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700 Series

Managed Industrial

Ethernet Switch

User Manual &

Installation

Guide

Summary of Contents for 700 Series

Page 1: ...Revision 050908 Page 1 of 101 700 Series Managed Industrial Ethernet Switch User Manual Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...ilization 32 VLAN Configuration 33 Bridging Aging Time 36 Bridging Unicast Addresses 37 Bridging Multicast Addresses 39 RSTP Configuration 41 IGMP Configuration 44 IGMP Show Group and Show Router 47 I...

Page 3: ...dition and Deletion Example 87 VLAN Configuration Examples 93 Example 1 Basic understanding of port based VLANs 93 Example 2 Basic understanding of tagged VLANs Admit Tagged Only 94 Example 3 Basic un...

Page 4: ...cifications Autosensing 10 100BaseTX Duplex and MDIX Offers Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Trunk with other N Tron trunking capable switches over two ports Store Forward Technology Plug and Play IGMP Su...

Page 5: ...ies of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall N Tron Corp be liable for any incidental special indirect or consequential damages whatsoever included but not limited to l...

Page 6: ...y Blvd Suite 4E Mobile AL 36609 TEL 251 342 2164 FAX 251 342 6353 WEBSITE www n tron com E MAIL N TRON_Support n tron com ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY WARNING Disconnect the power and allow to cool 5 minutes...

Page 7: ...ower has been switched off or the area is known to be non hazardous 5 Use 60 70 C rated Copper wire 0 22Nm 2lb in Tightening torque for field installed conductors Please make sure the 708 Series Ether...

Page 8: ...o mo place t unit ag angle the DIN To rem DIN R Then 35mm 08TX unit to unit to allow ontal Moun ount the unit the bottom e gainst the DI Then rota N Rail until move the ho Rail carefull rotate the u D...

Page 9: ...he RJ45 data port has two LEDs located on each connector The left LED indicates LINK status and the right LED indicates ACTIVITY LEDs The table below describes the operating modes LED Color Descriptio...

Page 10: ...ources This device will draw current from both sources simultaneously Use 16 28 gauge wire when connecting to the power supply The Fault pins on the power connector can be used for an alarm contact Th...

Page 11: ...r device end node Switch or Repeater use a standard Category 5E straight through or crossover cable with a minimum length of one meter and a maximum length of 100 meters N Tron recommends the use of p...

Page 12: ...ate users can run a drain wire lug from any of the Din Rail screws or empty PEM nuts on the enclosure When using an unused PEM nut to connect a ground lug via a machine screw care should be taken to l...

Page 13: ...Revision 050908 Page 13 of 101 RJ45 CONNECTOR CRIMP SPECIFICATIONS Please reference the illustration below for your Cat5 cable specifications...

Page 14: ...e with a 9 pin or 25 pin sub D female connector for the PC end and a 9 pin male sub D connector for the 708 Series end The following table shows the pin out and the connections for both types of cable...

Page 15: ...not require that transmitters defer nor do they monitor or react to receive activity as there is no contention for a shared medium in this mode Auto Negotiation In Auto Negotiation mode the port hard...

Page 16: ...e information and examples on how this could be implemented please see our website s technical documents Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol The Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol as specified in IEEE 802 1D 2004...

Page 17: ...or Comments RFC 2236 IGMP version 1 is formally described in the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF Request for Comments RFC 1112 The 708 series supports v1 and v2 N Ring N Ring is enabled by defaul...

Page 18: ...enerates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this device i...

Page 19: ...050908 Page 19 of 101 Web Software Configuration Web Management Enter the switch s IP address in any web browser and login to the web management feature of the 708 Series Default User Name admin Passw...

Page 20: ...urable settings that the 708 Series switch will support This section of the manual will go through each and every choice listed on the left hand side of the screen and explain how to configure those s...

Page 21: ...re is a menu which is shown fully opened below The pages opened by each of the individual selections are described in the rest of this section The use of each of these pages is also described in this...

Page 22: ...device Gateway Contains the configured Default Gateway of the device MAC Address MAC Address of the device System Up Time This parameter represents the total time count This time has elapsed since the...

Page 23: ...h s IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Name Contact information and the Location of the switch through the web management features It is recommended to change the TCP IP information through the Command Li...

Page 24: ...are also shown here By selecting the Modify button you will be able to change any of the fields listed This allows the user to set an IP address for an SNMP Trap or change the Community Names Systems...

Page 25: ...ble selections indicating the way to notify when a Power or N Ring Signal fault occurs Power signal faults consist of V1 and V2 The notification may consist of any combination of the options Show web...

Page 26: ...it is Full Duplex Half Duplex Flow Control State This configurable field displays the existing flow control status of each port When enabled the individual port supports half duplex back pressure and...

Page 27: ...e User can click on the Port Number to configure each port individually This will allow the user to change the port s settings for the following fields which are explained above Admin Status Speed and...

Page 28: ...o receive the copies of Ethernet frames that are being transmitted out and also being received in from any other port that is being monitored The Mirroring tab under the Ports category displays the st...

Page 29: ...50908 Page 29 of 101 Ports Mirroring Continued Following the Modify button you can enable the status of port mirroring and select source ports and the destination port that the source ports will be mi...

Page 30: ...n you can select a trunk group Note RSTP must be disabled in order to use the Trunking feature Two ports of the same speed can constitute a valid trunk Only 1 Trunk per switch can be created All trunk...

Page 31: ...f MIB parameters Each port has a separate counter for each parameter This gives users the ability to see what kind of packets are going over which ports At the bottom of the page for each port there a...

Page 32: ...Statistics category shows all the ports on the switch and will display a bar graph showing the percentage of bandwidth being used These figures and bars are for a general feeling of what the bandwidth...

Page 33: ...ther or not to replace the incoming VID tag with the port s designated VID Perform Ingress Filtering Specifies whether or not to filter out ingress frames when a VID violation is detected Discard Non...

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Page 35: ...ers _ only Allow Management Specifies whether or not all ports in this VLAN are management ports Change PVID of Member Ports Specifies whether or not the PVID of the member ports is set to this VLAN I...

Page 36: ...e allows users to modify this variable to meet their needs After selecting the Modify button the user will be presented with a page that allows the number to be entered into and updated The default ag...

Page 37: ...associated with each respective port number This can be used to statically assign a MAC address access to a single port on the switch Following the Add button on the page above the administrator must...

Page 38: ...l be displayed in a list on the main page under Unicast MACs tab Following the Remove button on the example above an administrator can select a static MAC address from the list using a pull down menu...

Page 39: ...er a valid Multicast Group Address and associate it with a port number or list on the switch Once the administrator clicks on the Add button the changes will take effect instantly Note If there are mu...

Page 40: ...witch Using the pull down menu the administrator should select the desired address to be removed Then click on the Remove button at the bottom of the page Note If there are multiple ports on different...

Page 41: ...will display the RSTP information for the first VLAN Using the pull down menu at the top of the page an administrator can choose which VLAN to configure RSTP on Once the VLAN is selected the administ...

Page 42: ...Priority and the Status of RSTP on that VLAN The administrator or user can see the current RSTP status of the ports on that VLAN by clicking on the here link to view RSTP Port Configuration at VLAN No...

Page 43: ...Cost and the Port State If the switch sees a redundant path it will put the port with the highest Path Cost into Blocking mode where it will discard packets coming in on that port In the example below...

Page 44: ...onfiguration settings By default IGMP is enabled Following the Modify button the administrator will see a list of configurable fields for the IGMP configuration Once these fields are filled in to meet...

Page 45: ...of 101 IGMP Configuration Continued The IGMP Status pull down allows the user to enable or disable IGMP completely The Query Mode pull down allows the user to set query mode for Automatic the default...

Page 46: ...ued The Router Mode pull down allows the user to choose router mode Auto allows for dynamically detected and manually set router ports Manual allows only for manually set router ports None allows no r...

Page 47: ...s tab under the IGMP category will display a list of IGMP groups based on the Group IP and the port number that it is associated with The Show Routers tab under the IGMP category will display a list o...

Page 48: ...ns The factory default is that the Router Multicast Data Filter is enabled for all ports so any router ports do NOT get DATA frames with KNOWN multicast destination addresses unless a join to a specif...

Page 49: ...Revision 050908 Page 49 of 101 IGMP RFilter Continued Modifying rfilter port settings...

Page 50: ...the interval between packets Following the Modify button on the above example the administrator can modify the variable to change the frequency with which N View reports information Increasing the in...

Page 51: ...l the configured ports on the 708 unit along with the ports transmitting multicast packets and MIB stats respectively Following the Modify button on the above example the administrator can modify thes...

Page 52: ...en the switch is an N Ring Manager or becomes an active N Ring Member and in either case N Ring status includes for example Switch is currently using N Ring Aging Time 20 Seconds Once these fields are...

Page 53: ...efault autonegotiate as long as all switches in the ring support 100Mb full duplex N Ring Configuration Continued The N Ring Mode is one of three as below If N Ring Mode is Manager then a pull down al...

Page 54: ...s It is up to the administrator to ensure that VLANs are configured correctly on the N Ring manager and all N Ring members 2 When the N Ring manager and all N Ring Members are in defaults changing the...

Page 55: ...e amount of time to wait in milliseconds before requesting initial sign on information from ring members The default is 1000 Sign On Match Packets The number of times the switch count must match befor...

Page 56: ...evision 050908 Page 56 of 101 The amount of time in milliseconds that must elapse before the ring is allowed to go back into the broken state The default is 3000 N Ring Advanced Configuration Continue...

Page 57: ...N Ring category will display the N Ring status Below is an example of N Ring Status from a switch in defaults N Ring Auto Member that is not an N Ring Manager and has not become an Active N Ring Memb...

Page 58: ...Revision 050908 Page 58 of 101 N Ring Status Continued Below is an example of N Ring Status from an N Ring Manager with a healthy N Ring...

Page 59: ...s from an N Ring Manager with a faulted N Ring The red fields on the N Ring Map show problems Ports that are red indicate that the port is not linked MAC addresses that are red indicate that there is...

Page 60: ...enshot below shows N Ring Manager Status when a Higher N Ring Port TX2 TX8 FX2 is not receiving self health frames all the way around the N Ring though the other low TX1 TX7 FX1 N Ring port is The scr...

Page 61: ...later time Administrators are also given the ability to flash the switch allowing them to update the firmware in the field without losing their current configurations and without having to send the u...

Page 62: ...01 Support Web Site and E mail If at any point in time you get confused or would like additional support directly from N Tron you may visit N Tron s web site or e mail N Tron directly with the links p...

Page 63: ...play all the ports that are installed in the 708 Series unit and will list the BPCL Percentage for each port BPCL defaults to 3 A Modify button is provided to change these fields Following the Modify...

Page 64: ...agement features of the switch and their access permissions Following the Add button on the above example the administrator can add another user and assign the user a username a password and the user...

Page 65: ...user s name and clicking the Remove button A page should follow indicating that the user was successfully removed from the list Note There are a maximum number of 5 users per switch User permissions...

Page 66: ...he switch Here a user or administrator can see a graphical depiction of the 708 switch Ports that are linked will appear in green while ports that are not linked will appear in black The example below...

Page 67: ...iguration for use after the next power cycle The Reset button will discard all unsaved changes reset the switch and load the most recently saved configuration settings The Factory button will reload N...

Page 68: ...nk is clicked on you will see the Overview page that will have some basic definitions and more specific choices at the top of the screen Although this page is not as detailed as the manual it gives yo...

Page 69: ...1 Help Administration Following the Administration link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Administration category on the le...

Page 70: ...Page 70 of 101 Help Ports Following the Ports link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Ports category on the left side of the...

Page 71: ...of 101 Help Statistics Following the Statistics link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Statistics category on the left sid...

Page 72: ...8 Page 72 of 101 Help VLAN Following the VLAN link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the VLAN category on the left side of the...

Page 73: ...8 Page 73 of 101 Help BPCL Following the BPCL link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the BPCL category on the left side of the...

Page 74: ...8 Page 74 of 101 Help IGMP Following the IGMP link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the IGMP category on the left side of the...

Page 75: ...75 of 101 Help Bridging Following the Bridging link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Bridging category on the left side o...

Page 76: ...8 Page 76 of 101 Help RSTP Following the RSTP link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the RSTP category on the left side of the...

Page 77: ...Help Firmware Config Following the Firmware Config link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the Firmware Config category on the l...

Page 78: ...Help User Management Following the User Management link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the User Management category on the l...

Page 79: ...age 79 of 101 Help N View Following the N View link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the N View category on the left side of t...

Page 80: ...age 80 of 101 Help N Ring Following the N Ring link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding the configuration options in the N Ring category on the left side of t...

Page 81: ...50908 Page 81 of 101 Help Other Following the Other link on the help page the administrator or user can see some information regarding other links or categories on the left hand side of the web manage...

Page 82: ...cription of this command will be displayed Syntax cmd Parameters cmd The command for which to get help Examples N TRON Admin The above command displays all the available commands N TRON Admin abcd Unk...

Page 83: ...ete Delete MAC address add Add MAC address mac MAC Address port Port Number cpu 1 Send to CPU also static 1 This is a static address 0 Non Static vid VLAN ID 0 4095 Example N TRON Admin arl show No Va...

Page 84: ...Ping a Host Command Name ping Description Ping a host Syntax ping t n count w timeout target_name Parameters target_name IP Address or host name t Ping the specified host until stopped To see statist...

Page 85: ...he last system error Example N TRON Admin syserr Last System Error None N TRON Admin syserr clear Last System Error Cleared Notes Show System Information Command Name sysinfo Description Show system i...

Page 86: ...ic_subnet_mask Static sub net mask for static config mode g static_gateway Static gateway address for static config mode Example N TRON Admin sysip IP Configuration Mode Static Static IP Address 192 1...

Page 87: ...Revision 050908 Page 87 of 101 VLAN Addition and Deletion Example The screen capture below is the factory default VLAN configuration Clicking on the Modify button allows one to add a new VLAN...

Page 88: ...Name is entered Note that N Ring VLAN is a reserved name with a special meaning Choices such as Allow Management and Change PVID of Member Ports are made at this time as well as the ports which are g...

Page 89: ...Revision 050908 Page 89 of 101 The result of add is a New VLAN In this case it does not overlap the Default VLAN ports...

Page 90: ...t is associated with one of the ports assigned to the static multicast address If the lowest VLAN ID contains all the ports assigned to the static multicast address an umbrella VLAN it will function f...

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Page 92: ...Revision 050908 Page 92 of 101 And the New VLAN is removed Note that the new configuration of the switch must be saved if the configuration must survive a power cycle...

Page 93: ...communication groups such as Office LANs Controls Systems and IP Cameras When used properly it will effectively isolate two or more groups from each other in a logical manner This means that Broadcast...

Page 94: ...t s Notes TX1 Untagged MAC on port TX2 Packet Discarded TX1 VID 2 MAC on port TX2 TX2 Unicast Traffic TX1 VID 4 MAC on port TX2 Packet Discarded TX1 VID 2 MAC on port TX5 TX2 Floods VLAN 2 TX3 Untagge...

Page 95: ...agged MAC on port TX2 TX2 Adds VID 2 to packet TX1 VID 2 MAC on port TX2 TX2 Unicast Traffic TX1 VID 4 MAC on port TX2 Packet Discarded TX1 VID 2 Unknown MAC TX2 Floods VLAN 2 TX3 Untagged Unknown MAC...

Page 96: ...2 in the packet TX1 VID 4 MAC on port TX2 Packet Discarded TX1 VID 4 MAC on port TX3 Packet Discarded TX1 VID 2 MAC on port TX2 TX2 Strips VID off packet TX3 Untagged MAC on port TX6 TX6 Unicast Traf...

Page 97: ...packet Floods VLAN 4 TX2 Untagged MAC on port TX1 VID 2 TX1 Unicast Traffic TX2 Untagged MAC on port TX5 VID 2 TX5 Unicast Traffic TX2 VID 2 or 3 MAC on port TX5 VID 2 and 3 TX5 Strips VID off packet...

Page 98: ...00 00 02 TX1 TX3 TX8 Goes to ports TX1 TX3 TX8 TX3 Untagged 01 00 00 00 00 01 TX2 TX4 TX8 Goes to ports TX2 TX4 TX8 TX6 Untagged 01 00 00 00 00 02 TX8 Goes to port TX8 TX3 Untagged 01 00 00 00 00 02 T...

Page 99: ...Power Supply NTPS 24 1 3 1 3 Amp 24VDC Environmental Operating Temperature 40 C to 85 C Storage Temperature 40 C to 85 C Operating Humidity 5 to 95 Non Condensing Operating Altitude 0 to 10 000 ft Sh...

Page 100: ...ptic Cable Singlemode Fiber Optic Cable Regulatory Approvals Safety UL Listed per ANSI ISA 12 12 01 2000 US and Canada and listed for use in Class I Div 2 Groups A B C and D T4A EMI EN61000 6 4 EN5501...

Page 101: ...e WARRANTIES EXCLUSIVE IF AN N TRON PRODUCT DOES NOT OPERATE AS WARRANTED ABOVE CUSTOMER S SOLE REMEDY FOR BREACH OF THAT WARRANTY SHALL BE REPAIR REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID AT N...

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