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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 LANCOM GS-1224P...
  • Page 2 LANCOM GS-1224 LANCOM GS-1224P...
  • 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 Forwarding and it supports up to 24 active VLANs. It uses bandwidth control to prioritize the data traffic according to predefined criteria (e.g. voice data or certain ports). The LANCOM Switch can be managed with the clearly structured Webconfig and is supported by the LANCOM Management Tools (LANconfig and LANmonitor).
  • Page 5 In addition, LANCOM Support is available. For telephone numbers and contact addresses for LANCOM Support, please refer to the enc- losed leaflet or the LANCOM Systems Web site. Information symbols Very important instructions.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    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 the back 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 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 PoE 4.2.4 VLAN Mode Configuration 4.2.5 VLAN Group Configuration 4.2.6 Aggregation 4.2.7 LACP 4.2.8 RSTP 4.2.9 802.1x 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- LANCOM GS-...
  • Page 10 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 1: Introduction LANCOM GS- LANCOM GS- 1224 1224P Satus LEDs ✔ ✔ System: Power ✔ ✔ TP Port 1-24: LINK/ACT, SPD ✔ ✔ SFP-Ports 21,22,23,24: LINK/ACT, SPD, SFP PoE support ✔ PoE with 48 V DC power through RJ-45 pin 1, 2, 3, 6.

  • 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...

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

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 The Back Of The Lancom Gs-1224

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 2: Installation 2.3.2 Connectors on the back of the LANCOM GS-1224 The following connectors are located on the rear of the device. ³ LANCOM GS-1224 ³ Connector for the power supply cable. Mounting and connecting up the LANCOM Switch Installating the LANCOM Switch involves the following steps: Mounting –...

  • Page 14: Software 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 supplied data medium (CD/DVD) 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

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4 Operation of Web-based Management This chapter instructs you how to configure and manage the 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 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management The Information of Page Layout The top part of the information page shows the front panel of the switch. Lin- ked ports are displayed in green color, and ports without link in black.

  • Page 21: Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 assigned by the manufacturer.
  • Page 23 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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: Port Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.2 Port Configuration Here you can configure the individual ports. Parameter: Enable Jumbo Frames: Jumbo frames are not standardized and oversized frames. This function support jumbo frames of up to 9600 bytes.

  • Page 25: Poe

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Mode: Set the speed and duplex of the port. If the media is 1Gbps fiber glass, there are three modes to choose: Auto Speed, 1000 Full and Disable. If...
  • Page 26 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: Vmain: The voltage supplied by the switch. Imain: The sum of the current that every port supplies. Pconsume: The sum of the power that every port supplies.
  • Page 27 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management the power once the power required by the powered device exceeds the Class, Short Circuit or over temperature occurs. Parameter: Status: The status is either “Normal” or “Active”. The former means the port is ready to link and supply the power to the powered device at any time.

  • Page 28: Vlan Mode Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.4 VLAN Mode Configuration The switch supports Tag-based VLAN (802.1q) and Port-based VLAN. Its VLAN mode supports 24 active VLANs and and the available VLAN ID range is from 1~4094. VLAN configuration is used to divide a LAN into smaller ones.
  • Page 29 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Tag-based: A tag-based VLAN identifies its member by VLAN-ID. If there are any more rules in ingress or egress filtering lists, this rules determines if the packet will be forwarded or not. The switch supports standard of 802.1q.
  • Page 30 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management After confirmation of the tag-based VLAN mode, the display auto- matically changes to the configuration of the tag-based VLAN groups. Metro Mode: The Metro mode is a quick method to configure port-based VLANs.

  • Page 31: Vlan Group Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 32 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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.
  • Page 33 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 34 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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.

  • Page 35: Aggregation

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.6 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 36: Lacp

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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.

  • Page 37: 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 38 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 39: 802.1X Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.9 802.1x 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 40 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 41 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 are in the internal net- work, D is the authentication server running RADIUS, the switch at the central location acts as an Authenticator connected to PC A and A is a PC outside the controlled port, running Supplicant PAE.
  • Page 42 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 43 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management control is in the authorized state. The supplicant and other devices con- nected 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 has failed to authenticate.
  • Page 44 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Multihost Auto Failure Port Unauthorized Multihost Force Unauthorized Don’t Care Port Unauthorized Multihost Force Authorized 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 45 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 46 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 the reauthentication function and specify how often a client has to reenter his or her username and password to stay connected to the port.

  • Page 47: Igmp Snooping

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 48: Mirror Configuration

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

  • Page 49: Qos (Quality Of Service) Configuration

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: Source Port: Sets the port for monitoring. 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 The value “disabled”...
  • Page 50 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: 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 51 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management DSCP can form total 64 kinds of traffic classes based on the arrangement of a 6-bit field in DSCP of the IP packet. In the switch, the user is allowed to set up to 64 kinds of these classes that belong to any queue (low, nor- mal, medium, high).

  • Page 52: Filter

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 4.2.13 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.

  • Page 53: Rate Limit

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Default: allowed 4.2.14 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.

  • Page 54: Storm Control

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Default: No Limit 4.2.15 Storm Control Storm Control is used to block unnecessary multicast and broadcast frames that reduce the switch's performance. When the function is enabled and values of storm control are exceeded, multicast and broadcast frames will be dropped.

  • Page 55: Snmp

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Broadcast Rate: To enable the Broadcast Storm capability. User can use the drop-down menu to select the number of frames. The setting range is 1k~1024k per second. Default: No Limit Multicast Rate: To enable the Multicast Storm capability.
  • Page 56 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management must have the same community name. Once completing the setting, click Apply and the setting takes effect. Parameter: SNMP enable: Enables or disables SNMP. Default: Enabled Get/Set/Trap Community:...

  • Page 57: Monitoring

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Default community name for Set: private Default community name for Trap: public System Event: Select the events for which an SNMP-Trap should be send (Cold Boot and/ or Warm Boot).
  • Page 58 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Parameter: Rx Packets: The number of packets 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 59 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Rx Multicast: Shows the number of received multicast packets. Rx Broad- and Multicast: Shows the number of received broadcasts with multicast packets. Rx Error Packets: Shows the number of received error packets.
  • Page 60 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 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. Tx 65-127 Bytes: Number of 65 ~ 126-byte frames in good and bad packets transmitted.

  • Page 61: Lacp Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management 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 62: Rstp Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 63: Igmp Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 64: Ping Status

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 65: Maintenance

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 4: Operation of Web- based Management Count: Use the drop-down menu to set the 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 the number of echo requests time out in second.

  • Page 66: Factory Default

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P 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 67: Logout

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

  • Page 68: Appendix

    LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 5: Appendix 5 Appendix Performance data and specification LANCOM GS-1224 LANCOM GS-1224P Performance Switching technology Store and forward with latency less than 5 μs MAC addresses Support of maximal 8K MAC addresses Throughput maximal 48 Gbps on the backplane VLAN Port based and IEEE 802.1q tag based VLAN with up to 4096 VLAN...
  • Page 69 LANCOM GS-1224 and LANCOM GS-1224P Chapter 5: Appendix LANCOM GS-1224 LANCOM GS-1224P 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 Via Hotline and Internet...

  • Page 70: Connector Wiring

    PoE/ -48 V 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...
  • Page 71 LANCOM Systems GmbH Adenauerstr. 20/B2 52146 Würselen Germany E-Mail: info@lancom.eu Internet www.lancom.eu...

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