D-Link EasySmart DGS-1100-24, Manual

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Page 2: ...6 Grounding the Switch 6 3 Getting Started 7 Management Options 7 Using Web based Management 7 Supported Web Browsers 7 Connecting to the Switch 7 Login Web based Management 8 SmartConsole Utility 8 4 SmartConsole Utility 10 SmartConsole Settings 10 Utility Settings 10 Log 11 Trap 11 File 12 Help 12 Device Configuration 12 Add Delete and Discover the device 14 Device List 15 5 Configuration 16 Web...

Page 3: ...AN 29 QoS 802 1p Default Priority 29 QoS Storm Control 30 QoS Bandwidth Control 30 Security MAC Address Table Static MAC 31 Security MAC Address Table Dynamic Forwarding Table 32 Appendix A Ethernet Technology 34 Gigabit Ethernet Technology 34 Fast Ethernet Technology 34 Switching Technology 34 Appendix B Technical Specifications 35 Hardware Specifications 35 Key Components Performance 35 Port Fun...

Page 4: ...n this guide the term Switch first letter capitalized refers to the EasySmart Switch and switch first letter lower case refers to other Ethernet switches Some technologies refer to terms switch bridge and switching hubs interchangeably and both are commonly accepted for Ethernet switches A NOTE indicates important information that helps a better use of the device A CAUTION indicates potential prop...

Page 5: ...S 1100 16 Front Panel Power LED The Power LED lights up when the Switch is connected to a power source Link Act Speed LED Ports 1 16 Flashing Indicates a network link through the corresponding port Blinking Indicates that the Switch is either sending or receiving data to the port Green Indicates that the port is running at 1000M Amber Indicates that the port is running at 10 100M Light off No link...

Page 6: ...ing port Blinking Indicates that the Switch is either sending or receiving data to the port Green Indicates that the port is running at 1000M Amber Indicates that the port is running at 10 100M Light off No link Reset Press the reset button for 5 seconds to reset the Switch back to the default settings All previous changes will be lost Rear Panel Figure 4 DGS 1100 24 Rear Panel Power Connect the s...

Page 7: ... Installation For safe switch installation 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...

Page 8: ...Air Flow Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised C Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading D Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the ...

Page 9: ...Depending on the power supply and system a 12 to 6 AWG copper conductor is required for U S installation Commercially available 6 AWG wire is recommended The length of the cable depends on the proximity of the switch to proper grounding facilities A screwdriver not included in the accessory kit The following steps let you connect the switch to a protective ground Step 1 Verify if the system power ...

Page 10: ...tConsole Utility is a more convenient choice By using the SmartConsole Utility you do not need to change the IP address of your PC and it is easier to initialize multiple EasySmart Switches Please refer to the following installation instructions for the Web based Management and the SmartConsole Utility Using Web based Management After a successful physical installation you can configure the Switch...

Page 11: ...y default IP address is 10 90 90 90 with a subnet mask of 255 0 0 0 and a default gateway of 0 0 0 0 The web configuration can also be accessed through the SmartConsole Utility Open the SmartConsole Utility and double click the switch as it appears in the Monitor List This will automatically load the web configuration in your web browser When the following logon dialog box appears enter the passwo...

Page 12: ...n the SmartConsole e L2 network segment of your PC and use the SmartConsole Utility to discover the Smart Switches For detailed explanations of SmartConsole s functions please refer to Chapter 4 SmartConsole Utility Optio CD 1 Insert the Utility CD into your CD Rom DVD Rom 2 The autorun program will appear automatically 3 Click on th process 4 After successfully installing the SmartCo Programs D L...

Page 13: ... at the left Device Configuration SmartConsole Settings Device List Figure 13 SmartConsole Utility SmartConsole Settings The SmartConsole Settings at the left has five icons Utility Settings Log Trap File and Help Utility Settings Click this icon to launch the Utility Settings window Refresh time refreshes the devices which were selected as monitored device in the Device List Choices include 15 se...

Page 14: ...lick Clear Log to clear all log entries Click OK to exit Figure 15 SmartConsole Log Trap Click this icon to launch the Trap window Click View Trap to show the events of the SmartConsole Utility and the device Date Time indicates when the trap message was received IP denotes where it comes from and Status shows the content of this trap message Click Clear Trap to clear all entries Click OK to exit ...

Page 15: ...nsole Info window Figure 18 SmartConsole Help Device Configuration The Device Configuration in the SmartConsole Utility has five icons Device Settings Device Password Manager Multi Firmware Upgrade DHCP Refresh Web Access and the device buttons for the Device List Device Settings Select a switch from the Device List Click on this icon to launch the Device Settings window Here you can configure the...

Page 16: ...this icon to launch the Device Password Manager window Here you can enter a new password and confirm it Figure 20 SmartConsole Device Password Manager Multi Firmware Upgrade Select one or many switches of same model name from the Device List Click on this icon to launch the Firmware Upgrade window Specify the Firmware Path or Browse for one that you are going to use Input the correct password of d...

Page 17: ...Refresh Web Access Select a switch from the Device List Click this icon to launch your internet browser eg The Internet Explorer Here you can configure the Switch through the Web based Management utility You may also get into the Web based Management by double clicking the device in the device list Add Delete and Discover the device Click the Discovery button to display all the Web Smart and EasyS...

Page 18: ...tocol version Displays the software version of the Utility Product Name Displays the device product name System Name Displays the appointed device system name DHCP Specify if the device gets the IP address from a DHCP server Location Displays where the appointed device location Trap IP Displays the IP address of host where the Trap information will be sent to Subnet Mask Displays the Subnet Mask s...

Page 19: ...ty functions like firmware and configuration management By choosing different functions in the Function Tree you can change all the settings in the Main Configuration Screen 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 corner of the screen the username and current IP address will be displayed Und...

Page 20: ...e and Configuration Backup Restore Figure 29 Tool Menu Reboot Device Provide a safe way to reboot the system Click Reboot to restart the switch Figure 30 Tool Menu Reboot Device Reset System Provide a safe reset option for the Switch All configuration settings in non volatile RAM will be reset to factory default and then the Switch will reboot Figure 31 Tool Menu Reset System Firmware Backup Upgra...

Page 21: ...ed to a file not including the password and if necessary you can restore configuration settings from the file Figure 33 Tool Menu Configure Backup and Restore Backup or restore the configuration file to or from your local drive Click Backup to save the current settings to your disk Click Browse to browse your inventories for a saved backup settings file Click Restore after selecting the backup set...

Page 22: ...irmware hardware and IP address It also offers an overall status of common software features Port Mirroring Click Setting L2 Features Port Mirroring By default this feature is disabled Storm Control Click Setting QoS Storm Control By default this feature is disabled IGMP Snooping Click Setting L2 Features IGMP Snooping By default this feature is disabled Port Trunking Click Setting L2 Features Tru...

Page 23: ...lt gateway before using the default or previously entered settings By default the IP setting is static mode with IP address is 10 90 90 90 and subnet mask is 255 0 0 0 System Information By entering a System Name and System Location the device can more easily be recognized through the SmartConsole Utility and from other EasySmart devices on the LAN Login Timeout The Login Timeout controls the idle...

Page 24: ...s is Auto NOTE Be sure to adjust port speed settings appropriately after changing connected cable media types Link Status Reporting Down indicates the port is disconnected Flow Control You can enable this function to mitigate the traffic congestion Ports configured for full duplex use 802 3x flow control half duplex ports use backpressure flow control The default setting is disabled System Trap Se...

Page 25: ... The Trunking function allows the switch to combine two or four ports together to increase bandwidth Select the Trunking Groups choose the Members to be grouped together and then click Apply to activate the selected Trunking Groups Up to eight Trunking Groups may be created each supporting up to four ports Disable Removes all the members in this trunk group Figure 40 L2 Features Port Trunking Sett...

Page 26: ...include all ports into port mirroring Both transmit and receive mode Duplicate both the data transmitted from and data sent to the source port and forwards all the data to the assigned Target Port Click all to include all ports into port mirroring NOTE The target ports will stop mirroring packets if there are unknown tags or destination packets sent out by source ports L2 Features Loopback Detecti...

Page 27: ...econds Entering 0 will disable the Loop Detection Recover Time The default is 60 seconds From Port The beginning of a consecutive group of ports may be configured starting with the selected port To Port The ending of a consecutive group of ports may be configured starting with the selected port State Use the drop down menu to toggle between Enabled and Disabled Default is Disabled Click Apply to i...

Page 28: ...a VLAN ID to become a surveillance VLAN and set the priority By default the priority is highest 3 D Link Cameras can be recognized and placed into the VLAN dynamically For other brands of camera or storages servers manual settings are required in User Defined MAC Settings with a maximum entry number of 2 Component Type Surveillance VLAN will automatically detect D Link Surveillance Devices by defa...

Page 29: ...opper cable quality It rapidly determines the type of cable errors occurred in the cable Select a port and then click the Test Now button to start the diagnosis Figure 47 L2 Features Cable Diagnostics Test Result The description of the cable diagnostic results OK means the cable is good for the connection Short in Cable means the wires of the RJ45 cable may be in contact somewhere Open in Cable me...

Page 30: ...VLAN without having to change any physical connections By default 802 1Q VLAN is disabled With 802 1Q VLAN enabled the VLAN VID 1 is created by default with an empty VLAN name field and all ports are configured as Untagged members The 802 1Q VLAN configuration is accomplished in three steps Enabling 802 1Q VLAN function Creating a new VID group and assigning ports as Untagged Tagged or Not Member ...

Page 31: ... Figure 49 VLAN 802 1Q VLAN Add VID Figure 50 VLAN 802 1Q VLAN Assign PVID Rename Click to rename the VLAN group Delete VID Click to delete the VLAN group Figure 51 VLAN 802 1Q VLAN VLAN Table NOTE When 802 1Q VLAN is enabled the Port 28 ...

Page 32: ... enabled the 802 1Q VLAN settings will be set to Disabled as default By default all ports are untagged QoS 802 1p Default Priority QoS is an implementation of the IEEE 802 1p standard that allows network administrators to reserve bandwidth for important functions that require a larger bandwidth or that might have a higher priority such as VoIP voice over Internet Protocol web browsing applications...

Page 33: ...y QoS Storm Control The Storm Control feature provides the ability to control the receive rate of broadcast multicast and unknown unicast packets Once a packet storm has been detected the Switch will drop packets coming into the Switch until the storm has subsided Figure 54 QoS Storm Control Storm Control Type User can select the different Storm type from Broadcast Only Multicast Broadcast and Mul...

Page 34: ...s drop down menu allows you to specify that the selected port will have no bandwidth limit Enabled disables the limit Rate This drop down menu allows you to select data rate from 64Kbps to 512Mbps Click Apply to set the bandwidth control for the selected ports Security MAC Address Table Static MAC This feature provides two distinct functions The Disable Auto Learning Excluding Uplink Port table al...

Page 35: ...e to remove one entry or click Delete all to clear the list You can also copy a learned MAC address from Dynamic Forwarding Table please refer to Security MAC Address Table Dynamic Forwarding Table for details By disabling Auto Learning capability and specify the static MAC addresses the network is protected from potential threats like hackers because traffic from illegal MAC addresses will not be...

Page 36: ...D Link EasySmart Switch User Manual Figure 57 Security Dynamic Forwarding Table 33 ...

Page 37: ...d twisted pair UTP cabling outfitting your network with a powerful 1000 Mbps capable backbone server connection 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...

Page 38: ...z internal universal power supply Acoustic Value DGS 1100 16 24 0dB Fan less Operation Temperature 0 40 C Storage Temperature 10 70 C Operation Humidity 10 95 RH Storage Humidity 5 95 RH Emission EMI Certifications FCC class A CE Class A VCCI Class A Safety Certifications cUL LVD Features L2 Features Supports up to 8K MAC address IGMP snooping Loopback Detection Port Mirroring Port Trunking Auto S...

Page 39: ... in a rack should be such that the amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised C Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading D Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that ove...

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