Milan Technology MIL-S3580 - Manual

7 Console and Telnet Management Console Management is done through the RS-232 Console Port. Managing the MIL-S3580 in this method requires a direct connection between a PC and the MIL-S3580. Telnet management is done over the network. Once the MIL-S3580 has an IP and is on the network, you can use T...

8 2. Hardware Description The Front Panel The front panel of the MIL-S3580 consists of 24 auto-sensing 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 Ports, two optional expansion slots, and a console port. The LED Indicators are located on the front left panel of the Switch. Figure 2-1. Front Panel of the MIL-S3580 24 ...

10 Rear Panel The 3-pronged power plug and ON/OFF switch are located on the rear panel of the MIL-S3580. The switch works in the range 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz. Figure 2-3. Rear Panel of the MIL-S3580 Power On After all network cables are connected, plug the power cord into the power socket on the back p...

11 3. Connecting to the Network This section provides the installation procedure and instructions for assigning an IP address. Pre-Installation Requirements Before you start hardware installation, make sure you have the items listed below. z PCs with 10/100Mbps Ethernet NICs or 100Mbps Fiber NICs: Y...

12 Desktop Mounting 1. Set the switch on a sufficiently large flat space with a power outlet nearby. 2. Make sure surface is clean, and dust free. 3. Remove adhesive backing from the rubber feet. 4. Apply the rubber feet to each corner on the bottom of the switch. Figure 3-1. Attaching rubber feet o...

13 B. After both mounting brackets are attached, position the switch in the rack by lining up the holes in the brackets with the appropriate holes on the rack. Secure the switch to the rack with a screwdriver and the rack-mounting screws. Figure 3-3. Mount the MIL-S3580 in an EIA Standard 19-inch Ra...

14 Figure 3-4. Connecting the MIL-S3580 to a Terminal via RS-232 Cable Login in the Console Interface When the physical connection between the switch and the PC is established, turn on the PC and run a terminal emulation program or Hyper Terminal and configure its communication parameters to match t...

16 First Screen Figure 3-6. First Screen Display in Console Interface Once you have configured your system terminal and started the switch, you can login to the console interface. The default username is admin. There is no password required. You can change both the user name and password in the User...

17 A fter login, you will see the Main Menu screen as illustrated in the picture. The Main Menu displays all the submenus and pages that are available in the console interface. 1. System Information Figure 3-8. System Information Menu The system information screen displays information such as hardwa...

18 The management setup menu contains 6 submenus and is discussed in the following sections. 2.1. Network Configuration Figure 3-9. Network Configuration Menu This menu allows the setting of your IP address of the switch according to your network's unique configuration. The factory defaults for all ...

21 This menu allows you to enable/disable Web-Based management capability. If disabled, there is no access to management function through the use of a Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape. 2.6. Trap Filter Setup Figure 3-14. Trap Filter Setup Menu The system will generate a se...

22 Device Control Menu contains 15 submenus where you can add and modify functions and features of the switch. 3.1. Switch Device Configuration Figure 3-16. Switch Device Configuration Menu Use < Space Bar > to toggle the Enable/Disable field and type in the appropriate value in the Time and P...

25 3.2. Individual Port Configuration Figure 3-18. Switch Port Configuration Menu In Switch Port Configuration Menu, you can configure basic characteristics such as speed, flow control, and VLAN ID as well as the following features supported by the switch: x Port Description - Sixteen characters can...

26 the provisioned speed or none for full wire speed. Configuration takes effect immediately after saving, with no resetting of the switch necessary. The various levels are listed below. 10Mb 312Kb 625KB 938Kb 1.25Mb 2Mb 4Mb 6Mb 8Mb 100Mb 3.12Mb 6.25Mb 9.38Mb 12.5Mb 20Mb 40Mb 60Mb 80Mb 1000Mb 31.2Mb...

27 3.3.1. Static Unicast Address Configuration You can create, modify, or delete Static Unicast Address by selecting entries from the following screen. Figure 3-20. Static Unicast Address Configuration Menu This screen shows all the Static Unicast addresses configured and their status. There is a se...

29 3.4. Port Statistics Figure 3-22. Port Statistics Menu You can view the port specific statistical information displayed in this screen by entering the port number in the Port ID field. The statistics are automatically refreshed, but you can force the screen to refresh or reset the counters to 0 b...

31 3.6. Spanning Tree Protocol Port Configuration Figure 3-24. Spanning Tree Protocol Port Configuration Menu In this menu, you can assign spanning priority and path cost to any port. A port with higher priority and lower path cost is less likely to be blocked if Spanning Tree Protocol is detecting ...

32 Figure 3-25. Port Based VLAN Configuration Menu Port Based VLAN needs to be set in the Switch Device Control Menu before any configuration in this menu takes effect. By default, the VLAN mode configuration for the switch is IEEE 802.1Q. Once set to Port Based VLANs, all ports are on the same VLAN...

33 Figure 3-25. Port Based VLAN Configuration Menu 3.8. 802.1Q VLAN Configuration When configuring the IEEE802.1Q VLAN, there are slightly different options available when the port is configured on the console screen or the web browser. A port on a VLAN can be in one of three different states. x Nor...

35 Figure 3-27. Static VLAN Port Configuration Menu ( ) – Port is not set as static (fixed) member of the VLAN but it can become a member through Dynamic VLAN Registration. Dynamic VLANs occur when GVRP sets them. Unless GVRP is running, no registration of dynamic VLANs can take place. (F) – Port is...

36 3.8.1. Dynamic VLAN Table Figure 3-28. Dynamic VLAN Table This screen displays the VLAN mapping for port(s) that join VLAN(s) through Dynamic VLAN Registration. GVRP enables the switch to dynamically create 802.1Q compliant VLANs on links with other devices running GVRP. This enables the switch t...

37 All ports are set by default as untagged. To change port(s) to be tagged , use the < Space Bar > to uncheck - ( ) the port(s) . In the above configuration, port 2 will send out tagged packets. If VLANs need to communicate with other VLANs on the network, VLAN tagging needs to be set for tho...

41 By enabling port mirroring, traffic to and from the source port will be forwarded to the target port. You can select any of the 26 ports as either the Source port or the Target port by using <Space Bar> to select the desired port number . 4. User Authentication Figure 3-35. User Authenticat...

42 Figure 3-36. User Authentication Detailed Menu After selecting an entry to add or modify, type in user name and password, toggle the user privilege with < Space Bar > and then update the changes. 5. System Utility 5.1 System Restart Figure 3-37. System Restart Menu You need to perform eithe...

43 configuration changes and completely restart the switch’s hardware including the power, just as if you had powered the switch off and on. A warm boot is a software restart; no hardware is affected. Both types of restarts, save the configuration changes to the switch. 5.2 Factory Reset Figure 3-38...

45 After flash upgrading the switch's system software, in Windows Internet Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options, click on Delete Files button in General tab to clear all temporary internet files, and click OK. Then refresh window to view the new updated version of the MIL-S3580. 5.5 Quick Start F...

46 4. Web-Based Management This section introduces the configuration and functions of the Web-Based management. About Web-based Management An embedded HTML web server resides in flash memory inside the switch. It allows users to manage the switch from anywhere on the network through a standard brows...

47 4. Type user name and password. The default is “admin” and no password . 5. Press “Enter” or click ”OK”, then the Home Screen of the Web-based management appears. System Information You can manage the switch using third party’s SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent. Access rights to the...

48 Management Setup Network Configuration Figure 4-3. Network Configuration Menu The IP address, subnet mask and default gateway of the managed node can be changed or modified on this menu. Enter a new IP address, subnet mask and default gateway in the corresponding edit box. The default IP address,...

49 You can change the serial port baud rate setting through this screen to suit your environment, however, using the default setting is recommended. SNMP Community Setup Figure 4-5. SNMP Community Setup Menu Public Community (Read-only access right) means that member of community can view the inform...

50 Trap Receiver Figure 4-6. Trap Receiver Menu A trap receiver is a management station designated by the switch to receive SNMP traps sent from the switch. Use Trap Receiver screen to designate certain community to receive trap(s) generated by the system. In the default configuration, no trap recei...

51 This is where you can enable/disable Web-Based management capability which in turn allow or disallow the access to management function through the use of a Web browser. If Web Based management is disabled, the only way to manage the switch is connecting locally through the console port or via the...

52 Device Control Switch Configuration Figure 4-9. Switch Configuration Menu x Spanning Tree Enable State - By default, Spanning Tree is disabled on the MIL-S3580. The switch uses the IEEE802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), when enabled, to ensure that only one path at a time is active between any ...

53 discards the frame. If Ingress Filtering is disabled, any tagged frame is accepted on any port on the switch. It does not matter whether the frame and port belong to the same or different VLANs. x Per-Port Priority allows port based priorities. You can designate the priority for the receiving por...

54 VLANs are assigned. x IGMP Snooping relates to the protocol IGMP. IGMP enables routers to create lists of devices that are members of multicast groups. A multicast group might consist of all users that want to see the company yearly meeting on video. Video is a multicast application. IGMP snoopin...

55 Figure 4-12. Switch Port Configuration Menu x Port Description - Sixteen characters can be entered to identify the port. x Administration State - When set to Disable, the port is inoperable and no devices can access the switch through the port. The administrator must then enable the port in order...

56 x Bandwidth Management - Eight levels of speed control facilitate the management of bandwidth. Configuration of receive and transmit control of each port is independent. You can set the port to transmit and/or receive at the provisioned speed or none for full wire speed. Configuration takes effec...

57 x Trunk Group 1: o 2 Ports: 1, 2 o 4 Ports: 1, 2, 3, 4 o 8 Ports: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 x Trunk Group 2: o 2 Ports: 9, 10 o 4 Ports: 9, 10, 11, 12 o 8 Ports: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 x Trunk Group 3: o 2 Ports: 17, 18 o 4 Ports: 17, 18, 19, 20 o 6 Ports: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 x Tru...

58 x Change the Disable Status to Enable . x Choose " Submit " button. Permanent Address Configuration You can Add, Modify, or Delete Static Unicast Address by selecting entries from the following screen. Figure 4-15. Static Unicast Address in Permanent Address Configuration Menu Enter the M...

59 Figure 4-16. Static Multicast Address Configuration in Permanent Address Configuration Menu In the Static Multicast Configuration Menu screen, you can add member(s) to the group by checking the port(s). Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration Spanning Tree is a link management protocol that provides...

60 Figure 4-17. Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration Menu If you enable the Spanning Tree Protocol, you must complete the Priority and Time fields with appropriate values or use defaults . In this screen, you can assign spanning priority and path cost to any port. A port with higher priority and low...

61 In this screen you can assign spanning Priority and Path Cost to any port. A port with higher priority and lower path cost is less likely to be blocked if Spanning Tree Protocol is detecting network loop. x STP Port Priority - Range is 0 to 255. This parameter is used by STP to determine the port...

62 VLAN Configuration Figure 4-20. Port Based VLAN Configuration Menu ( S ) – Port(s) is set as static (fixed) member of the VLAN. ( D ) – Port(s) is set as static (fixed) member of the VLAN and can be registered as a dynamic VLAN member as well. ( C ) – Port(s) is being both a static member and a d...

64 Figure 4-21. Static VLAN Configuration Menu Dynamic VLAN Table Menu Figure 4-22. Dynamic VLAN Table This screen displays the VLAN mapping for port(s) that join the VLAN(s) through Dynamic VLAN Registration.

65 Figure 4-23. Untagged Configuration Menu All ports are set by default as Untagged in this switch, to change port(s) to Tagged just pick the port number you desire and select “ No ” from the Port Map. Figure 4-24. MTU/MDU Per Port VLAN Table in The VLAN Configuration Menu This screen as above only...

66 Figure 4-25. Port Based VLAN Configuration in the VLAN Configuration Menu Select the VLAN entry to create, modify, or delete the VLAN group. Then mark as ( Y )es to belong to certain VLAN group(s) or ( N )o to not belong to that VLAN.. GARP Configuration Figure 4-26. GARP Configuration Menu

67 GARP (Generic Attribute Registration Protocol) defines the architecture, rules of operation, state machines and variables for the registration and de-registration of attribute values. It allows dynamic filter entries for VLAN membership to be distributed among the Forwarding Databases of VLAN-awa...

68 disrupting network performance. This lookup table reflects the multicast group(s) (up to 32) configuration of your system and provides an overview of the port(s) map to each multicast group. User Authentication Figure 4-28. User Authentication Menu You can change the password setting in the User ...

69 System Utility System Restart Figure 4-29. System Restart Menu Either a Cold Start or Warm Start needs to be executed to have the changes saved and keep in effect until you make another change. Factory Reset Figure 4-30. Factory Reset Menu This menu lets you to reset a certain portion of the curr...

70 all parameters of the all VLAN configuration is reset and only the one default VLAN is in effect as it was configured from the factory. No other switch configuration is changed. In order to do a complete system reset, every one of the 6 items in the menu need to be reset. Login Timeout Interval F...

71 Figure 4-31. System Download Menu TFTP downloads the code for the switch to perform a software upgrade. The switch supports two different upgrade modules: BOOT ROM and System Software. These two upgrades can be done concurrently or one after the other. After flash upgrading the switch's system so...

72 5. Network Configuration This section provides you a few samples of network topology in which the MIL-S3580 is used. The Switch provides versatile configuration options for the network. It is ideally suited as a workgroup or segment Switch in a network; it has the flexibility to provide switched ...

73 Figure 5-1. Collapsed Backbone Application Departmental Bridge For enterprise networks where large data broadcasts are constantly processed, this switch is an ideal solution for department users to connect to the corporate backbone. The MIL-S3580 used as a segment switch can alleviate user conten...

74 Figure 5-2: Departmental Bridge Application N N N O O O T T T E E E : : : Full-duplex operation only applies to point-to-point access (for example, when attaching the switch to a workstation, server, or another switch). When connecting to hubs, use a standard cascaded connection set for half-dupl...

75 The switch can provide the same bandwidth of FDDI and ATM at much lower costs. In addition, all current adapters and network devices can still be used. The switching cross-domain connection is better than bridge and router because users can retain LAN structure in which any node can freely commun...

76 Hence, group members can coordinate their data communication requirements regardless of the actual working locations; and the logical network can extend to any point you want it to. Moreover, VLAN groups can be modified at any time to add, move or change users without any re-cabling. Figure 5-4: ...

77 In this example, stations on different VLANs share resources. As a result, VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 can access VLAN 3 for printing. The broadcasts from ports configured in VLAN3 can be seen by all VLAN port members of VLAN3.

78 6. Product Specifications This section provides the specifications of MIL-S3580 switch, and the following table lists them. Standards Compliance IEEE802.3 10BASE-T IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX and 100BASE-FX IEEE802.3ab 1000BASE-T IEEE802.3z 1000BASE-SX IEEE802.3x Flow Control IEEE802.1p Priority Suppor...