Asus GigaX3112- Manuals

E2460Second Edition V2February 2006 Copyright © 2006 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 an...

Page 3 - Federal Communications Commission Statement; Canadian Department of Communications Statement

i GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 inc...

Page 4 - ASUS contact information; Technical Support; ASUS COMPUTER (Middle East and North Africa)

ii GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch ASUS contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Paciﬁc) Address 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112 Telephone +886-2-2894-3447 Web site www.asus.com.tw Technical Support Telephone (MB/Component) +886-2-2890-7121 (English) (Notebook) +886-2-2890-...

Page 5 - GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch; Table of contents

iii GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Table of contents 1 Introduction ......................................................................... 1 1.1 L2/L3 managed switching features ............................................. 11.2 Conventions used in this document ............................

Page 14 - Introduction

1 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 1 Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX3112(F) L3 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 the GigaX3112(F) L3 manag...

Page 16 - Conventions used in this document

3 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 GigaX3112(F) switch is referred to as “the switch.”• The terms LAN and network are used interchangeably to re...

Page 17 - Package contents; The GigaX switch package comes with the following items:; Figure 1. GigaX3112 L3 managed switch package contents

4 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 2 Getting to know the GigaX3112(F) 2.1 Package contents The GigaX switch package comes with the following items: • GigaX 3112 (or GigaX 3112F) L3 managed switch• AC Power cord• Null modem cable for console interface (DB9)• Rack installation kit (two brackets...

Page 20 - Technical specifications

7 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 2.4 Technical speciﬁcations Table 3. Technical speciﬁcations Physical Dimensions 43.5mm(H) X 444 mm(W) X 322mm(D) Power Input Consumption 100-240V AC/2.5A 50-60Hz < 65 watts Redundant Power Supply (RPS) Input Output 100-240V AC/1.8A 50-60Hz 12V DC/12.5A E...

Page 21 - Quick Start Guide; Refer also to the GigaX Series Installation Guide.; Part 1 — Installing the hardware; Installing the switch on a flat surface; location on the bottom of the switch.; Part 2 — Setting up the switch

8 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 3 Quick Start Guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the GigaX environment. Refer also to the GigaX Series Installation Guide. Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX on a ﬂat surface or on a rack.Part 2 provides instructions to set u...

Page 22 - Connect to the computers or a LAN; Use a twisted-pair Category 5 Ethernet cable to connect the; Figure 4.Overview of hardware connections

9 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 cab...

Page 23 - Part 3 — Basic switch setting for management; Setting up through the console port

10 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Table 4. LED Indicators No. LED Description 1 System Solid green indicates that the device is turned on. If this light is off, check if the power adapter is attached to the switch and plugged into a power source. 2 Switch ports[1] to [12] Solid green indica...

Page 24 - Figure 5. Login and IP setup screen

11 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch The default user name is “admin” without password. You can change the password at any time through CLI (see section 5.31). To protect your switch from unauthorized access, you must change the default password as soon as possible. Follow these steps to assig...

Page 25 - Figure 6. Login screen; admin; Setting up through the web interface

12 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 6. Login screen Enter your user name and password, and then click to enter the Conﬁguration Manager. Use the following defaults the ﬁrst time you log into this interface: Default User Name: admin Default Password: <none> You can change the pass...

Page 26 - OK; . See the figures on the

13 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch To setup a new IP address, click “System”, select IP Setup. Fill in the IP address, network mask and default gateway, then click OK . If your new address is different from the default, the browser wonʼt be able to update the switch status window or retrieve...

Page 27 - Management with the web interface; Log into web user interface; as shown in Figure 8.; Figure 8. Configuration manager login screen; Enter your user name and password, then click

14 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 ® 6.0, or later versions. 4.1 Log into web user interface From a PC, o...

Page 28 - Functional layout

15 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 9. Home page (GigaX 3112F) 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 and 11. This frame remains on the top of the browser window all the times and ...

Page 30 - Table 6. Commonly used buttons and icons

17 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 contracted group of related menus, click on the corresponding group. • To contract an expanded group of related...

Page 33 - Figure 17. Firmware upgrade page; Physical interface; Physical Interface

20 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 17. Firmware upgrade page 4.4 Physical interface The Physical Interface displays the Ethernet port status in real time. You can conﬁgure the port in following ﬁelds in Interface Conﬁguration Window: Port: select the port to conﬁgure Status: disable/e...

Page 35 - Figure 20. Spanning tree – STP Satus; It shows the information of current root bridge which include; Figure 21. Spanning tree – Current Roots

22 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 20. Spanning tree – STP Satus 4.5.1.2 Current Roots It shows the information of current root bridge which include MAC Address of root bridgePriority of root bridgeMaximum age of root bridgeHello timer of root bridgeForwarding delay timer of root brid...

Page 39 - Port Selection Criterion:

26 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 4.5.3 LACP The page configures the LACP group (port trunking). The switch provides maximum 32 link aggregation groups and up to 8 ports per group. This maximum can be achieved on stacking conﬁguration. For standalone GX3112 or GX3112F, the maximum group is ...

Page 48 - to save the; Save; .The CoS values range from 0 for low priority to 7 for high; Figure 36. CoS Queue Mapping

35 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 35. 802.1p Priority 4.5.12.2 CoS queue mapping The switch supports eight egress queues for each port with a strict priority scheduler. That is, each CoS value can map into one of the eight queues. The queue eight has the highest priority to transmit ...

Page 50 - Figure 38. L3 Interface Configuration

37 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Note Mask: Interface Subnet mask MAC: Mac address of this interface Status: up/down status of this interface DHCP IP Helper Addr: The DHCP Helper Address is the IP address of your DHCP server. Select the corresponding interface and conﬁgure the interface pa...

Page 53 - Figure 42. RIP Version; configuration of Interfaces and Virtual Link.; Figure 43 OSPF Configuration

40 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 42. RIP Version 4.6.4 OSPF This function is used to conﬁgure OSPF routing protocol. Clicking will enable conﬁguration of Interfaces and Virtual Link. 4.6.4.1 Basic You can use OSPF basic command to add L3 interface to speciﬁc OSPF area. IP Address : ...

Page 57 - Modify

44 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Note 4.6.5.3 PIM-DM This function is used to conﬁgure PIM-DM. Status: Enable or disable PIM-DM for speciﬁc interface. Select the corresponding interface to configure parameters then click on the Modify button. The field you changed will update the content i...

Page 64 - Figure 56. Filter Set; The; Filter Rule; page provides options for rule modes, one is MAC rule and the; Figure 57. Filter rule in MAC mode

51 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 56. Filter Set The Filter Rule page provides options for rule modes, one is MAC rule and the other is IP rule. If you did not enter the MAC address in the blank box, it means the rule donʼt care the MAC value. In IP rule setup, you can enter any of t...

Page 65 - Figure 58. Filter rule in IP mode

52 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Note Figure 58. Filter rule in IP mode Two examples tell us about the how of IP provisioning: 1. Assign a dedicated IP Type = subnet IP = 10.10.1.2 Wildcard = 0.0.0.02. Assign a subnet (a group of IP)Type = subnet IP = 10.10.1.0 Wildcard = 0.0.0.255 4.8.2 F...

Page 66 - Authentication Method:

53 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Once the filter set is attached to the ingress ports, it will filter the packets according to the ingress port and the packet ﬁelds in the rules. For example, a set with a single rule to filter out destination MAC address 00:10:20:30:40:50 is attached to in...

Page 74 - Figure 67. Error Group Chart; old data even it is refreshed.; Figure 68. Historical status

61 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 67. Error Group Chart 4.10.3 Historical status You can display information for different ports and statistics items in this chart. Since this shows the history of the statistics information, the line chart keeps the old data even it is refreshed. Fig...

Page 75 - Save configuration; Click; follow this restoration process.; Figure 69. Save configuration

62 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 4.11 Save conﬁguration Click OK to make the settings permanent.The setting also takes effective after a successful save.Sometimes you may want to reset the switch conﬁguration, you can click on to reset the configuration file to factory default. Of course, ...

Page 76 - Console interface; Power On Self Test; Figure 70. CLI interface

63 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 conﬁgur...

Page 78 - Login and logout

65 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Command Parameters Usage Notes bdinfo none none print Board Info structure echo string none echo the string to console ethaddr none none get MAC address gatewayip IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx set gateway IP address go none none boot ﬁrmware image ? or help no...

Page 82 - Figure 72. SYS commands

69 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 72. SYS commands 5.3.3.11 IP Address and Network Mask Displays the IP address for the switch. This IP address is used for manageable purpose, i.e.; network applications such as, http server, SNMP server, tftp server, ssh and telnet server of the swit...

Page 99 - CLI Syntax

86 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 5.3.24.6 dot1x port-control Use the dot1x port-control interface configuration command on the switch to enable manual control of the authorization state of the port. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting. CLI Syntax: dot1x port-co...

Page 101 - Miscellaneous commands

88 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 5.3.27.4 switchport port-security aging This command used to set the port security aging conﬁguration. CLI Syntax: switchport port-security aging {time TIME | type {absolute | inactivity}} Example: (conﬁg)# interface gi1/0/1 (conﬁg-if)# switchport port-secu...

Page 102 - Network ID

89 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Note 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 104 - ranging from 0 to 63.

91 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Note For example, consider a class C network 192.168.1. To split this into two subnets, you would use the subnet mask:255.255.255.128Itʼs easier to see whatʼs happening if we write this in binary: 11111111. 11111111. 11111111.10000000As with any class C add...

Page 105 - Troubleshooting; Diagnosing problems using IP utilities; statement such as the following:; . You can substitute any private IP address on your LAN or a public IP; Figure 73. Using the ping utility

92 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 s...

Page 106 - nslookup

93 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Using the ping command, you can test whether the path to the switch is working (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 ad...

Page 107 - Replacing defective fans; Turn off the power of the switch when you remove the fan; Figure 75. Loosening the thumbscrew; Carefully pull the module out as shown.; Figure 76. Removing the fan module

94 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Note There may be several addresses associated with an Internet name. This is common for web sites that receive heavy trafﬁc; they use multiple, redundant servers to carry the same information.To exit from the nslookup utility, type exit and press <Enter...

Page 108 - Figure 77. Detaching the fan from the module; Fan specifications

95 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch Figure 77. Detaching the fan from the module 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.Connect the fan cables to the PCB. Make su...

Page 111 - Glossary

98 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 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 w...

Page 117 - Index

104 GigaX3112 Series Layer 3 Managed Switch 9 Index 100BASE-T, 9810BASE-T, 98Attach page, 52Binary numbers, 98Bits, 98Boot ROM command mode, 63, 65Boot ROM commands, 64Bridge page, 21Broadcast, 98CLI commands, 98Community table page, 46Conﬁguration Managertroubleshooting, 97Console interface, 96down...