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    24-port + 3-slot Stackable Ethernet S w i t ch WGSW-2403 User ’ s Manual[...]

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    T rademar k s Copyright  PLANET Technology Corp. 2003. Conten t s subject to revision w ithout prior no t ice. PLANET is a registered trademark o f PLANET Technology Corp. All o t her tradema r ks belon g to their respective o w ners. Disc l aim e r PLANET Technology does no t w arrant that the hard w are w ill w ork properly in all envi r onmen[...]

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    T A BLE OF CONTENTS C H A P T ER 1 IN T RODUC T I O N ................................................................................................. .1 1.1 C HECKLIST ........................................................................................................................ .1 1.2 A BOUT THE S W ITCH ................................[...]

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    - 1 - Chapter 1 INTR O DUCTION 1.1 Checklist Check the contents of y o ur pac k age for follo w ing parts: l W G S W -2403. l CD-ROM. l Quic k Installa t ion G ui d e l P o w er cord. l 19 ” rack- m ount brac k ets . l RS-232 c a ble. I f a n y o f these pieces are m issing or da m aged, plea s e contact y o ur d e aler i m m edia t e l y , i f p[...]

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    - 2 - w Rate c o ntrol f unc t io n is pr o vided to restrict each p ort ’ s ba nd w idth provisi o n f ro m 1 0% , 20% t o 1 0 0%. w Su p port 8 02 . 1p Q o S with t wo priori t y q ue u es w Su p port 8 02 . 1Q ta g ge d V L AN, u p t o 2 5 5 VLAN gro up s can be c o n f igured w Console, t el n et, web an d SNMP m ana g ea b le w Su p port IG [...]

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    - 3 - IEEE 8 02 . 1p Q o S RFC 76 8 U D P RFC 78 3 T F T P RFC 79 1 IP RFC 79 2 IC M P RFC 82 6 A R P RFC 85 4 T elnet RFC 20 6 8 H TT P RFC 22 3 6 IG M Pv2 Ne t w or k Man a ge m ent RFC 11 5 7 SN M P v1 / v2 RFC 11 2 3 M IB-2 RFC 14 9 3 Bri d ge M IB Ente r prise p r ivate MIB[...]

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    - 4 - Chapter 2 H A RDW A RE INS T A L L ATION T his section descri b es th e har d w a r e f eatures a n d i n stallation o f these Switch e s. For easier m anage m ent and control o f the s w itch, f a m iliarize y o ursel f with it s displ a y in d icators, an d p orts. Fr o nt p an e l illustra t i o ns in t his ch a pte r dis p l a y th e u ni[...]

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    - 5 - Steady Amber The port is connected at Full - Duple x mode Off The port is connected at H alf - Duple x mode. A collision occurs w hen t w o stations w ithin a collision domain at t empt to transmit data at t he same t ime . In t ermi t tent f lashing ambe r of the collisio n LED is no r mal; the con t end ing adap t ers resolve each collision[...]

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    - 6 - 100 B a s e - FX W G S W - D 1 ST T X RX 10 0 Base-FX SC m ulti- m ode f iber m odule 100 B a s e - FX W G S W - D 1 S 15 T X RX 10 0 Base-FX SC m ulti- m ode f iber m odule T he auto- n eg o ti a ti o n f ea t ure o f t h e s witch all o w s each port o f t he d e vic e ru n ni n g a t o n e o f the f oll o wing ope r ation m odes: Port Me d[...]

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    - 7 - 4. T he connec t in g d evice , inclu d in g an y n e t w or k a d apte r is well ins t alle d a n d f unctioning. 5. Con f ir m the connection d istance is i m ple m ented within the sco p e o f o p erativ e wit h out in t er f erence. 2.2 Rear Panel T he rear pan e l o f the s wi t ch in d icates a n AC i n let po w er soc k et, w h ich acc[...]

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    - 8 - Console Port T he RS-232 cons o le is a n in t er f ace f or connectin g a ter m inal direc t l y . T hr o ugh t h e console p ort, it p r ovides ri c h di a gnos t ic in f or m ation in c lu d es ne t w or k statistics, li n k status and s y s t e m setting. T he op erati n g m ode o f the c o nsole port is: ♦ DCE ♦ 960 0 (Fix b a ud ra [...]

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    - 9 - 2. Cabli n g is a w a y f r o m : w Sources o f electrical n o ise such as radios, trans m itters and bro a db a nd a m pli f ier s w P o w er lines a nd f l u oresce n t ligh t in g f ixtures. 3. Ke e p w a t er or m oisture o ff . 4. Air f l o w arou n d t h e u nit a n d throu g h t h e vents in t he si d e o f the case is gr e at f or h e[...]

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    - 10 - 3. Push t he m odul e g e nt l y in t o th e slot along the s li d e tr a c k s. 4. Ensuring th a t it f ir m l y e n g a ges with t he con n ector th en tigh t en t h e scre w s to secure the m odule . C A U T ION: T he sli d e-i n slo t s are no t h o t s w a pp a ble, po w er o ff the s w itc h b e f ore installi ng m odules. 2.4 S t ack [...]

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    - 1 1 - Chapter 3 CON S OLE A ND TELN E T M A N A GE M ENT 3.1 Connect To PC by RS-232 serial Cable NO T E: I f y ou h ave stac k e d sever a l s w itc h es to g et he r, m a k e sure y ou are wo rk ing on Master s w itch ( s w itc h w i t h least Switc h ID). Other sl a ve s witches ’ m anage m ent inter f ace a ll o w s o n l y vi e wi n g th e[...]

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    - 12 - 2. Start t he T el n et pr o gra m on a P C a n d co n nect to th e switch. T he m anage m ent in t er f ace is exact l y t h e sa m e w ith R S-232 cons o le m anage m ent except the “ root ” privile g e is n ot s u pport e d. 3.3 Mai n Menu A f ter y ou enter t he s w itch ’ s console inter f ace b y RS-232 ca b le or t e l n et, t h[...]

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    - 13 - Main m enu Sub m enu Functi o n 1. T opol og y In f or m ation Sh o w th e D e vice ID, H ar d w are versi o n , Boot - up versi o n, P O S T version, r u nti m e code version, a gent sta t us, device na m e an d d e vic e loca t io n o f e ach s w itc h o n t h e stac k . 2. S y ste m In f or m ation Sh o w de t ail s y ste m in f or m atio[...]

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    - 14 - 6. M irror En a ble or disa b le t h e m irror f unction an d choose t h e sni ff er port a n d m onitored port. 7. S t atis t ic In f or m ation Sh o w tra ff ic in f or m ation o f each p orts. 8. P r iori t y T ag De f ine the 802 . 1p t a g m a pping a n d th e servic e rule. Pl e ase r e f er to sectio n 4 . 1 3 f or detail. 9. S T A Sh[...]

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    - 15 - C H A PTER 4 WEB M A N A GE M ENT 4.1 S t art A Web Br o w ser Session T he W eb Inter f ace o f W G S W -2403 is code d b y Java Applet a nd r u nning on t he J a va TM Virt u al Mac h in e (JVM) version 1 . 3.1 plat f or m . You s ho uld c o n f igure the m ana g e m ent stati o n w ith a n I P a ddress and s u bne t m as k c o m patible w[...]

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    - 16 - 4.2 S t ack Main Page T he stac k m ain pa g e con t ains t w o o ptions: Topology T his screen displ a y s o ne or m ore s w itches o f th e m anage m ent stac k . Basic prope r ties can be r e ad b y th e screen, incl u ding H ar d w ar e charac t eristic, D e vice Na m e, Up t i m e, Master a nd Slave relation s hip . Also, b y m ouse cli[...]

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    - 17 - 4.3 S w itch Mai n Page S w itc h M a in P a ge ap p ears a f ter y ou c lic k one o f th e switch(es) on the to p ol o g y p age. T here are 8 f unction b utt on list e d o n t o p: Ho m e, S a v e, De f ault , Re b oot , Pin g , T elnet, Contact , a n d U p grad e . <Home> Shortcu t to bac k to stac k h o m e page <Save> S a ve[...]

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    - 18 - <Reboot> You c a n spe c i f y s witch(es) and r e bo o t it. Warm Boot Reboot t he s w itch in a shor t time. Cold Boot Boot the s w itch and w ith f ully Po w er On Self Test (POST). The system is comple t ely checked but spends much time. <Ping> T he Ping is a co m m onl y u sed to o l t o d etect t he re m ote host or I P a d[...]

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    - 19 - WEB Upload w Select D e vice ID and “ W EB Upload ” r a di o bu t ton th e n clic k OK. w Speci f y the f ile p at h b y cli ck ing Br o w se b utt o n a nd cli ck Start. T F T P Do w nload 1. Select D e vice ID and “ T FTP D o wnload ” r a dio b u tto n t hen clic k O K. 2. Enter th e T F TP s e r v er ’ s IP addr e ss in S e r v [...]

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    - 20 - Device T he shortcut to g o t o a n ot h er m e m ber s w itch in t h e m ana g e m ent stac k. 4.4 De v ice Configuration Panel Dis p lay Port S tatus Port Link Do w n (Black) : Port is not c o nnec t ed or at t ached d e vice s h uts d o wn . Port Link U p (Green): Port lin k s up a n d w or k ing c orrectl y . Port Link U p ( A m ber): Po[...]

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    - 21 - Networ k Configuratio n IP A ddress: IP a ddress o f this d evice. Subnet M ask: Su b net Mas k o f y o ur ne t w o r k. Gate w a y I P: IP a ddress o f Gat e w a y. Device I n formation Name : Na m ing the s y s t e m (optio n al). Contact: W h o the S y s te m ad m inistrator is (op t i o nal). Location: W h ere the m anage m ent stac k lo[...]

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    - 22 - NO T E: Also b y si m pl y clic k ing the port o n the ‘ P a nel D ispl ay ’ , t h e port in f or m ation screen pops up Configur a tion Port a ttri b utes can be s e tu p in t his p ag e . Setup P o rt A t t ributes 1. Clic k the “ Na me ” colu m n o f the port. En t er a na m e f o r iden t i f ication, li k e ‘ Richa rd ’ ; an[...]

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    - 23 - NO T E: Als o acco m plished b y s i m pl y m ouse ri g ht-clic k the p ort on t h e ‘ Pa n el Displ ay ’ then s e lect ‘ C o n f igura t ion ’ , the con f i g ura t ion scre e n p o ps up. Duplicate Port A ttribut es Clic k “ Duplic a te ” b utt o n, t h e dialog u e screen a pp e ars. 1. Select Source Port ( f or ex a m ple Por[...]

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    - 24 - NO T E: Als o acco m plished b y s i m pl y m ouse ri g ht-clic k the p ort on t h e ‘ Pa n el Displ ay ’ the n select ‘ C op y Set t ing ’ t o d u p lica t e port pro p ertie s an d select ’ Pas t Set t ing ’ when p o int at d esti n ation p ort. Stati s tic T he statistics f uncti o n pr o vides t h e f oll o w in g 3 pa g es f[...]

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    - 25 - A d e no m inate port c a n b e searched b y its g iven na m e (Match w h ole w or d o n l y ). 4.7 Securit y T his is reserved f or f uture u se. 4.8 SNMP Si m ple Ne t wor k Manage m ent Protoc o l (S N MP) is a c omm unication protoc o l f or m ana g i n g devices o n a ne t wor k . It i s co m m onl y used f or n e t w o r k ad m inistra[...]

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    - 26 - 1. Select o n e co m m uni t y y o u want t o m odi f y in the “ C urrent ” colu m n 2. T he “ New ” c o lu m n lists th e corresponding v a l u es; ple a se m odi f y it 3. Clic k Modi f y but t on t o u pd a te t h e e n t r y Trap Manager T rap Mana g er speci f ies t h e Ne t wor k Manage m ent S t ati o ns (NMS) t hat will rec e[...]

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    - 27 - Trap Filt e ring Chec k the “ En a ble ” boxe s b y m ouse clic k ing t o re c eive a no t ice whe n correspon d i n g ev e nt occurs. 4.9 V L A N T he VLAN is a gr o up o f p o rts that m a y spre a d ar o u nd the ne t wor k but co m m unicate as tho u g h th e y b e l o n g t o o n e su b net . B y usin g VLA N, a ll port s ca n b e r[...]

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    - 28 - T o remo v e a V L A N grou p 1. Select a V L AN g r oup y o u want t o re m ove f r o m the “ C u rrent ” list. 2. Clic k Re m ove> > bu t ton to r e m ove it. Att e ntion: 1. I f a re m oved p ort is no l o nger b elon g ed to a n y o t h e r group , i t is t e m porarily disa b le d bec a use n o o n e c an co m m unicate w i t [...]

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    - 29 - V L A N Port Configuratio n W h en the V L AN- e na b l e d s witch rec e ives a n unt a gg e d pac k et, t h e pac k et will b e sen t t o the p ort ’ s d e f ault V L AN accordi n g to the PVID ( p ort V L AN ID) o f the receivin g por t . T o change the PV I D 1. Dou b le clic k the “ PVID ” colu m n o f a port. 2. Inpu t a ne w V L[...]

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    - 30 - Clic k All T ogethe r b utt o n then a ll t h e ports o f the switch w ill b e ad d ed to VLA N group 1. - All I n de p en d ent Clic k All In d e p en d en t but t on t h en all t h e p orts w ill be d ivided in t o se p arat ed subnets (to t al l y 1 8 sub n ets). Eve r y port can b e lo n g t o di f f erent Port Gr o up V L ANs si m ultan[...]

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    - 31 - H o w e ver, be f ore m a k ing connections b e t w e en s witch e s, p a y at t en t ion to: w T he ports at both ends o f a Port Aggr e ga t i o n con n ection m ust be con f igur ed as Aggr e ga t io n Ports. w T he ports at both ends o f a Port Aggr e ga t i o n con n ection m ust have the sa m e port proper t ies, incl u ding Sp e e d ,[...]

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    - 32 - Information T his screen dis p l a y s su mm aries o f S T A in f or m ation. F or f urther con f igurati o n, p l e ase go to next sec t io n . Paramet e r Des c ription STA Sta t e S h o w s i f S T A i s e n a b le d o n t h e s witc h a n d parti c ip at ed an S T A co m pli a nt n e t w or k . Desig n at e d R o ot T he uni q ue Bri d g[...]

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    - 33 - Forward D e lay ( 4 ~3 0 sec) T his ti m e v a lue , m easured in u n its o f a seco n d , contr o ls h o w f ast a port c h an g es its span n ing st a te whe n m ovi n g t o w ards t h e Fo r warding s tate. T he v a lu e de t er m ines h o w lon g the port st a y s in each o f the Lis t e n ing a nd Lear n ing s t ates, w h ich p r ecede [...]

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    - 34 - states, w h ich prec e de t he F orwarding sta t e. T his value is also us e d, when a t o p o lo g y chan g e has be e n d etect ed and is u n de r w a y , t o a ge a ll d y n a m ic entries in t h e Forwarding D ata b ase. STA Port Co n figuratio n Paramet e rs Des c ription Port Port n u m ber o f the port Priority T he value o f t h e pr[...]

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    - 35 - FIFO T he f irst in pac k et, the f irst out p ac k et (No priori t y ) 1 : 1 Se n d 1 high p r iori t y pac k et, the n 1 l o w priori t y pac k et 2 : 1 Se n d 2 high p r iori t y pac k ets, then 1 l o w p r iori t y pac k et 3 : 1 Se n d 3 high p r iori t y pac k ets, then 1 l o w p r iori t y pac k et 4 : 1 Se n d 4 high p r iori[...]

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    - 36 - Dynamic A d dress Cou n ts Nu m ber o f MAC a d dresses auto m atical l y learn e d b y th e current s w itch. Sta t ic Address Co u nts Nu m ber o f MAC a d dresses m anual l y a dd e d to the cur r ent s w itch. To ad d a sta t ic a d dress 1. Clic k the c o m bo box and s e lect a port, t h en t h e MAC a ddress table o f the port app e a[...]

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    - 38 - C H A PTER 5 TROUBESHOOTING T his chapter con t ains in f or m ation to h elp y ou s o lve pro b le m s. I f W G S W - 240 3 is n o t f unctioning p r ope r l y , m a k e sure the S w it c h w as set u p according to instructi o ns in this m anual . T he port is connected bu t the port LED i s not lit Solution: Chec k the f oll o wi n g i t [...]

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    - 39 - A P PENDIX A A . 1 S w itch ‘ s RJ-45 Pin A ssignments 100 0 M b ps, 1 0 00Base T Contact M DI M DI-X 1 BI_ D A+ BI_ D B+ 2 BI_ D A- BI_ D B- 3 BI_ D B+ BI_ D A+ 4 BI_D C + BI_D D + 5 BI_DC- BI_DD- 6 BI_ D B- BI_ D A- 7 BI_D D + BI_D C + 8 BI_DD- BI_DC- I m plicit i m ple m entati o n o f t he crossover f unc t io n w i t hin a t wist e d-[...]

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    - 40 - A . 3 RJ-45 cable pin assignment 2 1 3 6 1 2 3 6 2 1 3 6 E M -WGSW2403[...]