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EtherFast

Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch

Troubleshooting

155

Common Problems and Solutions

155

Appendix

116

Upgrading Firmware via the Serial Port

116

Glossary

118

Specifications

124

Environmental

125

Warranty Information

126

Contact Information

127

Instant EtherFast

Series

Table of Contents

Introduction

The EtherFast Layer 3 Management 24-Port 10/100 + 2-Port
Gigabit Ethernet Switch

Getting to Know the Switch

LEDs

The RJ-45 Ports

The Gigabit Ports

The Console Port

Installing the Switch

Pre-Installation Considerations

Rack-Mounting the Switch

Powering on the Switch

Uplinking the Switch

Switch Management

Connecting the Serial Cable to the Switch
and Computer

Configuring the Switch Using the Console Interface 12

Overview

Logging On to the Switch

Main Menu

System Information Menu

Management Setup Menu

Device Control Menu

Network Monitor Menu

System Restart Menu

113

Exit

114

Summary of Contents for EF1324

Page 1: ...EtherFast Layer 3 Management 24 Port 10 100 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Use this guide to install EF1324 User Guide Instant EtherFast Series ...

Page 2: ...ion and all accompany ing software and specifically disclaims its quality performance merchantability or fit ness for any particular purpose Linksys reserves the right to revise or update its prod ucts software or documentation without obligation to notify any individual or entity Please direct all inquiries to Linksys P O Box 18558 Irvine CA 92623 FCC STATEMENT The EtherFast Layer 3 Management 24...

Page 3: ... 10 100 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 1 Getting to Know the Switch 2 LEDs 2 The RJ 45 Ports 4 The Gigabit Ports 4 The Console Port 4 Installing the Switch 5 Pre Installation Considerations 5 Rack Mounting the Switch 6 Powering on the Switch 6 Uplinking the Switch 6 Switch Management 7 Connecting the Serial Cable to the Switch and Computer 11 Configuring the Switch Using the Console Interface 12 O...

Page 4: ...g traffic and eliminating server bottlenecks Integrate the Switch into your current Ethernet network and your data traffic efficiency will improve several times over Connect your workstations to the managed 10 100 ports and speed up access time for all your users in just one move Connect your servers through the Gigabit ports for dedicated bandwidth of up to 1000Mbps and you ve maximized your netw...

Page 5: ...wer Green The LED will illuminate when the switch is powered on SNMP Green The LED will illuminate when the switch is being managed via SNMP Console Green The LED will illuminate when the switch is being managed via the local console Fan Green The LED will illuminate when a fan has failed TEMP Green The LED will illuminate when the switch is overheating PER PORT Link Green The LED will illuminate ...

Page 6: ...e to provide a minimum of one inch 25 mm clearance Do not stack free standing Switches more than four units high 5 Instant EtherFast Series 4 Pre Installation Considerations The Switch is equipped with twenty four 10 100 RJ 45 ports These RJ 45 ports support network speeds of either 10 100Mbps in half duplex mode or 20 200Mbps in full duplex mode Auto sensing technology enables each port to automa...

Page 7: ... Switch can be used as a free standing unit or installed in any standard 19 inch rack Use the following instructions to rack mount the Switch Before you begin disconnect all cables from the Switch 1 Place the Switch right side up with the front panel facing you 2 Position a mounting bracket over the screw holes on one side of the Switch 3 Secure the mounting bracket by inserting three screws into ...

Page 8: ...h will be connected to In the example below COM1 is the port selected Click the OK button 8 4 When the following screen appears make sure that the port settings are as follows BAUD RATE 19200 DATA BITS 8 PARITY None STOP BITS 1 FLOW CONTROL None Click the OK button Web Management The IP address is already configured on the Switch by default Use a standard Web browser Internet Explorer 4 0 or above...

Page 9: ...r 4 Turn on the Switch and computer The serial cable connection is complete You can now configure the Switch 11 Instant EtherFast Series 10 Telnet Management Use telnet from any computer attached to the network You can telnet into the Switch at any time SNMP RMON Management SNMP RMON management is available you can manage the Switch from any network computer using network management software You m...

Page 10: ...nagement setting Highlighting any option selects it pressing the Enter key takes you to that screen To navigate through the Console Interface use the Tab or arrow keys to move the Enter key to select and the Esc key to return to the previous selection Scroll through choices using the spacebar Options for the currently selected item are displayed in the highlighted area at the bottom of the interfa...

Page 11: ...er status Gigabit port usage of the Switch number of ports fan power status and serial number this information cannot be changed Select OK to return to the previous panel 14 System Information The System Information screen displays descriptive information about the Switch or system System Description System hardware description Layer 3 Management 24 Port 10 100 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Syste...

Page 12: ...w version of firmware to update your sys tem Configuration File Allows downloading of a configuration file Management Access Control Allows management of user access to the Switch Select OK to return to the previous panel Management Setup Menu Switch Information The Switch Information screen displays hardware and firmware version num bers for the main board as well as the power status Hardware Ver...

Page 13: ...ment IP State Specifies whether IP functionality is enabled via manual con figuration default setting or set by Boot Protocol BOOTP Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes Network Configuration The Network Configuration menu allows you to set the Switch s IP address configure the IP parameters or enable the on board Web management ...

Page 14: ...lect Cancel to cancel any changes IP Connectivity Test Ping The IP Connectivity Test is used to see if another site or node on the net work can be reached IP Address IP address of the device you want to ping Test Times The number of ICMP echo requests to send to the specified site Range varies from 1 to 1000 Success Failure The number of times the specified site has responded or not to a ping requ...

Page 15: ...recommends that you do not change the default settings Baud Rate The rate at which data is sent between devices Default is 19200 Options are 9600 19200 and 38400 baud Data Bits Sets the data bits of the RS 232 port Options are 7 and 8 Stop Bits Sets the stop bits of the RS 232 port Options are 1 and 2 Parity Sets the parity of the RS 232 port Default is None Options are none odd and even Time Out ...

Page 16: ... Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes SNMP Communities The SNMP Communities screen allows you to configure the community strings authorized for management access Up to five community names may be entered Community Name A community entry authorized for management access Maximum string length is 19 characters Access Management acc...

Page 17: ...to confirm the changes Select Cancel to cancel any changes 27 Instant EtherFast Series User Configuration The User Configuration screen to restrict management access based on speci fied user names and passwords There are two user types Administrator and Guest Only the Administrator has write access for parameters governing the SNMP agent User Name Specifies user authorized management access to the...

Page 18: ...n file to the Switch from the client PC Select Start to begin the download Select Cancel to cancel the download 29 Instant EtherFast Series TFTP Download The TFTP Download screen lets you load software updates to permanent flash ROM in the Switch After downloading the new software the agent will auto matically restart itself You must be running a TFTP server on your network to use the TFTP Downloa...

Page 19: ...nd address aging time VLAN Menu Configures VLAN settings for specific ports and defines the port membership for VLAN groups IP Menu Configures the subnets for each VLAN group global configura tion for unicast and multicast routing protocols and IGMP snooping Only displayed for multilayer mode Security Menu Configures security settings 31 Instant EtherFast Series 30 Management Access Control The Ma...

Page 20: ...ied routing pro tocol Layer 2 Filtering and forwarding decisions will be based on MAC addresses for all protocol traffic Multilayer Switching based on MAC addresses will be used for all non IP protocol traffic and routing will be used for all IP protocol traffic Select OK to return to the previous panel 33 Instant EtherFast Series Note This screen shot shows the Device Control Menu displayed by a ...

Page 21: ...us panel 34 Port Configuration The Port Configuration screen lets you display or set communication parameters for any port on the Switch including administrative status auto negotiation default communication speed and duplex mode as well as flow control in use Port Number of the port Link Status Indicates if the port has a valid connection to an external device Admin Status Allows you to disable a...

Page 22: ...ch trunk Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Add to add a trunk 37 Instant EtherFast Series connected directly to the Switch when its buffers fill When enabled back pressure is used for half duplex and IEEE 802 3x for full duplex Note Flow control should not be used if a port is connected to a hub Jack Type Shows the jack type for each port Ports 1 26 are RJ 45 Select Apply to make ch...

Page 23: ...can be used to assign the MAC address for a host device to a specific port on this Switch Static unicast addresses are never aged out and cannot be learned on another port Address The MAC address of a host device attached to this Switch Port The switch port the host device is attached to To assign a destination MAC address to one or more ports use Add To delete or modify an address highlight it wi...

Page 24: ... Address Configuration The Static Multicast Address Table can be used to assign a destination MAC address and the corresponding ports to the VLAN group used for a spe cific multicast service Static multicast addresses are never aged out and traffic with these addresses can only be forwarded to ports specified in this table VLAN The VLAN corresponding to this multicast service Address The destinati...

Page 25: ... in seconds the root device will wait before changing states Max Age The maximum time in seconds a device can wait without receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure GMRP GMRP allows network devices to register endstations with multicast groups 43 Instant EtherFast Series Bridge Menu The Bridge Menu is used to configure settings for the Spanning Tree Algorithm as well as th...

Page 26: ...vides a more secure and cleaner network environment VLAN Port Configuration Configures GARP the default VLAN identi fier default port priority VLAN tagging on the attached link GVRP and 45 Instant EtherFast Series GVRP GVRP defines a way for switches to exchange VLAN informa tion in order to register VLAN members on ports across the network This function should be enabled to permit automatic VLAN ...

Page 27: ...ress Filtering If enabled incoming frames for VLANs that do not include this ingress port in their member set will be discarded at the ingress port Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes Select Prev Port to view the previous port Select Next Port to view the next port To display a specific port set the port number in the Page fiel...

Page 28: ...d all traf fic for unknown networks Select OK to return to the previous panel 49 Instant EtherFast Series VLAN Table Configuration The VLAN Table Configuration screen is used to create a new VLAN or modify the settings for an existing VLAN VLAN The ID for the VLAN currently displayed The range is 1 2048 Port Port entries may be marked as Normal Uses GVRP to determine port membership S Static Adds ...

Page 29: ...ubnet Configuration screen allows you to specify an IP interface for any VLAN configured on this Switch that needs to communicate with a device outside of its own group that is another network segment IP Address The IP address associated with the specified VLAN interface By convention the last three digits should be set to 254 to readily distin guish this device as a router port To modify this IP ...

Page 30: ... hear a router s Hello Packets the number of seconds before its neighbors declare the router to be down 53 Instant EtherFast Series Subnet Configuration Modify RIP Configuration The Subnet Configuration Modify RIP Configuration screen allows you to modify the RIP parameters Authentication Type Authentication can be used to ensure that routing information comes from a valid source Authentication Ke...

Page 31: ...t The interval to wait without hearing from a DVMRP neighbor before declaring it dead Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes 55 Instant EtherFast Series 54 Poll Interval After beginning to hear a router s Hello Packets the period of time after its neighbors declare the router to be up Authentication Type Identifies the authenticat...

Page 32: ...multicast filtering Select Advanced for additional configuration DVMRP Enable or disable the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes 57 Instant EtherFast Series Add Subnet The Add Subnet screen allows you to add an IP interface VLAN The VLAN associated with this IP interface Select Use thi...

Page 33: ... disable the use of static route messages Ignore Host Route Enable or disable the use of host routes If you enable the Ignore Host Route feature then host routes will not be used Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes 59 Instant EtherFast Series ARP Configuration The ARP Configuration screen allows you to specify the timeout durat...

Page 34: ...figure the OSPF parameters Router ID Selection Allows you to assign an algorithm Router ID The OSPF identifier for the router at the other end of the link AS Border Status Enable or disable the router that exchanges rout ing information with routers that belong to other Autonomous Systems RFC 1583 Compatibility Controls the preference rules when choosing among multiple AS external LSAs advertising...

Page 35: ...on The IP Menu OSPF Area Configuration screen allows you to config gure the Area ID parameters Area ID Allows you to assign an algorithm Type Select the Area Type Standard means that AS External LSAs are included in the area Stub means that AS External LSAs are excluded from the area Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes Select P...

Page 36: ...st Series OSPF Area Range Configuration The OSPF Area Range Configuration Menu screen allows you to con figure the area range parameters Area Identity The OSPF Area to which the attached network belongs IP Address The IP protocol address for this interface Address Mask This indicates the portion of the IP interface address with the IP interface Advertisement Unit of data describing the local state...

Page 37: ... OSPF Virtual Link Configuration The OSPF Virtual Link Configuration screen allows you to configure the OSPF parameters Area ID This is a 32 bit number that identifies the area Neighbor Router ID The ID of the routers that have interfaces to a common network Status Shows the interface is linked or down Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel a...

Page 38: ... EtherFast Series OSPF Host Route Configuration The OSPF Host Route Configuration screen allows you to configure the OSPF host route parameters IP Address The IP address applied for this interface Cost The cost of sending a packet on the interface expressed in the link state metric Area ID The OSPF area to which the attached network belongs to Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to th...

Page 39: ...ween last spotting an IGMP Report message for an IP multicast address on a specific port and the Switch removing that entry from its list The range is 3 5 minutes Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes 71 Instant EtherFast Series 70 BOOTP Relay Database Configuration The BOOTP Relay Database Configuration screen allows you to spec...

Page 40: ...ncel any changes 73 Instant EtherFast Series Static ARP Table The Static ARP Table screen is used to specify the static Address Resolution Protocol IP Address IP address statically mapped to a physical MAC address MAC Address MAC address statically mapped to the corresponding IP address Interface The index number of the IP interface that will use this static ARP entry Port 0 refers to the CPU Sele...

Page 41: ...pecifies the bits to match A routing entry will be used for a packet if the bits in the address set by the destination mask match the destination network VLAN The VLAN within which the gateway or destination address resides Next Hop The IP address of the router at the next hop Type The IP route type for the destination network Direct A directly connected subnetwork Indirect A remote IP subnetwork ...

Page 42: ...ttings Only avail able when the Switch is in multilayer mode Select OK to return to the previous panel 77 Instant EtherFast Series Default Route Menu The Default Route Menu screen is used to define the router to which the Switch will forward all traffic for unknown networks You can have primary and secondary default routes Next Hop IP IP address of the default router Test Point IP IP used to detec...

Page 43: ...ous panel Select Cancel to cancel any change 79 Instant EtherFast Series MAC Filtering Configuration The MAC Filtering Configuration screen allows you to filter out specified MAC addresses Any node that presents a security risk or is malfunctioning can be filtered from this Switch Security filtering can be used to drop all the traffic from a host device based on a specified MAC address To add a MA...

Page 44: ...r an IP multicast address on a specific port and the Switch remov ing that entry from its list The range is 3 5 minutes Act as IGMP Querier If enabled the Switch will query other devices in regards to IGMP Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Cancel to cancel any changes 81 Instant EtherFast Series 80 IP Security Filtering Configuration Security filtering c...

Page 45: ...9 can only be accessed using SNMP management software Select OK to return to the previous panel 83 Instant EtherFast Series The Network Monitor Menu provides access to port statistics RMON statis tics address tables VLAN registration and forwarding information multicast groups and subnet addresses Note This screenshot shows the Network Monitor Menu displayed by a Layer 2 switch Port Statistics Sta...

Page 46: ...ch the first trans mission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the medium was busy Excessive Collisions The number of frames for which transmission failed due to excessive collisions Drop Events The total number of events in which packets were dropped due to lack of resources 85 Instant EtherFast Series 84 Port Statistics Port Statistics display key statistics from the Interfaces ...

Page 47: ... Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Reset to reset a specific statistic Select Reset All to reset the all statistics Select Prev Port to view the previous port Select Next Port to view the next port To display a specific port set the port number in the Port field and then press Apply 86 RMON Statistics The RMON Statistics screen provides access to a broad range of statistics includin...

Page 48: ...all within the specified range excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 512 1023 Byte Frames The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted where the number of octets fall within the specified range excluding framing bits but including FCS octets 1024 1518 Byte Frames The total number of frames including bad packets received and transmitted where the number of oct...

Page 49: ...The maximum time in seconds the root device will wait before changing states i e listening to learning to forwarding Hold Time The minimum interval between the transmission of consec utive Configuration BPDUs Designated Root The priority and MAC address of the device in the Spanning Tree that this switch has accepted as the root device 91 Instant EtherFast Series Bridge Menu The Bridge Menu is use...

Page 50: ...ity and MAC address of the device through which this port must communicate to reach the root of the Spanning Tree Designated Port ID The priority and number of the port on the des ignated bridging device through which this Switch must communicate with the root of the Spanning Tree Root Cost The path cost from the root port on this Switch to the root device Select OK to return to the previous panel...

Page 51: ... Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Prev Page to view the previous page Select Next Page to view the next page To display a specific page set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply 95 Instant EtherFast Series VLAN Information The VLAN Information screen offers access to information on the ports that have been automatically learned via GVRP and al...

Page 52: ...rt Learned by Shows if this entry was learned dynamically or via IGMP Snooping An entry is learned dynamically if a multicast packet was seen crossing the port or via IGMP Snooping if an IGMP registration packet was seen crossing the port 97 Instant EtherFast Series VLAN Forwarding Information The VLAN Forwarding Information screen shows all the ports that have been configured by either dynamic or...

Page 53: ...ious page Select Next Page to view the next page To display a specific page set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply 99 Instant EtherFast Series Select Apply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Prev Page to view the previous page Select Next Page to view the next page To display a specific page set the page number in the Page field and then press Appl...

Page 54: ... connected subnetwork Indirect A remote IP subnetwork or host address Myself A switch IP address on a specific IP subnetwork Bcast A subnetwork broadcast address Mcast An IP multicast address Invalid An illegal IP address to be filtered 101 Instant EtherFast Series ARP Table The ARP Table shows the IP to MAC addresses discovered by ARP IP Address IP addresses for which ARP has resolved the physica...

Page 55: ...cast group on this interface If no member ship report has been received this object has the value 0 0 0 0 Up Time The time elapsed since this entry was created 103 Instant EtherFast Series Protocol How the route was learned Local Manually configured Mgmt Set via SNMP ICMP Obtained via ICMP redirect RIP Learned via RIP protocol Other Learned by some other method Select Apply to make changes Select ...

Page 56: ...t Prev Page to view the previous page Select Next Page to view the next page To display a specific page set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply 105 Instant EtherFast Series Expire The time remaining before this entry will be aged out The default is 260 seconds V1 Timer The time remaining until the Switch assumes that there are no longer any IGMP Version 1 members on the IP subne...

Page 57: ...rev Page to view the previous page Select Next Page to view the next page To display a specific page set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply 107 Instant EtherFast Series DVMRP Routing Table The DVMRP Routing Table shows the routes for the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol Source Address The IP subnetwork at the root of the multicast delivery tree This subnetwork contain...

Page 58: ...ply to make changes Select OK to return to the previous panel Select Prev Page to view the previous page Select Next Page to view the next page To display a specific page set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply 109 Instant EtherFast Series OSPF Table Menu The OSPF Table Menu shows a variety of tables you can have displayed regarding the OSPF information Interface Table Displays ...

Page 59: ...xt page To display a specific page set the page number in the Page field and then press Apply 111 Instant EtherFast Series OSPF Link State Table The OSPF Link State Table screen shows information about the OSPF link states Area Identity A 32 bit number assigned to each interface or subnet Type Description of the link Link State ID The ID of the device that is connected via the link Router ID A 32 ...

Page 60: ...nstant EtherFast Series OSPF Virtual Neighbor Table The OSPF Virtual Neighbor Table screen shows information about the OSPF virtual neighbors Area ID A 32 bit number assigned to each interface or subnet Router ID A 32 bit number assigned to the router IP Address The IP address of the OSPF virtual neighbor Option The option selected for the OSPF virtual neighbor State The state of the conversation ...

Page 61: ...lid IP address subnet mask and default gateway Layer 2 Check that you have a valid network connection to the Switch and that the port you are using has not been disabled Check the network cabling between the management station and the Switch If you cannot connect using telnet there may already be four active sessions Try connecting again at a later time 2 I forgot or lost the password Reinstall th...

Page 62: ... initialization screen appears as shown below press D to download system firmware and then indicate the code type r Runtime image or d Diagnostic image 116 XModem Download to 0x00400020 SUCCESS P ermanent or T emporary Download P Update RunTime Image at 0x03040000 SUCCESS Change to original Baud Rate and Press ENTER to Run Application Decompress now run time code starting now Starting System MAINB...

Page 63: ...s a new IP address when a computer is plugged into a different place in the network DHCP uses the concept of a lease or amount of time that a given IP address will be valid for a computer The lease time can vary depending on how long a user is likely to require the Internet connection at a particular location It s especially useful in education and other environments where users change fre quently...

Page 64: ...ts Per Second One million bits per second unit of measure ment for data transmission 121 Instant EtherFast Series 120 DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol Used for routing multi cast messages through the Internet Dynamic Routing The ability for a router to forward data via a different route based on the current conditions of the communications circuits For example it can adjust for ove...

Page 65: ... Virtual LAN A logical association that allows users to communicate as if they were physically connected to a single LAN independent of the actu al physical configuration of the network 123 Instant EtherFast Series 122 Multicast Routing Protocol A routing protocol that supports multicast pack ets one to many Multicasting Sends data to a group of nodes instead of a single destination Network A syst...

Page 66: ... 2 1000Base T RJ 45 Ports 1 RS 232 DB 9 Port Speed Per Port Mbps 10 100 Ports 10 or 100 Half Duplex 20 or 200 Full Duplex 1000 Ports 1000 Half Duplex 2000 Full Duplex Address Table MAC Address 32k IP Address 64k Max Frame Size 1522 Bytes Buffer Memory 4MB Back Plane Bandwidth 9 6Gbps Switch Technology Store and Forward IP Switching Wired Speed IP Forwarding Routing Protocol RIP or RIP1 RIP2 OSPF v...

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