Phihong USA Corporation • 47800 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 • Tel: 1.510.445.0100 Fax: 1.510.445.1678
www.phihong.com or www.midspans.com
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Contents
1. Safety Procedures
1.1.
General Precautions ............................................................................................................... 6
2. Midspan Hardware Setup
2.1.
Physical Hardware Appearance ............................................................................................. 8
2.2.
Powering Your Midspan ......................................................................................................... 9
2.3.
Connecting Ethernet Cables ................................................................................................ 10
2.4.
Connecting USB and Power Cables .................................................................................... 10
2.5.
Powering Up ......................................................................................................................... 11
2.6.
LED Indicators ...................................................................................................................... 11
2.7.
Rack-Mounting Installation .................................................................................................. 12
2.8.
Technical Specifications ...................................................................................................... 13
3. Phihong GUI and USB Driver Installation
3.1.
PC-to-Midspan Connection via USB/RS232 ....................................................................... 15
3.2.
USB Block Diagram ............................................................................................................. 16
4. Midspan GUI
4.1.
GUI Main Window ................................................................................................................ 17
4.2.
GUI System Control and Information ................................................................................... 18
4.3.
GUI Port Description ............................................................................................................ 20
4.4.
GUI Parametric Information ................................................................................................. 22
5. Midspan Troubleshooting
.......................................................................................................... 23
6. Appendix
A.
Optional RPS – option R ........................................................................................................ 24
B.
Optional NIC Interface – option N
1.
NIC Interface Setup .......................................................................................................... 25
2.
Advanced Setup Options .................................................................................................. 27
3.
Controller Setup ................................................................................................................ 28
3.1.
System Administration ............................................................................................. 29
3.2.
SNMP Settings ......................................................................................................... 33
4.
DHCP Client – Dynamic and Static Mode Setup .............................................................. 36
5.
Setup NIC Midspan with Phihong GUI ............................................................................. 37
C.
SNMP MIB Controls ............................................................................................................... 39
D.
SSL .......................................................................................................................................... 45
1.
Getting Started ................................................................................................................... 45
2.
Installing Cygwin ................................................................................................................ 45
3.
Generating Security Certificates ........................................................................................ 49
4.
Load Security Certificates .................................................................................................. 51
4.1
Load Certificates into Midspan SNMP Card .............................................................. 51
4.2
Load Certificates into Internet Explorer ...................................................................... 53
4.3
Load Certificates into Mozilla Firefox ......................................................................... 55
5.
Enable SSL ........................................................................................................................ 57
6.
Access Via SSL .................................................................................................................. 58
7.
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. 59
7.1
Regenerating Root Certificates .................................................................................. 60
E.
Frequently Asked Questions ................................................................................................... 52