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  • Page 1 . . . c o n n e c t i n g y o u r b u s i n e s s LANCOM GS-1224...
  • Page 2 LANCOM GS-1224...
  • Page 3 The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software supplied with this product and the use of its contents is subject to written authorization from LANCOM Systems. We reserve the right to make any alterations that arise as the result of technical development.
  • Page 4 LANCOM Switches are ideally suited to small, medium-sized and performance networks in business environments. The LANCOM GS-1224 switch features 20 Gigabit-Ethernet and four combo ports (TP/SFP), it integrates perfectly into LANCOM's Advanced Routing und Forwarding and it supports up to 24 active VLANs. It uses bandwidth control to prioritize the data traffic according to predefined criteria (e.g.
  • Page 5 LANCOM GS-1224 Preface Information symbols Very important instructions. Failure to observe these may result in damage.  Important instruction that should be observed.  Additional information that may be helpful but is not essential. ...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    2 Installation 2.1 Package content 2.2 System requirements 2.3 Status displays and interfaces 2.3.1 Connectors, LEDs and buttons on the LANCOM GS-1224 2.3.2 Connectors on rear of the LANCOM GS-1224 2.4 Mounting and connecting up the LANCOM Switch 2.5 Software installation 2.5.1 Starting the software setup...
  • Page 7 LANCOM GS-1224 Contents 4 Operation of Web- based Management 4.1 Web Management Home Overview 4.2 Configuration 4.2.1 System Configuration 4.2.2 Port Configuration 4.2.3 VLAN Mode Configuration 4.2.4 VLAN Group Configuration 4.2.5 Aggregation 4.2.6 LACP 4.2.7 RSTP 4.2.8 802.1x Configuration 4.2.9 IGMP Snooping 4.2.10 Mirror Configuration...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Introduction The LANCOM GS-1224 is a websmart layer-2 switch with 20 Gigabit ports (for twisted pair cable – TP) and four Gigabit dual media ports with TP/SFP, which meets the IEEE 802.3 Gigabit, Fast Ethernet and Ethernet specifications.

  • Page 9: Just What Can Your Lancom Switch Do

    IP mul- ticast packets are running over the network. Just what can your LANCOM Switch do? LANCOM GS- 1224 Hardware ✔...
  • Page 10 SNMP access can be disabled and prevent from illegal SNMP access ✔ Bandwidth rating management ✔ HTTP for firmware upgrade, system log upload and config file import/ export ✔ Remote boot through WEBconfig Options ✔ LANCOM SFP Transceiver: Item no. 61556 LANCOM SFP-SX-LC1 Item no. 61557 LANCOM SFP-LX-LC1...

  • Page 11: Installation

    Package content Before beginning with the installation, please check that nothing is missing from your package. Along with the LANCOM Switch the box should contain the following accessories: LANCOM GS-1224 ✔...

  • Page 12: Connectors, Leds And Buttons On The Lancom Gs-1224

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 2: Installation Please be aware that LANmonitor shows far more information about  the status of the LANCOM Switch than the LEDs '→ Monitoring the LANCOM switch with LANmonitor'. 2.3.1 Connectors, LEDs and buttons on the LANCOM GS-1224...

  • Page 13: Connectors On Rear Of The Lancom Gs-1224

    LAN connection – Connect the network devices to the ports of the LANCOM Switch by means of a suitable twisted-pair cable (TP cable). The connectors automatically detect the avalable data transfer speeds and the pin assignment (autosensing).

  • Page 14: Software Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation Software installation The following section describes the installation of the Windows-compatible system software LANtools, as supplied. You may skip this section if you use your LANCOM Switch exclusively  with computers running operating systems other than Windows. 2.5.1 Starting the software setup Place the product CD into your drive.

  • Page 15: Which Software Should I Install

    With LANmonitor you can use a Windows computer to monitor all of your LANCOM devices. This program displays all important status infor- mation for a LANCOM Switch, such as link status or port PoE state. With Documentation you copy the documentation files onto your PC.

  • Page 16: Configuring And Monitoring The Lancom Switch

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 3: Configuring and monitoring the LANCOM Switch 3 Configuring and monitoring the LANCOM Switch Configuration with WEBconfig The configuration is done over a graphical user interfacevia a browser (WEBconfig). Instructions for configuring the device with WEBconfig are avai- lable in the chapter "Web-based configuration".

  • Page 17: Back Up And Reload The Configuration

    The assigned IP address can only be determined by using the appropriate tools or via the DHCP server. If the DHCP server is a LANCOM device, the IP address of the LAN- COM Switch can be read out from the DHCP table. If this is the case, the LANCOM Switch can be accessed from any network computer that receives its IP address from the same subnetwork.

  • Page 18: Monitoring The Lancom Switch With Lanmonitor

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 3: Configuring and monitoring the LANCOM Switch Monitoring the LANCOM Switch with LANmonitor The current state of the device and all ports can be monitored using the LEDs on the front panel. With LANmonitor the devices can be observed from any workstation without being able to see the LEDs.

  • Page 19: 4 Operation Of Web-Based Management

    Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4 Operation of Web-based Management This chapter instructs you how to configure and manage the LANCOM GS- 1224 Switch through the web user interface (WEBconfig). With this facility, you can easily access and monitor through any one port of the switch all the status of the switch.
  • Page 20 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management The Information of Page Layout On the top part of the information page, it shows the front panel of the switch. Linked ports will be displayed in green color, and linked-off ones will be in black.

  • Page 21: Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Configuration Configuration includes the following functions: System Configuration, Ports Configuration, VLAN Mode Configuration, VLAN Group Configuration, Aggre- gation, LACP, RSTP, 802.1X, IGMP Snooping, Mirror, QoS, Filter, Rate Limit, Storm Control and SNMP.
  • Page 22 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Hardware Version: The hardware version of this switch. MAC Address: It is the Ethernet MAC address of the management agent in this switch. Serial Number: The serial number is assigned by the manufacturer.

  • Page 23: Port Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Fallback Gateway: Fill in a gateway, which is used by the device, if DHCP is disabled or the DHCP server is not accessible. Default: 172.23.56.254 Management VLAN: Shows the ID of the management VLAN.
  • Page 24 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: Enable Jumbo Frames: Jumbo frames are not standardized and oversized frames. This function support jumbo frames of up to 9600 bytes. Default: disable Power Saving Mode: This function supports Power Saving, to deactivate automatically the power supply for the ports with inactive links.

  • Page 25: Vlan Mode Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management the media is TP, the Speed/Duplex is comprised of the combination of speed mode, 10/100/1000Mbps and duplex mode, full duplex and half duplex. The following table summarizes the functions the media supports:...
  • Page 26 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management VLAN Mode: Port-based: A port-based VLAN defines its members by port. Any packet coming in or going out from any port of a port-based VLAN will be accepted. No filtering criterion applies in a port-based VLAN, the only criterion is the physical connection to a member port.
  • Page 27 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management vice provider use this function for additionally tagging in their own network of customers VLAN tagged data streams. If the double-tag mode is activated, you can select the ports on which the doubled VLAN tags should be used.

  • Page 28: Vlan Group Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management After confirmation of the Metro mode the display changes to the con- figuration of the port-based VLAN groups. At the same time for all ports without metro mode support a VLAN group is set up. This VLAN group contains the respective port and the ports with metro mode support.
  • Page 29 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management General functions Add: Adds a new port-based or tag-based VLAN. Modify: Click on Modify to edit the selected VLAN. Delete: Click on Delete to remove the selected VLAN. VLAN group configuration...
  • Page 30 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management VLAN Port Configuration In tag-based mode you can define further settings for each port. Please click the Port Config button in the list of tag-based VLAN group. Parameter:...
  • Page 31 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Ingress Filtering enabled: If the filter for incoming packets is activated, packets on this port are for- wared only, if the port is member of the corresponding VLAN group. Packets with other VLAN tags are discarded.

  • Page 32: Aggregation

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.5 Aggregation The Aggregation (Port Trunking) Configuration is used to configure the set- tings of Link Aggregation. You can bundle more than one port by same speed, full duplex and the same MAC to be a single logical port, thus the logical port aggregates the bandwidth of these ports.

  • Page 33: Lacp

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management The Aggregation Configuration displays the current setup of Aggregation Trunking. With this function you can add a new trunking group or modify the members of an existing trunking group. Parameter: Normal: Set up the ports that do not join any aggregation trunking group.

  • Page 34: Rstp

    “hello packet”, that it is still active. If for example the LANCOM Switch is the root switch of the LAN, all other bridges will use the hello time assigned by this switch to communicate with each other.
  • Page 35 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management For example the time a brige port needs, to move from “Listening state” to “Learning state” or from “Learning state” to “Forwarding state”. The general rule is: 2 * (Forward Delay - 1) >= Max Age >= 2 * (Hello Time + 1).

  • Page 36: 802.1X Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.8 802.1x Configuration 802.1x port-based network access control provides a method to restrict users to access network resources via authenticating user’s information. This rest- ricts users from gaining access to the network resources through a 802.1x- enabled port without authentication.
  • Page 37 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Supplicant: It is an entity being authenticated by an authenticator. It is used to com- municate with the Authenticator PAE (Port Access Entity) by exchanging the authentication message when the Authenticator PAE request to it.
  • Page 38 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management In the following figure is the typical configuration, a single supplicant, an authenticator and an authentication server. B and C is in the internal network, D is Authentication server running RADIUS, switch at the central location acts Authenticator connecting to PC A and A is a PC outside the controlled port, running Supplicant PAE.
  • Page 39 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management The following figure shows the procedure of 802.1x authentication. There are steps for the login based on 802.1x port access control management. The pro- tocol used in the right side is EAPOL and the left side is EAP.
  • Page 40 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management in the authorized state. The supplicant and other devices connected to this port can access the network. If the authenticator receives a Radius- Access-Reject, it will send an EAP-Failure to the supplicant. This means the supplicant is failed to authenticate.
  • Page 41 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Multihost Auto Failure Port Unauthorized Multihost ForceUnauthorized Don’t Care Port Unauthorized Multihost ForceAuthorized Don’t Care Port Authorized Configuration The 802.1X Server Configuration is used to configure the global parameters for RADIUS authentication in 802.1X port security application.
  • Page 42 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Force Authorized: The controlled port is forced to hold in the authorized state, no mat- ter which EAP negotiation between authenticator and supplicant takes place. Auto: If the port is set to be in authorized or unauthorized state depends on the result of the authentication exchange between the authenticatior and supplicant.
  • Page 43 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Statistics Choose the port which you want to show of 802.1X statistics, the screen include Authenticator counters, backend Authenticator counters, dot1x MIB counters and Other statistics. Parameters You can enable or disable Reauthentication function and specify how often a client has to re-enter his or her username and password to stay connected to the port.

  • Page 44: Igmp Snooping

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: Reauthentication Enabled: Choose whether regular authentication will take place in this port. Default: Disable Reauthentication Period (1-65535 s): You can define the time period (in seconds), after a supplicant has to authenticate again.

  • Page 45: Mirror Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Unregistered IGMP Flooding enabled: Allows multicat flooding, while the multicast traffic is not registered in the multicast table. Default: enable VLAN ID: At the IGMP Enable mode being selected, it will list the VLAN ID number.

  • Page 46: Qos (Quality Of Service) Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Source Port: Set up the port for being monitored. Just tick the check box beside the port x. Valid ports are port 1-24. Mirror Port: Use the drop-down menu to select a mirror port.
  • Page 47 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Prioritize Traffic Five Prioritize Traffic values are provided: Custom, All Low Priority, All Normal Priority, All Medium Priority, and All High Priority. The QoS setting would apply to all ports on the switch if one of the following values is selected: All Low Priority, All Normal Priority, All Medium Priority, or All High Priority.
  • Page 48 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management up these 64 kinds of Class that belong to any of queue (low, normal, medium, high). Parameter: Prioritize Traffic Five Prioritize Traffic values are provided: Custom, All Low Priority, All Normal Priority, All Medium Priority, and All High Priority.

  • Page 49: Filter

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.12 Filter The filter configuration lets administrators assign certain IP addresses or sub- nets to ports on the switch, from which a login on the switch for configuration is allowed. Parameter:...

  • Page 50: Rate Limit

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Default: enable 4.2.13 Rate Limit Ingress and Egress Bandwidth Setting function are used to set up the limit of Ingress or Egress bandwidth for each port. Parameter: Traffic Rate Unit Select the data rate as basis for the rate limit. Possible values from 128 Kbps to 32 Mbps.

  • Page 51: Storm Control

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Default: No Limit 4.2.14 Storm Control Storm Control is used to block unnecessary multicast and broadcast frames that reduce switch's performance. When the function is enabled and values of storm control are exceeded, multicast and broadcast frames will be dropped.

  • Page 52: Snmp

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Multicast Rate: To enable the Multicast Storm capability. User can use drop-down menu to select number of frames. The setting range is 1k~1024k per second. Default: No Limit Flooded unicast Rate: To enable the Flooded unicast Storm capability.
  • Page 53 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: SNMP enable: The term SNMP enable here is used for the activation or de-activation of SNMP. Default: Disable Get/Set/Trap Community: Community name is used as password for authenticating if the requesting network management unit belongs to the same community group.

  • Page 54: Monitoring

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management System Event: Select the events, for which should be send a SNMP-Trap (Cold Boot and/ or Warm Boot). Default: Enable TP and Fiber Port Event: Select the events on the ports, for which should be send a SNMP-Trap (Link Up and/or Link Down).
  • Page 55 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: Rx Packets: The counting number of the packet received. RX Octets: Total received bytes. Rx High Priority Packets: Number of Rx packets classified as high priority. Rx Low Priority Packets: Number of Rx packets classified as low priority.
  • Page 56 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Rx Multicast: Show the counting number of the received multicast packet. Rx Broad- and Multicast: Shows the counting number of the received broadcast with multicast packet. Rx Error Packets: Show the counting number of the received error packets.
  • Page 57 LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Rx 512-1023 Bytes: Number of 512 ~ 1023-byte frames in good and bad packets received. Rx 1024-Bytes: Number of 1024-max_length-byte frames in good and bad packets recei- ved. Tx 64 Bytes: Number of 64-byte frames in good and bad packets transmitted.

  • Page 58: Lacp Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Tx Collisions: Number of collisions transmitting frames experienced. Tx Drops: Number of frames dropped due to excessive collision, late collision, or frame aging. Tx Overflow: Number of frames dropped due to the lack of transmitting buffer.

  • Page 59: Rstp Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.3.3 RSTP Status RSTP Status shows the present VLAN bridge information and the status of all ports. Parameter: VLAN ID: Shows VLAN ID. Bridge ID: Shows bridge priority setting and bridge ID of the switch, which stands for the MAC address of this switch.

  • Page 60: Igmp Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.3.4 IGMP Status Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is used to snoop the status of IP multicast groups and display its associated information in both tagged VLAN and non-tagged VLAN networks. When IGMP snooping is enabled in the switch it analyzes all IGMP packets between hosts connected to the switch and multicast router in the network.

  • Page 61: Ping Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management host then sets a timer, with a value less than the Max Response Time field in the query, for each group to which it belongs. It calculates the number of times of IGMPV1 report.

  • Page 62: Maintenance

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Count: Use the drop-down menu to set number of echo requests to send. Four type of number are possible: 1, 5, 10 and 20. Default: 1 Time Out (in secs): Use the drop-down menu to set number of echo requests time out in second.

  • Page 63: Factory Default

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Warm restart: Press Yes to confirm warm restart function. It will take around 30 seconds to complete the system boot. 4.4.2 Factory Default Factory default provides the function to retrieve default settings and replace current configuration.

  • Page 64: Logout

    LANCOM GS-1224 Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.4.5 Logout The switch allows you to log out the system to prevent other users from the system without permission. There are three possibilities to log out or be logged out.

  • Page 65: Appendix

    Standards CE conformity according to EN 55022, EN 55024, EN 60950 Environment/ Temperature range 0–40°C; humidity 5–90%; non-condensing Temperature Accessories 1000Base-SX SFP module, LANCOM SFP-SX-LC1, item no. 61556 1000Base-LX SFP module, LANCOM SFP-LX-LC1, item no. 61557 Service 5 years Support...

  • Page 66: Connector Wiring

    BI_DD+ BI_DD- CE-declarations of conformity LANCOM Systems herewith declares that the devices of the type described in this documentation are in agreement with the basic requirements and other relevant regulations of the 1995/5/EC directive. The CE declarations of conformity for your device can be found on the relevant...

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