Intellinet 523769, User Manual

Page 1: ...fast Ethernet Managed Switch user manual Model 523769 INT 523769 UM 0607 01 ...

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Page 3: ...p and operation quick and simple so you ll also soon be enjoying the benefits of these additional features Store and forward switching architecture Full half duplex operation IEEE 802 3x flow control for full duplex Packet filtering forwarding rates of 1 488 000 pps 1000 Mbps 148 800 pps 100 Mbps 14 880 pps 10 Mbps Port Mirroring support Broadcast storm control Support for jumbo frames 9 kBytes Su...

Page 4: ...1 Connecting a HyperTerminal 11 4 2 Menu Driven User Interface via Telnet 12 4 2 1 System Information Menu 12 4 2 2 DHCP Configuration Menu 13 4 2 3 Device Control Menu 13 4 2 3 1 Port Configuration 13 4 2 3 2 Bridge Menu 14 4 2 3 3 VLAN Menu 16 4 2 3 4 Rate Control Configuration 19 4 2 3 5 Port Mirror Configuration 19 4 2 3 6 Trunk Configuration 20 4 2 3 7 IGMP Menu 20 4 2 3 8 MAC Configuration 2...

Page 5: ...ion 35 4 3 9 4 MAC Limit Configuration 35 4 3 10 QoS Menu 36 4 3 10 1 Base Configuration 36 4 3 10 2 Tag Priority 36 4 3 10 3 IP ToS Priority 37 4 3 11 Management Configuration 37 4 3 12 SNMP Configuration 37 4 3 12 1 SNMP Communities 37 4 3 12 2 IP Trap Manager 37 4 3 13 Email Alarm Configuration 38 4 3 14 User Configuration 38 4 3 15 Firmware Download Upgrade System 39 4 3 16 Confirmation File S...

Page 6: ...es ports with copper and SFP fiber port connectors functioning under Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet standards 1 3 1 10 100Base TX Ports The 10 100Base TX ports support network speeds of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps and can operate in half and full duplex transfer modes These ports also offer automatic MDI MDI X crossover detection that gives true Plug and Play capability Just plug the netwo...

Page 7: ...se 2 1 Placement of the Device For horizontal desktop shelf etc installation of the switch follow these steps 1 Place the switch on a clean flat and safe surface that has convenient access to AC power 2 Separate the four self adhesive rubber pads and attach them to the switch s underside 3 Connect the switch to an AC power source The green PWR LED on the front panel should light up 4 Connect the c...

Page 8: ...erformance on the port 2 2 3 Connecting Copper Cable The 10 100 1000Base T RJ 45 Ethernet ports fully support auto sensing and auto negotiation 1 Insert one end of a Category 3 4 5 5e twisted pair cable see 1 3 1 NOTE Page 6 into an available RJ 45 port on the switch and the other end into the port of the network node 2 Check the corresponding port LED on the front panel to be sure the connection ...

Page 9: ...nking on your network helps protect critical links against failure and network loops and reduces network downtime to less than 300 ms It allows users to set up a redundant path in the network to provide a backup data transmission route in the event that a connection is abruptly disconnected or damaged This is an extremely important feature in many applications because a link failure in a link with...

Page 10: ...l three of the methods below CLI via the console port to initially set IP parameters with added details in Section 4 4 Menu driven configurations via Telnet Internet browser interface The administration console and Web browser interfaces are embedded in the switch software and can be used immediately after setup 4 1 CLI Management via the Console Port Prior to accessing the switch s onboard agent ...

Page 11: ...net After logging in to the system the prompt at right displays Enter 1 to select the CLI User Interface operation 6 Enter the commands below to reset the IP address subnet mask and gateway Each xxx represents a value between 0 and 255 as shown at right NOTE Be sure to separate each 1 to 3 digit segment with a period as the program won t accept anything other than this format set eth0 ip xxx xxx x...

Page 12: ...he main menu Save after editing unsaved entries will return to default values or the most recent saved values System Information Default system information such as IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway DHCP Configuration Disable DHCP Client or enable it to set and display DHCP Leased Time and DHCP Expiry Time Device Control Configuration options Port Bridge VLAN Rate Control Trunks etc Management Set...

Page 13: ...onfigure port or tag based VLANs Rate Control Define bandwidth data rate control and Jumbo Packet limits for each port Port Mirror Select a port for mirroring to monitor traffic Trunk Configuration Configure up to four trunk groups IGMP Menu Configure IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol snooping and query and check group status MAC Configuration Check MAC Table status lock MAC Address Learning...

Page 14: ...switches bridges and routers This allows the switch to communicate and interact with other bridging devices that is STA compliant devices in a network to ensure that only one route exists between any two stations and to provide redundant or backup links that automatically take over when a primary link fails 4 2 3 2 1 Enable Disable STP Jet Ring or Xpress Ring Choose an option by scrolling with the...

Page 15: ...eiving packets before attempting to reconfigure the link 4 2 3 2 3 STP Per Port Configurations STP allows the switch to assign a priority status to each of its ports with respect to other networking nodes in the network In other words given the priority level of each node on the network STP determines the best route for data to flow Ensure that this function is activated when setting up backup lin...

Page 16: ... transmitting and receiving status or Blocking for port disabled or link down 4 2 3 3 VLAN Menu A VLAN Virtual LAN is a network of computers behaving as though they are connected to the same LAN segment even though their physical location may be on a different LAN altogether VLANs are configured through software rather than hardware which makes them extremely flexible Among the advantages of VLANs...

Page 17: ...e VLAN the same VLAN ID that is selected for that port in the Port Information menu The participating VLANs can be configured in the Add VLAN Group menu below If the port is set in the Add VLAN Group menu as a tagged port all packets flowing out of the port will be tagged frames to an 802 1Q switch or device If the port is set as an untagged port all packets out of the port will be untagged frames...

Page 18: ... port is participating and drops all untagged frames Isolated Set to Enable and the port is isolated Isolated ports belonging to the same VLAN do not communicate with each other this is generally set for security reasons The isolated ports communicate only with the trunk ports which should not be set as isolated When set as Disable the port is not isolated and can communicate with all ports of the...

Page 19: ...packets 1518 bytes are actually allowed for untagged packets Ingress Limit Mode You can select the type of frames allowed from the port All Frames Broadcast Only Multicast Broadcast Only or Multi Broadcast Flooded Unicast Ingress Egress Rate Assign the ingress and egress rates to and from the ports 128 kbps 256 kbps 512 kbps 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 4 Mbps or 8 Mbps 4 2 3 5 Port Mirror Configuration This fun...

Page 20: ...ooping Disable Enable IGMP Query Auto Enable Disable and IGMP static per port Y Ports 1 8 IGMP Static When enabled multicast packets will be forwarded to IGMP Static ports without the learning process and timeout of multicast group membership It is generally applied to those ports of uplinks or audio video equipment which will not be flexibly reconfigured NOTE In order to keep the switch traffic m...

Page 21: ... Lock MAC Address Learning If you want to put a lock on any of the ports change the in the Lock column to a Y 4 2 3 8 3 Static MAC Configuration In addition to the display of the static configuration note the Add option at the bottom of this screen When selected this presents the Add Static MAC screen below In addition with the cursor placed on Esc pressing the Enter key will present extra options...

Page 22: ...ts three further options Base Configuration Tag Priority Table and IP ToS type of service Priority Table 4 2 3 9 1 Base Configuration This screen presents a Schedule Mode choice between weighted fair queuing as shown and all high before low 4 2 3 9 2 Tag Priority Table 22 CONFIGURATION ...

Page 23: ...c passing through its ports A computer attached to the network called a network management station NMS can be used to access this information and community strings control access rights to the agent module In order to communicate with the switch the NMS must first submit a valid community string for authentication The options for configuring community strings and related trap functions are describ...

Page 24: ...alert Press the Tab key to move through and highlight options press the Enter key to select unselect or to exit a field press the Esc ape key to return to the main menu Save after editing unsaved configurations will return to default values or the most recent saved values Email Alarm Set to either Enable or Disable Mail Server IP Enter a valid IP address of your mail server From Address Assign an ...

Page 25: ... will set the switch back to factory defaults All saved configurations will be lost System Reset Pressing the Enter key with this option highlighted will reboot the switch After rebooting it will be necessary to log in again 4 3 Management via an Internet Browser Interface Open a Web browser and enter the IP address of the switch then press Enter The Web Manager screen will display The default use...

Page 26: ...r reference Firmware Version Lists for reference Port Number The number of available ports 4 3 1 3 DHCP Configuration DHCP Client Choose either Enable or Disable DHCP Client State Lists for reference DHCP Leased Time Listed in seconds DHCP Expiry Time Listed in seconds 4 3 2 Configuration This presents two sub menus Port Configuration and Port Status that allow you to view and change individual po...

Page 27: ...sents a full view of the status of switch operations 4 3 3 Bridge Menu The bridge menu is used for configuring the Jet Ring Spanning Tree Algorithm and Xpress Ring settings as well as the traffic class priority threshold and the address aging time Jet Ring offers fast recovery time of less than 300 ms in case of link failure if enabled It has a longer recovery time than Xpress Ring 50 ms but it ne...

Page 28: ...Save to retain new entries 4 3 3 2 STP System Configuration NOTE For the options on the STP System Configuration screen to be accessible 802 1D must be selected on the Bridge Configuration screen see 4 3 3 1 above Bridge Priority Set the bridge priority between 0 the highest priority and 65535 the lowest priority The bridge priority is used in selecting the root device root port and designated por...

Page 29: ...Status NOTE For the Jet Ring Status screen to be viewable Jet Ring must be selected on the Bridge Configuration screen see 4 3 3 1 above Master Bridge MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the switch in the ring Jet Ring Total Nodes This is the number of switches forming the ring Bridge Role The role of the switch Port Role The role of each port Ring Port Displays which of the ports are serving ...

Page 30: ...il users VLANs can also define a network by department For example a company might have one VLAN for its engineering department another for Marketing and another for Sales VLANs can also be set up according to the organization s internal structure For example the company president might have his her own VLAN the executive staff might have a different VLAN and the remaining employees might have yet...

Page 31: ...p Untagged Drop This drops VLAN tagged frames that aren t members of any VLAN in which the port is participating and drops all untagged frames Double Tag When set to Enable the egress frames are double tagged When set to Disable the egress frames are not double tagged 4 3 4 2 Tag Based Info This sub menu presents two options for configuring as many as 64 VLANs on the switch 4 3 4 2 1 Tag Based VLA...

Page 32: ...ntries onto the Tag Based VLAN Table Enter a valid configurable 802 1Q VID ranging from 1 to 4094 into the field on the first row Next specify the parameters for each port as described above to determine if and how the specific port will participate in that specific VLAN Click Save to add the new VLAN to the Tag Based VLAN Table 4 3 4 3 Management VLAN The management VLAN is the VLAN ID that in ba...

Page 33: ...s 4 3 6 Port Mirroring Set the port mirroring option to monitor data being transmitted through a specific port Mirror Mode Select the appropriate mode from among three options Disable Mirror Mode is disabled Ingress Egress Monitor both the incoming and the outgoing traffic Egress Monitor only outgoing traffic Monitoring Port Select the port that will do the monitoring Monitored Port Select the por...

Page 34: ...r audio video equipment that will not be flexibly reconfigured NOTE In order to keep the switch traffic moving efficiently the last byte of the IP address should not be the same as that of the IGMP group For example if the switch s IP address is 192 168 0 10 and the IGMP router switch s address is 192 168 21 10 this will cause the switch to operate in a less efficient manner Click Save to retain n...

Page 35: ...e priority and port number Click Save to implement the input The static MAC addresses and their settings will be displayed in the table below the input bar on the lower half of the screen Click Delete to void the configuration 4 3 9 4 MAC Limit Configuration This menu lets you limit the number of incoming MAC addresses per port MAC Limit Function To disable this function entirely select the Disabl...

Page 36: ...rts advanced QoS features like scheduling classification and policing 4 3 10 1 Base Configuration This screen is for setting the basic QoS configuration Schedule Mode Select either Weighted fair queuing or All high before low Weighted fair queuing WFQ is a packet scheduling technique allowing guaranteed bandwidth services The purpose of WFQ is to let several sessions share the same link Click Save...

Page 37: ...ividuals with access to this management program NOTE You can use an external SNMP based application to configure and manage the switch This management method requires the SNMP agent on the switch and the SNMP network management station to use the same community string This method actually uses two community strings GET and SET If the SNMP network management station only knows the SET community str...

Page 38: ...to assigned email addresses in case of any abnormal event Up to five email addresses can be assigned Email Alarm Enable or disable the email alarm notification default Disable Mail Server IP Enter the IP address of the mail server From Enter the valid email address assigned to the switch To Enter up to five email address to which email will be sent Alarm Type Enable or disable the type of event th...

Page 39: ...nload operation depends on the quality of the network connection After downloading the new software the agent will automatically restart itself File Name Click Browse to find and select the firmware to be uploaded Start Upgrade Once the firmware file is selected click to upgrade the systems The switch will restart once the new firmware is uploaded 4 3 16 Confirmation File System Backup The switch ...

Page 40: ...NOTE The default login is admin with no preset password 3 The program presents both CLI and menu driven interfaces Enter 1 to select CLI operation At this point enter or help and press the Enter key to display a fulll list of help commands and their function definitions 4 4 1 Help Commands Use the list above when configuring the switch management agent Where appropriate a status report can be disp...

Page 41: ...t switch Set switch parameters like jumbo frame max age and counter set idle time in seconds Set automatic logout when the program is idle set port name Use this command to assign a name to each port admin Enable disable speed Set the speed for each port duplex Set the duplex mode for each port autonego Enable disable auto negotiation loopback Enable disable loopback mcrate Assign a limit for mult...

Page 42: ...ure to include a space between command segments for example for changing or setting the name of Port 1 set port 1 name office A confirmation message will follow By using a similar command line the other port parameters can be modified to suit your own requirements 4 4 3 3 Spanning Tree Protocol STP Configurations STP allows the switch to assign a priority status on the switch with respect to other...

Page 43: ...LI 4 4 4 1 SNMP Configurations Enter the command line and follow the argument list NOTE Be sure to include a space between command segments for example for changing or setting SNMP functions set snmp contact service MyCompany com A confirmation message will follow 4 4 4 2 Set SNMP Traps There are five addresses an alarm can be sent to when abnormalities occur on a connection To set up this list us...

Page 44: ...r cord Solution Verify if the power outlet is functioning normally by plugging in another properly operating device Connect the power cord to another device to test If these two tests fail to resolve the problem replace the power supply unit Symptom The link indicator does not light up after making a connection Cause The network cable or fiber copper port is defective Solution Ensure that the atta...

Page 45: ...air 3 Green White Pin 7 N A Pair 4 Brown White Pin 8 N A Pair 4 Brown White NOTE The switch features automatic MDI MDI X and NWay on RJ 45 ports Console Cable RJ 45 to DB 9 When connecting your switch s console port to your COM port use the provided console cable The pin assignments are as follows SNMP Trap List 45 SPECIFICATIONS RJ 45 pin assignment RJ 45 8 pin to DB 9 F pin assignment 1 Switch T...

Page 46: ... DiffServ 4 priority queues high preferred normal low Port configuration options enable disable 10 100 Mbps or auto negotiation for 10 100 Mbps ports full or half duplex for 10 100 Mbps ports flow control enable disable for all ports Administrator access allowed disallowed for all ports Port name for all ports Bandwidth control options 128 kbps 256 kbps 512 kbps 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 4 Mbps 8 Mbps 16 Mbps...

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