AirLive ETHER-GSH2404W, User Manual

Page 1: ...Ether GSH2404W 24 4 Pure Gigabit Web Managed Switch User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...p Installation 7 2 5 1 Attaching Rubber Pads 7 2 6 Rack mounted Installation 7 2 7 Power On 8 CHAPTER 3 NETWORK APPLICATION 9 3 1 Small Workgroup 9 3 2 Segment Bridge 10 3 3 Internet café Campus FTTH 11 CHAPTER 4 WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 12 4 1 About Web based Management 12 4 2 System Login 12 4 3 System Configuration 13 4 4 Port Configuration 15 4 5 VLAN Setting 17 4 5 1 VLAN Port Setting 18 4 6 Aggr...

Page 3: ... 35 4 16 Statistics Detail 36 4 17 LACP Status 37 4 18 Spanning Tree Status 38 4 19 IGMP Status 39 4 20 Warm Restart 39 4 21 Factory Default 40 4 22 Firmware Upload 40 4 23 Configuration File Transfer 41 CHAPTER 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 42 5 1 Incorrect connections 42 Faulty or loose cables 42 Non standard cables 42 Improper Network Topologies 43 5 2 Diagnosing LED Indicators 43 CHAPTER 6 TECHNICAL SPECI...

Page 4: ...r connection speed 1 1 Features Conform to IEEE802 3 10BASE T IEEE802 3u 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802 3ab 1000Base T IEEE 802 3z Gigabit Fiber IEEE802 3x Flow control and Back pressure IEEE802 1d Spanning tree protocol IEEE 802 s Rapid Spanning Tree IEEE 802 3ad Port trunk with LACP IEEE802 1p Class of service IEEE802 1Q VLAN Tagging Store and Forward Switching Architecture Auto MDIX on all p...

Page 5: ... Web Management Firmware update TFTP firmware upgrade Port configuration Port enable disable Port speed Full half duplex Flow control Port Trunk IEEE802 3ad port trunk with link aggregation control protocol LACP The trunk group up to 8 and maximum trunk port member up to 24 ports Port statistics Several of counters for TX and RX packet VLAN Port based VLAN Tag VLAN and GVRP protocol The VLAN entry...

Page 6: ...l 3 Spanning Tree IEEE802 1w rapid spanning tree Compatible with IEEE 802 1d Port Mirror RX packet mirror IGMP IGMP V1 V2 Multicast groups up to 8K Broadcast Storm Disable 5 10 20 Bandwidth Control Per port support Bandwidth control Per level 128 Kbps ...

Page 7: ...ecklist below 24x10 100 1000Base TX plus 4 x Mini GBIC Web Managed Switch Power Cord Four Rubber Pads QIG CD Rack mounted kit Switch Four Rubber Pads CD Rack mounted Kit Power Cord QIG Compare the contents of your Ether GSH2404W package with the standard checklist above If any item is missing or damaged please contact the local dealer for service ...

Page 8: ... MDI MDIX and 4 Mini GBIC slots which can insert the Mini Gigabit Fiber module optional The LED Indicators are also located on the front panel of the switch The Front panel of Ether GSH2404W RJ 45 Ports Auto MDI MDIX 24x 10 100 1000 N way auto sensing for 10Base T or 100Base TX or 1000Base T connections In general MDI means connecting to another Hub or Switch while MDIX means connecting to a works...

Page 9: ...ning LED indicators LED Status Description z Green Power On Power Off Power is not connected z Green The port is connecting with the device Blink The port is receiving or transmitting data LNK ACT Off No device attached 1000 z Green In 1000Mbps connection speed z Green The port is connecting with the device Blink The port is receiving or transmitting data LNK ACT Mini GBIC Off No device attached T...

Page 10: ...he switch to allow attachment of cables power cord and allow air circulation 2 5 1 Attaching Rubber Pads A Make sure mounting surface on the bottom of the switch is grease and dust free B Remove adhesive backing of Rubber Pads C Apply the Rubber Pads to each corner on the bottom of the switch and these footpads can prevent the switch from shock vibration 2 6 Rack mounted Installation Ether GSH2404...

Page 11: ...k with a screwdriver and the rack mounting screws NOTE For proper ventilation allow about at least 4 inches 10 cm of clearance on the front and 3 4 inches 8 cm on the back of the Switch This is especially important for enclosed rack installation 2 7 Power On Connect the power cord to the power socket on the rear panel of the switch The other side of power cord connects to the power outlet The inte...

Page 12: ...municate each other by directly connecting with Ether GSH2404W The switch automatically learns nodes address which are subsequently used to filter and forward all traffic based on the destination address By using Uplink port the switch can connect with another switch or hub to interconnect other small switched workgroups to form a larger switched network Meanwhile you can also use fiber ports to c...

Page 13: ...h is an ideal solution for department users to connect to the corporate backbone In the illustration below two Ethernet switches with PCs print server and local server attached are both connect to the switch All the devices in this network can communicate with each other through the switch Connecting servers to the switch allow other users to access the data on server ...

Page 14: ... Rate control QoS and VLAN features can be used for Internet Café Campus FTTH network This Ether GSH2404W switch is an ideal solution for File Intranet Server Game Video Server Network DV Device PC Notebook Multi Media PC Wireless Point and Broadband Router which are directly connected to form a complicated network ...

Page 15: ... Internet Explorer The Web Based Management supports Internet Explorer 5 0 And it is applied with Java Applets for reducing network bandwidth consumption enhance access speed and present an easy viewing screen NOTE By default IE5 0 or later version does not allow Java Applets to activate sockets In fact the user has to explicitly modify the browser setting to enable Java Applets to operate network...

Page 16: ...ware address assigned by manufacturer default S W Version the Software Version of Kernel H W Version the Hardware Version of Switch Active IP Address Current IP Address Active Subnet Mask Current IP Subnet Mask Active Gateway Current Gateway DHCP Server DHCP Server IP Address Lease Time Left DHCP lease time After 50 of the lease time has passed the client switch will attempt to renew the lease wit...

Page 17: ...P Client Function Fallback IP Address Assigning the Switch IP address The default IP is 192 168 10 1 Fallback Subnet Mask Assigning the Switch IP Subnet Mask Fallback Gateway Assigning the Switch Gateway The default value is 192 168 10 254 Management VLAN It is used for Remote Management Security in fact the SNMP and Web browse can be used to managed the switch from remote side only when the port ...

Page 18: ...the link speed or auto speed which the system will auto detects the connecting speed Mode Set the speed full duplex or half duplex mode of the ports Flow control Set Flow Control Function as enable or disable in Full Duplex mode MaxFrame 1518 9600 the Maximum Frame Size that in bytes from frames received on the port Tagged frames are allowed to be 4 Bytes longer than the Maximum Frame size Drop fr...

Page 19: ...4 Web Based Management AirLive Ether GSH2404W User s Manual 16 Port Configuration interface ...

Page 20: ...ame members of VLAN Basically creating a VLAN from a switch is logically equivalent of reconnecting a group of network devices to another Layer 2 switch However all the network devices are still plugged into the same switch physically Assigning the VLAN ID by inputting a number from 1 4095 into the VID text box Grouping the members of VLAN by checking the check box to make the selection Click Appl...

Page 21: ...g PVID Enter the Port VLAN ID Awareness Enable Transmit to the PVID group that the same with the packets VID Disable Transmit to the PVID group that the same with the incoming port s PVID Frame Type Tag Only allow tagged frame pass the port All Allow all type of frames pass through Click Apply to apply the configuration Or click Refresh to reset the configuration before applying ...

Page 22: ...roughput It provides load balancing and redundancy of links in a switched inter network Actually the link does not have an inherent total bandwidth equal to the sum of its component physical links Traffic in a trunk is distributed across an individual link within the trunk in a deterministic method that called a hash algorithm Traffic pattern on the network should be considered carefully before ap...

Page 23: ...regation Control Protocol LACP provides a standardized which means for exchanging information between Partner Systems on a link to allow their Link Aggregation Control instances to reach agreement on the identity of the Link Aggregation Group to which the link belongs move the link to that Link Aggregation Group and enable its transmission and reception functions in an orderly manner Link aggregat...

Page 24: ... LACP Setting interface Protocol Enabled To enable the LACP protocol of the port Key Value The LACP key determines which ports potentially can be aggregated together Click Apply to apply the configuration Or click Refresh to reset the configuration before applying ...

Page 25: ...ged the system must be rebooted for assigning the priority number of paths The value must be multiple of 4096 according to the protocol standard rule Hello Time 1 10 The scale of 1 10 sec will be set as a period of time that how often the switch broadcasts hello messages to other switches Max Age 6 40 The number of seconds from 6 40 which determines the amount of time that protocol information rec...

Page 26: ...4 Web Based Management AirLive Ether GSH2404W User s Manual 23 RSTP Configuration interface ...

Page 27: ...lient from gaining access to the Internet until it provides credentials like a user name and password that are verified by a separated server Mode To disable or enable 802 1x protocol RADIUS IP Set the Radius Server IP address RADIUS UDP Port Set the UDP destination port for authentication requests to the specified Radius Server RADIUS Secret Set an encryption key for use during authentication ses...

Page 28: ...thenticate Restart authentication process for the port Force Reinitialize Restart authentication process for the port Statistics Click to view each port statistic Re authenticate All Restart authentication process for all the port Force reinitialize All Restart authentication process for all the port ...

Page 29: ... for a supplicant response to an EAP request Click Apply to apply the configuration Or click Refresh to reset the configuration before applying 4 10 IGMP Snooping The Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP is an internal protocol of the Internet Protocol IP suite IP manages multicast traffic by using switches routers and hosts that support IGMP Enabling IGMP allows the ports to detect IGMP querie...

Page 30: ...e propagated to the router All IGMP Report packets will be forwarded to the router port and IGMP queries from the router port will be flooded to all ports All UDP multicast packets will be forwarded to the router port because routers do not send IGMP reports or implement IGMP snooping Unregistered IPMC Flooding Enable To enable unregistered IP multicast flooding IGMP Snooping Enabled To enable or ...

Page 31: ...etting Mode Select the QoS mode port DSCP or vlantag Port Priority select the priority level low normal medium or high Click Apply to apply the configuration Click Refresh to reset the configuration before applying QoS Configuration interface Click VLAN tag Mapping to enter VLAN tag priority configuration interface Select the VLAN tap priority level 0 7 ...

Page 32: ...nterface DSCP 0 63 the system provides 0 63 TOS priority level When the IP packet is received the system will check the TOS level value in the IP packet that has received For example user set the TOS level 25 is high The port 1 is following the TOS priority policy When the packet received by port 1 the system will check the TOS value of the received IP packet If the TOS value of received IP packet...

Page 33: ... Filter Configuration Filter the specific IP address on port that it can ensure the network security Mode Select the mode DHCP or Static DHCP If the port is DHCP client enabling the IP Address will automatically display in IP Address column Static Key in a specific IP Address and IP Mask for filtering IP Address Key in the specific IP Address to filter IP Mask Key in the IP Mask of the IP Address ...

Page 34: ...4 Web Based Management AirLive Ether GSH2404W User s Manual 31 Click Apply to apply the configuration Or press Refresh to reset the configuration before applying Filter Configuration interface ...

Page 35: ...that the packet rate is learned and unicast Learn Frames Rate is to find the Ethernet transfer rate but for the un learn and flooding packets rate are no effect 9 Broadcast Rate Select the broadcast traffic storm control rate 9 Multicast Rate Select the multicast traffic storm control rate 9 Flooded unicast Rate Select the unicast traffic rate Policer Enter the port effective egress rate Sharper E...

Page 36: ...4 Web Based Management AirLive Ether GSH2404W User s Manual 33 Rate Limit Configuration interface ...

Page 37: ...s will be duplicated into analysis port Analysis Port It means mirror port can be used to see all monitor port traffic Mirror port can be connected to LAN analyzer or Netxray Monitor Port the ports which wants to be monitored All monitor port traffic will be copied to analysis port Maximum 23 monitor ports can be selected Click Apply to apply the configuration Or press Refresh to reset the configu...

Page 38: ...er s Manual 35 4 15 Statistics Overview The following information provides the current port statistic information Press Clear button to clean all counts and then click Refresh to get the new setting information as below Statistics Overview interface ...

Page 39: ...he following information provides statistic detail information of statistic on each port and simply selecting the port to viewing the statistic information Press Clear button to clean all counts and then click Refresh to get the new setting information as below Statistics Detail interface ...

Page 40: ...4 Web Based Management AirLive Ether GSH2404W User s Manual 37 4 17 LACP Status When the LACP aggregator is setup the related information will be shown as below LACP Status interface ...

Page 41: ...ement AirLive Ether GSH2404W User s Manual 38 4 18 Spanning Tree Status Click Refresh to get the newest configuration information The Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol information will display as below RSTP Status interface ...

Page 42: ... s Manual 39 4 19 IGMP Status IGMP Snooping information will be shown as below IGMP Status interface 4 20 Warm Restart Reboot the switch in software reset All the configurations will be reminded Click Yes to restart the system System Restart interface ...

Page 43: ...Click Yes to reset the all configuration to the default value Factory Default interface 4 22 Firmware Upload The system provides the Web GUI firmware update function which would allow the user to update the switch firmware Click Browse to locate the firmware and press Upload to update the firmware Firmware Upload interface ...

Page 44: ... value through the WEB GUI Click Browse to locate the configuration value file And then press Upload to restore the configuration value Configuration File Transfer interface To backup the configuration value Click Download and then follow the system instruction which will guide user to complete the configuration value download ...

Page 45: ...module should be match Faulty or loose cables Look for loose or obviously faulty connections If they appear to be OK make sure the connections are snug If that does not correct the problem try a different cable Non standard cables Non standard and miss wired cables may cause numerous network collisions and other network problem and can seriously impair network performance A category 5 cable tester...

Page 46: ...loops will cause broadcast storms that will severely impact network performance 5 2 Diagnosing LED Indicators The switch can be easily monitored through panel indicators to assist in identifying problems which describes common problems you may encounter and where user can find possible solutions If the power indicator does turn on when the power cord is plugged in user may have a problem with powe...

Page 47: ...w Control and Back pressure IEEE 802 1d Spanning Tree IEEE 802 w Rapid Spanning Tree IEEE 802 3ad Port trunk with LACP IEEE 802 1p Class of Service IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tag Network Cable 10BASE T 2 pair UTP STP Cat 3 4 5 cable EIA TIA 568 100 ohm 100m 100BASE TX 2 pair UTP STP CAT 5 cable EIA TIA 568 100 ohm 100m Gigabit Copper 4 pair UTP STP CAT 5 cable EIA TIA 568 100 ohm 100M LED Indicators Per RJ ...

Page 48: ...cket size Back plane 48Gbps 71 42Mpps throughput 64bytes MAC address 8K Mac with Auto Learning Memory Buffer 500Kbytes Power Supply AC 100 240V 50 60Hz Power Consumption DC AC 65Watt maximum DC 19W maximum Dimensions 440mm x 161mm x 44mm L x W x H Operation Temperature 0 to 45 32 to 113 Operation Humidity 10 to 90 Non condensing EMI FCC Class A CE Safety UL cUL ...

Page 49: ...es and Specifications Cable Type Max Length Connector 10BASE T Cat 3 4 5100 ohm UTP 100 m 328 ft RJ 45 100BASE TX Cat 5 100 ohm UTP 100 m 328 ft RJ 45 100BASE FX 50 125 or 62 5 125 micron core multimode fiber MMF 2 km 1 24 miles SC or ST Cable specification table 7 2 100BASE TX 10BASE T Pin Assignments With 100BASE TX 10BASE T cable pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting data and pins 3 and 6 for ...

Page 50: ...ght through cable pins 1 2 3 and 6 at one end of the cable are connected straight through to pins 1 2 3 and 6 at the other end of the cable The table below shows the 10BASE T 100BASE TX MDI and MDI X port pin outs Pin MDI X Signal Name MDI Signal Name 1 Receive Data plus RD Transmit Data plus TD 2 Receive Data minus RD Transmit Data minus TD 3 Transmit Data plus TD Receive Data plus RD 6 Transmit ...