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FSD-1020 User's Manual 

C H A P T E R   3  

Operation 

This Chapter describes using and understanding the Mini-Console. 

The Mini-Console 

The Mini-Console will appear similar to the following illustration. Becoming 
familiar with and understanding the functions of the Mini-Console will easily 
enable the user to utilize the full power of the Desktop Switch FSD-1020 and 
create an efficient network. 

 

 

 

                          Figure 3.1 The Mini-Console 

Message Zone 

The Message Zone displays the menu items in the menu tree. The large Alpha 
Numeric Characters are easy to read and are an important navigational tool. 

 

U T I L I Z A T I O N

 

Summary of Contents for FSD-1020

Page 1: ...DESKTOP SWITCH FSD 1020 Smart Desktop 10 100 Ethernet Switch ...

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Page 3: ...n against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the user s manual may cause interference in witch case user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense CE Mark Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment ...

Page 4: ...1 8 Enter Key 1 9 Rear Panel Layout 1 9 Memory Expansion Slot 1 9 MII Port 1 10 CHAPTER 2 Installation 2 1 Using Desk Stands 2 1 Installing Module FSD MAC 2 2 Connecting Other Network Devices 2 2 Connecting Workstations 2 2 Connecting Ethernet Hubs 2 3 Connecting Fast Ethernet Hubs 2 3 CHAPTER 3 Operation 3 1 The Mini Console 3 1 Message Zone 3 1 Observing Basic Port Information 3 2 Port Indicator...

Page 5: ...3 18 Unit Configuration 3 20 Broadcast Storm Protection 3 20 Loop Isolation 3 21 Flow Control 3 22 Long Frame 3 22 Lock the Console 3 22 Unlock the Console 3 23 Secure the Switch 3 23 Set Password 3 24 Cancel Password 3 24 In Case You Forget the Password 3 24 Super PSW 3 25 Disabling Super Password 3 25 Restart the Switch 3 25 Restore System Setting 3 26 About The Switch 3 26 System info 3 26 APPE...

Page 6: ...ings the non management switch to a new era With the help of Mini Console it can monitor the Utilization Collision ratio Statistic Counters Port Status and configure a lot of settings which the traditional dump device can not achieve It also provides some network protection such as Loop Isolation as well as Broadcast Storm Protection making a more robust network Figure 1 1 Desktop Switch FSD 1020 ...

Page 7: ...alf duplex auto detection Smart Mini Console operation for easy configuration and monitoring status Elegant Vacuum Fluorescent Display VFD providing network status information at a glance Exquisite VFD front panel display providing easy watch diagnostic functions including port setting status monitoring traffic utilization collision ratio error rate and so forth Three modes of smart buffer allocat...

Page 8: ...uffer allocation algorithms to prevent packet loss Self diagnostic and watch dog protection Unit Overview The Desktop Switch FSD 1020 was designed to work in almost any network environment with several different types of ports Front Panel Layout The Mini Console Console Keys 2 10 100Base TX Ports and 8 10Base T Ports are situated on the front panel as shown in Fig 1 2 Figure 1 2 Desktop Switch FSD...

Page 9: ...ectors and eleventh is the MII port Ports 1 10 are located on the front panel while the MII port is located on the rear panel Figure 1 3 Desktop Switch FSD 1020 Ports The Mini Console The Mini Console is a major new technological breakthrough first used in Desktop Switch FSD 1020 which provides extensive management capability for the user Text message zone Scale Indicators System support caution p...

Page 10: ...ters Port Status as well as configuring the ports and optimizing system performance Figure 1 5 Pressing Console Key Although there are only three keys it is easy to step through all the functions in the menu tree The menu tree is constructed of one main level and two branches The Previous Next keys are used to cycle through item by item within the same level Figure 1 6 Next Previous Cycle MAIN LEV...

Page 11: ... over from the beginning In the PORT SETTING and UNIT CONFIG every selection can only be made by pressing and holding the ENTER Key for about 0 5 seconds until a flashing star shown This is to prevent the user from accidentally configuring wrong settings Notice that settings that are preceded with an are the current default settings After making new settings the will change to the setting just mad...

Page 12: ...igure 1 8 Port Indicators Scale Indicator To indicate the level of Gauge bars Figure 1 9 Scale Ratio Indicator Gauge Bars To indicate the level of Utilization or Collision Figure 1 10 The Gauge Bars Message Zone To display messages to the user and display menu options Scale Indicator ...

Page 13: ...ice is something wrong Figure 1 12 Lock Caution Symbols Console Keys The Console keys located to the right of Display area are used to navigate through the menus make selections for monitoring and configuring the system Figure 1 13 Console Keys Previous Key The Previous Key is used to move backward or up through the menu tree similar to a keyboard s up arrow ...

Page 14: ...d a MAC Address Expansion Slot are located on the rear Figure 1 14 Rear Panel panel MAC address Expansion Slot Desktop Switch FSD 1020 includes memory for learning and automatically updating the addresses of nodes or computers The default can memorize 32 filtering addresses This can be raised to 26K by installing FSD MAC module in the expansion slot at the rear of the unit Expansion Figure 1 15 Me...

Page 15: ...panel The MII port is shared with port 1 when either is in use the other is disabled The MII port does not support Auto Negotiation therefore the speed and duplex settings must be made manually through the Mini Console MII Shared with port1 Figure 1 16 MII Port Note MII Tranceivers are not hot pluggable i e do not connect disconnect when the device power is ON MII Port ...

Page 16: ...anual C H A P T E R 2 Installation This Chapter illustrates installation in different network environments Placment The Desktop Switch FSD 1020 can easily be placed on the desktop using the four robber feet Figure 2 1 Desktop placement ...

Page 17: ...move the cover plate Slide in the Module FSD MAC and push to seat it firmly Replace the cover and the screw For more about installation please also refer to the installation quide of the FSD MAC Figure 2 2 Module FSD MAC Connecting Other Network Devices Connecting Workstations Figure 2 3 shows the Desktop Switch FSD 1020 using as a desktop switch as a client server mode The server is connected to ...

Page 18: ...er s Manual FSD 1020 Figure 2 3 Connecting Workstations Connecting Ethernet Hubs This example shows how the hubs can be connected to the Desktop Switch FSD 1020 to form a larger network FSD 1020 Figure 2 4 Connecting Ethernet Hubs ...

Page 19: ...NET Desktop Switch Connecting Fast Ethernet Hubs This example shows the 100Mbps hub can be used as a server farm and connect to the 100Mbps port of Desktop Switch FSD 1020 FSD 1020 Figure 2 5 Connecting Fast Ethernet Hubs ...

Page 20: ...tion Becoming familiar with and understanding the functions of the Mini Console will easily enable the user to utilize the full power of the Desktop Switch FSD 1020 and create an efficient network Figure 3 1 The Mini Console Message Zone The Message Zone displays the menu items in the menu tree The large Alpha Numeric Characters are easy to read and are an important navigational tool U T I L I Z A...

Page 21: ...the activity of ports such as link up link down TX RX enabled or disabled The Port Indicator shows the ports that are linked up by intensifying the light for the ports that are available The example above Fig 3 3 shows ports 1 4 are linked up or available While the ports are receiving or transmitting data the port s number will be flashing When ports are disabled by the administrator an amber fram...

Page 22: ... Port is available and link is up Flashing Off Link is up and transmitting receiving data On On The port is disabled by the administrator On Blinking The port is partitioned by machine itself due to errors Table 3 1 Port Indicators Console Keys Use the Console Keys to cycle through the Menu Tree and to make selections The Previous Key and the Next Key are used to cycle through the menu The Enter K...

Page 23: ...ch as FIFO TEST DRAM TEST and SRAM TEST are done Results of some tests will also display When the Self Test is complete the Mode Indicator will display the current mode UTILIZATION Figure 3 5 Self Test Menu Tree There are up to three levels of menus in the Menu Tree Press the Next or Previous Keys to cycle through all the items in each Menu level and press Enter to make a selection ...

Page 24: ...Menu UTILIZATION COLLISION STATISTICS PORT SEL RX FRAMES RX OCTETS MULTICAST RX BROADCAST RX RX ALIGN ERR RX CRC ERR RX JABBERS RX FRAGMENTS OVERSIZE RX UNDERSIZE RX TX FRAMES TX OCTETS MULTICAST TX BROADCAST TX PKT LOSS RX OVERRUN BACK MAIN MENU CLEAR CNTR MAIN MENU ...

Page 25: ...3 6 Operation PLANET Desktop Switch PORT STATUS PORT SEL SHOW STATUS ALL PORTS 10M PORTS 100M PORTS HALF DUPLEX FULL DUPLEX ENABLED DISABLED CUT THROUGH STORE FWD BACK MAIN MENU MAIN MENU ...

Page 26: ...T SETTING PORT SEL 10BASE T 100BASE X AUTO NEGO FULL DUPLEX HALF DUPLEX CUT THROUGH STORE FWD ENABLE DISABLE BACK MAIN MENU MAIN MENU UNIT CONFIG STORM DET ENABLE DISABLE BACK LOOP ISOLATE ENABLE DISABLE BACK FLOW CONTROL ENABLE DISABLE BACK ...

Page 27: ...NABLE DISABLE BACK CONSOLE LOCK ENABLE DISABLE BACK SET PASSWORD SUPER PSW ENABLE DISABLE BACK SYS RESTART SYS DEFAULT SYSTEM INFO DRAM 4M TSW VER0 HW VER0 SW VER 2 01 BUFFER MODE STANDARD CLIENT SRVR PEER_PEER BACK MAIN MENU Table 3 2 The Menu Tree ...

Page 28: ...tem While the item is selected the level of Utilization for the enabled ports goes up and down as the traffic load varies The system stays at UTILIZATION most of the time For example the system will return to UTILIZATION from other menus if the keys are not touched for a period 15 minutes The reference for the level of utilization is based on the speed of the port that is running For example a por...

Page 29: ...ayed in the Message Zone it will not jump back to Utilization even when the keys are not entered longer than 15 minutes Monitoring Port Status The ports 1 10 can be running in Full Duplex or Half Duplex Furthermore Ports 1 2 can be running at different speeds say 10M or 100Mbps It is useful to check the port setting to see if it has been running in the right mode It is even more helpful when the p...

Page 30: ...t Status All Ports When you want to see individual port s status select a port and press the ENTER key While the port is selected the port status will be shown in the Mini Console Figure 3 7 Port Select Since the status string may be longer than the display area only part of the information will be shown and stays for few seconds before cycling to the next one It will cycle around until PREVIOUS N...

Page 31: ...N MENU MAIN MENU Table 3 4 Port Status Menu Tree Monitoring Port Detail Information The menu STATISTICS shows the statistic counters of all ports It may be helpful to look at the counters to isolate network problems All the counters display the accumulated value from Power On The counters can be cleared with the CLEAR CNTR command from the ...

Page 32: ...he Statistics is selected MENU ITEM MEANING ACTIONS STATISTICS To display statistics counters Go to the submenu PORT SEL To assign a port which counters are going to be displayed A specific port has been selected press NEXT to select a counter to be displayed CLEAR CNTR Clear all statistic counters of all ports A flash of the display shows that action is done RX FRAMES Displaying the total number ...

Page 33: ...he number of packets received that were directed to the Multicast Address Same as RX FRAME BROADCAST RX To display the number of good packets that were directed to the broadcast address This does not include Multicast packets Same as RX FRAME RX ALIGN ERR To display the number of alignment errors in 10 Mbits sec ports Same as RX FRAME RX CRC ERR To display the number of CRC Errors Same as RX FRAME...

Page 34: ... that were less than 64 octets long and were otherwise well formed Same as RX FRAME TX FRAMES To display the number of packets transmitted successfully Same as RX FRAME TX OCTETS To display the count of data and padding octets of frames that were successfully transmitted for the selected port Same as RX FRAME MULTICAST TX To display the total number of packets transmitted that were directed to a m...

Page 35: ...rk traffic is heavy it can be identified by watching the Utilization or Collision Ratio It may be the time to tune the system to match the environment Since the system resources are shared by all ports the system allocates a limited budget to every port to prevent one failed port from using up all the resources However since the loading varies from port to port the resources allocated for each por...

Page 36: ...ributed Client Server It is suitable for the network running in client server mode The server is better to be connected in port 1 4 The budget for port 1 2 is smaller than port 3 4 whereas it is larger than port 5 10 Meanwhile the budget for port 3 4 is greater than port 5 10 s budget If hubs are connected it is preferred to connect them to ports 1 4 Peer to Peer Resource for port 3 6 are larger t...

Page 37: ...STANDARD Press and Hold Enter Client Server Mode shown in Fig 3 10 illustrates memory allocation favoring ports 1 3 Figure 3 10 Client ServerMode Changing the system setting to Client Server Mode from the Main UNIT CONFIG BUFFER MODE CLIENT SRVR Press and Hold Enter Peer to Peer Mode shown in Fig 3 11 illustrates memory allocation favoring ports 1 6 ...

Page 38: ...ty enables the auto setting of the Duplex mode whether Half or Full depending on the remote device However in rare conditions you should configure manually such as when the opposite site does not support Auto Negotiate To configure a port first select the port and then select the desired setting The speed setting is available only for ports 1 2 Ports 3 10 only support 10Mbps PORT SETTING PORT SEL ...

Page 39: ...EPROM Setting the port speed forces the port to use the selected speed only if the device it is contacting is set at a different speed the data will not be sent By default Auto Negotiation is set and the port will negotiate to the fastest speed available to both ports If the port being contacted doesn t have Auto Negotiate then this port must be configured to the same as the other port PORT SETTIN...

Page 40: ... see if that port is enduring a broadcast storm While Broadcast Storm is detected the port will be disabled temporarily and the frame around the port number will blink The message zone will show the message BRDCST STORM altering normal display Every 15 minutes the port will be released to see if it is still enduring the broadcast storm The Broadcast Storm Protection function is disabled when shipp...

Page 41: ... isolating the looped ports If the function is enabled the device will monitor all ports to see if there are any loops Once a loop is detected it will disable any one of the two ports The port number outline frame will blink indicating it has been temporarily isolated Every 10 minutes the port will be released to see if it is still looping The function of LOOP ISOLATE is disabled at the time it sh...

Page 42: ...is UNIT CONFIG FLOW CONTROL ENABLE Enter and hold Long Frame The system can check the length of each packet sent Packets larger than the range 1024 1518 bytes are long frames When set to Enabled Long Frames will be counted When set to Disabled Long Frames will be not be counted Lock the Console Setting this option to Enable locks the system settings If there is no password set a prompt will reques...

Page 43: ...is used in case you forget your password After the password session is passed you can go to the sub menu of UNIT CONFIG Then enter following command to unlock the Mini Console UNIT CONFIG CONSOLE LOCK DISABLE Enter and hold After the command is complete the lock sign should be OFF and you are free to configure any settings Secure the Switch Two passwords are provided to protect the device from bei...

Page 44: ...wing steps must be taken to reset the date including password 1 Power down turn OFF the power 2 Open the upper case 3 Put a jumper on indicated Factory Reset beside the jumper 4 Power up turn ON the power 5 After the Power On Self Test messages complete you will see the message DATA CLEAR and then POWER DOWN 6 Power down 7 Remove the Factory Reset jumper 8 Power up again the system data should be ...

Page 45: ...is accepted Please note that if you forget the password no other way except opening the case can be used to clear the password See In Case You Forget the Password section Restart the Switch In case you want to reset the Desktop Switch FSD 1020 Switch simply enter the command UNIT CONFIG SYS RESTART Enter and hold The command will reset the switch and the data in EEPROM will not be reset to default...

Page 46: ...ata in EEPROM will be set to the default values About The Switch System Info The Mini Console will auto cycle through systems settings Press any key to disable When you enter the following command UNIT CONFIG SYS INFO Press Enter It will display Size of DRAM packet buffer TSW version chipset version HW version SW version ...

Page 47: ...3 28 Operation PLANET Desktop Switch ...

Page 48: ... Monitoring each port s status and statistics by users intention Setting up selected ports Three console keys for above management features Graphic and alpha numeric VFD display panel Smart Port Setting Port enable disable 10Mbps 100Mbps or auto negotiation Full half duplex Store forward cut through mode selection Smart Network Monitoring Overall port status display Monitoring utilization collisio...

Page 49: ...n Auto negotiation Rx Reverse Polarity Auto correction Expansion Module Slot 1 expansion slot for MAC address expansion module to enhance the MAC addr learning capacity to 26K addresses Power Requirements 90 240 VAC 50 60 Hz Internal universal power supply Environment Operating Temperature 0 to 50 degree C Storage Temperature 30 to 60 degree C Operating Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Safety Regul...

Page 50: ...Manual A p p e n d i x B Error Messages In several case when the system detects abnormal conditions it will generate error message and the system may halt Following table shows how many error message may occur and what the system will do ...

Page 51: ...test Halt FAN FAILED The device detected that the fan is not working Halt to protect the device TSW ERROR The main switching engine did not response Halt EALE ERROR The MAC address learning engine did not response Halt EPM NO MEM EEPROM memory is out of memory System restart EPM WR ERROR Error when the device is writing EEPROM memory No action until next power up EPM RD ERROR Error when the device...

Page 52: ...S MAIN MENU MAIN MENU RX FRAMES 10M PORTS CUT THROUGH FULL DUPLEX MAIN MENU 100M PORTS STORE FWD ENABLED OVERSIZE RX RX ALIGN ERR MULTICAST TX MULTICAST RX HALF DUPLEX BACK DISABLED TX FRAMES RX JABBERS PKT LOSS BACK RX OCTETS UNDERSIZE RX RX CRC ERR BROADCAST TX BROADCAST RX TX OCTETS RX FRAGMENTS RX OVERRUN MAIN MENU COLLISION STATISTICS PORT STATUS ...

Page 53: ...UGH FULL DUPLEX ENABLE PORT SEL P1 P15 STORM DET LOOP ISOLATE LONG FRAME CONSOLE LOCK SUPER PSW BUFFER MODE FLOW CONTROLE SET PASSWORD SYS RESTART MAIN MENU SYS DEFAULT SYSTEM INFO UNIT CONFIG ENABLE ENABLE ENABLE ENABLE ENABLE ENABLE STANDARD BACK DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE CLIENT SRVR BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK PEER_PEER ...

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