Black Box LGB624A User Manual

Black Box LGB624A User Manual

24-port web smart gigabit ethernet switch
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24-Port Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch
This Web smart switch provides
24 10-/100-/1000-Mbps ports.
Supports Gigabit speed on all ports.
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  • Page 1: Black Box

    Order toll-free in the U.S.: Call 877-877-BBOX (outside U.S. call 724-746-5500) Customer FREE technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax Support 724-746-0746 • Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, Information PA 15055-1018 • Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com...
  • Page 2 Radio Interference Regulation of Industry Canada. Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de classe B prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique publié par Industrie Canada. Page 2 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 3 (incluyendo amplificadores) que producen calor. 11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del tipo descrito en el instructivo de operación, o como se indique en el aparato. LGB624A Page 3 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 4 C: El aparato ha sido expuesto a la lluvia; o D: El aparato parece no operar normalmente o muestra un cambio en su desempeño; o E: El aparato ha sido tirado o su cubierta ha sido dañada. Page 4 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 5 Disclaimer Black Box Network Services shall not be liable for damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential or cost of cover damages, resulting from any errors in the product information or specifications set forth in this document and Black Box Network Services may revise this document at any time without notice.
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    3.2.9.3 QoS Mode: 802.1p ..........28 3.2.9.4 QoS Mode: DSCP ............ 30 3.2.10 Storm Control ..............31 3.2.10.1 Storm Control Configuration ........31 3.3 Monitoring ................32 3.3.1 Statistics Overview ............... 32 3.3.2 Detailed Statistics ..............32 Page 6 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 7 Maintenance ................41 4.1 Warm Restart ................41 4.2 Factory Default ................41 4.3 Software Upload ................41 4.4 Configuration File Transfer .............. 42 4.5 Logout ................42 4.6 Reset Button for the Factory Default Setting ........43 LGB624A Page 7 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 8: Specifications

    Operating Humidity — 10 to 90% relative humidity (non-condensing) Size — 1.73"H x 17.32"W x 8.66"D (4.4 x 45 x 22 cm) Weight — 6.39 lb. (2.9 kg) unit; 6.61 lb. (3 kg) shipping Page 8 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 9: Overview

    • 19" rackmountable. • Provides non-blocking and non-head of line blocking full wire-speed forwarding. • Store-and-forward operation support. • Supports 9.6 KB jumbo frames. • Provides 8K MAC addresses. • Supports broadcast storm filitering. LGB624A Page 9 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 10: What's Included

    • Smart plug and play. 2.3 What’s Included Your package should contain the following items. If anything is missing or damaged, contact Black Box Technical Support at 724-746-5500 or info@blackbox.com. • (1) 24-Port Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch • (1) U.S. power cord •...
  • Page 11 (24) RJ-45 connectors Connect to 10/100/1000 devices. Air vents Maintain proper airflow. Power on/off switch Switches the power to the unit on or off. Links 90–260-VAC, 50-60-Hz, 20-W internal power supply to Power receptacle power outlet LGB624A Page 11 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 12: Software Description

    First, open the Web browser, and go to 192.168.2.1. The login screen will appear. Type in the password (default password: “admin”) to pass the authentication, and click on the “Apply” button. The following message will appear: “Password successfully entered.” Figure 3-1. Page 12 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 13: Configuration

    Chapter 3: Software Description 3.2 Configuration 3.2.1 System This page shows system configuration information, as illustrated in Figure 3-3. Figure 3-2. System Configuration screen. LGB624A Page 13 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 14 • SNMP Read Community: A community string that acts like a password and permits access to the SNMP database on this switch. Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects. • SNMP Trap Community: Community string sent with the notification operation. Page 14 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 15: Ports

    When it is set to disable, there will be no flow control on that port. The port will drop packets if the amount of data becomes too much for the port to handle. LGB624A Page 15 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 16 Chapter 3: Software Description Figure 3-3. Figure 3-4. Page 16 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 17: Vlan

    VLAN. Figure 3-5. 3.2.3.2 VLAN Setup The switch supports up to 16 VLANs based on 802.1Q standard. From the VLAN Membership page you can create and delete VLANs, and change the VLAN port membership. LGB624A Page 17 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 18: Vlan Per Port Configuration

    VLAN identifier (PVID). Each row of the table corresponds to one port or trunk; trunked ports cannot be configured individually; configure the trunk instead. Figure 3-7. VLAN per port configuration. Page 18 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 19 VLAN ID is the same as the PVID. When the PVID is set to “None,” all outgoing packets are tagged. NOTE: If you select “Tagged Only” mode for a port, we recommend setting the PVID to “None” as the standard configuration. LGB624A Page 19 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 20: Aggregation

    3.2.5.1 LACP Port Configuration • Port: The port number. • Enabled: Enables LACP on the associated port. Page 20 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 21: Rstp

    • Max Age: The maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure. This also means the maximum life time for a BPDU frame. Number between 6–40 (default is 20). LGB624A Page 21 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 22: Rstp Port Configuration

    Therefore, lower values should be assigned to ports attached to faster media, and higher values assigned to ports with slower media. Set the RSTP pathcost on the port. Number between 0–200000000. 0 means auto generated pathcost. Page 22 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 23 Chapter 3: Software Description Figure 3-11. RSTP port configuration screen. LGB624A Page 23 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 24 Chapter 3: Software Description Figure 3-12. RSTP system configuration screen. Figure 3-13. RSTP system configuration screen. Page 24 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 25: Igmp Snooping

    • IGMP Querying Enabled: When enabled, the port can serve as the Querier, which is responsible for asking hosts if they want to receive multicast traffic. Figure 3-14. LGB624A Page 25 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 26: Mirroring

    • Ports to Mirror: Select the ports that you want to mirror from this section of the page. A port will be mirrored when the “Mirroring Enabled” check-box is checked. Figure 3-15. Mirroring configuration screen. Page 26 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 27: Quality Of Service (Qos)

    1, 2, 4, 8 for queues 0 through 7, respectively. (This is the default selection.) NOTE: WRR can only be selected if Jumbo Frame mode is disabled on the Port Configuration page. LGB624A Page 27 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 28: Qos Mode: Qos Disabled

    (low, normal, medium or high). The default set- tings are shown below. When the QoS Mode is set to 802.1p, the 802.1p Configuration table is displayed as shown next. Page 28 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 29 Chapter 3: Software Description Figure 3-19. QoS configuration custom selected. Figure 3-20. LGB624A Page 29 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 30: Qos Mode: Dscp

    Traffic drop-down list to quickly set the values in the DSCP Configuration table to a common priority queue. Use Custom if you want to set each value individually. When the QoS Mode is set to DSCP, the DSCP Configuration table is displayed as shown below. Figure 3-21. Page 30 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 31: Storm Control

    3.2.10.1 Storm Control Configuration There are three type of traffic that can be rate limited, including broadcast multicast frame and Flooded Uncast Rate. Figure 3-23. • Enable Rate Limit: Click the check box to enable storm control. LGB624A Page 31 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 32: Monitoring

    Statistic Overview for all ports User can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real-time analysis the following figures shows clearly the statistics overview. Figure 3-24. 3.3.2 Detailed Statics Figure 3-25. Page 32 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 33: Lacp Status

    • Port Active: Shows if the port is a member of an active LACP group. • Partner Port Number: A list of the ports attached at the remote end of this LAG link member. • Operational Port Key: Current operational value of the key used by this LAG. LGB624A Page 33 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 34: Lacp Port Status

    Any port that age out STA information (provided in the last configuration message) becomes the designated port for the attached LAN. If it is a root port, a new root port is selected from among the device ports attached to the network. Page 34 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 35: Rstp Port Status

    (see the RSTP Port Configuration table) or auto-detection. NOTE: If the switch detects another bridge connected to this port, the manual setting for Edge Port will be overridden, and the port will instead function as a point-to-point connection. LGB624A Page 35 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 36: Igmp Status

    Users can perform cable diagnostics for all ports or selected ports to diagnose any cable faults (short, open, etc..) and feedback a distance to the fault. • Cable Diagnostics: Cable diagnostics is performed on a per-port basis. Select the port number from the drop-down list. Page 36 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 37 Chapter 3: Software Description • Cable Status: Shows the cable length, operating conditions and isolates a variety of common faults that can occur on Category 5 twisted pair cabling. Figure 3-31. Figure 3-32. LGB624A Page 37 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 38: Ping

    Chapter 3: Software Description Figure 3-33. Figure 3-34. 3.3.7 Ping This command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network. 3.3.7.1 Ping Parameters • Target IP Address: IP address of the host. Page 38 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 39 • Destination unreachable: The gateway for this destination indicates that the destination is unreachable. • Network or host unreachable: The gateway found no corresponding entry in the route table. Press <Esc> to stop pinging. Figure 3-35. LGB624A Page 39 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 40 Chapter 3: Software Description Figure 3-36. Figure 3-37. Page 40 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 41: Maintenance

    Select “Upgrade Firmware” from the Tools drop-down list then click on the “Browse” button to select the firmware file. Click the APPLY button to upgrade the selected switch firmware file. User can download firmware files for user’s switch from http://ftp.blackbox.com/lan/switches/FW/most%20current%20fw. LGB624A Page 41 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 42: Configuration File Transfer

    Figure 4-4. 4.5 Logout The administrator has write access for all parameters governing the onboard agent. The user should assign a new administrator password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. Page 42 LGB624A 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 43: Reset Button For The Factory Default Setting

    STEP 2: Press and hold the reset button continuously for 5 seconds and release the reset button. STEP 3: The switch will reboot for 20 seconds and the switch configuration will revert back to the default setting. LGB624A Page 43 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com...
  • Page 44 724-746-5500 or blackbox.com. About Black Box Black Box provides an extensive range of networking and infrastructure products. You’ll find everything from cabinets and racks and power and surge protection products to media converters and Ethernet switches all supported by free, live 24/7 Tech support available in 60 seconds or less.

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