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MULTILINK ML1600/2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – QUICKSTART GUIDE

QUICK START GUIDE

Z

Next launch 

Internet Explorer

 and enter the IP address of the 

switch to go to the switch’s web page.

Z

At the Multilink login web page, enter the default Login name, 
which is 

manager

. 

Z

Enter the default login Password, which is again 

manager

.

Summary of Contents for MultiLink ML1600

Page 1: ...13393A Copyright 2008 GE Multilin GE Multilin 215 Anderson Avenue Markham Ontario Canada L6E 1B3 Tel 905 294 6222 Fax 905 201 2098 Internet http www GEmultilin com 1601 0220 A2 IISO9001 2000 G E M ULT...

Page 2: ...with respect to local codes and ordinances because they vary greatly 2008 GE Multilin Incorporated All rights reserved GE Multilin Multilink ML1600 2400 Quickstart Guide for revision 2 1 x Multilink...

Page 3: ...AND MULTI MODE CABLE QS 8 Fiber Cable Cross Section and Physical Specifications QS 8 Single mode fiber Less attenuation per unit distance QS 9 OPTICAL POWER BUDGET QS 10 ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS TO THE...

Page 4: ...TOC II MULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS...

Page 5: ...range of addresses can be used for testing purposes but you should contact your IT support group for a valid range of addresses to be used for your particular application QS 1 1 Ethernet Physical Lay...

Page 6: ...to Terminate Low installation costs Susceptible to noise interference Limited by 100m distance Either shielded or unshielded UTP Fiber Longer distances possible limited only by attenuation Immune to e...

Page 7: ...The link formed by the connection of of several switches higher speed uplink ports is often referred to as a backbone Star Architecture Single Point of failure before loss of communications Additiona...

Page 8: ...this capability The cable can be ether unshielded twisted pair UTP or shielded twisted pair STP We recommend category 5e UTP for applications of up to 100 Mbs Unshielded Twisted Pair cable Category 1...

Page 9: ...e Whether the cable is straight through or crossover as per standard each of the wires within the cable has the following color code For the first twisted wire pair or wire pair 1 one wire is White wi...

Page 10: ...CK START GUIDE The pin and wire configuration of a patch or crossover cable used to connect or establish a point to point Ethernet LAN between two Ethernet devices is shown here FIGURE QS 2 Pin Layout...

Page 11: ...switches QS 3 1 Fiber Optic Ethernet Fiber optic Ethernet is rapidly becoming the medium of choice in applications where longer distances and immunity to EMI are of importance such as power system app...

Page 12: ...e 62 5 125 m 50 125 m Single Mode 9 125 m Will become more popular as baud rate goes up This is a scaled drawing of both a 62 5 125 m multi mode fiber and 9 125 m single mode fiber The outer clad of b...

Page 13: ...is such that there is total internal reflection of the light being transmitted down the core Picture this by imagining that the clad is a tube whose interior surface is polished so smooth it is like a...

Page 14: ...t by subtracting from the Optical Power Budget 1 dB for LED aging and 1 dB for each pair of connectors referred to as insertion loss Worst Case OPB OPB 1dB for LED aging 1dB insertion loss for each pa...

Page 15: ...he WEB interface The switch has been shipped with a default IP address of 192 168 1 2 and a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 Consult your network administrator to determine if the IP address subnet mask o...

Page 16: ...other to the Multilink switch port The Hyperterminal utility application is a convenient standard firmware tool that will be used to configure the switch This program is found on most windows based op...

Page 17: ...QUICK START GUIDE MULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 13 Z Select an icon and name to use for saving the new Hyperterminal configuration...

Page 18: ...Z Select the computer s serial port that is connected to the Multilink switch Z Select OK Z In the next window set the baud rate to 38400 data bits to 8 no parity one stop bit and set the flow contro...

Page 19: ...er to log into ML1600 2400 system is displayed Z Press the Enter key one more time to get the login prompt Z Enter the login name manager and the default password manager Once you are successfully log...

Page 20: ...ructions A valid IP address and subnet mask can be programmed into the switch using the IP config command as follows Z Type ipconfig ip then enter the IP address in our example we will use a unique ad...

Page 21: ...ll be in effect Once the switch has rebooted you will need to log in again To confirm that the IP address and subnet mask were saved correctly enter the command show setup followed by the Enter key Th...

Page 22: ...this step Z Obtain an IP address subnet mask and possibly a gateway address from the LAN administrator There are rules associated with the assignment of these numbers which go well beyond this introd...

Page 23: ...ET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 19 Z Once the computer has booted up right click on the icon labeled My Network Places followed by the Properties selection Z Right mouse click on the Loca...

Page 24: ...ptor Z Select Use the following IP address then enter a unique IP address from 3 94 247 001 to 3 94 247 254 if using our test network address range Z Enter the subnet mask which if using our test netw...

Page 25: ...e presented with a DOS window Z At the DOS prompt enter the command ipconfig followed by the Enter key This is the command that will cause the Ethernet adaptor to immediately use the IP and Subnet Mas...

Page 26: ...RT GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z Next launch Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the switch to go to the switch s web page Z At the Multilink login web page enter the default Login name which is...

Page 27: ...ce the link loss alert feature is enabled on the associated port the relay will be able to detect a failure of the link alarm and switch to the alternate port The following procedure should be used to...

Page 28: ...00 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z Double click on the Switch Port icon to open the main port configuration screen Z Select the Edit icon for port number one w...

Page 29: ...d on port A1 Z To save the change if made click on the Save icon Z Repeat this procedure for the fiber optic port on the second switch To test the operation of the redundancy proceed as follows Save E...

Page 30: ...nication to one of the relays Z Disconnect the normal port s transmit or receive fiber Z Note that communications to the relay aren t disrupted and check that Ethernet port diagnostics are enabled The...

Page 31: ...cific port or group of ports to belong to a VLAN When using tag based VLANs a tag called a VLAN identifier is sent as part of the message This tag allows the message to move across multiple switches w...

Page 32: ...LANs FIGURE QS 5 Tagged Virtual LANs Configuring a VLAN within the switch Z First determine which physical ports are to be part of the tagged based VLAN Z Take note the names of the associated ports d...

Page 33: ...ort names have been determined open the main port configuration page by double clicking on one of the Port icons In this page we can see that the port named C5 has been assigned port number 21 and the...

Page 34: ...L1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z Note these port numbers Z Now open the VLANs menu and select the Type menu Z In this menu set the VLAN type to tag Z Sele...

Page 35: ...MUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 31 We have now configured the switch to support tagged based VLANs We can now proceed to the tagged based VLAN menu From this menu we can see that all ports have...

Page 36: ...irst click on the Add pushbutton A screen will open that will allow you to configure a new tag based VLAN Z Within this screen enter the new VLAN ID number or tag and the name of the VLAN We will use...

Page 37: ...QUICK START GUIDE MULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 33 You will notice below that the status of the VLAN named GOOSE2 is displayed as Pending...

Page 38: ...INK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE To activate VLAN 2 proceed as follows Z Select Status Z Once in the Status menu set the VLAN ID to 2 and the VLAN stat...

Page 39: ...t VLAN 2 is now active and ports 21 and 23 are part of this VLAN Ports 21 and 23 have been removed from the default tagged based VLAN1 You can add ports 21 and 23 back into the default tagged based VL...

Page 40: ...QS 36 MULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE CONFIGURE...

Page 41: ...0 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 37 Z Add ports 21 and 23 to tagged based VLAN 1 by checking the corresponding boxes Z Select the save icon at the top of the screen Z Select OK to...

Page 42: ...e QS 5 2 Configuring the Multilink switch for Ring Only Mode This feature can be only be used when the switches are connected to form a single ring topology which means that only two ports per switch...

Page 43: ...ne which ports on each switch will be used to create the ring In this example it has been determined that the port named C5 will be one of the ports forming the ring Z Click on the port C5 to open the...

Page 44: ...0 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z Note this port number Z from the Administration menu open the Set menu Z Open the STP type setting Z Set STP to Rapid Spanning Tre...

Page 45: ...ULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 41 Z From the configuration menu open the RSTP menu Z Select Bridge RSTP Note that the protocol is still set to normal RSTP Z Se...

Page 46: ...ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z Once in Edit mode change the Status to Enabled Z Once these settings have been completed Save the configuration ENABLE S...

Page 47: ...QUICK START GUIDE MULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 43 Z Once saved select OK then OK again to exit...

Page 48: ...UIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z Select the Configuration RSTP RO Mode menu as shown above Z Click the Edit button to configure RO Mode Z Select the desired ports that are part of the ring as shown below Z Cl...

Page 49: ...TART GUIDE QS 45 Z Select the Enabled option for the Status setting as shown below Z Change status to Enable Z Save the configuration by clicking on the icon For proper recovery disable the Link Loss...

Page 50: ...NICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z From the main port configuration menu left mouse click on the Configuration icon for port 21 Z Within port 21 s configuration screen set the Link...

Page 51: ...E MULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 47 Z Repeat this procedure for the other port on this and the rest of the switches that form the ring DISABLE LLA ON PORTS TH...

Page 52: ...ICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE Z Once this procedure has been completed for all ports forming the ring connect the configured ports into the ring topology as shown below FIGURE QS 6 Configuration of...

Page 53: ...gh disk space to store and retrieve the configuration files as well as a copy of the Multilink firmware We recommend at least 15 MB of free disk space 5 Manager level account name and password for the...

Page 54: ...ssword It is recommended that you save the current switch configuration before upgrading the firmware Z If the current firmware is older than 1 7 3 use the saveconf command as shown below Z If the cur...

Page 55: ...l be stored at the specified location Z Verify that the configuration file has been created and stored correctly This completes the Save original Configuration procedure The following procedure descri...

Page 56: ...ransfer menu item and choose the Send File option Z Enter the location of the firmware file that has to be loaded into the switch Z Select Xmodem as the protocol Z Click on the Send button The file wi...

Page 57: ...ooting now Z Login to the switch and use the show version command to verify the version ML1600 2400 show version Z If necessary upload the configuration file using the following commands If the curren...

Page 58: ...itch will have to be rebooted either by entering Reboot or by switching the power off then on ML1600 2400 reboot Proceed on rebooting the switch Y or N Y Rebooting now Z Once the switch has rebooted l...

Page 59: ...e on that switch Z Open a SWM session with the switch by typing in the following URL https IP address of the switch Using FTP It is always a good idea to save the configuration before an upgrade GE Mu...

Page 60: ...ed After reboot the new version of the Multilink firmware is ready for use Using TFTP It is always a good idea to save the configuration before an upgrade GE Multilin recommends a two step update firs...

Page 61: ...T COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QS 57 As the file is being loaded you will see the file transfer in progress window Z Reboot the switch when the transfer is complete After reboot the new vers...

Page 62: ...QS 58 MULTILINK ML1600 2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH QUICKSTART GUIDE QUICK START GUIDE...

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