Page 3 - About This User's Guide; Intended Audience
About This User's Guide MES-2110 User’s Guide 3 About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for people who want to configure the MES-2110 using the web configurator. Related Documentation • Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference Guide Line commands offer an alternative to the w...
Page 4 - Customer Support
About This User's Guide MES-2110 User’s Guide 4 • Download Library Search for the latest product updates and documentation from this link. Read the Tech Doc Overview to find out how to efficiently use the User Guide, Quick Start Guide and Command Line Interface Reference Guide in order to better und...
Page 5 - Document Conventions; Warnings and Notes; Warnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device.; Syntax Conventions
Document Conventions MES-2110 User’s Guide 5 Document Conventions Warnings and Notes These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User’s Guide. Warnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device. Note: Notes tell you other important information (for example, other things you may...
Page 6 - Icons Used in Figures
Document Conventions MES-2110 User’s Guide 6 Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’s Guide may use the following generic icons. The MES-2110 icon is not an exact representation of your device. The MES-2110 Computer Notebook computer Server DSLAM Firewall Telephone Router
Page 7 - Safety Warnings
Safety Warnings MES-2110 User’s Guide 7 Safety Warnings • Do NOT use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. • Do NOT expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids.• Do NOT store things on the device.• Do NOT install, use, or service this device d...
Page 9 - Contents Overview
Contents Overview MES-2110 User’s Guide 9 Contents Overview Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 19 Hardware Installation and Connection .............................................................
Page 11 - Table of Contents
Table of Contents MES-2110 User’s Guide 11 Table of Contents About This User's Guide .......................................................................................................... 3 Document Conventions.........................................................................................
Page 19 - H A P T E R; Introduction
MES-2110 User’s Guide 19 C H A P T E R 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the MES-2110. The MES-2110 is a layer-2 standalone Ethernet switch with additional layer-2, layer-3, and layer-4 features suitable for metro ethernets. The MES-2110 has ei...
Page 21 - High Performance Switching Example
Chapter 1 Introduction MES-2110 User’s Guide 21 1.1.3 High Performance Switching Example The MES-2110 is ideal for connecting two networks that need high bandwidth. In the following example, use trunking to connect these two networks. Switching to higher-speed LANs such as ATM (Asynchronous Transmis...
Page 24 - Good Habits for Managing the MES-2110
Chapter 1 Introduction MES-2110 User’s Guide 24 1.3 Good Habits for Managing the MES-2110 Do the following things regularly to make the MES-2110 more secure and to manage the MES-2110 more effectively. • Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different type...
Page 25 - Hardware Installation and; Installation Scenarios; Desktop Installation Procedure
MES-2110 User’s Guide 25 C H A P T E R 2 Hardware Installation and Connection 2.1 Installation Scenarios This chapter shows you how to install and connect the MES-2110. The MES-2110 can be placed on a desktop or rack-mounted on a standard EIA rack. Use the rubber feet in a desktop installation and t...
Page 26 - Failure to use the proper screws may damage the unit.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Connection MES-2110 User’s Guide 26 5 Attach the rubber feet to each corner on the bottom of the MES-2110. These rubber feet help protect the MES-2110 from shock or vibration and ensure space between devices when stacking. Figure 6 Attaching Rubber Feet Note: Do N...
Page 29 - Hardware Overview
MES-2110 User’s Guide 29 C H A P T E R 3 Hardware Overview This chapter describes the front panel and rear panel of the MES-2110 and shows you how to make the hardware connections. 3.1 Front Panel The following figure shows the front panel of the MES-2110. Figure 9 Front Panel Ethernet Ports Dual Pe...
Page 33 - Power Connections Overview
Chapter 3 Hardware Overview MES-2110 User’s Guide 33 3 Pull the transceiver out of the slot. Figure 12 Removing the Fiber Optic Cables Figure 13 Opening the Transceiver’s Latch Example Figure 14 Transceiver Removal Example 3.2 Power Connections Overview Use the following procedures to connect the ME...
Page 37 - Tutorials
MES-2110 User’s Guide 37 C H A P T E R 4 Tutorials 4.1 IGMP Snooping IGMP snooping allows a layer-2 device such as the MES-2110 to eavesdrop on IGMP-based data packets traversing the communications channel on layer-3. This allows it to determine which ports should specifically receive multicast traf...
Page 38 - RADIUS Configuration
Chapter 4 Tutorials MES-2110 User’s Guide 38 3 Set IGMP Query Mode to Auto. 4 Set the Static Query field for port 10 to Enable. 5 Click Apply. The new settings appear in the IGMP Status table. 6 Click Save Settings in the navigation panel to store the changes permanently. 4.2 RADIUS Configuration RA...
Page 41 - MVR Configuration
Chapter 4 Tutorials MES-2110 User’s Guide 41 6 Click Save Settings in the navigation panel to store the changes permanently. 4.3 MVR Configuration MVR manages multicast traffic from an upstream VLAN on a multicast server to downstream subscribers in the same VLAN group. This allows you to regulate b...
Page 44 - VLAN ID Priority
Chapter 4 Tutorials MES-2110 User’s Guide 44 4.4 VLAN ID Priority This tutorial assigns port 1 as a tagged port for VLAN 1 and sets the priority of all incoming packets from VLAN 1 to priority 3. Note: Make sure your Configuration > VLAN Menu > VLAN Type is set to Tag- Based(802.1q) before pro...
Page 45 - Untrusted ARP Inspection
Chapter 4 Tutorials MES-2110 User’s Guide 45 7 Click Save Settings in the navigation panel to store the changes permanently. 4.5 Untrusted ARP Inspection This tutorial shows you how to assign port 1 to 8 as untrusted for ARP inspection. Generally if you want to enable ARP inspection on the device yo...
Page 47 - Outgoing Traffic Bandwidth
Chapter 4 Tutorials MES-2110 User’s Guide 47 4.6 Outgoing Traffic Bandwidth This tutorial shows you how to set the outgoing traffic bandwidth limit to 1 Mbps for Port 2. To configure outgoing traffic bandwidth: 1 Open the Configuration > Bandwidth Control screen. 2 Set the Port Number to Port 2. ...
Page 51 - The Web Configurator; System Login
MES-2110 User’s Guide 51 C H A P T E R 5 The Web Configurator 5.1 Introduction This section introduces the configuration and functions of the web configurator. The web configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy MES-2110 setup and management via Internet browser. Use Internet...
Page 53 - The Main Screen
Chapter 5 The Web Configurator MES-2110 User’s Guide 53 5.3 The Main Screen The Main screen is the first screen that displays when you access the web configurator. The following figure shows the navigating components of a web configurator screen. Figure 17 Web Configurator Main Screen A - Click the ...
Page 58 - Set Up the Administrative Password; Saving Your Configuration
Chapter 5 The Web Configurator MES-2110 User’s Guide 58 5.3.1 Set Up the Administrative Password After you log in for the first time, it is recommended you set up an administrator password. Click Mgmt Config > User Config to display the next screen. Enter a password for the admin account and clic...
Page 59 - Switch Lockout
Chapter 5 The Web Configurator MES-2110 User’s Guide 59 5.5 Switch Lockout You could block yourself (and all others) from using in-band-management (managing through the data ports) if you do one of the following: 1 Delete the management VLAN (default is VLAN 1). 2 Delete all port-based VLANs with th...
Page 61 - System Details; The System Information Screen
MES-2110 User’s Guide 61 C H A P T E R 6 System Details 6.1 Overview The System Details screens show general system information about the MES-2110. You can also use the screens to configure system and DHCP client settings. 6.2 The System Information Screen Click System Details > System Info. to o...
Page 62 - The Board Information Screen
Chapter 6 System Details MES-2110 User’s Guide 62 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 6.3 The Board Information Screen Use this screen to view the hardware and firmware information. Click System Details > Board Info. to open the following screen. Figure 21 System Details >...
Page 63 - The DHCP Configuration Screen
Chapter 6 System Details MES-2110 User’s Guide 63 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 6.4 The DHCP Configuration Screen Use this screen to turn on or off the DHCP client. Click System Details > DHCP Config to open the following screen. Figure 22 System Details > DHCP Confi...
Page 65 - Configuration; The Port Configuration Screen
MES-2110 User’s Guide 65 C H A P T E R 7 Configuration 7.1 Overview The Configuration screens let you configure the MES-2110 settings. 7.2 The Port Configuration Screen Use this screen to configure MES-2110 port settings. You can assign a unique name to the ports, select its speed setting and enable...
Page 67 - The Port Status Screen
Chapter 7 Configuration MES-2110 User’s Guide 67 7.3 The Port Status Screen To view the port statistics, click Configuration > Port Status to display the Status screen as shown next. Figure 25 Configuration > Port Status The following table describes the labels in this screen. Duplex This indi...
Page 68 - The RMON Status Screen
Chapter 7 Configuration MES-2110 User’s Guide 68 7.4 The RMON Status Screen Use this screen to view individual port statistics. Click Configuration > Rmon Status to open the following screen. Figure 26 Configuration > Rmon Status The following table describes the labels in this screen. Speed T...
Page 71 - Loop Detection
MES-2110 User’s Guide 71 C H A P T E R 8 Loop Detection 8.1 Overview Loop detection allows you to configure the MES-2110 to shut down a port if it detects that frames sent out on that port loop back to the MES-2110. Loop detection is designed to handle loop problems on the edge of your network. This...
Page 72 - The Loop Detection Screen
Chapter 8 Loop Detection MES-2110 User’s Guide 72 The following figure shows a loop detection enabled port N on switch A sending a probe frame P to switch B. Since switch B is in loop state, the probe frame P returns to port N on A. The MES-2110 then shuts down port N to ensure that the rest of the ...
Page 75 - Jumbo Frame; The Jumbo Frame Configuration Screen
MES-2110 User’s Guide 75 C H A P T E R 9 Jumbo Frame 9.1 Overview Jumbo frames are Ethernet frames with a payload greater than 1500 bytes. Jumbo frames can enhance data transmission efficiency in a Gigabit network. 9.2 The Jumbo Frame Configuration Screen Use this screen to configure the jumbo frame...
Page 80 - x Radius Server Configuration Screen
Chapter 10 802.1x MES-2110 User’s Guide 80 10.3 802.1x Radius Server Configuration Screen Use this screen to configure the RADIUS server settings. Click Configuration > 802.1x > Radius Server Configuration in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown. Figure 33 Configuration > Rad...
Page 83 - x Radius Server Configuration Screen
Chapter 10 802.1x MES-2110 User’s Guide 83 10.5 802.1x Radius Server Configuration Screen Use this screen to view a summary of port authentication settings on the MES-2110 and in each individual ports. Click Configuration > 802.1x > 802.1x Status in the navigation panel to display the screen a...
Page 84 - Technical Reference
Chapter 10 802.1x MES-2110 User’s Guide 84 10.6 Technical Reference This section provides technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter. 10.6.1 RADIUS and TACACS+ RADIUS and TACACS+ are security protocols used to authenticate users by means of an external server instead o...
Page 85 - Attributes Used for Authentication; Attributes Used for Authenticating Privilege Access
Chapter 10 802.1x MES-2110 User’s Guide 85 Refer to RFC 2865 for more information about RADIUS attributes used for authentication. Refer to RFC 2866 and RFC 2869 for RADIUS attributes used for accounting. This section lists the attributes used by authentication and accounting functions on the MES-21...
Page 89 - Bridge
MES-2110 User’s Guide 89 C H A P T E R 11 Bridge 11.1 Overview The MES-2110 supports Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) as defined in the IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol standard. (R)STP detects and breaks network loops and provides backup links between switches, bridges or routers. It all...
Page 91 - The Bridge Configuration Screen
Chapter 11 Bridge MES-2110 User’s Guide 91 11.1.3 STP Port States STP assigns five port states to eliminate frame looping. A bridge port is not allowed to go directly from blocking state to forwarding state so as to eliminate transient loops. 11.2 The Bridge Configuration Screen Click Configuration ...
Page 92 - The RSTP System Configuration Screen
Chapter 11 Bridge MES-2110 User’s Guide 92 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 11.3 The RSTP System Configuration Screen You must first enable RSTP in the Bridge Configuration screen in order to open this screen. Click Configuration > Bridge Menu > RSTP System Config to op...
Page 95 - The Spanning Tree Port Configuration
Chapter 11 Bridge MES-2110 User’s Guide 95 11.4 The Spanning Tree Port Configuration Click Configuration > Bridge Menu > RSTP Per Port Config to open the following screen. Figure 38 Configuration > Bridge Menu > RSTP Per Port Config The following table describes the labels in this screen...
Page 97 - VLAN; Introduction to IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLANs
MES-2110 User’s Guide 97 C H A P T E R 1 2 VLAN 12.1 Overview This chapter shows you how to configure 802.1Q tagged and port-based VLANs. A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a network that is not limited by the physical location of a device (such as a switch). 12.2 Introduction to IEEE 802.1Q Tag...
Page 98 - Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames
Chapter 12 VLAN MES-2110 User’s Guide 98 12.2.1 Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames Each port on the MES-2110 is capable of passing tagged or untagged frames. To forward a frame from an 802.1Q VLAN-aware switch to an 802.1Q VLAN-unaware switch, the MES-2110 first decides where to forward the frame...
Page 99 - The VLAN Type Screen
Chapter 12 VLAN MES-2110 User’s Guide 99 12.3 The VLAN Type Screen Use this screen to select the VLAN type. Click Configuration > VLAN Menu > VLAN Type to open the following screen. Figure 39 Configuration > VLAN Menu > VLAN Type The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1...
Page 105 - The VLAN Stacking Configuration Screen
Chapter 12 VLAN MES-2110 User’s Guide 105 12.5.6 The VLAN Stacking Configuration Screen Use this screen to enable VLAN stacking on the MES-2110. Click Configuration > VLAN Menu > Tag-Based > VLAN Stacking to open the following screen. Figure 42 Configuration > VLAN Menu > Tag-Based &g...
Page 111 - Bandwidth Control; Bandwidth Control Setup
MES-2110 User’s Guide 111 C H A P T E R 1 3 Bandwidth Control 13.1 Overview Bandwidth control means defining a maximum allowable bandwidth for incoming and/or out-going traffic flows on a port. 13.2 Bandwidth Control Setup Click Configuration > Bandwidth Control in the navigation panel to bring u...
Page 113 - Broadcast Storm Control; Broadcast Storm Control Setup
MES-2110 User’s Guide 113 C H A P T E R 1 4 Broadcast Storm Control 14.1 Overview This chapter introduces and shows you how to configure the broadcast storm control feature. 14.2 Broadcast Storm Control Setup Broadcast storm control limits the number of broadcast, multicast and destination lookup fa...
Page 115 - Port Mirroring; Port Mirroring Setup
MES-2110 User’s Guide 115 C H A P T E R 1 5 Port Mirroring 15.1 Overview This chapter discusses port mirroring setup screens. 15.2 Port Mirroring Setup Port mirroring allows you to copy a traffic flow to a monitor port (the port you copy the traffic to) in order that you can examine the traffic from...
Page 117 - Link Aggregation; Dynamic Link Aggregation
MES-2110 User’s Guide 117 C H A P T E R 1 6 Link Aggregation 16.1 Overview Link aggregation (trunking) is the grouping of physical ports into one logical higher-capacity link. You may want to trunk ports if for example, it is cheaper to use multiple lower-speed links than to under-utilize a high-spe...
Page 118 - Static Trunking Example
Chapter 16 Link Aggregation MES-2110 User’s Guide 118 • You must connect all ports point-to-point to the same Ethernet switch and configure the ports for LACP trunking. • LACP only works on full-duplex links. • All ports in the same trunk group must have the same media type, speed, duplex mode and f...
Page 119 - Link Aggregation Setting
Chapter 16 Link Aggregation MES-2110 User’s Guide 119 2 Configure static trunking-Click Configuration > Trunk Config > Aggregator Setting. In this screen select the ports that should belong to trunk group 1 as shown in the figure below. Do not select the LACP option. Click Apply when you are d...
Page 120 - Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Chapter 16 Link Aggregation MES-2110 User’s Guide 120 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 16.5 Link Aggregation Control Protocol Click Configuration > Trunk Config > LACP Configuration to display the screen shown next. See Section 16.2 on page 117 for more information on d...
Page 121 - LACP Link Status
Chapter 16 Link Aggregation MES-2110 User’s Guide 121 16.6 LACP Link Status Click Configuration > Trunk Config > LACP Link Status in the navigation panel to open the following screen. Figure 53 Configuration > Trunk Config > LACP Link Status The following table describes the labels in th...
Page 123 - IGMP
MES-2110 User’s Guide 123 C H A P T E R 1 7 IGMP 17.1 Overview Traditionally, IP frames are transmitted in one of either two ways - Unicast (1 sender to 1 recipient) or Broadcast (1 sender to everybody on the network). Multicast delivers IP frames to just a group of hosts on the network. IGMP (Inter...
Page 124 - IGMP Configuration
Chapter 17 IGMP MES-2110 User’s Guide 124 17.1.3 IGMP Snooping and VLANs The MES-2110 can perform IGMP snooping on up to 16 VLANs. You can configure the MES-2110 to automatically learn multicast group membership of any VLANs. The MES-2110 then performs IGMP snooping on the first 16 VLANs that send I...
Page 129 - General MVR Configuration
Chapter 17 IGMP MES-2110 User’s Guide 129 an entry is created in the forwarding table on the MES-2110. This maps the subscriber VLAN to the list of forwarding destinations for the specified multicast traffic. When the subscriber changes the channel or turns off the computer, an IGMP leave message is...
Page 131 - MVR Group Configuration
Chapter 17 IGMP MES-2110 User’s Guide 131 17.6 MVR Group Configuration All source ports and receiver ports belonging to a multicast group can receive multicast data sent to this multicast group. Configure MVR IP multicast group address(es) in the Group Configuration screen. Click Group Configuration...
Page 137 - DHCP Relay Configuration
MES-2110 User’s Guide 137 C H A P T E R 1 8 DHCP Relay Configuration 18.1 Overview Configure DHCP relay on the MES-2110 if the DHCP clients and the DHCP server are not in the same broadcast domain. During the initial IP address leasing, the MES-2110 helps to relay network information (such as the IP...
Page 138 - DHCP Relay Configuration
Chapter 18 DHCP Relay Configuration MES-2110 User’s Guide 138 18.2 DHCP Relay Configuration This screen allows you to configure the DHCP Relay Agent, which sends messages between DHCP clients and DHCP servers on different IP networks. Click Configuration > DHCP Relay Configuration to open this sc...
Page 141 - IP Source Guard
MES-2110 User’s Guide 141 C H A P T E R 1 9 IP Source Guard 19.1 Overview IP source guard uses a binding table to distinguish between authorized and unauthorized DHCP and ARP frames in your network. A binding contains these key attributes: • MAC address• VLAN ID• IP address• Port number When the MES...
Page 143 - DHCP Snooping Configuration
Chapter 19 IP Source Guard MES-2110 User’s Guide 143 3 Configure static bindings. 19.2 DHCP Snooping Configuration Use this screen to enable DHCP snooping on the MES-2110 and specify whether ports are trusted or untrusted ports for DHCP snooping. To open this screen, click Configuration > IP Sour...
Page 145 - DHCP Binding Table
Chapter 19 IP Source Guard MES-2110 User’s Guide 145 19.3 DHCP Binding Table Bindings are used by DHCP snooping and ARP inspection to distinguish between authorized and unauthorized frames in the network. The MES-2110 learns the bindings by snooping DHCP frames (dynamic bindings) and from informatio...
Page 147 - The ARP Inspection Screen
Chapter 19 IP Source Guard MES-2110 User’s Guide 147 19.4 The ARP Inspection Screen Use ARP inspection to filter unauthorized ARP frames on the network. This can prevent many kinds of man-in-the-middle attacks, such as the one in the following example. Figure 68 Example: Man-in-the-middle Attack In ...
Page 151 - MAC
MES-2110 User’s Guide 151 C H A P T E R 2 0 MAC 20.1 Overview The MAC Table screen (a MAC table is also known as a filtering database) shows how frames are forwarded or filtered across the MES-2110’s ports. It shows what device MAC address, belonging to what VLAN group (if any) is forwarded to which...
Page 152 - The MAC Table Status Screen
Chapter 20 MAC MES-2110 User’s Guide 152 • If the MES-2110 has already learned the port for this MAC address, but the destination port is the same as the port it came in on, then it filters the frame. Figure 70 MAC Table Flowchart 20.2 The MAC Table Status Screen Use this screen to configure the MAC...
Page 153 - The Lock MAC Address Learning Screen
Chapter 20 MAC MES-2110 User’s Guide 153 20.3 The Lock MAC Address Learning Screen Use this screen to configure the MAC address learning settings. Click Configuration > MAC Menu > Lock Learning MAC to open the following screen. Figure 72 Configuration > MAC Menu > Lock Learning MAC Undo ...
Page 154 - The MAC Filter Configuration Screen
Chapter 20 MAC MES-2110 User’s Guide 154 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 20.4 The MAC Filter Configuration Screen Use this screen to configure and view the MAC filter settings. Click Configuration > MAC Menu > MAC Filter Config to open the following screen. Figure 73 C...
Page 156 - The MAC Limit Configuration Screen
Chapter 20 MAC MES-2110 User’s Guide 156 20.5 The MAC Limit Configuration Screen Use this screen to limit the number of MAC addresses that can be learned on a port. Click Configuration > MAC Menu > MAC Limit Config to open the following screen. Figure 74 Configuration > MAC Menu > MAC Li...
Page 157 - QoS; The QoS Base Configuration Screen; All High Before Low Queuing
MES-2110 User’s Guide 157 C H A P T E R 2 1 QoS 21.1 Overview Quality of Service (QoS) is used to prioritize source-to-destination traffic flows. All frames in the flow are given the same priority. You can use QoS to give different priorities to different frame types to solve performance degradation...
Page 158 - Configuring the Base Configuration Screen
Chapter 21 QoS MES-2110 User’s Guide 158 handle. Queues with larger weights get more service than queues with smaller weights. This queuing mechanism is highly efficient in that it divides any available bandwidth across the different traffic queues and returns to queues that have not yet emptied. 21...
Page 161 - The Tag Priority Table; The IP DSCP Priority Table
Chapter 21 QoS MES-2110 User’s Guide 161 21.4 The Tag Priority Table Click Configuration > QoS Menu > Tag Priority to open the following screen. Figure 77 Configuration > QoS Menu > Tag Priority The following table describes the labels in this screen. 21.5 The IP DSCP Priority Table Diff...
Page 163 - The Priority Override Configuration Screen
Chapter 21 QoS MES-2110 User’s Guide 163 21.6 The Priority Override Configuration Screen Use this screen to apply the QoS settings of the MES-2110 to its DHCP clients. The MES-2110 ignores the priority levels assigned to the transmitted frames on the ports, source MAC addresses and destination MAC a...
Page 165 - Mgmt Config and System; The Serial Port Configuration Screen
MES-2110 User’s Guide 165 C H A P T E R 2 2 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu 22.1 Overview This chapter explains how to configure the screens that let you maintain the firmware and configuration files. 22.2 The Serial Port Configuration Screen Use this screen to view the parameters for local mana...
Page 166 - The SNMP Configuration Screens
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 166 22.3 The SNMP Configuration Screens Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application layer protocol used to manage and monitor TCP/IP-based devices. SNMP is used to exchange management information between the network...
Page 168 - The SNTP Screen
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 168 managers. Use this screen to configure the trap manager settings. Click Mgmt Config > SNMP Config > IP Trap Manager to open the following screen. Figure 83 Mgmt Config > SNMP Config > IP Trap Manager The following t...
Page 170 - Alarms and Logs
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 170 22.5 Alarms and Logs Use this screen to configure the mail server, the syslog and alarm settings. Click Mgmt Config > Email Alarm & SYSLog Config to open the following screen. Figure 85 Mgmt Config > Email Alarm &...
Page 172 - The User Configuration Screen
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 172 22.6 The User Configuration Screen Use this screen to configure user names, passwords and access right for up to five user accounts. Click Mgmt Config > User Config to open the following screen. Note: It is recommended that ...
Page 173 - The Cable Test Screen
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 173 22.7 The Cable Test Screen Use this feature to diagnose the connection on each port. Click Mgmt Config > Cable Test to open a dialogue box asking for your confirmation. Click OK to start the test. The test results are shown ...
Page 174 - The Host DoS Protection
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 174 22.8 The Host DoS Protection You can specify a group of one or more “trusted computers” from which an administrator may use a service to manage the MES-2110. When you turn on this feature, only the trusted IP addresses listed i...
Page 175 - The Port Abnormal Traffic Detection Screen
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 175 22.9 The Port Abnormal Traffic Detection Screen This MES-2110 can detect excessive broadcasts or transmission load on a port and temporarily or permanently block traffic transmission on each port. Use this screen to configure t...
Page 176 - Upgrading the Firmware
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 176 22.10 Upgrading the Firmware Make sure you have downloaded (and unzipped) the correct model firmware and version to your computer before uploading to the device. Be sure to upload the correct model firmware as uploading the wro...
Page 177 - Managing the Configuration File
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 177 Click Mgmt Config > Firmware Download to open the following screen. Figure 90 Mgmt Config > Firmware Download Type the path and file name of the firmware file you wish to upload to the MES-2110 in the File Name field or c...
Page 178 - Restarting the System
Chapter 22 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu MES-2110 User’s Guide 178 22.12 Restarting the System Click System Restart Menu > Restart Option to open the following screen. Use the Restore button to load the factory default settings, or use the Reset button to restart the system without physical...
Page 179 - Command Line Interface
MES-2110 User’s Guide 179 C H A P T E R 2 3 Command Line Interface 23.1 Overview This chapter introduces the MES-2110’s command line interface (CLI). 23.1.1 Console Port Management To manage the MES-2110 using the CLI: 1 Connect your computer to the console port on the MES-2110 using the appropriate...
Page 183 - Privileged Command Mode
Chapter 23 Command Line Interface MES-2110 User’s Guide 183 23.6 Privileged Command Mode When in Privileged mode, the command prompt is as follows: . The following is a list of Privileged mode commands: MES-2110# Table 78 Privileged Commands COMMAND DESCRIPTION enable Turns on Privileged mode comman...
Page 186 - Configuration Mode
Chapter 23 Command Line Interface MES-2110 User’s Guide 186 23.7 Configuration Mode When in Configuration mode, the command prompt is as follows: . There are 3 additional ancillary available while in Configuration mode. They are: The following is a list of baseline Configuration mode commands: MES-2...
Page 203 - Untrusted ARP Inspection Example
Chapter 23 Command Line Interface MES-2110 User’s Guide 203 23.10.1 Untrusted ARP Inspection Example This example assigns port 1 to 8 as untrusted for ARP inspection, and displays whether the device’s ports have a trusted or untrusted status. Generally if you want to enable ARP inspection on the dev...
Page 207 - Troubleshooting; ALM
MES-2110 User’s Guide 207 C H A P T E R 2 4 Troubleshooting This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter. The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs • MES-2110 Access and Login • MES-2110 Configuration and C...
Page 208 - One of the LEDs does not behave as expected.
Chapter 24 Troubleshooting MES-2110 User’s Guide 208 One of the LEDs does not behave as expected. 1 Make sure you understand the normal behavior of the LED. See Section 3.4 on page 35 . 2 Check the hardware connections. See Section 24.1 on page 207 . 3 Inspect your cables for damage. Contact the ven...
Page 209 - I cannot see or access the; Login; screen in the Web Configurator.
Chapter 24 Troubleshooting MES-2110 User’s Guide 209 I cannot see or access the Login screen in the Web Configurator. 1 Make sure you are using the correct IP address. • The default IP address is 192.168.1.1 . • If you changed the IP address, use the new IP address.• If you changed the IP address an...
Page 210 - I can see the; Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions
Chapter 24 Troubleshooting MES-2110 User’s Guide 210 7 Changed a service port number but forget it. See Chapter 23 on page 179 for details on managing the MES-2110 through the console port. This will allow you to correct any mistakes you may have made in the Web Configurator. I can see the Login scr...
Page 211 - I’m trying to configure MVR but I get an error message.
Chapter 24 Troubleshooting MES-2110 User’s Guide 211 24.3 MES-2110 Configuration and Console I’m trying to configure MVR but I get an error message. MVR only functions with Tag-Based (802.1q) VLANs. To rectify this: • Open the Configuration > VLAN Menu > VLAN Type screen and set the VLAN Type ...
Page 212 - I cannot connect to the Web Configurator over the console port.; My changes in the Web Configurator keep getting overwritten.
Chapter 24 Troubleshooting MES-2110 User’s Guide 212 I cannot connect to the Web Configurator over the console port. Ensure that your console settings are configured with the following settings: I keep getting ‘Invalid command’ messages when trying to configure the MES-2110 over the console port. • ...
Page 215 - Product Specifications
MES-2110 User’s Guide 215 C H A P T E R 2 5 Product Specifications The following tables summarize the MES-2110’s hardware and firmware features. Table 84 Hardware Specifications SPECIFICATION DESCRIPTION Dimensions 268 mm (W) x 128 mm (D) x 44 mm (H) Weight 1.2 kg Power Specification AC: 110-240V AC...
Page 219 - P P E N D I X; Changing a Fuse; Removing a Fuse
MES-2110 User’s Guide 219 A P P E N D I X A Changing a Fuse This appendix shows you how to remove and install fuses for the MES-2110. If you use a fuse other than an included fuse, make sure it matches the fuse specifications in the appendix on product specifications. Removing a Fuse Disconnect all ...
Page 221 - Common Services
MES-2110 User’s Guide 221 A P P E N D I X B Common Services The following table lists some commonly-used services and their associated protocols and port numbers. For a comprehensive list of port numbers, ICMP type/code numbers and services, visit the IANA (Internet Assigned Number Authority) web si...
Page 225 - Legal Information; Copyright; Disclaimer; Certifications; Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement
MES-2110 User’s Guide 225 A P P E N D I X C Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2009 by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in a...
Page 226 - FCC Warning
Appendix C Legal Information MES-2110 User’s Guide 226 • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations. FCC Warning This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital switch, pursuant to Part 15 of the...
Page 227 - Viewing Certifications; ZyXEL Limited Warranty; Note
Appendix C Legal Information MES-2110 User’s Guide 227 Viewing Certifications 1 Go to http://www.zyxel.com . 2 Select your product on the ZyXEL home page to go to that product's page. 3 Select the certification you wish to view from this page. ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original en...
Page 229 - Index
Index MES-2110 User’s Guide 229 Index A abnormal traffic detection 175 accounts 172 alarms 170 application backbone 19 bridging 20 metropolitan 22 trunking 21 VLAN 21 ARP inspection 141 , 147 auto negotiation 66 B backbone application 19 bandwidth control 111 BPDU 90 bridge 89 BPDU 90 configuration ...
