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    GSS Series User Manual User Manual GSS Series 16/24 Port Gigabit Web Managed Switch (GSS-16T4SFP & GSS-24T4SFP) Version 1.0 Sep. 2007 Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 1[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Table of Contents C AUTION .............................................................................................................................................. 3 E LECTRONIC E MISSION N OTIC ES .......................................................................................................... 3 A BOUT THIS U [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Caution Electronic Circuit devices are sensitive to static electricity. Dry weather conditio ns or walking across a carpeted floor may cause you to acquire a static electric charg e. To protect your switch, always: • Touch the metal chassis of your compute r to ground th e static electrical charge before you handle the swit[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual About this User Manual This User Manual will guide you on proc edures to inst all, configure and monitor Alloy 16 port Gigabit (GSS-16T4SFP) and 24 port (GSS-24T4SFP ) Gigabit web Managed Switch models utilizing the built-in web management in terface. The two models GSS-16T4SFP and GSS-24T4SFP differ in term s of port density[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview Alloy 16/24 Port Gigabit Switches meet all IEEE 802.3/u/x/z standar ds Gigabit and Fast Ethernet specifications. The 16 Port Gigabi t Switch model features 16x 10/100/1 000Mbps copper RJ-45 ports a nd 4x Gigabit Ethernet SFP Ports. The SFP ports can be used to in stall a range of optional mini-GBI[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 1.2 Key Features • 16 or 24 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Ports all compliant with IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.3z and 802.3ab • 4 Paired TP/ S FP fibre port s • Web Based Management • Port Based VLAN and T ag-based (IEEE802.1q) VLAN • 802.1p Class of Service wit h 2 level prio rity queuing • Port T runki ng with fle[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 1.4.1 User interfaces on the front p anel The front panel of the GSS-16T4SFP and GSS-24T 4 SFP consists of 16x or 24x 10/100/1000Mbps Coppe r Gigabit Ethernet port s, 4x SFP fibre ports and 1x reset button to restore factory configuration. Gigabit Ethernet Ports LED Display Panel Factory Default Button SFP Fibre Ports Fig. 1.[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual LED Indicators LED COLOUR FUNCTION System LED’ s Power Green Lit when Power is active Gigabit Copper Port s Link/Act Green Lit when link is active, flashes when traf fic is present 10/100/1000Mbp s Green/Amber Lit green when 1000Mb link Lit amber when 100Mb lin k Off when 10 Mb link o r no link present Gigabit Fibre Port s [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 1.5. Overview of th e Optional SFP Modules With the GSS-16T4SFP switch, the SFP port s are paired with RJ-45 copper port s 13, 14, 15 and 16. In the case of the GSS-24T4S FP , the SFP port s are pai red with RJ-45 copper port s 21, 22, 23 and 24. Only one of any given p air ed port can be used. In this manne r , these paired [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 2. Inst allation 2.1. St arting the GSS Series S witches This section provides a quick start guide for: • Hardware and Cable Inst allation • Management S tation Installation • Software booting and confi guration 2.1.1. Hardware and Cable Inst allation Please Note: ⇒ Wea r a grounding strap to avoid damaging the switch[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual • Copper Ports - Cable Inst allation Please Note: ⇒ The RJ-45 ports on the GSS Seri es Gigabit Switches support M DI/MDI-X auto- crossover functionality. This ena bles use of either straight-thro ugh or crossover UTP cable types; the RJ-45 ports will aut omatically be configured to suit the characteristics of the devic e [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 2.1.2. Cabling Requirement s T o help ensure a successful installation and keep network performance at optimum level s, take care to use Cat.5E grade or hi gher cabling. Ensu re that stranded core UTP cabl e, if used, runs for no more than 10 metres, and that solid core runs for a maximum of 100metres. Poor cabling is the mos[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Cont. Please Note: ⇒ Further information can be found in se ction 1.5 on page 7 ⇒ All figures denoting the range a given cabl e type can achieve must be treated as maximum values. A numb er of variable s can lim it the actual rang e that can be achieved – grade of cable used, quality of cable, and pr esence of joins in [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3. Operation of the W eb Based Management The following chapter allows the a dministrator to monitor and man age the GSS series through the web management interface. Management function ality such as Port Based and 802.1q VLAN, Port Aggre gation (T runking), QoS, Port configuration a nd m uch more can all be configured quickl[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.1 Web Management Home Overview Once you have entered a valid pa sswo rd and log ged into the switch the System Configuration page will be displayed, this is the default p age, it will be displayed every time that you log into the switch. On the left hand sid e of the screen you will se e a menu structure used to Configure, [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2 Configuration 3.2.1 System Information The System Information configuration p a ge is used to display basic swit ch information including the Model Name, MAC Address, Firmware V ersi on, Ha rdware V ersion, IP and SNMP inform ation. Fig. 3.2 System Desc: Displays a brief description of the switch. (Rea d Only) F/W V e rsi[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Management VLAN: Enter the VLAN group used to gain access to the web manag eme nt. Default value is 1. If you change this value only port s belonging to the VLAN group chosen ca n manag e the switch. Password: If you want to change the default passwo rd of the switch please enter it here. Default password is a dmin. Inactivit[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.2 Port s The ports con figuration page is used to d ispla y the current status of each port on the switch. In this section the user can also change t he speed settings and flow control of each port and Jumbo Frame support can also be e nabled from this location. Fig. 3.3 Enable Jumbo Frames: T ick the check box to enable [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Drop Frames af ter Excessive Collisions: Used when running half dupl ex equipment, tick the check box to enable this feature. Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen. Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen. Alloy Comp[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.3 VLAN Mode The GSS Series of switches support port based VLAN’ s, 802.1q ta gged VLAN’s a nd Metro mode VLAN’s . Up to 16 act ive Port Based VLAN groups can b e configured with a PVID from 1 ~ 4094 for the GSS-16T4SFP and 24 active Port Based VLAN group s can be configured for the GSS-24T4SFP . 24 802.1q T agged ba[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Metro-Mode: Metro Mode VLAN’s i s a q uick method of creating 13, 14, 15 or 16 port based VLAN group s. Each port is separated into it s o wn VLAN group with 1, 2, 3, or 4 ports belo nging to each group. Each group co nt ains its own port and the uplink port. Double T ag: Double T ag also known as Q in Q is used to encapsul[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.4 VLAN Group T ag Based VLAN’ s Fig. 3.5 VLAN ID: T o create a new VLAN group, Enter a valid VLAN ID into the space provided. A new screen will appear as shown belo w: Fig. 3.6 Description: Enter a Descriptive name for the VLAN. Port s: Select what port s you want to be members of this VLAN and tick there corresponding [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen. Port Config: Used to configure per port paramete rs. Fig. 3.7 Port: Is the physical port number of the switch. Ingress Filtering Enabled: T ick the check box to enable Ingress Filt ering. Packet T ype: Select each [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Fig. 3.8 Modify: Select the radio button next to the VLAN you wish to modify and click modify . Delete: Select the radio button ne xt to t he VLAN you wi sh to delete and click delete. Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 24[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Port Based VLAN’ s Fig. 3.9 VLAN ID: T o create a new VLAN group, Enter a valid VLAN ID into the space provided. A new screen will appear as shown belo w: Fig. 3.10 Description: Enter a Descriptive name for the VLAN. Port s: Select what port s you want to be members of this VLAN and tick there corresponding check boxe s. Se[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen. Fig. 3.1 1 Modify: Select the radio button next to the VLAN you wish to modify and click modify . Delete: Select the radio button ne xt to t he VLAN you wi sh to delete and click delete. Refresh Button: Used to ref[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Metro Mode VLAN’ s Fig. 3.12 Uplink Port: Select the port(s) that you wish to us e as your uplink port(s). This is the port(s) that belongs to each individual VLAN. Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen. Fig. 3.12 Modify: Select the radio button next [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.5 Aggregation Port Aggregat ion is used to Aggregate Ports into a logical trunk usually called Link Aggregation. Link Aggregation can bundl e more tha n one port with the same speed, full duplex and the same MAC address to be a single logical port, thus t he logical port aggregates the bandwidt h of these po rts. This all[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.6 LACP Link Ag gre gation Control Protocol is a protocol used to dynamically trunk port s into group s that have the same LACP key value. Fig 3.14 Port: The physical port s of the switch. Protocol Enabled: Tick the ch eckbox to ena ble LACP on th e particular port. Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after m[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.7 RSTP The S p anning T ree Protocol is an IEEE 802. 1d standard designed for avoiding unwanted loops in switched net works. When STP/RSTP is enabled only a si ngle p ath will be active between any two nodes on a network. S panning T ree is also used as a redundancy method to eliminate down time if a device or cable goes [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Protocol Enabled: Used to enable the Rapid S p anning T ree Protocol on individual ports. Edge: Edge will be enabled if the port is connecting to an en d device such as a workstation. Edge will be disa bled if connecting to another STP aware device. Path Cost: A value set to each port to allow the switch to determine which po[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.8 802.1x The 802.1x port-based network access control prov id es a method to restrict users to acce ss network resources via aut henticating user ’s information. This restrict s users from gaining access to the network resources throu gh an 802. 1x-enabled port without authe ntication. Any user wishing to access the net[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Action: Re-authenticate forces the port to re-aut henticate with the RADIUS server . Force Re-initialise forces the port to re-initia lise with the RADIUS server . St atistics displays the 80 2 .1x statistics of each individual port. Fig. 3.16 Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen. Alloy[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 802.1x Parameters Fig. 3.18 Re-authentication Enabled: T ick the checkbox to force re-aut henticat ion between the port and the RADIUS after a pre-determ ined time inte rval. Re-authentication Period: Used to set the time before re-authentic ation occurs. T ime interval can b e set between 1 and 3600 seconds. EAP T imeout: Us[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.9 IGMP IGMP Snoopi ng is u sed to establish multicast grou p s to forward multicast p ackets to each of the multicast member port s, and, in nature, avoids wasting bandwid th with IP multica st packet s. If a switch does not support IGMP or IGMP Snooping it can not tell a multica st packet from a broad ca st packet, so it[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.10 Port Mirroring The Mirror function of the GSS Series is used to capture dat a from a parti cular port on the switch. Any port on the switch can be selected as the monitoring port; this port will be used to capture data from an other port on the switch using third party dat a capturing sof tware. Data can be captured fr[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.1 1 Quality of Service T wo method s of Quality of Service is available in the GSS Series, they are 802.1p QoS – Is a tag based Qo S method normally used with 802.1q VLAN’ s. Inside each Ethernet p acket 3 bits are reserved for QoS purposes, priority levels are then set ba sed o n the value of the 3 bit field inside t[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.1 1.2 Qual ity of Serv ice – DSCP Fig. 3.22 QoS Mode: Used to set the required QoS method. Options are 802.1p and DS CP . Prioritise T ra ffic : Used to set the priority of each 3 bit value. Priority values range from 0 through to 7. A high, Medium, Normal or Low class can be applied to each 3 bit priority value. Port N[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.12 Filter The filtering function of the GSS Series is used to block unwanted device s from accessing the switch. The fil tering rules are based on an IP Address, both st atic and dynamic IP addressing can be used. Fig. 3.23 Port: Is the physical port number of the switch. Mode: Used to disable or enable the filtering func[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.13 Rate Limit The Rate Limit function of the GSS Series is used to limit the speed of each port on the switch. Fig. 3.24 T raffic Rate Unit: Is used to select the incremental val ue of the rate limit. Y ou can set a rate limit based on 128K, 512K, 1M, 10M or 32M. If you select 128K you can then select a rate value for eac[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.14 Storm Control S torm Cont rol is used to limit the amount of Broadcast, Multicast and Unicast frames allowe d to enter the switch. These limit s are based on the amount of frames allowed to b e received per second. Fig. 3.25 ICMP Rate: Used to set the number of frames allowed to be recei v ed by the switch per second. [...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.2.15 SNMP Fig. 3.26 SNMP Enabled: Used to enable or disable SNMP . SNMP T rap Destination: Enter the IP addres s of a device used to receive SNMP T r aps. SNMP Get Community: Enter the SNMP Get community name in the space provided. SNMP Set Community: Enter the SNMP Set community name in the sp ace provided. SNMP T rap Comm[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.3 Monitoring 3.3.1 Det ailed St atistics The detailed port st atistics screen sh ows you in det ail statistics of e ach individual port. Fig. 3.27 Check Boxes: T ick the ch eck boxes next to each of the statistics that you wish to monitor . Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y o[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.3.2 LACP S t atus Displays the statu s of all LACP based port aggregation group s. Fig. 3.28 Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 44[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.3.3 RSTP S t atus Displays the current status of RSTP . Fig. 3.29 Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 45[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.3.4 IGMP S t atus Displays the current statu s of multicast groups learnt by the switch. Fig. 3.30 Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 46[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.3.5 Ping The ping function of the switch is used to test commu nication between other IP enabled devices on your network. Fig. 3.31 T arget IP Ad dress : Enter the IP address of an IP device on your network i n which you want to test communication with. Count: Select the number of times you would like to ping the device. Av[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.4 Maintenance 3.4.1 W arm Rest art Fig. 3.32 Click Y es to reboot the device or No to cancel the operation. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 48[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.4.2 Factory Default Fig. 3.33 Click Y es to restore the factory default settings on the switch, or No to cancel the operation. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 49[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.4.3 Sof tware Upgrade Fig. 3.34 Browse: Used to select the firmware file to load into the switch. Upload: Once the file has been lo cated, pre ss the upload button to upgrade the switches firmware. Cancel: Press cancel to cancel the operation. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 50[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.4.4 Configuration File T ransfer The GSS Series allows the user to backup and restore the configuration settings of the switch. Fig. 3.35 Configuration Download Download: Used to download the current configu rati on of the switch. Once pressed a dialog box will appear asking you wh ere you would like the file saved. Configu[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual 3.4.5 Logout Press the logout button to logout of the web management. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 52[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual Appendix A – Technical Specifications Hardware Specifications  St andard Compliance: IEEE802.3/802.3ab / 802.3z / 802.3u / 802.3x  Network Interface: Configuration Mode Connector Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit TP NWay TP (RJ-45) 1 – 16 or 24 1000Base-SX Gigabit Fibre 1000 FDX *SFP 13~16(Option) 21~24(Option) 1000Base-[...]

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    GSS Series User Manual  Diagnostic LED: System LED : Power Per Port LED: 10/100/1000M TP Po rt 1 to 12 : LINK/ACT , 1 0/100/1000Mbps 10/100/1000M TP Po rt 1 to 20 : LINK/ACT , 1 0/100/1000Mbps 1000M SFP Fibre Port 13~16 : SFP(LINK/ACT) 1000M SFP Fibre Port 21~24 : SFP(LINK/ACT)  Power Requirement : AC Line V oltage : 100 ∼ 240 V Frequency :[...]