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    Centralized Network Management GigaX Smart Switch Management Software User ’ s Manual E1816 / Oct 2004[...]

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    2 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Copyright Information No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be repro- duced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup pur - p[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 3 Product Contact Information ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Company Address: 15 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei 1 12 General T elephone: +886-2-2894-3447 General Fax: +886-2-2894-7798 W eb Site Address: www .asus.com.tw General Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support MB/Others (T el): +886-2[...]

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    4 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Copyright Information 2 Limitation of Liability ................................................................. 2 Product Contact Information 3 1 Introduction 5 1.2 Using this Document ......................................................... 5 2 Getting to Know the GigaX Smart Switch 6 2.1 Part[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 5 1.2 Using this Document 1.2.1 Notational conventions • Acronyms are defined the first time they appear in text and in the glossary . • For brevity , the GigaX Smart Switch is referred to as “the switch.” • The terms LAN and network are used interchangeably to refer to a group of Ethernet[...]

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    6 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 2 Getting to Know the GigaX Smart Switch 2.1 Parts List In addition to this document, the switch should come with the following: • GigaX Smart Switch • AC Power cord • Rack installation kit (2 brackets with 6 screws (M3 x 6L)) • Installation CD-ROM • Quick installation guide 2.2 GigaX Sm[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 7 Label Function POWER Connects to the supplied power cord 2.4 Front Panel The front panel contains LED indicators that show the status of the unit. 2.5 Rear Panel The rear panel contains the ports for the unit’s power connections. Label Color Light Function POWER Green On The switch is powered on[...]

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    8 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 3 Quick Start Guide This Quick Start Guide provides basic instructions to set up the GigaX Smart Switch environment. • Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX Smart Switch on a flat surface or in a rack. • Part 2 provides instructions to set up the hardware. • Part 3 shows you how to confi[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 9 3.2 Part 2 —Start the Switch In Part 2, this guide will show you how to connect the switch to a power outlet, to your computer (with CNM installed), and to the network. 3.2.1 Step 1. Connect to the PC with CNM Installed The switch can be managed through the ASUS CNM software that is running on a[...]

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    10 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 3.3 Management from CNM In Part 3, start the CNM program and manage the switch to meet your network requirements. Before starting CNM, make sure that your manage station is attached to the same network as the switch is. Otherwise, CNM will not be able to discover the switch. 3.3.1 Switch Discover[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 11 Figure 3.2 CNM Outlook (GigaX 1024P) Figure 3.2.1 CNM Outlook (GigaX 1024I)[...]

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    12 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Figure 3.3.1 Available Switches (GigaX 1024I) Figure 3.3 Available Switches (GigaX 1024P) 3. Select the proper NIC at the same network with the switch, then click on the Discovery icon in the tool bar . After the discovery is done, the left frame of the window will show the MAC addresses of the s[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 13 4. Select the switch you want to manage by clicking on the MAC address, then you can start to configure the switch by CNM. 5. If the CNM cannot discover the switch you want to manage, please repeat step 1 to 4 again. Note: The switch must be powered on and connect to your network before starting [...]

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    14 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Figure 4.1 CNM window (GigaX 1024P) 4 Management Functions ASUS provide a Centralized Network Management (CNM) software to allow users manage the switch in your network. The program is designed to work best with Microsoft Windows operation system. 4.1 Start CNM Program 1. Install CNM in a compute[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 15 4.2 Functional Layout The CNM window consists of three separate frames. The top frame has switch logo and front panel as shown below . This frame remains on the top of the browser window all the times and updates the LED status periodically . The LED definition has been described in T able 3.1. E[...]

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    16 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Click on the NIC, it shows the topology of the switches in the network. If multiple switches are cascaded, the tree view will show the relationship of those switches as Figure 4.4. Figure 4.4 T ree view of the network topology The right frame displays the specified switch configurations or graphi[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 17 Figure 4.5 T opology 4.3.1 T opology T opology is to control the actions of the topology frame. A couple of things you can do to the topology frame are listed as following: 3. Discovery : discover all GigaX Smart Switches in all networks that your CNM station is connecting to. The discovery resul[...]

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    18 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Figure 4.6 Add Switch (GigaX 1024P) 5. Add Switch : add a switch to the topology tree manually . A window will show for this purpose as shown below . Select the network adapter you want the switch to attach to, give the switch MAC and name, and an authentication key as the password if you don’t[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 19 4.3.2 Setup Figure 4.8. Setup CNM polls the switch status periodically , the polling interval can be adjusted. 1. Auto Update Time Interval : as Figure 4.9, a proper value can be set. The auto update time interval is used to poll the switch statistics and link status on the top of the window . Th[...]

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    20 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.4 Switch T opology The switch topology frame is on the left part of the CNM window . It shows the discovered switches and the relationship among them. Each presents a NIC interface. The interface name and MAC address is shown after the. The switch topology shows the relationship among the switc[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 21 4.4.2 Switch Add and Removal Discovery action will create the topology tree by all the discovered switches. The default password will be used in the discovery process. Sometimes you may have a switch with another password that is dif ferent from the default one. In this case, the switch cannot be[...]

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    22 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Once a switch is added to the topology tree, you can find it in the corresponding place. Y ou have to left click the switch symbol to switch the current status/ configuration window from other switch to this switch. If the communication is good, you can see the linking status window on the right [...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 23 4.5 Switch Setup Before using the configuration windows, it is better to know following buttons or icons because they are used throughout the setup. The following table describes the function for each button or icon. T able 4.1 2 Description of Commonly Used Buttons Buttons Function Apply to the [...]

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    24 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.6 System The system menu provides reboot, link status, and change password. 4.6.1 Reboot Hardware and software reset functions are provided. Hardware reset returns the system to its initial state just like power on hardware reset. Figure 4.13 Reboot (GigaX 1024P) Software reset will return the [...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 25 4.6.2 Link Status Link status table shows the port information including speed, duplex mode and flow control. Click on the Reload button will get the update information. Figure 4.14 shows the status table. Figure 4.14 Link Status (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4.14.1 Link Status (GigaX 1024I)[...]

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    26 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.6.3 Change Password A valid password consists of 4 digits, from 0 to 9, and a to f. The authenticator does not check upper case or lower case. For example, password “12ab” is treated as “12AB”. Once the password gets changed, CNM will use the password to retrieve the information about t[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 27 4.6.4 Load Y ou can load configuration from the switch or the local file as shown below . This action will update the current configuration in the CNM. If you want to keep the current configuration, please refer to section 4.6.5. Figure 4.15 Load (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4.15.1 Load (GigaX 1024I)[...]

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    28 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.6.5 Save Save all the configurations to a local file for future reference. Once you create a configuration file in CNM, you can use it to apply to the other switches to save your time. It is also a backup file for configuration. It is recommended to have a good file name to identify that the co[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 29 4.6.6 Apply and Save It applies all the current settings in CNM to the switch and save them in the switch permanently . It is recommended to back up the existed switch configurations before applying a new configuration to the switch. Figure 4.17 Apply Configuration (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4.17.1 App[...]

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    30 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.7 Configuration The Configuration menu provides the configuration for all the functions that the switch can supports, like physical interface, link aggregation, bandwidth control, traffic control, VLAN, IGMP snooping and QoS. T o keep all the new configurations and save the bandwidth for commun[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 31 Above shows the configuration for each port. Select the ports you want to configure or reload information from the switch by clicking on the check boxes in front of the ports, then click on Config to set the configuration for the ports, or click on Reload to retrieve configuration from the switch[...]

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    32 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.7.2 Link Aggregation Figure 4.19 Link Aggregation (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4.19.1 Link Aggregation (GigaX 1024I)[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 33 Link aggregation creates new virtual links with more bandwidth. For example, port 1 and 2 can work together as one link to another device. The new virtual link has 200Mbps bandwidth. The switch provides 8 groups (GigaX 1024P) or 7 groups (GigaX 1024I) of link aggregations shown above. Click on th[...]

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    34 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management GigaX Smart Switch provides TX/RX bandwidth control for each port. Please reload the configuration before you start to set up new configuration. The page is shown above. Select the ports you want to configure, then select proper bandwidth for TX/RX directions. Click on Apply to apply to the switc[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 35 4.7.4 T raffic Control T raffic control is to set the following items 1. Broadcast storm filtering control: if enabled, each port start to drop broadcast packets after a continuous received broadcast packets count up to 64. It will be back to normal if no more broadcast packet is received in 800m[...]

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    36 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Figure 4.21 VLAN (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4.21.1 VLAN (GigaX 1024I)[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 37 Figure 4.22 VLAN Control Options All VLAN behavior will be influenced by VLAN control option. Click Control Option and a window will appear as shown as below . Enable or disable these options carefully , these options are global setting for VLAN 7. VLAN function: enable or disable the VLAN functi[...]

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    38 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Figure 4.23 IGMP Snoop (GigaX 1024P) 4.7.6 IGMP Snooping Enable the IGMP snooping will let the switch learn the multicast router port and group address member ports into the multicast address table. The table is combined with L2 MAC table, so the maximum entry is 8K. The valid port member will au[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 39 4.7.7 QoS Setup The system support 2 level priority queues. The queue service rate is based on the packet-based W eighted Round Robin algorithm. The ratio can be set as 4:1, 8:1, 16:1, or strictly high priority first. The port-based priority is to decide the packet priority by the receiving ports[...]

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    40 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management Figure 4.24.1 QoS Setup (GigaX 1024I)[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 41 4.8 Statistics Statistics of fer Port T raffic, T raffic History and Comparison charts. The switch has 3 counters for 8 kinds of statistics. So you cannot see all the statistics at the same time. That is, the old statistics data will be gone if you start to use the counter for another statistics.[...]

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    42 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4.8.2 T raffic History Select the statistics item, ports and colors you want to see in the chart, then press the Draw T raffic Chart button to start the drawing. The chart will be auto updated in the time interval you set in Setup menu. Refer to 4.3.2 for time interval setup. Figure 4.26 Traf fic[...]

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    GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 43 4.8.3 Comparison Select the statistics item to do comparison for port 1 to 26 (ports 25-26 on GigaX 1024P only). Press the Draw T raffic Chart button to start the drawing. The chart will be auto updated in the time interval you set in Setup menu. Figure 4.27 Port Comparison (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4[...]

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    44 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management[...]