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    Rev.A0 19-May-10 MIL-SW8T1GP A 8 Port 10/100/1000BASE-T w ith 1 Combo 1000BASE-X SFP Port Web Managed Switch User Guide[...]

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    Regulatory Approv al - FCC Class A - UL 1950 - CSA C22.2 No. 950 - EN60950 - CE - EN55022 Class A - EN55024 Canadian EMI Notice This Class A digital apparatus meets all the req uirements of the Can adian Interference-C ausing Equipment Regulat ions. Cet appareil numerique de la classe A respe cte toutes les ex igences du Reglement sur le materiel b[...]

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    1 Content INTR ODUC TION .............................................................................. 3 Features ................................................................................................................... 3 Software Featur e....................................................................................................[...]

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    2 Spanning Tree ....................................................................................................... 2 5 RSTP System Con figuration ........................................................................... 25 RSTP Port Con figuration ................................................................................ 27 Spanning Tr[...]

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    3 Introduction The 8 1 0/100/1000T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo po rt W eb Managed Switch t hat ca n be used to build h igh-performance sw itched workgr oup networks. The switch is targeted at workgroup o r department. The 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo port W eb Managed Switch features a S tore-and-Forward Switching sch e[...]

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    4  VLAN  Port Based VLAN  IEEE 802.1Q VLANs. Up to 256 groups  Support DHCP client  Support Class of Service  Support Spanning T re e  9K Jumbo Frame support Softw are Feature Management W eb M ana gement Firmware update W eb UI firmware upda te System default One default button for system defau lt Default IP: 192.168.1.77 Subn[...]

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    5 Quality of Service Port based Tag based IPv4 Type of Service Class of Service Per port support 4 priority queues Spanning Tree IEEE802.1w rapid spannin g tree and compatible with IEEE 802.1d Package Con tents Unpack the contents of the 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo Web-Smart Switch a nd verify them against the checklist bel[...]

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    6 item is missing or damaged, please contact the local dealer for exchanging.[...]

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    7 Hardware Description This section mainly describes the hardware of the 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP /RJ45 Combo po rt W eb-Sma rt Switch and gives a p hysical and functional overview on certain switch. Ph y sical dime nsion The 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo port W eb Managed Switch’s ph ysical dimension is 21[...]

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    8 Switch  RJ-45 Ports (Aut o MDI/MDIX): 7x 10/100/1000 N-way auto-sen sing for 10Base-T, 100Base-TX or 1000Base -T connections. In general, MDI m eans connecting to another Hub or Switch while M DIX means connecting to a workstation or PC. T herefore, A uto MDI/MDIX woul d allow connecting to another Switch or workstation without changing non-cr[...]

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    9 LED Indicators The LED Indicators display real-time in formation of systematic operation status. The following table provides de scriptions of LED status and their meaning. LED Panel of 8 10/100/100 0Base-T with 1 1 000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Com bo port Web M anaged Switch LED Status Color Description On Green Power On Power Off -- No Power inputs or Po[...]

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    1 0 Blinks Orange Collision of Packets occurs in the port Off -- Half-duplex mode or no de vice attached On Green The port is successfully connecting with the device Blinks Green The port is receiving or transmitting data LNK /ACT (MINI GBIC) Off -- No data transmitted or no device connected The Descr iption of LED Indi cators Desktop Install ation[...]

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    11 other sid e o f power adaptor connects to the power outlet. The ex ternal power supply in the switch works with the AC power f rom 100 to 240V. Please check with the power indicator on the f ront panel to see if power is properly supplied.[...]

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    1 2 Network Application This section provides user a f ew samples of network topolo gy in which the switch is used. In general, the 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X S FP/RJ45 Combo port W eb Man aged Switch is designed as a segme nt switch. That is, with its address table (8k MAC a ddress) and high performance, it is ideal for interconnecting [...]

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    13 Segment Bri dge For enterprise networks where large data broadcasts are constantly processed, this switch is an ideal solution for department use rs to conne ct to the corporate backbone. Use two 8 1 0/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Co mbo port W eb Managed Switch with PCs, print server, and local server attached, are bot h connecting[...]

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    1 4[...]

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    15 Web-Based Management This section introduces the f unction configuration of the 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo port W eb Managed Switch. About Web-b ased Manage ment On the CPU bo ard of the switch there is an embedde d HTML web site residing in flash memory, w hich off ers advanced managem ent features and allow use rs to [...]

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    1 6 1. Launch the Internet Explorer 2. Key in “http://” + “IP Address” of th e 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo port W eb Managed Switch, and then press “ Enter ” 3. Login screen will appear right af ter 4. Key in the password(The default password is “ root ”) 5. And then, click A ppl y , and then configuration i[...]

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    17 time the client/switch bo ots and the lease is 50% or m ore passe d, t he client/switch will attempt to renew the lease. A t 8 7.5% of the lease c ompletion, the client/switch will attem pt to contact any DHCP server for a new lease System Conf iguration interfac e  DHCP Enable: To enable DHCP Client Function  Fallback IP Address: Assignin[...]

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    1 8 remote m anagement that include telnet, SNMP, and W eb browse the switch only when the port of VLAN group ID is equal to the Management VLAN ID  Name: the name of the switch  Password: W eb GUI login password. The default password is root  Inactivity Timeout: The web connect ion timeout time  And then, click A ppl y to apply the con[...]

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    19 Port Configura tion interface Statistics O verview The following information provides the current port statistic information  Press C lea r button to clean all counts  And then, click R efr esh to get the new setting information as below: Statistics Over view interface[...]

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    2 0 Statistics De tail The following info rmation p rovides st atistic detail inf ormation of statistic on each port, and simply selecting the port to viewing the statistic information.  Press C lea r button to clean all counts  And then, click R efr esh to get the new setting information as below: Statistics Detai l interface VL A N Se tting[...]

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    21  And then, click A ppl y to bring up the configuration interface a s below: VLAN Setting int erface VLAN Port Setti ng Click VLA N Port Se t t i n g to bring up the configuration inte rface for adjusting the VID Setting  PVID: Enter the Port VLAN ID  A w a reness: Enable the awarene ss that p orts will stri p the VLAN ta g from received[...]

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    2 2 in transmitted frames  Frame T y pe: To set the outgoing frames  Tagged: Outgoing frames with VLAN-Ta gged  A ll: All type of frames  After that, click A pp l y to apply the co nfiguration  Or, click R efr e sh to rese t the configuration before applying VLAN Port Sett ing interfac e Port Trunk Port t runk allows multiple links t[...]

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    23  Grouping the members of Tru nk. Normal means the port is not trunk port  And then, click A ppl y to apply the configuration  Or, click R efr e sh to rese t the configuration before applying Port Trunk interface LACP Setting The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) provides a standardized means f or exchanging information between Pa[...]

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    2 4  Or, click R efr e sh to rese t the configuration before applying LACP Setting int erface LACP Status W hen the LACP aggregator had been se tup, the LACP status information will display as below:[...]

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    25 LACP Status int erface Spanning Tree The Rapid Sp anning Tree Protocol (RST P) is an evolution of the S panning T ree Protocol and provides for faster spanning tree convergence after a to pology change. The system also supports S TP and the sy stem will auto detect the connected device that is running STP o r RSTP protocol. RSTP Sy stem Configur[...]

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    2 6 lowest value has the highest priority an d is sele cted as t he ro ot. If the v alue has being changed, user has to reboot the switch. The v alue must be m ultiple of 4096 according to the proto col standard rule.  Hello Time (1 -10): The scale of 1 ~10 sec will b e set as a period of time that how often the switch broad casts hello messages[...]

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    27 RSTP Port Configu ration  Protocol Enable: To enable or disable the port proto col  Edge: The port directly conne cted to end stations cannot create bridging loop in the network. To configure the port as an edge port, mark the port  Path Cost: T he cost of the path to t he other bridge f rom this transmitting bridge at the specified por[...]

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    2 8 RSTP Status inter face 802.1X Confi guration 802.1x is an IEEE authentication specification that allow s a clie nt to co nnect to a wireless access point or wired switch but prevents the client f rom gaining access to the Internet unt il it provides creden tials, like a user name a nd password th at a re verified by a separate server.  Mode:[...]

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    29  Or, click R efr e sh to rese t the configuration before applying 802.1X Config uration interfac e Parameters Confi guration  Reauthentication Enable: To enable the re-authentica tion mode  Reauthentication period (1~3600 seconds): Set the period of time aft er which clients connected must be re-authenticated  EPA Timeout (1~255 seco[...]

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    3 0 QoS Setting Configuring Qo S mode o f th e po rt and p er port priority , TOS and COS p riority setting.  Mode: Select the QoS mo de – port, DSCP, or vlantag  Port Priority: Select the priority level – low, normal, medium, or high  And then, click App l y to apply the configuration  Or, click R efr e sh to rese t the configurati[...]

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    31 QoS Configurat ion interface  Click D S C P Mappi n g to enter TOS priority configuration interfa ce  DSCP [0- 63]: The system provides 0~63 TOS priority level. W hen the IP packet is re ceiv ed, the system will ch eck th e TOS level value in the IP packet that has received. For example: u ser set the TOS level 25 is high. The port 1 is f [...]

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    3 2 QoS DSCP Ma pping interf ace  Click VLA N tag Mappi n g to e nter VLAN tag priority conf iguration in ter f ace. Select the VLAN tag priority level: High, Medium , Normal and Low.  And then, click App l y to apply the configuration  Or, press R efr e sh to reset the configuration before applying QoS VLAN T ag Priorit y Mapping interfac[...]

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    33 System Rest art Reboot the switch in software reset. All the configuration s wi ll be rem inded  Click Y es to restart the system System Restar t interface Factor y Default Reset switch to default configuration  Click Y es to reset the all configuration to the default value Factory Def ault interface Firmw are Upload The system provides th[...]

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    3 4  And then, press U pload to update the firmware Firm ware Upload interface Configurati on File Transfer The system provides the W eb GUI configuration upload f unction which would allow the user to backup the switch configuration.  Click B r ow se to locate the path for Uploading  And then, press U p l oa d to update the configuration [...]

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    35 Troubleshooting This section is intended to help user solve the m ost common problems on the 8 10/100/1000Base-T with 1 1000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo port W eb Managed Switch with. Incorrect co nnections The switch port can auto d etect straight or crossover cable when link swi tch with other Ethernet device. For the RJ-45 connector sh ould use corr[...]

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    3 6 100 Ω Ca tegory 5 ca ble fo r 1 00Mbps connections. Also be sure that the len gth of any twisted-pair co nnection does not exceed 100 me ters (328 feet). G igabit port should u se Cat-5 or cat-5e cable f or 1000Mbps connections. The length does n ot exceed 100 meters.  Improper Net work Topologies It is important to make sure that have a va[...]

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    37 Technical Specification This section prov ides the specifications o f 8 10/100/1000Base-T w ith 1 1 000Base-X SFP/RJ45 Combo port W eb Managed Switch with. Standard IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethe rnet IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast E thernet IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Fiber IEEE 802.3x Flow Control and Ba ck-pressure IEEE 802.1w Rapid Sp[...]

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    3 8 Per unit: Power Network Cable 10BASE-T: 2-pair UTP/STP Cat. 3, 4, 5 cable EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm (100m) 100BASE-TX: 2-pa ir UTP/STP CAT. 5 cable EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm (100m) Gigabit Copper: 4 pair UTP/STP CAT. 5 cable EIA/TIA 568 100-ohm (100 M) Connector Gigabit copper: 8 x RJ-45 with Auto-MDIX SFP port: 1 x SFP slot (3.3v) Back-plane 16Gbps MAC ad[...]

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    39 Operating Humidit y 10% to 90% (Non-condensing) EMI FCC Class A CE Safety UL cUL 10900 Red Circle Drive Minnetonka, MN 55344 Tel.: +1.952.941.7600 techsupport@transition.com[...]