Page 2 - SmartGST; SER’S; s e r i e s
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Page 3 - UNICOM; Full wire speed forwarding rate; Software Features; TFTP and Console firmware upgrade
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 2 ■ Full wire speed forwarding rate ■ 6K-entry MAC address table ■ 3Mbits for shared packet buffer ■ LED-indicators: Per unit: Power Per UTP Port: 100M, LK/ACT, Full/CollisionPer Gigabit Module: UTP, LK/ACT, 100, 1000, Full Fiber, LK/ACT ■ 19” Standard Rack-mounted size Sof...
Page 4 - IGMP; Per port support Bandwidth control. Per level 100K.; DHCP; Support DHCP Client; Broadcast Storm; Package Contents; Power Cord; SmartGST-2402M Managed Rubber Feet
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 3 IGMP IGMP Snooping for Multi-Media application, IGMPgroup supports 256 groups Port Security MAC address filter for ingress an egress packetStatic MAC address Lock for Source address. Port Mirror Global System support 3 mirroring type RX, TX andboth packet. The maximum of mirr...
Page 5 - Ethernet Switching Technology; Hardware Description; functional overview of this Switch.; Front Panel
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 4 Ethernet Switching Technology Ethernet Switching Technology dramatically boosted the total bandwidth of anetwork, eliminated congestion problems inherent with Carrier Sense multipleaccess with Collision Detection ( CSMA/CD ) protocol, and greatly reducedunnecessary transm...
Page 6 - LED Indicators; LED; Power
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 5 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 10 12 14 16 9 11 13 15 18 19 22 24 17 19 21 23 Console Port LED Indicators 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 ports Module slot Figure 2-1. The Front panel of SmartGST-2402M RJ-45 Ports ( Auto MDI/MDIX ): Twenty-four 10/100 N-way auto-sensing connections for 10Base-T or 100B...
Page 7 - Off; Rear Panel; Attaching Rubber Feet; footpads can protect the Switch from shock and vibration.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 6 Off No device attached or in half-duplex mode. Table 2-1. The Description of LED Indicators Rear Panel The 3-pronged power plug and ventilation fan are located at the rear Panel of theSmartGST-2402M as shown in Figure 2-2. The Switch will work with AC in therange 100-240V...
Page 8 - Rack-mounted Installation; Perform the following steps to rack mount the switch:
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 7 Rack-mounted Installation The SmartGST-2402M comes with a rack-mounting kit and can be mounted in anEIA standard sized, 19-inch Rack. The Switch can be placed in a wiring closet withother equipment. Perform the following steps to rack mount the switch: A. Align one bracket wi...
Page 9 - Power On; Network Application; Small Workgroup
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 8 Power On Connect the power cord to the power socket on the rear panel of the Switch. Theother side of power cord connects to the power outlet. The internal power supply inthe Switch works with AC in the voltage range 100-240VAC, frequency 50~60Hz. Check the power indicato...
Page 10 - Segment Bridge
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 9 Figure 3-1. Small Workgroup Application Segment Bridge In enterprise networks where large data broadcasts are constantly processed, thisswitch is perfect for department users connecting to the corporate backbone. In the illustration below, two Ethernet switches with PCs, a pr...
Page 11 - Connecting to the Switch; Console Management; Login in the Console Interface; or; Hyper Terminal; and configure its; to match the following default characteristics of the; After you have completed the parameter settings, press “; OK
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 10 Connecting to the Switch The Console port is a male DB-9 connector that enables connection of a PC orterminal for monitoring and configuring the Switch. Use the supplied RS-232 cableto connect a terminal or PC to the Console port. The Console configuration (out of band) ...
Page 12 - Main Menu; Login
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 11 Main Menu Login 1. When the Login screen appears, press Enter 2. You can type user name and password to login. The default user name is “root” and the default password is “root ”. 4-1 Main Menu There are five options available: Status and Counters: Shows the status of the sw...
Page 13 - You can press the; Backspace; key to choose an item and then the; Enter; key to; Tab
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 12 You can press the Tab or Backspace key to choose an item and then the Enter key to select an item. 4-2-1. Port Status This page displays the status of every port Actions-> You can press the Tab or Backspace key to choose an item and the Enter key to select an item. &l...
Page 17 - ESC
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 16 4-3-1-2. IP Configuration Configuration of the IP setting. Actions-> <Edit>: Configure all items. When finished with configuration press ESC to go back to action menu line. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit the IP configuration page an...
Page 21 - Acceptable Frame type:
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 20 4-3-5. VLAN Configuration This is where you can configure the VLAN mode as port-based VLAN, 802.1Q VLAN, ordisabled VLAN. NOTE: After changing the VLAN mode, you must reset the switch before changes will takeeffect. 4-3-5-1. VLAN Configure VLAN Mode: There are three opti...
Page 22 - Press; Space; key to choose VLAN member. There are two choices:; “ESC”; to go back to the action menu line.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 21 4-3-4-2. Create a VLAN Group _Create Port-Based VLAN Create a port-based VLAN and add member/nonmember ports to it.Select <Edit>.VLAN Name: Type a name for the new VLAN. Group ID: Type the VLAN group ID. The group ID range is 1 ~ 4096. Member: Press Space key to choose...
Page 25 - In the
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 24 4-3-4-4. Groups Sorted Mode In this page, users can select the VLAN groups sorting mode: (1) sorted by name or(2) sorted by VID. In the Edit/Delete a VLAN group , this page will be displayed. In the Edit/Delete a VLAN Group page, the result of sorted by VID.
Page 26 - There are 0~7 priority levels that can be set to high or low priority.; key to select the priority level mapping to high or low queue.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 25 4-3-5. Priority Configuration There are 0~7 priority levels that can be set to high or low priority. 1. Select <Edit> . 2. Press the Space key to select the priority level mapping to high or low queue. 3. High/Low Queue Service Ration: User can select the ratio of high...
Page 27 - Add static MAC address; Edit static MAC address; Delete static MAC address
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 26 4-3-6-1. Static MAC Address When you add a static MAC address, it remains in the switch's address table,regardless of whether the device is physically connected to the switch or not. This savesthe switch from having to re-learn a device's MAC address when the disconnecte...
Page 28 - Edit Filtering MAC address; Delete Filtering MAC address
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 27 4-3-6-2. Filtering MAC Address Edit Filtering MAC address 1. Press <Edit> to modify a static Filtering address. 2. Choose the MAC address that you want to modify and then press Enter . 3. Press <Edit> key to modify all the items. 4. Press ESC to go back to the ac...
Page 29 - Max bridge transmit delay bound
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 28 4-3-7-1. MAC Address Aging Time Type the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in the switch’saddress table. The valid range is 0 or 300~765 seconds. Default is 300 seconds. Actions-> <Edit>: Configure all items. When finished with configuration...
Page 30 - Collisions Retry Forever:
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 29 4-3-7-4. Collision Retry Forever Collisions Retry Forever: Disable – In half duplex, collision will retry 48 times andthen drop frame.Enable – In half duplex, collision will retry indefinitely. 4-3-7-5. Hash Algorithm This Hash Algorithm is for hardware maintenance with MAC ...
Page 31 - This page enables or disables the Spanning Tree function. Press
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 30 4-4-1-1. STP Enable This page enables or disables the Spanning Tree function. Press the Space key to select enable or disable. 4-4-1-2. System Configuration 1. You can view spanning tree information about the Root Bridge on the left. 2. On the right, new values for the S...
Page 33 - Type a name to be used for the switch.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 32 4-4-2. SNMP Use this page to define management stations as trap managers and to enter SNMPcommunity strings. User can also define a name, location, and contact person for theswitch. 4-4-2-1. SNMP System Options 1. Press <Edit> . 2. System Name: Type a name to be us...
Page 34 - Read only
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 33 4-4-2-2.Community Strings Use this page to enter SNMP community strings. 1. Community Name: Type the name of the current strings. 2. Write Access: Enable privileges as read only or read/write. a. Read only : Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB-object i...
Page 35 - _Delete Community Name; Choose the community name that you want to delete and then press; once will complete deletion operation.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 34 _Delete Community Name 1. Press <Delete> key. 2. Choose the community name that you want to delete and then press Enter . 3. Pressing <Enter> once will complete deletion operation. 4-4-2-3.Trap Managers A trap manager is a management station that receives tra...
Page 36 - _Add the trap manager
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 35 Actions-> <Add>: Create a trap manager. <Edit>: Modify all items. Press ESC when finished with configuration to go back to the action menu line. <Delete>: Delete a trap manager. After deleting an item, press <Save> to complete the operation. <Sa...
Page 37 - This page can configure and view the LACP status.; key to enable or disable LACP (Link Aggregation Control
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 36 4-4-3. LACP This page can configure and view the LACP status. 4-4-3-1.Working Ports Setting 1. Group ID: There are seven configurable Trunking groups. Choose the “Group ID” and click “Get”. 2. LACP: Press Space key to enable or disable LACP (Link Aggregation Control Prot...
Page 38 - Configure all items. When finished with configuration, press; to go back to
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 37 Actions-> <Edit>: Configure all items. When finished with configuration, press ESC to go back to action menu line. <Save>: Save all configured values. <Quit>: Exit this page and return to previous menu. 4-4-3-2. LACP State Activity Active: The port autom...
Page 42 - State
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 41 4-4-5-2. Per Port Configuration State provides Disable, Accept, Reject and Authorize options. Press the Space key to change state. 4-4-5-3. Miscellaneous Configuration 1. Quiet period: Set the period during which the port doesn’t try to acquire a supplicant. 2. Tx period: Se...
Page 43 - Reset switch to default configuration.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 42 authentication request. 5. Reauthorize Maximum: Sets the number of authentication attempts that must time- out before authentication fails and the authentication session ends. 6. Reauthorize period: Sets the period of time after which clients connected must be re-authent...
Page 44 - How to update TFTP firmware.; to go to the action line.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 43 4-5-3. TFTP Update Firmware This page provides the updating of firmware, restoration of the EEPROM value, or theuploading of the current EEPROM value. 4-5-3-1. TFTP Update Firmware How to update TFTP firmware. 1. Start the TFTP server and copy firmware update version image f...
Page 45 - Type the IP of TFTP server.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 44 8. Restart switch. 4-5-3-2. Restore TFTP Configuration This page shows how to restore the EEPROM value and save an image file from aTFTP server. 1. Start the TFTP server.2. Press <Edit> on this page. 3. TFTP Server IP: Type the IP of TFTP server. 4. Restore File Na...
Page 46 - to go to action line.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 45 4-5-3-3. TFTP Backup Configuration Here you can save the current EEPROM value to an image file. Then go to the updateconfiguration page to restore the EEPROM value. 1. Start the TFTP server.2. Press <Edit> on this page. 3. TFTP Server IP: Type the IP of TFTP server. 4....
Page 47 - Select “; send file; About Web-based Management
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 46 3. Select “ send file " under the " transfer " menu from the menu bar. 4. Press the " browse " button to select the path. 5. Select " 1K Xmodem " for protocol and press the " Send " button. 6. After successfully upgrading the new firmw...
Page 48 - System Login
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 47 The Web-Based Management supports Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows. It isbased on Java Applets with an aim to reduce network bandwidth consumption,enhance access speed, and presents easy navigation. Note: By default, IE5.0 or later version does not allow Java Applets to ope...
Page 49 - Unlink
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 48 5-1. Web Management Overview 5-2. Port status This page displays all port status. 1. State: Displays port status, disable or enable. Unlink will be treated as disabled. 2. Link Status: Down is “No Link”, UP is “Link”. 3. Auto Negotiation: Displays the auto negotiation mo...
Page 50 - Displays the state of the user setting.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 49 10. Config: Displays the state of the user setting. 11. Actual: Displays the negotiation result. User can see a single port counter as follows
Page 51 - Reset; ” button to clear all counts.; Apply; You must reset the switch for the changes to take effect.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 50 5-3. Port Statistics The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit.Press “ Reset ” button to clear all counts. 5-4. Administrator There are many management functions available such as: IP addressSwitch settingsConsole port informationPort co...
Page 52 - Miscellaneous Setting
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 51 5-4-2. Switch Setting 5-4-2-1.Basic Description: Displays the name of device type. MAC Address: The unique hardware address assigned by the manufacturer (default) Firmware Version: Displays the switch’s firmware version. ASIC Version: Displays the switch’s Hardware version. ...
Page 53 - Priority Queue Service settings:
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 52 Default is 300 seconds. Max bridge transmit delay bound control: Limits the packet queuing time in the switch. If enabled, any packets exceeding queue will be dropped. The valid values are1sec, 2 sec, 4 sec, and off. Enable Low Queue Delay Bound: Limits the low priority ...
Page 54 - Enable; IGMP Theory of Operation; Auto Mode
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 53 high-priority queue.These options represent the number of high priority packets sent before one low prioritypacket is sent. For example, 5 High: 2 Low means that the switch sends 5 high priority packets before sending 2 low priority packets. QoS Policy: High Priority Levels:...
Page 55 - . All switches must be in; disable; mode when the VOD server is
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 54 IGMP should be enabled when the router’s IP address is not smaller than other switches in the subnet. This switch supports IGMP protocol but IGMP must be enabledand the Router must be the Querier. The following topology must be set when the IP address of the switch is no...
Page 56 - This page changes each port’s status.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 55 Note: It is suggested that the VOD server switch have the smallest IP address. 5-4-3. Console Port Information 1. Console is a standard UART interface to communicate with the Serial Port. User can use the Windows HyperTerminal program to link to the switch. ConnectTo->Con...
Page 58 - group id
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 57 5-4-5-1. Aggregator setting System Priority: A value used to identify the active LACP. The switch with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the active LACP.1. Group ID: There are seven configurable trunk groups. Choose the " group id " and cli...
Page 59 - Active; The port automatically sends LACP protocol packets.; Passive; The port does not automatically send LACP protocol packets
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 58 5-4-5-3. State Activity Active (selection) : The port automatically sends LACP protocol packets. Passive (no selection) : The port does not automatically send LACP protocol packets and responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the opposite device. 1. A link...
Page 61 - From the main menu, click administrator; Add
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 60 1. From the main menu, click administrator Filter Database Static MAC Address. 2. In the MAC address box, enter the MAC address to and from which the port shouldpermanently forward traffic, regardless of the device’s network activity. 3. In the Port Number box, enter a p...
Page 62 - In the MAC Address box, enter the MAC address that you want to filter.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 61 5-4-6-3. MAC filtering MAC address filtering allows the switch to drop unwanted traffic. Traffic is filtered basedon the destination addresses. 1. In the MAC Address box, enter the MAC address that you want to filter. 2. If tag-based (802.1Q) VLANs are set up on the switch, ...
Page 63 - In the default configuration, VLAN support is disabled.; Support Port-based VLAN; Packets are only passed among members of the same VLAN group.; Note
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 62 In the default configuration, VLAN support is disabled. NOTE: Restart the Switch after making changes to the VLAN mode. Support Port-based VLAN Packets are only passed among members of the same VLAN group. Note : All unselected ports are treated as belonging to another s...
Page 64 - Click; to create a new VLAN group.; ” to view other VLAN groups.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 63 5-4-7-1. Port Based VLAN 1. Click Add to create a new VLAN group. 2. Enter the VLAN name, group ID and select the members for the new VLAN. 3. Click Apply . 4. If there are many groups that exceed the limit of a single page, you can click the“ NextPage ” to view other VLAN g...
Page 66 - Create a VLAN and add tagged member ports to it.; VLAN configuration, click
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 65 _ Basic Create a VLAN and add tagged member ports to it. 1. .From the main menu, click administrator VLAN configuration, click Add as below. 2. Type a name for the new VLAN.3. Type a VLAN ID (between 2-4094). The default is 1.4. Choose the protocol type. Default is NONE.5. F...
Page 67 - Port VID; Configure port VID settings; From the main; Port VLAN ID
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 66 7. Use this page to set the outgoing frames as VLAN-Tagged frames. Click Apply . Tag: outgoing frames are VLAN-Tagged. Untag: outgoing frames are not VLAN-Tagged. _ Port VID Configure port VID settings From the main 802.1Q VLAN page, click Port VLAN ID for Settings.
Page 68 - VLAN ID; Ingress Filtering; : Forward only packets with VID matching this port's configured VID.; Disable; : Disable Ingress filter function; Acceptable Frame type; Accept all Packets
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 67 VLAN ID Set the port VLAN ID that will be assigned to untagged traffic on a given port. Thisfeature is useful for accommodating devices that you want to include in the VLAN butdon’t support tagging. The switch allows users to set one VLAN ID for each port. Therange is 1~255;...
Page 70 - to update the changes on; Name; : Enter a name to be used for the switch.; Location; Enter the name of a person or organization.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 69 5-4-10. SNMP Any Network Management Program running the Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP) can manage this switch, provided the Management Information Base (MIB) isinstalled correctly on the management station. The SNMP is a Protocol that governs thetransfer of informa...
Page 71 - information and to set MIB objects.; Type the new password. The default is “; root
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 70 2. Community strings serve as passwords and can be entered as one of the following: RO: Read only. Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB-objectinformation.RW: Read write. Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB-object information a...
Page 73 - There are four configuration states for each port:
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 72 5-4-12-2. Per port Configuration There are four configuration states for each port: Reject: The specified port is required to be held in the Unauthorized state. Accept: The specified port is required to be held in the Authorized state. Authorized: The specified port is s...
Page 74 - Reauth period
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 73 5-4-12-3. Miscellaneous Configuration ■ Quiet period: Sets the period during which the port doesn’t try to acquire a supplicant. ■ Tx period: Sets the period the port waits to retransmit next EAPOL PDU during an authentication session. ■ Supplicant timeout: Sets the period o...
Page 75 - Reset Switch to default configuration.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 74 5-4-13-2. TFTP Backup Configuration Use this page to set TFTP server IP address. You can save the current EEPROM valuehere and then go to the TFTP restore configuration page to restore the EEPROM value. 5-4-14. Factory Default Reset Switch to default configuration. Defau...
Page 76 - the system powers on.
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 75 Console -- 1K Xmodem Firmware Update We provide the ability to update the 1k Xmodem firmware through the console. 1KXmodem only works in 57,600bps mode so in order to download the firmware update,you must change the baud rate to 57,600bps. There are two scenarios in which yo...
Page 77 - Once connected, you will see “CCCC...”displayed on the console.
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 76 2. Once connected, you will see “CCCC…”displayed on the console. Select Transfer Send File. 3. Select 1K Xmodem in the Protocol item and denote a destination for the image file folder. Press Send button.
Page 79 - Troubleshooting; Incorrect connections; Faulty or loose cables; Diagnosing LED Indicators; Cabling
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 78 Troubleshooting This section is intended to help you solve the most common problems on theSmartGST-2402M. Incorrect connections ■ Courtesy of Auto MDI/MDIX, The SmartGST-2402M can automatically detectstraight or crossover cables when you link to another Ethernet device. ...
Page 81 - Technical Specification; Specifications; K Mac with Auto Learning
www.unicomlink.com UNICOM 80 Technical Specification This section below provides the specifications of the SmartGST-2402M. Specifications Standard IEEE802.3 10BASE-TIEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX/100BASE-FXIEEE802.3z Gigabit SX/LXIEE802.3ab Gigabit 1000TIEEE802.3x Flow Control and Back pressureIEEE802.3ad Po...
Page 82 - Power Supply
UNICOM SmartGST-2402M 81 Power Supply 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz EMI FCC Class A, CE Mark Safety UL, cUL