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1. Please choice the LAN members Untagged Member a Tagged Member The stacking switches interchange VLAN information through the Giga ports which are set to tagged members by Stacking Tag VLAN New VLANs should keep their Giga ports tagged Since the master switch holds all VLAN group information the master switch should have the right to access the new VLAN by adding at least one Giga port to its tagged member An exclusion of all master switch ports leads to unmanageability on this VLAN for the master switch has no such VLAN in its internal table NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 51 NEILOMM Edit or Delete a VLAN To edit an existing VLAN just select the VLAN from the VLAN panel and modify the members in the Stacking Manager panel Once done press Apply to submit the setting Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer Sees Stacking Manager _ lt Master gt 192 168 223 100 pa Slavel 192 168 5 10 Slave2 192 168 5 20 Slave3 192 168 5 30 _ Slave4 192 168 5 40 Slave5 peace ee 163 5 50 LS Status VLAN Current setting is on the above gi Untagged Member w Tagged Member PY ID To delete a VLAN is also an easy task Select the unwanted VLAN and press Delete to remove it NOTE The DEFAULT VLAN and Stacking Tag VLAN are undeletable A error message will pop up to canc
2. 3 Write Access Press the lt Space gt key to toggle between restricted or unrestricted Delete Community Name Intelligent Switch SNMP Community Configuration 1 Press the lt Delete gt key Choose the community name that you want to delete and then press enter 3 Pressing lt Enter gt once will complete the deletion when in delete mode 94 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM A Trap Manager is a management station that receives traps the system alerts generated by the switch If no trap manager is defined no traps are issued Create a trap manager by entering the IP address of the station and a community string 4 3 2 3 Trap Managers Intelligent Switch Trap Managers Configuration actions gt lt Delete gt lt Edit Add Edit Delete trap Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Select Item Add SNMP trap manager 1 Press lt Add gt gt lt Edit gt to add the trap manager Intelligent Switch Add SNMP Trap Manager IP 192 168 1 131 Community Name AE actions gt lt Edi t gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu CTIRL A Action menu Enter Select Item Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item 2 IP Type the IP address Community Name Type the community name Press Ctrl A to go back to the action line menu and press lt Save gt key to save the configuration NP2624M User Guide 95 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Edit trap managers Intelligent Swit
3. Intelligent Switch Static MAC Address Configuration Mac Address Port num Vlan ID Mac Address Port num Vlan ID GB9BCC26BBAA PORT3 2 005000100001 PORTIO 4 actions gt lt Edit gt lt Delete gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Add Edit Delete a Mac Quit Previous menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 2 MAC Address Enter the MAC address which the port should permanently forward traffic regardless of the device s network activity NP2624M User Guide 85 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Intelligent Switch Static MAC Address Configuration Mac Address S Gp Tile beds sits Port num PORT3 Vlan ID 2 actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt 3 Port num Press the lt Space gt key to select the port number 4 Vlan ID If tag based 802 1Q VLAN are set up on the switch static addresses are associated with individual VLANs Type the VID to associate with the MAC address 5 Press Ctrl A to go back action menu line 6 Then select lt Save gt to save all configure value Edit static MAC address 1 Press lt Edit gt key Choose the MAC address that you want to modify and then press enter Press lt Edit gt key to modify all the items a ae Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line and then select lt Save gt to save all configured values Delete static MAC address 1 Press lt Delete gt key Intelligent Switch Static MAC Address Configuration Mac Add
4. Launch Manager NOTE Inthe case ofthe http authentication mechanism the web browser will always ask the administrator to input username and password when agent manager changes a new host Typically the web browser will keep the authentication key of the successful login host and pass it to the other WebPages The single IP switch remains the URL of the master switch IP no matter how the agent manager has changed the forwarding host the new host will still receive the same authentication key as the master switch when it requests the login authentication If the new host has a different username and password from the master switch authentication failure and hence reentry will be required It is strongly recommended that the administrator change the usernames and passwords of the managed hosts to the same ones as the master switch 48 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 14 4 Stacking Manager This web UI provides not only the integrated VLAN management but also a handy IP agent The administrator can easily access other detail configurations in one individual switch of stacking set by clicking the hostname on the right side of this panel and jumping to its configuration webpage Link Status The first page shows the current link status of all stacking members Link up port numbers will be highlighted An off line switch will dim to gray if it does not respond to the information request from the stacking master in a peri
5. 1___192 168 223 10 Slave 1 __IP Address 3 2 192 169 223 20 N 192 168 223 320 3 192 168 299 390 Slave3 _ lt Host Name Slave 3 Launch Manager 44 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Agent Control Port The control port defines the specific TCP UDP port the single IP switch is listening which the agent manager sends its command to Agent manager use this specific port to tell the single IP switch to change the current forwarding target host The range of available port number is 28000 30000 Ignore the default settings of the Agent Control Port unless the user has a special need for this protocol port such as virtual server The default port number is 28019 2019 Apply Add Edit Delete To add a member enter the IP and name in IP address and Host Name then press Add Edit The new member will be listed on the left To edit a member s host name select the member in the list and the IP and name will be shown on the right Edit the name and then press Add Edit to update the list To remove a member just select the member and press Delete Launch Manager This button launches the Stacking manager 2 5 14 2 Agent Manager A floating menu be displayed after clicking Launch Agent Manager in the agent management menu The agent manager holds 32 1 slots in the floating menu The top slot zero slot displays the master switch IP and its relative l
6. At the main menu click Administrator gt Filter Database gt Static MAC Address In the MAC address box enter the MAC address In the Port Number box enter a port number If tag based IEEE 802 1Q VLANs are set up on the switch static addresses are associated with individual VLANs Type the VID tag based VLANs to associate with the MAC address Click the Add Click the Prev 50 will list the previous 50 MAC addresses Click the Top will refresh the list from the first entry Click the Next 50 will list the next 50 MAC addresses oe fk oa et NP2624M User Guide 27 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 6 3 MAC filtering MAC address filtering allows the switch to drop unwanted traffic Traffic is filtered based on the destination addresses 1 Inthe MAC Address box enter the MAC address that you want to filter IGMP Snooping StaticMAC Addresses EST Specify a MAC address to filter cd 2 If tag based 802 1Q VLAN are set up on the switch in the VLAN ID box type the VID to associate with the MAC address 3 Click the Add 4 Choose the MAC address that you want to delete and then click the Delete 28 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM A Virtual LAN VLAN is a logical network grouping that limits the broadcast domain It allows you to isolate network traffic so only members of the VLAN receive traffic from the same VLAN members Basically creating a VLAN from a switch is log
7. Select the action menu Quit Previous menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Radius Server IP Address the IP address of the authentication server Shared Key A key shared between this switch and authentication server NAS Identifier A string used to identify this switch Server Port The UDP port number used by the authentication server to authenticate Accounting Port The UDP port number used by the authentication server to retrieve accounting information Press Ctrl A go back action menu line 8 Press lt Save gt to save configured values 4 3 5 3 802 1x PerPort Configuration In this page set the authorisation status to activate 802 1x function by port 1 Select lt Edit gt Intelligent Switch Port Status PORT4 No PORTS No PORT6 No PORT No PORT8 No PORT9 Au PORT10 Au PORT11 No actions gt lt Quit gt lt Save gt 802 1 Port Status Force Auth Fa Auto Au None No lt Next Page gt lt Previous Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item 102 Quit Previous menu Select Item Enter NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 Status Press lt Space gt key to choose Fu Fa Au No authorization status 3 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action line menu 4 Select lt Save gt to save all configured values Note Fu Force the specific port to be unauthorized Fa Force the specific port to be author
8. The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit i O pa mm PORT1 On Down 0 0 0 0 o 0 PORT2 On Down o o o o o PORT3 On Down o0 o o o o o o PORT4 On up 879 o 969 o o o oo PORTS On Down 0 g 0 o o oOo o PORT6 On Down 0o QF m la o oe PORT7 On Down o0 He Ge 1 ae a ae PORTS On Down o 0 o o 0 0 0 PORT9 On Down 0 0 Te a oo The above information provides a summary of the switch s current status including on off state link status good or bad packets of transmitting and receiving packets of transmitting abort packets of collision and drop packets The following pages provide the statistics of RMON 1 2 3 9 groups The first part collects the information about packets and frame size within the ranges of 64 65 127 128 255 256 511 512 1023 and 1024 1518 bytes the total received packets and the total receives bytes Port Statistics Port Summary RMON Statistics 1 RMON Statistics 1 _ MON Statistics 1 RMON Statistics 2 The following information provides the first part of RMON status of the unit PORT1 0 o o o o o o o PORT2 0 o o o o 0 o o PORT3 0 o o o o o 6 Gq PORT4 647 188 24 74 66 o 999 122331 PORTS 0 o o o o o f 6 o PORTE 0 o 0 o o 0 o o PORTZ oo o 0 oO o 0 a a PORTS I o o o o o 0 o o PORT O o nea o T ei 6 a7 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1
9. Wide Area Network A wide area network consists of groups of interconnected computers that are separated by a wide distance and communicate with each other via common carrier telecommunication techniques Windows is a graphical user interface for workstations that use DOS A workgroup is a group of users who are physically located together and connected to the same LAN or a group of users who are scattered throughout an organization but are logically connected by work and are connected to the same network group Workstation refers to the intelligent computer on the user s desktop This computer may be an Intel based PC a Macintosh or a UNIX based workstation The workstation is any intelligent device a user works from 129 NEILOMM Appendix B Cable Information This cable information is provided for your reference only Please ensure you only connect the appropriate cable into the correct socket on either this product or your computer If you are unsure about which cable to use or which socket to connect it to please refer to the hardware installation section in this manual If you are still not sure about cable connections please contact a professional computer technician or NetComm for further advice RJ 45 Network Ports RJ 45 Network Ports can connect any networking devices that use a standard LAN interface such as a Hub Switch Hub or Router Use unshielded twisted pair UTP or shield twisted pair STP cable to co
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11. NP2624M User Guide 87 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Edit filter MAC address 1 Press lt Edit gt key Intelligent Switch Filter MAC Address Configuration Mac Address Vlan ID Mac Address Vlan ID 900000000001 1 OOOOOAQOQQO2 2 OOAOOAOOAQOI 3 actions gt lt Quit gt lt Add gt lt Edit gt lt Delete gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Add Edit Delete a Mac Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Action menu 2 Choose the MAC address that you want to modify and then press enter 3 Press lt Edit gt key to modify all the items 4 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line and then select lt Save gt to save all configured values Delete filter MAC address 1 Press lt Delete gt key to delete a filter MAC address Intelligent Switch Filter MAC Address Configuration Mac Address Vlan ID Mac Address Vlan ID OGOOGOG00001 1 GBOHBOBOBB02 2 080080800803 3 actions gt lt Quit gt lt fAdd gt lt Edit gt MIBG lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Add Edit Delete a Mac Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 2 Choose the MAC address that you want to delete and then press enter 3 Pressing lt Enter gt once will complete the deletion when in delete mode 88 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 4 3 Protocol Related Configuration J New Connection Hyper Terminal File Edit View Call Transfer Help De 8 2B Intelligent Switch The Prot
12. Up means Link Displays the auto negotiation mode auto force Nway force Displays the speed port 1 24 are 10 100Mbps Port 25 26 are 10 100 1000Mbps Displays full duplex or half duplex mode Full Displays the flow control is enabled or disabled in full mode Half Displays the backpressure is enabled or disabled in half mode Displays the rate control setting Ingr Displays the port effective ingress rate of user setting Egr Displays the port effective egress rate of user setting Displays the port security is enabled or disabled Displays the state of user setting Displays the negotiation result 11 NEILOMM 2 2 1 Single port counter and status The user can also click any port directly on the front panel of the Home Page to get single port status which is shown below F http 192 168 223 100 Port4 Status Network Ports Information Microsoft Internet Explorer PB Scale 10 sec v Internet There is a flow rate historical chart on the right The user can track the flow rate of this port for the last 60 hours Changing the scale will re calculate the chart 12 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 3 Port Statistics Statistics pages are provided to monitor network traffic They are Port Summary RMON Statistics 1 RMON Statistics 1 Graph RMON Statistics 2 Port Statistics Port Summary RMON Statistics 1 RMON Statistics IF Graph RMON Statistics 2
13. switch meaning that the switch becomes a network agent and handles all functions of these devices MIS can reduce the number of hosts that are directly connected to internet and make use of real IPs more efficiently 2 Integrate network devices without modifying hardware or software Single IP is a technique mainly based on application layer in OSI standard The connection between master and slave hosts is linked by Ethernet protocol and has little to do with the hardware Modifications of hardware or software of the slave hosts is not necessary Thanks to its characteristics the single IP switch gives the best compatibility with other network devices router gateway web server and even another brand switch 3 Handy User interface without learning complex setting or changing user s habit of operation A floating menu gives a comprehensive user interface for the administrator to pick and manage devices It provides host IP and host name saving the administrator the need to remember which IPs those slave hosts are assigned to Since there is only one browser windows displaying on the screen at any point in time the agent manager plays a similar role to a TV channel controller The administrators can easily switch to a device and enter the setting webpage as needed 4 Totally remote control of network devices in private IP domain It is not necessary for MIS to put all devices together in one place Single IP function will ope
14. 13 NEICOMM The followin WB 64 Bytes Port Statistics information provides the first part of RMON status of the unit 65 127 MM 129 255 W 256 511 W 512 1023 MM 1024 max Port Summary RMON Statistics 1 RMON Statistics 2 PORTI 0 0 PORT2 _ o o PORTS 0 0 PORT4 ll 1007 123315 PORTS oo PORTE 0 0 PORT _ 0 0 PORTS 0 0 Port Statistics The second part collects the information about drop events broadcast packets multicast packets alignment errors undersize packets oversize packets fragments jabbers and collisions Port Summary RMON Statistics 1 RMON Statistics 1 PORTI Oo 0 L f Graph The following information provides the second part of RMON status of the unit o o o o a my o o PORT2 o N mm cm 6 o as Fomai o oO a aes Vee ee Te a 30 lie i PORT4 o 136 6 oO w 6 a o PORTS 0 o f i mk io i ee o PORT o mem st oe ae oo a J a 0 PORT o0 o ae es N A T E 0 o PORTS o a of o o oo 4 POoRT9 o0 z Se ee A ae i ied mY Press Reset button to clear the counter 14 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Melb OMN 2 4 Show MAC Table The following information provides a table of the current MAC address that the switch has learned Press Prev or Next button to browse previous 50 or next 50 items The Top button wi
15. Delete SNMP community strings 1 Community Name The name of current strings 2 Write Access Enable the rights as read only or read write Intelligent Switch SNMP Community Configuration Community Name Write Access public Restricted private Unrestricted actions gt lt Add gt lt Edit gt lt Delete gt lt Quit gt ee Se Add Edit Delete community strings _ _ Restricted Read only enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB object information Unrestricted Read write enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB object information and to set MIB objects Add Community Name 1 Press lt Add gt gt lt Edit gt key Intelligent Switch Add SNMP Community Community Name Command1 Write Access Restricted actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Action menu 2 Community Name Type the community name 3 Write Access Press the Space key to toggle between restricted or unrestricted NP2624M User Guide 93 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Edit Community Name Intelligent Switch Edit SNMP Community Community Name public Write Access Restricted actions gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Press the lt Edit gt key choose the item that you want to modify and then press Enter 2 Community Name Type the new name
16. NEILOMM 4 Out of band Terminal mode management The NP2624M switch also provides a serial interface to manage and monitor the switch Users can follow the Console Port Information provided online to use Windows HyperTerminal program to link to the switch Te Hew Connection HyperTerminal File Edie View Call Transfer Hein Da a3 OF g User Interface NP 2624M Intelligent Switch Ver 2 02 07 Username _ password Cuala TE Aulo datei Se Be Type the username and press enter and then type the password and press enter to login The default username is admin the default password is admin NP2624M User Guide 61 YML827 Rev1 Meibom 4 1 Main Menu There are six items which can be selected T New Connection HyperTerminal File Edit view Call Transfer Help Main Menu Switch Static Configuration Protocol Related Configuration Status and Counters Reboot Switch TFIP Update Firmware Logout Configure the switch Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Connected 0 07 50 4uto detect 57600 8 N 1 Switch Static Configuration Protocol Related Configuration Status and Counters Reboot Switch TFTP Update Firmware Logout Control Keys Configure the switch Configure the protocol function Show the status of the switch Restart the system or reset switch to default configuration Use TFTP to download a firmware image Exit the menu line program The fol
17. attach the mounting brackets on the switch side panels one on each side and secure them with the screws provided Then use the screws provided with the equipment rack to mount the switch on the rack Power on The NP2624M switch can be used with an AC power supply 100 240V AC 50 60Hz The AC power connector is located at the rear of the unit The switch s power supply will adjust to the local power source automatically and may be turned on with all or none of the LAN segment cables connected After the power switch is turned on the LED indicators should respond as follows e All LED indicators will momentarily blink This blinking of the LED indicators represents a reset of the system e The power LED indicator will blink while the Switch loads onboard software and performs a self test After approximately 20 seconds the LED will light again to indicate the switch is in a ready state e The Speed Link Activity LED indicator may remain ON or OFF depending on every port s situation e The fan LED will switch off if the fan is working normally The LED goes RED if the fan has stopped or failed NP2624M User Guide 5 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 1 3 Initial set up for management There are two methods of management one is out of band management where you connect your PC to the switch through an RS232 cable The other method is in band management where you also connect your PC to the switch but do so through an Ethernet network eit
18. becomes unauthorized Default value is 2 times Used to determine a nonzero number of seconds between periodic re authentication off the supplications Default value is 3600 seconds NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 13 Ping The NP2624M switch provides a simplified ping function for users to check whether an IP is online or not Ping IP Address Please input the hast Ip to be pinged and count number then press the Apply button Enter the IP Address and number of counts for the ping packet to send Press Apply to continue next page This page will display the result of the pinging IP It continues updating the Reply Counts to the ping packets that are sent Users can interrupt the progress by clicking the Stop button If the reply counts remain zero after the webpage reload stops it could mean that the pinged host of this IP does not exist NP2624M User Guide 43 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 14 Single IP The NP2624M switch provides a new management tool for a user to manage a group of LAN switches by an IP agent method Single IP is the name meaning that the administrator can access other network devices through one single IP device There are two management modes Agent mode and Stacking mode Unlike a router s NAT from virtual IP domain to real IP domain single IP provides a reverse access from real IP domain to virtual IP domain using an IP forwarding technolo
19. 223 0 Agent IP of master should be set as same as switch IP 192 168 223 100 Add slavel and slave2 into agent list using auto discover or manually Routers can only be added by manually Administrator 192 168 223 30 can access those slaves through the master TP 192 162 20430 m Administrator Tamm ar Master LAM IF 192 26 3 dh WAH IP 21123 54 250 Slave 114 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM In this example master will manage 2 slave switches and 1 router in other IP domain 2 Master and slave switches in different LAN domain The difference between the examples is that the administrator and master switch IP is in the other IP domain 192 168 1 0 Switch IP of master is 192 168 1 100 Set its management mode to Agent Master According to the basic rule 1 the agent IP should be set in the same domain as slaves that is 192 168 223 100 The other procedures are the same as example 1 Now the administrator 192 168 1 30 can access the slaves in the other domain 192 168 223 0 3 Master in WAN domain and slaves in LAN domain This example gives a practical application for remote management Internet LAN IP 192 168 223 254 AN IP 211 23 53 250 l Router Gateway IP 192 168 1 30 Administrator Master switch IP 192 168 1 100 Agent IP 192 168 223 100 Gateway optional slave PEISSSS SSSS GSR8 we we Switch IP 192 168 223 102 Gateway IP 192 16
20. 5 Select lt Save gt to save configured values NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 97 NEILOMM 4 3 4 LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol This page allows you to configure and view the LACP status Intelligent Switch LACP Configuration Working Ports Settinge State Activity LACP Status Previous Menu LACP setting Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item NOTE All ports support LACP dynamic trunk group If connecting to the device that also supports LACP the LACP dynamic trunk group will be created automatically 4 3 4 1 Working Port Setting This page allows you to set work ports in trunk groups Intelligent Switch LACP Group Configuration Group LACP Work Port Num TRK 4 actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Select lt Edit gt 2 Group Displays the trunk group ID 3 LACP Displays the trunk group s LACP status 98 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 LACP Work Port Num Defines the maximum number of ports that can be aggregated at the same time If local static trunk group the number must be the same as group member ports NOTE Before changing settings on this page you have to set trunk group on the page of Trunk Configuration first 4 3 4 2 State Activity be Select lt Edit gt Intelligent Switch LACP Port State Active Configuration Port Sta
21. Any Network Management platform running the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP can manage the switch provided the Management Information Base MIB is installed correctly on the management station The SNMP is a Protocol that governs the transfer of information between management station and agent 2 5 10 SNMP Trap Manager 1 System Options 5 MP 26 24h Intelligent Switch Blasio o o o Use this page to define management stations as trap managers and to enter SNMP community strings Users can also define a name location and contact person for the switch Fill in the system options data and then click Apply to update the changes on this page Name Enter a name to be used for the switch Location Enter the location of the switch Contact Enter the name of a person or organisation 2 Community Strings Community Strings public _RO String i private Ry Or Ory Community Strings serve as passwords and can be entered as one of the following RO Read only Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB object information RW Read write Enables requests accompanied by this string to display MIB object information and to set MIB objects 3 Trap Manager Trap Managers none IP Address d Community A trap manager is a management station that receives traps the system alerts generated by the switch If no trap manager is defined no traps are issued Create a trap manag
22. BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 2 VLAN Name Type a name for the new VLAN 3 Grp ID Type the VLAN group ID The group ID range is 1 4094 4 Member Press lt Space gt key to choose VLAN member There are two types to select a Member the port is member port b No the port is NOT member port 5 Press Ctrl A go back action menu line 6 Select lt Save gt to save all configure value NOTE If trunk groups exist they will be displayed eg TRK1 TRK2 after port26 and you can configure if necessary 68 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Create 802 1Q VLAN Create an 802 1Q VLAN and add tagged untagged member ports to it 1 Select lt Edit gt Add an YLAN Group VLAN Name vlan2 VLAN ID 2 1 174094 Protocol VLAN None Port Member PORT1 UnTagged PORT2 Tagged PORTS UnTagged PORTA No PORTS No PORT6 No PORT No PORT8 No actions gt i lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 2 VLAN Name Type a name for the new VLAN 3 VLAN ID Type a VID between 1 4094 The default is 1 There are 256 VLAN groups available 4 Protocol VLAN Press the Space key to choose the protocol type 5 Member Press the Space key to choose a VLAN member There are three types to select a UnTagged This is the member port of the VLAN group and outgoing frames are NO VLAN Tagged f
23. denied NOTE Commands from agent manager cannot pass over current management level meaning that in cases where a slave host is a single IP switch with its agent function enabled a user launching the Slave host s agent manager will find the agent manager is replaced by the slave s one Worse still commands to pick the slave hosts will cause an unexpected forwarding error here We strongly recommend that a single IP switch should not activate the IP agent manager when it is a slave host of active master switch 2 5 14 3 Stacking Management Stacking Management 1__192 168 223 15 Stack 01 192 168 223 15 2__192 168 223 55 Stack 02 192 168 223 55 3 _ 192 168 223 606 Stack 03 192 168 223 66 4 92 168 223 66 Stack 03 ANN 802 1QVLAN Launch Manager Agent Control Port The specific TCP UDP port the single IP switch is listening See 2 5 14 1 Agent Management for details There are two ways to add the members Auto discover and Manual 46 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM Auto discover method Press Find gt gt and the found stackable switches will be gathered in Auto Discover List Select these found members and press lt lt Add to add the selected hosts to the list The searching range bases on Class C IP domain within Agent IP Changing the Agent IP in Admuinistrator IP amp Management Mode will alter the search range For examp
24. lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Press lt Edit gt to configure the broadcast storm filter mode 2 Press Space key to choose the threshold value The valid threshold value is 5 10 15 20 25 and NO Default is 5 74 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 4 2 4 4 Maximum bridge transmit delay bound Intelligent Switch Max Bridge Transmit Delay Bound Max bridge transmit delay bound OFF Low Queue Delay Bound Disabled Low Queue Max Delay Time 255 2ms unit actions gt lt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Max bridge transmit delay bound Limits the packets queuing time in switch If enabled when the amount of time the packets queued exceeding the maximum they will be dropped Press the Space key to set the time Those valid values are lsec 2sec and Asec and off Default is off 2 Low Queue Delay Bound Limits the low priority packets queuing time in switch If enabled when the amount of time the low priority packet stays in the switch exceeds Low Queue Max Delay Time it will be sent Press the Space key to enable or disable this function Default is disable 3 Low Queue Max Delay Time To set the amount of time that low priority packets queuing in switch will be delayed The valid range is 1 255ms Default Max Delay Time is 255ms NOTE Make
25. within this manual may cause interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur with the installation of this product in your home or office If this equipment does cause some degree of interference to radio or televi sion reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on we encourage the user to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Change the direction or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between this equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment to an alternate power outlet on a different power circuit from that to which the receiver TV is connected e Consult an experienced radio TV technician for help 3 The power supply that is provided with this unit is only intended for use with this product Do not use this power supply with any other product or do not use any other power supply that is not approved for use with this product by NetComm Failure to do so may cause damage to this product fire or result in personal injury 132 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Product Warranty The warranty is granted on the following conditions 1 This warranty extends to the original purchaser you and is not transferable 2 This warranty shall not apply to software programs batteries power supplies cables or other accessories supplied in or with the product 3 The customer complies wi
26. 0 600 100Mb s 10 60 1000Mb s 3 10 You can make it more or less likely to become the root port the range is 0 255 and default setting is 128 The lowest number has the highest priority Edge Port is a port connected to a device that knows nothing about STP or RSTP Usually the connected device is an end station Edge Ports will keep in forwarding state and skip the listening and learning state When the link on the edge port 1s changed the RSTP topology is not affected 37 NEILOMM 2 5 9 Port Mirror The Port Mirror is a method for monitoring traffic in switched networks Traffic through ports can be monitored by one specific port That is traffic going in or out monitored ports will be duplicated into an Analysis port Mirror Port Configuration Roving Analysis State DISABLE v Analysis Port None C omn e C O o O porns dP Roving Analysis Mode Press Space key to set mirror mode Disable Rx Tx Both Analysis Port This port can be used to see all monitored ports traffic You can connect analysis port to LAN analyser or netxray Monitored Port The ports you want to monitor All monitored port traffic will be copied to the analysis port You can select a maximum of 25 monitor ports in the switch Users can choose which port that they want to monitor in only one mirror mode If you want to disable the function you must deselect monitor port 38 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM
27. 4M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Meibom 4 2 6 Port Mirror Configuration Port mirroring is a method for monitoring traffic in switched networks Traffic through ports can be monitored by one specific port That is traffic going in or out of monitored ports will be duplicated into the monitoring port Intelligent Switch Port Sniffer Sniffer Mode Rx Monitoring Port PORT1 Monitored Port Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Press the Space key to change configure of per item 1 Select lt Edit gt 2 Sniffer Mode Press the Space key to set the sniffer mode to Disable Rx Tx or Both 3 Monitoring Port The sniffer port can be used to see all monitored ports traffic Press the Space key to choose it 4 Monitored Port The ports you want to monitor All monitored ports traffic will be copied to the sniffer port You can select a maximum of 25 ports to monitor in the switch Users can choose which port to monitor in the sniffer mode Press Space key to choose member port V denotes a member is not a member 5 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line Select lt Save gt to save all configured values 7 On the action menu line you can press lt Next Page gt to configure port9 port26 press lt Previous Page gt return to last page NOTE Only one sniffer mode is active in the switch at a time NP2624M User Guide 81 YML827 Rev1
28. 8 223 254 cI The difference from example 2 is that the master switch links directly to internet and administrator from the WWW and can access it through internet Set the Switch IP and gateway of master switch to real IP 211 23 53 251 and 211 23 53 249 and make sure the administrator can access the master switch from internet The other procedures are the same as example 1 Now the administrator from the internet can access the slaves in the other domain 192 168 223 0 We can somewhat imagine that the master is playing a role of tiny virtual server for these slaves NP2624M User Guide 115 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Internet Router we LAN IP 192 168 223 254 AN IP 211 23 53 250 xDSL Cable Gateway IP 192 168 223 249 Slave Master Switch IP 192 168 223 101 Gateway IP 192 168 223 254 Slave2 Switch IP 192 168 223 102 Gateway IP 192 168 223 254 Switch IP 211 23 53 251 CI Agent IP 192 168 223 100 ee Gateway IP 211 23 53 249 Administrator 116 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 5 4 Single IP Stacking mode application used with switch This switch provides traditional stacking mode to stack a maximum of 16 switches by cascading their Gigabit ports This feature helps network administrators use one switch assigned as the master to manage the other stacked switches through the browser That is the master can bring a global view showing all stac
29. Configuration This page allows the user to create a maximum of seven trunk groups Users can arbitrarily select up to four ports from port 1 port 26 to build a trunk group Intelligent Switch Trunk Configuration 14 15 16 1 18 19 06 07 08 09 1 24 Pk tT Pe ihe todo Boab ck dl Bois LERE ETAT ENa gt Le Ge ge T ol ae LEYA bk besa be as tk a lk Ca ge SG ab a Ke a PO eR ee tt ok amp ob od kee j jamb _ No h UFE Ur TO Eo Wak cE a gl Co Rob oe a ca Se a es Sk Sh ae aie E O le Ea as Rh ak a Car ok SE oe ae No Po ab sh ah eS No EE Phe NO Lado kk ok a bots NO Ea ke oh oe a seo te Cle de we Eb Sle al EN E lee Lo ob a ci a bis TRKI Disable TRK2 Disable TRK3 Disable TRK4 amp Disable TRKS Disable TRK6 Disable TRK Disable actions gt Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Select the action menu Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Select lt Edit gt on the actions menu 2 Press space key to configure the member port of trunk group You also have to set Static or LACP for the corresponding trunk group of TRK1 TRK7 item Static the normal trunk LACP this trunk group has link aggregation control protocol Press Ctrl A to go back action menu line Select lt Save gt to save all configure value If the TRK1 TRK7 are Disabled the trunk group is deleted All ports in the same static trunk group will be treated as a single por
30. Control Half Enable Auto Spd Dpx Full Select the Action menu Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Connected 0 08 53 Auto detect Press the Space key to change the configuration of each item 64 InRate 100K unit OutRate 100K unit Enabled Auto Spd Dpx Flow Control User can set input rate control which is 100K per unit The valid range is 0O 1000 0 disable rate control 1 1000 valid rate value User can set output rate control which is 100K per unit The valid range is 0 1000 0 disable rate control 1 1000 valid rate value User can disable or enable this port control Yes that mean the port is enabled No that mean the port is disabled User can set auto negotiation mode to Auto Nway Force or Force per port User can set 100Mbps or 10Mbps speed on port 1 port 24 Set 1000Mbps 100Mbps or 10Mbps speed on port25 port26 dependant on optional Gigabit module card and set full duplex or half duplex mode Full User can enable or disable full flow control function pause Half User can enable or disable half flow control function backpressure NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM NOTE Pressing Save will only save one page of configuration If static trunk groups exist they will be displayed eg TRK1 TRK2 after port 26 and you can configure them as above 4 2 2 Trunk
31. FE JE JE JE FE FE FE FE JE JE JE FE JE FE JE JE FE E E JE JE EE JE HE E E E E E E ttt Loader Checksum 0 K ff ttt Press any key to enter Loader Menu After switch tests are done a 5 seconds countdown timer will prompt the user to press any key to enter the User Menu There are five functions in the menu User Menu start kernel kernel update from tftp set ip address diagnose sdram 1 chore ee ee ee Please Select _ start kernel kernel update from xmodem kernel update from tftp set ip address eS ee i E diagnose sdram NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 kernel update from xmodem Back to switch system initiation and enter login Use 1k X modem to update firmware Use TFTP to update firmware A shortcut to setup switch IP and gateway A basic SDRAM diagnosis 5 NEILOMM 3 1 1K X modem Firmware update We provide the 1k X modem to update firmware from RS232 1K X modem only works in 57600bps mode So you must change baud rate to 57600bps to download firmware 1 Select 2 to start 1K X modem firmware update 2 When CCCC is displaying on console select Transfer Send File 5 600 HyperTerminal File Edit View Call MEEGA Help Ca os Receive File Capture Text Send Text File eee Capture to Printer start kernel kernel update from xmodenm kernel update from tftp set ip address diagnose sdram Flease Select 2 Ceceecececcececceceecececcececcececcccec
32. H g Slave5 FEE LEI 192 168 5 150 Link Status The Panel shows the current link up port s 125 26 Slave5 192 168 5 150 Link Status Current setting is on the Virtual Switch above Click lt Add Delete gt to create or delete a VLAN group or Click the ports to edit the LAN group members To view or setup VLAN click WLAN to the switch panel Result 1 PC 0 can access both PC 01 and PC 02 C Documents and Settings Administrator gt tracert 192 168 223 93 Tracing route to 192 168 223 93 over a maximum of 30 hops lt 1 ms lt 1 ms lt 1 ms 192 168 223 93 C Documents and Settings Administrator gt tracert 192 168 223 92 Tracing route to 192 168 223 992 over a maximum of 30 hops lt 1 ms lt 1 ms lt i ms 192 168 223 292 2 PC 0 can only access PC 02 only PC 01 will not reply Z Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer E C Documents and Settings Administrator gt tracert 192 168 223 93 Tracing route to 192 168 223 93 over maximum of 386 hop 25 ize lt Master gt 192 168 223 100 Slave1 192 168 5 110 C Documents and SettingsWAdministrator gt tracert 192 Slave2 192 168 5 120 Tracing route to 192 168 223 92 over a maximum of 34 hops Slave 192 168 5 130 25 ias Slave4 192 168 5 140 25 26 Slave5 192 168 5 150 Request timed out Request timed out Request timed out Link Status Current setting is on the Virtual Switch abov
33. NEILOMM 4 2 7 Priority Configuration Intelligent Switch The Priority configuration Port Static Priorit 802 1p priority Previous Menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 4 2 7 1 Port Static Priority This static priority based on the port if you set the port to high priority incoming frames from this port will always be considered to be high priority frames Intelligent Switch Port Priority Port Priority PORT1 Low PORT2 High PORT3 Low PORTA High PORTS High PORT6 Low PORT High PORT8 Low actions gt lt Quit gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 82 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 7 2 802 1P Priority Configuration There are 0 7 priority levels that can be mapped to a high or low queue Intelligent Switch 802 1p Priority Configuration Will be overwritten by port priority Priority 8 Low Priority 1 Low Priority 2 Low Priority 3 Low Priority 4 High Priority 5 High Priority 6 High Priority High QosMode High Low Queue Service Ratio gt H 2 L 1 1 actions gt lt S Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Select lt Edit gt 2 Press Space key to select the priority level mapping to high or low queue 3 High Low Queue Service Ration H L User can selec
34. Switch Setting Console Port Info Port Configuration Trunking IGMP amp MAC Filtering VLAN Configuration ask 255 255 255 0 192 168 223 254 Rapid Spanning Tree Links amp Port Mirror Management Mode Agent Slave v vides Default Agent Slave Security Manager 802 1x Configuration TFTP Update Firmware Configuration Backup Reset System Internet NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM The user can modify the switch IP Settings by entering the new values and clicking the apply button to confirm save these settings Then reboot the switch and the new IP configuration values will be activated 2 5 1 IP and Management mode a Intelligent Switch Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae Q pax QJ x E A ka Search P Favorites g3 na Address http 192 168 223 100 gt Links yr NEIL 1X 3X 5X 7X 9X 11X 13X 15X 1x 19x 21x 23X Main Menu IP amp Management Mode Home Port Status Port Statistics Show MAC Table DHCP Disable v Administrator IP amp Management Mode Switch Setting Console Port Info Port Configuration Trunking Switch Gateway 192 168 223 254 IGMP amp MAC Filtering VLAN Configuration Rapid Spanning Tree Port Mirror Management Mode Agent Slave v SNMP Security Manager 802 1x Configuration Ping TFTP Update F
35. Tagged Untag outgoing frames without VLAN Tagged Port VID From the main Tag based IEEE 802 1Q VLAN page click Port VID Settings to configure port VID settings 34 Basic Port YID Assign a Port WYLAN ID 1 255 for untagged traffic on each port then click Submit to apply the changes on this page Port VID PVID Set the port VLAN ID that will be assigned to untagged traffic on a given port This feature is useful for accommodating devices that you want to participate in the VLAN but do not support tagging The NP2624M switch allows each port to set one PVID the range is 1 255 default PVID is 1 The PVID must as same as the VLAN ID that the port belong to VLAN group or the untagged traffic will be dropped Ingress Filtering Ingress filtering lets frames belonging to a specific VLAN to be forwarded if the port belongs to that VLAN The NP2624M switch has two ingress filtering rules as follows Ingress Filtering Rule 1 A forward only packet with VID matching this port s configured VID Ingress Filtering Rule 2 Drop Untagged Frame NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 5 8 Rapid Spanning Tree We provide Both Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP and Spanning Tree Protocol STP The Spanning Tree Protocol STP is a standardized method IEEE 802 1D for avoiding loops in switched networks Enable STP to ensure that only one path at a time is active between any two nodes on the network The Rap
36. Update Firmware 5 After the update has completed press lt reboot gt to restart the switch Reboot Switch System 54 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 7 Configuration Backup 2 7 1 TFTP Restore Configuration Use this page to set the ftp server address You can restore the EEPROM value from here but you must restore the image in the ftp server the switch will then download the flash image back TFTP Configuration TFTP Backup Configuration F 192 168 223 99 data dat TFTP Restore Configuration 2 7 2 TFTP Backup Configuration Use this page to set TFTP server IP address You can save current EEPROM value from here then go to the TFTP restore configuration page to restore the EEPROM value TFTP Configuration TFTP Restore Configuration TFTP Backup Configuration 192 168 223 99 data dat NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 55 NEILOMM 2 8 Reset System To Reset the Switch to its default configuration click on the Reset button Reset System Reset Switch to Default Configuration 2 9 Reboot To Reboot the Switch System click on the Reboot button Reboot Switch System 2 10 Event Logging A history log is provided here to keep track of events occurring on the switch This logs up to 100 events and then the latest event will overwrite the oldest one Event Logging The following information provides a log of the recent events that switc
37. and have the limitation of stacking quantities and brand compatibility due to hardware specification Moreover the administrator always has trouble in finding out the target window among those multi display interfaces Although there are expert network management utilities like HP OpenView available in the current market they are too expensive to purchase and too difficult to implement into embedded systems for their practical application Because of the rapid development of Ethernet the scare of real IP shortage becomes a serious issue when an enterprise continues its IA growth It is a waste of money and resources for every individual host to have its own real IP inside the enterprise s network Privates IPs and NAT function provided by router gateway or IP sharing provide a solution to the shortage of real IP but gives rise to new issue that remote users from the internet have no access permission into the private IP domain Thus an administrator until now had no choice but to assess private IP devices from the very location of the local area network to trouble shoot any problems that network clients report The Single IP A gent mode one of this switch special features provides a new solution for the issues above There are benefits of Single IP Agent mode 112 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 1 Reduce the demand of real IP public IP Since there are up to 32 devices which have a IP agent as Single IP
38. ansfer Help Intelligent Switch Misc Configuration Ping MAC Age Interval Broadcast Storm Filtering Max bridge transmit delay bound Port Security Collisions Retry Forever Hash Algorithm IFG Compensation Previous Menu Ping the device IP address Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Connected 0 11 29 Auto detect 57600 8 N 1 4 2 4 1 Ping Intelligent Switch Ping IP Address 192 168 1 8 Send Counts 10 Reply Counts 18 actions gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Type the Host IP and the counts for pinging then go back to action menu and press Save Reply Counts will display the result of pinging NP2624M User Guide 73 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 4 2 MAC Age Interval Type the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in the switch s address table Intelligent Switch MAC Aging Time MAC Age Interval sec 300 300 disable valid value 300 765 actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item The valid range is 300 765 seconds Default is 300 seconds 4 2 4 3 Broadcast Storm Filtering This page configures the broadcast storm control Intelligent Switch Broadcast Storm Filter Mode Broadcast Storm Filter Mode 5 actions gt lt Edit gt
39. ate a VLAN and add tagged member ports to it 1 From the main menu click Administrator gt VLAN configuration click Add and the following page will be displayed Remove 2 Type a name for the new VLAN 32 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 3 Type a VID between 2 4094 The default is 1 4 Choose the protocol type The NP2624M supports 802 1v with the implementation of Port and Protocol based VLAN classification Users can combine the field Protocol VLAN and the field of the port number to form a new VLAN group NOTE IEEE 802 1v allows a user to classify the packets through an untagged port There are two possible strategies of the 802 1v support Port based VLAN and Port and Protocol based VLAN Both are supported in the NP2624M Users set the VID to mark the packet from the untagged port and then the packet can be scheduled by the way of the IEEE 802 1q BANYAN VINES C4 BANYAN VINES CS BANYAR VINES AD DECHET_MOP_01 DECHET MOP_O2 5 From the Available ports box select ports to add to the switch and click Add gt gt If the trunk groups exist they will be displayed here eg TRK1 TRK2 and you can configure it as a member of the VLAN if necessary 6 Click Next The following page will be displayed NP2624M User Guide 33 YML827 Revi Melb OMM 7 Use this page to set whether the outgoing frames are VLAN Tagged frames or not Then click Apply Tag outgoing frames with VLAN
40. ave gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Collisions Retry Forever Disable In half duplex in the event of a collision it 76 will retry up to 48 times before dropping the frame Enable In half duplex in the event of a collision it will continue retrying forever Default NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 4 6 Hash Algorithm Select CRC Hash default or DirectMap for Hash algorithm Intelligent Switch Hash Algorithm Hash Algorithm CRC Hash actions gt KEdit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 2 4 7 IFG Compensation Enable or disable the inter frame gap IFG compensation function Intelligent Switch IFG Compensation IFG Compensation Enabled actions gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item NP2624M User Guide 77 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 5 Administration Configuration Intelligent Switch Device Configuration Change Password Device Information IP Configuration Previous Menu Configure the username Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 4 2 5 1 Change Username This page allows the user to change the web management username Intelligent Switch UserName Configuration UserName admin actions gt lt E
41. bps speed on Port25 Port26 depends on module card mode User can set full duplex or half duplex mode per port Full User can set flow control function to enable or disable in full mode Half User can set backpressure to enable or disable in half mode Portl port 24 supports by port ingress and egress rate control For example assume port 1 is 10Mbps users can set its effective egress rate at 1Mbps and ingress rate at 500Kbps The device will perform flow control or backpressure to confine the ingress rate to meet the specified rate Type the port effective ingress rate The valid range is 0 1000 The unit is 100K 0 disable rate control 1 1000 valid rate value 21 NEILOMM 22 Egress Priority Security Type the port effective egress rate The valid range 1s 0 1000 The unit is 100K 0 disable rate control 1 1000 valid rate value Enable or disable the port priority function There are two priorities high or low provided if port priority is enabled A port in security mode will be locked without permission of address learning Only the incoming packets with SMAC already existing in the address table can be forwarded normally Users can disable the port from learning any new MAC addresses then use the static MAC addresses screen to define a list of MAC addresses that can use the secure port Enter the settings then click Apply button to change on this page NP2624M User Gu
42. can set new values for the RSTP parameter NOTE For more information on parameter descriptions please see section 2 4 8 90 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 4 3 1 3 Per port Configuration Intelligent Switch RSTP Port Configuration Port PortState PathCost Priority EdgePort PORTI DISCARDING 200000 128 No PORT2 DISCARDING 200000 128 No PORT3 DISCARDING 200000 128 No PORT4 DISCARDING 200000 128 No PORTS DISCARDING 200000 128 No PORT6 DISCARDING 200000 128 No PORT DISCARDING 200000 128 No PORT8 DISCARDING 200000 128 No actions gt lt Save gt lt Previous Pa Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 PortState Displays spanning tree status about the switch which per port is forwarding or blocking 2 Select lt Edit gt 3 PathCost Specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine which ports are the forwarding ports 4 Priority The Priority Port allows you to make it more or less likely to become the root port 5 EdgePort If the port connected to a device does not understand STP or RSTP you can set as No This means the switch will stay in the forwarding state 6 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line 7 Select lt Save gt to save all configured values 8 On the action menu line you can press lt Next Page gt to configure port9 port26 press lt Previous Page gt return to last page NOTE For mor
43. ch C Remember my password The login dialog box will be displayed Type in the user name and password to proceed Refer to the instructions in chapter 3 for more information index htm NP2624M User Guide 7 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM In addition to local terminal mode operation the NP2624M switch supports remote management through Telnet over a network or the internet without a web browser In this mode the user has to enter the same settings as required in in band management to the IP Configuration before executing the Telnet program Again after properly setting the switch save the settings and connect your Ethernet cable from your PC to any port of the Switch Then you simply type the following at the command line to access the switch Telnet IP_Address_of Switch The following window appears Follow the prompts and type in the username and password to proceed Refer to the instructions in chapter 3 of this manual for more information E S a E E EE j j E Telnet 192 168 223 100 z ol xi PEE _ User Interface 24 26 ports Web SMMP Switch Ver 2 41 41 WSC Pname password 8 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 1 4 LED indicators information There are many LEDs on the front panel of switch After the initial power on these LEDs will reflect the current status within the switch as explained below There is one power LED on the left side of the front panel When power is applied it turns
44. ch Edit Trap Managers IP 192 168 1 131 Community Name public actions gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Press the lt Edit gt key and then choose the item that you want to modify IP Type the new IP address Community Name Type the community name a oe Press Ctrl A to go back to the action line menu and press lt Save gt key to save configuration Delete trap manager Intelligent Switch Trap Managers Configuration 192 168 1 131 vublic Delete SNMP trap managers Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Press the lt Delete gt key 2 Choose the trap manager that you want to delete and then press enter 3 Pressing lt Enter gt once will complete deletion when in delete mode 96 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Meibom 4 3 3 IGMP The Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP is an internal protocol of the Internet Protocol IP suite Intelligent Switch IGMP Configuration IGMP Protocol IGMP Query Mode Auto actions gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Action menu This page allows you to enable disable the IGMP support 1 Select lt Edit gt 2 IGMP Protocol Press Space key to choose Enable Disable 3 IGMP Query Mode Press Space key to choose Auto Enable Disable 4 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line
45. d set up the Switch Non blocking and maximum wire speed performances are designed on all ports The Switch not only supports Auto Negotiation but also Auto MDIX function on all switched 24 x 10 100Mbps RJ 45 ports and two Gigabit Copper ports in both half or full duplex mode The Auto MDIX function makes it convenient for the user because it eliminates cabling on straight line or cross line issues The NP2624M switch provides a convenient way to operate layer 2 management through a web browser The User friendly drop down menus allow the user to easily learn control and monitor the Switch It supports not only traditional SNMP function but also RMON 1 2 3 9 groups for advanced network analysis A new management tool called Single IP provides the administrator an access right to enter the private IP domain through a single real IP Using this management tool a network manager can remotely control far side servers in a private IP domain The Switch also supports both Port based and Tag based VLANSs To increase bandwidth application it supports 7 groups with up to 4 ports Trunk and moreover these trunk ports offer a fail over function and provide back up when one or more ports malfunction A stacking mode is introduced here to enhance the ability of VLAN An integrated UI not only displays the link status of the stacking sets but also provides an easy way to set up the VLAN Total front access design with full LED status display provide
46. dit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Type the new username and then press lt Save gt item 78 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 5 2 Change Password This page allows the user to change the web management login password Intelligent Switch Password Configuration Old Password New Password Enter Again actions gt Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Select the action menu Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 2 5 3 Device Information This page allows the user to configure the device information Intelligent Switch Device Information Name NP 2624H Intelligent Switch Contact Admin Location Description NP 2624H Intelligent Switch actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item NP2624M User Guide 79 YML827 Rev1 Meibom 4 2 5 4 IP Configuration This page allows the user to configure the IP settings and fill in the new values Intelligent Switch IP Configuration DHCP Disabled Switch IP gt 192 168 223 100 Switch netmask 299 299 299 0 Gateway gt 192 168 223 254 Management Mode Agent IP 192 168 5 100 Agent netmask 255 259 259 0 actions gt Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Space Toggle Ctrl A Action menu 80 NP262
47. e Click lt Add Delete gt to create or delete a VLAN group or Click the ports to edit the VLAN group members d 120 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 5 4 3 Issue on Trunk and Stacking mode There are Two basic rules here 1 Stacking members cannot and should not truck each other 2 Stacking members can trunk with non stacking members Non Stacking Member S ee secs cues Si ee HEDE rmm ww isseriscesieces OF 92 bl L ai Stacking Members The packet traffic between stacking members are transferred only through Giga module Trunking between stacking members may cause the spanning tree protocol STP to alter the topology and change the routed ports If this happens Giga port traffic may break and the stacking mechanism will fail For non stacking member there is no such limitation NP2624M User Guide 121 YML827 Rev1 Melb OMM 5 5 Compatibility on Virtual Server and Single IP There are practical applications on combinations of virtual server and single IP The network administrator generally prefers a router to have a unique gateway to Internet and a Single IP to manage his network hosts both from LAN and WAN This example offers an example of how to setup a virtual server with an agent stacking switch Example target 1 Any client with port 80 http go to company s default web server example 192 168 223 80 2 Any client with port 28010 go to agent stacking
48. e Edt vew Cal Transfer Heb Oe 3 028 E User Interface NP 2624M Intelligent Switch Ver 2 02 07 username _ password Connected 0 22 08 Auto detect 57600 8 N 1 6 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Meibom 1 3 2 In band Management through Ethernet In addition to terminal mode operation the NP2624M switch also supports in band management through a web browser This function is much more user friendly than terminal mode and can be performed either locally or remotely through Ethernet Before you can access the switch 1 You have to know the IP Address and Subnet Mask of both your switch and your PC The default value of the IP Address and Subnet Mask within the switch can be retrieved through terminal mode operation described in chapter 4 and the IP Address and Subnet Mask of your PC can be found in your PC operating system 2 In general within a network the members in the same network domain must have the same Subnet IP unless there are routers between them or members in the same network domain can t talk to each other Ensure that all users in the same domain have different IP Addresses on the same Subnet Mask 3 If there is a DHCP server in the network domain ensure that the DHCP function is enabled in both your PC and the switch then save the setting and reboot the switch power off and on once The DHCP server and its protocol will automatically assign an IP address and related IP Subnet Mask and Default gat
49. e firmware or restore the EEPROM value or upload the current EEPROM value Intelligent Switch TFIP Update firmware Configuration TETP Update Firmware TFTP Restore configuration TFTP Backup configuration Previous Menu Use TEIP to update firmware Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 4 6 1 TFTP Update Firmware This page allows the user to use TFTP to update the firmware 1 Start the TFTP server and copy firmware update version image file to TFTP server 2 Press lt Edit gt on this page Intelligent Switch TFIP Update Firmware TFIP Server E 92 200 220 99 Remote File Name iImage bin actions gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 3 TFTP Server Type the IP of TFTP server 4 Remote File Name Type the image file name 5 Press Ctrl A go to action line 6 Press lt Save gt key it will start to download the image file 108 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 7 Once saved the image file will automatically update 8 Restart switch 4 6 2 Restore Configure File This page allows the user to restore EEPROM value save previous image file from TFTP server 1 Start the TFTP server 2 Press lt Edit gt on this page Intelligent Switch Restore Configuration File TFIP Server 192 168 223 99 Remote File Name data dat actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt et ey er ee Se
50. e information on parameter descriptions please see section 2 4 8 NP2624M User Guide 91 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 3 2 SNMP Any Network Management running the simple Network Management Protocol SNMP can be managed by the switch Intelligent Switch SNMP Configuration System Options Community Strings Trap Managers Previous Menu Configurate the system information Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Use this page to define management stations as trap managers and to enter SNMP community strings Users can also define a name location and contact person for the switch 4 3 2 1 System Options 92 Intelligent Switch System Options Configuration System Name NP 2624M Intelligent Switch System Contact Admin System Location System Description NP 2624M Intelligent Switch actions gt lt Edi t gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item l 2 a 4 5 6 l Press lt Edit gt System Name Type a name to be used for the switch System Contact Type the name of contact person or organization System Location Type the location of the switch System Description Type the description of the switch Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line Press lt Save gt to save the configured values NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 3 2 2 Community Strings Use this page to Add Edit
51. easy installation inspection and maintenance in rack mount environments An additional LED display of the fan status allows for quick diagnosis of any over heating NP2624M User Guide 3 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 1 1 Unpacking Open the shipping carton of the Switch and carefully unpack its contents the carton should contain the following items e One NP2624M port Fast Ethernet Layer 2 Switch e One Mounting Kit including 2 mounting brackets and screws e Four rubber feet with adhesive backing e One AC power cord e One RS 232 cable e One CD containing this User Guide 4 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 1 2 Installation You can use the following guidelines when choosing a place to install the Switch e The surface must support at least 3 kg Do not place heavy objects on the Switch e You must be able to visually inspect the power cord and AC power connector e Ensure proper heat dissipation by making sure there is adequate ventilation around the Switch Desktop or Shelf Installation When installing the Switch on a desktop or shelf the rubber feet included with the device should attached first Attach these cushioning feet on the bottom at each corner of the device Allow adequate space for ventilation between the device and the objects around it Rack Installation The NP2624M switch can be mounted in an ELA standard sized 19 inch rack which can be placed in a wiring closet with other equipment To install
52. ecccecceccr Sends a file to the remote system 3 Select the 1K Xmodem in the Protocol item and browse for the image for updating Press the Send button E Send File Folder C Fimmware te Filename C Firrnware sirnage bir Browse Protocal 1K modem a 4 Start downloading the image file 1K Xmodem file send for 57600 Sending C Firmware image bin Packet Error checking CRC Retries 4 0 Total retries 0 Last error File Pet 388K of 512K Elapsed 00 01 34 Remaining Throughput 5 After the firmware has been downloaded the switch will then automatically update it and then the switch will reboot 58 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 3 2 TFTP Firmware update We provide the TFTP client to update firmware from Ethernet The user has to first install TFTP server on their PC and place the image in the download folder 1 Press 3 to start TFTP update firmware a 3 User Menu start kernel kernel update from xmodem kernel update from tftp set ip address diagnose sdram Please Select 3 One CS hoe kok Aw I Switch IP 192 168 223 100 192 168 223 168 Tftp Server 192 168 223 099 192 168 223 899 File name image bin image bin Starting the TFIP download Enter the Switch IP address and press Enter to accept default value Enter the TFTP Server IP address and press Enter to accept default val
53. ed Auto Spd Dpx FlowCtrl NEILOMM Displays whether the port is enabled or disable depending on user settings Enabled will display Yes disabled will display No If the port is unlinked it will be treated as No Displays which Nway mode the port is linked on Auto Nway_Force and Force Displays the port speed and duplex In Auto Nway force mode displays whether the flow control status is enabled or not after negotiation In force mode displays whether the flow control status is enabled or disabled depending on user settings lt Quit gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next page gt 4 4 2 Port Counters Exit the port status page and return to previous menu Display previous page Display next page The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit Intelligent Switch Port Counters Port TxGoodPkt TxBadPkt PORT16 PORTI1 actions gt Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item lt Quit gt lt Reset All gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next page gt NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 RxGoodPkt RxBadPkt TxAbort Collision DropPkt lt Reset_All gt _ lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Configure the action menu Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Exit the port status page and return to previous menu Set all count to 0 Display previous page Display next page 105 NEILOMM 4 4 3 System Information Intelligent Switch Sys
54. el the task The Stack VLAN also cannot be edited Microsoft Internet Explorer fx A Stack WLAN could not be edited 52 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi Melb Om The default PVID value ofall ports of 802 1Q VLAN is 1 Hence only the default VLAN PVID 1 has all of its ports as members in the beginning 3 Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer Bf Stacking Manager 2 4 amp 8 B10 12 14 16 B13 20 22 24 lt Master gt 1 3 siz Bo 11 13 lhs 19 21 28 192 168 223 100 12 14 16 B13 20 22 24 Slave 1 z 95 11 13 15 Fi 19121 25 192 168 5 10 a Oto 12 14 16 fia 20 22 24 Slave2 7 Bs 11 13 115 192 168 5 20 10 12 14 16 13 20 22 24 Slave3 z Bs 11 43 15 192 168 5 30 I 10 J12 14 16 ts 20 22 24 Slave4 is 11 43 15 Bir 13 21 23 192 168 5 40 2j4 6 6 12 14 16 fia 20 22 24 Slave5 13 5 7 14 15 hs a 19 21 28 192 168 5 50 v C aaa ee Link Status Current setting is on the above 4091 4091 YLAN2 _ 20 P ID 1 The available PVIDs are based on the VLANs that the user created in the previous VLAN page 1 Select the PVID to be modified and choose the ports for this PVID value 3 Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer AER Stacking Manager CLJ lt Master gt 192 168 223 100 CIJ Slave1 192 168 5 10 3 Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer mE I Stacking Manager n 10 12 14 16 I 3 y lt Master g
55. er by entering the IP address of the station and a community string NP2624M User Guide 39 YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 5 11 Security Manager On this page users can change username and password with following steps Security Manager In User Name Type the new username In Assign Change password Type the new password In Reconfirm password Retype the new password Click Apply oe E 40 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 12 802 1x Configuration System Configuration 802 1x makes use of the physical access characteristics of IEEE802 LAN infrastructures in order to provide a means of authenticating and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port that has point to point connection characteristics and prevent access to that port in cases where the authentication and authorization process fails 802 1x Configuration System Configuration Per Port Configuration Misc Configuration Configure 802 1x Parameters Radius Server IF 192 168 221 72 Server Por fia12 1813 f 2345678 NAS_L2 SWITCH Apply Help To enable 802 1x from Administrator Switch setting Advanced then fill in the authentication server information Radius Server IP Address The IP address of the authentication server Server Port The UDP port number used by the authentication server to authenticate Accounting Port The UDP port number used by the authentication server to retrieve accounting information Shared Key A key sha
56. evious Page gt lt Next Page gt 100 Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item lt Quit gt Exit this page and return to previous menu lt Previous Page gt Return to previous page to view lt Next page gt Go to the next page to view NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 3 5 802 1x Protocol In this page the user can configure and view all the 802 1x status Intelligent Switch 862 1 protocol Enable BDisable 882 1x System Configuration PerPort Configuration Misc Configuration Previous Henu Enabled or disabled the 802 1x Protocol Arrow TAB BESPE Hove Item Enter Select Item 4 3 5 1 Enable Disable 802 1x Intelligent Switch 802 1x Enabled Disabled Configuration 802 1 Enabled actions gt lt Edi t gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Select lt Edit gt 2 Press the Space key to choose Enabled Disabled 3 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action line menu 4 Select lt Save gt to save configured values NP2624M User Guide 101 YML827 Rev1 Meibom 4 3 5 2 802 1x System Configuration 1 Press lt Edit gt Nn WN J Intelligent Switch 802 1x System Configuration 192 168 1 128 Radius Server IP Shared Key 12345678 NAS Identifier NAS_L2_SWITCH Server Port 1812 Accounting Port 1813
57. eway This allows you to execute your web browser in your PC and simply type http IP Address of switch to access the switch through Ethernet or over the Internet If there is no DHCP server in the network you must follow the steps instructed below 4 Webpage login will prevent attacks from hackers If a user fails to correctly login 3 times http authentication will reject any http request for 3 minutes Connecting without a DHCP server When there is no DHCP server in your network domain you must ensure that the PC or switch have different IP Addresses and same Subnet Mask Below are the steps to modify the IP configuration of the switch to match the domain requirement of the PC Step 1 Get the IP configuration information in your PC Step 2 Get IP configuration value used for switch from your network manager Get an IP Address for your switch the IP Subnet Mask and the default gateway IP address if needed from your network manager Step 3 Modify the IP configuration value within the Connect to 192 168 223 100 switch to match the rule E In the step 3 you must use the data from step 2 to modify the default values within the switch To achieve this use terminal mode operation mentioned as described in 1 3 1 above After modifying the IP address Subnet Mask and Meee name E admin Default Gateway in the switch save the setting and execute Password sosoo the browser program with http IP_Address_ of _ swit
58. figure Choose the group id and click Get LACP If enabled the group is LACP static trunking group If disabled the group is local static trunking group All ports support LACP dynamic trunking group If connecting to the device that also supports LACP the LACP dynamic trunking group will be created automatically Work ports Allows for a maximum of four ports to be aggregated at the same time If LACP static trunking group exceeds ports is standby and able to aggregate if work ports fail If local static trunking group the number must be as same as the group member ports NP2624M User Guide 23 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Select the ports to join the trunking group Allow a maximum of four ports to be aggregated at the same time If LACP is enabled you can configure LACP Active Passive status in each port on State Activity page Click Apply 2 5 5 2 Aggregator Information When you are setting LACP aggregator related information will be displayed 1 This page displays no group active LACP is not working Trunking Aggregator Setting Aggregator information State Activity The following information provides a view of LACP current status NO GROUP ACTIVE 2 This page displays Static Trunking groups Aggregator Setting Aggregator information State Activity The following information provides a view of LACP current status 3 This page displays Actor and Partner trunking in one group Aggre
59. gator Setting Aggregator information State Activity The following information provides a view of LACP current status ae o00a17fforo2 000a17ff0f05 selected PORT21 513 selected PORT24 513 24 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 5 5 3 State Activity Active select The port automatically sends LACP protocol packets N A no select The port does not automatically send LACP protocol packets and responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the opposite device Trunking Aggregator Setting Aggregator information Stateactivity i N A N A ma e ma ma e ma is T n W T NAA T T mi fs co EN EE EF 1 A link that has either two active LACP ports or one active port can perform dynamic LACP trunking A link has two N A LACP ports will not perform dynamic LACP trunking because both ports are waiting for an LACP protocol packet from the opposite device 2 Ifyou are active LACP s actor when you select trunking port the active status will be created automatically NP2624M User Guide 25 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 6 Filter Database 2 5 6 1 IGMP Snooping The NP2624M switch supports multicast IP IGMP protocol can be enabled on this web page and IGMP snooping information is displayed on this page All multicast groups VIDs and member ports are displayed in the list IP multicast addresses range from 224 0 0 0 through 239 255 295 255 BCL Static mac Addres
60. ge the priority value A value is used to identify the root bridge The bridge with lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the root Enter a number 1 through 65535 Max Age You can change the Max Age value The number of second bridge waits without receiving Spanning Tree Protocol configuration messages before attempting a reconfiguration Enter a number 6 through 40 Hello Time You can change the Hello time value The number of seconds among the transmission of Spanning Tree Protocol configuration messages Enter a number 1 through 10 Forward Delay Time You can change the forward delay time The number of seconds a port waits before changing from its Spanning Tree Protocol learning and listening states to the forwarding state Enter a number 4 through 30 36 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 4 The following parameters can be configured on each port click the Apply button to modify System Configuration PerPort Configuration Configure Rapid Spanning Tree Port Parameters Oves Na Parameter Port Number Path Cost Port Priority Edge Port NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Description Select the port number Specifies the path cost of the port that the switch uses to determine which ports are the forwarding ports The lowest number is forwarding ports the range is 1 65535 and default value base on IEEE802 1D 10Mb s 5
61. green Below it is a Diagnostic LED which will blink whilst conducting power on diagnostics There are two more FAN status LEDs beside the power LEDs The upper one indicates the left fan status and the lower one indicates the right fan status These will turn RED if a fan has stopped or is malfunctioning Otherwise these LEDs will switch off when the fans are working normally Each of the RJ 45 10 100Mbps connectors has two LEDs built in to its upper corners The left one indicates the link status and activity while the right one indicates the speed The LEDs for the optional Gigabit module are somewhat different The upper yellow LED indicates a 10Mbps LINK the middle green LED indicates a 100Mbps LINK but for 1000Mbps or Gigabit both upper and middle LEDs are lit i e when a Gigabit port is linked with another Gigabit port fso Blinking Power Green Turn solid green when N A power is applied to this device DIAG Green Successful diagnostic During power on diagnostics Red FAN Left or Right side fan N A fail LINK ACT Green Successful connection Sending receiving or with Fast Ethernet collision packets 10 100M Green Successful connection N A with 100Mbps Fast Ethernet Vanish Successful connection N A with 10Mbps Fast Ethernet NP2624M User Guide 9 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 Web Management Function 2 1 Web Management Home Overview The first page you will see after login to the switch via a
62. gy With this IP agent method the network administrator can remotely control his far side hosts without being there accessing the private domain hosts through the agency of one real IP switch with a Single IP A maximum of 32 sets of information of network devices can be stored in the single IP switch and 16 sets in a stacking switch Basically these network devices should provide http or telnet service for the single IP switch to forward those protocol packets meanwhile SNMP protocol can be also passed through if they support SNMP service Moreover this single IP switch has no exclusiveness meaning that administrator can group up network devices of any type router switch server or brand without worrying their incompatibility However for stacking switch only the switches of the same model can detect each other and transfer information to their partner so it won t support other network devices in this instance This is the major difference between single IP agent mode and stacking mode Please read Chapter 5 for more information Web UIs of Agent Management and Stacking Management look similar In these pages users can add or delete managed network devices If the user disables the IP agent function that is sets the management mode to Agent Slave or Stacking Slave in the IP setting webpage this item will not show up in the main menu 2 5 14 1 Agent Management Agent Management 28019 Apply
63. h has happened Now is Wednesday 22 February 2006 10 44 54 4M 23 Wednesday 22 February 2006 10 33 26 AM 29 Wednesday 22 February 2006 10 33 13 AM Wednesday 22 February Console timeout web Login from User at IP 192 168 223 220 et 2006 10 30 41 AM Console login Wednesday 22 February 20 2006 10 30 30 AM Switch powered on and System up 19 After sss day s Ip or Gateway was changed 18 After RENAD 0 day s IP or Gateway was changed All records will be kept in flash memory even after writing default unless user clears the event log Press Prev or Next button will browse previous 25 or next 25 sequences The Top button will re list the table from the latest event Clear button will clear all history Event logger displays the real time according to the time zone set by the user 56 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 3 Console Boot Loader NEILOMM Each time the switch restarts the user can get some basic information from console use Hyper terminal 57600 baud rate IP Address 192 168 223 100 255 255 255 0 MAC Address ee 64 10 03 35 Firmware JEEE EEEE E E E E E FE FE FE FE FE E FE FE FE FE FE JE FE JE JE JE FE E E E E E E JE JE JE JE JE JE E HE HEH E E E E E E ttt Switch Power On Self Test Switch Register R W Test 0 K ff ttt Phy Register R W Test DRERI ttt Embedded Sram Built In Self Test 0 K JE EEEE E E E E E E E FE HE E HE JE HE FE FE
64. half duplex the collision retry maximum is 48 times and packet will be dropped if collisions still happen Enable In half duplex there is no collision retry limit Retry will be attempted indefinitely Choose algorithms CRC Hash or DirectMap to maintain MAC address table Enable or disable inter frame gap IFG compensation Enable or disable 802 1x protocol 19 MELLO 2 5 3 Console Port Information The Console is a standard UART interface which allows you to communicate with the Switch via a Serial Port The user can use windows HyperTerminal program to link the switch Console Information 37600 Bo none none Bits per seconds 57600 Data bits 8 Parity none Stop Bits l Flow control none 20 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi 2 5 4 Port Controls NEILOMM The user may modify or change mode operation in this page Port Configuration and Rate Limit PORTI a a Enable Y Auto 100 Fu PORT4 Full Half __ Ingress Egress_ E e Apply Aep Skee Port State Negotiation Speed Duplex Flow Control Rate Control Ingress NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Select a port User can disable or enable this port control User can set auto negotiation mode to Auto Nway specify the speed duplex on this port and enable auto negotiation Force of per port User can set 100Mbps or 10Mbps speed on Port1 Port24 User can set 1000Mbps 100Mbps or 10M
65. her locally or remotely or simply directly connect your PC and the switch with an Ethernet cable Before you activate the management function in the Switch you should read the instructions below carefully to ensure you can access the switch through your PC 1 3 1 Out of band Terminal Mode Management through RS 232 Step 1 Set Hyper Terminal parameters on your PC Firstly turn on your PC and execute a terminal mode program For example if you are in a Microsoft Window environment you may choose Hyper Terminal from programs that are listed for communication Open a New Connection using COM 1 or the port on your computer that you are going to connect the Switch to and select the following port settings Bits Rate per second 57600 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bit Flow Control None Step 2 Access your Switch After setting the above parameters on your PC connect your switch device with the RS 232 cable provided and turn the switch on After the switch runs its self test the device should respond and ask you to enter the username and password If the switch had already booted press the enter key to display the login screen Type the default value for the username and password to proceed the default username is admin and default password admin To learn more about the operation of the Switch in this mode refer the instructions in chapter 4 of this manual gt New Connection Hyper Terminal f 0 Fl
66. ically equivalent to reconnecting a group of network devices to another Layer 2 switch However all the network devices are still plugged into the same switch physically VLAN Configuration 2 5 7 VLAN configuration YLAN NWOT ENABLE The NP2624M switch supports port based 802 1Q tagged based and protocol base VLAN in web management page In the default configuration VLAN support is disabled Support Port based VLAN Packets can only be broadcast among members of the same VLAN group Note all unselected ports are treated as belonging to another single VLAN If the port based VLAN is enabled the VLAN tagging is ignored pm F J N P26 24M i ai aa H Port M100 26 Maceaged Suviteh M2 Marketing Group 2 Engineering Group 1 NP2624M User Guide 29 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Support Tag based VLAN IEEE 802 1Q VLAN Tagged based VLAN is an IEEE 802 1Q specification standard Therefore it is possible to create a VLAN across devices from different switch venders IEEE 802 1Q VLAN uses a technique to insert a tag into the Ethernet frames Tag contains a VLAN Identifier VID that indicates the VLAN numbers NP2624M eS 24 Port ITOO 4 2G Msreaged Suviteh M1 M2 Engineering Marketing VID 2 VID 3 Support Protocol based VLAN In order for an end station to send packets to different VLANs it has to be either capable of tagging packets it sends with VLAN tags o
67. id Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP is a more advanced Protocol than STP RSTP can shorten spanning tree convergent time if your network topology changes For the default the switch will use RSTP If the switch receives a STP s BPDU the switch will degrade to STP You can enable STP Spanning Tree Protocol using the web management s switch setting advanced item select enable Spanning Tree Protocol We recommend that you enable STP on all switches to ensure a single active path on the network 1 You can view spanning tree information about the Root Bridge on the following screen System Configuration ya PerPort Configuration Configure Rapid Spanning Tree Parameters MOTE lt MAH AQE 5 nE ii L a i dello Time 1 1 Mic Root Bridge Information Priorit 32768 006064100335 20 2 15 2 You can view spanning tree status about the switch on the following screen NP2624M User Guide 35 YML827 Rev1 Meibom System Configuration Se PerPort Configuration STE Configure Rap id Spanning Tree Port Parameters RSTPISTP Port Status Mo PORTE 200000 FORWARDING PORT 200000 FORWARDING PORTS 200000 128 FORWARDING 3 You can also set new values for RSTP parameters then click the Apply button to modify Configure Rapid Spanning Tree Parameters Parameter Description Priority You can chan
68. ide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 5 Trunking The Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP provides a standardized means for exchanging information between Partner Systems on a link to allow their Link Aggregation Control instances to reach agreement on the identity of the Link Aggregation Group to which the link belongs move the link to that Link Aggregation Group and enable its transmission and reception functions in an orderly manner In conclusion Link aggregation lets you group up to eight consecutive ports into a single dedicated connection This feature can expand bandwidth to a device on the network LACP operation requires full duplex mode more detail information refers to IEEE 802 3ad 2 5 5 1 Aggregator setting a letelligent Seite bicrowell Imainul Explores j Fie Edt Vew Fwote Took Helo bak GJ x ial Fi po emeh r Fries jf Jr Se pe lead mall i 5 a bet VE OY NEEM Trunking Aggregator Setting Aggrogater information Stabe Activity DP hamegarnment Mimis l Raibh Setting PGF amp MAC Petering muyupi EE Gat FLAN Configuration 4 tt Rapid parning Tres Deh lt lt Add lt lt PORTI A Perea Apply Dateie Il Help riami lt II System Priority A value used to identify the active LACP The switch with the lowest value has the highest priority and is selected as the active LACP Valid value is 1 65535 Group ID There are seven trunk groups to provide con
69. ique IP address DHCP allows the specification for the service provided by a router gateway or other network device that automatically assigns an IP address to any device that requests one Domain Name System is an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses Since domain names are alphabetic they re easier to remember The Internet however is really based on IP addresses every time you use a domain name the DNS will translate the name into the corresponding IP address For example the domain name www network_camera com might translate to 192 167 222 8 An enterprise network consists of collections of networks connected to each other over a geographically dispersed area The enterprise network serves the needs of a widely distributed company and operates the company s mission critical applications The most popular LAN communication technology There are a variety of types of Ethernet including 10 Mbps traditional Ethernet 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet and 1 000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Most Ethernet networks use Category 5 cabling to carry information in the form of electrical signals between devices Ethernet is an implementation of CSMA CD that operates in a bus or star topology Fast Ethernet also called 1OOBASE T operates at 10 or 100Mbps per second over UTP STP or fiber optic media Firewall is considered the first line of defense in protecting private information For better security data can be enc
70. irmware Default Agent Slave Configuration Backup Reset System Reboot Events Log Internet The Management mode indicates which role this switch is currently playing Agent Slave means it is treated as a normal switch Agent Master means the Single IP is activated and the switch is treated as agent manager Stacking Slave is used only when this switch is going to be a member of stacking set This setting will force the switch to activate spanning tree protocol and some VLAN settings in preparation for stacking switches Stacking Master also does the same tasks but it plays the role of manager of the stack Only the Stacking Slave can be added into the members of a stacking set under one Stacking master The default management mode is Agent Slave The extra Agent IP setting is necessary for the Single IP management It defines the IP and the subnet mask the master switch will be assigned which are in the same IP domain as the managed hosts one The user can confine the Single IP function to local management by assigning the agent IP to the same one as the switch s IP Different from original IP forwarding method it will not increase the loading of switch Agent IP setting and Agent management in the main menu will not show up if the agent mode is set as Slave NOTE If any of the values are changed in this screen reboot is neces
71. is transferred across the medium and how servers respond to workstation requests and vice versa Common network protocols responsible for the presentation and formatting of data for a network operating system are the Internetwork Packet Exchange IPX protocol or the Internet Protocol IP Protocols that dictate the format of data for transferors the medium include token passing and Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSMA CD implemented as token ring ARCNET FDDI or Ethernet The Router Information Protocol RIP a part of the Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP suite forwards packets from one network to another using the same network protocol Reverse Address Resolution Protocol a TCP IP protocol that allows a physical address such as an Ethernet address to be translated into an IP address RJ 45 connector is used for Ethernet cable connections A router is the network software or hardware entity charged with routing packets between networks It is a simple computer that provides resources such as files or other information The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is used for Internet mail Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP was designed to provide a common foundation for managing network devices In LANs a station consists of a device that can communicate data on the network In FDDI a station includes both physical nodes and addressable logical devices Workstations single attach
72. ized Au The state of the specific port determined by the outcome of the authentication No The specific port didn t support 802 1x function 4 3 5 4 802 1x Miscellaneous Configuration 1 Press lt Edit gt Intelligent Switch 802 1 Misc Configuration Quiet period lt 0 659535 def aul t 68 gt 60 Tx period lt 69935 defaul t 30 gt 38 Supplicant timeout lt 1 300 default 30 gt 30 Server timeout lt 1 300 defaul t 30 gt 30 ReAuthMax lt 1 18 default 2 gt 2 Reauth period lt 1 9999999 default 3600 gt 3600 actions gt lt Quit gt Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Select the action menu Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 2 Quiet Period Used to define periods of time during which it will not attempt to acquire a supplicant Default time is 60 seconds 3 Tx Period Used to determine when an EAPOL PDU is to be transmitted Default value is 30 seconds 4 Supplicant Timeout Used to determine timeout conditions in the exchanges between the supplicant and authentication server Default value is 30 seconds 5 Server Timeout Used to determine timeout conditions in the exchanges between the authenticator and authentication server Default value is 30 seconds 6 ReAuthMax Used to determine the number of re authentication attempts that are permitted before the specific port becomes unauthorized Default value is 2 times 7 Reauth Period Used to determine a n
73. ked devices to network administrator as long as he she has access to the master switch by using its IP this IP should be public for remote access through the internet This will easily let the network administrator know the group settings e g tag based VLAN groups and link status among all stacked units A typical arrangement of network connection of Single IP Stacking mode is shown below Master enin Remote PC Slave 1 p onl Local PC Slave 3 msesslesssisseel Se er Server 1 Slave 4 micsssiosesisees ram Slave 5 i Pisveciceesiseee Tr 9r Server 2 Typical connections for switch management by stacking The significant characteristics of this switch are 1 No redundant hardware required Unlike special requirement of connecting cable among hardware stacking switches this switch provides the least demand as a Gigabit module to build up a stacking set The Gigabit module give the best performance for inter communication between stacking switches and the administrator can spare one port of Gigabit module in the top switch or the bottom one in the stack for flexible usage 2 Well integrated UI to view status of stacking switches An user friendly Web UI provides the user a total view of the port link status and VLAN group settings for all stacked switches at a glance NP2624M User Guide 117 YML827 Rev1 Melom 3 Easy adding or removal stacking member All Stacking members can be easily added or
74. le if the Agent IP is set to 192 168 223 100 and then the auto discover function will search for available switches in the range from 192 168 223 1 to 192 168 223 255 192 168 223 165 192 168 223 565 192 168 223 66 192 168 223 777 192 168 223 88 192 168 223 147 Manual method Users can add members manually Fill up the IP Address and Host Name then press Apply to complete the addition of a new member Editing an existing member is also easy to do Simply select the host which needs to edited the IP address and Host Name will appear Then modify the Host Name for reference For any IP that is not within the member list the modification will assume to add a new member Press Apply to confirm the modification To delete an existing member choose the host and press Delete Then the host will be removed from the list 192 168 223 15 Slave 01 1 192 168 223 55 Slave 02 192 168 223 66 Slave 03 Find gt gt 92 168 223 77 ____192 168 223 77 192 168 223 885 192 168 223 88 192 168 223 147 192 168 223 147 192 168 223 77 NP2624M User Guide 47 YML827 Rev1 Meibom Launch Manager This button launches the Stacking manager For Stacking mode there is an extra option VLAN Mode for user to choose which type of VLAN the stacking switch will carry on There are 802 1Q and Port base VLAN
75. lect the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item TFTP Server Type the IP of TFTP server Remote File Name Type the image file name Press Ctrl A go to action line Press lt Save gt key it will start to download the image file Once saved the image file will automatically update Restart switch 4 6 3 Backup Configure File This page allows the user to save the current EEPROM value to an image file Then restore the EEPROM value from the update configuration page l et Oy ot ge a Start the TFTP server Press lt Edit gt on this page TFTP Server Type the IP of TFTP server Remote File Name Type the image file name Press Ctrl A go to action line Press lt Save gt key it will start to upload the image file Once saved the image file will automatically update Restart switch NP2624M User Guide 109 YML827 Rev1 Meibom 5 Application Examples 5 1 VLAN application used with switch VLAN is a simple solution to protect your network against broadcast storming by creating segments based on Layer2 Ethernet information and avoiding the complexity and the heavy processing requirements of Layer3 IP based routers As a result each group of stations connect to separate Segmented Ports to form different isolated Broadcast Domains The Broadcast Sharing Ports should be used to connect servers and other common services such as Internet access that are used by all the statio
76. ll re list the table from the first MAC E Intelligent Switch Microsoft Internet Explorer Fie Edit view Favorites Tools Help Learned MAC Table The following information provides a table of the current MAC addresses that switch has learned Show MAC Table ibaa leaden 00 CO 9F 25 A4 1F 0 Dynamic FTP Update Firmware Configuration Backup Total MACs in table 1 ee OOO Top The table can be sorted by each of the headings by clicking the header on the top of table For instance clicking the MAC on the top of table will refresh the table by the index of MAC NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 15 MELOUN 2 5 Administrator There are many management functions that can be set or performed if you click on Administrator on Home Page including e IP and Management mode e Switch settings e Console port information e Port configuration e Trunking e IGMP and MAC Filter e VLAN configuration e Rapid Spanning tree e Port Mirror e SNMP e Security Manager e 802 1x Configuration e Ping 2 Intelligent Switch Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Q sax ag x a Oh JO search Sie Favorites amp a te a ma rel 8 Address http 192 168 223 100 x Main Menu 5 Home IP amp Management Mode Port Statistics Show MAC Table i Administrator DHCP Disable v 192 168 223 100 IP amp Management Mode
77. lowing control keys are provided for this mode operation Tab Backspace Enter Space 62 Move the cursor to next item Move the cursor to previous item Select item Toggle selected item to next configure NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOUMMT 4 2 Switch Static Configuration New Connection Hyper Terminal File Edit View Call Transfer Help Intelligent Switch Switch Configuration Trunk Configuration VLAN Configuration Misc Configuration Administration Configuration Port Mirroring Configuration Priority Configuration MAC Address Configuration Main Menu Connected 0 08 25 Auto detect 57600 8 N 1 Control Keys You can press the Tab or Backspace keys to choose an item and press the Enter key to select an item Action Menu Line lt Quit gt Exit the configuration page and return to the previous menu lt Edit gt Configure all items When you have finished configuring the item press Ctrl A to return back to the action menu line lt Save gt Save all configured values lt Previous Page gt Return to previous page to configure lt Next page gt Go to the next page to configure it NP2624M User Guide 63 YML827 Rev1 Meibom 4 2 1 Port Configuration This page allows you to change the status of every port Js New Connection HyperTerminal Fie Edit view Call Transfer Help Intelligent Switch InRate 100K Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Port Configuration Flow
78. ly cost for a direct connection NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 JAVA LAN NAT Network NEILOMM Java is a programming language that is specially designed for writing programs that can be safely downloaded to your computer through the Internet without the fear of viruses It is an object oriented multi thread programming best for creating applets and applications for the Internet Intranet and other complex distributed network Local Area Network a computer network that spans a relatively small area sharing common resources Most LANs are confined to a single building or group of buildings Network Address Translator generally applied by a router that makes many different IP addresses on an internal network appear to the Internet as a single address For routing messages properly within your network each device requires a unique IP address But the addresses may not be valid outside your network NAT solves the problem When devices within your network request information from the Internet the requests are forwarded to the Internet under the router s IP address NAT distributes the responses to the proper IP addresses within your network A network consists of a collection of two or more devices people or components that communicate with each other over physical or virtual media The most common types of network are LAN local area network Computers are in close distance to one another They are usually in the
79. n Example of Port Base Stacking VLAN PC 0 192 168 223 99 M Stacking Master VLAN Group Agent IP 192 168 223 100 test 10 Switch IP 192 168 223 100 192 168 223 110 192 168 223 140 192 168 223 120 192 168 223 130 192 168 223 150 im PC 2 192 168 223 93 Port Base Stacking VLAN setting Switch Master 192 168 223 100 Slaves 192 168 223 110 192 168 223 120 192 168 223 130 192 168 223 140 192 168 223 150 PC PC 0 192 168 223 99 on port 22 of Master 192 168 223 100 PC 1 192 168 223 92 on port 9 of Slave 4 192 168 223 140 PC 2 192 168 223 93 on port 23 of Slave 5 192 168 223 150 Port Base VLAN Group VLAN name test VLAN ID 10 Members Port 22 24 of Master 192 168 223 100 Port9 of Slave4 192 168 223 140 Port 23 24 of Slave5 192 168 223 150 Test case 1 PC 0 ping or trace PC 01 and PC 02 The same VLAN 2 Remove port 9 of Slave4 from VLAN test and process test again NP2624M User Guide 119 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Z Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer m Z Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer E m Stacking Manager lt Master gt 192 168 223 100 Slavel 192 168 5 110 Slave2 192 168 5 120 Slave3 192 168 5 130 Stacking Manager 25 izg lt Master gt 192 168 223 100 CLJ Slave1 192 168 5 110 Cir Slave2 192 168 5 120 CLJ Slave3 192 168 5 130 Slave4 192 168 5 140 H gp Slave4 AE E
80. nistration group etc Print Server I NP2624M User Guide 111 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 5 2 Trunking Application used with switch Trunking allows you to increase the available bandwidth between switches by grouping ports into a trunk Trunking can also be used to connect servers to switches when higher bandwidth services are required You can use trunking to improve the throughput between segments Moreover this switch also provides trunking with a fail over function that is when one of the links of the trunk fails or is broken the traffic going through that link will automatically be re directed to other links of the trunk This redundancy greatly increases the value of trunking Server Server 14 J 4 amp 400Mbps qP 600Mbps qD e a a a a e a a d ee ee ee ee em OS ee me A ee ee 800Mbps 5 3 Single IP Agent mode application used with switch Single IP is a management utility of network devices for administrators to access private IP devices through a single IP real IP or private IP By this utility an administrator can manage many more network devices and reduce the demand of real IPs because every real IP switch can be an agent host for any network devices in their private IP domain There are some defects in the current solutions of network management For example switches with legacy stack capability have to stack together due to their special limited length cables
81. nking Application used with switch 2 00 60 ccccecccsssscescavecscdansetacesessecnswercdsetecsuarsnsswessaeences 112 5 3 Single IP Agent mode application used with SWItCN ccccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaseeeeeeeeeaas 112 5 4 Single IP Stacking mode application used with switch esssennssenssnnneessrnrrnneessnnerennn 117 5 5 Compatibility on Virtual Server and Single IP cccccccsseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeasaeseeeeeeaas 122 Appendix A Glossary Of Terms asiaceacsscnnciannecncadeacdetd reaentiasasnuccabasedasbenaddsdacatucnnn ssadeassanarcadeadaceucnaseabeedeed 124 Appendix B Cable Information octets dcnsccccencsndciondedscostadencicussenetdapscnamebneedsbededasheveesdcnuiseasidgelevaebsesdieadsintes 130 Appendix C Registration and Warranty Information ccccccccesseeeeeeeeeaseneeeeeeeaseeseeeeeeeaaanseeeeeeaaees 132 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Meibom 1 Introduction The NP2624M switch is a high performance web managed SNMP Layer 2 switch that provides users with 24 x 10 100Mbps Ethernet and 2 x 1000Mbps Gigabit ports This Switch has SNMP management and remote control capabilities such as Web Cluster The Gigabit module which can be copper or fibre media supports 1000BASE SX 1000BASE LX or 1000BASE T allowing users to increase their network response time at gigabit speeds and with great flexibility An RS 232 serial port provides an easy way for to install an
82. nnect the networking device to the RJ 45 Ethernet port Depending on the type of connection 10Mbps or 100Mbps use the following Ethernet cable as prescribed 10Mbps Use EIA TIA 568 100 Category 3 4 or 5 cable 100Mbps Use EIA TIA 568 100 Category 5 cable Note To prevent loss of signal make sure that the length of any twisted pair connection does not exceed 100 metres RJ 45 Connector Pin Assignment Normal Assignment lee 1 Input Receive Data LLL 2 Input Receive Data l 3 Output Transmit Data 6 Output Transmit Data 4 5 7 8 Not used Figure 1 12345678 RJ 45 plug attached a Ii LLL to cable Figure 2 130 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Straight and crossover cable configuration There are two types of the wiring Straight Through Cables and Crossover Cables Category 5 UTP STP cable has eight wires inside the sheath The wires form four pairs Straight Through Cables has same pinouts at both ends while Crossover Cables has a different pin arrangement at each end In a straight through cable wires 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 at one end of the cable are still wires 1 8 at the other end In a crossover cable the wires of 1 2 3 6 are reversed so that wire 1 become 3 at the other end of the cable 2 becomes 6 and so forth To determine which wire is wire 1 hold the RJ 45 cable tip with the spring clip facing towards the ground and the end pointing away from you The copper wires exposed upwards to
83. ns connected to the different Segmented Ports Virtual LAN or VLAN is generally defined as broadcast domain It can be viewed as a group of end nodes possibly on different physical network segments which can communicate with each other NP2624M ey 24 Port 10 100 2G Managed Switch Broadcast Domain Broadcast Domain Server Farm Benefits of VLANs e Groups users into logical networks for performance enhancement e Provides effective broadcast containment between Segmented Ports which prevents flooding of a network e Offers security by completely isolating the different Broadcast Domains connected on separate Segmented Ports e Preserves current investment in equipment and cabling e Provides an easy flexible economic way to modify logical groups when needed e Network administrators can easily fine tune the network e Keeps the network structure separate to the physical topology of the cabling e Makes large networks more manageable 110 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM You can group users according to some shared characteristic such as a common business function or a common protocol A single switch may have several independent VLANs within it Below is a example that R amp D Manufacturing and Administration group can be partitioned into different VLAN groups members in different groups can t talk directly but they still share the same server such as MRP server printer server in Admi
84. o called a Stacking Tag VLAN is a unique setting for this type of stacking All Giga ports are set to tag members to form a VLAN connection channel WARNING Stacking Tag VLAN is highly restricted Incorrect operation can ruin the connection of stacking switches Correct use of the Stacking Tag VLAN will be discussed in the next section Add a VLAN To Add a new VLAN press Add in the VLAN Panel Two prompts will ask the user to input VLAN name and VLAN ID After input users can choose the VLAN member in the Stacking Manager panel by clicking the designated port Colour cycling from blue yellow to black means that the port is set to untagged port tagged port or no member When finished press Apply to submit the changes Explorer User Prompt Script Prompt VLAN Name max length is 16 Cancel VLAN2 It is always wise to remember that the Giga ports of each member switch are set to tagged port and keep at least one member port in the master switch Explorer User Prompt Script Prompt VLAN ID 174094 50 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 3 Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer felix aT a Status VLAN DEFAULT___ 4091___ 4091 1 P ID lt Master gt 192 168 223 100 Slavel 192 168 5 10 Slave2 192 168 5 20 Slave3 192 168 5 30 Slave4 192 168 5 40 Slave5 Bis 168 5 50
85. ocation Remote Agent means that the user comes from another IP domain than the managed ones while Local Agent means that the user comes from the same IP domain as the managed ones peo 0 x Agent Manager lt Remote Agent gt 1927 168 3 85 i Router 192 168 5 101 A Switch 0i 192 168 5 102 3 Switch 02 192 168 5 103 4 Web server 192 168 5 104 5 Linux PC 192 168 5 105 Agent Manager lt Local Agent gt K 192 168 5 1 N Router n 192 169 5 101 gt Switch 01 192 168 5 102 3 Switch OF 192 163 5 103 Web server 192 163 5 104 Linux PC 192 162 5 105 Li 4 NP2624M User Guide 45 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM There are differences between Remote Agent and Local Agent The Local Agent referred to as Local Single IP uses URL link method and the main browser window will directly jump to the target host Since the URL of the web browser has changed authentication will be requested once again when the new host is selected Due to switch loading only one remote user can access the agent manager at a time Other users will be rejected if someone has launched the agent manager first The switch will release the control of single IP access in 25 seconds after the previous user closes his agent manager For Local Single IP there is no restriction but if a remote user has launched the agent manager in the same time the local user is also
86. ocol Related configuration IGHP LACP 802 1 Previous Menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item Connected 0 17 36 Auto detect 57600 8 N 1 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 89 NEILOMM 4 3 1 RSTP The Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RSTP is a standardized method IEEE 802 1w for avoiding loops in switched networks RSTP is enabled to ensure that only one path at a time is active between any two nodes on the network 4 3 1 1 Enable Disable RSTP Intelligent Switch Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Enable Disable RSTP System Configuration Perport Configuration Previous Menu Enabled disabled Rapid Spanning Iree Protocol Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item This page allows the user to enable or disable the Spanning Tree function Press the Space key to select enable or disable 4 3 1 2 RSTP System Configuration Intelligent Switch STP System Configuration Root Bridge Information Configure Spanning Tree Parameters Priority 32768 Priority 65535 32768 Mac Address 9805501021486 Root_Path Cost 20 Max Age 6 48 20 Root Port PORTA Hax Age 20 Hello Time 1 10 2 Hello Time 2 Forward Delay 15 Forward Delay _Time 4 30 15 actions gt lt Save gt select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 You can view spanning tree information about the Root Bridge on the left 2 On the right users
87. od of time This characteristic provides an easy method of network diagnosis The network administrator can check backbone connections of stacking switches at a glance from this panel 192 168 223 100 Slawe i 192 168 5 10 Slave 1927 169 5 20 Slavez 192 168 5 30 Slaved 192 168 5 40 Slave 192 169 5 50 Be YLAN P ID VLAN SETUP To configure the VLAN setting of the stacking switch click VLAN to bring up the VLAN configuration panel There are two default VLANs existing in stacking switches NP2624M User Guide 49 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer ar A Stacking Manager Microsoft Internet Explorer Eek Stacking Manager f Stacking Manager f lt Master gt Ca lt Master gt 192 168 223 100 L 192 168 223 100 Slave 1 l 25 28 Slavel Slave2 l l ca Slave2 m Slave3 l fi fi l Slave3 Slave4 Slave4 192 168 5 40 192 168 5 40 Slave5 Slav 192 168 5 50 192 168 x 50 eE k Status DEFAULT_1 4091 4091 Current setting is on the mod Current setting is on the above above E Untagged Member E Untagged Member a Tagged Member Tagged Member As seen above the VLAN name DEFAULT and VID 1 is standard setting for general Tag VLAN and all ports are added as untagged ports The other VLAN 4091 als
88. onsole Boot Loader enneseennnneeinenerinrrerinnnnrrrnrrrrrsnrrrnerrrrnrrrrrnnrrrnnrnrrnennrennnrrnnnrrrnnnnrnnnnrrnennrene 57 3 1 1K X modem Firmware update iia snciccdcwdanncaweaenoacadussacdnda deciexdcubleunenadedstenadaseedeenndasueibaadiendaceres 58 3 2 TFTP Firmware update ocaccaszacxpecactcanrzardantounsccueanethasdenhodassasmonadhandanadsatanctaaacheumachadacemseantiuwenaseas 59 oeae cae 2 E T T AA E E E A E A ner eee 59 3A Diagnose Sdra esperei ienaa EE EEO EE EA EEE Eia 60 4 Out of band Terminal mode management cceeecececceessseeeeceaneeeeececeaeeeseeeeseeueseeeeesaeagseeeeeseanees 61 E E E e EAE E E EEA E EEEE A ET E ATO E TET 62 4 2 Switch Static Configuration sccs ici ences csaneensirciaanmenbindiqusleiceidnuaasbawdianiaiiaiedindboaiaiaxiagnaladaawnbinareaeeds 63 4 3 Protocol Related Configuration iicitscssdicnstwoidanedadstcnss semeddocadesxaerncd baseiaieteeandannddsapetledecansteawecwees 89 4 4 Status and COUMIETS 2 catsocesenacatedunsensoeseGee cea dnosevaaitets Vinson io seieeddacdsagiaiGodeviatte a hadiastosatieexcns 104 45 Reboot SWCD sorrc wreea nes eeri cee eccrine taciere EET 107 4 6 TFTP Update Firmware sescecctcsannnnatnedaaianaameceanath aemattumancaianiauh ounevewccdsandeuaakbiabinnyatsetearmitacntiouie 108 ONC AMON VSS srerenieyies ienr aa ESA EEEE EENS 110 5 1 VLAN application used with switch ccccccccsececesseeceeeeeseeeeceaeeeceaeesseeessaseeseaeessaeeesseeeeses 110 5 2 Tru
89. onzero number of seconds between periodic re authentication of the supplications Default value is 3600 seconds 8 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action line menu 9 Press lt Save gt to save configured values NP2624M User Guide 103 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 4 Status and Counters You can press the Tab or Backspace keys to choose items and press the Enter key to select an item Intelligent Switch Status and Counters Port Status Port Counters System Information Main Menu current status of all the switch ports Displa Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 4 4 1 Port Status This page display every ports status Intelligent Switch Port Status Link InRate OutRate Flow Port Status 100K 100K Enable Auto Spd Dpx Control PORTA Up 8 Yes AUTO 106 Full On PORTS Down 8 8 Yes AUTO 10 Half Off PORT6 Up 0 0 Yes AUTO 106 Full Off PORT Down 4 8 Yes AUTO 10 Half Off PORT8 Down 8 8 Yes AUTO 10 Half Off PORT Down 4 8 Yes AUTO 10 Half Off PORT10 Down 8 8 Yes AUTO 10 Half Off PORT11 Down 8 Yes AUTO 10 Half Off actions gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Link Status Displays the ports as linked or not linked InRate Displays the input rate control 100K unit setting value OutRate Displays the output rate control 100K unit setting value 104 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi Enabl
90. ought Switch IP and Agent IP are still within the same IP domain NOTE Ifthe administrator wishes to access the slaves from LAN the Agent IP should be changed back to the Switch IP before launching the Agent Stacking Manager NP2624M User Guide 123 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Appendix A Glossary of Terms NUMBERS 10BASE T 100BASE TX 802 112 A Access point Applet ASCII ARP AVI BOOTP C Communication Connection 124 10BASE T is Ethernet over UTP Category III IV or V unshielded twisted pair media The two pair twisted media implementation of 1 OOBASE T is called 1OOBASE TX An IEEE standard for wireless local area networks It offers transmissions speeds at up to 54 Mbps in the 2 4 GHz band It is the hardware interface between a wireless LAN and a wired LAN The access point attaches to the wired LAN through an Ethernet connection Applets are small Java programs that can be embedded in an HTML page The rule at the moment is that an applet can only make an Internet connection to the computer form that the applet was sent American Standard Code For Information Interchange it is the standard method for encoding characters as 8 bit sequences of binary numbers allowing a maximum of 256 characters Address Resolution Protocol ARP is a protocol that resides at the TCP IP Internet layer that delivers data on the same network by translating an IP address to a physical address Audio Video Inte
91. permitted under the Copyright Act no part may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means be it electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of NetComm Limited NetComm Limited accepts no liability or responsibility for consequences arising from the use of this product Please note that the images used in this document may vary slightly from those of the actual product Specifications are accurate at the time of the preparation of this document but are subject to change without notice NetComm Limited reserves the right to change the specifications and operating details of this product without notice NetComm is a registered trademark of NetComm Limited All other trademarks are acknowledged the property of their respective owners Customer Information ACA Australian Communications Authority requires you to be aware of the following information and warnings 1 This unit shall be connected to the Telecommunication Network through a line cord which meets the require ments of the ACA TSoo8 Standard 2 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the Standards for C Tick and or A Tick as set by the ACA These standards are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference ina residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio noise and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions detailed
92. r Guide YML827 Rev1 Meibom Intelligent Switch VLAN Support Configuraton IngressFilter1 IngressFilter2 Port PYID NonMember Pkt Untagged Pkt PORT1 1 Forward Drop PORT2 3 Forward Forward PORTS 1 Drop Forward PORT4 1 Drop Forward PORTS 1 Drop Forward PORT6 1 Drop Forward PORT 1 Drop Forward PORT8 i Drop Forward actions gt lt Quit gt lt Save gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 PVID Port VID 1 255 Type the PVID 2 Ingress Filter 1 NonMember Pkt NonMember Pkt works the same as Ingress Filtering Rule 1 on the web interface Forwarding only packets with VID matching this port s configured VID Press Space key to choose forward or to drop the frame not matching this port s configured VID 3 Ingress Filter 2 UnTagged Pkt UnTagged Pkt works the same as Ingress Filtering Rule 2 on the web interface Drop untagged frame Press Space key to choose drop or forward the untagged frame NP2624M User Guide 67 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 3 2 Create a VLAN Group Create Port Based VLAN Create a port based VLAN and add member nonmember ports to it 1 Select lt Edit gt Add an VLAN Group VLAN Name vlan2 Grp ID 2 1 17 4094 Port Member PORT1 Member PORT2 Member PORT3 o PORT4 Member PORTS o PORT6 No PORT No PORT8 No Select the Action menu Arrow TAB
93. r attached to a VLAN aware bridge that is capable of classifying and tagging the packets with a different VLAN ID based not only on the default PVID but also other information about the packet such as the protocol The NP2624M switch will support protocol based VLAN classification by means of built in knowledge of layer 2 packet formats used by selected popular protocols such as Novell IPX and AppleTalk s Ether Talk and some degree of programmable protocol matching capability 30 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 2 5 7 1 Port Based VLAN VLAN Configuration VLAN Op aratic nf fode Port Based WYLAN Click Add to create anew VLAN group Enter the VLAN name group ID and select the members for the new VLAN Click Apply If there are many groups that over the limit of one page you can click the Next Page to view other VLAN groups a ae PORT PORTA FORTZ PORT4 PORTS PORTS Apply Help NOTE If trunk groups exist they will be displayed eg TRK1 TRK2 in select menu of ports These can also be configured on the VLAN NP2624M User Guide 31 YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 5 7 2 802 1Q VLAN In this page the user can create a Tag based VLAN VLAN Configuration Pasco O Bavi DEFAULT___1 256 VLAN groups can be configured If 802 1Q VLAN is enabled then all ports on the switch will belong to the default VLAN VID is 1 The default VLAN cannot be deleted Basic Cre
94. r product has been used for any purposes other than that for which it is sold or in any way other than in strict accordance with the user manual supplied F 5 Your product has been repaired or modified or attempted to be repaired or modified other than by a quali fied person at a service centre authorised by NetComm and 6 The serial number has been defaced or altered in any way or if the serial number plate has been removed Limitations of Warranty The Trade Practices Act 1974 and corresponding State and Territory Fair Trading Acts or legalisation of another Government the relevant acts in certain circumstances imply mandatory conditions and warranties which cannot be excluded This warranty is in addition to and not in replacement for such conditions and warranties To the extent permitted by the Relevant Acts in relation to your product and any other materials provided with the product the Goods the liability of NetComm under the Relevant Acts is limited at the option of NetComm to e Replacement of the Goods or e Repair of the Goods or e Payment of the cost of replacing the Goods or e Payment of the cost of having the Goods repaired NP2624M User Guide 133 YML827 Rev1 NETCOMM LIMITED ASN 85 002 490 486 PO Box 1200 Lane Cove NSW 2066 Australia SiS P 02 9424 2070 F 02 9424 2010 Broadband Solutions E sales netcomm com au W www netcomm com au
95. rames b Tagged This is the member port of the VLAN group and outgoing frames are VLAN Tagged frames c NO The port is NOT member of the VLAN group 6 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line 7 Select lt Save gt to save all configured values NOTE Ifthe trunk groups exist they will be displayed ex TRK1 TRK2 after port 26 and you can configure them if necessary NP2624M User Guide 69 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 3 3 Edit Delete a VLAN Group In this page users can edit or delete a VLAN group 1 Press lt Edit gt or lt Delete gt item NAME VID NAME VID DEFAULT 1 Vlan actions gt lt Quit gt lt Edit gt lt Delete gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Edit Delete a VLAN Group Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item CTRL A Action menu Enter Select Item 2 Choose the VLAN group that you want to edit or delete and then press enter 3 Users can modify the protocol VLAN item and the member ports are tagged or un tagged and remove some member ports from this VLAN group Edit an YLAN Group VLAN Name vlan2 VLAN ID 2 1 174094 Protocol VLAN None Port Member PORT1 UnTagged PORT2 Tagged PORT3 UnTagged PORT4 No PORTS No PORT6 No PORT No PORT8 No actions gt lt Quit gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the Action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 4 After editing the VLAN press the lt Sa
96. rate normally no matter how far the distance is between the master and the slave hosts if their packets can reach each other in local area network Moreover a remote administrator can access the far side servers in the private domain through the intermediary of single IP switch which is directly connected to internet 5 No up link limitation through Gigabit port Unlike stacking mode up link in agent mode can be achieved through any port rather than Gigabit port only This provides greater flexibility and allows Gigabit ports to be saved for other applications NP2624M User Guide 113 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 5 3 1 Typical setup of Single IP Agent mode network The basic rules to set up Single IP 1 The Agent IP of master switch should be within the IP domain of the managed hosts slave switches 2 The Agent IP should be the same as Switch IP if administrator is within the IP domain of slaves On other hand the Agent IP should be different from Switch IP if the administrator wants to manage the slaves across the IP domain There are three typical examples to demonstrate the usage of Single IP Agent mode 1 Master and slave switches in the same LAN domain In this example the master switch will manage 2 slave switches and 1 router Switch IP of master is 192 168 223 100 Set its management mode to Agent Master Since the IP domain of slaves and router are in the IP domain 192 168
97. red between this switch and authentication server NAS Identifier A string used to identify this switch Perport Configuration In this page users can select the specific port and configure the Authorisation State Configure 802 1x Per Port State Apply Help Each port can select four kinds of Authorisation State NP2624M User Guide 41 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Miscellaneous Configuration Confi gure 802 1x misc configuration Force the specific port to be unauthorised Force the specific port to be authorised The state of the specific port was determined by the outcome of the authentication The specific port didn t support 802 1x function In this page users can change the default configuration for the 802 1x standard Quiet Period Tx Period Supplicant Timeout Server Timeout Max requests Reauth Period 42 Used to define periods of time during which it will not attempt to acquire a supplicant Default time is 60 seconds Used to determine when an EAPOL PDU is to be transmitted Default value is 30 seconds Used to determine timeout conditions in the exchanges between the supplicant and authentication server Default value is 30 seconds Used to determine timeout conditions in the exchanges between the authenticator and authentication server Default value is 30 seconds Used to determine the number of re authentication attempts that are permitted before the specific port
98. removed through the network By clicking on the UI the administrator can quickly determinate which switch will join the stack without adjusting the network connection in front of those switches It saves time when trouble shooting any network abnormality 5 4 1 A guide to build up Stacking Switches Follow these steps to build up a set of Stacking Switches 118 1 Connect switches with Giga port in serial sequence By reference to the picture of typical network connection of Single IP Stacking mode the user can connect these stacking switches with Giga port in serial sequence A connection check by pinging these switches IP will help to avoid network failure Make sure the master switch is set to Stacking Master and slaves to Stacking Slave In the Main Menu Administrator IP amp Management Mode the user has to set the management mode to Stacking Master and slave switches to Stacking Slave Users wishing to access the stacking switches from remote IP should fill up the switch IP with a real IP and the agent IP with the alternative LAN IP On other hand for local area network access only the switch IP and agent IP should be kept exactly the same as the LAN IP Add stacking members in the Stacking management Please refer to section 2 4 14 for detailed information on configuration 4 Launch the Stack manager NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 5 4 2 A
99. ress Port num Ylan ID Mac Address Port num Vlan II QB9BCC26BBAA PORTS 2 005000100001 PORTIO 4 actions gt lt Quit gt lt Add gt lt Edit gt MOGE lt Previous Page gt lt Next Pag T EFi 2 Choose the MAC address that you want to delete and then press enter 3 Pressing lt Enter gt once will complete deletion in delete mode 86 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM MAC address filtering allows the switch to drop unwanted traffic Traffic is filtered based on the destination addresses 4 2 8 2 Filtering MAC Address Intelligent Switch Filter MAC Address Configuration Mac Address Vlan ID Mac Address Vlan ID lt Edit gt lt Delete gt Add Edit Delete a Mac Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item In this page users can add modify delete a MAC address filter Add filter MAC address 1 Press lt Add gt gt lt Edit gt key to add a MAC address filter Intelligent Switch Add Filter MAC Address Mac Address 000000001061 Vlan ID 2 actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt ave successfully press any key to return Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 2 MAC Address Type the MAC address to filter 3 Vlan ID If tag based 802 1Q VLAN are set up on the switch type the VID to associate with the MAC address 4 Press Ctrl A to go back to the action menu line and then select lt Save gt to save all configured values
100. rleave it is a Windows platform audio and video file type a common format for small movies and videos Bootstrap Protocol is an Internet protocol that can automatically configure a network device in a diskless workstation to give its own IP address Communication has four components sender receiver message and medium In networks devices and application tasks and processes communicate messages to each other over media They represent the sender and receivers The data they send is the message The cabling or transmission method they use is the medium In networking two devices establish a connection to communicate with each other NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 DHCP DNS E Enterprise network Ethernet F Fast Ethernet Firewall NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol was developed by Microsoft a rotoco for assigning dynamiq IP addresses to devices on a network With dynamic addressing a device can have a different IP address every time it connects to the network In some systems the device s IP address can even change while it is still connected DHCP also supports a mix of static and dynamic IP addresses This simplifies the task for network administrators because the software keeps track of IP addresses rather than requiring an administrator to manage the task This means a new computer can be added to a network without the hassle of manually assigning it a un
101. rypted A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet especially Intranets all messages entering or leaving the intranet pass through the firewall which examines each message and blocks those that do not meet the specified security criteria 125 NEILOMM G Gateway Group H HEX I IEEE Intranet Internet Internet address IP IP address ISP 126 A gateway links computers that use different data formats together Groups consist of several user machines that have similar characteristics such as being in the same department Short for hexadecimal refers to the base 16 number system which consists of 16 unique symbols the numbers 0 to 9 and the letters A to F For example the decimal number 15 is represented as F in the hexadecimal numbering system The hexadecimal system is useful because it can represent every byte 8 bits as two consecutive hexadecimal digits It is easier for humans to read hexadecimal numbers than binary numbers Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers This is a private network inside an organization or company that uses the same software you will find on the public Internet The only difference is that an Intranet is used for internal usage only The Internet is a globally linked system of computers that are logicall
102. same office space room or building WAN wide area network The computers are in different geographic locations and are NWay Protocol P PING PPPoE NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 connected by telephone lines or radio waves A network protocol that can automatically negotiate the highest possible transmission speed between two devices Packet Internet Groper a utility used to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible It functions by sending a packet to the specified address and waits for a reply It is primarily used to troubleshoot Internet connections Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet PPPoE is a specification for connecting the users on an Ethernet to the Internet through a common broadband medium such as DSL or cable modem All the users over the Ethernet share a common connection 127 NEILOMM Protocol RARP RJ 45 Router S Server SMTP SNMP Station Subnet mask 128 Communication on the network is governed by sets of rules called protocols Protocols provide the guidelines devices use to communicate with each other and thus they have different functions Some protocols are responsible for formatting and presenting and presenting data that will be transferred from file server memory to the file server s net work adapter Others are responsible for filtering information between networks and forwarding data to its destination Still other protocols dictate how data
103. sary NP2624M User Guide 17 YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 5 2 Switch Setting 2 5 2 1 Advanced 18 O advanced Mise Confia MAC Table Address Entry 4ge Out Time 300 seconds 300 765 must be multiple of 3 ae Mas bridge transmit delay bound control 4 sec v Cl Enable Low Queue Delay Bound Broadcast Storm Filter Mode 5 w Max Delay Time 255 1255 2ms funiti Priority Queue Service 802 1p Priority First Come First Serve All High before Low O WRR High weight 2 Low weight 1 Qos Policy High Priority Levels Jteveld ClLeveli Jlevel2 CJLevel3 Level4 Levels Level F Level7 MAC Address Age out Time Max bridge transit delay bound control Type the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in the switch s address table The valid range is 300 765 seconds Default is 300 seconds Limits the packets queuing time in switch If enabled the excess packets will be dropped These valid values are 1 sec 2 sec and 4 sec and off Default is 1 seconds NOTE Make sure Max bridge transit delay bound control is enabled before Enable Delay Bound because Enable Delay Bound only works under Max bridge transit delay bound control Enable Delay Bound Broadcast Storm Filter Limit the low priority packets queuing time in switch Default Max Delay Time is 255ms If the amount of time a low priority packet stays in the switch exceeds
104. ses MAC Filtering The Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP is an internal protocol of the Internet Protocol IP suite IGMP can manage the multicast traffic if the members switches router or other network devices of groups support IGMP With IGMP enabled the member ports will detect IGMP queries report packets and manage the IP multicast traffic through the switch IGMP have three fundamental types of message as follows Message Description Query A message is sent from the queries IGMP router or switch asking for a response from each host belonging multicast group Report A message is sent by a host to the queries to indicate that the host wants to be or is a member of a given group indicated in the report message Leave Group A message is sent by a host to the queries to indicate that the host has quit being a member of a specific multicast group 26 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 5 6 2 Static MAC Address When you add a static MAC address it remains in the switch s address table regardless of whether the device is physically connected to the switch This saves the switch from having to re learn a device s MAC address when the disconnected or powered off device is active on the network again IGMP Snooping Static MAC Addresses MAC Filtering Static addresses currently defined on the switch are listed below Click Add to add a new static entry to the address table van
105. stations dual attach stations and concentrators are FDDI stations In TCP IP the bits used to create the subnet are called the subnet mask NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 T TCP IP Transceiver U UDP ULP User Name Utility UTP W WAN Windows Workgroup Workstations NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol is a widely used transport protocol that connects diverse computers of various transmission methods It was developed y the Department of Defense to connect different computer types and led to the development of the Internet A transceiver joins two network segments together Transceivers can also be used to join a segment that uses one medium to a segment that uses a different medium On a 10BASE 5 network the transceiver connects the network adapter or other network device to the medium Transceivers also can be used on 1OBASE 2 or 1OBASE T networks to attach devices with AUI ports The User Datagram Protocol is a connectionless protocol that resides above IP in the TCP IP suite The upper layer protocol refers to Application Layer protocols such as FTP SNMP and SMTP The USERNAME is the unique name assigned to each person who has access to the LAN It is a program that performs a specific task Unshielded twisted pair UTP is a form of cable used by all access methods It consists of several pairs of wires enclosed in an unshielded sheath
106. sure Max bridge transmit delay bound control is enabled before enabling Low Queue Delay Bound because Low Queue Delay Bound must be work under Max bridge transmit delay bound control is enabled situation NP2624M User Guide 75 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 4 5 Port Security A port in security mode will be locked without permission of address learning Only the incoming packets with SMAC already existing in the address table can be forwarded normally The user can disable the port from learning any new MAC addresses then use the static MAC addresses screen to define a list of MAC addresses that can use the secure port Intelligent Switch Port Security Port Enable Security disable for MAC Learning PORT1 Enabled PORT2 Enabled PORT3 Enabled PORTA Disabled PORTS Disabled PORT6 Disabled PORT Disabled PORT8 Disabled actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item l 2 3 4 5 Select lt Edit gt Press Space key to choose enable disable item Press Ctrl A to go back action menu line Select lt Save gt to save all configure value You can press lt Next Page gt to configure port9 port26 press lt Previous Page gt return to last page 4 2 4 5 Collisions Retry Forever Intelligent Switch Collisions Retry Forever Collisions Retry Forever Enabled actions gt lt Edit gt lt S
107. switch example 192 168 223 90 3 Any client can use the agent stacking function through virtual server The instructive pictures may vary depending on the router the user sets up Step 1 Set up web server mapping port 211 23 53 252 80 gt 192 168 223 80 80 ae eaaa Ap 211 03 53 252 Service Name Port HTTP 80 v External Service Port eo 192 168 223 860 Real Server IP Clear Step 2 Set up an agent stacking switch mapping port 211 23 53 252 28010 gt 192 168 223 90 80 amp Edit Virtual Server Microsoft Internet Explorer Virtual Server Real IP 211 23 53 252 Service Name Port HTTP 80 v External Service Port 28010 192 168 223 90 Real Server IP 122 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEICOMUM Step 3 Set up an agent function mapping port 211 23 53 252 28019 gt 192 168 223 90 28019 Virtual Server RAI IP 211 23 53 252 Service Name Port User Defined v External Service Port 28019 192 168 223 90 reise Step 4 Modify Master s Agent IP to new IP other than its Switch IP Important DHCP 192 168 223 90 255 255 255 0 192 168 223 254 Management Mode SETTES G Default Agent Slave 192 168 223 91 255 255 255 0 According to the basic rule 2 of Single IP if the administrator accesses the slaves from the Internet the master s Switch IP should differ from its Agent IP In this case change Agent IP to 192 168 223 91 to meet the rule even th
108. t 8 i11 13 115 192 168 223 100 10 12 14 16 Slave 1 L 13 i1113 lis faa 192 1638 5 10 110 12 14 16 f 5 3 Slave2 L 15 ltt 13 116 192 168 5 20 1 20 a a Slave3 N a3 192 168 5 30 CLJ Slave4 L 192 168 5 40 CLJ Slave5 4 192 168 5 50 Link Status VLAN tH f CLJ Slave2 192 168 5 20 Slave3 192 168 5 30 Slave4 192 168 5 40 Slave5 192 168 5 50 eee Link Status P ID DEFAULT__1 Current setting is on the above Please wait 4091 4091 P ID 20 P ID 20 2 Click Apply button to submit and a message Please wait will be displayed 3 When a message advising Current setting is on is displayed the task is completed NP2624M User Guide 53 YML827 Revi NEILOMM 2 6 TFTP Update Firmware The following menu options provide some system control functions to allow a user to update firmware and remotely boot the switch system 1 Install TFTP program such as Turbo98 or Cisco TFTP and then execute 2 Copy the updated firmware image bin into TFTP server s directory TFTP Download New Image 192 1 Be 223 99 image bin 3 In web management select administrator TFTP update firmware 4 Download the new image bin file by pressing lt update firmware gt Image download complete Would you make sure to update firmware
109. t Port Status The following information provides a view of the current status of the unit St ae PORT1 On On Down Auto 100 Full On on off Off Disable off PORT2 On On Down Auto 100 Full onjon off off Disable off PORT3 On On Down Auto 100 Full onjon off Off Disable Off PORT4 On On Up Auto Auto 100 100 Full Full On On off off Off Disable Off PORTS On On Down Auto 100 Full On On Off Off Disable Off PORT6 On On Down Auto 100 Full onjon off off Disable off PORT7 On On Down Auto 100 Full On r off off Disable off Link Status Auto Negotiation Speed status Duplex status Flow Control Rate Control Port Security Config Actual NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Auto 100 Full on on off Off Disable Off 100 Full a On on off Off Disable Off __ 100 Full On on off Off Disable Off 100 Full Onjon off off Disable Off _ 100 Full On on off Off Disable Off 100 Full On on off Off Disable Off Displays the port status On or Down Unlink will be treated as off Displays the link status Down means No Link
110. t So when setting VLAN members and Port configuration they will be toggled on or off simultaneously a a NOTE Ifa VLAN group exists all of the members of static trunk group must be in the same VLAN group NP2624M User Guide 65 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 3 VLAN Configuration 4 2 3 1 VLAN Configure This page allows the user to set VLAN mode to port based VLAN or 802 1Q VLAN or disable VLAN function NOTE Changing the VLAN mode requires the switch to be restarted n Mow Connection Hyperterminal File Feit Waw Call Transfer Help Dar es 05 g Intelligent Switch VLAN Configuration Create a VLAN Group Edit Delete a VLAN Group Group Sorted Mode Previous Menu Configure the VLAN puid and ingress egress Rule Arrow JABYBKSPE Hove Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item Connected D l0ra Subs detest S7 HOO B Aed If the switch is set to 802 1Q VLAN this page will allow the user to set PVID ingress filtering 1 and ingress filtering 2 TE Mew Connection HyperTerminal File Feit Waw Call Transfer Help Da ef DOF m Intelligent Switch VLAN Support Configuraton VLAN Mode Disabled actions lt Fcli t gt duit lt Previous Page gt lt Save gt Newt Page gt Se H Ji Howe Item Previous menu Arrow TAB BRSPC Enter Select Item Connected 0 L055 Auto detest B7 HOO g M 1 66 NP2624M Use
111. t the ratio of high priority packets and low priority packets 4 Press Ctrl A to go back action menu line 5 Select lt Save gt to save all configured values NP2624M User Guide 83 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 8 MAC Address Configuration Intelligent Switch MAC Address Configuration Static MAC Address Filtering MAC Address Previous Menu Configurate the MAC address Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 4 2 8 1 Static MAC Address When you add a static MAC address it remains in the switch s address table regardless of whether the device is physically connected to the switch This saves the switch from having to re learn a device s MAC address when disconnected or powered off Intelligent Switch Static MAC Address Configuration Mac Address Port num Vlan ID Mac Address Port num Vlan ID actions gt lt Quit gt lt Edit gt lt Delete gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Add Edit Delete a Mac Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item In this page users can add modify delete a static MAC address 84 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM Intelligent Switch Add Static MAC Address Add static MAC address Mac Address 090CC26BBAA Port num PORTS Vlan ID 2 actions gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 1 Press lt Add gt gt lt Edit gt key to add static MAC address
112. te Activity Port State Activity 21 Active 22 Active Z3 Active 24 Active actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item 2 Press the Space key to choose the item Active The port automatically sends LACP protocol packets Passive The port does not automatically send LACP protocol packets and responds only if it receives LACP protocol packets from the opposite device 3 Press Ctrl A go back action menu line 4 Select lt Save gt to save configured values NOTE Ifa user sets LACP mode in the trunk group all of the member ports of this trunk group will set Active automatic NP2624M User Guide 99 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 3 4 3 LACP Status Relational Information for trunk groups can be found on this page Static trunk group Intelligent Switch LACP Group Status Static Trunking Group Group Key 7 Port No S l 225 23 24 actions gt lt Quit gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item LACP trunk group Intelligent Switch LACP Group Status Group Actor Partner Priority 1 iB MAC 000417004567 000417005678 Port _No Key Priority Active Port _ No Key Priority 21 515 J selected 24 51S 1 22 DLS 1 selected 23 579 1 23 519 1 selected AS Big 1 24 51S 1 selected 21 5T9 1 actions gt lt Quit gt lt Pr
113. tem Information HAC Address Firmware version ASIC version Module Module Module Module 1 Type 1 information 2 Type 2 information actions gt z 8686017556526 18 83 81 A 86 NC N A NC N A the switch system Arrows TAB BKSPC Move Item MAC Address Firmware Version ASIC Version Module 1 Type Module 1 information Module 2 Type Module 2 information 106 Quit Enter Select Item Previous menu The unique hardware address assigned by a manufacturer Displays the switch s firmware version Displays the switch s Hardware version Displays the module 1 Type 1000Tx or 100Fx ext Depends on module card mode Displays the information saved in EEPROM of modulel Displays the module 2 Type 1000Tx or 100Fx ext Depends on module card mode Displays the information saved in EEPROM of module2 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 5 Reboot Switch Intelligent Switch Restart Configuration Restart Previous Menu Recovering to default Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Enter Select Item 4 5 1 Default To reset the switch to its default configuration please refer to section 2 4 14 Resetting to the default will restart the system automatically Do you want to continue y n 4 5 2 Restart Reboots the switch NP2624M User Guide 107 YML827 Rev1 Meibom 4 6 TFTP Update Firmware This page allows the user to update th
114. th all of the terms of any relevant agreement with NetComm and any other reason able requirements of NetComm including producing such evidence of purchase as NetComm may require 4 The cost of transporting product to and from NetComm s nominated premises is your responsibility and 5 NetComm does not have any liability or responsibility under this warranty where any cost loss injury or damage of any kind whether direct indirect consequential incidental or otherwise arises out of events beyond NetComm s reasonable control This includes but is not limited to acts of God war riot embargoes acts of civil or military authorities fire floods electricity outages lightning power surges or shortages of materials or labour 6 The customer is responsible for the security of their computer and network at all times Security features may be disabled within the factory default settings NetComm recommends that you enable these features to enhance your security The warranty is automatically voided if 1 You or someone else use the product or attempts to use it other than as specified by NetComm 2 The fault or defect in your product is the result of a voltage surge subjected to the product either by the way of power supply or communication line whether caused by thunderstorm activity or any other cause s The fault is the result of accidental damage or damage in transit including but not limited to liquid spillage wW You
115. the Max Delay Time it will be sent The valid range is 1 255ms To configure broadcast storm control enable it and set the upper threshold for individual ports The threshold is the percentage of the port s total bandwidth used by broadcast traffic When broadcast traffic for a port rises above the threshold you set broadcast storm control becomes active The valid threshold value is 5 10 15 20 25 and off NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi Priority Queue Service settings First Come First Serve All High before Low WRR QOS Policy 2 5 2 2 Miscellaneous Configuration Advanced NEILOMM The sequence of packets sent is depending on the arrival order The high priority packets are sent before the low priority packets Weighted Round Robin Select the preference given to packets in the switch s high priority queue These options represent the number of high priority packets sent before one low priority packet is sent For example 5 High 2 Low means that the switch sends 5 high priority packets before sending 2 low priority packets High Priority Levels 0 7 priority level can be mapped to a high or low queue Misc Config Collisions Retry Forever Disable v Hash Algorithm CRC Hash w IFG compensation Enable i 802 1 Protocol Disable Collisions Retry Forever Hash Algorithm IFG Compensation 802 1x Protocol NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 Disable In
116. ue 4 Enter the File name to download Press Enter to accept default value and the TFTP download will begin and the firmware will be updated 3 3 Set IP Address A shortcut to set switch IP address and gateway before switch system initialization has also been provided This saves time as the switch IP can be changed without the need to wait for the system to boot up and reconfigure User Menu start kernel kernel update from xmodem kernel update from tftp set ip address diagnose sdram Please Select 4 C1 Co hoe eRe af Ip 192 168 223 100 192 168 223 100 Mask 2955 255 255 000 255 255 255 800 Gateway 192 168 223 254 192 168 223 254 1 Press 4 to start IP setup 2 Enter the Switch IP address Press Enter to accept the default value 3 Enter the Mask Press Enter to accept the default value 4 Enter the Gateway IP address Press Enter to accept the default value NP2624M User Guide 59 YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 3 4 Diagnose Sdram We provide a basic diagnosis fora SDRAM test It is important to verify hardware faults when a switch becomes unstable User Menu start kernel kernel update from xmodem kernel update from tftp set ip address diagnose sdram C1 co Mo ee Please Select 5 Sdram Test OK ff Please enter any key to reset_ When the test is done it will display the status and prompt the user to reset the switch 60 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1
117. ve gt key to save all configuration values NOTE 1 Pressing Enter once will complete the deletion when in delete mode 2 The VLAN Name and VLAN ID cannot be modified 3 The default VLAN cannot be deleted 70 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi NEILOMM 4 2 3 4 Groups Sorted Mode In this page users can select VLAN groups sorted mode 1 Sorted by Name 2 Sorted by VID Intelligent Switch Group Sorted Selection Group Sorted Sorted_By_Name actions gt lt Edit gt lt Save gt lt Quit gt Select the action menu Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item The Edit Delete a VLAN group page will display the result NAME VID NAME VID DEFAULT 1 06 B1 33 vlan 2 actions gt lt Edit gt lt Delete gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Edit Delete a VLAN Group Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item In the Edit Delete a VLAN Group page the result of sorted by name NP2624M User Guide 7i YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM In the Edit Delete a VLAN Group page the result of sorted by VID 72 NAME VID NAME VID DEFAULT 1 vlan2 2 B1 33 A1 56 lt Delete gt lt Previous Page gt lt Next Page gt Edit Delete a VLAN Grou Arrow TAB BKSPC Move Item Quit Previous menu Enter Select Item NP2624M User Guide YML827 Rev1 NEILOMM 4 2 4 Miscellaneous Configuration T New Connection HyperTerminal File Edit view Call Tr
118. web browser is the Web Management page This page will display the basic switch and module information All information displayed in these fields is read only That is the user cannot modify the contents of the fields The fields are described below a Intelligent Switch Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help iy Q pax F x a A s Search Sp Favorites 4 B X ee X7 rel 33 Address http 192 168 223 100 v Eco links A Melton Home 7 a Port status Welcome 24 2 Intelligent Switch Port Statistics Show MAC Table Administrator TETP Update Firmware Switch Information Configuration Backup Description Reset System MAC Address Reboot Events Log Module Information Module1 OnBoard_Module N amp Module2 OnBoard_Module N A Internet Switch Information Description Displays the name of device type MAC Address The unique hardware address assigned by manufacturer default Firmware Version Displays the switch s firmware version ASIC Version Displays the switch s ASIC version The image of the switch at the top of the page indicates the whether the port is connected Click on the menu items on the left of the screen to display more information The following sections give an explanation of each function 10 NP2624M User Guide YML827 Revi 2 2 Port status NEILOMM This page provides current status of every port and the negotiation resul
119. y connected based on the Internet Protocol IP The Internet provides different ways to access private and public information worldwide To participate in Internet communications and on Internet Protocol based networks a node must have an Internet address that identifies it to the other nodes All Internet addresses are IP addresses Internet Protocol is the standard that describes the layout of the basic unit of information on the Internet the packet and also details the numerical addressing format used to route the information Your Internet service provider controls the IP address of any device it connects to the Internet The IP addresses in your network must conform to IP addressing rules In smaller LANs most people will allow the DHCP function of a router or gateway to assign the IP addresses on internal networks IP address is a 32 binary digit number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets across the Internet For example 80 80 80 69 is an IP address it is the closet thing the Internet has to telephone numbers When you call that number using any connection methods you get connected to the computer that owns that IP address Internet Service Provider is a company that maintains a network that is linked to the Internet by way of a dedicated communication line An ISP offers the use of its dedicated communication lines to companies or individuals who can t afford the high month
120. your view The first wire on the far left is wire 1 You can also refer to the illustrations and charts of the internal wiring on the following page Straight Through Cabling aa Pd Lis bad b le An pi mn rn sy E oo a hJ rs R d o s em 4A id m i J na oo Figure 4 1 3 2 6 3 1 6 2 Note To prevent loss of signal make sure that the length of any twisted pair connection does not exceed 100 metres NP2624M User Guide 131 YML827 Revi NEILOMM Appendix C Registration and Warranty Information All NetComm Limited NetComm products have a standard 12 month warranty from date of purchase against defects in manufacturing and that the products will operate in accordance with the specifications outlined in the User Guide However some products have an extended warranty option please refer to your packaging To be eligible for the extended warranty you must supply the requested warranty information to NetComm within 30 days of the original purchase by registering on line via the NetComm web site at www netcomm com au Contact Information If you have any technical difficulties with your product please do not hesitate to contact NetComm s Customer Support Department Email support netcomm com au Fax 612 9424 2010 Web www netcomm com au Copyright Information This manual is copyright Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study research criticism or review as

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