Asus X1024iPlus User Manual

User Manual

E2698/ July 2006

GigaX1024i+

Layer 2 Smart Plus Switch

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ............................................................1

1.1 Conventions in this manual ......................................1

1.1.1 Notational conventions ............................................... 1

1.1.2 Typographical conventions ......................................... 1

1.1.3 Symbols ..................................................................... 1

1.2 Package contents .....................................................2

1.3 Features ...................................................................3

1.4 Front panel features .................................................4

1.5 Rear panel features ..................................................5

2 Quick Start .............................................................6

2.1 Part 1 — Installing the switch ...................................6

2.1.1 Installing on a at surface .......................................... 6

2.1.2 Installing on a rack .................................................... 7

2.2 Part 2 — Connecting the hardware ...........................7

2.2.1 Connect to the computers or LAN .............................. 8

2.2.2 Attach the power adapter ........................................... 8

2.3 Part 3 — Basic switch settings .................................9

2.3.1 Setting up thru the Conguration Manager ............... 9

3 Using the Conguration Manager ...................... 11

3.1 Login to the Conguration Manager ........................ 11

3.1.1 Setting up the Conguration Manager ......................11

3.1.2 Setting up a new IP address ................................... 12

3.2 Functional Layout ....................................................13

3.2.1 Menu navigation ....................................................... 14

3.2.2 Commonly used buttons and icons .......................... 14

4 Conguration Management ................................15

4.1 System ...................................................................15

4.1.1 Management ........................................................... 16

4.1.2 IP Setup ................................................................... 16

4.1.3 Administration .......................................................... 16

4.1.4 Reboot ..................................................................... 17

4.1.5 Firmware Upgrade ................................................... 18

4.2 Physical Interface ...................................................19

4.3 Bridge ......................................................................20

4.3.1 Spanning Tree .......................................................... 20

4.3.2 Link Aggregation ...................................................... 21

4.3.3 Mirroring .................................................................. 22

4.3.4 Static Multicast ........................................................ 23

4.3.5 IGMP Snooping ....................................................... 23

4.3.6 Bandwidth Control ................................................... 24

4.3.7 Dynamic Addresses ................................................. 25

4.3.8 Static Addresses ...................................................... 25

4.3.9 VLAN ....................................................................... 26

4.3.10 Default Port VLAN and CoS .................................. 29

4.4 SNMP Setup

............................................................

4.4.1 Community Table ..................................................... 30

4.4.2 Host Table ................................................................ 30

4.4.3 Trap Setting ............................................................. 30

4.4.4 VACM Group ............................................................ 31

4.4.5 VACM View ............................................................... 31

4.4.6 USM User ................................................................ 32

4.5 Security ...................................................................33

4.5.1 Port Access Control ................................................. 33

4.5.2 Dial-In User ............................................................. 34

4.5.3 RADIUS ................................................................... 35

4.5.4 Port Security ............................................................ 35

4.6 QoS .........................................................................39

4.6.1 Trust State ............................................................... 39

4.6.2 Mapping ................................................................... 39

4.6.3 Priority Override ....................................................... 40

4.6.4 CoS ......................................................................... 41

4.7 Cable Diagnosis .......................................................42

4.8 Statistics Chart ........................................................42

4.8.1 Trafc Comparison .................................................. 42

4.8.2 Error Group ............................................................. 43

4.8.3 Historical Data ......................................................... 43

4.9 Save Conguration ..................................................43

5 IP Addresses, Network Masks & Subnets .......44

5.1 IP Addresses ............................................................44

5.1.1 Structure of an IP address ....................................... 44

5.1.2 Network classes ...................................................... 45

5.2 Subnet masks ..........................................................46

6 Troubleshooting .................................................. 47

6.1 Diagnosing problems using IP utilities ......................47

6.1.1 ping .......................................................................... 47

6.1.2 nslookup .................................................................. 48

6.2 Simple xes .............................................................49

6.3 Files upload and download procedure .....................51

6.3.1 Upload rmware by FTP .......................................... 52

6.3.2 Upload auto-cong by FTP ..................................... 51

6.3.3 Backup system congurations by FTP .................... 52

6.3.4 Restore system congurations by FTP ................... 53

7 Glossary .............................................................. 54

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List of Figures

Figure 1 GigaX L2 Smart Plus

Switch Package Contents ................................................ 2

Figure 2 Front Panel ...................................................................... 4

Figure 3 Rear Panel ...................................................................... 5

Figure 4 Overview of Hardware Connections ................................ 7

Figure 5 Login Screen ................................................................... 9

Figure 6 IP Setup .......................................................................... 10

Figure 7 Conguration Manager Login Screen..............................11

Figure 8 Home Page ................................................................... 12

Figure 9 IP Setup ......................................................................... 12

Figure 10 Functional Layout ........................................................ 13

Figure 11 Expanded Menu List .................................................... 14

Figure 12 Management ............................................................... 16

Figure 13 Administration .............................................................. 17

Figure 14 Reboot ......................................................................... 17

Figure 15 Firmware Upgrade ....................................................... 18

Figure 16 Physical Interface ......................................................... 19

Figure 17 Spanning tree .............................................................. 20

Figure 18 Link aggregation .......................................................... 21

Figure 19 Mirroring page .............................................................. 22

Figure 20 Static Multicast ............................................................ 23

Figure 21 IGMP Snooping ........................................................... 23

Figure 22 Bandwidth control ........................................................ 24

Figure 23 Dynamic address ......................................................... 25

Figure 24 Static address .............................................................. 25

Figure 25 VLAN mode ................................................................ 26

Figure 26 Tagged VLAN .............................................................. 27

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Figure 27 Port-Based VLAN ........................................................ 29

Figure 28 Default Port VLAN & Cos ............................................. 29

Figure 29 Community Table .......................................................... 30

Figure 30 Host Table .................................................................... 30

Figure 31 Trap Setting .................................................................. 30

Figure 32 VACM Group ................................................................ 31

Figure 33 VACM View .................................................................. 31

Figure 34 USM User ..................................................................... 32

Figure 35 Port Access Control ..................................................... 33

Figure 36 Dial-in User................................................................... 34

Figure 37 RADIUS ...................................................................... 35

Figure 38 Port Conguration ....................................................... 36

Figure 39 Port Status ................................................................... 37

Figure 40 Secure MAC addresses ............................................... 38

Figure 41 Trust state .................................................................... 39

Figure 42 Mapping ....................................................................... 39

Figure 43 Priority override ........................................................... 40

Figure 44 CoS .............................................................................. 41

Figure 45 Cable Diagnosis ........................................................... 42

Figure 46 Trafc Comparison ....................................................... 42

Figure 47 Error Group .................................................................. 43

Figure 48 Historical Status ......................................................... 43

Figure 49 Save Conguration ...................................................... 43

Figure 50 Using the ping Utility .................................................... 47

Figure 51 Upload Firmware by FTP ............................................. 51

Figure 52 Upload Auto-Cong by FTP ......................................... 51

Figure 53 Backup System Congurations by FTP ....................... 52

Figure 54 Restore System Congurations by FTP ...................... 53

List of Tables

Table 1 Front Panel Label and LEDs ............................................. 4

Table 2 Rear Panel Labels ............................................................. 5

Table 3 Technical Specications .................................................... 5

Table 4 LED Indicators ................................................................... 8

Table 5 Port Color Description ..................................................... 13

Table 6 Commonly Used Buttons and Icons................................. 14

Table 7 IP Address Structure ....................................................... 45

Table 8 Problems and Suggested Actions ................................... 51

Chapter 1 - Introduction

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1 Introduction

Thank you for buying a GigaX L2 Smart Plus Switch!

You can now manage your LAN through a friendly and powerful user interface. This user manual will show you how to set up the GigaX L2

Smart Plus Switch, and how to customize its conguration to get the most

out of this product.

1.1 Conventions used in this manual

1.1.1 Notational conventions

• Acronyms are dened the rst time they appear in the text.

• The Asus GigaX L2 Smart Plus Switch is simply referred to as “

the

switch

”.

• The terms

LAN

and

network

are used interchangeably to

refer to a group of Ethernet-connected computers at one site.

1.1.2 Typographical conventions

•

Boldface

type text is used for items you select from menus and drop-

down lists, and commands you type when prompted by the program.

1.1.3 Symbols

This document uses the following icons to call your attention to specic

instructions or explanations.

Note: Provides clarication or non-essential information on

the current topic.

Denition: Explains terms or acronyms that may be

unfamiliar to many readers. These terms are also included in the Glossary.

Warning: Provides messages of high importance, including messages relating to personal safety or system integrity.

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1.2 Package contents

Check the following items in your ASUS GigaX 1024i+ switch package. Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing.

GigaX 1024i+ (28-port) L2 smart plus switch

AC power cord

Rack installation kit (two brackets with six #6-32 screws)

User Manual

Quick installation guide

Figure 1. GigaX L2 smart plus switch package contents

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1.3 Features

• 24 10/100 BASE-TX auto-sensing Fast Ethernet ports

• Two 10/100/1000BASE-T auto-sensing Gigabit Ethernet switching port

• Two small form factor (SFP) Gigabit interface converter (GBIC) slots

• 802.1D/802.1 w transp arent br idge/spanning tree protocol/rapid spanning tree protocol

• 8K MAC address cache with hardware-assisted aging

• 802.3x ow control

• 802.1Q-based tagged VLAN, up to 256 VLANs

• Port based VLAN

• Private VLAN

• 802.1p class of service, 4 queues per port

• IGMP snooping (v1/v2) support

• Static multicast group support

• 802.3ad link aggregation (manual and LACP), up to 15 trunk groups

• Port Mirroring

• 802.1X port-based network access control

• RADIUS remote authentication dial-in user service

• Ingress and egress bandwidth control

• Port security

• Ethernet cable diagnosis

• DHCP client

• Quality of service classification: DA/SA MAC priority, VLAN priority,

IPv4 ToS/DiffServ, IPv6 Trafc Class

• RMON: support 4 groups (1, 2, 3, 9)

• SNMP v1, v2, v3

• MIB-II

• Enterprise MIB for system rmware version

• FTP for rmware update and conguration backup

• Syslog.

• Web GUI

• LEDs for port link status

• LEDs system status

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1.4 Front panel features

The front panel includes LED indicators which show the system, and port status.

Figure 2. Front panel

Table 1: Front panel labels and LEDs

Label Color Status Description

SYSTEM Green On Unit is powered on

Flashing Self-test, INIT, or downloading Amber On Abnormal temperature or voltage Off No power

10/100/100 0 port status

Green On Link (RJ-45 or SFP) is present; port is

enabled

Flashing Data is being transmitted/received Off No Ethernet link.

10/100/100 0 port speed

Green On 1000Mbps on Giga port, or 100Mbps on

10/100 ports Amber On 100Mbps on Giga port Off 10Mbps or link is not present

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1.5 Rear panel features

The switch rear panel contains the ports for data and power connections.

Figure 3. Rear panel

Table 2: Rear panel labels

Label Description

Power connector Connects to the supplied power cord

1.6 Technical specications

Table 3: Technical specications

Physical Dimensions

43.5mm(H) X 444 mm(W) X 180mm(D)

Power

Input: 100-240V AC/2A 50-60Hz

Consumption: <50 watts

Environmental Ranges

Operating Storage

Temperature 0 to 4 0oC (32 to

104oC)

-25 - 70oC

(-13 to 158oC) Humidity 5 to 90% 0 to 95% Altitude up to 10,000

ft (3,000m)

40,000 ft (12,000m)

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2 Quick Start

This section provides the basic instructions to set up the GigaX 1024i+ environment. Refer also to the GigaX 1024i Installation Guide.

• Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX 1024i+ on a at surface or on a rack.

• Part 2 provides instructions to set up the hardware.

• Part 3 shows you how to congure the basic settings on the GigaX 1024i+.

Before starting, obtain the following information from your net work administrator:

• IP address for the switch

• Default gateway for the network

• Network mask for this network

2.1 Part 1: Installing the switch

The switch can be installed either on a at surface or on a rack.

2.1.1 Installing on a at surface

The switch should be installed on a flat surface which can support the weight of the switches and their accessories. Attach four rubber pads on the four indented circles located at the bottom of the switch. See illustration below.

Indented circles 1, 2, 3, & 4. Attach rubber pads here.

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2.1.2 Installing on a rack

1. With the front panel facing out, insert the switch between the rack posts and align the four mounting holes with that in the equipment rack.

2. Securely fasten the switch to the rack with two screws on each side.

2.2 Part 2: Connecting the hardware

In Part 2, you connect the device to the power outlet, and to your computer and to your network. Refer to Figure 4 for the overview of the hardware connections.

CAT 5 Ethernet cables

LAN computers

Expansion hubs/switch

Figure 4. Overview of hardware connections

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2.2.1 Connect to the computers or a LAN

You can use Ethernet cable to connect computers directly to the switch ports. You can also connect hubs/switches to the switch ports by Ethernet cables. You can use either the crossover or straight-through Ethernet cable to connect computers, hubs, or switches.

Use a twisted-pair Category 5 Ethernet cable to connect the 1000BASE-T port. Otherwise, the link speed cannot reach 1Gbps.

2.2.2 Attach the power adapter

1. Connect the AC power cord to the POWER receptacle located at the back of the switch. Plug the other end of the power cord into a wall outlet or a power strip.

2. Check the front LED indicators. If the LEDs light up as described in Table 4, the switch is working properly.

Table 4: LED indicators

No LED Description

1 System Solid green indicates that the device is turned on. If

this light is off, check if the power adapter is attached to the switch and plugged into a power source.

2 Switch ports

[1] to [28]

Solid green indicates that the device can communi-

cate with the LAN. If the light is ashing, it indicates

that the device is sending or receiving data from your LAN computer.

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2.3 Part 3: Basic switch settings

After completing the hardware setup, congure the basic settings for your

switch. You can manage the switch either through the:

• Conguration Manager: The switch has a preinstalled web

application to allow you to manage the switch using Java®-enabled IE5.0 or higher versions. Refer to Chapters 3 & 4 for more information.

2.3.1 Setting up thru the Conguration Manager

You can mana ge the switch th rough its prein stalled we b s oftware application called the

Conguration Manager

You can access the Configuration Manager through any web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer® 5.0 or later versions. Netscape is not

supported.) from any computer connected to the switch via the LAN ports.

1. By default, the switch's web authentication is disabled. You have to enable it to be able to manage the switch via the Configuration Manager. You can enable the web authentication function in the

System --> Administration

page.

2. In a web b row ser ( IE

5.0 o r late r ver sio ns), ent er th i s IP ad dre ss: htt p:/ /19 2.1 68. 1.1 a nd pr ess <

En ter

>. This is the swi tch's d ef aul t IP address.

A login screen appears as

shown in Figure 5.

3. Enter your username and password, and click <OK>. When logging in

for the rst time, use the following default settings:

Username

: admin

Password

: (no password)

You can change the password at any time.

Figure 5. Login screen

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4 . To se t u p a new I P

addre ss, cli ck

Syste m

--> IP Setup

. Fill in the IP address, the network mas k, an d the de fau lt gateway, then click <OK>.

5. If your new addre ss is different from the default, t h e b r o w s e r c a n n o t update the switch status window or retrieve any page. This is normal. You have to retype the new IP address in the address/location box and press <

Enter

>. The

web link returns.

6. To enable authentication for web access, click the

Administration

page, then select <

Enabled

Figure 6. IP setup

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3 Using the Conguration Manager

The switch provides a preinstalled web software application called the

Conguration Manager

. It enables you to congure the device settings

to meet the needs of your network. You can access it through your web browser from any PC connected to the switch via the LAN ports.

3.1 Login to the Conguration Manager

The Configuration Manager is preinstalled on the switch. To access the application, you need the following:

• A computer connected to the LAN port on the switch as described in the Quick Start Guide chapter.

• A web browser installed on the computer. The application is designed to work best with Microsoft Internet Explorer® 5.0 or later versions. It does not support Netscape.

You may access the program from any computer connected to the switch via the LAN ports.

3.1.1 Setting up the Conguration Manager

1. By default, the switch's web authentication is disabled. You have to enable it to be able to manage the switch via the Configuration

Manager. You can enable the web’s authentication function in the

System --> Administration

page.

2.In a web browser, enter this IP address:

http://192.168.1.1

and

press <

Enter

>. This is the switch's default IP address. A login screen

appears.

Figure 7. Cong manager login screen

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3. Enter your username and password, and then click <OK> to enter

the Conguration Manager. When logging in for the rst time, use the

following default settings:

Username: admin

Password

: (no password)

The home page appears at every log in to the system.

Figure 9. IP setup

Figure 8. Home page

3.1.2 Setting up a new IP address

1. To set up a new IP address, click System --> IP Setup. Fill in the

IP address, the network mask and the default gateway, then click <OK>. The IP setup screen appears after you click <OK>.

2. If your new address is different from the default, the browser can not update the switch status window or retrieve any page. This is normal. You have to retype the new IP address in the address/location box, and press <Enter>. This will refresh your web page.

3. To enable authentication for Web access, click Administration on the menu list, then select Enabled to start the password protection.

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