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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 .............

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) ........

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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 ...

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...

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....

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 ...

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...

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 ...