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  • Page 1 8 Port 100BASE-FX Plus One GBIC Intelligent Fiber Switch MIL-SM808G USER GUIDE...
  • Page 2 EN60950 (IEC950) - Product Safety Five-Year Limited Warranty MiLAN Technology warrants to the original consumer or purchaser that each of it's products, and all components thereof, will be free from defects in material and/or workmanship for a period of five years from the original factory shipment date. Any warranty hereunder is extended to the original consumer or purchaser and is not assignable.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Console - Menu 4-1. Main Menu 4-2. Status and Counters 4-2-1. Port Status 4-2-2. Port Counters 4-2-3. System Information 4-3. Switch Static Configuration 4-3-1. Administration Configuration 4-3-1-1. Device Information 4-3-1-2. IP Configuration 4-3-1-3. Change Username 4-3-1-4. Change Password 4-3-2. Port / Trunk Configuration 4-3-3.
  • Page 4 4-4-2-3. Trap Managers 4-4-3. GVRP 4-4-4. LACP 4-4-4-1. Aggregator Setting 4-4-4-2. State Activity 4-4-4-3. LACP Status 4-5. Switch Reboot 4-6. Updating Firmware using the Console Port 5. Web-Based Management 5-1. Web Management Home Overview 5-2. Port Status 5-3. Port Statistics 5-4.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction The MIL-SM808G managed compact desktop switch is an ideal solution for a Fiber network infrastructure. It provides wire-speed, Fast Ethernet switching providing high-performance data transfer. The switch features a store-and-forward architecture with auto-learning of source addresses with an 8K-entry MAC address table.

  • Page 6: Features

    Conforms to IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3z and IEEE802.3x Ethernet Standards Eight 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Fiber ports and one GBIC port One Console port on the front for switch software configuration Half-duplex mode for back pressure and flow control for full- duplex Store-and-forward switching architecture...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    User Guide ( CD Manual) Warranty Card If any item is missing or damaged, please contact your local dealer for service. Management Methods The MIL-SM808G switch series support the following management methods: Console and Telnet Management Web-based Management SNMP Network Management Console and Telnet Management Console Management is done through the RS-232 Console Port.

  • Page 8: Snmp Network Management

    SNMP Network Management SNMP ( Simple Network Management Protocol ) provides a means to monitor and control network devices, and to manage configurations, statistic collection, performance, and security.

  • Page 9: Hardware Description

    Hardware Description Front Panel The Front Panel of the MIL-SM808G switch series consists of eight 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Fiber ports, one GBIC port, one console port, one LED-Indicator for Power, one LED-Indicator (LNK/ACT) for the GBIC port and two LED-Indicators (LNK/ACT, FDX/COL) for each Fiber port.

  • Page 10: Led Indicators

    LED Indicators Figure 2-2. LED Indicators There are two LED-Indicators (LNK/ACT, FDX/COL) for each Fiber port, one LED-Indicator (LNK/ACT) for the GBIC port and one LED-Indicator for power. The following table provides descriptions of the LED statuses and meaning. They provide a real-time indication of systematic operation status.

  • Page 11: Attaching Rubber Feet

    Rear Panel The 3-pronged power plug and the power on/off switch are located at the Rear Panel of the MIL-SM808G switch, as shown in Figure 2-3. The switches will work with AC in the range 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz. Figure 2-3. The Rear Panel of the MIL-SM808G Switch...
  • Page 12 Connect the power cord to the power socket on the rear panel of the Switch. Connect the other end of the cord to an appropriate power outlet. The internal power supply in the switch works with AC in the voltage range 100-240VAC, frequency 50~60Hz.

  • Page 13: Network Application

    You can use the MIL-SM808G switch to connect PCs, workstations, and servers to each other by connecting these devices directly to the switch. You can also use any of the Fiber ports of MIL-SM808G to connect with another Switch or Hub to interconnect each of your small switched workgroups to form a larger and long distance switched network.

  • Page 14: Network Configuration

    From the main menu of the console program, the user has access to manage the functions of the switch. Figure 4-1. Connecting the switch to a terminal via RS-232 cable Use the supplied RS-232 cable to connect a terminal or PC to the console port.

  • Page 15: Console - Menu

    After the connection between Switch and PC is finished, turn on the PC and run a terminal emulation program or Hyper Terminal to match the following default characteristics of the console port: Baud Rate: 9600 bps Data Bits: 8 Parity: none...

  • Page 16: Main Menu

    Status and Counters: Shows the status of the switch. Switch Static Configuration: Menus to configure the switch. Protocol Related Configuration: Configures protocol features. Reboot Switch: Restarts the system or resets the switch to the default configuration. Logout: Exits the menu line program.

  • Page 17: Status And Counters

    4-2. Status and Counters Press the Tab or Backspace key to choose action menu, and then press the Enter key to select the item.

  • Page 18: Port Status

    4-2-1. Port Status Type: Displays the port type of either 100Mbps or 1000Mbps. Enabled: A port that is enabled will be displayed as “Yes”. A port that is disabled will be displayed as “No”. Status: Displays the port's link. “Down” the port has no link, and “Up” the port has a link with the remote device.

  • Page 19: Port Counters

    4-2-2. Port Counters The following information provides a view of the current data packet information of the unit. The screen is not automatically updated. To see updated statistics, exit the menu and re-enter. Actions-> Press the Tab or Backspace key to choose action menu, and then press Enter key to select item <Quit>: Exits the port status page and returns to previous menu.

  • Page 20: System Information

    4-2-3. System Information System Description: Displays the name of the device. MAC Address: The unique hardware address assigned by manufacturer. Firmware Version: Displays the switch’s firmware version. Hardware Version: Displays the switch’s Hardware version. Kernel version: Displays Boot PROM version.

  • Page 21: Switch Static Configuration

    4-3. Switch Static Configuration Press the Tab or Backspace key to choose action menu, and then press the Enter key to select item. 4-3-1. Administration Configuration...

  • Page 22: Device Information

    4-3-1-1. Device Information Device Name: 10 characters can be used to give the switch a unique name in order to distinguish it on the network. After configuration this name will show at the top of each menu screen. Device Content: 32 characters can be used to describe devices attached.

  • Page 23: Ip Configuration

    4-3-1-2. IP Configuration This menu enables the user to change the default settings of the IP address, subnet mask and gateway. Rebooting the switch is necessary to have the configuration change take affect. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line.

  • Page 24: Change Username

    4-3-1-3. Change Username Use this screen to change the User Name. The default user name is root. 4-3-1-4. Change Password Use this screen to change the Password. The default password is root.

  • Page 25: Port / Trunk Configuration

    4-3-2. Port / Trunk Configuration This page can change every port status and configure trunk groups. Press TAB key to change the configuration of each item. 1. Enabled: User can disable or enable the port. Port 9 is always enabled. 2.

  • Page 26: Port Mirroring Configuration

    You can select a maximum of 8 ports to monitor in the switch. User can choose to monitor RX frames only or TX frames only or both RX and TX frames at the Action command line.

  • Page 27: Vlan Configuration

    4-3-4. VLAN Configuration All ports are automatically placed in VLAN 1, the default VLAN. To create new VLANs, use the Create a VLAN Group menu and add a VLAN. Make sure when you enter a VLAN name you do not leave spaces. For example VLAN2 is correct;...

  • Page 28: Vlan Configure

    VLAN. One configuration that is common for port based VLANs is to have all the ports on the switch on separate VLANs except for the port that has the server connected. The port connected to the server belongs to all the VLANs.
  • Page 29 If more than one VLAN is necessary, the additional VLANs may be created. PVID (Port VID): Set the port VLAN ID that will be assigned to untagged traffic on a given port. This feature is useful for accommodating devices that you want to participate in the VLAN, but don’t support tagging.

  • Page 30: Create A Vlan Group

    4-3-4-2. Create a VLAN Group To create a VLAN and add tagged /untagged member ports to it: 1. VLAN Name: Type a name for the new VLAN using 15 alphanumeric characters and no spaces. 2. VLAN ID: Type a VID (between 2~4094). The default is 1. 3.

  • Page 31: Edit / Delete A Vlan Group

    4-3-4-3. Edit / Delete a VLAN Group Use this menu to edit or delete a VLAN group. When editing the chosen VLAN, the user can change the protocol VLAN or a member port. A new protocol can be configured and the ports can be changed to tagged or untagged or deleted as member ports from this VLAN.

  • Page 32: Priority Configuration

    These options represent the number of high priority packets sent before one low priority packet is sent. For example, 2 High : 1 Low means that the switch sends 2 high priority packets before sending 1 low priority packet.
  • Page 33 4-3-6.MAC Address Configuration 4-3-6-1.Static MAC Address When a static MAC address is added, it remains in the switch's address table, regardless of whether the device is physically connected to the switch. This saves the switch from having to re-learn a device's MAC address when the device is disconnected or powered-off and then becomes active again.

  • Page 34: Mac Address Configuration

    Add static MAC address 1. Press the <Add> key. Then press the <Edit> key on this menu to add a static MAC address. 2. Enter the MAC address to and from which the port should permanently forward traffic, regardless of the device’s network activity. 3.

  • Page 35: Filtering Mac Address

    4-3-6-2.Filtering MAC Address Edit Filtering MAC address 1. Press the <Edit> key to modify a static Filtering address. 2. Choose the MAC address that you want to modify and then press enter. 3. Press the <Edit> key to modify all the items. 4.
  • Page 36 4-3-7.Misc Configuration...

  • Page 37: Port Security

    4-3-7-1.Port Security A port set in security mode will be “locked” and be without address learning. Only the incoming packets with the source MAC address already existing in the address table can be forwarded. With port security, users can disable a port from learning new MAC addresses.

  • Page 38: Mac Age Interval

    To configure a different MAC Age Interval, type the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in the switch’s address table before it is deleted. Once the address is removed from the table, a device will have to send out broadcast packets to be relearned by the switch and have its address put in the table.

  • Page 39: Broadcast Storm Filtering

    4-3-7-3.Broadcast Storm Filtering Broadcast storm filtering is used to limit the amount of broadcast traffic on the network. An excessive amount of broadcast traffic can inhibit data packets from timely delivery. The valid threshold values are 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and NO. If the broadcast traffic is greater than the configured value, broadcast packets will be dropped.

  • Page 40: Max Bridge Transmit Delay Bound

    Max Delay Time: Set the time that low priority packets are queued in the switch. The valid range is 0 to 255 ms. Since the default is OFF, the Max Delay Time is 0. This item must be set if “Enable Delay Bound” is configured.

  • Page 41: Protocol Related Configuration

    4-4.Protocol Related Configuration 4-4-1.STP 4-4-1-1.STP Enable This page enables or disables the Spanning Tree function. Press the Space key to select Enabled or Disabled.

  • Page 42: System Configuration

    4-4-1-2.System Configuration Spanning tree information for the Root Bridge on the left is for display only. Configure new values for the STP parameter on the right. You must enable STP function before selecting the configuration menu. Priority: The value used to identify the root bridge. The bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the root.

  • Page 43: Stp Port Configuration

    4-4-1-3.STP Port Configuration 1. PortState: Spanning tree status for each port. 2. PathCost: Specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine which ports are the forwarding ports. If you change the value, you need to restart the switch for valid value change to take effect.
  • Page 44 4-4-2.SNMP Any Network Management station running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage the switch provided that the Management Information Base (MIB) is installed. SNMP is a protocol that governs the transfer of information between management and agent. The switch supports SNMP V1.

  • Page 45: System Options

    Press <Edit> to enter all items, and then press <Save> to save the configured values. 1. System Name: Enter a name to identify the switch. 2. System Contact: Enter the name of the contact person or organization. 3. System Location: Enter the location of the switch.
  • Page 46 4-4-2-2.Community Strings Community strings serve as passwords and can be entered as one of the following: Read only: Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB- object information. Read Write: Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB- object information and to set MIB objects.

  • Page 47: Community Strings

    4-4-2-3.Trap Managers A trap manager is a management station that receives traps. The switch generates system alerts. If no trap manager is defined, no traps are issued. Create a trap manager by entering the IP address of the station and a community string.
  • Page 48 4-4-3.GVRP Use the GVRP Configuration screen to enable or disable GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol) support. Press the Space key to choose Enabled or Disabled. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. Press the Space key to choose Enabled or Disabled mode. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line.
  • Page 49 4-4-4.LACP...

  • Page 50: Aggregator Setting

    4-4-4-1.Aggregator Setting 1. Group: Displays the trunk group ID. NOTE: Before setting LACP support, you must first set the trunk group using the Port / Trunk Configuration screen. 2. LACP: Press the Space key to enable or disable LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) support.

  • Page 51: State Activity

    4-4-4-2.State Activity Active: The port automatically sends LACP protocol packets. Passive: The port does not automatically sends LACP protocol packets, and responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the opposite device. Actions-> <Edit>: Configures all items. When finished, pressing ESC returns to the action menu line.

  • Page 52: Lacp Status

    4-4-4-3.LACP Status When setting a trunking group, the relationship status information may be seen on the LACP Group Status screen. Actions-> <Quit>: Exits this page and returns to previous menu.

  • Page 53: Reboot Switch

    4-5.Reboot Switch Default: Resets the switch to the factory default configuration. The software version that the switch will be reset to can be found on the “System Information” menu under the main menu “Status and Counters”. Restart: Reboots the switch to enable items that have been configured.

  • Page 54: Updating Firmware Using The Console Port

    4-6.Updating Firmware using the Console Port 1. While booting the switch, press the X key to start the Xmodem routine on the device. 2. Pressing X will cause the switch Xmodem application to begin and cause the baud rate to change to 57600 bps. You will need to disconnect the...
  • Page 55 6. After successfully upgrading to the new firmware, change the baud rate back to the default 9600bps.

  • Page 56: Web Management Function

    Web-Based Management This section introduces the configuration and functions of the web-based management of MIL-SM808G switch series. The managed switch series provides an embedded HTML website residing in flash memory. This feature allows users to manage the switch from anywhere on the network through a standard web browser.

  • Page 57: Web Management Home Overview

    5-1. Web Management Home Overview 1. Home Page.

  • Page 58: Port Status

    5-2. Port status State: Displays port status off or on depending on user setting. “Unlink” means the port is offline or “off ”. Link Status: Down is “No Link”, Up is “Link” Auto Negotiation: Indicates if the port is in auto negotiation mode. Speed status: Displays link speed.

  • Page 59: Port Statistics

    1. The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit. A single port counter screen: 5-4. Administrator The management functions include IP address, switch settings, console port information, port controls, link aggregation, filter database, VLAN configuration, spanning tree, port mirroring, SNMP, security manager, TFTP...

  • Page 60: Ip Address

    5-4-1. IP Address The IP Settings can be changed by entering new values and clicking the apply button. The switch must be reset for the new IP address to take effect. Default IP:192.168.1.77 Subnetmask:255.255.255.0 Gateway:192.168.1.6 5-4-2. Switch Settings 5-4-2-1.Basic Description: Displays the name of device type.

  • Page 61: Advanced

    Max bridge transit delay bound control: Limits the packets queuing time in the switch. If enabled, the packets that exceed the time limit in the queue will be dropped. This valid values are 1sec, 2 sec, 4 sec and off. Default is 1 second.
  • Page 62 Weighted Round Robin: This option enables the user to choose a ratio of the number of high priority packets sent before one low priority packet is sent. For example, 2:1 (2 High : 1 Low) will have the switch send 2 high priority packets before sending 1 low priority packet.
  • Page 63 IGMP Query Mode: Recognizes different queries from clients or servers to decide which Query will be the first priority. The four modes are: Auto Mode: Chooses the switch that has the smallest IP address to be set for the IGMP Query mode.
  • Page 64 4. IGMP Theory of Operation The following three topologies detail how IGMP Query works and to be configured within a network: 1. Auto mode needs to be enabled when the router’s IP address is smaller than other switches in the subnet. 2.
  • Page 65 GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol) GVRP allows automatic VLAN configuration between the switch and nodes. A GVRP request can be sent using the VID of a VLAN defined on the switch when the switch is connected to a device with GVRP enabled. The switch...

  • Page 66: Console Port Information

    5-4-3. Console Port Information Console is a standard UART interface to communicate with a serial port. The Windows HyperTerminal program can be used to link the switch with the console port. In order to change any of these parameters, you must be connected to the console port.

  • Page 67: Port Controls

    5-4-4. Port Controls The menu allows changing of port configurations. State: User can disable or enable ports 1-8, port 9 is always enabled. Auto Negotiation: Ports 1-8 are fixed to disabled mode, and port 9 is enabled. Speed setting: Ports 1-8 are set at a fixed speed of 100Mbps. Port 9 is fixed at 1000Mbps (GBIC port).

  • Page 68: Aggregator Setting

    5-4-5-1. Aggregator Setting System Priority: A value used to identify the active LACP. The switch with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the active LACP. To create a trunk across two or more ports: 1. Group ID: Choose the "Group ID" and click "Get".

  • Page 69: Aggregator Information

    5-4-5-2. Aggregator Information The LACP Aggregator relation information is displayed as shown. 5-4-5-3. State Activity Active (select): The active port automatically sends LACP protocol packets. Passive (not selected): The passive port does not automatically send LACP protocol packets, but responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the other device.

  • Page 70: Filter Database

    IGMP queries and report packets and manage IP multicast traffic through the switch. IGMP has three fundamental types of messages. Message A message sent from the querier (IGMP router or switch) asking for a Query response from each host belonging to the multicast group.

  • Page 71: Static Mac Address

    5-4-6-2. Static MAC Address When a static MAC address is added, it remains in the switch's address table, regardless of whether or not the device is physically connected to the switch. This saves the switch from having to re-learn a device's MAC address when the device is disconnected or powered-off.

  • Page 72: Port Security

    5-4-6-3. Port Security A port in security mode will be “locked” with address learning blocked. Only the incoming packets with SMAC already existing in the address table can be forwarded normally. The user can disable the port from learning any new MAC addresses, then use the static MAC addresses screen to define a list of MAC addresses that can use the secure port.

  • Page 73: Mac Filtering

    Steps to specify a MAC address to filter: 1. In the MAC Address box, enter the MAC address to filter. 2. If tag-based (802.1Q) VLAN are set up on the switch, in the VLAN ID box, type the VID to associate with the MAC address.

  • Page 74: Vlan Configuration

    Layer 2 switch. However, all the network devices are still plugged into the same switch physically. The MIL-SM808G switch supports port-based and protocol-based VLANs. In the default configuration, VLAN support is enabled and all ports on the switch belong to the default VLAN.

  • Page 75: Basic

    5-4-7-1. Basic VLAN Configuration By default, there are no VLANs set for the switch. In order to configure any of the different types of VLANs, VLANs need to be enabled in the switch using Settings/Advanced/Protocol Enable Settings/VLAN Operational Mode. The...
  • Page 76 2. Click Add. 3. Type a name for the new VLAN. 4. Type a VID (between 2 to 4094). The default is 1. 5. From the Available ports box, select ports to add to the switch and click Add. 6. Click Apply...

  • Page 77: Port Vid

    Ingress Filtering Ingress filtering lets frames belonging to a specific VLAN be forwarded if the port belongs to that VLAN. The frames are dropped if not. The switch’s two ingress filtering rules are: Ingress Filtering Rule 1: Forwards only packets with VID matching this port’s configured VID.

  • Page 78: Spanning Tree

    When STP is enabled it ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two nodes on the network. Spanning-Tree Protocol can be enabled using web management’s switch setting advanced item, and selecting enable Spanning-Tree protocol. By default, spanning tree is disabled on the switch.
  • Page 79 Information about the current spanning tree status is displayed in this table. Parameter The priority value used to identify the root bridge can be changed. The bridge with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as Priority the root.
  • Page 80 128. If you change the value, you must reboot the switch. Path Cost specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine which ports are the forwarding ports. The lowest Path Cost number becomes the forwarding port.

  • Page 81: Port Mirroring

    Analysis Port: The ports you want to mirror. All source port traffic will be copied to a mirror port. You can select a maximum of 9 source ports in the switch. If you want to disable the function, you must select monitor port to none.

  • Page 82: Snmp

    5-4-10. SNMP SNMP is a protocol that governs the transfer of information between management and agent. The switch supports SNMP V1. Any Network Management station running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage the switch provided that the Management Information Base (MIB) is installed.

  • Page 83: Security Manager

    A trap manager is a management station that receives traps. Traps are the system alerts generated by the switch. If no trap manager is defined, no traps are issued. Create a trap manager by entering the IP address of the station and a community string.

  • Page 84: Tftp Update Firmware

    5-4-12. TFTP Update Firmware The following menu options provide some system control functions to allow a user to update firmware and remotely boot the switch system: • Executing TFTP software • Copy firmware update version image.bin to TFTP software directory.

  • Page 85: Tftp Backup Configuration

    Use this screen to set the TFTP server IP address. You can save current EEPROM value from here, then go to the TFTP Restore Configuration screen to restore the EEPROM value. 5-4-14. Reset System Reset Switch to default configuration. 5-4-15. Reboot Select Reboot to restart the system with the current saved configuration.

  • Page 86: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications This section provides the specifications of MIL-SM808G switch product. Standards IEEE 802.3u 100BASE- FX Fast Ethernet Compliance IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Fiber Protocol CSMA/CD 14,8800 pps per Fast Ethernet port, Max Forwarding 148,8000 pps per Gigabit Ethernet port (GBIC)

  • Page 87: Improper Network Topologies

    Troubleshooting This section is intended to help you solve some common problems encountered while using the MIL-SM808G switch series. Incorrect connections Faulty or loose cables Look for loose or obviously faulty connections. If they appear to be OK, make sure the connections are snug. If that does not correct the problem, try different cables.
  • Page 88 Cabling 100BASE-FX fiber port: Multi-mode fiber connector types must use 50/125 or 62.5/125 µm multi-mode fiber cable. Two devices may be connected over a 2 kilometer distance. Single-mode fiber connector types must use 9/125 µm single-mode fiber cable. Two devices may be connected over a 15 or 60 kilometer distance in full duplex operation in single-mode.

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