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UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION 

This chapter provides unpacking and  installation information for the 
Switch. 

Unpacking 

Open the shipping cartons of the Switch and carefully unpacks its 
contents.  The carton should contain the following items: 

u

 

One  24-Port 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart 
Switch 

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One AC power cord, suitable for your area’s electrical power 
connections 

u

 

Four rubber feet to be used for shock cushioning 

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Screws and two mounting brackets 

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CD-Rom with Web Management Utility and User’s Guide 

If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local 
reseller for r eplacement. 

Installation 

The site where you install the hub stack may greatly affect its 
performance. When installing, consider the following pointers: 

Install the Switch in a fairly cool and dry place.  See 

Technical 

Specifications

 for the acceptable temperature and humidity operating 

ranges. 

Install the Switch in a site free from strong electromagnetic field 
generators (such as motors), vibration, dust, and direct exposure to 
sunlight. 

Summary of Contents for 24-Port 1000BASE-T

Page 1: ...24 Port 1000BASE T Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switch User s Guide ...

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Page 3: ...equency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this user s guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her own expense CE Mark Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this produc...

Page 4: ... not compromised c Mechanical Loading mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading d Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of circuits might have on over current protection and supply wiring Appropriate consideratio...

Page 5: ...AN Virtual Local Area Network 6 Features 6 Unpacking and Installation 9 Unpacking 9 Installation 9 Rack Mounting 10 Connecting Network Cable 11 AC Power 11 Identifying External Components 13 Front Panel 13 Rear Panel 14 Understanding LED Indicators 15 Power and System LEDs 15 Ports 1 24 Status LEDs 16 Configuration 17 Installing the Web Management Utility 17 ...

Page 6: ...in 24 Setup Menu 27 Configuring Setup Setting 27 Port Settings 27 VLAN Settings Virtual Local Area Network 29 Trunk Setting 30 Mirror Setting 31 Device Status 31 Statistic 32 System Setting 33 Trap Setting 33 Set Password 34 Backup Setting 35 Reset Setting 35 Logout 36 Technical Specifications 37 ...

Page 7: ...et and 10Mbps Ethernet network capabilitiesin a highly flexible package Purpose This guide discusses how to install your 24 Port 10 100 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch Terms Usage In this guide the term Switch first letter upper case refers to your 24 Port 10 100 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Web Smart Switch and switch first letter lower case refers to other Ethernet switches ...

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Page 9: ...d upgrade without wasting a company s existing investment in hardware software and trained personnel The increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit Ethernet is essential to coping with the network bottlenecks that frequently develop as computers and their busses get faster and more users use applications that generate more traffic Upgrading key components such as your backbone and serv...

Page 10: ...ling the need for high performance networks A number of high speed LAN technologies have been proposed to provide greater bandwidth and improve client server response times Among them 100BASE T Fast Ethernet provides a non disruptive smooth evolution from the current 10BASE T technology The non disruptive and smooth evolution nature and the dominating potential market base virtually guarantees cos...

Page 11: ...for network transmission capacity The switch acts as a high speed selective bridge between the individual segments The switch without interfering with any other segments automatically forwards traffic that needs to go from one segment to another By doing this the total network capacity is multiplied while still maintaining the same network cabling and adapter cards Switching LAN technology is a ma...

Page 12: ...tion VLANs can be used to create multiple broadcast domains thus eliminating the need of expensive routers Port based or port group VLAN is the common method of implementing a VLAN and is the one supplied in the Switch Features u 24 10 100 1000Mbps Auto negotiation Gigabit Ethernet ports u All RJ45 ports support auto MDI MDIX so there is no need to use cross over cables or an up link port u Full h...

Page 13: ...low control for full duplex mode ports u Supports port base VLAN u Supports port base QoS u Supports Trunking u Supports Port mirroring u Supports Port setting for Speed Disable Flow control u Easy configuration via WEB Browser u Easy setting via Web Management Utility u Standard 19 Rack mount size ...

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Page 15: ...ock cushioning u Screws and two mounting brackets u CD Rom with Web Management Utility and User s Guide If any item is found missing or damaged please contact your local reseller for replacement Installation The site where you install the hub stack may greatly affect its performance When installing consider the following pointers Install the Switch in a fairly cool and dry place See Technical Spec...

Page 16: ... feet to the bottom of each device The rubber feet cushion the hub and protect the hub case from scratching Rack Mounting The switch can be mounted in an EIA standard size 19 inch rack which can be placed in a wiring closet with other equipment Attach the mounting brackets at the switch s front panel one on each side and secure them with the provided screws Figure 1 Combine the Switch with the pro...

Page 17: ...Auto MDI type port The Switch can auto transform to MDI II or MDI X type so you can just make an easy connection that without worrying if you are using a standard or crossover RJ45 cable AC Power The Switch used the AC power supply 100 240V AC 50 60 Hz The power switch is located at the rear of the unit adjacent to the AC power connector and the system fan The switch s power supply will adjust to ...

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Page 19: ...cators chapter below Gigabit Ethernet Ports Port 1 24 The Switch 24 Gigabit twisted pair ports supported auto negotiable 10 100 1000Mbps and auto MDI MDIX crossover detection function this function gives true plug and play capability just need to plug in the network cable to the hub directly and don t care if the end node is NIC Network Interface Card or switch and hub These ports can operate in h...

Page 20: ...pports the power cord Plug in the female connector of the provided power cord into this connector and the male into a power outlet Supported input voltages range from 100 240VAC at 50 60Hz Reset The Reset button is to reset all the setting back to the factory default Note Be sure that you recorded the setting of your device else all the setting will be erased when pressing the Reset button ...

Page 21: ... Figure 5 LED indicators of the Switch Power and System LEDs POWER Power Indicator On When the Power LED lights on the Switch is receiving power Off When the Power turns off or the power cord has improper connection SYSTEM Management Indicator Blinking When the CPU is working the System LED is blinking On Off The CPU is not working ...

Page 22: ...thernet network Off No link 1000Mbps On When the 1000Mbps LED lights on the respective port is connected to a 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet network Off When the respective port is connected to a 10Mbps Ethernet or 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network 100Mbps On When the 100Mbps LED lights on the respective port is connected to a 100Mbps Fast Ethernet network Off When the respective port is connected to a 10M...

Page 23: ...t Utility The following gives instructions guiding you through the installations of the Web Management utility 1 Insert the Utility CD in the CD Rom Drive 2 From the Start menu on the Windows desktop choose Run 3 In the Run dialog box type D Web Management Utility setup exe D depends where your CD Rom drive is located and click OK 4 Follow the on screen instructions to install the utility 5 Upon c...

Page 24: ...ils instruction follow the below section Discovery List This is the list where you can discover all the Web management devices in the entire network By pressing the Discovery button you can list all the Web Management devices in the discovery list Double click or press the Add to monitor list button to select a device from the Discovery List to the Monitor List ...

Page 25: ... All the Web Smart Device in the Monitor List can be monitored you can also receive the trap and show the status of the device System word definitions in the Monitor List l S Shows the system symbol of the Web Smart device represent for device system is not alive l IP Address Shows the current IP address of the device l MAC Address Shows the device MAC Address l Protocol version Shows the version ...

Page 26: ...ed a Trap Information window will pop out it will show the trap information including the Symbol Time Device IP and the Event occurred Figure 8 The symbol represents the trap signal arise this symbol will disappear after you review and click on the event record Figure 8 Note In order to receive Trap information switch has to be configured with Trap IP and Trap Events in Web browser which are avail...

Page 27: ...ubnet Mask Gateway Set Trap to Trap IP Address System name and Location Select the device in the Discovery list or Monitor List and press this button then the Configuration Setting window will pop out as Figure 9 after filling up the data that you want to change you must fill up the password and press the Set to process the data changed immediately Figure 9 Configuration Setting ...

Page 28: ...eed the password change immediately Figure 10 Password Change Firmware Upgrade When the device has a new function there will be a new firmware to update the device use this function to update Figure 11 Web Access Double click the device in the Monitor List or select a device in the Monitor List and press this Web Access button to access the device in Web browser ...

Page 29: ...e and file path Monitor Load To manually load the setting file of the Monitor List Exit To exit the Web Management Utility In the View TAB there are view log and clear log function this function will help you to show trap setting View Log To show the event of the Web Management Utility and the device Clear Log to clear the log In the Option TAB there are Refresh Time function this function helps y...

Page 30: ... setting VLAN u Trunking u Port Mirroring u System Setting u Device status and Statistic Login Before you configure this device note that when the Web Smart Switch is configured through an Ethernet connection make sure the manager PC must be set on same the IP network For example when the default network address of the default IP address of the Web Smart Switch is 192 168 0 1 then the manager PC s...

Page 31: ...he IP Address select the device shown in the Monitor List of the Web Management Utility to settle the device on the Web Browser When the following dialog page appears remain enter the default password admin and press Login to enter the main configuration window Figure 13 ...

Page 32: ...26 After entering the password the main page comes up the screen will display the device status Figure 14 Device Status ...

Page 33: ...ssword Setting Backup Setting and Reset Setting as shown in the Main Menu screen Figure 15 Setup menu Configuring Setup Setting Find that there are four items including Port Settings VLAN Settings Trunk Settings and Mirror Settings in Setup menu Port Settings In Port Settings menu Figure 16 this page will show each port s status press the ID parameter to set each port s Speed Flow Control QoS prio...

Page 34: ...eed and duplex mode else this dialog box will show down when the port is disconnected Figure 16 Port Setting To change the port setting click on the ID parameter to enter to the selected port to configure its Speed Disable Flow control and QoS setting Figure 17 ...

Page 35: ...QoS In some ports that need to have a high priority to manage the data transfer QoS should be change The default setting of all port QoS is high set the QoS to Normal where the ports that do not need to have a high priority of transferring data VLAN Settings Virtual Local Area Network Group individual ports into a small Virtual network of their own to be independent of the other ports To add a VLA...

Page 36: ... to 2 4Gbps in full duplex mode There are three selections in each group of trunk setting as follow Group 1 Selection 1 disable Selection 2 port 1 2 Selection 3 port 1 2 3 4 Group 2 Selection 1 disable Selection 2 port5 6 Selection 3 port 5 6 7 8 Group 3 Selection 1 disable Selection 2 port17 18 Selection 3 port 17 18 19 20 Figure 21 Trunk Settings Be sure that the selected trunk setting port must...

Page 37: ...ing the port mirroring by assigning a source port from which to copy all packets and a sniffer port where those packets will be sent The selection of the sniffer mode is as follow RX receive mode this mode will duplicate the data that send to the source and forward to the sniffer port Figure 22 Device Status Click on the Status to present the device status on this screen it will show the System St...

Page 38: ...32 Statistic The Statistic Menu screen will show the status of each port packet count Figure 23 Statistic For Detail packet information click on the ID parameter as Figure 24 Figure 24 ...

Page 39: ...he Login Timeout is to set the idle time out for security issue when there is no action in running the Web Smart Utility and the time is up you must re login to Web Smart Utility before you set the Utility Fill up the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway for the device Figure 25 Trap Setting The Trap Setting enables the device to monitor the Trap through the Web Management Utility set the Trap IP Ad...

Page 40: ... a trap when there are receive data error in copper port Abnormal Transmit Error a trap when there are transmit data error in copper port Abnormal 50 error packet count within 10 seconds Set Password Password is the invaluable tool for the manager to secure Web Management Switch use this function to change the password If you forget the password press the Reset button in the rear panel of the Swit...

Page 41: ...you must specify the backup file and press Restore button to proceed the setting of the recorded file Figure 28 Backup Setting Note when restoring a recorded file the current password will not be erased Reset Setting The Factory Reset button helps you to reset the device back to the default setting from the factory Be aware that the entire configuration will be reset the IP address of the device w...

Page 42: ...36 Figure 29 Reset Setting Logout When press this function the web configuration will go back to first Login page Figure 30 Logout ...

Page 43: ... 2000Mbps full duplex Topology Star Network Cables 10BASET 2 pair UTP Cat 3 4 5 up to 100m 100BASE TX 2 pair UTP Cat 5 up to 100m 1000BASE T 4 pair UTP Cat 5 up to 100m Number of Ports 24 10 100 1000Mbps Auto MDIX RJ 45 ports Physical and Environmental AC inputs 100 240V AC 50 60 Hz internal universal power supply Power Consumption 32 Watts Max Temperature Operating 0 40 C Storage 10 70 C Humidity...

Page 44: ...38 Performance Transmits Method Store and forward Filtering Address Table 8K entries per device MAC Address Learning Automatic update Transmits Method Store and forward RAM Buffer 400K bytes per device ...

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