Allied Telesis AT-GS950/8 manual

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3 How to S tart an A T -GS950/8 WEB Management Session This document contains the procedu res to start you Web management session on the AT-GS950/8 switch. Th e following topics are discussed:  “Establishing a Remo te Connection to the W eb Browser Interface” on page 4  “Web Browse r T ools” on page 8  “Configuration of IP Addres[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 4 Establishing a Remote Connectio n to the Web Brow ser Interface The AT-GS950/8 switch is shipped wi th a p re-assigned IP address of 192.168.1.1. After your initial login, you may want to assign a n ew IP address to your switch. To manually assign an IP address to the switch, refer to “Configuri[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 5 The A T -S107 Management Sof tware displays the login dialog box, shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Management Login Dialo g Box 3. Enter the AT-S107 management login u ser name and password. The default user name is “manager” and the defa ult password is “friend.” 4. Press OK. The login name [...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 6 Figure 3. AT-S107 Home Pag e The main menu appears on the left side an d is common for all of the management pages discussed in this manual. It consists of the following folders and web pages:  Switch Info.  Front Panel  System  Physical Interface  Bridge  SNMP  Access Control[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 7 5. To see the front panel of the switch, select Front Panel from the main menu on the left side of the page. The A T -S107 Management sof tware displays the front of th e switch. Ports that have a link to an end node are green. Port s without a link are grey . The A T -GS950/8 switch front p anel[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 8 Web Browser Tools You can use the web browser tools to move around the management pages. Selecting Back on your browse r’s toolbar returns you to the previous display. You can also use the browser’s bookmark featu re to save the link to the switch.[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 9 Configuration of IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address This procedure explains how to chang e the IP address, subnet ma sk, and gateway address of the switch. Before performing the procedure, note the following:  A gateway address is only required if you want to remote ly manage the devi[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 10 System Default Gatewa y - Displays the default gateway of the switch. To change the default gatewa y, enter a new gateway. When DHCP is enabled, you cannot change this parameter. DHCP Mode - For information about setting this parameter, refer to “DHCP Client Configuration” on page 18. 4. Clic[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 11 IP Access List Configuration When the IP Access List feature is enabled, remote access to the AT-S107 management software is restricted to the IP addresses entered into the IP Access List. The procedures in this section describ e how to e nable or disable the IP Access List feature and how to ad[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 12 Note You can add up to 10 IP addre ss to the IP Access List table.[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 13 5. From the IP Restriction Status field, select one of the following choices from the pull-down menu: Enable - This selection restricts the access to the AT-S107 management software to the IP addresses in the table listed under Accessible IP . Disable - This selection allows unrestricted access [...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 14 System Time The procedures in this section describe how to configure the system time by manually entering the time or through SNTP an d how to configure the daylight savings time feature. See the fo llowing sections:  “Manually Setting System T ime” on page 14  “Setting SNTP” on p a[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 15 3. Use the pull down menu to set the Clock Mode parameter to Local time. 4. In the Local Time Settings section, set the Date Setting (YYYY:MM:DD) to the current date in the YYYY:MM:DD format. 5. In the Local Time Settings section, set the Time Settings (HH:MM:SS) to the current time in the HH:MM[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 16 Setting Daylight Savings Parameters If you want to configure the switch f or daylight savings time, perform the following procedure: 1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System folder. The System folder expands. 2. From the System folder, select System Time. The System Ti[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 17 DHCP and ATI Web Discovery Tool The AT-GS950/8 Gigabit Ethernet Sma rt switch is managed through a web browser interface only. The factory default IP ad dress is 192.168.1.1. The switch does not have a local co nsole connector, which means that you cannot learn what the switch’s manageme nt IP[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 18 DHCP Client Configuration This procedure explains how to activate and deactivate the DHCP client on the AT-GS950/8 switch. When the client is activated, the switch obtains its IP configuration including an IP address and subnet mask from a DHCP server on your network. Before pe rforming the proce[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 19 Note The ATI Web Discovery Tool is available for downlo ad on the AT- GS950/8 product page at alliedteles is.com . 6. Follow the procedure to log on with the new IP ad dress provided by the DHCP Server as described in “Est ablish ing a Remote Connection to the Web Browser Interface” on p age[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 20 DHCP Auto Configuration If you need to automatically update the switch’s configuration files via a remote server, the DHCP Auto Co nfiguration feature is ava ilable for this purpose via the DHCP server. Note You must enable the DHCP client so that this feature can operate with the DHCP server. [...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 21 System Management Information This section explains how to assi gn a name , location, and contact information for the AT- GS950/8 switch. This informatio n helps in identifying each specific AT-GS950/8 switch among other switches in the same local area network. Entering this information is optio[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 22 System Name - Specifies a n ame for the switch, for example, Sales. The name is option al and may contain up to 15 characters. System Location - Sp ecifies the location of the switch. The location is optional and may contain up t o 30 characters. System Contact - Specifies the name of the network[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 23 User Name and Password Configuration Password protection is always enabled for access to th e AT-S107 Management software. This sectio n explains how to create new users names and passwords and how to mod ify or delete existing users for the web interface. See the following sections:  “Add [...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 24 4. To add a password that corresponds to the use r name entered in step 3, enter a password of up to 12 a lphanumeric characters in the box next to the Password field. The P asswor d field is case sensitive. 5. To confirm the password entry, retype the password in the box ne xt to the Confirm Pas[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 25 Delete User Name and Password To delete a user name that you hav e previously added, perform the following procedure. 1. From the main menu on the left side of t he page, click the System folder. The System folder expands. 2. From the System folder, select Administration . The Administration Pag[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 26 User Interface Configuration This procedure explains how to enable and disable the user interfaces on the switch. With this procedure you can enable or disable the AT-GS950/8 SNMP Agent. For more information about SNMP, see the AT-GS950 Web User Guide. The Web Server Status is displayed as En abl[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 27 5. From the main menu on the left side of t he page, select Save Configuration to Flash to perman ently save your changes. User Interface Timeout To set the Web Idle Time out, perform the following procedure: 1. From the main menu on the left side of t he page, click the System folder. The Syste[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 28 System Information Display The Switch Information page is initially displayed when you first log into the AT-GS950/8 switch. It provides g eneral information about th e switch. To view this information, perform the follo wing procedure: 1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, select S[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 29 Administration Information Section: Switch Name - This paramet er displays the name assigned to the switch. To assign the switch a name, refer to “System Management Information” on page 21. Switch Location - This p arameter displays the location of the switch. To assign the location, refer t[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 30 Switch Reboot You can reboot the AT-GS950/8 switch by either pressing the front panel eco-friendly switch between 5 to 9 seconds or by using the Normal reboot function provided in the AT-S107 management software. In addition to rebooting the switch, yo u have the option to reset the AT-GS950/8 sw[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 31 Caution Since you define this password as part of the process o f disabling this function, Allied Telesis has no knowledge of it. You ar e responsible for keeping the password in a safe place. If it is lost, Allied Telesis does not have a way to help you recover it. See “Disabling Factory Defa[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 32 Figure 14. Factory Default Reset/Reboot Page 3. Go to the lower part of the page to the Reb oot section. 4. In the Reboot Type field, select Normal from the pull-down menu. When the switch is rebooted with this selection, all co nfiguration parameters that are saved in flash memory are loaded int[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 33 Caution This procedure causes the switch to re boot. The switch does not forward network traffic during th e reboot process. Some network traffic may be lost. To return the AT-S107 Management so ftware to the default settings, perform the following procedure: Note The AT-S107 Management software[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 34 5. Click Apply . The switch begins the reboot process. You must wa it approximately two minutes for the switch to complete the re boot process before you can re-establish your management session and network traffic begins flowing normally again. Disabling Factory Default Reset Feature The factory[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 35 Figure 15. Factory Default Reset/Reboot Page with Password Entry 5. In the New Password field, enter a passwo rd of up to 12 characters in length. It is case-sensitive. There is not a default password for this field. Caution Since you define this password as part of the process o f disabling thi[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 36 Enabling Factory Default Reset If the Factory Default Reset featu re is disabled and you choose to Enable it, perform the following procedure: 1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, select the Tools folder. The Tools folder expands. 2. From the Tools folder, select Reboot . The Facto[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 37 Pinging a Remote System This procedure instructs the AT-GS9 50/8 switch to ping a node on your network. This pr ocedure is useful in determining whether a n active link exists between the switch and anoth er network device. Note The device you are pinging must be a member of the Default VLAN and[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 38 5. To view the ping results, click Show Ping Re sults . A sample Ping Test Results Page is displayed. See Figure 19. Figure 19. Ping Test Results Page The following information is displayed: Destination IP Address - Indicates the IP address of the unit that receives the ping. Pass - Indicates the[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 39 SSL Settings The AT-GS950/8 switch has a we b browser server for remote management of the unit with a web browser application from managemen t workstations on your network. By default, the server operates in a non-secure HTTP mode and can be c onfigured to co mmunicate in a secure HTTPS mode wit[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 40 4. Click Apply . The SSL setting that you have selected is now active. 5. From the main menu on the left side of the page, select Save Configuration to Flash to permanent ly save your changes.[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 41 System Log Configuration The System log is designed to m onitor the operation the AT-GS950/8 switch by recording the event messa ges it generates during normal operation. These events may provide vital informa tion about system activity that can help in the id entification and solutions of syste[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 42 3. From the Syslog Status field, select o ne of the follo wing choices from the pull-down men u: Enable - The System log is active. Disable - The System log is inactive. 4. From the Time Stamp field, select one of the following choices from the pull-down men u: Enable - Each even t message record[...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Manageme nt Session 43 Returning the AT-S107 Management Software to the Factory Default Values This procedure returns all AT-S107 Man agement software parameters to their default values and deletes all tagge d and port-based VLANs on the switch. This procedure causes the switch to re boot. The switch does not forward [...]

How to Start an AT-GS950/8 WEB Management Session 44 Quitting a Web Browser Management Session To exit a web browser management session, clo se the web browser.[...]