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Apr. 2008

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  • Page 1: Vdsl Switch

    VES-1616/24FA-5x Series VDSL Switch Support Notes Version1.0 Apr. 2008...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Setting up VLAN Trunking --------------------------------------------------------------- 40 VLAN Stacking Overview ---------------------------------------------------------------- 44 Configuring Switch A, E, F and H Using the Web Configurator ----------------- 46 Configuring Switch B Using the Web Configurator --------------------------------- 46 Configuring Switch C Using the Web Configurator -------------------------------- 50...
  • Page 3 Is the mini GBIC transceiver hot-swappable? ------------------------------------- 117 What is "Dual-Personality interface" on a VDSL Switch? ---------------------- 117 Can I enable IGMP snooping on the Switch which is acting as an IGMP Router? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 117 Can I enable MVR and IGMP snooping at the same time? -------------------- 117 All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 4: Switch Management And Maintenance

    3. Click the “Click Here” link for Firmware Upgrade to display the following screen. 4. In the File Path field, click Browse to locate the firmware file. 5. Click Upgrade to start the firmware upgrade process. Using the Console Port: All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 5: Using Ftp

    3. Restart the switch to enter the debug mode via the terminal. 4. Enter “ATUR”. 5. Use the X-modem protocol to transfer (Send File) the firmware. 6. Enter “ATGO” to restart the switch after the file transfer is complete and the firmware upgrade process is done. Using FTP: 1.

  • Page 6: Using The Console Port

    Using FTP: 1. Download (and unzipped) the correct model firmware to your computer. 2. Launch the FTP client on your computer to log into the switch. (From the command prompt, type “ftp <Switch IP>”. 3. Press [ENTER] when prompted for a user name 4.

  • Page 7: Backing Up A Configuration File

    Using the Console Port: 1. Connect to the console port and launch a Terminal Emulation software. 2. Restart the switch to enter the debug mode via the terminal. 3. Enter “ATTD”. 4. Use X-modem protocol to transfer (Receive File) the configuration file (with a .rom file extension).

  • Page 8: Using Ftp

    Using FTP: 1. Download (and unzipped) the correct model firmware to your computer. 2. Launch the FTP client on your PC to log into the switch. (From the command prompt, type “ftp <Switch IP>” 3. Press [ENTER] when prompted for a user name 4.

  • Page 9: Using The Console Port

    4. Click OK. 5. Click OK again to start the configuration reset process. 6. Please note that the IP address of the switch is now 192.168.1.1. Using the Console Port: 1. Connect to the console port and open the Terminal Emulation Software.

  • Page 10: Setting Up A Dhcp Relay Option 82 Environment

    DHCP screen as shown. Enable the DHCP relay feature and the Option 82 function. Click Information to set “VES-1616FA-54” as the Option 82 string. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Network DHCP Server 192.168.1.99...
  • Page 11 Next connect a computer to the Ethernet port of the CPE to the 1 VDSL port. Refer to the previous application for more information. 2. IP Commander setup Launch IP Commander and right-click IP Commander and click Connect New Server. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 12 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Enter the IP address or domain name for the DHCP server and click OK. For this example, we enter 192.168.1.99 for the IP address. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 13 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Enter the user name and password. The default user name is “administrator” and password is “incognito”. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 14 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes A screen displays. Make sure that the status of your DHCP is online. On the top menu, click Wizard > Rule Wizard. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 15 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Enter a name and description for the new rule. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 16 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Specify one or a range of IP addresses for this rule. In this example, we configure an IP pool from 192.168.1.201 to 192.168.1.203. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 17 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Next select DHCP Option in the Keywords field. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 18 “0019000147532d33303132” as the key value and click OK. Note that the first two bytes define the port number, the second two bytes is the VLAN ID and the rest of the bytes are the Option 82 string. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 19 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes After setting the fields, you should see the following screen. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 20 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Click Next in the screen that displays. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 21 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Optionally, you can create a new DHCP template with information such as gateway, DNS server, etc. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 22 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Here, enter “192.168.1.1” as gateway IP address for DHCP clients. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 23 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes You can choose to enable DDNS service on the DHCP server. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 24 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Click Finish to complete the rule creation. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 25: Separating A Physical Network Into Multiple Virtual Networks

    What is Virtual LAN? VLAN Overview A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) allows a physical network to be partitioned into multiple logical networks. Stations on a logical network belong to a group All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 26: Port-Based Vlan

    VLAN. Case 1: Hosts A and B can communicate with each other, because they are in the same VLAN group. But Hosts A and B cannot communicate with Hosts C, D, and E. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 27 Egress port for port 2: port 1, port 3 Egress port for port 3: port 2 Egress port for port 4: port 1, port 5 Egress port for port 5: port 1, port 4 All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...

  • Page 28: Port-Based Vlan Across Multiple Switches

    There are two switches, Switch-2 and Switch-3, that support port-based VLAN and an uplink to a non-port-based VLAN switch, Switch-1. For Switch-2, ports 1, 2, and 3 are allowed to communicate with uplink port 4, but not with other ports.

  • Page 29: How To Configure Port-Based Vlan

    ZyXEL For Switch-1, ports 1, 2, and 3 are allowed to communicate with uplink port 4, but not with other ports. Switch-1 VLAN 1 member port: port 1 and port 4 Switch-1 VLAN 2 member port: port 2 and port 4...
  • Page 30 PC C PC D In this scenario, Port Based VLAN is used to separate one physical switch into two smaller logical switches. Ports 1~4 and 17, 18 belong to the same VLAN group, and ports 5~8 are in another group. Port-based VLANs are specific only to the switch on which they were created.
  • Page 31 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes 7. First, set the switch to use port based VLAN. Click Basic Setting > Switch Setup in the navigation panel and select “Port Based” in the VLAN Type field. Click Apply to save your changes.
  • Page 32 PC A: 192.168.1.4/24 PC B: 192.168.1.5/24 PC C: 192.168.1.6/24 PC D: 192.168.1.7/24 PC Z: 192.168.1.99/24 11. PING PC B from PC A (successful reply messages) 12. PING PC Z from PC A (successful reply messages) All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 33: Configuring The Switch Using The Cli

    4. After you can connect successfully, enter the user name and password. 5. Enter “config” to go into the configuration mode. 6. Enter the following commands to configure Port Based VLAN on your Switch in this network example. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 34: What Is Ieee 802.1Q Tag-Based Vlan

    TPID (Tag Protocol Identifier, residing within the type/length field of the Ethernet frame) and two bytes of TCI (Tag Control Information, starts after the source address field of the Ethernet frame). All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 35: How 802.1Q Vlan Works

    VID of the frame. How 802.1Q VLAN works Based on the VID information in the tag, the switch forwards and filters frames on the ports. Ports with the same VID can communicate with each other. IEEE 802.1Q VLAN function defines three tasks: Ingress Process, Forwarding Process...
  • Page 36 VLAN. Each port has its own Ingress rule. If an Ingress rule accepts tagged frames only, the switch will drop all incoming non-tagged frames on the port. If an Ingress rule accepts all frame types, the switch allow both incoming tagged and untagged frames on the port.
  • Page 37 VID tag can go through this port. Filtering Database stores and organizes VLAN registration information useful for switching frames to and from switch ports. It consists of static registration entries (Static VLAN or SVLAN table) and dynamic registration entries (Dynamic VLAN or DVLAN table). SVLAN table is manually added and maintained by the administrator.

  • Page 38: Connecting Two Switches Using Vlan

    Ethernet port. There are five VLANs on the first switch and seven VLANs on the second switch. The Ethernet port is port 17 on both switches. VLANs are configured on the switches but how to configure port 17 as the trunk port on both switches? The following figure shows this network example.
  • Page 39 02, 103, 10 04, 105, 10 AN 101, 10 02, 103, 10 04, 105, on 1. V VLAN Conf figuration o on switch A 2. V VLAN Conf figuration o on switch B ll contents co opyright 2008 ES-1616/24F FA-5x Series...
  • Page 40 Port 5, 6 : Port 7, 8 : Port 9, 10 : Port 11, 12, 13 : Port 14, 15, 16 : port 25: PVID=any  S et PVID on switch B: All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...

  • Page 41: Setting Up Vlan Trunking

    VLAN thro ough a por rt that is co onfigured a from m PC1 con nnected to switch 1 c VLAN trun nking port. In this exa AN Trunkin ng port whi ile on VES e following figure sho...
  • Page 42 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes The configuration screen for switch 2 is shown as follows. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 43 The switch 1 IP address: 192.168.1.31 The switch 2 IP address: 192.168.1.21 After the configuration, you can see that PC 1 connected to port 2 on switch 1 can still ping PC 2 connected to port 6 on switch 2.
  • Page 44 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 45: Vlan Stacking Overview

    SP VID of 30 and company YY is assigned an SP VID of 40. The following shows the packet flow between Company XX HQ and its branch All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...
  • Page 46  S witch A XX Branch Office. In this case, VLAN Stacking is enabled on access ports 11 and 12 on Switch B. An SP tag is appended for ingress traffic and the appended SP tagged is removed during egress. VLAN Stacking is also enabled on the tunnel port on switches B (port 10), C, and D.

  • Page 47: Configuring Switch A, E, F And H Using The Web Configurator

    URL. 5. A login screen displays. Enter “admin” (the default) as the username and “1234” (the default) as the password. 6. After you have logged in successfully, the main screen displays as shown. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 48 7. First, create VLAN groups for the ISP’s network. For this example, VLAN 30 for company XX and VLAN 40 for company YY. Click Advanced Application> Switch Advance> VLAN and click the Static VLAN link. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 49 9. Create another VLAN with a VID of 40. Select Fixed and un-select Tx Tagging for port 2. 10. For port 12, select both Fixed and Tx Tagging. The VLAN Status screen should display as shown. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 50 13. To enable VLAN stacking, select Active. Set ports 1 and 2 as the access port and enter the corresponding SPVIDs as shown in the figure above. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 51: Configuring Switch C Using The Web Configurator

    VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes 14. Set port 25 as the “Tunnel Port” and leave the SPVID field to the default setting. 15. You have finished setting Switch B for VLAN stacking for this network example. Configuring Switch C Using the Web Configurator 1.
  • Page 52 9, 10 and 11 are members. After the configuration, the VLAN Status screen should look similar to the figure as shown. 11. To configure VLAN Stacking, click Advanced Application > VLAN Stacking All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 53: Configuring Switch D Using The Web Configurator

    Set ports 25, 26 and 27 as the “Tunnel Ports” and leave the SPVID fields to the default settings. 9. You have finished setting Switch C for VLAN stacking for this network example. Configuring Switch D Using the Web Configurator 1.
  • Page 54 7. First, create VLAN groups for the ISP’s network. For this example, VLAN 30 for company XX and VLAN 40 for company YY. Click Advanced Application> Switch Advance> VLAN and click the Static VLAN link. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 55 After the configuration, the VLAN Status screen should look similar to the figure as shown. 8. To configure VLAN Stacking, click Advanced Application > VLAN Stacking in the navigation panel to display the configuration screen. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 56: Configuring Switch G Using The Web Configurator

    To enable VLAN stacking, select Active. Set port 25 as the tunnel port and leave the SPVID field to the default settings. 9. You have finished setting Switch D for VLAN stacking for this network example. Configuring Switch G Using the Web Configurator 1.
  • Page 57 7. First, create VLAN groups for the ISP’s network. For this example, VLAN 30 for company XX and VLAN 40 for company YY. Click Advanced Application> Switch Advance> VLAN and click the Static VLAN link. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 58 VLAN Status screen should look similar to the figure as shown. 8. To configure VLAN Stacking, click Advanced Application > VLAN Stacking in the navigation panel to display the configuration screen. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 59 To enable VLAN stacking, select Active. Set port 25 as the tunnel port and leave the SPVID field to the default settings. 9. You have finished setting Switch G for VLAN stacking for this network example. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 60: Network Scenario

    2. Connect your computer to the console port on the switch. 3. Open a Terminal program (for example Hyper Terminal in Windows) 4. Configure the console port settings as shown next. Bps: 9600 All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes VLAN 30|VLAN 2 Switch...

  • Page 61: Configuring Switch B Using The Cli

    (“admin”) and password (“1234” is the default). 5. Enter “config” to go into the configuration mode. 6. Enter the commands as shown in the screen to configure VLAN Stacking on All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 62: Configuring Switch C Via Cli

    (“admin”) and password (“1234” is the default). 5. Enter “config” to go into the configuration mode. 6. Enter the commands as shown in the screen to configure VLAN Stacking on switch C for this network scenario. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 63: Configuring Switch D Using The Cli

    (“admin”) and password (“1234” is the default). 5. Enter “config” to go into the configuration mode. 6. Enter the commands as shown in the screen to configure VLAN Stacking on switch D for this network scenario. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 64 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes 6. After entering the commands, use the “write memory” command in the enable mode to save your configuration. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 65: Ip Multicasting

    IGMP router. Thus this significantly reduces the multicast traffic forwarded down to the clients. Another advantage of IGMP snooping is to allow the intermediate switch to learn All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...

  • Page 66: Configuration Of Igmp Snooping By Web

    233.4.4.4 Group member 1. In GS-4024, click the IP Application, select IGMP where, IGMP function can be enabled and we can select either IGMP-v1 or IGMP-v2. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Not a member...

  • Page 67: Configuration Of Igmp And Igmp Snooping By Cli

    ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes 2. In the VDSL Switch, click Advanced Application > Multicast > Multicast Setting and then IGMP Snooping where we can enable IGMP snooping function with WEB-GUI. Configuration of IGMP and IGMP snooping by CLI 1. Enable IGMP function in GS-4024...

  • Page 68: Overview Of Mvr

    6 times. In the Figure 2, on the contrary, with MVR, a media server is required to transmit multicast traffic to clients in different VLANs at once. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 69: Mvr Mode

    Dynamic Mode If we select the dynamic mode in MVR setting, IGMP report message transmitted from the receiver port will be forwarded to a multicast router through its source All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes GS-4024...

  • Page 70: Operation Mode

    Operation Mode Join Operation A subscriber sends an IGMP report message to the switch to join the appropriate multicast. It tests whether the IGMP report matches the switch configured multicast MAC address. If matches, the switch CPU modifies the hardware...

  • Page 71: Configuration Via Web

    VLAN port Setting, set the PVID of the port 10 to 100 as the multicast traffic that flows from media server to port 10 must be tagged with PVID=100 to communicate with the port in MVR VLAN 100 in VES-1616F-3X. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 72 2 and port 3 as the receiver ports for forwarding the multicast stream to the clients in different VLANs; set port 17 as a source port to receive traffic from the media server. Also, select mode as dynamic mode. The switch sends IGMP report message to multicast router through its source port.
  • Page 73 Open Advanced Application > VLAN > Static VLAN to add a new VLAN. Tick the Active box, type VLAN Name “30” and VLAN ID “30” in the columns. Change Port 1 and Port 17 to fixed and keep port 17 tx tagging. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 74 Active box, type VLAN Name “40” and VLAN ID “40” in the columns. Change Port 2 and Port 17 to fixed and keep port 17 tx tagging. Open Advanced Application > VLAN > Static VLAN to add a new VLAN. Tick All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 75 1, 2 and 3. 5. Before we start to use the MVR, it is fundamental to enable the IGMP Snooping first. In the VES-1616FA-54 Menu, click the Multicast, go to the Multicast All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 76 Step 2: In the VLAN 100, set the port 17 to be fixed port. VES-1616FA-54(config-vlan)# fixed 17 Step 3: On the VES-1616FA-54, in the configure mode, create VLAN 30, and set the port 1 to be fixed port. VES-1616FA-54(config)# vlan 30 VES-1616FA-54(config-vlan)# untagged 1 All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 77 Step 13: In the MVR 100, specify receiver ports on port 1~3 as untagged ports VES-1616FA-54(config-mvr)# receiver-port 1-3 VES-1616FA-54(config-mvr)# untagged 1-3 Step 14: Then, specify the source port 17 and assign it to be tagged ports VES-1616FA-54(config-mvr)# source-port 17 VES-1616FA-54(config-mvr)# tagged 17 All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 78: Triple Play Application

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  • Page 79 3. Click the Group configuration link to configure the multicast group IP. Fill in the name for MVR and the IP range start IP address is 224.1.100.20 and End Address is 224.1.100.200. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...
  • Page 80 Check the ACTIVE checkbox to enable and fill in the VLAN name VoIP and VLAN ID 201. Configure port 1 and port 17 to Fixed and check the Tx Tagging checkbox. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...
  • Page 81 VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Check the ACTIVE checkbox to enable and fill in the VLAN name Data and VLAN ID 203. Configure port 1 and port 17 to Fixed and check the Tx Tagging checkbox. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 82 VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Check the ACTIVE checkbox to enable and fill in the VLAN name IPTV and VLAN ID 3988. Configure port 1 and port 17 to Fixed and check the Tx Tagging checkbox. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 83: Configure P-870H-51

    In this document, we will use P-870H-51 for the configuration example. The management IP address of P-870H-51 is 192.168.1.1.After logging in; the first step is to create WAN Interface. 1. Create WAN Interface via WEB GUI. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 84 Quality of Service option to enable QoS feature on P-870H-51 then click the next button to move to the next step. In the connection type configuration page, select Bridging mode and click the next button to move to the next configuration step. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 85 VLAN ID 201, 3988 and 4001. 2. Create a Queue for the WAN Interface via WEB GUI. Open Advance Setup > Queue Config and click the Add button to open the QoS Queue configuration page. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 86 Open Advanced Setup > QoS Classification page to classify traffic flow. Click ADD button to add a new classification rule, in this document, we need create classification rules to identify and classify the PPPoE, IPoE and VoIP traffic flows. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 87 In the section of SET-1, we can base on the layer 3 parameters and SET-2 is the protocol type. In this case, we will use protocol type to class PPPoE and IPoE (IP and ARP). There are two types of protocols for PPPoE (8863 and 8864); the Hex All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 88 4. Configure the port based VLAN through Telnet or Console port. Connect the CLI mode of P-870H-51 through Telnet session or console UI. In this case, we will use Telnet session to show how to configure the CLI command. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...
  • Page 89 After logging in the CLI of P-870H-51, we can see the picture below showing the list of the commands and other information. Type sh command to enter the CLI mode. After that, enter the below commands to configure the port based VLAN settings. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 90 -I INPUT 1 -i eth1.4 -j mark --set-mark 0x80004 The second command is： ebtables -I FORWARD 1 -i eth1.4 -j mark --set-mark 0x80004 After issuing these two commands, the settings are done. Type exit to exit the CLI All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 91 IPoE for VoD. With these settings, P-870H-51 can work as a home gateway to help service provider to provide VoIP service to customer at the Ethernet port 4 and Internet access and IPTV service on the remaining ports. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 92: Ringing A Network By Building Redundant Links And Connections Between Switch

    Switch A identifies the destination MAC address field (broadcast FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF) in the frame and determine to flood it onto Segment B. When the broadcast frame arrives at Switch B, the switch will repeat above process, flood it to Segment A.

  • Page 93: How Stp Works

    Switch A has not yet learned the MAC address of Router. So Switch A will flood a copy of the received frame to Segment B. When the copy of the frame from Switch A arrives at Switch B, Switch B will remove the first entry (Host MAC address on Port 2) in Filtering Database and add a new mapping of Host MAC address on Port 1.
  • Page 94 2. Select a root port for the non-root bridge For the non-root switch/bridge, there will be one root port. The root port is the port through which this non-root switch / bridge communicates with the root bridge (the "leaf"...

  • Page 95: How Stp Works

    This bridge then initiates negotiations with other bridges to reconfigure the network to re-establish a valid network topology. For example: All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...
  • Page 96 2. For non-root bridge Switch A, Port 1 path cost to root bridge is 19, Port 2 path cost is 119, 100 (Switch A Port 2) + 19 (Switch B Port 1). For Switch B, Port 1 path cost is 19, Port 2 path cost is 119. Root port = Port 1 of Switch A and Switch B because it has the lowest path cost to the root bridge Switch C.

  • Page 97: Switching Security

    The following figure shows an example where the MAC limit feature is enabled on port 6. And port 6 only can dynamic learn 64 MAC addresses. After you enabled MAC limit on the port 6 using the CLI command, the switch automatically disables MAC address learning on that port. Display the Port Security screen to verify this.
  • Page 98 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 99: Setting Up 802.1X Radius Authentication

    Active for a port to enable 802.1x authentications on that port. You can leave the other settings to the default values. Click Apply to save your changes. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 100: Radius Server Setup

    Supplicant Setup (Windows XP) You can use any supplicant software (such as MeetingHouse Aegis client, Funk Odyssey client and Microsoft 802.1x client). For this example, we will show you how to configure the Microsoft 802.1x client. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 101: 802.1X/Md5-Challenge Setup

    MD5-challenge in the EAP type field. The following figure shows an example. When 802.1x authentication process starts, you are prompted to enter the user name and password. The following figure shows the prompt. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 102 After you click OK and the authentication server has verified your account, you can log into the system successfully. This indicates that you have configured the client for 802.1x authentication correctly. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 103: Classifier & Policy Rule Setup On Your Switch

    1. Forward traffic from 192.168.1.20 only (on the first classifier) 2. Discard all the traffic from port 2 (on the second classifier) 3. Forward ARP packets (on the third classifier) All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...

  • Page 104: Classifier Configuration

    ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes The following figures show the screen settings for each classifier rule. Classifier Configuration Classifier 1 Classifier 2 Classifier 3 All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 105: Policy Rule Configuration

    ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Policy Rule Configuration The following figures show the screen settings for each policy rule. 1. Policy rule on Classifier 1 2. Policy rule on classifier 2 All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 106: Centralized Management

    ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes 3. Policy rule on classifier 3 Centralized Management Introduction to SNMPc and NetAtlas With the number of network device increasing, the demand to detect and respond All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 107: Snmpc Overview

    View Window Area: Map View, Mib Tables and Mib Graph windows are displayed here. View Window Area: Map View, Mib Tables and Mib Graph windows. Figure 2 Main elements of SNMPc All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes...

  • Page 108: Ems Overview

    Red indicates no response from the device. System message Panel: View the alarm and port status of the selected switch. Figure 3 EMS Overview All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Main Button Bar Edit Button Bar...
  • Page 109 This section shows you how to add a new device in SNMPc and access the EMS screen. 1. In the edit button bar shown in Figure 4, click the Insert Device icon to create a new device node. Figure 4 Adding a new Device All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 110 “192.168.0.1” as the IP address of the switch. Figure 5 Map Object Properties 3. Click the Access tab to configure SNMP settings. Change the value for Read Access Mode to SNMP V2c. Figure 6 Read Access mode All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 111 4. Change the value for Read/Write Access Mode to SNMP V2c. Screen settings should be similar to the one shown. Figure 7 Read/Write Access Mode 5. Change the value for Read Community to public. Figure 8 Read Community All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 112 6. Change the value for Read/Write Community to public. Click OK to save the settings and close this screen. Figure 9 Read/write Community 7. In the Selection tool menu, click the name of the switch you have just created to manage the device. All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
  • Page 113 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Figure 10 Device Selection 8. A screen displays as shown. Click Switch Manager to display the main EMS screen as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Device Selection 9. The device list panel on the left displays a logical hierarchy of the devices. You can also see the devices added under the Rootmap in this list.
  • Page 114 ZyXEL VES-1616/24FA-5x Series Support Notes Figure 12 Rootmap 10. Click on a switch icon to display the device panel and status screen as shown in Figure 13. Figure 13 Device mapping All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 115: Faq

    How to access my SWITCH through the console port? Connect the male 9-pin end of the console cable to the console port of the switch. Connect the female end to a serial port (COM1, COM2 or other COM port) of your computer.

  • Page 116: How To Access The Command Line Interface (Cli)

    1. Connect the console cable to your computer and launch a terminal emulation software. 2. Restart the switch, and press any key to enter the debug mode at the “Press any key to enter Debug Mode within 3 seconds” prompt.

  • Page 117: Is Online Help Available On The Web Configurator

    1. Click Management > Maintenance in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown. 2. Click Click Here button next to Reboot System will restart the switch. How to check the current running firmware version? All contents copyright 2008 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.

  • Page 118: Is The Mini Gbic Transceiver Hot-Swappable

    SFP port shares the same physical interface. Only one of them can be used at a time. Dual-Personality interface is also known as a "Combo Port". Can I enable IGMP snooping on the Switch which is acting as an IGMP Router? No. You do not need to enable IGMP Snooping on an IGMP Router. IGMP Snooping should be enabled on the access layer device, which is normally a L2 switch.

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