Black Box BLACK BOX 16-Port Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch manual

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    B LAC K BO X ® This W eb Smart switch pr ov ides s ix t e e n 10 - /10 0 - /10 0 0 - M b p s p or t s . Supports Gigabit speed on all ports. 16-Port W eb Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch Or der t oll -fre e in th e U.S . : Ca ll 877- 8 77-B BOX ( ou tsi de U. S. c all 724 -746 - 550 0 ) FRE E tec hnic al su pp or t 24 ho ur s a day, 7 day s a we ek :[...]

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    Page 2 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A FCC and IC RF I Statements FE DERAL COMMUNICA TIONS COMMISSION a nd INDUS TRY C ANA D A R ADI O FREQUENC Y INTERFERENCE S T A T EMENT S C lass B Digital Device . This equipment ha s been tes ted and f ound t o comply with the limits for a C lass B computing device pursuan t to Pa r t 1 5 of the FC C Rul[...]

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    Page 3 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A NOM Stat ement Normas O ficiales Mexicanas ( N OM ) Elec tric al Safe t y State ment INS TRUCCION ES DE SEGURID AD 1. T odas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guarda[...]

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    Page 4 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A NOM Stat ement 12. Pr ecaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobr e o contra ellos, poniendo particular aten[...]

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    Page 5 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A T rademarks Used in this Manual T rademark s Used in this Manual Black Box a nd the Double Diamond logo are registered tr ademarks of BB T e chnologies, Inc. Internet Explorer is a registered tr ademark of Microsoft C orporation. UL is a registered trademark o f Under writers’ Lab ora tories. Any othe[...]

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    Page 6 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A T ab le of Contents T able of Content s 1 . Specifications ............................................................................... 8 2 . Over view ............................................................................... 9 2 . 1 Introduction ................................................[...]

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    Page 7 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A T ab le of Contents 3.3.3. 1 L ACP Ag greg atio n O ver vi ew ................................... 33 3.3.3. 2 L ACP Po r t St atus ..................................................... 34 3.3. 4 R S TP Statu s .......................................................................... 34 3.3 .4. 1 RSTP V[...]

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    Page 8 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chap ter 2 : O ver v iew 1 . Specifications Buf fer Mem or y — 340 K B Compliance — FC C C lass B; p ower su pply is UL ® listed Filtering / For ward ing Rate — 1 000 -Mb ps po rt: 1 ,488 , 000 p p s; 1 00 - Mbps por t: 1 4 8,80 0 pps; 1 0 -M bps por t: 1 4,88 0 pps Jumbo Frame s — 9.6 K B MAC [...]

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    Page 9 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chap ter 2 : O ver v iew 2. Ove r view 2. 1 Intr oductio n The 1 6 - Port Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet S witch pr ovides 1 6 1 0 - /1 0 0 - /1 0 00 -Mb ps por ts. It is de signed f or easy installation and enables hi gh per formanc e in an envir onment where tra f fic on the network and the number of user[...]

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    Page 10 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chap ter 2 : O ver v iew • All por ts provide autonegotiation an d Auto MDI / M DI -X f unctions. • Support s flow contr ol : Backpressur e for half -duplex and I EE E 802 .3x for full- du plex mod e. • Smart plug and play . 2. 3 What ’s Include d Y our package should c ontain the f ollowing it[...]

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    Page 11 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chap ter 2 : O ver v iew 1 2, 3 4 4 Figure 2 - 1 . Fron t panel. 5 6 7 Figure 2 -2 . Back panel. T able 2 - 1 . 1 6 - Port Web Smar t Gigabit E thernet S witch componen t s. Number Component Descri ptio n 1 (1) Power L ED Lig hts w hen po wer to th e unit is on . 2 (1 6 ) 1 0 00 M LE Ds Lig ht when a p[...]

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    Page 12 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3. Sof t ware Des cription This sec tion explains how t o set up and manage the switch th rough the Web u ser in ter fac e. 3 .1 L o g i n First, op en the W eb browser , and go to 1 92 . 1 68. 2 . 1 . The login screen will appear . T yp e in the password (default: adm[...]

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    Page 13 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3. 2 Configur ation 3 . 2 .1 S y s t e m This page shows sy stem con figura tion inform ation, as il lustrat ed in Figure 3- 3. Figure 3-2 . System C onfiguration screen.[...]

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    Page 14 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • MAC Address: Displays the unique h ardware address assigned by ma nufacturer (d ef ault). • S / W V ersion: Displays the sw itc h’ s firmware version. • H / W Version: Displays the switch ’ s hardware v ersion. • DHCP E nabled: Click the bo x to enable DH[...]

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    Page 15 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3.2. 2 Por ts Por t Security ensures ac cess to a switch por t based on MAC address, limi t s the total nu mber of devices from usi ng a switch por t, and pro tec ts against MAC floo ding at tack s. 3.2. 2. 1 Port Configur ati on In Por t C onfigu ration , you can set [...]

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    Page 16 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3-3. Figure 3- 4 .[...]

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    Page 17 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3. 2.3 V L AN A Vir tual LA N ( VL A N ) is a logical net work gro uping that l imits the broadcast domain, wh ich would allow y ou to isolat e net work traffic, so only the members of the same V L AN will receive tra f fic fr om the member s of the same VL A N. Basica[...]

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    Page 18 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3- 6. 3. 2.3 .3 V L AN Per Por t Co nfiguration The 8 0 2. 1 Q Per Por t C onfigu ration page allows you to c hange the VL A N paramet ers for individual port s or trunks. Y ou can configur e VL AN behavior for specific inter fac es, including the accept ed fram[...]

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    Page 19 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • Por t / T runk: The por t number of the port or the I D of a trun k. • VL AN Aware E nabled: V L AN aware por ts are able to use VL A N tagged frames to determi ne the destination VL AN of a frame . ( Defa ult: Enabled) • VL AN aware port s will strip the VL A [...]

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    Page 20 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3. 2. 4 Aggrega tion Por t trunk a llows multiple li nks to be bundled together and act as a single physical link f or increa sed throughput. It pro vides load balancing, and r edundancy of links in a switched int er -net work. Actually , the link does not ha ve an inh[...]

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    Page 21 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • Key V alue: Confi gures a por t's LAC P administra tion key . The por t administra tive k ey must be set to the same value for port s that belong t o the same link aggregation gr oup ( L AG) . If this adm inistrative k ey is not set when an L AG is formed (i.e[...]

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    Page 22 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • For ward Delay: The maximum time (in seconds) the root device will wai t before changing states (i.e ., discarding to learning to for warding) . Number bet ween 4 –30 (d ef ault is 1 5 ). • Force V er sion: Set and show the RS TP prot ocol to use . Normal - use[...]

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    Page 23 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3- 1 1 . R STP por t configur ation screen.[...]

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    Page 24 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3- 1 2. RSTP s ystem config uration screen. Figure 3- 1 3. RST P sys tem c onfigur ation screen.[...]

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    Page 25 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3.2.7 IGMP Snooping IGMP Sno oping is the p rocess of listeni ng to IGMP net work traffic. IGMP Snooping, as impl ied by the name , is a feat ure tha t allows a layer 2 switch t o “ listen in ” on the IGMP conversation bet ween host s and rout ers by processing the[...]

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    Page 26 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3.2. 8 Mirr oring Por t Mirrori ng is used on a net work switch t o send a copy of network packets seen on one s witch port ( or an en tire VL A N ) to a network monitoring c onnec tion on another switch port. T his i s commonly used for network applianc es that requir[...]

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    Page 27 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figur e 3- 1 6. Mirroring c onfigu ration screen . 3. 2.9 Qualit y of Ser vice ( QoS ) In QoS Mod e , selec t QoS Disabled, 802 . 1 p , or DSC P to con figure the r elated parameters . 3. 2.9. 1 Q oS Configuration • S tric t: Ser vices the egress queues in sequential[...]

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    Page 28 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3- 1 7 . QoS configuration screen. 3. 2.9.2 Q oS Mode : Q oS Disable d When the QoS Mod e is set to Qo S Disabled, the following table is di splayed. Figure 3- 1 8 . QoS disabled screen. 3. 2.9.3 QoS M ode : 8 02. 1 p Pack ets are prioritized u sing the 802 . 1 [...]

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    Page 29 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3- 1 9. QoS con figura tion custom selec ted. Figure 3-2 0.[...]

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    Page 30 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3. 2.9.4 QoS Mo de : DSCP DSC P: Pack ets are prioritiz ed using the DSC P ( Dif fere ntiat ed Ser vices C ode Point) value . The Dif f erentia ted Ser vices C ode Point ( DSC P ) is a six-bit field tha t is contained withi n an IP ( TC P or U DP) header . T he six bit[...]

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    Page 31 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3 -22 . 3. 2. 10 St orm Control Broadcast storms may occu r when a device on your network is malfunctioning, or if application progr ams are not wel l designed or properly configu red. If there is too much br oadcas t tra f fic on your network, per forman ce can[...]

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    Page 32 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • Rate (number of fr ames per se cond) : The Rate field is set by a s ingle drop- down list. The same threshold is applied to e ver y por t on the switch. When the threshold is ex ceeded, pack ets are dropped, irrespec tive of the flow-control set tings . • Web: C [...]

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    Page 33 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3. 3.3 L ACP Status 3. 3.3. 1 L ACP Aggreg ation Over view Figure 3-2 6. • Por t: The por t number . • Por t Active: Show s if the port is a member of an ac tive L AC P group. • Partner Por t Number: A list of the por ts at tached at the remot e end of thi s L AG[...]

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    Page 34 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description 3.3. 3.2 L ACP P or t S tatus Figure 3- 2 7 . L AC P por t status screen. 3. 3.4 R STP Statu s 3. 3.4. 1 R ST P VL AN Brid ge Over view Figure 3- 2 8. R STP V L AN bridg e overview . • Hello Time : Interval (in seconds) at which the root device tran smits a confi gur[...]

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    Page 35 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • Fwd Delay: The max imu m time (in seconds) the root device will wait befor e changing states (i.e ., discarding to learning to for warding) . This delay is re quired because ever y device must receive i nforma tion about topology changes before it star ts to for wa[...]

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    Page 36 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • P2P Port: Shows if this por t is functioning as a Poin t- to- Point connection to exac tly one other bridge . The s witc h can automatical ly determine if the in terface is attached to a point -to- point li nk or to sh ared media. If shar ed media is detected, the [...]

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    Page 37 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • Cable S tatus: Shows the cable length, operati ng conditions a nd isolates a variety of common f aults that can occu r on Cat egor y 5 t wisted pair cabling . Figure 3-3 1 . Figure 3-3 2.[...]

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    Page 38 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3-3 3. Figure 3-34. 3.3.7 P ing This comma nd sends ICMP echo request packe t s to a nother node on the network. 3.3.7 . 1 Ping Pa rameters • T arget IP Address : IP address of the host.[...]

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    Page 39 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description • C ount: Number of pack ets to send. ( Range: 1–2 0 ) • Time Out: s etting the time period the host will Ping. Use the ping comm and to see if another si te on the network c an be reached. The following ar e some results of the ping comm and : • Normal respons[...]

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    Page 40 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chapter 3 : Sof tware Description Figure 3-36. Figure 3-3 7 .[...]

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    Page 41 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chap ter 4 : Mainte nance 4. M aintenan ce 4. 1 Warm R es tar t Press the “Y es ” button to restar t the switch. The reset will be complete when the power ligh t s stop blin king. Figure 4- 1 . W arm Reset screen. 4. 2 F ac to r y D efault This function forc es the sw it ch back to the origi nal fa[...]

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    Page 42 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chap ter 4 : Mainte nance Figure 4 - 3. 4. 4 Configuration File T rans fer C onfigu ration file tr ansfer allows you t o save the switch ’ s curren t configu ration or restore a previou sly saved configu ration back t o the device. C onfigura tion files can be saved to any location on the web man age[...]

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    Page 43 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com LG B 616 A Chap ter 4 : Mainte nance 4.6 Re set But ton for the Fac tor y Default Set ting Follow these steps to reset the Web Sma r t Swit ch back to the orig inal def ault: ST EP 1: T urn on the Web Sm ar t Swit ch ST EP 2: Pres s and hold the reset button con tinuous ly for 5 seconds and release the reset butt[...]

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