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Appendix A It contains cable information of FGSW-4840S. In the following section, the term “Switch” means the FGSW-4840S; term of “switch” can be any third part switches. 1.3 Product Features Complies with IEEE 802.3, 10Base-T, IEEE 802.3u, 100Base-TX and IEEE 802.3ab, 1000Base-T...
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S Supports Auto-MDI/MDI-X function Support CSMA/CD protocol 100~240VAC, 50~60Hz universal Power input FCC, CE class A compliant 1.4 Product Specifications Model FGSW-4840S Hardware Specification 10/100Base-TX ports 10/100/1000Mbps ports SFP-Mini-GBIC interfaces Switch architecture Store-and-Forward Switch throughout 10Mpps Switch fabric 13.6Gbps...
10/100/1000Base-T ports and 2-SFP Mimi-GBIC interfaces. The FGSW-4840S can handle extremely large amounts of data in a secure topology linking to a backbone or high capacity servers. The FGSW-4840S has an 8K MAC Address table. The FGSW-4840S offers wire-speed packet transfer performance without risk of packet loss. The high data throughput of the Switch makes it ideal for most Gigabit environments, especially network upgrades to a Gigabit environment.
Switch or the power adapter. 2.2 Installing a FGSW-4840S This section describes how to install your FGSW-4840S Web Smart Ethernet Switch and make connections to the Switch. Please read the following topics and perform the procedures in the order being presented. PLANET FGSW-4840S Web Smart Ethernet Switch do not need software configuration.
Step2: Attach a rack-mount bracket to each side of the Switch with supplied screws attached to the package. Figure 2-3 shows how to attach brackets to one side of the Switch. Figure 2-3 Attaching the brackets to the FGSW-4840S Caution: You must use the screws supplied with the mounting brackets.
PC must be set on same the IP subnet address. For example, the default IP address of the FGSW-4840S is 192.168.0.100, then the manager PC should be set at 192.168.0.x (where x is a number between 1 and...
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.3 Main Menu After entering the password, the main screen appears, the main screen displays the Switch status. The screen in Figure 3-2 appears. Figure 3-2 Web Main screen...
Location, Contact Information and Run time. The screen in Figure 3-3 appears. Figure 3-3 System information screen 3.4.2 File Transfer This function allows upgrade system, backup and restores the current configuration of FGSW-4840S. The screen in Figure 3-4 appears. Figure 3-4 File Transfer screen Press the “Submit”...
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S Figure 3-5 system upgrading screen Figure 3-6 configuration backup screen Figure 3-7 configuration loading screen 3.4.3 Reboot & Reset This function provides administrator to reboot or reset to default. See the screen in Figure 3-8. Figure 3-8 Reboot & Reset screen...
After change the default password, if you forget the password. Please press and release the “Reset” button in the front panel of FGSW-4840S, the current setting includes VLAN, will be lost and the FGSW-4840S will restore to the default mode.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.5 Port Setting The System setting menus include the tree sub-menus: Port Parameter Port Statistic Port Status Rate Limiting Storm Control Port Description 3.5.1 Port Parameter This function allows displaying each port’s parameter, like Port status, Port Security, Flow Control and Duplex Mode. The screen in Figure 3-10 appears.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S Object Description Port The Switch port number. Trunk If the port is a Trunk member, it indicates which Trunk it belongs to. In the parameter field it list the parameters of the Trunk which it belongs to, the parameters of the Trunk is set by default value and can't be modified.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.5.3 Port Status Click on the “Port Status” to present the Switch status on this screen, it display the Port Status, Speed, Duplex Mode and Flow control. The Port Status in the screen displays the current connection speed and duplex mode; else this function will show “Linkdown”...
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.5.4 Rate Limiting This page configures the rate limiting on each port. Ingress limit and egress limit can be configured independently. The screen in Figure 3-13 appears. Figure 3-13 Rate limiting screen Object Description Port The Switch port number.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.5.5 Storm Control A BroadcastStorm is a result of an excessive amount of broadcast messages simultaneously transmitted across a network by a single port. Forwarded message responses are heaped onto the network, straining network resources or causing the network to time out.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.5.6 Port Description The screen in appears. This function provides administrator can type word to indicate the port. Figure 3-15 Figure 3-15 Port description screen...
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.6 Network Setting The System setting menus include the tree sub-menus: Switch IP Address Static MAC Address Filtering MAC Address Dynamic Binding Bound MAC Address Aging Time Ping 3.6.1 Switch IP Address This function provides administrator to configure interface of IP Address, net mask and default gateway and support DHCP The screen in appears.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S Figure 3-17 MAC address screen 3.6.3 Filtering MAC Address A filtering MAC address excludes a device from being accessed through the Switch. All the packets taking the filtering MAC address as their destination will be discarded. The filtering MAC address is applicable to all the switch ports. The configured The screen in filtering MAC address can neither be added to static MAC address table, nor be bound by switch ports.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S Figure 3-19 Dynamic binding screen 3.6.5 Bound MAC Address This page shows the MAC addresses bound to the switch ports. The screen in Figure 3-20 appears. Figure 3-20 Bound MAC Address screen...
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.6.6 Aging Time When the Switch learns a new MAC address, it will be added to the dynamic MAC address table and a relative timer will be generated immediately. If no packet taking the MAC address as its source passes through the Switch in a specified time length, that MAC address will be purged from the MAC address table.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.7 VLAN Setting The System setting menus include the tree sub-menus: VLAN Mode The VLAN mode had three modes: Port VLAN (Port-Based VLAN) Tag VLAN (802.1Q Tag VLAN) MTU VLAN This function group individual ports into a small “Virtual” network of their own to be independent of the other ports. The screen in Figure 3-23 appears.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.7.1 Port VLAN Setting The page displays when the switch is in Port VLAN mode, the screen in Figure 3-24 appears.it contains the following fields: Figure 3-24 Port VLAN Setting screen Object Description VLAN The VLAN number. Select the number of the VLAN you want to configure here.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.7.2 Tag VLAN This mode will see the two setting page: “Tag VLAN Global Setting” and “Tag VLAN Setting”. The global setting of the ports will affect all Tag VLANs. The screen in Figure 3-25 appears. It contains the following fields:...
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User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S The Tag VLAN setting page is affected by the global setting of the ports, the screen in Figure 3-26 appears. It contains the following fields: Figure 3-26 Tag VLAN Setting screen Object Description VLAN The VLAN number. Select the number of the VLAN you want to configure here.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.7.3 MTU VLAN This page, which is designed to configure the uplink port, displays when the Switch is in MTU VLAN mode. The screen in Figure 3-27 appears. Figure 3-27 MTU VLAN Setting screen On setting the MTU VLAN mode, you should select the uplink port to complete the MTU VLAN setting. The uplink ports will buildup several VLANs with each of the other ports.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S Object Description Trunk The Trunk number. Member Select the member of the Trunk here. Storm Control Configure the storm control for the Trunk here. All member ports of the Trunk share the same setting. Enable or disable the broadcast control.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S Figure 3-29 Priority mode screen 3.9.2 Port-Based priority The Switch have four priority classes: “lowest”, “lower”, “higher” and “highest” in port-based priority mode. The priority class of the port is applied to the all packets entering from the port. The screen in Figure 3-30 appears.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.9.3 Port Default priority If IEEE 802.1p priority mode is configured, when the switch port receives an untagged frame (a frame without priority tag), the port’s default priority tag will be inserted into the frame before any other process. The screen in Figure 3-31 appears.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.9.4 802.1p priority class In IEEE 802.1p priority mode, all packets are classified into four priority classes (lowest, lower, higher and highest) according to the embedded priority tag. If an untagged frame is received, the default priority tag of the port will be attached.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 3.11 Virtual Cable Test The System setting menus include the tree sub-menus: Virtual Cable Test The Cable Test screen (see figure 3-34) shows you results from performance tests on copper cables. The maximum cable length that can be tested is 120 meters. Cables are tested when the ports are in the down state, except for the Approximate Cable Length test.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 4. SWITCH OPERATION 4.1 Address Table The Switch is implemented with an address table. This address table composed of many entries. Each entry is used to store the address information of some node in network, including MAC address, port no, etc. This information comes from the learning process of Ethernet Switch.
User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S 5. TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter contains information to help you solve problems. If the Switch is not functioning properly, make sure the Ethernet Switch was set up according to instructions in this manual. The Link LED is not lit Solution: Check the cable connection and its quality.
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User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S APPENDIX A A.1 Switch‘s RJ-45 Pin Assignments 1000Mbps, 1000Base T Contact MDI-X BI_DA+ BI_DB+ BI_DA- BI_DB- BI_DB+ BI_DA+ BI_DC+ BI_DD+ BI_DC- BI_DD- BI_DB- BI_DA- BI_DD+ BI_DC+ BI_DD- BI_DC- Implicit implementation of the crossover function within a twisted-pair cable, or at a wiring panel, while not expressly forbidden, is beyond the scope of this standard.
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User’s Manual of FGSW-4840S There are 8 wires on a standard UTP/STP cable and each wire is color-coded. The following shows the pin allocation and color of straight cable and crossover cable connection: Figure A-1: Straight-Through and Crossover Cable Please make sure your connected cables are with same pin assignment and color as above picture before deploying the cables into your network.
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