CNET CSH-2402S User Manual

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  • Page 1 Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3.6. Exiting the RMT and Saving Configuration... 19 Chapter 4. Network………... 21 4.1. Switch Selection ... 21 4.1.1. Adding a Switch to the Database ... 22 4.2. Switch Database... 23 4.2.1. Adding a Switch... 24 4.2.2. Editing Switch Information... 24 4.2.3.
  • Page 3 5.3. Cable Tester... 27 5.4. Signal Quality... 28 Chapter 6. Switch Configuration ... 31 6.1. Global Configuration... 31 6.2. Port Configuration... 32 6.2.1. Trunk Group Setting ... 33 6.2.2. VLAN and Trunking ... 33 6.3. Quality of Service (QoS) Configuration ... 34 6.4.
  • Page 4: List Of Figures

    List of Figures Figure 2-1 16 ports TX smart switch ... 10 Figure 2-2 16 ports TX with 1 port FX smart switch ... 10 Figure 2-3 24 ports TX smart switch ... 10 Figure 2-4 24 ports TX with 2 port FX smart switch ... 10 Figure 2-5 Connecting the Fiber Cable...11...
  • Page 5 Figure 6-13 Switch Configuration: VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q ... 42 Figure 6-14 Switch Configuration: VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q: Add ... 43 Figure 6-15 Switch Configuration: VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q: Port VLAN Mapping ... 43 Figure 6-16 Example: 802.1Q VLAN Configuration ... 44 Figure 6-17 Switch Configuration: Port Mirror Configuration ... 45 Figure 6-18 Switch Configuration: Port Mirror Configuration: Warning ...
  • Page 6: List Of Tables

    Table 6-3 Switch Configuration: QoS Configuration... 35 Table 6-4 Switch Configuration: VLAN Configuration ... 37 Table 6-5 Switch Configuration: VLAN Configuration: Port-based ... 39 Table 6-6 Switch Configuration: VLAN Configuration: 802.1Q... 42 Table 6-7 Switch Configuration: Port Mirror Configuration ... 45...
  • Page 7: Preface

    Thank you for purchasing the Smart Switch Series. Four switch models are discussed in this User’s Manual: 16 ports TX smart switch, 16 ports TX with 1 port FX smart switch, 24 ports TX smart switch and 24 ports TX with 2 port FX smart switch.
  • Page 8: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Four switch models are discussed in this manual. 16 ports TX smart switch, 16 ports TX with 1 port FX smart switch, 24 ports TX smart switch and 24 ports TX with 2 port FX smart switch. The additional Fiber uplink interface is shared with one or two Ethernet ports.
  • Page 9 Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual Switch Multimedia Server Network A Network B...
  • Page 10: Chapter 2. Hardware Installation And Connection

    2.3.2. Rack Mounting If you want to install the smart switch in a 19" rack cabinet, use the included rack mount kit to attach the ears to the smart switch with the screws provided. When stacking the switch with other devices, leave space between devices to 2.4.
  • Page 11: Figure 2-1 16 Ports Tx Smart Switch

    Figure 2-1 16 ports TX smart switch Figure 2-2 16 ports TX with 1 port FX smart switch Figure 2-3 24 ports TX smart switch Figure 2-4 24 ports TX with 2 port FX smart switch Table 2-1 The Front Panel: Connector...
  • Page 12: Ethernet Port Connections

    Ethernet cable. The 16 ports TX with 1 FX smart switch and the 24 ports TX with 2 FX smart switch come with one and two fiber uplink ports respectively for connecting to a high-speed server or inter-connecting with another switch.
  • Page 13: Power Connection

    2.4.2. Power Connection The power socket is located on the rear panel of the switch. Use the power cord to connect this socket to a power source to power on the switch. Use the power source as labeled on the rear panel.
  • Page 14: Chapter 3. The Remote Management Tool

    The Remote Management Tool (RMT) allows you to configure the switch from a remote location on the network without directly connecting a computer to the switch. If you have more than one switch on the network, you can maintain multiple switches using the RMT.
  • Page 15: Figure 3-1 Install Rmt: Autoplay Menu

    Figure 3-1 Install RMT: AutoPlay Menu A Welcome screen displays. Click Next to continue. Figure 3-2 Install RMT: Welcome Accept the default file location or click Browse to specify one. Click Next to continue. Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 16: Figure 3-3 Install Rmt: Choose Destination Directory

    In the screen that displays, specify the program folder to which the RMT icon is stored. Click Next to continue. Figure 3-5 Install RMT: Select Program Folder A screen displays. Click Next to install WinPcap. Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 17: Figure 3-6 Install Rmt: Winpcap Setup

    Figure 3-6 Install RMT: WinPcap Setup In the License Agreement screen, click I Agree to agree with the license. Figure 3-7 Install RMT: License Agreement After the WinPcap installation process is complete, a screen displays as shown. Click Finish. Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 18: Accessing The Rmt

    Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual Figure 3-8 Install RMT: WinPcap Installation Complete When the RMT is installed successfully, a screen displays as shown. Click Next to exit. Figure 3-9 Install RMT: Setup Complete 3.4. Accessing the RMT Access the RMT from the Windows Start menu.
  • Page 19: Figure 3-10 Rmt: Main

    Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual Figure 3-10 RMT: Main In the Selected Network Interface field, select the network card to which the switch is connected. This is applicable if you have more than one network card on your computer.
  • Page 20: Rmt Menu Summary

    To close and exit from the RMT, simply click the close button on the upper right corner. A Confirm screen displays prompting you to save the configuration changes to the switch. Click Yes to save the changes and close the screen. Click No to discard all changes and close the screen.
  • Page 21: Figure 3-12 Confirm

    Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual Figure 3-12 Confirm...
  • Page 22: Chapter 4. Network

    Chapter 4. 4.1. Switch Selection Display the Switch Selection screen to view the information of all switches. Click Network > Switch Selection to display the screen. When you run the RMT, the RMT will automatically search for all the RRCP-enabled switches on the network and display the information in the Discovered Switches list table.
  • Page 23: Adding A Switch To The Database

    E S C R I P T I O N Switch Name Enter a descriptive name for the switch. MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the switch. You may change the MAC address here. Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual...
  • Page 24: Switch Database

    Accept the default or enter the security key for the RMT to access the switch for management. Click OK to save the settings in the RMT. You can view the switch information in the Switch Database screen (see Figure 4-3).
  • Page 25: Adding A Switch

    Click Network > Switch Database. Right-click in the Managed Switches table and click Add. A Set Switch Information screen displays. Configure this screen and click OK to insert a new entry in the database. Refer to Table 4-2 for the field descriptions.
  • Page 26: Chapter 5. Switch Status

    Switch Status Chapter 5. 5.1. Port Status Use the Port Status screen to view the status on the switch ports. Click Switch Status > Port Status to display the screen. Figure 5-1 Switch Status: Port Status The following table describes the labels in this screen.
  • Page 27: Mib Information

    5.2. MIB Information Use the MIB Information screen to start collecting port statistics and see the amount of traffic received or transmitted on the ports. Click Switch Status > MIB Information to display the screen. Right-click to change the counter unit.
  • Page 28: Changing The Counter Unit

    You can test port connection in the Cable Tester screen. This allows you to diagnose the port cable links and determine possible connection problems. Click Switch Status > Cable Tester to display the screen. Click Start Testing to begin the test.
  • Page 29: Signal Quality

    5.4. Signal Quality Check the port transmission quality in the Signal Quality screen. The RMT checks the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) for the transmission quality. Click Switch Status > Signal Quality and click Start Testing to begin the test.
  • Page 30: Figure 5-4 Switch Status: Signal Quality

    Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual Figure 5-4 Switch Status: Signal Quality...
  • Page 32: Chapter 6. Switch Configuration

    Switch Configuration Chapter 6. 6.1. Global Configuration Set the system-wide settings in the Global Configuration screen. Click Switch Configuration > Global Configuration to display the screen. Figure 6-1 Switch Configuration: Global Configuration The following table describes the labels in this screen.
  • Page 33: Port Configuration

    6.2. Port Configuration Set the port settings in the Port Configuration screen. Click Switch Configuration > Port Configuration to display the screen. To change the port settings in this screen, right-click and select the options. Figure 6-2 Switch Configuration: Port Configuration The following table describes the labels in this screen.
  • Page 34: Trunk Group Setting

    6.2.1. Trunk Group Setting You can configure up to four trunk groups on the switch. In the Port Configuration screen, right-click and click Trunking > Enabled to activate trunking on the selected port. A Trunk Setting screen displays as shown. The screen displays the port numbers belonging to the trunk group.
  • Page 35: Quality Of Service (Qos) Configuration

    Otherwise, the quality of these services depends on the load of your network. Click Switch Configuration > QoS Configuration to display the configuration screen. The switch provides two priority settings (High and Low). You can set the priority settings based on TOC/DiffServ, VLAN tag or a port.
  • Page 36: Introduction To Vlan

    7 are treated as low priority. Select Disabled to set the switch not to prioritize VLAN tagged packets. High/Low Select 4:1, 8:1 or 16:1 to set the switch to assign the selected ratio of the bandwidth for Priority transmitting high and low priority packets respectively.
  • Page 37: Port-Based Vlan

    In 802.1q tagged VLAN, the VLAN information is contained in the frames (known as tagged frames). When the switch receives tagged frames, it sends the frames to only ports that belong to the same VLAN. In addition, the switch is able to add VLAN information to frames before transmitting.
  • Page 38: Figure 6-6 Switch Configuration: Vlan Configuration

    Select Disabled to deactivate this feature. Multicast packets can only travel to the Leaky specified VLAN. Output Port Use this table to configure whether the switch is to add VLAN information to outgoing Filtering packets. Port This field displays the port number.
  • Page 39: Changing The Vlan Mode

    E S C R I P T I O N Control Select Don’t Touch to set the switch not to add VLAN information to the outgoing frames. Select Remove Tags to set the switch to remove VLAN tags from frames before transmitting.
  • Page 40: Figure 6-9 Switch Configuration: Vlan Configuration: Port-Based

    This field displays the number of the port belonging to the VLAN. Creating a Port-based VLAN You can create up to 32 VLANs on the switch. Follow the steps below to add a new port-based VLAN. Right-click on the VLAN Table in the Port-based VLAN Configuration screen and click Add.
  • Page 41: Figure 6-10 Switch Configuration: Vlan Configuration: Port-Based: Add

    Example: Port-based VLAN In the following network example, switch ports 1, 2, 3, and 4 belong to the sales VLAN group (VLAN ID 02), ports 5, 6, 7, and 8 belong to the marketing VLAN group (VLAN ID 03) and ports 1, 9, 10, and 11 belong to the finance VLAN group (VLAN ID 04).
  • Page 42: 802.1Q Tagged Vlan

    In 802.1q tagged VLAN, the VLAN information is contained in the frames (known as tagged frames). When the switch receives tagged frames, it sends the frames to only ports that belong to the same VLAN. In addition, the switch is able to add VLAN information to frames before transmitting.
  • Page 43: Figure 6-13 Switch Configuration: Vlan Configuration: 802.1Q

    Right-click on a port entry and click Set VLAN ID to specify the ID of the VLAN to Mapping which the switch sends untagged packets received on this port. This also sets the switch to add the selected VLAN ID information to outgoing packets. Output Port Specify whether to add VLAN information to packets to a port.
  • Page 44: Figure 6-14 Switch Configuration: Vlan Configuration: 802.1Q: Add

    Example: 802.1Q VLAN In the following VLAN example, switch ports 1, 2, 3 and 4 belong to VLAN ID 2, ports 5, 6, 7 and 8 belong to VLAN ID 10 and ports 1, 9, 10, 11, and 12 belong to VLAN ID 15.
  • Page 45: Port Mirror Configuration

    Figure 6-16 Example: 802.1Q VLAN Configuration 6.6. Port Mirror Configuration With port mirroring, the switch copies the incoming and/or outgoing traffic from a port to another port. This is usually used for traffic analysis and diagnostic purposes. Click Switch Configuration > Port Mirror Configuration to display the screen.
  • Page 46: Port Mirror And Performance

    To ensure that the RMT can communicate with the switch for management, you cannot enable port mirroring on the port used for RMT management. If you do so, a warning screen...
  • Page 47: Example: Port Mirror

    Figure 6-18 Switch Configuration: Port Mirror Configuration: Warning 6.6.2. Example: Port Mirror In the following example, the switch copies incoming traffic from port 3 and outgoing traffic from port 4 to the mirroring port 16. Figure 6-19 Example: Port Mirror Configuration 6.7.
  • Page 48: Figure 6-20 Switch Configuration: Security Configuration

    Smart Ethernet Switch Series User’s Manual Click Apply to save the changes. Figure 6-20 Switch Configuration: Security Configuration...
  • Page 49: Chapter 7. Switch Internals

    You can also use this screen to restart the switch without turning off and on the power source. Click Switch Internals > Device Management to display the screen as shown.
  • Page 50: Restarting The Switch

    You should save configuration changes to the switch before exiting the RMT. All unsaved configuration changes will be lost when you close the RMT. 7.1.3. Restarting the Switch To restart or reboot the switch, click Reset Switch in the Device Management screen.
  • Page 51: Appendix 1. Troubleshooting

    100 meters. Check that the Ethernet cable type is correct. Check the LED for the corresponding connection port on the switch. Use a different Ethernet cable if problem persists. Power off and on the switch and try accessing the switch again.

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