ProSafe Plus Switch Utility User Guide
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1. NETGEAR ProSafe Plus Switch Utility User Guide ProSafe Plus Switch Utility O NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication maybe reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR Inc NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo and Connect with Innovation are trademarks and or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc and or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries Information is subject to change without notice Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Technical Support Thank you for choosing NETGEAR Register your product get the latest product updates get support online or for more information about the topics covered in this manual visit the Support website at http support netgear com Phone US amp Canada only 1 888 NETGEAR Phone Other Countries Check the list of phone numbers at http support netgear com app answers detail a_id 984 Statement of Conditions To improve internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice NETGEAR does not assume any liability that might occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit layout s Revision History Publication Part Number Publish Date Co2. Help 21 51 23 9 xp dieto doter drei dup a dhe eger tap dio Spee 38 User faults ter Ra deep orsus a banners pot es ia hee aus dne 39 Support InTolmiallon ios rr ie 39 ADOUTTHS Ey uices s Rcg el a eR Det apad 39 REQISUANON Rr 40 Appendix A Default Settings Index Getting Started This chapter contains the following topics Install the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility WinPCap Workaround for Windows 8 Registration Discovering Switches Utility Features Overview Switch Settings Uninstall the Utility ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Install the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility To take advantage of the enhanced features on ProSafe Plus switches you can install and use the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility The utility is on the Resource CD shipped with ProSafe Plus switches The utility is supported only on systems that use Microsoft Windows lt can be installed on any Windows computer on the same network as the switches to be managed If an earlier version of the utility is present on your computer installing this version replace the older version Newer versions of the utility are backward compatible and support all previously released ProSafe Plus switches If the version of the utility you are trying to install is older than the one already installed on the computer the installation is not performed gt To install the utility 1 Insert the Resource CD that came with your switch into the computer that you want to use to manage y
3. Utility Uninstall the Utility You can uninstall the ProSafe Plus Utility Touninstall the utility 1 Select Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs 2 Select ProSafe Plus Utility and click Change Remove You are prompted to confirm the remove command FON Add or Remove Programs Currently installed programs C show updates Sort by Name PC Doctor 5 for Windows Size 146 00MB Productivity Center Supplement for ThinkPad Size 1 88MB 13 ProSafe Plus Utility Size Used Size 17 32MB ProSafe Plus Utility InstallShield Wizard Size 17 76MB Do you want to completely remove the selected application and all of its features No Size 17 64MB Set Program Access and Defaults 8 Second Copy 7 3 Click the Yes button The utility is removed Getting Started 12 Network and System Configuration This chapter contains the following topics Network Switch Access System Features Network Maintenance Monitoring MultiCast Management LAG 13 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Network Switch Access When you click the Network tab a list of discovered Plus switches in your network displays You can select a switch to display general information enable DHCP and configure the IP address subnet mask and gateway of the selected switch Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility NETGEAR Network SSwitch Selecion Please select a switch to configure Di
4. for the ports you want to add to the VLAN group You can use the Group Operation commands to add all ports or clear the current selections Note Some switches allow port tagging on the VLAN Membership screen See Port Tagging on page 30 Click Apply Return to the VLAN Configuration screen to verify your selections Port PVID A Port Default VLAN ID PVID is a VLAN ID tag that the switch assigns to data packets it receives that are not already addressed tagged for a particular VLAN group If you have a computer on port 6 and you want it to be a part of VLAN group 2 configure port 6 to automatically add a PVID of 2 to all data received from the computer This step ensures that the data from the computer on port 6 can be seen only by other members of VLAN group 2 You can assign only one PVID to a port Toassign a PVID to a port 1 Select a switch Virtual LAN Configuration 29 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility 2 Select VLAN gt 802 10 gt Advanced gt Port PVID The Port PVID screen displays 3 Select the port you want to configure 4 Enter the PVID you want to assign to the ports and click Apply Port Tagging Port tagging allows a port to add VLAN ID tags to data packets sent through the port The tag identifies the VLAN to receive the data Some switches allow port tagging to be done on the VLAN Membership screen If so the port check boxes allow you to select U un tagged or T tagged in addition to adding
5. multiple Ethernet links to a single logical link Network devices treat the aggregation as if it were a single link which increases fault tolerance and load sharing Configure the LAG members before you enable the LAG Note Static LAG is available only for JGS524E and XS708E switches gt To enable or disable a LAG 1 Select System gt LAG gt LAG Configuration 2 Select the LAG ID that you want to configure 3 In the Admin Mode list select Enable or Disable 4 Click Apply gt To add ports to be LAG members 1 Select System LAG LAG Membership 2 Select the LAG ID you want to configure 3 Select the ports that you want to be the LAG ID member ports 4 Click Apply Network and System Configuration 24 Virtual LAN Configuration This chapter contains the following topics e VLAN Overview Port Based Configuration e 802 1Q Based Configuration 25 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility VLAN Overview Virtual LANs are made up of networked devices that are grouped logically into separate networks You can group ports on a switch to create a virtual network made up of the devices connected to the ports VLANs can be grouped using port based or 802 10 criteria Network System VLAN QoS 802 10 A ae eee ee eee The VLAN tab has the following options Port Based Allows you to assign ports to virtual networks Data from a port that is a member of a VLAN group is restricted to other members of that V
6. port in addition to other QoS settings If a port has a rate limit set the switch restricts the acceptance or retransmission of data to the values configured gt To configure rate limiting 1 Click the System tab and select the radio button for the switch that you want to configure 2 Select QoS gt Rate Limit The QoS Rate Limit screen displays 3 Select one or more ports and then select ingress and egress rates 4 Click Apply The rates are displayed opposite the selected ports 5 Repeat for the remaining ports Broadcast Filtering A switch can be configured to block massive transmission of broadcast packets being forwarded to every port on the same VLAN This feature is also known as broadcast storm protection Failure to block broadcast storm packets can cause a delay or halt to other data Some switches allow you to select a storm control rate for each port others assign a predetermined storm control rate for all ports on the switch gt To configure broadcast filtering 1 Click the System tab and select the radio button for the switch you want to configure 2 Select QoS Broadcast Filtering 3 The QoS Broadcast Filtering screen displays 4 Select Enable Quality of Service 35 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility If the selected switch supports configuring individual ports a Storm Control Rate screen displays If the selected switch does not support individual port configuration all of the ports are set t
7. port statistics 21 port tagging 30 port based 26 port based priority 33 PVID Port Default VLAN ID 29 Q QoS 11 32 R rate limiting 35 rebooting device 19 reset 20 resetting factory defaults 20 21 S status 10 15 support 39 switch discovery 9 Switch selection 16 y technical support 2 trademarks 2 U user guide 39 utility installing 6 uninstalling 12 V VLAN membership 29 43 VLANs 11 26 VLANS add groups 29 VLANS advanced 27 VLANS port based 27 W WinPcap 7 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility 44
8. the QoS tab The QoS Global Configuration screen displays 3 Select the ports that you want to have a particular priority Select the priority level that you want to assign from the list at the bottom of the screen 5 Click Apply The selected ports are displayed with the new priority A 6 Repeat for the remaining ports 802 1p Based Priority 802 1p based priority uses a header in the data packet that identifies the class of data in the packet for example voice or video When 802 1p based priority is used the switch reads information in the packet header to determine the priority to assign to the packet All ports on the switch check the packet header and transmit the packet with a priority determined by the packet content gt To assign 802 1p based priority 1 Click the System tab and select the radio button for the switch that you want to configure 2 Click the QoS tab The QoS Global Configuration screen displays Quality of Service 34 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility 3 Select the 802 1p Based radio button A message displays warning you that previous QoS settings for the switch will be lost 4 Click Yes Data is now processed based on 802 1p priority tags in the data Rate Limiting You can limit the rate at which the switch accepts incoming data and the rate that it retransmits outgoing data You can set rate values The rate choices vary depending on the switch model Rate limiting can be set for a
9. the port to the VLAN group This step causes the data for an individual port to be tagged associated with a VLAN group gt To tag data from ports 1 Click the VLAN tab and select 802 1Q gt Advanced gt Port Tagging The Port Tagging screen displays 2 Select the ports whose data you want tagged 3 Select Tagging Control 4 Click Apply Tountag data from ports 1 Click the VLAN tab and select 802 1Q gt Advanced gt Port Tagging The Port Tagging screen displays 2 Select the ports whose data you want untagged 3 Select UnTag Tagging Control 4 Click Apply Virtual LAN Configuration 30 Quality of Service This chapter contains the following topics e QoS Overview e Rate Limiting e Broadcast Filtering 31 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility QoS Overview Many different classes of data can be sent across a network Depending on the volume of traffic on the network and the capacity of the equipment in the network data can be delayed or lost and retransmitted before reaching its destination Normally lost or delayed data is not a problem because the data is reassembled at the destination If the data consists of text or numeric data to be stored on the destination computer you would not notice the delay But if the data was voice streaming video or other delay sensitive data delays would be undesirable Video sequences would be jerky and voice communication would have annoying gaps The QoS Quality o
10. 0 Disabled OK or No Cable for each port MultiCast IGMP Snooping Status Enabled 41 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Table 3 Default switch settings continued Tab Menu Feature Default Value VLAN ID Enabled for IGMP 1 not configurable until VLAN is enabled Snooping Validate IGMPv3 IP header Disabled Block Unknown Multicast Disabled Address IGMP Snooping Static Router N A blank Port GS105E only Management Loop Detection Disabled LAG LAG Configuration and Disabled JGS524E and default value XS708E only LAG Membership N A blank Help Port Based Advanced Disabled Disabled Online Help About the Utility Registration Basic Advanced Global Configuration Disabled Disabled QoS Mode 802 1P Based Rate Limit Ingress No limit Egress No limit Broadcast Filtering Disabled Support User Guide About the Utility Registration Link Default Settings 42 Index Numerics 802 1p based priority 34 802 1Q 26 802 1Q VLAN 28 A about utility 39 Adobe AIR 7 assigning members 27 broadcast filtering 35 broadcast storm protection 35 C cable test 22 D default settings 41 DHCP 18 F factory defaults 20 21 features 10 firewall applications 9 firmware upgrade 20 H Help 11 38 installation 6 InstallShield Wizard 8 maintenance 10 15 19 monitoring 11 15 21 P port mirroring 21
11. AG Allows you to enable or disable LAGs link aggregation group Table 1 Features available from the System tab Feature Description Status Switch Status Switch Information Maintenance Displays the selected switch and the operational status of each port and enables you to assign a name to the switch Displays general information for the selected switch and enables you to change the DHCP mode IP address subnet mask and gateway address Change Password Device Reboot Factory Default Changes password for the selected switch Restarts the selected switch using configured settings Restarts the selected switch with factory default settings Firmware Upgrade Updates the selected switch with a firmware update saved on the computer Save Configuration Restore Configuration Monitoring Provides a field for entering the path to save the backed up configuration settings as a file Provides a field for entering the path from which a saved configuration can be retrieved Port Statistics Displays port network traffic for the selected switch Mirroring Cable Tester Allows a port to receive data sent to another port Checks cable connections for the ports of the selected switch MultiCast IGMP Snooping LAG Allows switch to selectively forward multicast traffic Allows multiple Ethernet links to be combined to a single logical link Only the JGS524E and XS708
12. E switches support LAGs Network and System Configuration 15 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Network The Network screen displays a list of the discovered Plus switches in your network You must select a switch and click Apply to display further information and access it for further configuration Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility Dec te Network Please select a switch to configure Discovered Switches Product Switch Name MAC Address IP Address Located on IP Network XS708E 20 85 23 01 a2 25 192 168 0 239 10 0 0 6 GS105E 00 26 12 b0 ab 4d 192 168 0239 10 0 0 6 REFRESH Switch Selection To use any of the System tab features you must first select a switch Note To log in to a switch for further configuration the computer that you are using must be on the same subnet as the switch If you are using a standalone computer you must either change the IP address and subnet of your computer or use the IP Setting menu option on the utility to change the switch s IP and subnet gt To select a switch 1 Select the row for the desired switch and click Apply You are asked to enter the password The default password for all switches is password 2 Enter the switch password and click Login Network and System Configuration 16 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility The port status for the switch displays 4 Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility XS708E NETGEAR Connect with Innovation Network
13. HCP Mode Enable g E Refresh IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Address DHCP Mode Selection The Switch Information screen contains a field for DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Mode selection When you enable this feature the switch obtains a network IP address from a DHCP server in the network Each time the switch is powered on or reset it requests an IP address from a DHCP server in the network This is called a dynamic IP address If your network does not have a DHCP server a time out message displays If the switch fails to retrieve an IP address from a DHCP server a default IP address of 192 168 0 239 is entered gt To enable DHCP operation 1 Select System gt Switch Information The Switch Information screen displays 2 In the DHCP Mode list select Enable 3 Click Apply The IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address fields are disabled grayed out To disable DHCP address assignment repeat the previous procedure and select Disable When you click Apply the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address information fields are enabled again To have the DHCP server assign an IP address again make sure that the DHCP Mode is enabled then select the Refresh check box next to the DHCP Mode selection list and click Apply Network and System Configuration 18 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Set the IP Address Information Enter IP address and subnet mask values for the switch a
14. IGMP Snooping field enter a valid VLAN ID and click Apply This field is dimmed if VLAN is not enabled Validate IGMPv3 IP header Some network devices might not conform to the IGMPv3 standard When the Validate IGMPv3 IP header option is enabled IGMP messages are required to have TTL 1 ToS Byte 0xC0 Internetwork Control and the router alert IP option 9404 set otherwise the packets are ignored Block Unknown MultiCast Address When this feature is enabled multicast packets are forwarded only to the ports that are in the multicast group learned from IGMP snooping All unknown multicast packets are dropped IGMP Snooping Static Router Port You can select a port to be the dedicated IGMP snooping static router port if no IGMP query exists in the network for the switch to discover the router port dynamically After a port is selected as the static router port all IGMP Join and Leave reports are forwarded to it If you select any in this field IGMP Join and Leave packets are sent to every port of the switch Only some models support the any setting in this field Management Loop detection is indicated on the switch when the LEDs of a port blink at a constant speed gt To enable or disable loop detection 1 Select System gt Management 2 In the Loop Detection list select Enable or Disable Network and System Configuration 23 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility LAG Link aggregation groups LAGs allow you to combine
15. LAN group This feature provides an easy way to partition a network into private sub networks e 802 10 Allows you to create virtual networks using 802 1Q criteria When using 802 1Q VLAN configuration you configure ports to be a part of a VLAN group When a port receives data tagged for a VLAN group the data is discarded unless the port is a member of the VLAN group This technique is useful for communicating with devices outside of your local network as well as still receiving data from other ports not in your VLAN group It requires that you know the VLAN group IDs used Virtual LAN Configuration 26 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Port Based Configuration Port based virtual LAN configuration assigns ports on the selected switch to a virtual LAN group The number of VLANs that can be created is limited to the number of ports on the switch Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration The Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration screen lets you partition your network into different segments Ports with the same ID are grouped into the same VLAN group Toassign members of a VLAN group 1 Select the switch 2 Select VLAN The Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration screen displays 3 Select Enable A message displays asking if you want to delete previous VLAN settings 4 Click Yes The Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration screen displays 5 For each port to be added to the group enter the ID of the VLAN group If all the VLAN groups share a
16. System XS708E Select Language English v Quit Maintenance Monitoring MultiCast Management LAG Switch Status Switch Information Selected Switch Product XS708E Port Status MAC Address IP Address Located on IP Network 20 e5 2a 01 ae 25 192 168 0 5 192 168 0 4 Port 01 02 03 04 05 06 or 08 Port Status Linked Speed up Down Down Down Up Down Down Up 100M No Speed No Speed No Speed 1000M No Speed No Speed 1000M L REFRESH This screen displays the status up or down of the ports on the switch and the speed of the device connected to the port The switch automatically senses the speed of the device connected to each port You can assign a name to the selected switch by entering the name in the Switch Name field The switch name can be up to 20 characters The switch is updated with a new name after you click Apply Network and System Configuration 17 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Switch Information The Switch Information screen displays more information about the selected switch This information varies depending on the switch model If the selected switch supports the Switch Information feature you can view or set the IP address subnet mask and gateway address Switch Status Switch Information Switch Information Switch Information Product Name XS708E Switch Name MAC Address 20 E5 2A 01 AE 25 Firmware Version 1 00 03 D
17. ble to discover your switches and you are using a local firewall you must turn off the firewall function for discovery to work properly After a few seconds the utility discovers and lists all ProSafe Plus switches in your network or in the same broadcast domain Discovery continues through the network until blocked by a router or firewall The discovered switches are listed as shown 7 V Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility Select Language English v Please select a switch to configure NAC Address IP Address Located on IP Network 20 85 23 01 a2 25 192 168 0 239 10 0 0 6 GS105E 00 26 f2 b0 eb 4d 192 168 0239 100 06 REFRESH You can now select a switch to configure or display its status Note For you log in to a switch the computer that you are using must be on the same subnet as the switch If you are using a standalone computer you must either change the IP and subnet of your computer or use the IP Setting menu option on the utility to change the switch s IP and subnet Getting Started 9 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility You can select a language for the utility user interface In the Select Language drop down list select a language You are asked to restart the utility to enable the selected language Select Language Enalish Please re launch the Prosafe Plus Utility for the Notice new language to take effect Do you wish to Deutsch continue Frangais mw Utility Featu
18. eck box if you want to launch the utility immediately Click Finish To launch the utility later click the utility icon WinPCap Workaround for Windows 8 If your computer uses the Windows 8 operating system a workaround is required gt To install WinPCap on a Windows 8 system 1 mode wu m Download the latest WinPCap installer for Windows from http www winpcap org and save it on the computer Right click the WinPCap installer program and select Properties Click the Compatibility tab and select Run this program in compatibility mode for Select Windows 7 Click Apply Registration The first time that you select a switch the Registration screen displays It has three buttons Turn Off The Registration screen closes The pop up screen displays again if the switch is selected 24 hours after the switch is restored to factory default settings Remind Me Later The Registration screen closes If over 24 hours have passed and you again select the switch the Registration screen displays again Register Now If you have an Internet connection you can register your product at the NETGEAR website Getting Started 8 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Discovering Switches When the utility is launched it immediately searches the network for ProSafe Plus switches Local computer firewall applications such as Symantec Endpoint Protection can prevent the utility from communicating with the switches If the utility is una
19. ected product About the Utility To view the utility software version select About the Utility on the Help screen About the Utility About the Utility Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility Version 2 2 22 Copyright 1996 2012 Netgear Part of the software embedded in this product is Winpcap software Copyright c 1999 2005 NetGroup Politecnico di Torino Italy Copyright c 2005 2009 CACE Technologies Davis California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 Neither the name of the Politecnico di Torino CACE Technologies nor the Help 39 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Registration If the computer running the utility has access to the Internet you can register your products gt To register your product 1 Select Help gt Registration to display the following screen 4 Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility XS708E NETGEAR XS708E Connect with Innovation Select Language English v aut Network System Online Help Ab
20. elect System gt Maintenance gt Restore Configuration The Restore Configuration screen displays 2 Click the Browse button and navigate to the location on your computer where the desired configuration is stored 3 Click Apply The chosen configuration is restored to the selected switch Monitoring The screen you access from the Monitoring menu provide statistics on port data volume and allow you to configure port mirroring and on some switch models perform cable testing Port Statistics To view port statistics select System gt Monitoring The port statistics for the selected switch are displayed in bytes received bytes sent and packet errors Port Mirroring Port mirroring allows a port to see the data on another port gt To allow a switch port to see the data on another port Te m os m oM Select Systems gt Monitoring gt Mirroring The Mirroring screen displays Enable Mirroring In the Source drop down list select the source port or ports In the Destination Port drop down list select the port Click Apply Data on the source port is routed to the destination port Network and System Configuration 21 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Cable Test Some switch models have a cable testing feature that allows you to check for cable faults If a cable fault is found on a port the cable test gives an estimate of the distance of the fault from the switch gt To perform a cable test 1 Click System
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22. f Service feature in the ProSafe Plus switches allows you to control the flow of data passing through the switch Network System Rate Limit Broadcast Filtering The QoS tab has these options e QoS Assigns priorities to data e Rate Limit Set limits on transmission rates for data passing through the switch Broadcast Filtering Blocks mass transmissions of broadcast packets from being forwarded to all ports All the QoS features have default settings It is not necessary to configure any settings to use the ProSafe Plus switches The following table lists the default settings Table 2 QoS Global Configuration Default Settings Feature Setting QoS Mode 802 1p Based Port Priority Low priority for each port Rate Limit Ingress No limit Egress No limit Broadcast Filtering Disabled QoS Global Configuration Global configuration allows you to assign priorities for how the switch transmits data You can assign priority by port number port based or by the type of data being transmitted 802 1p based You typically assign a low priority for normal classes of data email Internet Quality of Service 32 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility browsing and ordinary data transfers and high priority to video voice and other delay sensitive data Port Based Priority Port based priority works by assigning a priority to all data passing through a particular port A higher priority transmits data with a min
23. gt Monitoring gt Cable Tester The Cable Tester screen displays 2 Select the ports to be tested and click TEST SELECTED PORT If a problem with the cable is found the approximate distance to the cable fault is displayed Port Statistics Cable Tester Mirroring Cable Tester Tester 7 Cable Teste Port Test Results Cable Fault Distance meters 01 Short Circuit 5 02 No Cable 03 Open Cable 2 04 No Cable 05 OK 06 No Cable 07 No Cable mn Li Lal Li us LJ Li ul 08 oK Note The distance to the cable fault can be up to 5 meters from the actual fault MultiCast IGMP Snooping Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping allows a switch to forward multicast traffic intelligently on the switch Multicast IP traffic is traffic that is destined to a host group Host groups are identified by class D IP addresses which range from 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 Based on the IGMP query and report messages the switch forwards traffic Network and System Configuration 22 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility only to the ports that request the multicast traffic This feature prevents the switch from broadcasting the traffic to all ports and possibly affecting network performance To enable or disable IGMP snooping in the IGMP Snooping Status list select Enable or Disable and click Apply You can also change the VLAN for which the IGMP snooping is enabled In the VLAN ID Enabled for
24. ications and might already be installed on your computer If so a message displays asking if you want to reinstall WinPcap Note WinPcap is not supported on Windows 8 If your computer uses Windows 8 a WinPcap error message displays during installation If you are not managing FS116E or JFS524E switches ignore the message If you are managing FS116E or JFS524E switches using Windows 8 WinPcap must be re installed using Windows 7 compatibility mode For more information see the WinPCap Workaround for Windows 8 on page 8 Getting Started 7 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility a Click OK if you think the currently installed WinPcap program is an older version or might be corrupted b Click Cancel if you do not want to overwrite the program already installed Clicking Cancel ends the WinPcap portion of installation but the remaining components are installed c If the Adobe AIR program is already installed an already installed message displays Click Close to end the Adobe AIR portion of installation 3 Follow the prompts to install the utility Program Files directory on your computer copies the utility program into the Program Files Netgear ProSafe Plus Utility directory and The installation process creates a NETGEAR subdirectory under the A places a utility icon on the computer desktop The installation is complete When the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen displays select the Launch ProSafe Plus Utility ch
25. imum of delays If packets arrive at several ports at the same time the ports configured as higher priority transmit their packets first You must determine which ports are going to carry delay sensitive data Some switches allow you to select between two priority levels High and Low Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility JFS524E NETGEAR Connect with Innovation Select Language Network System VLAN English lv QUIE Rate Limit Broadcast Filtering QoS Global Configuration Quality of Service QoS Mode Port Based 802 1p Based Port Priority Priority Low Priority Low Priority x n towPrioity 2 priority levels Low Priority Low Priority Low Priority Priority Lo T Quality of Service 33 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Other switches allow four levels High Medium Normal and Low Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility XS708E NETGEAR Connect with Innovation Select Language English v Network System VLAN Rate Limit Broadcast Filtering QoS Global Configuration Quality of Service QoS Mode Port Based 802 1p Based Port Priority Priority Low Priority Low Priority towPronty 4 priority levels Low Priority Low Priority Low Priority gt To assign port based priorities 1 Click the System tab and select the radio button for the switch that you want to configure 2 Click
26. mments 202 10524 05 December 2012 Updated document new template 202 10524 04 May 2012 LAG and registration features were added 202 10524 03 September 2010 Multicast and IGMP Snooping features were added 202 10524 02 February 2010 Multiple language support added to menus cable testing Rate Limiting and Broadcast Filtering features were added 202 10524 01 September 2009 First publication ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started Install the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility WinPCap Workaround for Windows 8 ooo oo ooo o o FeOISITAIO menea cR dd ile ach be dake dra usar Discovering Switches liliis Utility Features Overview 000 00 eee eee INGDWOIK oso eles ts ES REESE Re SUSTO Moda Lodge dulce iia TRU OR ANE od VER doo zd ue VEAN 26 20800 cdd aedem ft ie ones aio aba do ped dug Help essa dup anion tee pec eq ede EDS Switch SOS dass heen eee eee Rea ee eee ead Uninstall the UH savia chika ewes Rc om Erw eee e Chapter 2 Network and System Configuration Network Switch Access 0 0 0000 cece eee eee SYSlEMMRCAUNCS x4 vaporem noia pe rr NGIWONK 415 ole idee a AA SwilchiSelectiOls saei ORE Y RP UPC QR QE Switch Information ooooooocooooooo eee DACP Mode Selection xi nh diarias Set the IP Address Informati0N oooooooooo eee Mainteriah6e iii emer ue RE RR XO P Rue ur Ya a Change Password 00 0c cece r
27. n uplink to the Internet or servers enter all in the VLAN Group field for the port that you want to use for the uplink 6 When you are finished adding ports to the VLAN group click Apply Advanced Port Based VLAN Configuration The advanced port based configuration uses a slightly different user interface to allow you to assign ports to multiple VLAN groups Toassign members of a VLAN group 1 Select the switch 2 Click the VLAN tab The Port Based VLAN Configuration screen displays 3 Select Advanced The Advanced Port Based VLAN Configuration screen displays 4 Select Enable A message displays asking if you want to delete previous VLAN settings 5 Click Yes Virtual LAN Configuration 27 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility The Advanced Port Based VLAN Configuration screen displays Note VLAN IDs are limited to the number of ports on the switch 1 5 for a five port switch 6 Select a VLAN ID from the VLAN identifier list and select the ports that you want to add to the VLAN 7 Click Apply If you want to create more VLANs repeat these steps with another VLAN ID 802 1Q Based Configuration 802 1Q VLAN configuration can be done using basic or advanced methods Basic 802 1Q VLAN Configuration In Basic 802 1Q VLAN configuration you configure ports to a VLAN group ID 1 4093 or all gt To configure ports using 802 1Q criteria 1 Select the switch 2 Select VLAN The Port Based VLAN Configuration sc
28. nance gt Factory Default The Factory Default screen 2 Select the check box in the Factory Default screen 3 Click Apply Firmware Upgrade Note After firmware downloading is complete the switch automatically reboots This briefly disrupts network traffic through the switch To upgrade switch firmware first download a firmware upgrade file for the selected switch from the NETGEAR support website to your computer gt To upgrade firmware on the selected switch 1 Select System gt Maintenance gt Firmware Upgrade The Firmware Upgrade screen displays 2 Click the Browse button and navigate to the location on your computer containing the firmware upgrade file 3 Select the upgrade file and click Apply The firmware is downloaded from your computer to the switch and the switch automatically reboots WARNING Do not disconnect the link or power down the switch during firmware upgrade Save Configuration gt To save the current configuration on the selected switch 1 Select System gt Maintenance gt Save Configuration Network and System Configuration 20 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility The Save Configuration screen displays Click the Browse button and navigate to the location on your computer where you want to save the configuration Click Apply The configuration is saved in the designated file Restore Configuration gt To restore a previously saved configuration to the selected switch 1 S
29. ng for loop detection e LAG Allows you to enable or disable link aggregation groups LAG VLAN A VLAN is a virtual LAN network The VLAN tab has the following options Port Based Allows you to assign ports to virtual networks e 802 10 Allows you to create virtual networks using 802 1Q criteria QoS The QoS Quality of Service tab has the following options Port Based Allows you to assign communication priorities to ports e 802 1p Based Uses communication priorities from 802 1p tags in the data e Rate Limit Allows you to set maximum data rate for the device or on some devices per port Broadcast Filtering Protects your network from broadcast packet storms that can interfere with the processing of normal data Help The Help tab has the following information e Online Help Provides online access to technical support information and this manual About the Utility Provides version and copyright information e Registration If you have an Internet connection provides a way you can register your product at the NETGEAR website Switch Settings Default settings for the management features are listed in Appendix A Default Settings Note It is possible to specify port settings that block further access to the switch you are configuring You can reset the switch manually to restore access If you do reset the switch manually your previous settings are lost Getting Started 11 ProSafe Plus Switch
30. o a predetermined storm control rate 5 If the ports can be configured select one or more ports and the desired storm control rate 6 Click Apply Quality of Service 36 Help This chapter contains the following topics e Online Help e About the Utility e Registration 37 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Online Help The Help tab provides access to the NETGEAR support website and to the online user guide for the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility the latest copy of this manual Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility XS708E NETGEAR XS708E Connect with Innovation Select Language Network System eras I7 About the Utility Registration User Guide User Guide Support User Guide Please click APPLY below to view the User Guide Help 38 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility User Guide If the computer running the utility has access to the Internet you can select User Guide and click Apply to open the latest version of this user guide You can then download a copy to your computer After installing a new ProSafe Plus switch check this website for the latest version of this manual Support Information If the computer running the utility has access to the Internet you can display the support screen for a selected switch Select Support and click Apply The support page provides access to the NETGEAR Knowledge Base additional documentation downloads and product forums for the sel
31. our switches The Resource CD home screen displays NETGEAR Resource CD NETGEAR TPROSAFE Welcome ProSafe Plus 10GBASE T Switch 8 Port 10Gbps XS708E Language English X X LL drop down list Install ProSafe Plus Utility Documentation Customer Support Online Registration m Resource CD screens and the installation guide for the switch can be displayed in several languages To select the desired language use the drop down list in the upper right corner of the resource CD home screen Getting Started 6 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility If the resource CD home screen does not display your computer might have the Autorun feature disabled You can enable your computer s Autorun feature or use the computer s file manager to navigate to the CD and double click Autorun exe File Edi View Favorites Tools av Qe M y Address 2 D Expanded Go bin lt Autorun 3 Local intranet Note The utility name might vary slightly between different ProSafe Plus switch models Click the Install ProSafe Plus Utility link The utility uses two network programs WinPcap and Adobe AIR to process network commands WinPcap is used to manage FS116E and JFS524E switches If not already installed on your computer these two programs also are installed and placed in your program directory The WinPcap and Adobe AIR programs might be used by other network appl
32. out the Utility Registration Product Registration Registration We are delighted to have you as a customer Registration confirms your email alerts will work lowers technical support resolution time and ensures your shipping address accuracy We d also like to incorporate your feedback into future product development NETGEAR will never sell or rent your email address and you may opt out of communications at any time REGISTER 2 Click REGISTER Your computer connects to NETGEAR product registration server 3 Follow the on screen prompts Help 40 Default Settings All ProSafe Plus switch features have default settings You do not need to configure any settings to use the ProSafe Plus switches The following table lists the default values for switch settings Table 3 Default switch settings Switch Information DHCP Mode Tab Menu Feature Default Value Network Switch Selections Discovers all Plus switches on network Password password for all switches System Status Names All names blank Enabled IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Address 192 168 0 239 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 254 Maintenance Change Password Device Reboot Factory Default All fields blank Unchecked Unchecked Firmware Upgrade Save Configuration Restore Configuration Filename blank Filename blank Filename blank Monitoring Port Statistics Mirroring Cable Tester
33. reen displays 3 Select 802 1Q on the menu 4 Select Enable 5 For each port to be configured enter the VLAN group ID 1 4093 or all in the field below the port 6 When you are finished configuring ports click Apply Advanced 802 1Q VLAN Configuration In advanced 802 1Q VLAN configuration you configure ports to a VLAN group ID 1 4093 or all The advanced configuration feature allows you to create and update VLAN groups with more information VLAN Configuration The VLAN Configuration screen lists the currently defined VLANs and the ports assigned to each Virtual LAN Configuration 28 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility gt To add VLAN groups In the VLAN ID field at the bottom right of the screen enter the VLAN ID 1 4094 for the VLAN you want to configure and click Add The new VLAN group is displayed in the VLAN ID column 7 After you create a new VLAN ID click VLAN Membership to add ports to the group See VLAN Membership on page 29 gt To delete a VLAN group le 2 Select the check boxes for the VLANs to be deleted Selecting the check box at the top of the column selects all VLAN IDs Click Delete The selected VLAN groups are deleted VLAN Membership gt To add ports to a VLAN group 1 Select VLAN Membership from the menu on the left The VLAN Membership screen displays In the VLAN Identifier drop down list select the VLAN group you want to configure Select the check boxes
34. res Overview The utility configures switch features and provides status and support information The features are arranged on tabs Network Note The manager IP address and the switches to be managed must be in the same subnet If they are not in the same subnet only the Network tab and the Help tab are available for use Network This screen displays all the Plus switches that the utility discovered You can select a switch to see its IP settings change the DHCP mode and change the IP settings System The System tab provides access to general configuration information including the following e Status Indicates the operational status of each port of the selected switch If your switch supports the switch information feature you can also display information such as the MAC address IP address subnet mask and gateway address as well as changing the Switch password for all switches e Maintenance Allows you to change the administrator password reboot the switch reset to factory default settings and if your switch supports it upgrade switch firmware and save and restore configuration settings Getting Started 10 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility e Monitoring Displays port statistics bytes sent or received and CRC error packets tests cable connections and allows you to mirror ports e MultiCast Allows you to change the IGMP snooping settings Management Allows you to enable or disable the system wide setti
35. s well as the address of the gateway device used by the switch gt To specify IP interface information 1 Select System gt Status gt Switch Information The Switch Information screen displays 2 In the DHCP Mode list select Disable The IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address fields are enabled 3 Enter the IP address subnet mask and if available the gateway address and click Apply Maintenance The Maintenance feature allows you to change the password for the selected switch perform a device reboot reset the switch to its factory default settings or upgrade the switch firmware Change Password To change the password for a switch 1 Select System Maintenance The Maintenance menu and Change Password screen display 2 Enter the old password the default is password and then enter the new password 3 Click Apply Device Reboot WARNING Rebooting the switch to briefly disrupts network traffic through the switch Toreboot the selected switch 1 Select System gt Maintenance gt Device Reboot The Device Reboot screen displays 2 Select the check box in the Device Reboot screen 3 Click Apply Network and System Configuration 19 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Reset Factory Defaults WARNING Resetting the switch to factory defaults can briefly disrupt network traffic through the switch gt To reset the selected switch to factory default settings 1 Select System gt Mainte
36. scovered Switches Product Switch Name MAC Address IP Address Located on IP Network XST708E 20 65 2a 1 a2 25 192 168 0259 10 0 0 6 GS105E 00 26 12 b0 ab 4d 192 169 0230 10 0 0 6 To access the switch information from the Network screen select the switch then click the IP Setting button at the bottom right of the screen The IP Settings screen displays Note If the management IP and switch are not on the same subnet you see an error message and cannot access the other top level tabs except for the Help tab The switch selection remains in effect until you select a different switch or quit the utility System Features To access a switch for further information or configuration you must select the switch and then click Apply to log in System features include the following Network and System Configuration 14 ProSafe Plus Switch Utility e Status Indicates the selected switch and its operational status e Maintenance Allows you to change the administrator password reboot the switch reset to factory default settings and if supported by the selected switch upgrade switch firmware and use the configuration save and restore feature e Monitoring Displays port statistics packets sent or received tests cable connections and allows you to mirror ports e MultiCast Allows you to change the IGMP snooping settings Management Allows you to enable or disable the system wide setting for loop detection e L
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