Alloy 16-PORT GIGABIT WEB SMART SWITCH GSS-16T2SFP manual

ALLOY 16-Port Gigabit W eb Smart Switch GSS-16T2SFP (16x 10/100/1000Mbps ports + 2 pair ed SFP Ports) User ’ s Manual V ersion: 1.03 February 8, 2005[...]

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iii Caution Electronic Circuit devices are sensitive to st atic electricity . Dry weather conditions or walking across a carpeted floor may cause y ou to acquire a st atic electrical charge. T o protect your switch, always: • T ouch the met al chassis of your computer to ground the st atic electrical charge before you handle the switch. • Pick [...]

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About this user ’ s manual This user ’ s manual will guide you on how to install, configure an d monitor the 16 port Gigabit Web Smart Switch through the built-in web management interface. Overview of this user ’s manual  Chapter 1 “Introduction ” describes the features of the 16 Gigabit Web Smart Switch  Chapter 2 “Installation?[...]

2 1. Introduction 1-1. Overview of the 16 Gigabit Web Smart Switch The 16-port Gigabit Web Smart Switch meet s all IEEE 802.3/u/x/z Gigabit, Fast Ethernet specifications. The swit ch includes 14x 10/100/1000Mbps Copper Ports, and 2 p aired Gigabit Copper/SFP Po rt s. The switch can be managed through its Ethernet port using a W eb-based br owser su[...]

3 1-2. Checklist Before you start inst alling the switch, verify that the package contai ns the following:  The GSS-16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch  Mounting Accessories (for 19” Rack She lf mounting)  This User's Manual CD-ROM  AC Power Cord Please notify your sales represent ative immediately if any of the aforementioned items[...]

4 • 802.1Q VLAN • Maximal packet length up to 9216 by tes for jumbo frame applications • Broadcasting Suppre ssion to avoid network problems • T rap event sending • Firmware Default s and Customi sed Firmware saving and restoring • Supports hot plug/unpl ug SFP modules • Quality of Service (QoS) for real time applications based on inf[...]

5 1-4. Overview of th e GSS-16T2sfp Gigabit W eb Smart Switch 1-4-1. User Interfaces on the Front Panel (Button, LEDs and Plugs) There are 16 copper Gigabit Ethernet port s and 2 SFP fiber ports for optional removable modules on the front p anel of the switch. LED display area, locating on the left side of the p anel, contains a Power LED, which in[...]

6 • LED Indicators LED Color Function System LED POWER Green Lit when +5V DC power is on and good 10/100/1000Ethernet coppers Port 1 to 16 LED LINK/ACT Green On when connection with remote device is good Blinks when any traf fic is present Off when cabl e connection is not good 10/100/1000Mbp s Green/ Amber Green when 1000Mbp s speed is active Am[...]

7 1-5. Overview of th e Optional SFP Modules With the GSS16T2SFP swi tch, copper ports 15 and 16 are p aired with the SFP Fiber ports (LC); these ports support 10/100/ 1000Mbps on the copper interf ace or 1000Mbps Fi ber via the SFP interfaces. 1000Mbp s SFP Fiber transceiver can be used for high-speed uplink conne ctions to fiber ba ckbones or ser[...]

8 2. Installation 2-1. St arting the GSS16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch This section provides a quick start guide for: - Hardware and Cable In stallation - Management S tation Inst allation - Software booting and configuration 2-1-1. Hardware and Cable Install ation Please Note: ⇒ Wea r a grounding strap device to avoid damaging the switch with [...]

9 • Copper Port s Cable Installation ⇒ The switch copper port s support MDI/MDI-X auto-crossover . This enables use of either straight-through or crossover Cat 5E cables. ⇒ Use Cat. 5 grade RJ-45 copper cables t o connect to the copper RJ-45 ports. ⇒ Repeat the above steps, a s needed, for each RJ-45 port to be connected. • Power On The s[...]

10 2-1-2-1. Cabling Requirement s for TP Port s ⇒ For Fast Ethernet copper network connections  The Cable must be Cat. 5 or Cat. 5e with a maximum length of 100 meters. ⇒ Gigabit Ethernet copper network connection  The Cable must be Cat. 5 or Cat. 5e with a maximum length of 100 meters. Cat. 5e is recommended. 2-1-2-2. Cabling Requirement[...]

11 4. Operation of Web-based Management This chapter instruct s you how to configure and manage the GSS16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch through the web user interface. The default values of the GSS16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch are listed in the table below: IP Address 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Default Gate w ay 192.168.1.254 Password[...]

12 Fig. 4-1 4-1. Web Management Home Overview After you have succe ssfully logged into the switch the system status information is displayed as in Fig. 4-2. This page informs you about the basic information of the system, including “Switch S t atus”, “TP Port S tatus”, “Fi ber Port S tatus”, “Aggregation”, “VLAN”, “Mirro r”,[...]

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14 • The Basic Page Layout.  The switch graphic at the top sectio n of the windows, displays the current status of both Copp er TP and Fibre SFP ports.  The left side of the main window , provid es the gateway to the sub menu o ptions. These submenus are grouped into 3 p arts,  Configuration  Monitoring  Maintenance The functions o[...]

15 4-2. Configuration 11 functions are including in the System Configuration group. Each of them will be described in detail in the following sections. System Configuration Ports Configu ration VLAN Mode Configuration VLAN Group Configuration Configuration PVID Configuration Aggregation Configuration Mirror Configuration QoS Configuration Bandwidth[...]

16 4-2-1. System Configuration System configuration is one of the mo st import ant options in the switch. Without proper configurati on, the network man ager will not be able to manage or access the switch. The switch su pports manual IP address settings . When the IP address is changed, you must reboot the switch to have the settings take ef fect.[...]

17 IP Address (R W): Configure the IP settings. Then, click <Apply > button to update. Default: 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask (R W): Configure the Subnet Mask setting. Then, click <Apply > button to update. Default: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway (RW): The Default Gateway is used in Routed networks to determine the net hop for all non local de[...]

18 4-2-2. Port s Configuration Function name: Port Configuration Function description: Port Configuration allows changi ng of the various po rt settings. Parameter description: Mode: Set the speed and duplex of the port. - If the media is 1Gbps fiber , then there are three modes to choose from: Auto S peed, 1000 Full and Disable. - If the media is [...]

19 4-2-3. VLAN Mode Configuration The switch support s Port-based VLAN and T ag-ba sed VLAN (802.1q) . 16 active VLANs can be support with VLAN ID ’ s from 1~4094. VLAN configuration is used to partition your LAN into sm all broadcast domains (groups). Prop erly configuring VLANS can improve your net work security and increase networ k performanc[...]

20 Metro Mode: Metro Mode is a quick configuratio n VLAN option designed for Metro W AN deployment. It uses Port-based VLAN and creates 14 or 15 Port- based VLAN group s. Fig. 4-5[...]

21 Up-link Port: This feature is only enabled when the metro mode is selected. Option 15: All ports are assigned a u nique VLAN with Port 15. Port 15 ends up a member of 15 VLAN grou ps, one VLAN for each port. This secures intra port traf fic, but allows all ports access to a si ngle uplink port(15). Each VLAN has 2 mem bers. 15 VLANS in total. Op[...]

22 4-2-4. VLAN Group Configuration Function name: VLAN Group Configuration Function description: In port-based VLAN mode, this will disp lay the ID – Description - and Member s of existing port-based VLAN group s. If in tag-based VLAN mode, this will display the ID - Description – VID and Me mbe rs of the existing tag-based VLAN group. The swit[...]

23 Fig. 4-7 Add Group: Create a new port-based VLAN or t ag-based VLAN, depending on the VLAN mode selected. Fig. 4-8[...]

24 Delete Group: Select the check box ( ; ) beside the ID, to delet e a group. Then press the <Delete Group> button to delete the group. Fig. 4-9[...]

25 4-2-5. PVID Configuration Function name: PVID Configuration Function description: From within this menu users can assign a VID number fo r each port. The range of VID numbers is from 1 to 4094. Y ou can also choose ingress filtering rules to each port. There are two ingress filteri ng rule s which can be applied to the switch. Ingress Filtering [...]

26 Untag S t ate: If this is enabled and the Unt ag VID matches the VID of the p acket, then the tag would be remove d. If e nabled without a match, no operatio n will occur . If disabled, no operation will occur . Untag VID: V alid range is 0~4094. Fig. 4-10[...]

27 4-2-6. Aggregation Configuration The Aggregation (Port T runking) Confi guration is used to co nfigure Link Aggregation. Y ou can bundle more than one port with the same speed, full du plex and the same MAC to be a single logical port, thus the logical port aggregates the bandwidt h of these ports. This allows you to create a higher speed upli n[...]

28 4-2-7. Mirror Configuration Function name: Mirror Configuration Function description: Mirror Configuration is u s ed to monito r the traffic on the network. For example, assume that Port A is a Sniffer Port and Port B is the Source Port, this allows the traffic passed by Port B to be copied to Port A for monitoring purpo ses. Parameter descripti[...]

29 4-2-8. Quality of Service Configuration The switch offers po werful QoS functions including: VLAN tagged priority for 8 levels, TOS field IP header (equal DSCP low 3 bits) on Layer 3 network framework, 6 types of layer 4 network transmission events, and I P DiffServe QoS services. In the Quality of Service (QoS) Config uration there is an option[...]

30 Fig. 4-14 Parameter description: Quality of Service (QoS) Vlan Tag Configuration: Used for setting up QoS based on Vlan tags. Port: Select the port which your bit mapping will apply. Op tionally you can select to control all ports at the same time from the “All” selection. Bit 0, Bit 1, Bit 2: Control the T ag priority and offer 8 levels of [...]

31 Function name: IP T oS Classification Function description: Within the Layer 3 network fra mework is a TOS field for IP headers. The GS- 16T2SFP can prioriti ze packet forwarding based on this TOS heade r . TOS Heade rs include 3 bits for 8 levels of T OS. Once again these 8 levels can be mapped to High or Low prio rity queues. Fig. 4-15 Paramet[...]

32 Function name: IP TCP/UDP Port Classification Function description: In L4 QoS Configuration you can prioritize packets based on the application type that they contain. ie. Down prio ritize web browsing, e-mail and FTP . Parameter description: Disable IP TCP/UDP Po rt Classification: Disables all L4 application based QoS. Down prioritize web bro [...]

33 Advanced Mode: The Advanced Mode allows you to further customize the initial simple configuration defaults with your own TCP/UDP port definitions. Or create your own definition list from scratch. Refer Fig 4-16. Special TCP/UDP class: Select the custom TCP/UDP port definitions a s High or Low priority. Default class (all other TCP/UDP ports): Se[...]

34 Fig. 4-16 Advanced Mode Fig. 4-17 Simple Mode Simple Mode: Toggle the <Simple> / <Advanced> button to switch betwe en modes and to display details on the TCP/UDP ports co nfigured (See Fig 4-17).[...]

35 Function name: IP Dif fserv Classific ation Function description: IP Dif fserve Classification support s up-to 64 (0~63) T raffic Classifi cations based on a 6-bit field in the DSCP header of IP packets. The GSS-16T2SFP switch allows mapping of these 64 classifi cations to High or Low priority queues. Parameter description: IP Dif ferentiated Se[...]

36 4-2-9. Bandwidth Management Function name: Bandwidth Manag ement Function description: The Bandwidt h Management function is used to set Ingress and Egress bandwidt h limits for each port. Fig. 4-19 Parameter description: Port Number: Select the port which you want to add a Rate control policy to. Optionally you can select to control all ports a[...]

37 All T raffic for Egress Rate Limiting: Define the rate for outgoing traf fic on the selected port. Packet transmission will be delayed if the rate exceeds the value you set up in Data Rate field. T raffic may be lost if egress buffers are congested. T he limited format of the packet includ es unicas t, broadcast and multicast. V alid range is 0~[...]

38 4-2-10. T rap Event Configuration Function name: Trap Event Configuration Function description: The T rap Event Configuration enables the GSS-16T2SFP switch to send out the trap information when pre- defined event s occur . The switch offers 7 dif ferent trap events and 2 configurable tra p host. Trap messages are enabled by selecting the tick ([...]

39 4-2-1 1. Max. Packet Length Function name: Max. Packet Length Function description: The switch is capa ble of dealing with 9k Jumbo Frames. Jumb o frames are effective in point to point environments for large payload dat a transfers. They maximize the data to header p ayload ratio, so that more data is sent with less header information. (note th[...]

40 4-3. Monitoring There are two functions cont ained in the monitoring section of the management. 4-3-1. St atistics Overview The Statistics Overview function collect s summary information about port based traffic cou nters. This can includes Fram es, Bytes, and Errors. In the Fig. 4-22, all ports are displaye d in a summary format. If any counter[...]

41 Fig. 4-22 4-3-2. Det ailed St atistics Function name: Detailed Statistics Function description: Displays detailed co unters for a specific port. Fig. 4-23 Parameter description: Rx Packets: Number of the pa cket received. RX Octets: T otal received bytes. Rx High Priority Packets: Number of Rx packets cla ssified as high priority. Rx Low Priorit[...]

42 TX Octets: T otal transmitted bytes. Tx High Priority Packets: Number of Tx packets clas sified as high priority. Tx Low Priority Packets: Number of Tx packets clas sified as low priority. Tx Broadcast: Number of the transmitted broadcast p ackets. Tx Multicast: Number of the transmitted multicast pa ckets. Rx 64 Bytes: Number of 64-byte frames [...]

43 Tx 1024-Bytes: Number of 1024-max_length-byte frame s (includes non valid packets) transmitted. Rx CRC/Alignment: Number of Alignment errors and CRC error packet s received. Rx Undersize: Number of short frames (<64 Bytes) with valid CRC. Rx Oversize: Number of long frames(according to ma x_length register) with vali d CRC. Rx Fragments: Numb[...]

44 4-4. Maintenance There are four functions cont ained in the maintenance section. 4-4-1. St atus 8 sections are reported on in the switch status screen TP Port Status, Fiber Port Status, A ggregation, VLAN, Mirror, Trap Event and Maximum Packet Length S tatus Wa rm R es ta r t Maintenance Factor y Default Lo g out Switch S tatus TP Port S t atus [...]

45 4-4-1-1.Switch S tatus Fig. 4-24 Function name: Switch S tatus Function Description: Display the status information of this switch. Parameter Description: Product Name: Display the product name of the switch Firmware V ersion: Display the firmware version of the switch. Hardware V ersion: Display the hardware version of the swit ch. Serial Numbe[...]

46 MAC Address: Display the Ethernet MAC address of the switch. System Name: Display the model of the switch. Auto Logout T imer: Display the setting of auto-logout timer in the web UI.[...]

47 4-4-1-2. TP / Fiber Port s St atus Function name: TP/Fiber Ports S tatus Function description: TP/Fiber Port S tatus, displ ays a summary of the port status Fig. 4-25 Parameter description: Port: Port 1 – 16. Both port 15 and 16 are optional SFP modules. Link S tatus: Displays link as active or down. S peed: Displays the speed and duplex of al[...]

48 4-4-1-3. Aggregation Function name: Aggregation Status Function description: Display the current setup of Aggregation/Trunking. Parameter description: Normal: Ports not p articipating in any aggregation/trunking grou ps. Group 1~8: Display the members of the Group. Fig. 4-26[...]

49 4-4-1-4. VLAN Function name: VLAN S tatus Function description: Display the status the switch VLAN mode and VLAN group settings. Parameter description: VLAN Mode: Display Port-based, T ag-based or metro mode VLAN. ID: Display the Group ID. Description: Display the description defined by administrato r associated with the VLAN group. VID: Display[...]

50 Fig. 4-29 Metro mode VLAN[...]

51 4-4-1-5. Mirror Function name: Mirror Status Function description: Mirror Status displays the cu rrent mirror configuratio n. Parameter description: Sniffer Mode: Display the mirror st atus Default is disabled. Sniffer Port: Display the port that is the receiving the monitored data. Source Port: Display the port that is being monitored. Fig. 4-3[...]

52 4-4-1-6. T rap Event Function name: Trap Event Status Function description: Display the switch’s trap information a nd trap events. Parameter description: The trap functions are: Boot: W arm Boot, Cold Boot Login: Illegal Login Link: Link Up, Link Down Tx/Rx error: Rx error threshold, Tx error thresh old Fig. 4-31[...]

53 4-4-1-7. Maximum Packet Length Function name: Max. Packet Length Status Function description: Display the per port setting for maximum packet lengt h. Parameter description: Max. Frame Size: Display the per port setting for maximum packet lengt h. Options are: 1518 bytes, 1532 bytes or 9216 bytes. Fig. 4-32[...]

54 4-4-2. W arm Restart The Web management interface offers a Warm Restart option. This simply reboots the switch with the current switch settings intact. (optionally you could also press the RESET button on the front panel to reset the switch the switch). Function name: Wa rm R es ta r t Function description: Reboot the switch. This will take arou[...]

55 4-4-3. Factory Default Function name: Factory Default Function description: Factory Default function will reset the default setting and repl ace the current working configuration. Fig. 4-34[...]

56 4-4-4. Logout The GSS-16T2SFP support an auto logout fr om the web interface, but there is also a manual logout function. If you nee d to release control of the web management so that another user can access it immediately, then you can manually perform a Logout with this func tion. The switch is then immediately available to other users. Functi[...]

57 5. Maintenance 5-1. Resolving No Link Condition The possible cause s for a not receiving link are: z The attached device i s not powered on z The cable may not be the correct type or is faulty z The installed building prem ise cable is faulty (internal wall/ceiling cabling) z The port may be faulty .[...]

58 Appendix A Technical Specifications Features • 14 (10/100/1000Mbp s) Gigabit Ethernet (TP) switching port s compliant with IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.3z and 802.3 ab. • 2 Gigabit Copper/SFP p aired ports for support of Fiber or Copper media. • Non-blocking store-and-forward sh ared-memory Web-Smart switched. • Supports auto-ne gotiation for [...]

59 Hardware Specifications  St andard Compliance: IEEE802.3/802.3ab / 802.3z / 802.3u / 802.3x  Network Interface: Configuration Mode Connector Port 10/100/1000Mbp s Gigabit copper NW ay TP (RJ-45) 1 - 16 1000Base-SX Gigabit Fiber 1000 FDX *SFP 15,16(Option ) 1000Base-LX Gigabit Fiber 1000 FDX *SFP 15,16(Option ) 1000Base-LX Single Fiber WDM [...]

60  Diagnostic LED: System LED : Power Per Port LED: 10/100/1000M TP Po rt 1 to 16 : LINK/ACT , 1 0/100/1000M bps 1000M SFP Fiber Port 15,16 : SFP(LINK/ACT)  Power Requirement : AC Line V oltage : 100 ∼ 240 V Frequency : 50 ∼ 60 Hz Consumption : 30W  Ambient T emperature : 0 ° to 50 ° C  Humidity : 5% to 90%  Dimensions : 44(H)[...]