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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... 1 ...
- 1 - CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION WGSW-404 and WGSW-2402A are ultra-fast high-performance switches with non-blocking switch fabric of 16Gbps and 12.8Gbps. WGSW-404 is a backbone switch with 4-port 10/100/1000Mbps RJ-45 and 4-slot for media expansion. WGSW-2402A is designed to be a workgroup switch with 2...
- 4 - Gigabit ports QoS Scheduling Supports delay bound, strict priority, WFQ (Weighted Fair Queuing) and best effort service disciplines Congestion Avoidance Supports WRED (Weighted Random Early Detection) drop threshold management Rate Control 10 levels of rate (10 to 100%) configurable on 10/100M...
- 6 - CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION This Chapter describes the hardware function of the Switches and shows how to install it on the desktop or shelf. Basic knowledge of networking is assumed. Read this chapter completely before continuing. 2.1 WGSW-2402A Hardware Description 2.1.1 Front Panel of WGSW-2402A...
- 8 - FDX/COL Yellow Lights to indicate that the port is operating in full-duplex mode. Blinks periodically to indicate that the connection is experiencing collisions. 2.1.3 Rear Panel of WGSW-2402A The rear panel of WGSW-2402A has a power connector, a Buzzer button and a console port. Figure 2-3 sh...
- 10 - 2.2.3 Rear Panel of WGSW-404 The rear panel of WGSW-404 has a power connector, a Buzzer button and a console port. Figure 2-3 shows a rear panel of the Switch. Table 2-5 explains the function of the ports shown in the Figure 2-4. F IGURE 2-5 R EAR P ANEL OF WGSW-404 Buzzer Button Power T ABLE...
- 12 - F IGURE 2-7 100B ASE -FX E XPANSION M ODULE WGSW-C1ST Module Status LEDs WGSW-C1SC Module Status LEDs T ABLE 2-11 100B ASE -FX MODULE S TATUS LED S WGSW-C1SC / WGSW-C1ST LED Color Function 100 Green Lights to indicate that receiver of fibre port is in normal optical input levels. Act Green Li...
- 13 - 2.4.1 Pre-Installation Considerations Fast Ethernet Topology Considerations If you will be using the Switch for Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) operation, observe the following guidelines: The maximum unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable length is 100 meters (328 feet) over Category 5 cable. Single-r...
- 15 - CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION This chapter explains the methods that you can use to configure management access to the Switch. It describes the types of management applications and the communication and management protocols that deliver data between your management device (workstation or personal c...
- 17 - 3.1.3 Modem Port Access You can access the Switch’s administration console from a PC or Macintosh using an external modem attached to the console (serial) port. The Switch management program provides a Console Port screen, accessible from the Basic Management screen, that lets you configure p...
- 18 - 3.3 SNMP-Based Network Management You can use an external SNMP-based application to configure and manage the Switch. This management method requires the SNMP agent on the Switch and the SNMP Network Management Station to use the same community string. This management method, in fact, uses two...
- 19 - 3.4.3 Management Architecture All of the management application modules use the same Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI). By unifying management methods with a single MAPI, configuration parameters set using one method (console port, for example) are immediately displayable by ...
- 20 - Chapter 4 Menu-Driven Console Management The Switch provides a menu-driven console interface for configuration purposes. The Switch can be configured either locally through its RS-232 port or remotely via a Telnet session. This chapter describes how to configure the Switch using its menu-driv...
- 21 - To log out, highlight Logout and press Enter. To save the current settings and remain in the configuration program, highlight Save Settings, press Enter. To restore the factory default settings, highlight Restore Default Settings and press Enter. To reboot, highlight Reboot and press Enter. 4...
- 22 - F IGURE 4-2 B ASIC M ANAGEMENT S CREEN 2. From the Basic Management screen, highlight the desired option and press the Enter key: General lets you change the system name, location, administration and guest passwords, statistics collection, reboot-on-error, and remote Telnet login capability. ...
- 23 - F IGURE 4-3 G ENERAL S CREEN Use the following procedure to configure the general management options. 4.3.1.1 Changing the System Name To change the system name: 1. From the General screen, highlight System Name and press the Enter key. The Enter System Name screen appears.
- 24 - F IGURE 4-4 E NTER S YSTEM N AME 2. Enter a system name. If you make a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.2 Changing the Contact and Location To change the Contact and location: 1. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Con...
- 25 - F IGURE 4-5 E NTER C ONTACT AND L OCATION 2. Enter a contact or location name. If you make a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.3 Changing the Administration Password To change the administration password: 1. Use the Down ...
- 26 - F IGURE 4-6 E NTER O LD P ASSWORD 2. Enter the current password. Each character you type appears as an asterisk (*). If you make a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter . The Enter New Password screen appears. F IGURE 4-7 E NTER N EW P ASSWORD 4. Enter the new pas...
- 28 - F IGURE 4-9 E NTER N EW P ASSWORD 2. Enter a new guest password. If you make a mistake, use the Backspace key to delete the error. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.5 Statistic Collection The statistic collection function allows the Switch to collect RMON and interface sta...
- 29 - F IGURE 4-10 S TATISTICS C OLLECTION O PTIONS 2. Highlight one of the following choices: Disabled — prevents statistic collection to the Switch. Enabled — allows statistic collection to the Switch. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.6 Reboot-On-Error To enable or disable Re...
- 31 - F IGURE 4-12 R EMOTE T ELNET L OGIN O PTIONS 2. Highlight one of the following choices: Disabled prevents remote Telnet logins to the Switch. Enabled allows remote Telnet logins to the Switch. This is the default setting. 3. Press Enter to return to the General screen. 4.3.1.8 Remote Http Log...
- 32 - F IGURE 4-13 R EMOTE HTTP L OGIN O PTIONS 2. Highlight one of the following choices: Disable prevents remote HTTP login to the Switch. Enable allows remote HTTP login to the Switch. 3. Press Enter to go back to the General screen. 4.3.1.9 Returning to the Basic Management Screen After complet...
- 33 - F IGURE 4-14 LAN P ORT C ONFIGURATIONS S CREEN Use the procedures in the following sections to configure the LAN port configuration options for one or more ports: Speed & Flow Control - see Section 4.3.2.1 “ Changing the Speed and Flow Contro l”. Physical Address - see Section 4.3.2.2 “ D...
- 34 - F IGURE 4-15 2. To configure an individual port, highlight the port and press the Enter key. The Speed & Flow Cntl Options screen appears with the parameters for the port you selected. F IGURE 4-16 P ORT S ETTING O PTIONS 3. To change the line speed setting: a. Press Enter with the Line S...
- 35 - F IGURE 4-17 S PEED & F LOW C ONTROL O PTIONS b. Highlight the line speed option you want to select for the port. Auto allows the Switch to automatically ascertain the line speed and duplex mode. All the other selections force the Switch to use a specific line speed and duplex mode. Note:...
- 36 - F IGURE 4-18 F LOW C ONTROL b. Highlight the flow control option you want to select for the port. Auto allows the Switch to automatically ascertain whether or not to use flow control. On enables flow control at all times. Off disables flow control at all times. c. Press Esc . You return to th...
- 37 - F IGURE 4-19 Using the L key, you can toggle this column so it is either displayed or hidden. By default, it is displayed. To hide it, press the L key. To redisplay it, press the L key again. 4.3.2.3 Displaying a Physical Port Address The following procedure describes how to display a physica...
- 38 - Figure 4-20 2. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to scroll up and down the list. 3. When you finish, press the Esc key to return to the LAN Port Configurations screen. 4.3.2.4 Returning to the Basic Management Screen After completing the LAN port configuration activities, press the Esc key...
- 41 - F IGURE 4-23 2. Highlight the flow control method you want to select for the console and press Enter . You return to the Console Port Configurations screen and the console port flow control method you selected appears in the Flow Control field. 4.3.3.3 Enabling or Disabling Modem Control Opti...
- 45 - F IGURE 4-27 If you enable SLIP , specify a SLIP address and subnet mask (see “ Specifying a SLIP Address ” and “ Specifying a SLIP Sub-net Mask ”). 4.3.3.6 Specifying a SLIP Address If you enabled SLIP, use the following procedure to enter an address that has a network part different than th...
- 46 - F IGURE 4-28 2. Enter the SLIP address. The address consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 129.32.0.11 3. After you enter the SLIP address, press the Enter key. You return to the Console Port Configurations screen and your entry appears in the SLIP Address field. 4.3.3.7 Speci...
- 48 - Chapter 5 Performing Advanced Management Activities Advanced management activities consist of the L2 switching database, IP Networking, bridging, static filtering, spanning tree, SNMP, other protocols (GVRP and IGMP), Port Trunking, port mirroring, QoS Setup and File Transfer. To perform adva...
- 49 - SNMP — lets you view and change the SNMP configuration. See section 5.10 “SNMP Functions”. Other Protocols — lets you view and change GVRP and IGMP settings. Refer to section 5.11 “Other Protocols”. Port Trunking — lets you assign a range of ports to trunking groups. Refer to section 5.12 “Po...
- 50 - F IGURE 5-2 L2 S WITCHING D ATA B ASE S CREEN The Switch can be viewed from the four perspectives in the L2 Switching DataBase screen in Figure 5-2: VLAN & PVID Perspective see section 5.2 “VLAN & PVID Perspective”. IP Multicast Group Perspective — see section 5.3 “IP Multicast Group ...
- 52 - F IGURE 5-3 VLAN P ERSPECTIVE S CREEN 2. From this screen you can: Create a new VLAN. See section 5.2.2.1 “Creating a New VLAN”. Delete a VLAN ID. See section 5.2.2.2 “Deleting a VLAN ID”. View VLAN activities. See section 5.2.2.3 “Viewing VLAN Activities”. View or change a VLAN configuration...
- 53 - F IGURE 5-4 N EW VLAN S ETTINGS SCREEN 2. With the highlight in the VLAN ID field, press the Enter key. The Enter New VLAN ID screen appears. F IGURE 5-5 3. Enter a new VLAN ID as between 2 ~ 4094 value. 4. Press Enter. The VLAN ID appears next to VLAN ID in the New VLAN Settings screen.
- 54 - Note: “Remote” is appended to the VLAN ID automatically if the VLAN is learned from a remote switch. 5. To enter an optional VLAN name, perform the following steps. Note that the VLAN name is used to identify the VLAN at the local switch. a. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight VLAN Name . b...
- 55 - F IGURE 5-7 This screen lets you: Add switch ports to a VLAN. See section 5.2.2.2 “ Adding New Switch Ports ”. Delete switch ports from a VLAN. See section 5.2.2.3 “ Deleting a VLAN ID ”. 5.2.2.2 Adding New Switch Ports To add new switch ports to the newly created VLAN: 1. Hold down the Shift...
- 57 - F IGURE 5-10 If you highlight Forbidden Ports , the screen window reads Select Forbidden Ports , as in the following figure. F IGURE 5-11 3. In the Select Untagged Ports , Select Tagged Ports , or Select Forbidden Ports screen, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight an individual p...
- 58 - 4. Press Enter. An asterisk appears to the right of the port to show it is selected, as in the following figure. Repeat this step for each new port you want to add. Note: As a convenience, you can highlight All Ports to select all of the ports at one time. F IGURE 5-12 5. After selecting the ...
- 60 - F IGURE 5-14 5.2.2.3 Deleting a VLAN ID To delete a VLAN ID from the VLAN Perspective screen: 1. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight the VLAN ID you want to delete. 2. Press the - (hyphen) key. A precautionary message asks whether you are sure you want to delete the VLAN ID.
- 61 - F IGURE 5-15 3. With Yes highlighted, press the Enter key to delete the VLAN ID. Or to retain it, press the Esc key or highlight No and press Enter . 5.2.2.4 Viewing VLAN Activities The following procedure describes how to use the VLAN Perspective screen to view activities for a particular VL...
- 62 - F IGURE 5-16 2. Press the Enter key. A screen similar to the following appears. F IGURE 5-17 This screen shows all active VLAN domains for the VLAN you selected. You can use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to scroll through the list of domains associated with the selected VLAN. When you fini...
- 63 - 5.2.2.5 Viewing VLAN Settings Using the VLAN Configuration screen, you can view VLAN settings. 1. From the VLAN Perspective screen, highlight an existing VLAN and press the Enter key. A screen similar to the following appears, with the highlight on VLAN Activities . F IGURE 5-18 2. Press the ...
- 64 - F IGURE 5-19 4. From this screen, you can add switch ports to or delete them from any VLAN except the default VLAN. The controls for adding and deleting ports do not display for the default VLAN. 5.2.2.6 Adding Ports To add ports to a VLAN: 1. From the screen above, hold down the Shift key an...
- 65 - F IGURE 5-20 2. Select either untagged or tagged ports. To select untagged ports: a. Highlight Untagged Ports and press Enter. The Select Untagged Ports screen appears, with a list of the untagged ports that are not in use. Initially, there are 16 untagged ports you can select; this number de...
- 67 - F IGURE 5-23 b. To configure an individual port, highlight it and press Enter. An asterisk appears next to each port you select. (To deselect it, press Enter again to remove the asterisk.) To configure all ports, highlight All Ports and press Enter. c. Press Esc. The port(s) you selected appe...
- 68 - VLAN-untagged packets. The switch will also un-tag the VLAN ID from outgoing packets if the port’s PVID is the same as the outgoing packet’s VLAN ID. If you want to configure the PVID, highlight PVID setting from the VLAN & PVID Perspective screen and press Enter. The following screen wil...
- 69 - 2. Enter a decimal number in the Enter New PVID column. Then press Enter. F IGURE 5-26 Note: Even though you have specified the port to be tagged port for the VLAN ID, the Switch will still untagged the packets if the PVID setting is the same as the VLAN ID. If your network is with multiple s...
- 70 - IGMP provides the final step in an IP multicast packet delivery service since it is only concerned with the forwarding of multicast traffic from the local router to group members on directly attached subnetworks. The Switch support IP Multicast Filtering by: Passively snooping on the IGMP Que...
- 71 - F IGURE 5-27 Note: If IGMP is disabled, the message IGMP Currently Disabled appears instead of the screen above. To correct this, use Other Protocols in the Advanced Management menu to set IGMP to either Passive or Active (see “Other Protocols” ) 2. To obtain an IP multicast group perspective...
- 72 - F IGURE 5-28 3. To view the VLAN and IP multicast group addresses associated with the MAC address, highlight a host in the Hosts screen and press Enter. A VLAN/IP Multicast Group Membership screen similar to the following appears. F IGURE 5-29 4. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to scroll throu...
- 73 - 5. When you finish, press Esc until you return to the desired screen. 5.4 MAC Address Perspective The MAC address perspective lets you view all characteristics associated with a MAC address, corresponding VLANs, and corresponding ports in the Switching database. To obtain a MAC address perspe...
- 74 - F IGURE 5-31 4. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to scroll through the VLAN/IP Multicast Group Membership screen. 5. When you finish, press the Esc key to return to the desired screen. 5.5 Port Perspective The port perspective lets you view VLAN activities port statistics, and per-port MAC limi...
- 75 - F IGURE 5-32 2. To view per-port VLAN activities, highlight Per Port VLAN Activities, press the Enter key, and proceed to section 5.5.1 . 3. To view per-port statistics, highlight Per Port Statistics, press the Enter key, and proceed to section 5.5.2 . 5.5.1 Per Port VLAN Activities This opti...
- 76 - F IGURE 5-33 1. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight the port number whose corresponding VLANs activities you want to view. 2. Press the Enter key. A screen similar to the following appears, with a list of the MAC addresses for the selected VLAN and the corresponding VLAN members...
- 77 - 5.5.2 Scrolling Through MAC Addresses To scroll through the list of active MAC addresses corresponding to the selected port: 1. If the MAC Addresses screen is not the current screen, press the Tab key until it becomes the current screen. The status bar at the bottom of the screen acquires the...
- 78 - letters A and B. F IGURE 5-36 Using the L key, you can toggle this column so it is either displayed or hidden. By default, it is displayed. To hide it, press the L key. To redisplay it, press the L key again. 5.5.4 Per Port Statistics If you select Per Port Statistics from the Port Perspectiv...
- 79 - F IGURE 5-37 1. To reset counters for all ports, press R. Then, when the following screen appears, highlight Yes and press Enter to reset the counters, Or highlight No and press Enter to not reset them. F IGURE 5-38 2. To view statistics for a port, use the Up and Down Arrow keys to highlight...
- 80 - F IGURE 5-39 3. To reset counters for the port in the screen above, press R. The following screen appears. F IGURE 5-40 4. With Yes highlighted, press the Enter key to reset the counters. Or to retain them, press the Esc key or highlight No and press Enter.
- 81 - 5.5.5 Per Port Mac Limit This option allows you to specify the maximum number of MAC addresses on each port. If you select Per Port MAC Limit from the Port Perspective screen, a screen similar to the following one appears. F IGURE 5-41 1. To specify MAC learning options for a MAC port, use th...
- 82 - 2. Highlight the desired option, then press Enter . 3. If you selected Set Learning Limit , the Enter New Limit screen appears. F IGURE 5-43 4. Type the new limit, and press Enter. 5.5.6 Returning to the Advanced Management Screen After completing the L2 switching database activities, press t...
- 83 - F IGURE 5-44 IP N ETWORKING S CREEN From the IP networking screen, you can: View or change IP and RIP settings. See section 5.6.1 “ IP and RIP Settings ”. Add, delete, and search ARP table entries. See section 5.6.2 “ ARP Table Setting ”. View, add, delete or search a particular routing path....
- 85 - F IGURE 5-45 To modify the settings shown: 1. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight the row that contains the parameters you want to change, and then press Enter. A screen similar to the following appears, with the highlight in the IP Address field. The available options are: IP Address: The IP...
- 87 - 5.6.2 ARP Table Setting If you select ARP Table from the IP Networking screen in Figure 5-47, an ARP Table screen similar to the following appears with the ARP table entries that have been already defined or learned. F IGURE 5-47 From this screen, you can: Add static entries to the ARP table....
- 88 - F IGURE 5-48 2. Press the Enter key. The Enter Internet Address screen appears. F IGURE 5-49 3. Type an Internet address. The address consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 203.70.249.5. When you finish, press Enter. The Internet address you typed appears next to Internet Addr...
- 89 - 4. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Physical Address and press Enter. The Enter Physical Address screen appears. F IGURE 5-50 5. Type the corresponding physical address and press Enter. The physical address you typed appears next to Physical Address in the Static ARP Specifications scree...
- 90 - F IGURE 5-51 7. To add more static ARP table entries, repeat steps 1 through 6. When you finish, press Esc to return to the ARP Table screen. 5.6.2.2 Deleting Static ARP Table Entries If you no longer need a static entry in the ARP table, use the following procedure to delete it. There is no ...
- 91 - F IGURE 5-52 2. Highlight either Internet Address or Physical Address and press the Enter key. You are prompted for an IP or physical address. 3. Enter the IP or physical address you are searching and press Enter. The address you want to view is highlighted. 4. When you finish viewing the inf...
- 94 - F IGURE 5-55 If you selected Static Route , the following screen appears. At each field, press Enter, type the appropriate parameter, and press Enter again. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to move between fields. Then proceed to step 3. F IGURE 5-56 3. After entering default gateway or static ...
- 97 - F IGURE 5-59 2. To add a relay IP, hold down the Shift key and press + . A screen similar to the following appears. F IGURE 5-60 3. Highlight the appropriate interface, or highlight All Interfaces . Press Esc. A screen similar to the following appears.
- 98 - F IGURE 5-61 4. With the highlight on DHCP Gateway , press Enter. The following screen appears. F IGURE 5-62 5. Highlight Enabled and press Enter to enable the DHCP gateway. 6. Press the Down Arrow key and press Enter to configure the maximum number of hops. When the following screen appears,...
- 100 - F IGURE 5-65 9. To specify up to three more preferred servers, do so in the remaining Preferred Field options. 10. When you finish, press Esc. The DHCP Gateway Settings screen appears with the parameters you specified. 11. To define additional DHCP gateways, repeat steps 1 through 10. 12. Wh...
- 101 - F IGURE 5-66 To change the ping settings: 1. Press Enter. The Enter IP Address screen appears. F IGURE 5-67 2. Type the IP address of the server you want to ping. The address consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 129.32.0.11
- 102 - 3. Press Enter. 4. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Count and press Enter. The Enter Packet Count screen appears. F IGURE 5-68 5. Type a packet count number from 1 to 999, or type 0 for an infinite packet count. Press Enter. 6. Highlight Size <mbytes> and press Enter. The Enter Pack...
- 103 - F IGURE 5-69 7. Type the packet size, from 0 to 1500, then press Enter. 8. Highlight Timeout <sec> and press Enter. The Enter Timeout screen appears. F IGURE 5-70 9. Type a timeout value, from 0 to 999, and press Enter.
- 104 - 10. When you finish specifying the ping parameters, press Esc start pinging a remote IP address. 11. Press Esc again until the IP Networking screen appears. 5.7 Bridging If you select Bridging from the Advanced Management screen, the following Bridging Parameters screen appears. F IGURE 5-71...
- 105 - F IGURE 5-72 2. To set no aging time, highlight No Aging and press the Enter key. Otherwise, highlight Set Aging Time to display the following screen. Then enter an aging time and press the Enter key. F IGURE 5-73 3. Flood limit option restrict the number of destination MAC address unknown p...
- 106 - F IGURE 5-74 4. To set an unlimited flood limit, highlight Unlimited and press the Enter key. Otherwise, highlight Set Flood Limit to display the following screen. Then enter a flood limit and press the Enter key. F IGURE 5-75 5. Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. Note...
- 107 - recommend keep the value as default - unlimited. Non-flooding or other value will affect the overall Switch performance as a result in some case. 5.8 Static Filtering If you select Static Filtering from the Advanced Management screen, the following Static Filtering screen appears, with Sourc...
- 108 - F IGURE 5-77 2. To access destination MAC addresses, select Destination MAC Address Out-Filters and press Enter. The DST MAC Out-Filter screen appears. F IGURE 5-78 3. From either of these screens, you can: Hold down the Shift key and press + to add a specific MAC address to be filtered. Pre...
- 109 - precautionary message that appears before you delete a MAC address. Therefore, be sure you want to delete the address before doing so. Press S to search through the list of MAC addresses in the static filtering database. The static filtering database maximum capacity is 64. 4. When you finis...
- 110 - F IGURE 5-80 3. From this screen, you can: Hold down the Shift key and press + to add a specific MAC address to be filtered. Press - (hyphen) to delete a specific MAC address from being filtered. There is no precautionary message that appears before you delete a MAC address. Therefore, be su...
- 111 - F IGURE 5-81 S PANNING T REE P ROTOCOL S CREEN 5.9.1 Spanning Tree Protocol Configurations If you highlight Spanning Tree Configurations in the Spanning Tree Protocol screen (see Figure 5-81 ) and press the Enter key, a Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration screen similar to the following app...
- 112 - F IGURE 5-82 To modify the selections shown: 1. With the highlight in the Spanning Tree Protocol field, press Enter. The following choices appear. F IGURE 5-83 2. Select either Disabled or Enabled and press Enter . Your selection appears next to Spanning Tree Protocol .
- 113 - 3. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Bridge Priority and press Enter . The Enter Bridge Priority screen appears. Bridge priority is used in selecting the root device, root port, and designated port. The device with the highest priority becomes the STA root device. However, if all devices h...
- 114 - F IGURE 5-85 6. Type a decimal number for the hello time and press Enter. The decimal value you typed appears next to Hello Time . 7. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Max Age and press Enter. The Enter Max Age screen appears. This is the maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait without...
- 115 - F IGURE 5-86 8. Enter the maximum aging time, in seconds. Then press Enter. The value you typed appears next to Max Age (sec ). 9. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Forward Delay and press Enter . The Enter Forward Delay screen appears. This is the maximum time (in seconds) the root device...
- 116 - F IGURE 5-87 10. Enter the forward delay time, in seconds. Then press Enter. The value you typed appears next to Forward Delay (sec) . 11. Press the Esc key to return to the Spanning Tree Protocol screen. 5.9.2 Spanning Tree Port States If you highlight Spanning Tree Port States in the Spann...
- 117 - F IGURE 5-88 To change the administration status: 1. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to highlight the port whose selections you want to change. 2. Press the Enter key. The Admin Status Options screen appears. F IGURE 5-89 3. Enable or disable the selected port:
- 118 - To manually enable the selected port, highlight Up and press Enter. To manually disable the selected port, highlight Down and press Enter. (To re-enable the port, repeat steps 1 through 3 and select Up in step 3.) Your selection appears next to the selected port. 4. To change the administrat...
- 119 - F IGURE 5-90 To change the costs in the Spanning Tree Path Costs screen: 1. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight the port whose Spanning Tree path costs you want to change or highlight All Ports . 2. Press the Enter key. The Enter Path Cost screen appears. F IGURE 5-91 3. Enter ...
- 120 - selected port. 4. To change the Spanning Tree path costs for other ports, repeat steps 1 through 3. 5. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. Note: This screen also lets you use the L switch to toggle the Port column, as described under Section 4.3.5.3 “Hi...
- 121 - 2. Press Enter. The Enter Port Priority screen appears. F IGURE 5-93 3. Type a port priority, from 0 to 255, and press Enter. A low value gives the port a greater likelihood of becoming a Root port. 4. To change the priorities of other ports, repeat steps 1 through 3. 5. When you finish, pre...
- 122 - following SNMP Configurations screen appears, with the SNMP value highlighted. F IGURE 5-94 The SNMP Configurations screen lets you view all SNMP-related information. As this screen shows, the factory-default SNMP value is Disabled and the factory-default Community Name value is public . To ...
- 123 - F IGURE 5-95 2. Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter. Your selection appears next to SNMP . 3. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Get Community Name and press Enter. The Enter Get Community Name screen appears. F IGURE 5-96 4. Type a get community name and press Enter. The get communi...
- 124 - Get Community Name . 5. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Set Community Name and press Enter. The Enter Set Community Name screen appears. F IGURE 5-97 6. Type a set community name and press Enter. The set community name you typed appears next to Set Community Name . 7. Use the Down Arrow ...
- 125 - F IGURE 5-98 8. Type a trap community name and press Enter. The set community name you typed appears next to Trap Community Name . 9. To specify up to four additional trap community names, repeat steps 7 and 8. 10. To specify a trap host IP address, use the Down Arrow key to high-light Trap ...
- 126 - F IGURE 5-99 11. Type an IP address for trap host 1. The address consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 129.32.0.11 12. Press Enter. The IP address you typed appears next to Trap Host 1 IP Address . 13. To specify up to four additional trap community names, repeat steps 10 th...
- 132 - Trap . 30. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. 5.11 Stacking Select Stacking from the Advanced Management screen to configure the stacking function. You will receive a Stacking screen as shown in the following. F IGURE 5-105 S TACKING S CREEN Stacking B...
- 133 - F IGURE 5-105 S TACKING B ASIC S ETTING Current Stack Size shows the number of stacked switches. Master Switch ID shows the number of master switch. The value of Stack ID, Stack Size, and Switch ID is: 1. Stack ID: 0~65535 2. Stack Size: 2~8 3. Switch ID: 0~65535 1. Before you start to chang...
- 135 - F IGURE 5-108 5. Use the down arrow key to move to the column of Stack Port. Press Enter and the Select Stack Ports screen will appear. Select the port you want to connect to other switches as a stack port. Then press Enter. An asterisk mark will appear to the port you select. F IGURE 5-109 ...
- 136 - F IGURE 5-110 6. Use Up or Down arrow key to highlight the Stacking field. Press Enter and the Stack Options will appear. Highlight Enabled and press Enter. F IGURE 5-111 7. Repeat step 1~5 to configure other switches to be stacked. Note that the Stack ID should be the same. The Switch IDs s...
- 137 - 8. After enabling the stacking, the current Stack Size and Master Switch ID will be shown as below. The function of stacking is completed. F IGURE 5-112 Note: After stacking is set up, configuration must be executed in the master switch. It is recommended to re-view the whole stack like “sta...
- 139 - F IGURE 5-115 3. Type the IP address and Net Mask and press Enter. The setting is done. F IGURE 5-116 4. Press ESC to go back to the Stacking screen.
- 140 - 5.11.3 Stack Port Mapping From the Stacking screen, highlight Stack Port Mapping and press Enter. The following screen will appear. The table shows the status of all stacked switch. F IGURE 5-117 After stacking is successful, the number of all ports of Switch 2 will be added beyond 26. For e...
- 141 - F IGURE 5-118 O THER P ROTOCOL S ETTINGS S CREEN In addition to network management tools that allow network administrators to statically add and delete VLAN member ports, the Routing Switch supports GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP). GVRP supports the dynamic registration of VLAN port m...
- 142 - F IGURE 5-119 2. To change the IGMP setting, highlight IGMP and press Enter. When the following screen appears, highlight the desired setting and press Enter. F IGURE 5-120 3. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. Note: To understand the IGMP options Pass...
- 143 - 5.13 Port Trunking Using Port Trunking from the Advanced Management screen, you can associate ports with trunk groups. 1. From the Advanced Management screen, highlight Port Trunking and press the Enter key. You will receive a screen as shown in Figure 5-107. F IGURE 5-121 P ORT T RUNKING 2....
- 145 - F IGURE 5-124 5. Press Esc when you finish selecting ports. The Trunk Group will present the selected ports as shown below. F IGURE 5-125 6. To set other Trunks, repeat step 1~ 5 to configure. 7. Press ESC to go back to the Advanced Management screen.
- 146 - 5.14 Port Mirroring Using Port Mirroring from the Advanced Management screen, you can mirror one port to another. Note: Only WGSW-2402A supports this function. 1. From the Advanced Management screen, highlight Port Mirroring and press the Enter key. The screen in Figure 5-126 appears. F IGUR...
- 147 - F IGURE 5-127 3. With the highlight on Mirror To , press the Enter key. A Mirror Options screen appears, listing the ports that can be mirrored to. F IGURE 5-128 4. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight the port you want to mirror to, then press Enter. The port you selected appears next to M...
- 148 - 5. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Mirror From and press the Enter key. A Mirror Options screen similar to the one above appears, without the port you selected as the Mirror To port. 6. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight the port you want to mirror from, and then press Enter. The po...
- 149 - F IGURE 5-130 10. Press the Esc key. Your selections appear in the first screen. F IGURE 5-131 11. To mirror additional ports, repeat steps 2 through 10. 12. When you finish, press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen.
- 150 - 13. If you want to delete the trunk configuration, please select the trunk and press – to delete. Note: This screen also lets you use the L switch to toggle the ports, as described under Section 4.3.5.3 “Hiding or Displaying the Port Column” . 5.15 Setting Quality of Service Parameters 5.15....
- 152 - encounter frame loss, and the first to be discarded will be high-drop. Of course, if this is insufficient to resolve the congestion, eventually some low-drop frames are dropped as well. Above tables also show that different types of applications may be placed in different boxes in the traffi...
- 154 - 5.15.1.5 Weighted Fair Queuing In some environments – for example, in an environment in which delay assurances are not required, but precise bandwidth partitioning on small time scales is essential, WFQ may be preferable to a delay-bounded scheduling discipline. The Switch provides the user ...
- 156 - 5.15.1.10 Mapping to IETF Diffserv Classes The mapping between priority classes discussed in this chapter and elsewhere is shown below. T ABLE 5-6 M APPING B ETWEEN THE S WITCH AND IETF D IFFSERV C LASSES Gigabit Port P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 P0 Megabit Port P3 P2 P1 P0 IETF NM EF AF0 AF1 AF2 AF...
- 157 - Traffic from flow control enabled ports automatically classified as BE 5.15.2 Configure QoS parameter Using QoS Setup from the Advanced Management screen, you can configure the Switch to use various Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. 1. From the Advanced Management screen, highlight QoS Se...
- 158 - For rate control parameters, refer to Section 5.15.2.6 “Rate Control”. 5.15.2.1 Setting Global Settings To set global settings: 1. From the QoS menu, highlight Global Settings and press the Enter key. The Global Setting menu appears. F IGURE 5-133 2. Press the Enter key. The QoS menu appears...
- 159 - F IGURE 5-134 3. Highlight whether you want QoS status to be enabled or disabled, then press the Enter key. Your selection appears next to QoS Status . 4. With the highlight on Diffserv Expedite Forwarding , press the Enter key. The Diffserv Expedite Forwarding screen appears. F IGURE 5-135
- 160 - 5. Highlight whether you want to enable or disable DiffServ Expedite Forwarding, and then press the Enter key. Your selection appears next to DiffServ Expedite. 6. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Tos/VLAN Tag . 7. Press the Enter key. The ToS/VLAN Priority Tag menu appears. F IGURE 5-1...
- 161 - F IGURE 5-137 11. To change the low-drop percentage, press the Enter key with Low Drop Percentage highlighted. The following screen appears. F IGURE 5-138 12. Levels 1 and 3 remain fixed at 0% and 100%, respectively. To change the percentage for level 2, highlight Level 2 and press Enter. Th...
- 162 - F IGURE 5-139 13. Highlight the appropriate percentage and press Enter. 14. Press the Esc key to return to the WRED Drop Priority screen. 15. To change the high-drop percentage, press the Down Arrow key to highlight High Drop Percentage , then press the Enter key. The following screen appear...
- 163 - 16. Level 3 remains fixed at 100%. To change the percentage for level 1 or 2, highlight Level 1 or Level 2 and press Enter. The following options appear. F IGURE 5-141 17. Highlight the appropriate percentage and press Enter. 18. Press the Esc key to return to the WRED Drop Priority screen. ...
- 164 - F IGURE 5-142 The Logical Port menu lets you set parameters for a user-defined port, a well-known port, and a port range. This allows the Switch to specify the packets’ drop and transmit priority based on layer 4 TCP/UDP port number. To set parameters for a user-defined port, refer to Sectio...
- 165 - F IGURE 5-143 1. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight the appropriate port, and then press the Enter key. The User-Define menu appears for the port you selected. F IGURE 5-144 2. With the highlight on Port Number , press the Enter key. The port Number screen appears under the User Defined por...
- 166 - F IGURE 5-145 3. Type a port number, in decimal notation, and press the Enter key. The port number you typed appears next to Port Number . 4. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Drop Priority , and then press the Enter key. The Drop Priority menu appears. F IGURE 5-146 5. Highlight whether...
- 167 - selection appears next to Drop Priority . 6. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Transmit Priority , and then press the Enter key. The Transmit Priority menu appears. F IGURE 5-147 7. Highlight the desired transmit priority, then press the Enter key. The transmit priority you selected appe...
- 168 - F IGURE 5-148 9. Highlight whether the port status should be enabled or disabled, then press the Enter key. Your selection appears next to Port Status . 10. Press the Esc key to return to the User-Define Port Index Screen. 11. To define parameters for another port, repeat steps 3 through 12....
- 169 - F IGURE 5-149 2. The Well-Known Port Index screen works the same way the User-Define Port Index Screen works, except that the well-known port number is pre-configured and cannot be changed. For more information, refer to Section 4.4.19.3 “User-Defined Port” . 5.15.2.2.3 Range Port To select ...
- 170 - F IGURE 5-150 2. To change the low port number, press the Enter key with the highlight on Low Port Number . When the Low Port Number screen appears, type the low port number, in decimal notation, and press Enter. The low port number you typed appears next to Low Port Number . F IGURE 5-151 3...
- 172 - F IGURE 5-153 5. To change the transmit priority setting, press the Down Arrow key to highlight Transmit Priority , then press the Enter key. When the Transmit Priority screen appears, highlight the desired priority and press the Enter key. Your selection appears next to Transmit Priority . ...
- 173 - 5.15.2.3 Specifying the QoS VLAN Priority To specify the QoS VLAN priority: 1. From the QoS screen, press the Down Arrow key to highlight VLAN , then press the Enter key. The VLAN Priority Index screen appears. F IGURE 5-155 2. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight a VLAN priority number, an...
- 176 - F IGURE 5-159 2. Press the Down Arrow key to highlight a ToS priority number. Note: The ToS priority number is determined by bit [4:2] or [7:5] of the ToS field in the IP header. 3. Press the Enter key. The ToS Priority Setting screen appears. This screen is similar to the VLAN Priority Sett...
- 177 - F IGURE 5-160 4. Perform steps 3 through 9 under Section 5.15.2.3 “Specifying the QoS VLAN Priority” . 5.15.2.5 Selecting a QoS Profile To select a QoS profile: 1. From the QoS screen, use the Down Arrow key to highlight Profile , and then press the Enter key. The QoS Profile screen appears....
- 178 - 2. Perform one of the following steps: To specify a megabit profile that is used by a 10/100 Megabit port, refer to Section 5.15.5.1 “Megabit Profile” . To specify a gigabit profile that is used by a Gigabit port, refer to Section 5.15.5.2 “Gigabit Profiles” . 5.15.2.5.1 Megabit Profile To s...
- 179 - F IGURE 5-163 3. To change the profile name, press the Enter key with Profile Name . When Profile Name box appears, enter a profile name and press the Enter key. The name you entered appears next to Profile Name . F IGURE 5-164
- 180 - F IGURE 5-165 4. Ports Using This Profile displays all the ports that are currently using this profile for their QoS scheduling algorithm. 5. To change the bandwidth partition for this profile, use the Down Arrow key to highlight Bandwidth Partitions and press the Enter key. When the BW Part...
- 181 - F IGURE 5-166 Note: Ports Using This Profile , Strict Priority , Delay Sensitive Application , and Profile Status are all read-only parameters that cannot be changed. 6. To change the setting for QoS flow control setting, press the Down Arrow key to select QoS with Flow Control and press the...
- 184 - F IGURE 5-169 3. This screen is similar to the Megabit Profile Attributes screen. To complete this screen, perform steps under 3 through 8 under section 5.15.2.4.1 “Megabit Profile”. 5.15.2.6 Specifying the Port Configuration To specify port configuration parameters: 1. From the QoS screen, ...
- 185 - F IGURE 5-170 2. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight a port, and then press the Enter key. A screen similar to the following, with parameters for that port, appears. F IGURE 5-171 3. To change the selected port’s active profile, press the Enter key with Active Profile highlighted. When the A...
- 186 - Profile . F IGURE 5-172 Note: Fixed Drop Priority and Fixed Transmit Priority are read-only parameters that cannot be changed. 4. Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. 5.15.2.7 Selecting Rate Control Parameters Rate control function allows you to specify the outbound pack...
- 187 - F IGURE 5-173 2. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight Rate Control and press the Enter key. The Rate Control Status screen appears. F IGURE 5-174 3. Highlight the desired setting, then press the Enter key. Your selection appears next to Rate Control in the Rate Control screen.
- 189 - F IGURE 5-176 6. To change the average rate setting, press the Enter key. The Average Rate screen appears. F IGURE 5-177 7. Highlight the desired rate and press Enter. The rate you selected appears next to Average Rate . 8. To change the traffic type, press the Down Arrow key to highlight Tr...
- 190 - F IGURE 5-178 9. Highlight either Bursting or Streaming , then press Enter. Your selection appears next to Traffic Type . 10. Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen. 5.16 Sending and Receiving Files If you select File Transfer from the Advanced Management screen, the follow...
- 191 - F IGURE 5-179 5.16.1 Receiving Files via TFTP The following procedure describes how to receive files using the TFTP protocol. Note: The TFTP protocol is used to download upgraded software to the Switch. A VLAN with the proper IP address and routing path to the TFTP server must be configured ...
- 192 - F IGURE 5-180 2. If the name of the file you intend to receive is different than the default one shown, press Enter. When the Enter File Name screen appears, type the name of the file you intend to receive and press Enter. The name you typed appears next to File Name . 3. Use the Down Arrow ...
- 194 - F IGURE 5-182 2. If the file type you intend to send is different than the default file one shown, press Enter. The Select File Type screen appears. F IGURE 5-183 3. Highlight the file type you want to send and press Enter. The file type you selected appears next to File Name .
- 197 - F IGURE 5-186 2. Highlight the file type you want to send and press the Enter key. A prompt asks whether you want to transfer the file now. F IGURE 5-187 3. Highlight Yes and press Enter to transfer the file now, or press the Esc key or highlight No and
- 198 - press Enter to not transfer the file at this time.
- 199 - Chapter 6 Web-Based Browser Management The Switch provides a Web-based browser interface for configuring and managing the Switch. This interface allows you to access the Switch using the Web browser of your choice. This chapter describes how to use the Switch’s Web browser interface to con-f...
- 200 - F IGURE 6-2 B ASIC S ETUP /G ENERAL P ARAMETERS 6.2 Understanding the Browser Interface When you first access the Switch browser interface, an image of the Switch appears, along with the Basic Setup/General parameters (see Figure 6-3). F IGURE 6-3 C LOSE - UP OF THE S WITCH B ROWSER I NTERFA...
- 201 - The Switch image provides the following point-and-click menus for configuring and managing the Switch. File — lets you save settings configured in the browser interface, download upgraded software via TFTP, reboot the Switch, and logout of the browser interface. See section 6.3 “Performing F...
- 202 - page 5. Reboot — lets you reboot the Switch. When you click this option, a message asks whether you want to reboot the Switch. Click OK to reboot the Switch or Cancel to not reboot it. Logout — lets you log out of the configuration program. When you click this option, a message asks whether ...
- 203 - 6.4 Performing Basic Setup Activities Pointing to Basic Setup on the image of the Switch displays the menu options shown in Figure 6-6. F IGURE 6-6 B ASIC S ETUP O PTIONS This menu has the following options: General — lets you change the system name, location name, statistics collection, reb...
- 205 - 6.4.2 Configuring LAN Ports To access the LAN configuration parameters, point to Basic Setup and point to LAN Ports . The options in Figure 6-8 appear. F IGURE 6-8 LAN P ORT O PTIONS The LAN port options are: Speed & Flow Control — lets you view port speeds; speed type; and link, speed, ...
- 206 - F IGURE 6-9 E XAMPLE OF V IEWING S PEED & F LOW C ONTROL 6.4.2.2 Changing Port Configuration To change a port’s Configuration: 1. Point to Basic Setup , point to LAN Ports , and click Port Configuration . A page similar to the following appears, showing the configuration for all ports. T...
- 207 - F IGURE 6-10 E XAMPLE OF C HANGING P ORT C ONFIGURATION 2. In the Port column, click the port you want to configure. A Port Configuration window similar to the following appears. F IGURE 6-11 P ORT C ONFIGURATION W INDOW 3. Under Admin Setting , enable or disable the admin setting for the po...
- 208 - F IGURE 6-12 4. To change the line speed and duplex settings, click an option under Speed/Duplex Options . Auto allows the Switch to automatically ascertain the line speed and duplex mode. All the other selections force the Switch to use a specific line speed and duplex mode. F IGURE 6-13 5....
- 209 - F IGURE 6-14 6. When you finish, click the Update Setting button. Note: For convenience, you can click the LEDs on the image of the Switch and view the Switch’s current speed, duplex, and link an activity. For more information, see section 5.6 “ Viewing Speed, Duplex, and Link Activity ”. 6....
- 210 - All the other selections force a specific console baud rate. F IGURE 6-16 2. To change the console flow control used, click a flow control method from the Flow Control drop-down list. F IGURE 6-17 3. To enable or disable modem control options for the console port, click the Modem Control dro...
- 211 - F IGURE 6-18 4. If you enabled a modem connection to the console port, use the Modem Setup String Flag text box to use either the default modem setup string or a custom one. If you select Custom , enter the string in the Modem Setup String text box. Note: The default modem setup string confi...
- 212 - F IGURE 6-20 6. If you enabled SLIP, type a SLIP address in the SLIP Address text box. The address consists of numbers separated by periods. For example: 192.168.1.1 7. If you enabled SLIP, type a SLIP subnet mask in the SLIP Subnet Mask text box. The subnet mask consists of numbers separate...
- 214 - Changing SNMP Parameters”. Other Protocols — lets you view and change GVRP and IGMP settings. See section 7.10 “Configuring GVRP and IGMP”. Port Trunking — lets you assign a range of ports to a trunk groups. See section 7.11 “Associating Ports to Trunk Groups”. QoS — lets you to configure th...
- 215 - MAC addresses and ports effectively from different views. 7.1.1 Per VLAN View To obtain a per-VLAN view: 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to MAC Address Management , and click Per VLAN View . A list of VLAN IDs and corresponding VLAN names similar to the following appear. F IGURE 7-3 2. To...
- 216 - F IGURE 7-4 3. When you finish reviewing the information, close the VLAN Activities window. 7.1.2 Per Port View To obtain a per-port view: 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to MAC Address Management , and click Per Port View . A list of switch ports similar to the following appears.
- 217 - F IGURE 7-5 2. To obtain a per-port view, click a port. A Per Port VLAN Activities window similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-5 3. If one or more MAC addresses appear in the window (as in the example above), click it to view its settings. A MAC View window similar to the following ap...
- 218 - F IGURE 7-6 4. When you finish reviewing the information, close the MAC View and Per Port VLAN Activities windows. 7.1.3 Individual MAC View To obtain an individual MAC view: 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to MAC Address Management , and click Individual MAC View . A prompt to enter a MA...
- 219 - F IGURE 7-8 4. If one or more IP Multicast group memberships appear in the window (as in the example above), click it to view its settings. 5. When you finish reviewing the information, close the windows. 7.2 IP Networking To access the IP networking parameters, point to Advanced Setup and p...
- 221 - F IGURE 7-10 2. Under VLAN ID , click a VLAN ID whose settings you want to view and/or change. An IP Setting window similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-11 3. To change the IP Address , click in the text box and type a new address. Alternatively, you can use the Delete IP button to de...
- 222 - not need the IP address before deleting it. 4. To change the IP Subnet Mask , click in the text box and type a new address. 5. To change the Frame Type , click another value from the drop-down list. 6. To change the BOOTP selection, click another value from the dropdown list. 7. To change th...
- 224 - 17. When you finish making your selections, click the Update Setting button. 7.2.2 Default Gateway Settings To access default gateway settings: Point to Advanced Setup, point to IP Networking, and click Default Gateway. The Default Route Specifications box appears. This box lets you add or d...
- 225 - 2. In the Metric field, type the number of hops associated with the default gateway. 3. Click the Delete button to delete the default gateway. 7.2.3 ARP Table Settings To access ARP table settings: Point to Advanced Setup , point to IP Networking , and click ARP Table . A read-only page simi...
- 226 - F IGURE 7-14 2. To view DHCP gateway settings for a particular VLAN, click a VLAN ID. A window similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-15 3. Use the drop-down list to either enable or disable the DHCP gateway. 4. Maximum Hops shows the maximum number of hops that a DHCP request broadcast...
- 227 - 7.3 Per Port Statistics To access per-port statistics, point to Advanced Setup and click Per Port Statistics. A list of ports similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-16 L IST OF P ORTS To obtain statistical data for any of the ports shown, click a port. A read-only window similar to the ...
- 228 - F IGURE 7-17 Note: The information displayed in this window is automatically updated every 15 seconds, without requiring you to refresh the window. 7.4 Bridging To access bridging parameters, point to Advanced Setup and click Bridging. A list of ports similar to the one in Figure 5-39 appear...
- 229 - F IGURE 7-18 B RIDGING P ARAMETERS 1. Use the top drop-down list to disable aging or to set an aging time. 2. If you enable aging, use the Aging Time field to specify an aging time. 3. Use the Flood Limit drop-down list to specify no flooding, controlled flooding, or unlimited flooding on al...
- 230 - F IGURE 7-19 S TATIC MAC F ILTER O PTIONS The static MAC filter options are: Source MAC Address Out-Filters — see section 7.5.1 “Adding Source MAC Address Filters”. Destination MAC Address Out-Filters — see section 7.5.2 “Adding Destination MAC Address Filters”. 7.5.1 Adding Source MAC Addre...
- 231 - F IGURE 7-20 2. Click the Add MAC Addr button. The Static Source MAC Address Out-Filter window appears. 3. In the Source MAC Address Out-Filter text box, type a unique MAC source address you want to add. For example: F IGURE 7-21 4. Click the Add button. 5. The previous page appears with the...
- 232 - F IGURE 7-22 7.5.2 Deleting Source MAC Address Out-Filters If you no longer need a source MAC address filter, use the following procedure to delete it. 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to Static MAC Filters , and click Source MAC Address Out-Filters . 2. Click the Delete MAC Addr button. A...
- 235 - F IGURE 7-27 3. From the drop-down list, click the destination MAC address filter you want to delete. F IGURE 7-28 4. Click Delete . The destination MAC address filter is deleted. Note : No precautionary message appears before the filter is deleted. Therefore, be sure you do not need the fil...
- 237 - F IG 7-31 7.7 VLAN & PVID Perspective To access the VLAN & PVID perspective parameters, point to Advanced Setup and point to VLAN & PVID Perspective . The VLAN Configuration and PVID Setting options in the following appear. F IGURE 7-32 VLAN O PTIONS
- 239 - The two buttons in the middle let you map ports as tagged ports or delete ports. The two buttons at the right let you map ports as forbidden ports or delete ports. Note: You cannot map a port to more than one port type. F IGURE 7-35 7. The following figure shows an example of defining port t...
- 241 - F IGURE 7-37 9. Click the Advanced Setup -> VLAN & PVID Perspective -> VLAN Configuration . A window similar to the following appears, showing the VLAN you added. F IGURE 7-38 7.7.1.2 Updating VLAN Information To update the port types defined for a VLAN, use the following procedure...
- 242 - F IGURE 7-39 2. Under VLAN ID , click the ID of the VLAN you want to modify. A VLAN setting window similar to the following appears, showing the port properties you selected for the VLAN. F IGURE 7-40 3. Click the six buttons to modify the VLAN configuration you need. 7.7.1.3 Deleting a VLAN...
- 243 - F IGURE 7-41 3. Use the Select a VLAN ID drop-down list to click the ID of the VLAN you want to delete. F IGURE 7-42 4. Click the Delete button. The VLAN is deleted. Note: No precautionary message appears before the VLAN is deleted. Therefore, be sure you do not need the VLAN before you dele...
- 244 - F IGURE 7-43 2. Click the port you want to configure. A PVID Setting screen appears. F IGURE 7-44 3. Input the VLAN ID you want to assign for the port and click Update Setting button to update the setting and close this screen. 7.8 Spanning Tree Perspective To access the spanning tree perspe...
- 245 - F IGURE 7-45 S PANNING T REE P ERSPECTIVE O PTIONS The spanning tree perspective options are: Configurations — see section 7.8.1 “Configurations”. Port Setting — see section 7.8.2 “Port Setting”. 7.8.1 Configurations To view and/or change the Spanning Tree configuration. 1. Point to Advanced...
- 246 - F IGURE 7-46 2. Specify whether Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled or disabled. 3. For Bridge Priority , type a decimal number. 4. For Hello Time , type a decimal number. 5. For Max Age , type a decimal number. 6. For Forward Delay , type a decimal number.
- 247 - 7. Click the Update Setting button. 7.8.2 Port Setting To view and/or change Spanning Tree configurations by port. 1. Point to Advanced Setup , point to Spanning Tree Perspective , and click Port Setting . A list of ports similar to the following appears. F IGURE 7-47 2. Under Port , click t...
- 248 - F IGURE 7-48 3. For Port Priority , type a port priority, from 0 to 255. A low value gives the port a greater likelihood of becoming a Root port. 4. For Path Cost , type a path cost value. 5. For Admin Status , specify whether the port is up or down. 6. Click the Update Setting button.
- 249 - 7.9 Viewing and/or Changing SNMP Parameters To view and/or change all SNMP-related information, point to Advanced Setup and click SNMP . The SNMP parameters in Figure 7-44 appear. F IGURE 7-49 SNMP C ONFIGURATION P ARAMETERS 1. For SNMP , indicate whether it is enabled or disabled. 2. For Ge...
- 251 - 10. For Authentication Failure Trap , enable or disable it. 11. For Rising Alarm Trap , enable or disable it. 12. For Failure Alarm Trap , enable or disable it. 13. For Topology Change Trap , enable or disable it. 14. When you finish, click the Update Setting button. 7.10 Configuring GVRP an...
- 252 - F IGURE 7-50 O THER P ROTOCOLS W INDOW 1. For GVRP , enable or disable it. 2. For IGMP , disable it or make it passive or active. 3. Click the Update Setting button. 7.11 Port Trunking To associate ports to a trunk group, point to Advanced Setup and click Port Trunking. A list of trunk group...
- 254 - F IGURE 7-54 4. Click the ports that you want to associate with trunk groups. A checkmark appears next to each port you click. If you change your mind, click the port again to remove the association (indicated by the checkmark disappearing). 5. Click the Update Setting button. 7.12 Port Mirr...
- 255 - 1. Under Index , click a number. The following window appears. F IGURE 7-56 2. In the Mirror To column, find the port you want to mirror to. F IGURE 7-57 3. After you click a port, the following window appears. The port you selected in step 2 appears below the Mirror To column.
- 256 - F IGURE 7-58 4. Use the Mirror From drop-down list to click a “mirror from” port. Data traffic from this port will mirror to the one shown in the Mirror To column. F IGURE 7-59 5. Under Mirror Mode , specify whether the “mirrored from” port will forward received or transmitted data to “mirro...
- 257 - F IGURE 7-60 6. Click the Update Setting button. 7.13 Selecting Stacking Settings For detail stacking configuration parameter, please refer to section 5.11 Stacking . To select stacking parameters: 1. Point to Advanced Setup and click Stacking. A window similar to the following appears.
- 258 - F IGURE 7-61 1. Use the Stacking State drop-down list to enable or disable stacking. Note: Stacking State must be enabled to specify the other parameters in this window.
- 259 - Chapter 8 SNMP and RMON Management This chapter describes the Switch’s Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Monitoring (RMON) capabilities. Topics include: Overview SNMP Agent and MIB-2 RMON MIB and Bridge MIB PLANET private MIB 8.1 Overview The Switch supports the foll...
- 262 - Spanning Tree Protocol. If a node does not implement the Spanning Tree Protocol, this group will not be implemented. This group is applicable to any transparent only, source route, or SRT bridge that implements the Spanning Tree Protocol. The dot1dTp Group - contains objects that describ...
- 263 - Appendix A Cable Specifications Ethernet Type Cable Requirements Maximum Length 10BASE-T Category 3 or better, UTP or STP 100m 100BASE-TX Category 5 or better, UTP or STP 100m 100BASE-FX 62.5/125um and 50/125um MMF cables 2000m 1000BASE-T Category 5 or better, UTP or STP 100m 1000BASE-SX 62....
- 265 - Appendix B Example of Stacking Switches There are 5 switches to be stacked together. Routing function between VLANs is not required. The Switches from top to down are A~E. Switch Configuration Remark A Switch ID=4, Stack ID=1, Stack port = 25, Stack size=5 No IP for all VLANs B Switch ID=2, ...
- 267 - Appendix C VLAN Switches do not inherently support broadcast domains, which can lead to broadcast storms in large networks that handle a lot of traffic such as NetBUEI or IPX. In conventional networks with routers, broadcast traffic is split up into separate domains to confine this traffic t...
- 268 - C.1 Assigning Ports to VLANs Before enabling VLANs for the Switch, you must first assign each port to the VLAN group(s) it will participate in. By default all ports are assigned to VLAN 1 as untagged ports. Add a port as a tagged port (that is, a port attached to a VLAN-aware device) if you ...
- 270 - F IGURE C-1 VLAN S AMPLE A PPLICATION C.3 Connecting VLAN Groups The Switch supports communication within a common VLAN using store-and-forward switching. However, if you have devices in separate VLANs that must communicate, and it is not practical to include these devices in a common VLAN, ...
- 271 - identified by the VLAN ID. Also note that multiple routing entries can be provided for the same virtual interface by adding the required routing table entries for the same virtual interface. A simple VLAN configuration that supports routing is shown below. F IGURE C.2 VLAN S C ONNECTED VIA I...
- 272 - Appendix D VLAN Overlapping In some situation, two or more workgroups need to connect to same servers but should not allow them to connect each other. For example, port 3 ~ port 5 are one workgroup and port 6~8 are another workgroup. Both of them need to connect Servers on port 1 and 2. In t...
- 273 - F IG D-2 VLAN 100 M EMBER P ORT 3. VLAN 200 consist port 1 to port 5 as untagged port. F IG D-3 VLAN 200 M EMBER P ORT 4. VLAN 300 consist port 1, 2 and 6~8 as untagged port.
- 274 - F IG D-4 VLAN 300 M EMBER P ORT 5. On the PVID settings, configure port 1 and port 2’s PVID to 100, port 3 to port 5’s PVID to 200 and port 6 to port 7’s PVID to 300. F IG D-5 PVID C ONFIGURATION After making above configuration and save them, both workgroup can connect to port 1 and port 2 ...
- 275 - Appendix E Console Port Pin Assignment The DB9 serial port on the Switch's rear panel is used to connect the Switch to a management device. The on-board menu-driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal, a PC running a terminal emulation program, or from a remote location via...
- 277 - E.4 Connection from Switch's Serial Port to PC's 25-Pin DTE Port
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