SMC Networks SMCGS24-Smart manual

EZ Switch 10/100/1000 W eb-Managed Smart Switch ◆ User friendly web management interface ◆ Supports Qos, VLANs and T runk conf iguration ◆ Automatic MDI/MDI-X operation ◆ Store-and-forward switchi ng ensures error -free transmission ◆ Half- and full-duple x flow co ntrol pre v ents packets from being dropped under hea vy loading ◆ Plug-[...]

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38 T esla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679 -8000 EZ Switch 10/100/1000 Management Guide From SMC’ s EZ line of low-cost workgroup LAN sol utions August 2005 Pub. # 14910000 7600H[...]

Infor mation fur nished by SMC Netw orks, Inc . (SMC) is believ ed to be accurate and reliable. Ho wever , no re sponsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or o ther rights of third par ties which may result from its use . No license is g ranted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of S[...]

i L IMITED W ARRANTY Limited W arranty Statement: SMC Netw orks, Inc . (“SMC”) warrants its products to be free from defects in workma nship and materials , under nor mal use and ser vice, for the applicable warranty ter m. All SMC products car r y a standard 90-day limited warranty from the date of purchase from SMC or its Authoriz ed Reseller[...]

ii WARRANTIES EX CLUSIVE: IF AN SMC PRODUCT DOES NOT OPERATE AS W ARRANTED ABO VE, CUSTOMER’S SOLE REMED Y SHALL BE REP AIR OR REPLA CEMENT OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , AT SMC’S OPTION . THE FOREGOING W ARRANTIES AND REMEDIES ARE EXCL USIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER W ARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED , EITHER IN F ACT OR BY OPERA [...]

C OMPLIANCES iii C OMPLIANCES FCC - Class A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against har mful interference in a resi dential installation. This equ ipment generates, uses and can radiate [...]

C OMPLIANCES iv Industr y Canada - Class A This d igital apparatus does not exceed the Cl ass A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-caus ing equipmen t standard entitled “Digital Apparatus ,” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications. Cet appareil numér ique respecte les limites de bruits r[...]

C OMPLIANCES v Please read the followin g sa fety inf or m ation carefull y before installing the Switch: WAR NIN G: Installation and remov al of the unit must be car ried out by qualified personnel only . • This guide is intended for use by network administrators who are responsible for setting up and installing network equipment; consequently i[...]

C OMPLIANCES vi F rance and Peru only This unit cannot be powered from IT † supplies . If your supplies are of IT type, this unit must be powered by 230 V (2P+T) via an isolation transfor mer ratio 1:1, with the secondar y con- nection point labell ed Neutral , connected directly to earth (ground). † Impédance à la ter re V euillez lire à fo[...]

C OMPLIANCES vii • Vous devez raccorder ce groupe à une sort ie mise à la terre (mise à la masse) afin de respecter les norme s internationales de sécurité. • Le coupleur d’appareil (le connecteur du groupe et non pas la prise murale) doit respecter une configurat ion qui permet un branchement sur une entrée d’appareil EN 60320/IEC 32[...]

C OMPLIANCES viii Bitte unbedingt v or dem Einbauen des RPU die folgenden Sicherheitsanweisungen durchlesen: WAR NUN G: Die Installation und der Ausbau des Geräts darf nur durch F achpersonal erfolgen. • Diese Anleitung ist fr die Benutzung durch Netzwerkadmini stratoren vorgesehen, di e fr die Instal lation und das einstellen v on Netzwerkkompo[...]

C OMPLIANCES ix W ar nings and Cautionar y Messa ges Wa r n i n g s (in Ger man) Stromkabel . Dies muss von dem Land, in dem es benutzt wird gep rüft werden: Schweiz Dieser Stromst ecker muß die SEV/ASE 1011Bes timmungen ein- halten. Europe Das Netzkabel muß vom Ty p HO3VVF3GO.75 (Mindestan- forderung) sei n und die Aufschrift <HAR> oder &[...]

C OMPLIANCES x Environmental Statement The manufact urer of this product endea vours to sustain an environmentally-frie ndly policy throughout the entire pro duction proces s . T his is achieved though the following means: • Adherence to nationa l legislation and regu lations on environmenta l produ ction standards. • Conservation of operationa[...]

vii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Configuring the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

viii Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 EZ Switch 10/100/1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7[...]

F EATUR ES AND B ENEFITS 1 I NTRODUCTION The EZ Switch 10/100/1000, SMCGS16-Smar t and SMCGS24-Smar t, are high perfor mance web managed smart switches for deli vering perfor mance and control to your network. T hey provide 16/24 full-duplex 1000BASE-T ports that significantly improv e network perfor mance and boost throughput usin g Smar t feature[...]

I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION 2 I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION T o make use of the management features of your SMC Smart Switch you must first give it an IP address. F or simplicity , this shou ld be done before you perm anently install the switch in the network. The following procedure is recommende d: 1. Place your Smart Switch close to the PC that you will u[...]

F EATUR ES AND B ENEFITS 3 6. Click on the SYSTEM men u-choice th en click on LAN Settings w hen it appears . On the LAN Settings pag e, enter the IP add ress , Subnet Mask and Gatewa y IP Address for the switc h then click on the APPL Y button. No other configuration changes are re quired at this stage but it is recommended that you change the adm[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 4 C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH Using the Web Interface T h i s s w i t ch p r o v i d e s a n e m b e d d e d HTTP web agent. Using a web browser you can configure the switch and view statistics to monitor netw ork activit y . T he web ag ent can be accessed by any computer on the network using a standard web bro w ser (Interne[...]

N AVIGATING THE W EB B RO WS E R I NTERFACE 5 Navigating the Web Browser Interface T o access the web-br owser interface you must fir st enter a password. The user has R ead/Write access to all conf iguration parameters and statistics . The de fault pass word for the switch is “smcadmin. ” If user input is not detected within five min utes, the[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 6 Configuration Options Configurable parameters hav e a dial og box or a drop-down list. Once a configuration change has been made on a page, be sure to clic k on the Apply button to confir m the new settin g . T he following table summarizes the web page configuration buttons . Notes: To ensure proper screen refresh, be su[...]

N AVIGATING THE W EB B RO WS E R I NTERFACE 7 Main Menu Using the onboard web agent, you can define system pa rameters , manage and control the switc h, and all its ports, or monitor netw ork conditions . The following table briefl y describes the selections available from this prog ram. Table 2-1 Switch Main Menu Menu Description Page STATUS 6 Ove[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 8 Web Configuration Displaying Status Overview Y ou can easily ide ntify the system by displa ying the device name, location and contact infor mation. Field Attributes System Infor ma tion • System Name – Name ass igned to the switch system. • Number of Ports – Number of built-in ports. • Hardware Version – Hard[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 9 Address Infor mation • Management VLAN – ID of the configured VL AN (t his is set to 1 and cannot be changed) all ports on the unit are members of VLAN 1. The management station must always be attached to a port on VLAN 1. • IP Address – Address of the VLAN to which the management station is attached. (N ote that the m[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 10 trunk. This is a number, the speed in Mbps, followed by ei ther “Full” for full-duplex or “Half” for half-duplex. This can be changed on the TRUNKS > Settings page. •P o r t s – The ports that are members of the trunk. VLAN Inoformation •V L A N I D – A number in the range 1 - 4094 which identifies the[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 11 We b – Click STA TUS , Over view . Figure 3 Switch Information[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 12 Showing Port Statistics Y ou can display statistics on netw ork traf fic from the por ts . T hese statistics can be used to identify potential probl ems with the switch (suc h as a fau lty port or unusually heavy loading). All values displa yed have been accumulated since the last system re boot, but can be reset to zero[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 13 Received Broadca st Packets The number of packets, del ivered by this sub-layer to a higher (sub-)layer, wh ich were addressed to a broadcast address at this sub-layer. Transmitted Octets The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, incl uding framing characters. Transmitted Unicast Packets The total number of[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 14 Received By tes Total number o f bytes of data received o n the network. This sta tistic can be used as a reasonable indication of Ethernet utilization. Broadcast Frame s The total num ber of good frames re ceived that were directed to the broadcast addr ess. Note that this does not include multi cast packets. CRC/Alignm[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 15 We b – Click ST ATUS , Statistics. Figure 5 Port Statist ics Displaying System Name Y ou can easily ide ntify the system by displaying the device name. Field Attributes • Switch Name – Name assigned to the switch system.[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 16 We b – Click System, Name. Figure 6 Sy stem Name Setting the Switch’s IP Address This section describes how to config ure an IP interfa ce for management access ov er the network. The IP address for this switch is 192.168.2.10 by default. T o manually conf igure an address , you need to change the switch’ s default[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 17 Manual Configuration We b – Click System, LAN Settings . Enter the IP address , subnet mask and gateway , then click APPL Y . Figure 7 LAN Settings Configuring the Logon Password The ad ministrator has write access for all paramete rs governing the onboard agent. Y ou should therefore assign a new admi nistrator passw ord a[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 18 We b – Click System, P assword. T o change the password for the administrator, ente r current password, the new password, confirm it by entering it again, then click APPLY . Figure 8 Password Settings Tools On T ools page, you can restore the switch to default settings , upg rade the fir mware of the switch, or restart[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 19 We b – Click System, T ools, R eset to Factory Defaults. Figure 9 Reset to Factory Defaults Upgrade Firmware Upgrades the Switch system fir mware using a file provided by SMC . Sele ct "Upg rade Fir mware" from the T ools drop-down list then click on the "Browse" bu tton to select the fir m ware file . F[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 20 Figure 11 Restart Switch Register Product Re gister your product if yo u hav e not already done so . We b – Click System, Register Product. By clicking the Register Now button you will be tak en to the SMC website, where y ou can enter the products details . Figure 12 Register Product Port Configuration Y ou can use th[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 21 • Trunk – Indicates if a port is a member of a trunk. We b – Click POR TS, Settings . Figure 13 Port Configuration Configuring Rate Limits This function allows the network ma nager to control the maximum rate for traffic transmitted or receiv ed on an interface. Rate limiting is configured on interfaces at the edge of a[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 22 The Input/Output Bandwidth Limit fiel d is a type-in box which acce pts an integer number in the rang e 1 to 100. The number specifies the percentag e of the total input bandwidth of the por t that can be used before pac kets are dropped or flow-control starts. We b – Click PORTS , Rate Limiting. This page enables you [...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 23 Port Broadcast Control Broadcast stor ms may occur when a device on your network is malfunctioning, or if application pr ograms are not well designed or properly configur ed. If there is to o muc h broadcast traffic on your network, performance can be severely degraded or everything can come to complete halt. Y ou can protect[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 24 Port Mirroring Y ou can mir ror traffic from any source por t to a targ et por t for real-time analysis . Y ou can then attac h a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the sour ce port in a co mpletely unobtr usiv e manner. Field Attributes Ports to Mir r or Select the ports that [...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 25 We b – Click POR TS, P ort Mir roring . Figure 16 Po rt Mirroring Trunks Membership This page allows y ou to create a maxim um of eight trunks of up to eight ports each. The Membership T able has one row for each port and ten columns . Each row contains nine radi o buttons which are used to indicate which trunk (if any) the[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 26 We b – Click TR UNKS, Membership . Click to select which T r unk member to which each port belongs. Figure 17 Trunk Membershi p Trunk Configuration Field Attributes • Trunk – Indicates trunk identification. • Speed/Duplex – Allows you to manually set the port speed and duplex mode for all ports in the tr unk. ?[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 27 We b – Click TR UNKS, Settings . Figure 18 Trunk Configuration Trunk Rate Limit This page allows you to c hang e the maximum data-r ate into and out of each trunk on the switch. Field Attributes • Trunk – Indicates trunk identification. • Trunk Speed – Indicates the trunk speed. • Enable Input Rate Limiting - Clic[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 28 We b – Click TR UNKS, Settings . Figure 19 Trunk Rate Limiting VLAN Settings Y ou can configure VLAN behavior for specific interfaces, including the default VLAN identifier (PVID) and acce pted frame types . This page allows you to create and delete VLANs (Vir tual LANs) a nd to change the VLAN membership and behaviour[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 29 • All ports can send and receive both VLAN-tagged and untagged packets (i.e. they are hybrid ports) In the default configuration, any port is able to send traffic to any other port and a PC connected to any por t will be able ro reach the management interface. Broadcast traffic , for example, will be flood ed to all ports o[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 30 tagged or u ntagged frames, or only tagge d frames. When set to recei ve all frame type s, any received frames that are unt agged are assigned to the default VLAN. PCs should be connected to ports with Packet Type set to “All”. PCs cannot, in general, send or receive tagged packets. Switches should be connected to ea[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 31 QOS Settings QoS (Quality of Ser vice) is a mechanism which is used to prioritize certain traffic as i t is move s through the switch . T raffic can be classi fied as High or Nor mal priority and, when the switch is heavily loaded, it is the Normal priority packets that are dropped fi rst. Y ou can select how traffic is prior[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 32 table appears and you are able to select up to ten IP Ports for prioritization. Prioritized port numbers can be in the range 0 - 65535 inclusive . T he specified por ts will be giv en either nor mal or high priority de pending on the value selected in the Priority drop-down list. If the spec ified port numbers are giv en[...]

W EB C ONFIGURATION 33 We b – Click QOS , Settings . In QoS Mode, select QoS Diabled, 802.1p , IP P or t, or DSCP to configur e the relat ed parameters. Figure 21 QoS Settings[...]

T R OUBLESHOOTING 34 T ROUBLESHOOTING Diagnosing Switch Indicators 1. Symptom P ower LED does n ot light after power on. Probable Causes • AC power cord may be defective. Pos s ib l e S o lu t io n s • Check for loose connections. • Check the power outlet by using it for another device. • Replace t he AC power cord. 2. Symptom Link LED does[...]

D IAGNOSING S WITCH I NDICATORS 35 3. Forgotten password If you hav e forg otten the administ ration password y ou can retur n the Switch to its factory de fault state by dong the follo wing: 1. Re move the po wer cord from the back of the Switch. 2. Re move all cables from the fro nt-panel por ts. 3. Connect port 1 to por t 2, on the front panel, [...]

C HANGING PC’ S IP A DDR ESS 36 C HANGING PC’ S IP A DDRESS T o chang e the IP address of your PC: 1. On Windows , go to Start, Settin gs , Network and Dial-up Connections . 2. Right-click the connectin icon of which the IP address you want to change, and then clic k proper ties . 3. In General tab , under Components checked are used by this co[...]

EZ S WITCH 10/100/1000 37 P RODUCT S PECIFICATIONS EZ Switch 10/100/1000 Standards Confor mance IEEE 802.3-2002 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gig abit Ethernet Full-duplex flow control Communication Rate 10, 100, and 1000 Mbps Communication Mode Full or half duplex at 10/100 Mbps Full duplex at 1000 Mbps Media Suppor ted 10B ASE-T: 100-ohm Categor y 3 o[...]

P ROD UC T S PECIFICATIONS 38 We i g h t SMCGS16-Smart: 2.0 kg (4.04 lbs) SMCGS24-Smart: 2.2 kg (4.85 lbs) MAC Addre ss T able 8 K entries Memor y Buffer SMCGS16-Smart: 272 Kbits on-chip frame buffer SMCGS24-Smart: 400 Kbits on-chip frame buffer Po wer Consumption SMCGS16-Smart: 15.8 W atts SMCGS24-Smart: 24.2 W atts Heat Dissipation 130 BTU/hr max[...]

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