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Chapter 1

Introduction

Welcome to the Moxa EDS-510A Series of EtherDevice Switches, the Gigabit Managed
Redundant Ethernet Switches designed specially for connecting Ethernet-enabled devices in
industrial field applications.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

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Overview

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Package Checklist

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Features

Summary of Contents for EtherDevice EDS-510A Series

Page 2: ... Moxa reserves the right to make improvements and or changes to this manual or to the products and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However Moxa assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements on the rights of third parties that may result from its use This product might include unintenti...

Page 3: ...bo Ring DIP Switch 3 14 System File Update By Remote TFTP 3 17 System File Update By Local Import Export 3 18 System File Update By Backup Media 3 18 Restart 3 19 Factory Default 3 19 Using Port Trunking 3 20 The Port Trunking Concept 3 20 Configuring Port Trunking 3 21 Configuring SNMP 3 23 SNMP Read Write Settings 3 24 Trap Settings 3 25 Private MIB information 3 26 Using Communication Redundanc...

Page 4: ...guring Relay Warning 3 79 Event Setup 3 79 Warning List 3 80 Using Line Swap Fast Recovery 3 81 Configuring Line Swap Fast Recovery 3 81 Using Set Device IP 3 81 Configuring Set Device IP 3 83 Using Diagnosis 3 86 Mirror Port 3 86 Ping 3 87 Using Monitor 3 89 Monitor by Switch 3 89 Monitor by Port 3 90 Using the MAC Address Table 3 90 Using Event Log 3 91 Using Syslog 3 92 Using HTTPS SSL 3 93 Cha...

Page 5: ... Series of EtherDevice Switches the Gigabit Managed Redundant Ethernet Switches designed specially for connecting Ethernet enabled devices in industrial field applications The following topics are covered in this chapter Overview Package Checklist Features ...

Page 6: ...ich can give 1000 Mbps link capability for transmitting all of the data to the control center By providing this third Gigabit Ethernet port the EDS 510A can help the user build a complete Gigabit Ethernet backbone network Package Checklist The EDS 510A is shipped with the following items If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your customer service representative for assistance...

Page 7: ...ds to identify network segment integrity Recommended Software and Accessories SFP 1GSXLC Small form factor pluggable transceiver with 1000BaseSX LC 0 5 km 0 to 60 C SFP 1GSXLC T Small form factor pluggable transceiver with 1000BaseSX LC 0 5 km 20 to 75 C SFP 1GLXLC Small form factor pluggable transceiver with 1000BaseLX LC 10 km 0 to 60 C SFP 1GLXLC T Small form factor pluggable transceiver with 1...

Page 8: ...t serial cable to connect the EDS 510A to a PC s COM port can be used if you do not know the EDS 510A s IP address The Telnet console and web browser connection methods can be used to access the EDS 510A over an Ethernet LAN or over the Internet The following topics are covered in this chapter RS 232 Console Configuration 115200 None 8 1 VT100 Configuration using a Telnet Console Configuration usi...

Page 9: ...llow you to maintain better control over the configuration of your EDS 510A NOTE We recommend using Moxa PComm Terminal Emulator which can be downloaded free of charge from Moxa s website Before running PComm Terminal Emulator use an RJ45 to DB9 F or RJ45 to DB25 F cable to connect the EDS 510A s RS 232 console port to your PC s COM port generally COM1 or COM2 depending on how your system is set u...

Page 10: ...roperty window opens Select the appropriate COM port for Console Connection 115200 for Baud Rate 8 for Data Bits None for Parity and 1 for Stop Bits 4 Click the Terminal tab and select VT100 for Terminal Type Click OK to continue 5 Type 1 to select ansi VT100 terminal type and then press Enter ...

Page 11: ... leave the Password field blank if a console password has not been set and then press Enter 7 The EDS 510A s Main Menu will be displayed NOTE To modify the appearance of the PComm Terminal Emulator window select Font under the Edit menu and then choose the desired formatting options 8 After entering the Main Menu use the following keys to move the cursor and to select options Key Function Up Down ...

Page 12: ...xxx xxx On the other hand if your PC host s subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 then its IP address must have the form 192 168 127 xxx NOTE To use the EDS 510A s management and monitoring functions from a PC host connected to the same LAN as the EDS 510A you must make sure that the PC host and the EDS 510A are connected to the same logical subnet NOTE Before accessing the console utility via Telnet first...

Page 13: ...make sure that the VT100 Arrows option is selected NOTE The Telnet Console looks and operates in precisely the same manner as the RS 232 Console Configuration using a Web Browser The EDS 510A s web browser interface provides a convenient way to modify the switch s configuration and access the built in monitoring and network administration functions The recommended web browser is Microsoft Internet...

Page 14: ...E The EDS 510A s default IP is 192 168 127 253 Perform the following steps to access the EDS 510A s web browser interface 1 Open Internet Explorer and type EDS 510A s IP address in the Address field Press Enter to establish the connection 2 The web login page will open Select the login account Admin or User and enter the Password this is the same as the Console password and then click Login to con...

Page 15: ...ow to open the function pages to access each of the switch s functions Disabling Telnet and Browser Access If you are connecting the EDS 510A to a public network but do not intend to use its management functions over the network we suggest using the RS 232 console s Basic Settings System Info page to disable both Telnet Console and Web Configuration as shown in the following figure ...

Page 16: ...A over an Ethernet LAN or over the Internet The web console is the most user friendly way to configure the EDS 510A In this chapter we use the web console interface to introduce the functions There are only a few differences between the web console serial console and Telnet console The following topics are covered in this chapter Configuring Basic Settings Using Port Trunking Configuring SNMP Usin...

Page 17: ...acters This option is useful for specifying the role or application of different EDS 510A units E g Factory Switch 1 Managed Redundant Switch Serial No of this switch Switch Location Setting Description Factory Default Max 80 Characters To specify the location of different EDS 510A units E g production line 1 Switch Location Switch Description Setting Description Factory Default Max 30 Characters ...

Page 18: ...00 Password The EDS 510A provides two levels of access privilege admin privilege gives read write access to all EDS 510A configuration parameters and user privilege provides read access only You will be able to view the configuration but will not be able to make modifications ATTENTION The EDS 510A s default Password is not set i e is blank If a Password is already set then you will be required to...

Page 19: ...e IP Settings allows you to add or remove Legal remote host IP addresses to prevent unauthorized access Access to the EDS 510A is controlled by IP address If a host s IP address is in the accessible IP table then the host will be allowed access to the EDS 510A You can allow one of the following cases by setting this parameter Only one host with the specified IP address can access the EDS 510A E g ...

Page 20: ...8 1 254 192 168 1 128 255 255 255 128 Port Port settings are included to give the user control over Port Access Port Transmission Speed Flow Control and Port Type MDI or MDIX An explanation of each configuration item follows Enable Setting Description Factory Default checked Allows data transmission through the port unchecked Immediately shuts off port access enabled ATTENTION If a connected devic...

Page 21: ...f these fixed speed options if the opposing Ethernet device has trouble auto negotiating line speed Auto FDX Flow Ctrl This setting enables or disables the flow control capability of this port when the port transmission speed setting is in auto mode The final result will be determined by the auto process between the EDS 510A and connected devices Setting Description Factory Default Enable Enables ...

Page 22: ...st address and Global Unicast address A Link Local address makes the switch accessible over IPv6 for all devices attached to the same local subnet To connect to a larger network with multiple segments the switch must be configured with a Global Unicast address See a brief explanation of each configuration item below Auto IP Configuration Setting Description Factory Default Disable Set up the EDS 5...

Page 23: ... s IP Address The IP address of the DNS Server used by your network The EDS 510A will try to locate the 2nd DNS Server if the 1st DNS Server fails to connect None Global Unicast Address Prefix Prefix Length 64 bits Setting Description Factory Default Global Unicast Address Prefix The prefix value must be formatted according to RFC 2373 IPv6 Addressing Architecture using 8 colon separated 16 bit he...

Page 24: ...r Cache Setting Description Factory Default None The information in the neighbor cache that includes the neighboring node s IPv6 address the corresponding Link Layer address and the current state of the entry None Time The Time configuration page lets users set the time date and other settings An explanation of each setting is given below the figure The EDS 510A has a time calibration function bas...

Page 25: ...aving time also know as DST or summer time involves advancing clocks usually 1 hour during the summer time to provide an extra hour of daylight in the afternoon Start Date Setting Description Factory Default User adjustable date The Start Date parameter allows users to enter the date that daylight saving time begins None End Date Setting Description Factory Default User adjustable date TheEnd Date...

Page 26: ...tion network In recent years an increasing number of electrical power systems have been using a more distributed architecture with network technologies that have less stringent timing specifications IEEE 1588 generates a master slave relationship between the clocks and enforces the specific timing requirements in such power systems All devices ultimately get their time from a clock known as the gr...

Page 27: ...Clock functionality defined by IEEE 1588 must be implemented in the switch and The switch must be configured such that it does not pass IEEE 1588 message traffic using the normal communication mechanisms of the switch Such an Ethernet switch will synchronize clocks directly connected to one of its ports to the highest possible accuracy S S S M S M M M Grandmaster Clock Determines the time base for...

Page 28: ...r UUID When the clock has a port in PTP_SLAVE state this member s value is the value of the grand master Clock s Uuid field of the last Sync message received from the parent of the slave port Parent UUID When the clock has a port in PTP_SLAVE state this member s value is the value of the source Uuid field of the last Sync message received from the parent of the slave port Clock Stratum The stratum...

Page 29: ... released in 2007 supports additional redundant ring architectures In this manual we use the terminology Turbo Ring ring and Turbo Ring V2 ring to differentiate between rings configured for one or the other of these protocols For a detailed description of Turbo Ring and Turbo Ring V2 please refer to the Using Communication Redundancy section later in this chapter How to Enable or Disable the Turbo...

Page 30: ...Ring ring If you reset the switch to factory defaults the DIP switches will be set to configure the EDS for a Turbo Ring V2 ring How to Configure the Turbo Ring DIP Switches The Turbo Ring DIP Switches are set to the OFF position at the factory NOTE The four DIP Switches are used to configure both the Turbo Ring and Turbo Ring V2 protocols depending on which protocol is active To select which prot...

Page 31: ...This EDS will not be the Ring Master OFF Do not use this EDS as a ring coupler OFF DIP switches 1 2 3 will be disabled NOTE The DIP 1 setting will only be active if DIP 3 is in the ON position If you set DIP 3 to OFF then the default Ring Coupling port will NOT be enabled even if DIP 1 is ON Protocol Default Turbo Ring Ports Default Ring Coupling Port s Turbo Ring ports G2 and G3 port 7 Turbo Ring...

Page 32: ...al host is also supported for easy upgrading or configuration of the EDS 510A TFTP Server IP Name Setting Description Factory Default IP Address of TFTP Server The IP or name of the remote TFTP server Must be set up before downloading or uploading files None Configuration Files Path and Name Setting Description Factory Default Max 40 Characters The path and file name of the EDS 510A s configuratio...

Page 33: ...file and log file directly in the web page In such cases right click Export to save as a file Upgrade Firmware To import the firmware file of this EDS 510A click Browse to select the firmware file already saved on your computer The upgrade procedure will proceed automatically after clicking Import Upload Configuration Data To import the configuration file of this EDS 510A click Browse to select th...

Page 34: ...ad the ABC s configurations to the Switch To import the configuration file of the EDS 510A click on Load to load it to the Switch Restart This function is used to restart the MOXA EtherDevice Switch Factory Default The Factory Default function is included to give users a quick way of restoring EDS 510A s configuration settings to their factory default values This function is available in the Conso...

Page 35: ... ports share the traffic within this trunk group Load sharing MAC Client traffic may be distributed across multiple links To avoid broadcast storms or loops in your network while configuring a trunk first disable or disconnect all ports that you want to add to the trunk or remove from the trunk After you finish configuring the trunk enable or re connect the ports If all ports on both switch units ...

Page 36: ...x Step 2 Select Static or LACP from the Trunk Type drop down box Step 3 Under Member Ports and Available Ports select the specific ports Step 4 Use the Up Down buttons to add remove designated ports to from a trunk group Trunk Group Maximum of 3 trunk groups Setting Description Factory Default Trk1 Trk2 Trk3 Trk4 Display or designate the Trunk Type and Member Ports for Trunk Group 1 2 3 4 Trk1 Tru...

Page 37: ...00M Half 10M Full or 10M Half N A FDX Flow Control Indicates if the FDX flow control of this port is Enabled or Disabled N A Up Add designated ports into trunk group from available ports N A Down Remove designated ports from trunk group to available port N A Trunk Table Setting Description Trunk Group Displays the Trunk Type and Trunk Group Member Port Display which member ports belong to the trun...

Page 38: ...Protocol Version UI Setting Authentication Type Data Encryption Method V1 V2c Read Community Community string No Use a community string match for authentication SNMP V1 V2c V1 V2c Write Read Community Community string No Use a community string match for authentication No Auth No No Use account with admin or user to access objects MD5 or SHA Authentication based on MD5 or SHA No Provides authentica...

Page 39: ...ty string private private For SNMP V3 there are two levels of privileges for different accounts to access the EDS 510A Admin privilege allows access and authorization to read and write the MIB file User privilege only allows reading the MIB file but does not have authorization to write Admin Auth Type for SNMP V1 V2c V3 and V3 only Setting Description Factory Default No Auth Use admin account to a...

Page 40: ...ap Settings SNMP traps allow an SNMP agent to notify the NMS of a significant event The EDS 600 supports two SNMP modes Trap mode and Inform mode SNMP Trap Mode In Trap mode the SNMP agent sends an SNMPv1 trap PDU to the NMS No acknowledgment is sent back from the NMS so the agent has no way of knowing if the trap reached the NMS SNMP Inform Mode SNMPv2 provides an inform mechanism When an inform ...

Page 41: ...ng Description Factory Default 8691 7 10 EDS 510A s enterprise value Fixed NOTE The Switch Object ID cannot be changed Using Communication Redundancy Setting up Communication Redundancy on your network helps protect critical links against failure protects against network loops and keeps network downtime at a minimum The Communication Redundancy function allows the user to set up redundant loops in...

Page 42: ...the terminology Turbo Ring ring and Turbo Ring V2 ring to differentiate between rings configured for one or the other of these protocols Gigabit Ethernet Redundant Ring Capability 50 ms Ethernet has become the default data communications medium for industrial automation applications In fact Ethernet is often used to integrate video voice and high rate industrial application data transfers into one...

Page 43: ...f a Turbo Ring or Turbo Ring V2 ring 1 Select any two ports as redundant ports 2 Connect the redundant ports to form the Turbo Ring The user does not need to configure any of the switches as the master to use Turbo Ring or Turbo Ring V2 If none of the switches in the ring is configured as the master then the protocol will automatically assign master status to one of the switches In fact the master...

Page 44: ...up segment is one of the two segments connected to the N 1 st EDS i e the EDS unit directly opposite the master When the number of EDS 510A units in the Turbo Ring is odd Master Segment N 1 If there are 2N 1 EDS units an odd number in the Turbo Ring ring with EDS units and segments labeled counterclockwise then segment N 1 will serve as the backup path For the example shown here N 1 so that N 1 2 ...

Page 45: ... to create one BIG redundant ring since some devices could be located in a remote area For these systems Ring Coupling can be used to separate the devices into different smaller redundant rings but in such a way that they can still communicate with each other ATTENTION In a VLAN environment the user must set Redundant Port Coupling Port and Coupling Control Port to join all VLANs since these ports...

Page 46: ...te that the ring coupling settings for a Turbo Ring V2 ring are different from a Turbo Ring ring For Turbo Ring V2 Ring Coupling is enabled by configuring the Coupling Port Primary on Switch B and the Coupling Port Backup on Switch A only You do not need to set up a coupling control port so that a Turbo Ring V2 ring does not use a coupling control line The Coupling Port Backup on Switch A is used ...

Page 47: ...have inherent cabling difficulties Dual Ring for a Turbo Ring V2 Ring Ring A Master Master Ring B Dual Homing Configuration applies only to Turbo Ring V2 The dual homing option uses a single Ethernet switch to connect two networks The primary path is the operating connection and the backup path is a back up connection that is activated in the event that the primary path connection fails Dual Homin...

Page 48: ...ms Now Active Shows which communication protocol is in use Turbo Ring Turbo Ring V2 RSTP or none Master Slave Indicates whether or not this EDS is the Master of the Turbo Ring This field appears only when selected to operate in Turbo Ring or Turbo Ring V2 mode NOTE The user does not need to set the master to use Turbo Ring If no master is set the Turbo Ring protocol will assign master status to on...

Page 49: ...e to the RSTP configuration page None Ring redundancy is not active None Set as Master Setting Description Factory Default Enabled Select this EDS as Master Disabled Do not select this EDS as Master Not checked Redundant Ports Setting Description Factory Default 1st Port Select any port of the EDS to be one of the redundant ports port G2 2nd Port Select any port of the EDS to be one of the redunda...

Page 50: ...bo Ring V2 RSTP or none Ring 1 2 Status Shows Healthy if the ring is operating normally and shows Break if the ring s backup link is active Ring 1 2 Master Slave Indicates whether or not this EDS is the Master of the Turbo Ring This field appears only when selected to operate in Turbo Ring or Turbo Ring V2 mode NOTE The user does not need to set the master to use Turbo Ring If no master is set the...

Page 51: ...urbo Ring V2 configuration page RSTP IEEE 802 1W 1D Select this item to change to the RSTP configuration page None Ring redundancy is not active None Enable Ring 1 Setting Description Factory Default Enabled Enable the Ring 1 settings Disabled Disable the Ring 1 settings Not checked Enable Ring 2 Setting Description Factory Default Enabled Enable the Ring 2 settings Disabled Disable the Ring 2 set...

Page 52: ...actory Default Primary Port Select any port of the EDS to be the primary port port G1 Backup Port Select any port of the EDS to be the backup port port G2 NOTE The Turbo Ring DIP Switches located on the EDS 510A s outer casing can be used to configure the EDS s Turbo Ring protocols For details on how to do this refer to Configuring Basic Settings Turbo Ring DIP Switch section in this manual If you...

Page 53: ...xible and scalable topologies with a fast media recovery time Setting Up Turbo Chain 1 Select the Head switch Tail switch and Member switches 2 Configure one port as the Head port and one port as the Member port in the Head switch configure one port as the Tail port and one port as the Member port in the Tail switch and configure two ports as Member ports in each of the Member switches 3 Connect t...

Page 54: ...EDS 510A Series User s Manual Featured Functions 3 39 Configuring Turbo Chain Head Switch Configuration Member Switch Configuration ...

Page 55: ...no connection Explanation of Settings Items Redundancy Protocol Setting Description Factory Default Turbo Ring Select this item to change to the Turbo Ring configuration page Turbo Ring V2 Select this item to change to the Turbo Ring V2 configuration page Turbo Chain Select this item to change to the Turbo Chain configuration page RSTP IEEE 802 1W 1D Select this item to change to the RSTP configur...

Page 56: ...in the network Moxa EDS 510A s STP feature is disabled by default To be completely effective you must enable RSTP STP on every EDS 510A connected to your network Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP implements the Spanning Tree Algorithm and Protocol defined by IEEE Std 802 1w 2001 RSTP provides the following benefits The topology of a bridged network will be determined much more quickly compared to ...

Page 57: ...The figure below shows a network made up of three LANs separated by three bridges Each segment uses at most two paths to communicate with the other segments Since this configuration can give rise to loops the network will overload if STP is NOT enabled If STP is enabled it will detect duplicate paths and prevent or block one of them from forwarding traffic In the following example STP determined t...

Page 58: ...w STP Requirements Before STP can configure the network the system must satisfy the following requirements Communication between all the bridges This communication is carried out using Bridge Protocol Data Units BPDUs which are transmitted in packets with a known multicast address Each bridge must have a Bridge Identifier that specifies which bridge acts as the central reference point or Root Brid...

Page 59: ...dge and all other relevant parameters have been established each bridge is configured to forward traffic only between its Root Port and the Designated Bridge Ports for the respective network segments All other ports are blocked which means that they will not be allowed to receive or forward traffic STP Reconfiguration Once the network topology has stabilized each bridge listens for Hello BPDUs tra...

Page 60: ...ve the lowest Bridge Identifier on the network Since Bridge A is the Root Bridge it is also the Designated Bridge for LAN segment 1 Port 1 on Bridge A is selected as the Designated Bridge Port for LAN Segment 1 Ports 1 of Bridges B C X and Y are all Root Ports sine they are nearest to the Root Bridge and therefore have the most efficient path Bridges B and X offer the same Root Path Cost for LAN s...

Page 61: ...ult this link has a port cost of 100 and is automatically blocked because the other Switch to Switch connections have a port cost of 36 18 18 This means that both VLANs are now subdivided VLAN 1 on Switch units A and B cannot communicate with VLAN 1 on Switch C and VLAN 2 on Switch units A and C cannot communicate with VLAN 2 on Switch B Block 802 1Q tagged 10BaseTx half duplex Link camies VLAN1 2...

Page 62: ... whether or not this EDS 510A is the Root of the Spanning Tree the root is determined automatically At the bottom of this page the user can configure the Settings of this function For RSTP you can configure Protocol of Redundancy Setting Description Factory Default Turbo Ring Select this item to change to the Turbo Ring configuration page None RSTP IEEE 802 1W 1D Select this item to change to the ...

Page 63: ...f as a root Once two or more devices on the network are recognized as a root the devices will renegotiate to set up a new Spanning Tree topology 20 Enable STP per Port Setting Description Factory Default Enable Disable Select to enable the port as a node on the Spanning Tree topology Disabled NOTE We suggest not enabling the Spanning Tree Protocol once the port is connected to a device PLC RTU etc...

Page 64: ...p 1 Assign a value to Hello Time and then calculate the left most part of Eq 4 to get the lower limit of Max Age Step 2 Assign a value to Forwarding Delay and then calculate the right most part of Eq 4 to get the upper limit for Max Age Step 3 Assign a value to Forwarding Delay that satisfies the conditions in Eq 3 and Eq 4 Using Traffic Prioritization EDS 510A s traffic prioritization capability ...

Page 65: ...ality of Service QoS to your network EDS 510A traffic prioritization depends on two industry standard methods IEEE 802 1D a layer 2 marking scheme Differentiated Services DiffServ a layer 3 marking scheme IEEE 802 1D Traffic Marking The IEEE Std 802 1D 1998 Edition marking scheme which is an enhancement to IEEE Std 802 1D enables Quality of Service on the LAN Traffic service levels are defined in ...

Page 66: ...t use a layer 3 TOS enabled prioritization scheme Traffic Prioritization EDS 510A classifies traffic based on layer 2 of the OSI 7 layer model and the switch prioritizes received traffic according to the priority information defined in the received packet Incoming traffic is classified based upon the IEEE 802 1D frame and is assigned to the appropriate priority queue based on the IEEE 802 1p servi...

Page 67: ...ity but in the event that high priority traffic exceeds the link capacity lower priority traffic is not blocked Strict This method services high traffic queues first low priority queues are delayed until no more high priority data needs to be sent This method always gives precedence to high priority over low priority Configuring Traffic Prioritization Quality of Service QoS provides a traffic prio...

Page 68: ...rt Default Priority of the ingress frames to different priority queues If the received packets are not equipped with any tag information CoS TOS the default port priority will take effect Normal Inspect TOS Setting Description Factory Default Enable Disable Select the option to enable EDS 510A to inspect the Type of Service TOS bits in IPV4 frame to determine the priority of each frame Enable Insp...

Page 69: ... table of different CoS values to 4 different egress queues 0 Low 1 Low 2 Normal 3 Normal 4 Medium 5 Medium 6 High 7 High TOS DiffServ Mapping Setting Description Factory Default Low Normal Medium High Set the mapping table of different TOS values to 4 different egress queues 1 to 16 Low 17 to 32 Normal 33 to 48 Medium 49 to 64 High ...

Page 70: ...ommunicate as if they are on the same physical segment With VLANs you can segment your network without being restricted by physical connections a limitation of traditional network design As an example with VLANs you can segment your network according to Departmental groups You could have one VLAN for the Marketing department another for the Finance department and another for the Development depart...

Page 71: ...ces regardless of whether or not they need it VLANs increase the efficiency of your network because each VLAN can be set up to contain only those devices that need to communicate with each other VLANs and Moxa EtherDevice Switch Your EDS 510A provides support for VLANs using IEEE Std 802 1Q 1998 This standard allows traffic from multiple VLANs to be carried across one physical link The IEEE Std 80...

Page 72: ...ing the additional information it is known as a tagged frame To carry multiple VLANs across a single physical backbone trunk link each packet must be tagged with a VLAN identifier so that the switches can identify which packets belong to which VLAN To communicate between VLANs a router must be used The EDS 510A supports two types of VLAN port settings Access Port The port connects to a single devi...

Page 73: ...an only belong to the same VLAN Port 3 connects with another switch It should be configured as Trunk Port GVRP protocol will be used through the Trunk Port Port 4 connects a single untagged device and assigns it to VLAN 2 it should be configured as Access Port with PVID 2 Port 5 connects a single untagged device and assigns it to VLAN 3 it should be configured as Access Port with PVID 3 Port 6 con...

Page 74: ...ognize its VLAN and pass it to port 2 but will not remove tags received successfully by device E Configuring Virtual LAN VLAN Settings To configure the EDS 510A s 802 1Q VLAN use the VLAN Settings page to configure the ports VLAN Mode Setting Description Factory Default 802 1Q VLAN Set VLAN mode to 802 1Q VLAN Port based VLAN Set VLAN mode to Port based VLAN 802 1Q VLAN Management VLAN ID Setting ...

Page 75: ...all packets of different VLANs to different EDS 510A units Port PVID Setting Description Factory Default VID range from 1 to 4094 Set the port default VLAN ID for untagged devices that connect to the port 1 Fixed VLAN List Tagged Setting Description Factory Default VID range from 1 to 4094 This field will be active only when selecting the Trunk port type Set the other VLAN ID for tagged devices th...

Page 76: ...N Set VLAN mode to 802 1Q VLAN Port based VLAN Set VLAN mode to Port based VLAN 802 1Q VLAN Port Setting Description Factory Default Enable Disable Set port to specific VLAN Group Enable all ports belong to VLAN1 VLAN Table In 802 1Q VLAN table you can review the VLAN groups that were created Joined Access Ports and Trunk Ports and in Port based VLAN table you can review the VLAN group and Joined ...

Page 77: ...in the destination address field of the packet s IP header Benefits of Multicast The benefits of using IP multicast are that it Uses the most efficient sensible method to deliver the same information to many receivers with only one transmission Reduces the load on the source for example a server since it will not need to produce several copies of the same data Makes efficient use of network bandwi...

Page 78: ...w a network behaves without multicast filtering and with multicast filtering Network without multicast filtering 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Serial ports Console LAN 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IGMP Group2 Group 1 Multicast Stream Group 2 Multicast Stream IGMP Group1 IGMP Group2 IGMP Group1 All hosts receive the multicast traffic even if they don t need it Network with multicast filtering IGMP Group2 Group 1 Multi...

Page 79: ...y device that conforms to the IGMP v2 device protocol IGMP Multicast Filtering IGMP is used by IP supporting network devices to register hosts with multicast groups It can be used on all LANs and VLANs that contain a multicast capable IP router and on other network devices that support multicast filtering IGMP works as follows 1 The IP router or querier periodically sends query packets to all end ...

Page 80: ...t address are able to be forwarded from this port When a port receives a GMRP leave message it will de register the multicast address from its database and all the multicast packets with this multicast address are not able to be forwarded from this port Static Multicast MAC Some devices may only support multicast packets but not support either IGMP Snooping or GMRP The EDS 510A supports adding mul...

Page 81: ...fault Numerical value input by user Set the query interval of the Querier function globally Valid settings are from 20 to 600 seconds 125 seconds IGMP Snooping Setting Description Factory Default Enable Disable Select the option to enable the IGMP Snooping function per VLAN Enabled if IGMP Snooping Enabled Globally NOTE We suggest the following IGMP Snooping configurations When the network is mixe...

Page 82: ...st one switch must be designated the Querier or enable IGMP snooping and GMRP when enabling Turbo Ring and IGMP snooping simultaneously IGMP Table The EDS 510A displays the current active IGMP groups that were detected The information includes VID Auto learned Multicast Router Port Static Multicast Router Port Querier Connected Port and the IP and MAC addresses of active IGMP groups Add Static Mul...

Page 83: ...None Join Port Setting Description Factory Default Select Deselect Select the appropriate options to select the join ports for this multicast group None Configuring GMRP GMRP is a MAC based multicast management protocol whereas IGMP is IP based GMRP provides a mechanism that allows bridges and end stations to register or un register Group membership information dynamically GMRP enable Setting Desc...

Page 84: ...en the device malfunctions For example so called broadcast storms could be caused by an incorrectly configured topology or a malfunctioning device The EDS 510A series not only prevents broadcast storms but can also be configured to a different ingress rate for all packets giving administrators full control of their limited bandwidth to prevent undesirable effects caused by unpredictable faults Tra...

Page 85: ...he LAN and switch services and responds to the requests from the switch Authentication server The server that performs the actual authentication of the supplicant Authenticator Edge switch or wireless access point that acts as a proxy between the supplicant and the authentication server requesting identity information from the supplicant verifying the information with the authentication server and...

Page 86: ...t with an authentication type to the authenticator to ask for the password from the client RFC 2284 defines several EAP authentication types such as MD5 Challenge One Time Password and Generic Token Card Currently only MD5 Challenge is supported If the Local User Database is used this step is skipped 4 The authenticator sends an EAP Request MD5 Challenge frame to the supplicant If the RADIUS serve...

Page 87: ...ase Option Setting Description Factory Default Local Max 32 users Select this option when setting the Local User Database as the authentication database Local Radius Select this option to set an external RADIUS server as the authentication database The authentication mechanism is EAP MD5 Local Radius Local Select this option to make an external RADIUS server as the authentication database with fir...

Page 88: ...s must be configured to use the same key None Re Auth Setting Description Factory Default Enable Disable Select to require re authentication of the client after a preset time period of no activity has elapsed Disable Re Auth Period Setting Description Factory Default Numerical 60 65535 sec Specify how frequently the end stations need to reenter usernames and passwords in order to stay connected 36...

Page 89: ...e connected devices to be re authorized manually 802 1X Re Authentication Setting Description Factory Default Enable Disable Select the option to enable 802 1X Re Authentication Disable Local User Database Setup When setting the Local User Database as the authentication database set the database first ...

Page 90: ...ce industrial Ethernet devices are often located at the endpoints of a system these devices will not always know what is happening elsewhere on the network This means that an industrial Ethernet switch that connects to these devices must provide system maintainers with real time alarm messages Even when control engineers are out of the control room for an extended period of time they can still be ...

Page 91: ...EDS 510A s email setup from the Console interface or browser interface enter your Mail Server IP Name IP address or name Account Name Account Password Retype New Password and the email address to which warning messages will be sent 3 Activate your settings and if necessary test the email After configuring and activating your EDS 510A s Event Types and Email Setup you can use the Test Email functio...

Page 92: ...Port Events Warning e mail is sent when Link ON The port is connected to another device Link OFF The port is disconnected e g the cable is pulled out or the opposing device shuts down Traffic Overload The port s traffic surpasses the Traffic Threshold for that port provided this item is Enabled Traffic Threshold Enter a non zero number if the port s Traffic Overload item is Enabled Traffic Duratio...

Page 93: ... password and then click Activate Max 45 Characters Disable Old Password Type the current password when changing the password None New Password Type new password when enabled to change password Max 45 Characters None Retype Password If you type a new password in the Password field you will be required to retype the password in the Retype new password field before updating the new password None Ema...

Page 94: ...o basic steps required to set up the Relay Warning function 1 Configuring Relay Event Types Select the desired Event types from the Console or Web Browser Event type page a description of each event type is given later in the Relay Alarm Events setting subsection 2 Activate your settings After completing the configuration procedure you will need to activate your EDS 510A s Relay Event Types Event ...

Page 95: ...ulled out or the opposing device shuts down Traffic Overload The port s traffic surpasses the Traffic Threshold for that port provided this item is Enabled Traffic Threshold Enter a non zero number if the port s Traffic Overload item is Enabled Traffic Duration sec A Traffic Overload warning is sent every Traffic Duration seconds if the average Traffic Threshold is surpassed during that time perio...

Page 96: ...ng figure shows Configuring Line Swap Fast Recovery Enable Line Swap Fast Recovery Setting Description Factory Default Enable Disable Select this option to enable the Line Swap Fast Recovery function Enable Using Set Device IP To reduce the effort required to set up IP addresses the EDS 510A series comes equipped with DHCP BOOTP server and RARP protocol to set up IP addresses of Ethernet enabled d...

Page 97: ...gure should give you some idea of what to look for You also need to decide to which of the EDS 510A s ports your Ethernet enabled devices will be connected You will need to set up each of these ports separately as described in the following step STEP 2 Configure the EDS 510A s Set device IP function either from the Console utility or from the Web Browser interface In either case you simply need to...

Page 98: ...ation option and use the information to implement IP addresses to Clients When Option 82 is enabled on the switch a subscriber device is identified by the switch port through which it connects to the network in addition to its MAC address Multiple hosts on the subscriber LAN can be connected to the same port on the access switch and are uniquely identified The Option 82 information contains 2 sub ...

Page 99: ...ver This assigns the IP address of the 1st DHCP server that the switch tries to access None 2nd Server Setting Description Factory Default IP address for the 2nd DHCP server This assigns the IP address of the 2nd DHCP server that the switch tries to access None 3rd Server Setting Description Factory Default IP address for the 3rd DHCP server This assigns the IP address of the 3rd DHCP server that ...

Page 100: ...he remote ID sub option IP Other Use the user defined value as the remote ID sub option IP Value Setting Description Factory Default Displays the value which you ve set Max 12 characters If you set the type as Other you will have to fill it switch IP address Display Setting Description Factory Default The actual hexdecimal value set at the DHCP server for the Remote ID This value is automatically ...

Page 101: ...ored Port Select the port number of the port whose network activity will be monitored Mirror Port Select the port number of the port that will be used to monitor the activity of the monitored port Watch Direction Select one of the following three watch direction options Input data stream Select this option to monitor only those data packets coming in through the EDS 510A s port Output data stream ...

Page 102: ...rough its ports To use the Ping function type in the desired IP address and then press Enter from the Console utility or click Ping when using the Web Browser interface LLDP Function Overview Defined by IEEE 802 11AB LLDP is an OSI Layer 2 Protocol that standardizes the methodology of self identity advertisement It allows each networking device e g a Moxa managed switch to periodically inform its ...

Page 103: ...nking for the entire network LLDP Settings Enable LLDP Setting Description Factory Default Enable or Disable Enable or disable LLDP function Enable Value Setting Description Factory Default Numbers from 5 32768 secs To set the transmit interval of LLDP messages Unit is in seconds 30 seconds LLDT Table Port Neighbor ID Neighbor Port Neighbor Port Description Neighbor System Port The port number tha...

Page 104: ...cific types of packets Recall that TX Packets are packets sent out from the EDS 510A RX Packets are packets received from connected devices and Error Packets are packets that did not pass TCP IP s error checking algorithm The Total Packets option displays a graph that combines TX RX and TX Error RX Error Packets activity The graph displays data transmission activity by showing Packets s i e packet...

Page 105: ...oves up or down so that the user can view the change in the rate of packet transmission The blue colored bar shows Unicast packets the red colored bar shows Multicast packets and the orange colored bar shows Broadcast packets The graph is updated every few seconds allowing the user to analyze data transmission activity in real time Using the MAC Address Table This section explains the information ...

Page 106: ... date is set in the Basic Setting page Time The time is updated based on how the current time is set in the Basic Setting page System Startup Time The system startup time related to this event Events Events that have occurred NOTE The following events will be recorded into the EDS 510A s Event Log table 1 Cold start 2 Warm start 3 Configuration change activated 4 Power 1 2 transition Off On Power ...

Page 107: ...ault IP Address Enter the IP address of 1st Syslog Server used by your network None Port Destination 1 to 65535 Enter the UDP port of 1st Syslog Server 514 Syslog Server 2 Setting Description Factory Default IP Address Enter the IP address of 2nd Syslog Server used by your network None Port Destination 1 to 65535 Enter the UDP port of 2nd Syslog Server 514 Syslog Server 3 Setting Description Facto...

Page 108: ...atched 8 DI 1 2 transition Off On DI 1 2 transition On Off 9 Port traffic overload 10 dot1x Auth Fail 11 Port link off on Using HTTPS SSL To secure your HTTP access the EDS 510A supports HTTPS SSL to encrypt all HTTP traffic Perform the following steps to access the EDS 510A s web browser interface via HTTPS SSL 1 Open Internet Explorer and type https EDS 510A s IP address in the address field Pre...

Page 109: ... and access the web browser interface secured via HTTPS SSL NOTE Moxa provides a Root CA certificate After installing this certificate into your PC or notebook you can access the web browser interface directly and will not see any warning messages again You may download the certificate from the EDS 510A s CD ROM ...

Page 110: ...510A whose IP address is known modify the network configurations of one or multiple EDS 510A switches and update the firmware of one or more EDS 510A switches EDS Configurator is designed to provide you with instantaneous control of all of your EDS 510A switches regardless of location You may download the EDS Configurator software from Moxa s website free of charge This chapter includes the follow...

Page 111: ...he Moxa EtherDevice Server Configurator window will open as shown below Broadcast Search Use the Broadcast Search utility to search the LAN for all EDS 510A switches that are connected to the LAN Note that since the search is done by MAC address Broadcast Search will not be able to locate Moxa EtherDevice Servers connected outside the PC host s LAN Start by clicking the Broadcast Search icon or by...

Page 112: ... is conducted by IP address so you should be able to locate any EDS 510A that is properly connected to your LAN WAN or even the Internet Start by clicking the Specify by IP address icon or by selecting Specify IP address under the List Server menu The Search Server with IP Address window will open Enter the IP address of the switch you wish to search for and then click OK Once the search is comple...

Page 113: ...he Moxa EtherDevice Server Configurator window whose firmware you wish to upgrade to highlight it 3 Click the Upgrade Firmware toolbar icon or select Upgrade under the Firmware menu If the switch is Locked you will be prompted to input the switch s User Name and Password 4 Use the Open window to navigate to the folder that contains the firmware upgrade file and then click the correct rom file eds ...

Page 114: ... Address Subnet mask Gateway and DNS IP Click OK to accept the changes to the configuration Export Configuration The Export Configuration utility is used to save the entire configuration of a particular EDS 510A to a text file Take the following steps to export a configuration 1 Highlight the switch from the Server list in the Configurator window s left pane and then click the Export toolbar icon ...

Page 115: ... Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4 6 2 Click OK when the Export configuration to file OK message appears 3 You may use a standard text editor such as Notepad under Windows to view and modify the newly created configuration file ...

Page 116: ...rm the following steps to import a configuration 1 Highlight the server from the Moxa EtherDevice Switch list in the Configurator window s left pane and then click the Import toolbar icon or select Import Configuration from the Configuration menu 2 Use the Open window to navigate to the text file that contains the desired configuration Once the file is selected click Open to initiate the import pr...

Page 117: ...roadcast Search was used to locate it and the password has not yet been entered from within the current Configurator session Unlocked The switch is password protected Broadcast Search was used to locate it and the password has been entered from within the current Configurator session Henceforth during this Configurator session activating various utilities for this switch will not require re enteri...

Page 118: ...eries User s Manual EDS Configurator GUI 4 9 2 When the Unlock status window reports Progress as OK click the Close button in the upper right corner of the window 3 The status of the switch will now read Unlocked ...

Page 119: ... 1213 MIB II The standard MIB groups that the EDS 510A series support are MIB II 1 System Group sysORTable MIB II 2 Interfaces Group ifTable MIB II 4 IP Group ipAddrTable ipNetToMediaTable IpGroup IpBasicStatsGroup IpStatsGroup MIB II 5 ICMP Group IcmpGroup IcmpInputStatus IcmpOutputStats MIB II 6 TCP Group tcpConnTable TcpGroup TcpStats MIB II 7 UDP Group udpTable UdpStats ...

Page 120: ...ortTable dot1dStp dot1dStpPortTable dot1dTp dot1dTpFdbTable dot1dTpPortTable dot1dTpHCPortTable dot1dTpPortOverflowTable pBridgeMIB dot1dExtBase dot1dPriority dot1dGarp qBridgeMIB dot1qBase dot1qTp dot1qFdbTable dot1qTpPortTable dot1qTpGroupTable dot1qForwardUnregisteredTable dot1qStatic dot1qStaticUnicastTable dot1qStaticMulticastTable dot1qVlan dot1qVlanCurrentTable dot1qVlanStaticTable dot1qPor...

Page 121: ...ies utility CD ROM Public Traps 1 Cold Start 2 Link Up 3 Link Down 4 Authentication Failure 5 dot1dBridge New Root 6 dot1dBridge Topology Changed 7 Switch LLDP database Changed Private Traps 1 Configuration Changed 2 Power On 3 Power Off 4 Traffic Overloaded 5 Turbo Ring Topology Changed 6 Turbo Ring Coupling Port Changed 7 Turbo Ring Master Mismatch ...

Page 122: ... Hi byte x Word 1 Lo byte a Word 2 Hi byte 0 Word 2 Lo byte 0 0x0030 20 word Product Name EDS 510A Word 0 Hi byte E Word 0 Lo byte D Word 1 Hi byte S Word 1 Lo byte Word 2 Hi byte 5 Word 2 Lo byte 1 Word 3 Hi byte 0 Word 3 Lo byte A Word 4 Hi byte 0 Word 4 Lo byte 0 0x0050 1 word Product Serial Number 0x0051 2 word Firmware Version Word 0 Hi byte major A Word 0 Lo byte minor B Word 1 Hi byte relea...

Page 123: ...080 1 word DI1 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On 0x0081 1 word DI2 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On 0x0082 1 word DO1 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On 0x0083 1 word DO2 0x0000 Off 0x0001 On Port Information 0x1000 0x1011 1 word Port 1 10 Status 0x0000 Link down 0x0001 Link up 0x0002 Disable 0xFFFF No port 0x1100 0x1111 1 word Port 1 10 Speed 0x0000 10M Half 0x0001 10M Full 0x0002 100M Half 0x0003 100M Full 0x0004 1G Half 0x0005 1G Fu...

Page 124: ...211 0x2200 0x2223 2 word port 1 10 Tx Error Packets Ex port 1 Tx Error Packets 0x44332211 Word 0 4433 Word 1 2211 0x2300 0x2323 2 word port 1 10 Rx Error Packets Ex port 1 Rx Error Packets 0x44332211 Word 0 4433 Word 1 2211 Redundancy Information 0x3000 1 word Redundancy Protocol 0x0000 None 0x0001 RSTP 0x0002 Turbo Ring 0x0003 Turbo Ring V2 0x0004 Turbo Chain 0x3100 1 word RSTP Root 0x0000 Not Ro...

Page 125: ...oupling Port 0x0002 Link Down 0x0003 Blocked 0x0005 Forwarding 0xFFFF Turbo Ring Not Enable 0x3305 1 word TR Coupling Control Port status 0x0000 Port Disabled 0x0001 Not Coupling Port 0x0002 Link Down 0x0003 Blocked 0x0005 Forwarding 0x0006 Inactive 0x0007 Active 0xFFFF Turbo Ring Not Enable 0x3500 1 word TR2 Coupling Mode 0x0000 None 0x0001 Dual Homing 0x0002 Coupling Backup 0x0003 Coupling Prima...

Page 126: ... Disabled 0x0001 Not Redundant 0x0002 Link Down 0x0003 Blocked 0x0004 Learning 0x0005 Forwarding 0xFFFF Turbo Ring V2 Ring 1 Not Enable 0x3603 1 word TR2 Ring 1 2nd Port status 0x0000 Port Disabled 0x0001 Not Redundant 0x0002 Link Down 0x0003 Blocked 0x0004 Learning 0x0005 Forwarding 0xFFFF Turbo Ring V2 Ring 1 Not Enable 0x3680 1 word TR2 Ring 2 status 0x0000 Healthy 0x0001 Break 0xFFFF Turbo Rin...

Page 127: ...2 Ring 2 Not Enable 0x3700 1 word Turbo Chain Switch Role 0x0000 Head 0x0001 Member 0x0002 Tail 0xFFFF Turbo Chain Not Enable 0x3701 1 word Turbo Chain 1st Port status 0x0000 Link Down 0x0001 Blocking 0x0002 Blocked 0x0003 Forwarding 0xFFFF Turbo Ring V2 Ring 2 Not Enable 0x3702 1 word Turbo Chain 2nd Port status 0x0000 Link Down 0x0001 Blocking 0x0002 Blocked 0x0003 Forwarding 0xFFFF Turbo Ring V...

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