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Page 1: Gigabit Ethernet
48-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch with 48×10/100/1000Mbps UTP ports plus 4×1000Mbps mini-GBIC ports (share) User’s Guide... -
Page 2: Fcc Warning
FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the regulations for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. - Page 3 UL Warning a) Elevated Operating Ambient Temperature- If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer's maximum rated ambient temperature (Tmra).
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENT About This Guide .................1 Purpose .....................1 Terms/Usage..................1 Introduction ..................3 Gigabit Ethernet Technology ............3 Fast Ethernet Technology..............4 Switching Technology..............5 VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) ..........6 Features ....................6 Unpacking and Installation..............9 Unpacking ..................9 Installation..................10 Rack Mounting ................11 Connecting Network Cable ............12 AC Power ..................12 Identifying External Components ............13 Front Panel ..................13... - Page 6 Installing the Web Management Utility .........17 Discovery List ................18 Monitor List..................19 Device Setting ................21 Toolbar ...................22 Configuring the Switch..............23 Login ....................24 Setup Menu ..................25 Configuring Setup Setting ..............26 Port Settings ................26 VLAN Settings (IEEE 802.1Q VLAN) ........28 Trunk Setting................31 Mirror Setting ................32 Device Status ................33 Statistic ..................34 System Setting................35...
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Page 7: About This Guide
Gigabit Ethernet, 100Mbps Fast Ethernet and 10Mbps Ethernet network capabilities in a highly flexible package. Purpose This guide discusses how to install your 48-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch. Terms/Usage In this guide, the term “Switch” (first letter upper case) refers to your 48-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch, and “switch”... -
Page 9: Introduction
INTRODUCTION This chapter describes the features of the 48-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch and some background information about Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet switching technology. Gigabit Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing the same packet structure, format, and support for CSMA/CD protocol,... -
Page 10: Fast Ethernet Technology
In addition, the phenomenal bandwidth delivered by Gigabit Ethernet is the most cost-effective method to take advantage of today and tomorrow’s rapidly improving switching and routing internetworking technologies. And with expected advances in the coming years in silicon technology and digital signal processing that will enable Gigabit Ethernet to eventually operate over unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling, outfitting your network with a powerful 1000-Mbps- capable backbone/server connection creates a flexible foundation for... -
Page 11: Switching Technology
Switching Technology Another approach to pushing beyond the limits of Ethernet technology is the development of switching technology. A switch bridges Ethernet packets at the MAC address level of the Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or Fast Ethernet LAN segments. -
Page 12: Vlan (Virtual Local Area Network)
VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) A VLAN is a group of end-stations that are not constrained by their physical location and can communicate as if a common broadcast domain, a LAN. The primary utility of using VLAN is to reduce latency and need for routers, using faster switching instead. - Page 13 1632KBytes packet buffer Supports IEEE 802.3x flow control for full-duplex mode ports Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Supports Port-base QoS Supports ten Trunk groups. Supports Port-mirroring Supports Port-setting for Speed/Disable, Flow control Easy configuration via WEB Browser Easy setting via Web Management Utility Standard 19”...
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Page 15: Unpacking And Installation
Switch. Unpacking Open the shipping cartons of the Switch and carefully unpacks its contents. The carton should contain the following items: One 48-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch One AC power cord, suitable for your area’s electrical power connections... -
Page 16: Installation
Installation The site where you install the hub stack may greatly affect its performance. When installing, consider the following pointers: Install the Switch in a fairly cool and dry place. See Technical Specifications for the acceptable temperature and humidity operating ranges. -
Page 17: Rack Mounting
Rack Mounting The switch can be mounted in an EIA standard-size, 19-inch rack, which can be placed in a wiring closet with other equipment. Attach the mounting brackets at the switch’s front panel (one on each side), and secure them with the provided screws. Figure 2. -
Page 18: Connecting Network Cable
Connecting Network Cable The Switch supports 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet that runs in Auto - negotiation mode and 10Mbps Ethernet or 100Mbps Fast Ethernet that runs both in half and full duplex mode and 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet runs in full duplex mode using four pair of Category 5 Cable. These RJ-45 ports are Auto-MDI type port. -
Page 19: Identifying External Components
IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS This chapter describes the front panel, rear panel, and LED indicators of the Switch. Front Panel The figure below shows the front panels of the Switch. Figure 4. Front panel of 48-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch LED Indicator: Comprehensive LED indicators display the status of the switch and the network (see the LED Indicators chapter below). -
Page 20: Rear Panel
Reset: The Reset button is to reset all the setting back to the factory default. Note: Be sure that you recorded the setting of your device, else all the setting will be erased when pressing the “Reset” button. Rear Panel The rear panel of the Switch consists of an AC power connector. -
Page 21: Understanding Led Indicators
UNDERSTANDING LED INDICATORS The front panel LEDs provides instant status feedback, and, helps monitor and troubleshoot when needed. Figure 6. LED indicators of the Switch Power and System LEDs POWER: Power Indicator : When the Power LED lights on, the Switch is receiving power. : When the Power turns off or the power cord has improper connection. -
Page 22: Ports 1~48 Status Leds
Ports 1~48 Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity( left side of each RJ-45 ports) When the Link/ACT LED lights on, the respective port is successfully connected to an Ethernet network. Blinking When the Link/ACT LED is blinking, the port is transmitting or receiving data on the Ethernet network. -
Page 23: Configuration
CONFIGURATION Through the Web Browser you can configure the Switch such as VLAN, Trunking, QoS… etc. With the attached Web Management Utility, you can easily discover all the Web Management Switch, assign the IP Address, changing the password and upgrading the new firmware. Installing the Web Management Utility The following gives instructions guiding you through the installations of the Web Management utility. -
Page 24: Discovery List
Figure 7. Web Management Utility The Web Management Utility was divided into four parts, Discovery List, Monitor List, Device Setting and Toolbar function, for details instruction, follow the below section. Discovery List This is the list where you can discover all the Web management devices in the entire network. -
Page 25: Monitor List
System word definitions in the Discovery List: MAC Address: Shows the device MAC Address. IP Address: Shows the current IP address of the device. Protocol version: Shows the version of the Utility protocol. Product Name: Shows the device product name. System Name: Shows the appointed device system name. - Page 26 View Trap: The Trap function can receive the events that happen from the Web Management Switch in the Monitor List. There is a light indicator behind the “View Trap” button, when the light indicates in green, it means that there is no trap transmitted, and else when it indicates in red, it means that there is new trap transmitted, this is to remind us to view the trap.
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Page 27: Device Setting
10, after filling up the data that you want to change, you must fill up the password and press the “Set” to process the data changed immediately. The default password of this 48-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch configuration is “admin”. -
Page 28: Toolbar
Firmware Upgrade: When the device has a new function, there will be a new firmware to update the device, use this function to update. Figure 12. Web Access: Double click the device in the Monitor List or select a device in the Monitor List and press this “Web Access” button to access the device in Web browser. -
Page 29: Configuring The Switch
In the “Help TAB”, there is About function, it will show out the version of the Web Management Utility. Configuring the Switch The 48-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch has a Web GUI interface for smart switch configuration. The Switch can be configured through the Web Browser. A network administrator can manage, control and monitor the switch from the local LAN. -
Page 30: Login
Login Before you configure this device, note that when the Web Smart Switch is configured through an Ethernet connection, make sure the manager PC must be set on same the IP network. For example, when the default network address of the default IP address of the Web Smart Switch is 192.168.0.1, then the manager PC should be set at 192.168.0.x (where x is a number between 2 and 254), and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. -
Page 31: Setup Menu
After entering the password, the main page comes up, the screen will display the device status. Figure 15. Device Status Setup Menu When the main page appears, find the Setup menu in the left side of the screen (Figure 16). Click on the setup item that you want to configure. -
Page 32: Configuring Setup Setting
Figure 16. Setup menu Configuring Setup Setting Find that there are four items, including Port Settings, VLAN Settings, Trunk Settings and Mirror Settings in Setup menu. Port Settings In Port Settings menu (Figure 17), this page will show each port’s status, press the ID parameter to set each port’s Speed, Flow Control, QoS priority and Link Status. - Page 33 Figure 17. Port Setting Note 1: Be sure that you have to re-setting the Gigabit port when transferring the media type (Fiber to Copper or Copper to Fiber). Note 2: The priority of Gigabit Fiber port is higher than Copper. To change the port setting, click on the ID parameter to enter to the selected port to configure its Speed/Disable, Flow control and QoS setting.
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Page 34: Vlan Settings (Ieee 802.1Q Vlan)
Speed/Disable: This setting has six modes—100M Full, 100M Half, 10M Full, 10M Half, Auto and Disable—for speed or port disable selections. Flow Control: This setting determines whether or not the Switch will be handling flow control. Set Flow Control to Enable for avoiding data transfer overflow. - Page 35 press “Remove the VID” button. To modify the VID group setting, select the VID group and change the setting, and press the “Apply” button to save the settings. Figure 19. VLAN Settings Port VID Setting: When you select Port VLAN setting, fill in each port’s PVID value between 1 and 4094.
- Page 36 Port Egress Setting: This function is to adding the 802.1Q VLAN Tag header in the packet and forward to the destination port. Once the port dialog box was checked, when the packet was tagged, then the packet will forward directly to the destination port, and when the packet was untagged, this function will add the PVID value in the header of the packet and forward to the destination port.
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Page 37: Trunk Setting
Trunk Setting The Trunk function enables to cascade two or more devices with a larger bandwidths. There are ten Trunking groups to be set; and there are default ports in each member. Checked “Enable” to use the trunk function, select the ports in each member to be trunk, and click “Apply”... -
Page 38: Mirror Setting
Mirror Setting Port Mirroring is a method of monitoring network traffic that forwards a copy of each incoming and/or outgoing packet from one port of a network switch to another port where the packet can be studied. It enables the manager to keep close track of switch performance and alter it if necessary. -
Page 39: Device Status
Device Status Click on the “Status” to present the device status on this screen, it will show the System Status, Port Status, VLAN Status, Trunk Status and Mirror Status.. Press “Refresh” when you need to renew the posted information. Figure 24... -
Page 40: Statistic
Statistic The Statistic Menu screen will show the status of each port packet count. Figure 25 For Detail packet information, click on the ID paramete r as Figure 26. Figure 26... -
Page 41: System Setting
System Setting The System Setting includes the System name, Location name, Login Timeout, IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway. Through the Web Management Utility, you can easily recognize the device by using the System Name and the Location Name. The Login Timeout is to set the idle time-out for security issue, when there is no action in running the Web Smart Utility and the time is up, you must re-login to Web Smart Utility before you set the Utility. -
Page 42: Trap Setting
Trap Setting The Trap Setting enables the device to monitor the Trap through the Web Management Utility, set the Trap IP Address of the manager where the trap to be sent. Figure 28. Trap Setting System Events: Monitoring the system’s trap. Device Bootup: a trap when booting up the system. -
Page 43: Password Setting
Twisted Pair Port Events: Monitoring the twisted pair port status. Abnormal* Receive Error: a trap when there are receive data error in twisted pair port. Abnormal* Transmit Error: a trap when there are transmit data error in twisted pair port. Abnormal*: 50 error packet count within 10 seconds. -
Page 44: Reset Setting
Figure 30. Backup Setting Note: when restoring a recorded file, the current password will not be erased. Reset Setting The Factory Reset button helps you to reset the device back to the default setting from the factory. Be aware that the entire configuration will be reset, the IP address of the device will be set to default setting 192.168.0.1. -
Page 45: Technical Specifications
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet Protocol CSMA/CD Data Ethernet: 10Mbps (half-duplex), 20Mbps (full-duplex) Transfer Rate Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps (half-duplex), 200Mbps (full- duplex) Gigabit Ethernet: 2000Mbps (full-duplex) Topology... - Page 46 Performance Transmits Method: Store-and-forward Filtering Address 8K entries per device Table: Packet 10Mbps Ethernet: 14,880/pps Filtering/Forwarding 100Mbps Fast Ethernet: 148,800/pps Rate: 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet: 1,488,000/pps Address Automatic update Learning: Transmits Method: Store-and-forward RAM Buffer: 1632KBytes per device...
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