Asus GigaX1024- Manuals

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 5 1.2 Using this Document 1.2.1 Notational conventions • Acronyms are defined the first time they appear in text and in the glossary. • For brevity, the GigaX Smart Switch is referred to as “the switch.” • The terms LAN and network are used interchan...

6 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 2 Getting to Know the GigaX Smart Switch 2.1 Parts List In addition to this document, the switch should come with the following: • GigaX Smart Switch • AC Power cord • Rack installation kit (2 brackets with 6 screws (M3 x 6L)) • Installation CD-ROM...

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 7 Label Function POWER Connects to the supplied power cord 2.4 Front Panel The front panel contains LED indicators that show the status of the unit. 2.5 Rear Panel The rear panel contains the ports for the unit’s power connections. Label Color Light ...

8 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 3 Quick Start Guide This Quick Start Guide provides basic instructions to set up the GigaX SmartSwitch environment. • Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX Smart Switch on a flat surface or in arack. • Part 2 provides instructions to set up the...

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 9 3.2 Part 2 —Start the Switch In Part 2, this guide will show you how to connect the switch to a power outlet,to your computer (with CNM installed), and to the network. 3.2.1 Step 1. Connect to the PC with CNM Installed The switch can be managed thr...

10 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 3.3 Management from CNM In Part 3, start the CNM program and manage the switch to meet your networkrequirements. Before starting CNM, make sure that your manage station isattached to the same network as the switch is. Otherwise, CNM will not be ab...

14 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Figure 4.1 CNM window (GigaX 1024P) 4 Management Functions ASUS provide a Centralized Network Management (CNM) software to allowusers manage the switch in your network. The program is designed to workbest with Microsoft Windows operation system. 4...

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 15 4.2 Functional Layout The CNM window consists of three separate frames. The top frame has switchlogo and front panel as shown below. This frame remains on the top of thebrowser window all the times and updates the LED status periodically. TheLED d...

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 17 Figure 4.5 Topology 4.3.1 Topology Topology is to control the actions of the topology frame. A couple of things youcan do to the topology frame are listed as following: 3. Discovery: discover all GigaX Smart Switches in all networks that your CNM ...

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 21 4.4.2 Switch Add and Removal Discovery action will create the topology tree by all the discovered switches.The default password will be used in the discovery process. Sometimes youmay have a switch with another password that is different from the ...

22 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Once a switch is added to the topology tree, you can find it in the correspondingplace. You have to left click the switch symbol to switch the current status/configuration window from other switch to this switch. If the communication isgood, you c...

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 23 4.5 Switch Setup Before using the configuration windows, it is better to know following buttonsor icons because they are used throughout the setup. The following tabledescribes the function for each button or icon. Table 4.1 2 Description of Commo...

24 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.6 System The system menu provides reboot, link status, and change password. 4.6.1 Reboot Hardware and software reset functions are provided. Hardware reset returnsthe system to its initial state just like power on hardware reset. Figure 4.13 Reb...

GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 35 4.7.4 Traffic Control Traffic control is to set the following items 1. Broadcast storm filtering control: if enabled, each port start to drop broadcast packets after a continuous received broadcast packets count up to 64. It will beback to normal ...