GE Multilink ML810 Instruction Manual

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Digital Energy

Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switch

Instruction Manual

Firmware Revision: 5.x

Manual P/N: 1601-0123-A3

GE publication code: GEK-113604B

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The Multilink ML810 Instruction Manual for revision 5.x.

Multilink ML810 is a registered trademark of GE Multilin Inc.

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These instructions do not purport to cover all details or variations in equipment nor provide for every possible contingency to be met in connection with installation, operation, or maintenance. Should further information be desired or should particular problems arise which are not covered sufficiently for the purchaser’s purpose, the matter should be referred to the General Electric Company.

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This equipment generates, uses and can radiate frequency energy and if not installed and used properly in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may cause interference to radio communication. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at their own expense, will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference.

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This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

Cet appareil respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel du Canada. Cet appareil est Classe A..

Electrical Safety requirements:

1. This product is to be installed Only in Restricted Access Areas (Dedicated Equipment Rooms, Electrical Closets, or the like).

2. 48 V DC products shall be installed with a readily accessible disconnect device in the building installation supply circuit to the product.

3. This product shall be provided with a maximum 10 A DC Listed fuse or circuit breaker in the supply circuit when connected to a 48 V centralized DC source.

4. The external power supply for DC units shall be a Listed, Direct Plug In power unit, marked Class 2, or Listed ITE Power Supply, marked LP, which has suitably rated output voltage (i.e. 24 V DC or 48 V DC) and suitable rated output current.

5. Product does not contain user replaceable fuses. Any internal fuses can ONLY be replaced by GE Digital Energy.

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Note

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Indicates general information and practices, including operational information and practices, that are not related to personal injury.

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1: SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..........................................................................................................1-1

ORDERING INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 1-5

FIRMWARE OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................1-6

OMMAND LINE FIRMWARE ..................................................................................................1-6

NERVISTA SOFTWARE ...........................................................................................................1-6

EFORE STARTING ...................................................................................................................1-6

COMMAND LINE INTERFACE FIRMWARE ...................................................................................1-8

ONSOLE CONNECTION .........................................................................................................1-8

ONSOLE SETUP ......................................................................................................................1-8

ONSOLE SCREEN ...................................................................................................................1-8

OGGING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME .........................................................................................1-9

UTOMATIC IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION .........................................................................1-9

ETTING THE IP PARAMETERS ...............................................................................................1-10

RIVILEGE LEVELS ....................................................................................................................1-12

SER MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................1-12

ELP ..........................................................................................................................................1-13

XITING .....................................................................................................................................1-15

ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT .................................................................................1-16

OGGING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME .........................................................................................1-16

RIVILEGE LEVELS ....................................................................................................................1-16

SER MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................1-17

ODIFYING THE PRIVILEGE LEVEL ........................................................................................1-21

ELP ..........................................................................................................................................1-21

XITING .....................................................................................................................................1-21

ML810 FIRMWARE UPDATES ..........................................................................................................1-22

PDATING MULTILINK FIRMWARE ........................................................................................1-22

ELECTING THE PROPER VERSION ........................................................................................1-22

PDATING THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE .........................................................................1-22

PDATING THROUGH THE ENERVISTA SOFTWARE ..............................................................1-23

2: INTRODUCTION INSPECTING THE PACKAGE AND PRODUCT .............................................................................2-1

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................2-2

ACKET PRIORITIZATION, 802.1P QOS ...............................................................................2-3

P F

RAME BUFFERING AND FLOW CONTROL ...........................................................................2-3

FEATURES AND BENEFITS ................................................................................................................2-4

APPLICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................2-6

3: INSTALLATION LOCATING MULTILINK ML810 SWITCHES .................................................................................3-2

CONNECTING ETHERNET MEDIA ...................................................................................................3-3

ONNECTING TWISTED PAIR (CAT3, CAT5, UTP OR STP) ............................................. 3-3

ONNECTING TWISTED PAIR (CAT5E OR BETTER, UTP OR STP) ....................................3-4

ONNECTING SINGLE-MODE FIBER OPTIC ..........................................................................3-4

IGABIT SFP (SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE) TRANSCEIVERS .................................3-4

ONNECTING FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO SFP TRANSCEIVERS ..............................................3-5

DIN-RAIL MOUNTING THE MULTILINK ML810 ........................................................................3-6

OUNTING DIMENSIONS FOR ML810 WITH METAL BRACKETS .......................................3-6

POWERING THE MULTILINK ML810 MANAGED EDGE SWITCH .....................................3-10

ALARM CONTACTS FOR MONITORING INTERNAL POWER, AND SOFTWARE TRAPS 3-11

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CONNECTING THE CONSOLE TERMINAL TO MULTILINK ML810 .....................................3-12

RJ45 C

ONSOLE PORT (SERIAL PORT) PIN ASSIGNMENTS ..................................................3-12

4: OPERATION SWITCHING FUNCTIONALITY .......................................................................................................... 4-1

AUTO-CROSS(MDIX) AND AUTO-NEGOTIATION, FOR RJ-45 PORTS ..............................4-2

FLOW-CONTROL, IEEE 802.3X STANDARD ...............................................................................4-4

POWER BUDGET CALCULATIONS FOR ML810 MODULES WITH FIBER MEDIA .........4-5

ML810 SWITCH PORT MODULES ..................................................................................................4-6

ML810 M ML8104 (C1), 4 ML810 (E4) ML810 (E6), 4 ML810 (C4), 2 ML810 (C5), 2

ML810 (E3), 4 ML810 (C3), 2 ML810 (EL), 2 ML810 (E5), ML810 (E7) (S ML810 (C6), ML810 (C8) (S ML810 (C7) (S ML810 (EJ), ML810 (EH) (S ML810 (EK) (S ML810 (CD), 1 ML810 (CF), ML8104 (CH) (S ML810 (CB), 1 ML810 (EB), (EC), (ED), 1 ML810 (EA), 1 ML810 (C2), 4 ML810 (H7), 2

ODULE LED DESIGNATIONS ................................................................................4-6

X 10/100MB RJ45 (SLOT C) ...............................................................4-8

X MULTIMODE LC (SLOT C) ...........................................................................4-8

X SINGLEMODE LC (SLOT C) .....................................................................4-9

X MULTIMODE LC / 2 X RJ45 (SLOT C) ................................................4-9

X SINGLEMODE LC / 2 X RJ45; ML810 (CI), 2 X 10/100 RJ45 + 2 X 100

BITLC SM FIBER, 40 KM (SLOT C) ...............................................4-9

X MULTIMODE MTRJ (SLOT C) ................................................................4-10

X MULTIMODE MTRJ / 2 X RJ45 (SLOT C) ..........................................4-10

X 10 FL + 2 X 100 FX ST - 2 KM (SLOT C) ........................................4-11

LOT C) ...................................................................................4-11

LOT C) ..................................................................................4-12

LOT C) ............................................................................................................4-12

LOT C) ...................................................................................4-12

LOT C) ............................................................................................................4-13

X LC MULTIMODE / 3 X RJ45 (SLOT C) ................................................4-13

LOT C) ...............................................................................4-13

X MTRJ MULTIMODE / 3 X RJ45 (SLOT C) ..........................................4-13

X LC (SLOT C) .........................................................................4-14

X MTRJ MULTIMODE (SLOT C) ................................................................4-14

X POE RJ45 (SLOT C) ...............................................................................4-14

X GIGABIT RJ45 (SLOT B) ........................................................................4-15

TROUBLESHOOTING ...........................................................................................................................4-16

EFORE CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE ......................................................................................4-16

HEN CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE ........................................................................................4-16

5: IP ADDRESSING IP ADDRESS AND SYSTEM INFORMATION .................................................................................5-1

VERVIEW ................................................................................................................................5-1

IMPORTANCE OF AN IP ADDRESS .................................................................................................5-3

DHCP

AND BOOTP .................................................................................................................5-3

BOOTP DATABASE ....................................................................................................................5-3

ONFIGURING DHCP/BOOTP/MANUAL/AUTO ................................................................5-3

SING TELNET .........................................................................................................................5-5

SETTING PARAMETERS ......................................................................................................................5-8

ETTING SERIAL PORT PARAMETERS ....................................................................................5-8

YSTEM PARAMETERS .............................................................................................................5-8

ATE AND TIME .......................................................................................................................5-10

ETWORK TIME .......................................................................................................................5-10

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................5-14

AVING AND LOADING – COMMAND LINE ..........................................................................5-14

ONFIG FILE .............................................................................................................................5-14

ISPLAYING CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................5-17

AVING CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................5-20

CRIPT FILE ..............................................................................................................................5-22

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SAVING AND LOADING – ENERVISTA SOFTWARE ...............................................................5-23

OST NAMES ...........................................................................................................................5-25

RASING CONFIGURATION .....................................................................................................5-27

IPV6 ............................................................................................................................................................5-31

NTRODUCTION TO IPV6 .........................................................................................................5-31

HAT’S CHANGED IN IPV6? ................................................................................................. 5-31

V6 ADDRESSING ..................................................................................................................5-32

ONFIGURING IPV6 ................................................................................................................5-32

IST OF COMMANDS IN THIS CHAPTER .................................................................................5-34

6: ACCESS

CONSIDERATIONS

SECURING ACCESS ..............................................................................................................................6-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................6-1

D S

ET PASSWORDS .....................................................................................................................6-1

ORT SECURITY FEATURE .......................................................................................................6-1

CONFIGURING PORT SECURITY THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE .........6-3

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................6-3

LLOWING MAC ADDRESSES ...............................................................................................6-4

ECURITY LOGS .......................................................................................................................6-8

UTHORIZED MANAGERS .......................................................................................................6-10

CONFIGURING PORT SECURITY WITH ENERVISTA SOFTWARE .......................................6-12

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................6-12

OGS .........................................................................................................................................6-15

UTHORIZED MANAGERS .......................................................................................................6-16

7: ACCESS USING RADIUS INTRODUCTION TO 802.1X ..............................................................................................................7-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................7-1

802.1

X PROTOCOL .................................................................................................................7-1

CONFIGURING 802.1X THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ...........................7-4

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................7-4

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................7-6

CONFIGURING 802.1X WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 7-9

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................7-9

8: ACCESS USING

TACACS+

INTRODUCTION TO TACACS+ .........................................................................................................8-1

VERVIEW ................................................................................................................................8-1

O TACACS+ F TACACS+ P

LOW ....................................................................................................................8-2

ACKET .................................................................................................................8-2

CONFIGURING TACACS+ THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ......................8-4

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................8-4

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................8-4

CONFIGURING TACACS+ WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 8-6

9: PORT MIRRORING AND

SETUP

PORT MIRRORING ................................................................................................................................ 9-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................9-1

PORT MIRRORING USING THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ............................................ 9-2

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................9-2

PORT SETUP ...........................................................................................................................................9-3

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................9-3

LOW CONTROL ......................................................................................................................9-5

ACK PRESSURE ......................................................................................................................9-5

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BROADCAST STORMS ..............................................................................................................9-7

INK LOSS ALERT ....................................................................................................................9-9

PORT MIRRORING USING ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ...9-11

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................9-11

ORT SETUP .............................................................................................................................9-12

ROADCAST STORMS ..............................................................................................................9-15

10: VLAN VLAN DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................10-1

VERVIEW ................................................................................................................................10-1

O T

AG VLAN VS. PORT VLAN ..................................................................................................10-3

CONFIGURING PORT VLANS THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ...............10-5

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................10-5

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................10-5

CONFIGURING PORT VLANS WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

10-7

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................10-7

CONFIGURING TAG VLANS THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ..................10-12

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................10-12

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................10-12

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................10-13

CONFIGURING TAG VLANS WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

10-19

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................10-19

11: VLAN REGISTRATION

OVER GARP

12: SPANNING TREE

PROTOCOL (STP)

13: RAPID SPANNING

TREE PROTOCOL

OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................11-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................11-1

GVRP C GVRP O

ONCEPTS ....................................................................................................................11-1

PERATIONS ................................................................................................................11-2

CONFIGURING GVRP THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ..............................11-6

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................11-6

GVRP O

PERATION NOTES .....................................................................................................11-6

CONFIGURING GVRP WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 11-8

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................11-8

OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................12-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................12-1

D F

EATURES AND OPERATION ...................................................................................................12-1

CONFIGURING STP ..............................................................................................................................12-3

OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................13-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................13-1

RSTP

CONCEPTS .....................................................................................................................13-1

RANSITION FROM STP TO RSTP .........................................................................................13-2

CONFIGURING RSTP THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ...............................13-4

ORMAL RSTP ........................................................................................................................13-4

MART RSTP (RING-ONLY MODE) THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE (CLI) .13-13

CONFIGURING STP/RSTP WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

13-15

ORMAL RSTP ........................................................................................................................13-15

MART RSTP (RING-ONLY MODE) WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

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14: QUALITY OF SERVICE QOS OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................14-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................14-1

D Q

OS CONCEPTS .......................................................................................................................14-1

IFFSERV AND QOS ...............................................................................................................14-2

IP P

RECEDENCE .......................................................................................................................14-2

CONFIGURING QOS THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ................................14-4

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................14-4

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................14-6

CONFIGURING QOS WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE .. 14-9

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................14-9

15: IGMP OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................15-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................15-1

IGMP C

ONCEPTS ....................................................................................................................15-1

IP M

ULTICAST FILTERS ...........................................................................................................15-4

ESERVED ADDRESSES EXCLUDED FROM IP MULTICAST (IGMP) FILTERING .................15-4

IGMP S

UPPORT .......................................................................................................................15-5

CONFIGURING IGMP THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ............................... 15-6

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................15-6

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................15-8

CONFIGURING IGMP WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 15-11

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................15-11

16: SNMP OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................16-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................16-1

D SNMP C T S

ONCEPTS ...................................................................................................................16-1

RAPS ........................................................................................................................................16-3

TANDARDS ..............................................................................................................................16-3

CONFIGURING SNMP THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE .............................16-5

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................16-5

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................16-6

CONFIGURING SNMP WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 16-11

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................16-11

CONFIGURING RMON ........................................................................................................................16-15

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................16-15

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................16-15

17: MISCELLANEOUS

COMMANDS

E-MAIL .......................................................................................................................................................17-1

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................17-1

D C

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................17-2

XAMPLE ...................................................................................................................................17-3

STATISTICS ..............................................................................................................................................17-5

IEWING PORT STATISTICS WITH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 17-5

SERIAL CONNECTIVITY .......................................................................................................................17-7

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................17-7

HISTORY ...................................................................................................................................................17-8

OMMANDS ..............................................................................................................................17-8

PING ...........................................................................................................................................................17-9

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PING THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ..............................................................17-9

ING THROUGH ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ...........................17-9

PROMPT ....................................................................................................................................................17-10

HANGING THE COMMAND LINE PROMPT ..........................................................................17-10

SYSTEM EVENTS ...................................................................................................................................17-11

ESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................17-11

OMMAND LINE INTERFACE EXAMPLE .................................................................................17-11

NERVISTA EXAMPLE ..............................................................................................................17-12

COMMAND REFERENCE ....................................................................................................................17-14

AIN COMMANDS ...................................................................................................................17-14

ONFIGURATION COMMANDS ................................................................................................17-16

18: MODBUS PROTOCOL MODBUS CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................................18-1

VERVIEW ................................................................................................................................18-1

O C

OMMAND LINE INTERFACE SETTINGS .................................................................................18-1

NERVISTA SETTINGS ..............................................................................................................18-3

MEMORY MAPPING .............................................................................................................................18-4

ODBUS MEMORY MAP .........................................................................................................18-4

ORMAT CODES .......................................................................................................................18-37

A: REVISION HISTORY

AND WARRANTY

REVISION HISTORY ..............................................................................................................................A-1

HANGE NOTES .......................................................................................................................A-1

HANGES TO THE MANUAL ....................................................................................................A-1

GE DIGITAL ENERGY WARRANTY INFORMATION ...................................................................A-2

B: DC POWER INPUT SPECIFICATIONS FOR MULTILINK ML810 SWITCHES, DC POWER AT 12, 24, –48, 125 AND

250 VDC POWER INPUT ................................................................................B-1

12, 24, –48, 125 AND 250VDC POWER, THEORY OF OPERATION .................................B-3

APPLICATIONS FOR DC POWERED ETHERNET SWITCHES................................................. B-4

ML810, 12, 24, –48, 125 AND 250VDC INSTALLATION ........................................................B-5

UL R

EQUIREMENTS FOR DC-POWERED UNITS ...................................................................B-5

OPERATION .............................................................................................................................................B-7

TROUBLESHOOTING ...........................................................................................................................B-8

C: INTERNAL DC DUAL-

SOURCE POWER INPUT OPTION

SPECIFICATIONS - FOR MULTILINK ML810 EDGE SWITCH ................................................C-1

MULTILINK ML810, WITH DC DUAL-SOURCE OPTION ........................................................C-3

DUAL-SOURCE OPTION, THEORY OF OPERATION .................................................................C-4

FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF THE DUAL-SOURCE DESIGN ..............................................C-5

INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................................................C-6

ORDERING INFORMATION FOR DUAL SOURCE POWER .....................................................C-7

D: FIELD INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SLOT C MODULE

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GE Energy

Multilink ML810

Ethernet Communications Switch

Chapter 1: Specifications

Specifications

1.1 Technical Specifications

PERFORMANCE Filtering / Forwarding Rate:

Ethernet (10Mb): ........................ 14,880 pps

Fast Ethernet (100Mb): ........... 148,800 pps

Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mb): .. 1,488,000 pps Switching Processing Type: Store and Forward with IEEE 802.3x full-duplex flow-control, non-

Data Rate: .................................... 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1000Mbps

Address Table Capacity: ........8K node, self-learning with address aging

Packet buffer size: .................... 128 KB total

Latency: ........................................ 6μs + packet time max. (TX-TX, TX-FX, FX-FX, TX-G, G-G)

Throughput with 8 10/100 and 2Glink max: 4.17M pps (Transmit)

Back plane:................................... 2.66Gb/s per slot

blocking

NETWORK STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE, HARDWARE

Ethernet V1.0/V2.0 IEEE 802.3: 10BASE-T,

IEEE 802.3u: ................................. 100Base-TX, 100BASE-FX

IEEE 802.3z: ................................. 1000BASE-X Ethernet (Auto-negotiation)

IEEE 802.3ab: .............................. 1000BASE-X Ethernet

IEEE 802.1p: .................................Priority protocol

IEEE 802.1d: .................................Spanning tree protocol

IEEE 802.1w: ................................Rapid Spanning tree protocol

IEEE 802.1q: .................................VLAN Tagging

IEEE 802.3x: ................................. Flow Control

IEEE 802.3ad: .............................. Link Aggregation (Trunking)

IEEE 802.1x: ................................. Port based Network access control

IEEE 802.3af: ...............................Power over Ethernet

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS CHAPTER 1: SPECIFICATIONS

MAXIMUM 10 MBPS ETHERNET SEGMENT LENGTHS

Unshielded twisted pair: ........ 100 m (328 ft)

Shielded twisted pair:..............150 m (492 ft)

10BASE-FL multi-mode fiber optic:2 km (6,562 ft) 10BASE-FL single-mode fiber optic:10 km (32,810 ft)

MAXIMUM STANDARD FAST ETHERNET SEGMENT LENGTHS:

10BASE-T (CAT 3, 4, 5 UTP)..... 100 m (328 ft)

100BASE-TX (CAT 5 UTP)......... 100 m (328 ft)

Shielded twisted pair...............150 m (492 ft)

100BASE-FX, half-duplex, multi-mode412 m (1350 ft) 100BASE-FX, full-duplex, multi-mode2.0 km (6,562 ft) 100BASE-FX, half-duplex, single-mode412 m (1350 ft) 100BASE-FX, full-duplex, single-mode20.0 km (66K ft) 100BASE-FX, full-duplex, Long Reach40.0 km (122K ft)

MAXIMUM STANDARD GIGABIT ETHERNET SEGMENT LENGTHS:

1000BASE-T (CAT5e or higher is recommended)100m (328 ft) 1000BASE-SX, full-duplex, multi-mode (62.5μm cable)220m 1000BASE-SX, full-duplex, multi-mode (50μm cable)550m 1000BASE-LX, full-duplex, multi-mode (50, 62.5μm cable)550m 1000BASE-LX, full-duplex, single-mode (9μm cable)5km 1000BASE-ZX, full duplex, single-mode (9μm cable)>70km

FIBER MULTI-MODE CONNECTOR TYPES SUPPORTED:

Fiber Port, MTRJ-type (plug-in): SFF Fiber multi-mode 100BASE-FX Fiber Port, LC-type (plug-in): SFF Fiber multi-mode 100BASE-FX Fiber Port, SC-type (plug-in), multi-mode 100BASE-FX Fiber Port, ST-type (twist-lock), multi-mode 100BASE-FX Fiber Port, 1000BASE-SX, SFP modules

FIBER SINGLE-MODE CONNECTOR TYPES:

Fiber Port, LC-type, Fiber SFF single-mode, 100BASE-FX Fiber Port, SC-type, single-mode, 100BASE-FX Fiber Port, 1000BASE-LX, SFP modules

LEDS: PER PORT (ONE SET AT THE PORT)

(see section 5.1.1 for detailed LED configurations)

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

Ambient Temperature:

................................................... -40° to 140° F (-40° to 60°C) for UL60950 and Component Parts

rating

................................................... -40° to 195° F (-40° to 85°C) for IEC 60068 Type Test short term

rating

Storage Temperature: ............ -60°to 210°F (-50°to 100°C)

Ambient Relative Humidity: . 5% to 95% (non-condensing)

Altitude: ......................................... -200 to 13,000 ft. (-60 to 4000m)

Conformal Coating (humidity protection) optional: Request quote

ALARM RELAY CONTACTS

One NC indicating internal power, one NC software controllable

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CHAPTER 1: SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

PACKAGING

Enclosure: ...................................High strength Cold rolled steel

Dimensions: .............................. 8.0 in H x 1.75 in W x 6.0 in D (in vertical mounting position)

............................... 20.3 cm H x 4.4 cm W x 15.2 cm D

Cooling method: ........................Convection, fully-enclosed steel case used as a heat sink; designed

for vertical mounting, no fans

Weight: .......................................... 2.1 lbs. (0.95 kg)

DC POWER SUPPLY (INTERNAL, FLOATING GROUND)

DC Power Connector: ............. Terminal block

12VDC Power Input nominal (range 10 to 15VDC) 24VDC Power Input nominal (range 18 to 36VDC) 48VDC Power Input nominal (range 36 to 60VDC)

Std. Terminal Block: ................. “-GND, +”

Power Input for PoE: ................ add up to 15 watts per PoE port to the base unit power draw

DC POWER SUPPLY (INTERNAL, FLOATING GROUND)

DC Power Connector: ............. IEC-320 type, male recessed from cord exiting unit

125VDC Power Input nominal (range 88 to 150VDC) 250VDC Power Input nominal (range 160 to 300VDC)

AC POWER SUPPLY (INTERNAL)

AC Power Connector: ............. IEC-320 type, male recessed

100-240VAC Power Input, 47 to 63 Hz (auto-ranging)

POWER CONSUMPTION

15 watts Max. (for a fully loaded fiber model with 2Gb) 10 watts Max. (for 8 port copper and 100Mb fiber model)

DUAL DC POWER INPUT (OPTIONAL)

A Dual-Source option is available for the 12VDC, 24VDC, –48VDC, and 125VDC and 250VDC models. This provides for continuity of operation when either of the DC input sources is interrupted. See Appendices B and C. The Dual-Source Terminal Block is marked: “+A, -A, -B, +B”

MANAGEMENT CONSOLE CONNECTOR

RJ45, see details at sec. 3.6

ML810 MOUNTING

Vertical mounting normal. Suitable for wall or DIN-Rail mounting

TYPE TESTS

TEST REFERENCE STANDARD TEST LEVEL

Electrostatic Discharge EN61000-4-2 Level 4

RF immunity EN61000-4-3 Level 3

Fast Transient Disturbance EN61000-4-4 Level 3 & 4

Surge Immunity EN61000-4-5 Level 3 & 4

Conducted RF Immunity EN61000-4-6 Level 3

Power magnetic Immunity IEC61000-4-8 Level 3

Damped magnetic Immunity IEC61000-4-10 Level 3

Voltage Dip & interruption IEC61000-4-11

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Ringwave Surge IEC61000-4-12 Level 4

Conducted RF Immunity (0 to 150 kHz)

IEC61000-4-16 Level 3

Radiated & Conducted EmissionsCISPR22 Class A

Radiated & Conducted EmissionsFCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A & B

Safety EN60950-1 standard

High Relative Humidity, Temperature, and High I/P Voltage

Low Relative Humidity, Temperature, and High I/P Voltage

NEMA TS2 2.2.7.5

NEMA TS2 2.2.7.6

74°C @ 85% RH / low voltage

74°C @ 18% RH / low voltage

APPROVALS

Applicable Council Directive According to

CE Compliance

Low voltage directive EN60950-1

EMC Directive EN61000-6-2, EN61000-6-4

UL60950-1

North America cULus

C22.2 No. 60950-1

IEC

FCC

ISO

UL listed (UL60950), cUL, CE, Emissions meet FCC Part 15 Class A NEBS Level 3 and ETSI Compliant IEEE 1613 Class 2 Environmental Standard for Electric Power Substations See also Note for Power Substations in Section 3.2.1, 3.6.1, and 5.1.2 IEC 61850 EMC and Operating Conditions Class C for Power Substations NEMA TS-2 and TEES for DC-powered and PoE-powered traffic control equipment

EMC - Communication networks and systems in substations

Manufactured under a registered

quality program

IEC61850-3 FCC part 15 subpart B Class

A & B

WARRANTY:

Three years, per UL 60950 temperature rating. Made in USA

ISO9001

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1.2 Ordering Information

ML810

Modules | XX X | None

Coating X None

- * - * - * - * - *

H1 | | 2x 1000bit LC mm Fiber SFP connector type H2 | | 2x 1000bit LC mm Fiber 2km, SFP connector type H3 | | 2x 1000bit LC sm Fiber 10km, SFP connector type H4 | | 2x 1000bit LC sm Fiber 25km, SFP connector type H5 | | 2x 1000bit LC sm Fiber 40km, SFP connector type H6 | | 2x 1000bit LC sm Fiber 70km, SFP connector type H7 | | 2x 10/100/1000TX RJ-45, fixed copper

H Harsh Chemical Environment Conformal Coating

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1.3 Firmware Overview

1.3.1 Command Line Firmware

Commands typed by the user will be shown in the following color and font.

command

The MultiLink Switch Software prompt will be shown in bold and fixed-width text , with a #

> character at the end. The default prompt is indicated as follows:

ML810#

The following hold for syntax rules:

• Syntax rules are italicized

• The command part is in bold

• Optional entries are shown in [square brackets]

• Parameter values within are shown in <pointed brackets>

• Optional parameter values are shown again in [square brackets]

Thus, the syntax

command [parameter1=<value1>[, par amt er2 =< val ue2 >]] parameter3=<value3|value4>

indicates the following:

• parameters 1 and 2 are optional

• parameter 2 can be used optionally only if parameter 1 is specified

• parameter 3 is mandatory.

Whenever the word PC is used, it implies a UNIX, Linux, Windows, or any other operating system based workstation, computer, personal computer, laptop, notebook or any other computing device. Most of the manual uses Windows XP based examples. While effort has been made to indicate other operating system interactions, it is best to use a Windows-XP based machine when in doubt.

The documentation reflects features of MultiLink Switch Software version 1.7.x or later. If your switch is not at the current version, GE Multilin recommends upgrade to version 1.7.x or later. Please refer to the GE Multilin website for information on upgrading the MultiLink Switch Software.

1.3.2 EnerVista Software

Icons common to the EnerVista MultiLink Secure Web Management (SWM) firmware for edit, delete, save and refresh are:

• Edit - edit the values

• Delete - delete the current row or the value(s)

• Save - save configuration changes

• Refresh - repaint the screen

1.3.3 Before Starting

This section explains how to setup the GE MultiLink family of switches using the console port on the switch. Some of the functionality includes setting up the IP address of the switch, securing the switch with a user name and password, setting up VLANs and more.

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Before you start, it is recommended to acquire the hardware listed below and be ready with the items listed.

For initial configuration through the serial/console port:

1. A female-female null modem cable.

2. A serial port. If your PC does not have a serial port, you may want to invest in a USB-to-serial converter or USB-to-serial cable.

3. Terminal emulation firmware such as HyperTerminal or other equivalent firmware. Ensure the firmware supports Xmodem protocol, as you may need this in the future to update the MultiLink Switch Software.

4. Enough disk space to store and retrieve the configuration files as well as copy firmware files. We recommend at least 15 MB of disk space for this purpose.

5. For access security - decide on a manager level account name and password

6. IP address, netmask, default gateway for the switch being configured.

As a default, the switch has no IP (Internet Protocol) address and subnet mask. For first time use, the IP address has to be assigned. This can only be done by using the console interface provided.

The same procedure can also be used for other configuration changes or updates (for example, changing the IP address, VLAN assignments and more). Once the IP address is assigned and a PC is networked to the switch, the switch's command line interface (CLI) can be accessed via telnet. To manage the switch through in-band (networked) access (e.g. telnet, or web browser Interface), you should configure the switch with an IP address and subnet mask compatible with your network. Also, change the manager password to control access privileges from the console.

Many other features such as optimizing the switch's performance, traffic engineering and traffic prioritizing, VLAN configuration, and improving network security can be configured through the switch's console interface as well as in-band (networked) access, once the IP address is setup. Besides the IP address, setting up the SNMP parameters allows configuration and monitoring through an SNMP network management station running a network management program.

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1.4 Command Line Interface Firmware

1.4.1 Console Connection

The connection to the console is accessed through the DB-9 RS232 connector on the switch marked as the console port. This command line interface (or CLI) provides access to the switch commands. It can be accessed by attaching a VT100 compatible terminal or a PC running terminal emulation firmware to the console port.

USB-to-serial adapters are also available for computers that do not native serial ports but have access to USB ports.

The interface through the console or the console management interface (or CMI) enables you to reconfigure the switch and to monitor switch status and performance.

Once the switch is configured with an IP address, the command line interface (or CLI) is also accessible using telnet as well as the serial port. Access to the switch can be either through the console interface or remotely over the network. Simultaneous access (that is, through the console port as well as through the network) to the MultiLink switch is not permitted.

The Command Line Interface (CLI) enables local or remote unit installation and maintenance. The MultiLink family of switches provides a set of system commands which allow effective monitoring, configuration and debugging of the devices on the network.

1.4.2 Console Setup

Connect the console port on the switch to the serial port on the computer using the serial cable listed above. The settings for the HyperTerminal firmware emulating a VT100 are shown below. Make sure the serial parameters are set as shown (or bps = 38400, data bits = 8, parity = none, stop bits = 1, flow control = none).

FIGURE 1–1: Serial Settings in HyperTerminal

1.4.3 Console Screen

Once the console cable is connected to the PC and the firmware configured, ML810 legal disclaimers and other text scrolls by on the screen.

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The line interface prompt appears displaying the switch model number (e.g. ML810>) The switch has three modes of operation: operator (least privilege), manager, and

configuration. The prompts for the switches change as the switch changes modes from operator to manager to configuration. The prompts are shown below with a brief description.

• ML810>

Operator Level - for running operations queries

• ML810#

Manager Level - for setting and reviewing commands

• ML810##

Configuration Level - for changing the switch parameter values

For additional information on default users, user levels and more, refer to User Management on page 1–12.

1.4.4 Logging In for the First Time

For the first time, use the default user name and passwords assigned by GE. They are:

•Username: manager Password: manager

•Username: operator Password: operator

We recommend you login as manager for the first time to set up the IP address as well as change user passwords or create new users.

1.4.5 Automatic IP Address Configuration

The ML810 is operational immediately after it is powered up. The advanced management and configuration capabilities of the ML810 allows you to easily configure, manage, and secure your devices and network.

Before starting, ensure you have the following items:

• RJ45 Ethernet cable

•PC with an Ethernet port

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

• Macromedia Flash Player 5.0 or higher (available from http://

www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/ download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash)

Ensure both firmware components are installed before proceeding. The ML810 can search the network for commonly used services that can issue an IP

address. If the switch is connected to a network, the ML810 uses the following process to find an IP address.

If the ML810 is not connected to a network, then proceed to Step 3 below. or use the default IP address.

Step 1:

The ML810 will scan the network for a DHCP server. If the server responds, the ML810 will acquire and set the assigned IP address. To manage the switch, determine the assigned IP address and enter as follows in Internet Explorer:

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https://<assigned_IP_address>

Ensure that https is entered, not http, and that there is connectivity (that is, you can ping the switch).

Step 2:

If there is no response from a DCHP server, the ML810 will query for a BOOTP server. If the server responds, the ML810 will acquire and set the assigned IP address. To manage the switch, determine the assigned IP address and enter as follows in Internet Explorer:

https://

<assigned_IP_address>

Ensure that https is entered, not http, and that there is connectivity (that is, you can ping the switch).

Step 3:

If there is no response from either a DCHP or BOOTP server, or if the switch is not connected to a network, the switch will assign itself an IP address. The ML810 will check to see if IP address 192.168.1.2, with a network mask of 255.255.255.0, is free. If so, it will assume these values. If this IP address is assigned to another device, the ML810 will repeat steps 1 through 3 to find a DCHP or BOOTP server or wait for the 192.168.1.2 address to become free.

Once connected, the browser will display a login prompt. The default login is:

•Username: manager Password: manager

1.4.6 Setting the IP Parameters

To setup the switch, the IP address and other relevant TCP/IP parameters have to be specified.

The IP address on the MultiLink switch is set to 192.168.1.2 from the factory. The switch is fully operational as a Layer 2 switch as a default. Setting a default IP address can potentially cause duplicate IP address problem if multiple switches are powered on and installed on the network. To manage the switch, an IP address has to be programmed.

Before starting, please ensure that the IP address assigned to the switch is known or contact your system/network administrator to get the IP address information. Follow the steps listed below to configure the switch.

 Ensure the power is off.  Follow the steps described above for connecting the console cable and

setting the console firmware.

 Power on the switch.  Once the login prompt appears, login as manager using default

password (manager).

 Configure the IP address, network mask and default gateway as per the

IP addressing scheme for your network.

 Set the manager password (this step is recommended; refer to the

following section).

 Save the settings (without saving, the changes made will be lost).  Power off the switch (or a firmware reboot as discussed below).  Power on the switch - login with the new login name and password.

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 From the PC (or from the switch) ping the IP address specified for the

switch to ensure connectivity.

 From the switch ping the default gateway specified (ensure you are

connected to the network to check for connectivity) to ensure network connectivity.

Syntax:

ipconfig [ip=<ip-address>] [mask=<subnet-mask>] [dgw=<gateway>]

An example is shown below.

ML810# ipconfig ip=3.94.247.41 mask=255.255.252.0

dgw=3.94.247.41

ML810# save

This manual assumes the reader is familiar with IP addressing schemes as well as how net mask is used and how default gateways and routers are used in a network.

Reboot gives an opportunity to save the configuration prior to shutdown. For a reboot, simply type in the command

reboot. Note that even though the passwords are not

changed, they can be changed later.

ML810# reboot Proceed on rebooting the switch? ['Y' or 'N'] Y Do you wish to save current configuration? ['Y' or 'N'] Y

ML810#

The ML810 forces an answer by prompting with a “Y” or a “N” to prevent accidental keystroke errors and loss of work.

The parameters can be viewed at any time by using the

show command. The show

command will be covered in more detail later in various sections throughout the document.

The example below illustrates the basic setup parameters. You can use

show sysconfig commands to view setup parameters.

ML810# show setup Version: ML810 build 1.6.1 Apr 29 2005 11:10:13

MAC Address: 00:20:06:27:0a:e0 IP Address: 3.94.247.41 Subnet Mask: 255.255.252.0 Gateway Address: 3.94.244.1 CLI Mode: Manager System Name: ML810 System Description: 25 Port Modular Ethernet Switch System Contact: multilin.tech@ge.com System Location: Markham, Ontario System ObjectId: 1.3.6.1.4.1.13248.12.7

ML810# show sysconfig System Name: ML810

System Contact: multilin.tech@ge.com System Location: Markham, Ontario Boot Mode: manual Inactivity Timeout(min): 120 Address Age Interval(min): 300 Inbound Telnet Enabled: Yes Web Agent Enabled: Yes

show setup or

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Time Zone: GMT-05hours:00minutes Day Light Time Rule: Canada System UpTime: 0 Days 0 Hours 45 Mins 55 Secs

ML810#

Some of the parameters in the MultiLink family of switches are shown above. The list of parameters below indicates some of the key parameters on the switch and the recommendations for changing them (or optionally keeping them the same).

1.4.7 Privilege Levels

Two privilege levels are available - manager and operator. Operator is at privilege level 1 and the manager is at privilege level 2 (the privilege increases with the levels). For example, to set up a user for basic monitoring capabilities use lower number or operator level privilege (level 1).

The Manager level provides all operator level privileges plus the ability to perform systemlevel actions and configuration commands. To select this level, enter the

command at the Operator level prompt and enter the Manager password, when

name>

prompted.

enable <user-name>

For example, switching from an operator-level to manager-level, using the enable command is shown below.

ML810> enable manager Password: ******* ML810#

Note the prompt changes with the new privilege level. Operator privileges allow views of the current configurations but do not allow changes to

the configuration. A “>” character delimits the operator-level prompt. Manager privileges allow configuration changes. The changes can be done at the

manager prompt or for global configuration as well as specific configuration. A “#” character delimits any manager prompt.

enable <user-

1.4.8 User Management

A maximum of five users can be added per switch. Users can be added, deleted or changed from a manager level account. There can be more than one manager account, subject to the maximum number of users on the switch being restricted to five.

To add a user, use the name. The password is recommended to be at least 8 characters long with a mix of upper case, lower case, numbers and special characters.

add user=<name> level=<number>

The following example adds a user “peter” with manager-level privilege:

ML810# user ML810(user)## add user=peter level=2

Enter User Password:****** Confirm New Password:******

ML810(user)##

To delete a user, use the delete command as shown below.

delete user=<name>

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The following example deletes the user “peter”:

ML810(user)## delete user=peter Confirm User Deletion(Y/N): Y User successfully deleted

ML810(user)##

The syntax to modify a password is shown below:

passwd user=<name>

The following example changes the password for user “peter”.

ML810(user)## passwd user=peter Enter New Password:****** Confirm New Password :****** Password has been modified successfully

ML810(user)##

The syntax to modify the privilege level for a specific user is shown below:

chlevel user=<name> level=<number>

The following example modifies the privilege level of user “peter” to Operator privileges.

ML810(user)## chlevel user=peter level=1 Access Permission Modified

ML810(user)##

The syntax to set the access privileges for telnet and Web services is shown below:

useraccess user=<name> service=<telnet|web> <enable|disable>

The following example sets the access privileges for telnet and Web services.

ML810(user)## useraccess user=peter service=telnet disable Telnet Access Disabled.

1.4.9 Help

Typing the help command lists the commands you can execute at the current privilege level. For example, typing

ML810

help

logout ping set terminal telnet walkmib

Contextless Commands: ! ? clear

enable exit help show whoami alarm

ML810

help at the Operator level shows the following:

Help for any command that is available at the current context level can be viewed by typing help followed by enough of the command string to identify the command. The following syntax applies:

help <command string>

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For example, to list the help for the set time command

ML810# help set time set time : Sets the device Time Usage set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]

ML810#

The options for a specific command can be displayed by typing the command and pressing enter. The following syntax applies:

command <Enter>

For example, the options for the show command are:

ML810# show <Enter> Usage show active-stp

show active-snmp show active-vlan show address-table show age show alarm show arp show auth <config|ports> show backpressure show bootmode

--more--

Other ways to display help, specifically, with reference to a command or a set of commands, use the TAB key. The following syntax applies:

For example, following the syntax listed above, the <TAB> key will list the available commands in the particular privilege level:

ML810> <TAB>

? alarm clear enable exit help logout ping set show telnet terminal walkmib whoami

ML810>

The following example lists commands starting with a specific string:

ML810> s <TAB>

set show

ML810>

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In the following example, the <TAB> key completes the command:

ML810> se<TAB>

password timeout vlan

ML810> set

1.4.10 Exiting

To exit from the CLI interface and terminate the console session use the logout command. This command prompts to ensure that the logout was not mistakenly typed. The following syntax applies:

logout

The following example illustrates logging out from a session:

ML810> logout Logging out from the current session [’Y’ or ’N’] Y Connection to the host lost

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1.5 EnerVista Secure Web Management

1.5.1 Logging in for the First Time

Enter the following URL in the web browser to login to the EnerVista Secure Web Management software.

https://<IP Address assigned to the switch>

Make sure you use HTTPS (secure HTTP) and not HTTP in the URL.

In the example shown in the previous section, the URL is:

https://3.94.247.41

If your site uses name services, you can use a name instead of the IP address. Please make sure that the name is resolved to the IP address assigned to the switch.

The secure site will issue the certificate check shown below.

1.5.2 Privilege Levels

FIGURE 1–2: Security certificate

Once you click Yes on the security certificate, the browser will prompt you to login.

For the first time,

 Login with the name manager and password manager.  Click on Login.

After a successful login, the welcome screen is shown. Note the different information provided on the screen and different areas. The menus are used to configure settings on the switch. Users can click on a specific port to open the port configuration view.

• Operator privilege users: operator privileges allow views of the current configurations but do not allow changes to the conf iguration.

• Manager privilege users: manager privileges allow configuration changes. The changes can be done at the manager prompt or for global configuration as well as specific configuration.

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1.5.3 User Management

 Select the Administration > User Mgmt > User Accounts menu item.  To add a user, use the

add button.

The username must be a unique name. The password is recommended to be at least 8 characters long with a mix of upper case, lower case, numbers and special characters.

In the following example below, the user peter was added with manager privilege after clicking the add button.

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After successfully adding a user, the added user is displayed in the list of users as shown below.

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 To delete a user, click on the delete icon ( )as shown below.

The firmware will prompt to verify the delete command.

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 To modify the password, view the users as described above and click on

the edit icon ( ).

After clicking on the edit icon, the screen opens up for modifying the password.

In this example, the user ID peter was selected for modification. The password for peter will be modified after the new password is entered.

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1.5.4 Modifying the Privilege Level

Privilege levels cannot be changed from the EnerVista Secure Web Management (SWM) firmware. This can only be done through the CLI interface, or alternately, by deleting the user and adding the same user with the proper privilege level.

1.5.5 Help

Help for the EnerVista Secure Web Management software can be obtained by clicking on the Help icon as shown below.

1.5.6 Exiting

 To exit or logout, click on the logout button.

 Confirm the logout by selecting OK in the pop-up window.

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1.6 ML810 Firmware Updates

1.6.1 Updating MultiLink Firmware

This section describes how to upgrade the firmware on a Multilink switch, either locally at the console port or remotely over the network using FTP or TFTP. Depending on the update process (serial/console port or network), ensure the necessary tools listed below are available, tested and working before you begin.

For serial port updates directly through the serial/console port, the following items are required.

1. A female-to-female null modem cable.

2. A USB-to-serial converter or cable if your PC does not have a serial port . A

cable is available from GE Multilin.

3. Terminal emulation firmware such as HyperTerminal (included with Windows)

or equivalent. Ensure that the firmware supports the Xmodem protocol

4. At least 15 MB of free disk space.

5. Manager level account name and password of the switch being upgraded.

6. An internet connection. Ensure the connection does not block ftp file transfers

1.6.2 Selecting the Proper Version

Ensure that the proper version of the MultiLink Switch Software is installed. The latest version of the firmware is available at http://www.GEmultilin.com

 Connect to the ML810 and login as manager.  Enter the  Download the latest version of MultiLink firmware from the GE

1.6.3 Updating through the Command Line

Use the following procedure to install firmware to the ML810 via the serial port.

 Download the MultiLink Switch Software from the GE Multilin web

 Use the null-modem cable to connect to the ML810 serial port.  Login at the manager level with the proper password.  Save the existing configuration (refer to Saving Configuration on page

show version command.

Multilin website.

site.

5–20 for details).

 Enter the following command:

ML810# xmodem get type=app Do you wish to upgrade the image? [Y or N] Y Please start XModem file transfer now.

Refer to Saving Configuration on page 5–20 for details on the xmodem command.

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Once the upgrade is started, the terminal emulation firmware will ask for the installation file location.

 Indicate the file location to begin the file transfer.  Make sure the Xmodem protocol is also selected in this file location

dialog window.

In some operating systems it maybe necessary to select the transfer option.

In this case,

 Return to the HyperTerminal window used in step 5.  Select the Transfer > Send File menu item.  As shown below, enter the location of the new firmware file.  Select the Xmodem protocol.

 Select the Send button and to begin the file transfer.  Once the file transfer is completed reboot the switch with the

reboot

command or by cycling power.

 Login to the switch and use the

show version command to verify and

upload the configuration file (if necessary).

1.6.4 Updating through the Enervista Software

Use the following procedure to install the EnerVista Secure Web Management software.

 Download the latest MultiLink firmware from the GE Multilin web site.

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 Save this file on FTP or TFTP. Ensure the FTP or TFTP path is

configured. If using FTP, record the FTP login name and password.

 Select the switch to upgrade. Ensure you have system administration

privileges available on the switch.

 Open a EnerVista Secure Web Management software session with the

switch by typing in the following URL:

https://<IP address of the switch>

If using FTP, save the configuration before proceeding. GE Multilin recommends a two-step update: first save the configuration to the ftp server, then load the new image and restart the switch (refer to Saving Configuration on page 5–20 for details on saving the configuration).

 Load the new firmware as shown below.

As the file is being loaded, the firmware will display the transfer in progress window.

 Reboot the switch when the transfer is complete.

After reboot, the firmware is ready for use.

 If using TFTP, save the configuration before proceeding.

GE Multilin recommends a two-step update:

• first save the conf iguration to the TFTP server,

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• then load the new image and restart the switch (refer to Saving Configuration on page 5–20 for details on saving the configuration).

 Load the new firmware as shown below.

As the file is being loaded, the firmware will display the transfer in progress window.

 Reboot the switch when the transfer is complete.

After reboot, the f irmware is ready for use.

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Introduction

2.1 Inspecting the Package and Product

Examine the shipping container for obvious damage prior to installing this product; notify the carrier of any damage that you believe occurred during shipment or delivery. Inspect the contents of this package for any signs of damage and ensure that the items listed below are included.

This package should contain:

1 Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switch, base unit (configured with user-selected

port module options installed)

2 Set of two metal vertical mounting brackets, with screws to the case

1 ML810 Installation and User Guide (this manual)

Remove the items from the shipping container. Be sure to keep the shipping container should you need to re-ship the unit at a later date.

In the event there are items missing or damaged, contact GE Digital Energy. If the unit needs to be returned, please use the original shipping container if possible.

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2.2 Product Description

Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switches provide configurability in an entry-level industrial-grade package. The high performance ML810 base unit comes with four 10/100 copper ports (which may be either regular or PoE). Up to 4 100Mb fiber ports or up to four more 10/100 copper ports or combinations, may also be configured. In addition, one or two Gb ports may be configured as 10/100/1000 copper or SFP fiber in any ML810 base unit.

Multilink ML810 comes with the best-of-breed MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware.

Multilink ML810s are ideal for building a switched, hardened Ethernet network infrastructure, connecting edge devices such as PLCs and IEDs with upstream switches or routers. Designed for use in industrial applications such as factory floors and control cabinets, industrial video surveillance systems with PoE, power utility substations, tariffed carrier field facilities, or transportation and oil and gas, the rugged Multilink ML810 handles stressful workloads (mixes of bursty data traffic and priority streaming traffic) as well as harsh environmental conditions.

The ML810 metal case serves as a heat sink and a sealed-case design enables the unit to operate in harsh Industrial grade environments and achieves high EMI noise immunity. Heavy duty Ethernet Switch jobs are readily accommodated with an extended temperature rating of -40˚C to 60˚C by the UL Component Parts method, or -40˚C to 85˚C by the IEC 60068 Type-Test method. With options such as several popular DC power input types, AC power and DIN-Rail mounting, the hardened Multilink ML810 is a “multi-purpose” Industrial Ethernet Switch.

The ML810 managed switches also provides a PoE option via power –inside PoE base unit (ML810P-48VDC) on Slot A and allows the users to utilize up to 4-ports of PoE to support

802.3af Powered devices. See details for PoE base unit in sec 5.1.11. The Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) is fully compatible with Powered Devices (PD)(e.g wireless access points, IP phones) that comply with the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard. The PoE switch ports have an auto-sensing algorithm, so that they provide power only to 802.3af, PoE end devices. PoE is managed by a multi-stage handshake to protect equipment from damage and to manage power budgets .The PoE ports will discontinue supplying power when the PoE powered devices are disconnected. This feature supports the 802.3af PoE PSE standard for over-current protection, under-current detection, and fault protection.

High performance features include non-blocking unicast traffic speed on all ports and

802.1p QoS Traffic Prioritization. Multilink ML810 switches are “plug-and-play” and are designed for use in connecting edge devices such as PLCs, IEDs and PoE video cameras with upstream switches and routers where a mix of bursty data traffic and priority streaming traffic for video surveillance and cell-tower applications are present.

Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switches have heavy-duty steel cases and are readily available with standard Industrial grade 24VDC power. Alternative internal DC power options are available. Internal AC power and DC power input types may be 12V, 24V, 48V, 125V, 250V and dual source DC input is optional on the ML810.

Alarm Relay contacts provided on each Multilink ML810 Switch monitor the hardware and software through traps, providing a record of any losses of power signals and other userdefined software events. See Section 3.5 for details.

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2.2.1 Packet Prioritization, 802.1p QOS

Quality of Service means providing consistent predictable data delivery to users from datagram paths that go all across a network. As a LAN device, the Multilink ML810 can do its part to prevent any QOS degradation while it is handling Ethernet traffic through its ports and buffers.

The Multilink ML810 switching hardware supports the IEEE 802.1p standard and fulfills its role in support of QOS, giving packet processing priority to priority tagged packets according to the 802.1p standard. In addition to hardware support for QOS, the MNS software (R2) supports two priority queues that can be shared across the eight levels of defined packet priorities for application-specific priority control by the user through software configuration settings.

2.2.2 Frame Buffering and Flow Control

Multilink ML810’s are store-and-forward switches. Each frame (or packet) is loaded into the Switch’s memory and inspected before forwarding can occur. This technique ensures that all forwarded frames are of a valid length and have the correct CRC, i.e., are good packets. This eliminates the propagation of bad packets, enabling all of the available bandwidth to be used for valid information.

While other switching technologies (such as "cut-through" or "express") impose minimal frame latency, they will also permit bad frames to propagate out to the Ethernet segments connected. The "cut-through" technique permits collision fragment frames (which are a result of late collisions) to be forwarded which add to the network traffic. Since there is no way to filter frames with a bad CRC (the entire frame must be present in order for CRC to be calculated), the result of indiscriminate cut-through forwarding is greater traffic congestion, especially at peak activity. Since collisions and bad packets are more likely when traffic is heavy, the result of store-and-forward operation is that more bandwidth is available for good packets when the traffic load is greatest .

When the Multilink ML810 Switch detects that its free buffer queue space is low, the Switch sends industry standard (full-duplex only) PAUSE packets out to the devices sending it packets to cause “flow control”. This tells the sending devices to temporarily stop sending traffic, which allows the traffic to catch-up without dropping packets. Then, normal packet buffering and processing resumes. This flow-control sequence occurs in a small fraction of a second and is transparent to an observer.

Another feature implemented in the Multilink ML810 Switches is a collision-based flowcontrol mechanism (when operating at half-duplex only). When the Switch detects that its free buffer queue space is low, the Switch prevents more frames from entering by forcing a collision signal on all receiving half-duplex ports in order to stop incoming traffic.

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2.3 Features and Benefits

• Managed switching for high performance Ethernet LANs

Multilink ML810 Switches provide unicast non-blocking (all ports can run at full speed at once) performance with standard Managed Network Software. They are typically used in LAN traffic centers with up to 8 100Mb +2 Gigabit ports for backbone connections, where managed network services are desired.

• Switching services includes 802.1p QoS packet prioritization

The Multilink ML810 switching hardware supports QoS, giving packet processing priority to priority tagged packets according to the IEEE 802.1p standard. For portand application-specific priorities of data, the QoS software may be configured.

• Fiber Ports Built-In

Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switches are designed to naturally include fiber ports, and support mixes of multi-mode, single-mode, 100Mb and 1000Mb speed; full-and half-duplex; classic Small Form Factor (SFF) and Small Form Pluggable (SFP) fiber connectors. RJ-45 10/100 ports can also be configured in the mix of port types.

• Relay Contacts for monitoring internal power and user-defined software events

Two Alarm Relay contacts monitor basic operations. One is for hardware, and will signal loss of power internally. The other is software controlled and will signal userdefined software events such as a security violation or an S-Ring fault condition.

• Vertical mounting for efficient convection cooling, no fans, extended temperature

Mounting brackets for vertical mounting are included. DIN-Rail mounting hardware is optional.

• All types of power input, 12, 24, 48, 125, 250VDC and AC

The ML810 can be configured with the user’s choice of DC power supplies: 12V and 24V for factory floor, 48V for tariffed carrier field facilities and for PoE-powered applications such as IP video surveillance, and 125V or 250V for substations. An internal AC power supply may also be chosen, universal AC for use worldwide.

• Heavy-duty design for Industrial Ethernet and extended temperature operation

Fiber ports take more power than copper ports, but the Multilink ML810 design provides for this with heavy-duty components. The ambient temperature dual-rating is 60`C per UL methods, and 85°C per IEC type test methods.

• MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware.

Managed Networks Software (MNS) basic version, combined with a Magnum 6K-Series Switch, provides power and efficiency in a managed Ethernet platform. A full range of industry-standard software functions in the MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware product enables the versatile Magnum 6K Switches to perform efficiently in a wide range of managed LAN applications, including redundant topologies.

• S-Ring and Link Loss Learn for economical high availability using ring topology

S-Ring combined with the Link-Loss-Learn feature provides reliable fast recovery of a fault in an economical ring topology combining unmanaged and managed switches.

• RSTP-2004 for rings and meshes, fastest fault recovery, interoperability

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RSTP-2004 provides reliable fast recovery from a fault in a redundant LAN, which may include Multilink switches and routers as well as other vendors industry-standardRSTP products. Redundant topologies may include rings, dual-rings, and complex meshes.

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2.4 Applications

Multilink ML810 Edge Switches offer high performance, modularity and availability. They provide the flexibility of 100Mbps fiber and copper ports as well as single or dual Gigabit (1000Mb) ports, with industry-standard LAN management software. Multilink ML810 Switches are easily used in a variety of applications including client/server computing, secure VLAN- performance upgrades to departmental networks, and stream traffic for VOIP and audio/video applications. They can also be used in a much diversified combination of mixed media in Industrial floor applications. The performance characteristics of the ML810 Switches enable them to inter-connect a series of subnets (one subnet per ML810 Switch port) in a LAN traffic center. The subnet connections may be via fiber or twisted pair cabling, 100Mbps or 10 Mbps speed, and full-or half-duplex.

The mixed-media modular capability is ideal for industrial applications where existing Ethernet LAN network cabling must be accommodated. The fiber-built-in media capability is ideal for integrating future-proof fiber cabling into the LAN structure.

Figure 2-1: Multilink ML810 or ML1600 Switch for an Industrial Application

Equipped with lots of useful features including hardened enclosures, a wide spread of DC power supply options, and extended temperature ratings qualifies the Multilink ML810 Managed switch for any Industrial factory-floor, traffic control, transportation system, or power utility application. The several MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware operated features qualifies this managed switch to operate and perform securely and reliably in all critical applications. The addition of S-Ring and the Link-Loss-Learn software features allow this Managed switch to provide a very secure highly available redundant network capability in any ring topology network.

The Managed ML810’s modularity along with the MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware features remarkably handle industrial environments (i.e. where the factory floors are networked with Ethernet based mixed-media LANs equipped with PLCs, computers for taking readings and data from Machines, Client/ Server databases, etc. and sending these

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important data to the central office data warehouses) very securely and reliably. The DINRail Mounting options on the Multilink ML810 allow the factory floor’s industrial user to mount the ML810 securely anywhere on their Network setup.

The option of setting the ports at 10 or 100Mb on copper and 100Mb on fiber media provide widespread options to the users to mix and match their legacy and advance network needs. The modularity of the ML810 Managed Edge Switches make them an attractive choice for use in applications with LAN connections to an organization’s multiple site offices and factory- floors. The different locations can be easily connected together with the Fiber ports supported by the Multilink ML810 Switch. A main NT-server in a secure area protected from earthquake or fire hazards can be connected to the full duplex Gigabit Fiber port.

Extended temperature ratings and a variety of options for AC/DC power supplies qualify this managed ML810 switch for use in non-temperature controlled networks and many other temperature sensitive critical Industrial applications where above normal room temperatures occur while the network is in operation. Full-duplex future proof fiber media can easily connect long distance subnets and provide a stable secure network to all applications. The SNMP management capability of the Multilink ML810 Switch helps create a database of all the network subnets to easily manage the network.

Example 2: A managed network is needed to provide a redundant ring topology for maximum redundancy. In a network where any faulty cable, cable disconnection or power failure can bring the whole thing down, a ring switch can be reconfigured and up and running in milliseconds. The ring topology of the network consists of high speed LAN segments supported by 100Mbps full-duplex future-proof fiber media to provide a secure long distance LAN connection. The entire network is sharing a higher bandwidth Gigabitenabled data-mining server for the vital database located in a separate secured building. The copper ports are required for multiple subnets inside the power plant to check the status of other Ethernet units. The entire spread network will be manageable to provide easy, detectable, uninterrupted support through a viewable SNMP monitor.

Figure 2-2: Multilink ML810 or ML1600 equipped with S-Ring in redundant ring solution

The Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switch equipped with a mix of copper and fiber ports provides an economical and seamless solution to many requirements. The userconfigurable Multilink ML810 provides an extra boost to the network requirements by providing copper/fiber media along with the higher bandwidth support of 10/100 and 1000Mb. The user can utilize the SNMP feature equipped with VLAN, RMON, STP and other standard managed LAN features to provide a secure and stable network.

The ML810 Managed Fiber with S-ring and Link-Loss-Learn features easily fulfill the redundant requirement with a secure and fast reconfiguration time for cable breakup when set up in a ring topology. The Gigabit port option boosts the bandwidth for high speed to support the peak traffic and minimize congestion.

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Example 3: In another application in an industrial environment , a 12 port Nebs compliant, 24VDC managed switch is required to meet the fiber and copper connections to cover the wider area of video CCTV. The switch must be SNMP enabled and managed to easily monitor the whole setup.

The Multilink ML810 managed edge switch easily qualifies for this requirement with the various features and modularity it has. Loaded with MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware, the edge switch provides a very effective and economical solution for the video vignette environment.

The security features (e.g. port-security, VLANs, SNMPv3, secure telnet, etc.) also boost the Multilink managed switches to provide a very effective and reliable solution. The modularity feature to support both copper and fiber at either 10/100/1000Mb speeds easily meets the various speeds of legacy and future broadband requirements.

In a fast growing secure video environment, the ML810 is a reliable and secure solution. The modular design of the Multilink ML810, provides a wide range of copper/fiber options to meet requirements. The Gigabit uplink for storage or broadband uplink allows the telecom user a very effective solution to store their sensitive data securelyFig 2.5c Multilink ML810 deployed in a video security CCTV application for monitoring and securing the premises.

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Chapter 3: Installation

Installation

Before installing the equipment, it is necessary to take the following precautions:

This section describes installation of the Multilink ML810 Switches, as well as connection of the various Ethernet media types.

• If the equipment is mounted in an enclosed or multiple rack assembly, the steadystate long-term environmental temperature around the equipment must be less than or equal to 60

• If the equipment is mounted in an enclosed or multiple rack assembly, adequate airflow must be maintained for proper and safe operation.

• If the equipment is mounted in an enclosed or multiple rack system, placement of the equipment must not overload or load unevenly the rack system.

• If the equipment is mounted in an enclosed or multiple rack assembly, verify the equipment’s power requirements to prevent overloading of the building/s electrical circuits.

• If the equipment is mounted in an enclosed or multiple rack assembly verify that the equipment has a reliable and uncompromised earthing path.

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3.1 Locating Multilink ML810 Switches

• For vertical DIN-Rail mounting, see Section 3.3

• For vertical panel mounting and wall mounting, see Section 3.3.1

• For DC power input data, see Appendix B. For Dual Source, see Appendix C.

The rugged metal case of the Multilink ML810 will normally protect it from accidental damage in a lab or workplace setting. Maintain an open view of the front to visually monitor the status LEDs. Keep an open area around the unit so that cooling can occur from convection while the unit is in operation. The ML810 has no fans, so it is silent when in operation. Internal electronics use the case as a heat sink, so the unit may normally be quite warm to the touch.

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NOTE

3.2 Connecting Ethernet Media

The Multilink ML810 Switches are specifically designed to support standard Ethernet media types within a single Switch unit. This is accomplished by using four popular Fiber Connectors which can be individually selected and configured.

(See Section 5.1 for a description of the Modules)

The various media types supported along with the corresponding IEEE 802.3, 802.3D,

802.3u, 802.3AB and 802.3z standards and connector types are as follows:

Media IEEE Standard Connector

Twisted Pair (CAT 3 or 5) 10BASE-T RJ-45

Twisted Pair (CAT 5) 100BASE-TX RJ-45

Twisted pair (CAT5E or CAT6) 1000BASE-T RJ-45

Fiber (Multi-mode) 10BASE-FL ST

Fiber (Multi-mode) 100BASE-FX MTRJ, LC, SC, ST

Fiber (Single-mode) 100BASE-FX LC, SC

Fiber (Multi-mode) 1000BASE-SX LC (SFP)

Fiber (Multi-mode, Single-mode) 1000BASE-LX LC (SFP)

Fiber (Single-mode) 1000BASE-ZX LC (SFP)

See the ML810 Product Page on http://www.gedigitalenergy.com/ calculations, to find fiber cable distance information.

3.2.1 Connecting Twisted Pair (CAT3, CAT5, UTP or STP)

The RJ-45 ports of the Multilink ML810 can be connected to the following two media types: 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T. CAT 5 cables should be used when making 100BASE-TX connections. When the ports are used as 10BASE-T ports, CAT 3 may be used. In either case, the maximum distance for unshielded twisted pair cabling is 100 meters (328 ft).

Note

It is recommended that high quality CAT. 5 cable be used whenever possible in order to provide flexibility in a mixed-speed network, since 10/100 copper switched ports are autosensing for either 10 and 100Mb/s.

The following procedure describes how to connect a 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX twisted pair segment to the RJ-45 port. The procedure is the same for both unshielded and shielded twisted pair cables.

1. Using standard twisted pair media, insert either end of the cable with an RJ-45 plug into the RJ-45 connector of the port . Note that, even though the connector is shielded, either unshielded or shielded cables and wiring may be used.

for Power budget

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding device.

3. Use the LINK LED to ensure proper connectivity by noting that the LED will be illuminated when the unit is powered and proper connection is established.

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NOTE

CAUTION

Note

For Power Substations: In support of the IEEE 1613 Class 2 standard, GCI advises that, for substation applications, the RJ-45 ports are intended for connectivity to other communication equipment such as routers or telecommunication multiplexers installed in close proximity (i.e., less than 2 meters or 6.5ft) to the ML810. It is not recommended to use these ports in substation applications to interface to field devices across distances which could produce high (greater than 2500V ) levels of ground potential rise (GPR) during lineto-ground fault conditions. The ML810 passes the 1613specifications for zero packet loss with fiber ports & with RJ-45 ports used as indicated here.

3.2.2 Connecting Twisted Pair (CAT5e or better, UTP or STP)

The RJ-45 Gigabit ports of the Multilink ML810 can be connected to the media types, 1000BASE-T or CAT 5E or better 100-ohm UTP or shielded twisted pair (STP) balanced cable. The CAT 5E or better 100-ohm UTP or shielded twisted pair (STP) balanced cable is recommended to use when making 1000BASE-TX connections. In either case, the max distance for unshielded twisted pair cabling is 100 meters (328 ft).

The following procedure describes how to connect a 1000BASE-T twisted pair segment to the RJ-45 port. The procedure is the same for both unshielded and shielded twisted pair cables.

1. 1000BASE-T connections require that all four pairs or wires be connected. Insert either end of the cable with an RJ-45 plug into the RJ-45 connector of the port. Note that, even though the connector is shielded, either unshielded or shielded cables and wiring may be used.

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding device.

3. Use the LINK LED to ensure proper connectivity by noting that the LED will be illuminated when the unit is powered and proper connection is established.

3.2.3 Connecting Single-Mode Fiber Optic

When using single-mode fiber cable, be sure to use single-mode fiber port connectors. Single-mode fiber cable has a smaller diameter than multi-mode fiber cable (9/125 microns for single-mode, 50/125 or 62.5/125 microns for multi-mode where xx/xx are the diameters of the core and the core plus the cladding respectively). Single-mode fiber allows full bandwidth at longer distances, about 70km with the single-mode LC.

3.2.4 Gigabit SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) Transceivers

The small form-factor pluggable (SFP) is a compact optical transceiver used in optical communications for both telecommunication and data communications applications. Due to its compact, hot pluggable characteristics, SFPs are becoming a very popular choice for various applications. The small-chassis Multilink ML810 is designed for industry-standard Gb-SFPs for user selection of the SFP gigabit media type as desired.

All SFPs used in Multilink ML810s are compliant with the industry standard Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) ensuring compatibility with a wide range of networking kit. (See Section

1.2 for the SFP’s available for the ML810.)

It is highly recommended to remove the fiber cable first before removing the SFP transceiver for any reason. Not removing the fiber cable first can damage the fiber cable, cable connector or optical interfaces. It is advised not to remove and insert a SFP transceiver frequently as this may shorten its useful life.

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CAUTION

NOTE

Always use an ESD wrist strap while handling the SFP transceivers since the SFP modules are static sensitive devices.

Note

The copper 1000BASE-T SFP transceiver port supports 1000Mb only. It is recommended to use a straight-through RJ-45(4-twisted pair) connection while connecting to any Server/ workstation. While connecting with any Switch/repeater or other device, it is recommended to use Crossover RJ-45 (4-twisted pair) category 5 or higher cabling. The maximum length supported on copper 1000BASE-T is 100m (328 ft.).

3.2.5 Connecting Fiber Optic Cable to SFP Transceivers

1. Before connecting the fiber optic cable, remove the protective dust caps from the tips

of the connectors on the PM. Save these dust caps for future use.

2. Wipe clean the ends of the dual connectors with a soft cloth or lint-free lens tissue

dampened in alcohol. Make certain the connectors are clean before connecting.

Note

One strand of the duplex fiber optic cable is coded using color bands at regular intervals; you must use the color-coded strand on the associated ports at each end of the fiber optic segment.

3. Find the Transmit (TX) and Receive (RX) markings on the SFP transceiver to verify the

top side of it. Some of the transceiver marks arrow sign for up.

4. Position the SFP transceiver correctly before insertion, and then insert the SFP

transceiver carefully, until the transceiver connector snap into the place in the socket connector.

5. Connect the Transmit (TX) port on the Magnum PM to the Receive (RX) port of the

remote device. Connect the Receive (RX) port on the PM to the Transmit (TX) port of the remote device.

The LINK LED on the front of the PM will illuminate and turn Green, when a proper connection has been established at both ends (and when power is ON in the unit). If LINK is not lit or OFF after cable connection, the normal cause is improper cable polarity. Swap the fiber cables at the PM connector and also check the connectivity on the target device to remedy this situation.

Reconfigure or reboot both of the devices if required.

If connected properly, you can check via (MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch) firmware for verifying the validity of SFP Gigabit ports.

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NOTE

3.3 DIN-Rail Mounting the Multilink ML810

The Multilink ML810 is designed for use in a “factory floor” industrial environment. It is available with an optional DIN-Rail bracket to mount it securely in a metal factory floor enclosure, maintained vertically for proper convection cooling of the unit. The Multilink ML810 requires one DIN-Rail bracket for secure mounting. This may be ordered as Model # DIN-RAIL-ML810. See a ML810 viewed from the bottom, at the rear, with model DIN-RAILML810 in place on the unit.

The DIN Rail bracket is mounted to the bottom of the ML810 unit, as shown. Four threaded holes are provided on the bottom of the ML810 for DIN-Rail mounting purposes. The required four screws are included with the DIN-Rail bracket, and are no.4-40 x 9/32 PHIL. PAN Head.

To install the ML810 with the DIN-Rail bracket installed, hold the ML810 in the side vertical position with the bottom out, and with the top moved in toward the DIN-Rail. Position the DIN bracket over the top of the DIN-Rail. Then, snap the bracket into holding position by moving the bottom of the ML810 inwards to a vertical position. The DIN-Rail bracket is heavy duty, and will hold the ML810 securely in position, even with cabling attached to the unit.

To release the ML810 from the DIN-Rail mounting, simply lift up on the bottom of the unit, disengaging the DIN rail bracket from the DIN rail. Once the bottom of the ML810 is rotated out, the DIN-Rail bracket is not engaged and the ML810 can be moved up and out, free of the DIN-Rail mounting.

The DIN-Rail mounting bracket is optional and needs to be ordered as separate items, e.g Model # DIN-RAIL-ML810.

3.3.1 Mounting Dimensions for ML810 with metal brackets

Each Mangum ML810 is supplied with metal mounting brackets and screws to mount the unit securely on a panel or wall. It is recommended to mount the ML810 vertically in one of the two mounting positions available, as shown below, for proper cooling and long-life reliability. It is also advisable to mount the unit with space for air movement around the top and the sides, typically a minimum of 1 inch.

Note

The metal brackets supplied, hold the back of the ML810 unit out from the panel or wall behind it, creating a rear space of about 1/8 inch or 3mm. This allows air circulation and cooling of the rear part of the case.

For best cooling of the ML810, attach the metal brackets to metal (rather than wood or plastic). Attaching to metal helps conduct heat away from the ML810 through the metal brackets and into the metal support structure.

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Since the ML810 has special internal thermal techniques to move the heat generated by the electronic components inside into the case, the case may be quite warm to the touch during normal operation.

Figure 3-1: Panel / Wall Mounting Position 1:

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The unit is mounted using the brackets as shown in the illustration above. The spacing for the mounting screws into the supporting wall or panel is a rectangle 4.00 x 8.58 inches (10.20 x 21.79 cm) center-to-center.

Figure 3-2: Panel / Wall Mounting position 2

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The unit is mounted using the brackets as shown in the illustration above. The spacing for the mounting screws into the supporting wall or panel is a rectangle 2.81 x 8.58 inches (7.14 x 21.79 cm) center-to-center.

Figure 3-3: Typical Panel / Wall mounting of the ML810 Switch (position 2 shown)

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3.4 Powering the Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switch

The DC internal power supply supports installation environments where the DC voltage is from 10 to 300 volts depending on the model selected. The power consumption will range from about 10 up to 15 watts, depending on the port quantity and types in the configuration.. When connecting the Ethernet cabling, there is no need to power down the unit. Individual cable segments can be connected or disconnected without concern for power-related problems or damage to the unit.

Power input options are available to suit the ML810 Switches to special high-availability communications and/or heavy industrial-grade applications, including:

• 12VDC, -48VDC, 24VDC, 125VDC and 250VDC with single DC input,

• 12VDC, -48VDC, 24VDC, 125VDC and 250VDC with dual-source DC input

• AC input with internal power supply

(See Section 1.2, for Ordering Information.)

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CHAPTER 3: INSTALLATION ALARM CONTACTS FOR MONITORING INTERNAL POWER, AND SOFTWARE TRAPS

NOTE

3.5 Alarm Contacts for monitoring internal power, and

Software Traps

The Alarm Contacts feature, standard on Multilink ML810’s, provides two Form C Normally Closed (NC) contacts to which the user can attach two sets of status monitoring wires at the green terminal block.

The first NC Alarm Contact is a “Software Alarm” (labeled S/W), operated by user settings in the MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware. The user can disable the Software Alarm feature with a software configuration command if desired. When the Software Alarm is enabled, the Form C Normally Closed (NC) contact is held close during normal software operation. A user-defined software malfunction, such as an SNMP Trap or a Software Security violation or an S-Ring Fault, causes the contact to open and thus triggers an alarm in the user’s monitoring system

The second NC Alarm Contact is held closed when there is power on the main board inside of the Switch. This provides a “Hardware Alarm” (labeled H/W) because the NC contacts will open when internal power is lost, either from an external power down condition or by the failure of the power supply inside of the Switch.

Useful info. about Alarm contacts:

1. There are four terminal blocks (1,2,3,4) provided next to the Console port.

2. The left two pins (1,2) are hardware operated

3. The right two pins (3,4) are software operated

4. These are both NC (normally closed) relays

5. The switch’s software operation needs to be enabled and set to get the Alarm traps.

The Alarm Contacts are on the front left area (next to the Console port) of the Multilink ML810 unit and are green in color as shown in the picture.

Figure 3-4: Alarm Contacts:

Note

1 and 2 are hardware operated.

3 and 4 are software operated.

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NOTE

3.6 Connecting the Console Terminal to Multilink ML810

Use a (RJ45) “null modem” cable to connect the Multilink ML810 Console Port (the RJ45 Console port on the ML810 Switch) to your PC, so that your PC becomes the ML810 Console Terminal.

Note

The RJ45 cable is not included with the ML810 package.

3.6.1 RJ45 Console port (Serial port) pin assignments

Figure 3-5: RJ45 (ML810 Console port connector)

Pin Signal Description

1 RTS Request to Send

2opennot used

3 TXD Transmit Data (output)

4 GND Ground

5 GND Ground

6 RXD Receive Data (input)

7opennot used

8 CTS Clear to Send

The above provided information enables a managed station (a PC or Console terminal) to connect directly to the switch.

Note

To use the Console port to configure the managed switch, a serial (Null-modem) male to male cable is required to communicate properly. The Null-Modem (RJ45) cable is optional and can be ordered from the factory, along with the unit as:

CONSOLE-CBLQD for serial port

CONSOLE-CBLQU for USB port

Note

For Power Substations: In support of the IEEE 1613 Class 2 standard, GCI advises that, for substation applications, the serial (RJ45) console ports are intended for temporary connectivity to other equipment such as PCs. Since the console port connection is temporary, it is excluded from IEEE 1613 packet-loss testing per the 1613 standarddefined test procedure.

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GE Energy

Multilink ML810

Ethernet Communications Switch

Chapter 4: Operation

Operation

This chapter describes the functions and operation of the Multilink ML810 Switch.

4.1 Switching Functionality

A Multilink ML810 provides switched connectivity at Ethernet wire-speed among all of its ports. The Multilink ML810 supports10/100Mbs for copper media and 100Mb separate traffic domains for fiber ports to maximize bandwidth utilization and network performance. All ports can communicate to all other ports in a Multilink ML810, but local traffic on a port will not consume any of the bandwidth on any other port.

The Multilink ML810 units are plug-and-play devices. There is no software configuring necessary to be done for basic operation at installation or for maintenance. There is an optional Half / Full duplex mode and 10Mbps or 100Mbps selection for the switched ports which must be configured through MNS software per unit as per the requirement. The internal functions of both are described below.

Filtering and Forwarding

Each time a packet arrives on one of the switched ports, the decision is taken to either filter or to forward the packet. Packets whose source and destination addresses are on the same port segment will be filtered, constraining them to that one port and relieving the rest of the network from having to process them. A packet whose destination address is on another port segment will be forwarded to the appropriate port, and will not be sent to the other ports where it is not needed. Traffic needed for maintaining the un-interrupted operation of the network (such as occasional multi-cast packets) is forwarded to all ports.

The Multilink ML810 Switches operate in the store-and-forward switching mode, which eliminates bad packets and enables peak performance to be achieved when there is heavy traffic on the network.

Address Learning

All Multilink ML810 units have address table capacities of 8K node addresses suitable for use in larger networks. They are self-learning, so as nodes are added, removed or moved from one segment to another, the ML810 Switch automatically keeps up with node locations.

An address-aging algorithm causes least-used addresses to fall out in favor for frequentlyused addresses. To reset the address buffer, cycle power down-and-up.

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4.2 Auto-Cross(MDIX) and Auto-negotiation, for RJ-45 ports

The RJ-45 ports independently support auto-cross (MDI or MDIX) in auto-negotiation mode and will work properly with all the other connected devices with RJ-45 ports whether they support Auto-negotiation (e.g 10Mb Hub, media converter) or fixed mode at 10Mb or 100Mb Half/Full Duplex(managed switch) or not. No cross-over cable is required while using the ML810’s copper port to other devices. Operation is according to the IEEE 802.3u standard.

The Managed ML810’s Fast Ethernet copper ports can be set for either fixed 100Mb speed or for 10/100 F/H N-way auto-negotiation per the IEEE802.3u standard. The selection is made via MNS software. The factory default setting is for auto-negotiation. At 10Mb or 100Mb-fixed speed, the user may select half- or full-duplex mode by MNS Software for each RJ-45 port separately. For detail information See Section 2.3 of this manual for information to access the “6K-MNS Software user guide”

One frequently-used application for the Managed Multilink ML810 Switch copper ports is to connect one of them using a fiber media converter to another Switch in the network backbone, or to some other remote 100Mb device. In this case, it is desirable to operate the fiber link at 100Mb speed, and at either half- or full duplex mode depending on the capabilities of the remote device. Standard commercially available Fast Ethernet media converters mostly do not support auto-negotiation properly, and require that the switched port to which they are connected be at the 100Mb fixed speed. Attachments to a 10/100 auto-negotiation port typically will not work properly. The ML810 Switch’s RJ-45 ports handle this situation by configuring the ports as per desired through MNS software port settings and can check the port status of each port after the change.

When Multilink ML810 RJ-45 copper ports are set for auto-negotiation and are connected to another auto-negotiating device, there are 4 different speed and F/H modes possible depending on what the other device supports. These are: (1) 100Mb full-duplex, (2) 100Mb half-duplex, (3) 10 Mb full-duplex and (4) 10 Mb half-duplex.

The auto-negotiation logic will attempt to operate in descending order and will normally arrive at the highest order mode that both devices can support at that time. (Since autonegotiation is potentially an externally controlled process, the original “highest order mode” result can change at any time depending on network changes that may occur). If the device at the other end is not an auto-negotiating device, the ML810’s RJ-45 ports will try to detect its idle signal to determine 10 or 100 speed, and will default to half-duplex at that speed per the IEEE standard.

General information:

Auto-negotiation per-port for 802.3u-compliant switches occurs when:

• the devices at both ends of the cable are capable of operation at either 10Mb or 100Mb speed and/or in full- or half-duplex mode, and can send/receive autonegotiation pulses, and...

• the second of the two connected devices is powered up*, i.e., when LINK is established for a port, or...

• the LINK is re-established on a port after being lost temporarily.

Note

Some NIC cards only auto-negotiate when the computer system that they are in is powered. These are exceptions to the “negotiate at LINK – enabled” rule above, but may be occasionally encountered.

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When operating in 100Mb half-duplex mode, cable distances and hop-counts may be limited within that collision domain. The Path Delay Value (PDV) bit-times must account for all devices and cable lengths within that domain. For Multilink ML810 Fast Ethernet switched ports operating at 100Mb half-duplex, the bit time delay is 50BT.

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NOTE

4.3 Flow-control, IEEE 802.3x standard

Multilink ML810 Switches incorporate a flow-control mechanism for Full-Duplex mode. The purpose of flow-control is to reduce the risk of data loss if a long burst of activity causes the switch to save frames until its buffer memory is full. This is most likely to occur when data is moving from a 100Mb port to a 10 Mb port and the 10Mb port is unable to keep up. It can also occur when multiple 100Mb ports are attempting to transmit to one 100Mb port, and in other protracted heavy traffic situations.

Multilink ML810 Switches implement the 802.3x flow control (non-blocking) on Full-Duplex ports, which provides for a “PAUSE” packet to be transmitted to the sender when the packet buffer is nearly filled and there is danger of lost packets. The transmitting device is commanded to stop transmitting into the ML810 Switch port for sufficient time to let the Switch reduce the buffer space used. When the available free-buffer queue increases, the Switch will send a “RESUME" packet to tell the transmitter to start sending the packets. Of course, the transmitting device must also support the 802.3x flow control standard in order to communicate properly during normal operation.

Note

When in Half-Duplex mode, the ML810 Switch implements a back-pressure algorithm on 10/100 Mb ports for flow control. That is, the switch prevents frames from entering the device by forcing a collision indication on the half-duplex ports that are receiving. This temporary “collision” delay allows the available buffer space to improve as the switch catches up with the traffic flow.

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CHAPTER 4: OPERATION POWER BUDGET CALCULATIONS FOR ML810 MODULES WITH FIBER MEDIA

4.4 Power Budget Calculations for ML810 Modules with

Fiber Media

Receiver Sensitivity and Transmitter Power are the parameters necessary to compute the power budget. To calculate the power budget of different fiber media installations using Multilin products, the following equations should be used:

OPB (Optical Power Budget) = P

where P

Worst case OPB = OPB - 1dBm(for LED aging) - 1dBm(for insertion loss)

Worst case distance = {Worst case OPB, in dBm} / [Cable Loss, in dBm/Km]

where the “Cable Loss” for 62.5/125 and 50/125

and the “Cable Loss” for 100/140 (Multi-mode, 850 nm) is 3.3 dBm/km,

and the “Cable Loss” for 9/125 (Single-mode, 1310 nm) is 0.5 dBm/km (a worst case industry number)

and the “Cable Loss” for 9/125 (Single-mode, 1310 nm) is 0.4 dBm/km (H4)

and the “Cable Loss” for 9/125 (Single-mode,1550 nm) is 0.25 dBm/km (H5)

= Transmitter Output Power, and PR = Receiver Sensitivity

(min) - PR(min)

m (M.m) is 2.8 dBm/km,

and the “Cable Loss” for 9/125 (Single-mode, 1550 nm) is 0.2 dBm/km (H6)

The use of either multi-mode or single-mode fiber to operate at 100 Mbps or Gb speed over long distances (i.e., over approx. 400 meters) can be achieved only if the following factors are both applied:

• The fiber segment must operate in full-duplex (FDX) mode

• The worst-case OPB of the fiber link must be greater than the fiber cable’s passive Attenuation. (Attenuation = Cable loss + LED aging loss + Insertion loss + safety factor).

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4.5 ML810 Switch Port Modules

An important feature of the Multilink ML810 is the use of Port Modules for flexible mixedmedia connectivity to RJ-45 copper and various fiber media. The first four ports (1,2,3 & 4) of the Multilink ML810 Switches are fixed RJ-45 copper ports with dual-speed 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating capability. Additionally the switch can accept up to two Port Modules to provide the user with up to 6 additional ports (10 total) providing a wide selection of Ethernet copper and fiber media connections with 10, 100 and 1000Mbps capability and up to 70km.

Each ML810 Port Module (PM) is individually described in the following sections.

4.5.1 ML810 Module LED designations

PWR LED= ON, when Power is being supplied to the unit.

RJ45 (Standard)

1= ON (100Mb), OFF (10Mb)

2= ON (Link), BLINKING (Activity)

3= ON (Full Duplex), OFF (Half Duplex)

RJ45 (PoE)

1= ON (100Mb), OFF (10Mb)

2= ON (Link), BLINKING (Activity)

3= ON (Full Duplex), OFF (Half Duplex)

4= ON (PoE device detected)

Gigabit Port (Copper)

1= ON (10Mb Link), BLINKING (Activity)

2= ON (1000Mb Link), BLINKING (Activity)

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1+2= ON (100Mb Link), Blinking (Activity)

MTRJ (Fiber)

1= ON (Link), BLINKING (Activity)

2= ON (Full Duplex), OFF (Half Duplex)

LC (Fiber)

1= ON (Link), BLINKING (Activity)

2= ON (Full Duplex), OFF (Half Duplex)

SC (Fiber)

1= ON (Link), BLINKING (Activity)

2= ON (Full Duplex), OFF (Half Duplex)

ST (Fiber)

1= ON (Link), BLINKING (Activity)

2= ON (Full Duplex), OFF (Half Duplex)

SFP Gigabit Port (Fiber/Copper)

1= ON (Link), BLINKING (Activity)

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NOTE

4.5.2 ML8104 (C1), 4 x 10/100Mb RJ45 (Slot C)

The ML810-RJ45 4-port Copper module provides four 10/100Mb switched RJ-45 ports. The 10/100Mb switched ports normally (as a default setting) are independently N-way autonegotiating and auto-crossover (MDIX) for operation at 10 or 100Mb speed in full- or halfduplex mode. (i.e., each independently selects a mode and speed to match the device at the other end of the twisted pair cable). (For auto-negotiation and MDIX details, see Section 4.2 in the ML810 User Guide.)

On the model ML810-RJ45 module, there are three LEDs for each port, two integrated into the connector, and one below the connector. The LK/ACT LED indicates LK (Link) “ready for operation” on that port when lit. The ACT (Activity) LED indicates receiving Activity on that port when blinking. The 10/100 LED indicates operation at 100Mb speed when ON and at 10 Mb speed when OFF (when auto-negotiation is not disabled). The F/H LED is ON to indicate full-duplex operation and OFF to indicate the half-duplex mode. A twisted pair cable must be connected into an RJ-45 port and the Link (LK) indicator for that port must be ON (indicating there is a powered-up device at the other end of the cable) in order for a LK LED to provide valid indications of operating conditions on that port.

Using the MultiLink ML810 Managed Edge Switch firmware, the user may disable autonegotiation and fix the desired operation of each RJ-45 port. The user may select 10Mb or 100Mb speed and full- or half-duplex mode per-port as per user requirements.

Note

For Power Substations: In support of the IEEE 1613 Class 2 standard, GCI advises that, for substation applications, the RJ-45 ports are intended for connectivity to other communication equipment such as routers or telecommunication multiplexers installed in close proximity (i.e., less than 2 meters or 6.5ft) to the ML810. It is not recommended to use these ports in substation applications to interface to field devices across distances which could produce high (greater than 2500V ) levels of ground potential rise (GPR) during lineto-ground fault conditions. The ML810 passes the 1613 specifications for zero packet loss with fiber ports and with RJ-45 ports used as indicated here.

4.5.3 ML810 (E4) x Multimode LC (Slot C)

The ML810 (E4), 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Multimode LC Fiber ports.

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The ML810 (E4), fiber ports are Small Form Factor (SFF) LC Multimode connectors used primarily in 100Mbps fiber-to-the-desktop links. When installed in a Multilink ML810 Series Switch, it supports fiber optic cable distances up to the IEEE-standard 100Mbps distance limits, i.e., typically 2km at full-duplex and 412m at half-duplex.

The compact size of the LC Connector reduces the size of wiring panels in wiring closets while providing the advantage of “future-proof” fiber optic technology.

The cable end is a “plug-in” connector with both fiber strands terminated in one housing that cannot be improperly inserted. Each port has a Link/Activity (L/A) LED indicating proper connectivity (Link) with the remote device when lit and blinking (Activity), indicating packets being received.

4.5.4 ML810 (E6), 4 x Singlemode LC (Slot C)

The ML810 (E4), 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber ports, supporting distances up to 20km. This module provides the same functions as the Multimode version (see Section 5.1.3 for more details).

The ML810 (E8), 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Singlemode LC (Long Reach) Fiber ports, supporting distances up to 40km. This module provides the same functions as the Multimode version (see Section 5.1.3 for more details).

4.5.5 ML810 (C4), 2 x Multimode LC / 2 x RJ45 (Slot C)

The ML810 (C4), 4-port Fiber / Copper module provides two 100Mb Multimode LC Fiber ports and two 10/100Mb switched RJ-45 ports.

The Multimode LC ports support fiber optic cable distances up to the IEEE standard 100Mbps distance limits, typically 2km at full-duplex.

The ML810-2MLC2RJ copper ports support Ethernet twisted pair segments of any standard length. It is equipped with a two-port RJ-45 connector, and offers 10/100 full / half-duplex auto-negotiating capability on each port. The RJ-45 connector is shielded to minimize emissions and will allow both unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and shielded twisted pair (STP) cable connections. When installed in a Multilink ML810 Series Managed Switch, the copper ports support the standard distance of 100m on each port.

(See Sections 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 for more details.)

4.5.6 ML810 (C5), 2 x Singlemode LC / 2 x RJ45; ML810 (CI), 2 x 10/100 RJ45 + 2 x 100 MbitLC SM fiber, 40 Km (Slot C)

The ML810 (C5), 4-port Fiber module provides two 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber ports, supporting distances up to 20km and two 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. This module provides the same functions as the Multimode version (see Section 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 for more details).

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The ML810 (CI), 4-port Fiber module provides two 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber ports, supporting distances up to 40km and two 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. This module provides the same functions as the Multimode version (see Section 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 for more details).

4.5.7 ML810 (E3), 4 x Multimode MTRJ (Slot C)

The ML810 (E3) 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Multimode MTRJ Fiber ports.

The ML810 (E3) fiber port is a Small Form Factor (SFF) MTRJ Multimode connector. The MTRJ’s small size and ease of connection make it a good choice for 100Mbps “fiber-to-thedesktop” Ethernet connectivity. When installed in a Multilink ML810 Series Switch, it supports fiber optic cable distances up to the IEEE-standard 100Mbps distance limits, i.e., typically 2km at full-duplex and 412m at half-duplex.

4.5.8 ML810 (C3), 2 x Multimode MTRJ / 2 x RJ45 (Slot C)

The ML810 (C3), 4-port Fiber / Copper module provides two 100Mb Multimode MTRJ Fiber ports and two 10/100Mb switched RJ-45 ports.

The Multimode MTRJ ports support fiber optic cable distances up to the IEEE standard 100Mbps distance limits, typically 2km at full-duplex.

The ML810 (C3), copper ports support Ethernet twisted pair segments of any standard length. It is equipped with a two-port RJ-45 connector, and offers 10/100 full / half-duplex auto-negotiating capability on each port. The RJ-45 connector is shielded to minimize emissions and will allow both unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and shielded twisted pair (STP) cable connections. When installed in a Multilink ML810 Series Managed Switch, the copper ports support the standard distance of 100m on each port .

(See Sections 5.1.2 and 5.1.7 for more details.)

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4.5.9 ML810 (EL), 2 x 10 FL + 2 x 100 FX ST - 2 KM (Slot C)

4 x SC Multimode or 4 x ST Multimode

The ML810 (E3) (shown), 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Multimode SC Fiber ports. This option utilizes a SC-type “push-pull” fiber optic connection.

The ML810 (E1), 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Multimode ST Fiber ports. This option utilizes a ST-type “twist-lock” fiber optic connection.

The 100Mb Multimode SC and ST ports support fiber optic cable distances up to the IEEE standard 100Mbps distance limits, typically 2km at full-duplex.

The ML810 (EM), 4-port Fiber module provides four 10Mb Multimode ST Fiber ports. This option utilizes a ST-type “twist-lock” fiber optic connection. The 10Mb ST-fiber ports allow the user to connect their legacy 10Mb network to the Multilink ML810 Series switch. It supports distances according to the 10Base-FL standard (up to 2km for Multimode fiber)

The ML810 (EL), 4-port Fiber module provides two 100Mb Multimode ST Fiber ports and two 10Mb Multimode ST Fiber ports. This option utilizes a ST-type “twist-lock” fiber optic connection.

Port 1 is marked “TX” transmit and “RX” receive for clarity. All other fiber ports follow this same configuration. Each port has a Link/Activity (L/A) LED indicating proper connectivity (Link) with the remote device when lit and blinking (Activity), indicating packets being received.

4.5.10 ML810 (E5), ML810 (E7) (Slot C)

4 x SC Singlemode

The ML810 (E5), 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Singlemode SC Fiber ports, supporting distances up to 20km. This module provides the same functions as the Multimode version (see Section 5.1.9 for more details).

The ML810 (E7), 4-port Fiber module provides four 100Mb Singlemode SC (Long Reach) Fiber ports, supporting distances up to 40km. This module provides the same functions as the Multimode version (see Section 5.1.9 for more details).

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4.5.11 ML810 (C6), ML810 (C8) (Slot C)

2 x SC Multimode or 2 x ST Multimode / 2 x RJ45

The ML810 (C6) (shown), 4-port Fiber/Copper module provides two 100Mb Multimode SC Fiber ports and two 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. This option utilizes a SC-type “pushpull” fiber optic connection.

The ML810 (C8), 4-port Fiber/Copper module provides two 100Mb Multimode ST Fiber ports and two 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. This option utilizes a ST-type “twist-lock” fiber optic connection.

The ML810 (C6, C8) copper ports support Ethernet twisted pair segments of any standard length. It is equipped with a two-port RJ-45 connector, and offers 10/100 full / half-duplex auto-negotiating capability on each port. The RJ-45 connector is shielded to minimize emissions and will allow both unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and shielded twisted pair (STP) cable connections. When installed in a Multilink ML810 Series Managed Switch, the copper ports support the standard distance of 100m on each port .

(See Sections 5.1.2 and 5.1.9 for more details.)

4.5.12 ML810 (C7) (Slot C)

2 x SC Singlemode / 2 x RJ45

The ML810 (C7), 4-port Fiber/Copper module provides two 100Mb Singlemode SC Fiber ports and two 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. This module provides the same functions as the Multimode version. (See Section 5.1.11 for more details.)

4.5.13 ML810 (EJ), ML810 (EH) (Slot C)

The ML810 (EJ), 4-port Fiber module provides two 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber ports and two 100Mb Multimode LC Fiber ports.

The ML810 (EH), 4-port Fiber module provides one 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber port and three 100Mb Multimode LC Fiber ports.

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Both modules above are Small Form Factor (SFF) LC connectors in Singlemode and Multimode fiber configurations. The Singlemode connectors supporting distances up to 20Km and Multimode connectors supporting up to 2Km distances.

4.5.14 ML810 (EK) (Slot C)

1 x LC Multimode / 1 x LC Singlemode / 2 x RJ45

The ML810 (EK), 4-port Fiber / Copper module provides one 100Mb Multimode LC Fiber port, one Singlemode LC Fiber port and two 10/100Mb switched RJ-45 ports.

The Singlemode connectors support distances up to 20Km and Multimode connectors supporting up to 2Km distances.

The ML810 (EK) copper ports support Ethernet twisted pair segments of any standard length. It is equipped with a two-port RJ-45 connector, and offers 10/100 full / half-duplex auto-negotiating capability on each port . The RJ-45 connector is shielded to minimize emissions and will allow both unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and shielded twisted pair (STP) cable connections. When installed in a Multilink ML810 Series Managed Switch, the copper ports support the standard distance of 100m on each port .

4.5.15 ML810 (CD), 1 x LC Multimode / 3 x RJ45 (Slot C)

The ML810 (CD), 4-port Fiber/Copper module provides one 100Mb Multimode LC Fiber port, supporting distances up to 2km and three 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. (See 5.1.2 and

5.1.3 for more details.)

4.5.16 ML810 (CF), ML8104 (CH) (Slot C)

1 x LC Singlemode / 3 x RJ45

The ML810 (CF), 4-port Fiber/Copper module provides one 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber port, supporting distances up to 20km and three 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports.

The ML810 (CH), 4-port Fiber/Copper module provides one 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber port, supporting distances up to 40km and three 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. (see 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 for more details)

4.5.17 ML810 (CB), 1 x MTRJ Multimode / 3 x RJ45 (Slot C)

The ML8104 (CB), 4-port Fiber/Copper module provides one 100Mb Multimode MTRJ Fiber port, supporting distances up to 2km and three 10/100Mb switched RJ45 ports. (see 5.1.2 and 5.1.7 for more details)

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4.5.18 ML810 (EB), (EC), (ED), 1 x LC (Slot C)

The ML810 (EB), 1-port Fiber module provides one 100Mb Multimode LC Fiber port. Supports fiber optic cable distances up to 2Km.

The ML810 (EC), 1-port Fiber module provides one 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber port. Supports fiber optic cable distances up to 20Km.

The ML810 (ED), 1-port Fiber module provides one 100Mb Singlemode LC Fiber port. Supports fiber optic cable distances up to 40Km. (see 5.1.3 for more details)

4.5.19 ML810 (EA), 1 x MTRJ Multimode (Slot C)

The ML8101 (EA), 1-port Fiber module provides one 100Mb Multimode MTRJ Fiber port. Supports fiber optic cable distances up to 2Km. (see 5.1.7 for more details)

4.5.20 ML810 (C2), 4 x PoE RJ45 (Slot C)

The ML810 is available with the option of having PoE capabilities on the four RJ45 ports in slot C. This is used in conjunction with ML810P-48VDC to add an additional four PoE ports to the existing four PoE ports in slot A.

The PoE (Power-over-Ethernet) RJ45 ports are similar to regular RJ45 ports, except they have the capability of providing power on each port to power up attached PD devices, per the IEEE802.3af PoE standard. The power-pass-through PoE ports are dependent upon the

-48VDC input power to supply the PD power for these RJ45 (10/100) ports. Each port supplies up to 15watts to power attached PoE PD devices.

The LEDs on the PoE ports are slightly different compared to regular (non-PoE) RJ45 ports. When the PoE port is in use, the PoE LED is ON when connected properly to an IEEE 803.af compliant PD device on that port. When non-PoE devices are connected, the PoE LED is OFF. Operation of Ethernet data traffic is not affected by PoE. LINK and ACTIVITY LEDS are combined on the PoE modules into one LED that is marked as L/A.

PoE LEDs Summary

For PoE devices, each RJ45 PoE port supports only 802.3af complaint devices. The PoE LED is ON when the attached PD is drawing power from the port. The power is supplied on the data pairs, per IEEE802.3af PoE standard.

For non-PoE devices connected, the PoE port will act as a normal RJ45 port and the PoE LED is OFF. No power is sent out from the port.

The PoE ports in Magnum 6K’s with 48VDC power input act as a pass-through, so the 48VDC power input source to the Multilink ML810 must be strong enough to provide power to the 6K switch and to all 4-RJ45 ports with PD devices connected (up to 15 watts per PoE port).

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In the case where the 48VDC power in not internally connected to the POE port pins and no power is coming to the PoE ports for some reason, all the PoE port LEDs are ON simultaneously to indicate a trouble condition. The ports will still operate properly for data traffic to non-PoE devices.

4.5.21 ML810 (H7), 2 x Gigabit RJ45 (Slot B)

The ML810 (H7), 2-port Copper Gigabit module provides two fixed 10/100/1000Mb RJ45 ports in slot B.

There are two LEDs provided for each Gigabit port. Each Copper Gigabit port has LEDs that indicate L/A (Link/Activity), 10, 100 and 1000Mbps speed (set to AUTO by default).

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4.6 Troubleshooting

All Magnum Ethernet products are designed to provide reliability and consistently high performance in all network environments. The installation of a Multilink ML810 Switch is a straight forward procedure. The operation is also straightforward and is discussed in Section 4.0 of this ML810 User Guide.

Should problems develop during installation or operation, this section is intended to help locate, identify and correct these types of problems. Please follow the suggestions listed below prior to contacting your supplier. However, if you are unsure of the procedures described in this section or if the Multilink ML810 Switch is not performing as expected, do not attempt to repair the unit; instead contact your supplier for assistance or contact GE Customer Support.

4.6.1 Before Calling for Assistance

1. 1.If difficulty is encountered when installing or operating the unit, refer back to the Installation Section of the applicable chapter of this manual. Also check to make sure that the various components of the network are interoperable.

2. Check the cables and connectors to ensure that they have been properly connected and the cables/wires have not been crimped or in some way impaired during installation. (About 90% of network downtime can be attributed to wiring and connector problems.)

3. Make sure that power is properly attached to each Multilink ML810 Switch unit. Use the PWR LEDs to verify each unit is receiving power.

4. If the problem is isolated to a network device other than the Multilink ML810 Switch product, it is recommended that the problem device be replaced with a known good device. Verify whether or not the problem is corrected. If not, go to Step 5 below. If the problem is corrected, the Multilink ML810 Switch and its associated cables are functioning properly.

5. If the problem continues after completing Step 4 above, contact GE Digital Energy.

4.6.2 When Calling for Assistance

Please be prepared to provide the following information.

1. A complete description of the problem, including the following points:

• The nature and duration of the problem;

• Situations when the problem occurs;

• The components involved in the problem;

• Any particular application that , when used, appears to create the problem;

2. An accurate list of GE product model(s) involved, with serial number(s). Include the date(s) that you purchased the products from your supplier.

3. It is useful to include other network equipment models and related hardware, including personal computers, workstations, terminals and printers; plus, the various network media types being used.

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4. A record of changes that have been made to your network configuration prior to the

occurrence of the problem. Any changes to system administration procedures should all be noted in this record.

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Ethernet Communications Switch

Chapter 5: IP Addressing

IP Addressing

5.1 IP Address and System Information

5.1.1 Overview

It is assumed that the user has familiarity with IP addresses, classes of IP addresses and related netmask schemas (for example, class A, B, and C addressing).

Without an IP address, the switch operates as a standalone Layer 2 switch. Without an IP address, you cannot:

• Use the web interface to manage the switch

• Use telnet to access the CLI

• Use any SNMP Network Management software to manage the switch

• Use NTP protocol or an NTP server to synchronize the time on the switch

• Use TFTP or FTP to download the configurations or upload software updates

• Run ping tests to test connectivity

To set the IP address, please refer to section 1.5.6: Setting the IP Parameters. Once the IP address is set, the CLI can be accessed via telnet as well as the console interface. From now on, all commands discussed are accessible from the command line interface, irrespective of access methods (i.e. serial port or in band using telnet).

To verify the IP address settings using the command line interface, the command can be used as follows:

ML810> show ipconfig

IP Address: 3.94.247.41 Subnet Mask: 255.255.252.0 Default Gateway: 3.94.244.1

ML810>

To verify the IP address using the EnerVista Secure Web Management software,

 Select the Administration > System menu item to view.

show ipconfig

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 Edit the IP address information.

Besides manually assigning IP addresses, there are other means to assign an IP address automatically. The two most common procedures are using DHCP and bootp.

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5.2 Importance of an IP Address

5.2.1 DHCP and bootp

DHCP is commonly used for setting up addresses for computers, users and other user devices on the network. bootp is the older cousin of DHCP and is used for setting up IP addresses of networking devices such as switches, routers, VoIP phones and more. Both of them can work independent of each other. Both of them are widely used in the industry. It's best to check with your network administrator as to what protocol to use and what the related parameters are. DHCP and bootp require respective services on the network. DHCP and bootp can automatically assign an IP address. It is assumed that the reader knows how to setup the necessary bootp parameters (usually specified on Linux/UNIX systems in

/etc/boopttab directory).

the

5.2.2 bootp Database

Bootp keeps a record of systems supported in a database - a simple text file. On most systems, the entry by which the and subnet mask of the switch would be as follows:

ML810:\ ht=ether:\ ha=002006250065:\ ip=3.94.247.41:\ sm=255.255.252.0:\ gw=3.94.244.1:\ hn:\ vm=rfc1048

where:

•

bootp service is not started as a default and has to be enabled. A sample

bootp software will look up the database and update the IP address

ML810 is a user-defined symbolic name for the switch.

ht is the hardware type. For the MultiLink family of switches, set this to ether (for

Ethernet). This tag must precede the

ha is the hardware address. Use the switch's 12-digit MAC address. ip is the IP address to be assigned to the switch. sm is the subnet mask of the subnet in which the switch is installed.

ha tag.

Each switch should have a unique name and MAC address specified in the

bootptab table

entry

5.2.3 Configuring DHCP/bootp/Manual/AUTO

By default, the switch is configured for auto IP configuration. DHCP/bootp/manual can be enabled with the command line interface by using the following syntax:

bootimg argument is only valid with the bootp type. This option allows the switch to

The load the image file from the bootp server. This is useful when a new switch is placed on a network and the IT policies are set to load a specific image which is supported and tested by IT personnel.

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Likewise, the bootcfg argument is valid only with the bootp type. This option allows the switch to load the configuration file from the bootp server. This is useful when a new switch is put on a network and the specific conf igurations are loaded from a centralized bootp server

The following example changes the boot mode of the switch:

ML810# set bootmode type=bootp bootimg=enable bootcfg=disable

Network application image download is enabled.

Network application config download is disabled.

Save Configuration and Restart System

ML810#

Alternatively, the DHCP/bootp/manual can be enabled through the EnerVista Secure Web Management software as shown below.

 Select the Administration > System menu item.

 Click Edit.

 Alternatively, select items in the Administration > Set menu to

individually modify the boot mode, date and time, log size, etc.

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5.2.4 Using Telnet

 After the changes are completed for each section, click OK to

Note that if the IP address is changed, the

http session has to be restarted with the new IP

address.

The telnet client is enabled on the ML810. The ML810 supports five simultaneous sessions on a switch: four telnet sessions and one console session. This allows many users to view, discuss, or edit changes to the ML810. This is also useful when two remote users want to view the switch settings. The telnet client can be disabled through the command line interface by using the

telnet disable command with the following syntax:

telnet <enable|disable>

Telnet can also be disabled for specific users with the

useraccess command. Refer to

section 1.5.8: User Management, for details.

Multiple telnet sessions started from the CLI interface or the command line are serviced by the ML810 in a round-robin fashion (that is, one session after another). If one telnet session started from an ML810 is downloading a file, the other windows will not be serviced until the file transfer is completed.

The following example changes the telnet access. In this case, the enable command was repeated without any effect to the switch.

ML810# configure access ML810(access)## telnet enable

Access to Telnet already enabled

ML810(access)## exit

ML810#

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The show console command can show the status of the telnet client as well as other console parameters. The following example reviews the console parameters with the

console

command. Note that telnet is enabled.

ML810# show console

Console/Serial Link

Inbound Telnet Enabled: Yes Outbound Telnet Enabled: Yes Web Console Enabled: Yes SNMP Enabled: Yes Terminal Type: VT100 Screen Refresh Interval (sec): 3 Baud Rate: 38400 Flow Control: None Session Inactivity Time (min): 10

ML810#

Users can telnet to a remote host from the MultiLink family of switches using the following syntax.

telnet <ipaddress> [port=<port number>]

The default port for telnet is 23.

To start a telnet session through the EnerVista Secure Web Management software,

 Select the Administration > Telnet menu item.

show

The default port for telnet is 23.

The ML810 will time out an idle telnet session. It may be useful to see who is currently connected to the switch. It may also be useful for a person to remotely terminate a telnet session. To facilitate this, the ML810 supports the following two commands:

show session kill session id=<session>

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For example:

ML810# user ML810(user)## useraccess user=peter service=telnet enable

Telnet Access Enabled. ML810(user)## exit ML810# show session

Current Sessions:

SL# Sessn Id Connection User Name User Mode 1 1 163.10.10.14 manager Manager 2 2 163.11.11.1 peter Manager 3 3 163.12.12.16 operator Operator

ML810# kill session id=3

Session Terminated

ML810#

In the above example, the user with username “peter” is given telnet access. Then multiple users telnet into the switch. This is shown using the operator session is then terminated using the

show session command. The user

kill session command.

Note

A maximum of four simultaneous telnet sessions are allowed at any time on the switch. The commands in these telnet windows are executed in a round robin fashion; that is, if one window takes a long time to finish a command, the other windows may encounter a delay before the command is completed. For example, if one window is executing a file download, the other windows will not be able to execute the command before the file transfer is completed. As well, if a outbound telnet session is started from the switch (through a telnet window) then other windows will not be able to execute a command until the telnet session is completed.

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5.3 Setting Parameters

5.3.1 Setting Serial Port Parameters

To be compliant with IT or other policies the console parameters can be changed from the CLI interface. This is best done by setting the IP address and then telnet over to the switch. Once connected using telnet, the serial parameters can be changed. If you are using the serial port, remember to set the VT-100 emulation software properties to match the new settings.

The serial port parameters are modified using the following syntax:

set serial [baud=<rate>] [data=<5|6|7|8>] [parity=<none|odd|even>] [stop=<1|1.5|2>] [flowctrl=<none|xonxoff>]

Where <rate> = standard supported baud rates.

set serial command with the

Note

5.3.2 System Parameters

Changing these parameters through the serial port will cause loss of connectivity. The terminal software parameters (e.g. HyperTerminal) will also have to be changed to match the new settings.

To see the current settings of the serial port, use the

show serial command to query the

serial port settings as illustrated below.

ML810# show serial

Baud Rate: 38400 Data: 8 Parity: No Parity Stop: 1 Flow Control: None

The system parameters can be queried and changed. To query the system parameters, two commands are frequently used:

show sysconfig and show setup. Usage for both

commands is illustrated below.

The following example lists system parameters using the

show setup command. Most

parameters here cannot be changed.

ML810# show setup

Version: ML810 build 3.3.0 March 19 2009 14:22:43 MAC Address: 00:20:06:27:0a:e0 IP Address: 3.94.247.41 Subnet Mask: 255.255.252.0 Gateway Address: 3.94.244.1 CLI Mode: Manager System Name: ML810 System Description: 12 Port Modular Ethernet Switch

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System Contact: multilin.tech@ge.com System Location: Markham, Ontario System ObjectId: 1.3.6.1.4.1.13248.12.7

ML810#

The following example lists system parameters using the show sysconfig command. Most parameters here can be changed.

ML810# show sysconfig

System Name: ML810 System Contact: multilin.tech@ge.com System Location: Markham, Ontario Boot Mode: manual Inactivity Timeout(min): 120 Address Age Interval(min): 300 Inbound Telnet Enabled: Yes Web Agent Enabled: Yes Time Zone: GMT-05hours:00minutes Day Light Time Rule: Canada System UpTime: 7 Days 12 Hours 30 Mins 46

Secs

ML810#

System variables can be changed. Below is a list of system variables which GE recommends changing.

•

System Name: Using a unique name helps you to identify individual devices in a

network.

•

System Contact and System Information: This is helpful for identifying the

administrator responsible for the switch and for identifying the locations of individual switches.

To set these variables, change the mode to be SNMP configuration mode from the manager mode using the following syntax

snmp setvar [sysname|syscontact|syslocation] =<string>

The following command sequence sets the system name, system location and system contact information.

ML810# snmp ML810(snmp)## setvar ?

setvar: Configures system name, contact or

location

Usage: setvar

[sysname|syscontact|syslocation]=<string>

ML810(snmp)## setvar syslocation=Fremont

System variable(s) set successfully

ML810(snmp)## exit

ML810#

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5.3.3 Date and Time

It may be necessary to set the day, time or the time zone manually. This can be done by using the syntax:

To set the time to be 08:10 am in the -5 hours from GMT (Eastern Standard Time) and to set the date as 11 May 2005, the following sequence of commands are used.

The syntax for other date and time commands are:

The following command sequence sets the daylight location:

The date and time can only be set through the command line interface software.

set command with the necessary date and time options with the following

set timezone GMT=[+ or -] hour=<0-14> min=<0-59> set date year=<2001-2035> month=<1-12> day=<1-31>

[format=<mmddyyyy|ddmmyyyy|yyyymmdd>] set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]

ML810# set time hour=8 min=10 sec=0 zone=GMT-5:00

Success in setting device time

ML810# show time

Time: 8:10:04

ML810# show timezone

Timezone: GMT-05hours:00minutes

ML810# set date year=2005 month=5 day=11

Success in setting device date

ML810# show date

System Date: Wednesday 15-11-2005 (in mm

-dd-yyyy format)

ML810#

set timeformat format=<12|24> set daylight country=<country name>

ML810# set daylight country=Canada

Success in setting daylight savings to the given location/country Canada

ML810# show daylight

Daylight savings location name: Canada

ML810#

5.3.4 Network Time

Many networks synchronize the time using a network time server. The network time server provides time to the different machines using the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP). To specify the SNTP server, one has to

1. Set the IP parameters on the switch

2. Define the SNTP parameters

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To set the SNTP parameter with the command line software, enter the SNTP configuration mode from the manager. The

setsntp, sync, and sntp commands can then be used to

setup the time synchronization automatically from the SNTP server. Note it is not sufficient to setup the SNTP variables. Make sure to setup the synchronization frequency as well as enable SNTP. The syntax for the above commands is shown below.

setsntp server = <ipaddress> timeout = <1-10>

retry = <1-3>

sync [hour=<0-24>] [min=<0-59>] (default = 24

hours)

sntp [enable|disable]

To set the SNTP server to be 3.94.210.5 (with a time out of 3 seconds and a number of retries set to 3 times); allowing the synchronization to be ever 5 hours, the following sequence of commands are used

ML810# sntp ML810(sntp)## setsntp server=3.94.210.5 timeout=3 retry=3

SNTP server is added to SNTP server database

ML810(sntp)## sync hour=5 ML810(sntp)## sntp enable

SNTP is already enabled.

ML810(sntp)## exit

ML810(sntp)#

SNTP parameters can be configured through the EnerVista Secure Web Management software with the Configuration > SNTP menu item. The SNTP menu allows the time zone (hours from GMT) to be defined along with other appropriate parameters on setting the time and synchronizing clocks on network devices.

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The edit button allows editing of the SNTP parameters as shown below. Adding or deleting SNTP servers is accomplished by using the add and delete buttons. Clicking the edit button allows the specific SNTP parameter settings to be modified.

After the proper SNTP values are entered, click OK to register the changes, or click Cancel to back out from the changes made.

To add an SNTP server, click the add button on the Configuration > SNTP menu. The menu prompts you to add IP address of an SNTP server, the time out in seconds and the number of retries, before the time synchronization effort is aborted. The Sync Now button allows synchronization as soon as the server information is added.

Note

If your site has internet access, there are several SNTP servers available online. A quick search will yield information about these servers. You can use the IP address of these servers; however, please ensure the server can be reached by using the

ping command can also be launched from the EnerVista software.

The

ping command.

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The Time Out value is in seconds. Note the time server can be a NTP server available on the Internet. Ensure the IP parameters are configured for the switch and the device can be pinged by the switch. Once the server is added, it is listed with the other SNTP servers.

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5.4 System Configuration

5.4.1 Saving and Loading – Command Line

Note

Place the Switch offline while transferring Setting Files to the Switch. When transferring Settings Files from one Switch to another, the IP address of the originating Switch will also be transferred. The user must therefore reset the IP address on the receiving Switch before connecting to the network.

Configuration changes are automatically registered but not saved; that is, the effect of the change is immediate. However, if power fails, the changes are not restored unless they saved using the

save command. It is also a good practice to save the configuration on

another network server using the tftp or ftp protocols. Once the configuration is saved, it can be loaded to restore the settings. At this time, the saved configuration parameters are not in a human readable format. The commands for saving and loading configurations on the network are:

saveconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> <ipaddress> file=<name>

loadconf mode=<serial|tftp|ftp> <ipaddress> file=<name>

Ensure the machine specified by the IP address has the necessary services running. For serial connections, x-modem or other alternative methods can be used. In most situations, the filename must be a unique, since overwriting files is not permitted by most ftp and tftp servers (or services). Only alphanumeric characters are allowed in the filename.

The following example illustrated how to save the configuration on a tftp server

ML810# saveconf mode=tftp 3.94.240.9 file=ML81 0se t

Do you wish to upload the configuration? ['Y' or 'N'] Y

The saveconf and loadconf commands are often used to update software. Before the software is updated, it is advised to save the configurations. The re-loading of the configuration is not usually necessary; however, in certain situations it maybe needed and it is advised to save configurations before a software update. The

loadconf command

requires a reboot for the new configuration to be active. Without a reboot the older configuration is used by the MultiLink family of switches.

saveconf and loadconf commands are often used to update software to the

The ML810. These commands will be deprecated in the version 2.x and above, and replaced with the instead of

ftp, tftp, or xmodem commands. It is advised to begin using these commands

saveconf and loadconf.

5.4.2 Config file

Multilink software can now use the ftp or tftp (or xmodem if using the CLI) to upload and download information to a server running the proper services. One useful capability provided in Multilink software is export of the CLI commands used to configure the switch. To do this, use Config Upload/Download.

Using Config Download, examination of the contents of the saved file would appear as shown below:

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<ML810 -conf-1.0> ################################################################ # Copyright (c) 2001-2005 GE Digital Energy, Inc All rights reserved. # RESTRICTED RIGHTS # --------------------------------- # Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to U.S. Government # restrictions as set forth in Sub-division (b)(3)(ii) of the # rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at # 52.227-7013. # # This file is provided as a sample template to create a backup # of GE MultiLink switches. As such, this script # provides insights into the configuration of GE MultiLink # switches settings. GE Digital Energy, Inc. recommends that modifications of this # file and the commands should be verified by the User in a # test environment prior to use in a "live" production network. # All modifications are made at the User's own risk and are # subject to the limitations of the GE MultiLink software End User # License Agreement (EULA). Incorrect usage may result in # network shutdown. GE Digital Energy, Inc. is not liable for incidental or # consequential damages due to improper use. ################################################################ ***This is a Machine Generated File. ***Only the SYSTEM config block is editable. ***Editing any other block will result in error while loading. ########################################################## # Hardware Configuration - This area shows the type of # # hardware and modules installed. # ########################################################## [HARDWARE] type=ML810 slotB=8 Port TP Module ########################################################## # System Manager - This area configures System related # # information. # ##########################################################

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[SYSTEM]

***Edit below this line only***

system_name=ML810

system_contact=support@gemultilin.com

system_location= Markham, Ontario

boot_mode=manual

system_ip=192.168.5.5

system_subnet=0.0.0.0

system_gateway=0.0.0.0

idle_timeout=10

telnet_access=enable

snmp_access=enable

web_access=enable

***Edit above this line only***

##########################################################

# User Accounts - This area configures user accounts for #

# accessing this system. #

##########################################################

...

FIGURE 5–1: Contents of a config f ile

Note

1. A config file allows only certain portions of the file to be edited by a user. Changing any other part of the file will result in the system not allowing the file to be loaded, as the CRC computed and stored in the file would not be matched. Should you want to edit, edit the System portion of the file only. GE Digital Energy, Inc. recommends editing the “script” file (see below)

2. File names cannot have special characters such as *#!@$^&* space and control characters.

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ML810# show config

[HARDWARE]

type= ML810

slotB=8 Port TP Module

##########################################################

5.4.3 Displaying configuration

Using SWM, the need to display specific CLI commands for configuring capabilities is not needed. The menus are modular and are alphabetically sorted to display each necessary component in a logical manner. This section is repeated from the CLI manual, should the need arise to view the necessary commands. The best way to view these commands is to telnet to the switch using the Telnet menu from the Administration menu.

To display the configuration or to view specific modules configured, the ‘show config’ command is used as described below.

Syntax show config [module=<module-name>]

Where module-name can be:

Name Areas affected

system

event Event Log and Alarm settings port Port settings, Broadcast Protection and QoS settings bridge Age time setting stp STP, RSTP and LLL settings ps Port Security settings mirror Port Mirror settings sntp SNTP settings llan VLAN settings gvrp GVRP settings snmp SNMP settings web Web and SSL/TLS settings tacacs TACACS+ settings auth 802.1x Settings igmp IGMP Settings smtp SMTP settings

IP Configuration, Boot mode, Users settings (e.g. login names, passwords)

If the module name is not specified the whole configuration is displayed.

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# System Manager - This area configures System related #

# information. #

##########################################################

[SYSTEM]

***Edit below this line only****

system_name=Main

system_contact=someone@joe.com

system_location= Markham, Ontario

boot_mode=manual

system_ip=192.168.1.15

system_subnet=0.0.0.0

system_gateway=192.168.1.11

idle_timeout=10

telnet_access=enable

snmp_access=enable

web_access=enable

--more—

...

FIGURE 5–2: ’show config’ command output

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ML810# show config module=snmp

[HARDWARE]

type= ML810

slotB=8 Port TP Module

##########################################################

# Network Management - This area configures the SNMPv3 #

# agent. #

##########################################################

[SNMP]

engineid=LE_v3Engine

defreadcomm=public

defwritecomm=private

deftrapcomm=public

authtrap=disable

com2sec_count=0

group_count=0

view_count=1

view1_name=all

view1_type=included

view1_subtree=.1

view1_mask=ff

--more—

...

FIGURE 5–3: Displaying specific modules using the ‘show config’ command

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ML810# show config module=snmp,system

[HARDWARE]

type= ML810

slotB=8 Port TP Module

##########################################################

# System Manager - This area configures System related #

# information. #

##########################################################

[SYSTEM]

***Edit below this line only****

system_name=Main

system_contact=someone@joe.com

system_location= Markham, Ontario

boot_mode=manual

system_ip=192.168.1.15

system_subnet=0.0.0.0

system_gateway=192.168.1.11

idle_timeout=10

telnet_access=enable

snmp_access=enable

web_access=enable

--more— ...

FIGURE 5–4: Displaying configuration for different modules.

Note – multiple modules can be specif ied on the command line

5.4.4 Saving Configuration

It is advisable to save the configuration before updating the software, as it may be necessary in certain situations. The new configuration. Without a reboot, the ML810 used the previous configuration. When reboot is selected, the user is prompted as follows:

Select “Y”. The ML810 will prompt:

Select “N”.

loadconf command requires a reboot to activate the

Reboot? ['Y' or 'N']

Save Current Configuration?

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NOTE

Additional capabilities have been added to save and load configurations. The commands are:

The arguments are describe below:

type: Specifies whether a log file or host file is uploaded or downloaded. This can also

perform the task of exporting a configuration file or uploading a new image to the switch

host, ip, file, user, pass: These parameters are associated with ftp/tftp server

communications.

The user can save the configuration in old (v2 format) and new (v3 format). The v3 format must be used to utilize the ASCII and CLI Script capability.

save [format=v2|v3]

Note

With release 1.7 and higher, the configuration can be saved in the older format (binary object) or in a new format as an ASCII file. The new format is recommended by GE Digital Energy. Use the old format only if there are multiple MultiLink switches on the network running different versions of software. GE Digital Energy recommends upgrading all switches to the most current software release.

To ease the process of uploading and executing a series of commands, the ML810 can create a host (equivalent to creating a host table on many systems). The command for creating a host is:

host <add|edit|del> name=<host-name> ip=<ipaddress> user=<user> pass=<password>

show host command displays the host table entries

The

ML810# access ML810(access)## host add name=server ip=192.168.5.2

Host added successfully ML810(access)## show host

No Host Name IP Address User Password ========================================= 1 server 192.168.5.2 -- ****** 2-- -- -- -3-- -- -- -4-- -- -- -5-- -- -- -6-- -- -- -7-- -- -- -8-- -- -- -9-- -- -- -10 -- -- -- --

ML810(access)##

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############################################################### # # Copyright (c) 2001-2005 GE Digital Energy, Inc All rights reserved. # RESTRICTED RIGHTS # --------------------------------- # Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to U.S. Government # restrictions as set forth in Sub-division (b)(3)(ii) of the # rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at # 52.227-7013. # # This file is provided as a sample template to create a backup # of GE MultiLink switches configurations. As such, # this script provides insights into the configuration of GE MultiLink switch's settings. # GE Digital Energy, Inc. recommends that modifications of this # file and the commands should be verified by the User in a # test environment prior to use in a "live" production network. # All modifications are made at the User's own risk and are # subject to the limitations of the GE MultiLink MNS End User # License Agreement (EULA). Incorrect usage may result in # network shutdown. GE Digital Energy, Inc. is not liable for incidental or # consequential damages due to improper use. ############################################################### #

########################################################## # System Manager - This area configures System related # # information. # ##########################################################

set bootmode type=manual ipconfig ip=192.168.5.5 mask=0.0.0.0 dgw=0.0.0.0 set timeout=10 access telnet enable snmp enable web=enable exit ########################################################## # User Accounts - This area configures user accounts for # # accessing this system. # ##########################################################

user add user=manager level=2 passwd user=manager manager <additional lines deleted for succinct viewing>

5.4.5 Script File

Script file is a file containing a set of CLI commands which are used to configure the switch. CLI commands are repeated in the file for clarity, providing guidance to the user editing the file as to what commands can be used for modifying variables used by MNS. The script file does not have a check sum at the end and is used for configuring a large number of switches easily. As with any configuration file that is uploaded, GE Digital Energy, Inc. recommends that modifications of this file and the commands should be verified by the user in a test environment prior to use in a "live" production network.

The script file will look familiar to people familiar with the CLI commands as all the commands saved in the script file are described in the CLI User Guide. A sample of the script file is shown below.

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NOTE

In the above example, note that all the commands are CLI commands. This script provides an insight into the configuration of GE MultiLink switches settings. GE Digital Energy, Inc. recommends that modifications of this file and the commands should be verified by the User in a test environment prior to use in a "live" production network

To ease the process of uploading the script files, use the Script Upload/Download capability described above.

5.4.6 Saving and Loading – EnerVista Software

Note

After configuration changes are made, all the changes are automatically saved. It is a good practice to save the configuration on another server on the network using the

ftp protocols. Once the configuration is saved, the saved configuration can be reloaded

tftp

to restore the settings. At this time, the saved or loaded configuration parameters are not in a human readable format.

The following figure illustrates the FTP window, which can be used to save the configuration, as well as up load new images or reload a saved configuration.

Ensure the machine specified by the IP address has the necessary services running on it . For serial connections, x-modem or other alternative methods can be used. Generally, the filename name must be a unique filename, as over-writing files is not permitted by most FTP and TFTP servers (or services).

The following figure illustrates saving the configuration on a TFTP server. Note that the menu is similar to the FTP screen described earlier.

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This process can also be used to update new software to the managed MultiLink switches. Before the software is updated, it is advised to save the configurations. Reloading of the configuration is not usually necessary, but in certain situations it may be needed, and it is recommended that you save configurations before a software update. Make sure to reboot the switch after a new configuration is loaded.

The file transfer operations allowed are:

1. Image Download (or Image Upload): Copy the ML810 image from switch to the server (or from the server to the switch). The “Image Upload” option is commonly used to upgrade the ML810 image on the switch.

2. Config Download (or Config Upload): Save the configuration of the switch on the server (or load the saved configuration from the server to the switch). This option is used to save a backup of the ML810 configuration or restore the configuration (in case of a disaster.)

3. Script Download (or Script Upload): Save the necessary CLI commands used for configuration of the switch (or upload the necessary CLI commands needed to configure the switch). This option is used to ease the repetitive task of configuring multiple commands or reviewing all the commands needed to configure the ML810.

4. Host Download (or Host Upload): Save the host information. The hosts are created by the Configuration - Access - Host commands

5. Log Upload - Save the log file on the ftp/tftp server

To save any changes,

 Click on the save ( ) icon.

The software will ask again if the changes need to be saved or ignored.

 If the changes need to be ignored, click on Cancel and reboot the

switch.

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 If the changes need to be saved, click on OK.

The following figures illustrate saving changes made after adding an SNTP server. This is done by clicking on the Save icon to save current configuration

5.4.7 Host Names

Instead of typing in IP addresses of commonly reached hosts, the ML810 allows hosts to be created with the necessary host names, IP addresses, user names, and passwords.

 Use the Configuration > Access > Host menu to create host entries

as shown below.

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 To add a host, click the Add button.

 Fill in all the fields below to create the necessary host entries.

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GE Multilink ML810 Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

Specifications

1.1 Technical Specifications

1.2 Ordering Information

1.3 Firmware Overview

1.3.1 Command Line Firmware

1.3.2 EnerVista Software

1.3.3 Before Starting

1.4 Command Line Interface Firmware

1.4.1 Console Connection

1.4.2 Console Setup

1.4.3 Console Screen

1.4.4 Logging In for the First Time

1.4.5 Automatic IP Address Configuration

1.4.6 Setting the IP Parameters

1.4.7 Privilege Levels

1.4.8 User Management

1.4.9 Help

1.4.10 Exiting

1.5 EnerVista Secure Web Management

1.5.1 Logging in for the First Time

1.5.2 Privilege Levels

1.5.3 User Management

1.5.4 Modifying the Privilege Level

1.5.5 Help

1.5.6 Exiting

1.6 ML810 Firmware Updates

1.6.1 Updating MultiLink Firmware

1.6.2 Selecting the Proper Version

1.6.3 Updating through the Command Line

1.6.4 Updating through the Enervista Software

Introduction

2.1 Inspecting the Package and Product

2.2 Product Description

2.2.1 Packet Prioritization, 802.1p QOS

2.2.2 Frame Buffering and Flow Control

2.3 Features and Benefits

2.4 Applications

Installation

3.1 Locating Multilink ML810 Switches

3.2 Connecting Ethernet Media

3.2.1 Connecting Twisted Pair (CAT3, CAT5, UTP or STP)

3.2.2 Connecting Twisted Pair (CAT5e or better, UTP or STP)

3.2.3 Connecting Single-Mode Fiber Optic

3.2.4 Gigabit SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) Transceivers

3.2.5 Connecting Fiber Optic Cable to SFP Transceivers

3.3 DIN-Rail Mounting the Multilink ML810

3.3.1 Mounting Dimensions for ML810 with metal brackets

3.4 Powering the Multilink ML810 Managed Edge Switch

CHAPTER 3: INSTALLATION ALARM CONTACTS FOR MONITORING INTERNAL POWER, AND SOFTWARE TRAPS

3.6 Connecting the Console Terminal to Multilink ML810

3.6.1 RJ45 Console port (Serial port) pin assignments

Operation

4.1 Switching Functionality

4.2 Auto-Cross(MDIX) and Auto-negotiation, for RJ-45 ports

4.3 Flow-control, IEEE 802.3x standard

CHAPTER 4: OPERATION POWER BUDGET CALCULATIONS FOR ML810 MODULES WITH FIBER MEDIA

4.5 ML810 Switch Port Modules

4.5.1 ML810 Module LED designations

4.5.2 ML8104 (C1), 4 x 10/100Mb RJ45 (Slot C)

4.5.3 ML810 (E4) x Multimode LC (Slot C)

4.5.4 ML810 (E6), 4 x Singlemode LC (Slot C)

4.5.5 ML810 (C4), 2 x Multimode LC / 2 x RJ45 (Slot C)

4.5.6 ML810 (C5), 2 x Singlemode LC / 2 x RJ45; ML810 (CI), 2 x 10/100 RJ45 + 2 x 100 MbitLC SM fiber, 40 Km (Slot C)

4.5.7 ML810 (E3), 4 x Multimode MTRJ (Slot C)

4.5.8 ML810 (C3), 2 x Multimode MTRJ / 2 x RJ45 (Slot C)

4.5.9 ML810 (EL), 2 x 10 FL + 2 x 100 FX ST - 2 KM (Slot C)

4.5.10 ML810 (E5), ML810 (E7) (Slot C)

4.5.11 ML810 (C6), ML810 (C8) (Slot C)

4.5.12 ML810 (C7) (Slot C)

4.5.13 ML810 (EJ), ML810 (EH) (Slot C)

4.5.14 ML810 (EK) (Slot C)

4.5.15 ML810 (CD), 1 x LC Multimode / 3 x RJ45 (Slot C)

4.5.16 ML810 (CF), ML8104 (CH) (Slot C)

4.5.17 ML810 (CB), 1 x MTRJ Multimode / 3 x RJ45 (Slot C)

4.5.18 ML810 (EB), (EC), (ED), 1 x LC (Slot C)