Moxa EDS-408A - Manual

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Inside the Future of Industrial Ethernet Technology The trend in industrial communications and automation applications As the world’s network and information technology becomes more mature, the trend is to use Ethernet as the major communications i...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Optional Accessories y DR-4524 — 45W/2A DIN-Rail 24 VDC Power Supply with 85 to 264 VAC input y DR-75-24 — 75W/3.2A DIN-Rail 24 VDC Power Supply with 85 to 264 VAC input y DR-120-24 — 120W/5A DIN-Rail 24 VDC Power Supply with 88 to 132 VAC/176 to 2...

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter explains how to access your Moxa EtherDevice Switch for the first time. There are three ways to access the switch: serial console, Telnet console, and web browser. The serial console connection method, which requires using a short serial cable to connect th...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-5 Configuration Using a Telnet Console You may use Telnet to access the EDS’s console utility over a network. To be able to access the EDS’s functions over the network (using Telnet or a Web Browser) from a PC host that is connected to the same LA...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-6 3. The Console login screen will be displayed. Press Enter to open the Account pop-up selector and then select either admin or user . Use the keyboard’s down arrow to move the cursor to the Password field, enter the Console Password (this is the...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-7 NOTE Before accessing the EDS’s web browser interface, first connect one of the EDS’s RJ45 Ethernet ports to your Ethernet LAN, or directly to your PC’s Ethernet NIC. You can establish a connection with either a straight-through or cross-over Et...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-8 Disabling Telnet and Browser Access If you are connecting the EDS to a public network, but do not intend to use its management functions over the network, then we suggest disabling both Telnet Console and Web Configuration from the RS-232 Consol...

3 3 Chapter 3 Featured Functions This chapter explains how to access a Moxa EtherDevice Switch’s various configuration, monitoring, and administration functions. There are three ways to access these functions: serial console, Telnet console, and web browser. The serial console connection method, whi...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-2 Configuring Basic Settings The Basic Settings group includes the most commonly used settings required by administrators to maintain and control the EDS. System Identification The system identification items are displayed at the top of the web...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-4 Accessible IP An IP address-based filtering method to control access to EDS switches. Accessible IP Settings allows you to add or remove Legal remote host IP addresses to prevent unauthorized access. Access to the EDS is controlled by IP addr...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-5 Port Port settings are included to give the user control over Port Access, Port Transmission Speed, Flow Control, and Port Type (MDI or MDIX). An explanation of each configuration item is given below. (NOTE: The user interface for the EDS-408...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-6 Port Transmission Speed Setting Description Factory Default Auto Allows the port to use the IEEE 802.3u protocol to negotiate with connected devices. The port and connected devices will determinethe best speed for that connection. 100M-Full 1...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-8 Time The Time configuration page lets users set the time, date, and other settings. An explanation of each setting is given below the figure. The EDS has a time calibration function based on information from an NTP server or user specified Ti...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-9 End Date Setting Description Factory Default User adjustable date. TheEnd Date parameter allows users to enter the date that daylight saving time ends. None Offset Setting Description Factory Default User adjustable hour. The offset parameter...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-10 NOTE The proprietary “Turbo Ring” protocol (recovery time < 300 ms) was developed by Moxa in 2003 to provide better network reliability and faster recovery time for redundant ring topologies. The “Turbo Ring V2” protocol (recovery time &l...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-11 NOTE If you upgrade the firmware of your EDS from Turbo Ring to Turbo Ring V2, but do not reset the switch to factory defaults, the DIP switches will be set to configure the EDS for a “Turbo Ring” ring. If you reset the switch to factory def...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-12 NOTE The DIP 1 setting will only be active if DIP 3 is in the ON position. If you set DIP 3 to OFF, then the default Ring Coupling port will NOT be enabled, even if DIP 1 is ON. Protocol Default Turbo Ring Ports Default Ring Coupling Port(s)...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-13 TFTP Server IP/Name Setting Description Factory Default IP Address of the TFTP Server The IP or name of the remote TFTP server. Must be set up before downloading or uploading files. None Configuration Files Path and Name Setting Description ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-14 Upload Configuration Data To import the configuration file of the EDS, click Browse to select the configuration file already saved on your computer. The upgrade procedure will proceed automatically after you click Import . System File Update...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-15 The Factory Default function is included to give users a quick way of restoring the EDS’s configuration settings to their factory default values. This function can be accessed from either the telnet/RS-232 Console, or Web Browser interface. ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-16 SNMP Read/Write Settings SNMP Versions Setting Description Factory Default V1, V2c, V3 Select SNMP protocol versions V1, V2c, V3 to manage the switch V1, V2c Select SNMP protocol versions V1, V2c to manage the switch V3 only Select only SNMP...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-17 Admin Auth. Type (for SNMP V1, V2c, V3, and V3 only) Setting Description Factory Default No-Auth Use admin account to access objects. No authentication No MD5- Auth Provide authentication based on the HMAC-MD5 algorithms. 8-character passwor...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-18 Trap Community Setting Description Factory Default character string Use a community string match for authentication; Maximum of 30 characters. public Private MIB information Switch Object ID Setting Description Factory Default 8691.7.1 The E...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-20 “Turbo Ring” rings with an odd number of EDS units Master Segment N+1 If there are 2N+1 EDS units (an odd number) in the “Turbo Ring” ring, with EDS units and segments labeled counterclockwise, then segment N+1 will serve as the backup path....

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-22 ATTENTION Ring Coupling only needs to be enabled on one of the switches serving as the Ring Coupler. The Coupler must designate different ports as the two Turbo Ring ports and the coupling port. NOTE You do not need to use the same EDS unit ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-23 Configuring “Turbo Ring” and “Turbo Ring V2” Use the Communication Redundancy page to configure select “Turbo Ring” or “Turbo Ring V2.” Note that configuration pages for these two protocols are different. Configuring “Turbo Ring” Explanation...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-27 Coupling Mode Setting Description Factory Default Dual Homing Select this item to change to the Dual Homing configuration page EDS-408A Primary Port: port 5 Backup Port: port 6 EDS-405A Primary Port: port 2 Backup Port: port 3 Ring Coupling ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-28 y The topology of a bridged network will be determined much more quickly compared to STP. y RSTP is backward compatible with STP, making it relatively easy to deploy. For example: ¾ Defaults to sending 802.1D style BPDUs if packets with this...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-29 What happens if a link failure is detected? As shown in next figure, the STP process reconfigures the network so that traffic from LAN segment 2 flows through Bridge B. STP determines which path between each bridged segment is most efficient...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-30 y Each port has a cost that specifies the efficiency of each link. The efficieny cost is usually determined by the bandwidth of the link, with less efficient links assigned a higher cost. The following table shows the default port costs for ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-31 STP Example The LAN shown below has three segments, with adjacent segments connected using two possible links. The various STP factors, such as Cost, Root Port, Designated Bridge Port, and Blocked Port are shown in the figure. Bridge A LAN S...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-32 has a port cost of 100 and is automatically blocked because the other Switch-to-Switch connections have a port cost of 36 (18+18). This means that both VLANs are now subdivided—VLAN 1 on Switch units A and B cannot communicate with VLAN 1 on...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-34 Max. Age (sec.) Setting Description Factory Default Numerical value input by user If this device is not the root, and it has not received a hello message from the root in an amount of time equal to Max. Age , then this device will reconfigur...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-35 [Eq. 4]: 2 * (Hello Time + 1 sec) ≦ Max. Age ≦ 2 * (Forwarding Delay – 1 sec) The EDS’s firmware will alert you immediately if any of these restrictions are violated. For example, setting Hello Time = 5 sec, Max. Age = 20 sec, and Forwarding...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-38 Configuring Traffic Prioritization QoS Classification The EDS supports inspection of layer 3 TOS and/or layer 2 QoS tag information to determine how to classify traffic packets. (NOTE: The user interface for the EDS-408A shows 8 ports.) Queu...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-40 TOS/DiffServ Mapping Setting Description Factory Default Low/Normal/ Medium/High Set the mapping table of different TOS values to 4 different egress queues. 1 to 16: Low 17 to 32: Normal 33 to 48: Medium 49 to 64: High Using Virtual LANs Set...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-41 Benefits of VLANs The main benefit of VLANs is that they provide a network segmentation system that is far more flexible than traditional networks. Using VLANs also provides you with three other benefits: y VLANs ease the relocation of devic...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-43 Using Rate Limiting A single device should not be allowed to occupy unlimited bandwidth, especially when the device malfunctions. For example, broadcast storms could be caused by an incorrect topology or malfunctioning device. The EDS-408A/4...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-44 Rate of Low Priority Queue Setting Description Factory Default 128K, 256K, 512K, 1M, 2M, 4M, 8M Set the threshold of traffic of limited packets in the EDS’s low priority queue. 8M Rate of Normal Priority Queue Setting Description Factory Def...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-45 2. Configuring Email Settings To configure the EDS’s email setup from the Console interface or browser interface, enter your Mail Server IP/Name (IP address or name), Account Name, Account Password, Retype New Password, and the email address...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-46 Port Event Warning e-mail is sent when… Link-on The port is connected to another device. Link-off The port is disconnected (e.g., the cable is pulled out, or the opposing device shuts down). Traffic-Overload The port’s traffic surpasses the ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-47 Mail Server IP/Name Setting Description Factory Default IP address The IP Address of your email server. None Account Name Setting Description Factory Default Max. 45 Charters Your email account. None Password Setting Setting Description Fact...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-48 2. Activate your settings After configuring, you will need to activate your EDS’s Relay Event Types. Relay Warning Events Settings NOTE: The user interface for the EDS-408A shows 8 ports. Event Types Event Types can be divided into two basic...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-49 Port Event Warning e-mail is sent when… Link-on The port is connected to another device. Link-off The port is disconnected (e.g., the cable is pulled out, or the opposing device shuts down). Traffic-Overload The port’s traffic surpasses the ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-50 Configuring Line-Swap Fast Recovery Enable Line-Swap-Fast-Recovery Setting Description Factory Default Enable/Disable Select this setting to enable the Line-Swap-Fast-Recovery function Enable Using Set Device IP To reduce the effort required...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-51 STEP 3 Be sure to activate your settings before exiting. • When using the Web Browser interface, activate by clicking the Activate button. • When using the Console utility, activate by first highlighting the Activate menu option, and then pr...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-52 Do the following to set up the Mirror Port function: STEP 1 Configure the EDS’s Mirror Port function from either the Console utility or Web Browser interface. You will need to configure three settings: Monitored Port Select the port number o...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-53 Using the Monitor You can monitor statistics in real time from the EDS’s web console and serial console. Monitor by Switch Access the Monitor by selecting System from the left selection bar. Monitor by System allows the user to view a graph ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-54 Using the MAC Address Table This section explains the information provided by the EDS’s MAC address table. The MAC Address table can be configured to display the following EDS MAC address groups. ALL Select this item to show all EDS MAC addr...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual Featured Functions 3-55 Using Event Log Bootup This field shows how many times the EDS has been rebooted or cold started. Date The date is updated based on how the current date is set in the “Basic Setting” page. Time The time is updated based on how the current ti...

4 4 Chapter 4 EDS Configurator GUI EDS Configurator is a comprehensive Windows-based GUI that is used to configure and maintain multiple Moxa EtherDevice Switches. A suite of useful utilities is available to help you locate EDS switches attached to the same LAN as the PC host (regardless of whether ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-2 Starting EDS Configurator To start EDS Configurator, locate and then run the executable file edscfgui.exe . NOTE You may download the EDS Configurator software from Moxa’s website at www.moxa.com. For example, if the file was placed on the ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-3 Once the search is complete, the Configurator window will display a list of all switches that were located. Search by IP address This utility is used to search for EDSs one at a time. Note that the search is conducted by IP address, so you ...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-4 4. Click Open to navigate to the folder that contains the firmware upgrade file, and then click the correct “*.rom” file ( eds.rom in the example shown below) to select the file. Click Open to activate the upgrade process. Modify IP Address...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-5 Export Configuration The Export Configuration utility is used to save the entire configuration of a particular EDS to a text file. Do the following to export a configuration: 1. Highlight the switch (from the Server list in the Configurator...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-6 Import Configuration The Import Configuration function is used to import an entire configuration from a text file to the EDS. This utility can be used to transfer the configuration from one EDS to another, by first using the Export Configur...

EDS-408A/405A Series User’s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4-7 4. Click Yes in response to the following warning message to accept the new settings. Unlock Server The Unlock Server function is used to open a password protected switch so that the user can modify its configuration, import/export a config...

A A Appendix A MIB Groups Moxa EtherDevice Switches come with built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software that supports cold/warm start trap, line up/down trap, and RFC 1213 MIB-II. The standard MIB groups that the EDS-408A/405A support are: MIB II.1 – System Group MIB II.2 – I...

B B Appendix B Specifications Technology Standards IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.3x, 802.1D, 802.1w, 802.1p Protocols SNMP V1/V2c/V3, DHCP Server/Client, BootP, RMON, TFTP, SNTP, SMTP, RARP and EDS-SNMP OPC server Pro (Optional) MIB MIB-II, Ethernet-Like MIB, P-BRIDGE MIB, RMON MIB Group 1, 2, 3, 9, MIB, B...