LevelOne GSW-1601TX manual

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    LevelOne GSW - 1601 TX GSW - 2401TX 16/24 Port 10/100M b ps Switch with Gigabit option User's Manual (Vision 1 . 0 )[...]

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    FCC Class A Appliance This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used properly in strict accordance with the manufacturer‘s instructions, it may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has been type - tested and found to comply the specifications in sub - part J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, w[...]

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    i Contents Package List ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iii Introduction --------------------------------------------------------- 1 Features ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Identifying External Components --------------------------------- 3 Front Panel --------[...]

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    ii Troubleshooting -------------------------------------------------- 30 Technical Specifications --------------------------------------- 31 RJ - 45 Pin Specification ---------------------------------------- 32[...]

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    iii Package List Check the contents of your package for following parts: l 16/24 Port 10/100Mbps Switch l User's m anual l Power cord l 19” rack mount brackets. l RS232 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 t[...]

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    1 I NTRODUCTION The LevelOne GSW - 1601/2401TX 16/24 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch with Gigabit option is d esigned to allow simultaneous transmission of multiple packets via an internal high - speed data channel. This means that it can partition a network more effic iently than bridges or routers in most environments. The LevelOne GSW - 1601/2401TX [...]

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    2 forwarding rates l Full/ Half - Duplex capability on each TX port, full duplex only on 1000Base - TX port l Automatic source address learn ing and aging. l Support up to 16K MAC address l Support up to total 64Mbit(16+2G), and 80Mbit (24+2G) packet buffers l IEEE802.3x compliant full - duplex flow control, half - duplex flow control l Broadcast s[...]

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    3 I DENTIFYING E XTERNAL C OMPONENTS This product series provide three different running speed – 10Mbps, 100Mb ps, and 1000Mbps in the same hub and automatically distinguish the speed of incoming connection. This section describes the hardware features of the se Giga bit Switch es . For easier management and control of the switch, familiarize you[...]

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    4 2 Port 1 0/100/1000T Gigabit Module Front Panel 2 Port 1000SX Gigabit Fiber Module Front Panel LED Indicator Panel Refer to the next chapter for d e tailed info r mation about each of the switch’s LED indicators. Tw isted - Pair Ports Use any of these ports to connect stations or hubs to the switch. These ports are MDI - X ports, which means yo[...]

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    5 LED Indicators LED Indicators LED Function Color Description PWR Green Lit: Power on SMART Green Lit: CPU installed LINK/ACT Green/Yellow Green Lit: 100Mbps, indicates the adapter is connected to hub and incoming Yellow Flash: 10Mbps, traffic entering the port 10/100 L10/100/1000 Green Lit: indicate link status and traffic speed (10/ L10 for 10M,[...]

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    6 3. Connect hub or PC to one port of the Switch using Category 3/4/5 UTP/STP cabling 4. Connect another hub or PC to the other port of Switch by following the same process as describe d in Step3. Notice: Cable distance for Switch The cable distance between Ethernet Switch and hub/PC should not exceed 100 meter; fiber cable distance shall not excee[...]

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    7 Link/ Speed LED Color: Green Label: L10/ L100/ L1000 Function: The LED light up steadily to indicate the transmitting speed L10: light up steadily to indicate link up at speed 10M L100: light up steadily to indicate link up at speed100M L1000: light up steadily to indicate link up speed 1G Full/ Half Duplex and Collision LED Color: Green Label: F[...]

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    8 Configuration C onnect 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, launch “HyperTerminal”, create a new connection, and adjust settings as below:[...]

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    9 Main Menu Launch the new terminal you just set up, and then, turn on the switch. See the follo wing messages for successful connection. To enter any of the submenus, simply type the number on the command line. 24 - P 10/100M + 2 - P 1G(COPER MODULE) switch Configuration menu [ver:3.12] [0] Port Setting [1] Address Learn [2] VLAN [3] Queues Priori[...]

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    10 Speed Mode Entry: Select “0” from Main Menu. Purpose: Media Speed Control for each port. Default: All port s are auto - negotiation . 1.Input port number for which you want to configure, ’A’ or ‘a’ for select all port to configure, type ‘E’ or ‘e’ back to Main Menu, than press ENTER. For example, input port 1: 2. Type 1 - 5 t[...]

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    12 Address Learn Entry : Select “1” from Main Menu. Purpose: A port’s MAC address register is cleared on power - up, or hardware reset. If this item is enabled, the dynamically learned SA will be leared if it is not refreshed in less than the aging time. Default: Enable with agi ng time 5 minutes. Example : Enable aging control with aging tim[...]

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    13 VLAN Entry: Select “2” from Main Menu. Purpose: Each por t of the switch can be assigned to one or multiple VLANs(this device can be divided into 24 VLANs maximum). Frames from the source port will only be forwarded to destination ports within the same VLAN domain. A broadcast/multicast frame will be forwarded t o all ports within the VLAN(s[...]

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    14 2. type ‘S’ or ‘s’ than input ‘2’ ,press ENTER 3. type ‘C’ or ‘c’ , than you can see “ Group 1 >> 1 2 ” on the screen ,that means VLAN group 1 with port 1,2 completed Select :>> s Which Port To be Selected (1 - 26)..., (25 = G1 26 = G2) 1 VLAN VLAN Group 1 ,assigned ports>> 1 [S] Port Select [D] Port Del[...]

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    15 4. repeat ste p 1 through 3 but input ‘5’ and ‘6’ to assigned [port 5 ,6 ] to next VLAN group ,than you can see the result below 5. type ‘E’ or ‘e’ will assigned others to VALN group 3 and back to main menu. 6. assigned with a dedicated uplink port for e ach VLANs, please refer to section of “Uplink Port” Select :>> c P[...]

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    16 Queues Priority Entry: Select “3” from Main Menu. Purpose: The switch can support priority either from tagged frame or based on the input ports. This entry is for port - based priority, level 0 stand for the lowest priority, level 7 as highest priority. Flow control will be disable if priority level 7 was selected . Default: All ports are cl[...]

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    17 Trunk Entry: Select “4” from Main Menu. Purpose: This switch can assigned port 1 – 8 to trunk 0 or trunk 1,port 9 – 16 to trunk 2 or trunk 3 , port 17 – 2 4 to trunk 4 or trunk 5, with L2 Trunking automatically load - balances among its member ports through the use of unique and statistical methods, and provides link resiliency (link -[...]

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    18 2. type ‘A’ or ‘a’ three tim es to assigned trunk port member 3. type ‘C’ or ‘c’ to finish setting 4. Repeat step 1 - 3 but select trunk 2 and type ‘A’ or ‘a’ 8 times Select :>> 0 Trunk 0 ,member >> [A] Add [D] Delete [C] Setting [E] Exit Trunk 0 ,member >>port 1 2 3 [A] Add [D] Delete [C] Setting [E] Ex[...]

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    19 5. type ‘E’ or ‘e’ return to main menu Trunk 2 ,member >>port 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [A] Add [D] Delete [C] Setting [E] Exit Sel ect :>> c Please Wait !! Which Trunk [0] Trunk 0 (1 2 3 ) [1] Trunk 1 (Disable) [2] Trunk 2 (9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ) [3] Trunk 3 (Disable) [4] Trunk 4 (Disable) [5] Trunk 5 (Disable) [6] Trunk 6 (D[...]

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    20 Uplink Port E ntry: Select “5” from Main Menu. Purpose: The uplink port provides a way to connect the switch with a repeater hub, a workgroup switch, a router, or any type of interconnecting device compliance with IEEE 802.3 standards. Switch will send all frames with unmatched DA and multicast/broadcast frames to the uplink port. It is very[...]

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    21 3. repeat step 1,2 to select port 2,3,4,5 ,6,7,8,9 ,then see the resu lt below. 4. type ‘C’ or ‘c’ to continue 5. type ‘I’ or ‘i’ to select uplink port ,as you can see bellow, “ Group 1 >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -- > uplink to port 9” means port 1,2,3,4,5 ,6,7,8,9,have uplink to port 9. 1 Uplink Port UpLink Group 1 ,assig[...]

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    22 6. repeat steps1 – 5 to assign others to uplink port 10 ,as result below : 7. type ‘E’ or ‘e’ back to main menu Select :>> e Uplink Port Group 1 >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -- > uplink to port 9 UpLink Group 2 ,assigned ports>> [S] Port Select [D] Port Delete [A] Select All Ports [C] Continue [E] Exit Select :>> Sel[...]

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    23 Link to another switch via signal port or TRUNK port Please create a uplink port for any port or trunk - port you want to cross lin k to another switch, there is a example for 16 + 2G cross link via G1 port ,refer to the steps under : 16 - P 10/100M + 2 - P 1G(CO O PER MODULE) [ver:3.12] [0] Port Setting [1] Address Learn [2] VLAN [3] Queues Pri[...]

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    24 UpLink Group 2 ,assigned ports>> [S] Port Select [D] Por t Delete [A] Select All Ports [C] Continue [E] Exit Select :>>e[...]

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    25 Monitor Port Entry: Select “6” from Main Menu. Purpose: The switch supports port monito ring. This feature provides complete network monitoring capability at 100 Mbit/s. A copy of egress (TX) data and ingress (RX) data of the monitored port is sent to their respective snooping ports. Default: Disable Example : Monitored Port 1 , Monitoring f[...]

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    26 4. type ‘E’ or ‘e’ back to main menu.[...]

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    27 View Configuration Entry: Select “7” from Main Menu. Purpose: Diplay configuration of port setting,address learn,VLAN,priority,trunk,uplink port, monitor port. Select :>> 7 [Port Setting] F:full duplex ,H:half duplex ,Y:flow control enable ,N:flow control disable [ 1] Auto /Y [ 2] Auto /Y [ 3] Auto /Y [ 4] Auto /Y [ 5] Auto /Y [ 6] Aut[...]

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    28 Restore To Factory Default Entry: Select “8” from Main Menu. Purpose: Restore t o the default setting as mention before. [Priority] [ 1]=0 [ 2]=0 [ 3]=0 [ 4]=0 [ 5]=0 [ 6]=0 [ 7]=0 [ 8]=0 [ 9]=0 [10]=0 [11]=0 [12]=0 [13]=0 [14]=0 [15]=0 [16]=0 [17]=0 [18]=0 [19]=0 [20]=0 [21]=0 [22]=0 [23]=0 [24]=0 [G1]=0 [G2]=0 [Current TRUNK] Dis able pres[...]

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    29 Switch Operation Address Table The LevelOne 16/24 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch with Gigabit option i s 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. Th is information comes from the learning process o[...]

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    30 increasing the network throughput and availab i lity S tore - and - Forward Store - and - Forward is one type of packet - forwarding techniques. A Store - and Forward Ethernet Sw itching stores the incoming frame in an internal buffer, do the complete error checking before transmission. Therefore, no error packets occurrence, it is the best choi[...]

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    31 Troubleshooting This chapter contains information to help you solve problems. If LevelOne GSW - 1601/2401TX 16/24 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch with Gigabit option is not functioning properly, make sure the Ethernet Switch was set up according to instructions in this manual.. l The Link LED is not lit Solution: Check the cable connection and remov[...]

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    32 T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS l Standard: IEEE802.3. IEE802.3u, IEEE802.3z, IEEE802.3ab l Network Media: 10Base - T – UTP/STP category 3 or 5 cable 100Base - TX – UTP/STP category 5 cable 1000Base - TX, 4 pairs category 5 cable 1000Base - SX, Multi - mode 62.5/12 5µm fiber optic cable l Connector: STP RJ - 45 port TX SC connector for 1Gbps FX [...]

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    33 RJ - 45 P IN S PECIFICATION When connecting your LevelOne GSW - 1601/2401TX 16/24 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch with Gigabit option to another switch, a bridge or a hub, a m odified crossover cable is necessary. Please review these products for matching cable pin assignment. The following diagram and tables show the standard RJ - 45 receptacle/con[...]

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    34 The following shows straight cable and crossover cable connection : Straight cable for Switch (uplink MDI - II port) to switch/Hub or other devices connection Crossover cable for Switch (MDI - X port) to switch/hub or other network devices (MDI - X port) connectio n[...]