1. Package Contents Thank you for purchasing PLANET Layer 3 12-Port 10G SFP+ + 8-Port 10/100/1000T Managed Switch, XGS-6350-12X8TR. Unless specified, “Managed Switch” mentioned in this Quick Installation Guide refers to the XGS-6350-12X8TR. Open the box of the Managed Switch and carefully unpack it. The box should...
2. Switch Management To set up the Managed Switch, the user needs to configure the Managed Switch for network management. The Managed Switch provides two management options: Out-of-Band Management and In-Band Management. Out-of-Band Management Out-of-band management is the management through console interface. Generally, the user will use out-of-band management for the initial switch configuration, or when in-band management is not available.
3. Requirements z Workstations running Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/10, MAC OS X or later, Linux, UNIX, or other platforms are compatible with TCP/IP protocols. z Workstations are installed with Ethernet NIC (Network Interface Card) z Serial Port Connection (Terminal) The above Workstations come with COM Port (DB9) or USB-to-RS232 converter. The above Workstations have been installed with terminal emulator, such as Tera Term or PuTTY.
4. Terminal Setup To configure the system, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or notebook computer and to serial (console) port of the Managed Switch. The console port of the Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can connect the console port directly through PC without the need of Null Modem.
4.1 Logon to the Console Once the terminal is connected to the device, power on the Managed Switch, and the terminal will display “running testing procedures”. Then, the following message asks for the login user name and password. The factory default user name and password are as follows as the login screen in Figure 4-3 appears.
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The previous command would apply the following settings for the Managed Switch. IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Figure 4-4 Configuring IPv4 Address Screen To check the current IP address or modify a new IP address for the Managed Switch, please use the procedures as follows: Show the current IP address 1. On “Switch#” prompt, enter “show ip interface brief”.
4.3 Setting 100BASE-TX for Gigabit Ethernet Port The Managed Switch supports both 1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX by manual setting and the default Ethernet port speed is set to 1000Mbps. To establish the UTP connection with 100BASE-TX, the following command configuration is required: Switch#config Switch_config#interface gigaethernet 0/1 Switch_config_g0/1#speed 100 Switch_config_g0/1#exit Switch_config#interface range gigaethernet 0/2-8 Switch_config_if_range#speed 100 Switch_config_if_range# Figure 4-6 Setting 100BASE-TX Screen...
Figure 4-7 Setting 1000BASE-FX Screen 4.5 Changing Password The default password of the switch is “admin”. For security reason, it is recommended to change password and the following command configuration is required: Switch#config Switch_config#username admin password planet2017 Switch_config# Figure 4-8 Changing Password Interface Screen 4.6 Saving the Configuration In Managed Switch, the running configuration file stores in the RAM. In the current version, the running configuration sequence running-config can be saved from the...
5. Starting Web Management The Managed Switch provides a built-in browser interface. You can manage it remotely by having a remote host with Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Apple Safari. PC / Workstation with Web Browser 192.168.0.x Managed Switch RJ45/UTP Cable IP Address: 192.168.0.100 Figure 5-1 IP Management Diagram...
5.1 Logging in to the Managed Switch 1. Use Internet Explorer 8.0 or above Web browser and enter IP address http://192.168.0.254 (that you have just set in console) to access the Web interface. 2. When the following dialog box appears, please enter the configured username “admin”...
4. The Switch Menu on the left of the Web page lets you access all the commands and statistics the Switch provides. Now, you can use the Web management interface to continue the Switch management or manage the Managed Switch by console interface. Please refer to the user manual for more.
5 seconds. After the device is rebooted, you can login the management Web interface within the same subnet of 192.168.0.xx. TE12 Console TE11 TE10 Reset XGS-6350-12X8TR 9600, N, 8, 1 Figure 6-1 XGS-6350-12X8TR Reset Button...