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WSW-2620

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Page 1: ...Web Switch WSW 2620 Web SNMP Manageable Switch...

Page 2: ...ainst 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 w...

Page 3: ...ck Mounting 2 1 Connecting a Terminal to the Console Port 2 2 100BASE TX Connections 2 3 Connecting Workstations 2 4 Connecting to Other Ethernet Hubs 2 4 Chapter 3 Mini Console 3 1 Message Zone 3 2 O...

Page 4: ...ting Up for Management 4 1 Managing The Switch 4 1 Console Program 4 1 Terminal Program 4 2 Navigating the Console Program Screens 4 7 Booting the Switch for the first time 4 8 Login Screen 4 9 Main M...

Page 5: ...ion Menu 5 27 GVRP Configuration 5 30 GVRP Port Configuration 5 32 Spanning Tree Protocol Group Configuration 5 33 Spanning Tree Protocol Port Configuration 5 35 Trunk Group Configuration 5 37 User Au...

Page 6: ...ogical breakthrough a brilliant display panel that provides text and graphics information and extensive management capability for the user w Web Based Management Built in Web Based management enables...

Page 7: ...pansion Slot Switch WSW 2620 provides two expansion slots for the addition of 2 10BASE T 100BASE TX MDI II or MDI X ports or 1 100BASE FX port w Optional Modules The following two types of expansion m...

Page 8: ...odule WSW BSC This 100BASE FX module is for use with fiber optics cable with one SC type connector Figure 1 2 Module WSW BSC Front Panel The front panel consists of the Mini Console the Console Keys a...

Page 9: ...ght side of the front panel Port 25 is a 10 100Mbps auto sensing port This port is one way the WSW 2620 can connect to Fast Ethernet devices with RJ 45 plugs Mini Console The Mini Console actively dis...

Page 10: ...make selections and configure settings WSW 2620 Figure 1 5 Console Keys Rear Panel Ports 26 and 27 are located on the rear panel and accept slide in modules for high speed data transfer Module WSW BTX...

Page 11: ...ng Switch WSW 2620 is 1 25U high and fits into standard 19 inch racks Put the mounting brackets over the mounting holes on the sides of unit Insert screws and fully tighten with suitable screwdriver T...

Page 12: ...ecting a Terminal to the Console Port Connect an EIA 232 serial cable to a COM port on a PC or notebook computer and to the Console Port of the Switch WSW 2620 as show below Note Do not use a null mod...

Page 13: ..._______________ 2 3 WSW 2620 User s Guide 100BASE TX Connections Switch WSW 2620 provides 100BASE TX connections at port 25 through UTP cables with RJ 45 plugs as well as through the optional slide in...

Page 14: ...ations Figure 2 4 shows Switch WSW 2620 as a desktop switch in a client server mode Figure 2 4 Connecting Workstations Connecting to Other Ethernet Hubs 10BASE T hubs can be connected to ports 1 24 as...

Page 15: ...is a high definition vacuum florescent display panel that provides brilliant text and graphics It continuously displays information about the ports status Configuration settings can be viewed or chang...

Page 16: ...to read and are an important navigational tool G A G B Figure 3 2 Message Zone Observing Basic Port Information The basic port information such as link up link down transmit receive activity enabled...

Page 17: ...the G A icon is illuminated port indicators 1 through 13 represent ports 1 through 13 When the G B icon is illuminated port indicators 1 through 14 represent ports 14 through 27 G A P ort Group G A I...

Page 18: ...utomatically due to some error condition such as a loop or broadcast storm that has been detected Figure 3 5 Port Indicators Port Indicator Definitions The port indicators define the ports status and...

Page 19: ...number in the ID frame identifies each switch in the stack The master switch assumes the ID number 1 Additional managed switches such as 10S will assume ID numbers based on the port that they are con...

Page 20: ...ole Keys The following table summarizes the Console Keys functions Console Keys Previous Key Cycles back through the menus Next Key Cycles forward through the menus Enter Key Select the displayed menu...

Page 21: ...ator will be illuminated To configure the default port group to be displayed follow these steps 1 Press the Prev or Next buttons to select GROUP SEL from the main menu 2 Press the Enter button 3 Press...

Page 22: ...lays utilization status for all linked ports by the rising falling gauge bars below the linked ports MAIN MENU UTILIZATION Actively displays the utilization for linked ports Table 3 3 Utilization Coll...

Page 23: ...ayed press and hold the Enter key until an asterisk is displayed MAIN MENU GROUP SEL Select default port group display Table 3 5 Group Selection Statistics The main menu item Statistics has 16 sub men...

Page 24: ...o view the count for that statistic Table 3 6 Statistics Port Status The Port Status menu displays status information about each port individually or all the ports simultaneously When viewing individu...

Page 25: ...3 7 Port Status Port Configuration The Port Configuration menu allows the configuring of ports 1 27 when the console is unlocked Table 3 6 lists typical default settings and the possible optional sett...

Page 26: ...MENU Table 3 8 Port Configuration Unit Configuration The Unit Configuration menu allows configuring the system and viewing the current system information MAIN MENU UNIT CONFIG Sub Menu Options CONSOL...

Page 27: ...by selecting the UTILIZATION item the system startup default While the item is selected the level of Utilization for the enabled ports goes up and down as the traffic load varies The reference for th...

Page 28: ...more Ports 25 26 and 27 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 When the ports are running in Auto...

Page 29: ...y and PORT 1 appears in the message zone Press the Prev Next console key until the port number to be configured is in the message zone Press the Enter console key to select the port Use the Prev Next...

Page 30: ...g is locked and can be unlocked however will return to the locked setting whenever the Switch is powered down reset or when there is no Console Key activity for 15 minutes This is intentional to prote...

Page 31: ...t password digit Repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter the correct password The following table illustrates the procedures for unlocking the Mini Console MAIN MENU UNIT CONFIG Sub Menu Displayed Prev key Next...

Page 32: ...onsole for more information 1 Unlock the console After unlocking the console you will see CONSOLE LOCK 2 Press the Next console key twice You will see SET PASSWORD 3 Press the Enter console key You wi...

Page 33: ...rom the Console Management Program See the chapter Console Management for more details Restart the Switch The switch can be re started at any time without loosing configuration settings 1 Select UNIT...

Page 34: ...ameters can be configured via the Mini Console or the Console program which is accessed through a PC terminal emulation program that supports VT100 Managing The Switch The Switch can be managed throug...

Page 35: ...s internal software An MSDOS based program such as PC PLUS can make the connection with the device s built in software The COM port should be configured as Baud 9600 Parity None Data bits 8 Stop bits...

Page 36: ...An MS DOS type terminal program can also make the connection with the Switch s built in software However this section describes using Windows 95 or 98 HyperTerminal From the HyperTerminal Screen doubl...

Page 37: ...onnection Screen The following screen prompts for your country info area code telephone number and the modem type Since you won t be dialing out via a modem you only need to set the COM port Click the...

Page 38: ...ctly Bits sec 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 and Flow Control None as in the figure below Port Settings Click the OK button and the connection to the terminal program will be complete The Te...

Page 39: ...up the Power On Self Test appears in the HyperTerminal window As the Switch s tests are run through the test and their results will be displayed These tests can also be seen in the Mini Console s disp...

Page 40: ...for the Login Screen to appear Press CTRL R to refresh the screen Navigating the Console Program Screens Use the following keyboard keys to navigate through the menu and select a sub menu These keyboa...

Page 41: ...s IP parameters from the network Bootp server If the administrator has assigned an IP address to the switch in the network Bootp server and the Switch successfully receives this information the follow...

Page 42: ...will be displayed Login Screen The login screen appears similar to Figure 4 9 Enter the User Name as planet and Password as planet If there is no text in the Hyper Terminal screen at this point press...

Page 43: ...n security screen the Main Menu for console management is displayed There are 5 sub menu selections for Switch WSW 2620 management System Information Management Setup Device Control User Authenticatio...

Page 44: ...lect System Download System Utility Menu System Download The default setting for the Bootp Request is Enabled Disable the Bootp Request by pressing Ctrl S to remove the X Use the tab key to select the...

Page 45: ...guration Network Configuration Use the tab key to highlight IP Address listed under the heading New Enter the IP address for the switch Repeat this step for the Subnet Mask and Default Gateway Select...

Page 46: ...n restart and assign the new settings System Restart At this point you should conduct a ping from the terminal you are using to ensure that the IP address is assigned properly Note If you had an Ether...

Page 47: ...VFD Console such as isolated port After configuring this switch with Console Management it can then be monitored and configured with the either Console Management Web Based management using a web bro...

Page 48: ...Enter and Ctrl letter combinations to execute its commands A glossary of commands can be found in the Help menu These command keys and their functions are described as Keyboard Commands Tab Move betw...

Page 49: ...Figure 5 1 Logon Screen Note If the Switch is running before starting the terminal program press Ctrl R to refresh the logon screen To navigate through the menu use the keyboard Tab key to move the hi...

Page 50: ...agement Figure 5 2 Main Menu System Information The System Information Menu provides version identification of the systems built in software which may be useful in the event of any future upgrades bec...

Page 51: ...is written to memory and permanently stored until it is edited or changed by users with Read Write privileges Management Setup The Management Setup Menu has 5 sub menus for Network configuration and f...

Page 52: ...onsole Management Figure 5 4 Management Setup Menu Network Configuration The Network Configuration menu is used to configure the IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway Figure 5 5 Network Configura...

Page 53: ...otherwise be incompatable For example a local area network LAN may need a gateway to connect it to a wide area network WAN or to the internet Table 5 4 Network Configuration The MAC address of the sw...

Page 54: ...5 8 Console Management Figure 5 6 Management Port Configuration Menu...

Page 55: ...red with access and status rights SNMP Community Setup Index 1 6 SNMP Community Name A name of up to 16 characters Access Rights Read Write or Read Only Status Enabled or Disabled Table 5 5 SNMP Commu...

Page 56: ...list by highlighting the ADD command and press the Enter keyboard key highlight the UPDATE command To return to the SNMP Community Menu select Exit Trap Receiver Menu Trap messages will be sent to all...

Page 57: ...receiver Status Inactive or Active Table 5 6 Trap Receiver Menu Commands To add a new name or edit an existing name to the Trap Manager Community names list highlight an Index number and press Enter...

Page 58: ...command To save the information highlight the UPDATE command and press the Enter key Exit to return to the Trap Manager Community Setup Menu where the new entry will visible A valid IP Address must b...

Page 59: ...s via Web Based management or Out of Band management Select Disabled to block access via Web Based management or Out of Band management The Out Of Band Management Status line is for your information o...

Page 60: ...g sent when a trap event occurs remove the X before the function listed Select SAVE before exiting to save the new settings Device Control The Device Control Menu is used to view and or configure the...

Page 61: ...rts and set their status Static Address Configuration Set the Mac Address for slaves VLAN Control Assign the switch s 26 ports to virtual LANs Spanning Tree Protocol Group Configuration Naming and con...

Page 62: ...kept before being removed from the table Port Mirror Function Status Enable or disable the Port Mirror function The Port Mirror function allows you to monitor a specific port s static MAC address fram...

Page 63: ...tatus The switch Port Control Status Menu is used to individually configure the Switch s ports Figure 5 15 Switch Port Control Status Menu The current port settings are listed on the left under the Po...

Page 64: ...eshold The settings are High 30 Middle 20 and Low 10 The threshold percentage is calculated as broadcast packets total packets utilization Bcast Alarm Action Specify the action taken in the event of a...

Page 65: ...802 1q Connection Type Specifies the IEEE 802 1q connection type The settings are Access Configures the port as an access link An access link is a LAN segment that allows the multiplexing of one or m...

Page 66: ...Menu offers the following options Static Unicast Address Configuration Assign static MAC addresses to individual ports Static Group Address Configuration Assign group addresses to sets of ports Stati...

Page 67: ...with the MAC address can then only be connected to the assigned port If the device is connected to a port other than the assigned port a violation occurs and the packets are not sent When a MAC addres...

Page 68: ...MAC address VLAN ID Port ID and Admin Status columns 4 Select UPDATE 5 Select EXIT 6 Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each MAC address Note There are 2 pages of MAC addresses At least one MAC address must...

Page 69: ...umns Group Address The MAC address of the specified group VLAN ID The VLAN ID of the specified group The VLAN ID range can be from 1 to 4094 Group Name The name of the specified group PORT MAP Indicat...

Page 70: ...ght the group s Port Map area Press Enter 7 Place an X beside the ports that you want to add Ports with no X will not be members of the group 8 Select SAVE 9 Select EXIT 10 Repeat steps 1 through 5 fo...

Page 71: ...Group Addresses Forward Unregistered Menu This menu allows you to select ports that will receive packets that have group addresses that are not defined and registered within the system A port number...

Page 72: ...20 Switch VLAN Control Menu The VLAN Control Menu offers the following options VLAN Configuration Configure up to 31 VLANs GVRP Configuration Configure the GVRP function GVRP Port Configuration Enabl...

Page 73: ...ounting and Sales departments separate you can assign only Accounting staff ports to the Accounting VLAN and only the Sales staff ports to the Sales VLAN The VLANs created in this manner are called st...

Page 74: ...o VLAN IDs assigned use the Tab key to highlight a space under the VLAN ID column 2 Press Enter to edit You will see this screen Figure 5 22 VLAN Configuration Menu 3 Configure VLAN ID VLAN NAME and A...

Page 75: ...or B for each port The settings are defined as Fixed Creates a static VLAN membership Normal The specified port becomes a member of the VLAN only if it is dynamically assigned by the GVRP function Fo...

Page 76: ...otocol GVRP provides a mechanism for the dynamic maintenance of the contents of Dynamic VLAN Registration Entries for each VLAN The GVRP function also propagates information for each VLAN to other bri...

Page 77: ...will not be available once the GVRP function is disabled This menu allows you to enable or disable GVRP and set the join and leave times The settings are defined as Join Time The range can be between...

Page 78: ...rt Configuration Menu This menu allows you to enable or disable GVRP for each port To enable or disable GVRP for a port enter the port number in the Port ID field and press Enter Tab to GVRP and make...

Page 79: ...only States the IEEE STP specification used STP Base MAC Address Read only States the MAC address used by STP to identify the switch STP Topology Change Count Read only States the number of changes in...

Page 80: ...may be transmitted Group STP Operation Mode Enable or disable the STP function STP Bridge Priority Specifies the priority of the switch A low priority smaller number value increases the likelihood tha...

Page 81: ...ettings for each of the switch s ports The settings are defined as Port ID Read only States which port the settings are for Scroll through the ports by selecting PREV PORT or NEXT PORT STP Port ID Rea...

Page 82: ...her the port is enabled or disabled Role of STP Port Read only States the current status of the given port STP Port Enable Status Enable or disable the current STP port Port Join STP Enable or disable...

Page 83: ...ovides a Port Trunking algorithm that supports two or more 100 Mbps ports to be connected in parallel between switches which increases the overall bandwidth between the devices Each trunk group uses a...

Page 84: ...and Password of up to 6 characters can be entered and its Read Write privilege can be set in this menu Use the ADD command to add a name to memory A User Name and Password can also be deleted using t...

Page 85: ...Reset Reset to factory configuration Download Port Setting Set the port that will receive the download Login Timeout Interval Specify the period of inactivity time required before an automatic telnet...

Page 86: ...s TFTP server enabled and connected to the network If your network has a properly configured Bootp server select Bootp Request If your network does not have a properly configured Bootp server do not s...

Page 87: ...erver be sure that the Bootp Request option is not selected 3 Tab to the TFTP Server IP Address field In this field enter the IP address of the computer that contains the software files 4 Tab to highl...

Page 88: ...Return Press Return again to execute the cold restart The switch will now execute the software download This process will take several minutes Do not attempt to issue any commands until the Login scre...

Page 89: ...System Restart Menu The system can be restarted Warm or Cold A Cold restart starts the system s Boot ROM required in the case of a system download and a Warm restart starts the system directly from th...

Page 90: ...ng to the option selected for each Ctrl S to alternate options Network Configuration Options Network Configuration Options Not Reset The system will not reset Reset from Bootp The IP Address Subnet Ma...

Page 91: ...ame users logon with Password Password used with User Name Privilege Read Write or Read Only Device Panel Set the password number used with the VFD Console Table 5 9 User Authentication Configuration...

Page 92: ...1 through 27 in the field provided For Factory Default Downloads the port need not be set Login Timeout Interval Figure 5 35 Login Timeout Interval Menu This menu allows you to select the amount of t...

Page 93: ...uration Upload Setting Figure 5 36 Configuration Upload Setting Menu This menu allows you to specify the TFTP server IP address and file name under which the configuration data will be stored Remember...

Page 94: ...d Select SUBMIT to start the TFTP upload operation This menu includes the following information Current State State whether the current upload is in progress completed waiting or aborted Time Elapsed...

Page 95: ...Console Management 5 49 Ping To Another Host Figure 5 38 Ping Another Host Request Menu This menu allows you to execute a ping to another host...

Page 96: ...nsole port Smart Mini Console Operation Device configuration device port management and network statistics monitoring Traffic utilization and collision status for all the ports Status and statistics m...

Page 97: ...th one SC connector 62 5 125 U fiber Web Based Management Management from anywhere and any platform using a web browser Complete web server embedded in device Integrated HTML forms and Java Standard w...

Page 98: ...Technical Specifications A 1 EMI Certifications CE Mark FCC Class A VCCI Class A Dimensions W x D x H 440 x 221 x 56 5 mm Weight 3 0 kg Mounting Standard EIA 19 rack mount...

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