Black Box Managed Gigabit Switch - Manuals

Page 2 - Trademarks Used in this Manual

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 2 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Trademarks We‘re here to help! If you have any questions about your application or our products, contact Black Box Tech Support at 724-746-5500 or go to blackbox.com and click on “Talk to Black Box.” You’ll be live with one of our techni...

Page 3 - FCC Statement; Statements

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 3 FCC Statement Federal Communications Commission and Industry Canada Radio Frequency Interference Statements This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy, and if not installed and used properly, that is, in stric...

Page 4 - NOM Statement; Todas las instrucciones de operación y uso deben ser seguidas.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 4 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com NOM Statement Instrucciones de Seguridad(Normas Oficiales Mexicanas Electrical Safety Statement) 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones d...

Page 5 - Table of Contents

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 5 Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Initial...

Page 9 - Overview; • High port count design with all Gigabit Ethernet ports.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 9 Chapter 1: Overview 1 Overview This user’s manual provides step-by-step instructions for configuring and monitoring your Gigabit Managed Switch through the Web via an RJ-45 (serial) interface and Ethernet port. Detailed explanations of h...

Page 10 - Initial Configuration

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 10 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 1: Overview 1.1 Initial Configuration This section details how to configure and manage the Gigabit Managed Switch through the Web user interface. This feature enables administrators to easily access and monitor the entire status...

Page 12 - Chapter 2: System Configuration

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 12 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 2: System Configuration Figure 1-2. Accessing the on-line help function. LGB1108A

Page 13 - Connecting Network Devices

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 13 Chapter 2: System Configuration Connecting Network Devices The switch is designed to be connected to 10-, 100-, or 1000-Mbps network cards in PCs and servers, as well as to other switch-es and hubs. It may also be connected to remote de...

Page 14 - Network Wiring Connections; located, and the other end to a modular wall outlet.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 14 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 2: System Configuration 1.3 Network Wiring Connections Today, the punchdown block is an integral part of many of the newer equipment racks. It is actually part of the patch panel. Instructions for making connections in the wirin...

Page 15 - System Configuration; The switch system information is provided here.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 15 Chapter 2: System Configuration 2. System Configuration This chapter describes all of the basic configration tasks, including the system information and any management of the switch (e.g., Time, Account, IP, Syslog, and SNMP). 2.1 Syste...

Page 17 - Web Interface

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 17 Chapter 2: System Configuration 2.1.2 Configuration You can identify the system by configuring the contact information, name, and location of the switch. Web Interface To configure System Information in the Web interface: 1. Click Syste...

Page 20 - Daylight Savings Time Set Offset

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 20 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 2: System Configuration • Daylight Savings Time Set Offset : Daylight savings time is used in some countries. If you select this setting, the unit will adjust the time, forward or backward in increments of one hour, between the ...

Page 24 - Parameter Description

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 24 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 2: System Configuration Parameter Description • Group Name The name identifying the privilege group. In most cases, a privilege level group consists of a single module (e.g. LACP, RSTP or QoS), but a few of them contain more tha...

Page 25 - Configure the switch-managed IP information on this page.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 25 Chapter 2: System Configuration 2.4 IP (Internet Protocol) IP is an acronym for Internet Protocol. It is a protocol used for communicating data across an Internet network. IP is a "best effort" system, which means that no packet...

Page 26 - : Provide the IP address of this switch in dotted decimal notation.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 26 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 2: System Configuration Parameter Description • DHCP Client : Enable the DHCP client by checking this box. If DHCP fails and the configured IP address is zero, DHCP will retry. If DHCP fails and the configured IP address is non-...

Page 27 - Configure the switch-managed IPv6 information on this page.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 27 Chapter 2: System Configuration 2.4.2 IPV6 This section describes how to configure the switch-managed IPv6 information. The Configured column is used to view or change the IPv6 configuration. And the Current column is used to show the a...

Page 33 - To display the SNMP Users Configuration in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 33 Chapter 2: System Configuration 2.6.3 Users The function is used to configure SNMPv3 users. The Entry index key is UserName. To create a new UserName account, check the <Add new user> button, enter the user information, and then c...

Page 34 - Authentication Password

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 34 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 2: System Configuration • Authentication Password : A string identifying the authentication password phrase. For MD5 authentication protocol, the string length should be 8 to 32 ASCII characters from 33 to 126. For SHA authentic...

Page 35 - To display the configure SNMP Groups in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 35 Chapter 2: System Configuration 2.6.4 Groups This function is used to configure SNMPv3 group. The Entry index keys are Security Model and Security Name. To create a new group account, please check <Add new group> button, and enter...

Page 36 - : Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 36 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 2: System Configuration 2.6.5 Views This function is used to configure SNMPv3 view. The entry index keys are OID Subtree and View Name. To create a new view account, click the <Add new view> button, and enter the view info...

Page 37 - Chapter 3: Configuration; To display the configure SNMP Access in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 37 Chapter 3: Configuration 2.6.6 Access This function is used to configure SNMPv3 access. The entry index keys are Group Name, Security Model and Security level. To create a new access account, check <Add new access> button, and ent...

Page 38 - To configure SNMP Trap setting:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 38 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Read View Name : The name of the MIB view defining the MIB objects for which this request may request the current values. The string length should be 1 to 32 characters, using ASCII characters from 33 to 126. ...

Page 40 - • Maximum Frame Size

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 40 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3. Configuration This chapter describes all the basic network configuration tasks, which include the Ports, Layer 2 network protocol (e.g. VLANs, QoS, IGMP, ACLs and PoE etc.), and any setting of the switch. 3.1...

Page 49 - : The switch port number of the logical EEE port.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 49 Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A Parameter Description EEE Port Configuration : The EEE port settings relate to the currently selected item, as shown in the page header. • Port : The switch port number of the logical EEE port. • EEE En...

Page 50 - To configure the ACL Ports Configuration in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 50 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A 3.2 ACL The Gigabit Managed Switch access control list (ACL) is probably the most commonly used object in the IOS. It is used not only for packet filtering but also for selecting types of traffic to be ...

Page 51 - The default value is “Disabled“.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 51 Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A • Port Copy : Select which port frames are copied on. The values permitted are “Disabled“ or a specific port number. The default value is “Disabled.“ • Mirror : Specify the mirror operation of this port...

Page 52 - To configure ACL Rate Limiter in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 52 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A 3.2.2 Rate Limiters This section describes how to configure the switch’s ACL Rate Limiter parameters. The Rate Limiter Levels from 1 to 16 permit the user to set rate limiter value and units with pps or...

Page 58 - aggregation. Only one group ID is valid per port.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 58 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A Parameter Description Hash Code Contributors • Source MAC Address : The Source MAC address can be used to calculate the destination port for the frame. Check to enable the use of the Source MAC address ...

Page 59 - LACP is safer than the other trunking method, static trunk.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 59 Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A 3.3.2 LACP Ports using Link Aggregation Control Protocol (according to IEEE 802.3ad specification) as their trunking method can choose their unique LACP GroupID to form a logic “trunked port”. The benef...

Page 61 - To display the LACP Port Status in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 61 Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A Port Status When you set the LACP function on the switch, a Port Status overview for all LACP instances is enabled. Web Interface To display the LACP Port Status in the Web interface: 1. Click Configura...

Page 64 - Scoll to select your parameters and the values in Basic Settings.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 64 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A 3.4.1 Bridge Settings This section describes how to configure the Spanning Tree Bridge and STP System settings. It allows you to configure STP System settings that are used by all STP Bridge instances i...

Page 65 - Click the Save button to save the setting.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 65 Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A Advanced Settings • Edge Port BPDU Filtering : Control whether a port explicitly configured as Edge will transmit and receive BPDUs. • Edge Port BPDU Guard : Control whether a port explicitly configured...

Page 67 - Click the Save button to save the setting.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 67 Chapter 3: Configuration LGB1108A Parameter Description • MSTI: The bridge instance. The CIST is the default instance, always active. • Priority: Controls the bridge priority. Lower numeric values have better priority. The bridge priori...

Page 72 - To display the STP Port status in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 72 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.4.8 Port Statistics After you complete the STP configuration, configure the switch to display the STP Statistics. This section enables you to adjust the STP Statistics detail counters of bridge ports in the cu...

Page 74 - : Enable unregistered IPMCv4 traffic flooding.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 74 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Parameter Description • Snooping Enabled : Enable the Global IGMP Snooping. • Unregistered IPMCv4 Flooding Enabled : Enable unregistered IPMCv4 traffic flooding. • IGMP SSM Range : SSM (Source-Specific Multicast...

Page 75 - range is 1 to 255 the default Robustness Variable value is 2.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 75 Chapter 3: Configuration Parameter Description • VLAN ID : It displays the VLAN ID of the entry. • Snooping Enabled : Enable the per-VLAN IGMP Snooping. Only up to 32 VLANs can be selected. • IGMP Querier : Sends IGMP Query messages ont...

Page 76 - Click Add new Filtering Group

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 76 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Web Interface To configure the IGMP Snooping Port Group Configuration in the Web interface: 1. Click Configuration, IGMP Snooping, Port Group Filtering 2. Click Add new Filtering Group 3. Scroll the Port to enab...

Page 77 - To display the IGMP Snooping status in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 77 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.5.4 Status After completing the IGMP Snooping configuration, the switch will display the IGMP Snooping Status. This section enables you to view the IGMP Snooping detail status. Web Interface To display the IGM...

Page 78 - up page or to the next entry.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 78 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.5.5 Group Information After setting the IGMP Snooping function, you can view the IGMP Snooping Group Information. Entries in the IGMP Group Table are shown on this page. The IGMP Group Table is sorted first by...

Page 79 - To display the IGMPv3 IPv4 SSM Information in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 79 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.5.6 IPv4 SSM information Source Specific Multicast (SSM) is a datagram delivery model that best supports one-to-many applications, also known as broadcast applications. SSM is a core network technology of IP m...

Page 80 - Mode

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 80 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Mode : Indicates the filtering mode maintained per (VLAN ID, port number, Group Address) basis. It can be either Include or Exclude. • Source Address : The IP Address of the source. Currently, system limits th...

Page 81 - To configure the MLD Snooping Configuration in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 81 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.6 MLD Snooping Curiously enough, a network node that acts as a source of IPv6 multicast traffic is only an indirect participant in MLD snooping—it just provides multicast traffic, and MLD doesn’t interact with...

Page 82 - : To evoke to enable the fast leave on the port.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 82 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Figure 3-33. The MLD Snooping Basic Configuration screen. Parameter Description • Snooping Enabled : Enables the Global MLD Snooping. • Unregistered IPMCv6 Flooding Enabled : Enable unregistered IPMCv6 traffic f...

Page 83 - Specify the VLAN ID with the number of entries per page.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 83 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.6.2 VLAN Configuration When MLD snooping is enabled on a VLAN, the switch acts to minimize unnecessary multicast traffic. If the switch receives multicast traffic destined for a given multicast address, it for...

Page 84 - to navigaate to the next page or entry.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 84 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Icons, upper right of screen (Refresh, <<, >> ) : Click “Refresh“ to refresh the IGMP Group Status manually; click the arrows to navigaate to the next page or entry. • Buttons : - Save: Click to sa...

Page 86 - Click “Refresh“ to refresh the MLD Snooping Group Information.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 86 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.6.5 Group Information This section describes how to set MLD Snooping Groups Information. The “Start from VLAN“, and “group“ input fields allow the user to select the starting point in the MLD Group Table. Each...

Page 87 - To display the MLDv2 IPv6 SSM Information in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 87 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.6.6 IPv6 SSM Information This section describes how to configure the entries in the MLDv2 Information Table. The MLDv2 Information Table is sorted first by VLAN ID, then by group, and then by Port No. Differen...

Page 89 - To display the MVR Groups Information in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 89 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.7.2 Groups Information This section describes how to display the MVR Groups detail information on the switch. Entries in the MVR Group Table are shown on this page. The MVR Group Table is sorted first by VLAN ...

Page 90 - To display the MVR statistics information in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 90 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.7.3 Statistics This section describes the switch will display the MVR detail statistics after you had configured MVR on the switch. It provides the detail MVR statistics information. Web Interface To display t...

Page 92 - • Port: The switch port number of the logical LLDP port.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 92 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Tx Delay: If some configuration is changed (e.g. the IP address) a new LLDP frame is transmitted, but the time between the LLDP frames will always be at least the value of Tx Delay seconds. Tx Delay cannot be ...

Page 94 - System Description

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 94 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • System Description : System Description is the port description advertised by the neighbor unit. • Management Address : Management Address is the neighbor unit’s address that is used for higher layer entities ...

Page 95 - Parameter Description Fast start repeat count

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 95 Chapter 3: Configuration Figure 3-44. The LLDP-MED Configuration screen. Figure 3-45 The LLDP-MED Configuration Policies screen . Parameter Description Fast start repeat count The Rapid startup and Emergency Call Service Location Identi...

Page 96 - direction to either north of the equator or south of the equator.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 96 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Parameter Description: Coordinates Location • Latitude: Latitude should be normalized to within 0-90 degrees with a maximum of 4 digits. It is possible to specify the direction to either north of the equator or ...

Page 97 - The network policy attributes advertised are:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 97 Chapter 3: Configuration • Apartment : Unit (Apartment, suite) - Example: Apt 42. • Floor : Floor - Example: 4. • Room no. : Room number - Example: 450F. • Place type : Place type - Example: Office. • Postal community name : Example: Le...

Page 98 - • Application Type: Intended use of the application types:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 98 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Application Type: Intended use of the application types: 1. Voice - for use by dedicated IP telephony handsets and similar appliances supporting interactive voice services. These devices are typically deployed...

Page 100 - inventory management.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 100 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • LLDP-MED Generic Endpoint (Class I) : The LLDP-MED Generic Endpoint (Class I) definition is applicable to all endpoint products that require the base LLDP discovery services defined in TIA-1057, however do no...

Page 101 - either Defined or Unknown.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 101 Chapter 3: Configuration 7. Streaming Video - for use by broadcast or multicast-based video content distribution and other similar applications supporting streaming video services that require specific network policy treatment. Video a...

Page 104 - Frames Discarded

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 104 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Frames Discarded : If an LLDP frame is received on a port, and the switch’s internal table has run full, the LLDP frame is count- ed and discarded. This situation is known as “Too Many Neighbors“ in the LLDP ...

Page 105 - Filtering Data Base; MAC Table

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 105 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.9 Filtering Data Base The Filtering Data Base Configuration function gathers many functions, including MAC Table Information, Static MAC Learning, which cannot be categorized to some function type. MAC Table ...

Page 107 - The MAC table is sorted first by VLAN ID and then by MAC address.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 107 Chapter 3: Configuration Static MAC Table Configuration The static entries in the MAC table are shown in this table. The static MAC table can contain 64 entries. The MAC table is sorted first by VLAN ID and then by MAC address. • Delet...

Page 108 - To Display MAC Address Table in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 108 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.9.2 Dynamic MAC Table Entries in the MAC Table are shown on this page. The MAC Table contains up to 8192 entries and is sorted first by VLAN ID then by MAC address. Web Interface To Display MAC Address Table ...

Page 110 - To configure VLAN membership configuration in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 110 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.10.1 VLAN Membership The VLAN membership configuration for the selected switch can be monitored and modified here. Up to 4094 VLANs are supported. This page allows for adding and deleting VLANs as well as add...

Page 112 - If ingress filtering is

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 112 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Table 3-1: Port Types. Port Type Ingress Action Egress Action Unaware: The function of Unaware can be used for 802.1QinQ (double tag). When the port received untagged frames, an untagged frame obtains a tag (ba...

Page 116 - Port Isolation

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 116 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Port Isolation Port Isolation provides for an apparatus and method to isolate ports on Layer 2 switches on the same VLAN to restrict traffic flow. The apparatus comprises a switch having said plurality of ports...

Page 117 - MAC-based VLANs group VLAN members by MAC address.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 117 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.10.6 MAC-Based VLAN MAC address-based VLAN decides the VLAN for forwarding an untagged frame based on the source MAC address of the frame. A most common way of grouping VLAN members is by port, hence the name...

Page 119 - Status

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 119 Chapter 3: Configuration Status This section shows MAC-based VLAN entries configured by various MAC-based VLAN users. Currently we support following VLAN User types: NAS : NAS provides port-based authentication, which involves communic...

Page 120 - LLC

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 120 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.10.7 Protocol-Based VLAN This section describes Protocol-based VLAN. The switch supports protocol including Ethernet LLC SNAP Protocol. LLC The Logical Link Control (LLC) data communications protocol layer is...

Page 121 - : Frame Type can have one of the following values:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 121 Chapter 3: Configuration Parameter Description • Delete : To delete a Protocol to Group Name map entry, check this box. The entry will be deleted on the switch during the next Save. • Frame Type : Frame Type can have one of the followi...

Page 122 - Click Group Name VLAN configuration and add new entry.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 122 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Group to VLAN This section has instructions on how to map an already-configured Group Name to a VLAN for the selected switch. Web Interface To Display Group Name to VLAN mapping table configured in the Web inte...

Page 125 - To configure Voice VLAN OUI Table in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 125 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.11.2 OUI This section describes how to Configure the VOICE VLAN OUI table. The maximum entry number is 16. Modifying the OUI table will restart auto detection of OUI process. Web Interface To configure Voice ...

Page 126 - reachability

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 126 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.12 GARP The Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) provides a generic framework in which devices in a bridged LAN, e.g. end stations and switches, can register and de-register attribute values, such a...

Page 127 - Timer Values

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 127 Chapter 3: Configuration • Timer Values : To set the GARP join timer, leave timer, and leave all timers, the unit is microseconds (ms). Three different timers can be configured on this page: - Join Timer: The default value for Join tim...

Page 130 - The default value of configuration is Disable.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 130 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 1. GVRP Mode This configuration is to enable/disable GVRP Mode on particular port locally. - Disable: Select to disable GVRP Mode on this port. - Enable: Select to enable GVRP Mode on this port. The default val...

Page 134 - To display the QoS Port Schedulers in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 134 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.14.2 Port Policing This section provides an overview of QoS Ingress Port Policers for all switch ports. Because voice and video usually maintain a steady rate of traffic, Port Policing is useful in constraini...

Page 136 - : Shows the scheduling mode for this port.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 136 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Selecting “Weighted“ mode will display this screen instead of that shown in Figure 3-65. Figure 3-71. The QoS Egress Port Scheduler front screen in Weighted mode. Parameter Description • Port : The logical port...

Page 138 - : Controls the rate for the queue shaper.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 138 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration Selecting “Weighted“ mode will display this screen instead of that shown in Figure 3-65. Figure 3-73. The QoS Egress Port Shapers screen, Weighted mode. Parameter Description • Port : The logical port for the s...

Page 139 - Figure 3.74 The Port Tag Remarking screen.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 139 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.14.5 Port Tag Remarking This section provides an overview of QoS Egress Port Tag Remarking for all switch ports. Others the ports belong to the currently selected unit, as shown in the screen header. Web Inte...

Page 141 - Egress

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 141 Chapter 3: Configuration • Egress : Port Egress Rewriting can be one of these parameters: - Disable: No Egress rewrite. - Enable: Rewrite enable without remapped. - Remap: DSCP from analyzer is remapped and frame is remarked with remap...

Page 147 - : Key configuration are discribed as below:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 147 Chapter 3: Configuration • SMAC : Displays the OUI field of Source MAC address, i.e. first three octet (byte) of MAC address. • DMAC : Specify the type of Destination MAC addresses for incoming frame. Possible values are: Any: All type...

Page 148 - Frame Type can have any of the following values:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 148 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration DMAC Type Destination MAC type: possible values are unicast (UC), multicast (MC), broadcast (BC) or ’Any.’ Frame Type can have any of the following values: 1. Any 2. Ethernet 3. LLC 4. SNAP 5. IPv4 6. IPv6 All ...

Page 150 - : Click to refresh the QCL information manually.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 150 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Auto-refresh : Check the auto-refresh box to set the unit to refresh information automatically. • Resolve Conflict : Click it to resolve confict issues. • Icon, upper right of screen (Refresh) : Click to refr...

Page 151 - Thermal Protection

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 151 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.15 Thermal Protection This section describes how to inspect and configure current settings for controlling thermal protection. Thermal protection is used to protect the chip from becoming overheated. 3.15.1 C...

Page 152 - to be turned off via thermal protection.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 152 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration NOTE: The temperature means the MAC and PHY chipset’s TA temperature, not the PSU device or environment temperature. Do not set environment temperature limitation value. • Port priorities : This indicates the p...

Page 154 - Time out

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 154 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration • Time out : It is the duration during which the collector receives samples, Once it is expired, the sampler stops sending the samples. It is through the management the value is set before it expires. The value...

Page 156 - To set Loop Protection.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 156 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.17 Loop Protection Loop detection detects the presence of traffic. When a switch becomes aware that a packet’s (looping detection frame) MAC address is the same that of its own port, Loop Protection activates...

Page 160 - To configure the Easy Port in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 160 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.19 Easy Port Easy Port provides a convenient way to save and share common configurations. Use it to enable features and settings based on the location of a switch in the network and for mass configuration dep...

Page 161 - Port Security limit

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 161 Chapter 3: Configuration • Port Security limit : Set the Port security limit here. The default is 1. • Spanning Tree Admin Edge : Enable or disable the Spanning Tree Admin Edge function. • Spanning Tree BPDU Guard : Enable or disable t...

Page 162 - To configure the Mirror in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 162 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.20 Mirroring You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real-time analysis. You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the sourc...

Page 163 - Trap Event Severity

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 163 Chapter 3: Configuration 3.21 Trap Event Severity This function is used to set a Alarm trap and get the Event log. The Trap Events Configuration function is used to enable the switch to send out the trap information while pre-defined t...

Page 164 - SMTP Configuration

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 164 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 3: Configuration 3.22 SMTP Configuration When the switch perceives an alarm, use this function to enable the SMTP server to send you an alarm e-mail. Web Interface To configure the SMTP Configuration in the Web interface: 1. Cl...

Page 178 - The Hold Time can be set to a number between 10 and 1,000,000 seconds.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 178 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 4: Security Parameter Description • Mode : Indicates if NAS is globally enabled or disabled on the switch. If globally disabled, all ports are allowed forwarding of frames. • Reauthentication Enabled : If checked, successfully ...

Page 196 - Access Management

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 196 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 4: Security 4.8 Access Management This section shows how to configure access management table of the Switch including HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP, and TELNET/SSH. You can manage the Switch over an Ethernet LAN, or over the Internet. 4.8.1...

Page 200 - Authentication Method; : The management client for which the configuration below applies.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 200 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Chapter 4: Security 4.11 Authentication Method This section shows how to configure a user with authentication when logging in to the switch via one of the management client interfaces. Web Interface To configure a Authentication Method...

Page 201 - Chapter 5: Maintenance

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 201 Chapter 5: Maintenance 5. Maintenance This chapter describes all the switch Maintenance configuration tasks to enhance the performance of local network including Restart Device, Firmware upgrade, Save/Restore, Import/Export, and Diagno...

Page 203 - To configure a Firmware Selection in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 203 Chapter 5: Maintenance 5.2.2 Firmware Selection The switch supports dual images for firmware redundancy. You can select the firmware image for your device: Start firmware or Operating firmware. This page provides information about the ...

Page 205 - To configure a Save Start Configuration in the Web interface:

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 205 Chapter 5: Maintenance 5.3.2 Save Start This section describes how to save the Switch Start configuration. Any current configuration files will be saved as XML format. Web Interface To configure a Save Start Configuration in the Web in...

Page 212 - Appendix; Appendix: Glossary of Web-Based Management Terms; settings that can be shared by those devices for a link.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 212 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Appendix Appendix: Glossary of Web-Based Management Terms ACE : ACE is an acronym for Access Control Entry. It describes access permission associated with a particular ACE ID. There are three ACE frame types (Ethernet Type, ARP, and IP...

Page 213 - implement CC functionality.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 213 Appendix CCM : CCM is an acronym for Continuity Check Message. It is a OAM frame transmitted from a MEP to its peer MEP and used to implement CC functionality. CDP : CDP is an acronym for Cisco Discovery Protocol. DEI : DEI is an acron...

Page 215 - together to form a single logical port.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 215 Appendix IMAP is the protocol that IMAP clients use to communicate with the servers, and SMTP is the protocol used to transport mail to an IMAP server. The current version of the Internet Message Access Protocol is IMAP4. It is similar...

Page 216 - remote device. The remote device is called a PD.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 216 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Appendix MEP : MEP is an acronym for Maintenance Entity Endpoint and is an endpoint in a Maintenance Entity Group (ITU-T Y.1731). Mirroring : For debugging network problems or monitoring network traffic, the switch system can be config...

Page 217 - configured as a private VLAN.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 217 Appendix Policer : A policer can limit the bandwidth of received frames. It is located in front of the ingress queue. POP3 : POP3 is an acronym for Post Office Protocol version 3. It is a protocol for e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail ...

Page 218 - protocol is now obsolete by RSTP.

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 218 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com SNAP : The SubNetwork Access Protocol (SNAP) is a mechanism for multiplexing, on networks using IEEE 802.2 LLC, more protocols than can be distinguished by the 8-bit 802.2 Service Access Point (SAP) fields. SNAP supports identifying pr...

Page 219 - User Priority

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 219 Appendix LGB1108A UDP provides two services not provided by the IP layer. It provides port numbers to help distinguish different user requests and, optionally, a checksum capability to verify that the data arrived intact. Common networ...

Page 220 - About Black Box; BLACK BOX; Tech support the

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