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GSW-800S User's Manual

 

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1. INTRODUCTION 

1.1 Package Contents 

Check the contents of your package for following parts: 

 

 GSW-800S. 

 

 User's manual. 

 

 Power cord. 

 

 19” rack mount brackets. 

 

 RS-232 cable. 

If any of these pieces are missing or damaged, please contact 
your dealer immediately, if possible, retain the carton including 
the original packing material, and use them against to repack 
the product in case there is a need to return it to us for repair. 

1.2 How to Use This Manual  

This GSW-800S User Manual is structured as follows: 

 

 Section 2, 

Installation

 

It explains the functions of GSW-800S and how to physically 
install the GSW-800S.

 

 

Section 3, 

Configuration

 

It contains information about the smart function  of GSW-800S.

 

 

Section 4 

Switch operation 

It  contains troubleshooting and specifications of GSW-800S. 

 

Appendices

 

 

It contains cable information of GSW-800S. 

Summary of Contents for NOVASwitch GSW-800S

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Page 2: ...nd can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the Instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense CE Mark Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic en...

Page 3: ...ack Mounting 13 3 CONFIGURATION 15 3 1 PREPARING FOR CONFIGURATION 15 3 1 1 Connecting a PC or Terminal to the RS 232 Port 15 3 1 2 Terminal Emulation Setup Program 15 3 1 3 Power up Self test Status 16 3 2 GETTING STARTED 18 3 2 1 General Guidelines 18 3 2 2 Main Menu Screen 19 3 2 5 Port Trunking Configuration 24 3 2 6 Mirror Port Configuration 26 3 2 7 VLAN Configuration 27 3 2 8 Priority Confi...

Page 4: ...PLANET GSW 800S 4 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 35 APPENDIX A 37 A 1 SWITCH S RJ 45 PIN ASSIGNMENTS 37 A 2 10 100MBPS 10 100BASE TX 37 ...

Page 5: ...al packing material and use them against to repack the product in case there is a need to return it to us for repair 1 2 How to Use This Manual This GSW 800S User Manual is structured as follows Section 2 Installation It explains the functions of GSW 800S and how to physically install the GSW 800S Section 3 Configuration It contains information about the smart function of GSW 800S Section 4 Switch...

Page 6: ...ver Heat Fan Failure for unit 10 Mbps 100 Mbps 1000 Mbps LNK ACT FDX COL per port Maximum Segment Length 100m 328 ft over Category 5 twisted pair cable or better VLAN 32 Groups Trunking 4 Groups MAX 4 Ports per Group Fail Over Port Mirroring Support QoS 4 priority queues for VLAN Tag Jumbo Packet Support 9K Bytes packet size Buffer Memory 1 5M byte packet memory MAC Address 16K Dimensions WxDxH 43...

Page 7: ...equirements Operating temperature 0 to 50 32 to 122 Storage temperature 40 to 70 40 to 158 Operating humidity 5 to 95 relative humidity non condensing Storage humidity 5 to 95 relative humidity non condensing EMC Certification FCC Class A CE ...

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Page 9: ...0Mbps as well as half full mode and can be easily connected to corporate backbones and servers 2 1 1 Product Overview PLANET GSW 800S is a gigabit Ethernet switch with 8 RJ 45 10 100 1000 Mbps ports for high speed network connectivity GSW 800S can also automatically identify and determine the correct transmission speed and half full duplex mode of the attached devices with its 8 ports Plus the Gig...

Page 10: ...lex mode flow control and auto negotiation IEEE802 3x flow control for full duplex operation Backpressure for half duplex operation Fully wire speed for both unicast and multicast forwarding Integrated address look up engine support 16K absolute MAC addresses Automatic address learning and address aging Embedded 1 5MB data packet memory Jumbo packet support with max 9KB packet size Head of Line HO...

Page 11: ...nge Lit indicate that the port is operating at 10Mbps 100Mbps Green Lit indicate that the port is operating at 100Mbps 1000Mbps Green Lit indicate that the port is operating at 1000Mbps FDX COL Orange Lit indicate that the connection made through the corresponding port is running in Full Duplex mode Blink indicate that the connection is experiencing collisions LNK ACT Green Lit indicate the link t...

Page 12: ...he AC power cord See Figure 2 3 of Rear Panel of GSW 800S Figure 2 3 Rear Panel of GSW 800S Power Notice 1 The device is a power required device it means it will not work till it is powered If your networks should active all the time please consider using UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply for your device It will prevent you from network data loss or network downtime 2 In some area installing a surge ...

Page 13: ...the cable to the network devices such as printer servers workstations or routers etc Note Connection to the Switch requires UTP Category 5 network cabling with RJ 45 tips For more information please see the Cabling Specification in Section 4 Specification Step5 Supply power to the Switch A Connect one end of the power cable to the GSW 800S B Connect the power plug of the power cable to a standard ...

Page 14: ...ure the brackets tightly Step4 Follow the same steps to attach the second bracket to the opposite side Step5 After the brackets are attached to the switch use suitable screws to securely attach the brackets to the rack as shown in Figure 2 5 Figure 2 5 Mounting the Switch in a Rack Step6 Proceed with the steps 4 and steps 5 of session 2 2 1 Desktop or Shelf Mounting to connect the network cabling ...

Page 15: ...minal to the RS 232 Port When you are ready to configure the smart functions of the switch make sure you had connected the supplied RS 232 serial cable to the RS 232 port at the front panel of your GSW 800S switch and your PC 3 1 2 Terminal Emulation Setup Program In Windows 95 98 2000 XP launch HyperTerminal create a new connection and adjust settings as below Emulation VT 100 compatible Baud per...

Page 16: ...f the GSW 800S hardware A series of messages will be displayed to show the test progress and result When the test completes successfully the system will display a log in message If any of the components fails during the test you may need to contact your local dealer and have the switch replaced Figure 3 2 shows a successful Self test menu of the Power up System Self diagnostic Process ...

Page 17: ...ogram 3 1 4 Log in Log in is required to access the command console after the self test completes successfully The factory default password is admin You may change it in the System Menu To access to the Main Menu please always enter the correct password See Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 Log in Message ...

Page 18: ...e them The Enter key starts the edit process The user can then input the desired value If the change value is not a desire one press the Ctrl X to cancel the edit process CURRENT OBJECTS There are many distinct objects on the command screen The one that is currently being accessed is highlighted ARROWS KEY Provides navigation functions TAB KEY The Tab key is used to access the next object Some ter...

Page 19: ...and RETURN A common menu item exits the current menu level NEXT PAGE PREVIOUS PAGE Common menu items Appear when the number of data items cannot fit in one screen and the data needs to be displayed in multiple pages The commands change the current page and select another group of data Note that the next page of the last page is the first page Table 3 1 General Guideline within the Menu 3 2 2 Main ...

Page 20: ...transmission Explained in this chapter after the sections describing the Port Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration Menu Displays the screen for selecting a port to monitor Explained in this chapter after the sections describing the Port Trunking Configuration VLAN Configuration Menu Displays options for configuring VLAN Priority Configuration Menu Displays the options available for assigning...

Page 21: ... time logout time or auto refresh time use the Arrow keys to move the highlight to the selection and then press the Enter key Entering the value for the highlighted selection And then press Enter again for confirmation Caution Record your new password in a safe place There is NO method of recovery if you forget or lost your password Table 3 2 describes the objects that shown in the system configur...

Page 22: ...ch has had no activity in its buffer memory The higher the value the longer the Switch will remember the MAC address before dumping it Logout Time 0 How long the Switch will automatically log an inactive user out 0 for no timeout Auto Refresh Time 12 How often the Switch will refresh the values on any screens in the menu Table 3 2 Descriptions of the System Configuration Menu Objects ...

Page 23: ...termined by the Switch and cannot be changed The user can determine other information such as Admin Status Auto Negotiate Current type or Flow control To change the setting use the Arrow keys to move the highlight to the selection and press the Space Bar key to toggle back and forth between the options Pressing Enter key to confirm your option Table 3 3 describes the status and configuration objec...

Page 24: ...Shows the current speed and duplex negotiation of the port Flow Control List Flow control mode selection Bothway SendOnly Rcv Bothway Off Flow Control Status Info Flow control function enable disable Table 3 3 Status and Configuration of Gigabit Ethernet Port 3 2 5 Port Trunking Configuration The Port Trunking Configuration menu controls the port trunking or the so called Link Aggregation function...

Page 25: ...reen Each item shown in the Add Trunking Port screen represents a set of ports that can be trunked together Press Enter key on your desired item to select the set as a new trunk Note that selecting a set of ports may cause other sets to be excluded in further selections You may select more than one set until the trunking ports are all being defined Figure 3 8 shows the example of the defined trunk...

Page 26: ...unk group 3 2 6 Mirror Port Configuration To verify whether all the data is being transmitted and received properly GSW 800S supports the mirror port configuration allowing users to assign two different ports to carry the same data stream Figure 3 10 shows the menu of Mirror Port Configuration Table 3 5 shows the descriptions of the Mirror Port Configuration Menu Objects To change the values of th...

Page 27: ...t is always the 8 th port Table 3 5 Descriptions of the Port Mirroring Configuration Menu Objects 3 2 7 VLAN Configuration The VLAN Configuration sets up the VLAN configuration of the switch Users can use this configuration to segment their own networks into a smaller subgroup and making this group its own network The GSW 800S can support up to 32 VLANs Each VLAN have an ID within the range from 1...

Page 28: ...member of both VLAN and the untagged members Plus the PVID of the port is the VLAN U Packets of this VLAN will be untagged before transmitting out from this port Table 3 6 Meaning of the Characters Used in the VLAN Configuration Menu Figure 3 11 VLAN Table Configuration Menu Setting up a new VLAN To add a new Virtual LAN select the Add function with the Arrow keys and then press the Enter key The ...

Page 29: ...dd VLAN screen Deleting a VLAN To delete a VLAN from the VLAN Table simply highlight the VLAN that you want to delete and then press the Enter key It will take you to the Modify VLAN Menu Please see Figure 3 13 Figure 3 13 Modify VLAN screen ...

Page 30: ... it see the Figure 3 14 Use the Arrow key to move the highlight to the selection and press the Space Bar key to toggle back and forth between the options Pressing Enter key for confirmation Figure 3 14 Port Priority Configuration Menu Screen A description of the objects within the Port Priority Configuration Menu shows in Table 3 7 Object Type Decsription Values Tag List Priority assigned to frame...

Page 31: ... the updating rate is defined in System Configuration menu Figure 3 15 Port Statistics Screen 3 2 10 Restart The Restart Menu is accessed from the Main Menu The System Restart Screen as shown below allows you to view or change the Factory default or Restart values Use the Arrow keys to move the highlight to Factory default and press the Enter key Then you will clear all the configuration data and ...

Page 32: ...PLANET GSW 800S 32 Figure 3 16 System Restart Main Screen 3 2 11 Exit The Exit function would bring you out of the configuration of GSW 800S Figure 3 17 Exit of User Interface screen ...

Page 33: ... the destination address besides the source address learning The Ethernet Switching will lookup the address table for the destination address If not found this packet will be forwarded to all the other ports except the port which this packet comes in And these ports will transmit this packet to the network it connected If found and the destination address is located at different port from this pac...

Page 34: ...g function of the Ethernet switching the source address and corresponding port number of each incoming and outgoing packet are stored in a routing table This information is subsequently used to filter packets whose destination address is on the same segment as the source address This confines network traffic to its respective domain reducing the overall load on the network The Switch performs Stor...

Page 35: ...d remove duplex mode of the Giga Switch Some stations can not talk to other stations located on The other port Solution The address table may contain older information than of the address table of that node Please power down to refresh the address information please also check VLAN configuration Performance is bad Solution Check the full duplex status of the Ethernet Switch If the Ethernet Switch ...

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Page 37: ..._DA BI_DB 3 BI_DB BI_DA 4 BI_DC BI_DD 5 BI_DC BI_DD 6 BI_DB BI_DA 7 BI_DD BI_DC 8 BI_DD BI_DC Implicit implementation of the crossover function within a twisted pair cable or at a wiring panel while not expressly forbidden is beyond the scope of this standard A 2 10 100Mbps 10 100Base TX Contact MDI MDI X 1 1 3 2 2 6 3 3 1 6 6 2 ...

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