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ProConnect

II Series

2224 Layer 2 Management

24-Port 10/100 Ethernet
Switch

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PC22224

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Page 1: ...ProConnect II Series 2224 Layer 2 Management 24 Port 10 100 Ethernet Switch Use this guide to install PC22224 User Guide ...

Page 2: ...ksys makes no warranty or representation expressed implied or statutory with respect to its products or the contents or use of this documentation and all accompa nying software and specifically disclaims its quality performance merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Linksys reserves the right to revise or update its products software or documentation without obligation to notify any...

Page 3: ...IP Multicast Group Perspective 41 MAC Address Perspective 42 Port Perspective 43 Per Port VLAN Activities 43 Scrolling Through MAC Addresses 44 Per Port Statistics 45 IP Networking 47 IP RIP Settings 48 ProConnect II Series Table of Contents Introduction 1 Getting to Know the Switch 2 LEDs 2 The RJ 45 Ports 3 The Gigabit Expansion Ports 3 The Console Port 3 The Back Panel 4 Installing the Switch 5...

Page 4: ... Ethernet and Gigabit solutions all in one surprisingly affordable package Perfect for demanding enterprise environments this switch s intelligent design and built in SNMP provide maximum network control regulating traffic and eliminat ing server bottlenecks Its web browser based management interface and upgrade capability makes it ideal for busy network administrators The ProConnect II 2224 is ra...

Page 5: ...alf and full duplex modes Auto sensing technology enables each port to automatically detect the speed of the device connected to it 10Mbps or 100Mbps and adjust its speed and duplex accordingly To connect a device to a port you will need to use a network cable You will need to use Category 5 or better cable For more information on twisted pair cabling refer to the Twisted Pair Cabling section The ...

Page 6: ...e you choose a location for the Switch observe the following guide lines Make sure that the switch is accessible and that the cables can be connect ed easily Keep cabling away from sources of electrical noise power lines and fluo rescent lighting fixtures Position the Switch away from water and moisture sources To ensure adequate air flow around the Switch be sure to provide a mini mum clearance o...

Page 7: ...ximately 30 seconds If you need to reset the Switch remove the power cord from the back of the Switch and then reconnect it When you power on the switch it performs a Power On Self Test POST During the POST the Switch s CPU Performs a series of diagnostic procedures to make sure the basic system is functioning with integrity Decompresses the main switching software run time image from the flash RO...

Page 8: ...NSI CURSOR EMULATION VT100 9 ProConnect II Series All 24 ports on the Switch can act as uplink ports allowing you to uplink to other switches or hubs using a standard Ethernet connection To uplink the switch connect one end of a Category 5 or better network cable into a port then connect the other end of the cable into the desired net work device s uplink port MDI MDIX will automatically detect th...

Page 9: ...gement method The host must run a SLIP protocol if a modem is used The Switch must have an IP address Remote Telnet Login must be enabled on the Switch The Remote Console Management interface is identical in appearance and functionality to the Local Console Management interface If you are using Microsoft s Telnet the terminal setting should be set to VT100 ANSI SNMP Management You can manage the S...

Page 10: ...he Enter System Name screen appears 13 ProConnect II Series 12 After you log on to the Switch the Switch Management screen will appear The Switch Management screen consists of a series of menus Each menu has several options which are listed vertically A highlight in each menu lets you select the option you wish to choose pressing the Enter key activates the highlighted option To navigate through t...

Page 11: ...umeric characters and the underscore _ character can be used 15 ProConnect II Series 14 2 Enter a system name 16 characters max If you make a mistake use the Backspace key to delete the error 3 Press Enter to return to the General screen Changing the Contact To change the contact 1 From the General screen highlight Contact and press the Enter key The Enter Contact screen appears 2 Enter a contact ...

Page 12: ...ing choices Disabled prevents active statistic collection for each port Enabled allows active statistic collection for each port 3 Press Enter to return to the General screen 17 ProConnect II Series 5 Press Enter A screen will prompt you to re enter the new password 6 Re enter the new password you typed in step 4 and press Enter The Password Changed message will appear confirming that the new pass...

Page 13: ...light one of the following choices Disabled prevents remote Telnet logins to the Switch Enabled allows remote Telnet logins to the Switch This is the default setting 3 Press Enter to return to the General screen Remote Http Login To enable or disable the function of Remote Http Login 1 From the General screen highlight Remote Http Login and press the Enter key The following screen will appear 2 Hi...

Page 14: ...dditional ports press Esc to remove the Speed Flow Cntl Options screen Then highlight the port you want to configure and repeat steps 1 through 4 6 When you finish press the Esc key from the Line Speed Flow Control screen to return to the LAN Port Configurations screen 21 ProConnect II Series LAN Port Configuration Select LAN Port from the Basic Management screen The LAN Port Configurations screen...

Page 15: ...will appear 2 Highlight the desired flow control option for the port Auto allows the Switch to automatically determine whether or not to use flow control On enables flow control at all times Off disables flow control at all times 3 Press Enter You will return to the Speed Flow Cntl Options screen and the selected flow control setting will appear next to Flow Control 4 To configure the flow control...

Page 16: ...esponsibility of the user Technical support is not provided for setup of modem or SLIP Changing the Console Baud Rate 1 From the Console Port Configurations screen highlight Baud Rate and press the Enter key A screen similar to the following will show the cur rent console baud rate 2 Highlight the baud rate you want to select for the console Auto allows the Switch to autosense the baud rate betwee...

Page 17: ...n highlight SLIP Address and press Enter The following screen see next page will appear 26 2 Enter the SLIP address The address consists of numbers separated by periods e g 192 168 1 105 3 After you enter the SLIP address press the Enter key You will return to the Console Port Configurations screen and your entry will appear in the SLIP Address field Specifying a SLIP Subnet Mask If you are using ...

Page 18: ...Layer 2 switching database IP networking Bridging Static Filtering Spanning Tree SNMP Stacking Other Protocols Port Trunking Port Mirroring QOS Setup and File Transfer To perform advanced management activities 1 From the Switch Management screen highlight Advanced Management and press Enter The Advanced Management screen will appear 2 In the Advanced Management screen highlight the desired option ...

Page 19: ...e default VLAN and how to obtain a VLAN perspec tive Default VLAN The IEEE 802 1Q standard defines VLAN ID 1 as the default VLAN The default VLAN includes all the ports as the factory default The default VLAN s egress rule restricts the ports to be all untagged so it can by default be easily used as a simple 802 1D bridging domain The default VLAN s domain shrinks as untagged ports are defined in ...

Page 20: ...through 4 and in step 2 select the appropriate port option To remove a port highlight the desired port and press 33 ProConnect II Series c Enter a name for the new VLAN up to 31 alphanumeric characters d Press Enter The VLAN name appears next to VLAN Name in the New VLAN Settings screen 6 Press the Esc key A screen similar to the following will appear This screen will allow you to add or delete sw...

Page 21: ...N domain shows the domains in this VLAN from which active MAC addresses have been learned within the last aging period You can use the Tab key to move between the MAC Addresses and VLAN Domain screens 35 ProConnect II Series 7 Press Esc to return to the VLAN Perspective screen You may then select another option from the VLAN Perspective screen or press Esc to return to the L2 Switching DataBase sc...

Page 22: ... and deleting ports are not displayed for the default VLAN 37 ProConnect II Series Searching for MAC Addresses To search for MAC addresses 1 In the VLAN MAC Address screen press S The Enter MAC Addr To Search screen will appear 2 Enter a MAC address in the Enter MAC Addr To Search screen and press the Enter key If the address is found it is highlighted in the MAC Addresses screen Obtaining Additio...

Page 23: ...and Down Arrow keys to highlight the port you want to delete 2 Press the hyphen key The port is deleted 39 ProConnect II Series Adding Ports To add ports to a VLAN 1 After following the previous four steps of Viewing VLAN Settings hold down the Shift key and press ThePort Options screen will appear 2 Select either Untagged Ports or Tagged Ports Ports not allowed to be used in specific VLANs are la...

Page 24: ...y A screen similar to the following will appear 3 To view the VLAN and IP multicast group addresses associated with the MAC address highlight a host in the Hosts screen and press Enter A VLAN IP Multicast Group Membership screen similar to the following will appear 41 ProConnect II Series Configuring PVID The PVID is the VLAN that the port is associated with By default all ports are associated wit...

Page 25: ...e corresponding VLAN activities 2 Press the Enter key A screen similar to the one on the next page will appear along with a list of the MAC addresses for the selected VLAN and the corresponding VLAN memberships 4 Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to scroll through the VLAN IP Multicast Group Membership screen 5 When you finish press Esc until you return to the desired screen MAC ADDRESS PERSPEC...

Page 26: ...owing screen will appear see next page 45 ProConnect II Series Scrolling Through MAC Addresses Use the following procedure to scroll through the list of active MAC address es corresponding to the selected port 1 If the MAC Addresses screen is not the current screen press the Tab key until it appears 2 Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to scroll through the list of active MAC addresses for the s...

Page 27: ...king screen you can View or change IP and RIP Settings View or change ARP Table Parameters View or change Routing Table Parameters View or change DHCP Gateway Settings View or change Ping Settings 5 After reviewing this information press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen Per Port MAC Limit If you select Per Port MAC Limit from the Port Perspective screen a screen similar to the fo...

Page 28: ...P RIP SETTINGS If you select IP RIP Settings from the IP Networking screen an IP Settings screen similar to the following will appear along with a list of the VLAN IDs IP addresses subnet masks and frame types currently defined Use the following procedure to modify the settings shown 1 Use the Down Arrow key to highlight the row that contains the parame ters you want to change then press Enter A s...

Page 29: ... the Enter key You are prompted for an IP or physical address 3 Enter the IP or physical address you are searching and press Enter The selected address will be highlighted 4 When you finish viewing the information press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen 51 ProConnect II Series 50 3 Type an Internet address The address consists of numbers separated by periods e g 129 32 0 11 When y...

Page 30: ...efault gateway The address consists of numbers separated by periods e g 129 32 0 11 When you finish press Enter Proceed to step 3 53 ProConnect II Series ROUTING TABLE If you select Routing Table from the IP Networking screen a Routing Table screen similar to the following will appear The Routing Table allows you to view add delete or search a particular routing path Information is displayed in th...

Page 31: ...n be relayed along the DHCP relay path from the DHCP client to the DHCP server 55 ProConnect II Series If you select Static Route the following screen will appear At each field press Enter type the appropriate parameter and press Enter again Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to move between fields Proceed to step 3 3 After entering default gateway or static route parameters press Esc The parame...

Page 32: ...nd press Enter A screen similar to the following will appear 2 To add a relay IP hold down the Shift key and press the key A screen similar to the following will appear 3 Highlight the appropriate interface or highlight All Interfaces then press Esc A screen similar to the following see next page will appear 56 4 With the highlight on DHCP Gateway press Enter The following screen will appear 5 Hig...

Page 33: ... to move to Count and press Enter The Enter Packet Count screen will appear 59 ProConnect II Series 8 Press the Down Arrow key and press Enter to specify the preferred serv er When the following screen appears type the delay in seconds and press Enter 9 To specify up to three more preferred servers do so in the remaining Preferred Field options 10 When you finish press Esc The DHCP Gateway Setting...

Page 34: ...ter the flood limit in packets per sec ond Enter a a new flood limit and press the Enter key Enter 0 for no limit 3 Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen 61 ProConnect II Series 5 Type a packet count number from 1 to 999 or type 0 for an infinite pack et count Press Enter 6 Move to Size mbytes and press Enter The Enter Packet Size screen will appear 7 Type the packet size from 0...

Page 35: ...n and press the Enter key A Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration screen sim ilar to the following will appear The top half of this screen displays read only values The bottom half starting with Spanning Tree Protocol is user config urable Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight a field then press Enter to change the value When you finish press the Esc key until you return to the desired ...

Page 36: ...number for the bridge priority and press Enter The deci mal value you typed will appear next to Bridge Priority 5 Use the Down Arrow key to move to Hello Time sec and press Enter The Enter Hello Time screen will appear 6 Type a decimal number for the hello time and press Enter The decimal value you typed will appear next to Hello Time 7 Press the Esc key to return to the Spanning Tree Protocol scr...

Page 37: ...ted port 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 to change the Spanning Tree path costs for other ports 5 When you finish press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen 67 ProConnect II Series 66 Use the following procedure to change the administration status 1 Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to highlight the desired port 2 Press the Enter key The Admin Status Options screen will appear To manua...

Page 38: ...wn Arrow key to move to Get Community Name and press Enter The Enter Get Community Name screen will appear 69 ProConnect II Series Spanning Tree Port Priorities Highlight Spanning Tree Port Priorities in the Spanning Tree Protocol screen and press the Enter key a Spanning Tree Port Priorities screen similar to the following will appear Use the following procedure to modify the settings in the Span...

Page 39: ...en will appear 71 ProConnect II Series 4 Type a get community name and press Enter The get community name you typed will appear next to Get Community Name 5 Use the Down Arrow key to move to Set Community Name and press Enter The Enter Set Community Name screen will appear 6 Type a set community name and press Enter The set community name you typed will appear next to Set Community Name 7 Use the ...

Page 40: ...k Size 2 8 3 Switch ID 0 65535 1 Before you start to change the stacking parameters the stacking status must be disabled at first 2 Highlight the value of Stack ID Press the Enter key and the column of Enter Stack ID will appear Set the ID you want Then press the Enter key 73 ProConnect II Series 72 17 Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter Your selection will appear next to Warm Start Trap 18...

Page 41: ...s completed After stacking is set up configuration must be executed in the master switch 75 ProConnect II Series 3 Use the down arrow key to move to the column of Stack Size Press the Enter key and the Enter Stack Size column will appear Type in the value you want to change Then press the Enter key 4 Use the down arrow key to move to the column of Switch ID Press the Enter key and the Enter Switch...

Page 42: ... press Enter 76 2 To change the IGMP setting highlight IGMP and press Enter When the following screen appears highlight the desired setting and press Enter 3 When you finish press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen PORT TRUNKING Using Port Trunking from the Advanced Management screen you can associ ate ports with trunk groups 1 From the Advanced Management screen highlight Port Tru...

Page 43: ...ts press Esc A screen similar to the fol lowing see next page will appear showing the ports associated with the trunk group 78 6 To associate additional ports with trunk groups repeat steps 2 through 5 7 When you finish press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen PORT MIRRORING Using Port Mirroring from the Advanced Management screen you can mirror from one port to another port on the...

Page 44: ...ofile For port configuration parameters refer to Specifying the Port Configuration For rate control parameters refer to Rate Control Setting Global Settings To set global settings 1 From the QoS menu highlight Global Settings and press the Enter key The Global Setting menu appears 81 ProConnect II Series 80 4 Highlight the port you want to mirror to and press Enter You will return to the Port Mirr...

Page 45: ...setting then press the Enter key The setting you select appears next to ToS VLAN Tag 9 Press the Down Arrow key to highlight QoS Status 10 Press the Down Arrow key to highlight WRED Drop Priority Setting The WRED Drop Priority screen appears 83 ProConnect II Series 2 Press the Enter key The QoS menu appears 3 Highlight whether you want QoS status to be enabled or disabled then press the Enter key ...

Page 46: ...ht Level 1 or Level 2 and press the Enter key The following options appear Note Level 1 is 75 of congestion traffic Level 2 is 87 5 of congestion traffic and Level 3 is 100 of congestion traffic 85 ProConnect II Series 11 To change the low drop percentage press the Enter key with Low Drop Percentage highlighted The following screen appears 12 Levels 1 and 3 remain fixed at 0 and 100 respectively t...

Page 47: ...e appropriate percentage and press the Enter key 18 Press the Esc key to return to the WRED Drop Priority screen 19 Press the Esc key to return to the QoS screen 20 Press Esc until you return to the desired screen Specifying TCP UDP Logical Port Settings To set logical port settings highlight Logical Port from the QoS menu and then press the Enter key The Logical Port menu appears The Logical Port...

Page 48: ...Highlight whether the drop priority should be low or high and then press the Enter key Your selection appears next to Drop Priority 6 Press the Down Arrow key to highlight Transmit Priority and then press the Enter key The Transmit Priority menu appears 7 Highlight the desired transmit priority then press the Enter key The trans mit priority you selected appears next to Transmit Priority 8 Use the...

Page 49: ...II Series 2 To change the low port number press the Enter key with the highlight on Low Port Number When the Low Port Number screen appears type the low port number in decimal notation and press the Enter key The low port number you typed appears next to Low Port Number 3 To change the high port number press the Down Arrow key to highlight Down Port Number then press the Enter key When the High Po...

Page 50: ...iority To specify ToS priority 1 From the QoS screen press the Down Arrow key to highlight ToS then press the Enter key The ToS Priority Index screen appears 93 ProConnect II Series 2 Press the Down Arrow key to highlight a VLAN priority number and then press the Enter key The VLAN Priority Setting screen appears 3 With Drop Priority highlighted press the Enter key The Drop Priority screen appears...

Page 51: ... 10 100 Megabit port A2 active profile 2 which can be used by any 10 100 Megabit port A3 active profile 3 which can be used by any 10 100 Megabit port A4 active profile 4 which can be used by any 10 100 Megabit port NA indicates a profile that is not active and cannot be used by any 10 100 Megabit port 95 ProConnect II Series 2 Press the Down Arrow key to highlight a ToS priority number Note The T...

Page 52: ...s 97 ProConnect II Series 3 To change the profile name press the Enter key with Profile Name When Profile Name box appears enter a profile name and press the Enter key The name you entered appears next to Profile Name 4 Ports Using This Profile displays all the ports that are currently using this profile for their QoS scheduling algorithm 5 To change the bandwidth partition for this profile use th...

Page 53: ...th Active Profile highlighted When the Active Profile screen appears use the Up and Down Arrow keys to highlight an active profile and press the Enter key The active profile number that you selected appears next to Active Profile 99 ProConnect II Series 2 Use the Down Arrow key to highlight a profile and then press the Enter key The Gigabit Profile Attributes screen appears Note In the Gigabit Pro...

Page 54: ... then press the Enter key The Port Number screen appears 5 Highlight the desired port number then press the Enter key A screen showing the average rate and traffic type settings for the selected port appears 101 ProConnect II Series Note Fixed Drop Priority and Fixed Transmit Priority are read only parameters that cannot be changed 4 Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen Selecti...

Page 55: ... Traffic Type 10 Press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen Sending and Receiving Files If you select File Transfer from the Advanced Management screen the fol lowing File Transfer screen appears with the Receive File via TFTP value highlighted You can use this screen to send and receive files using the TFTP or Kermit protocol Receiving Files via TFTP The following procedure describe...

Page 56: ...screen appears 2 If the file type you intend to send is different than the default file one shown press the Enter key The Select File Type screen appears 105 ProConnect II Series 2 If the name of the file you intend to receive is different than the default one shown press the Enter key When the Enter File Name screen appears type the name of the file you intend to receive and press the Enter key T...

Page 57: ...t II Series 3 Highlight the file type you want to send and press the Enter key The file type you selected appears next to File Name 4 Use the Down Arrow key to highlight IP Address then press the Enter key When the Enter IP Address screen appears type the IP address from where the file will be obtained The address consists of numbers separated by periods For example 192 168 1 100 5 Press the Enter...

Page 58: ...depends on the specific network management application 109 ProConnect II Series SNMP and RMON Management This section describes the Switch s Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP and Remote Monitoring RMON capabilities RMON is an abbreviation for the Remote Monitoring MIB Management Information Base RMON is a system defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF document RFC 1757 which defi...

Page 59: ...ment when routed through a switch This backwards compatibility is one of 100BaseTX s major advantages over other forms of Fast Ethernet it allows critical speed dependent network seg ments to be upgraded to 100BaseTX speeds as needed without re wiring refitting and retraining an entire site Networks can now mix both slow and fast network segments for different users or departments Publishing R D v...

Page 60: ...hat fits into a fiber port on a network adapter hub or switch In the U S most cables use a square SC connector that slides and locks into place when plugged into a port or con nected to another cable In Europe the round ST connector is more prevalent 112 There are different grades or categories of twisted pair cabling Category 5 is the most reliable and is highly recommended Straight through cable...

Page 61: ...1000BaseFX Module Cabling Type Category 5 Ethernet Cable Cat 5e Ethernet Cable LEDs Link Act 10 100 FDX COL FAN TEMP Power Dimensions 16 93 x 1 75 x 13 78 430mm x 44 5mm x 350mm Unit Weight 8 82 lbs 4Kg Power AC 100 240V 100W Certifications FCC Class A CE Operating Temp 0ºC to 50ºC 32ºF to 122ºF Storage Temp 40ºC to 70ºC 40ºF to 158ºF Operating Humidity 20 to 95 Non Condensing Storage Humidity 20 ...

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