Page 2 - Copyright © 2005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
E2301October 2005 V2.3 Copyright © 2005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, exce...
Page 3 - Federal Communications Commission Statement; Canadian Department of Communications Statement
GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual i 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 receive...
Page 4 - ASUS contact information; Technical Support; ASUS COMPUTER (Middle East and North Africa)
GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual ii ASUS contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, 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 (Engl...
Page 5 - Table of Contents
GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual iii Table of Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................. 1 1.1 GigaX2024/2048 features ........................................................... 11.2 Conventions used in this document .............
Page 9 - List of Figures
GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual vii List of Figures Figure 1. GigaX L2 managed switch package contents ..................................... 3Figure 2. Front panel (GigaX 2048) .................................................................... 4Figure 3. Front panel (GigaX 2024) ........
Page 12 - List of Tables
GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual x List of Tables Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs ................................................................. 4Table 2. Rear panel labels .................................................................................. 5Table 3. Technical spec...
Page 13 - Introduction
1 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 1 Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX2024/2048 Layer 2 managed switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a friendly and powerful user interface.This user manual tells how to set up the GigaX2024/20...
Page 14 - Conventions used in this document; Boldface
2 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual • Enterprise MIB for PSU, fan, and system temperature, voltage• Telnet or SSH2 remote login• FTP for firmware update and configuration backup• IEEE 802.1x authentication (with dynamic VLAN assignment)• DHCP snooping• Syslog• Command Line Interpreter throu...
Page 15 - Getting to know the GigaX; Package contents; Figure 1. GigaX L2 managed switch package contents
3 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 2 Getting to know the GigaX 2.1 Package contents The GigaX2024/2048 switch package comes with the following items: • GigaX 2048 (48-port) or GigaX 2024 (24-port) L2 managed switch• AC power cord• Null modem cable for console interface (DB9)• Rack instal...
Page 17 - Technical specifications
5 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 2.3 Rear Panel The switch rear panel contains the fan modules, two console ports (USB and DB9) and one RPS port.. Figure 4. Rear panel Table 2. Rear panel labels No. Label Description 1 Power Connector Connects to the supplied power cord 2 FAN1-FAN2 Rep...
Page 18 - Quick start guide; Part 1 — Installing the hardware; Installing the switch on a flat surface; Part 2 — Setting up the switch
6 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3 Quick start guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the switch environment. Refer also to the GigaX2024/2048 Installation Guide. Part 1 shows how to install the GigaX2024/2048 on a flat surface or on a rack.Part 2 provides instruct...
Page 19 - Figure 5. Overview of Hardware Connections
7 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN You can use Ethernet cable to connect computers, hubs and other switches to the switch ports. Either crossover or straight-through Ethernet cable can apply for connecting these devices. Use a twisted-pair Category...
Page 20 - Part 3 — Basic switch setting for management; Command Line Interface:; Setting up through the console port
8 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual Table 4. LED Indicators No. LED Description 1 System Solid green indicates that the switch is turned on. If this light is off, check if the power adapter if attached to the switch and plugged into a power source. 2 Switch ports [1] to [50] (2048) [1] to...
Page 21 - Figure 6. Login and IP setup Screen; Setting up through the Web interface; Administration
9 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5. Type “login” to access the command line interface. The default user name is “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 acces...
Page 24 - Management with the Web Interface; Log into Web user interface; Figure 10. Configuration manager login screen; OK
12 GigaX2024/2048 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 with Java ® enabled. NOTE: Netscape is n...
Page 26 - Functional layout; Table 5. Port color description
14 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.2 Functional layout The web-based configuration page consists of three separate frames. The top frame has a switch logo and front panel as shown in Figures 13 and 14. This frame remains on the top of the browser window all the times and updates the LE...
Page 27 - Figure 15. Expanded Menu List
15 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 15. Expanded Menu List The above 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...
Page 31 - Physical Interface
19 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual Enter the firmware (or auto-config file) location into the firmware space directly, or click Browse... to choose the file name of the firmware (or auto-config file) from prompt window. Click Upload to update the switch firmware (or auto-config file). See Figure 2...
Page 48 - Figure 44. Filter Set; Action; Figure 45. Filter Rule in MAC mode
36 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 44. Filter Set The Filter Rule page provides options for rule modes, one is MAC rule (Figure 40) and the other is IP rule (Figure 41). If you did not enter the MAC address in the blank box, it means the rule donʼt care the MAC value. In IP rule ...
Page 62 - Statistics Chart
50 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual Weighted round-robin (WRR) scheduling: WRR scheduling requires you to specify a number the indicates the importance (weight) of the queue relative to other CoS queues. WRR scheduling prevents the low-priority queues from being completely neglected duri...
Page 63 - Port; Color
51 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 62. Traffic comparison (GigaX 2048) Figure 63. Traffic comparison (GigaX 2024) 4.10.2 Error Group Selecting the Port and display Color , then clicking the Draw , the statistics window shows you all the discards or error counts for the specified por...
Page 65 - Save Configuration; Save; Figure 66. Save Configuration
53 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.11 Save Configuration To save configuration permanently, you have to 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 t...
Page 66 - Console Interface; Power On Self Test; Figure 67. CLI interface
54 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5 Console Interface This chapter describes how to use console interface to configure the switch. The switch provides RS232 and USB connectors to connect your PC. Use a terminal emulator on your PC such as HyperTerminal and command line interpreter to co...
Page 70 - Figure 69. SYS commands
58 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual If you put the contact description in the contact description field, the switch contact will change to the new one. [System Location] Displays the physical location of the switch. This is an RFC-1213 defined MIB object in System Group, and provides the l...
Page 97 - Miscellaneous Commands; sys files config backup:
85 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual [CoS Queue ][Weight] Set the scheduler mode. The weight delay of queues only effective for weighted round robin and bounded delay. The range of weight delay is 1-255. CLI command: l2 cos sched <mode (1:strict 2:weighted round robin 3: bounded delay)...
Page 98 - IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets; Network ID
86 GigaX2024/2048 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 byte...
Page 101 - Troubleshooting; Diagnosing problems using IP utilities
89 GigaX2024/2048 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 ...
Page 102 - nslookup
90 GigaX2024/2048 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...
Page 103 - Replacing defective fans; Figure 72. Loosening the thumbscrew; Figure 73. Removing the fan module
91 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 7.2 Replacing defective fans Turn off the power of the switch when you remove the fan module on the rear side of the switch. When any one of the switch fans (located on the rear panel) becomes defective, you can easily replace it following these steps....
Page 104 - Figure 74. Detaching the fan from the module; Fan specifications
92 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 74. Detaching the fan from the module 5. Fasten the new fan with the screws that you removed earlier. Make sure that the fan cable is near the bottom of the module. Follow the same steps to replace the other fan.6. Connect the fan cables to the ...
Page 107 - Glossary
95 GigaX2024/2048 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 netwo...
Page 113 - Index
101 GigaX2024/2048 L2 Managed Switch User Manual 9 Index 100BASE-T, 9510BASE-T, 95Administration page, 19Binary numbers, 95Bits, 95Boot Rom Command Mode, 55Boot Rom Commmands, 55Bridge Commands, 61Bridge page, 20Broadcast, 95CLI Commands, 57Community Commands, 69Community Table page, 31Configuration ...