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... Installation and Connection 23 Hardware Overview ...27 Basic & Advanced Settings 33 The Web Configurator ...35 System ...43 Port Settings ...49 System and Port Statistics ...53 VLAN ...57 Trunking ...63 Mirroring ...65 QoS ...67 Port Rate Limit and Storm Control 77 Layer 2 (L2) Management ...83 Cable Diagnostics ...87 Auto Denial of Service... ...93 Management and Troubleshooting 95 Event Logging ...97 SNMP ...105 RMON-Lite ...121 Dynamic ARP ...137 Troubleshooting ...141 Product Specifications ...145 Appendices and Index ...151 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 9
... Installation and Connection 23 Hardware Overview ...27 Basic & Advanced Settings 33 The Web Configurator ...35 System ...43 Port Settings ...49 System and Port Statistics ...53 VLAN ...57 Trunking ...63 Mirroring ...65 QoS ...67 Port Rate Limit and Storm Control 77 Layer 2 (L2) Management ...83 Cable Diagnostics ...87 Auto Denial of Service... ...93 Management and Troubleshooting 95 Event Logging ...97 SNMP ...105 RMON-Lite ...121 Dynamic ARP ...137 Troubleshooting ...141 Product Specifications ...145 Appendices and Index ...151 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 9
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...Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch 19 1.1 Introduction ...19 1.1.1 Backbone Application 19 1.1.2 Bridging Example ...20 1.1.3 High Performance Switching Example 21 1.1.4 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Examples 21 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Connection 23 2.1 Freestanding Installation ...23 2.2 Mounting the Switch on a Rack 24 2.2.1 Rack-mounted Installation Requirements 24 2.2.2 ... 3.1 Front Panel ...27 3.1.1 Ethernet Ports ...28 3.1.2 Mini-GBIC Slots ...28 3.2 The RESET Button ...30 3.3 LEDs ...30 3.4 Rear Panel ...31 3.4.1 Power Connector ...32 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 11
...Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch 19 1.1 Introduction ...19 1.1.1 Backbone Application 19 1.1.2 Bridging Example ...20 1.1.3 High Performance Switching Example 21 1.1.4 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Examples 21 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Connection 23 2.1 Freestanding Installation ...23 2.2 Mounting the Switch on a Rack 24 2.2.1 Rack-mounted Installation Requirements 24 2.2.2 ... 3.1 Front Panel ...27 3.1.1 Ethernet Ports ...28 3.1.2 Mini-GBIC Slots ...28 3.2 The RESET Button ...30 3.3 LEDs ...30 3.4 Rear Panel ...31 3.4.1 Power Connector ...32 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 11
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... Chapter 6 Port Settings...49 6.1 Port Status ...49 6.2 Port Configuration ...50 Chapter 7 System and Port Statistics...53 7.1 Overview ...53 7.2 Statistics Summary ...53 7.3 Port Statistics ...54 Chapter 8 VLAN ...57 8.1 Introduction to IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLANs 57 8.1.1 Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames 57 8.2 Static VLAN ...58 12 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide
... Chapter 6 Port Settings...49 6.1 Port Status ...49 6.2 Port Configuration ...50 Chapter 7 System and Port Statistics...53 7.1 Overview ...53 7.2 Statistics Summary ...53 7.3 Port Statistics ...54 Chapter 8 VLAN ...57 8.1 Introduction to IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLANs 57 8.1.1 Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames 57 8.2 Static VLAN ...58 12 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide
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Table of Contents 8.2.1 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Screen 58 8.2.2 Create IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Screen 59 8.2.3 Edit IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Screen 60 Chapter 9 Trunking...63 9.1 Trunking Overview ...63 9.1.1 Distribution Criteria ...63 9.2 Trunk Setting Screen ...64 Chapter 10 Mirroring ...65 10.1 Port Mirroring Settings ...65 Chapter ......83 13.1 Configuring L2 Management 83 13.1.1 Add a Static MAC Address Entry 84 13.2 Viewing the L2 Address Table 85 Chapter 14 Cable Diagnostics...87 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 13
Table of Contents 8.2.1 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Screen 58 8.2.2 Create IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Screen 59 8.2.3 Edit IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Screen 60 Chapter 9 Trunking...63 9.1 Trunking Overview ...63 9.1.1 Distribution Criteria ...63 9.2 Trunk Setting Screen ...64 Chapter 10 Mirroring ...65 10.1 Port Mirroring Settings ...65 Chapter ......83 13.1 Configuring L2 Management 83 13.1.1 Add a Static MAC Address Entry 84 13.2 Viewing the L2 Address Table 85 Chapter 14 Cable Diagnostics...87 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 13
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...cables and adapter cards, restructuring your network and complex maintenance. Moreover, the current LAN structure can be partitioned into multiple logical networks. With VLAN, a station cannot directly talk to or hear from stations that need high bandwidth. Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch 1.1.3 High ... switches. VLAN groups can be retained as ATM (Asynchronous Transmission Mode) is ideal for most people due to the expense of replacing all ports can provide the same bandwidth as ATM at any time by adding, moving or changing ports without any recabling. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's ...
...cables and adapter cards, restructuring your network and complex maintenance. Moreover, the current LAN structure can be partitioned into multiple logical networks. With VLAN, a station cannot directly talk to or hear from stations that need high bandwidth. Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch 1.1.3 High ... switches. VLAN groups can be retained as ATM (Asynchronous Transmission Mode) is ideal for most people due to the expense of replacing all ports can provide the same bandwidth as ATM at any time by adding, moving or changing ports without any recabling. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's ...
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In the following figure only ports that need access to the server need to other VLAN groups too. Figure 4 Shared Server Using VLAN Example 22 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Ports on the Switch can be part of VLAN 1. Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch Shared resources such as a server can belong to be used by all ports in the same VLAN as the server.
In the following figure only ports that need access to the server need to other VLAN groups too. Figure 4 Shared Server Using VLAN Example 22 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Ports on the Switch can be part of VLAN 1. Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch Shared resources such as a server can belong to be used by all ports in the same VLAN as the server.
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PART II Basic & Advanced Settings The Web Configurator (35) System (43) Port Settings (49) System and Port Statistics (53) VLAN (57) Trunking (63) Mirroring (65) QoS (67) Port Rate Limit and Storm Control (77) Layer 2 (L2) Management (83) Cable Diagnostics (87) Auto Denial of Service (DoS) (89) Auto VoIP (93) 33
PART II Basic & Advanced Settings The Web Configurator (35) System (43) Port Settings (49) System and Port Statistics (53) VLAN (57) Trunking (63) Mirroring (65) QoS (67) Port Rate Limit and Storm Control (77) Layer 2 (L2) Management (83) Cable Diagnostics (87) Auto Denial of Service (DoS) (89) Auto VoIP (93) 33
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...or look up MAC addresses in order that automatically give higher priority to configure which are cleared when the Switch is rebooted. 38 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Display Use this screen to view the entries in the navigation panel. Cable Diagnostic Use this screen to perform cable ... rate of the Switch. You can examine the traffic from existing trunk groups. Settings Use this screen to create new IEEE 802.1Q VLANs as well as the number of Service (DoS) attacks. QoS Use these screen to restore the default configuration of broadcast, multicast and ...
...or look up MAC addresses in order that automatically give higher priority to configure which are cleared when the Switch is rebooted. 38 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Display Use this screen to view the entries in the navigation panel. Cable Diagnostic Use this screen to perform cable ... rate of the Switch. You can examine the traffic from existing trunk groups. Settings Use this screen to create new IEEE 802.1Q VLANs as well as the number of Service (DoS) attacks. QoS Use these screen to restore the default configuration of broadcast, multicast and ...
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... 1 Remove all the ports from the Switch or forget the administrator password, you lock yourself (and others) from the default VLAN (default is now reinitialized with a default configuration file including the default administrator username (admin) and password (1234). The IP ...VLANs exist. 2 Disable all ports. 3 Forget the password and/or IP address. 4 Enable Dynamic ARP without entering the proper MAC to IP address binding. 4.6 Resetting the Switch If you will reload its factory defaults. Use the RESET button to reset the Switch back to the default 192.168.1.1. 40 GS-1524/GS-1548...
... 1 Remove all the ports from the Switch or forget the administrator password, you lock yourself (and others) from the default VLAN (default is now reinitialized with a default configuration file including the default administrator username (admin) and password (1234). The IP ...VLANs exist. 2 Disable all ports. 3 Forget the password and/or IP address. 4 Enable Dynamic ARP without entering the proper MAC to IP address binding. 4.6 Resetting the Switch If you will reload its factory defaults. Use the RESET button to reset the Switch back to the default 192.168.1.1. 40 GS-1524/GS-1548...
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... turned off this feature, the Switch determines the connection speed by detecting the signal on that port so that the frames are forwarded to the VLAN group that the settings of the Ethernet connection on this screen. Select the speed and the duplex mode of the peer port are 10Mbps Half...
... turned off this feature, the Switch determines the connection speed by detecting the signal on that port so that the frames are forwarded to the VLAN group that the settings of the Ethernet connection on this screen. Select the speed and the duplex mode of the peer port are 10Mbps Half...
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...untagged frames on or select Disable to turn this feature on that port so that the tag defines. Enter a number identifying an existing VLAN. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 51 Select Enable to turn it to save your changes. Chapter 6 Port Settings Table 9 Port Configuration (continued) LABEL ...Back Pressure flow control is used in half duplex mode. Flow Control is typically used to regulate transmission of signals to the VLAN group that the frames are forwarded to match the bandwidth of traffic on a port decreases port bandwidth and overflows buffer memory ...
...untagged frames on or select Disable to turn this feature on that port so that the tag defines. Enter a number identifying an existing VLAN. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 51 Select Enable to turn it to save your changes. Chapter 6 Port Settings Table 9 Port Configuration (continued) LABEL ...Back Pressure flow control is used in half duplex mode. Flow Control is typically used to regulate transmission of signals to the VLAN group that the frames are forwarded to match the bandwidth of traffic on a port decreases port bandwidth and overflows buffer memory ...
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.... Of the 4096 possible VIDs, a VID of the frame. To forward a frame from an 802.1Q VLAN-aware switch to an 802.1Q VLAN-unaware switch, the Switch first decides where to an 802.1Q GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 57 If a frame received at an Ethernet port has a CFI set to the switch... on the Switch is used to process the frame across bridges - A frame with a specific VLAN and provides the information that user priority and VLAN ID are not confined to...
.... Of the 4096 possible VIDs, a VID of the frame. To forward a frame from an 802.1Q VLAN-aware switch to an 802.1Q VLAN-unaware switch, the Switch first decides where to an 802.1Q GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 57 If a frame received at an Ethernet port has a CFI set to the switch... on the Switch is used to process the frame across bridges - A frame with a specific VLAN and provides the information that user priority and VLAN ID are not confined to...
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...the broadcast to a specific domain. 8.2 Static VLAN Use a IEEE 802.1Q VLAN to decide whether an incoming frame on its VLAN tag. • sent to display IEEE 802.1Q VLAN status. Figure 33 VLAN: VLAN Status 58 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Click VLAN in the navigation panel to forward the frame, ...and then inserts a VLAN tag reflecting the ingress port's default VID. ...
...the broadcast to a specific domain. 8.2 Static VLAN Use a IEEE 802.1Q VLAN to decide whether an incoming frame on its VLAN tag. • sent to display IEEE 802.1Q VLAN status. Figure 33 VLAN: VLAN Status 58 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Click VLAN in the navigation panel to forward the frame, ...and then inserts a VLAN tag reflecting the ingress port's default VID. ...
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... is added. • (Turquoise) When the packet leaves this button to display the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN screen as shown next. Click VLAN in the navigation panel to view VLANs with higher identification numbers. Figure 34 VLAN: Create VLAN GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 59 Member Ports All the ports participating in two different colors: • (Orange...
... is added. • (Turquoise) When the packet leaves this button to display the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN screen as shown next. Click VLAN in the navigation panel to view VLANs with higher identification numbers. Figure 34 VLAN: Create VLAN GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 59 Member Ports All the ports participating in two different colors: • (Orange...
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... Cancel to return to display the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN screen as shown next. Table 13 VLAN: Create VLAN LABEL DESCRIPTION New VLAN ID Enter the VLAN ID of the VLAN. When the packet leaves the member port, the VLAN tag is removed. Figure 35 VLAN: Edit VLAN 60 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Click Create to add this port is...
... Cancel to return to display the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN screen as shown next. Table 13 VLAN: Create VLAN LABEL DESCRIPTION New VLAN ID Enter the VLAN ID of the VLAN. When the packet leaves the member port, the VLAN tag is removed. Figure 35 VLAN: Edit VLAN 60 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Click Create to add this port is...
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... port is removed. This button allows you want to remove this button to go back to configure all the ports at once. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 61 Click this VLAN from the Switch. The possible states are : empty - This indicates that the port is added. This indicates that the port is added...
... port is removed. This button allows you want to remove this button to go back to configure all the ports at once. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 61 Click this VLAN from the Switch. The possible states are : empty - This indicates that the port is added. This indicates that the port is added...
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...of networking devices. Figure 47 L2 Management The following table describes the labels in the navigation panel to display the configuration screen as shown. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 83 CHAPTER 13 Layer 2 (L2) Management Use these screens to add, delete and view entries in the MAC address table...you to add or delete static MAC address entries. Table 25 L2 Management LABEL DESCRIPTION Address Lookup: Enter the MAC address and the corresponding Vlan ID in the MAC address table. Click Lookup to the MAC address table. Click L2 Address > Management in this to add a static...
...of networking devices. Figure 47 L2 Management The following table describes the labels in the navigation panel to display the configuration screen as shown. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 83 CHAPTER 13 Layer 2 (L2) Management Use these screens to add, delete and view entries in the MAC address table...you to add or delete static MAC address entries. Table 25 L2 Management LABEL DESCRIPTION Address Lookup: Enter the MAC address and the corresponding Vlan ID in the MAC address table. Click Lookup to the MAC address table. Click L2 Address > Management in this to add a static...
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... from the MAC address table. 13.1.1 Add a Static MAC Address Entry Click Add in this entry into the MAC address table. 84 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Table 26 Add a Static MAC Entry LABEL DESCRIPTION MAC Address Enter the MAC address in the MAC Address field will be... automatically forwarded. VID This field displays the VID of the static MAC address entry. VID Enter the VLAN identification number. Port Select the port ...
... from the MAC address table. 13.1.1 Add a Static MAC Address Entry Click Add in this entry into the MAC address table. 84 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Table 26 Add a Static MAC Entry LABEL DESCRIPTION MAC Address Enter the MAC address in the MAC Address field will be... automatically forwarded. VID This field displays the VID of the static MAC address entry. VID Enter the VLAN identification number. Port Select the port ...
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... in this to activate or deactivate Dynamic ARP on the Switch. Specify "0" to have the Switch remember the ARP table entries for VLAN from .. Select the trusted ports for each Dynamic ARP configuration you want to add static ARP table entries. Default state of...untrusted ports undergo the validation process. Aging Time Specify how long (in the ARP table. 138 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Select the range of all Dynamic ARP validation checks, and those arriving on the specified VLANs. Table 66 ARP Table LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable Dynamic ARP Select or deselect this screen.
... in this to activate or deactivate Dynamic ARP on the Switch. Specify "0" to have the Switch remember the ARP table entries for VLAN from .. Select the trusted ports for each Dynamic ARP configuration you want to add static ARP table entries. Default state of...untrusted ports undergo the validation process. Aging Time Specify how long (in the ARP table. 138 GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide Select the range of all Dynamic ARP validation checks, and those arriving on the specified VLANs. Table 66 ARP Table LABEL DESCRIPTION Enable Dynamic ARP Select or deselect this screen.
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...the ARP table. IP Address This is the MAC address of a device connected to a Switch port with the corresponding IP address below. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 139 Chapter 20 Dynamic ARP Table 66 ARP Table (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Disable Dynamic ARP for which Dynamic ARP validation is ...Figure 87 Viewing ARP Table Entries The following screen. Table 67 ARP Table LABEL DESCRIPTION Static MACIP binding: ADD This field is the VLAN number of VLANs you enable dynamic ARP in the Add Static MAC-IP binding screen). Item This is dynamic (learned by the Switch) or static ...
...the ARP table. IP Address This is the MAC address of a device connected to a Switch port with the corresponding IP address below. GS-1524/GS-1548 User's Guide 139 Chapter 20 Dynamic ARP Table 66 ARP Table (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Disable Dynamic ARP for which Dynamic ARP validation is ...Figure 87 Viewing ARP Table Entries The following screen. Table 67 ARP Table LABEL DESCRIPTION Static MACIP binding: ADD This field is the VLAN number of VLANs you enable dynamic ARP in the Add Static MAC-IP binding screen). Item This is dynamic (learned by the Switch) or static ...