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NOTE

The 8-Port 1000BASE-TX Web-Smart Ethernet Switch with 2 SFP Dual Media Ports is
called the Giga Switch in the software screens and also in the screens shown in this
manual. Both names refer to the LGB2008A-R2 switch.

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Page 2: ...24 hours a day 7 days a week Call or fax Mailing address 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA15055 1018 Web site E mail toll free 877 877 BBOX 724 746 5500 FREE 724 746 5500 724 746 0746 Black Box Corporation...

Page 3: ...ed by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emission from digital appa...

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Page 5: ...the United States and or other countries Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners NOTE The 8 Port 1000BASE TX Web Smart Ethernet Switc...

Page 6: ...p 11 3 2 Cable Requirement 11 3 2 1 Twisted Pair Ports 11 3 2 2 Fiber Transceiver Ports 11 3 2 3 Switch Cascading 12 3 3 Configuring The Management Agent 15 3 4 Assigning An IP Address 15 3 5 Typical...

Page 7: ...2 Detailed Statistics 46 4 4 Maintenance 49 4 4 1 Status 49 4 4 2 Warm Restart 57 4 4 3 Factory Default 58 4 4 4 Logout 59 5 Troubleshooting 60 5 1 Problems You May Experience 60 5 2 Calling Black Bo...

Page 8: ...entries Buffer Memory Embedded frame buffer 144 KB Flow Control IEEE802 3x compliant for full duplex Backpressure flow control for half duplex Cable Type and Maximum Length Twisted pair CAT5 UTP cabl...

Page 9: ...P Fiber transceiver is a Gigabit Ethernet port that fully complies with all IEEE 802 3z and 1000Base SX LX standards 1000Mbps Single Fiber WDM BiDi transceiver is designed with an optic Wavelength Div...

Page 10: ...rts Link Act LEDs Light when connection to remote device is good Blink when any traffic is present Off when the module connection is not good p TP Ports Link Act LEDs Light when connection to remote d...

Page 11: ...auto detect 10 100 1000 Mbps TP or 1000 Mbps SFP fiber Five 1000 Mbps transceiver modules are available These modules are described below and shown in Figures 2 2 and 2 3 Small Form Factor Pluggable S...

Page 12: ...onforms to the chassis 2 Slide the module into the slot as shown in Figure 3 1 Make sure that the module is properly seated against the slot socket connector Figure 3 1 Installing an optional SFP fibe...

Page 13: ...nds After that all LEDs will flash once and the switch will automatically run a self test 3 1 4 INSTALLING THE CHASSIS ON A DESKTOP Attach the four included rubber feet to the switch s bottom Then pla...

Page 14: ...ents bit time delay and the overall bit time delay of wires devices must be within the bit time round trip delay in a half duplex network segment collision domain For full duplex operation this will n...

Page 15: ...show a port based VLAN and Figure 3 5 shows an attribute based VLAN 8 Port 1000BASE TX Web Smart Ethernet Switch with 2 SFP Dual Media Ports VLAN 1 VLAN 2 VLAN 3 VLAN 4 Figure 3 3 One switch connected...

Page 16: ...VLAN 2 members can t access VLAN 1 and VLAN 3 members but they can access VLAN 4 members VLAN 3 members can t access VLAN 1 VLAN 2 and VLAN 4 VLAN 4 members can t access VLAN 1 and VLAN 3 members but...

Page 17: ...wo ways via the switch s SNMP management port or via a Web browser Chapter 4 explains how to access and use the Web based management interface SNMP management is not described in this manual since it...

Page 18: ...through 3 8 In Figure 3 6 the switch is connected to Gigabit Ethernet devices or segments via auto MDI X It also uses the two fiber module slots for LC fiber connections Figure 3 6 Network connection...

Page 19: ...to peer connection 8 Port 1000BASE TX Web Smart Ethernet Switch with 2 SFP Dual Media Ports Financial MIS Figure 3 7 Peer to peer network connection 17 8 Port 1000BASE TX Web Smart Ethernet Switch wit...

Page 20: ...the switch connects with other network devices and hosts Financial MIS Sales R D Figure 3 8 Office network connection 8 Port 1000BASE TX Web Smart Ethernet Switch with 2 SFP Dual Media Ports 18 CHAPT...

Page 21: ...ged 24 Port 10 100 1000 Ethernet Switch with 2 SFP Dual Media are listed below IP Address 192 168 1 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 1 254 Password admin 1 Use the Web browser inter...

Page 22: ...sk such as 255 255 255 0 and the default gateway 192 168 1 254 5 Type in the system name the default is Giga Switch then your password the default password is admin Click on the Apply button 6 This co...

Page 23: ...vertical menu on the left side of the screen Options include Configuration Monitoring and Maintenance These three groups are discussed in Sections 4 2 through 4 4 4 2 Configuration Eleven functions ar...

Page 24: ...assigned by the manufacturer IP Address You can configure the IP address and fill in new values Click on the Apply button to update The default IP address is 192 168 1 1 Subnet Mask You can configure...

Page 25: ...nd flow control To get to the Port Configuration menu not shown in this manual click on Port in the Configuration menu on the Home page Table 4 2 describes the menu options in the Port Configuration m...

Page 26: ...LAN Mode screen options Parameter Description VLAN Mode Choose Disable Port based Tag based or Metro mode from the drop down menu Disable will stop the switch s VLAN function This is the default setti...

Page 27: ...p down menu in Figure 4 5 When you select 7 from the drop down menu Except for port 7 each switch port can t transmit packets to each other Each port groups a VLAN with Port 7 so a total of 7 groups c...

Page 28: ...e this option to modify delete or add a new VLAN group To get to the VLAN Group Configuration screen shown in Figure 4 6 click on VLAN Group in the Home page Figure 4 6 Tag Based VLAN Configuration sc...

Page 29: ...option click on the box in Figure4 6 Add Group button Click on this button to add a group Additional information is provided below Delete Group button Click on this button to delete a group Additiona...

Page 30: ...k on the box to the left of the ID for the group that you want to delete then click on the Delete Group button to delete that group Or click on the Add Group button to go back to Figure 4 7 Figure 4 8...

Page 31: ...VID Configuration screen Table 4 5 describes the options shown in Figure 4 9 Table 4 5 PVID Configuration options Parameter Description Port 1 8 Lists port numbers from 1 to 8 PVID Select a PVID value...

Page 32: ...ion settings Bundle more than one port with the same speed full duplex and the same MAC into a single logical port For example if there are three Fast Ethernet ports aggregated in a logical port the r...

Page 33: ...hanges 4 2 7 MIRROR Mirror configuration monitors the network traffic For example if port A and port B are the sniffer port and source port respectively the traffic passed by port B will be copied to...

Page 34: ...the box underneath the port you want to choose Apply button Click on this button to save your selections 4 2 8 QUALITY OF SERVICE The switch s QoS function supports VLAN tagged priority for up to 8 p...

Page 35: ...alue is High VLAN Tag Priority Select this to enable VLAN tagging Click on Configure to configure this option IP ToS Classification Select this to apply Layer 3 on a network framework Click on Configu...

Page 36: ...gure 4 13 Table 4 9 VLAN Tag Priority screen options Parameter Description Port Choose VLAN Tag QoS for ports 1 8 from the drop down menu Click on All to set up all ports at once Bits Values can be Bi...

Page 37: ...Configure Figure 4 14 QoS ToS Configuration screen Table 4 10 describes the options shown in Figure 4 14 Table 4 10 QoS ToS Configuration screen options Parameter Description Port Select ports 1 8 fro...

Page 38: ...ty of Service QoS screen Figure 4 12 Then click on Configure Figure 4 15 Simple Mode screen For a description of the parameters shown in Figure 4 15 see Table 4 11 Advanced Mode To get to the Advanced...

Page 39: ...FTP and news Click on this button to enable Prioritize IP telephony VoIP Click on this button to enable Prioritize iSCSI Click on this button to enable Prioritize Web browsing e mail FTP transfers and...

Page 40: ...selected ports Select the All option to set up all ports at the same time Custom Type in the number of the Special TCP UDP port you want to select Apply button Click on this button to apply the select...

Page 41: ...k on this button to apply the selections 4 2 9 BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT The Bandwidth Management function is used to set up the limit of Ingress and Egress bandwidth for each port NOTE Each switch port ow...

Page 42: ...ne time select All from the drop down menu All Traffic for Ingress Rate Limiting Set up the limit of Ingress bandwidth for the port you choose Incoming traffic will be discarded if the rate exceeds th...

Page 43: ...nt the data rate in Mbps All Traffic for Egress Rate Limiting Set up the limit of Egress bandwidth for the port you chose in the Port Number field at the top of the screen Packet transmission will be...

Page 44: ...nts Configuration screen parameters Parameter Description Trap IP Two different device addresses can be selected Trap means to collect data from the specified IP address System Event Warm Boot Cold Bo...

Page 45: ...k the Rx error threshold box to indicate an Rx error threshold Rx error threshold counter lists the number of Rx error thresholds Check the Tx error threshold box to indicate a Tx error threshold Tx e...

Page 46: ...ation menu in the Home screen Figure 4 20 Maximum Packet Length screen Table 4 16 lists the options shown in Figure 4 20 Table 4 16 Maximum Packet Length screen options Parameter Description Port List...

Page 47: ...re 4 21 click on Statistics Overview in the Monitoring menu in the Homepage Figure 4 21 Statistics Overview for All Ports screen Table 4 17 describes the fields shown in Figure 4 21 Table 4 17 Statist...

Page 48: ...creen click on Detailed Statistics in the Monitoring menu shown in the Home page Table 4 18 describes the parameters shown in Figure 4 22 Figure 4 22 Statistics Overview for Specific Ports Table 4 18...

Page 49: ...of the transmitted broadcast packets Tx Multicast Shows the number of the transmitted multicast packets Rx 64 Bytes The number of 64 byte frames in good and bad packets received Rx 65 127 Bytes The n...

Page 50: ...eceived Rx Undersize The number of short frames 64 bytes with valid CRC Rx Oversize The number of long frames according to the maximum length register with valid CRC Rx Fragments The number of short f...

Page 51: ...menu shown on the Home page Figure 4 23 System Status screen Table 4 19 describes the parameters shown in Figure 4 23 Table 4 19 System Status parameters Parameter Description Product Name Shows the p...

Page 52: ...Status in the Home screen then TP Fiber Ports Status in the Status menu Figure 4 24 TP Fiber Ports Status screen Table 4 20 describes the parameters shown in Figure 4 24 Table 4 20 TP Fiber Ports Sta...

Page 53: ...e two types of flow control in Ethernet backpressure for half duplex operation and pause flow control IEEE 802 3x for full duplex The switch supports both The default value is Enabled Aggregation To g...

Page 54: ...on VLAN Status Figure 4 26 Tag Based VLAN Figure 4 27 Port Based VLAN Figure 4 28 VLAN Metro Mode screen Table 4 22 describes the parameters shown in Figures 4 26 4 27 and 4 28 Table 4 22 VLAN screen...

Page 55: ...in the Status menu Figure 4 29 Mirror status screen Table 4 23 describes the parameters in Figure 4 29 Table 4 23 Mirror status screen options Parameter Description Sniffer Mode Choose to display Disa...

Page 56: ...ptions Parameter Description Trap IP This displays the IP address es of the device s that you selected to collect data from Trap means to collect data from the specified IP address One or two Trap IP...

Page 57: ...number of link downs counted Rx error Threshold Check this box to enable Rx error threshold Rx error Threshold Counter Displays the number of Rx errors counted Tx error Threshold Check this box to en...

Page 58: ...4 31 Maximum Packet Length screen Table 4 25 explains the options shown in Figure 4 31 Table 4 25 Maximum Packet Length screen parameters Parameter Description Port Lists ports 1 8 Max Frame Size Disp...

Page 59: ...the default setting After upgrading the software you must reboot to have the new configuration take effect To get to the Warm Restart screen shown in Figure 4 32 click on Warm Restart in the Maintenan...

Page 60: ...n in Figure 4 33 click on Factory Default in the Maintenance menu on the Home screen If you want to restore all configurations including the IP address setting to the factory default press the Reset b...

Page 61: ...ill automatically log out Besides the manual logout and implicit logout you can also set the Auto Logout Timer in the system configuration function to On or Off To get to the Logout screen shown in Fi...

Page 62: ...A can connect to computer B but it can t connect to computer C through the 8 Port 1000BASE TX Web Smart Ethernet Switch with 2 SFP Dual Media Ports Possible Cause 1 Check computer C s Link Act LED Pos...

Page 63: ...x at 724 746 5500 Before you do make a record of the history of the problem We will be able to provide more efficient and accurate assistance if you have a complete description including the nature an...

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