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ZyXEL Communications MES-2110 Support Notes

Managed 8-port 10/100 mbps plus 2-port gigabit dual personality access switch
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MES-2110
Managed 8-port 10/100 Mbps
plus 2-port Gigabit Dual Personality

Access Switch

Support Note

Version V1.0
2009.9

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  • Page 1: Support Note

    MES-2110 Managed 8-port 10/100 Mbps plus 2-port Gigabit Dual Personality Access Switch Support Note Version V1.0 2009.9...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH TABLE OF CONTENTS Support Note..............1 CONFIGURATION ................4 Overview of configuration options ..............4 External SNMP-based network management application ......4 MANAGEMENT VIA INTERNET BROWSER INTERFACE ....5 Overview ......................5 System Details ....................
  • Page 3 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.12.2 DHCP Binding Configuration ..................34 2.13 ARP Configuration ..................36 2.14 MAC Menu ....................37 2.14.1 MAC Table Status ......................37 2.14.2 Lock MAC Address Learning ..................37 2.14.3 Mac Filter Configuration ....................38 2.14.4 MAC Limit Configuration ....................

  • Page 4: Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Configuration Overview of configuration options For advanced management capabilities, the onboard management agent provides CLI and menu-driven interface configuration programs. These programs can be accessed by a direct or modem connection to the console port on the front panel (out-of-band), or by a Telnet connection over the network (in-band).

  • Page 5: Management Via Internet Browser Interface

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Management via Internet Browser Interface Overview This section gives a step-by-step guide to configuring the Switch’s management functions. A series of screen shots and instructions illustrate the main menu structure and how it works. Firstly, open a web browser and key in the Switch’s IP address –...

  • Page 6: Homepage (System Details/System Info)

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.2.1 Homepage (System Details/System Info) Click on each parameter field to modify the specific settings, click Undo to restore previously saved configurations or click Apply to retain newly entered information. See description below: Parameter Description...

  • Page 7: Board Info

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH in a safe place. In writing this manual we used IP address 192.168.1.1 and Subnet Mask (255.255.255.0). 2.2.2 Board Info Parameter Description Hardware Version Provides information on the hardware version Firmware Version Provides information on the firmware version Port Number Provides information on the number of ports available...

  • Page 8: Port Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.3.1 Port Configuration Click on each parameter field to modify the desired setting, then click on Undo to restore previously saved configurations or click on Apply to retain newly entered information. See description below: Parameter Description Port...

  • Page 9: Port Status

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.3.2 Port Status This window offers at-a-glance status reporting for Switch operations. Click on the Port Configurations button to return to the Port Configurations window if you need to change a setting. 2.3.3 RMON Status The RMON Status menu provides updates on RMON data.

  • Page 10: Ethernet Loop Detection

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.3.4 Ethernet Loop Detection Ethernet Loop Detection is used to detect Ethernet Loop conditions on active ports. Ethernet Loops cause broadcast storms and crash the whole network. Set “Protection” to enable or disable the Ethernet Loop Detection function of the Switch, and enable or disable it on the specific port.

  • Page 11: Global Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 802.1x IEEE 802.1x is a standard for port-based network access control, part of the IEEE 802 (802.1) group of protocols. It provides authentication to devices attached to a LAN port, establishing a point-to-point connection or preventing access from that port if authentication fails.

  • Page 12: Port Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Parameter Description Server IP address Enter the IP address of the authentication server. Server Shared Key Enter the key shared between the Switch and authentication server. Server UDP Port Enter the UDP port number used by the authentication server to Number authenticate.

  • Page 13: 801.X Status

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH This screen is for 802.1x configuration on the port basis. Before you take steps to enable 802.1x and Guest VLAN function, please make sure the two are enabled in Global Configuration (6.4.1). Parameter Description Active...

  • Page 14: Bridge Menu

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Bridge Menu Using the Bridge Menu The Bridge menu is used for configuring the Spanning Tree Algorithm as well as the traffic class priority threshold and the address aging time. The Spanning Tree Algorithm is used for detecting and disabling network loops, and to provide backup links between switches, bridges or routers.

  • Page 15: Rstp System Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.5.2 RSTP System Configuration This screen allows the user to enter the RSTP parameters for the Switch. Please note: users must select “RSTP (802.1W)” under Bridge Configuration to perform this configuration. Otherwise, this option will not be accessible. Enter the appropriate values, then click on Apply to retain newly entered information or click on Undo to restore previously saved configurations.

  • Page 16: Vlan Menu

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Click on each parameter field to modify the desired setting, then click on Undo to restore previously saved configurations or click on Apply to retain newly entered information. See the descriptions below: Parameter Description Port Type Priority...

  • Page 17: Vlan Type (Vlan Configuration)

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH VLANs can be configured to define a network into various logical configurations. For example, VLANs can define a network by application. In this scenario, a company might create one VLAN for multimedia users and another for e-mail users. VLANs can also define a network by department.

  • Page 18: Vlan Configuration (Port-Based)

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.6.2 VLAN Configuration (Port-based) The Menu “Port-Based” is for configuration of Port-Based VLAN. It is enabled only when the VLAN Type is set as “Port-Based”. At each port the user must click on the checkboxes of the ports to which the port is allowed to switch frames from the configured port.
  • Page 19 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Parameter Description SP TPID Set the service provider tag protocol identifier, 0x8100 or 0x9100. Or choose “others” to set a four digit hexadecimal code from 0000 to ffff Role Normal: non-VLAN stacking IEEE 802.1Q frame switching Access: The incoming frame is treated as "untagged".

  • Page 20: Tag-Based Vlan Port Configuration (Port Info)

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.6.4 Tag-based VLAN Port Configuration (Port Info) This menu allows the user to set the configuration of tag-based VLAN variables in a more detailed way. The menu “Tag-Based” is for configuration of Tag-Based VLAN. It is enabled only when the VLAN Type is set as “Tag-Based”.
  • Page 21 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH The sub-menu “Tag-based Info” let users add, modify, or remove entries in the Tag- based VLAN Table, the configurations of 802.1Q VLANs and the participating ports. Up to 64 VLANs can be configured on the Switch. Select the “Add”...

  • Page 22: Management Vlan

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH is the highest priority. Pri-Override Enable – the priority set in the Switch CAN take over the priority set on the frames sent from other switches. Disable –the priority set in the Switch CANNORT take over the priority set on the frames sent from other switches.

  • Page 23: Bandwidth Control

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Bandwidth Control Use this screen to define a maximum allowable bandwidth for incoming and/or outgoing traffic flows on each port of the Switch. Click on each parameter field to modify the desired setting, then click Apply to retain newly entered information or click Undo to restore previously saved configurations.

  • Page 24: Storm Control

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Storm Control The Storm Control screen enables the network administrator to limit the traffic of broadcast, multicast and destination lookup failure (DLF) the Switch receives per second on the ports. After the broadcast, multicast and/ or DLE packets reach the maximum limit, the incoming packets will be discarded.

  • Page 25: Port Mirroring

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Port Mirroring Set the port mirroring option to monitor data being transmitted to a specific port so that you can examine the traffic from the monitoring port without interference. Click on each parameter field to modify the desired setting, then click on Apply to retain newly entered information or click on Undo to restore previously saved configurations.

  • Page 26: Trunk Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.10 Trunk Configuration 2.10.1 Aggregator Setting Port Trunking defines a network link aggregation and trunking method which specifies how to create a single high-speed logical link that combines several low-speed physical links.

  • Page 27: Lacp Link Status

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.10.3 LACP Link Status This window displays the LACP Link Status, including System Priority, MAC address, Port ID, Port Key, and Port Priority of Actor and Partner roles of the formed LACP groups.

  • Page 28: Igmp Groups Status

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH This menu allows the user to Enable/Disable IGMP Snooping, IGMP Query, and IGMP VLAN. Parameter Description Use this to enable or disable IGMP snooping, forwarding group IGMP Snooping multicast traffic only to ports that are members of that group. Auto: the Switch learns multicast group membership information of any VLANs automatically.
  • Page 29 MES-2110(config-vlan)# tagging 10 MES-2110(config-vlan)# exit MES-2110(config)# vlan 100 MES-2110(config-vlan)# untagging 1,2,3 MES-2110(config-vlan)# tagging 10 MES-2110(config-vlan)# exit MES-2110(config)# vlan 200 MES-2110(config-vlan)# untagging 4,5,6 MES-2110(config-vlan)# tagging 10 MES-2110(config-vlan)# exit MES-2110(config)# vlan 300 MES-2110(config-vlan)# untagging 7,8,9 MES-2110(config-vlan)# tagging 10 MES-2110(config-vlan)# exit MES-2110(config)# int port-channel 1,2,3...

  • Page 30: Mvr Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH MES-2110(config-interface)# pvid 100 MES-2110(config-interface)# exit MES-2110(config)# int port-channel 4,5,6 MES-2110(config-interface)# pvid 200 MES-2110(config-interface)# exit MES-2110(config)# int port-channel 7,8,9 MES-2110(config-interface)# pvid 300 IGMP Setting CLI Command MES-2110(config)# igmp snooping So client A can only receive the multicast packet from video Stream 225.1.0.1 So client B can only receive the multicast packet from video Stream 225.1.0.2...

  • Page 31: Mvr Group Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Parameter Description Check the box to enable MVR to allow one single multicast VLAN to be Active shared among different subscriber VLANs on the network. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for Name identification purposes.
  • Page 32 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH All source ports and receiver ports belonging to a multicast group can receive multicast data sent to this multicast group. Parameter Description Set a multicast VLAN ID (that you configured in the MVR screen) from Multicast VLAN ID the dropdown box.

  • Page 33: Dhcp Snooping

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH your changes to the non-volatile memory. Select “Delete Group” and click Delete to remove the selected Delete enty(ies) from the table. 2.12 DHCP Snooping 2.12.1 DHCP Snooping Configuration DHCP snooping is a DHCP security feature that provides security by filtering untrusted DHCP messages and by building and maintaining a DHCP snooping binding table.

  • Page 34: Dhcp Binding Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Action Enable or disable DHCP Snooping on this Switch. All-VLAN – the setting can apply to all VLANs. Under this configuration, DHCP snooping VLAN the setting of fixed DHCP VLAN will be discarded. Mode Fixed –...
  • Page 35 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH IP Address Enter the IP address assigned to the MAC address in the binding. Port Specify the port in the binding. Specify a VLAN ID if you want the Switch to forward DHCP frames to DHCP servers on a specific VLAN.

  • Page 36: Arp Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.13 ARP Configuration ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol, a method for finding a host's link layer (hardware) address when only its Internet Layer (IP) or some other Network Layer address is known. If there are too many network ARP Packets, users can use storm control to reduce the ARP traffic.

  • Page 37: Mac Menu

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH reason. Untrust The Switch discards ARP packets on untrusted ports when the sender’s information in the ARP packets does not match any of the current packets. 2.14 MAC Menu The MAC menu will enable the following configurations: 2.14.1 MAC Table Status In this page, you can set the MAC aging time.

  • Page 38: Mac Filter Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.14.3 Mac Filter Configuration In this screen, user can configure and view the MAC filter settings. Parameter Description Use this to determine whether to allow to deny traffic transmitted from Status the source MAC address Select the port through which traffic from the source MAC address is Port...
  • Page 39 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Enable Pri-override to ignore the priority level assigned to the transmitted frames. Pri-Override Note: The function won’t be enabled if this is not enabled in Priority Override Configuration first. Please refer to 6.14.5 for more details. Mac Address Type a MAC address in valid MAC address format.

  • Page 40: Mac Limit Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Parameter Description Mode Choose “Allow” to enable MAC Filter on this port. All Port Settings selected in this row apply to all ports. 2.14.4 MAC Limit Configuration...

  • Page 41: Qos Menu

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH The “MAC Limit Configuration” menu lets the user limit the number of incoming MAC addresses per port. If the user wants to disable this function, select “Disable” from the combo box “Mac Limit Function” on the upper left. The Limit Quantity range is 1~20 per port.

  • Page 42: 802.1P Priority Table

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH this list. The next queue is given an equal amount of bandwidth, and then moves to the end of the list, and so on so forth. This works in a looping fashion until a queue is empty. Weighted Round Robin Scheduling (WRR) uses the same alhorithm as round robin scheduling, but the services queues are based on their priority rather than a fixed amount of bandwidth.

  • Page 43: Tag Priority

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.15.3 Tag Priority The user can define up to eight different priority values (0~7) for the Tagged VLAN frames. Select the priority queue number (IEEE 802.1p priority level) for the Switch to map the MAC frames into different priority queues: i.e.
  • Page 44 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH This configuration is the general setting for priority override. That means, even though the VID-Pri-Override, Destination-MAC-Pri-Override and Source-MAC-Pri_Override are separately set in Tag-Based VLAN Info (6.5.5) and MAC Filter Configuration (6.13.3), if the Pri-Override is not enabled in this screen, then the function is not enabled at all.

  • Page 45: Management Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.16 Management Configuration 2.16.1 Serial Port Configuration Here the user can see the serial port configuration that can be utilized while accessing the switch via Console port. Click on each parameter field to modify the desired setting, then click Apply to retain newly entered information or click Undo to restore previously saved configurations.

  • Page 46: Ip Trap Manager

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Community Name (private) - a group that can be renamed, e.g. individuals that have access to this management program Community Names Modify the Community names NOTE: You can use an external SNMP-based application to configure and manage the switch.

  • Page 47: Sntp

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.18 SNTP Use this screen to configure the time settings on the Switch. You can configure the Switch to get the time and date information from a time server using Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP).

  • Page 48: User Configuration

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Click on each parameter field to modify the desired setting, then click on Save to retain newly entered information or click on Undo to restore previously saved configurations. Parameter Description E-mail Alarm Enable / Disable e-mail alarm notification (Default = Disable) Mail Server IP Enter the IP address of the mail server...

  • Page 49: Cable Test

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.21 Cable Test Cable Test is used to diagnose the physical copper links connected each port, by separate pairs in a cable. Before the Cable Test is activated, a confirmation message “Cable Test will disable normal network functions for one minute.
  • Page 50 MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH interfaces will become deactivated until such an act is reversed by accessing the Switch and this page via the console port. Start by selecting ‘Enable’ in the ‘Protection’ field. Then access the first ‘IP Address’ field and type in the desired IP address and then ‘Enable’...

  • Page 51: Port Abnormal Traffic Detection

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.23 Port Abnormal Traffic Detection Here the user can alter per-port configuration to detect abnormal traffic (like broadcast traffic) and temporarily or permanently block ports that detect such traffic. Use this page to configure all selected ports’ reaction to abnormal traffic. If, for instance, the Threshold is 5000 p/s and the Detection Duration is 60 seconds, it means that all enabled ports will be blocked if a transmission load of more than 5000 p/s is experienced on these ports for an uninterrupted period of 60 seconds.

  • Page 52: Firmware Download (Upgrade System)

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH 2.24 Firmware Download (Upgrade System) Use the HTTP Download menu to load software updates into the permanent flash ROM in the switch. The download file should be in a binary format, otherwise, the agent will not accept it.

  • Page 53: System Restart Menu - Restart Option

    MANAGED 8-PORT 10/100 + 2 G DUAL PERSONALITY SWITCH Restore Use this menu to retrieve saved files. Click the browse function to select the Settings correct file. Then click “Restore Settings”. 2.26 System Restart Menu – Restart Option Click one of these buttons to reset/restart the system without turning OFF the power. 2.27 Save Settings This screen is for you to save the settings to the permanent memory.

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