Moxa EDS-510A - Manuals

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview As the world’s network and information technology becomes more mature, the trend is to use Ethernet as the major communications interface in many industrial communications and automation applications. In fact, a whole new industry has sprung up...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 y Bandwidth management to prevent unpredictable network status y Lock port for allowing access to authorized MAC addresses only y Port mirroring for online debugging y Automatic warning by exception through email, relay output y Digital inputs to integr...

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter explains how to access the EDS-510A for the first time. There are three ways to access the switch: serial console, Telnet console, and web browser. The serial console connection method, which requires using a short serial cable to connect the EDS-510A to a ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2 RS-232 Console Configuration (115200, None, 8, 1, VT100) NOTE Connection Caution! 1. You cannot connect to the EDS-510A simultaneously by serial console and Telnet. 2. You can connect to the EDS-510A simultaneously by web browser and serial console, ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-6 4. When the Main Menu of the EDS-510A’s console utility opens, click Terminal Æ p references… from the menu at the top of the window. 5. When the Terminal Preferences window opens, make sure that the VT100 Arrows option is selected. NOTE The Telnet C...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-7 Perform the following steps to access the EDS-510A’s web browser interface. 1. Open Internet Explorer and type EDS-510A’s IP address in the Address field. Press Enter to establish the connection. 2. The web login page will open. Select the login acco...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-8 Disabling Telnet and Browser Access If you are connecting the EDS-510A to a public network, but do not intend to use its management functions over the network, we suggest using the RS-232 console’s Basic Settings Æ System Info page to disable both Te...

3 3 Chapter 3 Featured Functions In this chapter, we explain how to access the EDS-510A’s configuration options, perform monitoring, and use administration functions. There are three ways to access these functions: RS-232 console, Telnet console, and web browser. The serial console connection method...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-2 Configuring Basic Settings The Basic Settings group includes the most commonly used settings required by administrators to maintain and control EDS-510A. System Identification The system identification items are displayed at the top of the web pag...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-3 Password The EDS-510A provides two levels of access privilege: admin privilege gives read/write access to all EDS-510A configuration parameters, and user privilege provides read access only. You will be able to view the configuration, but will not...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-4 Accessible IP The EDS-510A uses an IP address-based filtering method to control access to the EDS-510A units. Accessible IP Settings allows you to add or remove “Legal” remote host IP addresses to prevent unauthorized access. Access to the EDS-510...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-5 Port Port settings are included to give the user control over Port Access, Port Transmission Speed, Flow Control, and Port Type (MDI or MDIX). An explanation of each configuration item follows: Enable Setting Description Factory Default checked Al...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-6 Speed Setting Description Factory Default Auto Allows the port to use the IEEE 802.3u protocol to negotiate with connected devices. The port and connected devices will determine the best speed for that connection. 100M-Full 100M-Half 10M-Full 10M-...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-7 Auto IP Configuration Setting Description Factory Default Disable Set up the EDS-510A’s IP address manually. By DHCP The EDS-510A’s IP address will be assigned automatically by the network’s DHCP server. By BOOTP The EDS-510A’s IP address will be ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-8 Time The EDS-510A has a time calibration function based on information from an NTP server or user specified Time and Date information. Functions such as Auto warning “Email” can add real-time information to the message. NOTE The EDS-510A does not ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-9 NOTE Changing the time zone will automatically correct the current time. You should configure the time zone before setting the time . Time Server IP/Name Setting Description Factory Default 1st Time Server IP/Name IP or Domain address (e.g., 192.1...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-10 EDS-510A Series DIP Switches 12 ------ MASTER COUPLER TURBORING 34 The default setting for each DIP Switch is OFF. The following table explains the effect of setting the DIP Switch to the ON position. DIP Switch Setting Description ------ Serves ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-11 NOTE The Turbo Ring Ports and Coupling Ports will be added to all VLANs if you enable the “Turbo Ring DIP Switch” and set Turbo Ring DIP Switch from OFF to ON . NOTE If you enable the Hardware DIP Switch for Turbo Ring and set the Turbo Ring DIP ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-12 After setting up the desired path and file name, click Activate to save the setting, and then click Download to download the prepared file from the remote TFTP server, or click Upload to upload the desired file to the remote TFTP server. System F...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-13 Auto load system configurations when system boots up Setting Description Factory Default Enable Enables Auto load system configurations when system boots up Disable Disables Auto load system configurations when system boots up Enable Save the cur...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-14 the other seven ports will provide back up and share the traffic automatically. Port trunking can be used to combine up to 8 ports between two EDS-510A switches. If all ports on both switch units are configured as 100BaseTX and they are operating...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-15 Configuring Port Trunking The Port Trunking Settings page is used to assign ports to a Trunk Group. Step 1: Select Trk1, Trk2, Trk3, or Trk4 from the Trunk Group drop-down box. Step 2: Select Static, or LACP from the Trunk Type drop-down box. Ste...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-16 Available Ports/Member Port Setting Description Factory Default Member/Available Ports Use Up / Down buttons to add/remove specific ports from available ports to/from trunk group. N/A Check box Check to designate which ports to add or remove. Unc...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-17 Protocol Version UI Setting Authentication Type Data Encryption Method V1, V2c Read Community Community string No Use a community string match for authentication SNMP V1, V2c V1, V2c Write/Read Community Community string No Use a community string...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-18 only allows reading the MIB file, but does not have authorization to write. Admin Auth. Type (for SNMP V1, V2c, V3, and V3 only) Setting Description Factory Default No-Auth Use admin. account to access objects. No authentication No MD5-Auth Provi...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-19 1 st Trap Community Setting Description Factory Default character string Use a community string match for authentication (maximum of 30 characters). public 2nd Trap Server IP/Name Setting Description Factory Default IP or Name Enter the IP addres...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-20 Ring, if any segment of the network gets disconnected, your automation system will be back to normal in less than 300 ms. NOTE Port trunking and Turbo Ring can be enabled simultaneously to form a backbone. Doing so will increase the bandwidth of ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-21 When the number of EDS-510A units in the Turbo Ring is even. Master If there are 2N EDS-510A units (an even number) in the Turbo Ring, then the backup segment is one of the two segments connected to the (N+1)st EDS-510A (i.e., the EDS-510A unit d...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-22 Ring Coupling Switch A: " Coupler " Switch B Switch C Switch D Main Path Coupling Port Backup Path CouplingControl Port To support the Ring Coupling function, select two EDS-510A (e.g., Switch A and B in the above figure) in the Turbo Rin...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-23 Configuring Turbo Ring Use the Communication Redundancy page to configure Turbo Ring. Now Active This field shows which communication protocol is in use: Turbo Ring, RSTP, or neither. Master/Slave This field appears only when Turbo Ring mode is s...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-24 Redundancy Protocol Setting Description Factory Default Turbo Ring Select this item to change to the Turbo Ring configuration page. None RSTP (IEEE 802.1W/1D) Select this item to change to the RSTP configuration page. None Set as Master Setting D...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-26 What happens if a link failure is detected? As shown in next figure, the STP process reconfigures the network so that traffic from LAN segment 2 flows through Bridge B. STP will determine which path between each bridged segment is most efficient,...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-27 y Which bridge should be the Root Bridge. The Root Bridge is the central reference point from which the network is configured. y The Root Path Costs for each bridge. This is the cost of the paths from each bridge to the Root Bridge. y The identit...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-28 Bridge A LAN Segment 3 LAN Segment 2 LAN Segment 1 Port 2(Root Bridge) Port 1(DesignatedBridge Port) Bridge B Port 2(DesignatedBridge Port) Port 1(Root Port) Cost =100 Bridge X Port 2(Blocked Port) Port 1(Root Port) Cost =100 Bridge C Port 2(Desi...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-29 Block Switch A Switch B Switch C VLAN1VLAN2 802.1Q tagged,10BaseTxhalf-duplex Linkcarries VLAN1, 2(path cost = 100) 100BaseTXfull-duplex Link;only carries VLAN2(path cost = 18) 100BaseTXfull-duplex Link;only carries VLAN1(path cost = 18) VLAN1VLA...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-30 At the bottom of this page, the user can configure the “Settings” of this function. For RSTP, you can configure: Protocol of Redundancy Setting Description Factory Default Turbo Ring Select this item to change to the Turbo Ring configuration page...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-31 NOTE We suggest not enabling the Spanning Tree Protocol once the port is connected to a device (PLC, RTU, etc.) as opposed to network equipment. The reason is that it will cause unnecessary negotiation. Port Priority Setting Description Factory D...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-32 Using Traffic Prioritization EDS-510A’s traffic prioritization capability provides Quality of Service (QoS) to your network by making data delivery more reliable. You can prioritize traffic on your network to ensure that high priority data is tra...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-33 IEEE 802.1p Priority Level IEEE 802.1D Traffic Type 0 Best Effort (default) 1 Background 2 Standard (spare) 3 Excellent Effort (business critical) 4 Controlled Load (streaming multimedia) 5 Video (interactive media); less than 100 milliseconds of...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-34 2. As the 802.1p priority levels are fixed to the traffic queues, the packet will be placed in the appropriate priority queue, ready for transmission through the appropriate egress port. When the packet reaches the head of its queue and is about ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-35 Moxa EDS-510A supports inspection of layer 3 TOS and/or layer 2 CoS tag information to determine how to classify traffic packets. Queuing Mechanism Setting Description Factory Default Weighted Fair EDS-510A has 4 priority queues. In the weighted ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-36 CoS Mapping Setting Description Factory Low/Normal/ Medium/High Set the mapping table of different CoS values to 4 different egress queues. 0: Low 1: Low 2: Normal 3: Normal 4: Medium 5: Medium 6: High 7: High TOS/DiffServ Mapping Setting Descrip...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-37 Using Virtual LAN Setting up Virtual LANs (VLANs) on your EDS-510A increases the efficiency of your network by dividing the LAN into logical segments, as opposed to physical segments. In general, VLANs are easier to manage. The Virtual LAN (VLAN)...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-38 y VLANs provide extra security: Devices within each VLAN can only communicate with other devices on the same VLAN. If a device on VLAN Marketing needs to communicate with devices on VLAN Financ e, the traffic must pass through a routing device or...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-39 y Access Port: The port connects to a single device that is not tagged. The user must define the default port PVID that determines to which VLAN the device belongs. Once the ingress packet of this Access Port egresses to another Trunk Port (the p...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-40 y Port 6 connect a single untagged device and assigns it to VLAN 5; it should be configured as “Access Port” with PVID 5. y Port 7 connects a single untagged device and assigns it to VLAN 4; it should be configured as “Access Port” with PVID 4. A...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-41 VLAN Mode Setting Description Factory Default 802.1Q VLAN Set VLAN mode to 802.1Q VLAN Port-based VLAN Set VLAN mode to Port-based VLAN 802.1Q VLAN Management VLAN ID Setting Description Factory Default VLAN ID ranges from 1 to 4094 Set the manag...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-42 To configure the EDS-510A’s Port-based VLAN , use the VLAN Setting page to configure the ports. VLAN Mode Setting Description Factory Default 802.1Q VLAN Set VLAN mode to 802.1Q VLAN Port-based VLAN Set VLAN mode to Port-based VLAN 802.1Q VLAN Po...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-43 NOTE The physical network can have a maximum of 64 VLAN settings. Using Multicast Filtering Multicast filtering improves the performance of networks that carry multicast traffic. This section explains multicasts, multicast filtering, and how mult...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-44 Network without multicast filtering 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 S e r i a l p o r t s C o n s o l e L A N 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IGMP Group2 Group 1 Multicast Stream Group 2 Multicast Stream IGMP Group1 IGMP Group2 IGMP Group1 All hosts receive the multicast...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-45 Query Mode Query mode allows the EDS-510A to work as the Querier if it has the lowest IP address on the subnetwork to which it belongs. IGMP querying is enabled by default on the EDS-510A to help prevent interoperability issues with some multicas...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-46 Configuring IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping provides the ability to prune multicast traffic so that it travels only to those end destinations that require that traffic, thereby reducing the amount of traffic on the Ethernet LAN. IGMP Snooping Setting...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-47 NOTE At least one switch must be designated the Querier or enable IGMP snooping and GMRP when enabling Turbo Ring and IGMP snooping simultaneously. IGMP Table The EDS-510A displays the current active IGMP groups that were detected. The informatio...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-48 Configuring GMRP GMRP is a MAC-based multicast management protocol, whereas IGMP is IP-based. GMRP provides a mechanism that allows bridges and end stations to register or un-register Group membership information dynamically. GMRP enable Setting ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-49 Traffic Rate Limiting Settings Ingress Setting Description Factory Default Ingress rate Select the ingress rate for all packets from the following options: not limited, 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 65%, 85% N/A Using Port Access Control The E...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-51 5. The supplicant responds to the “EAP Request/MD5-Challenge” by sending an “EAP Response/MD5-Challenge” frame that encapsulates the user’s password using the MD5 hash algorithm. 6. If the RADIUS server is used as the authentication server, the a...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-52 Database Option Setting Description Factory Default Local (Max. 32 users) Select this option when setting the Local User Database as the authentication database. Local Radius Select this option to set an external RADIUS server as the authenticati...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-53 802.1X Re-Authentication The EDS-510A can force connected devices to be re-authorized manually. 802.1X Re-Authentication Setting Description Factory Default Enable/Disable Select the option to enable 802.1X Re-Authentication Disable Local User Da...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-54 Description (Max. 30 characters) Description for Local User Database None NOTE The user name for the Local User Database is case-insensitive. Port Access Control Table The port status will indicate whether the access is authorized or unauthorized...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-55 Event Type Event Types can be divided into two basic groups: System Events and Port Events . System Events are related to the overall function of the switch, whereas Port Events are related to the activity of a specific port. System Events Warnin...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-56 that port (provided this item is Enabled). Traffic-Threshold (%) Enter a non-zero number if the port’s Traffic-Overload item is Enabled. Traffic-Duration (sec.) A Traffic-Overload warning is sent every Traffic-Duration seconds if the average Traf...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-57 change Password click the Change password check-box, type the Old Password, type the New Password, retype the New password, and then click Activate; Max. 45 Characters. Old Password Type the current password when changing the password None New Pa...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-59 NOTE The Traffic-Overload , Traffic-Threshold (%) , and Traffic-Duration (sec) Port Event items are related. If you Enable the Traffic-Overload event, then be sure to enter a non-zero Traffic-Threshold percentage, as well as a Traffic-Duration be...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-60 effect, the EDS-510A acts as a DHCP server by assigning a connected device with a specific IP address stored in its internal memory. Each time the connected device is switched on or rebooted, the EDS-510A sends the device the desired IP address. ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-61 Desired IP Address Setting Description Factory Default IP Address Set the desired IP of connected devices. None Using Diagnosis The EDS-510A provides two important tools for administrators to diagnose network systems. Mirror Port The Mirror port ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-62 Ping The Ping function uses the ping command to give users a simple but powerful tool for troubleshooting network problems. The function’s most unique feature is that even though the ping command is entered from the user’s PC keyboard, the actual...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-63 Monitor by Port Access the Monitor by Port function by selecting ALL 10/100M or 1G Ports or Port i , in which i= 1, 2, …, G2 , from the left pull-down list. The Port i options are identical to the Monitor by System function discussed above, in th...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-64 The table will display the following information: MAC This field shows the MAC address Type This field shows the type of this MAC address Port This field shows the port that this MAC address belongs to Using Event Log Bootup This field shows how ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-65 Using Syslog This function provides the event logs for the syslog server. The function supports 3 configurable syslog servers and syslog server UDP port numbers. When an event occurs, the event will be sent as a syslog UDP packet to the specified...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-66 3. Select Yes to enter the EDS-510A’s web browser interface and access the web browser interface secured via HTTPS/SSL. NOTE Moxa provides a Root CA certificate .After installing this certificate into your PC or notebook, you can access the web b...

4 4 Chapter 4 EDS Configurator GUI EDS Configurator is a comprehensive Windows-based GUI that is used to configure and maintain multiple EDS-510A switches. A suite of useful utilities is available to help you locate the EDS-510A switches attached to the same LAN as the PC host (regardless of whether...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-2 Starting EDS Configurator To start EDS Configurator, locate and then run the executable file edscfgui.exe . NOTE You may download the EDS Configurator software from Moxa’s website at www.moxa.com. For example, if the file was placed on the Windo...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-3 Once the search is complete, the Configurator window will display a list of all switches that were located. Search by IP address This utility is used to search for EDS-510A switches one at a time. Note that the search is conducted by IP address,...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-4 Upgrade Firmware Keep your EDS-510A up to date with the latest firmware from Moxa. Perform the following steps to upgrade the firmware: 1. Download the updated firmware (*.rom) file from the Moxa website (www.moxa.com). 2. Click the switch (from...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-5 Export Configuration The Export Configuration utility is used to save the entire configuration of a particular EDS-510A to a text file. Take the following steps to export a configuration: 1. Highlight the switch (from the Server list in the Conf...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-6 3. You may use a standard text editor, such as Notepad under Windows, to view and modify the newly created configuration file. Import Configuration The Import Configuration function is used to import an entire configuration from a text file to t...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-7 3. The Setup Configuration window will be displayed, with a special note attached at the bottom. Parameters that have been changed will be activated with a checkmark. You may make more changes if necessary, and then click OK to accept the change...

A A Appendix A MIB Groups The EDS-510A comes with built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software that supports cold/warm start trap, line up/down trap, and RFC 1213 MIB-II. The standard MIB groups that the EDS-510A series support are: MIB II.1 – System Group sysORTable MIB II.2 – ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual MIB Groups A-2 MIB II.10 – Transmission Group dot3 dot3StatsTable MIB II.11 – SNMP Group SnmpBasicGroup SnmpInputStats SnmpOutputStats MIB II.17 – dot1dBridge Group dot1dBase dot1dBasePortTable dot1dStp dot1dStpPortTable dot1dTp dot1dTpFdbTable dot1dTpPortTable dot1dTpH...

B B Appendix B Specifications Technology Standards IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.3x, 802.1D, 802.1w, 802.1Q, 802.1p Protocols IGMP V1/V2/V3 device, GVRP, SNMP V1/V2c/V3, DHCP Server/Client, BOOTP, TFTP, SNTP, SMTP, RARP and EDS-SNMP OPC server Pro (Optional) MIB MIB-II, Ethernet-Like MIB, P-BRIDGE MIB, Q-B...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Specifications B-2 Power Input Voltage 24 VDC(12 to 45 VDC), redundant inputs Input Current (@24V) 0.47A: (EDS-510A-3GT) 0.38A: (EDS-510A-1GT2SFP, 0.34A: (EDS-510A-3SFP) Connection Two removable 6-pin terminal blocks Overload Current Protection Present Reverse Polarity ...

C C Appendix C Service Information This appendix shows you how to contact Moxa for information about this and other products, and how to report problems. In this appendix, we cover the following topics. ‰ Moxa Internet Services ‰ Problem Report Form ‰ Product Return Procedure

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Service Information C-2 Moxa Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our primary concern. To ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, Moxa Internet Services has been set up to provide technical support, driver updates, product information, and ...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Service Information C-3 Problem Report Form Moxa EDS-510A Series Customer name: Company: Tel: Fax: Email: Date: Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Description: Please describe the symptoms of the problem as clearly as possible, including any error messages you se...

EDS-510A Series User’s Manual Service Information C-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair, exchange, or refund, the customer must:  Provide evidence of original purchase.  Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.  Fill out the Problem Report Form (P...