Planet Technology GSW-601S User Manual

10/100/1000Mbps

Gigabit Ethernet Smart Swtich

GSW-601S

User’s Manaul

Trademarks

Copyright  PLANET Technology Corp. 2001.
Contents subject to revision without prior notice.
PLANET is a registered trademark of PLANET
Technology Corp. All other trademarks belong to their
respective owners.

FCC Warning

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15
of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the Instruction manual, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. Operation
of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.

CE Mark Warning

This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this
product may cause radio interference, in which case the user
may be required to take adequate measures.

Revision

Before Starting

PLANET NOVASwitch User's Manual
FOR MODELS: GSW-601S

Part No.:

EM-GSW6V1

In this User's Manual, "Switch" is used for GSW-601S,
“NovaSwitch” for PLANET’s 19”-range Ethernet Switch,
where “switch” represent the third party switch.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTROUCTION....................................................................7

1.1 CHECKLIST.......................................................................7

1.2 ABOUT THE SWITCH..........................................................7

1.3 F

EATURES

1.4 SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................10

2. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION.............................................11

2.1 FRONT PANEL.................................................................11

2.2 R

EAR PANEL

2.3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION...............................................13

3.CONFIGURATION..............................................................17

3.1 CONNECT TO PC........................................................17

3.2 M

AIN MENU

3.3 SUBMENU: (0) PORT SETTING.........................................19

3.4 SUBMENU :(1) VLAN......................................................20

3.5 SUBMENU: (2) TRUNK...................................................21

3.6 SUBMENU: (3) AGING CONTROL......................................22

3.7 SUBMENU: (4) PORT ENABLE/DISABLE ............................23

3.8 SUBMENU: (5) PORT MIRRORING.....................................24

3.9 S

UBMENU

3.10 SUBMENU: (7) MAC ADDRESS FILTER.............................26

3.11 SUBMENU: (8) CHANGE PASSWORD...............................27

3.12 S

UBMENU

4 SWITCH OPERATION........................................................28

........................................................................8

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: (6) P

ORT-BASE PRIORITY

: (9) R

ESTORE TO FACTORY DEFAULT

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4 SWITCH OPERATION........................................................29

4.1 ADDRESS TABLE.............................................................29

4.2 LEARNING.......................................................................29

4.3 F

ORWARDING

4.4 STORE-AND-FORWARD ...................................................30

4.4 AUTO-NEGOTIATION........................................................31

5. TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................33

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ILTERING

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A.1 SWITCH‘S RJ-45 PIN ASSIGNMENTS ...............................35

A.2 10/100M

, 10/100B

BPS

-TX......................................35

ASE

A.3 RJ-45 CABLE PIN ASSIGNMENT........................................36

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1. INTROUCTION

1.1 Checklist

Check the contents of your package for following parts:

l

GSW-601S.

l

User's manual.

l Power cord.
l

19” rack mount brackets.

l

RS-232 cable.

If any of these pieces are missing or damaged, please
contact your dealer immediately, if possible, retain the
carton including the original packing material, and use them
against to repack the product in case there is a need to
return it to us for repair.

1.2 About the Switch

The Switch GSW-601S is designed to allow simultaneous
transmission of multiple packets via an internal high-speed
data channel. This means that it can partition a network
more efficiently than bridges or routers in most
environments.

The Switch is equipped with Category 5 copper cable or
fiber optic cable for uplinking to a network backbone or
network server. It is compatible with all 10Mbps, 100Mbps
and 1000Mbps Ethernet environments. The increased
speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit Ethernet will
support faster and more users applications with generating
more traffic.

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In addition, the Switch is also support one module slot for 2
Gigabit Ethernet ports to uplink to a server or network
backbone. These Switches are designed for Plug and Play
installation, allows the network administrator to simply
connect the network and power cables and the
Switching/bridging functions begin automatically.

The front panel of these Switches provide LEDs for easy
recognition of the switch operation status and for
troubleshooting. These LEDs display the power status for
the system and link/ speed/ collision, full-duplex, transmit
and receive status for each port.

The built-in console interface can be used to configure the
Switch’s setting for VLAN, and Port Trunk Groups, Port
Mirroring and Port Speed, Port enable/ disable.

1.3 Features

w Complies with the IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3z and

IEEE802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet standard, IEEE802.1p Priority
Queues

w Provide a module slot for 2-port 10/100/1000Mbps-TX or

1000Mbps-SX option of modules.

w Features Store-and-Forward mode with wire-speed filtering

and forwarding rates

w Each port can be configured to 10/100Mbps half or

full-duplex, or to 1000Mbps full-duplex mode

w Automatic source address learning and aging.
w Support up to 8K MAC address
w Support up to total 512Kbyte packet buffer
w IEEE802.3x compliant full-duplex flow control, HOL blocking

prevention

w Broadcast storm control, runt and CRC Filtering eliminates

erroneous packets to optimize the network bandwidth

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w Support to handle up to 1522 bytes packet
w LED indicators for simple diagnostics and management
w Provide a reset switch in front panel
w Internal power supply
w Auto MDI/ MDI-X on each port
w Smart function for advanced configuration:

− Support one console port for switch configuration change,

− Support per port Port-based VLAN and L2 Trunking with

link redundancy, load balancing
Support four Class of Service (CoS) queues per egress

−

port
Support per port setting, enabled/ disabled

−

Support port mirroring

−

Support 24 MAC address filtering

−

Support password setting

−

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1.4 Specifications

Standard IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab, IEEE802.3x

10Base-T,UTP/STP category 3 or 5 cable

Network
Media:

Connector

LED
indicators

Dimension 440mm(L) x 245mm(W) x 45mm(H)
Temperature

Humidity:

Input Power
Requirement
Registrations FCC Class A,CE,CUL,TUV,LVD

*After module installed

100Base-TX,UTP/STP category 5 cable
1000Base-T,UTP/STP category 5e cable, 4 pairs
1000Base-SX,Multi-mode 62.5/125μm, 50/125μm

fiber optic cable
STP RJ-45 port for 10/100/1000MbpsTX
SC connector for 1000Mbps SX
Power, Smart
Individual port (copper)—1000,100,10
FDX/COL, TX, RX
Individual port (fiber) —Link, Activity

Operating —0℃ to 40℃ Storage—20℃ to 70℃
Operating — 10% to 90%RH

Storage — 5% to 90%RH

100-240VAC,50-60Hz,Auto-sensing

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2. HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

This product series provide three different running speed –
10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1000Mbps in the same switch and
automatically distinguish the speed of incoming connection.

This section describes the hardware features of these Switches.
For easier management and control of the switch, familiarize
yourself with its display indicators, and ports. Front panel
illustrations in this chapter display the unit LED indicators.
Before connecting any network device to the switch, read this
chapter carefully

There are two choice of different module for expansion:

l

2port Copper module

l 2port Fiber module

2.1 Front Panel

The unit front panel provides a simple interface monitoring
the switching hub. It includes a power smart and port
indicator for each port.

GSW-601S Switch front panel

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LINK

GSW-2GT module front panel

GSW-2SX module front panel

LED indicators

GSW-601S and GSW-2GT

PWR Green Lit: Power on
SMART Green Lit: CPU initial completed

10/100/1000

TX/ RX

Green

Green

Lit: indicate link status and traffic
Speed (10 for 10M, 100 for 100M,
1000 for 1000M)
Lit: indicate data traffic status
(TX for transmitting, RX for
receiving)

FDX/ COL

Green

Lit: Full-Duplex
Blink: Half-Duplex/ Collision
Off: Half-duplex or not connected

GSW-2SX

Green Lit: indicate link status and traffic

speed

ACT Green Blink: activity

Reset button
At the right side of front panel, the reset button is designed

for reconfiguring the switch without turn off and on the
power.

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2.2 Rear Panel

The rear panel of the Switch indicates a AC inlet power
socket, which accepts input power from 100 to 240VAC,
50-60Hz. And a RS-232 console port for setting up the
switch via a connection to a terminal or PC using a terminal
emulation program.

Power Notice:

1. The device is a power-required device, it means, it will
not work till it is powered. If your networks should active
all the time, please consider using UPS (Uninterrupted
Power Supply) for your device. It will prevent you from
network data loss or network downtime.

2. In some area, installing a surge suppression device may
also help to protect your switch from being damaged by
unregulated surge or current to the Switch or the power
adapter.

2.3 Hardware Installation

2.3.1 Connecting end node or hub or switch

1. Place the Switch on a smooth surface or fasten the

mounting brackets with the provided screws in a
standard 19” rack.

2. Connect switch or PC to one port of the Switch using

Category 3/4/5 UTP/STP cabling.

3. Connect another switch or PC to the other port of

Switch by following the same process as described in
Step3.

Notice:

Cable distance for Switch

The cable distance between Ethernet Switch and hub/PC
should not exceed 100 meter for UTP/STP cable, 220m
for 62.5/125 fiber cable and 500m for 50/125 fiber cable.

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Make sure the wiring is correct

It can be used Category 3/4/5 cable in 10 Mbps operation.
To reliably operate your network at 100Mbps and
1000Mbps, you must use an Unshielded Twisted-Pair
(UTP) Category 5 cable, or better Data Grade cabling.
While a Category 3 or 4 cable may initially seem to work,
it will soon cause data loss.

2.3.2 Connecting to Network Backbone or Server

Connect to the Gigabit Ethernet ports with Category 5
copper cable or fiber optic cable for uplinking to a
network backbone or network server. These ports
operate at 1000Mbps in full-duplex mode. A valid
connection is indicated when the Link LED is light. The
following sections describe the function of LEDs on the
front panel

CPU LED

Green
Smart

Green
PWR

Color
Label

Function: The LED light up steadily means CPU
completed to initial the switch.

Power LED

Color
Label

Function: The LED light up steadily means Power turned
on.

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Link/Speed LED

Color
Label
Function

Green
10/100/1000
The LED light up steadily to indicate the
transmitting speed

10

light up steadily to indicate link up at speed
10M

100

light up steadily to indicate link up at speed
100M

1000

Light up steadily to indicate link up at speed
1000M

Full/ Half Duplex and Collision LED
Color
Label

Green

FDX / COL
Function: The indicator LED flash up whenever there is a
collision between a directly attached end node and any
other node, and light up steadily for Full-duplex mode.

TX Activity

Color
Label

Green

TX
Function: Each RJ45 station port on the switch is
assigned one LED for transmitting the data.

RX Activity

Green

Color
Label

RX

Function: Each RJ45 station port on the switch is
assigned one LED for receiving the data.

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3.CONFIGURATION

3.1 CONNECT TO PC

RS-232 serial cable

Prepare a RS-232 serial cable. Attach the 9-pin female
connector to the male connector on the switch. Plug the
other side of this cable to your PC.

Hyper Terminal

In Windows 95/98/2000/XP,launch “HyperTerminal”,
create a new connection, and adjust settings as below:

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3.2 Main Menu

Launch the new terminal you just set up, and then, turn on
the switch. See the following messages for successful
connection.

PLANET GSW-601S Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switch
Configuration menu [ver. :x.xx]
(0) Port Setting
(1) VLAN
(2) Trunk Port
(3) Aging Control
(4) Port Enable/Disable
(5) Port Mirroring
(6) Port-base priority
(7) Mac address filter
(8) Change password
(9) Restore to Factory Default
Select :>>

To enter any of the submenus, simply type the number
on the command line.

3.3 Submenu: (0) Port Setting

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Auto Neg. O O O O O O O O

Speed 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

Duplex F F F F F F F F

Flow Control O O O O O O O O

[Tab] : Move to next item

[Space Bar] : Toggle item

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

[U]:Up, [L]:Left

[D]:Down, [R]:Right

Use Tab or “U”,”D”,”L”,”R” to move the item which to be
change, press space bar to change it, ”S” for save this
configuration.

[Port Setting]

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3.4 Submenu :(1) VLAN

[Port base VLAN]

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

[Group 1] O O O O O O O O

[Group 2] x x x x x x x x

[Group 3] x x x x x x x x

[Group 4] x x x x x x x x

[Group 5] x x x x x x x x

[Group 6] x x x x x x x x

[Group 7] x x x x x x x x

[Group 8] x x x x x x x x

member port of trunk group must belong to same VLAN

[Tab] : Move to next item

[Space Bar] : Toggle item

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

[U]:Up, [L]:Left

[D]:Down, [R]:Right

Oà enables the port you select
Xà disables the port you select

Use Tab or “U”,”D”,”L”,”R” to move the item which to be change,
press space bar to change it, ”S” for save this configuration

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3.5 Submenu: (2) TRUNK

[TRUNK]

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

[GROUP 1] x x x x x x x x

[GROUP 2] x x x x x x x x

[GROUP 3] x x x x x x x x

[GROUP 4] x x x x x x x x

member port of trunk group must belong to same VLAN

[Tab] : Move to next item

[Space Bar] : Toggle item

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

[U]:Up, [L]:Left

[D]:Down, [R]:Right

Oà enables the port you select
Xà disables the port you select
Trunk port members must belong to same VLAN group.
Use Tab or “U”,”D”, “R”,”L” to move the item which to be

change, press
space bar to change it, ”S” for save this configuration

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3.6 Submenu: (3) Aging Control

[Port aging]

aging time [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

/minutes/ 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

[Tab] : Move to next item

[Space Bar] : Toggle item

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

Use Tab or “L”,”R” to move the item which to be change,
press space bar to change it, ”S” for save this
configuration

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3.7 Submenu: (4) Port Enable/Disable

[Port Enable/Disable]

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Port Status O O O O O O O O

[Tab] : Move to next item

[Space Bar] : Toggle item

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

Oà enables the port you select
Xà disable the port you select, any packet cannot be

transmitted to this port

Use Tab or “L”,”R” to move the item which to be change,
press space bar to change it, ”S” for save this configuration

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3.8 Submenu: (5) Port Mirroring

[Port Mirroring]

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Monitoring Port X X X X X X X X

Egress Port X X X X X X X X

Ingress Port X X X X X X X X

Egress Port : the packets out -going this port

will be duplicate to Monitoring Port

Ingress Port: the packets in -coming this port

will be duplicate to Monitoring Port

[Tab] : Move to next item

[Space Bar] : Toggle item

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

[U]:Up, [L]:Left

[D]:Down, [R]:Right

Use Tab or “L”,”R” to move the item which to be change,
press space bar to change it, ”S” for save this configuration

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3.9 Submenu: (6) Port-base Priority

[Port -base priority]

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

level T T T T T T T T

/ T : the priority depend on 802.1p /

/ 1 : lowest ingress priority /

/ 4 : highest ingress priority /

[Tab] : Move to next item

[Space Bar] : Toggle item

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

Use Tab or “L”,”R” to move the item which to be changed,
press space bar to change it, ”S” for save this configuration

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3.10 Submenu: (7) Mac address filter

[Mac address filter]

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00

Packets with source Mac address not equal to

00-00-00-00-00-00 will be discarded

[Tab] : Move to next item [U]:Up, [L]:Left

[Space Bar] : Modify Mac Address [D]:Down, [R]:Right

[S] : Save & Exit

[Q] : Quit

Use Tab or ”U”, ”D”, “L”,”R” to move the item which to be
change, press space bar or enter key to modify MAC
address,”S” for save this configuration

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3.11 Submenu: (8) Change password

/ 6 characters max. /
/ Enter key to delete password /
new password : *****
reconfirm : *****

User can set password for security, press enter key to
disable password checking when system boot.

3.12 Submenu: (9) Restore to Factory Default

This item will restore configuration to such setting

1. Port with auto-negotiation, 1000M, full duplex,
flow-control enables

2. All ports assigned to one VLAN

3. Disable trunk setting

4. Enable transmit and receive packets capability of all
ports

5. Enable address aging capability to 10 minutes

6. Disable port-mirroring capability

7. Priority of all port depend on 802.1p

8. Disable password checking when system boot

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4 SWITCH OPERATION

4.1 Address Table

The Switch is implemented with an address table. This

address table composed of many entries. Each entry
is used to store the address information of some node
in network, including MAC address, port no, etc. This
information comes from the learning process of
Ethernet Switch.

4.2 Learning

When one packet comes in from any port, the Switch
will record the source address, port no. and the other
related information in address table. This information
will be used to decide either forwarding or filtering for
future packets.

4.3 Forwarding & Filtering

When one packet comes from some port of the
Ethernet Switching, it will also check the destination
address besides the source address learning. The
Ethernet Switching will lookup the address-table for
the destination address. If not found, this packet will
be forwarded to all the other ports except the port
which this packet comes in. And these ports will
transmit this packet to the network it connected. If
found, and the destination address is located at
different port from this packet comes in, the Ethernet
Switching will forward this packet to the port where
this destination address is located according to the
information from address table. But, if the destination
address is located at the same port with this packet
comes in, then this packet will be filtered. Thereby
increasing the network throughput and availability

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4.4 Store-and-Forward

Store-and-Forward is one type of packet-forwarding
techniques. A Store-and Forward Ethernet Switching
stores the incoming frame in an internal buffer, do the
complete error checking before transmission. Therefore,
no error packets occurrence, it is the best choice when a
network needs efficiency and stability.

The Ethernet Switch scans the destination address from
the packet-header, searches the routing table provided for
the incoming port and forwards the packet, only if required.
The fast forwarding makes the switch attractive for
connecting servers directly to the network, thereby
increasing throughput and availability. However, the
switch is most commonly used to segment existing hubs,
which nearly always improves overall performance. A
Ethernet Switching can be easily configured in any
Ethernet network environment to significantly boost
bandwidth using conventional cabling and adapters.

Due to the learning function of the Ethernet switching, the
source address and corresponding port number of each
incoming and outgoing packet are stored in a routing table.
This information is subsequently used to filter packets
whose destination address is on the same segment as the
source address. This confines network traffic to its
respective domain, reducing the overall load on the
network.

The Switch performs "Store and forward" therefore, no
error packets occur. More reliably, it reduces the
re-transmission rate. No packet loss will occur.

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4.4 Auto-Negotiation

The STP ports on the Switch have built-in
“Auto-negotiation”. This technology automatically sets the
best possible bandwidth when a connection is established
with another network device (usually at Power On or
Reset). This is done by detect the modes and speeds at
the second of both device is connected and capable of,
Both 10Base-T and 100Base-TX devices can connect with
the port in either Half- or Full-Duplex mode. 1000Base-T
and 1000Base-SX can only connected in Full-duplex
mode.

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5. TROUBLESHOOTING

This chapter contains information to help you solve problems. If
Giga Switch is not functioning properly, make sure the Ethernet
Switch was set up according to instructions in this manual.

The Link LED is not lit

Solution:
Check the cable connection and remove duplex mode of the
Giga Switch

Some stations can not talk to other stations located on
The other port

Solution:

The address table may contain older information than of the
address table of that node. Please power down to refresh
the address information

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APPENDIX A

A.1 Switch‘s RJ-45 Pin Assignments

1000Mbps,1000Base T

Contact MDI MDI-X

1 BI_DA+ BI_DB+
2 BI_DA- BI_DB­3 BI_DB+ BI_DA+
4 BI_DC+ BI_DD+
5 BI_DC- BI_DD­6 BI_DB- BI_DA­7 BI_DD+ BI_DC+
8 BI_DD- BI_DC-

Implicit implementation of the crossover function within a
twisted-pair cable, or at a wiring panel, while not expressly
forbidden, is beyond the scope of this standard.

A.2 10/100Mbps, 10/100Base-TX

Contact MDI MDI-X

1 1 3
2 2 6
3 3 1
6 6 2

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2 3 6

3 6

A.3 RJ-45 cable pin assignment

2 1

2 1 3 6

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