[...]

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    - 33 - F IGURE 4-14 LAN P ORT C ONFIGURA TIONS S CREEN Use the procedures in the following sections to c onfigure the LAN port config uration options for one or more ports:  Speed & Flow Control - see Section 4.3.2.1 “ Changi ng the Speed and Flow Contro l”.  Physical Addr es s - see Section 4.3.2.2 “ Displaying a Physical Po rt Add[...]

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    - 34 - F IGURE 4-15 2. To configure an individual port, highlight the port and press the Enter key. The Speed & Flow Cntl Options screen appears with the param eters for the port you selected. F IGURE 4-16 P ORT S ETTING O PTIONS 3. To change the line speed setting: a. Press Enter with the Line Speed value highlighted. The followin g Speed Opti[...]

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    - 35 - F IGURE 4-17 S PEED & F LOW C ONT ROL O PTION S  b. Highlight the line speed option you want to sele ct for the port.  Auto allows the Switch to automatically ascertain the line sp eed and duplex mode.  All the other selections force the Switch to use a specif ic line speed and duplex mode. Note: In the Speed Options screen, HD [...]

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    - 36 - F IGURE 4-18 F LOW C ONTROL b. Highlight the flow control opti on you want to select for the port.  Auto allows the Switch to automatically ascert ain whether or not to use flow control.  On enables flow control at all times.  Off disables flow control at all times. c. Press Esc . You return to the Speed & Flow Cntl Options scre[...]

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    - 37 - F IGURE 4-19 Using the L key, you can toggle thi s column so it is either displaye d or hidden. By default, it is displaye d. To hide it, press the L key. To redisplay it, press the L key again. 4.3.2.3 Displaying a Physical Port Address The following procedure describ es how to display a physical port addre ss. 1. From the LAN Port Co nfigu[...]

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    - 38 - Figure 4-20 2. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arro w keys to scroll up and down the list. 3. When you finish, press the Esc key to return to the LAN Port Configurations screen. 4.3.2.4 Returning to the Basic Management Scree n After completing the LAN port configuration activities, press the Esc key to exit the LAN Port Configurations screen and [...]

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    - 39 - F IGURE 4-21 C ONSOLE P ORT C ONFIGURA TIONS S CREEN Use the procedures in the followi ng sections to configure the Consol e Port Configuration options for one or more ports:  To change the console ba ud rate, see section 4.3.3.1 “ Changing the Console Baud Rate ”.  To change the console flow co ntrol setting, see section 4.3.3.2 ?[...]

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    - 40 - F IGURE 4-22 2. Highlight the baud rate you want to select for the console:  Auto allows the Switch to auto-baud between 9600 bps and 115,200 bps. If you ch oose this selection, choose the rest of your configuration selectio ns. Then, when you exit the configuration program, pre ss the Enter key one or more times until the Switch Login Pa[...]

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    - 41 - F IGURE 4-23 2. Highlight the flow control method you want to select for the console and press Enter . You return to the Console Port Configu rations screen and the con sole port flow control method you selecte d appears in the Flow Control field. 4.3.3.3 Enabling or Disabling Modem Control Options To enable or disable mode m control options[...]

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    - 42 - F IGURE 4-24 2. Highlight whether you want to enable or di sable a mo dem connection to the console p ort. 3. Press Enter . You return to the Console Port Configurations screen and the modem control option you selected appears in the Modem Co ntrol field. Note: If you enable a modem connection, procee d to section 4.3.3.4 “ Specifying a Mo[...]

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    - 43 - F IGURE 4-25 2. Highlight whether you want to use the default setup string or a custo m setup string. 3. Press the Enter key.  If you highlight Default Setup String , you return to the Console Port Configurations screen and the default modem string appears in the Modem Setup String field.  If you highlight Custom Setup String , enter t[...]

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    - 44 - F IGURE 4-26 Highlight whether you want SLIP enabled or disabl ed and press Enter . You return to the Console Port Configurations screen and the SLIP option you select ed appears in the SLIP field. Note: If you enable SLIP , a message tells you that the console port becomes accessible only throug h the SLIP protocol after you logout from the[...]

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    - 45 - F IGURE 4-27 If you enable SLIP , specify a SLIP address and subnet mask (see “ Specifying a SLIP Address ” and “ Specifying a SLIP Sub-net Mask ”). 4.3.3.6 Specifying a SLIP Address If you enabled SLIP, use the following procedure to enter a n address that has a network part different than the network address of the Switch. (For mo [...]

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    - 46 - F IGURE 4-28 2. Enter the SLIP address. The address consists of numbers separated by periods. For exam ple: 129.32.0.11 3. After you enter the SLIP address, press the Enter key. You return to the Consol e Port Configurations screen and your entry appears in the SLIP Address field. 4.3.3.7 Specifying a SLIP Subnet Mask If you are using SLIP, [...]

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    - 47 - F IGURE 4-28 2. Enter the SLIP subnet mask. The subnet mask consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 255.255.255.0 3. After you enter the SLIP subnet mask, press the Enter key. You return to the Console Port Configurations screen and your entry appears in the SLIP Subnet Mask field. 4.3.3.8 Returning to the Basic Management Scr[...]

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    - 48 - Chapter 5 Performing Advanced Management Activities Advanced management activities consist of the L2 sw itching data base, IP Networking, bridging, stati c filtering, spanning tree, SNMP, ot her protocols (GVR P and IGMP), Po rt Trunking, port mirroring, QoS Setup and File Transfer. To perform advance d management activities: 1. From the Swi[...]

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    - 49 -  SNMP — lets you view and change the SN MP configuratio n. See section 5.10 “SNMP Functions”.  Other Protocols — lets you view and change GVRP and IGMP settings. Refer to sectio n 5.11 “Other Protocols” .  Port Trunking — lets you assign a range of ports to trunking g roups. Refer to section 5.12 “Port Trunking” . [...]

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    - 50 - F IGURE 5-2 L2 S WITCHING D ATA B A SE S CREEN The Switch can be viewed from the four perspectives in the L2 Switching DataBase scre en in Figure 5-2:  VLAN & PVID Perspective see section 5.2 “VLAN & PVID Perspective”.  IP Multicast Group Perspectiv e — see section 5.3 “IP Multicast G roup Perspective”.  MAC Addres[...]

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    - 51 - 4. If the port in which the packet entered does not have membership with the VLAN sp ecified by the packets VLAN ID tag, the packet will be dropped. Port VLAN membership settings are changed in the VLAN settings page. 5. If the port has membership to the VLAN specified by the packet's VLAN ID, the packet will be able to be sent to other[...]

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    - 52 - F IGURE 5-3 VLAN P ERSP ECTIVE S CREEN 2. From this screen you can:  Create a new VLAN. See section 5.2.2.1 “Creating a New VLAN”.  Delete a VLAN ID. See section 5.2.2.2 “Deleting a VLAN ID”.  View VLAN activities. See section 5.2.2.3 “Viewing VLAN Activities”.  View or change a VLAN configuration. See section 5. 2.2.[...]

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    - 53 - F IGURE 5-4 N EW VLAN S ETTINGS SCREE N 2. With the highlight in the VLAN ID field, press the Enter key. The Enter New VLAN ID screen appears. F IGURE 5-5 3. Enter a new VLAN ID as between 2 ~ 4094 value. 4. Press Enter. The VLAN ID appears next to VLAN ID in the New VLAN Settings screen.[...]

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    - 54 - Note: “Remote” is app ended to the VLAN ID automatically if the VLAN is learn ed from a remote switch. 5. To enter an optional VLAN name, pe rform the follo wing steps. Note that the VLAN name is used to identify the VLAN at the local switch. a. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight VLAN Name . b. Press Enter. The Enter New VLAN Name scr[...]

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    - 55 - F IGURE 5-7 This screen lets you:  Add switch ports to a VLAN. See section 5.2.2.2 “ Adding New Switch Ports ”.  Delete switch ports from a VLAN. See section 5.2.2.3 “ Deleting a VLAN ID ”. 5.2.2.2 Adding New Switch Ports To add new switch ports to the newly created VLAN: 1. Hold down the Shift key and press + to display the Po[...]

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    - 56 - F IGURE 5-8 2. In the Port Options screen, highlight Untagged Ports , Tagged Ports , or Forbidden Ports and press the Enter key. If you highlight Untagged Ports , the screen window reads Select Untagged Ports , as in the following figure. F IGURE 5-9 If you highlight Tagged Ports , the screen window reads Select Tagged Por ts , as in the fol[...]

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    - 57 - F IGURE 5-10 If you highlight Forbidden Ports , the screen windo w reads Select Forbidden Ports , as in the following figure. F IGURE 5-1 1 3. In the Select Untagged Ports , Select Tagged Ports , or Select Forbidden Ports screen, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to hig hlight an individual port.[...]

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    - 58 - 4. Press Enter. An asterisk appears to the right of the port to show it is selected, as in the following figure. Repeat this step for each new port you want to add. Note: As a convenience, you can highlight All Ports to select all of the ports at one time. F IGURE 5-12 5. After selecting the new ports y ou want to add, press Esc. A scre en s[...]

  • Page 67

    - 59 - F IGURE 5-13 6. If you added untagged ports and want to now add tagged ports or forbidde n ports, or vice versa, repeat steps 1 through 5 and in step 2 select the appropriate port option. Note: To delete a switch port in the screen above, highlight the port and p ress the - (hyphen) key. A precautionary prompt doe s not appear before y ou de[...]

  • Page 68

    - 60 - F IGURE 5-14 5.2.2.3 Deleting a VLAN ID To delete a VLAN ID from the VLAN Perspective scre en: 1. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight the VLAN ID you want to delete. 2. Press the - (hyphen) key. A pre cautionary message asks wh ether you are sure you want to delet e the VLAN ID.[...]

  • Page 69

    - 61 - F IGURE 5-15 3. With Yes highlighted, press the Enter key to delete t he VLAN ID. Or to retain it, press the Esc key or highlight No and press Enter . 5.2.2.4 V iewing VLAN Activities The following procedure d escribes how to use the VLAN Perspective screen t o view activities for a particular VLAN. Using this procedure, you can view:  Ac[...]

  • Page 70

    - 62 - F IGURE 5-16 2. Press the Enter key. A screen similar to the followi ng appears. F IGURE 5-17 This screen shows all active VLAN domains fo r t he VLAN you selected. You can use the Up A rrow and Down Arrow keys to scroll through the list of dom ains associated with the selected VLAN. When you finish performing VLAN activities, press the E sc[...]

  • Page 71

    - 63 - 5.2.2.5 V iewing VLAN Settings Using the VLAN Configuration scree n, you can view VLAN settings. 1. From the VLAN Perspective screen, highlight an existing VLAN and press the Enter key. A screen similar to the following appears, with the highlight on VLAN Activ ities . F IGURE 5-18 2. Press the Up or Down Arrow key to highlight VLAN Settings[...]

  • Page 72

    - 64 - F IGURE 5-19 4. From this screen, you can add switch p orts to or delete them from any VLAN except the default VLAN. The controls for adding and deleting ports d o not display for the default VLAN. 5.2.2.6 Adding Ports To add ports to a VLAN: 1. From the screen above, hol d down the Shift key and pre ss + . The Port Options screen appea rs.[...]

  • Page 73

    - 65 - F IGURE 5-20 2. Select either untagged or tagged port s . To select untagged ports: a. Highlight Untagged Ports and press Enter. The Select Untagged Ports screen appears, with a list of the untagged ports that are not in use. Initially, there are 16 untagged ports you can select; this number decreases a s you use untagged ports in your VLANs[...]

  • Page 74

    - 66 - port you select. (To deselect it, press Enter again to remove the asterisk.) To configure all ports, highlight All Ports and press Enter. c. Press Esc. The port(s) you sele cted appear in the previous screen. To select tagged ports: a. Highlight Tagged Ports and press Enter. The Sele ct Tagged Ports screen a ppears, with a list of the tagged[...]

  • Page 75

    - 67 - F IGURE 5-23 b. To configure an individual port, highlight it and press Enter. An asterisk appears next to each port you select. (To deselect it, press Enter again to remove the asterisk.) To configure all ports, highlight All Ports and press Enter. c. Press Esc. The port(s) you sele cted appear in the previous screen. 3. When you finish, pr[...]

  • Page 76

    - 68 - VLAN-untagged packets. The switch will also un-tag the VLAN ID fr om outgoing packets if the port’s PVID is the same as the outgoing packet’s VLAN ID. If you want to configure the PVID, highlight PVID setting from the VLAN & PVID Perspective screen and press Enter. The followin g screen will appear: F IGURE 5-24 The following steps w[...]

  • Page 77

    - 69 - 2. Enter a decimal number in the Enter New PVID col umn. Then press Enter. F IGURE 5-26 Note: Even though you have sp ecified the port to be t agged po rt for the VLAN ID, the Switch will still untagged the packets if the PVID setting is the sam e as the VLAN ID. If your network is wi th multiple switches, organize the VLAN groups before set[...]

  • Page 78

    - 70 - IGMP provides the final step in an IP m ulticast pack et delivery se rvice since it is only concerned with the forwarding of multicast traffic from the loca l router to group members on dire ctly attached subnetworks. The Switch suppo rt IP Multicast Filtering by:  Passively snooping on the IGMP Query and IGMP Report packets tra nsferred [...]

  • Page 79

    - 71 - F IGURE 5-27 Note: If IGMP is disabled, the message IGMP Currently Disabled appears instead of the scree n above. To correct this, use Other Protocols in the Advanced Ma nagement menu to set IGMP to either Passive or Activ e (see “Other Protocols” ) 2. To obtain an IP multicast group perspective for one of the addre sses in t he screen a[...]

  • Page 80

    - 72 - F IGURE 5-28 3. To view the VLAN and IP multicast group address es associated with the MAC addres s, highlight a host in the Hosts screen and press Ent er. A VL AN/IP Multicast Group Membership screen similar to the following appears. F IGURE 5-29 4. Use the Up and Down A rrow keys to scroll throug h the VLAN/IP Multicast Group Memb ership s[...]

  • Page 81

    - 73 - 5. When you finish, press Esc until you return to the desired screen. 5.4 MAC Address Perspective The MAC address perspective lets you view all characte ristics associated with a MAC address, corresponding VLANs, and corresp onding ports in the Switching databa se. To obtain a MAC address p erspective: 1. From the L2 Switching DataBase scree[...]

  • Page 82

    - 74 - F IGURE 5-31 4. Use the Up and Down A rrow keys to scroll throug h the VLAN/IP Multicast Group Memb ership screen. 5. When you finish, press the Esc key to return to the de sired screen. 5.5 Port Perspective The port perspective lets you view VLAN activities port statistics, and per-port MAC limits. To obtain a port perspective: 1. From the [...]

  • Page 83

    - 75 - F IGURE 5-32 2. To view per-port VLAN a c tivities, highlight Pe r Port VLAN Activities, press the Enter key, and proceed to section 5.5.1 . 3. To view per-port statistics, highlight Per Port Statistics, press the Enter key, and proceed to section 5.5.2 . 5.5.1 Per Port VLAN Activities This option allows you to view MAC address an d VLAN on [...]

  • Page 84

    - 76 - F IGURE 5-33 1. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow key s to highlight the port number whose correspondi ng VLANs activities you want to view. 2. Press the Enter key. A screen similar to the following appears, with a list of the MAC addresse s for the selected VLAN and the correspondi ng VLAN memberships. F IGURE 5-34[...]

  • Page 85

    - 77 - 5.5.2 Scrolling Through MAC Addresses To scroll through the list of active MAC addresses co rresponding to the selected port: 1. If the MAC Addresses screen is not the curre n t screen, press the Tab key until it becomes the current screen. The status bar at the bottom of the screen acquires the <Enter>View and <s>Search function[...]

  • Page 86

    - 78 - letters A and B. F IGURE 5-36 Using the L key, you can toggle this column so it is ei ther displayed or hidden. By default, it is displayed. To hide it, press the L key. To redisplay it, press the L key agai n. 5.5.4 Per Port Statistics If you select Per Port Statistics from the Port Perspective screen, a screen similar to the following Per [...]

  • Page 87

    - 79 - F IGURE 5-37 1. To reset counters for all ports, pre ss R. T hen, when the followin g screen appears, hi ghlight Yes and press Enter to reset the counters, Or highlight No and press Enter to not reset them. F IGURE 5-38 2. To view statistics for a port, use th e Up and Do wn Arrow keys to highlight the desired port, then press the Enter key.[...]

  • Page 88

    - 80 - F IGURE 5-39 3. To reset counters for the port in the sc reen above, press R. The following screen appears. F IGURE 5-40 4. With Yes highlighted, press the Enter key to reset the counters. Or to retain them, press the Esc key or highlight No and press Enter.[...]

  • Page 89

    - 81 - 5.5.5 Per Port Mac Limit This option allows you to specify the maximum numbe r of MAC addresses on each po rt. If you select Per Port MAC Limit from the Port Perspective screen, a screen similar to the following one appears. F IGURE 5-41 1. To specify MAC learning options for a MAC port, use the Up and Down Arrow keys to hig hlight a port, t[...]

  • Page 90

    - 82 - 2. Highlight the desired option, then pre ss Enter . 3. If you selected Set Learning Limit , the Enter New Limi t screen appears. F IGURE 5-43 4. Type the new limit, and press Enter. 5.5.6 Returning to the Advanced Management Screen After completing the L2 switching d a tabase activities, press the Esc key to return to the Advanced Managemen[...]

  • Page 91

    - 83 - F IGURE 5-44 IP N ETWORKING S CREEN From the IP networking screen, you can:  View or change IP and RI P settings. See section 5.6.1 “ IP and RIP Settings ”.  Add, delete, and search ARP table entries. See section 5.6.2 “ ARP Table Setting ”.  View, add, delete or search a particular routing path. See section 5.6.3 “ Routin[...]

  • Page 92

    - 84 - The RIP protocol is the most widely use d rout ing protocol. The RIP protocol use s a distance vector-based approach to routing. Rou tes are det ermined on the basis of minimizing the distance vector, or hop count, which serves as a rough e stimate of transmission cost. Each router broadcast s its advertisement every 30 seconds, tog ether wi[...]

  • Page 93

    - 85 - F IGURE 5-45 To modify the settings shown: 1. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight th e row that contains the p arameters you want to change, and then press Enter. A scree n similar to the fo llowing appears, with the highlight in the IP Address field. The available options are:  IP Address: The IP address of the Switch for this VLAN.  [...]

  • Page 94

    - 86 -  Use Broadcast/Multicast : Specify how the routing table is sent out. RIP-1 can only use broadcast. RIP-2 can use multicast to reduce network traffic.  Advertise Routes: Enable or disable t he Switch to advertise its own routing table.  Advertise Default Rout e: Enable or disable the Switch to advertise its own default route.  Ac[...]

  • Page 95

    - 87 - 5.6.2 ARP Table Setting If you select ARP Table from the IP Networking scre en in Figure 5-47, an ARP Table screen similar to the following appears with the ARP table entries that have been already define d or learned. F IGURE 5-47 From this screen, you can:  Add static entries to the ARP table. See section 5.6.2.1 “ Adding Static ARP T[...]

  • Page 96

    - 88 - F IGURE 5-48 2. Press the Enter key. The Ente r Internet Addre ss screen appears. F IGURE 5-49 3. Type an Internet address. The a ddress consists of numbers sepa rated by periods. For example: 203.70.249.5. When you finish, p ress Enter. T he Internet address you typed appears n ext to Internet Address in the Static ARP Specifications screen[...]

  • Page 97

    - 89 - 4. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Physical Address and press Enter. The Enter P hysical Address screen appears. F IGURE 5-50 5. Type the corresponding physic al address and pre ss Enter. The physi cal address you t yped appears next to Physical Address in the Static ARP Specificatio ns screen. 6. Press Esc. The Internet and physical a[...]

  • Page 98

    - 90 - F IGURE 5-51 7. To add more static ARP table entries, repeat steps 1 through 6. When you finish, press Esc to return to the ARP Table screen. 5.6.2.2 Deleting Static ARP T able Entries If you no longer need a static entry in the ARP table, use the following procedure to delete it. There is no precautionary message that appears before you d e[...]

  • Page 99

    - 91 - F IGURE 5-52 2. Highlight either Internet Address or Physical Address and press the Enter key. You are prompted for an IP or physical ad dress. 3. Enter the IP or physical addre ss you are searching and pre ss Ente r. The address you want to view is highlighted. 4. When you finish viewing the information, press the Esc key until you return t[...]

  • Page 100

    - 92 - F IGURE 5-53 The Routing Table allows you to view, add, delete, or search a particul ar routing path. Table 5-1 identifies the columns in this screen. T ABLE 5-1. R OUTING T ABLE C OLUMNS Column Description Network The IP Subnetwork addre ss to whic h the Switch can route packets. Mask The related IP Subnetwork Mask to wh ich the Switch can [...]

  • Page 101

    - 93 - NetMgmt A routing entry set via SNMP. ICMP A routing entry obtained via ICMP redirect. RIP A routing entry learned via the RIP protocol. Other A protocol other than one of the other four listed abo ve. From the Routing Table screen, you can:  Add entries to the Routing table. See section 5.6.3.1 “ Adding Routi ng Table Entries ”.  [...]

  • Page 102

    - 94 - F IGURE 5-55 If you selected Static Route , the following screen appe ars. At each field, press Enter, type the appropriate parameter, and press Enter again. Use the Up and Down Arro w keys to move between fields. Then proceed to step 3. F IGURE 5-56 3. After entering default gateway or static route parame ters, press Esc. The parameters you[...]

  • Page 103

    - 95 - appear in the Routing Table scree n. 5.6.3.2 Deleting Routing T able Entries If you no longer need an entry in the routing table, u se the following procedure to delete it. T here is no precautionary message that appe ars before you delet e an entry in the routing table, so be sure you want to delete the entry before doing so. 1. From the Ro[...]

  • Page 104

    - 96 - 5.6.4 DHCP Gateway Settings If you highlight DHCP Gate w ay Settings from the IP Networking screen a nd press the Enter key, a DHCP Gateway Settings screen similar to the followin g appears. F IGURE 5-58 In this screen:  VLAN ID shows the IDs of the VL ANs that have been defined.  IP Address shows the corresponding IP addresses of the [...]

  • Page 105

    - 97 - F IGURE 5-59 2. To add a relay IP, hold down the Shift key and press + . A screen si milar to the following appears. F IGURE 5-60 3. Highlight the appropriate interface, or highlight All Interfaces . Press Esc. A screen similar to the following appears.[...]

  • Page 106

    - 98 - F IGURE 5-61 4. With the highlight on DHCP Gate w ay , press Enter. The following screen appears. F IGURE 5-62 5. Highlight Enabled and press Enter to enable the DHCP gateway. 6. Press the Down Arrow key and press Enter to configure the maximum numb er of hops. When the following screen appears, type a decima l number and press Ente r.[...]

  • Page 107

    - 99 - F IGURE 5-63 7. Press the Down Arrow key and press Enter to configure th e delay. When the following screen appears, type the delay, in se conds, and press Ente r. F IGURE 5-64 8. Press the Down Arrow key and press Enter to specify the preferred server. When the following screen appears, type the IP address, and pre ss Enter.[...]

  • Page 108

    - 100 - F IGURE 5-65 9. To specify up to three more preferred servers, do so in the remaini ng Preferred Field options. 10. When you finish, pre ss Esc. The DHCP Gateway Settings screen appears with the parameters you specified. 11. To define additional DHCP gatew ays, repeat steps 1 through 10. 12. When you finish defining DHCP gateways, pr ess Es[...]

  • Page 109

    - 101 - F IGURE 5-66 To change the ping settings: 1. Press Enter. The Enter IP Address screen app ears. F IGURE 5-67 2. Type the IP address of the serv e r you want to ping. The addres s consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 129.32.0.11[...]

  • Page 110

    - 102 - 3. Press Enter. 4. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Count and p r ess Enter. The Enter Packet Count screen appears. F IGURE 5-68 5. Type a packet count number from 1 to 999, or type 0 for an infinite packet count. Press Enter. 6. Highlight Size <mbytes> and press Enter. The Enter Packet Size screen appears.[...]

  • Page 111

    - 103 - F IGURE 5-69 7. Type the packet size, from 0 to 1500, then press Enter. 8. Highlight Timeout <sec> and press Enter. The Enter Timeout screen appears. F IGURE 5-70 9. Type a timeout value, from 0 to 999, and press Enter.[...]

  • Page 112

    - 104 - 10. When you finish specifying the ping parameters, press Esc start pinging a remote IP address. 11. Press Esc again until the IP Networking screen appears. 5.7 Bridging If you select Bridging from the Advanced Management screen, the following Bridging Param eters screen appears. F IGURE 5-71 1. To change the MAC address table agin g time, [...]

  • Page 113

    - 105 - F IGURE 5-72 2. To set no aging time, highlight No Aging and press t he Enter key. Otherwise, highlight Set Aging Time to display the following screen. Then enter a n aging time and press the Enter key. F IGURE 5-73 3. Flood limit option restrict the num ber of desti nation MAC address unknown packets. To set the flood limit for all ports, [...]

  • Page 114

    - 106 - F IGURE 5-74 4. To set an unl imited flood limit, highlight Unlimited and press the Enter key. Otherwise, highlight Set Flood Limit to display the following scree n. Then enter a flood limit and press the Enter key. F IGURE 5-75 5. Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. Note: The rate for flooding limit is cont rolled by [...]

  • Page 115

    - 107 - recommend keep the value as default - unlimited. Non-flooding or other value will affect the overall Switch performance as a result i n some case. 5.8 Static Filtering If you select Static Filtering from the Advanced Manag ement screen, the following Static Filtering screen appears, with Source MAC Add ress Out-Filters highlighted. F IGURE [...]

  • Page 116

    - 108 - F IGURE 5-77 2. To access destinati on MAC addresses, select Desti nation MAC Address Out-Filters and pre ss Enter. The DST MAC Out-Filter screen appears. F IGURE 5-78 3. From either of these screens, you can:  Hold down the Shift key and press + to add a specific MAC add ress to be filtered.  Press - (hy phen) to delete a specific MA[...]

  • Page 117

    - 109 - precautionary message tha t appears before you del ete a MAC address. The refore, be sure you want to delete the address before doing so.  Press S to search through the list of MAC addre sses in the static filteri ng database. The static filtering database maximum capacity is 64. 4. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to [...]

  • Page 118

    - 1 10 - F IGURE 5-80 3. From this screen, you can:  Hold down the Shift key and press + to add a specific MAC address to be filtered.  Press - (hyphen) to del ete a specific MAC addr ess from being filtered. There is no precautionary message tha t appears before you del ete a MAC address. The refore, be sure you want to delete the address be[...]

  • Page 119

    - 1 1 1 - F IGURE 5-81 S PA N N I N G T REE P ROTOCO L S CREEN 5.9.1 Spanning Tree Protocol Configurations If you highlight Spanning Tree Configurations in the Spannin g Tree Protocol screen (see Figure 5-81 ) and press the Enter key, a Spanning Tree Protocol Config uration screen similar to the followin g appears. The top half of this screen displ[...]

  • Page 120

    - 1 12 - F IGURE 5-82 To modify the selections shown: 1. With the highlight in the Spanning Tree Protocol field, press Enter. The followi ng choices appear. F IGURE 5-83 2. Select either Disabled or Enabled and press Enter . Your selection appears n ext to Spanning Tree Protocol .[...]

  • Page 121

    - 1 13 - 3. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Bridge Priority and press Enter . The Enter Bridge Priority screen appears. Bridge priority is used in se lecting the root device, root port, and designated port. The device with the highest priority becomes the ST A root device. However, if all devices have the same priority, the device with the lowe[...]

  • Page 122

    - 1 14 - F IGURE 5-85 6. Type a decimal number for the hello time and press Enter. The decima l value you typed appears next to Hello Time . 7. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Max Age and press Enter. The Enter Max Age screen appears. This is the maximum time (in seconds) a device c an wait without receiving a configuration message before attem[...]

  • Page 123

    - 1 15 - F IGURE 5-86 8. Enter the maximum aging time, in seconds. Then press Enter. The value you typed app ears next to Max Age (sec ). 9. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight For w ard Delay and press Enter . The Enter For w ard Delay screen appears. This is the maximum time (in seconds) the root device will wait before changing states (that is, [...]

  • Page 124

    - 1 16 - F IGURE 5-87 10. Enter the forward delay time, in seconds. Then press Enter. The value you typed appea rs next to Forward Delay (sec) . 11. Press the Esc key to return to the Spanning Tree Protocol screen. 5.9.2 Spanning Tree Port States If you highlight Spanning Tree Port States in the S panning Tree Protocol screen an d press the Enter k[...]

  • Page 125

    - 1 17 - F IGURE 5-88 To change the administration statu s: 1. Use the Up and Down Arrow key s to highlight the port whose selections you want to change. 2. Press the Enter key. The Admi n Status Option s screen appears. F IGURE 5-89 3. Enable or disable the selected port:[...]

  • Page 126

    - 1 18 -  To manually enable the selected port, highlight Up and press En ter.  To manually disable the selected port, highlight Down and press Enter. (To re-enable the po rt, repeat steps 1 through 3 and sel ect Up in step 3.) Your selection appears next to the selected po rt. 4. To change the administration statu s options for other ports, [...]

  • Page 127

    - 1 19 - F IGURE 5-90 To change the costs in the Spanning T ree Path Costs screen: 1. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow key s to hi ghlight the port whose Spanning Tree path costs you want to change or highlight All Ports . 2. Press the Enter key. The En ter Path Cost screen ap pears. F IGURE 5-91 3. Enter a new path cost, then press Enter. The new S[...]

  • Page 128

    - 120 - selected port. 4. To change the Spanning Tree path costs fo r other ports, repeat ste ps 1 through 3. 5. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. Note: This screen al so lets you use the L switch to toggle the Port column, as described under Section 4.3.5.3 “Hiding or Displaying the Port Col umn”. 5.9.4[...]

  • Page 129

    - 121 - 2. Press Enter. The Enter Port Priority screen appears. F IGURE 5-93 3. Type a port priority, from 0 to 255, and press Ente r. A low value gives the port a greater likelihood of becoming a Root port. 4. To change the priorities of ot her ports, repeat ste ps 1 through 3. 5. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired [...]

  • Page 130

    - 122 - following SNMP Configurations screen appears, with the SNMP value highlighted. F IGURE 5-94 The SNMP Configurations screen lets you view all SNMP-relate d information. As this screen shows, the factory-default SNMP value is Disab led and the factory-default Community Name value is public . To change a value: 1. With the SNMP field highlight[...]

  • Page 131

    - 123 - F IGURE 5-95 2. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appears n ext to SNMP . 3. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Get Community Name and press Enter. The Enter Get Community Name screen appears. F IGURE 5-96 4. Type a get community name and pre ss Enter. The get community name you typed appears n ext to[...]

  • Page 132

    - 124 - Get Community Na me . 5. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Set Community Name and press Enter. The Enter Set Community Name screen appears. F IGURE 5-97 6. Type a set community name and p r ess Enter. T he set community name you typed appears next to Set Community Name . 7. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Trap Community Name and press[...]

  • Page 133

    - 125 - F IGURE 5-98 8. Type a trap community name and press Enter. The set community name you typed appears next to Trap Community Name . 9. To specify up to four additional trap community name s, repeat steps 7 and 8. 10. To specify a trap host IP address, use the Down Arrow key to high-light Trap Host 1 IP Ad dress and press Enter. The Enter Tra[...]

  • Page 134

    - 126 - F IGURE 5-99 11. Type an IP address for trap host 1. The address consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 129.32.0.11 12. Press Enter. The IP addr ess you typed appears next to Trap Host 1 IP Address . 13. To specify up to four additional trap community names, repeat steps 10 through 12. 14. To change the cold start trap setti[...]

  • Page 135

    - 127 - F IGURE 5-100 15. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appears n ext to Cold Start Trap . 16. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Warm Start Trap and press the Enter key. The Trap Options screen appears. F IGURE 5-101 17. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Enable this option allow the S witch to send trap to[...]

  • Page 136

    - 128 - the IP address after the Switch is r ebooted. Your selection ap pears next to Warm Start Trap . 18. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Link Dow n Trap and press the Enter key. The Trap Options screen appears. F IGURE 5-102 19. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appears n ext to Link Down Trap . 20. Press the Down [...]

  • Page 137

    - 129 - F IGURE 5-103 21. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appears n ext to Link Up Trap . 22. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Authen tication Failure Trap and press the Enter key. A Trap Options screen simila r to the following appears. F IGURE 5-104 23. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection app[...]

  • Page 138

    - 130 - Failure Trap . 24. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Rising Alarm Trap and press the Enter key. A Trap Options screen similar to the following appears. F IGURE 5-105 25. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appears n ext to Rising Alarm Trap . 26. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Falling Alarm Trap and press t[...]

  • Page 139

    - 131 - F IGURE 5-106 27. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appears n ext to Falling Alarm Trap . 28. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Topology Change Trap and press the Enter key. A Trap Options screen similar to the one belo w appears. F IGURE 5-107 29. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appea[...]

  • Page 140

    - 132 - Trap . 30. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. 5.1 1 Stacking Select Stacking from the Advanced Management screen to c onf igure the stacking function. Y ou will receive a Stacking screen as shown in the followi ng. F IGURE 5-105 S T ACKI NG S CREEN Stacking Basic Setting enables you to set stack ID, s[...]

  • Page 141

    - 133 - F IGURE 5-105 S TACKING B ASIC S ETTING  Current Stack Size shows the number of stacked switches. Master Switch ID shows the number of master switch.  The value of Stack ID, Stack Size, and Switch ID is: 1. Stack ID: 0~65535 2. Stack Size: 2~8 3. Switch ID: 0~6553 5 1. Before you start to change the stackin g parameter s, the stacking[...]

  • Page 142

    - 134 - F IGURE 5-106 3. Use the down arrow key to move to the column of Stack Size. Press Enter and the Enter Stack Size column will appear. Type in the value y ou want to change. Then p ress Enter. F IGURE 5-107 4. Use the down arrow key to move to the column of Switch ID. Press Enter and the Enter Switch I D screen will appear. Type in the value[...]

  • Page 143

    - 135 - F IGURE 5-108 5. Use the down arrow key to move to the column of Stack Port. Press Enter and the Select Stack Ports screen will appear. Select the port you want to connect to other switche s as a stack port. Then press Enter. An asterisk ma rk will appear to the port you select. F IGURE 5-109 Press ESC. The selected port will appear in the [...]

  • Page 144

    - 136 - F IGURE 5-110 6. Use Up or Down arrow key to highlight the St acking field. Press Enter and the Stack Options will appear. Highlight Enabled and press En ter. F IGURE 5-111 7. Repeat step 1~5 to configure other switches to be stacked. Note that t he Stack ID should be the same. The Switch IDs should be set different.[...]

  • Page 145

    - 137 - 8. After enabling the stacking, the current Stack Si ze and Master Switch ID will be shown as below. The function of stacking is completed. F IGURE 5-112 Note: After stacking is set up, configu ration must be ex ecuted in the maste r switch. It is recommended to re-view the whole stack like “stack ID”, “Switch ID” before enable the [...]

  • Page 146

    - 138 - F IGURE 5-113 1. Select VLAN ID and press Enter. The VLAN Stack IP Settings screen will appea r. F IGURE 5-114 2. Highlight IP Address colum n and press Ente r. The Enter IP Address screen will appea r.[...]

  • Page 147

    - 139 - F IGURE 5-115 3. Type the IP address and Net Mask and pre ss Enter. The setting is done. F IGURE 5-116 4. Press ESC to go back to the Stacking screen.[...]

  • Page 148

    - 140 - 5.11.3 Stack Port Mapping From the Stacking screen, highlight Stack Po rt Mapping and press Enter. The following screen will appear. The table shows the status of all stacked switch. F IGURE 5-117 After stacking is successful, t he number of all ports of Switch 2 will be added bey ond 26. For example, port 25 and 26 in Switch 2 will be desi[...]

  • Page 149

    - 141 - F IGURE 5-1 18 O THER P ROTOCOL S ETTINGS S CREEN In addition to network manageme nt tools that allow n etwork administrators t o statically add and del ete VLAN member ports, the Routing Switch suppor ts GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP ). GVRP supports the dynamic regi st ration of VLAN port members within a switch and across multipl[...]

  • Page 150

    - 142 - F IGURE 5-1 19 2. To change the IGMP setting, highlight IGMP and press Enter. When the following screen appears, highlight the desired setting and press Enter. F IGURE 5-120 3. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. Note: To understand th e IGMP options Passive Mode a nd Active Mode, refer to Section 5.3 [...]

  • Page 151

    - 143 - 5.13 Port T runking Using Port T runking from the Advanced Management scree n, you can associate ports with trunk groups. 1. From the Advanced Management scre en, highlight Port T runking and press the Enter key . Y ou will receive a screen as shown in Figure 5-107. F IGURE 5-121 P ORT T RUNKING 2. Highlighting the trunk group to which you [...]

  • Page 152

    - 144 - F IGURE 5-122 3. Highlight the range of ports you want to associate wit h the trunk group, then press Enter . F IGURE 5-123 4. For each trunk you want to select, highlighting it and press Enter . An asterisk will appe ar next to the selected port. For trunk 27/28, maximum 4 ports can be inclu ded in a trunk.[...]

  • Page 153

    - 145 - F IGURE 5-124 5. Press Esc when you finish selecting ports. The T runk Group will present the selected ports as shown be low . F IGURE 5-125 6. To set other Trunks, repeat step 1~ 5 to config ure. 7. Press ESC to go back to the Advanced Management screen.[...]

  • Page 154

    - 146 - 5.14 Port Mirroring Using Port Mirroring from the Advanced Management screen, you can mi rror one port to another. Note: Only WGSW-2402A support s this function. 1. From the Advanced M anagement screen, highlight Port Mirroring and press t he Enter key. The screen in Figure 5-126 ap pears. F IGURE 5-126 P ORT M IRRORING S CREEN 2. Highlight[...]

  • Page 155

    - 147 - F IGURE 5-127 3. With the high light on Mirror To , press the Enter key. A Mirror Options scree n appears, listing the ports that can be mirrored to. F IGURE 5-128 4. Press the Down Arrow key to high light the port you want to mirror to, then press Enter. The port you selected appears next to Mirror To in the Port Mirroring Options scre en.[...]

  • Page 156

    - 148 - 5. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Mirror From and press the Enter key. A Mirror Options screen similar to the one above app ears, without the port you selected as the Mirror To port. 6. Press the Down Arrow key to hi ghlight the po rt you want to mirro r from, and the n press Enter. The port you selected appears next to Mirror From i[...]

  • Page 157

    - 149 - F IGURE 5-130 10. Press the Esc key. Your select ions appear in the first screen. F IGURE 5-131 11. To mirror additional ports, repeat steps 2 through 10. 12. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen.[...]

  • Page 158

    - 150 - 13. If you want to delete the trunk configur ation, please select the trunk and press – to delete. Note: Thi s screen also lets you use the L swit ch to toggle the ports, as described under Section 4.3.5.3 “Hiding or Displaying the Port Colum n ” . 5.15 Setting Quality of Service Parameters 5.15.1 Basic concept 5.15.1.1 QoS model Qual[...]

  • Page 159

    - 151 - P2 6.25% e-mail Web research P1 6.25% P0 (Lowest) 6.25% Casual web browsing Total 100% Note: Low Drop Subclass - If class is oversubscribed, these packets ar e the last to be dropped. High Drop Subclass - If class is oversubscribed, the se packets are the first to be dropped. T ABLE 5- 3 M EGABIT P ORT Q O S C LASS Sample Application Class [...]

  • Page 160

    - 152 - encounter frame loss, and the first to be discarded will be high-drop. Of course, if this is insufficient t o resolve the congestion, eventually some low-drop frames a re dropped as well. Above tables also show tha t different types of applications may be placed in different boxes in t he traffic table. For example, web search may fit into [...]

  • Page 161

    - 153 - In the fourth profile mode, all queues ar e served using a WFQ service discipline. 5.15.1.3 Delay Bound In the absence of a sophist icated QoS server and sig naling protocol, the Switch may not kno w the mix of incoming traffic ahead of time. To cope with this unce rtainty, the del ay assurance algorithm dynamically adjusts its scheduling a[...]

  • Page 162

    - 154 - 5.15.1.5 Weighted F air Queuing In some environments – for example, in an environm ent in which delay assurances are no t required, but precise bandwidth partitioning on small time scales is essential, WFQ may be preferable to a delay-bounded scheduli ng discipline. The Switch pr ovides the user with a WFQ option with the understanding th[...]

  • Page 163

    - 155 - below full wire speed. Note that the rate contro l function does not shape or ma nipulate any particular traffic class. Furthermore, though the average rate of the port can be controlled with this function, the peak rate will still be full line rate. Two traffic types are allowed: Streaming and Bursting. Bursting restrict its average rate i[...]

  • Page 164

    - 156 - 5.15.1.10 Mapping to IETF Diffserv Classes The mapping between priority classes di scussed in this chapter and elsewhere is shown b elow. T ABLE 5-6 M APPING B ETWEEN TH E S WITCH AND IETF D IFFSER V C LASSES Gigabit Port P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P0 Megabit Port P3 P2 P1 P0 IETF NM EF AF0 AF1 AF2 AF3 BE0 BE1 As the table illustrates, P7 is used[...]

  • Page 165

    - 157 -  Traffic from flow control enabl ed ports automatically classified as BE 5.15.2 Configure QoS parameter Using QoS Setup from the Advanced Manageme nt screen, you can configure the Switch to use various Quality of Service (QoS) param eters. 1. From the Advanced Management screen, highlight QoS Setup and press the Enter key. The QoS menu a[...]

  • Page 166

    - 158 -  For rate control parameters, refer to Section 5.15.2.6 “Rate Control” . 5.15.2.1 Setting Global Settings To set global settings: 1. From the QoS menu, highlight Global Settings and press th e Enter key. The Global Setting menu appears. F IGURE 5-133 2. Press the Enter key. The QoS menu appears.[...]

  • Page 167

    - 159 - F IGURE 5-134 3. Highlight wh ether you want QoS statu s to be en abled or disabled, then press th e Enter key. Your selection appears next to QoS Status . 4. With the highlight on Diffserv Expedite Forwarding , press the Enter key. The Diffserv Expedite Forwarding screen appears. F IGURE 5-135[...]

  • Page 168

    - 160 - 5. Highlight whether you want to enable or disa ble DiffServ Expedite Forwarding, and then press th e Enter key. Your selection appea rs next to DiffServ Expedite. 6. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Tos/VLAN Tag . 7. Press the Enter key. The ToS/ VLAN Priority Tag menu appe ars. F IGURE 5-136 8. Highlight the desired setting, then pre[...]

  • Page 169

    - 161 - F IGURE 5-137 11. To change the low-drop percent age, press the Enter key with Low Drop Percentage highlighted . The following screen appears. F IGURE 5-138 12. Levels 1 and 3 remain fixed at 0% and 100%, resp ectively. To change the percentage for level 2, highlight Level 2 and press Enter. The f ollowing options appear.[...]

  • Page 170

    - 162 - F IGURE 5-139 13. Highlight the appropriate percentage and press Enter. 14. Press the Esc key to return to the WRED Drop Priority screen. 15. To change the high-drop percentage, press the Do wn Arrow key to highlight High Drop Percentage , then press the Enter key. The followi ng screen appears. F IGURE 5-140[...]

  • Page 171

    - 163 - 16. Level 3 remains fixed at 100%. To cha nge the percentage for level 1 or 2, highlight Level 1 or Level 2 and press Enter. The following options appear. F IGURE 5-141 17. Highlight the appropriate percentage and press Enter. 18. Press the Esc key to return to the WRED Drop Priority screen. 19. Press the Esc key to return to the QoS screen[...]

  • Page 172

    - 164 - F IGURE 5-142 The Logical Port menu lets you set parameters for a user-defined port, a well-kno wn port, and a port range. This allows the Switch to specify the packets’ drop and transmit priority based on layer 4 TCP/UDP port number.  To set parameters for a user-defined port, refer to Section 5.15.2.2.1 “User-Defined Port” .  [...]

  • Page 173

    - 165 - F IGURE 5-143 1. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight the appropriat e port, and then press the Enter key. The User-Define menu appears fo r the port you selected. F IGURE 5-144 2. With the highlight on Port Number , press the Enter key. The po rt Number screen ap pears under the User Defined port 2 screen.[...]

  • Page 174

    - 166 - F IGURE 5-145 3. Type a port number, in decimal notation, and press the Enter key. The port number you typed appears next to Port Number . 4. Press the Down Arro w key to highlight Drop Priority , and then pre ss the Enter key. The Drop Priority menu appears. F IGURE 5-146 5. Highlight whether the drop priority should be low or high, a nd t[...]

  • Page 175

    - 167 - selection appears next to Drop Priority . 6. Press the Down A rrow key to highlight Transmit Priority , and then press t he Enter key. The Transmit Priority menu appears. F IGURE 5-147 7. Highlight the desired transmit priority, then press the Enter key. The transmit priority you selected appears next to Transmit Priority . 8. Use the Down [...]

  • Page 176

    - 168 - F IGURE 5-148 9. Highlight whether the port status should be enabled or disabled, then press the Enter key. Your selection appears next to Port Status . 10. Press the Esc key to return to the User-Define Port Index Screen. 11. To define parameters for another port, repeat steps 3 through 12. 12. When you finish defining parameters, pres s E[...]

  • Page 177

    - 169 - F IGURE 5-149 2. The Well-Known Port Index screen works the same way the User-Define Port Index Screen works, except that the well-known port number is pre -configured and cannot be changed. For more information, refer to Section 4.4.19.3 “User-Defined Port” . 5.15.2.2.3 Range Port To select a port range: 1. From the Logic Port menu, pr[...]

  • Page 178

    - 170 - F IGURE 5-150 2. To change the low port number, press the Enter key with the highlight on Low Port Number . When the Low Port Number screen appears, type the low port number, in decimal notation, and press Enter. The low port number you typed appears next to Lo w Port Number . F IGURE 5-151 3. To change the high port number, pres s the Down[...]

  • Page 179

    - 171 - press the Enter key. When the High Port Num ber screen appears, type the hig h port number, in decimal notation, and pres s Enter. The high port number you typed app ears next to High Port Number . F IGURE 5-152 4. To change the drop priority setting, press the Down Arrow key to high-light Drop Priority , then press the Enter key. When the [...]

  • Page 180

    - 172 - F IGURE 5-153 5. To change the transmit priority setting, press the Do wn Arrow key to highlight Transmit Priority , then press the Enter key. When the Transmit Priori ty scree n appears, highlight the desired pri ority and press the Enter key. Your selection appears next to Transmit Priority . F IGURE 5-154 6. Press the Esc key until you r[...]

  • Page 181

    - 173 - 5.15.2.3 Specifying the QoS VLAN Priority To specify the QoS VLAN priority: 1. From the QoS screen, press the Do wn Arrow key to highlight VLAN , then press the Enter key. The VLAN Priority Index screen appears. F IGURE 5-155 2. Press the Down Arrow key to highlig ht a VLAN pr iority numbe r, and then press the Enter key. The VLAN Priority [...]

  • Page 182

    - 174 - F IGURE 5-156 3. With Drop Priority highlighted, press the Enter key. The Drop Priority scree n appears. F IGURE 5-157 4. Highlight either Lo w or High , then press the Enter key. Your selection appea rs next to Drop Priority . 5. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Transmit Priority , then press the Enter key. The Transmit[...]

  • Page 183

    - 175 - Priority screen appears. F IGURE 5-158 6. Highlight the desired transmit priority, then press th e Enter key. The transmit priority you selected appears next to Transmit Priority . 7. Press the Esc key to return to the VLAN Priority Index screen. 8. To specify other VLAN priority settings, repeat steps 2 through 7. 9. When you finish, press[...]

  • Page 184

    - 176 - F IGURE 5-159 2. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight a ToS priority number. Note: The ToS priority nu mber is determined by bit [4 :2] or [7:5] of the ToS field in the IP header. 3. Press the Enter key. The ToS Priority Setting sc reen appears. This scre en is similar to the VLA N Priority Setting screen.[...]

  • Page 185

    - 177 - F IGURE 5-160 4. Perform steps 3 through 9 unde r Section 5.15.2.3 “Specif ying the QoS VLAN Priority ” . 5.15.2.5 Selecting a QoS Profile To select a QoS profile: 1. From the QoS screen, use the Down Arro w key to highlight Profile , and then press the Enter key. The QoS Profile screen appears. F IGURE 5-161[...]

  • Page 186

    - 178 - 2. Perform one of the following steps:  To specify a megabit profile that is used by a 10/100 Megabit port, refer to Section 5.15.5.1 “Megabit Profile” .  To specify a gigabit profile that is used by a Gigabit port, refer to Section 5.15.5.2 “Gigabit Profiles” . 5.15.2.5.1 Megabit Profile To select a megabit profile: 1. With M[...]

  • Page 187

    - 179 - F IGURE 5-163 3. To change the profile name, press the Enter key with Profile Name . When Profile Name box appears, enter a profile name and press the En ter key. The name you entered appears next to Profile Name . F IGURE 5-164[...]

  • Page 188

    - 180 - F IGURE 5-165 4. Ports Using This Profile displays all the ports that are cu rrent ly using this profile for their QoS scheduling algorithm. 5. To change the bandwidth partition for this pr ofile, use the Down Arrow key to highlight Bandw idth Partitions and press the Enter key. When the BW Part itions scre en appears, use the Down Arrow ke[...]

  • Page 189

    - 181 - F IGURE 5-166 Note: Ports Using This Profile , Strict Priority , Delay Sensitive Application , and Profile Status are all read-only parameters that cannot be changed. 6. To chang e the setting for QoS flow control setting, press the Down Arrow key to select QoS w ith Flow Control and press the Enter key. When the QoS Flow Control screen app[...]

  • Page 190

    - 182 - F IGURE 5-167 7. Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. 5.15.2.5.2 Gigabit Profiles To select a gigabit profile: 1. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Gigabit Profil e in the QoS Profile screen, then press the Enter key. The Gigabit Profile screen appears.[...]

  • Page 191

    - 183 - F IGURE 5-168 2. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight a profile, and then press th e Enter key. The Gigabit Profile Attributes screen appears. Note: In the Gigabit Profile screen: A1 ~ A2 on WGSW-2402 A , A1~A8 on WGSW-404 = active profile number which can be used by any Gigabit port. NA = indicates a profile tha t is not active and cannot b[...]

  • Page 192

    - 184 - F IGURE 5-169 3. This screen is similar to the Megabit Profile Attr ibutes screen. To complete this screen, perform steps under 3 through 8 un der section 5.15.2.4.1 “Megabit Profile”. 5.15.2.6 Specifying the Port Configuration To specify port configuration parameters: 1. From the QoS screen, use t he Down Arrow key to highlight Port Co[...]

  • Page 193

    - 185 - F IGURE 5-170 2. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight a port, and th en press the Enter key. A screen si milar to the following, with parameters for that port, appears. F IGURE 5-171 3. To change the sele cted port’s active profile, press the Enter key with Active Profile highlight ed. When the Active Profile screen appears, use the Up and[...]

  • Page 194

    - 186 - Profile . F IGURE 5-172 Note: Fixed Drop Priority and Fixed Transmit Priority are read-only parameters that cannot be changed. 4. Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. 5.15.2.7 Selecting Rate Control Parameters Rate control function allows you to specify t he outbound packets number. The percentage is based on 100Mbps fu[...]

  • Page 195

    - 187 - F IGURE 5-173 2. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Rate Control and press the Enter key. The Rate Control Status screen appears. F IGURE 5-174 3. Highlight the desired setting, then press t he Enter key. Your selection app ears next to Rate Control in the Rate Control screen.[...]

  • Page 196

    - 188 - Note: To enable Rate Control function, all the ports MUST NOT use profile with Delay Sensitive Application enabled. 4. To change the port number setting, press the Down Arro w key to highlight Port Number , then press Enter. The Port Number scree n appears. F IGURE 5-175 5. Highlight the desired port number, then press En ter. A screen show[...]

  • Page 197

    - 189 - F IGURE 5-176 6. To change the average rate setting, pre ss the Enter key. The Average Rate screen appears. F IGURE 5-177 7. Highlight the desired rate and pre ss Enter. The rate you selected appears n ext to Average Rate . 8. To change the traffic type, pres s the Down Arrow key to highlight Traffic Ty pe , then press Enter. The Traffic Ty[...]

  • Page 198

    - 190 - F IGURE 5-178 9. Highlight either Bursting or Streaming , then press Enter. Your selection appears next to Traffic Typ e . 10. Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. 5.16 Sending and Receiving Files If you select File Transfer from the Advanced M anagement screen, the followin g File Transfer screen appears, with the Rece[...]

  • Page 199

    - 191 - F IGURE 5-179 5.16.1 Receiving Files via TFTP The following procedure describ es how to receive files usi ng the TFTP protocol. Note: The TFTP protocol is used to download upgraded softwa re to the Switch. A VLAN with the proper IP address and routing path to the TFTP server must be configured for the Switch to access the specified TFTP ser[...]

  • Page 200

    - 192 - F IGURE 5-180 2. If the name of the file you intend to receive is different than the default one shown, press Enter. When the Enter File Name screen a ppears, type the name of the file you intend to receive and press Enter. The name you typed appears n ext to File Name . 3. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight IP Address , then pre ss Enter.[...]

  • Page 201

    - 193 - F IGURE 5-181 6. Highlight Yes and press Enter to transfer the file now, or pre ss the Esc key or highlight No and press Enter to not transfer the file at this time. 5.16.2 Sending Files via TFTP The following procedure describ es how to send files using the TF TP protocol. Note: The TFTP protocol is used to download upgraded softwa re to t[...]

  • Page 202

    - 194 - F IGURE 5-182 2. If the file type you intend to send is different than the default file one sho wn, press Enter. The Select File Type screen appears. F IGURE 5-183 3. Highlight the file type you want to send and press Enter. The file type you selected appears next to File Name .[...]

  • Page 203

    - 195 - 4. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight IP Address , then pre ss Enter. When the Enter IP Address screen appears, type the IP address fro m where t he file will be obtained. The address consi sts of numbers separated by peri ods. For example: 203.70.249.53 5. Press Enter. The IP address appears n ext to IP Address . 6. When you finish, press[...]

  • Page 204

    - 196 - F IGURE 5-185 2. Highlight Yes and press Enter to transfer the file now, or pre ss the Esc key or highlight No and press Enter to not transfer the file at this time. 5.16.4 Sending Files via Kermit To send files using the Kermit protocol: 1. From the File Transfer screen, highli ght Send File Via Kermit and press the En ter key. The Select [...]

  • Page 205

    - 197 - F IGURE 5-186 2. Highlight the file type you want to send and pre ss the Enter key. A prom pt asks whether you want to transfer the file now. F IGURE 5-187 3. Highlight Yes and press Enter to transfer the file now, or pre ss the Esc key or highlight No and[...]

  • Page 206

    - 198 - press Enter to not transfer the file at this time.[...]

  • Page 207

    - 199 - Chapter 6 W eb-Based Browser Management The Switch provides a We b-based browser i nterfac e for configuring an d managing the Switch. This interface allows you to access the Switch usi ng the Web browser of your choice. T his chapter describes how to use the Switch’ s Web browse r interface to con-figure a nd manage the Switch. 6.1 Loggi[...]

  • Page 208

    - 200 - F IGURE 6-2 B ASIC S ETU P /G ENERAL P ARAMETERS 6.2 Understanding the Browser Interface When you first access the Switch browser interfa c e, an image of the Switch appears, alo ng with the Basic Setup/General parameters (see Figure 6-3). F IGURE 6-3 C LOSE - UP OF THE S WITCH B ROWSER I NTERFACE[...]

  • Page 209

    - 201 - The Switch image provides the following point- and-click me nus for configuring and managing the Switch.  File — lets you save settings configured in t he browser interface, download upgraded software via TFTP, reboot the Switch, and logout of the browser interfa ce. See section 6.3 “Performing File Activities”.  Basic Setup —[...]

  • Page 210

    - 202 - page 5.  Reboot — lets you reboot the Switch. When you cl ick this option, a messa ge asks whether you want to reboot the Switch. Click OK to reboot the Switch or Cancel to not reboot it.  Logout — lets you log out of the configuration pr ogram. Wh en you click this option, a me ssage asks whether you are sure you want to log out.[...]

  • Page 211

    - 203 - 6.4 Performing Basic Setup Activities Pointing to Basic Setup on the image of the Switch display s t he menu options shown in Figure 6-6. F IGURE 6-6 B ASIC S ETUP O PTIONS This menu has the following option s:  General — lets you change the system name, location nam e, statistics colle ction, reboot-on-error, and remote Telnet login c[...]

  • Page 212

    - 204 - F IGURE 6-7 B ASIC S ETUP /G ENERAL P ARAMETERS The Basic Setup/General param eters have the following read-only fields:  Hardware Revision — shows the revision of the Switch’s ha rdware.  Hardware Configuration — shows the Switch’s ha rdware configuration.  Softwar e Revision — shows the revision of the Switch’s softwa[...]

  • Page 213

    - 205 - 6.4.2 Configuring LAN Ports To access the LAN configur ation parameters, point to Basic Setup and poin t to LAN Ports . The options in Figure 6-8 appear. F IGURE 6-8 LAN P ORT O PTIONS The LAN port options are:  Speed & Flow Control — lets you view port sp eeds; sp eed type; and link, sp eed, duplex, and flow control status from a [...]

  • Page 214

    - 206 - F IGURE 6-9 E XAMPLE OF V IEWING S PEED & F LOW C ONTROL 6.4.2.2 Changing Port Configuration To change a port’s Configuration: 1. Point to Basic Setup , point to LAN Ports , and click Port Confi guration . A page similar to the following appears, showing the config uration for a ll ports. The information disp layed automatically updat[...]

  • Page 215

    - 207 - F IGURE 6-10 E XAMPLE OF C HANGING P ORT C ONFIGURATION 2. In the Port column, click the port you want to configure. A Port Configuration window simila r to the following appears. F IGURE 6-1 1 P ORT C ONFIGURA TION W INDOW 3. Under Admin Setting , enable or disable the admin se tting for the port:  Up places the port in th e UP state. I[...]

  • Page 216

    - 208 - F IGURE 6-12 4. To change the line speed and du plex settings, click an option und er Speed/Duplex Options .  Auto allows the Switch to automatically ascertain the line sp eed and duplex mode.  All the other selections force the Switch to use a specif ic line speed and duplex mode. F IGURE 6-13 5. To configure the flow control for th [...]

  • Page 217

    - 209 - F IGURE 6-14 6. When you finish, click the Update Se tti ng button. Note: Fo r convenience, you can click the LEDs on t he image o f the Switch and view the Switch’s current speed, duplex, and link a n activity. For more information, se e section 5.6 “ Viewing Speed, Duplex, and Link Activity ”. 6.4.3 Console Port Configuration To vie[...]

  • Page 218

    - 210 -  All the other selections force a specific console baud rate. F IGURE 6-16 2. To change the console flow control u s ed, click a flow control method from the Flow Control drop-down list. F IGURE 6-17 3. To enable or disable modem cont rol options for the console port, click the Modem Control drop-down list and click wh ether you want to [...]

  • Page 219

    - 21 1 - F IGURE 6-18 4. If you enabled a modem connection to the console p ort, use the Modem Setup String Flag text box to use either the default modem set up string o r a custom one. If you select Custom , enter the string in the Modem Setup String text box. Note: The default modem setup string configu res the modem to auto answer. It works for [...]

  • Page 220

    - 212 - F IGURE 6-20 6. If you enabled SLIP, type a SLIP address in the SLIP Address text box. The address consists o f numbers separated by peri ods . For example: 192.168.1.1 7. If you enabled SLIP, type a SLIP subnet mask in the SLIP Subnet Mask text box. The subnet mask consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 255 .255.255.0. 8. C[...]

  • Page 221

    - 213 - Chapter 7 Performing Advanced Setup Activities Pointing to Advanced Setup on the image of the Switch display s the menu options shown in Figure 7-1. F IGURE 7-1 A DVANCED S ETUP O PT IONS The Advanced Setup options are:  MAC Address Management — lets yo u obtain per-VLAN, per-port, and individual MAC views. See section 7.1 “MAC Add r[...]

  • Page 222

    - 214 - Changing SNMP Parameters”.  Other Protocols — lets you view and change GV RP and IGMP settings. See section 7.10 “Configuring GVRP and IGMP”.  Port Trunking — lets you assi gn a range of ports to a trunk groups. See section 7.1 1 “Associating Ports to Trunk Groups”.  QoS — lets you to configur e the Switch to use va[...]

  • Page 223

    - 215 - MAC addresses and ports effectively from different views. 7.1.1 Per VLAN View To obtain a per-VLAN view: 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to MAC Address Management , and click Per VLAN View . A lis t of VLAN IDs and corresponding VLAN names simil ar to the following appear. F IGURE 7-3 2. To obtain a per-LAN view, click a VLAN ID. A read-[...]

  • Page 224

    - 216 - F IGURE 7-4 3. When you finish reviewing the information, close the VLAN Activities win dow. 7.1.2 Per Port View To obtain a per-port view: 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to MAC Address Management , and cli ck Per Port View . A list of switch ports similar to the following appears.[...]

  • Page 225

    - 217 - F IGURE 7-5 2. To obtain a per-port view, click a port. A Per Port VLAN Activities window similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-5 3. If one or more MAC addresses appear in the window (a s in the example above), click it to view its settings. A MAC View window simila r to the following appears.[...]

  • Page 226

    - 218 - F IGURE 7-6 4. When you finish reviewin g the information, close the MAC View and Per Port VLAN Activities windows. 7.1.3 Individual MAC View To obtain an individual MAC view: 1. Point to Advanced S etup , point to MAC Address Management , and click Indivi dual MAC View . A prompt to enter a MAC address simil ar to the following appears. F [...]

  • Page 227

    - 219 - F IGURE 7-8 4. If one or more IP Multicast group memberships appear in the window (as in the example abo ve), click it to view its settings. 5. When you finish reviewing the information, close the windo ws. 7.2 IP Networking To access the IP networking param eters, point to Advanced Setup and point to IP Networking . The options in Figure 7[...]

  • Page 228

    - 220 - F IGURE 7-9 IP N ETWORKING O PTIONS The IP networking options are:  IP and RIP settings — see section 7.2.1 “IP and RIP Settings”.  Default gateway — see section 7.2.2 “Default Gateway”.  Routing table — this page only show manually adde d routing table.  ARP table — see section 7.2.2.3 “ARP Table”.  DHCP [...]

  • Page 229

    - 221 - F IGURE 7-10 2. Under VLAN ID , click a VLAN ID whose settings you want to view and/or change. An IP Setting window similar to the following appea rs. F IGURE 7-1 1 3. To change the IP Address , click in the text box and type a new address. Alternatively, you can use the Delete IP button to delete the IP address. Note: The IP address is not[...]

  • Page 230

    - 222 - not need the IP address before deletin g it. 4. To change the IP Subnet Mask , click in the text box and type a new add ress. 5. To change the Frame Type , click another value from the drop -down list. 6. To change the BOOTP selection, clic k another value from the dropdown list. 7. To change the Proxy ARP sele ction, click another value fr[...]

  • Page 231

    - 223 - 11. Specify whether you want to advertise the default route. 12. Specify whether you want to accept RIP, V1, V2, or V1/V2 updates, or none of the updates. 13. Specify whether you want to accept default route updates. 14. Specify whether split horizon is to be used. 15. Specify whether poisoned reverse is to be used. 16. Specify whether the [...]

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    - 224 - 17. When you finish making your selections, click the Update Setting button. 7.2.2 Default Gateway Settings To access default gateway settings:  Point to Advanced Setup, point to IP Networki ng, and click Default Gateway. The Default Route Specifications box appears. This box lets y ou add or delete a default route specification. F IGURE[...]

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    - 225 - 2. In the Metric field, type the number of hops associated with the defa ult gateway. 3. Click the Delete button to delete the default gateway. 7.2.3 ARP Table Settings To access ARP table settings:  Point to Advanced Setup , point to IP Networking , and click ARP Table . A read-only page similar to the following appears, showing the Int[...]

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    - 226 - F IGURE 7-14 2. To view DHCP gateway settings for a particular VLAN, click a VLAN ID. A window similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-15 3. Use the drop-down list to either enable or disable the DHCP gatew ay. 4. Maximum Hops shows the maximum numbe r of hops that a DHCP request broadcast can be relayed along the DHCP re lay path from [...]

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    - 227 - 7.3 Per Port Statistics To access per-port statistics, point to Adv anced Setup and click Per Port Statistics. A list of ports similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-16 L IST OF P ORTS To obtain statistical data f or any of the ports shown, click a port. A read-only window similar to the following appears. When you finish review ing th[...]

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    - 228 - F IGURE 7-17 Note: The information displayed in this windo w is automatically updated every 15 seconds, without requiring you to refresh the windo w. 7.4 Bridging To access bridging param eters, point to Advanced Setup and click Bridging. A list of ports similar to the one in Figure 5-39 appears.[...]

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    - 229 - F IGURE 7-18 B RIDGING P ARAMETERS 1. Use the top drop-down list to disable agi ng or to set an aging time. 2. If you enable aging, use the Aging Time field to specify an aging time. 3. Use the Flood Limit drop-down list to specify no flooding, controll ed flooding, or unlimited flooding on all ports. 4. If you selected Controlled Flooding [...]

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    - 230 - F IGURE 7-19 S TATIC MAC F ILTER O PTIONS The static MAC filter options are:  Source MAC Address Out-Filters — see section 7.5.1 “Adding Source MAC Add ress Filters”.  Destination MAC Addres s Out-Filters — see secti on 7.5.2 “Adding Destination MAC Address Filters”. 7.5.1 Adding Source MAC Address Out-Filters To add sourc[...]

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    - 231 - F IGURE 7-20 2. Click the Add MAC Addr button. The Static Source MAC Addr ess Out-Filter win dow appears. 3. In the Source MAC Address Out-Filter text box, type a unique MAC source address you wa nt to add. For example: F IGURE 7-21 4. Click the Add button. 5. The previous page appears with the source MA C address out-filter you added (as s[...]

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    - 232 - F IGURE 7-22 7.5.2 Deleting Source MAC Address Out-Filters If you no longer need a source MAC add ress filter , use the following procedure to delete it. 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to Static MAC Filters , and click So urce MAC Address Out-Filters . 2. Click the Delete MAC Addr button. A Delete Source MAC Address windo w similar to t[...]

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    - 233 - F IGURE 7-24 Note: No precautionary messag e appears before the filt er is deleted. Therefo re, be sure you do not need the filter before you delete it. 7.5.3 Adding Destination MAC Address Out-Filters To add destination MAC address f ilters for stati c filtering. 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to Static MAC Filters , and click Destinat[...]

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    - 234 - F IGURE 7-26 4. Click the Add button. 5. The previous page appears with the destinati on MAC address filt er you added (as shown in the following figure). 7.5.4 Deleting Destination MAC Address Out-Filters If you no longer need a destination MAC address out -f ilter, use the following procedure to delete it. 1. Point to Advanced Setup , poi[...]

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    - 235 - F IGURE 7-27 3. From the drop-down list, click the destin at ion MAC address filter you want to delete. F IGURE 7-28 4. Click Delete . The destination MAC addr ess filter is deleted. Note : No precautionary messag e appears before the filt er is del eted. Therefore, be sure y ou do not need the filter before you delete it. 7.6 IP Multicast [...]

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    - 236 - F IG 7-29 Note: If IGMP is disabled or no IP Multicast group is learned, the table will be em pty. To enable IGMP, Click Advanced Setup and then select ot her protocol to set IGMP to eit her Passive or Active. 2. Click the IP Multicast Group to view activities on the group. A screen similar to the following appears. F IG 7-30 3. To view the[...]

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    - 237 - F IG 7-31 7.7 VLAN & PVID Perspective To access the VLAN & PVID perspective parameters, point to Advanced Setup and point to VLAN & PVID Perspective . The VLAN Configuration and PVID Setting opt ions in the following appear. F IGURE 7-32 VLAN O PTIONS[...]

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    - 238 - 7.7.1 VLAN Configuration Using VLAN Configuration , you can create, modify, and delete VLANs. 7.7.1.1 Adding a VLAN To add a VLAN: 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to VLAN Perspective , and click VLAN Configuration . The VLAN ID and name for any VLANs already defined ap pea r, as shown in the following figure. F IGURE 7-33 2. Click the Ad[...]

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    - 239 -  The two buttons in the middle let you map ports as tagged p orts or delete ports.  The two buttons at the right let you map ports as forbidden p orts or delete ports. Note: You cannot map a p ort to more than one port type. F IGURE 7-35 7. The following figure shows an example of defining po rt types.[...]

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    - 240 - F IGURE 7-36 8. Click the Add button. A window similar to the followi ng appears, sho wing the ports you added.[...]

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    - 241 - F IGURE 7-37 9. Click the Advanced Setup -> VLAN & PVID Perspective -> VLAN Configuration . A window similar to the following appears, showing the VLAN you add ed. F IGURE 7-38 7.7.1.2 Updating VLAN Information To update the port types defined for a VLAN, use the followin g procedure. 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to VLAN &am[...]

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    - 242 - F IGURE 7-39 2. Under VLAN ID , click the ID of the VLAN you want to modify. A VLAN setting window similar to the following appears, showing the port propertie s you selected for the VLAN. F IGURE 7-40 3. Click the six buttons to modify the VLAN configuration you need. 7.7.1.3 Deleting a VLAN If you no longer require a VLAN, use the followi[...]

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    - 243 - F IGURE 7-41 3. Use the Select a VLAN ID drop-down list to click the ID of the VLAN you want to delete. F IGURE 7-42 4. Click the Delete button. The VLAN is deleted. Note: No precautionary messag e appears before the VLAN is deleted. Therefore, be sure you do not need the VLAN before you delete it. 7.7.2 PVID Setting Using PVID setting, you[...]

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    - 244 - F IGURE 7-43 2. Click the port you want to conf igure. A PVID Setting screen appears. F IGURE 7-44 3. Input the VLAN ID you want to assign for t he port and click Update Setting button to update the setting and close this screen. 7.8 Spanning T ree Perspective To access the spanning tree persp ective param eters, point to Advanced Setup and[...]

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    - 245 - F IGURE 7-45 S P ANNING T REE P ERSPECTIVE O PTIONS The spanning tree perspect ive options are:  Configurations — see section 7.8.1 “Configuration s”.  Port Setting — see section 7.8.2 “Port Setting”. 7.8.1 Configurations To view and/or change the Spanning Tree configuration. 1. Point to Ad vanced Setup , point to Spanning[...]

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    - 246 - F IGURE 7-46 2. Specify whether Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled or disabled. 3. For Bridge Priority , type a decimal number. 4. For Hello Time , type a decimal number. 5. For Max Age , type a decimal number. 6. For Forward Delay , type a decimal number.[...]

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    - 247 - 7. Click the Update Setting button. 7.8.2 Port Setting To view and/or change Spannin g Tree configurations by port. 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to Spanning Tree Perspective , and click Port Setting . A list of ports similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-47 2. Under Port , click the port whose Spanning Tre e information you want[...]

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    - 248 - F IGURE 7-48 3. For Port Priority , type a port priority, from 0 to 255. A low value g ives the port a greater likel ihood of becoming a Root port. 4. For Path Cost , type a path cost value. 5. For Admin Status , specify whether the port is up or down. 6. Click the Update Setting button.[...]

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    - 249 - 7.9 V iewing and/or Changing SNMP Parameters To view and/or change all SNMP-relate d information, point to Advanced Setup and click SNMP . The SNMP parameters in Figure 7-44 appea r . F IGURE 7-49 SNMP C ONFIGURATION P ARAMETERS 1. For SNMP , indicate whether it is enabled or disabled. 2. For Get Community Name , type a get community name. [...]

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    - 250 - 5. Use the four Trap Host text boxes to type up to four IP addres ses for trap hosts (one trap host per text box). The address consists of numb ers separated by periods. For example: 129.32.0.11 6. For Cold Start Trap , enable or disable it. 7. For Warm Start Trap , enable or disable it. 8. For Link Down Trap , enable or disable it. 9. For [...]

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    - 251 - 10. For Authentication Failure Trap , enable or disable it. 11. For Rising Alarm Trap , enable or disable it. 12. For Failure Alarm Trap , enable or disable it. 13. For Topology Change Trap , enable or disable it. 14. When you finish, click the Update Setting button. 7.10 Configuring GVRP and IGMP To enable or disable the GVRP and/ or IGMP [...]

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    - 252 - F IGURE 7-50 O THER P ROTOCOLS W INDOW 1. For GVRP , enable or disable it. 2. For IGMP , disable it or make it passive or active. 3. Click the Update Setting button. 7.1 1 Port T runking To associate ports to a trunk group, point to Adv anced Setup and click Port Trunki ng. A list of trunk groups and associated po rts similar to the followi[...]

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    - 253 - F IGURE 7-51 1. Under Trunk Group, click a trunk g r oup. A window sim ilar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-52 2. Click a selection from th e Trunk Group drop-down list. If the selected tru nk group does n ot have a range of ports a ssociated with it, skip to step 3. If the selected trunk group has a range of ports associated with it, t[...]

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    - 254 - F IGURE 7-54 4. Click the ports that you want to associate with trunk group s. A checkmark appears next to each port you click. If you change your mind, click the port again to remove the asso ciation (indicated by the checkmark disap pearing). 5. Click the Update Setting button. 7.12 Port Mirroring To mirror ports, point to Adv anced Setup[...]

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    - 255 - 1. Under Index , click a number. The following window appea rs. F IGURE 7-56 2. In the Mirror To c olumn, find the port you want to mirror to. F IGURE 7-57 3. After you click a port, the following window appe ars. The p o rt you select ed i n step 2 appears below the Mirror To column.[...]

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    - 256 - F IGURE 7-58 4. Use the Mirror From drop-down list to click a “mirror from” por t. Data traffic from this port will mirror to the one shown in the Mirror To colu mn. F IGURE 7-59 5. Under Mirror Mode , specify whether the “mirrored from” po rt will forward received or transmitted data to “mirror to” port.[...]

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    - 257 - F IGURE 7-60 6. Click the Update Setting button. 7.13 Selecting Stacking Settings For detail stacking configuration pa rameter, please refer to section 5.11 Stacki ng . To select stacking parameters: 1. Point to Advanced Setup and click Stacki ng. A window similar to the followin g appears.[...]

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    - 258 - F IGURE 7-61 1. Use the Stacking State drop-down list to enable or di sable stackin g. Note: Stacking State must be enabled to specify the other param eters in this window.[...]

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    - 259 - Chapter 8 SNMP and RMON Management This chapter describes the Switch’ s Simple Ne twork Manage ment Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Monitoring (RMON) capabilities. Topics i nclude:  Overview   SNMP Agent and MIB-2   RMON MIB and Bridge MIB   PLANET private MIB 8.1 Overview The Switch supports the following Management Infor[...]

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    - 260 - 8.2 SNMP Agent and MIB-2 (RFC1213) The SNMP Agent running on the Switch manager CPU is resp onsible for:  Retrieving MIB counters from variou s layers of software modules according to the SNMP GET/GET NEXT frame messages.  Setting MIB variables according to the SNMP SET frame messa ge.  Generating an SNMP TRAP frame message to the [...]

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    - 261 - The Switch provides RMO N capabilities that allow network admini strators to set parameters and vie w statistical counters defined in MIB- II, Bridge MIB, and RMON MIB. RMON activities are performed at a Network Management Station running an SNMP network mana gement application. The Switch provides hardware-based RMON counter s in the Switc[...]

  • Page 270

    - 262 - Spanning Tree Protocol. If a node does not implement the Spanning Tree Protocol, this grou p will not be implemented. This group is appli cable to any transpa rent only, source route, or SRT bridge that implements the Spanning Tree Protocol.  The dot1dTp Group   - contains objects that describe the entit y's transparent bridgi[...]

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    - 263 - Appendix A Cable Specifications Ethernet T ype Cable Requirements Maximum Length 10BASE-T Category 3 or better , UTP or STP 100m 100BASE-TX Category 5 or better , UTP or STP 100m 100BASE-FX 62.5/125um and 50/ 125um MMF cables 2000m 1000BASE-T Category 5 or better , UTP or STP 100m 1000BASE-SX 62.5/125um MMF 160MHz-km cables 220m 1000BASE-SX[...]

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    - 264 - F IG A-2 D IAGRAM OF S TRAIGHT T HROUGH C ABLES 1 White/Orange 1 White/Orange 2 Orange 2 Orange 3 White/Green 3 White/Green 4 Blue 4 Blue 5 White/Blue 5 White/Blue 6 G r e e n 6 G r e e n 7 White/Brown 7 White/Brown 8 Brown 8 Brown F IG A-3 D IAGRAM OF C ROSSOVER C ABLES D IAGRA M 1 White/Orange 1 White/Orange 2 Orange 2 Orange 3 White/Gree[...]

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    - 265 - Appendix B Example of Stacking Switches There are 5 switches to be stacked toge ther . Rout ing function between VLANs is not required. The Switches from top to down are A~E. Switch Configuration Remark A Swit ch ID=4, St ack ID=1, S tack port = 25, Stack size=5 No IP for all VLANs B Swit ch ID=2, St ack ID=1, St ack port = 25, 26, Stack si[...]

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    - 266 - stacked properly .[...]

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    - 267 - Appendix C VLAN Switches do not inherently support broadcast domain s , which can lead to broadcast storms in large networks that handle a lot of traf fic such as NetBUEI or IPX. In conventional n etworks with routers, broadcast traf fic is split up into separate domains to confine this traf fic to the originating group and provide a much c[...]

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    - 268 - C.1 Assigning Ports to VLANs Before enabling VLANs for the Switch, you must fi rst assign each port to the VLAN group(s) it will participate in. By default all port s are assigned to VLAN 1 a s untagged ports. Add a p ort as a tagged port (that is, a port attached to a VLAN-aware devi c e) if you want it to carry traf fic for one or more VL[...]

  • Page 277

    - 269 - When this switch receives these me ssages, it will automatically place the receiving port in the specified VLANs, and then forward t he message to all other po r ts. When the message arri ves at another switch that supports GVRP , it will also place the receivi ng p ort in the specified VLANs, and pa ss the message on to all other ports. VL[...]

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    - 270 - F IGURE C-1 VLAN S AMPL E A PPLICA TION C.3 Connecting VLAN Groups The Switch support s communication within a common VLAN using store-and-fo rward switching. However , if you have devices in separate VLANs t hat must communi cate, and it is not practical to include these devices in a common VLAN, then the VLANs ca n be connected via Layer [...]

  • Page 279

    - 271 - identified by the VLAN ID. Also note that multiple routing entri es can be provided for the same virtual interface by adding the required ro uting table entries for the sa me virtual interface. A simple VLAN configuration that supports routing i s shown below . F IGURE C.2 VLAN S C ONNECTED VI A IP R OUTING[...]

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    - 272 - Appendix D VLAN Overlapping In some situation, two or more workg r oups need to connect to same server s but should not allow them to connect each other . For example, port 3 ~ port 5 are one workgroup and port 6~8 are another workgroup. Both of them need to connect Servers on port 1 and 2. In this situation, we need to configure PVID and c[...]

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    - 273 - F IG D-2 VLAN 100 M EMBER P ORT 3. VLAN 200 consist port 1 to port 5 as u ntagged port. F IG D-3 VLAN 200 M EMBER P ORT 4. VLAN 300 consist port 1, 2 and 6~8 as u ntagged port.[...]

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    - 274 - F IG D-4 VLAN 300 M EMBER P ORT 5. On the PVID settings, configure port 1 and port 2’ s PVID to 100, port 3 to port 5’s PVID to 200 and port 6 to port 7’s PVID to 300. F IG D-5 PVID C ONFIGURA TION After making above configuration and save them, both workgroup can conne ct to port 1 and port 2 but can not connect each othe r .[...]

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    - 275 - Appendix E Console Port Pin Assignment The DB9 serial port on the Switch's rear panel is us ed to connect the Switch to a manageme nt device. The on-board menu-driven configur ation program can be accessed from a terminal, a PC running a terminal emulation program, or from a remote location via a modem connecti on. Y ou can use the man[...]

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    - 276 - E.2 Connection from Switch's Serial Port to PC's 9-Pin COM Port E.3 Connection from Switch's Serial P ort to Modem's 25-Pin DCE Port[...]

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    - 277 - E.4 Connection from Switch's Serial Port to PC's 25-Pin DTE Port[...]