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2 Content CHAPTER 1 The Introduction ................................................................................ 5 Web Browser ........................................................................................................ 5 Logging In .................................................
Page 4 - ABOUT THIS GUIDE; Web Management Switch; The switch; Features Overview; Supports port setting for N-Way or force mode operation; Revision History; edition. Date as August 2
4 ABOUT THIS GUIDE This guide provides information about how to operate and use the management functions of the Web Management Switch . The switch features multiple functions as shown below: Features Overview Supports real-time status (link, speed, duplex) of each port Supports port setting for ...
Page 5 - CHAPTER 1 The Introduction; Web Browser
5 CHAPTER 1 The Introduction Web Browser You can log into the Web Management Switch through a Web browser and manage and maintain the switch intuitively by interacting with the built-in Web server. The home page is displayed as shown below. It displays the Main Menu on the left side of the scree...
Page 6 - Logging In; Use Ethernet Category 5 cable to connect this switch to your PC.
6 Logging In Please follow the steps to configure this Web Smart switch. The configure procedure is as follows: Step 1: Use Ethernet Category 5 cable to connect this switch to your PC. Step 2: Check that your PC has an IP address on the same subnet as the switch. For example, the PC and the swit...
Page 8 - CHAPTER 2 System; System Information; Web Smart switch interface; IP Address Setting; To set up static IP address of the switch.
8 CHAPTER 2 System System Information To lookup System Information in the Web browser, click System, then Information. Web Smart switch interface Figure 4: System Information IP Address Setting To set up static IP address of the switch. Web Smart switch interface 1. Click System, then IP Setting...
Page 9 - IPv6 Address Setting; Hint§; Auto Configuration—; functionality on the interface.; IPv6 Address—; null; Prefix Length—
9 IPv6 Address Setting IPv6 is an Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched internetworking and provides end-to-end datagram transmission across multiple IP networks. IPv6 includes two distinct address types; link-local unicast and global unicast. Web Smart switch interface Figure 6: IPv6 Addr...
Page 10 - User Account; Port Setting
10 User Account To set up the System Password in the Web browser: Web Smart switch interface 1. Click System, then User Account. 2. Enter the new user name. 3. Enter the new password. 4. Enter the new password again to confirm your input. 5. Click Save. Figure 7: User Account Setting Port Settin...
Page 11 - Hold down the SHIFT key to select a range of ports.
11 Figure 8: Port Setting Hint§ The following parameters are displayed on the Port Setting configuration: ■ Port— Set up one or more ports. Hold down the CTRL key and click port numbers to select multiple ports. Hold down the SHIFT key to select a range of ports. ■ State— Set the link state of p...
Page 12 - CHAPTER 3 Configuration; Trunk Group Setting; To configure a trunk group.
12 CHAPTER 3 Configuration Trunk Group Setting To configure a trunk group. Web Smart switch interface 1. Click Configuration, Link Aggregation, Trunk Group Setting. 2. Select the trunk group ID to be created or modified. 3. Select the trunk type; Static or LACP. 4. Assign up to four port members...
Page 13 - Trunk Distribution Algorithm Setting; Distribution Algorithm Parameters—
13 Trunk Distribution Algorithm Setting To configure a trunk’s load-balancing settings. Web Smart switch interface 1. Click Configuration, Link Aggregation, Trunk Setting. 2. Select the trunk group ID to be configured or modified. 3. Select the trunk Distribution Algorithm Parameters as required...
Page 14 - Destination MAC; Source IP; same for all traffic.; Destination IP; the same for all traffic.
14 ■ Destination MAC - All traffic with the same destination MAC address is output on the same link in a trunk. This mode works best for switch-to-switch trunk links where traffic through the switch is destined for many different hosts. Do not use this mode for switch-to-router trunk links where...
Page 15 - LACP Setting; The following parameters are shown on the LACP Setting:; LACP Status; they belong to the same group. LACP can form up to 8 trunks per switch.; System Priority
15 LACP Setting The LACP (link aggregation control protocol) dynamically aggregates ports and removes aggregations. LACP interacts with its peer by sending LACPDUs (link aggregation control protocol data units). Web Smart switch interface To arrange LACP settings, 1. Click Configuration, Link Ag...
Page 16 - Static VLAN Table Setting; Port
16 Static VLAN Table Setting The VLAN (virtual local area network) technology is developed for switches to control broadcast operations in LANs. By creating VLANs in a physical LAN, you can divide the LAN into multiple logical LANs, each of which has a broadcast domain of its own. Hosts in the s...
Page 17 - VLAN Name; VLAN Port Setting
17 ■ VLAN Name – Name of the VLAN (1-100 characters) VLAN Port Setting Arranging VLAN attributes for specific interfaces, including the default Port VLAN identifier (PVID). Web Smart switch interface To specify attributes for VLAN port members, 1. Click Configuration, VLAN, VLAN Setting. 2. Sele...
Page 18 - VLAN-Stacking Table Setting; Member Ports; ingress and egress packets.
18 VLAN-Stacking Table Setting Set the stacking VLAN membership for selected interfaces to be part of the Service Provider VLAN (S-VLAN), that is uplink ports for a 802.1Q Tunnel. This stacking VLAN is used to segregate and preserve customer VLAN IDs for traffic crossing the service provider net...
Page 19 - Vlan Stacking Setting; for the doubled-tagged ports to identify 802.1Q tagged frames.
19 Vlan Stacking Setting After configuring port members for stacking VLANs on the switch, the ports connected to a service provider network need to be enabled as doubled tagged ports. Also the Tag Protocol Identifier (TPID) value must be set for the doubled-tagged ports to identify 802.1Q tagged...
Page 20 - Tag Protocol ID
20 Hint§ The following parameters are shown on the VLAN-Stacking Table Setting: ■ Tag Protocol ID - Tag Protocol Identifier specifies the Ether type of incoming packets on a tunnel port. (Range: 0x0600~0xFFFF hexadecimal, Default: 0x88a8) ■ PVID - The stacking VLAN Port VLAN Identifier. The PVID...
Page 21 - IGMP Multicast Group Information; VID; multicast group address.; or a static multicast group assigned to this interface.; Member Port
21 IGMP Multicast Group Information To display multicast group and router port information, click Configuration, IGMP Snooping, Multicast Entry Table. The IGMP Multicast Router Information table displays the current multicast groups learned through IGMP Snooping. Multicast routers that are attac...
Page 22 - IGMP Snooping; runs on Layer 2 switch to manage and control multicast groups.
22 IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping (Internet Group Management Protocol Snooping) is a multicast constraining mechanism that runs on Layer 2 switch to manage and control multicast groups. Figure 17: IGMP Snooping
Page 23 - IGMP Global Setting
23 IGMP Global Setting Web Smart switch interface To manage IGMP Snooping global settings, 1. Click Configuration, IGMP Snooping, IGMP Snooping Setting. 2. Enable IGMP Snooping on the switch. 3. Modify other IGMP global settings as required. 4. Click Update. Hint§ The following parameters are sh...
Page 24 - IGMP VLAN Setting; VLAN ID
24 IGMP VLAN Setting Web Smart switch interface To manage IGMP Snooping settings, 1. Click Configuration, IGMP Snooping, IGMP Snooping Setting. 2. Specify the VLAN ID. 3. Enable IGMP Snooping on the VLAN. 4. Enable IGMP Querier on the VLAN if you want this switch to be elected as querier. 5. Cli...
Page 25 - Spanning Tree; packets in a loop network.; Spanning Tree Status -
25 Spanning Tree The spanning tree protocol is used to eliminate loops in a local area network. A switch running this protocol detects any loop in the network by exchanging information with one another and eliminates the possible loop by blocking certain ports until the loop network is pruned in...
Page 26 - Root Maximum Age -; — The number of times the Spanning Tree has been reconfigured.; Last Topology Change Time -; The time since the Spanning Tree was last reconfigured.
26 configuration messages at regular intervals. Any port that ages out STP information (provided in the last configuration message) becomes the designated port for the attached LAN. If it is a root port, a new root port is selected from among the switch ports attached to the network. (Note that ...
Page 27 - Spanning Tree Port Setting; Path Cost
27 Spanning Tree Port Setting Use the STP Port Setting page to configure Spanning Tree attributes for specific interfaces, including path cost, port priority, edge port (for fast forwarding), automatic detection of an edge port, and point-to-point link type. Web Smart switch interface To configu...
Page 29 - as delay, delay jitter and packet loss rate in packet delivery.; Port-based Priority Setting
29 Quality of Service (QoS) QoS is the evaluation on the service ability of network delivery or on the capacity of dealing with situations such as delay, delay jitter and packet loss rate in packet delivery. Port-based Priority Setting Management of the default port priority for each port on the...
Page 30 - DSCP-based Priority Setting; Priority —; Map a priority value to the selected DSCP Priority value.; DSCP Priority Table —; Show the DSCP to Priority map.
30 DSCP-based Priority Setting The Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) is a six-bit field in the IP header, allowing coding for up to 64 different forwarding behaviors. The DSCP replaces the ToS bits, but it retains backward compatibility with the three precedence bits so that non-DSCP com...
Page 31 - Priority to Queue Mapping Setting; for our own network.
31 Priority to Queue Mapping Setting The QoS technique known as class of service (CoS), is a 3-bit field within an Ethernet frame header when using tagged frames on an 802.1 network. So up to eight separate traffic priorities are defined in IEEE 802.1p. Always can map the priority levels to the ...
Page 32 - Packet Scheduling Setting; Scheduling Algorithm -; Select the service method used for port egress queues.
32 Packet Scheduling Setting You can set the switch to service the queues based on a strict rule that requires all traffic in a higher priority queue to be processed before lower priority queues are serviced, Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ), or Weighted Round-Robin (WRR) queuing that specifies a rel...
Page 33 - LLDP Configurations
33 to the sum of the weights of all queues. (This is the default selection.) ■ Weight-round-robin - Share bandwidth at the egress ports by using the scheduling weights for queues 1 through 8 respectively. WRR specifies a relative weight for each queue that determines the percentage of service ti...
Page 34 - LLDP Neighbors
34 ■ LLDP Status - Enable LLDP on the switch. (Default: Disabled) ■ Transmission Interval - Configure the periodic transmit interval for LLDP advertisements. (Range: 5-32768 seconds; Default: 30 seconds) This attribute must comply with the following rule: (Transmission Interval * Transmission Ho...
Page 35 - SNMP Setting
35 SNMP Setting SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) monitor network switches through TCP/IP protocol suite. It offers automatic network management and avoids the physical differences between various switches, and thus provides automatic management of products from different manufacturers. ...
Page 36 - SNMP Status; Trap Receivers Setting; Community String
36 Hint§ The following parameters are shown on the SNMP Setting, Community Strings Setting. ■ SNMP Status - Enable or disable SNMP service. (Default: Disabled) ■ System Name - A name assigned to the switch system. ■ System Location - Specify the system location. ■ System Contact - An administrat...
Page 37 - Port Mirroring Setting; Mirror Set Index
37 Port Mirroring Setting Port mirroring includes local mirroring groups, remote source mirroring groups and remote destination mirroring groups. Web Smart switch interface To configure port mirroring: 1. Click Configuration, Port Mirroring. 2. Select the Mirror Set Index. 3. Select the Mirror D...
Page 38 - Port Security Setting; Security
38 Port Security Setting Port security is a feature that allows you to configure a switch port with a maximum number of MAC addresses that are authorized to access the network through that port. When port security is enabled on a port, the switch stops learning new MAC addresses on the specified...
Page 40 - Bandwidth Control Setting
40 Bandwidth Control Setting This function allows the network manager to control the maximum rate for traffic received on a port or transmitted from a port. Rate limiting is configured on ports at the edge of a network to limit traffic into or out of the switch. Packets that exceed the acceptabl...
Page 42 - Jumbo Frame Setting; The following parameters are shown on the LLDP Neighbors page.
42 Jumbo Frame Setting The switch provides more efficient throughput for large sequential data transfers by supporting jumbo frames up to 9216 bytes. Web Smart switch interface To configure Jumbo Frames: 1. Click Configuration, Jumbo Frame. 2. Select the frame size to configure. 3. Click Apply. ...
Page 43 - Management Access Filter
43 Management Access Filter To create up to eight IP addresses or IP address groups that are allowed access to the switch through the Web browser. Web Smart switch interface 1. Click Configuration, Management Access Filter. 2. Enter an IP address 3. Specify a netmask to define a single IP addres...
Page 44 - Power over Ethernet Setting; Class –; Indicate the PD classification.
44 Power over Ethernet Setting Power over Ethernet (PoE) means that power sourcing equipment (PSE) supplies power to powered devices (PD) such as IP telephone, wireless LAN access point, and web camera from Ethernet interfaces through twisted pair cables. Web Smart switch interface 1. Click Conf...
Page 45 - CHAPTER 4 Security; MAC Address Information; To display the MAC address forwarding table.; The number of the address entry in the forwarding table.; Clear Dynamic Entries
45 CHAPTER 4 Security MAC Address Information To display the MAC address forwarding table. Web Smart switch interface 1. Click Configuration. 2. Then click Security, MAC Address, MAC Forwarding Table. Figure 33: MAC Address Information Hint§ The following parameters are shown on the MAC Address ...
Page 46 - Static MAC Setting
46 Static MAC Setting A static address can be assigned to a specific interface on the switch. Static addresses are bound to the assigned interface and will not be moved. Web Smart switch interface To configure static MAC addresses: 1. Click Security, MAC Address, Static MAC. 2. Specify the MAC a...
Page 47 - MAC Filtering Setting; Name
47 MAC Filtering Setting The MAC Filtering pages are used to filter service to clients attempting to access the Internet based on protocol type, destination/source MAC address, and the direction of traffic for each packet. Web Smart switch interface To configure MAC Address Filtering: 1. Click S...
Page 50 - IP Filter Configurations; Mode
50 IP Filter Configurations IP Filter Security is a feature that filters IP traffic on port interfaces based on manually configured entries in the IP Filter table, or allowed IP address assignment through DHCP. IP Filter Security can be used to prevent traffic attacks caused when a host tries to...
Page 52 - Storm Control settings; Storm Type
52 Storm Control settings 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 everything can come to co...
Page 53 - Port Isolation; those ports to which it can forward or receive traffic.; The following parameters are shown on the Port Isolation page.
53 Port Isolation The feature provides port-based security and isolation of local ports. The switch isolates port traffic by specifying those ports to which it can forward or receive traffic. Web Smart switch interface To configure Port Isolation settings: 1. Click Security, Port Isolation. 2. S...
Page 54 - malicious viruses or worm attacks.; Defence Engine
54 Defence Engine Defence Engine is a advanced feature that can prevent switch’s CPU from being overwhelmed by flooded packets, such as unknown unicast, unknown multicast, or broadcast packets. This function can be used to prevent malicious viruses or worm attacks. Web Smart switch interface To ...
Page 55 - CHAPTER 5 Monitoring; Port Statistics Information
55 CHAPTER 5 Monitoring Port Statistics Information You can display standard statistics on network traffic passing through each port. This information can be used to identify potential problems with the switch, such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading. All values displayed have been accu...
Page 56 - HTTP Configuration Backup -
56 CHAPTER 6 Tools Http Upgrade Use the HTTP Upgrade page to upgrade the switch’s system firmware by specifying a new software file. You can also use the HTTP Upgrade page to save the current configuration to a file on your computer, or to restore previously saved configuration settings to the s...
Page 57 - Reset Factory Defaults; To restore factory defaults.
57 Reset Factory Defaults To restore factory defaults. Web Smart switch interface To click Tools, Reset, then click the Reset button. The reset will be complete when the Web browser displays the login page. Figure 44: Reset
Page 58 - Reboot; To restart the switch.; SPECIFICATIONS
58 Reboot To restart the switch. Web Smart switch interface To click Tools, Reboot, then click the Reboot button. The reboot will be complete when the web interface displays the login page. Figure 45: Reboot SPECIFICATIONS Standards • IEEE 802.1d (Spanning Tree Protocol) • IEEE 802.1p ...
