Milan Technology MIL-SM2401M - Manuals

4 Package Contents Unpack the contents of the package and verify them against the checklist below. MIL-SM2401M Switch Power Cord Four Rubber Feet Rack Mount Ears RS-232 cable User Guide (CD Manual) Warranty Card If any item is missing or damaged, please contact your local dealer for service. Managem...

6 2. Hardware Description Front Panel The Front Panel of the MIL-SM2401M switch series consists of 24 100Mbps Fast Ethernet ports, one module bay, one console port, one LED-Indicator for Power, and two LED-Indicators (LNK/ACT, FDX/COL) for each UTP port. Console LED Fast Ethernet Ports Module Bay Po...

7 LED Indicators The LED Indicators give real-time information of systematic operation status. The following table provides descriptions of LED statuses and their meaning. Figure 2-2. LED indicators LED Status Description Green Power On. Power Off Power is not connected. Green The port is connecting...

8 Rear Panel The 3-pronged power plug and ventilation fan are located at the rear panel of the MIL-SM2401M as shown in Figure 2-3. The Switch will work with AC in the range 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz . On/Off Switch Figure 2-3. The Rear Panel of the MIL-SM2401M Switch

9 Desktop Installation Set the switch on a sufficiently large flat space with a power outlet nearby. The surface where you put your switch should be clean, smooth, level, and sturdy. Provide enough clearance around the switch to allow attachment of cables, power cord and air circulation. Attaching R...

10 Rack-mounted Installation The MIL-SM2401 comes with a rack-mounted kit and can be mounted in an EIA standard size, 19-inch rack. The Switch can be placed in a wiring closet with other equipment. Perform the following steps to rack mount the switch: A. Position one bracket to align with the holes ...

11 B. After attaching both mounting brackets, position the MIL-SM2401M in the rack by lining up the holes in the brackets with the appropriate holes on the rack. Secure the Switch to the rack with a screwdriver and the rack-mounting screws. Figure 2-5. Mount the MIL-SM2401M in an EIA standard 19-inc...

12 3. Network Application Segment Application For enterprise networks where large data broadcasts are constantly processed, this switch is suitable for department users to connect to the corporate backbone. You can use the MIL-SM2401M switch to connect PCs, workstations, and servers to each other by...

13 Segment Bridge For larger structured networks, this switch is an ideal solution for department users to connect to the corporate backbone. In the illustration below, two Ethernet switches with PCs and print server, and a local server are connected to the MIL-SM2401M. The devices in this network c...

14 4. Network Configuration Connecting a Terminal or PC to the Console Port Console management involves the administration of the switch via a direct connection to the RS-232 console port. This port is a female DB-9 connector. From the main menu of the console program, the user has access to manage ...

15 After the connection between Switch and PC is finished, turn on the PC and run a terminal emulation program or Hyper Terminal to match the following default characteristics of the console port: Baud Rate: 9600 bps Data Bits: 8 Parity: none Stop Bits: 1 Flow Control: None Figure 4-2. The settings ...

16 Console – Menu 1. The switch also provides a serial interface to manage and monitor the switch. The user can follow the Console Port Information provided by the web to use the Windows HyperTerminal program to link the switch. 2. Type the user name and password to login. The default user name is r...

18 4-2. Status and Counters Press the Tab or Backspace key to choose an action item, and then press Enter key to select the item.

23 4-3. Switch Static Configuration Press the Tab or Backspace key to choose action menu, and then press the Enter key to select item.

25 4-3-1-1. Device Information Name: 10 characters can be used to give the switch a unique name in order to distinguish it on the network. After configuration this name will show at the top of each menu screen. Description: 32 characters can be used to describe the switch. Location: 32 characters ca...

26 4-3-1-2. IP Configuration This menu enables the user to change the default settings of the IP address, subnet mask and gateway. Rebooting the switch is necessary to have the configuration change take affect. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to t...

27 4-3-1-3. Change Username Use this screen to change the User Name. The default user name is root . Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line. <Save>: Saves all configured values. <Quit>: Exits the user name configuratio...

28 4-3-1-4. Change Password Use this screen to change the Password. The default password is root . Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line. <Save>: Saves all configured values. <Quit>: Exits the password configuration p...

34 4-3-5-1. VLAN Configure Choose a VLAN In the VLAN Configure menu select the type of VLAN you want to configure: VLAN Disabled (default), Port Based VLAN, or IRRR802.1Q Tag based VLAN. Save the configuration. There are 3 different options for VLANs to choose from using the space bar: Disabled, Por...

36 4-3-5-2. Create a VLAN Group Create Port-Based VLAN Select <Edit> to create a port-based VLAN and add member/nonmember ports to it. 1. VLAN Name: Type a name for the new VLAN using 15 alphanumeric characters and no spaces. 2. Group ID: Type the VLAN group ID. The group ID range is 1~4096. 3...

38 4-3-5-3. Edit / Delete a VLAN Group Use this menu to edit or delete a VLAN group. When editing the chosen VLAN, the user can change the protocol VLAN or a member port. A new protocol can be configured and the ports can be changed to tagged or untagged or deleted as member ports from this VLAN. In...

49 4-3-8-4. Collision Retry Forever Collisions Retry Forever: User can choose to disable collision retry forever and, if a collision occurs in half-duplex mode, the switch will attempt to send the packet 48 times and then drop the frame. When enabled, a collision that occurs in half-duplex mode will...

51 4-4-1-1. STP Enable This page enables or disables the Spanning Tree function. Press the Space key to select Enabled or Disabled. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line. <Save>: Saves all configured values. <Quit>: E...

54 4-4-1-3. STP Per Port Configuration State: Spanning tree status for each port is either forwarding or blocking. PathCost: Specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine which ports are the forwarding ports. If you change the value, you need to restart the switch for valid v...

64 4-4-3. GVRP Use the GVRP Configuration screen to enable or disable GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol) support. Press the Space key to choose Enabled or Disabled. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line. <Save>: Saves a...

66 4-4-4-1. Working Ports Group: Displays the trunk group ID. NOTE: Before setting LACP support, you must first set the trunk group using the Port / Trunk Configuration screen. LACP: Press the Space key to enable or disable LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) support. If enabled, the group is a...

70 4-4-5-1. 802.1 x Enable Use this screen to enable or disable 802.1 x . Press the Space key to choose Enabled or Disabled mode. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line. <Save>: Saves all configured values. <Quit>: Exi...

72 4-4-5-3. 802.1x Per Port Configuration Press the Space key to select Disable, Accept, Reject or Authorize for the State of each port. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line. <Save>: Saves all configured values. <Previo...

75 4-5-1. Factory Default Use this menu to restore all factory default settings. Pressing y will reset the switch configuration settings to their factory defaults. Rebooting the switch is necessary for the new configurations to take effect. y: Resets the switch to the factory default configuration ....

80 4-6. Xmodem Upgrade 1. While booting the switch, press the X key to start the Xmodem routine on the device. 2. Pressing X will cause the switch Xmodem application to begin and cause the baud rate to change to 57600 bps. You will need to disconnect the cable connected to the serial port, and chang...

81 3. Select “send file" under the "transfer" menu from menu bar. 4. Press the "browse" button to select the path. 5. Select "1K Xmodem" of protocol and press the "Send" button. 6. After successfully upgrading to the new firmware, change the baud rate back to the ...

83 5-1. System Login 1. Launch Internet Explorer or Netscape. 2. Type http:// and the IP address of the switch in the Location or Address field. The default IP Address is 192.168.16.1. 3. Press Enter . Figure 5-1: The Password Window 4. In the login screen, type the user name and password. The defau...

85 5-3. Port Statistics The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit. Pressing the Reset button will return all counts to zero. Left click mouse on the desired port on the graphical image of the switch to get specific information for that port.

86 5-4. Administrator The management functions include IP address, switch settings, console port information, port controls, trunking, filter database, VLAN configuration, spanning tree, port mirroring, SNMP, security manager, TFTP update firmware, configuration backup, system reset, and reboot. 5-4...

87 5-4-2. Switch Setting 5-4-2-1. Basic System Description: Displays the name of device type. Firmware Version: Displays the switch’s downloaded firmware version. Kernel version: Displays write to default EEPROM value version. Hardware Version: Displays the switch’s hardware version. MAC Address: Di...

88 5-4-2-2. Advanced Settings MAC Address Entry Age-out Time: Enter the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in the switch's address table. The valid range is 300 to 765 seconds. Default is 300 seconds. Max bridge transmit delay bound control: Limits the packets queuing time in the...

89 Priority Queue Service settings: First Come First Service: The sequence of packets sent is dependent on the order of arrival. The first packets in the queue are transmitted before any other packets. All High before Low: The high priority packets are sent before the low priority packets. Weighted ...

91 IGMP Theory of Operation The following three topologies detail how IGMP Query works and to be configured within a network: 1. Auto mode needs to be enabled when the router’s IP address is smaller than other switches in the subnet.

96 addresses screen to define a list of MAC addresses that can use the secure port. Enter the settings, then click Apply button to save the changes on this page.

97 5-4-5. Trunking The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) standardized means for exchanging information between Partner Systems on a link to allow their Link Aggregation Control instances. To reach agreement on the identity of the Link Aggregation Group to which the link belongs, move the link...

98 5-4-5-1. Aggregator S etting System Priority: A value used to identify the active LACP. The switch with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the active LACP. To create a trunk across two or more ports: 1. Group ID: Choose the "Group ID" and click "Get". 2. ...

99 5-4-5-2. Aggregator Information The LACP Aggregator relation information is displayed as shown.

100 5-4-5-3. State Activity Active (selected) : The active port automatically sends LACP protocol packets. Passive (not selected) : The passive port does not automatically send LACP protocol packets, but responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the other device. A link having either t...

101 5-4-6. Forwarding and Filtering 5-4-6-1. IGMP Snooping The switch supports IP multicasting. You can enable IGMP via the web management’s configuration screen. In addition, you can view different multicast groups, VIDs and member ports, and IP multicast addresses that range from 224.0.0.0 through...

103 5-4-6-3. MAC Filtering MAC address filtering allows the switch to drop unwanted traffic. Traffic is filtered based on the destination addresses. Steps to specify a MAC address to filter: 1. In the MAC Address box, enter the MAC address to filter. 1. If tag-based (802.1Q) VLAN are set up on the s...

104 5-4-7. VLAN Configuration A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical network grouping that limits the broadcast domain. It allows you to isolate network traffic so only members of the VLAN receive traffic from the same VLAN members. Basically, creating a VLAN from a switch is logically equivalent of reco...

107 Basic To create a VLAN and add tagged member ports to it: 1. Select the Add button to create a new VLAN. 2. Enter a name for the new VLAN. 3. Enter a VLAN ID (2 to 4094). The default is 1. 4. Choose the protocol type. Default is NONE. 5. From the Available ports box, select ports to add to the s...

109 5-4-7-2. Port VID To configure port VID settings: From the main 802.1Q VLAN page, click Port VLAN ID Settings. VLAN ID Set the port VLAN ID that will be assigned to untagged traffic on a given port. This feature is useful for accommodating devices that you want to participate in the VLAN but tha...

110 Enable : Forward only packets with VID matching this port's configured VID. Disable : Disable Ingress filter function. Acceptable Frame Type ALL: All packets are acceptable. Tag Only: Only packets that match the VLAN ID will have permission to go through the port.

112 Information about the current spanning tree status is displayed in this table. The priority and path cost can be configured for each port. Click the Apply button to modify the configuration. Parameter Description Port Priority A change to the Port Priority affects which port will be the root por...

113 5-4-9. Port Mirroring The Port Mirroring feature is disabled by default. Selecting enable from the pull down menu will cause the selected traffic from the selected monitor ports to be mirrored to the selected analysis port. Press the Apply button to submit the changes. Port Mirroring State: Enab...

120 5-4-13. TFTP Update Firmware The following menu options provide some system control functions to allow a user to update firmware and remotely boot the switch system: • Executing TFTP software • Copy firmware update version image.bin to TFTP software directory. • In web management select Administ...

121 5-4-14-2. TFTP Backup Configuration Use this screen to set the TFTP server IP address. You can save current EEPROM value from here, then go to the TFTP Restore Configuration screen to restore the EEPROM value. 5-4-15. Factory Default Resets the Switch to default configuration. Default IP address...

122 6. Troubleshooting This section is intended to help you solve some common problems encountered while using the MIL-SM2401M switch series. Incorrect connections The switch auto-detects the polarity and direction of the UTP cable attached. If no link I seen, then check the following: Faulty or loo...

123 Diagnostic LED Indicators The switch can be easily monitored through panel indicators to assist in identifying problems. If the power indicator does turn on when the power cord is plugged in, you may have a problem with power outlet or power cord. However, if the switch powers off after running ...

124 7. Technical Specifications This section provides the specifications of MIL-SM2401M switch product. Standards Compliance IEEE802.3 10BASE-T IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX/100BASE-FX IEEE802.3z Gigabit SX/LX IEE802.3ab Gigabit 1000T IEEE802.3x Flow Control and Back pressure IEEE802.3ad Port Trunk IEEE802....

125 Memory 3Mbits for packet buffer Dimensions 440mm(W)*225mm(D)*44.5mm(H) Storage Temp. -40ºC to 70ºC (-40ºF to 158ºF) Operational Temp. 0ºC to 45ºC (32ºF to 113ºF) Operational Humidity 10% to 90% (Non-condensing) Power Supply 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz EMI FCC Class A, CE Mark Safety UL, cUL