Gigabyte Technology 7014 - Manual

Rev. 051208 page 12 of 152 FRONT PANEL From Top to Left: Gigabit Ports 1000 Base SFP Copper or Fiber Transceivers (Optional) RJ45 Ports Auto Sensing 10/100 Base-TX Connections Fiber Ports 100 Base-FX Connections (only on 7014FX2 model) Green LED lights when Power is supplied to the unit NOTE: The RJ...

Rev. 051208 page 14 of 152 Connecting the Unit For FX/FXE units, remove the dust cap from the fiber optic connectors and connect the fiber optic cables. The TX port on the FX/FXE models should be connected to the RX port of the far end station. The RX port on the FX/FXE versions should be connected ...

Rev. 051208 page 15 of 152 N-TRON SWITCH GROUNDING TECHNIQUES The grounding philosophy of any control system is an integral part of the design. N-Tron switches are designed to be grounded, but the user has been given the flexibility to float the switch when required. The best noise immunity and emis...

Rev. 051208 page 17 of 152 SERIAL INTERFACE The 7014 Series switches provide an EIA-232 interface accessed via a 9 pin female connector (labeled ‘COM’ on the unit). This is used to access the Command Line Interpreter (CLI). The pin-outs are shown below: Serial Cable Connect the serial COM port of yo...

Rev. 051208 page 18 of 152 Overview of Advanced Features Mode of Operation Each port on the switch can be configured into different modes of operation as shown below: Copper Ports: 100Base Fiber Ports: 1000Base Copper/Fiber Ports: - Half Duplex - Full Duplex - Full Duplex - Full Duplex - Auto Negoti...

Rev. 051208 page 21 of 152 TROUBLESHOOTING 1. Make sure the (Power LED) is ON. 2. Make sure you are supplying sufficient current for the version chosen. Note: The Inrush current will exceed the steady state current by ~ 2X. 3. Verify that Link LED’s are ON for connected ports. 4. Verify cabling used...

Rev. 051208 page 22 of 152 Web Software Configuration Web Management Enter the switch’s IP address in any web browser and login to the web management feature of the 7014 Series. Default: User Name: admin Password: admin

Rev. 051208 page 23 of 152 Web Management - Home When the administrator first logs onto a 7014 Series switch the default home page will be displayed. On the left hand side of the screen there is a list of configurable settings that the 7014 Series switch will support. This section of the manual will...

Rev. 051208 page 24 of 152 Web Management – Menu Structure To the left, there is a menu which is shown fully opened below. The pages opened by each of the individual selections are described in the rest of this section. The use of each of these pages is also described in this section. In most of the...

Rev. 051208 page 26 of 152 Administration – SNMP The SNMP tab under the administration category shows a list of IP Addresses that act as SNMP Traps. The Get, Set, and Trap Community Names are also shown here. By selecting the modify button you will be able to change any of the fields listed. This al...

Rev. 051208 page 27 of 152 Administration – Gigabit Ports The ‘Gigabits Ports’ tab under the administration category allows users to change the configuration of the gigabit ports. The switch may not operate correctly if the slots are not configured properly. You must click “Update” if you wish to ke...

Rev. 051208 page 28 of 152 Ports – Configuration The Configuration tab under the Ports category will show a detailed overview of all the active ports on the switch. The overview will display the following information: Port Number Port Name Admin Status Link Status Auto Negotiation State Port Speed D...

Rev. 051208 page 30 of 152 Ports – Security The Security tab under the Ports category will show a list of all the active ports and the security Lock State for each port.

Rev. 051208 page 32 of 152 Ports – Intrusion Log The Intrusion Log tab under the Ports category will show a list of intruders along with their MAC addresses. The log will show what Port the intruder attempted to access your network on and log the system time when it occurred. The log can be easily c...

Rev. 051208 page 33 of 152 Ports – Mirroring A mirroring port is a dedicated port that is configured to receive the copies of Ethernet frames that are being transmitted out and also being received in from any other port that is being monitored. The Mirroring tab under the Ports category displays the...

Rev. 051208 page 34 of 152 Ports – Trunking The Trunking tab under the Ports category displays a list of trunks configured on the switch and the following details regarding each trunk: Trunk Name Trunk Ports Trunk State By selecting the “Create” button, you can add a trunk group. NOTE: RSTP must be ...

Rev. 051208 page 35 of 152 Ports – Trunking, Continued… Once the Trunk Group is created you will see detailed information for that trunk group, but it should have a disabled state by default. In order to enable the Trunk Group you need to click on the State Button above. The following page should lo...

Rev. 051208 page 36 of 152 Statistics – Port Statistics The Ports Statistics tab under the Statistics category displays a list of MIB Parameters. Each port has a separate counter for each parameter. This gives users the ability to see what kind of packets are going over which ports. At the bottom of...

Rev. 051208 page 38 of 152 VLAN – Ingress Filter The Ingress Filter tab under the VLAN category shows all the Ingress Filter Rule enabled or disabled state for each port. Ingress Filtering can be Enabled or Disabled for each port. If enabled, received frames will be discarded if the frame's VID does...

Rev. 051208 page 40 of 152 VLAN – Port Based The Port Based tab under the VLAN category shows all the VLANs that are configured on the switch and details about the VLANs such as port numbers and tagged VLAN settings. To add a VLAN simply click on the Add button on the page above and fill in the desi...

Rev. 051208 page 41 of 152 (See VLAN Configuration Examples section) Note: 1. When implementing overlapping VLANs, RSTP can only be enabled on one of the VLANs that is overlapping others. RSTP can not be implemented on a VLAN that contains other VLANs within that one. Changing anything on a VLAN wil...

Rev. 051208 page 42 of 152 VLAN – Port Based, Continued… Now the page will display the new VLAN and moved ports P1-P6 from the default VLAN down to vlan2 that was just created. To delete or remove VLANs that are no longer wanted simply click on the Delete button on the main Port Based VLAN page. Tha...

Rev. 051208 page 44 of 152 Bridging – Aging Time The Aging Time tab under the Bridging category will display the currently configured Aging Time. This page allows users to modify this variable to meet their needs. After selecting the Modify button the user will be presented with a page that allows t...

Rev. 051208 page 46 of 152 Bridging – Unicast Addresses, Continued… Following the Delete button on the page above, an administrator can select a static MAC address from the list using a pull-down menu. After selecting the MAC address the administrator needs to press the Delete button on this page to...

Rev. 051208 page 47 of 152 Bridging – Multicast Addresses The Multicast Addresses tab under the Bridging category will display a list of Multicast Group Addresses that are associated with respective port numbers. This may be used to statically assign a Multicast Group Address access to a group of po...

Rev. 051208 page 48 of 152 Bridging – Multicast Addresses, Continued… After adding a Multicast Group Address it will appear on the main list and will show the associated ports that go along with that address. Following the Delete button on the page above, the administrator will be presented with a l...

Rev. 051208 page 49 of 152 RSTP – RSTP Configuration The RSTP Configuration tab under the RSTP category will display the RSTP information for the first VLAN. Using the pull-down menu at the top of the page an administrator can choose which VLAN to configure RSTP on. Once the VLAN is selected the adm...

Rev. 051208 page 50 of 152 RSTP Configuration, Continued… Following the link for the view RSTP Port Configuration at VLAN# the administrator or user can see the current RSTP status of the ports on that VLAN. This will show information such as the Path Cost and the Port State. If the switch sees a re...

Rev. 051208 page 51 of 152 RSTP – RSTP Configuration, Continued… If the administrator selects one of the ports on the previous screen he or she can change the Port’s Path Cost, Port’s Priority and the status of Admin Edge and Auto Edge.

Rev. 051208 page 52 of 152 IGMP – Configuration The Configuration tab under the IGMP category will display the IGMP basic configuration settings. By default IGMP is enabled. Following the Modify button on the previous page, the administrator will see a list of configurable fields for the IGMP config...

Rev. 051208 page 55 of 152 IGMP – Show Group and Show Router The Show Group tab under the IGMP category will display a list of IGMP groups based on the Group IP and the port number that it is associated with. The Show Router tab under the IGMP category will display a list of Auto-detected Router IPs...

Rev. 051208 page 56 of 152 IGMP – RFilter The ‘rfilter’ (Router Multicast Data Filter) function allows you to choose whether or not DATA frames with KNOWN group multicast addresses are sent to the ‘router’ ports (links to other switches). Control packets (Join, Leave) will be sent to the router(s) r...

Rev. 051208 page 67 of 152 Below is an example of N-Ring Status from an N-Ring Manager with a healthy N-Ring: N-Ring OK N-Ring Status View Switch is an N-Ring Manager, using N-Ring Aging Time = 20 Seconds Refresh every 6 secs. Update Pause Print... 12 Active Members Detected In Current N-Ring (12 re...

Rev. 051208 page 68 of 152 Below is an example of N-Ring Status from an N-Ring Manager with a faulted N-Ring. The red fields on the N-Ring Map show problems. Ports that are red indicate that the port is not linked. MAC addresses that are red indicate that there is no communication to that switch. Th...

Rev. 051208 page 69 of 152 In rare cases an N-Ring can have a “Partial Fault”. An example of this is to have a break in just one fiber in a duplex channel fiber pair. The screenshot below shows N-Ring Manager Status when a ‘Higher’ N-Ring Port (GB2 or FX2) is not receiving self health frames all the...

Rev. 051208 page 71 of 152 Event Log – Show Events The Show Events tab under the Event Log category will show a list of events that have occurred in the order in which they occurred. There is a time stamp for each event and they are categorized by the severity of the event.

Rev. 051208 page 74 of 152 Support – Web Site and E-mail If at any point in time you get confused or would like additional support directly from N-Tron, you may visit N-Tron’s web site, or e-mail N-Tron directory with the links provided for more information.

Rev. 051208 page 75 of 152 BPCL – Broadcast Packet Count Limit Configuration The BPCL link will display all the ports that are installed in the 7014 Series unit and will list the BPCL Percentage for each port. BPCL defaults to 3%. A modify button is provided to change these fields. These are egress ...

Rev. 051208 page 76 of 152 BPCL – Broadcast Packet Count Limit Configuration (Continued) Following the Modify button on the previous example, the administrator can modify the BPCL Percentage for each port.

Rev. 051208 page 77 of 152 User Mgmt – Adding Users The User Management link will display a list of all the users who have access to the management features of the switch and their access permissions. Following the Add button on the previous example, the administrator can add another user and assign...

Rev. 051208 page 78 of 152 User Mgmt – Removing Users In order to remove a user, simply click on the Remove button at the bottom of the page. Following the Remove button on the last page, the administrator can remove a user by entering in the user’s name and clicking the Remove button. A page should...

Rev. 051208 page 81 of 152 Help – Overview When the Help link is clicked on, you will see the Overview page that will have some basic definitions and more specific choices at the top of the screen. Although this page is not as detailed as the manual is, it gives you a basic feel for different featur...

Rev. 051208 page 82 of 152 Help – Administration Selecting the Administration link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Administration category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 83 of 152 Help – Ports Following the Ports link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Ports category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 84 of 152 Help – Statistics Following the Statistics link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Statistics category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 85 of 152 Help – VLAN Using the VLAN link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the VLAN category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 86 of 152 Help – BPCL Using the BPCL the link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the BPCL category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 87 of 152 Help – IGMP Following the IGMP link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the IGMP category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 88 of 152 Help – Bridging Using the Bridging link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Bridging category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 89 of 152 Help – RSTP Using the RSTP link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the RSTP category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 90 of 152 Help – Event Log Using the Event Log link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Event Log category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 91 of 152 Help – Firmware/Config Using the Firmware/Config link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Firmware/Config category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 92 of 152 Help – Logical View Using the Logical View link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Logical View category on the left side of the web management.

Rev. 051208 page 96 of 152 Help – Others Following the “Others” link on the help page, the administrator or user can see some information regarding other links or categories on the left hand side of the web manager, as above.

Rev. 051208 page 97 of 152 CLI Commands Clear Command Name clear Description Clears the screen. The cleared screen shows only the command-line prompt and the cursor. Syntax clear Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> clear The entire screen will be cleared… … … … … N-TRON/Admin#[2]> NOTES...

Rev. 051208 page 102 of 152 System Configuration Commands Set Mode IP config Command Name system set modeipconfig Description To set the IP address mode of the system Syntax system set modeipconfig <manual|dhcp|bootp> Parameters manual Uses a static IP address scheme (default mode) dhcp Pulls ...

Rev. 051208 page 107 of 152 User Management Commands Show System Users Command Name system show users Description Shows a list of users and their permissions on the system Syntax system show users Parameters None Example N-TRON/Admin#[1]> system show users Serial Username Access Permissions -----...

Rev. 051208 page 108 of 152 Modify a User’s Password Command Name system modify userpassword Description To change a user’s password Syntax system modify userpassword <username> Parameters Username The user’s username that is to be modified Password The new password for the user Example N-TRON...

Rev. 051208 page 109 of 152 TFTP Commands Set the TFTP configuration parameter Command Name tftp set Description To set the TFTP configuration parameters TFTP Server IP Address and Remote File name. Syntax tftp set serverparam <ip-address> <remote-file-name> Parameters ip-address TFTP Se...

Rev. 051208 page 110 of 152 FTP Commands Set Username Command Name ftp set username Description To set the user name which will be used to log into the FTP server Syntax ftp set username <Username> Parameters Username The user name for logging on to the FTP server Example eg.1 N-TRON/Admin#[1]...

Rev. 051208 page 112 of 152 Port Manager Commands Get the link state of a given port Command Name port get linkstate Description This command is used to get the present link state of a given port. Whenever there is an active connection, link state (operational state) is up; else link state is down. ...

Rev. 051208 page 120 of 152 Trunk related commands Enable or disableTrunking Command Name trunk set <enable | disable> Description To enable or disable the trunk that is already created. Syntax trunk set enable trunk set disable Parameters Enable | disable Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> trunk s...

Rev. 051208 page 122 of 152 Mirroring related commands Set Mirror config Command Name mirror set config Description To the mirroring feature of the switch, for specified ports. Syntax mirror set config <dest-port> <src-ports> Parameters dest-port Destination port is the snooper port onto...

Rev. 051208 page 123 of 152 VLAN Related Commands Add VLAN Entry Command Name vlan add Description To create a Port based Virtual LAN Syntax vlan add <vlan id> <mgmt port> <at least one of: [-untagged <port mask>] or [-tagged <port mask>] > [-name <vlan name>] [-a...

Rev. 051208 page 127 of 152 Eventlog Related Commands Get Eventlog count Command Name eventlog get count Description To display the logged events count Syntax eventlog get count Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> eventlog get count No. of events logged : 14 NOTES Get Eventlog level Comman...

Rev. 051208 page 129 of 152 Bridging Related Commands Add Multicast MAC Address Command Name bridge add multicastmac Description Adds a multicast mac address which is associated with a vlan. Syntax bridge add multicastmac <mac-address> <port-list> Parameters mac-address Multicast group a...

Rev. 051208 page 132 of 152 IGMP Related Commands Enable IGMP Command Name igmp set enable Description The igmp status is made to enable . Syntax igmp set enable Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> igmp set enable igmp status is Enabled N-TRON/Admin#[2]> igmp show config Igmp : Enabled ...

Rev. 051208 page 135 of 152 N-Ring Related Commands N-Ring get agingtime Command Name n-ring get agingtime Description To display the N-Ring Agingtime of the device Syntax n-ring get agingtime Parameters None Example N-TRON/Admin#[1]> n-ring get agingtime N-Ring Aging Time : 20 NOTES Default: 20 ...

Rev. 051208 page 139 of 152 Configuration Related Commands Save Configuration Command Name config save Description The configuration will be saved to the flash. Syntax config save Parameters None Examples N-TRON/Admin#[1]> config save NOTES Load Default Configuration Command Name config erase Des...

Rev. 051208 page 140 of 152 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Related Commands Set RSTP Admin Edge Command Name rstp set adminedge Description Sets the Adminedge value of a port in a Vlan. Syntax rstp set adminedge <vlan id> <port no> <status> Parameters vlan id Vlan Id containing the p...

Rev. 051208 page 145 of 152 Broadcast Packet Count Limit Commands Get the Broadcast Packet Count Limit for one port Command Name broadcast get percentage Description Displays the broadcast packet percentage for a particular port. Syntax broadcast get percentage <port-number> Parameters port-nu...

Rev. 051208 page 146 of 152 VLAN Configuration Examples Example 1 – Basic understanding of port based VLANs VLAN Configuration View Ports Configuration View VLAN Status : Enable VLAN ID VLAN Name Untagged Port(s) Tagged Port(s) Mgmt Port Admit Mirror Port 1 Default VLAN P3-P12 -- YES All 0 2 VLAN -2...

Rev. 051208 page 148 of 152 Example 5 – Basic understanding of Overlapping VLANs VLAN Configuration View Ports Configuration View VLAN Status : Enable VLAN ID VLAN Name Untagged Port(s) Tagged Port(s) Mgmt Port Admit Mirror Port 1 Default VLAN -- -- YES All 0 2 VLAN -2 P1-P12 -- YES All 0 3 VLAN -3 ...

Rev. 051208 page 149 of 152 Example 6 – Basic understanding of VLANs with Multicast Filtering VLAN Configuration View Ports Configuration View VLAN Status : Enable VLAN ID VLAN Name Untagged Port(s) Tagged Port(s) Mgmt Port Admit Mirror Port 1 Default VLAN -- -- YES All 0 2 VLAN -2 P1-P12 -- YES All...

Rev. 051208 page 150 of 152 KEY SPECIFICATION Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses: 4,096 Aging Time: Programmable Latency Type: 2.9 µ s Switching Method: Store & Forward Physical Height: 2.50” / 6.35 cm Width: 7.40” / 18.8 cm Depth: 4.10” / 10.4 cm Weight (max): 2.10 LBS / 0.95 kg Din-Rail...

Rev. 051208 page 152 of 152 N-TRON Limited Warranty N-TRON, Corp. warrants to the end user that this hardware product will be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the applicable warranty period from the date of purchase from N-TRON or its authorized resel...