D-Link DGS-1224TP - Web Smart Switch, Product Manual

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Page 2: ...nagement Utility 4 Supported Web Browsers 4 Connecting to the Switch 4 Login Web based Management Utility 5 Smart Wizard 5 Web based Management Utility 5 SmartConsole Utility 5 Product Introduction 7 DGS 1216T 7 Front Panel 7 Rear Panel 8 DGS 1224T 8 Front Panel 8 Rear Panel 9 DGS 1224TP 9 Front Panel 9 Rear Panel 10 DGS 1248T 10 Front Panel 10 Rear Panel 11 SmartConsole Utility 12 SmartConsole Se...

Page 3: ...34 Configuration Power Saving 35 Power over Ethernet PoE PoE Port Settings Only for DGS 1224TP 35 Power over Ethernet PoE PoE System Settings Only for DGS 1224TP 36 QoS 802 1p DSCP Priority Settings 37 Security Trusted Host 38 Security Safeguard Engine 39 Security Broadcast Storm Control 39 Security 802 1X Settings 40 Security Mac Address Table Static Mac 41 Security Mac Address Table Dynamic Forw...

Page 4: ...Table of Contents D Link Web Smart Switch User Manual iii QoS Quality of Service 3 Security 3 Management 3 ...

Page 5: ...r you may have to append http in the web address For the latest information about the Web Smart Switches e mail Resource Website D Link www dlink com tw Technical Support tsd dlink com tw Terms Usage In this guide the term Switch first letter is capitalized refers to the Smart Switch and switch first letter in lower case refers to other Ethernet switches Some technologies refer to terms switch bri...

Page 6: ...tion and operation it is recommended that you Visually inspect the power cord to see that it is secured fully to the AC power connector Make sure that there is proper heat dissipation and adequate ventilation around the switch Do not place heavy objects on the switch Desktop or Shelf Installation When installing the switch on a desktop or shelf the rubber feet included with the device must be atta...

Page 7: ... rack or chassis Step 3 Plugging in the AC Power Cord Users may now connect the AC power cord into the rear of the switch and to an electrical outlet preferably one that is grounded and surge protected Figure 4 Plugging the switch into an outlet Power Failure As a precaution the switch should be unplugged in case of power failure When power is resumed plug the switch back in 3 ...

Page 8: ...ility you don t need to change the IP address of your PC and it is easy to start the initial setting of multiple Smart Switches Please refer to the following detailed installation instructions for the Web Based Management Utility and the SmartConsole Utility Using Web based Management Utility After a successful physical installation you can configure the Switch monitor the LED panel and display st...

Page 9: ...l automatically load the web configuration in your web browser When the following login box appears enter the password then press OK to entering the Web based Management Utility The default password is Admin Figure 7 Log in screen Smart Wizard Before entering the Web based Management Utility When The Smart Wizard will guide you to quick configure the D Link Web Smart Switch Please refer to Samrt W...

Page 10: ... of your PC and use the SmartConsole Utility to discover the Smart Switches Option 2 Follow these steps to install the SmartConsole Utility manually 1 Insert the Utility CD into your CD Rom Drive 2 From the Start menu on the Windows desktop choose Run 3 In the Run dialog box type D D Link SmartConsole Utility setup exe where D represents the drive letter of your CD Rom and click OK 4 Follow the on...

Page 11: ... Asymmetric VLAN is implemented in these switches for a more efficient use of shared resources such as server or gateway devices Network Security D Link s innovative Safeguard Engine function protects the switches against traffic flooding caused by virus attacks Additional features like MAC address filters screen access to the network They support 802 1X port based authentication allowing network ...

Page 12: ...el Figure 10 DGS 1224T Front Panel Power LED The Power LED flashes when the Switch is connected to a power source CPU LED When the CPU LED is blinking then the switch is in the normal condition If the CPU LED is off or stays in solid light state that means the system might have crashed or firmware upgrade has failed Port Link Act LED 1 22 23T F 24T F The Link Act LED flashes which indicates a netw...

Page 13: ...at one or multiple fans are working abnormally Mode Button To select the mode of port LED the Link Act and PoE LED under the mode button will solid green to indicate which mode is selected Port LED 1 20 21T 24T The port LED will indicate Link Act or PoE status of this port depending on the LED mode you selected Mode Color Status Off The corresponding port is link down Solid Green The corresponding...

Page 14: ...t Panel Power LED The Power LED flashes when the Switch is connected to a power source CPU LED When the CPU LED is blinking then the switch is in the normal condition If the CPU LED is off or stays in solid light state that means the system might have crashed or firmware upgrade has failed Port LED 1 44 45 48T F The port LED lights up in steady green denotes a valid 1000Mbps link on the port and b...

Page 15: ...3 Product Introduction D Link Web Smart Switch User Manual Rear Panel Figure 15 DGS 1248T Rear Panel Power The power port is where to connect the AC power cord 11 ...

Page 16: ...artConsole Settings The SmartConsole Settings at the left has five icons Utility Settings Log Trap File and Help Utility Settings By clicking on this icon the Utility Settings window will pop up Refresh time refreshes the devices which were selected as monitored device in the Device List Choices include 15 secs 30 secs 1mins 2mins and 5 mins for selecting the monitoring time intervals Utility Grou...

Page 17: ...ole Log Trap By clicking on this icon the Trap window will pop up Click View Trap to show the events of the SmartConsole Utility and the device Date Time indicates when the trap was received IP indicates where it comes from and Status shows the content of this trap message Click Clear Trap to clear all entries Click OK to exit Figure 19 SmartConsole Trap The trap icon in the SmartConsole Settings ...

Page 18: ... as default for the next time the SmartConsole Utility is used Monitor Save As To record the setting of the Device List in an appointed filename and file path Monitor Load To manually load a Device List setting file Help By clicking on this icon a window with information about the SmartConsole will pop up Figure 21 SmartConsole Help 1 14 4 ...

Page 19: ...vice buttons for the Device List Device Settings Select a switch from the Device List then clicking on this icon the Device Settings window will pop up Here you can configure the Product Name IP Address Gateway Subnet Mask System Name Location Trap IP Switch Group Interval and DHCP Setting of the Switch To apply the configuration insert the correct device password in Confirm Password then click OK...

Page 20: ...hen input the correct password of device and click Upgrade and wait the upgrade successfully message pop up to complete the firmware upgrade Figure 24 Firmware Upgrade CAUTION Do not disconnect the PC or remove the power cord from device until upgrade complete Switch may crash if firmware upgrade incompletely DHCP Refresh If the DHCP enabled switch in Device List shows the default IP which means t...

Page 21: ...y also get into the Web based Management Utility by double clicking the device in the device list Add Delete and Discover the device By pressing the Discovery button all the Web Smart devices locate in the same domain with the management PC are listed in the Device List Click the and insert the device IP address to add a device into Discover List or select a device and click the button to remove i...

Page 22: ...Please check if the power or the cable of this device is disconnected IP Address Shows the current IP addresses of devices MAC Address Shows the device MAC Address Protocol version Shows the version of the Utility protocol Product Name Shows the device product name System Name Shows the appointed device system name DHCP Specify if the IP address of this device is from DHCP server or manual configu...

Page 23: ...ment Utility When The Smart Wizard will guide you to quick configure some functions If you don t plan to change anything click Exit to exit the Wizard and enter the Web Interface Password Settings Password setting allows you to change the login password of the device Type the desired new password in the Switch Password box and again in the Confirm Switch Password then click the Apply button to cha...

Page 24: ...nction description please see Setup Menu System SNMP Settings The default SNMP Setting is Disabled Click Enabled the Apply to configure Community Settings Public Read only privilege allows authorized management stations to retrieve MIB objects Private Read write privilege allows authorized management stations to retrieve and modify MIB objects Figure 30 Configure SNMP in Smart Wizard 2 20 0 ...

Page 25: ...fault setting of System IP address is DHCP Figure 31 Configure System IP address in Smart Wizard NOTE Changing the system IP address will disconnect you from your internet connection please enter the correct IP address in the Web browser and make sure your PC is in the same subnet with the switch See Login Web based Management Utility for detail description If you want to change the IP settings cl...

Page 26: ...n The main configuration screen will show the current status of your Switch by clicking the model name on top of the function tree At the upper right of the screen you can see your username and current IP address Under your username is the Logout button Click this to end this session Finally by clicking on the D Link logo at the upper left of the screen you will be linked to the official D Link we...

Page 27: ...settings file you want to restore Note To restore the configuration the switch will restart and all current configurations will be lost Firmware Backup and Upload Allow for the firmware to be saved or for an existing firmware file to be uploaded to the Switch Figure 37 Tool Menu Firmware Backup and Upload Click Backup to save the firmware to your disk Click Browse to browse your inventories for a ...

Page 28: ...P mode the Switch will first look for a DHCP server to provide it with an IP address network mask and default gateway before using the default or previously entered settings By default the IP setting is static mode System Information By entering a System Name and System Location the device can more easily be recognized through the SmartConsole Utility and in other Web Smart devices on the LAN Logi...

Page 29: ...tination IP address of the managing station that will receive trap information Figure 41 System Trap Setting You can choose which event to send to the managing station System Event Monitors the system s trapping information Device Bootup Traps system boot up information Illegal Login Traps events of incorrect password logins recording the IP of the originating PC Fiber Port Link Up Link Down Traps...

Page 30: ... settings in Qos 802 1p Default Priority NOTE When the Combo Fiber port and the Copper ports are both connected the Fiber port will take precedence over the Copper ports meaning the Fiber port will be the only connection System SNMP Settings Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP is an OSI Layer 7 Application Layer designed specifically for managing and monitoring network devices SNMP enables net...

Page 31: ...ege allows authorized management stations to retrieve and modify MIB objects Trap Setting Traps are messages that alert network personnel of events that occur on the Switch Such events can be as serious as a reboot someone accidentally turned the Switch OFF or less serious events such as a port status change The Switch can generate traps and send them to the trap recipient i e network administrato...

Page 32: ...ough they were in the same area VLANs can be easily organized to reflect department groups such as R D Marketing usage groups such as e mail or multicast groups multimedia applications such as video conferencing and therefore help to simplify network management by allowing users to move devices to a new VLAN without having to change any physical connections The IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Configuration page ...

Page 33: ... different VLANs to communicate with the servers firewalls or other shared resources in the shared VLAN This configuration is accomplished in three steps Enabling Asymmetric VLAN function Creating shared VLAN and access VLAN Configuring the PVID of access VLAN The example below is a typical application of Asymmetric VLAN Servers and firewall are located in shared VLAN default VLAN and the PC 1 2 a...

Page 34: ...red VLAN ports and the set of ports to be separated from the other subset VLANs For example port 5 VLAN 3 and 4 are then configured to include shared ports and the set of ports to be separated from the other subset VLANs For example port 6 and 7 Therefore we have three VLANs that share ports and are separated from each other so cannot communicate with each other Figure 52 Configuration 802 1Q VLAN...

Page 35: ...larger bandwidth Up to six Trunk groups may be created each supporting up to 8 ports Add a Trunking Name and select the ports to be trunked together and click Apply to activate the selected Trunking groups Figure 55 Configuration Trunking NOTE Each combined trunk port must be connected to devices within the same VLAN group Configuration IGMP Snooping With Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP sn...

Page 36: ...esults in reduced time to detect the loss of the last member of a group Default is 1 second Host Timeout System assigned This is the interval after which a learnt host port entry will be purged For each host port learnt a Port Purge Timer runs for Host Port Purge Interval This timer will be restarted whenever a report message from host is received over that port If no report messages are received ...

Page 37: ...gned to prevent network loops that could cause a broadcast storm When physical links forming a loop provide redundancy only a single path will be forwarding frames If the link fails STP activates a redundant link automatically Figure 59 Configuration Spanning Tree By default Spanning Tree is disabled If enabled the Switch will listen for BPDU packets and its accompanying Hello packet BPDU packets ...

Page 38: ...mum amount of time that the root device will wait before changing states The default is 15 seconds Root Bridge Displays the MAC address of the Root Bridge Root port Displays the root port Root Path Cost Shows the root path cost In addition to 802 1D global settings the D Link Web smart switch allows the user to configure 802 1D STP by ports Select From Port To Port to specify the ports you want to...

Page 39: ...Saving Power over Ethernet PoE PoE Port Settings Only for DGS 1224TP DGS 1224TP supports Power over Ethernet PoE as defined by the IEEE 802 3af specification Ports 1 24 can supply 50VDC power to PDs Powered Device over Category 5 or Category 3 UTP Ethernet cables DGS 1224TP follows the standard PSE Power Supply Equipment pinout Alternative A whereby power is sent out over pins 1 2 3 and 6 DGS 1224...

Page 40: ... feeding is temporary shut down because of PD suddenly require more power which over the maximum power limitation defined on corresponding port Please disconnect the PD and check if there is damage or short happen on the PD Over current The power feeding is temporary shut down because PD requires more than 350mA power Please disconnect the PD and check if there is damage or short happen on the PD ...

Page 41: ...ant functions that require a larger bandwidth or that might have a higher priority such as VoIP voice over Internet Protocol web browsing applications file server applications or video conferencing Thus with larger bandwidth less critical traffic is limited and therefore excessive bandwidth can be saved The following figure displays the status of Quality of Service priority levels of each port hig...

Page 42: ...evel has reached its egress weight the system will process the packets in the next level even if there are remaining packets D Link Smart Switch system s weight of priority levels are 8 Highest 4 High 2 Middle and 1 Low packet By default the queuing mechanism is Strict You may select From Port To Port to configure the priority of each port Security Trusted Host Use Trusted Host function to manage ...

Page 43: ...e D Link s Safeguard Engine is a robust and innovative technology that automatically throttles the impact of packet flooding into the switch s CPU This function helps protect the Web Smart Switch from being interrupted by malicious viruses or worm attacks By default this is enabled Figure 67 Security Safeguard Engine Security Broadcast Storm Control The Broadcast Storm Control feature provides the...

Page 44: ...ty select enabled and set the 802 1X Global Settings for the Radius Server and applicable authentication information Authentication Port sets primary port for security monitoring Default is 1812 Key Masked password matching the Radius Server Key Confirm Key Enter the Key a second time for confirmation TxPeriod Sets the number of seconds that the switch waits for a response to an EAP request identi...

Page 45: ...rning for any of the uplink ports press On to enable this feature and select the port s for auto learning to be disabled The Static Mac Address Setting table displays the static Mac addresses connected as well as the VID Press Delete to remove a device To add a new Mac address assignment press Add Mac then select the assigned Port number enter both the Mac Address and VID and press Apply Security ...

Page 46: ...ssfully TxError Number of transmitted packets resulting in error RxError Number of received packets resulting in error To view the statistics of individual ports click one of the linked Port numbers for details Figure 73 Monitoring Port Statistics Monitoring Cable Diagnostics The Cable Diagnostics is designed primarily for administrators and customer service representatives to view tests of the co...

Page 47: ...red during cable diagnostics Please select the same port and test again Cable Fault Distance meters Indicates the distance of the cable fault from the Switch port if the cable is less than 2 meters it will show No Cable Cable Length meter If the test result shows the cable is OK cable length indicates the total length of the cable The cable lengths are categorized into four types 50 meters 50 80 m...

Page 48: ...tion which will create a flexible foundation for the next generation of network technology products Fast Ethernet Technology The growing importance of LANs and the increasing complexity of desktop computing applications are fueling the need for high performance networks A number of high speed LAN technologies have been proposed to provide greater bandwidth and improve client server response times ...

Page 49: ...category 5 5e up to 100 Meters PoE will provide power to PoE compatible devices such as IP telephones wireless LAN access points and IP security cameras PoE is already widely adopted in the market saving up to 50 of overall installation costs by eliminating the need to install separate electrical wiring and power outlets i ii i ...

Page 50: ... 211 100BASE FX WDM Transceivers Supported DEM 330T TX 1550 RX 1310nm DEM 330R TX 1310 RX 1550nm DEM 331T TX 1550 RX 1310nm DEM 331R TX 1310 RX 1550nm Physical Environment AC input 100 240 VAC 50 60Hz internal universal power supply Operation Temperature 0 40 C Storage Temperature 10 70 C Operation Humidity 10 90 RH Storage Humidity 5 90 RH Emission EMI Certifications FCC class A CE Class A VCCI C...

Page 51: ...echnical Specifications D Link Web Smart Switch User Manual Port access control Web based configuration backup restoration Web based firmware backup upload Firmware upgrade using SmartConsole Utility Reboot i iv v ...

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