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FSW-0803TX

8 Ports 10/100Mbps NWay Switch

User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...FSW 0803TX 8 Ports 10 100Mbps NWay Switch User s Manual...

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Page 3: ...rated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the user s manual may cause interference in whic...

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Page 5: ...ONSOLE 3 1 Message Zone 3 2 Observing Basic Port Information 3 2 Port Indicator Definitions 3 3 Console Keys 3 4 Power On Self Test 3 4 Menu Tree 3 4 Exiting the Menu Tree 3 7 Observing Network Traffi...

Page 6: ...orget the Password 3 20 Back Door Password 3 20 Restart the Switch 3 20 Restore System Setting 3 21 About The Switch 3 22 System Info 3 22 APPENDIX A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS A 1 APPENDIX B ERROR MESS...

Page 7: ...ay Switch is a compact switch designed to meet the requirement for today s growing network It introduces the management function with very low cost while maintaining high performance in networking Use...

Page 8: ...es One Uplink port shared 8 10 100 Mbps Ports auto negotiate full duplex fragment free fast store forward modes One MII port Medium Independent Interface shared with port 5 Smart Mini Console operatio...

Page 9: ...nitoring such as speed duplex mode switching mode on all ports Console keys to carry out all console command functions Password locking of the Console to prevent unauthorized access Unit Overview The...

Page 10: ...ily monitor and configure the system The Mini Console provides watch diagnostic functions including port settings status monitoring traffic utilization collision and error rate Figure 1 3 Mini Console...

Page 11: ...5 Rear Panel Layout The MII port power socket and fan are located on the rear panel Note The MII port is not hot pluggable FSW 0803TX will detect an MII connection only during the system start Figure...

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Page 13: ...TX NWay Switch can easily be stacked using handy Desk Stands Simply press four Desk Stands two on each side onto the Switch then slide four more Desk Stands into the slots provided on top of each clip...

Page 14: ...Installation 2 2 Connecting Other Network Devices Connecting Workstations Figure 2 2 shows the FSW 0803TX NWay Switch in a client server topology Figure 2 2 Connecting Workstations...

Page 15: ...Installation 2 3 Connecting Ethernet Hubs This example shows how 10M hubs can be connected to the FSW 0803TX NWay Switch to form a larger network Figure 2 3 Connecting Ethernet Hubs...

Page 16: ...Installation 2 4 Connecting Fast Ethernet Hubs This example shows how 10 100 M hubs can be connected to the FSW 0803TX NWay Switch to form a larger network Figure 2 4 Connecting Fast Ethernet Hubs...

Page 17: ...i Console is similar to the following illustration Becoming familiar with and understanding the functions of the Mini Console will easily enable the user to utilize the full power of the FSW 0803TX an...

Page 18: ...Message Zone Observing Basic Port Information The basic port information such as link up link down transmit receive activity enabled disabled as well as auto partition can be easily spotted through t...

Page 19: ...rned on If the outline is blinking it means it has been partitioned automatically due to some error condition such as a loop or broadcast storm that has been detected Port Indicator Definitions The fo...

Page 20: ...display the current mode the first to be displayed is UTILIZATION To display other main menu items press the Next Prevkey Menu Tree There are up to four levels in the Menu Tree main menu sub menu and...

Page 21: ...x FRAMES Rx OCTETS Rx ALIGN ERR Rx PKT ERR OVERSIZE Rx Tx FRAMES Tx OCTETS PKT LOSS BACK MAIN MENU MAIN MENU PORT STATUS PORT 1 8 Auto scrolls through the port s running status ALL PORTS 10M PORTS 100...

Page 22: ...DISABLE CUT THROUGH STORE FWD VLAN VLAN 1 8 BACK MAIN MENU GROUP BUFF MODE H BUFF MODE M BUFF MODE L BACK MAIN MENU MAIN MENU UNIT CONFIG _ _ _ _ PSW when system locked STORM DET ENABLE DISABLE BACK L...

Page 23: ...ce the load It is easy to do so with FSW 0803TX by selecting the UTILIZATION menu While utilization is displayed in the message zone the level of Utilization for the enabled ports is indicated by the...

Page 24: ...the same port at approximately the same time The Collision percent can be calculated with the following formula Collision Ratio number of packets collided number of packets transmitted 100 Monitoring...

Page 25: ...o view each configuration The configuration is displayed in the Message Zone and the bar scales under the port numbers that are configured to this setting are illuminated No bar scales are visible for...

Page 26: ...gs ALL PORTS 10M PORTS 100M PORTS HALF DUPLEX FULL DUPLEX ENABLED DISABLED CUT THROUGH STORE FWD VLAN GROUP BUFF MODE H BUFF MODE M BUFF MODE L BACK MAIN MENU MAIN MENU Table 3 4 Port Status Monitorin...

Page 27: ...s The packet contains a CRC error The packet is oversize Rx ALIGN ERR To display the number of alignment errors OVERSIZE Rx To display the number of packets received that were longer than 1532 octets...

Page 28: ...d port from using up all the resources However since the loading varies from port to port the resources allocated for each port should be changed based on the traffic via the Mini Console to get the b...

Page 29: ...re by just going through the sub menu of PORT SETTING without making any confirmation When you see an item that begins with an the port is set in that mode While AUTO NEGO is set the speed and duplex...

Page 30: ...NG PORT 1 8 10BASE T 100BASE T AUTO NEGO FULL DUPLEX HALF DUPLEX ENABLE DISABLE CUT THROUGH STORE FWD VLAN GROUP VLAN 1 8 BACK MAIN MENU BUFFER MODE H BUFFER MODE M BUFFER MODE L BACK MAIN MENU MAIN M...

Page 31: ...ears before the VLAN that the port is configured in To change to a different VLAN press and hold Enter at the desired VLAN an appears before the VLAN and the is removed from the previously configured...

Page 32: ...p to High 2 ports to Medium and one port to Low 3 4 7 and 8 These ports share buffer resources and constitute a group For a gain in performance you may want to set one port in this group to High 2 por...

Page 33: ...tes the port will be released to see if it is still enduring the broadcast storm The Broadcast Storm Protection function is disabled when shipped from manufacturer This function can be enabled through...

Page 34: ...ered it will be saved in the EEPROM Sub Menu Command To Set Press Loop Isolation Enable Enter and hold Disable Enter and hold Back Enter Table 3 9 Loop Isolation Lock the Console Setting this option t...

Page 35: ...you are free to configure any settings Secure the Switch Two passwords are provided to protect the device from being accessed anyone other than administrator Further information regarding Password and...

Page 36: ...is derived from Key Code XX under the main menu item System Info The XX is a random number selected by the device every time the system is powered on and the number is incremented by 1 every 2 5 days...

Page 37: ...em Setting In case you want to set the system setting to the default value simply enter the command UNIT CONFIG SYS DEFAULT Enter and hold The command will reset the switch and the data in EEPROM will...

Page 38: ...gh systems settings Press any key to disable When you enter the following command SYSTEM INFO Press Enter The following is displayed SSRAM 12M packet buffer HW VER 2 1 SW VER 1 0 KEY CODE DB Fan Failu...

Page 39: ...Nway Ethernet RJ 45 ports 1 MII port shared with port 5 Smart Console Operation Capable of device configuration device port management and network monitor Console management through menu operation Dis...

Page 40: ...atch dog protection Switching Performance RAM 1MB per device FSW 0803TX Port memory buffer memory 3 User defined modes Packet filtering forwarding rate 148 800 pps per 100BASE TX port 14 880 pps per 1...

Page 41: ...x B Error Messages In several cases when the system detects abnormal conditions it will generate an error message and the system may halt The following table shows how many error messages may occur an...

Page 42: ...EM EEPROM is out of memory System restart EPM WR ERROR Error when the device is writing EEPROM memory No action until next power up EPM RD ERROR Error when the device is reading the EEPROM memory No a...

Page 43: ...Appendix C C 1 Chapter 4 Menu Tree Root UTILIZATION COLLISION STATISTICS PORT 1 8 MAIN MENU RX FRAMES RX OCTETS Rx ALIGN ERR Rx PKT ERR OVERSIZE Rx Tx FRAMES Tx OCTETS PKT LOSS BACK MAIN MENU...

Page 44: ...TATUS PORT 1 8 Auto scrolls through the port s settings ALL PORTS 10M PORTS 100M PORTS HALF DUPLEX FULL DUPLEX ENABLED DISABLED CUT THROUGH STORE FWD VLAN GROUP BUFF MODE H BUFF MODE M BUFF MODE L BAC...

Page 45: ...8 MAIN MENU 10BASE T 100BASE X AUTO NEGO HALF DUPLEX FULL DUPLEX ENABLE DISABLE CUT THROUGH STORE FWD VLAN GROUP BUFF MODE H BUFF MODE M BUFF MODE L BACK MAIN MENU UNIT CONFIG STORM DET ENABLE DISABL...

Page 46: ...Appendix C C 4 CONSOLE LOCK ENABLE BACK SET PASSWORD PSW SYS RESTART SYS DEFAULT MAIN MENU SYSTEM INFO SSRAM 12M HW VER 2 1 SW VER 1_00 KEY CODE DB...

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