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ProConnect

II Series

Layer 2 Management 4-Port

Gigabit Ethernet Switch

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Page 1: ...ProConnect II Series Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Use this guide to install PC22604 User Guide ...

Page 2: ...sys 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: ...ole Baud Rate 24 Selecting a Flow Control Method 24 Enabling or Disabling Modem Control Options 25 Specifying a Modem Setup String 25 Enabling or Disabling SLIP 26 Specifying a SLIP Address 26 Specifying a SLIP Subnet Mask 27 Returning to the Basic Management Screen 27 ProConnect II Series Table of Contents Introduction 1 Getting to Know the Switch 2 LEDs 2 The RJ 45 Ports 3 The Gigabit Expansion ...

Page 4: ... Kermit 105 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Advanced Management Activities 28 Switching Database Configuration 29 VLAN PVID Perspective 30 Default VLAN 30 Obtaining a VLAN Perspective 30 Creating a New VLAN 31 Adding New Switch Ports 32 Deleting a VLAN ID 34 Viewing VLAN Activities 35 Searching for MAC Addresses 36 Obtaining Additional Information 36 Scrolling Through Domains 36 ...

Page 5: ...s it ideal for busy network administrators The Switch is rack mountable and includes four Expansion Slots that accept optional Gigabit Modules fiber or copper to let you grow your network as your needs grow Three Port Trunking groups eliminate bottlenecks and you can stack up to eight switches and manage them as one So when you re ready to bring your network up to speed get Linksys reliability man...

Page 6: ...can operate in half and full duplex modes Auto sensing technology enables each port to automatically detect the speed of the device connected to it 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 Sw...

Page 7: ...g 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 of two inches 50 mm Do not stack free standing Switches more...

Page 8: ...ely 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 ROM int...

Page 9: ... 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 5e 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 the speed and cable type Use the following instructions to install...

Page 10: ...tocol if a modem is used The Switch must have an IP address The default IP address is 192 168 1 254 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 Swi...

Page 11: ... 12 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 the Consol...

Page 12: ...d 15 ProConnect II Series 14 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 name If y...

Page 13: ...or 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 word is in effect 7 Press Enter to remove the message and ...

Page 14: ... 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 Highlight o...

Page 15: ...ions 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 will appear with Speed Flow Control highlighted Use the pr...

Page 16: ...ar 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 for addi...

Page 17: ...lity 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 between 9600 bp...

Page 18: ...en see next page will appear 26 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 SLIP ente...

Page 19: ...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 and pres...

Page 20: ... 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 other VLA...

Page 21: ...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 switch port to a VLAN Adding New Switch Ports To add new swit...

Page 22: ...AC 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 screen The VLAN IDs and names you added will appear in the VL...

Page 23: ...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 Additional Information To obtain additional information about an a...

Page 24: ...e 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 labeled as Forbidden Ports To select Untagged Ports Highlight...

Page 25: ...he 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 with the default VLAN of 1 If you want to configure the PVID h...

Page 26: ...onding 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 PERSPECTIVE The ...

Page 27: ...ies 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 selected port 3 To search for a MAC address press the S key ...

Page 28: ...en 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 following o...

Page 29: ...tworking 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 screen similar to the follow ing will appear with the the IP...

Page 30: ...ss 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 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 3 Type an Internet address The address consists of numbers separated by periods e g 129 32 0 11 When you finish...

Page 31: ... 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 the following columns Network The IP Subnetwork address to wh...

Page 32: ... 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 parameters you entered will appear in the Routing Table screen De...

Page 33: ...r 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 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 4 With the highlight on DHCP Gateway press Enter The following screen will appear 5 Highlight En...

Page 34: ...reen 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 Settings screen will appear along with the parameters you specifie...

Page 35: ...ood 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 to 1500 then press Enter 8 Move to Timeout sec and press E...

Page 36: ...ation 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 screen 63 ProConnect II Series STATIC FILTERING If you sele...

Page 37: ...r 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 screen Spann...

Page 38: ...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 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 manually enabl...

Page 39: ...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 Spanning Tree Port Priorities screen 1 Use the Up Arrow and Dow...

Page 40: ...ty 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 Down Arrow key to move to Trap Community Name and press Ent...

Page 41: ... 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 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 17 Select Disabled or Enabled and press Enter Your selection will appear next to Warm Start Trap 18 Press th...

Page 42: ...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 ID screen will appear Type in the value you want to change...

Page 43: ...Switch 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 Trunking and...

Page 44: ...rts with trunk groups repeat steps 2 through 5 7 When you finish press the Esc key until you return to the desired screen SETTING QUALITY OF SERVICE PARAMETERS Using QoS Setup from the Advanced Management screen you can configure the switch to use various Quality of Service QoS parameters 1 From the Advanced Management screen highlight QoS Setup and press the Enter key The QoS menu appears 2 Refer...

Page 45: ...s 10 Press the Down Arrow key to highlight WRED Drop Priority Setting The WRED Drop Priority screen appears 81 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ProConnect II Series 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 2 Press the Enter key The QoS menu appears 3 Highlight whether you wa...

Page 46: ... 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 83 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 to change ...

Page 47: ...iate 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 menu let...

Page 48: ... 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 Down Arr...

Page 49: ... 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 Port Number...

Page 50: ...the Down Arrow key to highlight ToS then press the Enter key The ToS Priority Index screen appears 91 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 4 Highli...

Page 51: ...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 93 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ProConnect II Series 2 Press the Down Arrow key to highlight a ToS priority number Note The ToS priori...

Page 52: ...onnect 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 the Down Ar...

Page 53: ...n 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 97 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 Profile scre...

Page 54: ... 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 99 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 Selecting Rate C...

Page 55: ...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 describes how to ...

Page 56: ...ferent than the default file one shown press the Enter key The Select File Type screen appears 103 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 The name y...

Page 57: ...ss the Enter key to not transfer the file at this time Receiving Files via Kermit To receive files using the Kermit protocol 1 From the File Transfer screen highlight Receive File Via Kermit and press the Enter key A prompt asks whether you want to transfer the file now 104 2 Highlight Yes and press the Enter key to transfer the file now or press the Esc key or highlight No and press the Enter key...

Page 58: ... Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 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 defines how ...

Page 59: ...ity 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 video multimedia or accounting departments can enjoy a 100Mb...

Page 60: ...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 110 There are different grades or categories of twisted pair cabling Category 5 is the most reliable and is highly recommended Straight through cables are use...

Page 61: ...called the supplicant sends a request to an access point or wireless router also called the authenticator The authenticator sends an identification request back to the user After the user sends the authenticator the identification mes sage the authenticator forwards the user s identification message to the authentication server If the server accepts the identification message then the user is perm...

Page 62: ...ir that is both the transmit and receive pair occupy the same wire pair Cookie Data created by a Web server that is stored on a user s computer It provides a way for the Web site to keep track of a user s patterns and prefer ences and with the cooperation of the Web browser to store them on the user s own hard disk 115 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ProConnect II Series Automati...

Page 63: ...7 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ProConnect II Series CPU Central Processing Unit The computing part of the computer Also called the processor it is made up of the control unit and ALU Database A database is a collection of data that is organized so that its con tents can easily be accessed managed and updated Data Packet One frame in a packet switched message Most data communi ...

Page 64: ...8 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 overloaded traffic or failing lines and is much more flexible than static routing which uses a fixed forwarding path Encryption A security method that applies a specific algorithm to data in order to alter the data s appearanc...

Page 65: ...re secure IPSec must be supported on both transmitter and receiver and must share a public key Tunnel mode is widely deployed in VPNs Virtual Private Networks 121 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ProConnect II Series Half Duplex Data transmission that can occur in two directions over a sin gle line but only one direction at a time Hardware Hardware is the physical aspect of comput...

Page 66: ...s information about a specific device for utilizing SNMP Multicasting Sending data to a group of nodes instead of a single destina tion 122 Network A system that transmits any combination of voice video and or data between users Node A network junction or connection point typically a computer or work station Out of Band Management Management of the network from a station not attached to the networ...

Page 67: ...in an electrical cir cuit 125 Layer 2 Management 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch ProConnect II Series RAID improves performance by disk striping which interleaves bytes or groups of bytes across multiple drives so more than one disk is reading and writing simultaneously RIP Routing Information Protocol A simple routing protocol that is part of the TCP IP protocol suite It determines a route based o...

Page 68: ...requiring the receiver of a packet to return an acknowledgment of receipt to the sender of the packet resulting in transmis sion control TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The basic com munication language or set of protocols for communications over a network developed specifically for the Internet TCP IP defines a suite or group of protocols and not only TCP and IP Telnet A te...

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