Asante Technologies GX5-424W manual

Friendly NET ® GX5-424W/448W/2400 W Smart Gigabit Ethernet S w itches User ’ s Ma nual[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 2 FriendlyN ET GX5-424W/448W /2400W Smart Gi gabit Ether net Swi tches User’ s Manual Asanté T echnologi es, Inc. 2223 Old O akland Road San Jose , CA 95131 SALES 800-662- 9686 Hom e/Offic e Solutions 800-303- 91 21 Ent er pris e So lut ions 408-435-83 88 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 801-566-89 91: [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 3 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... ........................ 5 Features ...........................................................................................................[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 4 Virtual Local Ar ea Network (VLAN) .............................................................................................. ............. 41[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 5 Chapter 1 Introducti on Congratul ations on th e purchas e of your Fr iendl y NET Sm art Gigabit Ether net s witch. Thes e devices c an switch s egments running at 1 000 Mbps G igabit Ether net, 100 Mbps Fast Et hernet, and 10 Mbps Ether net at full wire spee ds. The versati le GX5-W uses [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 6 Chapter 2 Unpacking and Insta llation This chapter provides unpack ing and insta llation inf orm ation for the GX 5-424W /448W/2400W switch . Unpacking Open the s hipping c artons of th e GX5-W switch and c arefully un pack its contents. T he carton should c ontain the following items : ?[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 7 Then, us e the screws provided with the eq uipment rac k to mount e ach s witch in the r ack. Figure 2. Mount the switch in the rack provided (GX 5-2400W example used ). Connecting the Network Cable The GX 5-424W and G X5-448W switches s upport 10 Mb ps Ethernet or 100 Mbps Fast Eth ernet [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 8 Chapter 3 Identif y ing External Components This chapter describ es the f ront panel, r ear panel, and LED indic ators of the switch. GX5-424W Front Panel The f igure below sh ows the f ront panel of the GX5-4 24W switch. Figure 3. Front panel of the FriendlyNET GX5-424W switch. LED Indica[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 9 The end n ode m ay be a Network Interface Card ( NIC), switch , or hub. Gigabi t Ethernet Ports ( Ports 49–5 0) The GX 5-448W switch is equ ipped wit h two Gigabi t twisted pair ports, s upporting auto-negoti able 10/100/1000 Mbps an d auto MDI/M DIX cross over detection f unction. These[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 10 Reset to Def ault This button resets al l the sett ings back to the factor y defau lt, includi ng: • IP Address : 192.168. 123.253 • Password: admin Note: Be su re to re cord th e settin gs of y our devi ce. All of th e settin gs will be era sed w hen the Reset butto n is pres sed.[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 11 Chapter 4 Understanding LED Indi cator s The f ront panel LEDs provide instant stat us feedbac k, helpin g to m onitor and trou bleshoot when needed. GX5-424W LEDs The f igure below sh ows the L ED indicators on the GX 5-424W switch. Power an d System L EDs POW ER: Power Indicator On The [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 12 Ports 25–26 Gig abit St atu s LEDs Link/Ac tivit y On The respective port is succ essf ully connected to an Ethernet network. Blinking The port is transmitting or recei ving data on the Ethernet network. Off No link . 100 Mbps On The respective port is connected t o a 100 M bps Fast Eth[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 13 GX5-448W LEDs The f igure below sh ows the L ED indicators on the GX 5-448W switch. Power an d System L EDs POW ER: Power Indicator On The GX5-448 W switch is receiving power. Off The power is off or the power cord has an improper connection. CPU: Managem ent Indic at or Blinking The CPU [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 14 Ports 49–50 Gig abit St atu s LEDs Link/Ac tivit y On The respective port is succ essf ully connected to an Ethernet network. Blinking The port is transmitting or recei ving data on the Ethernet network. Off No link . 100 Mbps On The respective port is connected t o a 100 M bps Fast Eth[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 15 GX5-2400 W LEDs The f igure below sh ows the L ED indicators on the GX 5-2400W switch. Power an d System L EDs POW ER: Power Indicator On The GX5-2400W s witch is receiving power. Off The power is off or the power cord has an improper connection. CPU: Managem ent Indic at or Blinking The [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 16 Chapter 5 GX5-W Management Utility for Wi ndow s You can c onfigure th e GX5-W switch thr ough the W eb browser. I n the even t you cannot rem ember the switch ’s IP addr ess, th is handy W indows-bas ed util ity lets y ou q uickly d iscover GX5-224W , GX5- 448 W , and GX 5-2400W switch[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 17 Double-c lick or press the Add to monitor list button to s elect a dev ice from the Discover y List to add to the M onitor Lis t. System word definitions in the Discovery List show: • MAC Address: t he devic e MAC ad dress • IP Address: the curre nt IP addres s of the dev ice • Prot[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 18 The s y m bol represents the tr ap signal; th is s y mbo l disappear s after y ou r eview and c lick on the event record . Note: In order to receive tr ap inform ation, the s witch m ust be conf igured with T rap IP and T rap Events in the W eb browser. T hese are a vailable in th e Trap [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 19 Firmware Upgrade: Occas ionall y , As anté m ay release ne w firm ware for the GX 5-424W , GX5- 448W , or GX5- 2400 W . To upgrade your curr ent versi on, fill in t he Firm ware Upgrade ’s dialog boxes an d press Sta rt. While the switch is being upgraded, m ake sure no traffic i s in [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 20 Chapter 6 Configuri ng the Switch You can us e an y popu lar web browser to co nfigure the G X5-W switch for your network . A network administr ator can m anage, contro l, and m onitor the s witch fr om the local LAN. This section indicates how to conf igure the G X5-W switch to en able i[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 21 After enter ing the pas sword, the m ain pag e com es up and the s creen displ ays the dev ice status. Note: You m ay need to sc roll do wn to vie w all the lef t-hand sc reen item s, such as Logout and Support. Setup Menu W hen the main page appears, f ind the Set up men u on the left si[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 22 Port Settings The Port Settings m enu sho ws each por t’s status . Press the ID pa rameter to set each port’s Speed, F low Control, Q oS Prior ity, and L ink Status . W hen the posted infor mation nee ds to be revie wed, press th e Refresh butt on. The Link Status in t he screen will [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 23 To c hange the port s etting, clic k on th e ID parameter to enter the selec ted port to configur e its Speed/D isable, Flo w Control, an d QoS Setti ng. Speed/D isable This setting has s ix modes —100M Full, 100M Half , 10M Fu ll, 10M Ha lf, Auto, a nd Disable—f or speed or port disa[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 24 VLAN Sett ings (GX5- 424W and G X5-2400 W Only) Group ind ividual por ts into a s mall virt ual net work to be ind ependent of the other ports. T o add a VLAN gro up, press the Add Group button. T he new VLAN c onfigurat ion windo w will appear , and you can f ill in the d escription in o[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 25 After m odif y ing the VLAN Group , check on the ID par ameter. T he ID VLAN co nfigurat ion windo w will appe ar.[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 26 Trunk Settings The Tr unk function e nables c ascading two devices with a d ouble tim es bandwidt h (up to 4 000 Mbps in f ull duplex m ode). The onl y selection a vailable f or the trunk setting is port 25 and port 26 . T o close th is func tion, sele ct disa ble . The selec ted trunk se[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 27 M irror Setting s Port Mirr oring is a way to send network traffic to a por t that wouldn’t ordi naril y receive it, s o that a network manager can troublesh oot the net work b y analyzing th e traffic . Configure Port Mirr oring b y s electing a port to be m onitored and a snif fer por[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 28 QoS (G X5-2400W O nly) In som e ports that nee d to have a h igh prior ity to manag e the data tr ansfer , QoS should be changed. Set the por t’s QoS t o high to determ ine that the por t will alwa ys transf er its data f irst. Device St atus Click on Status to present th e devic e stat[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 29 For deta iled pack et inform ation, click on the ID pa rameter .[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 30 System S etting The S y stem Setting includes t he System Name, Locatio n Nam e, Login Tim eout, IP Addr ess, Subnet Mas k, and Gat eway. Thr ough the GX 5-W Management Utilit y, you can eas ily recog nize the device b y using the System Name and the Location Name. The Logi n Tim eout is [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 31 Trap Setting Traps are mess ages sent by the switch to a trap rece iver. Use the G X5-W Management Uti lity as your trap r eceiver. You can conf igure th e switch to s end traps to the trap r eceiver for several kinds of events. Se lect eac h of the f ollowing tra p types b y click ing it[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 32 Set Passw ord Password is a val uable too l for the m anager to secur e the GX5- W switch. If y ou for get the password, pr ess the Re set to Default button in the re ar panel of the GX5-W switch. The cur rent setting ( including VLAN and P ort Setting) will be los t and the s witch will [...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 33 Backup Se tting The back up tools h elp you to bac k up the c urrent setti ng of the s witch. If you need to back up the setting, press the Backup b utton to s ave the sett ing. To res tore a current s etting f ile to the d evice, you must s pecif y the bac kup f ile and press the Restore[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 34 Reset Settin g The Fac tory Reset but ton helps you to reset the device back to the default s etting f rom the factor y. Be aware tha t the entir e conf iguration will be res et; the IP addr ess of the device will be set to def ault setting 1 92.168.12 3.253. Restart Pressing the Rest art[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 35 Logout After pr essing the Logout bu tton, the web configur ation will g o back to the first Login page. Support Pressing the Support button takes you to the Tec hnical Sup port sect ion of As anté’s we bpage.[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 36 Chapter 7 Technical Specifications Ports Fast Ethernet: 24 or 48 x 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet ports with Auto-Uplink: RJ-45 shielded connectors Gigabit Ethernet: 2 x 10/100/1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet ports with Auto-Uplink: RJ-45 shielded connectors 2 x 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet ports: S[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 37 GX5-W Management Utility System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT and XP Supported Switches: FriendlyNET GX5-424W/448W/2400W Discovery: Automatic switch discovery or manually add swit ches. Save settings to a default file Traps: View system (boot-up, illegal login) and Gigabit port events Gi[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 38 Appendix A FCC and Warranty Statements Please r ead the f ollowing f or FCC ru les and lim its. T he Friendl yNET GX 5-424W /448 W /2400W Friend lyNET warr anty and su pport inf ormation is also inc luded in th is sect ion. FCC Compliance This equipment has been tested and found t o com p[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 39 days af ter Asanté has removed such pro duct fr om its pr ice list or discontin ued shipm ents of s uch product. This warranty is ex clusive and is lim ited to th e original end user p urchaser only. T his warran ty shall not apply to s econdhand pr oducts or to products that have been s[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 40 Appendix B About Gigabit Ethernet This appendix pro vides som e back ground inform ation about Ethernet/Fas t Ethernet/G igab it Ethernet s witching t echnolog y. Gigabit Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet is an extens ion of IE EE 802.3 Ethernet. It ut ilizes th e sam e packet st ructu[...]

Asanté Friendl yNET GX5-424W/448W/2 400W User’s Manual 41 The s witch acts as a h igh-spee d selecti ve bridge b etween the individ ual segm ents. The s witch, without int erfering with an y other segm ents, autom aticall y forwards traf fic that needs to go f rom one segm ent to anoth er. B y doi ng this, t he total ne twork c apacity is m ulti[...]