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This Web smart switch provides  

24 10-/100-/1000-Mbps ports.

Supports Gigabit speed on all ports.

24-Port Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch

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Page 1: ...t Switch 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 724 746 0746 Mailing address Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com Customer Support Information LGB624A ...

Page 2: ...d on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressl...

Page 3: ...fabricante 7 El aparato eléctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo sólo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo eléctrico más allá lo descrito en las instrucciones de operación Todo otro servicio deberá ser referido a personal de servicio calificado 9 El aparato eléctrico debe ser situado de tal manera que su posición no interfiera...

Page 4: ...5 En caso de existir una antena externa deberá ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deberá ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado debe ser tomado de tal manera que objectos liquidos no sean derramados sobre la cubierta u orificios de ventilación 18 Servicio por personal calificado deberá ser provisto cuando A E...

Page 5: ...ademark of Underwriters Laboratories Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners Disclaimer Black Box Network Services shall not be liable for damages of any kind including but not limited to punitive consequential or cost of cover damages resulting from any errors in the product information or specifications set forth in this document ...

Page 6: ... Port Configuration 18 3 2 4 Aggregation 20 3 2 4 1 Aggregation Trunking Configuration 20 3 2 5 LACP 20 3 2 5 1 LACP Port Configuration 20 3 2 6 RSTP 21 3 2 6 1 RSTP System Configuration 21 3 2 6 2 RSTP Port Configuration 22 3 2 7 IGMP Snooping 25 3 2 7 1 IGMP Configuration 25 3 2 8 Mirroring 26 3 2 8 1 Mirroring Configuration 26 3 2 9 Quality of Service QoS 27 3 2 9 1 QoS Configuration 27 3 2 9 2...

Page 7: ...34 3 3 4 1 RSTP VLAN Bridge Overview 34 3 3 4 2 RSTP Port Status 35 3 3 5 IGMP Status 36 3 3 6 VeriPHY 36 3 3 6 1 VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics 36 3 3 7 Ping 38 3 3 7 1 Ping Parameters 38 4 Maintenance 41 4 1 Warm Restart 41 4 2 Factory Default 41 4 3 Software Upload 41 4 4 Configuration File Transfer 42 4 5 Logout 42 4 6 Reset Button for the Factory Default Setting 43 ...

Page 8: ...0BASE T IEEE 802 3x flow control Transmission Media 10BASE T CAT3 4 5 UTP STP 100BASE TX CAT5 UTP STP 1000BASE T CAT5e UTP STP Connectors 24 RJ 45 1 power connector Indicators 49 LEDs Per port 1 LINK ACT 1 1000M Per unit 1 Power Power Internal power supply Input Voltage 90 260 VAC 50 60 Hz Input Power Watts 20 watts max Temperature Tolerance Operating 32 to 131 F 0 to 55 C Storage 4 to 194 F 20 to...

Page 9: ...ckmount switch is specifically designed for medium to large workgroups It provides smooth network migration and makes it easy to increase network capacity 2 2 Features Supports real time status link speed duplex of each port Supports port setting for enable or disable operation the first port can t be disabled Includes port setting for N Way or force mode operation Features broadcast storm protect...

Page 10: ... following items If anything is missing or damaged contact Black Box Technical Support at 724 746 5500 or info blackbox com 1 24 Port Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch 1 U S power cord This user s manual in PDF format on CD ROM 1 rackmount kit 2 brackets 8 screws 2 4 Hardware Description Figures 2 1 and 2 2 show the front and back panels of the 24 Port Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch Table 2 1 d...

Page 11: ... 24 1000M LEDs Light when a port is operating at 1000 Mbps 3 24 LINK ACT LEDs Light solid when link is up blink when data is present and are off when there is no link 4 24 RJ 45 connectors Connect to 10 100 1000 devices 5 Air vents Maintain proper airflow 6 Power on off switch Switches the power to the unit on or off 7 Power receptacle Links 90 260 VAC 50 60 Hz 20 W internal power supply to power ...

Page 12: ...o set up and manage the switch through the Web user interface 3 1 Login First open the Web browser and go to 192 168 2 1 The login screen will appear Type in the password default password admin to pass the authentication and click on the Apply button The following message will appear Password successfully entered Figure 3 1 ...

Page 13: ...24 746 5500 blackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description 3 2 Configuration 3 2 1 System This page shows system configuration information as illustrated in Figure 3 3 Figure 3 2 System Configuration screen ...

Page 14: ...mbers of VLAN 1 However you change the management VLAN the management station must be attached to a port belonging to this VLAN Name Type in a unique name to identify the switch Password Type in the new password the default value is admin SNMP Enabled Enables or disables SNMP on the switch Supports SNMP version 1 and 2c management clients SNMP Trap Destination IP address of the trap manager to rec...

Page 15: ...antly reduces the per packet overhead required to process protocol encapsulation fields Power Saving Mode Adjusts the power provided to ports based on the length of the cable used to connect to other devices Only sufficient power is used to maintain connection requirements Mode Manually set the port speed such as auto 10 half 10 full 100 half 100 full 1000 full or disabled Click on the Apply butto...

Page 16: ...Page 16 724 746 5500 blackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 ...

Page 17: ...ing a group of network devices to another Layer 2 switch However all the network devices are still plugged into the same switch physically 3 2 3 1 Port Segmentation VLAN Configuration VLAN ID ID of the configured VLAN 1 4096 no leading zeroes VLAN Configuration List Lists all the current VLAN groups created for this system Up to 16 VLAN groups can be defined VLAN 1 is the default untagged VLAN Fig...

Page 18: ...lows you to change the VLAN parameters for individual ports or trunks You can configure VLAN behavior for specific interfaces including the accepted frame types and default VLAN identifier PVID Each row of the table corresponds to one port or trunk trunked ports cannot be configured individually configure the trunk instead Figure 3 7 VLAN per port configuration ...

Page 19: ... packets that are untagged are assigned to the default VLAN Any tagged packets will be dropped unless the port is a member of the VLAN identi fied by the VLAN tag in the packet If the Packet Type is set to Tagged Only the port will drop untagged packets and will only receive tagged packets Tagged packets will be dropped unless the port is a member of the VLAN iden tified by the VLAN tag in the pac...

Page 20: ...ically applies load balancing to the ports in the trunk A port failure within the trunk group causes the network traffic to be directed to the remaining ports Load balancing is maintained whenever a link in a trunk is lost or returned to service 3 2 4 1 Aggregation Trunking Configuration To assign a port to a trunk click the required trunk number and then click Apply Figure 3 8 Aggregation trunkin...

Page 21: ... with rapid convergence to ensure faster recovery from failed links enhancing overall network stability and reliability 3 2 6 1 RSTP System Configuration System Priority This parameter configures the spanning tree priority globally for this switch The device with the highest priority becomes the STP root device However if all devices have the same priority the device with the lowest MAC address wi...

Page 22: ... Port Configuration Port The port ID It cannot be changed Aggregations mean any configured trunk group Enabled Click on the tick box to enable disable the RSTP protocol for the port Edge Expect the port to be an edge port linking to an end station or a link to another STP device Path Cost This parameter is used by the STP to determine the best path between devices Therefore lower values should be ...

Page 23: ...Page 23 724 746 5500 blackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description Figure 3 11 RSTP port configuration screen ...

Page 24: ...Page 24 724 746 5500 blackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description Figure 3 12 RSTP system configuration screen Figure 3 13 RSTP system configuration screen ...

Page 25: ...rs an IGMP Leave it removes the host s port from the table entry Prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic and limits bandwidth intensive video traffic to only the subscribers 3 2 7 1 IGMP Configuration IGMP Enabled When enabled the switch will monitor network traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic Router Ports Set if ports are connecting to the IGMP administrative rout...

Page 26: ...ire monitoring of network traffic such as an intrusion detection system 3 2 8 1 Mirroring Configuration Port to Mirror to The port that will duplicate or mirror the traffic on the source port Only incoming packets can be mirrored Packets will be dropped when the available egress bandwidth is less than ingress bandwidth Ports to Mirror Select the ports that you want to mirror from this section of t...

Page 27: ...Configuration Strict Services the egress queues in sequential order transmitting all traffic in the higher priority queues before servicing lower priority queues WRR Weighted Round Robin shares bandwidth at the egress ports by using scheduling weights with default values of 1 2 4 8 for queues 0 through 7 respectively This is the default selection NOTE WRR can only be selected if Jumbo Frame mode i...

Page 28: ... 9 3 QoS Mode 802 1p Packets are prioritized using the 802 1p field in the VLAN tag This field is three bits long representing the values 0 7 When the QoS Mode is set to 802 1p the 802 1p Configuration table appears allowing you to map each of the eight 802 1p values to a local priority queue low normal medium or high The default set tings are shown below When the QoS Mode is set to 802 1p the 802...

Page 29: ...Page 29 724 746 5500 blackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description Figure 3 19 QoS configuration custom selected Figure 3 20 ...

Page 30: ...he range 0 63 When QoS Mode is set to DSCP the DSCP Configuration table is displayed allowing you to map each of the DSCP values to a hardware output queue low normal medium or high The default settings map all DSCP values to the high priority egress queue Users can use the Prioritize Traffic drop down list to quickly set the values in the DSCP Configuration table to a common priority queue Use Cu...

Page 31: ... network performance can be severely degraded or everything can come to complete halt You can protect your network from broadcast storms by setting a threshold for broadcast traffic for each port Any broadcast packets exceeding the specified threshold will then be dropped 3 2 10 1 Storm Control Configuration There are three type of traffic that can be rate limited including broadcast multicast fra...

Page 32: ...ets are dropped irrespective of the flow control settings Web Click PORTS Storm Control This page enables you to set the broadcast storm control parameters for every port on the switch 3 3 Monitoring 3 3 1 Statistic Overview Statistic Overview for all ports User can mirror traffic from any source port to a target port for real time analysis the following figures shows clearly the statistics overvi...

Page 33: ... 3 1 LACP Aggregation Overview Figure 3 26 Port The port number Port Active Shows if the port is a member of an active LACP group Partner Port Number A list of the ports attached at the remote end of this LAG link member Operational Port Key Current operational value of the key used by this LAG ...

Page 34: ...s a configuration message Max Age The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure All device ports except for designated ports should receive configuration messages at regular intervals Any port that age out STA information provided in the last configuration message becomes the designated port for the attached LAN If it is a ...

Page 35: ...no values other than steady state are likely to be seen in this field Root ID The priority and MAC address of the device in the Spanning Tree that this switch has accepted as the root device and the port connected to the root device 3 3 4 2 RSTP Port Status Figure 3 29 RSTP port status screen Port Group The number of a port or the ID of a static trunk Path Cost The cost for a packet to travel from...

Page 36: ... Snooping statistics for the entire switch VLAN ID VLAN ID number Querier Show whether Querying is enabled Queries transmitted Show the number of transmitted Query packets Queries received Show the number of received Query packets v1 Reports Show the number of received v1 Report packets v2 Reports Show the number of received v2 Report packets v3 Reports Show the number of received v2 Report packet...

Page 37: ...blackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description Cable Status Shows the cable length operating conditions and isolates a variety of common faults that can occur on Category 5 twisted pair cabling Figure 3 31 Figure 3 32 ...

Page 38: ...ackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description Figure 3 33 Figure 3 34 3 3 7 Ping This command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network 3 3 7 1 Ping Parameters Target IP Address IP address of the host ...

Page 39: ...ing are some results of the ping command Normal response The normal response occurs in one to ten seconds depending on network traffic Destination does not respond If the host does not respond a timeout appears in ten seconds Destination unreachable The gateway for this destination indicates that the destination is unreachable Network or host unreachable The gateway found no corresponding entry in...

Page 40: ...Page 40 724 746 5500 blackbox com LGB624A Chapter 3 Software Description Figure 3 36 Figure 3 37 ...

Page 41: ...e switch select Reset to Factory Defaults from the drop down list and click Apply The LAN IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway IP Address will be reset to their factory default settings Figure 4 2 Factory Default screen 4 3 Software upload Select Upgrade Firmware from the Tools drop down list then click on the Browse button to select the firmware file Click the APPLY button to upgrade the selected s...

Page 42: ... can be saved to any location on the web management station Upload the configuration file to save a configuration or Download to restore a configuration Use the Browse button to choose a file location on the Web management station or to find a saved configuration file Figure 4 4 4 5 Logout The administrator has write access for all parameters governing the onboard agent The user should assign a ne...

Page 43: ...ow these steps to reset the Web Smart Switch back to the original default STEP 1 Turn on the Web Smart Switch STEP 2 Press and hold the reset button continuously for 5 seconds and release the reset button STEP 3 The switch will reboot for 20 seconds and the switch configuration will revert back to the default setting ...

Page 44: ...m LGB624A version 2 About Black Box Black Box provides an extensive range of networking and infrastructure products You ll find everything from cabinets and racks and power and surge protection products to media converters and Ethernet switches all supported by free live 24 7 Tech support available in 60 seconds or less Copyright 2014 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved ...

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