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ALLOY
16-Port Gigabit Web Smart
Switch
GSS-16T2SFP
(16x 10/100/1000Mbps ports
+ 2 paired SFP Ports)
User’s Manual
Version: 1.03
February 8, 2005
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Table of Contents CAUTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------III ELECTRONIC EMISSION NOTICES-----------------------------------------------------------------------------III CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 1-1. OVERVIEW OF THE16 GIGABIT WEB SMART SWITCH ------------------------------------------------ 2 1-2. CHECKLIST ------------------------
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4-3. MONITORING --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 4-3-1. Statistics Overview------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40 4-3-2. Detailed Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 4-4. MAINTENANCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 4-4-1. Status ---------------------------------
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Caution Electronic Circuit devices are sensitive to static electricity. Dry weather conditions or walking across a carpeted floor may cause you to acquire a static electrical charge. To protect your switch, always: • Touch the metal chassis of your computer to ground the static electrical charge before you handle the switch. • Pick up the switch by holding it on the left and right edges only. Electronic Emission Notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This
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About this user’s manual This user’s manual will guide you on how to install, configure and monitor the 16 port Gigabit Web Smart Switch through the built-in web management interface. Overview of this user’s manual Chapter 1 “Introduction” describes the features of the 16 Gigabit Web Smart Switch Chapter 2 “Installation” Chapter 3 “Operation of the Web-based Management” Chapter 4 “Maintenance”
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1. Introduction 1-1. Overview of the 16 Gigabit Web Smart Switch The 16-port Gigabit Web Smart Switch meets all IEEE 802.3/u/x/z Gigabit, Fast Ethernet specifications. The switch includes 14x 10/100/1000Mbps Copper Ports, and 2 paired Gigabit Copper/SFP Ports. The switch can be managed through its Ethernet port using a Web-based browser such as Internet Explorer. Port 15 and 16 supports dual media. SFP mini-GBIC for Fiber connections (LC single mode and multimode) and copper 10/100/1000
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1-2. Checklist Before you start installing the switch, verify that the package contains the following: The GSS-16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch Mounting Accessories (for 19” Rack Shelf mounting) This User's Manual CD-ROM AC Power Cord Please notify your sales representative immediately if any of the aforementioned items are missing or damaged. 1-3. Features The 16 port Gigabit Web Smart Switch, provides comprehensive features as listed below. • Hardware • 14x 10/
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• 802.1Q VLAN • Maximal packet length up to 9216 bytes for jumbo frame applications • Broadcasting Suppression to avoid network problems • Trap event sending • Firmware Defaults and Customised Firmware saving and restoring • Supports hot plug/unplug SFP modules • Quality of Service (QoS) for real time applications based on information from Layer 2 to Layer 4. • Built-in web-based management 4
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1-4. Overview of the GSS-16T2sfp Gigabit Web Smart Switch Fig. 1-1 Full View of the GSS-16T2SFP Switch 1-4-1. User Interfaces on the Front Panel (Button, LEDs and Plugs) There are 16 copper Gigabit Ethernet ports and 2 SFP fiber ports for optional removable modules on the front panel of the switch. LED display area, locating on the left side of the panel, contains a Power LED, which indicates the power status of the switch, and 16 LED’s indicate the status
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• LED Indicators LED Color Function System LED POWER Green Lit when +5V DC power is on and good 10/100/1000Ethernet coppers Port 1 to 16 LED On when connection with remote device is good LINK/ACT Green Blinks when any traffic is present Off when cable connection is not good Green when 1000Mbps speed is active Green/ Amber when 100Mbps speed is active 10/100/1000Mbps Amber Off when 10Mbps speed is active 1000SX/LX Gigabit Fiber Port 15, 16 LED On when connection with
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1-5. Overview of the Optional SFP Modules With the GSS16T2SFP switch, copper ports 15 and 16 are paired with the SFP Fiber ports (LC); these ports support 10/100/1000Mbps on the copper interface or 1000Mbps Fiber via the SFP interfaces. 1000Mbps SFP Fiber transceiver can be used for high-speed uplink connections to fiber backbones or servers. A range of optional SFP types are listed below: 1000Mbps LC, MM, SFP Fiber transceiver (MGBIC-MLC) 1000Mbps LC, SM 10km, SFP Fiber transceiver
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2. Installation 2-1. Starting the GSS16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch This section provides a quick start guide for: - Hardware and Cable Installation - Management Station Installation - Software booting and configuration 2-1-1. Hardware and Cable Installation Please Note: ⇒ Wear a grounding strap device to avoid damaging the switch with electrostatic discharge. ⇒ Be sure that the power switch is in the ‘OFF’ position, before you insert the power cord. • Instal
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• Copper Ports Cable Installation ⇒ The switch copper ports support MDI/MDI-X auto-crossover. This enables use of either straight-through or crossover Cat 5E cables. ⇒ Use Cat. 5 grade RJ-45 copper cables to connect to the copper RJ-45 ports. ⇒ Repeat the above steps, as needed, for each RJ-45 port to be connected. • Power On The switch supports 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz power supply. The power supply will automatically convert the local AC power source to DC power. When initial p
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2-1-2-1. Cabling Requirements for TP Ports ⇒ For Fast Ethernet copper network connections The Cable must be Cat. 5 or Cat. 5e with a maximum length of 100 meters. ⇒ Gigabit Ethernet copper network connection The Cable must be Cat. 5 or Cat. 5e with a maximum length of 100 meters. Cat. 5e is recommended. 2-1-2-2. Cabling Requirements for 1000SX/LX SFP Module There are two categories of fiber, multi mode (MM) and single mode (SM). The later is categorized into several classes by
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4. Operation of Web-based Management This chapter instructs you how to configure and manage the GSS16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch through the web user interface. The default values of the GSS16T2SFP Gigabit Web Smart Switch are listed in the table below: IP Address 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway 192.168.1.254 Password admin Table 4-1 Browse the switch via its IP address http://192.168
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Fig. 4-1 4-1. Web Management Home Overview After you have successfully logged into the switch the system status information is displayed as in Fig. 4-2. This page informs you about the basic information of the system, including “Switch Status”, “TP Port Status”, “Fiber Port Status”, “Aggregation”, “VLAN”, “Mirror”, “Trap Event”, and “Maximum Packet Length”. From this information, you can ascertain the software version used, MAC address, port status and so on. For more detail
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• The Basic Page Layout. The switch graphic at the top section of the windows, displays the current status of both Copper TP and Fibre SFP ports. The left side of the main window, provides the gateway to the sub menu options. These submenus are grouped into 3 parts, Configuration Monitoring Maintenance The functions of each group are described in the corresponded sections through the remainder of this manual. The following list is the main function tree. Root Configurati
