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  • Page 1

    -1- DOC.041223 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch KGS-2401 Installation Guide[...]

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    -2- (C) 2002 KTI Networks Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any directive work (such as translation or transformation) without permission from KTI Networks Inc. KTI Networks Inc. reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from tim[...]

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    -3- The information contained in this document is subject to change without prior notice. Copyright (C) . All Rights Reserved. TRADEMARKS Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corp. W ARNING: 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 [...]

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    -4- T able of Contents 1. Unpacking Information ............................................................................................. 6 2. Introduction to 24-port Gigabit Web Smart Switch ................................................ 7 2.1 General Description ...............................................................................[...]

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    -5- 7.6 T erminology ................................................................................................................ .......................... 3 0 7.7 Command Description ......................................................................................................................... 30 7.7.1 System Commands ..............[...]

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    -6- 1. Unpacking Information Thank you for purchasing the 24-port Gigabit W eb Smart Switch. Before you start, please check all the contents of this package. The product package should include the following: 1. One 24-port Gigabit W eb Smart Switch 2. One power cord 3. Rubber foot and screws 4. Rack-mount brackets 5. One RS-232 Cable (Optional) 6. [...]

  • Page 7

    -7- 2. Introduction to 24-port Gigabit Web Smart Switch 2.1 General Description The device is a 24-port 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet W eb Smart Switch. Compare to the traditional 10/100Mbps Ethernet, the switch delivers a dedicated Gigabit connection to every attached client with no congestion issue. The gigabit ports also provide the fat pipe to the s[...]

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    -8- 2.3 The Front Panel The front panel of the switch is shown as below: Port Operation There are 24 * 1000Mbps RJ-45 (copper) ports on the front panel. The auto-negotiation feature of the switch allows each port of the device running at one of the follow- ing operation modes: Speed Duplex Mode 10Mbps Full Duplex Half Duplex 100Mbps Full Duplex Hal[...]

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    -9- Port LED summary table LEDs Status Interpretation 10/100M Steady /Blinking Amber Connected as 10Mbps/Active Steady/Blinking green Connected as 100Mbps/Active 1000M Steady/Blinking green Connected as 1000Mbps/Active If the port is connected but the Port LED is dark, check the following items: • The switch and the connected device power are on [...]

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    -10- 3. Installing 24-Port Gigabit Web Smart Switch This switch can be placed directly on your desktop, or mounted in a rack. Users can immediately use most of the features simply by attaching the cables and turning the power on. 2.1 Desktop Installation For desktop installation, the switch needs to put on a clean, flat desk or table close to a pow[...]

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    -11- 3.3 Installing Network Cables Station Connections Reference to the wiring statement of the previous section; connect each station to the switch with correct type of cables. Switch-to-Switch Connections In making a switch-to-switch connection, use every ports to connect another switch or backbone is strongly recommended. The Gigabit ports provi[...]

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    -12- 4. Functional Description 4.1 PHY Monitoring and Port Mode Set-up It is a major task of the software to continuously monitor the PHYs in order to set up the switch ports according to whether the link is down or up and in the latter case what the current speed, duplex mode and pause capabilities are. PHYs are being polled every 100 ms. 4.2 Flow[...]

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    -13- 5. Web Management guide This section instructs you how to enter and set up the configurations, which can be accessed by RS- 232 serial port (out-of-band) on the rear panel or by Internet Browser over the network (in-band). Factory Default value: IP : 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254 5.1 Access the Switch Co[...]

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    -14- 3. After authentication procedure, the home page shows up. 5.2 Home Page On the Home page, you can select the configuration by clicking the menu tabs located on the upside of the UI. It includes, ! System ! Ports ! VLAN ! Aggregation ! QoS ! Mirror ! Statistics ! Discovery[...]

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    -15- T o restore the default V alues of switch, click the [Default] button. If you want to reboot the switch, click the [Reboot] button. T o check the connection status of each port from 1 to 24, take a look at the port monitor . When the port shows green , it is connected and link up. Otherwise it is dark . T o know the detail statistics of one po[...]

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    -16- 5.2.1 System T o set up the system configurations such as login value, time-out value and enabling the VLAN Man- agement. Status & Setting Functions Mac Address The Mac Address of the switch S/W V ersion T o check up the Software V ersion, see this. H/W V ersion The Hardware version Inactivity T imeout (Secs) Set the console inactivity tim[...]

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    -17- 5.2.2 Ports On the page, you can view the Port status, set up the Speed mode and enable the FDX flow control. Status & Settings Functions L i n k T o show the status of each port. When it is red, it means the connection is down. Otherwise, it is green. Mode Choose the Speed mode of port 10/100/1000, Half/Full. T o disable the port, choose [...]

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    -18- 5.2.3 VLAN VLAN Configuration is for dividing the LAN into subnet groups for better network management. The benefit is that the user can move one client to another subnet group without actually moving the ma- chine. VLAN Entry There are 24 entries to set up. T o add new VLAN Entr y , 1. Select the ports by clicking the check box. 2. Enter the [...]

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    -19- PVID When the VLAN-enabled switch receives a untagged packet, the packet will be sent to the port default VLAN according to the PVID (port VLAN ID) of the ingress port. Settings Functions Port Port Number 1~24 P V I D Port VLAN ID(1~4094) For Ingress VLAN mapping rules, refer to the following table: Only T agged Received Packet T ype VLAN entr[...]

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    -20- 5.2.4 Aggregation/ T runking Configuration T o set up the Port trunk groups, put the ports number into the same Aggregation group line. There are eight groups to choose. The maximum number of ports for one group is 8. There three aggregation modes for selection, SMAC (Source MAC), DMAC (Destination MAC), and XOR. 5.2.5 QoS The switch provides [...]

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    -21- 5.2.5.1 Quality of Service (QoS) TOS Configuration T o improve the network performance by applying the TOS for IP packets, set up the priority of eight groups of precedence bits on this page. There are two priority levels to choose, high or Low . Settings Functions Port T o select the switch port, from 1 to 24 Bit 0-2 TOS bit value Priority Se[...]

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    -22- 5.2.5.2 QoS Port Egress Rate Control T o limit the out-going packet rate, select [Enable] and enter the value you need from 250~1000000K bps. The packet rate over the limitation will be discarded. Click [Apply] to save settings. 5.2.5.3 QoS Port Ingress Rate Control T o limit the in-coming packet rate, select [Enable] and enter the value you n[...]

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    -23- 5.2.6 Mirror Port mirror function is used to mirror traffic from source port to a target port for analysis. Only 2 ports can be monitored (mirrored) simultaneously to 1 Monitor port (target port). (Note that the target port must be in the same VLAN as the source ports.) Settings Functions Monitor Port Select the switch port, from 1 to 24 to be[...]

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    -24- 5.2.8 Discovery When you install several switches in the network, the discovery management tool helps you to search and access those switches easily . Therefore you can access any switch without memorizing the re- spective IP addresses. Note: The Maximum number of Address list is 16 for each mode. Auto Search 1. Click the Auto search [Apply] b[...]

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    -25- 5.2.9 Default T o restore all settings to factory default values, 1. Click [Default] button on the Home page 2. Click [Y es] to confirm the action. 5.2.10 Reboot T o reboot the switch, 1. Click [Reboot] button on the Home page 2. Click [Y es] to confirm the action.[...]

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    -26- 6. Product Specifications Standard IEEE802.3 10BASE-T IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX IEEE802.3x full-duplex operation and flow control IEEE802.3ab 1000BASE-T IEEE802.1Q VLAN interoperability Interface 24 * 10/100/1000Mbps auto MDI/MDI-X RJ-45 switching ports 1 * RS-232 Console port Cable Connections RJ-45 (10BASE-T): Category 3,4,5 UTP/STP RJ-45 (100BA[...]

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    -27- 7. Command Line Interface 7.1 Start-up and T erminal configuration T o start-up the command line interface, connect a PC COM port to the RS-232 connector and activate a terminal emulation software (e.g. HyperT erminal of Windows.). The terminal emulation software should be set up as follows: 1. Data rate: 1 15200 baud 2. Data format: 8 data bi[...]

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    -28- When you are at the top level, the prompt shows :>, and if you are at the group level, the prompt displays the group name, e.g. System>. T o be under a certain group, you may enter the group name at top level or add / in front of the group name then press enter at any level. Examples: At top level: >system <enter> New prompt -&g[...]

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    -29- 7.5 Entering Commands Commands are given by entering the command string. The command string is not case-sensitive. There are three possible situations for entering the command: 1. At any level or group: you should enter the full syntax of the command with a / in front of the syntax (ex, enter /system configuration in any level to check the sys[...]

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    -30- 7.6 T erminology The following table shows general parameter types used in command syntaxes and descriptions. <port> The port number <portlist> Comma and/or dash separated port list. This type can be used for specifying individual ports or a range of ports. The keyword none can be used to specify an empty port list. The keyword all[...]

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    -31- 7.7.1 System Commands Commands at the System level: System Configuration [all] System Restore default [keepip] System UserName [<name>] System Password [<password>] System systemname [<systemname>] System Reboot 1. System Configuration: Syntax: System Configuration [all] Description: Show system name, software version, hardwa[...]

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    -32- System Reboot Description: Reboot the switch. 7.7.2 Console Commands Commands at Console level: Console Configuration Console Timeout [<timeout>] Console Prompt [<prompt string>] 1.Console Configuration Syntax: Console Configuration Description: Show configured Console password and timeout. 2. Console T imeout Syntax: Console Timeo[...]

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    -33- <portlist>: Port list (Default: All ports). 2. Port Mode Syntax: Port Mode [<portlist>] [<mode>] Description: Set or show the speed and duplex mode for the port. <portlist>: Port list (Default: All ports). <mode> : Port speed and duplex mode (Default: Show configured and current mode). 10hdx : 10 Mbit/s, half dupl[...]

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    -34- Show or clear statistics for the port. <portlist>: Port list (default: All ports). [clear] : Clear port statistics (default: Show statistics). 7.7.4 MAC T able Commands Commands at MAC level: MAC Configuration MAC Add <macaddress> <portlist>|none [<vid>] MAC Delete <macaddress> [<vid>] MAC Lookup <macaddr[...]

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    -35- 5. MAC Flush Syntax: MAC Flush Description: Removes non-static MAC address from the switch MAC table. 6. MAC Age T ime Syntax: MAC Agetime [<agetime>] Description: Set or show the MAC age timer in seconds. The value zero disables ageing. [<agetime>]: Age timer in seconds, 0 or 10-65535 (default: Show timer). 7.7.5 VLAN Commands Com[...]

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    -36- 4. VLAN Lookup Syntax: VLAN Lookup <vidlist> Description: Lookup VLAN entry and show port list. <vidlist> : VLAN ID list. 5. VLAN EgressT agging Syntax: VLAN EgressTagging [<portlist>] [enable|disable] Description: Set or show the VLAN Egress Tagging mode for the port. The enabled ports will strip the VLAN tag from received f[...]

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    -37- Aggr Configuration Description: Shows the aggregation groups and the aggregation mode. 2. Aggregation Add Syntax: Aggr Add <portlist> Description: Add link aggregation group including ports. <portlist>: Aggregation port list. 3. Aggregation Delete Syntax: Aggr Delete <portlist> Description: Delete link aggregation group. <[...]

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    -38- trol configuration, ingress rate control configuration and multicast storm control [<portlist>]: Port list (default: All ports). 2. QoS T osprecedence Syntax: QoS Tosprecedence [<portlist>] [<tosprecedencelist>] [low|high] Description: Set or show the IP ToS precendence priority mapping. [<portlist>] : Port list (defaul[...]

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    -39- 7.7.8 Mirror Commands Commands at Mirror level: Mirror Configuration Mirror Port [<port>] Mirror Source [<portlist>] [enable|disable] 1. Mirror Configuration Syntax: Mirror Configuration Description: Show the mirror destination port and mirror mode for source ports. 2. Mirror Port Syntax: Mirror Port [<port>] Description: Set[...]

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    -40- 7.8 Example This example shows how to configure two VLANs with the following setup: • VID 1 spans ports 2-16 and VID 2 spans ports 1-3, so port 2 and 3 are members of both VLANs and all 16 ports must be VLAN Egress T agging enabled. • Port 1 is the access port for VID 2, so PVID of port 1 must be set to 2. • Port 2 is the trunk port for [...]

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    -41- 8. Factory Default Configuration The factory default configuration is a VLAN aware L2 switch with automatic learning/ageing and auto negotiation enabled on all ports: System: The system name string is empty . Console: The password string is empty and inactivity timeout is disabled. The prompt is >. Port: All ports are enabled for auto negot[...]