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  • Page 1 GigaX 2008EX Layer 2 Managed Switch User Manual...
  • Page 2 ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS provides this manual “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
  • Page 3 Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 4 Support Fax: +1-502-933-8713 General Support: +1-502-995-0883 Notebook Support: +1-510-739-3777 x5110 Support Email: tsd@asus.com ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria) Address: Harkort Str. 25, D-40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany General Fax: +49-2102-9599-31 General Email: sales@asuscom.de (for marketing requests only) Technical Support Support Hotlines:...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................1 1.1 L2 managed features ..............1 1.2 Conventions used in this document ........... 2 1.2.1 Notations ..................2 1.2.2 Typography ..................2 1.2.3 Symbols ..................2 2 Getting to know the GigaX2008EX ........3 2.1 Package contents ..............
  • Page 6 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.3 System Pages ................14 4.3.1 Management ................14 4.3.2 IP setup ..................15 4.3.3 Administration ................15 4.3.4 Reboot ..................16 4.3.5 Firmware Upgrade ...............16 4.4 Physical Interface ..............17 4.5 Bridge ..................18 4.5.1 Link Aggregation ................18 4.5.2 Mirroring ..................19 4.5.3 Traffic Control ................20 4.5.4 Dynamic Addresses ..............20...
  • Page 7 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.10.3 Historical Status .................32 4.11 Save Configuration ..............33 5 Console Interface ..............34 5.1 Power On Self Test ..............34 5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode ............35 5.1.2 Boot ROM Commands ..............35 5.2 Login and Logout ..............36 5.3 CLI Commands ................
  • Page 8 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual List of figures Figure 1. GigaX2008EX L2 managed switch package contents .... 3 Figure 2. Front panel ................4 Figure 3. Rear panel ................5 Figure 4. Overview of hardware connections ......... 8 Figure 5. Login and IP setup screen ............. 10 Figure 6.
  • Page 9 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 28. Trap setting ................. 26 Figure 29. Port access control .............. 28 Figure 30. Dial-In user ................28 Figure 31. RADIUS ................29 Figure 32. Power over Ethernet ............30 Figure 33. Cable diagnosis ..............31 Figure 34.
  • Page 10 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 1 Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX2008EX L2 managed switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a friendly and powerful user interface. This user guide tells you how to set up GigaX2008EX, and how to customize its configuration to get the most out of this product.

  • Page 12: Conventions Used In This Document

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 1.2 Conventions used in this document 1.2.1 Notations • Acronyms are defined the first time they appear in text and in the glossary. • For brevity, the GigaX switch is referred to as “the switch.” •...

  • Page 13: Getting To Know The Gigax2008Ex

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 2 Getting to know the GigaX2008EX 2.1 Package contents The GigaX2008EX switch package comes with the following items: • GigaX2008EX (10-port) L2 managed switch • AC Power cord • Null modem cable for console interface (DB9) •...

  • Page 14: Front Panel

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Front Panel The front panel includes eight 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 port, one 10/100/1000Base-T port, one SPF GBIC slot and LED indicators that show the system,fan, and port status. Status Figure 2. Front panel Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs Label Color Status...

  • Page 15: Rear Panel

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Rear Panel The switch rear panel consists of the fan modules and a power connector. Figure 3. Rear panel Table 2. Rear panel labels Label Description Power Connector Connects to the supplied power cord System fan Technical specifications Table 3.

  • Page 16: Quick Start Guide

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3 Quick start guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the GigaX2008EX working environment. Refer also to the GigaX2008EX Installation Guide. Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX2008EX on a flat surface or on a rack. Part 2 provides instructions to set up the hardware.

  • Page 17: Connect To The Computers Or A Lan

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN You can use Ethernet cable to connect computers directly to the switch ports. You can also connect hubs/switches to the switch ports by Ethernet cables. You can use either the crossover or straight-through Ethernet cable to connect computers, hubs, or switches.

  • Page 18: Part 3 - Basic Switch Setting For Management

    Set the data format to no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit d) No flow control e) Set VT1000 for emulation mode 3. After setting up the terminal, you can see the prompt “(ASUS)%” on the terminal. 4. Type “login” to access the command line interface. The default user name is...

  • Page 19: Setting Up Through The Web Interface

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual “admin”. Skip the password by pressing <Enter>. You can change the password at any time through CLI (see section 5.3.1). To protect your switch from unauthorized access, you must change the default password as soon as possible. 5.
  • Page 20 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual http://192.168.1.1 This is the factory default IP address of the switch. A login screen appears, as shown in Figure 6. Figure 6. Login screen Enter your user name and password, and then click OK to enter the Configuration Manager.

  • Page 21: Management With The Web Interface

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4 Management with the Web Interface The switch provides Web pages that allow switch management through the ® Internet. The program is designed to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, or later versions. NOTE: Netscape is not supported. 4.1 Log into Web user interface 1.

  • Page 22: Functional Layout

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual The home page appears each time you log into the program.(See Figures 9). Figure 9. Home page 4.2 Functional layout Typical web page consists of three separate frames. The top frame has a switch logo and front panel as shown in Figures 10.

  • Page 23: Menu Navigation Tips

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual The left frame, a menu frame as shown in Figure 11, contains all the features available for switch configuration. These features are grouped into categories, e.g. System, Bridge, etc. You can click on any of these to display a specific configuration page.

  • Page 24: Commonly Used Buttons And Icons

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual • To contract a group of related menus: click on the corresponding group name. The will appear next to the group name. • To open a specific configuration page, click on the desired menu item. 4.2.2 Commonly used buttons and icons The following table describes the function for each button and icon used in the application.

  • Page 25: Ip Setup

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 12. Management 4.3.2 IP Setup The switch supports IP assignment. The IP Setup page contains the following editable information: VLAN ID: Specify a VLAN ID to system management interface. It is necessary to be within the same VLAN for management usages.

  • Page 26: Reboot

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual You can change the password at any time through the CLI interface. Figure 14. Administration 4.3.4 Reboot The Reboot page contains a Reboot button. Click the button to reboot the system. Rebooting the system stops the network traffic and terminates the Web interface connection.

  • Page 27: Physical Interface

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Browse... Figure 16. Firmware upgrade 4.4 Physical Interface The Physical Interface displays the Ethernet port status in real time. You can configure the port in following fields: Port: select the port to configure Admin: disable/enable the port Mode: set the speed and duplex mode Flow Control: enable/disable 802.3x flow control mechanism Port Status Window: displays the following information for each port...

  • Page 28: Bridge

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Bridge The Bridge page group contains most layer 2 configurations, like link aggregation, mirroring etc.. 4.5.1 Link Aggregation The page configures the link aggregation group (port trunking). The switch can have 15 link aggregation groups. Show Trunk: Select “Add a new Trunk”...

  • Page 29: Mirroring

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 18. Link aggregation 4.5.2 Mirroring Mirroring, together with a network traffic analyzer, helps you monitor network traffics. You can monitor the selected ports for egress or ingress packets. Mirror Mode: Enables or disables the mirror function for the selected group. Monitor Port: Receives the copies of all the traffics in the selected mirrored ports.

  • Page 30: Traffic Control

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.5.3 Traffic Control Traffic control prevents the switch bandwidth from flooding packets including broadcast packets, multicast packets. The limit number is a threshold to limit the total number of the selected type packets. For example, if broadcast/ multicast is enabled, the traffic amount of each type will not exceed the limit value.

  • Page 31: Static Addresses

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.5.5 Static Addresses You can add a MAC address into the switch address table. The MAC address added by this way will not age out from the address table. We call it static address. MAC Address: enter the MAC address VLAN ID: enter the VLAN ID that the MAC belongs Port Selection: select the port which the MAC belongs...

  • Page 32: Tagged Vlan

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.5.6 Tagged VLAN You can set up to 256 VLAN groups and show VLAN group in this page. There is a default VLAN created by the switch. It cannot be removed at all. This feature prevents the switch from malfunctions.

  • Page 33: Default Port Vlan And Cos

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.5.7 Default Port VLAN and CoS Some VLAN tag related field settings for each port are included in this page. It includes: Port: select the port to configure PVID: port-based VLAN ID. Every untagged packet received from this port will be tagged with this VLAN group ID CoS (Class of Service) value: every untagged packet received from this port will be assigned to this CoS in the VLAN tagged.
  • Page 34 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual packet is sent from the Queue1 for every two that are sent from the Queue2. By using this scheduling, low-priority queues have the opportunity to send packets even through the high-priority queues are not empty. The fixed weights are 1,2,4,8.

  • Page 35: Snmp

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.6 SNMP This group offers the SNMP configuration including Community Table, Host Table, and Trap Setting. 4.6.1 Community Table You can type different community names and specify whether the community has the privilege to make a setting (write access) by checking the box. Click OK to save the configuration permanently or Reload to refresh the page.

  • Page 36: Trap Setting

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.6.3 Trap Setting By setting trap destination IP addresses and community names, you can enable SNMP trap function to send trap packets in different versions(v1 or v2). Click OK to save the configuration permanently or Reload to refresh the page. Figure 28.

  • Page 37: Security

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.7 Security The switch has the 802.1x port-based security feature. Only authorized hosts are allowed to access the switch port. Traffic is blocked for hosts failed to authenticate themselves. The authentication service is provided by a RADIUS server or the local database in the switch.

  • Page 38: Dial-In User

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual go through. If ʻAutoʼ is selected, the behavior of the selected port is controlled by 802.1x protocol. All ports should be set to ʻAutoʼ under normal conditions. Guest VLAN: Specify a guest VLAN to clients that are not 802.1x-capable. Click OK to make the settings effective permanently.

  • Page 39: Radius

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.7.3 RADIUS In order to use external RADIUS server, the following parameters are required to be setup: Authentication Server IP: The IP address of the RADIUS server. Authentication Server Port: The port number for the RADIUS server is listening to.

  • Page 40: Cable Diagnosis

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual a) Link status: whether the PD is connected or not b) Priority: display the port power priority setting Select the corresponding port number and configure the port power setting, then click on the Modify button. The field you change will update the content of the display window.

  • Page 41: Statistics Chart

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Figure 33. Cable diagnosis 4.10 Statistics Chart The Statistics Chart pages provide network flow in different charts. You can specify the period time to refresh the chart. You can monitor the network traffic amount in different graphic chart by these pages. Most MIB-II counters are displayed in these charts.

  • Page 42: Error Group

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.10.2 Error Group Select the Port and display Color, then click Draw, the statistics window shows you all the discards or error counts for the specified port. The data is updated periodically. Figure 35. Error group 4.10.3 Historical Status You can display information for different ports and statistics items in this chart.

  • Page 43: Save Configuration

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 4.11 Save Configuration To save configuration permanently, you should click Save. The setting also takes effective after a successful save. Sometimes you may want to reset the switch configuration, you can click on Restore to reset the configuration file to factory default. Of course, a system reboot will follow this restoration process.

  • Page 44: Console Interface

    POST is executing during the system booting time. It tests system memory, LED and hardware chips on the switchboard. It displays system information as the result of system test and initialization. You can ignore the information until the prompt, “(ASUS) %”, appears (see Figure 38).

  • Page 45: Boot Rom Command Mode

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode During the POST process, you can enter a “Boot ROM Command” mode by pressing <ENTER> key as shown in Figure 39. Figure 39 shows dual images in the switch. Enter the “?”...

  • Page 46: Login And Logout

    For security reason, please change the user name and password after login. Once you forget the use name and password, you may contact ASUS support team or erase the whole configuration file in the Boot ROM Command mode. If you take the second choice, the whole system configuration is lost at the same time.

  • Page 47: System Commands

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.3.1 System Commands [System Name] Displays the given name of the switch. This is an RFC-1213 defined MIB object in System Group, and provides administrative information on the managed node. CLI command: sys info name <system name description> If you put a name in the name description field, the switch system name will be changed into the new one.
  • Page 48 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual CLI command: net interface vlan sw0 <VLAN ID> [IP Address] Displays the static IP address for the switch. This IP address is used for manageable purpose, i.e.; network applications such as, http server, SNMP server, ftp server, telnet server and SSH server of the switch are all using this IP address.

  • Page 49: Physical Interface Commands

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.3.2 Physical Interface Commands [Admin] [Enable/Disable] Displays the port admin status and allows user to turn the port on or off. CLI command: l2 port admin <port number> <enable/disable> [Mode] [Auto/10M-Half/10M-Full/100M-Half/100M-Full/1G-Full] Displays the current speed and duplex mode of the port. The speed and duplex mode can be automatically detected when auto-negotiation is enabled on a port.
  • Page 50 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual CLI command: l2 trunk remove <trunk id> <port list> [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings of trunk from configuration file. CLI command: l2 trunk retrieve [Mirror Mode] [Enable/Disable] [Monitor Port] [port number] Displays the mirroring settings of the switch. CLI command: l2 mirror create <monitor port no>...
  • Page 51 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual [Query by VLAN ID] ARL entries existed in ARL table can be queried according to VLAN ID. CLI command: l2 arl vlan <vlan id> [Query by MAC Address] ARL entries existed in ARL table can be queried according to MAC address. CLI command: l2 arl mac <mac address>...
  • Page 52 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual CLI command: l2 vlan remove <vlan id> <port list> CLI command: l2 vlan utportadd <vlan id> <untagged port list> [Remove VLAN] Allows user to completely destroy an existing VLAN. CLI command: l2 vlan delete <vlan id> [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file.

  • Page 53: Snmp

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file. CLI command: l2 cos retrieve 5.3.4 SNMP [Community Name] [Set] A community entry contains a community description string and a set of privileges. Get privilege are turned on by default, and user can specify whether to give it the Set Privilege while create a new entry.
  • Page 54 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual A host entry contains a host IP address, network mask and its dedicated community string. CLI command: snmp host add Host IP/Subnet: <IP address> Netmask: <netmask> Community: <community string> User can modify a host entry in the table by reassigning its allowed IP address, network mask and community string.

  • Page 55: Security Commands

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual SNMP version? (1/2c): [old snmp version] <new snmp version> Destination IP (old IP address): <new IP address> Community (old community string): <new community string> Allows user to delete a trap entry from trap table. CLI command: snmp trap delete Trap table entry (table index): <entry id to delete>...
  • Page 56 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual CLI command: security dot1x bridge reauthmax <max reauthentication attemps (1-10)> [Multi-host] Allows user to enable or disable Multi-host on some specific ports. CLI command: security dot1x port multihost <enable/disable> <port list/*> [Authentication Control] Allows user to set up the authentication control of some specific ports. CLI command: security dot1x port authctrl <type (1: force_authorized 2: force_unauthorized 3: auto)><port list/*>...

  • Page 57: Poe

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual User Name: <new user name string> Password: <new password string> Confirm Password: <new confirm password string> Dynamic VLAN: <new dynamic VLAN> [Reload] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file. CLI command: security dialinuser retrieve [Authentication Server IP] [Authentication Server Port] [Authentication Server Key]...
  • Page 58 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual CLI command:poe heat [pse] Show PSE system Information. CLI command: poe pse [diag] Show diagnostic result for port power. CLI command: poe diag [display] Display real-time port power information. CLI command: poe display < port list/* > [show] Show the PoE configuration.

  • Page 59: Miscellaneous Commands

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 5.4 Miscellaneous Commands sys time uptime: shows the time since the system boot up. sys time date: shows the current date and time sys time settime: sets the current time sys files config backup: backup configuration files sys files config default: restore factory default configuration files sys monitor auto: enable or disable fan auto detection sys monitor set: Set fan speed command (1~255)

  • Page 60: Ip Addresses, Network Masks, And Subnets

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 6 IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets 6.1 IP Addresses This section pertains only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol). IPv6 addresses are not covered. This section assumes basic knowledge of binary numbers, bits, and bytes.

  • Page 61: Network Classes

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Following are examples of valid IP addresses: Class A: 10.30.6.125 (network = 10, host = 30.6.125) Class B: 129.88.16.49 (network = 129.88, host = 16.49) Class C: 192.60.201.11 (network = 192.60.201, host = 11) 6.1.2 Network classes The three commonly used network classes are A, B, and C.
  • Page 62 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual more bits from the host ID portion of the address. The subnet mask identifies these host ID bits. For example, consider a class C network 192.168.1. To split this into two subnets, you would use the subnet mask: 255.255.255.128 Itʼs easier to see whatʼs happening if we write this in binary: 11111111.

  • Page 63: Troubleshooting

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 7 Troubleshooting This section gives instructions for using several IP utilities to diagnose problems. A list of possible problems with suggestion actions is also provided. All the known bugs are listed in the release note. Read the release note before you set up the switch.

  • Page 64: Nslookup

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual (using the pre-configured default LAN IP address 192.168.1.1) or another address you assigned. You can also test whether access to the Internet is working by typing an external address, such as that for www.yahoo.com (216.115.108.243). If you do not know the IP address of a particular Internet location, you can use the nslookup command, as explained in the following section.

  • Page 65: Simple Fixes

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 7.2 Simple fixes The following table lists some common problems that you may encounter when installing or using the switch, and the suggested actions to solve the problems. Table 9. Troubleshooting Problem Suggested Action LEDs SYSTEM LED does Verify if the power cord is securely connected to the switch...
  • Page 66 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual Problem Suggested Action Web Configuration Interface 1.If you have not changed the password from the default, try You forgot/lost your WEB configuration using “admin” as the user ID and bypassing password. interface user ID or 2.

  • Page 67: Glossary

    GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual 8 Glossary 10BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet. 100BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 100 Mbps.
  • Page 68 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol An Internet protocol that enables a computer to share information about its membership in multicast groups with adjacent routers. A multicast group of computers is one whose members have designated as interested in receiving specific content from the others.
  • Page 69 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual port A physical access point to a device such as a computer or router, through which data flows into and out of the device. protocol A set of rules governing the transmission of data. In order for a data transmission to work, both ends of the connection have to follow the rules of the protocol.
  • Page 70 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual bundled with higher-level applications such as HTTP, FTP, Telnet, etc., TCP/IP refers to this whole suite of protocols. Telnet/SSH An interactive, character-based program used to access a remote computer. While HTTP (the web protocol) and FTP only allow you to download files from a remote computer, Telnet / SSH allows you to log into and use a computer from a remote location.
  • Page 71 GigaX2008EX L2 Managed Switch User Manual browsers include Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. See also HTTP, web site, WWW. Web page A web site file typically containing text, graphics and hyperlinks (cross-references) to the other pages on that web site, as well as to pages on other web sites.

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