Page 1 MES-2110 Intelligent Layer 2 Switch Default Login Details IP Address http://192.168.1.1 User Name admin Password 1234 Firmware Version 1.00 www.zyxel.com Edition 2, 9/2009 www.zyxel.com Copyright © 2009 ZyXEL Communications Corporation...
Page 3: About This User's Guide
Note: It is recommended you use the web configurator to configure the Switch. • Support Disc Refer to the included CD for support documents. • ZyXEL Web Site Please refer to www.zyxel.com for additional support documentation and product certifications. Documentation Feedback Send your comments, questions or suggestions to: techwriters@zyxel.com.tw Thank you! The Technical Writing Team, ZyXEL Communications Corp.,...
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Page 5: Document Conventions
Syntax Conventions • The MES-2110 may be referred to as the “Switch”, the “device”, the “system” or the “product” in this User’s Guide. • Product labels, screen names, field labels and field choices are all in bold font.
Page 6 Document Conventions Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’s Guide may use the following generic icons. The Switch icon is not an exact representation of your device. The Switch Computer Notebook computer Server DSLAM Firewall Telephone Router MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 7: Safety Warnings
Your product is marked with this symbol, which is known as the WEEE mark. WEEE stands for Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment. It means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general waste. Used electrical and electronic equipment should be treated separately. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 8 Safety Warnings MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 9: Table Of Contents
IP Source Guard ........................119 MAC ............................127 QoS ............................135 Management ......................... 143 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu .................. 145 Troubleshooting & Product Specifications ............... 159 Troubleshooting ........................161 Product Specifications ......................165 Appendices and Index ......................169 MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 10 Contents Overview MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 11: Table Of Contents
2.3.2 Attaching the Mounting Brackets to the Switch ............27 2.3.3 Mounting the Switch on a Rack .................. 28 Chapter 3 Hardware Overview......................... 29 3.1 Front Panel .......................... 29 3.1.1 Console Port ......................30 3.1.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports ....................30 3.1.3 Mini-GBIC Slots ......................31 MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 12 6.3 The Port Status Screen ....................55 6.4 The RMON Status Screen ....................57 Chapter 7 Loop Detection........................59 7.1 Overview ..........................59 7.2 The Loop Detection Screen ....................60 Chapter 8 Jumbo Frame .......................... 63 8.1 Overview ..........................63 MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 13 11.5.3 VLAN Stacking Port Roles ..................88 11.5.4 VLAN Tag Format ....................89 11.5.5 Frame Format ......................89 11.5.6 The VLAN Stacking Configuration Screen ............... 90 11.5.7 The Tag-Based Port Information Screen ..............91 11.5.8 The Tag-Based Port Configuration Screen .............. 93 MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 14 16.4 MVR Overview ........................ 110 16.4.1 Types of MVR Ports ....................111 16.4.2 MVR Modes ......................111 16.4.3 How MVR Works ....................111 16.5 General MVR Configuration .................... 112 16.6 MVR Group Configuration ....................114 16.6.1 MVR Configuration Example .................. 116 MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 15 20.3.1 The SNMP Communities Screen ................147 20.3.2 The IP Trap Manager Screen ................. 147 20.4 The SNTP Screen ......................148 20.5 Alarms and Logs ......................150 20.6 The User Configuration Screen ..................151 20.7 The Cable Test Screen ....................152 MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 16 21.2 Switch Access and Login ....................162 Chapter 22 Product Specifications ......................165 Part VI: Appendices and Index ............169 Appendix A Changing a Fuse....................171 Appendix B Common Services..................... 173 Appendix C Legal Information ....................177 Index............................181 MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 17: Introduction And Hardware
Introduction and Hardware Getting to Know Your Switch (19) Hardware Installation and Connection (25) Hardware Overview (29)
Page 19: Getting To Know Your Switch
The Switch is an ideal solution for small networks where rapid growth can be expected in the near future. The Switch can be used standalone for a group of heavy traffic users. You can connect computers and servers directly to the Switch’s port or connect other switches to the Switch. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 20: Bridging Example
Switch. You can provide a super-fast uplink connection by using a Gigabit Ethernet/mini-GBIC port on the Switch. Moreover, the Switch eases supervision and maintenance by allowing network managers to centralize multiple servers at a single location. Figure 2 Bridging Application MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 21: High Performance Switching Example
Ports in the same VLAN group share the same frame broadcast domain thus increase network performance through reduced broadcast traffic. VLAN groups can be modified at any time by adding, moving or changing ports without any re- cabling. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 22: Metro Ethernet
In the following example, the Switch is one of many switches that connect users in the metropolitan area to the Internet. The metro ethernet is based on a star (or hub-and-spoke) topology, though other topologies, such as ring or mesh, are also MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 23: Ways To Manage The Switch
• SNMP. The Switch can be monitored by an SNMP manager. See Section 20.3 on page 146. 1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Switch Do the following things regularly to make the Switch more secure and to manage the Switch more effectively. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 24 If you forget your password, you will have to reset the Switch to its factory default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the Switch. You could simply restore your last configuration. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 25: Hardware Installation And Connection
Switch and the connected cables. Make sure there is a power outlet nearby. Make sure there is enough clearance around the Switch to allow air circulation and the attachment of cables and the power cord. Remove the adhesive backing from the rubber feet. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 26: Mounting The Switch On A Rack
2.3.1 Rack-mounted Installation Requirements • Two mounting brackets. • Eight M3 flat head screws and a #2 Philips screwdriver. • Four M5 flat head screws and a #2 Philips screwdriver. Failure to use the proper screws may damage the unit. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 27: Attaching The Mounting Brackets To The Switch
Using a #2 Philips screwdriver, install the M3 flat head screws through the mounting bracket holes into the Switch. Repeat steps to install the second mounting bracket on the other side of the Switch. You may now mount the Switch on a rack. Proceed to the next section. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 28: Mounting The Switch On A Rack
Figure 8 Mounting the Switch on a Rack Using a #2 Philips screwdriver, install the M5 flat head screws through the mounting bracket holes into the rack. Repeat steps to attach the second mounting bracket on the other side of the rack. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 29: Hardware Overview
8 10/100 Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router. Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet Ports Two Mini- Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic or copper GBIC Slots connections to backbone Ethernet switches. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 30: Console Port
GBIC and 1000Base-T Ethernet pair. The mini-GBIC slots have priority over the Gigabit ports. This means that if a mini-GBIC slot and the corresponding GbE port are connected at the same time, the GbE port will be disabled. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 31: Mini-Gbic Slots
Ethernet switches with different types of fiber-optic or even copper cable connectors. To avoid possible eye injury, do not look into an operating fiber- optic module’s connectors. • Type: SFP connection interface • Connection speed: 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 32: Transceiver Installation
Figure 10 Transceiver Installation Example Figure 11 Connecting the Fiber Optic Cables 3.1.3.2 Transceiver Removal Use the following steps to remove a mini-GBIC transceiver (SFP module). Remove the fiber optic cables from the transceiver. Open the transceiver’s latch (latch styles vary). MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 33: Power Connector
Make sure that no objects obstruct the airflow of the fans (located on the side of the unit). The Switch requires a power supply of 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 0.55 A Max. Chapter 22 on page 165 for information on the Switch’s power supply requirements. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 34: Leds
The link to a 10 Mbps or a 1000 Mbps Ethernet network is Amber Blinking The system is transmitting/receiving to/from a 100 Mbps Ethernet network. The link to a 100 Mbps Ethernet network is up. The link to an Ethernet network is down. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 35: Basic Configuration
Basic Configuration The Web Configurator (37) System Details (47)
Page 37: The Web Configurator
• JavaScript (enabled by default). • Java permissions (enabled by default). 4.2 System Login Start your web browser. Type “http://” and the IP address of the Switch (for example, the default is 192.168.1.1) in the Location or Address field. Press [ENTER]. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 38 Chapter 4 The Web Configurator The login screen appears. Enter the user name (admin by default) and password (1234 by default). Figure 15 Web Configurator: Login Click OK to view the first web configurator screen. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 39: The Main Screen
The following figure shows the navigating components of a web configurator screen. Figure 16 Web Configurator Main Screen A - Click the menu items to open submenu links, and then click on a submenu link to open the screen in the main window. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 40 Chapter 4 The Web Configurator In the navigation panel, click a main link to reveal a list of submenu links. Table 3 Navigation Panel Sub-links Overview SYSTEM RESTART SYSTEM DETAILS CONFIGURATION MGMT CONFIG MENU MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 41 Configuration File VLAN Type Port-Based Tag-Based (802.1q) VLAN Stacking Port Info. Tag-Based Info. Management VLAN Bandwidth Control Storm Control Port Mirroring Trunk Config Aggregator Setting LACP Configuration LACP Link Status IGMP Menu IGMP Config IGMP Groups Status MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 42 This link takes you to screens where you can configure the RSTP to Menu prevent network loops. VLAN Menu This link takes you to screens where you can configure port-based or tag-based (802.1Q) VLAN (depending on what you configured in the Switch Setup menu). MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 43 Switch via remote management. Service Protection Port This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the Switch to Abnormal detect abnormal traffic transmission and temporarily or permanently Traffic block traffic transmission through a port. Detection MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 44: Set Up The Administrative Password
Switch’s power is turned off. If you don't use Save Settings all configuration changes will only apply until you restart the Switch. Note: Use the Save Settings link when you are done with a configuration session. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 45: Switch Lockout
9600 bps with 8 data bits, no parity, one stop bit and flow control set to none. The password will also be cleared and the IP address be set to 192.168.0.254. To upload the configuration file, do the following: Connect to the console port using a computer with terminal emulation software. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 46 Type reset default and press [Enter] to restore the system to the factory defaults. The Switch will restart. Figure 18 Resetting the Switch: Via the Console Port Username: admin Password: MES-2110> enable MES-2110# reset default The Switch is now reinitialized with a default configuration file. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 47: System Details
The System Details screens show general system information about the Switch. You can also use the screens to configure system and DHCP client settings. 5.2 The System Information Screen Click System Details > System Info. to open the following screen. Figure 19 System Details > System Info. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 48: The Board Information Screen
Click this to save your changes. 5.3 The Board Information Screen Use this screen to view the hardware and firmware information. Click System Details > Board Info. to open the following screen. Figure 20 System Details > Board Info. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 49: The Dhcp Configuration Screen
This is how long there is to go before the Switch will get a new IP address from a DHCP server (if DHCP client is enabled). Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 50 Chapter 5 System Details Once you click the Apply button, the following message displays, reminding you to save your settings in the Save Settings screen and reboot the Switch. Figure 22 System Details > DHCP Config > Apply MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 51: Configuration
Configuration Configuration (53) Loop Detection (59) Bridge (75) VLAN (83) Bandwidth Control (95) Broadcast Storm Control (97) Port Mirroring (99) Link Aggregation (101) IGMP (107) IP Source Guard (119) MAC (127) QoS (135)
Page 53: Configuration
Use this screen to configure Switch port settings. You can assign a unique name to the ports, select its speed setting and . Click enable or disable auto-negotiation Configuration > Port Configuration to open the following screen. Figure 23 Configuration > Port Configuration MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 54 Switch’s auto-negotiation is turned off, a port uses the pre- configured speed and duplex mode when making a connection, thus requiring you to make sure that the settings of the peer port are the same in order to connect. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 55: The Port Status Screen
Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. 6.3 The Port Status Screen To view the port statistics, click Configuration > Port Status to display the Status screen as shown next. Figure 24 Configuration > Port Status MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 56 This shows the port’s connection status. AUTO This shows whether auto-negotiation is On or Off. Flow-Control This shows whether flow control is Enabled or Disabled. Port Click this to configure port settings in the Port Configuration screen. Configuration MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 57: The Rmon Status Screen
This field shows the number of good lower octet frames received. InFCSErr This field shows the number of frames received with Cyclic Redundant Check (CRC) error(s). InMACRcvErr This field shows the number of frames received with an RxErr signal from the PHY. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 58 This field shows the number of frames (including bad frames) received that were between 512 and 1023 octets in length. 1024toMax Octets This field shows the number of frames (including bad frames) received that were between 1024 and the maximum octets in length. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 59: Loop Detection
This is accomplished by periodically sending a probe frame and seeing if the frame returns on the same port. If this is the case, the Switch will shut down the port connected to the switch in loop state. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 60: The Loop Detection Screen
Note: After resolving the loop problem on your network you can re-activate the disabled port via the web configurator or via commands (See the CLI Reference Guide). 7.2 The Loop Detection Screen Click Configuration > Loop Detection to open the following screen. Figure 28 Configuration > Loop Detection MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 61 Block. Use this field to Unblock the port once you have manually fixed the loop. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Refresh Click this to reset the data for the field(s). Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 62 Chapter 7 Loop Detection MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 63: Jumbo Frame
LABEL DESCRIPTION Configure the jumbo frame size (1522 to 1632). The bigger the Frame Size frame size, the better the performance. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Click this to save your changes. Apply MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 64 Chapter 8 Jumbo Frame MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 65: Overview
When the client provides the login credentials, the Switch sends an authentication At the time of writing, IEEE 802.1x is not supported by all operating systems. See your operating system documentation. If your operating system does not support 802.1x, then you may need to install 802.1x client software. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 66: Guest Vlan
Switch. To enable port authentication, first activate the port authentication method (both on the Switch and the port(s)) then configure the RADIUS server settings in the Radius Server Configuration screen (Section 9.4 on page 68). MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 67: Global Configuration Screen
Select Disable if you do not want to use this feature. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. 9.3 802.1x Radius Server Configuration Screen Use this screen to configure the RADIUS server settings. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 68: Port Configuration Screen
Type how many minutes a session can be left idle before the session times out. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. 9.4 802.1x Port Configuration Screen Use this screen to enable and configure port authentication on individual ports. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 69 Specify how often (in minutes) a client has to re-enter his or her (1-999999) username and password to stay connected to the port. Default is 3600 minutes (or 1 hour). Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 70: Radius Server Configuration Screen
When a session times out, the client has to send a new request to the server and be authenticated again. The table below describes the settings for ports 1-10 This shows if port authentication is enabled on the port. Active MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 71: Technical Reference
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) attributes are data used to define specific authentication, and accounting elements in a user profile, which is stored on the RADIUS server. This appendix lists the RADIUS attributes supported by the Switch. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 72: Attributes Used For Authentication
9.6.3.2 Attributes Used to Login Users User-Name User-Password NAS-Identifier NAS-IP-Address 9.6.3.3 Attributes Used by the IEEE 802.1x Authentication User-Name NAS-Identifier NAS-IP-Address NAS-Port NAS-Port-Type - This value is set to Ethernet(15) on the Switch. Calling-Station-Id Frame-MTU EAP-Message State Message-Authenticator MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 73: Attributes Used For Accounting
Table 19 RADIUS Attributes - Exec Events via Console ATTRIBUTE START INTERIM-UPDATE STOP User-Name NAS-Identifier NAS-IP-Address Service-Type Acct-Status-Type Acct-Delay-Time Acct-Session-Id Acct-Authentic Acct-Session-Time Acct-Terminate-Cause Table 20 RADIUS Attributes - Exec Events via Telnet/SSH ATTRIBUTE START INTERIM-UPDATE STOP User-Name NAS-Identifier NAS-IP-Address Service-Type Calling-Station-Id Acct-Status-Type Acct-Delay-Time MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 74 The attributes are listed in the following table along with the time of the session they are sent: Table 21 RADIUS Attributes-Exec Events via 802.1x ATTRIBUTE START INTERIM-UPDATE STOP User-Name NAS-IP-Address NAS-Port Class Called-Station-Id Calling-Station-Id NAS-Identifier NAS-Port-Type Acct-Status-Type Acct-Delay-Time Acct-Session-Id Acct-Authentic Acct-Input-Octets Acct-Output-Octets Acct-Session-Time Acct-Input-Packets Acct-Output-Packets Acct-Terminate-Cause Acct-Input-Gigawords Acct-Output- Gigawords MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 75: Bridge
The slower the media, the higher the cost. Table 22 STP Path Costs LINK RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDED ALLOWED SPEED VALUE RANGE RANGE Path 4Mbps 100 to 1000 1 to 65535 Cost Path 10Mbps 50 to 600 1 to 65535 Cost MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 76: How Stp Works
Hello BPDU after a predefined interval (Max Age), the bridge assumes that the link to the root bridge is down. This bridge then initiates negotiations with other bridges to reconfigure the network to re-establish a valid network topology. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 77: Stp Port States
All BPDUs are received and processed. All information frames are received and forwarded. 10.2 The Bridge Configuration Screen Click Configuration > Bridge Menu > Bridge Config to open the following screen. Figure 35 Configuration > Bridge Menu > Bridge Config MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 78: The Rstp System Configuration Screen
You must first enable RSTP in the Bridge Configuration screen in order to open this screen. Click Configuration > Bridge Menu > RSTP System Config to open the following screen. Figure 36 Configuration > Bridge Menu > RSTP System Config MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 79 Hello Time, Max Age and Forwarding Delay. Hello Time (sec) This is the time interval in seconds between BPDU (Bridge Protocol Data Units) configuration message generations by the root switch. The allowed range is 1 to 10 seconds. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 80: The Spanning Tree Port Configuration
Click this to save your changes. 10.4 The Spanning Tree Port Configuration Click Configuration > Bridge Menu > RSTP Per Port Config to open the following screen. Figure 37 Configuration > Bridge Menu > RSTP Per Port Config MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 81 This shows whether the port is Forwarding or Blocking frame transmission. Port Role This shows the port behavior as a Disabled, Alternate, Backup, Root, Designated or NonStp port. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 82 Chapter 10 Bridge MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 83: Vlan
VID of the frame. Of the 4096 possible VIDs, a VID of 0 is used to identify priority frames and value 4095 (FFF) is reserved, so the maximum possible VLAN configurations are 4,094. TPID User Priority VLAN ID 2 Bytes 3 Bits 1 Bit 12 bits MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 84: Forwarding Tagged And Untagged Frames
You may choose to accept both tagged and Type untagged incoming frames, just tagged incoming frames or just untagged incoming frames on a port. Ingress filtering If set, the Switch discards incoming frames for VLANs that do not have this port as a member. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 85: The Vlan Type Screen
(an egress port is an outgoing port, that is, a port through which a data frame leaves) for both ports. Port-based VLANs are specific only to the Switch on which they were created. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 86 Click this to save your changes. Port-Based VLAN Status Port Number This is the port number. Port1-10 This shows the subscriber ports that can talk to each other. Switch Management This shows whether switch management is enabled or disabled. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 87: The Tag-Based Vlan Screens
(SPN) customers with VPN tunnels between their head offices and branch offices respectively. Both have an identical VLAN tag for their VLAN group. The service provider can separate these two VLANs within its network by adding tag 37 to MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 88: Vlan Stacking Port Roles
All VLANs belonging to a customer can be aggregated into a single service provider's VLAN (using the outer VLAN tag defined by SP VID). Note: Static VLAN Tx Tagging MUST be enabled on a port where you choose Tunnel Port. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 89: Vlan Tag Format
VID is the VLAN ID. SP VID is the VID for the second (service provider’s) VLAN tag. 11.5.5 Frame Format The frame format for an untagged Ethernet frame, a single-tagged 802.1Q frame (customer) and a “double-tagged” 802.1Q frame (service provider) is shown next. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 90: The Vlan Stacking Configuration Screen
11.5.6 The VLAN Stacking Configuration Screen Use this screen to Click Configuration > VLAN enable VLAN stacking on the Switch. Menu > Tag-Based > VLAN Stacking to open the following screen. Figure 41 Configuration > VLAN Menu > Tag-Based > VLAN Stacking MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 91: The Tag-Based Port Information Screen
This is the service provider ID for frames received on this port. Priority This shows the priority level of frames transmitted through the port. 11.5.7 The Tag-Based Port Information Screen Use this screen to configure how the Switch handles incoming traffic passing through the port. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 92 Port isolation allows each port to communicate only with the management port but not communicate with each other. This option is the most limiting but also the most secure. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 93: The Tag-Based Port Configuration Screen
This shows the VLAN group setting for the port, whether it is a Member, Untagging, Tagging or Non-member. Undo Click this to reset the values in this screen to their last-saved values. Apply Click this to save your changes. Tag VLAN Status (M:member U:untag T:tag) MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 94: The Management Vlan Screen
Enter an ID number from 1 to 4094. 1 is the default value. If you change this, you will be disconnected from the web configurator unless your current access belongs to the new VLAN. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 95: Bandwidth Control
Bandwidth control means defining a maximum allowable bandwidth for incoming and/or out-going traffic flows on a port. 12.2 Bandwidth Control Setup Click Configuration > Bandwidth Control in the navigation panel to bring up the screen as shown next. Figure 45 Configuration > Bandwidth Control MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 96 This shows whether bandwidth control for ingress traffic is enabled or disabled on the port. Egress Limit This is the egress rate limit on the port. Active This shows whether bandwidth control for egress traffic is enabled or disabled on the port. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 97: Broadcast Storm Control
DLF frames in your network. You can specify limits for each frame type on each port. Click Configuration > Storm Control in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown next. Figure 46 Configuration > Storm Control MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 98 This shows whether multicast control is enabled or disabled on the port. DLF Limit This is the Destination Lookup Failure (DLF) frame limit on the port. Active This shows whether DLF control is enabled or disabled on the port. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 99: Port Mirroring
Click Configuration > Port Mirroring in the navigation panel to display the following screen. Use this screen to select a monitor port and specify the traffic flow to be copied to the monitor port. Figure 47 Configuration > Port Mirroring MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 100 Select the monitor port number from the list. Monitored Select the port(s) to mirror the traffic on a port. Port Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 101: Link Aggregation
LACP also allows port redundancy, that is, if an operational port fails, then one of the “standby” ports become operational without user intervention. Please note that: MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 102: Link Aggregation Id
2-5 on switch A connected to switch B. Figure 48 Trunking Example - Physical Connections Port Priority and Port Number are 0 as it is the aggregator ID for the trunk group, not the individual port. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 103: Link Aggregation Setting
15.4 Link Aggregation Setting Click Configuration > Trunk Config > Aggregator Setting to display the screen shown next. See Section 15.1 on page 101 for more information on link aggregation. Figure 50 Configuration > Trunk Config > Aggregator Setting MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 104: Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Use this to specify the outgoing traffic distribution type. Select Lookup to distribute frames based on the destination MAC address. Select Xor to distribute frames based on the last 3 bits of the source MAC address and the trunk mask load balancing table. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 105: Lacp Link Status
This is the peer Switch’s MAC address. Priority This is the peer Switch’s priority level. Port ID This shows the port number belonging to the trunk group. This is the peer Switch’s key value. Priority This is the port priority level. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 106 Chapter 15 Link Aggregation MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 107: Igmp
The Switch forwards multicast traffic destined for multicast groups (that it has learned from IGMP snooping or that you have manually configured) to ports that are members of that group. IGMP snooping generates no additional network traffic, allowing you to significantly reduce multicast traffic passing through your Switch. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 108: Igmp Snooping And Vlans
IGMP snooping VLAN. 16.2 IGMP Configuration Use this screen to configure the Switch’s IGMP settings. Click Configuration > IGMP Menu > IGMP Config to open the following screen. Figure 53 Configuration > IGMP Menu > IGMP Config MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 109 Select Disable to have the Switch use the port as an IGMP query port if the port receives IGMP query frames. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 110: Igmp Status
VLANs and simplifies multicast group management. MVR only responds to IGMP join and leave control messages from multicast groups that are configured under MVR. Join and leave reports from other multicast groups are managed by IGMP snooping. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 111: Types Of Mvr Ports
MVR multicast group addresses on the Switch, an entry is created in the forwarding table on the Switch. This maps the subscriber VLAN to the list of forwarding destinations for the specified multicast traffic. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 112: General Mvr Configuration
VLAN. Click Configuration > IGMP Menu > MVR link to display the screen as shown next. Note: You can create up to three multicast VLANs and up to 256 multicast rules on the Switch. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 113 Compatible. Select Dynamic to send IGMP reports to all MVR source ports in the multicast VLAN. Select Compatible to set the Switch not to send IGMP reports. Port This field displays the port number on the Switch. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 114: Mvr Group Configuration
All source ports and receiver ports belonging to a multicast group can receive multicast data sent to this multicast group. Configure MVR IP multicast group address(es) in the Group Configuration screen. Click Group Configuration in the MVR screen. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 115 Select the check box and click the Delete button to remove all configured rules. Delete Select the check box in the Delete Group field and click Delete to remove Group the selected entry(ies) from the table. Undo Select this to clear the checkbox(es) in the table. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 116: Mvr Configuration Example
Switch belong to VLAN 1. In addition, port 7 belongs to the multicast group with VID 200 to receive multicast traffic (the News and Movie channels) from the remote streaming media server, S. Computers A, B and C in VLAN are able to receive the traffic. Figure 59 MVR Configuration Example MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 117 To configure the MVR settings on the Switch, create a multicast group in the MVR screen and set the receiver and source ports. Figure 60 MVR Configuration Example To set the Switch to forward the multicast group traffic to the subscribers, configure multicast group settings in the Group Configuration screen. The MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 118 (Group ID 1 for News and Group ID 2 for Movie) are configured for the multicast VLAN 200. Figure 61 MVR Group Configuration Example Figure 62 MVR Group Configuration Example MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 119: Ip Source Guard
DHCP snooping before you enable ARP inspection. 17.1.1 DHCP Snooping Overview Use DHCP snooping to filter unauthorized DHCP frames on the network and to build the binding table dynamically. This can prevent clients from getting IP addresses from unauthorized DHCP servers. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 120: Configuring Dhcp Snooping
Follow these steps to configure DHCP snooping on the Switch. Enable DHCP snooping on the Switch. Configure trusted and untrusted ports, and specify the maximum number of DHCP frames that each port can receive per second. Configure static bindings. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 121: Dhcp Snooping Configuration
DHCP requests will not succeed. DHCP snooping VLAN Select All-VLAN to have the Switch forward DHCP frames of any Mode VLANs to DHCP servers automatically. Select Fixed to have the Switch forward DHCP frames of a specific VLAN to DHCP servers. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 122 DHCP relay agent option 82 information to DHCP requests that the Switch relays to a DHCP server for each VLAN. DHCP VLAN (Fixed) This shows the specific VLAN ID. Trust/Untrust This shows whether the port is trusted or un-trusted. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 123: Dhcp Binding Table
Leave the field blank if you do not want the Switch to forward DHCP frames to a specific VLAN. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings Click this to add the rule to the Switch. Static/Dynamic Binding Table MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 124: The Arp Inspection Screen
• It pretends to be computer B and sends a message to computer A. As a result, all the communication between computer A and computer B passes through computer X. Computer X can read and alter the information passed between them. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 125: Configuring Arp Inspection
ARP Inspection VLAN Select All-VLAN to have the Switch look at all the VLANs on Mode which ARP inspection is enabled. Select Fixed to have the Switch look at the specific VLANs on which ARP inspection in enabled.. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 126 This shows whether the Switch look at all VLANs or specific VLANs Mode on which ARP inspection in enabled. ARP Inspection VLAN This shows the specific VLAN ID. (Fixed) Trust/Untrust This shows whether the port is trusted or un-trusted. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 127: Mac
• If the Switch has already learned the port for this MAC address, then it forwards the frame to that port. • If the Switch has not already learned the port for this MAC address, then the frame is flooded to all ports. Too much port flooding leads to network congestion. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 128: The Mac Table Status Screen
Enter a time from 16 to 4080 seconds. This is how long all dynamically learned MAC addresses remain in the MAC address table before they age out (and must be relearned). MAC aging time This is the current MAC aging time. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 129: The Lock Mac Address Learning Screen
18.3 The Lock MAC Address Learning Screen Use this screen to configure the MAC address learning settings. Click Configuration > MAC Menu > Lock Learning MAC to open the following screen. Figure 69 Configuration > MAC Menu > Lock Learning MAC MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 130: The Mac Filter Configuration Screen
Use this to determine whether to allow or deny traffic transmitted from the source MAC address. Port Select the port through which traffic from the source MAC address is transmitted. Priority Select a priority level from 0 to 7. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 131 Use this to enable or disable MAC filtering by denying access from specific MAC addresses. Apply Click this to save your changes. MAC Address This is the source MAC address. Delete Click this to remove the rule. Page Up/Down Click this to view the previous or next page. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 132: The Mac Filter Mode Screen
Undo Click this to load your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MAC Filter Mode Status Port1-10 This shows whether the MAC filter by allow feature is enabled or disabled on the port. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 133: The Mac Limit Configuration Screen
MAC address(es) are dropped. Disable the MAC limit function to forwards all frames on this port. Undo Click this to load your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
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Page 135: Qos
Weighted Round Robin Scheduling (WRR) uses the same algorithm as round robin scheduling, but services queues based on their priority rather than a fixed amount of bandwidth. WRR is activated only when a port has more traffic than it can MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 136: Configuring The Base Configuration Screen
Q7 has the highest priority and Q0 the lowest. Weighted Round Robin Scheduling services queues on a rotating basis based on their queue weight. Queues with larger weights get more service than queues with smaller weights. Port This label shows the port you are configuring. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 137 This is the schedule mode used on the Switch. Priority Mode This is the priority mode used on the port. IP Over Tag This shows whether the IP over tag feature is enabled or disabled on the Switch. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 138: The 802.1P Priority Table
Table 58 Configuration > QoS Menu > 802.1p Priority LABEL DESCRIPTION Port This label shows the port you are configuring. Priority Assign a priority level to the port. Undo Click this to load your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 139: The Tag Priority Table
In addition, applications do not have to request a particular service or give advanced notice of where the traffic is going. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 140: The Priority Override Configuration Screen
19.6 The Priority Override Configuration Screen Use this screen to apply the QoS settings of the Switch to its DHCP clients. Switch ignores the priority levels assigned to the transmitted frames on the ports, source MAC addresses and destination MAC addresses. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 141 MAC address. Select Disable if you do not want to use this feature. This is selected by default. Undo Click this to load your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
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Page 143: Management
Management Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu (145)
Page 145: Mgmt Config And System Restart Menu
Figure 78 Mgmt Config > Serial Port Config Specify the amount of time (in seconds) before the console session disconnects automatically. If you set the timeout to 0 second, the console session never expires. Click Apply to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 146: The Snmp Configuration Screens
Examples of variables include number of packets received, node port status and so on. A Management Information Base (MIB) is a collection of managed objects. SNMP allows a manager and agents to communicate for the purpose of accessing these objects. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 147: The Snmp Communities Screen
Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. 20.3.2 The IP Trap Manager Screen An IP trap manager receives authentication failure messages or other trap messages about the Switch’s activities. The Switch supports up to five trap MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 148: The Sntp Screen
Network Time Protocol (SNTP). You can also configure two servers. If the first one is down, the Switch will try to connect to the second one. Click Mgmt Config > SNTP to open the following screen. Figure 82 Mgmt Config > SNTP MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 149 Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Refresh Click this to reset the data for the field(s). Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 150: Alarms And Logs
Click this to show a complete list of syslog messages. Alarm Type Select the categories of alarm that you want to record and send an e-mail alarm. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 151: The User Configuration Screen
Assign access rights for the user account. Read/Write users can manage the Switch settings as an administrator. Read Only users can only view the Switch settings. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 152: The Cable Test Screen
If the cable is well connected to the port, this is Normal. If Status the connection is down, you see an Open status. CableLength This shows the length of the cable connected to the port. TEST Click this to run the test again. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 153: The Host Dos Protection
Select Enable to activate this secured client set. Select Disable if you wish to temporarily disable the set without deleting it. Undo Click this to restore your last saved settings. Apply Click this to save your changes. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 154: The Port Abnormal Traffic Detection Screen
Specify a threshold value (in broadcast packets per second). If transmission load on a port exceeds this threshold, the Switch blocks the port. The block can be blocked permanently or for a period of time, depending on what you specify in this screen (see fields below). MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 155: Upgrading The Firmware
Be sure to upload the correct model firmware as uploading the wrong model firmware may damage your device. Click Mgmt Config > Firmware Download to open the following screen. Figure 88 Mgmt Config > Firmware Download MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 156: Managing The Configuration File
20.12 Restarting the System Click System Restart Menu > Restart Option to open the following screen. Use the Restore button to load the factory default settings, or use the Reset button to MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 157 Chapter 20 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu restart the system without physically turning the power off. It also allows you to load the factory default settings when you reboot. Figure 90 System Restart Menu > Restart Option MES-2110 User’s Guide...
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Page 159: Troubleshooting & Product Specifications
Troubleshooting & Product Specifications Troubleshooting (161) Product Specifications (165)
Page 161: Troubleshooting
If the problem continues, contact the vendor. The ALM LED is on. Disconnect and re-connect the power adaptor or cord to the Switch. If the problem continues, contact the vendor. One of the LEDs does not behave as expected. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 162: Switch Access And Login
I cannot see or access the Login screen in the web configurator. Make sure you are using the correct IP address. • The default IP address is 192.168.1.1. • If you changed the IP address, use the new IP address. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 163 Disconnect and re-connect the cord to the Switch. If this does not work, you have to reset the device to its factory defaults. See Section 4.6 on page Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 164 Chapter 21 Troubleshooting In order to use the web configurator you need to allow: • Web browser pop-up windows from your device. • JavaScripts (enabled by default). • Java permissions (enabled by default). MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 165: Product Specifications
Per mini-GBIC slot: LNK, ACT Per mini-GBIC slot (in dual personality interface): LNK/ACT Operating Temperature: 0º C ~ 50º C Environment Humidity: 10 ~ 95% (non-condensing) Storage Environment Temperature: -40º C ~ 70º C Humidity: 10 ~ 95% (non-condensing) MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 166 Port mirroring allows you to copy traffic going from one or all ports to another or all ports in order that you can examine the traffic from the mirror port (the port you copy the traffic to) without interference. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 167 The Switch can generate syslog messages for system monitoring. Firmware Upgrade Download new firmware (when available) from the ZyXEL web site and use the web configurator, CLI or TFTP tool to put it on the Switch. Note: Only upload firmware for your specific model! Configuration Backup &...
Page 168 IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) IEEE 802.3 Packet Format IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation IEEE 802.3x Flow Control Safety UL 60950-1 CSA 60950-1 EN 60950-1 IEC 60950-1 FCC Part 15 (Class A) CE EMC (Class A) MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 169: Appendices And Index
Appendices and Index Changing a Fuse (171) Common Services (173) Legal Information (177) Index (181)
Page 171: Appendix A Changing A Fuse
Put another spare fuse in its place in order to always have one on hand. Push the replacement fuse into the fuse housing until you hear a click. Push the fuse housing back into the Switch until you hear a click. Plug the power cord back into the unit. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 172 Appendix A Changing a Fuse MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 173: Appendix B Common Services
• If the Protocol is TCP, UDP, or TCP/UDP, this is the IP port number. • If the Protocol is USER, this is the IP protocol number. • Description: This is a brief explanation of the applications that use this service or the situations in which this service is used. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 174 7648 A popular videoconferencing solution from White Pines Software. 24032 TCP/UDP Domain Name Server, a service that matches web names (for example www.zyxel.com) to IP numbers. User-Defined The IPSEC ESP (Encapsulation (IPSEC_TUNNEL) Security Protocol) tunneling protocol uses this service. FINGER...
Page 175 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is the message-exchange standard for the Internet. SMTP enables you to move messages from one e-mail server to another. SNMP TCP/UDP Simple Network Management Program. SNMP-TRAPS TCP/UDP Traps for use with the SNMP (RFC:1215). MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 176 TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP, but uses the UDP (User Datagram Protocol) rather than TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). VDOLIVE 7000 Another videoconferencing solution. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 177: Appendix C Legal Information
Published by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Disclaimer ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein. Neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the patent rights of others. ZyXEL further reserves the right to make changes in any products described herein without notice.
Page 178 Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT APPAREIL A LASER DE CLASS 1 PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH 21 CFR 1040.10 AND 1040.11. PRODUIT CONFORME SELON 21 CFR 1040.10 ET 1040.11. MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 179: Zyxel Limited Warranty
This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties, express or implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose. ZyXEL shall in no event be held liable for indirect or consequential damages of any kind to the purchaser.
Page 180 Appendix C Legal Information MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 181: Index
Bridge Protocol Data Unit, see BPDU bridging application broadcast external authentication server broadcast storm control firmware upgrade configuration bandwidth control flow control bridge 75, 78 forward delay broadcast storm control forwarding frames date/time front panel DHCP snooping MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 182 IP source guard management VLAN ARP inspection max age configuration metropolitan application DHCP snooping mini-GBIC slots multicast configuration 109, 112 IGMP snooping jumbo frames Multicast VLAN Registration, see MVR configuration LEDs link aggregation configuration naming the system dynamic MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 183 Tag Protocol Identifier, see TPID reset 45, 156 tag-based VLANs RMON status tagged VLANs RSTP time/date BPDU TPID bridge priority trunking configuration application path cost 75, 79 configuration port states dynamic hash mode static status system priority SNMP MES-2110 User’s Guide...
Page 184 Index unicast user accounts VLAN application configuration forwarding frames frame formats management VLAN port-based stacking 87, 91 tag format tag-based tagged web configurator navigation panel weighted round robin scheduling MES-2110 User’s Guide...

ZyXEL Communications MES-2110 User Manual

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Connection

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview

Chapter 4 The Web Configurator

Chapter 5 System Details

Chapter 6 Configuration

Chapter 7 Loop Detection

Chapter 8 Jumbo Frame

Chapter 9 802.1X .......................................................................................................................................

Chapter 10 Bridge

Chapter 11 VLAN

Chapter 12 Bandwidth Control

Chapter 13 Broadcast Storm Control

Chapter 14 Port Mirroring

Chapter 15 Link Aggregation

Chapter 16 IGMP

Chapter 17 IP Source Guard

Chapter 18 MAC

Chapter 19 Qos

Chapter 20 Mgmt Config and System Restart Menu

Chapter 21 Troubleshooting

Chapter 22

Appendix A Changing a Fuse

Appendix B Common Services

Appendix C Legal Information

Quick Links

Troubleshooting

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