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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

RLXE4GE24MODMS

HARDENED LAYER 3 MANAGED 10 GIGABIT MODULAR ETHERNET SWITCH

The ComNet RLXE4GE24MODMS is a Layer-3 modular managed redundant ring configurable Ethernet switch. It has four slots that can accommodate individual modules that feature different combinations of SFP and electrical TX ports. One of the slots can accommodate a 10 gigabit module with either 2 or 4 10 Gbps or 1 Gbps SFP ports. The switch is designed for security, ITS, power substation and rolling stock applications, and is fully compliant with the requirement of IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 as well as NEMA TS1/TS2. The RLXE4GE24MODMS switch supports multiple Ethernet Redundancy protocols, including C-Ring (recovery time < 30ms over 250 units of connection) and MSTP (RSTP/STP compatible). This switch can protect critical applications from network interruptions or temporary malfunctions with its fast recovery technology. This environmentally hardened switch is designed for direct deployment in difficult out-of-plant or roadside operating environments.

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL RLXE4GE24MODMS

Contents

About This Guide 5

Related Documentation

The following documentation is also available:

» RLXE4GE24MODMS Data sheet

» SFP Modules Data sheet

About ComNet

ComNet develops and markets the next generation of video solutions for the CCTV, defense, and homeland security markets. At the core of ComNet’s solutions are a variety of high-end video servers and the ComNet IVS software, which provide the industry with a standard platform for analytics and security management systems enabling leading performance, compact and cost effective solutions.

ComNet’s products are available in commercial and rugged form.

Website

For information on ComNet’s entire product line, please visit the ComNet website at

http://www.comnet.net

Support

For any questions or technical assistance, please contact your sales person (sales@comnet.net) or the customer service support center (techsupport@comnet.net)

Safety

» Only ComNet service personnel can service the equipment. Please contact ComNet Technical

Support.

» The equipment should be installed in locations with controlled access, or other means of

security, and controlled by persons of authority.

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Overview

Introduction

The RLXE4GE24MODMS is a Layer-2/3 modular managed redundant ring Ethernet switch with 4 slots. This switch is designed for industrial applications, power substation applications and rolling stock applications, RLXE4GE24MODMS is compliant with the requirement of IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613. RLXE4GE24MODMS supports Ethernet Redundancy protocol, C-Ring (recovery time < 30ms over 250 units of connection) and MSTP (RSTP/STP compatible). It can protect your missioncritical applications from network interruptions or temporary malfunctions with its fast recovery technology. Wide operating temperature ranges of -40 to +75ºC (when the proper 10 Gbps module is in use) are supported.

RLXE4GE24MODMS can also be managed centrally and conveniently by using eConsole software or via the Web-based interface, Telnet or console (CLI) configuration. The RLXE4GE24MODMS switch is one of the most reliable choices for highly-managed and Fiber Ethernet power substation and rolling stock applications..

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Software Features

» Designed for power substation / Railway application and fully compliant with the requirement

of IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613

» Modular design makes network planning and upgrades easy

» Supports Layer 3 static routing, RIP and VRRP function

» C-Ring (recovery time < 30ms over 250 units of connection)

» MSTP (RSTP/STP compatible) for Ethernet Redundancy

» IEEE 1588v2 clock synchronization

» Provides HTTPS/SSH protocol to enhance network security

» IP-based bandwidth management

» application-based QoS management

» Device Binding security function

» IGMP v2/v3 (IGMP snooping support) for filtering multicast traffic

» SNMP v1/v2c/v3 & RMON & 802.1Q VLAN Network Management

» ACL, TACACS+ and 802.1x User Authentication for security

» 9.6K Bytes Jumbo Frame

» SFP ports support DDM function

» Multiple notification for warning of unexpected event

» Web-based Telnet, Console (CLI), and Windows utility (eConsole) configuration

» LLDP Protocol

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Hardware Features

» Supports redundant Power Inputs (Modular DC/AC Power, supports two power modules in

redundant operation)

» Supports maximum 3 slots 8 x 10/100/1000Base-T(X) RJ-45 Module

» Supports maximum 3 slots 8 x 100/1000Base-X SFP Module

» Supports maximum 1 slot 2/4 x 10G SFP+ Module or 2/4 x 1G SFP+ Module

» 19 inch rack mountable design

» Operating Temperature: -40 to +75º C (Proper 10 Gbps SFP+ module used) or -40 to 85º C (10

Gbps SFP+ module absent)

» Storage Temperature: -40 to 85º C

» Operating Humidity: 5% to 95%, non-condensing

» Console Port (RJ45) : Baud Rate 115200 bps, 8, N, 1

» Dimensions : 440(W) × 325 (D) × 44 (H) mm

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Hardware Installation

Installing RJ-45 Module in RLXE4GE24MODMS

Each RLXE4GE24MODMS Switch supports a maximum of three RJ-45 Modules. To install the module users must turn off the RLXE4GE24MODMS Power and plug-in the RJ-45 Module into Slot 1 ~ Slot 3.

Once installed turn on the power.

Installing SFP Module in RLXE4GE24MODMS

Each RLXE4GE24MODMS Switch supports a maximum of three SFP Modules. To install the module users must turn off the RLXE4GE24MODMS Power and plug-in the SFP Module into Slot 1 ~ Slot 3.

Once installed turn on the power.

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Installing 10 Gbps SFP+ Module in RLXE4GE24MODMS

Each RLXE4GE24MODMS Switch supports a maximum of one 10G SFP+ Module. To install the module users must turn off the RLXE4GE24MODMS Power and plug-in the SFP Module into Slot 4.

Once installed turn on the power.

Installing Power Module in RLXE4GE24MODMS

Each RLXE4GE24MODMS Switch supports a maximum of two Power Modules. To install the power module users must turn off the RLXE4GE24MODMS Power and plug-in the Power Module to Slot 1 or or Slot 2 (Either one or two modules can be installed).

Once installed turn on the power.

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Hardware Overview

Front Panel

RLXE4GE24MODMS supports four different module types.

Module Description

RLXE4GE24MODMS/HV RLXE4GE24MODMS Chassis With Dual High Voltage Power Supplies

RLXE4GE24MODMS/LV RLXE4GE24MODMS Chassis With Dual Low Voltage Power Supplies

RLXE4GE24MODMS/8TX 8 x 10/100/10 00Base-T(X)

RLXE4GE24MODMS/8SFP 8 x 100 / 1000 Base-X

RLXE4GE24MODMS/XE2SFP 2 x 10G SFP+

RLXE4GE24MODMS/XE4SFP 4 x 10G SFP+

1. Front Panel LED Status: LED for PW1: When the PWR1 links, the green led will be light on. LED for PW2: When the PWR2 links, the green led will be light on. LED for PWR: This LED lights on when the power module is activated. LED for R.M. (Ring master): When the LED lights on, this switch is designated as the ring master of the

C-Ring topology. LED for Ring: When the LED light on, the C-Ring is activated. LED for Fault: Indicates unexpected event occurred. LED for DEF: System resets to default configuration. LED for RMT: System resets to default configuration.

2. Status by port LED , support three types LED Status . LINK Status : Port show link status SPD Status : Port LED show Speed status FDX Status : Port LED show Duplex status

3. Console port (RJ-45)

4. Buttons Reset Button : Push the button 3 seconds for reset; 5 seconds for factory default. Mode Button : Push the button to change the Port LED Mode .

5. RJ-45 / SFP Module Slot.

6. 10G SFP+ Module Slot.

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RJ-45 Module

8 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X)

SFP Module

8 × 100/1000Base-X SFP

Power Module

10 Gbps Module

4 × 10 Gigbit SFP

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Power Panel

RLXE4GE24MODMS are redundant power switches with support for two power inputs.

Note: At the factory, power GND and chassis GND are connected as shown in the picture below.

RLY CM: Relay Common RLY NO: Relay Normally Open RLY NC: Relay Normally Closed

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Rack mount kit assembly

You can find the rack mount kit and the screws in the packing box. Please assembly the rack mount kit on the switch with screws as shown below:

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Ethernet Cables

The RLXE4GE24MODMS series switches have standard Ethernet ports. According to the link type, the switches use CAT 3, 4, 5,5e UTP cables to connect to any other network device (PCs, servers, switches, routers, or hubs). Please refer to the following table for cable specifications.

Cable Types and Specifications

Cable Type Max. Length Connector

10BA SE-T Cat. 3, 4, 5 100-ohm UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45

100BASE-TX Cat. 5 100-ohm UTP UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45

1000BASE-TX Cat. 5/Cat. 5e 100-ohm UTP UTP 100 m (328ft) RJ-45

1000/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T Pin Assignments

With 1000/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T cable, pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting data, and pins 3 and 6 are used for receiving data.

10/100 Base-T(X) RJ-45 Pin Assignments

Pin Number

1 TD+

2 TD-

3 RD+

4 Not used

5 Not used

6 RD-

7 Not used

8 Not used

1000 Base-T RJ-45 Pin Assignments

Pin Number

1 BI_DA+

2 BI_DA-

Assignment

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3 BI_DB+

4 BI _DC+

5 BI_DC-

6 BI_DB-

7 BI_DD+

8 BI_DD-

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The RLXE4GE24MODMS Series switches support auto MDI/MDI-X operation. You can use a straight-through cable to connect PC to switch. The following table below shows the 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX MDI and MDI-X port pin outs.

10/100 Base-T MDI/MDI-X pins assignment

Pin Number

1 TD+(transmit) RD+(receive)

2 TD-(transmit) RD -(receive)

3 RD+(receive) TD+(transmit)

4 Not used Not used

5 Not used Not used

6 RD -(receive) TD-(transmit)

7 Not used Not used

8 Not used Not used

1000 Base-T MDI/MDI-X pins assignment

Pin Number

1 BI_ DA+ BI_DB+

2 BI_DA- BI_DB-

3 BI_DB+ BI_DA+

MDI port MDI-X port

4 BI_DC+ BI_DD+

5 BI_DC- BI_DD-

6 BI_DB- BI_DA-

7 BI_DD+ BI _DC+

8 BI_DD- BI_DC-

Note: “+” and “-” signs represent the polarity of the wires that make up each wire pair.

SFP

The Switch has fiber optical ports with SFP connectors. The fiber optical ports are in 100/1000Base-X multi-mode (0 to 550M, 850 nm with 50/125 μm, 62.5/125 μm fiber) , single-mode and 10 Gbps SFP+ Module with LC connector. Please remember that the TX port of Switch A should be connected to the RX port of Switch B.

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Switch A Fiber Cord Switch B

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Console Cable

RLXE4GE24MODMS switches can be managed by the console port. The DB-9 to RJ-45 cable can be found in the package. You can connect them to a PC via a RS-232 cable with DB-9 female connector and the other end (RJ-45 connector) connects to console port of the switch.

DB-9 Male DB-9 Female

PC pin out (male) assignment

Pin #2 RD Pin #2 TD

Pin #3 TD Pin #3 RD

Pin #5 GD Pin #5 GD

Pin Male Connector Female Connector

RS-232 with DB-9 female connector

DB-9 to RJ-45

Pin #2 Pin #3 Pin #5

1 Received Line Signal Detect (Received by DTE

Device)

2 Received Data (Received by DTE Device) Transmitted Data (Transmitted from DCE Device)

3 Transmitted Data (Transmitted from DTE Device) Received Data (Received by DCE Device)

4 DTE Ready (Transmitted from DTE Device) DTE Ready (Received by DCE Device)

5 Signal Ground Signal Ground

6 DCE Ready (Received by DTE Device) DCE Ready (Transmitted from DCE Device)

7 Request to Send (Transmitted from DTE Device) Clear to Send (Received by DCE Device)

8 Clear to Send (Received by DTE Device) Request to Send (Transmitted from DCE Device)

9 Ring Indicator (Received by DTE Device) Ring Indicator (Transmitted from DCE Device)

Received Line Signal Detect (Transmitted from DCE Device)

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WEB Management

Attention: While installing and upgrading firmware, please remove physical loop connection first.

DO NOT power off equipment while the firmware is upgrading!

Configuration by Web Browser

This section introduces the configuration by Web browser.

About Web-based Management

An embedded HTML web site resides in flash memory on the CPU board. It contains advanced management features and allows you to manage the switch from anywhere on the network through a standard web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The Web-Based Management function supports Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. It is based on Java Applets with an aim to reduce network bandwidth consumption, enhance access speed and present an easy viewing screen.

Note: By default, IE5.0 or later version does not allow Java Applets to open sockets. You need

to intentionally modify the browser setting in order to enable Java Applets to use network ports.

Preparing for Web Management

IP Address: 192.168 .10.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 192.16 8.10. 25 4

User Name: admin

Password: admin

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System Login

1. Launch Internet Explorer.

2. Type http:// and the IP address of the switch. Press “Enter”.

3. The login screen appears.

4. Key in the username and password. The default username and password is admin.

5. Press OK button, then the main interface of the Web-based management appears.

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Main Interface

Main interface

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Basic Setting

System Information

The switch system information is provided here.

System Information interface

Label Description

System Name An administratively assigned name for this managed node. By convention, this is the

node’s fully-qualified domain name. A domain name is a text string drawn from the alphabet (A-Za-z), digits (0-9), minus sign (-). No space characters are permitted as part of a name. The first character must be an alpha character. And the first or last character must not be a minus sign. The allowed string length is 0 to 255.

System Description The device Description.

System Location The physical location of this node(e.g., telephone closet, 3rd floor). The allowed

string length is 0 to 255, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 32 to

126.

System Contact The textual identification of the contact person for this managed node, together

with information on how to contact this person. The allowed string length is 0 to 255, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 32 to 126.

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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Admin & Password

This page allows you to configure the system password required to access the web pages or log in from CLI.

Label Description

Old Password Enter the current system password. If this is incorrect, the new password will not be set.

New Password The system password. The allowed string length is 0 to 31, and the allowed content is

the ASCII characters from 32 to 126.

Confirm password

Save Click to save changes.

Re-type the new password.

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Auth Method

This page allows you to configure how a user is authenticated when he logs into the switch via one of the management client interfaces.

Label Description

Client The management client for which the configuration below applies.

Authentication Method

Fallback Two additional fallback options are also available by using the additional Methods

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

Authentication Methods can be set to one of the following values: none: authentication is disabled and login is not possible. local: use the local user database on the switch for authentication. radius: use a remote RADIUS server for authentication. tacas: use a remote TACAS server for authentication

selection boxes. This is only possible if the first Authentication Method is set to a value other than ‘none’ or ‘local’.

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IP Setting

Configure IP basic settings, control IP interfaces and IP routes.

The maximum number of interfaces supported is 128 and the maximum number of routes is 1024.

Label Description

Mode Configure whether the IP stack should act as a Host or a Router.

In Host mode, IP traffic between interfaces will not be routed. In Router mode traffic is routed between all interfaces.

Delete Select this option to delete an existing IP interface.

VLAN The VLAN associated with the IP interface. Only ports in this VLAN will be able to access

the IP interface. This field is only available for input when creating an new interface.

IPv4 DHCP Enable

IPv4 DHCP Fallback Timeout

IPv4 DHCP Current Lease

IPv4 Address The IPv4 address of the interface in dotted decimal notation. If DHCP is enabled, this

IPv4 Mask The IPv4 network mask, in number of bits (prefix length). Valid values are between 0

IPv6 Address The IPv6 address of the interface. A IPv6 address is in 128-bit records represented as

The VLAN associated with the IP interface. Only ports in this VLAN will be able to access the IP interface. This field is only available for input when creating an new interface.

The number of seconds for trying to obtain a DHCP lease. After this period expires, a configured IPv4 address will be used as IPv4 interface address. A value of zero disables the fallback mechanism, such that DHCP will keep retrying until a valid lease is obtained. Legal values are 0 to 4294967295 seconds.

For DHCP interfaces with an active lease, this column show the current interface address, as provided by the DHCP server.

field is not used. The field may also be left blank if IPv4 operation on the interface is not desired.

and 30 bits for a IPv4 address. If DHCP is enabled, this field is not used. The field may also be left blank if IPv4 operation on the interface is not desired.

eight fields of up to four hexadecimal digits with a colon separating each field (:). For example, fe80::215:c5ff:fe03:4dc7. The symbol :: is a special syntax that can be used as a shorthand way of representing multiple 16-bit groups of contiguous zeros; but it can appear only once. It can also represent a legally valid IPv4 address. For example, ::192.1.2.34. The field may be left blank if IPv6 operation on the interface is not desired.

IPv6 Mask The IPv6 network mask, in number of bits (prefix length). Valid values are between 1

and 128 bits for a IPv6 address. The field may be left blank if IPv6 operation on the interface is not desired.

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Label Description

Delete Select this option to delete an existing IP route.

Network The destination IP network or host address of this route. Valid format is dotted decimal

notation or a valid IPv6 notation. A default route can use the value 0.0.0.0or IPv6 :: notation.

Mask Length The destination IP network or host mask, in number of bits (prefix length). It defines

how much of a network address that must match, in order to qualify for this route. Valid values are between 0 and 32 bits respectively 128 for IPv6 routes. Only a default route will have a mask length of 0 (as it will match anything).

Gateway The IP address of the IP gateway. Valid format is dotted decimal notationor a valid IPv6

notation. Gateway and Network must be of the same type.

Next Hop VLAN (Only for IPv6)

The VLAN ID (VID) of the specific IPv6 interface associated with the gateway. The given VID ranges from 1 to 4094 and will be effective only when the corresponding IPv6 interface is valid. If the IPv6 gateway address is link-local, it must specify the next hop VLAN for the gateway. If the IPv6 gateway address is not linklocal, system ignores the next hop VLAN for the gateway.

RIP

The user can configure RIP Function on this page.

Label Description

Mode Indicates the RIP mode operation. Possible modes are:

Enabled: Enable RIP mode operation. Disabled: Disable RIP mode operation.

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VRRP

The user can configure VRRP Function on this page.

Label Description

VRRP Group For each VRRP Group, we provide several options:

VRID: Virtual Router ID, from 1 to 254. Priority: Priority, from 1 to 254. AuthCode: Password, 8 characters.

VRRP Member For each vlan, we provide several options:

Primary: Primary interface for a VRRP Group. VRID: Belong to the VRRP Group with this ID.(Zero means no group) VRIP: Virtual Router IP. DefaultIP: If this vlan gets into backup state from master state, this interface would recover by this IP.

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HTTPS

Label Description

Mode Indicates the HTTPS mode operation. When the current connection is HTTPS, to apply

HTTPS disabled mode operation will automatically redirect web browser to an HTTP connection. Possible modes are: Enabled: Enable HTTPS mode operation. Disabled: Disable HTTPS mode operation.

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

SSH

Label Description

Mode Indicates the SSH mode operation. Possible modes are:

Enabled: Enable SSH mode operation. Disabled: Disable SSH mode operation.

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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LLDP

LLDP Configuration

This page allows the user to inspect and configure the current LLDP port settings.

Label Description

Port The switch port number of the logical LLDP port.

Mode Select LLDP mode.

Disabled The switch will not send out LLDP information, and will drop LLDP information received from neighbors. Enabled The switch will send out LLDP information, and will analyze LLDP information received from neighbors.

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LLDP Neighbor Information

This page provides a status overview for all LLDP neighbors. The displayed table contains a row for each port on which an LLDP neighbor is detected. The columns hold the following information:

Label Description

Local Port The port on which the LLDP frame was received.

Chassis ID The Chassis ID is the identification of the neighbor’s LLDP frames.

Remote Port ID The Remote Port ID is the identification of the neighbor port.

System Name System Name is the name advertised by the neighbor unit.

Port Description Port Description is the port description advertised by the neighbor unit.

System Capabilities

System Capabilities describes the neighbor unit’s capabilities. The possible capabilities are:

1. Other

2. Repeater

3. Bridge

4. WLAN Access Point

5. Router

6. Telephone

7. DOCSIS cable device

8. Station only

9. Reserved When a capability is enabled, the capability is followed by (+). If the capability is disabled, the capability is followed by (-).

Management Address

Management Address is the neighbor unit’s address that is used for higher layer entities to assist the discovery by the network management. This could for instance hold the neighbor’s IP address.

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

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Port Statistics

This page provides an overview of all LLDP traffic.

Two types of counters are shown. Global counters are counters that refer to the whole stack, switch, while local counters refer to counters for the currently selected switch.

Global Counters

Label Description

Neighbor entries were last changed at

Total Neighbors Entries Added Shows the number of new entries added since switch reboot.

Total Neighbors Entries Deleted Shows the number of new entries deleted since switch reboot.

Total Neighbors Entries Dropped Shows the number of LLDP frames dropped due to that the entry

Total Neighbors Entries Aged Out Shows the number of entries deleted due to Time-To-Live expiring.

Shows the time for when the last entry was last deleted or added. It is also shows the time elapsed since last change was detected.

table was full.

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Local Counters

Label Description

Local Port The port on which LLDP frames are received or transmitted.

Tx Frames The number of LLDP frames transmitted on the port.

Rx Frames The number of LLDP frames received on the port.

Rx Errors The number of received LLDP frames containing some kind of error.

Frames Discarded

If an LLDP frame is received on a port, and the switch’s internal table has run full, the LLDP frame is counted and discarded. This situation is known as “Too Many Neighbors” in the LLDP standard. LLDP frames require a new entry in the table when the Chassis ID or Remote Port ID is not already contained within the table. Entries are removed from the table when a given port links down, an LLDP shutdown frame is received, or when the entry ages out.

TLVs Discarded Each LLDP frame can contain multiple pieces of information, known as TLVs (TLV is

short for “Type Length Value”). If a TLV is malformed, it is counted and discarded.

TLVs

The number of well-formed TLVs, but with an unknown type value.

Unrecognized

Org. Discarded The number of organizationally TLVs received.

Age-Outs Each LLDP frame contains information about how long time the LLDP information is

valid (age-out time). If no new LLDP frame is received within the age out time, the LLDP information is removed, and the Age-Out counter is incremental.

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Clear Clears the local counters. All counters (including global counters) are cleared upon

reboot.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

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Backup/Restore Configuration

You can save/view or load the switch configuration. The configuration file is in XML format with a hierarchy of tags:

Firmware Update

This page facilitates an update of the firmware controlling the switch.

DHCP Server

Setting

The system provides with DHCP server function. Enable the DHCP server function, the switch system will be a DHCP server.

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DHCP Dynamic Client List

When the DHCP server function is activated, the system will collect the DHCP client information and display in here.

DHCP Client List

You can assign the specific IP address which is in the assigned dynamic IP range to the specific port. When the device is connecting to the port and asks for dynamic IP assigning, the system will assign the IP address that has been assigned before in the connected device.

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Port Setting

Port Control

This page displays current port configurations. Ports can also be configured here.

Label Description

Port This is the logical port number for this row.

Link The current link state is displayed graphically. Green indicates the link is up and red

that it is down.

Current Link Speed

Configured Link Speed

Maximum Frame Enter the maximum frame size allowed for the switch port, including FCS. The allowed

Excessive Collision Mode

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

Refresh Click to refresh the page. Any changes made locally will be undone.

Provides the current link speed of the port.

Select any available link speed for the given switch port. Auto Speed selects the highest speed that is compatible with a link partner. Disabled disables the switch port operation. <> : configuration of all ports.

range is 1518 bytes to 10056 bytes.

Configure port transmit collision behavior. Discard: Discard frame after 16 collisions (default). Restart: Restart backoff algorithm after 16 collisions

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Port Trunk

Trunk Configuration

This page is used to configure the Aggregation hash mode and the aggregation group.

Label Description

Source MAC Address

Destination MAC Address

IP Address The IP address can be used to calculate the destination port for the frame. Check

TCP/UDP Port Number

The Source MAC address can be used to calculate the destination port for the frame. Check to enable the use of the Source MAC address, or uncheck to disable. By default, Source MAC Address is enabled.

The Destination MAC Address can be used to calculate the destination port for the frame. Check to enable the use of the Destination MAC Address, or uncheck to disable. By default, Destination MAC Address is disabled.

to enable the use of the IP Address, or uncheck to disable. By default, IP Address is enabled.

The TCP/UDP port number can be used to calculate the destination port for the frame. Check to enable the use of the TCP/UDP Port Number, or uncheck to disable. By default, TCP/UDP Port Number is enabled.

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Label Description

Group ID Indicates the group ID for the settings contained in the same row. Group ID “Normal”

indicates there is no aggregation. Only one group ID is valid per port.

Port Members Each switch port is listed for each group ID. Select a radio button to include a port in

an aggregation, or clear the radio button to remove the port from the aggregation. By default, no ports belong to any aggregation group. Only full duplex ports can join an aggregation and ports must be in the same speed in each group.

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LACP

Port Configuration

This page allows the user to inspect the current LACP port configurations, and possibly change them as well.

Label Description

Port Indicates the group ID for the settings contained in the same row. Group ID “Normal”

indicates there is no aggregation. Only one group ID is valid per port.

LACP Enabled Each switch port is listed for each group ID. Select a radio button to include a port in

Key The Key value incurred by the port, range 1-65535. The Auto setting will set the key

as appropriate by the physical link speed, 10Mb = 1, 100Mb = 2, 1Gb = 3. Using the Specific setting, a user-defined value can be entered. Ports with the same Key value can participate in the same aggregation group, while ports with different keys cannot.

Role The Role shows the LACP activity status. The Active will transmit LACP packets each

second, while Passive will wait for a LACP packet from a partner (speak if spoken to).

Timeout The Timeout controls the period between BPDU transmissions.

Fast will transmit LACP packets each second, while Slow will wait for 30 seconds before sending a LACP packet.

Prio The Prio controls the priority of the port. If the LACP partner wants to form a larger group

than is supported by this device then this parameter will control which ports will be active and which ports will be in a backup role. Lower number means greater priority.

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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LACP System Status

This page provides a status overview for all LACP instances.

Label Description

Aggr ID The Aggregation ID associated with this aggregation instance. For LLAG the id is

shown as ‘isid:aggr-id’ and for GLAGs as ‘aggr-id’

Partner System IDThe system ID (MAC address) of the aggregation partner.

Partner Key The Key that the partner has assigned to this aggregation ID.

Last Changed The time since this aggregation changed.

Local Ports Shows which ports are a part of this aggregation for this switch/stack. The format is:

“Switch ID:Port”.

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

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LACP Status

This page provides a status overview for LACP status for all ports.

Label Description

Port The switch port number.

LACP ‘Yes’ means that LACP is enabled and the port link is up. ‘No’ means that LACP is not

enabled or that the port link is down. ‘Backup’ means that the port could not join the aggregation group but will join if other port leaves. Meanwhile it’s LACP status is disabled.

Key The key assigned to this port. Only ports with the same key can aggregate together.

Aggr ID The Aggregation ID assigned to this aggregation group.

Partner System IDThe partners System ID (MAC address).

Partner Port The partners port number connected to this port.

Partner Prio The Partner’s port priority

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

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LACP Statistics

This page provides an overview for LACP statistics for all ports.

Label Description

Port The switch port number

LACP

Shows how many LACP frames have been sent from each port

Transmitted

LACP Received Shows how many LACP frames have been received at each port.

Discarded Shows how many unknown or illegal LACP frames have been discarded at each port.

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

Clear Clears the counters for all ports

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Redundancy

C-Ring

C-Ring is one of the most powerful Ring technologies in the world. The recovery time of C-Ring is less than 30 ms. It can reduce unexpected damage caused by network topology change. C-Ring supports 3 different Ring topologies: Ring, Coupling Ring and Dual Homing.

C-Ring interface

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Label Description

C-Ring Mark to enable Ring.

Ring Master There should be one and only one Ring Master in a ring. However if there are two

or more switches which set Ring Master to enable, the switch with the lowest MAC address will be the actual Ring Master and others will be Backup Masters.

1st Ring Port The primary port, when this switch is Ring Master.

2nd Ring Port The backup port, when this switch is Ring Master.

Coupling Ring Mark to enable Coupling Ring. Coupling Ring can be used to divide a big ring into

two smaller rings to avoid effecting all switches when network topology change. It is a good application for connecting two Rings.

Coupling Port Link to Coupling Port of the switch in another ring. Coupling Ring needs four switches

to build an active and a backup link. Set a port as coupling port. The coupled four ports of four switches will be run in active/backup mode.

Dual Homing Mark to enable Dual Homing. By selecting Dual Homing mode, Ring will be connected

to normal switches through two RSTP links (ex: backbone Switch). The two links work as active/backup mode, and connect each Ring to the normal switches in RSTP mode.

Apply Click “Apply” to set the configurations.

Note: It is not recommended to set one switch as a Ring Master and a Coupling Ring at the same time due to heavy load.

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MSTP

Bridge Settings

This page allows you to configure RSTP system settings. The settings are used by all RSTP Bridge instances in the Switch Stack.

Label Description

Protocol Version The STP protocol version setting. Valid values are STP, RSTP and MSTP.

Forward Delay The delay used by STP Bridges to transition Root and Designated Ports to Forwarding

(used in STP compatible mode). Valid values are in the range 4 to 30 seconds.

Max Age The maximum age of the information transmitted by the Bridge when it is the Root

Bridge. Valid values are in the range 6 to 40 seconds, and MaxAge must be <= (FwdDelay-1)*2.

Maximum Hop Count

Transmit Hold Count

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

This defines the initial value of remaining Hops for MSTI information generated at the boundary of an MSTI region. It defines how many bridges a root bridge can distribute its BPDU information. Valid values are in the range 4 to 30 seconds, and MaxAge must be <= (FwdDelay-1)*2.

The number of BPDU’s a bridge port can send per second. When exceeded, transmission of the next BPDU will be delayed. Valid values are in the range 1 to 10 BPDU’s per second.

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MSTI Mapping

This page allows the user to inspect the current STP MSTI bridge instance priority configurations, and possibly change them as well.

Label Description

Configuration Name

Configuration Revision

MSTI The bridge instance. The CIST is not available for explicit mapping, as it will receive the

VLANS Mapped The list of VLAN’s mapped to the MSTI. The VLANs must be separated with comma

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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The name identifying the VLAN to MSTI mapping. Bridges must share the name and revision (see below), as well as the VLAN-to-MSTI mapping configuration in order to share spanning trees for MSTI’s. (Intra-region). The name is at most 32 characters.

The revision of the MSTI configuration named above. This must be an integer between 0 and 65535.

VLANs not explicitly mapped.

and/or space. A VLAN can only be mapped to one MSTI. An unused MSTI should just be left empty. (I.e. not having any VLANs mapped to it.)

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MSTI Priorities

This page allows the user to inspect the current STP MSTI bridge instance priority configurations, and possibly change them as well.

Label Description

MSTI The bridge instance. The CIST is the default instance, which is always active.

Priority Controls the bridge priority. Lower numerical values have better priority. The bridge

priority plus the MSTI instance number, concatenated with the 6-byte MAC address of the switch forms a Bridge Identifier.

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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CIST Ports

This page allows the user to inspect the current STP CIST port configurations, and possibly change them as well. This page contains settings for physical and aggregated ports. The aggregation settings are stack global.

Label Description

Port The switch port number of the logical STP port.

STP Enabled Controls whether STP is enabled on this switch port.

Path Cost Controls the path cost incurred by the port. The Auto setting will set the path cost as

appropriate by the physical link speed, using the 802.1D recommended values. Using the Specific setting, a user-defined value can be entered. The path cost is used when establishing the active topology of the network. Lower path cost ports are chosen as forwarding ports in favor of higher path cost ports. Valid values are in the range 1 to

200000000.

Priority Controls the port priority. This can be used to control priority of ports having identical

port cost. (See above).

OpenEdge (state flag)

AdminEdge Controls whether the openEdge flag should start as being set or cleared. (The initial

AutoEdge Controls whether the bridge should enable automatic edge detection on the bridge

Restricted Role If enabled, causes the port not to be selected as Root Port for the CIST or any MSTI,

Operational flag describing whether the port is connecting directly to edge devices. (No Bridges attached). Transitioning to the forwarding state is faster for edge ports (having openEdge true) than for other ports.

openEdge state when a port is initialized).

port. This allows openEdge to be derived from whether BPDU’s are received on the port or not.

even if it has the best spanning tree priority vector. Such a port will be selected as an Alternate Port after the Root Port has been selected. If set, it can cause lack of spanning tree connectivity. It can be set by a network administrator to prevent bridges external to a core region of the network influencing the spanning tree active topology, possibly because those bridges are not under the full control of the administrator. This feature is also know as Root Guard.

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Restricted TCN If enabled, causes the port not to propagate received topology change notifications

and topology changes to other ports. If set it can cause temporary loss of connectivity after changes in a spanning trees active topology as a result of persistent incorrectly learned station location information. It is set by a network administrator to prevent bridges external to a core region of the network, causing address flushing in that region, possibly because those bridges are not under the full control of the administrator or is the physical link state for the attached LANs transitions frequently.

Point2Point Controls whether the port connects to a point-to-point LAN rather than a shared

medium. This can be automatically determined, or forced either true or false. Transition to the forwarding state is faster for point-to-point LANs than for shared media.

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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MSTI Ports

This page allows the user to inspect the current STP MSTI port configurations, and possibly change them as well. A MSTI port is a virtual port, which is instantiated separately for each active CIST (physical) port for each MSTI instance configured and applicable for the port. The MSTI instance must be selected before displaying actual MSTI port configuration options.

This page contains MSTI port settings for physical and aggregated ports. The aggregation settings are stack global.

Label Description

Port The switch port number of the corresponding STP CIST (and MSTI) port.

Path Cost Controls the path cost incurred by the port. The Auto setting will set the path cost as

200000000.

Priority Controls the port priority. This can be used to control priority of ports having identical

port cost. (See above).

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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STP

STP Bridges

This page provides a status overview for all STP bridge instances.

The displayed table contains a row for each STP bridge instance, where the column displays the following information:

Label Description

MSTI The Bridge Instance. This is also a link to the STP Detailed Bridge Status.

Bridge ID The Bridge ID of this Bridge instance.

Root ID The Bridge ID of the currently elected root bridge.

Root Port The switch port currently assigned the root port role.

Root Cost Root Path Cost. For the Root Bridge this is zero. For all other Bridges, it is the sum of

the Port Path Costs on the least cost path to the Root Bridge.

Topology Flag The current state of the Topology Change Flag for this Bridge instance.

Topology Change Last

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

The time since last Topology Change occurred.

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STP Port Status

This page displays the STP CIST port status for port physical ports in the currently selected switch.

Label Description

Port The switch port number of the logical STP port.

CIST Role The current STP port role of the CIST port. The port role can be one of the following

values: AlternatePort BackupPort RootPort DesignatedPort.

State The current STP port state of the CIST port. The port state can be one of the following

values: Blocking Learning Forwarding.

Uptime The time since the bridge port was last initialized.

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

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STP Statistics

This page displays the RSTP port statistics counters for bridge ports in the currently selected switch.

Label Description

Port The switch port number of the logical RSTP port.

RSTP The number of RSTP Configuration BPDU’s received/transmitted on the port.

STP The number of legacy STP Configuration BPDU’s received/transmitted on the port.

TCN The number of (legacy) Topology Change Notification BPDU’s received/transmitted on

the port.

Discarded Unknown

Discarded Illegal The number of illegal Spanning Tree BPDU’s received (and discarded) on the port.

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

The number of unknown Spanning Tree BPDU’s received (and discarded) on the port.

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VLAN

VLAN Membership Configuration

The VLAN membership configuration for the selected stack switch unit switch can be monitored and modified here. Up to 64 VLANs are supported. This page allows for adding and deleting VLANs as well as adding and deleting port members of each VLAN.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

VLAN ID The VLAN ID for the entry.

VLAN Name The descriptive name for the VLAN entry.

Port Members Check marks indicate which ports are members of the entry. Check or uncheck as

needed to modify the entry.

Adding a New Static Entry

Click Add New VLAN to add a new VLAN ID. An empty row is added to the table, and the VLAN can be configured as needed. Legal values for a VLAN ID are 1 through

4095. The VLAN is enabled on the selected stack switch unit when you click on Save. The VLAN is thereafter present on the other stack switch units, but with no port members. A VLAN without any port members on any stack unit will be deleted when you click Save. The Delete button can be used to undo the addition of new VLANs.

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Label Description

Ethertype for customer S-Ports

This field specifies the ether type used for Custom S-ports. This is a global setting for all the Custom S-ports.

Port This is the logical port number of this row.

Port type Port can be one of the following types: Unaware, Customer port (C-port), Service port

(S-port), Custom Service port (S-custom-port) If Port Type is Unaware, all frames are classified to the Port VLAN ID and tags are not removed.

Ingress Filtering Enable ingress filtering on a port by checking the box. This parameter affects VLAN

ingress processing. If ingress filtering is enabled and the ingress port is not a member of the classified VLAN of the frame, the frame is discarded. By default, ingress filtering is disabled (no check mark).

Fr ame Typ e Determines whether the port accepts all frames or only tagged/untagged frames. This

parameter affects VLAN ingress processing. If the port only accepts tagged frames, untagged frames received on the port are discarded. By default, the field is set to All.

Port VLAN Mode Configures the Port VLAN Mode. The allowed values are None or Specific. This

parameter affects VLAN ingress and egress processing. If None is selected, a VLAN tag with the classified VLAN ID is inserted in frames transmitted on the port. This mode is normally used for ports connected to VLAN aware switches. Tx tag should be set to Untag_pvid when this mode is used. If Specific (the default value) is selected, a Port VLAN ID can be configured (see below). Untagged frames received on the port are classified to the Port VLAN ID. If VLAN awareness is disabled, all frames received on the port are classified to the Port VLAN ID. If the classified VLAN ID of a frame transmitted on the port is different from the Port VLAN ID, a VLAN tag with the classified VLAN ID is inserted in the frame.

Port VLAN ID Configures the VLAN identifier for the port. The allowed values are from 1 through

4095. The default value is 1.

Note: The port must be a member of the same VLAN as the Port VLAN ID.

Tx Tag Determines egress tagging of a port. Untag_pvid – All VLANs except the configured

PVID will be tagged. Tag_all – All VLANs are tagged. Untag_all – All VLANs are untagged.

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How to use Unaware / C-Port / S-Port / S-Custom-Port

Port can be one of the following types: Unaware, C-port, S-port, and S-custom-port.

Ingress action Egress action

Unaware The function of Unaware can be used for 802.1QinQ (double tag).

When the port received untagged frames, an untagged frame obtain a tag (based on PVID) and is forwarded. When the port received tagged frames,

1. If the tagged frame with TPID=0x8100, it become a double-tag frame, and is forwarded.

2. If the TPID of tagged frame is not 0x8100 (ex. 0x88A8), it will be discarded.

C-port When the port received untagged frames, an

untagged frame obtain a tag (based on PVID) and is forwarded. When the port received tagged frames,

1. If a tagged frame with TPID=0x8100, it is forwarded.

2. If the TPID of tagged frame is not 0x8100 (ex. 0x88A8), it will be discarded.

S-port When the port received untagged frames, an

untagged frame obtain a tag (based on PVID) and is forwarded. When the port received tagged frames,

1. If a tagged frame with TPID=0x88A8, it is forwarded.

2. If the TPID of tagged frame is not 0x88A8 (ex. 0x8100), it will be discarded.

The TPID of frame transmitted by Unaware port will be set to 0x8100. The final status of the frame after egressing are also effected by Egress Rule.

The TPID of frame transmitted by C-port will be set to 0x8100.

The TPID of frame transmitted by S-port will be set to 0x88A8.

S-custom-port When the port received untagged frames, an

untagged frame obtain a tag (based on PVID) and is forwarded. When the port received tagged frames,

1. If a tagged frame with TPID=0x88A8, it is forwarded.

2. If the TPID of tagged frame is not 0x88A8 (ex. 0x8100), it will be discarded.

The TPID of frame transmitted by S-custom-port will be set to an self-customized value, which can be set by the user using the column of Ethertype for Custom S-ports.

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Packet

No VLAN

Packet

VID: 5

TPID: 8100

Packet

VID: 5

TPID: 88A8

Packet

No VLAN

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Packet

No VLAN

QinQ

Packet

VID: 5

TPID: 8100

Packet

Discarded

Packet

No VLAN

VID: PVID TPID: 8100

Packet

VID: 5

TPID: 8100

Packet

VID: 5

TPID: 88A8

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S-custom-port

S-custom-port is used for user defined TPID. If the Ethertype for Custom S-ports is configured to 8123, the outgoing packet will bring a TPID 8123 tag.

Packet

Discarded

Packet

VID: 5

TPID: 8123

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VLAN Setting Example

VLAN Access Mode Setting

VL AN 10 VL AN 10

P2 P2P1 P1

P7 P7

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VLAN 20 VLAN 20

VL AN Trun k

10,20

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In the topology above, for Switch A, Port 7 is VLAN Access mode = Untagged 20 Port 8 is VLAN Access mode = Untagged 10

Configure the VLAN for Switch A as shown

Switch B

VL AN Trun k

10,20

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VLAN 1Q Trunk mode

VL AN 10 VL AN 10

P2 P2P1 P1

P7 P7

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VLAN 20 VLAN 20

VL AN Trun k

10,20

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In the topology above, for Switch B,

Port 1 = VLAN 1Qtrunk mode = tagged 10,20

Port 2 = VLAN 1Qtrunk mode = tagged 10,20

Configure the VLAN for Switch B as shown

Switch B

VL AN Trun k

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VLAN Hybrid mode

To set Port 1 VLAN Hybrid mode = untagged 10

Tagged 10,20

Configure the VLAN for the Switch as shown

VLAN QinQ mode

Below is an example of the VLAN QinQ Mode, which is typically used in an environment with unknown VLAN.

VLAN “X” = Unknown VLAN

Setting VLAN QinQ 200

VLAN “X” VLAN “X”

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tagged X

packet

Switch A

P2 P2P1P1 P2 P1

VL AN Trun k

Tag ged 200

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200

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Private VLAN

The Private VLAN membership configurations for the switch can be monitored and modified here. Private VLANs can be added or deleted here. Port members of each Private VLAN can be added or removed here. Private VLANs are based on the source port mask, and there are no connections to VLANs. This means that VLAN IDs and Private VLAN IDs can be identical.

A port must be a member of both a VLAN and a Private VLAN to be able to forward packets. By default, all ports are VLAN unaware and members of VLAN 1 and Private VLAN 1.

A VLAN unaware port can only be a member of one VLAN, but it can be a member of multiple Private VLANs.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

Private VLAN ID Indicates the ID of this particular private VLAN.

Port Members A row of check boxes for each port is displayed for each private VLAN ID. To include a

port in a Private VLAN, check the box. To remove or exclude the port from the Private VLAN, make sure the box is unchecked. By default, no ports are members, and all boxes are unchecked.

Adding a New Static Entry

Click Add New Private VLAN to add a new private VLAN ID. An empty row is added to the table, and the private VLAN can be configured as needed. The allowed range for a private VLAN ID is the same as the switch port number range. Any values outside this range are not accepted, and a warning message appears. Click OK to discard the incorrect entry, or click Cancel to return to the editing and make a correction. The Private VLAN is enabled when you click Save. The Delete button can be used to undo the addition of new Private VLANs.

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Label Description

Port Number A check box is provided for each port of a private VLAN.

When checked, port isolation is enabled for that port. When unchecked, port isolation is disabled for that port. By default, port isolation is disabled for all ports.

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Voice VLAN

The Voice VLAN feature enables voice traffic forwarding on the Voice VLAN, then the switch can classify and schedule network traffic. It is recommended that there be two VLANs on a port one for voice, one for data. Before connecting the IP device to the switch, the IP phone should configure the voice VLAN ID correctly. It should be configured through its own GUI.

Label Description

Mode Indicates the Voice VLAN mode operation. We must disable MSTP feature before we

enable Voice VLAN. It can avoid the conflict of ingress filtering. Possible modes are: Enabled: Enable Voice VLAN mode operation. Disabled: Disable Voice VLAN mode operation.

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Label Description

VLAN ID Indicates the Voice VLAN ID. It should be a unique VLAN ID in the system and cannot

equal each port PVID. It is a conflict in configuration if the value equals management VID, MVR VID, PVID etc. The allowed range is 1 to 4095.

Aging Time Indicates the Voice VLAN secure learning aging time. The allowed range is 10 to

10000000 seconds. It is used when security mode or auto detect mode is enabled. In other cases, it will be based on hardware aging time. The actual aging time will be situated between the [age_time; 2 * age_time] interval.

Traffic Class Indicates the Voice VLAN traffic class. All traffic on the Voice VLAN will apply this class.

Port Mode Indicates the Voice VLAN port mode.

Possible port modes are: Disabled: Disjoin from Voice VLAN. Auto: Enable auto detect mode. It detects whether there is VoIP phone attached to the specific port and configures the Voice VLAN members automatically. Forced: Force join to Voice VLAN.

Port Security Indicates the Voice VLAN port security mode. When the function is enabled, all non-

telephonic MAC addresses in the Voice VLAN will be blocked for 10 seconds. Possible port modes are: Enabled: Enable Voice VLAN security mode operation. Disabled: Disable Voice VLAN security mode operation.

Port Discovery Protocol

Indicates the Voice VLAN port discovery protocol. It will only work when auto detect mode is enabled. We should enable LLDP feature before configuring discovery protocol to “LLDP” or “Both”. Changing the discovery protocol to “OUI” or “LLDP” will restart auto detect process. Possible discovery protocols are: OUI: Detect telephony device by OUI address. LLDP: Detect telephony device by LLDP. Both: Both OUI and LLDP. Buttons

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values

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Voice VLAN OUI

Configure VOICE VLAN OUI table on this page. The maximum number of entries is 16. Modifying the OUI table will restart auto detection of OUI process.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

Telephony OUI A telephony OUI address is a globally unique identifier assigned to a vendor by IEEE. It

must be 6 characters long and the input format is “xx-xx-xx” (x is a hexadecimal digit).

Description The description of OUI address. Normally, it describes which vendor telephony device it

belongs to. The allowed string length is 0 to 32.

Add New Entry Click to add a new access management entry.

Save Click to save changes.

Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values.

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SNMP

SNMP-System

Label Description

Mode Indicates the SNMP mode operation. Possible modes are:

Enabled: Enable SNMP mode operation. Disabled: Disable SNMP mode operation.

Version Indicates the SNMP supported version. Possible versions are:

SNMP v1: Set SNMP supported version 1. SNMP v2c: Set SNMP supported version 2c. SNMP v3: Set SNMP supported version 3.

Read Community Indicates the community read access string to permit access to SNMP agent. The

allowed string length is 0 to 255, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126. The field only suits to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. SNMPv3 is using USM for authentication and privacy and the community string will associated with SNMPv3 communities table

Write Community

Indicates the community write access string to permit access to SNMP agent. The allowed string length is 0 to 255, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126. The field only suits to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. SNMPv3 is using USM for authentication and privacy and the community string will associated with SNMPv3 communities table.

Engine ID Indicates the SNMPv3 engine ID. The string must contain an even number between

10 and 64 hexadecimal digits, but all-zeros and all-’F’s are not allowed. Change of the Engine ID will clear all original local users.

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Label Description

Trap Mode Indicates the SNMP trap mode operation. Possible modes are:

Enabled: Enable SNMP trap mode operation. Disabled: Disable SNMP trap mode operation.

Trap Version Indicates the SNMP trap supported version. Possible versions are:

SNMP v1: Set SNMP trap supported version 1. SNMP v2c: Set SNMP trap supported version 2c. SNMP v3: Set SNMP trap supported version 3.

Trap Community Indicates the community access string when send SNMP trap packet. The allowed

string length is 0 to 255, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to

126.

Trap Destination

Indicates the SNMP trap destination address.

Address

Trap Authentication Failure

Indicates the SNMP entity is permitted to generate authentication failure traps. Possible modes are: Enabled: Enable SNMP trap authentication failure. Disabled: Disable SNMP trap authentication failure.

Trap Link-up and Link-down

Indicates the SNMP trap link-up and link-down mode operation. Possible modes are: Enabled: Enable SNMP trap link-up and link-down mode operation. Disabled: Disable SNMP trap link-up and link-down mode operation.

Trap Inform Mode

Indicates the SNMP trap inform mode operation. Possible modes are: Enabled: Enable SNMP trap inform mode operation. Disabled: Disable SNMP trap inform mode operation.

Trap Inform

Indicates the SNMP trap inform timeout. The allowed range is 0 to 2147. Timeout (seconds)

Trap Inform

Indicates the SNMP trap inform retry times. The allowed range is 0 to 255. Retry Times

Trap Probe Security Engine ID

Indicates the SNMP trap probe security engine ID mode of operation. Possible values

are:

Enabled: Enable SNMP trap probe security engine ID mode of operation.

Disabled: Disable SNMP trap probe security engine ID mode of operation.

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Label Description

Trap Security Engine ID

Indicates the SNMP trap security engine ID. SNMPv3 sends traps and informs using

USM for authentication and privacy. A unique engine ID for these traps and informs

is needed. When “Trap Probe Security Engine ID” is enabled, the ID will be probed

automatically. Otherwise, the ID specified in this field is used. The string must contain

an even number between 10 and 64 hexadecimal digits, but all-zeros and all-’F’s are

not allowed.

Trap Security Name

Indicates the SNMP trap security name. SNMPv3 traps and informs using USM for

authentication and privacy. A unique security name is needed when traps and informs

are enabled.

SNMP-Communities

Configure SNMPv3 communities table on this page. The entry index key is Community.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

Community Indicates the community access string to permit access to SNMPv3 agent. The allowed

string length is 1 to 32, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

Source IP Indicates the SNMP access source address.

Source Mask Indicates the SNMP access source address mask.

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SNMP-Users

Configure SNMPv3 users table on this page. The entry index keys are Engine ID and User Name.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

Engine ID An octet string identifying the engine ID that this entry should belong to. The string

must contain an even number between 10 and 64 hexadecimal digits, but all-zeros

and all-’F’s are not allowed. The SNMPv3 architecture uses the User-based Security

Model (USM) for message security and the View-based Access Control Model (VACM)

for access control. For the USM entry, the usmUserEngineID and usmUserName

are the entry’s keys. In a simple agent, usmUserEngineID is always that agent’s own

snmpEngineID value. The value can also take the value of the snmpEngineID of a

remote SNMP engine with which this user can communicate. In other words, if user

engine ID equal system engine ID then it is a local user; otherwise it’s a remote user.

User Name A string identifying the user name that this entry should belong to. The allowed string

length is 1 to 32, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

Security Level Indicates the security model that this entry should belong to. Possible security models

are:

NoAuth, NoPriv: None authentication and none privacy.

Auth, NoPriv: Authentication and none privacy.

Auth, Priv: Authentication and privacy.

The value of security level cannot be modified if entry already exists. That means must

first ensure that the value is set correctly.

Authentication Protocol

Indicates the authentication protocol that this entry should belong to. Possible

authentication protocols are:

None: No authentication protocol.

MD5: An optional flag to indicate that this user using MD5 authentication protocol.

SHA: An optional flag to indicate that this user using SHA authentication protocol.

The value of security level cannot be modified if entry already exists. That means must

first ensure that the value is set correctly.

Authentication Password

A string identifying the authentication pass phrase. For MD5 authentication protocol,

the allowed string length is 8 to 32. For SHA authentication protocol, the allowed string

length is 8 to 40. The allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

Privacy Protocol Indicates the privacy protocol that this entry should belong to. Possible privacy

protocols are:

None: No privacy protocol.

DES: An optional flag to indicate that this user using DES authentication protocol.

Privacy Password A string identifying the privacy pass phrase. The allowed string length is 8 to 32, and

the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

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SNMP-Groups

Configure SNMPv3 groups table on this page. The entry index keys are Security Model and Security Name.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

Security Model Indicates the security model that this entry should belong to. Possible security models

are:

v1: Reserved for SNMPv1.

v2c: Reserved for SNMPv2c.

usm: User-based Security Model (USM).

Security Name A string identifying the security name that this entry should belong to. The allowed

string length is 1 to 32, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

Group Name A string identifying the group name that this entry should belong to. The allowed string

length is 1 to 32, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

SNMP-Views

Configure SNMPv3 views table on this page. The entry index keys are View Name and OID Subtree.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

View Name A string identifying the view name that this entry should belong to. The allowed string

length is 1 to 32, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

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View Ty pe Indicates the view type that this entry should belong to. Possible view types are:

included: An optional flag to indicate that this view subtree should be included.

excluded: An optional flag to indicate that this view subtree should be excluded.

Generally, if a view entry’s view type is ‘excluded’, it should be exist another view entry

which view type is ‘included’ and it’s OID subtree overstep the ‘excluded’ view entry.

OID Subtree The OID defining the root of the subtree to add to the named view. The allowed OID

length is 1 to 128. The allowed string content is digital number or asterisk(*).

SNMP-Accesses

Configure SNMPv3 accesses table on this page. The entry index keys are Group Name, Security Model and Security Level.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save.

Group Name A string identifying the group name that this entry should belong to. The allowed string

length is 1 to 32, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

Security Model Indicates the security model that this entry should belong to. Possible security models

are:

any: Accepted any security model (v1|v2c|usm).

v1: Reserved for SNMPv1.

v2c: Reserved for SNMPv2c.

usm: User-based Security Model (USM).

Security Level Indicates the security model that this entry should belong to. Possible security models

are:

NoAuth, NoPriv: None authentication and none privacy.

Auth, NoPriv: Authentication and none privacy.

Auth, Priv: Authentication and privacy.

Read View Name The name of the MIB view defining the MIB objects for which this request may request

the current values. The allowed string length is 1 to 32, and the allowed content is the

ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

Write View Name

The name of the MIB view defining the MIB objects for which this request may

potentially SET new values. The allowed string length is 1 to 32, and the allowed

content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.

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Traffic Prioritization

Storm Control

There is a unicast storm rate control, broadcast storm rate control, and an unknown storm rate control. These only affect flooded frames, i.e. frames with a (VLAN ID, DMAC) pair not present on the MAC Address table.

The rate is a numerical figure. The unit of the rate can be either kbps, Mbps, fps or kfps. The configuration indicates the permitted packet rate for unicast, broadcast, or unknown traffic across the switch.

Note: Frames, which are sent to the CPU of the switch are always limited to approximately 4 kpps. For example, broadcasts in the management VLAN are limited to this rate.

Label Description

Fr ame Typ e The settings in a particular column apply to the frame type listed here: unicast,

broadcast, or unknown.

Enable Enable or disable the storm control status for the given frame type on the given port.

Rate/Unit The default value is 500. This value is restricted to 100-1000000 when the “Unit” is

“kbps” or “fps”, and it is restricted to 1-3300 when the

“Unit” is “Mbps” or “kfps”.

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Port Classification

QoS is an acronym for Quality of Service. It is a method to guarantee a bandwidth relationship between individual applications or protocols.

Label Description

Port The port number for which the configuration below applies

QoS Class Controls the default QoS class.

All frames are classified to a QoS class. There is a one to one mapping between QoS

class, queue and priority. A QoS class of 0 (zero) has the lowest priority.

If the port is VLAN aware and the frame is tagged, then the frame is classified to a QoS

class that is based on the PCP value in the tag as shown below. Otherwise the frame is

classified to the default QoS class.

PCP value: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

QoS class: 1 0 2 3 4 5 6 7

If the port is VLAN aware, the frame is tagged and Tag Class is enabled, then the

frame is classified to a QoS class that is mapped from the PCP and DEI value in the tag.

Otherwise the frame is classified to the default QoS class.

The classified QoS class can be overruled by a QCL entry.

Note: If the default QoS class has been dynamically changed, then the actual default

QoS class is shown in parentheses after the configured default QoS class.

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DP level Controls the default Drop Precedence Level.

All frames are classified to a DP level.

If the port is VLAN aware and the frame is tagged, then the frame is classified to a DP

level that is equal to the DEI value in the tag. Otherwise the frame is classified to the

default DP level.

If the port is VLAN aware, the frame is tagged and Tag Class is enabled, then the

frame is classified to a DP level that is mapped from the PCP and DEI value in the tag.

Otherwise the frame is classified to the default DP level.

The classified DP level can be overruled by a QCL entry.

PCP Controls the default PCP value.

All frames are classified to a PCP value.

If the port is VLAN aware and the frame is tagged, then the frame is classified to the

PCP value in the tag. Otherwise the frame is classified to the default PCP value.

DEI Controls the default DEI value.

All frames are classified to a DEI value.

If the port is VLAN aware and the frame is tagged, then the frame is classified to the

DEI value in the tag. Otherwise the frame is classified to the default DEI value.

Tag Class Shows the classification mode for tagged frames on this port.

Disabled: Use default QoS class and DP level for tagged frames.

Enabled: Use mapped versions of PCP and DEI for tagged frames.

Click on the mode in order to configure the mode and/or mapping.

Note: This setting has no effect if the port is VLAN unaware. Tagged frames received

on VLAN unaware ports are always classified to the default QoS class and DP level.

DSCP Based Click to Enable DSCP Based QoS Ingress Port Classification.

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Port Tag Remarking

This page provides an overview of QoS Egress Port Tag Remarking for all switch ports.

Label Description

Port The logical port for the settings contained in the same row.

Click on the port number in order to configure tag remarking

Mode Shows the tag remarking mode for this port.

Classified: Use classified PCP/DEI values.

Default: Use default PCP/DEI values.

Mapped: Use mapped versions of QoS class and DP level.

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Port DSCP

This page allows you to configure the basic QoS Port DSCP Configuration settings for all switch ports.

Label Description

Port The Port column shows the list of ports for which you can configure dscp ingress and

egress settings.

Ingress In Ingress settings you can change ingress translation and classification settings for

individual ports.

There are two configuration parameters available in Ingress:

1. Tra nslate

2. Classify

1. Tra nslate To Enable the Ingress Translation click the checkbox.

2. Classify Classification for a port have 4 different values.

• Disable: No Ingress DSCP Classification.

• DSCP=0: Classify if incoming (or translated if enabled) DSCP is 0.

• Selected: Classify only selected DSCP for which classification is enabled as specified in DSCP Translation window for the specific DSCP.

• All: Classify all DSCP.

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Egress Port Egress Rewriting can be one of –

• Disable: No Egress rewrite.

• Enable: Rewrite enabled without remapping.

• Remap DP Unaware: DSCP from analyzer is remapped and frame is remarked with

remapped DSCP value. The remapped DSCP value is always taken from the ‘DSCP Translation->Egress Remap DP0’ table.

• Remap DP Aware: DSCP from analyzer is remapped and frame is remarked with

remapped DSCP value. Depending on the DP level of the frame, the remapped DSCP value is either taken from the ‘DSCP Translation->Egress Remap DP0’ table or from the ‘DSCP Translation->Egress Remap DP1’ table.

Port Policing

This page allows you to configure the Policer settings for all switch ports.

Label Description

Port The port number for which the configuration below applies

Enable Controls whether the policer is enabled on this switch port.

Rate Controls the rate for the policer. The default value is 500. This value is restricted to

100-1000000 when the “Unit” is “kbps” or “fps”, and it is restricted to 1-3300 when the “Unit” is “Mbps” or “kfps”.

Unit Controls the unit of measure for the policer rate as kbps, Mbps, fps or kfps . The default

value is “kbps”.

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Queue Policing

This page allows you to configure the Queue Policer settings for all switch ports.

Label Description

Port The port number for which the configuration below applies.

Enable(E) Controls whether the queue policer is enabled on this switch port.

Rate Controls the rate for the queue policer. The default value is 500. This value is restricted

to 100-1000000 when the “Unit” is “kbps”, and it is restricted to 1-3300 when the “Unit” is “Mbps”. This field is only shown if at least one of the queue policers are enabled.

Unit Controls the unit of measure for the queue policer rate as kbps or Mbps. The default

value is “kbps”. This field is only shown if at least one of the queue policers are enabled.

Port Scheduler

This page provides an overview of QoS Egress Port Schedulers for all switch ports.

Label Description

Port The logical port for the settings contained in the same row.

Click on the port number in order to configure the schedulers.

Mode Shows the scheduling mode for this port.

Qn Shows the weight for this queue and port.

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Port Shaping

This page provides an overview of QoS Egress Port Shapers for all switch ports.

Label Description

Port The logical port for the settings contained in the same row.

Click on the port number in order to configure the shapers.

Mode Shows “disabled” or actual queue shaper rate – e.g. “800 Mbps”.

Qn Shows “disabled” or actual port shaper rate – e.g. “800 Mbps”.

DSCP Based QoS

This page allows you to configure the basic QoS DSCP based QoS Ingress Classification settings for all switches.

Label Description

DSCP Maximum number of supported DSCP values are 64.

Trus t Controls whether a specific DSCP value is trusted. Only frames with trusted DSCP

values are mapped to a specific QoS class and Drop Precedence Level. Frames with untrusted DSCP values are treated as a non-IP frame.

QoS Class QoS class value can be any of (0-7)

DPL Drop Precedence Level (0-1)

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DSCP Translation

This page allows you to configure the basic QoS DSCP Translation settings for all switches. DSCP translation can be done in Ingress or Egress.

Label Description

DSCP Maximum number of supported DSCP values are 64 and valid DSCP value ranges from

0 to 63.

Ingress Ingress side DSCP can be first translated to new DSCP before using the DSCP for QoS

class and DPL map. There are two configuration parameters for DSCP Translation –

1. Tra nslate

2. Classify

1. Tra nslate DSCP at Ingress side can be translated to any of (0-63) DSCP values.

2. Classify Click to enable Classification at Ingress side.

Egress There are the following configurable parameters for Egress side –

1. Remap DP0 Controls the remapping for frames with DP level 0.

2. Remap DP1 Controls the remapping for frames with DP level 1.

1. Remap DP0 Select the DSCP value from select menu to which you want to remap. DSCP value ranges form 0 to 63.

2. Remap DP1 Select the DSCP value from select menu to which you want to remap. DSCP value ranges form 0 to 63.

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DSCP Classification

This page allows you to configure the mapping of QoS class and Drop Precedence Level to DSCP value.

Label Description

QoS Class Actual QoS class

DPL Actual Drop Precedence Level.

DSCP Select the classified DSCP value (0-63).

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QoS Control List

This page allows to edit|insert a single QoS Control Entry at a time. A QCE consists of several parameters. These parameters vary according to the frame type that you select.

Label Description

Port Members Check the checkbox button to include the port in the QCL entry. By default all ports

are included.

Key Parameters Key configuration is described as below:

Tag Value of Tag field can be ‘Any’, ‘Untag’ or ‘Tag’. VID Valid value of VLAN ID can be any value in the range 1-4095 or ‘Any’; user can enter either a specific value or a range of VIDs. PCP Priority Code Point: Valid value PCP are specific(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) or range(0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 0-3, 4-7) or ‘Any’.

DEI Drop Eligible Indicator: Valid value of DEI can be any of values between 0, 1 or ‘Any’. SMAC Source MAC address: 24 MS bits (OUI) or ‘Any’. DMAC Type Destination MAC type: possible values are unicast(UC), multicast(MC),

broadcast(BC) or ‘Any’. Frame Type Frame Type can have any of the following values:

1. Any

2. Ethernet

3. LLC

4. SNAP

5. IPv4

6. IPv6 Note: All frame types are explained below.

1. Any Allow all types of frames.

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2. Ethernet Ethernet Type Valid Ethernet type can have a value within 0x600-0xFFFF or ‘Any’ but excluding 0x800(IPv4) and 0x86DD(IPv6), default value is ‘Any’.

3. LLC SSAP Address Valid SSAP(Source Service Access Point) can vary from 0x00 to 0xFF or ‘Any’, the default value is ‘Any’. DSAP Address Valid DSAP(Destination Service Access Point) can vary from 0x00 to 0xFF or ‘Any’, the default value is ‘Any’. Control Valid Control field can vary from 0x00 to 0xFF or ‘Any’, the default value is ‘Any’.

4. SNAP PID Valid PID(a.k.a Ethernet type) can have value within 0x00-0xFFFF or ‘Any’, default value is ‘Any’.

5. IPv4 Protocol IP protocol number: (0-255, TCP or UDP) or ‘Any’. Source IP Specific Source IP address in value/mask format or ‘Any’. IP and Mask are in the format x.y.z.w where x, y, z, and w are decimal numbers between 0 and 255. When Mask is converted to a 32-bit binary string and read from left to right, all bits following the first zero must also be zero. DSCP Diffserv Code Point value (DSCP): It can be a specific value, range of values or ‘Any’. DSCP values are in the range 0-63 including BE, CS1-CS7, EF or AF11-AF43. IP Fragment Ipv4 frame fragmented option: yes|no|any. Sport Source TCP/UDP port(0-65535) or ‘Any’, specific or port range applicable for IP protocol UDP/TCP. Dport Destination TCP/UDP port(0-65535) or ‘Any’, specific or port range applicable for IP protocol UDP/TCP

6.IPv6 Protocol IP protocol number: (0-255, TCP or UDP) or ‘Any’. Source IP IPv6 source address: (a.b.c.d) or ‘Any’, 32 LS bits. DSCP Diffserv Code Point value (DSCP): It can be a specific value, range of values or ‘Any’. DSCP values are in the range 0-63 including BE, CS1-CS7, EF or AF11-AF43. Sport Source TCP/UDP port:(0-65535) or ‘Any’, specific or port range applicable for IP protocol UDP/TCP. Dport Destination TCP/UDP port:(0-65535) or ‘Any’, specific or port range applicable for IP protocol UDP/TCP.

Action Parameters

Class QoS class: (0-7) or ‘Default’. DP Valid Drop Precedence Level can be (0-1) or ‘Default’. DSCP Valid DSCP value can be (0-63, BE, CS1-CS7, EF or AF11-AF43) or ‘Default’. ‘Default’ means that the default classified value is not modified by this QCE.

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QoS Counters

This page provides statistics for the different queues for all switch ports.

Label Description

Port The logical port for the settings contained in the same row.

Qn There are 8 QoS queues per port. Q0 is the lowest priority queue.

Rx / Tx The number of received and transmitted packets per queue.

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QCL Status

This page shows the QCL status by different QCL users. Each row describes the QCE that is defined. It is a conflict if a specific QCE is not applied to the hardware due to hardware limitations. The maximum number of QCEs is 256 on each switch.

Label Description

User Indicates the QCL user.

QCE# Indicates the index of QCE.

Fr ame Typ e Indicates the type of frame to look for incoming frames. Possible frame types are:

Any: The QCE will match all frame type. Ethernet: Only Ethernet frames (with Ether Type 0x600-0xFFFF) are allowed. LLC: Only (LLC) frames are allowed. SNAP: Only (SNAP) frames are allowed. IPv4: The QCE will match only IPV4 frames. IPv6: The QCE will match only IPV6 frames.

Port Indicates the list of ports configured with the QCE.

Action Indicates the classification action taken on ingress frame if parameters configured are

matched with the frame’s content. There are three action fields: Class, DPL and DSCP. Class: Classified QoS class; if a frame matches the QCE it will be put in the queue. DPL: Drop Precedence Level; if a frame matches the QCE then DP level will set to value displayed under DPL column. DSCP: If a frame matches the QCE then DSCP will be classified with the value displayed under DSCP column.

Conflict Displays Conflict status of QCL entries. As H/W resources are shared by multiple

applications. It may happen that resources required to add a QCE may not be available, in that case it shows conflict status as ‘Yes’, otherwise it is always ‘No’. Please note that conflict can be resolved by releasing the H/W resources required to add QCL entry on pressing ‘Resolve Conflict’ button.

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Multicast

IGMP Snooping

This page provides IGMP Snooping related configuration.

Label Description

Snooping Enabled

Unregistered IPMCv4Flooding enabled

Router Port Specify which ports act as router ports. A router port is a port on the Ethernet switch

Fast Leave Enable the fast leave on the port.

Enable the Global IGMP Snooping.

Enable unregistered IPMC traffic flooding.

that leads towards the Layer 3 multicast device or IGMP querier. If an aggregation member port is selected as a router port, the whole aggregation will act as a router port.

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IGMP Snooping – VLAN Configuration

Each page shows up to 99 entries from the VLAN table, default being 20, selected through the “entries per page” input field. When first visited, the web page will show the first 20 entries from the beginning of the VLAN Table. The first displayed will be the one with the lowest VLAN ID found in the VLAN Table.

The “VLAN” input fields allow the user to select the starting point in the VLAN Table. Clicking the Refresh button will update the displayed table starting from that or the next closest VLAN Table match.

The >> will use the last entry of the currently displayed entry as a basis for the next lookup. When the end is reached the text “No more entries” is shown in the displayed table. Use the |<< button to start over.

Label Description

Delete Check to delete the entry. The designated entry will be deleted during the next save.

VLAN ID The VLAN ID of the entry.

IGMP Snooping Enable

IGMP Querier Enable the IGMP Querier in the VLAN.

Enable the per-VLAN IGMP Snooping. Up to 32 VLANs can be selected for IGMP Snooping.

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IGMP Snooping Status

This page provides IGMP Snooping status.

Label Description

VLAN ID The VLAN ID of the entry.

Querier Version Working Querier Version currently.

Host Version Working Host Version currently.

Querier Status Show the Querier status is “ACTIVE” or “IDLE”.

Querier Receive The number of Transmitted Querier.

V1 Reports

The number of Received V1 Reports.

Receive

V2 Reports

The number of Received V2 Reports.

Receive

V3 Reports

The number of Received V3 Reports.

Receive

V2 Leave

The number of Received V2 Leave.

Receive

Refresh Click to refresh the page immediately.

Clear Clears all Statistics counters.

Auto-Refresh Check this box to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals.

Port Switch Port number

Status Indicate whether specific port is a router port or not .

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IGMP Snooping Groups Information

Entries in the IGMP Group Table are shown on this page. The IGMP Group Table is sorted first by VLAN ID, and then by group.

Label Description

VLAN ID VLAN ID of the group.

Groups Group address of the group displayed.

Port Members Ports under this group..

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Security

ACL

Ports

Configure the ACL parameters (ACE) of each switch port. These parameters will affect frames received on a port unless the frame matches a specific ACE.

Label Description

Port The logical port for the settings contained in the same row.

Policy ID Select the policy to apply to this port. The allowed values are 1 through 8. The default

value is 1.

Action Select whether forwarding is permitted (“Permit”) or denied (“Deny”). The default value

is “Permit”.

Rate Limiter ID Select which rate limiter to apply to this port. The allowed values are Disabled or the

values 1 through 15. The default value is “Disabled”.

Port Copy Select which port frames are copied to. The allowed values are Disabled or a specific

port number. The default value is “Disabled”.

Logging Specify the logging operation of this port. The allowed values are:

Enabled: Frames received on the port are stored in the System Log. Disabled: Frames received on the port are not logged. The default value is “Disabled”. Please note that the System Log memory size and logging rate is limited.

Shutdown Specify the port shut down operation of this port. The allowed values are:

Enabled: If a frame is received on the port, the port will be disabled. Disabled: Port shut down is disabled. The default value is “Disabled”.

Counter Counts the number of frames that match this ACE.

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Rate Limiters

Configure the rate limiter for the ACL of the switch.

Label Description

Rate Limiter ID The rate limiter ID for the settings contained in the same row.

Rate The rate unit is packet per second (pps), configure the rate as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128,

256, 512, 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K, or 1024K. The 1 kpps is actually 1002.1 pps.

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ACL Control List

Configure an ACE (Access Control Entry) on this page.

An ACE consists of several parameters. These parameters vary according to the frame type that you select. First select the ingress port for the ACE, and then select the frame type. Different parameter options are displayed depending on the frame type that you selected.

A frame that hits this ACE matches the configuration that is defined here.

Label Description

Ingress Port Select the ingress port for which this ACE applies.

Any: The ACE applies to any port. Port n: The ACE applies to this port number, where n is the number of the switch port. Policy n: The ACE applies to this policy number, where n can range from 1 through 8.

Fr ame Typ e Select the frame type for this ACE. These frame types are mutually exclusive.

Any: Any frame can match this ACE. Ethernet Type: Only Ethernet Type frames can match this ACE. The IEEE 802.3 specifies the value of Length/Type Field specifications should be greater than or equal to 1536 decimal (equal to 0600 hexadecimal). ARP: Only ARP frames can match this ACE. Notice the ARP frames won’t match the ACE with Ethernet type. IPv4: Only IPv4 frames can match this ACE. Notice the IPv4 frames won’t match the ACE with Ethernet type.

Action Specify the action to take with a frame that hits this ACE.

Permit: The frame that hits this ACE is granted permission for the ACE operation. Deny: The frame that hits this ACE is dropped.

Rate Limiter Specify the rate limiter in number of base units. The allowed range is 1 to 15. Disabled

indicates that the rate limiter operation is disabled.

Port Copy Frames that hit the ACE are copied to the port number specified here. The allowed

range is the same as the switch port number range. Disabled indicates that the port copy operation is disabled.

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Logging Specify the logging operation of the ACE. The allowed values are:

Enabled: Frames matching the ACE are stored in the System Log. Disabled: Frames matching the ACE are not logged. Please note that the System Log memory size and logging rate is limited.

Shutdown Specify the port shut down operation of the ACE. The allowed values are:

Enabled: If a frame matches the ACE, the ingress port will be disabled. Disabled: Port shut down is disabled for the ACE.

Counter The counter indicates the number of times the ACE was hit by a frame.

Label Description

VLAN ID Filter Specify the VLAN ID filter for this ACE.

Any: No VLAN ID filter is specified. (VLAN ID filter status is “don’t-care”.) Specific: If you want to filter a specific VLAN ID with this ACE, choose this value. A field for entering a VLAN ID number appears.

VLAN ID When “Specific” is selected for the VLAN ID filter,

you can enter a specific VLAN ID number. The allowed range is 1 to 4095. A frame that hits this ACE matches this VLAN ID value.

Tag Priority Specify the tag priority for this ACE. A frame that

hits this ACE matches this tag priority. The allowed number range is 0 to 7. The value Any means that no tag priority is specified (tag priority is “don’tcare”.)

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AAA

Common Server Configuration

This page allows you to configure the Authentication Servers

Label Description

Timeout The Timeout, which can be set to a number between 3 and 3600 seconds, is the

maximum time to wait for a reply from a server. If the server does not reply within this time frame, we will consider it to be dead and continue with the next enabled server (if any). RADIUS servers are using the UDP protocol, which is unreliable by design. In order to cope with lost frames, the timeout interval is divided into 3 subintervals of equal length. If a reply is not received within the subinterval, the request is transmitted again. This algorithm causes the RADIUS server to be queried up to 3 times before it is considered to be dead.

Dead Time The Dead Time, which can be set to a number between 0 and 3600 seconds, is the

period during which the switch will not send new requests to a server that has failed to respond to a previous request. This will stop the switch from continually trying to contact a server that it has already determined as dead. Setting the Dead Time to a value greater than 0 (zero) will enable this feature, but only if more than one server has been configured.

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RADIUS Authentication Server Configuration

The table has one row for each RADIUS Authentication Server and a number of columns, which are:

Label Description

# The RADIUS Authentication Server number for which the configuration below applies.

Enabled Enable the RADIUS Authentication Server by checking this box.

IP Address The IP address or hostname of the RADIUS Authentication Server. IP address is

expressed in dotted decimal notation.

Port The UDP port to use on the RADIUS Authentication Server. If the port is set to 0 (zero),

the default port (1812) is used on the RADIUS Authentication Server.

Secret The secret – up to 29 characters long – shared between the RADIUS Authentication

Server and the switch stack.

RADIUS Accounting Server Configuration

Label Description

# The RADIUS Accounting Server number for which the configuration below applies.

Enabled Enable the RADIUS Accounting Server by checking this box.

IP Address The IP address or hostname of the RADIUS Accounting Server. IP address is expressed

in dotted decimal notation.

Port The UDP port to use on the RADIUS Accounting Server. If the port is set to 0 (zero), the

default port (1813) is used on the RADIUS Accounting Server.

Secret The secret – up to 29 characters long – shared between the RADIUS Accounting Server

and the switch stack.

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RADIUS Overview

This page provides an overview of the status of the RADIUS servers configurable on the Authentication configuration page.

RADIUS Authentication Servers

Label Description

# The RADIUS server number. Click to navigate to detailed statistics for this server.

IP Address The IP address and UDP port number (in <IP Address>:<UDP Port> notation) of this

server.

Status The current status of the server. This field takes one of the following values:

Disabled: The server is disabled. Not Ready: The server is enabled, but IP communication is not yet up and running. Ready: The server is enabled, IP communication is up and running, and the RADIUS module is ready to accept access attempts. Dead (X seconds left): Access attempts were made to this server, but it did not reply within the configured timeout. The server has temporarily been disabled, but will get re-enabled when the dead-time expires. The number of seconds left before this occurs is displayed in parentheses. This state is only reachable when more than one server is enabled.

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RADIUS Accounting Servers

Label Description

# The RADIUS server number. Click to navigate to detailed statistics for this server.

IP Address The IP address and UDP port number (in <IP Address>:<UDP Port> notation) of this

server.

Status The current status of the server. This field takes one of the following values:

Disabled: The server is disabled. Not Ready: The server is enabled, but IP communication is not yet up and running. Ready: The server is enabled, IP communication is up and running, and the RADIUS module is ready to accept accounting attempts. Dead (X seconds left): Accounting attempts were made to this server, but it did not reply within the configured timeout. The server has temporarily been disabled, but will get re-enabled when the dead-time expires. The number of seconds left before this occurs is displayed in parentheses. This state is only reachable when more than one server is enabled.

RADIUS Details

The statistics map closely to those specified in RFC4668 – RADIUS Authentication Client MIB.

Use the server select box to switch between the backend servers to show details for.

The statistics map closely to those specified in RFC4668 – RADIUS Authentication Client MIB.

Use the server select box to switch between the backend servers to show details for.

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Label Description

Packet Counters RADIUS authentication server packet counter. There are seven receive and four transmit

counters.

Other Info This section contains information about the state of the server and the latest round-trip

time.

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Label Description

Packet Counters RADIUS accounting server packet counter. There are five receive and four transmit

counters.

Other Info This section contains information about the state of the server and the latest

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NA S (802 .1x)

This page allows you to configure the IEEE 802.1X and MAC-based authentication system and port settings.

The IEEE 802.1X standard defines a port-based access control procedure that prevents unauthorized access to a network by requiring users to first submit credentials for authentication. One or more central servers, the backend servers, determine whether the user is allowed access to the network. These backend (RADIUS) servers are configured on the Authentication configuration page.

MAC-based authentication allows for authentication of more than one user on the same port, and doesn’t require the user to have special 802.1X software installed on his system. The switch uses the user’s MAC address to authenticate against the backend server. Intruders can create counterfeit MAC addresses, which makes MAC-based authentication less secure than 802.1X authentication.

Overview of 802.1X (Port-Based) Authentication

In the 802.1X-world, the user is called the supplicant, the switch is the authenticator, and the RADIUS server is the authentication server. The switch acts as the man-in-the-middle, forwarding requests and responses between the supplicant and the authentication server. Frames sent between the supplicant and the switch are special 802.1X frames, known as EAPOL (EAP Over LANs) frames. EAPOL frames encapsulate EAP PDUs (RFC3748). Frames sent between the switch and the RADIUS server are RADIUS packets. RADIUS packets also encapsulate EAP PDUs together with other attributes like the switch’s IP address, name, and the supplicant’s port number on the switch. EAP is very flexible, in that it allows for different authentication methods, like MD5Challenge, PEAP, and TLS. The important thing is that the authenticator (the switch) doesn’t need to know which authentication method the supplicant and the authentication server are using, or how many information exchange frames are needed for a particular method. The switch simply encapsulates the EAP part of the frame into the relevant type (EAPOL or RADIUS) and forwards it.

When authentication is complete, the RADIUS server sends a special packet containing a success or failure indication. Besides forwarding this decision to the supplicant, the switch uses it to open up or block traffic on the switch port connected to the supplicant.

Note: Suppose two backend servers are enabled and that the server timeout is configured to X seconds (using the Authentication configuration page), and suppose that the first server in the list is currently down (but not considered dead). Now, if the supplicant retransmits EAPOL Start frames at a rate faster than X seconds, then it will never get authenticated, because the switch will cancel on-going backend authentication server requests whenever it receives a new EAPOL Start frame from the supplicant. And since the server hasn’t yet failed (because the X seconds haven’t expired), the same server will be contacted upon the next backend authentication server request from the switch. This scenario will loop forever. Therefore, the server timeout should be smaller than the supplicant’s EAPOL Start frame retransmission rate.

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Overview of MAC-Based Authentication

Unlike 802.1X, MAC-based authentication is not a standard, but merely a best-practices method adopted by the industry. In MAC-based authentication, users are called clients, and the switch acts as the supplicant on behalf of clients. The initial frame (any kind of frame) sent by a client is snooped by the switch, which in turn uses the client’s MAC address as both username and password in the subsequent EAP exchange with the RADIUS server. The 6-byte MAC address is converted to a string on the following form “xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx”, that is, a dash (-) is used as separator between the lower-cased hexadecimal digits. The switch only supports the MD5Challenge authentication method, so the RADIUS server must be configured accordingly.

When authentication is complete, the RADIUS server sends a success or failure indication, which in turn causes the switch to open up or block traffic for that particular client, using static entries into the MAC Table. Only then will frames from the client be forwarded on the switch. There are no EAPOL frames involved in this authentication, and therefore, MAC-based Authentication has nothing to do with the 802.1X standard.

The advantage of MAC-based authentication over 802.1X is that several clients can be connected to the same port (e.g. through a 3rd party switch or a hub) and still require individual authentication, and that the clients don’t need special supplicant software to authenticate. The disadvantage is that MAC addresses can be spoofed by malicious users, equipment whose MAC address is a valid RADIUS user can be used by anyone, and only the MD5-Challenge method is supported.

The 802.1X and MAC-Based Authentication configuration consists of two sections, a system – and a port-wide.

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