MS888G2 User Manual
Alloy Computer Products Pty Ltd Copyright ©2006
T
ABLE
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F
C
ONTENTS
C
AUTION
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IV
E
LECTRONIC
E
MISSION
N
OTICES
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IV
A
BOUT THIS
U
SER
M
ANUAL
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O
VERVIEW OF THE
U
SER
M
ANUAL
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1.1.
O
VERVIEW OF
MS888G2
SNMP
M
ANAGED
S
WITCH
..........................................................2
1.2.
C
HECKLIST
.......................................................................................................................4
1.3.
F
EATURES
........................................................................................................................5
1.4.
O
VERVIEW OF THE
MS888G2
S
WITCH
..............................................................................6
1.4.1. User Interfaces on the Front Panel (Button, LED's and Plugs) ..............................6
1.4.2. User Interfaces on the Rear Panel .........................................................................7
1.5.
O
VERVIEW OF THE
O
PTIONAL
SFP
M
ODULES
.....................................................................8
2.1.
S
TARTING THE
MS888G2
M
ODULAR
SNMP
M
ANAGED
S
WITCH
.........................................9
2.1.1. Hardware and Cable Installation.............................................................................9
2.1.2. Cabling Requirements ..........................................................................................12
2.1.2.1. Cabling Requirements for UTP Ports .......................................................................... 12
2.1.2.2. Cabling Requirements for 100Base-FX Modules ........................................................ 12
2.1.2.3. Cabling Requirements for 1000SX/LX/ZX SFP Modules............................................. 12
2.1.3. Management options available with the MS888G2 ..............................................13
2.1.3.1. Configuring the MS888G2 through the RS-232 serial port .......................................... 13
2.1.3.2. Configuring the MS888G2 through the Ethernet Port.................................................. 15
3-1.
W
EB
M
ANAGEMENT
H
OME
O
VERVIEW
.............................................................................18
3-1-1. System Information...............................................................................................20
3-1-2. IP Configuration ....................................................................................................22
3-1-3. Time Configuration ...............................................................................................24
3-1-4. Account Configuration ..........................................................................................26
3-1-5. Management Security Configuration ....................................................................28
3-1-6. Virtual Stack Configuration ...................................................................................30
3-2.
P
ORT
C
ONFIGURATION
....................................................................................................31
3-2-1. Port Status ............................................................................................................31
3-2-2. Port Configuration.................................................................................................35
3-2-3. Simple Counter .....................................................................................................37
3-2-3. Detail Counter.......................................................................................................39
3-3.
SNMP
C
ONFIGURATION
..................................................................................................42
3-4.
DHCP
B
OOT
..................................................................................................................44
3-5.
IGMP
S
NOOPING
............................................................................................................45
3-5-1. Status....................................................................................................................45
3-5-2. Allowed Group ......................................................................................................47
3-6.
VLAN
(V
IRTUAL
L
OCAL
A
REA
N
ETWORK
).........................................................................48
3-6-1. VLAN Mode ..........................................................................................................48
3-6-2. Tag-based Group ..................................................................................................50
3-6-3. PVID .....................................................................................................................52
3-6-4. Port-based Group .................................................................................................53
3-7.
MAC
T
ABLE
...................................................................................................................56
3-7-1. MAC Table Information .........................................................................................56
3-7-2. MAC Table Maintenance ......................................................................................58
3-7-3. Static .....................................................................................................................59
3-7-4. MAC Alias .............................................................................................................60
3-8.
GVRP ...........................................................................................................................61
3-8-1. GVRP Configuration .............................................................................................61
3-8-2. GVRP Counter......................................................................................................63
3-8-3. GVRP Group Information .....................................................................................65
3-9.
STP...............................................................................................................................66
3-9-1. STP Status............................................................................................................66
3-9-2. STP Configuration ................................................................................................68