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    4-slot Managed Modular S w i tch MGS W -004 User ’ s Manual[...]

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    2 T rademarks Copyright  PLANET Technology Corp. 2003. Conten t s subject to revision w ithout prior no t ice. PLANET is a registered trademark o f PLANET Technology Corp. All o t her tradema r ks belon g to their respective o w ners. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does no t w arrant that the hard w are w ill w ork properly in all envi r onmen t s[...]

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    3 T A BLE OF CONTEN T S C H A P T ER 1 IN T RODUC T I O N ................................................................................................. .1 1.1 C HECKLIST ....................................................................................................................... . 1 1.2 A BOU T T H E S WITCH ..........................[...]

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    4 4.9 P O RT S ECURITY ............................................................................................................. . 19 4.10 P RIORITY – 802.1 P ....................................................................................................... . 20 4. 11 P RIORITY 2 – TOS (T YPE O F S E R VICE ) ..........................[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Checklist T hank y o u f or purchasi n g Planet ’ s M G S W -004 Mana g ed M od u lar Switch e s. Be f ore conti n uing, pl e ase chec k the cont e n t s o f y o ur p ac k age f or f ollowi n g p ar t s: Ø MG S W -004 Man a ge d M od ular S w itches Ø P o w er Cord Ø RS-2 3 2 ca b le Ø CD-ROM Ø Roc k m ounting br[...]

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    2 1.3 Product Feature Ø Con f or m s to IEEE 8 02 . 3, 8 02. 3 u, 8 02. 3 z, 80 2 .3 a b a n d 802 . 3x s t an d ards Ø 4 ex p an s ion s lo t s to c o n f i g ure f lexi b le ne t wor k Ø One b u ilt-in in t elligen t m odule wi t h R S-232 c o nsole po rt ( f ront side ) Ø Su p por t s H a l f -duplex m od e f or bac k pressure, and f ull - d[...]

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    3 Chapter 2 H A RD W A RE INS T A L L A T ION T his section is describes the har d ware f eatures a n d ins t alla t i o n o f 4-slot Ma n a g ed M o dula r S w itc h. Be f ore usi n g M G S W -004, read the user ’ s m a nu a l care f ul l y . MG S W -004 has pr o vi d e d ifferent m odules Ø 8-Port 1 0/ 1 00 auto-sen s in g Int e llig e nt S w [...]

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    4 Console ports T he RS-2 3 2 c o nsol e p or t is an in t er f ace tha t d ir e ctl y c on n ec t s to th e P C . W h en the connection b e t w e en t h e PC and s w itch is rea d y , run the H y p e r T erminal a nd con f igure i t s communication p aramet e rs. T he oper a ting m ode o f the cons o le port is: Ø Ba u d rat e : 9 6 00 Ø Da t a [...]

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    5 Desktop inst a llation For des k top ins t alla t i o n, m a k e sure the des k is f lat an d clean. Plug all the ne t work cables and the po w er cord th e n t h e s yste m is rea d y . Note: Do n ot o bstruct a n y vents at t he s ides o f t h e case a n d k eep w a t er o ff . Rock-mount installatio n MG S W -004 can b e m ount e d i n a st a [...]

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    6 Chapter 3 C o nsole and T elnet Management 3.1 connect T o PC by RS-232 cable T he RS-2 3 2 cons o le port i s an in t er f ace tha t d irect l y c o nnec t s t o th e PC. W hen th e connec t io n be t w e en t h e PC a nd switch is rea d y , run t he H y p er T erminal a n d con f igure i t s communication p aramet e rs. T he oper a ting m ode o[...]

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    7 3.3 Mai n Menu T he m ain m enu dis p l a y s all the s u b- m enus that are availa b le. Stri k ing En t er, at a hi g hligh t ed option, will c o n f ir m the ch o ice o f the speci f i e d sub- m enu. T here are t hirt e en m enu ite m s to choose f ro m : Ø Device Set t ings Ø Port set t i n gs Ø Address T able Ø S p a n ning T ree Protoc[...]

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    8 Ø S y ste m Na m e: displ a y and chang e th e s y ste m na m e o f this S w itch Ø S y ste m Location: dis p l a y a nd set t he loca t io n o f this Switch Ø S y ste m Con t act: dis p l a y an d set t h e a d m inistrator o f t h is Switch Ø I P Address: d ispl a y an d se t the IP a d dress o f MG S W - 0 04 Ø Su b net Mas k : displ a y [...]

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    9 3.3.3 A ddress T able T his m enu con t ains f our it em s f or MAC a ddress recor d on e ach w or k ing port Ø All Ø Mod u le Ø Mod u le Port Ø Quit 3.3.4 S p anning T ree Protocol T his m enu cont a ins thr e e i t e m s to en a ble or d isa b le S T P: Ø Ena b le Ø Disable Ø Quit[...]

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    10 3.3.5 Broadcast S to r m Filter T his m enu cont a ins thr e e i t e m s to en a ble or d isa b le B r oadcast Stor m Filter: Ø Ena b le Ø Disable Ø Quit 3.3.6 IGMP T his m enu cont a ins thr e e i t e m s to en a ble or d isa b le I G MP: Ø Ena b le Ø Disable Ø Quit 3.3.7 V L A N Mode (2 modes) T his m enu cont a ins t w o i tem s f or 2 [...]

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    11 3.3.8 V L A N for CPU (2 V L A Ns) T his m enu con t ains t w o it em s f or 2 V L ANs f or CPU: Ø Current f irst V L AN f or CPU: V L AN ID 1 C urrent sec o nd Ø VLA N f or CPU: N one Ø Quit 3.3.9 Secure I P for T elnet and HTTP T his m enu con t ains seven ite m s f or Secure I P set t ing : Ø Secure I P f or T elnet: D is a bl e d (de f a[...]

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    12 MG S W -004 3.3. 9 .3 Sec u re IP 1, 2 ,3,4 All o w se t ting 4 Secu r e I P a ddresses o f 4 PCs 3.3.10 Sa v e Current Settings T his m enu provi d e save c u rrent settings o f t h is Switch . 3.3. 1 1 Facto r y Default Settings & Reboot S y s tem T his m enu provi d e restore t o th e de f a u lt set t ings o f thi s S w itch 3.3.12 Reboo[...]

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    13 3.3.13 Q u it T his m enu provi d e log o ut t he s w itch[...]

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    14 Chapter 4 WEB M A N A G E M ENT MG S W -004 support web m ana g e m ent there f ore in t h i s section will intr o duce t he c on f igura t i o n and f unctions o f th e w eb -b ased m anage m ent. Be f ore to use w e b m anag e m ent, please se t up the I P Address wi t h t h e cons o le p o r t (RS-2 3 2) and use t h is I P a ddress to con f i[...]

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    15 4.2 Home T he ho m e p age is d ispl a y t h e con f igura t i o n o f th e MGS W -004 S y stem Name A n administrat i v e l y - a ssigned n ame of the managed unit S y ste m Location T he p h y sic a l loca t ion o f this m anaged u n it S y ste m Con t act T he con t act person f or t h is m anaged u n it. S y ste m Up Ti m e T he ti m e last [...]

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    16 4.5 S t atistics (Port C ounters) and S t atistics 2 (RMON S t atistics ) T he S t atis t ic p a g e d ispl a y s the d e t a il e d in f or m ation a b out e ach p ort. Y ou ca n co m p are a n d ev a l u ate t hro u gh p ut or oth e r port p ara m eters. All scre e n data is u pd a ted au t o m atical l y . Y o u can clear 8 co u nters or p a [...]

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    17 4.6 V L A N A V L AN ( V ir t ual L AN) is a g roup o f switch por t s desig n ated b y th e switch as b e lo n gi n g to the s a m e broadcast d o m ain. This f eature all o w s wor k group to be d e f ine d on the basis o f their lo g ical loca t i o n inste a d o f t heir ph y s ical loca t i o n, a nd does n ot re q uire r ecalli n g T he de[...]

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    18 Y o u can a dd, e d it a nd re m ove p ort m e m bers o f each trun k and th e n press " A pp ly " butt o n afte r y ou h a ve f i n ish e d con f i g uring t h e trun k s y ou n e ed. ( Note : Make sure t r unki n g ports are in t he s a me V L AN grou p . ) 4.8 S T P Sp a n n ing tree is a lin k m a n age m ent protoc o l t hat provi[...]

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    19 I f y o u want t o p artici p at e i n span n ing tree, h a ve t he " Enable S p anning T ree Protocol " chec k box selected. T he Current Spa n ning T re e Root describes t he uniqu e root s w itch in f or m ation f or the instance o f spanning tr e e. Ø MA C Address: t h e M AC ad dress o f the root s witch Ø Root Prio r i t y : T [...]

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    20 there is no MA C a d dress count rest r icti o n f or that port . Ø Ty p e t h e n u m ber in th e “ M ax A llo w ed M A C A d d re s s Count “ edit f or t h at p ort. The upper bo u nd o f this nu m ber is th e “ M ax A llo w ed M A C A ddre s s Count per p o rt “ Ø Press the “ Pr e ss “ but t o n Ø T he “ Used Count “ w ill [...]

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    21 IF this f uncti o n o f a port is e na b led, th e n the m ost signi f icant 6 bi t s o f the TOS (these 6 b i t s are also k n o w n as t he D if f Serv Code P o int " D S C P" f i e ld , val u e f r o m 0 to 63) are us ed to assi g n a priori t y t o t h e p ac k et received f ro m this port. Please c h ec k the corresponding m appi [...]

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    22 4.13 S t atic A ddress In t h is f unctio n , y o u c a n loc k a cer t ain MAC a d dress ( a ssociated wit h a h ost) to a cer t ain p ort. Once a cer t ain M AC addr e ss is loc k ed to a cer t a in po r t, this MAC a d dress will no t receive an y p ac k e t s i f it is m oved t o an other p ort S t a t ic add r esses are m anual l y ente r e[...]

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    23 4.15 Port Mirror I f y o u want t o m onitor a ll re ceive a n d tr a ns m it p ac k e t s o f one p ort. Y ou ca n do the f oll o wing: Ø Choose t he m onitored p ort in " M irror Source Port" c h oi c e box in t he correspo n ding m irror source m odule. O n l y o n e p ort can b e m onitore d i n o ne m odule at t he sa m e ti m e [...]

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    24 4.16 I P Config Y o u can cha n ge the I P add r ess, subnet m ask and de f ault g a t e w a y o f the m anage d node. ( Y o u can a lso d o t ha t f r o m RS2 3 2 cons o le). En t er t he I P a d d ress, subne t m as k and de fa ult ga te w a y in t he corresp o nding e d it b ox I f y ou want to c h an g e t h e u ser na m e or p ass w o r d f[...]

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    25 4.17 SNMP Y o u can m ana g e t h e Swit c h usi n g t hird- p ar ty ’ s SNM P (Si m ple Ne t wor k Mana g e m ent Protoc o l ) age n t. Access righ t s to the SNM P ag e nt a r e contr o lled b y co m m uni t y strings. T o set s y ste m na m e, s y st e m location a nd s y s t e m con t act, y o u ca n t y p e t he desir e d text stri n g in[...]

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    26 4.19 Upgrade Y o u can o n-line upg r ade t h e f ir m w are o f t h e m anaged uni t . T he f oll o wing s t e p s is nee d ed t o upgr a de t he f ir m w are: Ø Use HT T P or F T P to download t he n e w version f ir m w are f r o m our w e bsite. Ø Enter p assword in t he "Pass w or d " e di t box. Ø Enter the f ile do w n lo a d[...]

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    27 A p pendix A T echnical S pecifications M ode l MG S W - 004 Ports 4 module slot RS-232 DB-9 male Dimensions 440mm x 227mm x 67mm W eight 4.6kg Po w er Requirement 100-240 VAC 50 - 60Hz S w itch architecture Store-and-for w ard, Back-plane 9.6Gbs Flo w Control Back pressu r e for hal f duple x , IEEE 802 . 3 x for full duple x M odules M odel MG[...]

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    28 A p pendix B Cable S pecification 10/100Mb p s, 10/100 B ase-TX Con t act M DI M DI- X 1 1 3 2 2 6 3 3 1 6 6 2 Straight-Through Cable Crossover Cable 1000Mbps, 1000 B ase T Con t act M DI M DI- X 1 BI_ D A+ B I _DB+ 2 B I _DA- B I _DB- 3 B I _DB+ B I _DA+ 4 B I _DC+ B I _DD+[...]

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    29 5 B I _DC- B I _DD- 6 B I _DB- B I _DA- 7 B I _DD+ B I _DC+ 8 B I _DD- B I _DC-[...]