SMC Networks SMCGS24-Smart - Manuals

C OMPLIANCES iii C OMPLIANCES FCC - Class A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. Th...

C OMPLIANCES iv Industry Canada - Class A This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus,” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications.Cet appareil numér...

C OMPLIANCES vi France and Peru only This unit cannot be powered from IT † supplies. If your supplies are of IT type, this unit must be powered by 230 V (2P+T) via an isolation transformer ratio 1:1, with the secondary con-nection point labelled Neutral, connected directly to earth (ground). † Impéd...

C OMPLIANCES vii • Vous devez raccorder ce groupe à une sortie mise à la terre (mise à la masse) afin de respecter les normes internationales de sécurité. • Le coupleur d’appareil (le connecteur du groupe et non pas la prise murale) doit respecter une configuration qui permet un branchement sur une ...

C OMPLIANCES viii Bitte unbedingt vor dem Einbauen des RPU die folgenden Sicherheitsanweisungen durchlesen: WARNUNG: Die Installation und der Ausbau des Geräts darf nur durch Fachpersonal erfolgen. • Diese Anleitung ist fr die Benutzung durch Netzwerkadministratoren vorgesehen, die fr die Installati...

C OMPLIANCES ix Warnings and Cautionary Messages Warnings (in German) Stromkabel . Dies muss von dem Land, in dem es benutzt wird geprüft werden: Schweiz Dieser Stromstecker muß die SEV/ASE 1011Bestimmungen ein-halten. Europe Das Netzkabel muß vom Typ HO3VVF3GO.75 (Mindestan-forderung) sein und die ...

C OMPLIANCES x Environmental Statement The manufacturer of this product endeavours to sustain an environmentally-friendly policy throughout the entire production process. This is achieved though the following means:• Adherence to national legislation and regulations on environmental production stand...

vii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Con...

F EATURES AND B ENEFITS 1 I NTRODUCTION The EZ Switch 10/100/1000, SMCGS16-Smart and SMCGS24-Smart, are high performance web managed smart switches for delivering performance and control to your network. They provide 16/24 full-duplex 1000BASE-T ports that significantly improve network performance a...

I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION 2 I NITIAL C ONFIGURATION To make use of the management features of your SMC Smart Switch you must first give it an IP address. For simplicity, this should be done before you permanently install the switch in the network. The following procedure is recommended: 1. Place your ...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 4 C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH Using the Web Interface This switch provides an embedded HTTP web agent. Using a web browser you can configure the switch and view statistics to monitor network activity. The web agent can be accessed by any computer on the network using a standard...

N AVIGATING THE W EB B ROWSER I NTERFACE 5 Navigating the Web Browser Interface To access the web-browser interface you must first enter a password. The user has Read/Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics. The default password for the switch is “smcadmin.” If user input is not ...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 6 Configuration Options Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop-down list. Once a configuration change has been made on a page, be sure to click on the Apply button to confirm the new setting. The following table summarizes the web page configuration buttons. Not...

N AVIGATING THE W EB B ROWSER I NTERFACE 7 Main Menu Using the onboard web agent, you can define system parameters, manage and control the switch, and all its ports, or monitor network conditions. The following table briefly describes the selections available from this program. Table 2-1 Switch Main...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 8 Web Configuration Displaying Status Overview You can easily identify the system by displaying the device name, location and contact information. Field Attributes System Information • System Name – Name assigned to the switch system. • Number of Ports – Number of built-in p...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 9 Address Information • Management VLAN – ID of the configured VLAN (this is set to 1 and cannot be changed) all ports on the unit are members of VLAN 1. The management station must always be attached to a port on VLAN 1. • IP Address – Address of the VLAN to which the management...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 10 trunk. This is a number, the speed in Mbps, followed by either “Full” for full-duplex or “Half” for half-duplex. This can be changed on the TRUNKS > Settings page. • Ports – The ports that are members of the trunk. VLAN Inoformation • VLAN ID – A number in the range 1 ...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 11 Web – Click STATUS, Overview. Figure 3 Switch Information

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 12 Showing Port Statistics You can display statistics on network traffic from the ports. These statistics can be used to identify potential problems with the switch (such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading). All values displayed have been accumulated since the last ...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 15 Web – Click STATUS, Statistics. Figure 5 Port Statistics Displaying System Name You can easily identify the system by displaying the device name. Field Attributes • Switch Name – Name assigned to the switch system.

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 16 Web – Click System, Name. Figure 6 System Name Setting the Switch’s IP Address This section describes how to configure an IP interface for management access over the network. The IP address for this switch is 192.168.2.10 by default. To manually configure an address, you ...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 17 Manual Configuration Web – Click System, LAN Settings. Enter the IP address, subnet mask and gateway, then click APPLY. Figure 7 LAN Settings Configuring the Logon Password The administrator has write access for all parameters governing the onboard agent. You should therefore ...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 18 Web – Click System, Password. To change the password for the administrator, enter current password, the new password, confirm it by entering it again, then click APPLY. Figure 8 Password Settings Tools On Tools page, you can restore the switch to default settings, upgrade...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 20 Figure 11 Restart Switch Register Product Register your product if you have not already done so. Web – Click System, Register Product. By clicking the Register Now button you will be taken to the SMC website, where you can enter the products details. Figure 12 Register Pr...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 21 • Trunk – Indicates if a port is a member of a trunk. Web – Click PORTS, Settings. Figure 13 Port Configuration Configuring Rate Limits This function allows the network manager to control the maximum rate for traffic transmitted or received on an interface. Rate limiting is co...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 22 The Input/Output Bandwidth Limit field is a type-in box which accepts an integer number in the range 1 to 100. The number specifies the percentage of the total input bandwidth of the port that can be used before packets are dropped or flow-control starts. Web – Click PORT...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 23 Port Broadcast Control Broadcast storms may occur when a device on your network is malfunctioning, or if application programs are not well designed or properly configured. If there is too much broadcast traffic on your network, performance can be severely degraded or everythin...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 24 Port Mirroring You can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real-time analysis. You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a completely unobtrusive manner. Field Attributes Po...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 25 Web – Click PORTS, Port Mirroring. Figure 16 Port Mirroring Trunks Membership This page allows you to create a maximum of eight trunks of up to eight ports each. The Membership Table has one row for each port and ten columns. Each row contains nine radio buttons which are used...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 26 Web – Click TRUNKS, Membership. Click to select which Trunk member to which each port belongs. Figure 17 Trunk Membership Trunk Configuration Field Attributes • Trunk – Indicates trunk identification. • Speed/Duplex – Allows you to manually set the port speed and duplex m...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 27 Web – Click TRUNKS, Settings. Figure 18 Trunk Configuration Trunk Rate Limit This page allows you to change the maximum data-rate into and out of each trunk on the switch. Field Attributes • Trunk – Indicates trunk identification. • Trunk Speed – Indicates the trunk speed. • E...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 28 Web – Click TRUNKS, Settings. Figure 19 Trunk Rate Limiting VLAN Settings You can configure VLAN behavior for specific interfaces, including the default VLAN identifier (PVID) and accepted frame types. This page allows you to create and delete VLANs (Virtual LANs) and to ...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 29 • All ports can send and receive both VLAN-tagged and untagged packets (i.e. they are hybrid ports) In the default configuration, any port is able to send traffic to any other port and a PC connected to any port will be able ro reach the management interface. Broadcast traffic...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 30 tagged or untagged frames, or only tagged frames. When set to receive all frame types, any received frames that are untagged are assigned to the default VLAN. PCs should be connected to ports with Packet Type set to “All”. PCs cannot, in general, send or receive tagged pa...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 31 QOS Settings QoS (Quality of Service) is a mechanism which is used to prioritize certain traffic as it is moves through the switch. Traffic can be classified as High or Normal priority and, when the switch is heavily loaded, it is the Normal priority packets that are dropped f...

C ONFIGURING THE S WITCH 32 table appears and you are able to select up to ten IP Ports for prioritization. Prioritized port numbers can be in the range 0 - 65535 inclusive. The specified ports will be given either normal or high priority depending on the value selected in the Priority drop-down lis...

W EB C ONFIGURATION 33 Web – Click QOS, Settings. In QoS Mode, select QoS Diabled, 802.1p, IP Port, or DSCP to configure the related parameters. Figure 21 QoS Settings

T ROUBLESHOOTING 34 T ROUBLESHOOTING Diagnosing Switch Indicators 1. Symptom Power LED does not light after power on. Probable Causes • AC power cord may be defective. Possible Solutions • Check for loose connections.• Check the power outlet by using it for another device.• Replace the AC power cord...

D IAGNOSING S WITCH I NDICATORS 35 3. Forgotten password If you have forgotten the administration password you can return the Switch to its factory default state by dong the following: 1. Remove the power cord from the back of the Switch. 2. Remove all cables from the front-panel ports. 3. Connect p...

C HANGING PC’ S IP A DDRESS 36 C HANGING PC’ S IP A DDRESS To change the IP address of your PC: 1. On Windows, go to Start, Settings, Network and Dial-up Connections. 2. Right-click the connectin icon of which the IP address you want to change, and then click properties . 3. In General tab, under Co...

EZ S WITCH 10/100/1000 37 P RODUCT S PECIFICATIONS EZ Switch 10/100/1000 Standards Conformance IEEE 802.3-2002Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit EthernetFull-duplex flow control Communication Rate 10, 100, and 1000 Mbps Communication Mode Full or half duplex at 10/100 MbpsFull duplex at 1000 Mbps Medi...

P RODUCT S PECIFICATIONS 38 Weight SMCGS16-Smart: 2.0 kg (4.04 lbs)SMCGS24-Smart: 2.2 kg (4.85 lbs) MAC Address Table 8 K entries Memory Buffer SMCGS16-Smart: 272 Kbits on-chip frame bufferSMCGS24-Smart: 400 Kbits on-chip frame buffer Power Consumption SMCGS16-Smart: 15.8 WattsSMCGS24-Smart: 24.2 Wa...