LevelOne GSW-4870TGX manual

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    LevelOne GSW-4870TGX 52-Port 10/100/1000Mbp s Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch with 48×10/100BASE-TX ports, 2×1000BASE-T ports and, 2 optional mini-GBIC ports 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 digi tal device, purs uant to Par t 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 environment . This equi pment gene rates, uses, a nd ca[...]

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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 compatible with the m anufacturer's maxim um rated am[...]

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

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    ii Configuration ..................................................................................... 18 Installing the Web Ma nagement Utility ......................................... 18 Discovery List ................................................................................ 19 Monitor List ................................................[...]

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    1 ABOUT THIS GUIDE Congratulatio ns on your purchase of LevelOne GSW-4870TG X, 48+4G-Po rt 10/100/100 0Mbps Gigabit Eth ernet Web Smart Swi tch. This device integrates 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet and 10Mbps Ethernet network capab ilities in a highly flexible package. Purpose This guide discusses how t o install your 48+4G-Port[...]

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    3 INTRODUCTION This chapter describes th e features of the GSW-4870TGX , 48+4G- Port 10/1 00/1000Mbp s Gigabit Ethernet Web Sm art Switch, a nd som e background information abou t Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet switching t echnology . Gigabit Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing the same pac[...]

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    4 In addition, the phenomenal bandwid th delivered by Gigabit Ethernet is the most cost -effective m ethod to tak e advantage of t oday and tomorro w’s rapidly improvi ng switchi ng and ro uting inte rnetworkin g technologies. And with expected advan ces in the co ming years in silicon technolog y and digital signal processing that will enable Gi[...]

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    5 Switching Technology Another a pproach to p ushing beyo nd the lim its of Ethe rnet technolo gy is the develo pment of swi tching technol ogy. A switc h bridges Ethernet packet s at the MAC address level of the Et hernet protoc ol transmitti ng among connec ted Ethernet or Fast Ethernet L AN segments. Switching is a cost-effective way of increasi[...]

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    6 VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) A VLAN is a group of e nd-stations that a re not constrai ned by t heir 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 rout ers, using fast er switching instead. Othe r VLAN utility includ es: Security, Security is[...]

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    7  Up to 4K unicast addresses en tities per device, self-learning, and table aging  1536K Bytes packet buffer  Supports IEEE 802.3x flow c ontrol fo r full-duplex mode ports  Supports Back-press ure flow control for half -duplex mode po rt s  Supports port- base VL AN  Supports port-base QoS  Supports T ru nkin g  Supports P[...]

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    9 UNPACKING AND INSTALLATIO N This chapter provides unp acking and installation in formation for GSW-4870T GX. Unpacking Open the shipping cartons of the Switch and carefully unpacks its contents. The carton should con tain the following items:  One GSW-4870TGX, 48 +4G-Port 10 /100/1000Mbps G igabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch  One AC power cor[...]

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    Leave at least 10cm of space at th e front and rear of the hub for ventilation. Install the Switch on a sturdy, level surface that can support its weight, or in an E IA standard-si ze equipm en t rack. For inform ation on rack installation, see the nex t section, Rack Mounting . When installing the Switch on a level surface, attach the rubber feet [...]

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    11 Connecting Network Cable The Switch supp orts 10Mbps Ether net or 100Mbp s Fast Ethernet and it runs both in half and f ull duple x mode us ing two pair of Ca tegory 5 cable. GSW-4870TGX also supports 2-Por ts 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethern et that runs in Auto-negoti ation m ode and 10Mbps Et hernet or 10 0Mbps Fast Ethernet t hat runs bo th in half a[...]

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    IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMP ONENTS This chapter describes the front pa nel, rear pa nel, and LED i ndicators of GSW-4870TGX. Front Panel The figure below shows the fron t panels of GSW-4870TGX. Figure 3. Fr ont panel of 4 8+4G-port Giga bit Ethernet S witch LED Indicator: Comprehensiv e LED indicat ors display t he status of the switch a nd the netwo[...]

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    mini-GBIC Ports (Por t 51~52): GSW-4870TGX is equipped with two mini-GBIC por ts, supported optional 1000BASE-SX/LX mini-GBIC module. Note: When the port was set to “Forced Mode ”, the Auto MDI/MDIX will be disabled. Reset: The Reset butto n is to rese t all the setting back to the factory default. Note: Be sure that you recorded the setting of[...]

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    UNDERSTANDING LED INDI CATORS The front panel LEDs provides inst ant status feedback, and, helps monitor an d troubles hoot when neede d. Figure 5. LED indicat o rs of the Swit ch Power and System LEDs POWER: Power Indicator On : When the Power LED lights on, the Switch is receiving power. Off : When the Power turns off or the power cor d has impr [...]

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    16 Ports 1~48 10/100M Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity On : When the Link/ACT LED lights 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. Ports 49~50 Gigabit Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity[...]

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    17 Ports 51~ 52 mini-GBIC Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity On : When the mini-GBIC m odule is in stalled and connected to a networ k, the Link/ACT LED lights on. Blinking : W hen the LED is blinking, the mini-GBIC module is receiving data on a network. Off : No link.[...]

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    18 CONFIGURATION Through t he Web Browser y ou can confi gure GSW-4 870TGX such as VLAN, Trunking, QoS… etc. With the attached Web Management Utilit y, you can easily discover all the Web M anagement S witch, assign t he IP Addre ss, changing t he password and upgrading the new firmware. Installing the Web Managem ent Utility The following gives [...]

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    Figure 6. 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 ha ppen from the Web Management Switch in t he Monitor List . There is a light indicator behind t he “Vie w Trap” button, when the 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 i[...]

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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 to (T rap IP Address), System name and L ocation . Select the device in the Discovery list or Monitor List and press this button, then the[...]

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    Figure 10. Password Change Firmware Upgrade: When the device has a new fu nction, there will be a new firm ware to updat e the device, use this function to update. Figure 11. Web Access: Double click the device in the Monitor List or select a device in the Monit or List and press t his “Web Access” button to access the device in Web browser. 23[...]

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    24 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, Monit or Save As, Moni tor Load an d Exit. Monitor Save: To record the setting of the Monitor List to the default, when you open the Web Management Utility next time, it will auto load the default [...]

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    25 Configuring the Switch The 48+4G-Port 1 0/100/1000M bps Gigabi t Ethernet Web Sm art Switch has a Web GUI interface for smart switch configuration. The Switch can be configured through the Web Brow ser. A network administ rator can manage, cont rol and m onitor the swit ch from the local LAN. This section indicates how to configure the Switch to[...]

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    Open Internet Ex pl ore r 5.0 or above Web b r owser. Enter IP address http://192.168 .0.1 (the factory-default IP ad dress setting) to the address location. Figure 12. 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 Moni tor List of the Web Management Utility to settl e the devi[...]

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    Figure 14. Device Status Setup Menu When the m ain page appears , find the Setu p menu in the left side of the screen (Figure 15). Click on the set up item that you want to configure. There are eleve n options: Port Setti ngs, VLAN Setti ngs, Trunk Setting, Device Status, Statistic, S ystem Settings, Trap Setting, Password Setting, Backup Setting a[...]

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    Figure 15. Setup m e nu Configuring Setup Setting Find that there are four items, including Port Settings, VLAN Settings and Trunk Sett i ngs in Setup menu. Port Settings In Port Settings menu (Fi gure 16), this page will show each port’s status, press the ID para meter to set each port’s Speed, Flow Control, and QoS priority . Wh en you need t[...]

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    Figure 16. Port Con figuration To change the port setting, click on the ID parameter to enter to the selected port to configure its Sp eed/Disa ble, Flow contr ol and QoS setting. Figure 17. 29[...]

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    30 Speed/Disable: This setting ha s six modes— 100M Full , 100M Half , 10M Full , 10M Half, Auto and Disable —for speed or port disabl e selections. Note: If speed set to be exist 100M full mode or 10M full mode, flow control have fixed setting to disable Flow Control: This setting determines wheth er or not the Switch will be handling flow con[...]

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    VLAN Settings (Virtu al Local Area Netw ork) Group individual ports into a small “Virtual” network of their own to be independe nt of the other ports. To add a VLAN group, press “Add Group” button, the new VLAN configuration window will pop out, you can fill in th e description in o r der to describe this VLAN Group, check on the po rt to b[...]

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    Figure 21. VLAN Gr oup Change Note 1 : group 1 and Group 2 can not be m anaged at the same time Note 2:When add a new Vlan, the members of default Vlan 1 are removed automatically. Therefore, packets can only transmit among the member ports of new Vlan. Packets can not fordward among the ports which are not included in the new vlan. Trunk Setting T[...]

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    Device Status Click on t he “Status” to present the device status on th is screen, it will show the System Status, P ort Status , VLAN Status and Trunk Status . Press “Refresh” when you need to renew the posted information. Statistic The Statistic Menu screen will show the status of each port packet count. Figure 23. Statistic For Detail pa[...]

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    Figure 24. 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 act[...]

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    Figure 25. 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 when booting up t he system. Illegal Lo gin: a trap when t here is u[...]

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    Link Up/Link Down: a trap when there is linking stat us happe ns in fiber port. Abnormal* Receive Error: a trap when there are recei ve data error in fiber port. Abnormal* Transmi t Error: a trap when there ar e transmit data error in fiber port.  Copper Port Events: Monit oring the co pper port status. Abnormal* Receive Error: a trap when there[...]

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    Backup Setting The backup tools help you to backu p the current setting of the Switch. Once you nee d to backup the set ting, press the “B ackup” butt on to save the setting. To restore a current setting file to th e device, you must specify the backup file a nd press “Rest ore” button t o proceed the se tting of the recorded file. Figure 2[...]

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    Logout When press this function, the web configuration will go back to first Login page. Figure 30. Logout 38[...]

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

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    40 Performance Transmits Method: Store-and-forward Filtering A ddress Table: 4K entries per devic e Packet Filtering/Fo rwarding Rate: 10Mbps Ethernet: 14 ,880/pps 100Mbps Fast Et hernet: 148,800/ pps 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethe rnet: 1,48 8,000/pps MAC Address Learning: Automatic updat e Transmits Method: Store-and-forward RAM Buffer: 1536K Bytes per de[...]