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Linksys EF1324 User Manual

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  • Page 1: Ethernet Switch

    Instant EtherFast ® Series ® EtherFast Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Use this guide to install: EF1324 User Guide...
  • Page 2 Linksys reserves the right to revise or update its prod- ucts, software, or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Network Monitor Menu System Restart Menu Exit Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast ® ® Troubleshooting Common Problems and Solutions Appendix Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port Glossary Specifications Environmental Warranty Information Contact Information Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    ® Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch. Perfect for today’s network computing demands, this Switch from Linksys delivers Layer 3 switching and fast transfer speeds for your network applications with inte- grated Gigabit connectivity. The Switch’s Layer 3 switching and “intelligent” design provide maximum net- work control, regulating traffic and eliminating server bottlenecks.

  • Page 5: Getting To Know The Switch

    ® Status The Status Button When you press the Status Button, the Switch will cycle through each mode. Look at the LEDs for each port to check the port’s status. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (Red) The LED will illuminate when collisions are detected.

  • Page 6: The Rj-45 Ports

    1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet). The two Gigabit ports require UTP Category 5e cable (or better). The Console Port The Switch is equipped with a RS-232 serial port (located on the rear of the Switch) that allows you to connect to a computer (for configuration purposes) using the provided serial cable.

  • Page 7: Rack-Mounting The Switch

    30 seconds. Uplinking the Switch Any of the 26 ports on the Switch can act as an uplink port, allowing you to uplink to other switches or hubs using a standard Ethernet connection. UTP Category 5e (or better) cable is recommended when using the Gigabit ports.
  • Page 8 2. The following screen will appear. Enter a Name for this connection. In the example below, the name of the connection is EF1324. Click the OK but- ton. 3. The following screen will appear. In the bottom drop down box labeled Connect using:, click the arrow and choose the COM port that the Switch will be connected to.

  • Page 9: Connecting The Serial Cable To The Switch And Computer

    You must have a TCP/IP connection to the Switch in order to use it. N N o o t t e e : : The Switch’s configuration program only provides access to basic configuration functions. To access the full range of SNMP management functions, you must use SNMP-based network management software.

  • Page 10: Configuring The Switch Using The Console Interface

    The text string in the top right corner of the screen shows if the Switch is oper- ating as a Layer 2 switch or as a multilayer routing switch. The default is multi- layer.

  • Page 11: System Information Menu

    • System Object ID - MIB II object identifier for the Switch’s network man- agement subsystem. • System Up Time - Length of time the Switch has been running. Note that the first value is in centiseconds. • System Name* - Name assigned to the switch system.

  • Page 12: Management Setup Menu

    • Serial Number - Serial number of the main board (MAC address of the Switch). • Port Number - Number of ports available on this Switch. • Power Status - Shows if power is active or inactive. • Redundant Power Status - Status of redundant power supply.
  • Page 13 • HTTP Configuration - Allows the admin to enable or disable the Web administration feature of the Switch. * This menu does not appear if the Switch is set to multilayer mode. In this case, you need to configure an IP interface for each VLAN that needs to con- nect to any device outside of its own VLAN group.
  • Page 14 The HTTP Configuration screen allows you to enable or disable Web man- agement. Note: Port 80 is used for HTTP service. Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 15 Serial Port Configuration The Serial Port Configuration screen allows you to access the communication parameters for the Switch’s serial port. (Linksys recommends that you do not change the default settings.) • Baud Rate - The rate at which data is sent between devices. Default is 19200.
  • Page 16 • Community Name - A community specified for trap management access. Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 17 • HTTP Access - Authorizes management via HTTP, e.g., a Web browser. Select OK to confirm the changes. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch GUEST: Read Only for all screens.
  • Page 18 The Configuration File screen allows you to load a configuration file on any Switch on the network. • Station IP - IP address of the Switch you want the configuration file to be sent to. • Operation - Gives you the choice of downloading the configuration file from your Switch.

  • Page 19: Device Control Menu

    Note: This screen shots shows the Device Control Menu displayed by a multi- layer switch. • System Mode - Sets the Switch to operate as a Layer 2 switch or as a multi- layer routing switch. • Layer 2 Menu - Configures port communication mode, mirror ports, and port trunking.
  • Page 20 ® System Mode The System Mode screen lets you set the Switch to operate as a Layer 2 switch or as a multilayer routing switch. As a Layer 2 switch, the Switch makes all fil- tering and forwarding decisions based strictly on MAC addresses. As a multi-...
  • Page 21 ® Port Configuration The Port Configuration screen lets you display or set communication parameters for any port on the Switch, including administrative status, auto- negotiation, default communication speed and duplex mode, as well as flow control in use. • Port (#) - Number of the port.
  • Page 22 Ports can be combined into an aggregate link to increase the bandwidth of a network connection or ensure fault recovery. You can configure trunks between any two switches. The RJ-45 ports on this Switch can be grouped into a trunk consisting of two, four, or eight ports, creating an aggregate bandwidth up to 400, 800, or 1600Mbps when operating at full duplex.
  • Page 23 Static Unicast Address Configuration The Static Unicast Address Table can be used to assign the MAC address for a host device to a specific port on this Switch. Static unicast addresses are never aged out, and cannot be learned on another port.
  • Page 24 • • Select OK to confirm the changes. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add Multicast Address Entry The Add Static Address Entry screen allows you to add static addresses for multicasting.
  • Page 25 • Max Age - The maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure. • GMRP - GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 26 Select Next Page to view the next page. VLAN Menu The VLAN Menu is used to assign any port on the Switch to any of up to 256 VLAN groups. By using IEEE 802.1Q compliant VLANs, you can organize any group of network nodes into separate broadcast domains, confining broad- cast traffic to the originating group.
  • Page 27 • GMRP - Enables or disables GMRP for this port. When enabled, this port will allow endstations to register with multicast groups. Note: GMRP must be enabled for the Switch before this setting can take effect. • Ingress Filtering - If enabled, incoming frames for VLANs that do not include this ingress port in their member set will be discarded at the ingress port.
  • Page 28 • Static ARP Configuration - Specifies the static Address Resolution Protocol. • Static Route - Configures a static route. • Default Route - Defines the router to which this Switch will forward all traf- fic for unknown networks. Select OK to return to the previous panel.
  • Page 29 Subnet Configuration The Subnet Configuration screen allows you to specify an IP interface for any VLAN configured on this Switch that needs to communicate with a device outside of its own group (that is, another network segment). • IP Address - The IP address associated with the specified VLAN interface.
  • Page 30 • • • • Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Subnet Configuration: Modify OSPF Configuration The Subnet Configuration: Modify OSPF Configuration screen allows you to modify the OSPF parameters. Area ID - A 32-bit number assigned to each interface or subnet run- ning the OSPF protocol.
  • Page 31 Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Subnet Configuration: Modify DVMRP Configuration The Subnet Configuration: Modify DVMRP Configuration screen allows you to modify the DVMRP parameters.
  • Page 32 • DVMRP - Enable or disable the Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol. Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 33 Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch RIP Configuration The RIP Configuration screen allows you to specify how routers exchange routing table information.
  • Page 34 Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch OSPF Virtual Link Configuration - Defines a virtual link that can be used to connect an OSPF area not physically adjacent to the OSPF backbone, or to create a backup link to any area.
  • Page 35 • Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch OSPF Area Configuration: Add OSPF Area The OSPF Area Configuration: Add OSPF Area screen allows you to add an area.
  • Page 36 • Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add OSPF Range The Add OSPF Range screen allows you to add an OSPF range.
  • Page 37 • Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add OSPF Virtual Link The Add OSPF Virtual Link screen allows you to add an OSPF virtual link.
  • Page 38 • Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add OSPF Host Route The Add OSPF Host Route screen allows you to add an OSPF host route.
  • Page 39 The range is 3-5 minutes. IGMP Group Timeout - The time between last spotting an IGMP Report message for an IP multicast address on a specific port and the Switch removing that entry from its list. The range is 3-5 minutes.
  • Page 40 • Select OK to return to the previous panel. Select Cancel to cancel any changes. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Add Static ARP Entry The Add Static ARP Entry screen is used to add a static ARP entry.
  • Page 41 • Type - The IP route type for the destination network. Direct - A directly connected subnetwork Indirect - A remote IP subnetwork or host address Myself - A switch IP address on a specific IP subnetwork Bcast - A subnetwork broadcast address Mcast - An IP multicast address Invalid - An illegal IP address to be filtered Select Apply to make changes.
  • Page 42 Default Route Menu The Default Route Menu screen is used to define the router to which the Switch will forward all traffic for unknown networks. You can have primary and secondary default routes. • Next Hop IP - IP address of the default router.
  • Page 43 The MAC Filtering Configuration screen allows you to filter out specified MAC addresses. Any node that presents a security risk or is malfunctioning can be filtered from this Switch. Security filtering can be used to drop all the traffic from a host device based on a specified MAC address.
  • Page 44 IP multicast address on a specific port and the Switch remov- ing that entry from its list. The range is 3-5 minutes. • Act as IGMP Querier - If enabled, the Switch will query other devices in regards to IGMP.

  • Page 45: Network Monitor Menu

    • IP Multicast Registration Table - Displays all the multicast groups active on this Switch, including the multicast IP address and the corresponding VLANs. (Only displayed for Layer 2 mode. When the Switch is in multilay- er mode, IP Multicast Registration Table is available through the IP Menu.) •...
  • Page 46 MIBs for each port. Error statistics on the traffic passing through each port are displayed. This information can be used to identify potential prob- lems with the Switch (such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading). The values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot.
  • Page 47 This does not include multicast packets. • Multicast Frames - The total number of multicast frames. • CRC/Alignment Errors - The number of CRC/alignment errors (FCS or alignment errors). Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 48 MAC addresses associated with each port (that is, the source port associated with the address). • Address - The MAC address of a node seen on this Switch. • Port - The port whose address table includes this MAC address.
  • Page 49 • Hold Time - The minimum interval between the transmission of consec- utive Configuration BPDUs. • Designated Root - The priority and MAC address of the device in the Spanning Tree that this switch has accepted as the root device. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 50 • Root Cost - The path cost from the root port on this Switch to the root device. • Root Port - The number of the port on this Switch that is closest to the root. This Switch communicates with the root device through this port. If there is no root port, then this Switch has been accepted as the root device of the Spanning Tree network.
  • Page 51 GVRP. • VLAN - The ID for the VLAN. • Port - The ports on the Switch. Read the numbers vertically; they range from 1-26. For each port number, there are two choices: Select Apply to make changes. Select OK to return to the previous panel.
  • Page 52 • VLAN - The ID for the VLAN. • Port - The ports on the Switch. Read the numbers vertically; they range from 1-26. For each port number, there are two choices: If the letter “D” is present, it indicates that the port has been con- figured by dynamic means.
  • Page 53 • Routing Table - Shows the routes through which all recognized Ethernet net- works (and the corresponding VLAN) can be reached. • Multicast Table - Displays all the multicast groups active on this Switch, including the multicast IP address and the corresponding VLANs.
  • Page 54 • Next Hop - The IP address of the router at the next hop. • Type - The IP route type for the destination network. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Direct: A directly connected subnetwork...
  • Page 55 Group Address - An IP multicast group address with subscribers directly attached or downstream from this Switch. Intf - The IP interface on this Switch that has received traffic directed to the IP multicast group address. Reporter - IP address of the source of the last membership report received for this multicast group on this interface.
  • Page 56 (The default is 260 seconds.) • V1 Timer - The time remaining until the Switch assumes that there are no longer any IGMP Version 1 members on the IP subnet attached to this interface. (The default is 400 seconds.) If the...
  • Page 57 Upstream Nbr - The IP address of the network device immediately upstream for this multicast delivery tree. • Interface - The IP interface on this Switch that connects to the upstream neighbor. • Metric - The metric for this interface used to calculate distance vectors.
  • Page 58 To display a specific page, set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch OSPF Interface Table The OSPF Interface Table screen shows information about the inter- faces for the OSPF protocol.
  • Page 59 To display a specific page, set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch OSPF Neighbor Table The OSPF Neighbor Table screen displays information about the OSPF neighbors.

  • Page 60: System Restart Menu

    Note: When restarting the system, it will always run the Power-On Self-Test. It will also retain all system information, unless you select to reload the fac- tory defaults. Select Restart to restart the Switch. Select Cancel to cancel the system restart. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...

  • Page 61: Exit

    Managed 24-Port with Dual Gigabit Switch. If your situ- ation is described here, the problem should be solved by applying the corre- sponding solution. If you can’t find an answer here, check the Linksys website at www.linksys.com.

  • Page 62: Appendix

    Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port You can upgrade system firmware by connecting your computer to the serial port on the Switch and using a console interface package that supports the XModem protocol. 1. Restart the system by using the Restart System command, or by pulling out the power cord to reset the power, waiting five seconds, and plugging it back in.

  • Page 63: Glossary

    Using very short leases, DHCP can dynamically reconfigure networks in which there are more computers than there are available IP addresses. DHCP supports static addresses for computers containing Web servers that need a permanent IP address. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 64 MAC Address - The MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer’s unique hardware number. Mbps (MegaBits Per Second) - One million bits per second; unit of measure- ment for data transmission. Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
  • Page 65 Port - A pathway into and out of the computer or a network device such as a switch or router. For example, the serial and parallel ports on a personal com- puter are external sockets for plugging in communications lines, modems, and printers.

  • Page 66: Specifications

    Certifications Operating Temp. Storage Temp. Operating Humidity Storage Humidity Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 16.93" x 13.78" x 1.75" (430 mm x 350 mm x 44.4 mm) 8.38 lbs. (3.8 kg) 100-240V AC, 50-60Hz 100 watts FCC Class A, CE 0°...

  • Page 67: Warranty Information

    Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast ® ® Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Technical Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Sales Information Technical Support RMA Issues Email FTP Site...
  • Page 68 : / / w w w. l i n k s y s . c o m © Copyright 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved.

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