Page 3 - Federal Communications Commission Statement; following two conditions:; Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and• This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesir...
Page 4 - ASUS contact information; Technical Support
ASUS contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Address: 15 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan General Tel: +886-2-2894-3447 General Fax: +886-2-2894-7798 Web Site: www.asus.com.tw Technical Support MB/Others (Tel): +886-2-2890-7121 (English) Notebook (Tel): +886-2-2890-7122 (Englis...
Page 5 - GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual; Table of Contents; Install the switch on a flat surface
i GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................1 1.1 L2 managed features ................................................................. 1 1.2 Conventions used in this document ..................
Page 6 - Physical Interface
ii GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.3 System Pages .......................................................................... 14 4.3.1 Management ................................................................................14 4.3.2 IP setup ................................................
Page 7 - Save Configuration
iii GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.10.3 Historical Status .........................................................................32 4.11 Save Configuration .................................................................. 33 5 Console Interface ...........................................
Page 8 - List of figures
iv GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual List of figures Figure 1. GigaX2008EX L2 managed switch package contents ............ 3 Figure 2. Front panel .............................................................................. 4 Figure 3. Rear panel ...............................................
Page 9 - List of tables
v GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 28. Trap setting ......................................................................... 26 Figure 29. Port access control .............................................................. 28 Figure 30. Dial-In user .....................................
Page 11 - Introduction; configuration to get the most out of this product.; L2 managed features; ports
1 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 1 Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX2008EX L2 managed switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a friendly and powerful user interface.This user guide tells you how to set up GigaX2008EX, and how to ...
Page 12 - Conventions used in this document; Boldface
2 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 1.2 Conventions used in this document 1.2.1 Notations • Acronyms are defined the first time they appear in text and in the glossary.• For brevity, the GigaX switch is referred to as “the switch.”• The terms LAN and network are used interchangeably to refer t...
Page 13 - Getting to know the GigaX2008EX; Package contents; The GigaX2008EX switch package comes with the following items:; Figure 1. GigaX2008EX L2 managed switch package contents
3 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 2 Getting to know the GigaX2008EX 2.1 Package contents The GigaX2008EX switch package comes with the following items: • GigaX2008EX (10-port) L2 managed switch• AC Power cord• Null modem cable for console interface (DB9)• Rack installation kit (two bracket...
Page 14 - Front Panel; Figure 2. Front panel
4 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 2.2 Front Panel The front panel includes eight 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 port, one 10/100/1000Base-T port, one SPF GBIC slot and LED indicators that show the system,fan, and port status. Figure 2. Front panel Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs Label Color Stat...
Page 16 - Quick start guide; environment. Refer also to the GigaX2008EX Installation Guide.; Part 1 — Install the hardware; location on the bottom of the switch.; Part 2 — Set up the switch
6 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3 Quick start guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the GigaX2008EX working environment. Refer also to the GigaX2008EX Installation Guide. Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX2008EX on a flat surface or on a rack.Part 2 provides ...
Page 17 - Figure 4. Overview of hardware connections
7 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN You can use Ethernet cable to connect computers directly to the switch ports. You can also connect hubs/switches to the switch ports by Ethernet cables. You can use either the crossover or straight-through Ethernet c...
Page 18 - Part 3 — Basic switch setting for management; Setting up through the console port
8 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Table 4. LED indicators No. LED Description 1 SYSTEM Solid green indicates that the device is turned on. If this light is off, make sure the power cord is attached to the switch and plugged into a power source 2 10/100 port STATUS Solid green indicates tha...
Page 19 - Figure 5. Login and IP setup screen; Setting up through the Web interface; Administration
9 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual “admin”. Skip the password by pressing <Enter>. You can change the password at any time through CLI (see section 5.3.1). To protect your switch from unauthorized access, you must change the default password as soon as possible. 5. Follow these steps ...
Page 21 - Management with the Web Interface; Netscape is not supported.; Log into Web user interface; as shown in Figure 8; Figure 8. Configuration manager login screen; Login is not required if you do not enable Web authentication; OK
11 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4 Management with the Web Interface The switch provides Web pages that allow switch management through the Internet. The program is designed to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer ® 5.5, or later versions. NOTE: Netscape is not supported. 4.1 Log i...
Page 22 - Functional layout; Table 5. Port color description
12 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual The home page appears each time you log into the program.(See Figures 9). Figure 9. Home page 4.2 Functional layout Typical web page consists of three separate frames. The top frame has a switch logo and front panel as shown in Figures 10. This frame rema...
Page 23 - Figure 11. Expanded menu list; The sign will change to after expansion.
13 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 11. Expanded menu list The right frame displays configuration pages or graphics for the statistics. See section 4.3 for details. 4.2.1 Menu navigation tips • To expand a group of related menus, click on the corresponding group name. The sign will ch...
Page 27 - Figure 16. Firmware upgrade; Modify
17 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 16. Firmware upgrade 4.4 Physical Interface The Physical Interface displays the Ethernet port status in real time. You can configure the port in following fields: Port: select the port to configure Admin: disable/enable the port Mode: set the speed an...
Page 28 - Bridge
18 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.5 Bridge The Bridge page group contains most layer 2 configurations, like link aggregation, mirroring etc.. 4.5.1 Link Aggregation The page configures the link aggregation group (port trunking). The switch can have 15 link aggregation groups. Show Trunk: ...
Page 34 - to save the configuration. Click on; Reload; to refresh the settings to; Save Configuration
24 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual packet is sent from the Queue1 for every two that are sent from the Queue2. By using this scheduling, low-priority queues have the opportunity to send packets even through the high-priority queues are not empty. The fixed weights are 1,2,4,8. Click OK to s...
Page 36 - to save the configuration permanently or; to refresh the page.; Figure 28. Trap setting
26 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.6.3 Trap Setting By setting trap destination IP addresses and community names, you can enable SNMP trap function to send trap packets in different versions(v1 or v2). Click OK to save the configuration permanently or Reload to refresh the page. Figure 28...
Page 40 - Cable diagnosis
30 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual a) Link status: whether the PD is connected or not b) Priority: display the port power priority setting Select the corresponding port number and configure the port power setting, then click on the Modify button. The field you change will update the content...
Page 41 - Statistics Chart
31 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 33. Cable diagnosis 4.10 Statistics Chart The Statistics Chart pages provide network flow in different charts. You can specify the period time to refresh the chart. You can monitor the network traffic amount in different graphic chart by these pages...
Page 42 - Port; and display; Color; , the statistics window shows; Figure 35. Error group; old data even it is refreshed.; Figure 36. Historical status
32 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.10.2 Error Group Select the Port and display Color , then click Draw , the statistics window shows you all the discards or error counts for the specified port. The data is updated periodically. Figure 35. Error group 4.10.3 Historical Status You can disp...
Page 43 - Save Configuration; Save
33 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.11 Save Configuration To save configuration permanently, you should click Save . The setting also takes effective after a successful save.Sometimes you may want to reset the switch configuration, you can click on Restore to reset the configuration file to...
Page 44 - Console Interface; Power On Self Test; Figure 38. CLI interface
34 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5 Console Interface This chapter describes how to use console interface to configure the switch. The switch provides RS232 to connect your PC. Use a terminal emulator on your PC such as HyperTerminal and command line interpreter to configure the switch. Yo...
Page 46 - Login and Logout; admin; CLI Commands; Command Parameters
36 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.2 Login and Logout By typing “login” to enter the CLI mode, you have to give a valid user name and password. As the first time login, you can enter “ admin ” as the user name and bypass the password. For security reason, please change the user name and p...
Page 47 - Figure 40. System commands
37 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.3.1 System Commands [System Name] Displays the given name of the switch. This is an RFC-1213 defined MIB object in System Group, and provides administrative information on the managed node. CLI command: sys info name <system name description> If yo...
Page 53 - New community string:
43 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file. CLI command: l2 cos retrieve 5.3.4 SNMP [Community Name] [Set] A community entry contains a community description string and a set of privileges. Get privilege are turned on by default, ...
Page 54 - Trap table entry
44 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual A host entry contains a host IP address, network mask and its dedicated community string. CLI command: snmp host add Host IP/Subnet: <IP address> Netmask: <netmask> Community: <community string> User can modify a host entry in the table ...
Page 59 - Miscellaneous Commands; sys files config backup:
49 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.4 Miscellaneous Commands sys time uptime: shows the time since the system boot up. sys time date: shows the current date and time sys time settime: sets the current time sys files config backup: backup configuration files sys files config default: restore fac...
Page 60 - IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets
50 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 6 IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets 6.1 IP Addresses This section pertains only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol). IPv6 addresses are not covered.This section assumes basic knowledge of binary numbers, bits, and bytes. F...
Page 63 - Troubleshooting; Diagnosing problems using IP utilities; Start
53 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 7 Troubleshooting This section gives instructions for using several IP utilities to diagnose problems. A list of possible problems with suggestion actions is also provided.All the known bugs are listed in the release note. Read the release note before you...
Page 64 - nslookup; Clicks
54 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual (using the pre-configured default LAN IP address 192.168.1.1) or another address you assigned.You can also test whether access to the Internet is working by typing an external address, such as that for www.yahoo.com (216.115.108.243). If you do not know t...
Page 66 - GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual
56 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Problem Suggested Action Web Configuration InterfaceYou forgot/lost your WEB configuration interface user ID or password. 1.If you have not changed the password from the default, try using “admin” as the user ID and bypassing password. 2. a) Power on the ...
Page 67 - Glossary
57 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 8 Glossary 10BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet. 100BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks...
