First Time Setup; Overview; Introduction; Administrative Interface Access - Advantech EKI-7712 Series User Manual

3.1

First Time Setup

3.1.1

Overview

The Industrial Ethernet Managed Switch is a configurable device that facilitates the
interconnection of Ethernet devices on an Ethernet network. This includes comput-
ers, operator interfaces, I/O, controllers, RTUs, PLCs, other switches/hubs or any
device that supports the standard IEEE 802.3 protocol.
This switch has all the capabilities of a store and forward Ethernet switch plus
advanced management features such as SNMP, RSTP and port mirroring. This man-
ual details how to configure the various management parameters in this easy to use
switch.
3.1.2

Introduction

To take full advantage of all the features and resources available from the switch, it
must be configured for your network.
The switch implements Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) and Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) to provide most of the services offered by the switch.
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol allows managed switches to communicate with each
other to ensure that there exists only one active route between each pair of network
nodes and provides automatic failover to the next available redundant route. A brief
explanation of how RSTP works is given in the Spanning Tree section.
The switch is capable of communicating with other SNMP capable devices on the
network to exchange management information. This statistical/derived information
from the network is saved in the Management Information Base (MIB) of the switch.
The MIB is divided into several different information storage groups. These groups
will be elaborated in detail in the Management and SNMP information section of this
document. The switch implements Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) to
optimize the flow of multicast traffic on your network.
The switch supports both port-based and tag-based Virtual LANs for flexible integra-
tion with VLAN-aware networks with support for VLAN-unaware devices.
3.1.3

Administrative Interface Access

There are several administrative interfaces to the switch:
1. A graphical web interface accessible via the switch's built-in web server. Both
HTTP and secure HTTPS with SSL are supported.
Note!
This is the recommended method for managing the switch.
2. A terminal interface via the RS232/USB port or over the network using telnet or
Secure Shell (SSH).
3. An SNMP interface can be used to read/write many settings.
4. Command Line Interface (CLI) can be used to read/write most settings. Initial
setup must be done using an Ethernet connection (recommended) or the serial
port.
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