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User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Chapter 1 Introduction CTC Union VDSM2-1524 VDSL2 IP DSLAM presents the ideal and efficient solution for Telecom, ISP (Internet Service Provider), or SI (System Integration) with 24-port VDSL2 and 2-port gigabit Ethernet combo interfaces (TP and SFP) in the 1.5U height design.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 1.1 Features 24 10/100BaseX Ethernet ports and 2 10/100/1000BaseX Ethernet ports Ethernet switch controller Supports SMII or SS-SMII for 10/100BaseX ports Supports GMII/MII/TBI for 10/100/1000BaseX ports All packet buffer and control data memory embedded ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Scheduling algorithms: strict priority or weighted round robin Four RMON groups (1,2,3,9) Supports MIB of RFC1213, 1573, 1757, 1643, 2233 Programmable LED output provides: Serial LED output provides basic status of all Ethernet ports, or ...
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This chapter shows the front panel and how to install the hardware. 2.1 Front Panel VDSM2-1524 includes all connectors and LED indicators on its front panel so only a few installations are required in order to build the network solution.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 2.1.2 LED Indicators Blinking VDSL2 link is active VDSL2 link is ready VDSL2 link is down VDSL LINK (1 ~ 24) (transmitting data or training) RUN/ALARM System up Alarm is detected No alarm Power On Power Off...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 2.2 Pin Assignment of RJ21 Cable PIN COLOR PORT PIN COLOR PORT PIN COLOR PORT Black White White Orange Brown Gray Black White Blue Green Blue White Gray Orange Orange White Brown Blue Green White Green...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Chapter 3 Web Configuration The VDSL2 IP DSLAM allows users to manage and change its configurations with web browsers. Users are able to login the web management system with any standard web browser, such as, Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc. Default IP Address 192.168.0.100 Default User Name...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Please key in the correct login information and the main page of the management will be showed as the following image. HOME page of the management system includes three major sections. Title section This section indicates the model name of the device.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Menu section “Menu” section is located on the left hand side of the page and users are allowed to change the configuration and review the status of the device by interacting this section. Information section “Information”...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 The following sections will introduce users the features of the VDSL2 IP DSLAM. Administration (3.1) L2 Features (3.2) ACL (3.3) Security (3.4) QoS (3.5) Monitoring (3.6) VDSL (3.7) ...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.1 Administration “Administration” section is for users to manage the VDSL2 IP DSLAM, including the IP address, switch settings, etc. It includes the following detail functions. IP Address Switch Setting Console Port Info ...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.1.1 IP Address “IP Address” function includes four information and users are allowed to change these information: DHCP mode Disable or enable DHCP mode The value of this mode will decide whether the IP address is a static IP address or a dynamic IP address.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.1.2 Switch Setting “Switch Setting” presents information of the switch in the following sub-functions. Note: only “Misc Config” section allows users to change the settings of the switch. Basic In “Basic” tab, the basic information of the VDSL2 IP DSLAM is presented. Model name Description MAC address...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Module Info This section shows the information of uplinks, Gigabit Ethernet 1 and Gigabit Ethernet 2. Note: in the following contents, these two uplinks will be called Mod1 and Mod2. Misc Config Users are allowed to modify the following details of the switch.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 port’s ingress bandwidth used by broadcast traffic. Broadcast storm filter packets select This option allows users to choose the type of the target packet for broadcast storm filter mode. If there is no type is chosen, this means broadcast storm filter mode is off.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.1.3 Console Port Information The section is for users to review the settings of console port, which lets users to connect and manage the VDSL2 IP DSLAM in Command Line Interface (CLI) mode. 3.1.4 Port Configuration “Port Configuration”...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Port Controls “Port Control” is for users to setting up the details of Gigabit Ethernet ports and trunking ports if there exists any trunking ports. Users are allowed to configure the following parameters. State ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 rate. Note: the valid rate range is 0 ~ 8000; and the unit is 128Kbps. Security This function is to decide whether the IP DSLAM will forward all incoming packets from both secured MAC addresses and unknown MAC addresses. ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Protected Port “Protected Port” isolates a protected port from its neighbor ports and other ports in different protected groups. However, it is allowed for a protected port to communicate with other unprotected ports. By setting up protected ports, it is able to ensure that there is no traffic, such as unicast, broadcast, or multicast, between protected ports on the VDSL2 IP DSLAM.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 such as, status, upstream rate, downstream rate, SNR margins for upstream and In addition, it includes “Advance” button for downstream, and firmware version. checking the details of the selected port in another window, as the following. 3.1.5 SNMP Configuration “SNMP”...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Name The name of the VDSL2 IP DSLAM Location The location of the switch Contact The contact information (the name of a person or organization) SNMP Status Options: Enable or Disable ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 The information of new trap manager. IP Address: the IP address of the trap manager. Community: the password for accessing the trap manager. For adding new manager. Remove For removing the information of existing manager.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Current Strings The name of current SNMPv3 views. SNMP View View Name: the name of the new SNMPv3 view. Included/Excluded: the OID should be included or excluded from the SNMP view. ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Read View: the view name for each group that defines the list of OIDs that are accessible for reading by users belonging to the group. Write View: the view name for each group that defines the list of OIDs that are able to be created or modified by users of the group.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.1.6 Syslog Setting “Syslog” function is supported in this VDSL2 IP DSLAM system. The system will send logs to a remote log system. In this system, three events will be reported to the remote log system: cold start, warm start and link change.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Alarm Information (monitor section) Alarm Item Admin Security Title 3.1.8 Temperatures & Fan Status “Temperatures & Fan Status” allows users to monitor the real-time information of the VDSL2 IP DSLAM’s temperatures and FANs. 3.1.9 Firmware Update “Firmware Update”...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.1.10 Configuration Backup Users are able to load or backup configurations via “Configuration Restore” function. This function includes two tabs: “TFTP Restore Configuration” and “TFTP Backup Configuration”. TFTP Restore Configuration This section is for load the settings from a configuration file. Users are able to upload the settings by TFTP or HTTP.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.1.11 SNTP Setting SNTP stands for “Simple Network Time Protocol”. SNTP is a simpler version of “Network Time Protocol” (NTP), which is a system for synchronizing the clocks of network computer systems. By enabling SNTP function, users are able to configure this switch to send time synchronization requests to the assigned servers with servers’...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2 L2 Features VDSL2 IP DSLAM offers a flexible L2 features, as the following functions: VLAN Configuration Trunking Forwarding & Filtering IGMP Snooping Spanning Tree DHCP Relay & Opt.82 3.2.1 VLAN Configuration “VLAN”...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2.1.1 Static VLAN Static VLAN function allows users to setup and manage VLAN groups manually. VLAN Operation Mode No VLAN To disable VLAN mode. Port-Based VLAN To setup VLAN groups by ports. 802.1Q VLAN ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 To create a new VLAN group. Name Description VLAN Name The name of this VLAN group VLAN ID VLAN Members There are three columns in this section. Ports (left-hand side): Port1 ~ Port24, Mod1, Mod2 ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 VLAN filter VLAN filter function is for setting the filtering rules for all ports (Port1 ~ Port24, Mod1 and Mod2). Users are able to define filtering rules for each port. The list of available ports. ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 PVID The VLAN ID of ingress packets. Two filtering rules are available in VLAN Filtering function of this VDSL2 IP DSLAM. Ingress Filtering 1 Only these ingress packets with the assigned VLAN ID are able to pass through this port.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 GVRP Options: Enable or Disable Port & GVRP Port1 ~ Port24, Mod1, Mod2 & corresponding checkbox. Click on the checkboxes to choose GVRP group members. Apply To save the modifications.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2.1.3 QinQ VLAN QinQ VLAN function allows users or service providers to separate traffic service for different customers by adding service provide VLAN tags and customer VLAN IDs. In this function, settings are divided into two parts: ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 TPID is the Ethertype value for 802.1Q encapsulation. Standard Ethertype value: 0x8100 (Default value) Range: 0x0800 ~ 0xFFFF (hexadecimal value). Port Table: QinQ: for choosing which port should be enabled with QinQ mode.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2.2 Trunking Trunking function allows users to combine several ports or connections together to create one single connection which has a higher and faster connection speed. “Trunking” is also called “Link Aggregation”. Two trunking techniques are available in this VDSL2 IP DSLAM: ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Work Ports: the total port number of the group member. (Please select the group number in the following port list.) Port List The selected port list. The number should be matched to the value of “Work Ports”.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2.3 Forwarding & Filtering “Forwarding & Filtering” function is for users to setup rules about packets. Four ways to setup these rules: Dynamic MAC Table Static MAC Table MAC Filtering Dynamic MAC Table ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Top: to show the first page of the MAC address table. Prev: to go to the previous page of the MAC address table. Next: to go to the next page of the MAC address table. (Note: if there is nothing showed, it means this is the end page.) Static MAC Table ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 MAC Filtering Users are able to define and drop unwanted traffic in “MAC Filtering” function. 3.2.4 IGMP Snooping “IGMP” stands for “Internet Group Management Protocol”. IGMP allows hosts and routers to build multicast group memberships. IGMP snooping presents the process of IGMP network traffic listening.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 The following settings are needed in order to allow IGMP snooping work properly. IGMP Protocol: to enable or disable IGMP function. IGMP Fastleave: to enable or disable IGMP Fastleave mode. IGMP Querier: to enable or disable IGMP Querier mode.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 In Spanning Tree function, there are four major setup pages as the following sections. System Configuration PerPort Configuration Instance Interface 3.2.5.1 System Configuration “System Configuration” allows users setting up the details of STP function. In addition, the information of the root node of the STP will be displayed in this page.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Region Name Name of STP tree Revision Level The level of STP tree Max Hops Hop number Priority Maximum Age The waiting time (seconds) before the switch attempts to reconfigure. ...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 “PerPort Configuration” is for setting up Spanning Tree mode for each individual port. 3.2.5.3 Instance 3.2.5.4 Interface Page:42...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2.6 DHCP Relay & Opt.82 “DHCP” stands for “Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol”, which is a network protocol that is for configuring network devices dynamically so these devices can communicate on an IP network. It is a service that runs at the application layer of TCP/IP protocol stack to assign IP addresses to its clients dynamically.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2.6.1 DHCP Option 82 Users are allowed to enable or disable DHCP Option 82 by choosing the options in the drop-down menu. To setup DHCP Option 82 for this switch, users are required to enable this option first.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.2.6.4 DHCP Opt. 82 Port Table This section is for defining DHCP Option 82 and port information. Option: the checkbox for enabling or disabling DHCP Relay Information Option 82 function. Relay IP: for assign the IP address of the port. 3.3 ACL Packets can be forwarded or dropped by ACL rules include IPv4 or non-IPv4.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Section 1: Group ID: the ID of this Access Control List (1 ~ 200). Action: Permit or Deny the access VLAN: Any or VID (a specific VLAN ID) Section 2: ...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Options: Any or a specific IP address The rule should be applied on these packets from which IP address or any IP address. DST IP Address Options: Any or a specific IP address ...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.3.3 Binding MAC Address IP Address Port ID (1 ~ 10) If the checkbox of QoS VoIP is selected, the following information should be provided. QoS VoIP: Page:48...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Priority The priority of QoS VoIP Options: 0 ~ 7 Port ID Value Mask Protocol Value Mask Source Port Value Mask ...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.4.1 Security Manager “Security Manager” allows users to change the user name and password for login purpose. Only one set of user name and password is stored in the Switch. The followings are the necessary information for this section.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Users are able to setup MAC limit rules for each port in this section by providing the information as the followings: MAC Limit: enable or disable MAC limit function. Limit: the maximum number of MAC addresses should be blocked. MAC Limit Port Status ...
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 System Configuration Radius Server IP: the IP address of the authentication server. Server Port: the UDP port number used by the authentication server to authenticate (default: 1812). Accounting Port: the UDP port number used by the authentication server to retrieve accounting information (default: 1813).
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 NO: the selected port didn’t support 802.1x function. Misc Configuration “Misc Configuratioin” page allows users to change miscellaneous setups of 802.1x function. Quiet Period: Used to define periods of time during which it will not attempt to acquire a supplicant (default time: 60 seconds).
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.5 QoS This switch provides quality of service (QoS) to prioritize the packet forwarding when traffic congestion happens. This switch supports two QoS functions: port-based (4-level output queue) and 802.1p (8-level priority to 4-level queue mapping). In addition, Strict and weight Round Robin (WRR) QoS modes are supported.
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VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Weighted Round Robin. Select the preference given to packets in the switch's high-priority queue. These options represent the number of higher priority packets sent before one lower priority packet is sent. ...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.5.2 ToS/DSCP “ToS/DSCP” page is where users can set up priority algorithm for each queue and packets. In IPv4 packet header, there is a ToS byte. “ToS” stands for “Type of Service”, and ToS algorithm uses first 3 bits for priority level. However, for DSCP algorithm, it will take first 6 bits for priority level.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.6 Monitoring “Monitoring” function is for users to review current status and statistics of each port (Port1 ~ Port24, Mod1 and Mod2). 3.6.1 Port Status “Port Status” displays current status of linked ports. This page is for review only. The information will be showed are as the followings.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.6.2 Port Statistics “Port Statistics” allows users to review the statistics data of each port with the following details. Item Data Port Port No State On / Down Link On / Down TxGoodPkt The total bytes of good packets which were transmitted TxBadPkt The total bytes of bad packets which were transmitted...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.7 VDSL “VDSL” page is where users are able to setup and review VDSL profiles. Two sections are included in VDSL page: Configuration Profile Table 3.7.1 Configuration “Configuration” is where users set up VDSL profiles and store these profiles into the system. The followings are the details of each VDSL profile users can set up.
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 3.7.2 Profile Table “Profile Table” is for users to review the details of existing profiles in the following details. User Name The profile name System Name VDSL2 Band profile SNR (Ds / Us) SNR value Rate Limit (Ds / Us) The data rate...
VDSL2 IP DSLAM User Manual, Ver. 1.0 Chapter 4 Configuration via Console The VDSL2 IP DSLAM support Command Line Interface for users to access the switch without opening any web browser. It is easily accessible for users with any terminal emulation program, such as, Hyperterminal, or teraterm, etc.
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