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3.5.2 DSCP MONITORING 3.6.1 PORT STATUS 3.6.2 PORT STATISTICS VDSL 3.7.1 CONFIGURATION 3.7.2 PROFILE TABLE RESET SYSTEM REBOOT TECHNICAL SUPPORT WARRANTY REPAIR RETURN POLICY LIMITED WARRANTY CONTACT US All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 4 of 73...
Telecom, ISP (Internet Service Provider), or SI (System Integration) for a competitive network edge. The 8924 VDSL2 DSLAM is a 24-port solution with a 2-port Gigabit Ethernet combo interface (TP and SFP) in a 1.5U height design.
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Filtering untagged packets or VLAN tagged packets o Filtering packets received on non-ingress VLAN member ports Supports insertion of 2 tag with different TPIC to VLAN-tagged packets All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 6 of 73...
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Programmable event triggered interrupts allowing software to respond to or ignore an array of exceptions 332-ball PBGA package 1.8V core and SRAM voltage, and 3.3V pad voltage All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 7 of 73...
L2 Frame Filtering by MAC Addresses L3 Frame Filtering by IP Addresses, protocol ID, and TCP/UDP DHCP and ARP Broadcasting Frames Filtering Support Secured Forwarding All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 8 of 73...
Storage Temperature: -40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C) Relative Humidity: Up to 95% (non-condensing) 2. Hardware Installation This section shows the front image of the 8924 DSLAM and how to install the hardware. 2.1 Front Panel The 8924 DSLAM includes all connectors and LED indicators on its front panel so only a few installation steps are required to build the network solution.
No alarm Power On Power Off GE1/GE2 LINK/ACT SPEED 2.1.3 Reset Button The reset button allows the users to reboot the 8924 DSLAM or load the default settings. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 10 of 73...
Blue White Gray Orange Orange White Brown Blue Green White Green Blue Brown White Orange Orange Gray White Black Blue Green Blue White White Black Gray Brown Orange All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 11 of 73...
3. Web Configuration The 8924 DSLAM allows users to manage and change configurations with a web browser interface. Users are able to login to the web management system with any standard web browser, such as, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, etc.
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The 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 with this section. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 13 of 73...
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3. Information Section The Information section present the real-time LED status and the current status of the 8924 DSLAM. The following sections will introduce users to the features of the 8924 DSLAM. Administration (3.1) L2 Features (3.2) ACL (3.3) ...
3.1 Administration The Administration section is for users to manage the 8924 DSLAM, including the IP address, switch settings, port configuration, etc. It includes the following detailed functions: IP Address Switch Setting Console Port Info Port Configuration ...
The Switch Setting present information of the switch in the following sub- functions. Note only the Misc Config section allows users to change the settings of the switch. Basic In the Basic tab, the basic information of the 8924 DSLAM is presented. o Model Name o Description o MAC Address...
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This value for setting up the time interval that the CPU port should be enabled after flooding attacks. Note: 0 means never enable the CPU port. o Broadcast storm filter mode All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 17 of 73...
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Options: broadcast packets, IP multicast, control packets, and flooded unicast/multicast packets. o Collisions retry forever This function will allow users to choose how many times the 8924 DSLAM should retry when a packet meets a collision. Disable, 16, 32 or 48 collision number.
This section is for users to review the settings of the console port, which allows users to connect and manage the 8924 DSLAM I the Command Line Interface (CLI) mode. Connect to PC via DB9-RJ45 console cable. 3.1.4 Port Configuration...
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Note: the valid rate range is 0 ~ 8000; and the unit is 128Kbps. o Security This function is to decide whether the 8924 DSLAM will forward all incoming packets from both secured MAC addresses and unknown MAC addresses.
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The Protected Port isolated 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 All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 21 of 73...
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8924 DSLAM. This function provides two protected port groups. Uses are able to choose ports and assign to either group 1 or group 2.
NMS according to SNMP standard protocols. The 8924 DSLAM supports three version of SNMP: SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. In the SNMP Configuration page, it includes the following sections. System Options o Name ...
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IP Address: the IP address of the trap manager. Community: the password for accessing the trap manager. o Add For adding new manager. o Remove For removing the information of the existing manager. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 24 of 73...
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For removing an existing SNMPv3 group. SNMPv3 View The SNMPv3 View is to offer or deny access to the complete features list or parts of features list of the 8924 DSLAM. o Current Strings The name of the current SNMPv3 views.
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Notify View: the view name for each group that defines the list of notifications that can be sent to each user in the group. o Add For adding the new SNMPv3 access o Remove All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 26 of 73...
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The password for the privacy protocol type o Add For adding the new SNMPv3 USM-user o Remove For removing a SNMPv3 USM-user from the current list All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 27 of 73...
3.1.6 Syslog Setting The Syslog function is supported in this 8924 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. The following are necessary for connecting the remote syslog server.
Title 3.1.8 Temperature & Fan Status The Temperatures & Fan Status allows users to monitor the real-time information of the 8924 DSLAM’s temperatures and FANs. 3.1.9 Firmware Update The Firmware Update allows users to upgrade firmware by themselves. Users are able to choose upgrading firmware through TFTP or HTTP.
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. TFTP Backup Configuration All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 30 of 73...
For example, UTC-08, then, choose “Before-UTC” in UTC type and fill in “8” in Time Range. Time o This section is for displaying the current time once the switch is connected to the assigned NTP server. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 31 of 73...
3.2 L2 Features The 8924 DSLAM offers flexible L2 Features with the following functions: VLAN Configuration Trunking Forwarding & Filtering IGMP Snooping Spanning Tree DHCP Relay & Opt.82 3.2.1 VLAN Configuration VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network or virtual LAN. It is a concept of separating and grouping LAN segments by a common set of requirements.
VLAN Information displays all VLAN groups stored already. The following buttons allow users to manage VLAN groups. Note: The VLAN mode of VLAN operation mode is the global setting of Basic and VLAN Filter. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 33 of 73...
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To move to the previous page of VLAN information table. o NextPage To move to the following page of VLAN information table. o Help To open FAQ page of VLAN configuration. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 34 of 73...
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The list of available ports. Click on a port to change the details. In addition, the current setups will show in a different table right next to the setup table. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 35 of 73...
PVID The VLAN ID of ingress packets. Two filtering rules are available in VLAN Filtering function of this 8924 DSLAM. o Ingress Filtering 1 Only these ingress packets with the assigned VLAN ID are able to pass through this port.
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GVRP Table This table is for displaying current GVRP VLAN information. GVRP will learn VLAN ID and its group member automatically. This table will show this information. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 37 of 73...
The followings are the details that are required to be filled in for setting QinQ function. QinQ: Disable or Enable QinQ TPID: - TPID stands for Tag Protocol Identifier. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 38 of 73...
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- QinQ Uplink: for setting up an uplink port of this QinQ group. QinQ Port QinQ Uplink QinQ Tunnel Setting o Tunnel ID o Tunnel VID 3.2.2 Trunking All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 39 of 73...
- LACP (checkbox): for enable or disable LACP algorithm by check on the checkbox. - System Priority: this value is for identifying the active LACP of this 8924 DSLAM. (Note: the lowest value presents the highest priority.) - Trunk Group Table ...
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- Active: the active port will send LACP packets automatically. - Passive: the passive port will not send LACP packets but it will respond if and only if it receives LACP packets from the other end. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 41 of 73...
The VDSL2 IP DSLAM will learn devices’ MAC addresses dynamically and record these addresses into MAC address table. This section will show all the found MAC addresses as the following table. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 42 of 73...
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By adding a static MAC address, the switch will save the information permanently and will not attend to learn the MAC address of this device when the device is online. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 43 of 73...
IGMP network traffic listening. With this feature, VDSL2 IP DSLAM is able to listen to IGMP conversation between hosts and routers. The switch is able to maintain a relation map of links and IP multicast streams. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 44 of 73...
STP algorithms are STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol), and MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol). This VDSL2 IP DSLAM supports both STP and MSTP. In addition, in this All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 45 of 73...
“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. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 46 of 73...
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Root Bridge Information o Priority o MAC Address o Region Name o Revision Level o Max Hops o Root Path Cost o Maximum Age o Hello Time o Forward Delay All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 47 of 73...
3.2.6.2 PerPort Configuration “PerPort Configuration” is for setting up Spanning Tree mode for each individual port. 3.2.6.3 Instance All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 48 of 73...
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. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 49 of 73...
To setup DHCP Option 82 for this switch, users are required to enable this option first. 3.2.7.3 DHCP Relay DHCP Relay is for enabling or disabling DHCP Relay function. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 50 of 73...
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. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 51 of 73...
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Port ID: the target port of this access control list should be applied to. (0: don’t care/1 ~ 10) Section 3: Current List: the current list of all access control lists. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 52 of 73...
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Options are as the following table L4 Protocol Type Options Data Any, ICMP, or IGMP Protocol No. Any, FTP, or HTTP Port No. Any, DHCP, TFTP, Port No. NetBIOS All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 53 of 73...
3.3.7 Non-IPv4 Ether Type Options: Any, ARP, or IPX 3.3.8 Binding MAC Address IP Address Port ID (1 ~ 10) All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 54 of 73...
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Mask o Protocol Value Mask o Source Port Value Mask o Destination Port Value Mask Note: all values are in HEX format. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 55 of 73...
The followings are the necessary information for this section. User Name Assign/Change Password Reconfirm Password Note: the default user name and password are “admin” and “admin”. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 56 of 73...
Limit: the maximum number of MAC addresses should be blocked. MAC Limit Port Status This section allows users to review the status of ports and MAC limits. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 57 of 73...
Server Port: the UDP port number used by the authentication server to authenticate (default: 1812). o Accounting Port: the UDP port number used by the authentication server to retrieve accounting information (default: 1813). All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 58 of 73...
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AU: the state of the selected port was determined by the outcome of the authentication. o NO: the selected port didn’t support 802.1x function. Misc Configuration “Misc Configuration” page allows users to change miscellaneous setups of 802.1x function. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 59 of 73...
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. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 60 of 73...
For example, 8 Highest:4 second-high means that the switch sends 8 highest-priority packets before sending 4 second-high priority packets. o 802.1p priority The switch supports 8 802.1p priority queues with 4 priority All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 61 of 73...
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“PerPort Configuration” section allows users to setup the priority level for each port. Users are able to setup QoS algorithm with Port-Based algorithm in this page. o Port Priority: Options: Disable, 0 ~ 7. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 62 of 73...
IP-SA IP-DA DATA ToS IP Precedence DSCP Monitoring “Monitoring” function is for users to review current status and statistics of each port (Port1 ~ Port24, Mod1 and Mod2). All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 63 of 73...
10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps (Mod1 ~ Mod2) Duplex Full / Half Rate Control On / Off (both Ingress and Egress) Security On / Off On / Off Jumbo Frame On / Off All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 64 of 73...
RxBadPkt The total bytes of bad packets which were received TxAbort The total bytes of packets which were aborted. Collision Collision DropPkt The total bytes of packets dropped All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 65 of 73...
Users are allowed to save new profiles with “New” button. New Profile Name New profile name (up to 64 bytes) System Profile Name This option is for setting up VDSL band profile. Different profile All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 66 of 73...
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INP levels for other VDSL2 profiles (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 12a, 12b, and 17a) for both downstream and upstream Max Delay The maximum delay time for both downstream and upstream All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 67 of 73...
INP level for VDSL2 profile 30a INP Other (Ds / Us) INP level for the other VDSL2 profiles Max Delay Maximum delay Port The port members of this profile All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 68 of 73...
“Reset System” is for restoring all configurations back to the default factory configurations. All the settings will be changed back to the original state. Reboot “Reboot” allows users to reboot the switch without turning off the power. All Rights Reserved 1997 - 2015 Enable-IT, Inc. Page 69 of 73...
Online Technical Services The Enable-IT Support Portal is available 24/7 to open a ticket or check the status of one. Please use this support website as your first source for help as it contains an on-line knowledge base of articles, documentation, FAQ's and other problem-solving resources.
Remedies for Breach of Warranty. In the event of a breach of the foregoing warranty, Enable-IT will, in its sole discretion and at its cost, and subject to the terms of the following paragraph, repair the non- conforming Product, replace the non-conforming Product with a new or reconditioned Product or refund the purchase price for the Product.
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ENABLE-IT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER INFORMATION STORED ON OR TRANSMITTED USING THE PRODUCT. 2. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL ENABLE-IT BE LIABLE TO THE END USER, OR ANY THIRD PARTY, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,...
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