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This manual contains information for firmware version 1.59.

SFP Managed Switch Eco User’s Manual

LGB5128A

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Page 1: ...FP Managed Switch Eco User s Manual LGB5128A 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 724 746 5500 or fax 724...

Page 2: ...ts LFP416 with auto mode of link speed on Ports 1 20 and does not support LFP415 Compatible Black Box SFPs Part Number Product Name LFP401 LFP404 155 Mbps Extended Diagnostic SFP LFP411 LFP414 LFP416...

Page 3: ...armful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the...

Page 4: ...LGB5128A User Manual iv CAUTION Alerts you to a potential hazard that could cause loss of data or damage the system or equipment...

Page 5: ...ap 26 CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION 29 3 1 PORT 29 3 1 1 Configuration 29 3 1 2 Port Description 31 3 1 3 Traffic Overview 32 3 1 4 Detailed Statistics 33 3 1 5 Qos Statistics 35 3 1 6 SFP Information 36 3...

Page 6: ...FILTERING DATA BASE 103 3 9 1 Configuration 103 3 9 2 Dynamic MAC Table 105 3 10 VLAN 106 3 10 1 VLAN Membership 106 3 10 2 Ports 107 3 10 3 Switch Status 109 3 10 4 Port Status 110 3 10 5 Private VLA...

Page 7: ...mic Table 183 4 2 ARP INSPRCTION 184 4 2 1 Configuration 184 4 2 2 Static Table 185 4 2 3 Dynamic Table 186 4 3 DHCP SNOOPING 187 4 3 1 Configuration 187 4 3 2 Statistics 188 4 4 DHCP RELAY 190 4 4 1...

Page 8: ...RT IMPORT 229 5 4 1 Export Config 229 5 4 2 Import Config 230 5 5 DIAGMOSTICS 231 5 5 1 Ping 231 5 5 2 Ping6 232 5 5 3 VeriPHY 233 A GLOSSARY OF WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 234 A 234 C 235 D 235 E 236 F 237...

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Page 11: ...our network bandwidth to deliver information and applications more effectively It s ideal for entry level networking LGB5128A L2 Managed Switch has 20 ports 100 1G SFP 4 P Combo Gigabit TP 100 1G SFP...

Page 12: ...n button The login process now is completed In this login menu you have to input the complete username and password respectively the LGB5128A will not give you a shortcut to username automatically Thi...

Page 13: ...3 NOTE DHCP is enabled on the LGB5128A but if you do not have a DHCP server to provide IP addresses to the switch use the switch default ip 192 168 1 1 Figure 1 The login page...

Page 14: ...ion Firmware Version Hardware Mechanical Version Serial Number Host IP Address Host Mac Address Device Port RAM Size and Flash Size If the switch malfunctions you will need to know the software versio...

Page 15: ...second BIOS version The version of the BIOS in this switch Firmware version The firmware version in this switch Firmware Hardware version The version of hardware and mechanical The figure before the h...

Page 16: ...n on how to contact this person The allowed string length is 0 to 255 and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 32 to 126 System Name The administrator assigns the name for this managed nod...

Page 17: ...set relative to UTC GMT The offset is given in minutes east of GMT The valid range is from 720 to 720 minutes Daylight Saving Daylight saving is used in some countries If set it will adjust the time l...

Page 18: ...fault is 60 minutes Daylight Savings Type Provide the Daylight savings type selection You can select By Dates or Recurring for Daylight saving type From To configure Daylight saving start date and tim...

Page 19: ...t the correct time The switch supports configurable time zone from 12 to 13 step 1 hour Default Time zone 8 Hrs Web Interface To configure Time in the Web interface 1 Click SYSTEM NTP 2 Type in the Ti...

Page 20: ...not be deleted In addition up to 4 guest accounts can be created 2 3 1 Users This page provides an overview of the current users To login as another user on the Web server close and reopen the browser...

Page 21: ...a user will need user privilege level 15 Generally the privilege level 15 can be used for an administrator account privilege level 10 for a standard user account and privilege level 5 for a guest acc...

Page 22: ...e e g LACP RSTP or QoS but a few groups contain more than one The following defines these privilege level groups in detail System Contact Name Location Timezone Log Security Authentication System Acce...

Page 23: ...on of the Internet protocol is IPv4 which has 32 bits Internet Protocol addresses allowing in excess of four billion unique addresses This number is reduced drastically by the practice of webmasters t...

Page 24: ...Address Provide the IP address of this switch in dotted decimal notation IP Mask Provide the IP mask of this switch dotted decimal notation IP Router Provide the IP address of the router in dotted dec...

Page 25: ...few seconds the total time needed to complete auto configuration can be significantly longer Address Provide the IPv6 address of this switch IPv6 address is in 128 bit records represented as eight fie...

Page 26: ...ick Save Figure 2 5 1 The System Log configuration Parameter description Server Mode Indicates the server mode operation When the mode operation is enabled the syslog message will be sent out to syslo...

Page 27: ...ll refresh the log automatically Level Information level of the system log entry The following level types are supported Warning Warning level of the system log Error Error level of the system log All...

Page 28: ...ion in the Web interface 1 Click Syslog Detailed Log 2 Display the log information Figure 2 5 3 The Detailed System Log Information Parameter description ID The ID 1 of the system log entry Message Th...

Page 29: ...and all MIB counters will be ignored 2 6 1 System This section describes how to configure SNMP System on the switch This function is used to configure SNMP settings community name trap host and public...

Page 30: ...Communities Security Configuration Parameter description Delete Check to delete the entry It will be deleted during the next save Community Indicates the community access string to permit access to S...

Page 31: ...the next save User Name A string identifying the user name that this entry should belong to The allowed string length is 1 to 32 and the allowed content is ASCII characters from 33 to 126 Security Lev...

Page 32: ...sword phrase For MD5 authentication protocol the allowed string length is 8 to 32 For SHA authentication protocol the allowed string length is 8 to 40 The allowed content is ASCII characters from 33 t...

Page 33: ...on Parameter description Delete Check to delete the entry It will be deleted during the next save Security Model Indicates the security model that this entry should belong to Possible security models...

Page 34: ...e SNMP Views Configuration Parameter description Delete Click on this button to delete the entry It will be deleted during the next save View Name A string identifying the view name that this entry sh...

Page 35: ...face To display the configure SNMP Access in the Web interface 1 Click SNMP Accesses 2 Click Add new Access 3 Specify the SNMP Access parameters 4 Click Save 5 If you want to modify or clear the setti...

Page 36: ...characters from 33 to 126 Write View Name The name of the MIB view defining the MIB objects for which this request may potentially set new values The allowed string length is 1 to 32 and the allowed c...

Page 37: ...what kind of message will be sent to Security Level Possible modes are Info Send information warnings and errors Warning Send warnings and errors Error Send errors Security Level There are three kind...

Page 38: ...LGB5128A User Manual 28 Privacy Protocol You can set DES encryption for UserName Privacy Password The length of Privacy Password is restricted to 8 32...

Page 39: ...1 Configuration This chapter describes how to view the current port configuration and how to configure ports to non default settings including Linkup Linkdown Speed Current and configured Flow Control...

Page 40: ...nsmitted The Rx and Tx settings are determined by the result of the last Auto Negotiation Check the configured column to use flow control This setting is related to the setting for Configured Link Spe...

Page 41: ...interface 1 Click Configuration Port then Port Description 2 Specify the detailed Port alias or description an alphanumeric string describing the full name and version identification for the system s...

Page 42: ...ure 3 1 3 The Port Statisitcs Overview Parameter description Port The logical port for the settings contained in the same row Packets The number of received and transmitted packets per port Bytes The...

Page 43: ...he port you want to show the detailed Port statistics overview for 3 If you want to auto refresh the information then you need to evoke the Auto refresh 4 Click Refresh to refresh the port detailed st...

Page 44: ...nment The number of frames received with CRC or alignment errors Rx Undersize The number of short 1 frames received with valid CRC Rx Oversize The number of long 2 frames received with valid CRC Rx Fr...

Page 45: ...information then you need to evoke the Auto refresh 3 Click Refresh to refresh the Queueing Counters or clear all information when you click Clear Figure 3 1 5 The Queuing Counters Overview Parameter...

Page 46: ...The SFP Information Overview Parameter description Connector Type Display the connector type for instance UTP SC ST LC and so on Fiber Type Display the fiber mode for instance Multi Mode Single Mode T...

Page 47: ...rcuits powered up when traffic is transmitted The devices can exchange information about the devices wakeup time using the LLDP protocol To maximize power saving the circuit isn t started when transmi...

Page 48: ...ck to save changes Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values 3 2 ACL The LGB5128A switch access control list ACL is probably the most commonly used object in t...

Page 49: ...configuration then the screen will display the Counter of the port Click refresh to update the counter or Clear the information Figure 3 2 1 The ACL Ports Configuration Parameter description Port The...

Page 50: ...abled The default value is Disabled Counter Counts the number of frames that match this ACE Buttons Save Click to save changes Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously sav...

Page 51: ...es MAC addresses or other more specific criteria This switch tests ingress packets against the conditions in an ACL one by one A packet will be accepted as soon as it matches a permit rule or dropped...

Page 52: ...ons such as Frame Type and IP Protocol Type Specify the relevant criteria to be matched for this rule and set the actions to take when a rule is matched such as Rate Limiter Port Copy Logging and Shut...

Page 53: ...ging operation of the ACE Possible values are Enabled Frames matching the ACE are stored in the System Log Disabled Frames matching the ACE are not logged Please note that the System Log memory size a...

Page 54: ...in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration ACL then ACL status 2 If you want to auto refresh the information then you need to evoke the Auto refresh 3 Click Refresh to refresh the ACL Status Figure 3...

Page 55: ...ion You can bundle more than one port with the same speed full duplex and the same MAC to be a single logical port thus the logical port aggregates the bandwidth of these ports This means you can appl...

Page 56: ...culate the destination port for the frame Check to enable the use of the Source MAC address or uncheck to disable By default Source MAC Address is enabled Destination MAC Address The Destination MAC A...

Page 57: ...Ports using Link Aggregation Control Protocol according to IEEE 802 3ad specification as their trunking method can choose their unique LACP GroupID to form a logical trunked port The benefit of using...

Page 58: ...1 65535 The Auto setting will set the key as appropriate by the physical link speed 10Mb 1 100Mb 2 1Gb 3 Using the Specific setting a user defined value can be entered Ports with the same Key value c...

Page 59: ...scription Aggr ID The Aggregation ID associated with this aggregation instance For LLAG the ID is shown as isid aggr id and for GLAGs as aggr id Partner System ID The system ID MAC address of the aggr...

Page 60: ...led and the port link is up No means that LACP is not enabled or that the port link is down Backup means that the port could not join the aggregation group but will join if another port leaves Meanwhi...

Page 61: ...refresh the LACP Statistics Figure 3 3 2 4 The LACP Statistics Parameter description Port The switch port number LACP Received Shows how many LACP frames have been received at each port LACP Transmit...

Page 62: ...orts and disables all other ports Network packets are therefore only forwarded between root ports and designated ports eliminating any possible network loops Once a stable network topology has been es...

Page 63: ...ansmit Root and Designated Ports to Forwarding used in STP compatible mode Valid values are in the range 4 to 30 seconds Max Age The maximum age of the information transmitted by the Bridge when it is...

Page 64: ...et Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values 2 4 2 MSTI Mapping Implement a Spanning Tree protocol on the switch The CIST is not available for explicit mapping becau...

Page 65: ...pped VLANs Mapped The list of VLANs mapped to the MSTI The VLANs must be separated with commas and or spaces A VLAN can only be mapped to one MSTI An unused MSTI should just be left empty i e not havi...

Page 66: ...dress of the switch forms a Bridge Identifier Buttons Save Click to save changes Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values 3 4 4 CIST Ports When you implement...

Page 67: ...00000000 Priority Controls the port priority This can be used to control the priority of ports having an identical port cost See above operEdge state flag Operational flag describes whether the port i...

Page 68: ...e setting the port Edge status does not affect this setting A port entering error disabled state due to this setting is subject to the bridge Port Error Recovery setting as well Point to Point Control...

Page 69: ...Using the Specific setting a user defined value can be entered The path cost is used when establishing the active topology of the network Lower path cost ports are chosen as forwarding ports in favor...

Page 70: ...igure 3 4 6 The STP Bridges status Parameter description MSTI The Bridge Instance This is also a link to the STP Detailed Bridge Status Bridge ID The Bridge ID of this Bridge instance Root ID The Brid...

Page 71: ...ick Refresh to refresh the STP Bridges Figure 3 4 7 The STP Port status Parameter description Port The switch port number of the logical STP port CIST Role The current STP port role of the CIST port T...

Page 72: ...of the logical STP port MSTP The number of MSTP Configuration BPDUs received transmitted on the port RSTP The number of RSTP Configuration BPDUs received transmitted on the port STP The number of lega...

Page 73: ...ngs to Use this table to apply additional MRSTP configuration data and retrieve MRSTP status Web Interface To configure the MRSTP Instance parameters in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration MRSTP I...

Page 74: ...Available value range 1 2 In contrast with RSTP Hello Time in MRSTP that needs per port setting for the CIST Max age Available value range 6 40 sec The same definition was as in the RSTP protocol FW D...

Page 75: ...figure the MRSTP Port configuration in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration MRSTP Port Configuration 2 Scroll to select the instance you want to assign to the Port 3 Scroll to select includes Path...

Page 76: ...e link on the edge port toggles the STP topology remains unchanged Unlike the designated port or root port though an edge port will transit to a normal spanning tree port immediately if it receives a...

Page 77: ...es causes the Port not to be selected as the Root Port for the CIST or any MSTI even if it has the best spanning tree priority vector Such a Port will be selected as an Alternate Port after the Root P...

Page 78: ...een IP Multicast Router Switch and IP Multicast Host can update the information of the Multicast table when a member port joins or leaves an IP Multicast Destination Address With this function once a...

Page 79: ...d to avoid forwarding unnecessary join and leave messages to the router side Port Shows the physical Port index of switch Router Port Specify which ports act as router ports A router port is a port on...

Page 80: ...display the previous entry or next entry 4 Click the save button to save the setting 5 To cancel the setting click the Reset button It will revert to previously saved values Figure 3 5 2 The IGMP Sno...

Page 81: ...this type of control In some network application environments such as metropolitan or multiple dwelling unit MDU installations a user might want to control the multicast groups that a user on a switc...

Page 82: ...Check to delete the entry It will be deleted during the next save Port Enable the IGMP Snooping Port Group Filtering function on the port Filtering Groups The IP Multicast Group that will be filtered...

Page 83: ...efresh the IGMP Snooping Status 4 Click Clear to clear the IGMP Snooping Status Figure 3 5 4 The IGMP Snooping Status Parameter description VLAN ID The VLAN ID of the entry Querier Version Working Que...

Page 84: ...terface 1 Click Configuration IGMP Snooping Group Information 2 To auto refresh the information check the Auto refresh box 3 Click Refresh to refresh a entry of the IGMP Snooping Groups Information 4...

Page 85: ...splay the IGMPv3 IPv4 SSM Information in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration IGMP Snooping IPv4 SSM Information 2 If you want to auto refresh the information check the Auto refresh box 3 Click Ref...

Page 86: ...application such as desktop conferencing a network node may act as both a source and an MLD host but MLD interacts with that node only in its role as an MLD host A source node creates multicast traff...

Page 87: ...ncel the setting click the Reset button It will revert to previously saved values Figure 3 6 1 The MLD Snooping Basic Configuration Parameter description Snooping Enabled Enable the Global MLD Snoopin...

Page 88: ...ss it forwards that traffic only to ports on the VLAN that have MLD hosts for that address It drops that traffic for ports on the VLAN that have no MLD hosts This will use the last entry of the curren...

Page 89: ...messages It is also the Maximum Response Delay used to calculate the Maximum Response Code inserted into Multicast Address and Source Specific Query messages The allowed range is 0 to 31744 in tenths...

Page 90: ...filtered Buttons Save Click to save changes Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values 3 6 4 Status The section describes how to display the MLD Snooping Statu...

Page 91: ...Received The number of Received V1 Leaves Auto refresh Check the auto refresh box to refresh the log automatically Upper right icon Refresh Click on these icons to refresh the IGMP Group Status manual...

Page 92: ...art from VLAN and group input fields allow the user to select the starting point in the MLD Group Table Clicking the button will update the displayed table starting from that or the next closest MLD G...

Page 93: ...starting point in the MLDv2 Information Table Web Interface To display the MLDv2 IPv6 SSM Information in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration MLD Snooping IPv6 SSM Information 2 If you want to aut...

Page 94: ...data to and from the multicast VLAN are called MVR source ports 3 7 1 Configuration The section describes how to set the MVR basic Configuration and some parameters in the switch Web Interface To conf...

Page 95: ...ormation in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration MVR Groups Information 2 To auto refresh the information check the Auto refresh box 3 Click the Refresh button to refresh a entry of the MVR Groups...

Page 96: ...n to refresh a entry of the MVR Statistics Information 4 Click or to move to previous or next entry Figure 3 7 3 The MVR Statistics Information Parameter description VLAN ID The Multicast VLAN ID V1 R...

Page 97: ...fied in standards document IEEE 802 1AB 3 8 1 LLDP Configuration Per port you can configure the LLDP and the detail parameters and the settings will take effect immediately This page allows the user t...

Page 98: ...ors but will send out LLDP information Disabled The switch will not send out LLDP information and will drop LLDP information received from neighbors Enabled The switch will send out LLDP information a...

Page 99: ...Addr Optional TLV When checked the management address is included in LLDP information transmitted Buttons Save Click to save changes Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previou...

Page 100: ...Other 2 Repeater 3 Bridge 4 WLAN Access Point 5 Router 6 Telephone 7 DOCSIS cable device 8 Station only 9 Reserved When a capability is enabled the capability is followed by If the capability is disa...

Page 101: ...et PoE end points Inventory management allowing network administrators to track their network devices and determine their characteristics manufacturer software and hardware versions serial or asset nu...

Page 102: ...e is 4 times given that 4 LLDP frames with a 1 second interval will be transmitted when an LLDP frame with new information is received NOTE LLDP MED and the LLDP MED Fast Start mechanism is only inten...

Page 103: ...nship shi Japan Example Copenhagen City district City division borough city district ward chou Japan Block Neighbourhood Neighborhood block Street Street Example Poppelvej Leading street direction Lea...

Page 104: ...ant issue in VoIP environments that frequently result in voice quality degradation or loss of service Policies are only intended for use with applications that have specific real time network policy r...

Page 105: ...Cs or laptops This class of endpoints frequently does not support multiple VLANs if at all and are typically configured to use an untagged VLAN or a single tagged data specific VLAN When a network pol...

Page 106: ...applies Policy Id The set of policies that will apply to a given port The set of policies is selected by check marking the checkboxes that corresponds to the policies Buttons Save Click to save chang...

Page 107: ...to IP Communication Controllers other communication related servers or any device requiring basic services as defined in TIA 1057 Discovery services defined in this class include LAN configuration de...

Page 108: ...nd other similar appliances supporting real time interactive video audio services 7 Streaming Video for use by broadcast or multicast based video content distribution and other similar applications su...

Page 109: ...han click EEE to show discover EEE devices 2 Click Refresh for manual update Web screen 3 Click Auto refresh for auto update Web screen Figure 3 8 5 The LLDP Neighbors EEE information NOTE If your net...

Page 110: ...the local link partner infers that the remote link partners request was based on stale information Echo Rx Tw The link partner s Echo Rx Tw value Resolved Tx Tw The resolved Tx Tw for this link NOTE...

Page 111: ...hanged at Shows the time when the last entry was last deleted or added It also shows the time elapsed since the last change was detected Total Neighbors Entries Added Shows the number of new entries a...

Page 112: ...the entry ages out TLVs Discarded Each LLDP frame can contain multiple pieces of information known as TLVs TLV is short for Type Length Value If a TLV is malformed it is counted and discarded TLVs Un...

Page 113: ...of the equipment sending the frame The SMAC address is used by the switch to automatically update the MAC table with these dynamic MAC addresses Dynamic entries are removed from the MAC table if no fr...

Page 114: ...t the link used for managing the switch is added to the Static Mac Table before changing to secure learning mode otherwise the management link is lost and can only be restored by using another non sec...

Page 115: ...tion 1 2 Parameter description MAC Table Columns Switch stack only The stack unit where the entry is learned Type Indicates whether the entry is a static or a dynamic entry VLAN The VLAN ID of the ent...

Page 116: ...modify the VLAN membership configuration for the selected switch stack unit here Up to 4096 VLANs are supported From this page you can add and delete VLANs as well as add and delete port members of ea...

Page 117: ...The button can be used to undo the addition of new VLANs Buttons Save Click to save changes Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values Upper right icon Refresh...

Page 118: ...gs are not removed Ingress Filtering Enable ingress filtering on a port by checking the box This parameter affects VLAN ingress processing If ingress filtering is enabled and the ingress port is not a...

Page 119: ...VLAN MSTP GVRP Combined 3 Display membership information Figure 3 10 3 The VLAN Membership Status for Static user Parameter description VLAN USER You can scroll to select one kind of VLAN user as belo...

Page 120: ...rt Status The Port Status function gathers all VLAN status information and reports it by the order of Static NAS MVRP MVP Voice VLAN MSTP GVRP Combined Web Interface To display VlLAN Port Status in th...

Page 121: ...ically Upper right icon Refresh Click on this icon to refresh the VLAN Port Status information manually 3 10 5 Private VLANs In a private VLAN communication between ports in that private VLAN is not p...

Page 122: ...Each port can be configured as a protected port or a non protected port An address table memory stores an address table that has a destination address and port number pair A forwarding map generator...

Page 123: ...his time but through Port B the next time If Port A and Port B belong to different VLANs the device will be assigned to a different VLAN the next time it accesses the network As a result it will not b...

Page 124: ...ports are members and all boxes are unchecked Adding a New MAC based VLAN Click to add a new MAC based VLAN entry An empty row is added to the table and the MAC based VLAN entry can be configured as n...

Page 125: ...the Web interface 1 Click MAC based VLAN Status 2 Specify the Static NAS Combined 3 Display MAC based information Figure 3 10 6 2 The MAC based VLAN Membership Status for User Static Parameter descri...

Page 126: ...Point SAP fields SNAP supports identifying protocols by Ethernet type field values it also supports vendor private protocol identifier spaces It is used with IEEE 802 3 IEEE 802 4 IEEE 802 5 IEEE 802...

Page 127: ...protocol ID is the Ethernet type EtherType field value for the protocol running on top of SNAP if the OUI is an OUI for a particular organization the protocol ID is a value assigned by that organizati...

Page 128: ...egers 0 9 no special character is allowed The Group name that you try map to a VLAN must be present in the Protocol to Group mapping table and must not have been used previously by any other existing...

Page 129: ...and variables for the registration and de registration of attribute values A GARP participation in a switch or an end station consists of a GARP application component and a GARP Information Declarati...

Page 130: ...efault value for Leave Timer is 600 ms Leave All Timer The default value for Leave All Timer is 10000 ms Application Currently the only supported application is GVRP Attribute Type Currently the only...

Page 131: ...RP Counter information 3 Click Refresh to modify the GARP statistics information Figure 3 12 2 The GARP Port Statistics Parameter description Port The Port column shows the list of all ports for which...

Page 132: ...embers and the ports where these members can be reached 3 13 1 Configuration This page allows you to configure the basic GVRP Configuration settings for all switch ports The settings relate to the cur...

Page 133: ...icted role on an interface Disable Select to Disable GVRP rrole on this port Enable Select to Enable GVRP rrole on this port The default configuration is disable Auto refresh Click the box next to aut...

Page 134: ...t to display the GVRP Counter information 3 Click Refresh to modify the GVRP statistics information Figure 3 13 2 The GVRP Port Statistics Parameter description Port The Port column shows the list of...

Page 135: ...lected by the page header Web Interface To configure MRP Port Configuration in the Web interface 1 Click MRP configure 2 Specify MRP Configuration Parameters 3 Click Save Figure 3 14 1 The MRP Port Co...

Page 136: ...s mode the Applicant state machine will not participate in the protocol operation The default configuration is normal participant Periodic Tx This configuration is used to configure transmission mode...

Page 137: ...information 3 Click Refresh to modify the MRP statistics information Figure 3 14 2 The MRP Port Statistics Parameter description Port The Port column lists all ports that show per port MRP statistics...

Page 138: ...settings relate to the currently selected stack unit as reflected by the page header Web Interface To configure MVRP Port Configuration in the Web interface 1 Click MVRP configure 2 Specify MVRP Conf...

Page 139: ...configure restricted role on an interface Disable Select to Disable MVRP rrole on this port Enable Select to Enable MVRP rrole on this port The default configuration is disable Auto refresh Check the...

Page 140: ...MVRP Counter information 3 Click Refresh to modify the MVRP statistics information Figure 3 17 2 The MVRP Port Statistics Parameter description Port The Port column shows the list of ports for which y...

Page 141: ...ed memory control mechanisms providing excellent performance of all QoS classes under any traffic scenario including jumbo frame A super priority queue with dedicated memory has strict highest priorit...

Page 142: ...frames not classified in any other way PCP Controls the default PCP for untagged frames DEI Controls the default DEI for untagged frames Tag Class Shows the classification mode for tagged frames on t...

Page 143: ...the Rate limit condition 3 Scroll to select the Rate limit Unit with kbps Mbps fps and kfps 4 Click Save to save the configuration Figure 3 16 2 The QoS Ingress Port Policers Configuration Parameter...

Page 144: ...ports belong to the currently selected stack unit as reflected by the page header Web Interface To display the QoS Port Schedulers in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration QoS Port Schedulers 2 Dis...

Page 145: ...ue Shaper Rate Controls the rate for the queue shaper The default value is 500 This value is restricted to 1 1000 when the Unit is kbps and it is restricted to 1 100 when the Unit is Mbps Queue Shaper...

Page 146: ...measure for the port shaper rate as kbps or Mbps The default value is kbps Buttons Save Click to save changes Reset Click to undo any changes made locally and revert to previously saved values 3 16 4...

Page 147: ...137 If you select the scheduler mode with wighted then the screen will change as the figure...

Page 148: ...ue shaper rate as kbps or Mbps The default value is kbps Queue Shaper Excess Controls whether the queue is allowed to use excess bandwidth Queue Scheduler Weight Controls the weight for this queue The...

Page 149: ...me row Click on the port number in order to configure tag remarking Mode Shows the tag remarking mode for this port Classified Use classified PCP DEI values Default Use default PCP DEI values Mapped U...

Page 150: ...nt to cancel the setting then you need to click the Reset button It will revert to previously saved values Figure 3 16 6 The QoS Port DSCP Configuration Parameter description Port The Port column show...

Page 151: ...3 16 7 DSCP Based QoS The section explains how to configure the DSCP Based QoS mode that allows you to configure the basic QoS DSCP based QoS Ingress Classification settings for all switches Web Inter...

Page 152: ...n DSCP Maximum number of supported DSCP values are 64 Trust Click to check if the DSCP value is trusted QoS Class QoS Class value can be between 0 7 DPL Drop Precedence Level can be between 0 and 3 Bu...

Page 153: ...Click Configuration QoS DSCP Translation 2 Scroll to set the Ingress Translate and Egress Remap DP0 and Remap DP1 Parameters 3 Enable or disable Classify 4 Click on the save button to save the setting...

Page 154: ...Egress There are two configurable parameters for Egress side 1 Remap DP0 Select the DSCP value from the menu that you want to remap DSCP value ranges from 0 to 63 2 Remap DP1 Select the DSCP value fro...

Page 155: ...save button to save the setting 4 To cancel the setting click the Reset button It will revert to previously saved values Figure 3 18 9 The DSCP Classification Configuration Parameter description QoS C...

Page 156: ...ck Configuration QoS QoS Contol List 2 Click the button to add a new QoS Control List 3 Scroll all parameters and evoke the Port Member to join the QCE rules 4 Click the save button to save the settin...

Page 157: ...pressing the Refresh button Action Indicates the classification action taken on ingress frame if parameters configured are matched with the frame s content There are three action fields Class DPL and...

Page 158: ...alid PID a k a Ethernet type can have value within 0x00 0xFFFF or Any default value is Any IPv4 Protocol IP protocol number 0 255 TCP or UDP or Any Source IP Specific Source IP address in value mask f...

Page 159: ...display the QoS Control List Status in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration QoS QCL Status 2 To auto refresh the information check the box next to Auto refresh 3 Scroll to select the combined stati...

Page 160: ...evice will refresh the information automatically Resolve Conflict Click to resolve the conflict issue Upper right icon Refresh Click on these icons to refresh the QCL information manually 3 16 12 Stor...

Page 161: ...low Agent The sFlow Collector configuration for the switch can be monitored and modified here One Collector is supported This page allows for configuring sFlow collector IP type sFlow collector IP Add...

Page 162: ...en to the sFlow Agent has to be configured for the Collector Typ the value of the port number into the text box The value accepted is within the range of 1 65535 Configure an appropriate port number n...

Page 163: ...ircle E buton to edit the sFlow sampler parameters 3 Scroll to Sample Type to choice with None Tx Rx or All 4 Click the save button to save the setting 5 To cancel the setting click the Reset button I...

Page 164: ...irror traffic from any source port to a target port for real time analysis You can then attach a logic analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and study the traffic crossing the source port in a com...

Page 165: ...ame row Mode Select mirror mode Rx only Frames received on this port are mirrored on the mirror port Frames transmitted are not mirrored Tx only Frames transmitted on this port are mirrored on the mir...

Page 166: ...ion in the Web interface 1 Click Configuration Trap Event Severity Configuration 2 Scroll to select the Group name and Severity Level 3 Click the save button to save the setting 4 To cancel the settin...

Page 167: ...button It will revert to previously saved values Figure 3 22 1 The SMTP Configuration Parameter description These parameters are displayed on the SMTP Configuration page Mail Server Specify the IP Add...

Page 168: ...s of Ethernet OAM that are most in need by service providers and are rapidly evolving in the standards bodies Service Layer OAM IEEE 802 1ag Connectivity Fault Management Link Layer OAM IEEE 802 3ah O...

Page 169: ...nected to a remote OAM peer entity in Active mode Active DTEs operate in a limited respect if the remote OAM entity is operating in Passive mode Active devices should not respond to OAM remote loopbac...

Page 170: ...pecified by a time interval Window in order of 100 msec This event is generated if the errored frame count is equal to or greater than the specified threshold for that period Period Threshold Errored...

Page 171: ...ec This parameter represents the window period of 100 msec available to observe various link events Period Threshold The parameter represents the threshold value for the window period for the appropri...

Page 172: ...ssion This field is available only for the Local DTE It displays the current permission rules set for the local DTE Possible values are Link fault Receive only Information exchange only and ANY Discov...

Page 173: ...sub layer When in loopback the device is loops back non OAMPDUs to the lower sub layer When in discarding state the device discards non OAMPDUs Organizational Unique Identification 24 bit identifier u...

Page 174: ...roll to select which port you want to monitor detailed Link OAM events It shows the switch port number Frame Error Event Timestamp This two octet field indicates the time reference when the event was...

Page 175: ...ld indicates the time reference when the event was generated in 100 ms intervals Symbol Period Error Event Window This eight octet field indicates the number of symbols in the period Symbol Period Err...

Page 176: ...mmary Event Total This four octet field indicates the number of Errored Frame Seconds Summary Event TLVs that have been generated since the OAM sub layer was reset encoded as a 32bit unsigned integer...

Page 177: ...Notification A count of the number of unique Event OAMPDUs received and transmitted on this interface Event Notifications may be sent in duplicate to increase the probability of successfully being re...

Page 178: ...n unsupported op code Rx and Tx Link fault PDU s A count of the number of Link fault PDUs received and transmitted on this interface Rx and Tx Dying Gasp A count of the number of Dying Gasp events rec...

Page 179: ...g click the Reset button It will revert to previously saved values 5 Click Refresh and the switch will update the MEP table by manually Figure 3 24 1 The Maintenance Entity Point Configuration Paramet...

Page 180: ...h can use all 8 levels so they are independent Flow instance The MEP is related to this flow See Domain MEP monitors the flow by sending periodic CCMs for that flow Tagged VID Port MEP An outer C S ta...

Page 181: ...S Configuration Parameter description Delete This box is used to mark a EPS for deletion in next Save operation EPS ID The ID of the EPS Click on the ID of an EPS to enter the configuration page Domai...

Page 182: ...ns the APS PDU handling MEP Alarm There is an active alarm on the EPS When you complete the setting then the switch will show the alarm status Buttons Add new EPS Click to add a new EPS entry Save Cli...

Page 183: ...ed to mark an ERPS for deletion in the next Save operation ERPS ID Protection group ID The ID of the created Protection group Click on the ID of an Protection group to enter the configuration page Por...

Page 184: ...cted Virtual Channel Sub rings can either have virtual channel or not on the interconnected node This is configured using the Virtual Channel checkbox Yes indicates it is a sub ring with virtual chann...

Page 185: ...ation PTP then Configuration 2 Scroll to select PTP External clock mode includes One_PPS_Mode External Enable VCXO Enable 3 Assign the clock frequency parameter 4 Click Add New PTP Clock to create a n...

Page 186: ...of the Clock Instance There are five Device Types 1 Ord Bound clock s Device Type is Ordinary Boundary Clock 2 P2p Transp clock s Device Type is Peer to Peer Transparent Clock 3 E2e Transp clock s De...

Page 187: ...tion VLAN Tag Enable Enables the VLAN tagging for the PTP frames NOTE Packets are only tagged if the port is configured for vlan tagging i e Port Type Unaware and PortVLAN mode None VID VLAN Identifie...

Page 188: ...External clock output configuration 1 True Enable the external clock output 2 False Disable the external clock output VCXO_Enable Shows the current VCXO rate adjustment configuration 1 True Enable the...

Page 189: ...Only Port List Shows the ports configured for that Clock Instance Auto refresh Click the box next to auto refresh and to enable an automatic refresh of the page at regular intervals Upper right icon R...

Page 190: ...r disable a switch port 4 1 1 Configuration This section describes how to configure an IP Source Guard setting including Mode Enabled and Disabled Maximum Dynamic Clients 0 1 2 Unlimited Web Interface...

Page 191: ...ode on a given port are enabled IP Source Guard is enabled on this given port Max Dynamic Clients Specify the maximum number of dynamic clients that can be learned on given port This value can be 0 1...

Page 192: ...1 2 The Static IP Source Guard Table Parameter description Delete Check to delete the entry It will be deleted during the next save Port The logical port for the settings VLAN ID The vlan id for the...

Page 193: ...Address and entries per page 2 Check Auto refresh Figure 4 1 3 The Dynamic Table Parameter description Port Switch Port Number for which the entries are displayed VLAN ID VLAN ID in which the IP traf...

Page 194: ...Select Enabled in the Mode of ARP Inspection Configuration 2 Select Enabled for the specific port in the Port Mode Configuration 3 Click Save Figure 4 2 1 The ARP Inspection Configuration Parameter de...

Page 195: ...2 2 The Static ARP Inspection Table Parameter description Delete Check to delete the entry It will be deleted during the next save Port The logical port for the settings VLAN ID The vlan id for the se...

Page 196: ...Start from port VLAN ID MAC Address IP Address and entries per page 2 Check Auto refresh Figure 4 2 3 The Dynamic ARP Inspection Table Parameter description Port Switch Port Number for which the entr...

Page 197: ...iguration 3 Click Save Figure 4 3 1 The DHCP Snooping Configuration Parameter description Snooping Mode Indicates the DHCP snooping mode operation Possible modes are Enabled Enable DHCP snooping mode...

Page 198: ...mitted Rx and Tx Request The number of request option 53 with value 3 packets received and transmitted Rx and Tx Decline The number of decline option 53 with value 4 packets received and transmitted R...

Page 199: ...e 13 packets received and transmitted Auto refresh Click the box next to auto refresh and the device will refresh the information automatically Upper right icon Refresh Clear Click on these icons to r...

Page 200: ...peration Possible modes are Enabled Enable DHCP relay mode operation When DHCP relay mode operation is enabled the agent forwards and transfers DHCP messages between the clients and the server when th...

Page 201: ...n operation mode is enabled Possible policies are Replace Replace the original relay information when a DHCP message that already contains it is received Keep Keep the original relay information when...

Page 202: ...issing Agent Option The number of packets received without agent information options Receive Missing Circuit ID The number of packets received with the Circuit ID option missing Receive Missing Remote...

Page 203: ...n was retained Drop Agent Option The number of packets that were dropped which were received with relay agent information Auto refresh Click the box next to auto refresh and the device will refresh th...

Page 204: ...system and a port wide Web Interface To configure a System Configuration of Network Access Server in the Web interface 1 Select Enabled in the Mode of Network Access Server Configuration 2 Checked Re...

Page 205: ...sses the Port Security module needs to check for activity on the MAC address in question at regular intervals and free resources if no activity is seen within a given period of time This parameter con...

Page 206: ...for entering and leaving the Guest VLAN as listed below The Guest VLAN Enabled checkbox provides a quick way to globally enable disable Guest VLAN functionality When checked the individual port s dit...

Page 207: ...he server timeout is configured to X seconds using the AAA configuration page and suppose that the first server in the list is currently down but not considered dead If the supplicant retransmits EAPO...

Page 208: ...rm xx xx xx xx xx xx that is a dash is used as separator between the lower case hexadecimal digits The switch only supports the MD5 Challenge authentication method so the RADIUS server must be configu...

Page 209: ...802 1X For troubleshooting VLAN assignments use the Monitor VLANs VLAN Membership and VLAN Port pages These pages show which modules have temporarily overridden the current Port VLAN configuration RA...

Page 210: ...VLAN if EAPOL Seen is disabled Port State The current state of the port It can be Globally Disabled NAS is globally disabled Link Down NAS is globally enabled but there is no link on the port Authoriz...

Page 211: ...ion of the individual states Last Source The source MAC address carried in the most recently received EAPOL frame for EAPOL based authentication and the most recently received frame from a new client...

Page 212: ...User Manual 202 Auto refresh Click the box next to auto refresh and the device will refresh the information automatically Upper right icon Refresh Click on these icons to refresh the NAS Switch Status...

Page 213: ...s Port State The current state of the port Refer to NAS Port State for a description of the individual states QoS Class The QoS class assigned by the RADIUS server The field is blank if no QoS class i...

Page 214: ...Identity EAPOL frame Clicking the link causes the supplicant s EAPOL and Backend Server counters to be shown in the Selected Counters table If no supplicants are attached it shows No supplicants atta...

Page 215: ...client successful as well as unsuccessful Auto refresh Click the box next to auto refresh and the device will refresh the information automatically Upper right icon Refresh Clear Click on these icons...

Page 216: ...Authorization 3 Select Enabled in the Account To configure a RADIUS Authentication Server Configuration of AAA in the Web interface Check Enabled 2 Specify IP address or Hostname for Radius Server 3...

Page 217: ...th lost frames the timeout interval is divided into 3 subintervals of equal length If a reply is not received within the subinterval the request is transmitted again This algorithm causes the RADIUS s...

Page 218: ...umber for which the configuration below applies Enabled Enable the RADIUS Accounting Server by checking this box IP Address Hostname The IP address or hostname of the RADIUS Accounting Server IP addre...

Page 219: ...ss The IP address and UDP port number in IP Address UDP Port notation of this server State The current state of the server This field has one of the following values Disabled The server is disabled No...

Page 220: ...but will be re enabled when the dead time expires The number of seconds left before this occurs is displayed in parentheses This state is only reachable when more than one server is enabled Auto refre...

Page 221: ...ion shows you to to configure the Port Security settings of the Switch You can use the Port Security feature to restrict input to an interface by limiting and identifying MAC addresses Web Interface T...

Page 222: ...be disconnected and the corresponding resources are freed on the switch Port Configuration The table has one row for each port on the selected switch in the stack and a number of columns which are Por...

Page 223: ...ates that the limit is reached on this port This state can only be shown if Action is set to None or Trap Shutdown Indicates that the port is shut down by the Limit Control module This state can only...

Page 224: ...ill be blocked until that user module decides otherwise The status page is divided into two sections one with a legend of user modules and one with the actual port status Web Interface To configure a...

Page 225: ...by at least the Limit Control user module and that module has indicated that the limit is exceeded No MAC addresses can be learned on the port until it is administratively re opened on the Limit Cont...

Page 226: ...AC address and VLAN ID on this port If no MAC addresses are learned a single row stating No MAC addresses attached is displayed State Indicates whether the corresponding MAC address is blocked or forw...

Page 227: ...n the Web interface 1 Select Enabled in the Mode of Access Management Configuration 2 Click Add new entry 3 Specify the Start IP Address End IP Address 4 Check Access Management method HTTP HTTPS SNMP...

Page 228: ...the host can access the switch from SNMP interface if the host IP address matches the IP address range provided in the entry TELNET SSH Indicates that the host can access the switch from TELNET SSH i...

Page 229: ...ss the switch Received Packets Number of received packets from the interface when access management mode is enabled Allowed Packets Number of allowed packets from the interface when access management...

Page 230: ...tion Web Interface To configure a SSH Configuration in the Web interface 1 Select Enabled in the SSH Configuration Mode 2 Click Save Figure 4 9 1 The SSH Configuration Parameter description Mode Indic...

Page 231: ...TPS Configuration 2 Select Enabled in the HTTPS Configuration Automatic Redirect field 3 Click Save Figure 4 10 1 The HTTPS Configuration Parameter description Mode Indicates the HTTPS mode operation...

Page 232: ...below applies Authentication Method Authentication Method can be set to one of the following values none authentication is disabled and login is not possible local use the local user database on the s...

Page 233: ...any maintenance needs Any configuration files or scripts that you saved in the switch should still be available afterwards Web Interface To configure a Restart Device Configuration in the web interfa...

Page 234: ...tton and the switch will start to upload the firmware from a stored PC or Server location NOTE This page facilitates an update of the firmware controlling the switch stack Uploading software will upda...

Page 235: ...lection in the Web interface 1 Chick Activate Alternate Image 2 Click yes to complete firmware selection Figure 5 2 2 The Firmware Selection Parameter description Activate Alternate Image Click to use...

Page 236: ...Image button is also disabled 2 If the alternate image is active due to a corruption of the primary image or by manual intervention uploading a new firmware image to the device will automatically use...

Page 237: ...1 Click Factory Defaults 2 Click Yes Figure 5 3 1 The Factory Defaults Parameter description Buttons Yes Click Yes to reset the configuration to Factory Defaults No Click to to return to the Port Stat...

Page 238: ...cription Buttons Save Click the Save button to save current setting as Backup Configuration 5 3 4 Restore User This section describes how to restore users information back to the switch Any current co...

Page 239: ...w to export the Switch Configuration for maintenance needs Any current configuration files will be exported as XML format Web Interface To configure a Export Config Configuration in the Web interface...

Page 240: ...nterface To configure an Import Config Configuration in the Web interface 1 Click Browser to select the config file in your device 2 Click Upload Figure 5 4 2 The Import Config Parameter description B...

Page 241: ...he IP Address of device that you want to ping Ping Size Set the ICMP Packet size to ping the other device Start Click the Start button and the switch will start to ping the device using ICMP packet si...

Page 242: ...button and the switch will start to ping the device using ICMPv6 packet size that is set on the switch Five ICMPv6 packets are transmitted and the sequence number and roundtrip time are displayed upon...

Page 243: ...f length 7 140 meters 10 and 100 Mbps ports will be linked down while running VeriPHY Therefore running VeriPHY on a 10 or 100 Mbps management port will cause the switch to stop responding until VeriP...

Page 244: ...ame and a counter associated with that ACE is incremented An ACE can be associated with a Policy one ingress port or any ingress port the whole switch If an ACE Policy is created then that Policy can...

Page 245: ...CC is an acronym for Continuity Check It is a MEP functionality that is able to detect loss of continuity in a network by transmitting CCM frames to a peer MEP CCM CCM is an acronym for Continuity Che...

Page 246: ...ule_id port_no The parameter of vlan_id is the first two bytes that represent the VLAN ID The parameter of module_id is the third byte for the module ID in standalone switch it always equal 0 in stack...

Page 247: ...ched network even when multiple multicast groups are in use simultaneously This processing applies to IGMP and MLD H HTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol It is a protocol that used...

Page 248: ...switch ports can be centrally controlled from a server which means that authorized users can use the same credentials for authentication from any point within the network IGMP IGMP is an acronym for...

Page 249: ...to spoof and use the IP address of another host L LACP LACP is an IEEE 802 3ad standard protocol The Link Aggregation Control Protocol allows bundling several physical ports together to form a single...

Page 250: ...e It was designed by Ron Rivest in 1991 MD5 is officially defined in RFC 1321 The MD5 Message Digest Algorithm Mirroring For debugging network problems or monitoring network traffic the switch system...

Page 251: ...the transport layer O OAM OAM is an acronym for Operation Administration and Maintenance It is a protocol described in ITU T Y 1731 used to implement carrier Ethernet functionality MEP functionality...

Page 252: ...has downloaded it However some implementations allow users or an administrator to specify that mail be saved for some period of time POP can be thought of as a store and forward service An alternative...

Page 253: ...It is a protocol that is used to obtain an IP address for a given hardware address such as an Ethernet address RARP is the complement of ARP RADIUS RADIUS is an acronym for Remote Authentication Dial...

Page 254: ...ost instantaneous discovery of topology changes within a stack as well as election of a master switch SPROUT also calculates parameters for setting up each switch to perform shortest path forwarding w...

Page 255: ...nother This is known as a connection oriented protocol which means that a connection is established and maintained until the message or messages to be exchanged by the application programs at each end...

Page 256: ...estrict communication between switch ports VLANs can be used for the following applications VLAN unaware switching This is the default configuration All ports are VLAN unaware with Port VLAN ID 1 and...

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