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    24-Port 10/100Mbp s + 1-Port 100Base-FX Open Slot Managed Ethernet Switch WSW -2401A User's Manual[...]

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    T rademarks Copyright © PLANET T echnology Corp. 2005. Contents subject to which revision without prior notice. PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET T e chnology Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Disclaimer PLANET T echnolog y does not warrant that the hardw are will work properly in all environments and applicati[...]

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    T able of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 P ACKET C ONTENTS ............................................................................................................ 6 1.2 H OW TO U SE T HIS M ANUAL .................................[...]

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    4.4.2.1 Theory ................................................................................................................. 22 4.2.2.2 SNMP Configuration ..................................................................................................... 23 4.4.3 Password .......................................................................[...]

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    5.1.3 Improper Network T opologies ................................................................................ 63 5.2 D IAGNOSING LED I NDIC A TORS ......................................................................................... 63 5.2.1 Cabling ..........................................................................................[...]

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Packet Content s Check the contents of your package for following parts: ▫ Ethernet Switch x1 ▫ CD-ROM user's manual x1 ▫ Quick installation guide x1 ▫ 19" rack mounting kit x1 ▫ Power cord x1 ▫ Rubber feet x 4 If any of these are missing or damaged, please contac t your deal er immediately , if possible, r[...]

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    ▫ High back-plane band width 5Gbps ▫ Console/Web/SNMP management ▫ Configuration backup and rec overy ▫ Per port Ingress/Egress bandwidth restriction ▫ Configurable spanning tree aging time, STP port configuration ▫ 12 trunk groups, up to 8 ports per trunk ▫ Port-based/802.1Q VLAN with 4K VLAN ID ▫ MAC Binding/F iltering/Learnin g ,[...]

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    Bridge MIB(RFC 1493), RMON group 1,2,3,9 Enterprise private MIB St and ard Compliance Network S tandard IEEE802.3 10Base-T IEEE802.3u 100Base-TX IEEE802.3x Flow Control and Back pressure IEEE802.3ad Port trunk with LACP IEEE802.1d S panning tree protoc ol IEEE802.1w Rapid S panning T ree IEEE802.1p Class of service IEEE802.1Q VLAN T agging[...]

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    2. INSTALLATION This section describes the functiona lities of the S witch's components an d guides how to install it on the desktop or shelf. Basic kno wledge of networking is assumed. Please read this cha pter completely before continuing. 2.1 Product Description 2.1.1 Product Overview The PLANET WSW-2401A is a 24-Port 10/100Mbps fast Ethern[...]

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    port. FDX/COL Green Lights to indicate the port is running dupl ex mode.. 10/100 Green Lights to indicate the port is 100Mbps connection. 2.1.4 Switch Rear Panel Figure 2-2 shows the rear panel of the switch Figure 2-2 WSW-2401A rear panel. Power Notice: 1. The device is a power-require d device, it means, it will not work till it is powered. If yo[...]

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    Step5: Supply power to the switch. A. Connect one end of the power cable to the s witch. B. Connect the power plug of the power cable to a standard wall outlet. When the switch receives po wer , the Power LED should remain solid Gree n. 2.2.2 Rack Mounting T o install the switch in a 19-inch standard rack, please fol lows the instructions described[...]

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    3. CONSOLE MANAGEMENT 3.1 Connecting to the Switch The console port is a female DB-9 connector that enabl es a connection to a PC or termin al for monitoring and configuring the S witch. Use the supplied RS-232 cable with a mal e DB-9 connector to connect a terminal or PC to the Console port. The Console configur ation (out of band) allo ws you to [...]

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    type “enable” for further configuration. The system needs p assword for further configuration. After the “enable” command, the system asks for p assword, please enter “admin” for the default password. As shows in the following screen: Console login screen 3.3 Console Management Entering a question mark "?" at the prompt displa[...]

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    3.4 T elnet login The switch also supports telnet for remote mana gement. The switch ask for user name and password for remote login when using telne t, please use “admin” for username and “admin” for password. 3.5 Commands There are two levels for console commands. The first level p rovides commands to show system informations and current [...]

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    show security mac-learning Show port security status show security static-MAC Show static mac table information show snmp Show snmp information show snmp rmon Show snmp rmon state show spantree Show spanning tree information show synt ax Show ba sic help infomation show system Show system information show trunk Show trunk information show version G[...]

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    clear security static-MAC Clear static MAC entry clear snmp community Clear s nmp community entry clear snmp trap Clear snmp trap management host clear spantree root Restor e spanning tree parame ters clear trunk Clear trunk port from vlans clear vlan Clear member from vlan copy config flash Copy system configuration parameters to def ault value c [...]

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    3.5.2.5 Set command Set command is to change the parameter of the switch functions. The follow table list s the set commands and the equivalent usages. Command Description set channel Set ports to be channel set default Set system load default parameters set enable password Set the password for the privileged level of the CLI set igmp-snooping disa[...]

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    set qos map vlan-cos-map Set vlan based qos set qos queue egress-polic y Set the egress policy set security MAC-aging Set MAC aging time set security filter-MAC Create MAC filter entry set security mac-learning Set port leanrning MAC (enable|dis able) set security static-MAC Create static MAC entry set snmp Enable/Disable snmp age nt set snmp commu[...]

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    show mirror Show mirror information show multicast router Show multicast router port info rmation show port counter Show port counte r information show port rate-shaping Show port ingress and egress rate-shapin g show port spantree Show spantree information on ports show port state Show port infomation show port storm-limit Show port storm limit mo[...]

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    4. WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT This section introduces the configur ation and functions of the Web-Based management. 4.1 About W eb-based Management The switch offers management features that allow users to manage the switch from anywhere on the network through a standard bro wser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer . The Web-Based Management supports Int[...]

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    WSW-2401A Web Management Interface 4.4 System 4.4.1 IP Configuration The switch can be managed by the Web/T elnet/S NMP interfaces. Administrators can access the management interface via the IP address of the swit ch. The default IP address of the switch is 192.168.0.100. Y ou can change the IP address to be in the same IP segment as your LAN net w[...]

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    NOTE: 1. T he Switch’ s factory-default IP address is 19 2.168.0.100 with Submask 25 5.255.255.0 and a default gateway of 192.168.0.254 2. T he changed IP address take ef fect immediately after click on the OK button, you need to use the ne w IP address to access the W eb interface. 3. T he changed IP address remains the original after r eboot th[...]

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    message is designed to replace the SNMPv 1 trap message. SNMP community An SNMP community is the group that devices and management stations runn ing SNMP belong to. It helps define where information is sent. The community name is used to identif y the group. A SNMP device or agent may belong to more than on e SNMP community . It will not respond to[...]

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    This table is to define the system name, system location and the contact person of the switch. These informations show in the SNMP software of the ma nagement workstation which helps to identify the switch that is looking into. There are three fields in the “system options” configuration block: 。 System Name: The system name of the s witch wh[...]

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    4. Management S tation Configuration A trap manager is a manag ement station (SNMP applic ation) that receives traps (the system alerts generated by the switch). If no trap manager is def ined, no traps are issued. Create a trap manager b y entering the IP address of the st ation and a community string. 。 Enter Network management stations IP addr[...]

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    4.4.3 Password The Passwo rd management menu is to set or change the pa ssword of the Web Management Interface. Click on System/Passwo rd menu button, and the Modify Password table shows in the main web page. Enter “old p assword “ , “new password” , “confirm password” Click “OK” to change the password. 4.4.4 CONSOLE This function s[...]

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    CAUTION: Do not power off the sw itch until the update progress is complete. 4.4.6 Saving Parameters It takes effect i mmediately when you ch ange the parameters of the manag ement function when the switch is running. But the parameters would not be saved after reboot the sw ith. T o keep the changed parameters, Click on the System/Saving Parameter[...]

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    T o backup the runn ing conf iguration, click on the “Bac kup the system’s p arameters” link, and a pop up window shows to save the configuration of the s witch to your workstation. T o recover a saved config uration, click on the “Browse” button in the Parameters Recovery table. A pop up window would direct you to upload the configuratio[...]

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    4.5 Port Management 4.5.1 Port Configuration This function is to configure and to vie w the configured port management status, port negotiation mode and the port flow control function. 。 Management S t atus: Display port status: Enable or Disab le. Disable is to turn of f the port. 。 Link St atus: “Up” to indicate the port is linked while ?[...]

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    4.5.3 Port Band Restrict The function provides the In-B and and Out-Band conn ection speed restriction on the ports. The Band of the connection speed rangs from 64Kbps to 80000Kbps. Ingress Port List/Egress Port L i st field can be filled in distinct number or a port rang e. For example, you can fill with “1, 3” for port 1 and port 3 and “3-5[...]

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    4.6 Redundancy 4.6.1 S p anning T ree 1. Sp anning T ree Protocol The IEEE 802.1D S panning T ree Protocol and IEEE 802. 1W Rapid S panning T ree Protocol allow for the blocking of links bet ween switches that form loops within the network. When multiple links bet ween switches are detected, a primar y link is establish ed. Duplicated links are blo[...]

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    The communication bet ween switches via BPDUs results in the following: 。 One switch is elected as the root switch 。 The shortest distance to the root sw itch is calculated for each switch 。 A designated switch is s elected. This is the switch closest to the root switch through which packet s will be forwarded to the root. 。 A port for each[...]

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    。 From listening to learning or to disabled 。 From learning to for warding or to disabled 。 From forwarding to disabled 。 From disabled to blocking Switch Blocking Listening Learning Forwarding Disable STP Port S tate T ransitions Y ou can modify each port state by using managem ent software. When you enable ST P , every port on every switc[...]

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    configurable except by setting priority below) the switch’s MAC address. The Bridge Identifier consists of two parts: a 16-bit priority and a 48-bit Ethernet MAC address 32768 + MAC Priority A relative priorit y for each switch – lower numbers give a higher priorit y and a greater chance of a given s witch being elected as the root bridge 32768[...]

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    parameters in the Switch are as follows: Priority – A Priority for the swit ch can be set from 0 to 65535. 0 is equal to the highest Prio rity . Hello Time – The He llo T ime can be from 1 to 10 seconds. This is the interval bet ween two transmissions of BPDU packets sent by the Root Bridge to tell all other Switches t hat it is indeed the Root[...]

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    Bridge ID = 15 Port 3 Port 1 Port 2 A Bridge ID = 20 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 C Bridge ID = 30 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 B LAN 1 LAN 2 LAN 3 Portcast = 19 Portcast = 19 Portcast = 19 Portcast = 4 Portcast = 4 Portcast = 19 Portcast = 4 Portcast = 4 Before Applying the ST A Rules In this example, only the default STP values are used. Root Bridge Port 3 Port [...]

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    between switch B and C is deliberate ly chosen as a 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet link (default port cost = 19). Gigabit ports could be used, but the port cost should be increased from t he default to ensure that the link between switch B and s witch C is the blocked link. 4.6.2 S p anning T ree Configuration The S panning T ree Protocol (STP) operates on[...]

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    the default setting is 128.The lo wer number has the highest priority . Path Cost: S pecifies the path cost of the port. The switch uses this p arameter to help determine which port will become a for warding port. Lower numbers will be used as forwarding ports first. The range is from 0 to 65535. The default values based on I EEE802.1D are: 10Mb/s [...]

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    It allows a maximum of eight p orts to be aggregated at the same time and up to 12 groups. If the group is defined as a LACP static link aggregationing group, then any extra ports selected are placed in a standby mode for redundancy if one of the other ports fails . If the group is defined as a local static link aggregationing group, then the numb [...]

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    transmissions warrant special consideratio n. The Switch allows you to further tailor how priority tagged data packets are handled on your network. Using queues to manage pri ority tagged data allows you to specify its relative priority to suit the needs of your network. There may be circumstances where it would be advantageous to group t wo or mor[...]

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    DEF AUL T_ VLAN port member list. The DEF A UL T _VLAN has a VID = 1. Port-based VLAN Port-based VLAN limit traffic that flows into and out of switch ports. T hus, all devices connected to a port and e packet's destination lies on the same segment, communications take place using normal Ethernet protocols. Even though this is al ways the case,[...]

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    MAC address. Their presence is indicated by a value of 0x8100 i n the Ether T ype field. When a packet's Ether T ype field is equal to 0x8100, the packet ca rries the IEEE 802.1Q/802.1p t ag. T he tag is contained in the following two octets and consists of 3 bits of user priorit y , 1 bit of Canonical F ormat Identifier (CFI - nd 12 y 802.1p.[...]

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    decisions are based upon this PVID, in so far as VLAN are concerned. T agged packets are forwarded according to the VID contained within the tag. T agged packets are also assigned a PVID, but the PVID is not used to make packet forwarding decisions, the VID is. T ag-a ware switches must keep a table to rel ate PVID within the switch to VID on the n[...]

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    2. The main page then change to Port-base VLAN table, click on the “A dd/Modify” button to create a new VLAN group. 3. The Port-ba se VLAN Confirut ation table then pops up, enter the VLAN group ID, VLAN name and 5. Select the ports in the Port List field and click on the Add button to add the member ports to the VLAN. The selected VLAN member [...]

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    802.1 There switch Underst and nomenclature of the S w itch T agging and Unt agging Every port on an 802.1Q compliant s witch ca n be configured as tagging or untagging. 。 T agging: Ports with tagging enabled will put the VID numbe r , priority and ot her VLAN information into the header of all packets t hat flow into those ports. If a p acket ha[...]

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    Switch allows each port to set one PVID, the range is 1~255, default PVID is 1. The PVID must be the same as the VLAN ID that the por t was defined as belonging to in t he VLAN group, or the untagged traffic will be dropped. 1. Select 802.1Q VLAN in the VLAN T ype field and click on the “OK” button. The main page then changes to the 802.1Q VLAN[...]

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    3. Choose the Link T ype in the drop drop down menu: Acces s or T runk . Note that if the Acces s type is chosen, it will strip the 802.1 Q t ag from all packets that out of this port. On the other hand, if the T runk type is chosen, it will put the VID numbe r , priorit y and other VLAN information into the header of all packets that out of this p[...]

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    5.3 Select on the VLAN chich you want to tag with in the VLAN T able field and click on the “ Add” button to add. This will add the VLAN in to the VLAN with The T runk Port field. 5.4 Click on the “close” button to close the VLAN port configur ation table of port #2, and back to the 802.1Q main page. 5.5 Click on the “Show VLAN Members”[...]

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    disconnected or po wered-off from the network, and then reconnected at some time later . If the Network station is connected with one port want to control the switch, the station’ s MAC Address must be the same as one MAC Address T o bind the MA C Address, click on the Securi ty/MAC A ddress Bindi ng menu button, the main web page then shows the [...]

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    3. T o remove the MAC Address filtered b y the port. Simply click on the “Delete” button of the MAC Address in the Current Filtering MA C Ta b l e . 4.7.4 MAC Address Learning The switch is able to disable MAC Address learning function on ports. 1. Fill the Port Lis t field in the MAC A ddress Learning t able and select Enable/Disabl e in the M[...]

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    4.7.5 MAC Address Aging Time The Aging Time af fects the learning proc ess of the Sw itch. Dynamic forwardin g table entries, which are ource and destination MAC addresse s a nd their associated port numbers, are deleted hey are not accessed within the aging time. 00 seconds with a default value of 300 seco nds. A ver y long y If the Aging T ime is[...]

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    4.8 QoS 4.8.1 Underst and QOS Quality of Service (QoS) is an advanced traffic prioriti zation feature that a llows you to establish control traffic, such as multi-media, video, protocol-s pecific, time critical, and file-backup traffic. ces bandwidth limitations, delay , loss, and jitter . It also provides i ncreased reliabilit y for delivery tly h[...]

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    Rules are associated with a QoS Profile (see above). T o implement QoS on your network, you need to carr y out the following actions: 1. Define a service level to determine the pr iority that will be applied to traffic. 2. Apply a classifier to determine how the incoming traffic will be classified and thus treated by the Swi tch. 3. Create a QoS pr[...]

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    2. VLAN-COS Mapping QoS settings allow customization of VLAN ID to T raffic classifiers 1. Fill the VID (1-2094) field in the VL AN-CoS Mapping T able . 2. Fill the mapping number in the CoS (0-7) field. 3. Click on the “OK” button to save. 4. T o remove the VLAN-CoS ma pping item, simply click on the “Delete” button in the Show VLAN-CoS Ma[...]

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    3. 802.1p-CoS Mapping QoS settings allow customization of packet priority in order to facilitate delivery of data traf fic that might be affected by latency problems. The IEEE 802.1p Priority specification uses 8 priorit y levels to classify data packet s. In 802.1p compliant devices, a tag insert ed into the packet header is used to identify the p[...]

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    4. Port-COS Mapping QoS settings allow customization of VLAN ID to T raffic classifiers 1. Fill the Port List (e.g. 1-3,7) field in the port-based QoS Configuration T able. 2. Fill the mapping number in the CoS (0-7) field. 3. Click on the “OK” button to save. 5. COS-Queue Mapping 1. Fill the CoS (0-7) field in the CoS-Queue Mapping Con figurat[...]

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    6. Queue Management There are two rules for the Priorit y Queue: Weighted Round Robin ( WRR ) and Al ways Hight . T o configure Queue Rul e, select the Queue Policy drop down menu in the Queue Rule Configuration K” button to save. table. And Click on the “O If the WRR was chosen as the Queue Policy , t he page would show in the main page.[...]

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    .9 Multicast 4.9.1 IGMP Snooping y Computers and network devices that want to re ceive multicast transmissions ne ed to inform nearby a multicast group. The In ternet Group Management Protocol ommunicate this information. IGMP is also used to periodically check the multicast here there is more than one multicast router eeps track of the membership [...]

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    A host sends an IGMP “report” to join a group A host will never send a repor t when it wants to leave a group (for version 1). A host will send a “leave” report when it wants to leave a group (for version 2). Multicast routers send IGMP queries (to the all-host s group address: 224.0.0.1) periodica lly to see whether any group members exist[...]

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    4.9.2 St atic Ro uting Port his function is to configure ports to be the member of IGMP Groups in VLANs. T o do this, fill the Port List field and the VID field for the static routing and click on the “Add ” button to save. T 4.10 Port Analysis 4.10.1 Port Analysis This function shows the statistical information of eac h port, it helps to diagn[...]

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    4.10.2 Port Mirror Port Mirroring is a method of monitoring network traf fic that forwards a copy of each incoming and/or outgoing packet from one port of a network switch to another port where the packet can be studied. It enables the manager to keep close track of s w itch performance and alter it if necessary . ing a source port from which to co[...]

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    4.1 1 Storm Control This function is to control the Braodcast S torm, Mu lticast S torm and Flooded Storm p acket on each port. T o configur e the S torm Co ntrol, click on the Storm Control menu button. The web main page then shows the S trom Restricting functi on table. 1. Fill the Port List field in the Broadcast Storm Restricting table, select [...]

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    5. TROUBLE SHOOTING This section is intended to help you solve the most common problems on the 8 10/ 100TX plus 100FX Exp. Slot managed POE switch. 5.1 Incorrect connections The switch port can auto detect straight or crossove r cable when you li nk switch with other Ethernet device. For the RJ-45 connector shou ld use corre ct UTP or STP cable, 10[...]

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    5.2.1 Cabling RJ-45 ports: use unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) or shie ld twisted-pair (STP) cable for RJ-45 connections: 100 Ω Category 3, 4 or 5 cable for 10Mbps connections or 100 Ω Category 5 cable for 100 Mbps connections. Also be sure that the lengt h of any tw isted-pair connection does not exceed 100 meters (328 feet).[...]

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    6. APPENDIX 6.1 Console Port Pin Assignment s The DB-9 serial port on the front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The console menu-dr iven configuration pr ogram can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation p rogram. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provid[...]

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    Cable Ty p e Max. Length Connec tor 10BASE-T Cat. 3, 4, 5100-ohm UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100BASE-TX Cat. 5 100-ohm UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100BASE-FX 50/125 or 62.5/125 micr on core multimode fiber (MMF) 2 km (1.24 miles) SC or ST 6.2 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T Pin Assignment s With 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T cable, pins 1 and 2 are used f or transmitting data[...]