LevelOne GSW-1675T manual

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    LevelOne GSW-1675T 16-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch with 16×10/100/1000Mbps UTP ports plus 2×1000Mbps mini-GBIC ports (share) User’s Guide[...]

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    FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and fou nd to comply with the regulations for a Class A di gital device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to prov ide reason able p rotectio n against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environm ent. This e quipment generates, uses, and ca n [...]

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    UL Warning a) Elevated Operating Ambient Temp erature- If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the operating ambient te mperature of the rack environment may be greater t h an room ambient. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environm ent compati ble with the manuf acturer's m aximum rated a[...]

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    i TABLE OF CONTENT About This Guide................................................................................. 1 Purpose ............................................................................................ 1 Terms/Usage .................................................................................... 1 Introduction.................[...]

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    ii Installing the Web Ma nagement Utility ......................................... 19 Discovery List ................................................................................ 20 Monitor List ................................................................................... 21 Device Setting .................................................[...]

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    1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Congratulations on your purchase of LevelOn e GSW-1675T 16-Port 10/100/10 00Mbps Gi gabit Ether net Web Sm art Switch. Thi s device integrates 1000Mb ps Gigabit Et hernet, 100Mbps Fa st Ethernet and 10Mbps Ethernet network capa b ilities in a highly flexible package. Purpose This guide discu sses how to install your 16-Port 10 /1[...]

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    3 INTRODUCTION This chapt er describes the fe atures of the 16-Po rt 10/10 0/1000Mb ps Gigabit Ether net Web Sm art Switch and some backgro und information about Ethernet/Fast Eth ernet/Gigabit Ethern et switching technology. Gigabit Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing the same packet structure, for[...]

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    4 In addition, the phenomenal bandwid th delivered by Gigabit Ethernet is the most cost -effective method to t ake advanta ge of today a nd tomorro w’s rapidl y improvi ng swi tching a nd rout ing inter networki ng technologies. And with expected advan ces in the co ming years in silicon technolog y and digital signal processing that will enable [...]

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    5 Switching Technology Another a pproach to pushing beyond the limits of Ethernet technology is the develo pment of s witching tech nology. A s witch brid ges Ethernet packet s at the MAC address level of the Ethernet prot ocol transmitti ng among con nected Ethe rnet or Fast Et hernet LAN segments. Switching is a cost-effective way of increasing t[...]

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    6 VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) A VLAN is a group of e nd-stati ons that are n ot constraine d by their physical location and can communicate as if a c ommon broadcast domain, a LAN. The primary utility of using VLAN is to reduce latency and need for ro uters, usin g faster switc hing inst ead. Other VLAN utility includ es: Security, Security i[...]

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    7  Store-and-Forward switching sche me capability to support rate adaptation and ensure data in tegrity  Up to 4K unicast addresses en tities per device, self-learning, and table aging  272KBytes p acket buffer  Supports IEEE 802.3x flo w control for full- duplex m ode ports  Supports Port-base VLAN  Supports Port-base QoS  Sup[...]

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    9 UNPACKING AND INSTALLATIO N This chapter provides unp acking and installation in formation for GSW-1675T. Unpacking Open the shipping carton s of GSW-1675T and carefully unpack s its contents. The carton should con tain the following items:  One 16-Port 10/100/ 1000Mbps Gigabi t Ethernet Web Smart Switch  One AC power cord, suitable for you[...]

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    Leave at least 10cm of space at th e fron t and rear of t he hub for ventilation. Install GSW-1675T on a sturdy, lev el surface that can suppor t its weight, or i n an EIA stan dard-size equipm ent rack. F or inform ation on rack installation, see the n ext section , Rack Mounting. When installing GSW-1675T on a level surface, attach the rubber fee[...]

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    Then, use screws provided with the equipm ent rack to mount each switch in the rack. Figure 3. Mount the Switch in the rack Connecting Network Cable GSW-1675T supports 1000Mbps Gigabi t Ethernet t hat runs in Aut o- negotiation m ode and 10Mbps Ethe rnet or 1 00Mbps Fast Ethernet t hat runs both in half and full duplex m ode and 10 00Mbps Gigabit E[...]

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    IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMP ONENTS This chapter describes t he front panel, rea r panel, an d LED i ndicators of the Switch. Front Panel The figure b elow shows the fr ont panels of G SW-1675T. Figure 4. Fr ont panel of 16-port Gi gabit Ethe rnet Switch LED Indicator: Comprehensiv e LED indicat ors displa y the stat us of the switch an d the network [...]

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    Rear Panel ● Reset b utton Figure 5. Rear panel of GS W- 16 7 5T AC Power Connector: This is a three-pronged connecto r th at supports the power cord. Plug in the female conn ector of the pro vide d power co rd into this co nnector, and the male into a power outlet. Supported input voltag es range from 100-240V AC at 50-60Hz. Reset: The Reset but[...]

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    UNDERSTANDING LED INDI CATORS The front panel LEDs provides inst ant status feedback, and, helps monitor an d troubles hoot wh en needed. Figure 6. LED indicat o rs of GS W-1675T Power and System LEDs POWER: Power Indicator On : When the Power LED lights on, GSW-1675T is receiving power. Off : When the Power turns off or the power cor d has impr op[...]

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    16 Ports 1~16 Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity On : When the Link/ACT LED li ghts on, the respective port is successfully connected to an Ethernet network. Blinking : When the Link/ACT LED is blinking, the port is transmitting or receiving data on the Ethernet network. Off : No link. 1000Mbps On : When the 1000Mbps LED lights on, the respective [...]

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    17 mini-GBIC 15 & mini-GBIC 16 mini-GBIC Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity On : When the mini-GBIC module is installed and connected to a network, the Link/ACT LED lights on. Blinking : When the LED is blinking, the mini-GBIC module is receiving data on a network. Off : No link. 1000Mbps On : When the 1000Mbps LED lights on, the respective po[...]

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    19 CONFIGURATION Through the Web Browser you can co nfigure GSW-167 5T such as VLAN, Trunking, QoS… etc. With the attached Web Management Utilit y, you can easily discover all the Web M anagement S witch, assi gn the IP Address, c hanging the password and upgrading the new firmware. Installing the Web Managem ent Utility The following gives instr[...]

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    Figure 7. Web Management Utility The Web Management Utility was divided into four parts, Discovery List, Monitor List, Device Setting and Toolbar function , for details instruction, follow the below section. Discovery List This is the list where you can discover all the Web management devices in the entire network. By pressing the “Discovery” b[...]

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    System word definitions in the Discovery List:  MAC Address: Shows the device MAC Address.  IP Address: Shows the cu rrent IP address of the dev i c e.  Protocol versi on: Shows the version of the Utility protocol.  Product Name: Shows the device product name.  System Name: Shows the appoin ted device system name.  Location: Shows[...]

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    View Trap: The Trap func tion can receive the events that happen from the Web Managem ent Switch i n the Monit or List. There is a light indicator behind t he “Vie w Trap” button, when th e light indicates in green , it means that there is no trap transmitted, and else when it indicates in red, it means that there is new trap transmitted, this [...]

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    Device Setting You can set the device by using the function key in the Device Setting Dialog box. Configuration Setting: In this Configuration Setting, you can set the IP Address, Subnet Mask , Gateway, Set Trap t o (Trap IP Address), System name and Locati on. Select the device in the Discovery list or Monitor List and press this button, then the [...]

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    Password Chan ge: You can use this Passw ord Change w hen you need to change th e password, fill in the password needed in the dialog box and pres s “Set” button t o proceed the pass word change immediately. Figure 11. Password Change Firmware Upgrade: When the device has a new f unction, there wi ll be a new firm ware to u pdate the devi ce, u[...]

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    25 Toolbar The toolbar in the Web Management Utility have four main tabs, File, View, Options and Help. In the “File TAB” , there are Moni tor Save, Moni tor Save As, Monitor Load an d Exit:  Monitor Save: To record the setting of the Monitor List to the default, when you open th e Web Management Utility n ext ti me, it will auto load the de[...]

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    Configuring GSW-1675T The 16-Port 10/1 00/1000Mb ps Gigabit Eth ernet Web Smart Switch has a Web GUI interface for smart switch conf iguration. The Switch can be configured throug h the Web Browser. A network administrato r can manage, control and monitor the switch from the local LAN. This section indicates how to configur e the Switch to enable i[...]

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    Or through the Web Manag ement Utility, you do not n eed to remember the IP Address, sel ect th e device shown in the M onitor List of the Web Management Utility to settl e the device on the Web Browser. When the f ollowi ng dialog page appears , rema in enter t he defaul t password "a dmin" and press Login to e nter the m ain configurat [...]

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    Setup Menu When the m ain page appea rs, find t he Setup menu in the left side of the screen (Figure 16). Click on the set up item t hat you want t o configure. There are eleve n options: Port Sett ings, VLAN Set tings, Trunk Setting, Mirror Settin g, Device Status, Sta tistic, System Settings, Trap Setting, Password Settin g, Backup Setting an d R[...]

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    Configuring Setup Setting Find that there are four items, including Port Sett ings, VLAN Set tings, Trunk Settings an d Mi rror Settings in Setup men u. Port Settings In Port Settings menu (Fi gure 17), this page will show each port’s status, press the ID para meter to set each port’s Speed, Flow Control, QoS priori ty and Li nk Stat us . When [...]

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    Note 1:Be sure that you have to re-setting the Gigabit port when transferring the media type ( Fiber to Copper or Copper to Fiber ). Note 2:The priority of Gigabit Fiber port is higher than Copper. To change the port setting, click on the ID parameter to enter to the selected port to configure its Sp eed/Disa ble, Flow c ontrol and Qo S setting. Fi[...]

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    Speed/Disable: This setting ha s six modes— 100M Ful l , 100M Ha lf , 10M Full , 10M Half, Auto and Disable —for speed or port di sable selections. Flow Control: This setting determines whether or not GSW-1675 T will be handling flow control. Set FlowCtrl to Enable for avoiding data transfer overflow. Or it sets to Dis able ; there is either no[...]

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    Once you wa nt to modi fy the VLAN Group, chec k on the ID parameter, the ID VLAN config uratio n window will pop out. Figure 20. VLAN Settings Trunk Setting The Trunk function en ables to cascade two devices with a doub le times bandwi dth (m aximum up to 8Gbp s in full d uplex m ode). There are three selections in each group of tru nk setting as [...]

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    Mirror Setting Port Mirro ring is a m ethod of m onitoring network t raffic that forwards a copy of each inc oming an d/or outgoin g packet from one port of a network swit ch to a nother port where the packet can be studied. It enables the manager to keep close track of switch performance and alter it if necessary. Configuring the po rt mirroring b[...]

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    Statistic The Statistic Menu screen will show the status of each port packet count. Figure 23. Statistic For Detail packet information, click on the ID parameter as Figure 24. Figure 24. 34[...]

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    System Setting The System Setting includes the System name, Location name, Login Timeout, IP Address, Subn et Mask and Gateway. Through th e Web Management Utility, you can easily recogn ize the device by using the System Name and the Locati on Name. The Login Timeout is to set the id le tim e-out for security issue, when there is no action in runn[...]

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    Trap Setting The Trap Setting enables the d evice to monitor the Trap thro ugh the Web Management Utility, set the Trap IP Ad dress of the manager where the trap to be sent. Figure 26. Trap Setting  System Events: Monitoring the system’s trap. Device Bootup: a trap whe n booting up the system . Illegal Lo gin: a trap when t here is using a wro[...]

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    Set Password Password is the i nvaluable t ool for the manager to secure Web Management Switch, use this funct ion to cha nge the passw ord. If you forget the password, press th e “Reset” button in the rear panel of GSW-16 75T, the curre nt sett ing includes VLAN, Port Setti ng… etc. will be lost and the Switch will restore to the default set[...]

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    Figure 28. Backup Set t i ng Note: when restoring a recorded file, the current password will not be erased. Reset Setting The Factory Reset button helps you to reset th e device back to the default setting from the factory. Be aware that the entire configuration will be reset, the IP address of the device will be set to default setting 192.168.0.1.[...]

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    Logout When press this function, the web configuration will go back to first Login page. Figure 30. Logout 39[...]

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    41 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Standards IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Et her net IEEE 802.3u 100BASE -TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE- T Gigabit Ether net IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX/LX Gigabit Ethernet Protocol CSMA/CD Data Transfer Rate Ethernet: 10Mbps (half duplex), 20Mbps ( full-duplex) Fast Ethernet: 100Mbp[...]

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    42 Performance Transmits Method: Store-and-forward Filtering Address Table: 4K entries per device Packet Filtering/Forwarding Rate: 10Mbps Ethernet: 14,880/pps 100Mbps Fast Ethernet: 148,800/pps 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet: 1,488,000/pps MAC Address Learning: Automatic update Transmits Method: Store-and-forward RAM Buffer: 272KBytes per device[...]