Asus GigaX2024X User Guide

Asus GigaX2024X - GigaX 2024X Switch Manual

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    GigaX Series Layer 2 Managed Switch User Guide
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide E2211 First Edition V1 July 2005 Copyright © 2005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (ASUS). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide ASUS contact information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112 General Tel: +886-2-2894-3447 General Fax: +886-2-2894-7798 Web Site: www.asus.com.tw Technical Support MB/Others (Tel): +886-2-
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    12 1.2.3 Symbols 12 2 Getting to know the GigaX 2024X 13 2.1 Package contents 13 2.2 Front Panel 14 2.3 Rear Panel 16 2.4 Technical specifications 16 3 Quick start guide 17 3.1 Part 1 - Installing the hardware 17 3.1.1 Installing the switch on a flat surface 17 3.1.2 Mounting the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.3 System Pages 30 4.3.1 Management 30 4.3.2 IP Setup 32 4.3.3 Administration 34 4.3.4 Reboot 35 4.3.5 Firmware Upgrade 35 4.4 Physical Interface 37 4.5 Bridge 39 4.5.1 Spanning Tree 39 4.5.2 Link Aggregation
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.8.2 4.8.3 Error Group 68 Historical Status 69 4.9 Save Configuration 71 address 101 6.1.2 Network classes 103 6.2 Subnet masks 104 7 Troubleshooting 106 7.1 Diagnosing problems using IP utilities 106 7.1.1 ping 106 7.1.2 nslookup 108 7.2
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide List of Figures Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 20. Figure 21. Figure 22. Figure 23. Figure 24. Figure 25. GigaX L2 managed switch package contents 13 Front panel 14 Rear panel 16 Overview of Hardware Connections 19 Login
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 26. Tagged VLAN 51 Figure 27. Default Port VLAN and CoS 52 Figure 28. Cos Queue Mapping 54 Figure 29. Community Table 55 Figure
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide List of Tables Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table 6. Table 7. Table 8. Front panel labels and LEDs 15 color description 27 Commonly used buttons and icons 29 Boot ROM commands 75 IP address structure 102 Troubleshooting 111 10
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    ASUS GigaX L2 managed switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a friendly and powerful user interface. This user guide tells you how to set up the GigaX L2 managed switch class of service, 4 queues per port • IGMP snooping support • 802.3ad link aggregation (manual and LACP),
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    the GigaX switch is referred to as "the switch." • The terms LAN and network are used interchangeably to refer to a group of Ethernet-connected computers at one following icons to call your attention to specific instructions or explanations. Note Provides clarification or additional information
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    : • GigaX 2024X ( 26-port) L2 managed switch • AC Power cord • Null modem cable for console interface (DB9) • Rack installation kit (two brackets with six #6-32 screws) • USB cable for console interface • Installation CD-ROM • User Manual • Quick installation guide Figure 1. GigaX L2 managed switch
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 2.2 Front Panel The front panel includes LED indicators that show the system, RPS, fan, and port status. Figure 2. Front panel 14
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs Label enabled Data is being transmitted/received No Ethernet link Link is present, but port is disabled either manually or by spanning tree Port is in one of the STP blocking, listening and learning state 1000Mbps
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 2.3 Rear Panel The switch rear panel contains the ports for the data and power connections. Figure 3. Rear panel No. Label 1 Power Connector 2 RPS 3 FAN1 - FAN2 Description Connects to the
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    Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 3 Quick start guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the GigaX environment. Refer also to the GigaX Series Installation Guide. Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX on a flat surface or on a rack. Part 2 provides instructions to set up
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 3.2 Part 2 - Setting up the switch Connect the device to the power outlet, and your computer or network. See Figure 4. 3.2.1 Connect the console port For console management, use an RS232 (DB9) or a USB cable to connect the switch. If you want to use WEB
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide RPS RS-232 Cat 5 Ethernet cables Console Management USB LAN computers Expansion hub/switch Figure 4. Overview of Hardware Connections 19
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Table 3. LED Indicators No. LED 1 System 2 Switch ports [1] to [26] 3 RPS 4 Fan Description Solid green indicates that the device is turned on. If this light is off, check if the power adapter if attached to the switch and plugged into a power
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 3. Make sure the settings of your terminal emulation control e) Set VT1000 for emulation mode 4. After setting up the terminal, you can see the prompt "(ASUS)%" on the terminal. 5. Type "login" to access the command line interface. The default user name is
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface To successfully connect your PC to the switch, your PC must a valid IP in your network. Contact your network administrator to obtain a valid IP for the switch. If you wish to change the default IP address of the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Default User Name: Default Password: admin (no password) You can click . 4. If your new address is different from the default, the browser can not update the switch status window or retrieve any page. This is normal. You have to retype the new IP address
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 7. IP Setup 24
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4 Management with the Web Interface The switch provides Web pages that allow switch management through the Internet. The program is designed to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer® 5.5, or later versions. NOTE: Netscape is not supported. 4.1 Log into
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Use the following defaults the first time you log into the program. You can change the password at any time through CLI interface (see section 5.3.1 )
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.2 Functional layout Typical web page consists of three separate frames. The top frame has a switch logo Link is present but port is disabled manually or by spanning tree Clicking on the port icon of the switch displays the port configuration in the lower
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 11. Expanded Menu List The right frame displays configuration pages or graphics for the statistics. See section 4.3 for details. 28
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.2.1 Menu navigation tips • To expand a group of related menus, click on the corresponding group name. The sign will change to after expansion. • To contract a group
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 4.3 System Pages System pages include management, IP setup, administration, reboot, and firmware update function. 4.3.1 Management The Management page contains the following information: Model Name: product name MAC Address: switch MAC address System Name
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 12. Management 31
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 4.3.2 IP Setup The switch supports dynamic IP and static IP assignment reachable within the management VLAN. IP Address: assign a static IP address to the switch management interface. Network Mask Default Gateway To save any changes and make it effective
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 13. IP Setup 33
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 4.3.3 Administration The Administration page allows you enable or disable the authentication for web user by password protection. The default setting for web access does not
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.3.4 Reboot The Reboot page contains a system. button. Clicking the button reboots the Rebooting the system stops the network traffic and terminates the Web interface connection.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Enter the firmware location into the firmware space directly, or click to choose the file name of the firmware from prompt window. Click to update the switch firmware. See Figure 16 for reference. Clicking the upload button loads the assigned firmware to
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.4 Physical Interface The Physical Interface displays the Ethernet port status in real time. You can configure the port in following fields: Port: select the port
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 17. Physical Interface 38
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.5 Bridge The Bridge page group contains most layer 2 . The first part shows the root information. It tells user the STP setting about the root switch. The second part is the STP setting. The following options are available: Disable/STP Enable/RSTP
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Edge Port: All ports are set to be edge ports by Figure 18. Spanning Tree 4.5.2 Link Aggregation The page configures the link aggregation group (port trunking). The switch can have 15 link aggregation groups. Show Trunk: Select "Add a new Trunk" for a new
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Name: the group name. Trunk ID: a number to identify from the group by clicking the selected port again. Click to make the setting send to the switch (HTTP server). Click to refresh the settings to current value. To make the configuration effective, go
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide group consists of port 1 and 2. If the VLAN of port 1 changes, the VLAN of port 2 also changes with port 1. Figure 19. Link aggregation 4.5.3 Mirroring Mirroring,
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Monitor Port: Receives the copies of all the traffics in the selected mirrored ports. The monitor port can not belong to any link aggregation group. The monitor port can not operate as a normal switch port. It does not switch packets or do address learning.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Static Multicast This page can add multicast addresses into the multicast table. The switch can hold up to 256 multicast entries. All the ports in the group will forward the specified multicast packets to other ports in the group.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.5.4 IGMP Snooping IGMP snooping helps to reduce the multicast traffics on the network by allowing the IGMP snooping function to be turned on or off. When turned on, the switch snoops the IGMP packets and puts the new group into the multicast table. However
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 23. Traffic Control 4.5.6 Dynamic Addresses This page displays the result of dynamic MAC address lookup by port, VLAN ID, or specified MAC address. The dynamic address is the MAC address learned by switch, it will age out from the address table if
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 24. Dynamic Address 47
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 4.5.7 Static Addresses You can add a MAC address into the switch address table. The MAC address added by this way will not age out from the address table. We call it static address. MAC Address: enter
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 25. Static Address 4.5.8 Tagged VLAN You can set up to 256 VLAN groups and show VLAN group in this page. There is a default VLAN created by the switch. It cannot be removed at all. This feature prevents the switch from malfunctions. You can remove any
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide If one untagged port belongs to two or more VLAN groups at the same time, it will confuse the switch and cause flooding traffics. To prevent it, the switch only allows one untagged port belongs to one VLAN at the same time. That is, the untagged port
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 26. Tagged VLAN 51
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 4.5.9 Default Port VLAN and CoS Some VLAN tag related field settings for each port are included in this page. It includes: Port: select the port
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.5.10 CoS Queue Mapping The switch supports 4 egress queues for each port. For each queue, you can specify the scheduling types as follows: • Strict priority scheduling: each CoS value can map into
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 28. Cos Queue Mapping 54
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.6 SNMP This group offers the SNMP configuration including Community Table, Host Table, and Trap Setting. To provide more secure management and access control, SNMPv3 is supported. 4.6.1 Community Table You can type different community names and specify
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 4.6.2 Host Table This page links host IP address to the community name that is entered in Community Table page. Type an IP address and select
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.6.3 Trap Setting By setting trap destination IP addresses and community names, you can enable SNMP trap function to send trap packets in different versions(v1
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Write View Name: enter the Write View Name that the Group belongs. The related SNMP message is Set. Notify View Name: enter the Notify View
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 32. VACM Group 4.6.5 VACM View VACM (View-based Access Control Model) View is used to view the information of SNMPV3 VACM Group. View Name:
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Click on the when you create a new VACM View entry by the above information. Then you will see the new added entry shows in the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Name: enter Name combined with Engine ID that should match the Name and Engine ID in the Manager. Auth Protocol: enter the Auth Protocol that
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 34. USM User 62
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.7 Security The switch has the 802.1x port-based security feature. Only authorized hosts are allowed to access the switch port. Traffic is blocked for hosts failed to authenticate themselves. The authentication service is provided by a RADIUS server or the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide • Multi-host: If enabled, all hosts connected to the selected port are allowed to use the port if one of the hosts passed the authentication.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.7.2 Dial-In User Dial-in User is used to define users in the local database of the switch. • User Name: New user name. • Password: Password for the new user. • Confirm Password: Enter the password again. • Dynamic VLAN: Specify the VLAN ID assigned to
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 4.7.3 RADIUS In order to use external RADIUS server, the following Key: Re-type the key entered above. • The VLAN of the RADIUS server connected to the switch must be the same as the VLAN of the system management interface. • Please click to make the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.8 Statistics Chart The Statistics Chart pages provide displayed in these charts. Click Refresh Rate to set the period for retrieving new data from the switch. You can differentiate the statistics or ports by selecting Color. Finally, click on Draw to
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 38. Traffic comparison 4.8.2 Error Group Select the Port and display Color, then click the Draw, the statistics window shows you all the discards or error counts for the specified port. The data is updated periodically. 68
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 39. Error group 4.8.3 Historical Status You can display information for different ports and statistics items in this chart. Since this shows the history of the statistics information, the chart can keep the old data even it is refreshed. 69
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 40. Historical Status 70
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.9 Save Configuration To save configuration permanently, you should click also takes effective after a successful save. . The setting Sometimes you may want to reset the switch configuration, you can click on to reset the configuration file to factory
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 5 Console Interface This chapter describes how to use console interface to configure the switch. The switch provides RS232 and USB connectors to connect your PC. Use a terminal emulator on your PC such as HyperTerminal and command line interpreter to
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 5.1 Power On Self Test POST is executing during the system booting time. It tests system memory, LED and hardware chips on the switchboard. It displays
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode During the POST process, you can enter a "Boot ROM Command" mode by pressing key as shown in Figure 43. Figure 43 shows dual images in the switch. Enter the "?" key to show the help messages for all available commands.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 5.1.2 Boot ROM Commands Type "?" in the boot mode to display the valid commands list. Table 6. Boot ROM commands Command Parameters Usage Notes c IP address g NONE h
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide you forget the use name and password, you may contact ASUS support team or erase the whole configuration file in the Boot ROM can follow the instructions and set up the switch correctly as easily as using WEB interface to configure the switch. "save" command
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide If you put a name in the name description field, the switch system name will be changed into the new one. [System Contact] Displays the detail information of contact about the switch. This is an RFC-1213 defined MIB object in System Group, and provides
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Figure 44. SYS commands [VLAN ID] Display the VLAN ID for the switch. It is necessary to address. If you enable DHCP, you can renew or release the IP address for the switch, and use show command to display the dynamic IP address. CLI command: net interface
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Network Mask] Displays the subnet mask for the switch. CLI command: net interface ip sw0 < IP address> [Default Gateway] Displays the IP address of the default gateway. This field is necessary if the switch network contains one or more routers.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 5.3.2 Physical Interface Commands [Admin] [Enable/Disable] Displays [Spanning Tree is] [STP Enabled/ RSTP Enabled/ Disabled] Allows user to specify whether the switch participates the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP/ RSTP). CLI command : l2 stp start
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Hello Time] [Forward Delay] [Max Age] [Bridge Priority] Displays the current STP/RSTP bridge parameters setting. CLI command : l2 stp bridge set Hello Time (1..10
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide CLI command : l2 stp port retrieve [Show Trunk] Displays a specific trunk group settings. User can create a new trunk group by specify a unique trunk ID, a trunk
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command : l2 port lacppri [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings of trunk from configuration file. CLI command : l2
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide vlan id [1 by default]: port list [format: 1 2 3 4- 26/* for all ports]: [Remove Multicast Group] Allows user to delete a static multicast group
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command : l2 rate set [ ] [Reload]
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide [MAC Address] [VLAN ID] [Port Selection] User can add or configuration file. CLI command : l2 arl retrieve [Show VLAN] Displays the existing VLAN information of the switch. CLI command : l2 vlan show [Name] [VLAN ID] Allows user to config the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command : l2 vlan create < [CoS Value] Sets the Class of Service for a port by assigning it a priority (with range of 0-7) criteria value for untagged packets.. CLI command
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide CLI command : l2 port retrieve [CoS] [Map] Allows user to map the CoS priority (with range of 0-7) for a buffer queue (total of 4, with queue ID
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide This action will modify all hosts with community string from 'old community' to 'new community'. Are you sure? (y/n):[y] Get privileges: [y, always
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Host IP/Subnet (old IP address): Netmask ( [v1/v2c] [Destination] [Community for Trap] A trap entry contains SNMP version (currently support version 1 and version 2c), a destination IP address and the remote community string. CLI command
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Community (old community string): Allows user to delete a trap entry from trap table. CLI command : snmp trap delete Trap table entry (table
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Notify View Name: User can modify a VACM entry in the Group by reassigning its allowed group name, read view name, write
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [View Name] [View Type] [View Subtree] [View Mask] VACM (View-based Access Control Model) View is used to view the information of SNMPV3 VACM Group. A
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide [Engine Id] [Name] [Auth Protocol] [Auth Password] [Priv Protocol] [Priv Password] USM(User-based Security Model) User is used to configure the information of SNMPV3
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide AuthPassword: (old auth password string) < new auth password string> Priv Protocol [oid]: (old priv protocol oid string) < new priv protocol oid string > Priv Password: (old
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide CLI command : security dot1x bridge quietperiod [Retransmission Time] Allows user to set up the retransmission time. CLI command : security dot1x bridge
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [User Name] [Password] [Confirm Password] [Dynamic VLAN] Create users in the local database of the switch for 802.1x authentication. A user entry contains a user name, password and dynamic VLAN. CLI command : security dialinuser create User Name:
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide [Authentication Server Port] [Authentication Server Key] [Confirm is encrypted. The encryption provides protection against various network security risks. Currently, our switch supports SSH protocol version 2 and allows one login at a time. Two pairs
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Show Generating Status] Show the SSH key generating status. It will display "success" or "SSH keys generated fail" or "system is generating keys ...". CLI command : security sshkey show 99
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 5.4 Miscellaneous Commands sys time uptime: shows the time since the system boot up. sys time date: shows the current date and time sys time settime:
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 6 IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets 6.1 IP Addresses This ID Identifies a particular network within the Internet or intranet Host ID Identifies a particular computer or device on the network The first part of every IP address contains the network
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Table 7. Class A Class B Class C IP address structure Field1 Network ID Network ID Network ID Field2 Host ID Field3 Host ID Field4 Host ID Following are
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 6.1.2 Network classes The three commonly used network classes are A, B, and C. (There is also a class D but it has a special use beyond the scope of this discussion.)
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 6.2 Subnet masks A mask looks like a regular IP address, but contains a pattern of bits that tells what parts of an IP address are the network ID
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide The two extra bits in Field 4 can have four values (00, 01, 10, 11), so there are four subnets. Each subnet uses the remaining six
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 7 Troubleshooting This section gives instructions for using several IP utilities to diagnose problems. A list of possible problems with suggestion actions is also provided. All the known bugs are listed in the release note. Read the release note before
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 45. Using the ping utility If the target computer cannot be located, you will receive the message "Request timed out." Using the ping command, you can test whether the path to the switch is working (using the pre-configured default LAN IP address 192.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 7.1.2 nslookup You can use the nslookup command to , until the entry is found. The server then returns the associated IP address. On Windows-based computers, you can execute the nslookup command from the Start menu. Click the Start button, then click Run
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 7.2 Replacing defective fans Turn off the power of the switch when you remove the fan module on the rear side of the switch. When any one of the switch fans (located on the rear panel) becomes defective, you can easily replace it following these steps. 1.
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide 3. Carefully pull the two power cables from the fan connectors. is on the left side when you are facing the rear panel. 7. Inserts the fan module to the switch chassis until it fits in place. Make sure that the fan power cables are not caught between the
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 7.3 Simple fixes The following table lists some common problems that you may encounter when installing or using the switch, and the suggested actions to solve the problems. Table 8. Troubleshooting Problem Suggested Action LEDs SYSTEM LED does Verify
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Problem Netscape is not supported. Support for Javascript® must be enabled in your browser. Support for Java® may also be required. 2. Ping the switch IP address to the switch, install the USB driver first. 3. Check if the cable is good. 112
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 8 Glossary 10BASE-T 100BASE-T 1000BASE-T binary bit bps CoS A designation for the type of wiring used is a number that can have two values, 0 or 1. See also binary. bits per second Class of Service. Defined in 802.1Q, the value range is from 0 to 7. 113
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide broadcast To send data to all computers on a network. Ethernet The most commonly installed computer network technology, usually using twisted pair wiring. Ethernet data rates are 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps. See also 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, twisted pair. FTP
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    Mbps Monitor network mask NIC packet GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide See network mask. To send data IP Addresses Explained" section. Network Interface Card An adapter card that plugs into your computer and provides the physical interface to your network cabling, which for Ethernet NICs is
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    L2 Managed Switch User's Guide ping Packet Internet (or Inter-Network) Groper A program used to verify whether the host associated with an IP address is online. It can also be used to reveal the IP address for a given domain name. port A physical access point to a device such as a computer or
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    STP subnet subnet mask TCP TCP/IP GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Simple Network Management Protocol The TCP/IP network by a subnet mask which selects some of the computers of the network and excludes all others. The subnet's computers remain physically connected to the rest of the parent
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    GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User's Guide Telnet/SSH An interactive, character-based program used to access a remote computer. While HTTP (the web protocol) and FTP only allow you to download files from a remote computer, Telnet / SSH allows you to log into and use a computer from a remote
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    WAN Web browser Web page Web site GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide The direction of data transmission from that is displayed is called the home page. See also hyperlink, web site. A computer on the Internet that distributes information to (and gets information from) remote users through
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