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LGC340A Rev. 1

58-80121BB-00 Rev A2

LGC340A

IE GIGA MC TX/SFP

This standalone device provides two

10-/100-/1000-BASE-T copper ports

and two SFP ports.

Summary of Contents for IE GIGA MC TX/SFP

Page 1: ...LGC340A IE GIGA MC TX SFP This standalone device provides two 10 100 1000 BASE T copper ports and two SFP ports ...

Page 2: ...m LGC340A TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL Black Box and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of BB Technologies Inc Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners ...

Page 3: ...ue n émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique publié par le Industrie Canada Class B Digital Device using all other power options This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules The...

Page 4: ...shielded cables and power cords are required to connect this device to a personal computer or other Class B certified device This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emission from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of Industry Canada ...

Page 5: ...the consumer s responsibility to dispose of this and all equipment so marked through designated collection facilities appointed by government or local authorities Following these steps through proper disposal and recycling will help prevent potential negative consequences to the environment and human health For more detailed information about proper disposal please contact local authorities waste ...

Page 6: ...tics ifstats 27 3 5 6 Viewing Port RMON Statistics rmstats 27 3 5 7 System Description sysDescr 28 3 5 8 Reboot 28 3 5 9 Operation and Administration Management OAM 28 3 5 10 Viewing SFP Statistics sfpstats 29 3 5 11 Unit 29 3 5 12 Port Configuration port 30 3 6 Configuration File Save Restore Function 31 3 6 1 Saving a Configuration File to Disk 31 3 6 2 Uploading a Saved Configuration File throu...

Page 7: ...39 5 3 3 Bandwidth 40 5 3 4 Tables 40 5 3 5 VLAN 41 5 3 6 Advanced 42 5 3 7 OAM AH 42 5 3 8 Loopback Testing 43 5 3 9 OAM CFM 45 5 3 10 Agent Info 48 6 Troubleshooting 50 7 Contacting Black Box 51 8 Fiber Optic Cleaning Guidelines 52 9 Electrostatic Discharge Precautions 53 Glossary 54 ...

Page 8: ...Part Numbers Page 8 724 746 5500 blackbox com LGC340A Part Numbers Part Number Description LGC340A IE GIGA MC TX SFP ...

Page 9: ...h data and copper SFPs 1 1A room temperature with fiber SFPs DC Terminal 48 VDC Telco DC Jack 5 VDC Double USB Power Cable Spec 500mA Note that the laptop or PC USB ports must be 2 0 or greater to provide sufficient power to the unit Ethernet Connections SFP 1000BASE X SFP 100BASE FX SFP 10 100 1000 Copper SGMII 10 100 1000 BASE T Fixed Copper ports Auto Negotiation Auto Cross Flow Control Up to 1...

Page 10: ...s an extended temperature range of 40 C to 85 C A console port and a DIP Switch bay provide configuration options The IE GIGA MC TX SFP can be directly managed because it contains on board logic Management capability is available if the device has firmware version 123 00A1 or higher which can be downloaded from the Black Box site iView 2 is a free software posted on the website under Support Downl...

Page 11: ...ng Remote Loopback Fault Detection Link Fault Dying Gasp Critical Event OAM CFM SERVICE OAM IEEE 802 1ag Connectivity Fault Management OAM CFM OAM CFM Functions Continuity Check Loopback Speed duplex modes 802 1q VLAN Extra tagging with user defined VLAN tag Ethertype Ethertype 88A8 as defined in 802 1ad Command Line Interface capable CLI Telnet Password assignment via CLI Telnet or iView DIP Swit...

Page 12: ...ferred to as Connectivity Fault Management CFM is an end to end protocol designed to verify a specific network path between two devices that may well be in different geographical locations CFM allows the network operator to administer monitor and debug the network using continuity check a heart beat message link trace similar to traceroot but operating at the MAC layer and finally loopback can be ...

Page 13: ...ode the unit acts as a standard 4 port MAC layer switch In this configuration IEEE802 3ah Passive is enabled on both fiber ports and can be enabled on the RJ 45 ports through the CLI Dual Converter mode In this configuration the unit functions as two independent SFP to TX media converters and traffic never passes between the two converters 1 1 SFP Protection Non Revertive mode In this mode the SFP...

Page 14: ...ports 3 4 1 DIP Switch Configuration DIP Switch Name Description Default Setting 1 Dual Enable dual channel OFF 2 1 1 Provides 1 1 protection with non revertive switching OFF 3 1 1 Revert Provides 1 1 protection with revertive switching OFF 4 LoSpd A Optional for future use OFF 5 LoSpd B Optional for future use OFF 6 Reserved 3 5 Configuration via serial Telnet CLI or iView2 The IE GIGA MC TX SFP ...

Page 15: ... selection 9 9 Bandwidth Limiting 9 9 The following table presents management options configurable via iView2 iConfig view or a serial Telnet session Feature iView 2 Serial Telnet PROM Software Download Upload 9 Telnet Session 9 9 Software Download Setup TFTP 9 DHCP 9 Restore Configuration 9 9 Save Configuration 9 3 5 2 Basic Device Configuration Using the CLI After running through an initial self...

Page 16: ...ord T Enter new Trap Destinations K Remove All Trap Destinations C Create SNMP Community Strings U Delete All SNMP Community Strings E End the session Reboot Reboot the unit may result in short data loss D Enable or disable DHCP Space Bar Opens the device specific configuration options screen Saved Values These values will be active after reboot IP Address 10 10 10 10 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 DHC...

Page 17: ...he end user to quickly access the device for some basic configuration capability Password protection is provided for the serial configuration process by pressing P on the main configuration screen Enter a password keeping in mind that passwords are case sensitive and must not exceed eight characters or include spaces and press Enter This password will be requested whenever logging on To remove pas...

Page 18: ...h read write access for the administrator To create a new community string go to the main configuration screen and press C Enter the name of the new community up to 16 characters no spaces and press Enter Then type one of the following to assign the community string s access rights R read only access W read write access Enter abort After entering R or W press Enter To finish press Enter and reboot...

Page 19: ...er is present on the network and DHCP is enabled the DHCP client will initiate a dialogue with the server during the boot up sequence The server will then issue an IP address to the management card Once the new IP address is received the SNMP Management Module will reboot so that the new IP address will take effect Refer to About Serial Port Configuration for more information about Enabling Disabl...

Page 20: ...dth configuration version Displays the unit s firmware and hardware version ifstats Displays interface statistics rmstats Displays remote monitoring RMON statistics on packets received as defined in RFC 2819 for RMON sysDescr Allows the editing of sysName sysDescr and Port information reboot Allows a soft reboot of the unit after changes are made by the end user oam Enable disable OAM sfpstats Pro...

Page 21: ...ownloaded via a TFTP connection from a central server via TFTP protocol Initiate this download via serial configuration or Telnet session To download a configuration file type download and press Enter to be taken to the Download a file screen This screen displays the IP Address of the TFTP server and the name of the file to be downloaded The TFTP server should be open Press Enter to start download...

Page 22: ...and reinitialize the unit to default settings cleandb 3 5 3 4 VLAN Configuration The ports can be assigned as a trunk or access port When configuring a trunk port an Ethertype can be user defined a trunk port is also defined as a provider port based on 802 1ad If an Ethertype value comes in a trunk port and is different than the user defined Ethertype it will be treated as an unrecognized VLAN tag...

Page 23: ...gured through the Serial Telnet session Mode 1 which supports a mixture of tagged and untagged traffic and Mode 2 Extra tagging The configuration screen is accessed by typing vlan and pressing Enter from the Additional Commands screen The system displays the current operation mode screen Press the Space Bar to select the other mode Operation Mode 1 Mixed Tagged and Untagged Frames In this mode all...

Page 24: ...tions WARNING If a VLAN is added to a port and is the same VLAN assigned for a tag on management traffic saving these changes will disrupt management indefinitely Operation Mode 2 Port Based Xtra Tagging Any port can be configured for extra tags on the frames Press the down arrow on the computer keyboard to access the additional configuration commands ...

Page 25: ...re thrown away Ingress Burst Allocation Bandwidth Limiting can be set at Ingress of each port individually by setting the MAX Bandwidth Limit in bits Sec and the BA in bits Traffic in excess of the Bandwidth limit plus BA for any time interval will be dropped This function utilizes an advanced Leaky Token Bucket algorithm to provide typical resolution under 5 of the set values at all data rate and...

Page 26: ...lues at all data rate and frames sizes Egress Traffic Shaping Actively controls the transmitter and hard limits the maximum frame rate that can be sent Frames can be delayed in the internal buffers of the unit waiting their turn to be sent If the internal buffers are full excess traffic will be dropped The Unit Rate Control can be used to alleviate this Choose Layer 1 2 or 3 for the counter this w...

Page 27: ...o use Layer 3 counting to allow this It must be noted that only Layer 1 counting is not affected by the size of the Ethernet frame At 64 byte Ethernet frames the MAX bandwidth the line can support at Layer 2 is only 76 2 of the line rate This maximum falls to 54 8 of the line rate when counting is further limited by only counting Layer 3 payload data 3 5 4 Version Entering version will display the...

Page 28: ...e entered into the text box labeled Description Once that description is saved the identifier will be maintained even if power is interrupted to the unit 3 5 8 Reboot Entering reboot will save settings and reboot the IE GIGA MC TX SFP 3 5 9 Operation and Administration Management OAM Two modes of operations control the OAM function Passive and Active Passive mode is the default mode OAM AH passive...

Page 29: ...d Force FlowCtrl This is the FlowControl feature When using FlowControl functionality on any port enable Global FlowControl Then configure each port individually When using Auto Negotiation and FlowControl set Advertise FlowC to Advertise Flow and set Force FlowCtrl to Flow Auto Set Advertise FlowC to No Flow to disable FlowControl on a given port When using FlowControl and Force Mode on a given p...

Page 30: ...The Port screen contains the following commands Port Enable Enable Disable the port Select Enable to enable the port Admin Status Set Administration level Select UP to enable management through the port Both settings must be enabled to enable the port Port Speed Ctrl Set the port manually or for Auto Negotiation Advertise Ctrl This is the Selective Advertising feature Selective Advertising when us...

Page 31: ...This includes all configurable settings such as VLAN configurations IP Address configuration and SNMP agent settings The configuration file can be transferred from the unit to a PC and saved to disk through the iView2 iConfig view protocol The configuration file can be transferred from a PC to a unit of the same type through iView2 iConfig view or TFTP into the unit s Large File Area After the tra...

Page 32: ...iView2 iConfig view After the file transfer from the device to disk the user is notified of the status 3 6 2 Uploading a Saved Configuration File through iView2 From the Administration Tab in iView2 iConfig view click the Upload Configuration button The user will be prompted to select a configuration file Once selected the user can also view any notes that were added when the file was saved ...

Page 33: ...guration currently on the device is kept intact and not overwritten by the new configuration file 3 7 RJ 45 Data Port Pinout The following table lists the pin configuration for the RJ 45 Data connector Pin Signal Name 1000M Signal Direction 10 100M 1 TXD1 Out 2 TXD1 Out 3 RXD2 In 4 D3 5 D3 6 RXD2 In 7 D4 8 D4 NOTE The MDI MDIX function will automatically adjust the direction of these signals to ma...

Page 34: ...a list of commands The serial port on the computer terminal should be set for 38 4K baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity no flow control The F2 key functions as a Delete key on VT 100 emulators The following table lists the pin configuration for the RS 232 3 pin Mini Jack mating connector for the console serial port Pin DB9 F Pin Signal Name Direction Tip 2 Transmit Out of Unit Ring 3 Receive In ...

Page 35: ...k An optional IE Power 5V DIN railmount power supply extended temperature An optional Double USB Power Cable available from Black Box IE GIGA MC TX SFP with optional DIN railmount power supply 4 1 1 DC Terminal Block Wiring Instructions The IE GIGA MC TX SFP can also be powered with the DC terminal block From a power source connect to any one positive and any one negative terminal on the IE GIGA M...

Page 36: ...ation with 38 4K baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity no FlowControl 4 3 SFP Ports The IE GIGA MC TX SFP SFP ports support gigabit fiber SFPs and 100Mbps fiber SFPs with or without Digital Diagnostics Monitoring Information DDMI as well as copper SFPs available in 10 100 1000Mbps and 1000Mbps DDMI statistics provide real time access to transceiver operating parameters such as voltage temperature ...

Page 37: ... established on the TX port Blinks green when activity is detected on the TX port FDX Glows amber when an FDX link is established on the TX port Not lit for HDX 5 2 Autocross Feature for Twisted Pair Connections All fixed twisted pair ports on the IE GIGA MC TX SFP include AutoCross a feature that automatically selects between a crossover workstation and a straight through connection depending on ...

Page 38: ...ot maintained the usernames and passwords can be reset by opening a CLI session and typing in the cleandb command This will reset all but the IP address of the device The following functions can be performed via iView2 Function Description Unit Configuration Display modify unit information Port Configuration Display modify port data Bandwidth Displays settings for Bandwidth configuration Tables Di...

Page 39: ...tion including IP address display only modification not allowed global flow control maximum frame size and OAMPDU NOTE Entering a descriptor in the Description field can make it easier to track down the source of a Trap 5 3 2 Port Configuration Select Port Configuration to display modify port information including description and flow control ...

Page 40: ...40A 5 3 3 Bandwidth Select Bandwidth to display configure bandwidth settings for each port 5 3 4 Tables Select tables to display a screen from which to select the specific statistics to be viewed Select Unit and Port Tables to display the following information ...

Page 41: ...AN Enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4 094 possible priority settings are 0 lowest priority through 7 highest priority WARNING If a VLAN is added to a port and is the same VLAN assigned for a tag on management traffic saving these changes will disrupt management indefinitely ...

Page 42: ...vanced to reboot the module 5 3 7 OAM AH Select OAM AH to display the following screen and monitor the status configuration loopback event log and statistics From the above screen select Configuration to display state and event configuration information as well as OAM supported functions ...

Page 43: ...e OAM Loopback is controlled by using the Loopback and Ignore Rx control parameters Selecting Initiate from the Loopback control tells the client to start a loopback process with the peer Selecting Process from the Ignore Rx control tells the client to process received loopback commands Only AH Active units can send a Loopback command to a remote unit Either Active or Passive AH units can respond ...

Page 44: ...nt log showing fault changes that have occurred via OAM configuration The OAM Event Log table displays a history of the threshold crossing events and non threshold crossing events that have occurred at the Ethernet OAM AH Level There is a maximum of 8 events that can be displayed When the maximum number of events is reached older entries are deleted to make room for newer entries ...

Page 45: ...Maintenance Domains MDs Maintenance Assocations MAs and Maintenance Association End Points MEPs The page contains a list of the local MEPs and provides menu controls to access the administrative functions associated with Create Delete and List MD MA and MEP information An example of a default OAM CFM Configuration page is shown below The OAM CFM Configuration page defaults to the Configure MEP sel...

Page 46: ... Configuration page as shown below NOTE iView2 will automatically display this page if there is no MD yet defined when the user attempts to access any other menu control Enter the MD name and select the level for the domain To cancel the MD select Delete To store the MD press Save and the screen is refreshed For the first configuration create an MA after the MD Select Configure MA to display the O...

Page 47: ... select the appropriate type port and direction and select the Primary VID if applicable To cancel the MEP without saving select Delete To store the MEP select Save and the screen is refreshed Once the user has configured the MD MA and at least one MEP a particular instance of an MEP can be accessed for more detailed configuration To access a particular instance of an MEP click on the row containi...

Page 48: ...unction Description Continuity Check Enable disable CCMs and verify the number of CCMs that have been sent Instance State Details Verify the current administrative state of the MEP view the last defect identified by the MEP and view the MAC address of the MEP Peer MEPs Create List Delete Peer MEPS associated with the MEP Loopback Activate loopback and see the results of loopback operations 5 3 10 ...

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Page 50: ...X SFP and its link partner to Auto Negotiation or if using Force mode be sure speed and duplex match 3 IE GIGA MC TX SFP allows the end user to assign a VLAN tag to all management traffic SNMP and telnet It is important to understand that IF using telnet or iView2 to assign a VLAN tag to management traffic then as soon as this setting is saved the connectivity will be lost until the PC becomes a m...

Page 51: ...x Customer Service Order toll free in the U S Call 877 877 BBOX outside U S call 724 746 5500 Free technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 877 877 2269 or Fax 724 746 0746 Mail order Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com ...

Page 52: ...w quality components can cause many hard to diagnose problems in an installation 2 Dust caps are installed at Black Box to ensure factory clean optical devices These protective caps should not be removed until the moment of connecting the fiber cable to the device If you need to disconnect the fiber device reinstall the protective dust caps 3 Store spare caps in a dust free environment such as a s...

Page 53: ...odule or component If the wrist strap is not available maintain grounded contact with the system unit throughout any procedure requiring ESD protection 3 Hold the units by the edges do not touch the electronic components or gold connectors 4 After removal always place the boards on a grounded static free surface ESD pad or in a proper ESD bag Do not slide the modules or stand alone units over any ...

Page 54: ...and diagnostics requiring the user to type commands rather than use a GUI CPE Customer Premises Equipment normally the end point of a leased fiber DC Direct Current DDMI Digital Diagnostic Monitor Interface A defined serial interface and data format typically used to access SFP internal information DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Used to automate configuration of computers that use TCP IP...

Page 55: ...ement system Both SNMP and RMON use standardized MIB formats that allow any SNMP and RMON tools to monitor any device defined by a MIB MSA Multi Source Agreement SFP The standard an SFP must meet to be compatible in network devices NOC Network Operations and Control Center OAM Operations Administration and Maintenance OAM CFM IEEE 802 1ag Connectivity Fault Management PROM Programmable Read Only M...

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