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WCM5100 Managed Ethernet Extender
Quick Start Guide
DATE:
DOCUMENT NO:
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PREPARED BY:
Fortune House, Crabtree Office Village
Eversley Way, Egham Surrey, TW20 8RY, UK
E-Mail: support@metrodata.co.uk
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May 2011
76-02-087
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Ian Banbrook
Metrodata Ltd
Tel +44 1 784 744700
Fax: +44 1 784 744730

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  • Page 1 WCM5100 Managed Ethernet Extender Quick Start Guide DATE: May 2011 DOCUMENT NO: 76-02-087 REVISION: PREPARED BY: Ian Banbrook Metrodata Ltd Fortune House, Crabtree Office Village Eversley Way, Egham Surrey, TW20 8RY, UK Tel +44 1 784 744700 Fax: +44 1 784 744730...
  • Page 2 Further, Metrodata Ltd reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of Metrodata Ltd to notify any person of such revision or changes. ©...
  • Page 3 METRODATA LTD WCM5100 3 of 62 Quick Start Guide Document Revision History April 2011 Document Created April 2011 Updated for Multiple VC modes May 2011 Document Released 76-02-087 Rev A...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    4 of 62 Quick Start Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................7 WCM5100 APPLICATIONS ..................8 WCM5100 Normal Mode........................... 8 WCM5100 VLAN Trunk Mode ........................8 VLAN Mode................................ 9 S-Tag Mode ................................. 9 QUICK START CONFIGURATION ................11 Cold Start the Unit ............................11 3.1.1 Bit Switches..............................
  • Page 5 METRODATA LTD WCM5100 5 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.1 LAN Port ............................... 30 4.2.1.1 State..............................31 4.2.1.2 Link Status ............................31 4.2.1.3 Auto Negotiation..........................32 4.2.1.4 Speed..............................32 4.2.1.5 Duplex..............................32 4.2.1.6 Negotiated ............................32 4.2.1.7 MDI/MDIX ............................32 4.2.1.8...
  • Page 6 METRODATA LTD WCM5100 6 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.3.11 VLAN ID ............................. 52 4.2.3.12 QinQ S-TAG ID........................... 52 4.2.3.13 default Priority ............................. 53 4.2.4 Encapsulation..............................54 4.2.4.1 Encapsulation ............................54 4.2.4.2 GFP FCS .............................. 54 4.2.4.3 Strip MAC FCS............................ 55 4.2.4.4...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    The WCM5100 has an internal LAN switch offering full wire-speed switching between ports. The WCM5100 uses MAC address filtering to filter all local traffic and only forward traffic destined for remote stations. Each of the WCM5100’s LAN ports support automatic cross-over switching and will therefore connect directly to a Hub/Switch/Router or PC End Station.

  • Page 8: Wcm5100 Applications

    In this application, the WCM5100 is operating with Traffic Isolation Disabled. In this mode, the WCM5100 acts as a simple, layer 2, 5 port switch with packets being switched based on MAC address alone. The WCM5100 supports both local and remote switching.

  • Page 9: Vlan Mode

    Quick Start Guide 2.3 VLAN Mode In this mode, both WCM5100 units have VLAN support enabled. VLAN 101 is used as the management VLAN and in unit WCM5100-A the VLAN group 101 includes the LAN Port 1, the Manager and the E1 port. At the remote end, Port 1 is disabled to prevent customer access to the WCM5100 manager.
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  • Page 11: Quick Start Configuration

    To return the unit to the default state will require a power cycle and configuration of the bit switches. The underside of the WCM5100 has a set of accessible bit switches and a label as shown below: To cold start the unit, first set bit switch 8 (Cold Start) to the OFF (Factory Default) position.

  • Page 12: Bit Switches

    3.1.1.1 Bitswitch 1, Boot Mode 0 This bitswitch is used to determine whether the IP proxy management mode is enabled or not. IP proxy mode utilises OAM to remotely manage a WCM5100 device. Proxy Mode Disabled Proxy Mode Enabled, 3.1.1.2 Bitswitch 2, Boot Mode 1...

  • Page 13: Bitswitch 5, Timing

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 13 of 62 Quick Start Guide 3.1.1.5 Bitswitch 5, Timing This bitswitch determines the timing source for the WAN interface Internal Timing Loop Timing Note, it is vital that one end of an WAN link is set to internal, as loop/loop will give an unstable system.

  • Page 14: Access The Wcm5100

    Quick Start Guide 3.2 Access the WCM5100 Initial access to the WCM5100 is made using the Terminal Port on the rear panel of the unit. The Terminal port defaults to 19200baud, 8bit, No Parity 1 Stop Bit. The 9 Way D- Type is configured as a DCE port with standard pinout.

  • Page 15: User Interface Navigation

    15 of 62 Quick Start Guide 3.3.1 User Interface Navigation The WCM5100 user interface is a simple, menu based interface. Each selectable item may be selected by typing the first capital of the option, e.g. for “Data port set-up” type <D>...

  • Page 16: Configure The Wan Interface

    16 of 62 Quick Start Guide 3.4 Configure the WAN interface In order for two WCM5100 units to communicate they must be connected using the STM-1 WAN port. The STM-1 interface must be configured to match the network NTU configuration.

  • Page 17: Set Ip Address

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 17 of 62 Quick Start Guide 3.5 Set IP Address From the Main Setup Menu, select Management, and then the Interface Menu. 76-02-087 Rev A...
  • Page 18 METRODATA LTD WCM5100 18 of 62 Quick Start Guide To change the IP settings for installation: Dhcp For operation in a DHCP enabled network and automatic IP address allocation set this parameter to ON to enable DHCP address allocation. IP Address...

  • Page 19: Set Default Route

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 19 of 62 Quick Start Guide 3.6 Set Default Route From the Main Setup Menu, select Management, then IP, then select the Routing Table menu. Add a new route table entry with destination and mask as 0.0.0.0 and configure the next hop as required.

  • Page 20: Save The Configuration

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 20 of 62 Quick Start Guide 3.7 Save the Configuration From the Main Set Up menu, select the Update EEPROM option to save the configuration to non volatile memory. Answer ‘Y’ at the prompt. 3.8 Warm Start to activate the configuration From the Main Set Up Menu, select system and then Warm start.
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  • Page 22: Advanced Configuration

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 22 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION 4.1 System Configuration The system menu provides the basic administrative configuration items for the WCM5100 and should be configured first. The System Menu is shown below: 76-02-087 Rev A...

  • Page 23: Setting The Time And Date

    Quick Start Guide 4.1.1 Setting the Time and Date The WCM5100 does not provide a non volatile Real Time Clock, instead it uses NTP to set the date and time following power up. In applications where NTP is not available, the WCM5100 defaults to providing a simple uptime display.

  • Page 24: Setting The Node Name

    4.1.3.1 Password Recovery If for any reason, the password for access to the WCM5100 is lost, the unit may be cold started by using bit switch 8 which will return the unit to the default factory configuration.

  • Page 25: View' User

    25 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.1.4 ‘View’ User The WCM5100 supports two levels of access: admin and view. An Admin user has full access rights over the WCM5100 configuration. A view user has read only access to the configuration.

  • Page 26: Welcome Screen

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 26 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.1.5 Welcome Screen By default, the initial access to the WCM5100 will display the welcome banner as shown below: Metrodata WCM5100: Local connection to “” Password (‘view’ to view only ) : However, it is possible to customize the welcome banner to give further information about the unit, or to inform the user of access restrictions.
  • Page 27 METRODATA LTD WCM5100 27 of 62 Quick Start Guide To configure the Welcome Screen enter each line using alpha numeric characters with each line supporting upto 80 characters as in the example below: Once the welcome message has been defined, it may be displayed using the display screen option.

  • Page 28: Warm Start

    EEPROM. Note, any changes to configuration that have not been saved to the EEPROM will be lost. When a user issues a warm start request, the WCM5100 will indicate that a warm start is in progress and then close the connection.

  • Page 29: Cold Start

    Quick Start Guide 4.1.7 Cold Start Cold Start will return the WCM5100 to the factory default condition and as defined by the bit switch settings. Note, that a cold start will erase IP addresses and Routing Table entries and it is therefore highly likely that remote access will be lost following a cold start.

  • Page 30: Configuration Of The Data Ports

    The data port menu gives the following options 4.2.1 LAN Port The WCM5100 has two external copper LAN ports which by default operate in 10/100/1000BaseT auto negotiating, auto crossover mode. The LAN ports are presented on RJ45 connectors and support access to the other external local LAN ports, the management processor or the WAN forwarding port.

  • Page 31: State

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 31 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.1.1 State The port state is the administrative state of this port. The state may be up or down. When ‘UP’, the port is enabled and will generate a Major Alarm if the link is physically down.

  • Page 32: Speed

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 32 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.1.3 Auto Negotiation The port may be configured to automatically determine the optimal operating parameters for link speed and duplex. Alternatively, it may be disabled to enable configuration of fixed operating parameters.

  • Page 33: Counters

    Quick Start Guide 4.2.1.8 Counters Each LAN port provides a set of counters supporting the basic MIB-2 SNMP parameters as below: 4.2.1.9 OAM The WCM5100 supports IEEE 802.3ah Link OAM which may be configured on a per port basis: 76-02-087 Rev A...

  • Page 34: Oam Mode

    When two ports are running OAM, the status screen enables the user to determine the status of the remote device. Where the peer device is another Metrodata device, proprietary extensions to OAM are used to report further peer status information.

  • Page 35: Mgmt Traffic

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 35 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.1.10 Mgmt traffic In order to provide traffic isolation this parameter defines what type of traffic passes over this interface. The options are as below User + Mgmt This port carries user and management traffic. Management frames are switched to the processor, whilst user frames are switched to the WAN port.

  • Page 36: Default Priority

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 36 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.1.13 default Priority When the traffic isolation mode is VLAN, this is the priority value that is added with the VLAN ID during ingress. In QinQ mode, untagged packets are given this default priority, whilst tagged packets promote the C-TAG priority to the S-TAG priority.

  • Page 37: Wan Port

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 37 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.2 WAN Port The WAN Port menu pages are shown as below: The available options are as below: 76-02-087 Rev A...

  • Page 38: State

    Link Down 4.2.2.3 SFPx Type The WCM5100 has a pair of SDH interfaces utilizing SFP modules. The SFP type display indicates the type of SFP fitted. This display is read from the module directly. Further information regarding the SFP may be displayed using the SFP info menu.

  • Page 39: C1/J0 Selection

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 39 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.2.7 Timing This configuration item determines the source of timing for the SDH WAN link. When used with “dark fibre” one or both ends should be configured for Internal Timing. When operating and connected to an SDH network port it should be configured for loop timing.

  • Page 40: J0 Expected

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 40 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.2.10 J0 Expected The Section Trace is used to identify correct connection, and can be used to generate an alarm when incorrectly connected. By defineing the expected J0 string an alarm will be generated when a miss match occurs.

  • Page 41: Payload

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 41 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.2.13 Payload The Payload configuration determines the mapping of the Ethernet payload into the STM- 1. The diagram below shows the possible payload mappings: The options are EOS VC-4 Payload capacity 140Mbps...

  • Page 42: Path Signal Label

    The receive and transmit path labels should match for correct operation. 4.2.2.14.2 Path Signal Trace, J1 The WCM5100 supports assigning a path signal trace in the overhead J1 byte. The string may be 16 characters in length. Again J1 may be configured for transmit and expected.

  • Page 43: Path Signal Label

    The receive and transmit path labels should match for correct operation. 4.2.2.15.2 Path Signal Trace, J1 The WCM5100 supports assigning a path signal trace in the overhead J1 byte. The string may be 16 characters in length. Again J1 may be configured for transmit and expected.

  • Page 44: Oam

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 44 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.2.17 The WCM5100 supports IEEE 802.3ah Link OAM which may be configured on a per port basis: 4.2.2.17.1 OAM Mode The port may be configured to be: Disabled OAM packets not generated, and discarded...

  • Page 45: Mgmt Traffic

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 45 of 62 Quick Start Guide Where the peer device is another Metrodata device, proprietary extensions to OAM are used to report further peer status information. 4.2.2.18 Mgmt traffic In order to provide traffic isolation this parameter defines what type of traffic passes over this interface.

  • Page 46: Qinq S-Tag Id

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 46 of 62 Quick Start Guide A port is configured as an Access Port if it is assigned to a VLAN, ie given a VLAN ID between 1 and 4095 and all frames ingressing this port will have a VLAN Tag added, and on egress will have the tag removed.

  • Page 47: Sfp Port

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 47 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.3 SFP Port The SFP port configuration menu is accessed via the data port set up menu and is as shown below: 4.2.3.1 SFP Type This display item indicates the type of SFP fitted. This value is read from the SFP device itself and is a decode of the interface type bytes according to the SFP MSA definition.

  • Page 48: State

    WCM5100 48 of 62 Quick Start Guide Metrodata supplied SFP devices will indicate the SFP type, however some lower cost, lower quality SFP devices may not be correctly programmed an will indicate “UNKNOWN” as the device type cannot be determined.

  • Page 49: Sfp Info

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 49 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.3.7 SFP Info This menu displays further information regarding the SFP device: 4.2.3.8 Counters The counters option displays the MIB-2 statistics gathered for the WAN port. 76-02-087 Rev A...

  • Page 50: Oam

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 50 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.3.9 OAM The WCM5100 supports IEEE 802.3ah Link OAM which may be configured on a per port basis: 4.2.3.9.1 OAM Mode The port may be configured to be: Disabled OAM packets not generated, and discarded...
  • Page 51 METRODATA LTD WCM5100 51 of 62 Quick Start Guide Where the peer device is another Metrodata device, proprietary extensions to OAM are used to report further peer status information. 76-02-087 Rev A...

  • Page 52: Mgmt Traffic

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 52 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.3.10 Mgmt traffic In order to provide traffic isolation this parameter defines what type of traffic passes over this interface. The options are as below User + Mgmt This port carries user and management traffic. Management frames are switched to the processor, whilst user frames are switched to the WAN port.

  • Page 53: Default Priority

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 53 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.3.13 default Priority When the traffic isolation mode is VLAN, this is the priority value that is added with the VLAN ID during ingress. In QinQ mode, untagged packets are given this default priority, whilst tagged packets promote the C-TAG priority to the S-TAG priority.

  • Page 54: Encapsulation

    This menu allows the configuration of the packet encapsulation mode for transporting packets across the WAN port. 4.2.4.1 Encapsulation The WCM5100 uses GFP ( Generic Framing Procedure ) as defined in ITU G.7041 to encapsulate the Ethernet Packets for transmission across the WAN port. 4.2.4.2 GFP FCS The GFP standard allows for a Frame Check Sequence to be calculated over the payload for additional error detection.

  • Page 55: Strip Mac Fcs

    4.2.4.6 Max Frame Size The WCM5100 supports jumbo frames up to 10k bytes in size. The maximum frame size is configurable to support either 1522 , 2048, 10k...

  • Page 56: Priority Table

    The WCM5100 support priority queuing and may be configured to use the 802.1p priority tag, or the IP DSCP flag as the priority indication. The WCM5100 supports four levels of priority. These two menu allows the user to map the 8 levels of 802.1p or 64 levels of DSCP to these four levels.

  • Page 57: Rstp

    METRODATA LTD WCM5100 57 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.2.5 RSTP The WCM5100 supports Rapid Spanning Tree to prevent loops when back up or resilient connections are made. 76-02-087 Rev A...

  • Page 58: Snmp Management

    Quick Start Guide 4.3 SNMP Management The WCM5100 needs to be configured with the details of the SNMP Network Management Station before the unit will generate traps, or respond to SNMP polls. The SNMP parameters are configured using the SNMP menu found under the Management menu 4.3.1 Read/Write/Trap Community...

  • Page 59: Location

    The parameter may be up to 255 characters and should be configured to reflect the actual installation requirements. 4.3.5 Managers To enable access to the WCM5100 using SNMP, specific manager addresses must be configured. Once a Manager is assigned, the WCM5100 will respond to polls and generate traps for that manager.

  • Page 60: Saving The Configuration

    60 of 62 Quick Start Guide 4.4 Saving the Configuration Once the WCM5100 has been configured, the configuration must be saved to the EEPROM to provide non-volatile storage. To save the configuration, select “Update EEPROM” from the Main Setup Menu. At the prompt, respond <Y>...

  • Page 61: Tftp Software Update

    Quick Start Guide 5 TFTP SOFTWARE UPDATE The WCM5100 may be upgraded in the field using TFTP to upgrade the application software, or to save or load the configuration. In networks where firewalls and NAT addressing is used server mode must be used otherwise either client or sever mode may be used.

  • Page 62: Metrodata Ltd Wcm5100

    –i “WCM5100 IP Address” put “Source Filename” “Software File Name” tftp –i 192.168.0.1 put WCM5100.77 software Which will load a file named “WCM5100.77” onto the WCM5100 with IP address 192.168.0.1 and load as a file called “software” 76-02-087 Rev A...

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