Asus GIGAX2048 User's Guide

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide GigaX Series Layer 2 Managed Switch User Guide

Figure 28. Static Multicast (GigaX 2024)...52 Figure 29. IGMP Snooping...

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 100 4.10.2 Error Group Selecting the Port and display Color, then clicking Draw, the statistics windo

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.10.3 Historical Status You can display information for different ports and statistics items in this char

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 102 4.11 Save Configuration To save configuration permanently, you have to click . The setting also ta

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 5 Console Interface This chapter describes how to use console interface to configure the switch. The switch

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 104 Figure 67. CLI interface

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode During the POST process, you can enter a “Boot ROM Command” mode by pressing

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 106 Figure 68. Boot ROM Command Mode 5.1.2 Boot ROM Commands Type “?” in the boot mode to display t

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Table 7. Boot ROM commands Command Parameters Usage Notes d Address [length] Dump memory contents

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 108 5.2 Login and Logout By typing “login” to enter the CLI mode, you have to give a valid user name and

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [System Contact] Displays the detail information of contact about the switch. This is an RFC-1213 defined MI

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 58. Policy Set ...91 Figure 59.

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 110 CLI command: net interface vlan sw0 <VLAN ID> [DHCP Client] Enable DHCP to get a dynamic IP a

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command: sys web set <enable/disable> [New Password] [Verify Password] The default user name is ad

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 112 [Flow Control] [Enable/Disable] Displays the IEEE802.3x flow control setting of a port. Note that this

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Bridge Priority (0..61440):[ old Bridge Priority] <new Bridge Priority> [Priority] [Path Cost] [Edge P

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 114 [Create Trunk] Creates a new trunk group by giving trunk ID, rtag, name, LACP mode and port numbers. T

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [LACP Port Priority] User can assign the port priority for running LACP. CLI command: l2 trunk lacp syspri &

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 116 CLI command: l2 mirror egress <port list> CLI command: l2 mirror remove <ingress/egress

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command: l2 mcast delete mac address [format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx]: <multicast mac address> vlan id

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 118 [Retrieve] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file. CLI command: l2 rate retriev

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide <discard: 0-3> [Remove] Static ARL entries can be deleted by indicating the MAC address and its VLAN

List of Tables Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs...18 Table 2. Rear panel labels ...

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 120 CLI command: l2 dhcpsnoop disable <vlan id list> [Remove VLAN] Allows user to completely destr

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [DHCP Snooping is] Enable or disable DHCP snooping on specific VLAN. CLI command: l2 dhcpsnoop enable <

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 122 5.3.4 SNMP [Community Name] [Set] A community entry contains a community description string and a

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Retrieve] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration file. CLI command: snmp community retriev

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 124 [Trap Version] [v1/v2c] [Destination] [Community for Trap] A trap entry contains SNMP version (curren

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Group Name] [Read View Name] [Write View Name] [Notify View Name] [Security Model] [Security level] A VACM

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 126 Context Match [0/1](inexact/exact): (old context match) <new context match> Read View Name: (old

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide View Type [1/2](included/excluded): <view type> CLI command: snmp snmpv3 view set User can modify a VA

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 128 EngineId: <engine id string > Name: <user name string > AuthProtocol [oid]: <auth proto

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command: snmp snmpv3 usmuser retrieve

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 1 Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX L2 managed switch! You may now manage

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 130 5.3.5 Filters Commands [New] Creates a new filter set by specifying a unique ACL ID and its descrip

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Rule Mode] [IP Rule] [Action] [Permit/Deny] [Source IP] [Type/IP, Mask] [Destination IP] [Type/IP, Mask] [S

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 132 [Rule Mode] [MAC Rule] [Action] [Permit/Deny] [Source MAC] [Destination MAC] [Modify] Allows user to m

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command: filter rule dstip <set id> <rule id> <type: (any/[ip] [subnet])> CLI command:

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 134 [Rule List] Displays the filter set and filter rule configurations. CLI command: filter rule show <

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide CLI command: security dot1x bridge reauthtime <reauthentication time (1-4294967295 sec)> [Authenticati

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 136 Allows user to set up the guest VLAN ID of some specific ports. CLI command: security dot1x bridge por

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Dynamic VLAN: <new dynamic VLAN> [Retrieve] Restores the previous saved settings from configuration fi

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 138 [Reset SSH key] Reset SSH keys to default value. CLI command: security radius default [Show Generating

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Restart] Allows user to restart some particular ports if they are in the 'shutdown' status.

14 • Enterprise MIB for PSU, fan, and system temperature, voltage • Telnet or SSH2 remote login • FTP for firmware update and configuration backu

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 140 [CoSOverride] [Disable/Enable] Allows users to enable or disable CoS override of some particular ports

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Remove] Allows users to delete a class by indicating the class ID. Users can delete all classes by inputtin

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 142 exceed act(none/drop/dscp):<exceed action> exceed dscp(0/8/10/16/18/24/26/32/34/40/46/48

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide [Priority] [CoS Queue] Allows user to map the CoS priority (with range of 0-7) for a buffer queue (total of

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 144 5.4 Miscellaneous Commands sys time uptime: show the time since the system boot up. sys time date: sho

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 6 IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets 6.1 IP Addresses This section pertains only to IP addresses for

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 146 Table 8. IP address structure Field1 Field2 Field3 Field4 Class A Network ID Host ID Class B Netw

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 6.1.2 Network classes The three commonly used network classes are A, B, and C. (There is also a class D

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 148 6.2 Subnet masks A mask looks like a regular IP address, but contains a pattern of bits that tells wh

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide The two extra bits in Field 4 can have four values (00, 01, 10, 11), so there are four subnets. Each subnet

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 1.2.3 Symbols This document uses the following icons to call your attention to specific instructions or

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 150 7 Troubleshooting This section gives instructions for using several IP utilities to diagnose problems.

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 70. Using the ping utility If the target computer cannot be located, you will receive the message “

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 152 such as www.absnews.com. The window displays the associate IP address, if known. See Figure 71. Figur

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 7.2 Replacing defective fans Turn off the power of the switch when you remove the fan module on the rear s

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 154 3. Carefully pull the two power cables from the fan connectors. 4. Loosen the screws that secure the

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 7.3 Simple fixes The following table lists some common problems that you may encounter when installing or us

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 156 Problem Suggested Action You forgot/lost your WEB Configuration Interface user ID or password. 1. If

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 8 Glossary 10BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 158 broadcast To send data to all computers on a network. download To transfer data in the downstream di

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide ICMP. IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol An Internet protocol that enables a computer to share informa

16 2 Getting to know the GigaX 2.1 Package contents The GigaX switch package comes with the following items: • GigaX 2048 (48-port) or GigaX 2024 (

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 160 domain name, network mask. ISP Internet Service Provider A company that provides Internet access to i

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide network mask A network mask is a sequence of bits applied to an IP address to select the network ID while i

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 162 reliability. remote In a physically separate location. For example, an employee away on travel who lo

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide subnet mask A mask that defines a subnet. See also network mask. TCP See TCP/IP. TCP/IP Transmission Cont

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 164 companies. It contains one or more wire pairs twisted together to reduce inductance and noise. Each te

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide gets information from) remote users through web browsers. A web site typically consists of web pages that co

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 166 9 Index 100BASE-T, 157 10BASE-T, 157 Administration page, 39 Attach page, 73 Binary numbers, 157 Bits,

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Host ID, 145 Host Table Commands, 123, 125 Host Table page, 64 HTTP, 158 ICMP, 158 IGMP, 159 IGMP Snooping,

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 168 Port, 161 POST, 103 Power adapter, 22 Power On Self Test, 103 Protocol, 161 Quick Configuration consol

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Upstream, 164 Username default, 27, 29 WAN, 164 Web browser, 164 Web function layout, 32 Web Interface, 26 W

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 2.2 Front Panel The front panel includes LED indicators that show the system, RPS, fan, and port status.

18 Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs Label Color Status Description SYSTEM Green On Unit is powered on Flashing Self-test, INIT,

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 2.3 Rear Panel The switch rear panel contains the ports for the data and power connections. Figure 4. Rear

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20 2.4 Technical specifications Table 3. Technical specifications Physical Dimensions 43.5mm(H) X 444 mm (W) X 265mm(D) Power Input Consumpt

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 3 Quick start guide This section provides the basic instructions to set up the GigaX environment. Refer als

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 22 3.2 Part 2 — Setting up the switch Connect the device to the power outlet, and your computer or networ

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 5. Overview of Hardware Connections Console Management Expansion hub/switch LAN computers RPS RS-2

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 24 Table 4. LED Indicators No. LED Description 1 System Solid green indicates that the device is

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 3. Make sure the settings of your terminal emulation software as follows: a) Choose the appropriate serial

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 26 3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface To successfully connect your PC to the switch, your PC m

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Default User Name: admin Default Password: (no password) You can change the password at any time (see s

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 28 Figure 8. IP Setup (GigaX 2048) Figure 9. IP Setup (GigaX 2024)

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4 Management with the Web Interface The switch provides Web pages that allow switch management through the

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 30 The home page appears each time you log into the program. (See the following figures.) Figure 11. Ho

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 12. Home page (GigaX 2024)

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 32 4.2 Functional layout Typical web page consists of three separate frames. The top frame has a switch lo

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 15. Expanded Menu List The above frame displays configuration pages or graphics for the statistics.

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 34 4.2.1 Menu navigation tips • To expand a group of related menus, click on the corresponding group

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.3 System Pages System pages include management, IP setup, administration, reboot, and firmware update func

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 36 Figure 16. Management

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.3.2 IP Setup The switch supports dynamic IP and static IP assignment. The dynamic IP can be got from a

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 38 Figure 17. IP Setup

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.3.3 Administration The Administration page allows you to enable or disable the authentication for web

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GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 40 4.3.4 Reboot The Reboot page contains a button. Clicking the button to reboot the system. Figur

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Firmware Version: shows the current running firmware version. This number will be updated after the firmware

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 42 4.4 Physical Interface The Physical Interface displays the Ethernet port status in real time. You can

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 21. Physical Interface 4.5 Bridge The Bridge page group contains most layer 2 configurations, like

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 44 Max Age: a timeout value to be used by all Bridges in the LAN Forward Delay: a timeout value to be used

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 22. Spanning Tree 4.5.1 Link Aggregation The page configures the link aggregation group (port

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 46 Trunk ID: a number to identify the trunk group besides the group name. LACP: Enable/Disable LCAP on sel

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide attribute, the others will change too. For example, a trunk group consists of port 1 and 2. If the VLAN of p

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 48 Figure 24. Link aggregation (GigaX 2024) 4.5.2 Mirroring Mirroring, together with a network traf

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide The monitor port can not belong to any link aggregation group. The monitor port can not operate as a norma

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Table of Contents 1 Introduction...

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 50 Figure 26. Mirroring page (GigaX 2024)

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.5.3 Static Multicast This page can add multicast addresses into the multicast table. The switch can ho

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 52 Figure 28. Static Multicast (GigaX 2024) 4.5.4 IGMP Snooping IGMP snooping helps reduce the multi

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 29. IGMP Snooping 4.5.5 Traffic Control Traffic control prevents the switch bandwidth from flo

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 54 Figure 30. Traffic Control 4.5.6 Dynamic Addresses This page displays the result of dynamic MAC

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 31. Dynamic Address

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 56 4.5.7 Static Addresses You can add a MAC address into the switch address table. The MAC address add

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Click on the when you create a new static MAC address by the above information. Then you will see the new

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 58 “T” type: All packets transmitted from this port will be tagged. “blank” type: This port is not a membe

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 33. Tagged VLAN (GigaX 2048) Figure 34. Tagged VLAN (GigaX 2024)

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GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 60 4.5.9 Default Port VLAN and CoS Some VLAN tag related field settings for each port are included in t

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.5.10 DHCP Snooping DHCP snooping is a DHCP security feature that provides security by filtering untrus

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 62 Figure 37. DHCP Snooping (GigaX 2024) 4.6 SNMP This group offers the SNMP configuration including C

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 38. Community Table

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 64 4.6.2 Host Table This page links host IP address to the community name that is entered in Community

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.6.3 Trap Setting By setting trap destination IP addresses and community names, you can enable SNMP tra

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 66 Notify View Name: enter the Notify View Name that the Group belongs. The related SNMP messages are Trap

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.6.5 VACM View VACM (View-based Access Control Model) View is used to view the information of SNMPV3 V

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 68 Figure 42. VACM View 4.6.6 USM User USM (User-based Security Model) User is used to configure th

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Priv Protocol: enter the Priv Protocol that Engine ID and Name belong. Only NoPriv, DES can be chosen. If th

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.9.2 Mapping ...88 4.9.3 Class Set...

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 70 4.7 Filters The switch can filter certain traffic types according to packet header information from L

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 44. Filter Set The Filter Rule page provides options for rule modes, one is MAC rule (Figure 45) a

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 72 Figure 45. Filter Rule in MAC mode Figure 46. Filter Rule in IP mode

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.7.2 Filter Attach A filter set is idle if you did not attach it to any ingress or egress port. Use the

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 74 Figure 47. Filter Attach (GigaX 2048) Figure 48. Filter Attach (GigaX 2024)

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.8 Security The switch has the 802.1x port-based security feature. Only authorized hosts are allowed to acc

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 76 • Max Reauthentication Attempts: Retry count if the port user failed to respond to authentication requ

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 49. Port Access Control

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 78 4.8.2 Dial-In User Dial-in User is used to define users in the local database of the switch. • U

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.8.3 RADIUS In order to use external RADIUS server, the following parameters are required to be setup:

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GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 80 Figure 51. RADIUS

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.8.4 Port Security Port security pages include port configuration, port status, and secure MAC address

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 82 a) Absolute: the secure addresses on the port are deleted after the specified aging time. b) Inactiv

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide • Port: port number. • Status: a) NoOper: this indicates port security of the port that is configured to b

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 84 Figure 53. Port Status 4.8.4.3 Secure MAC Addresses Users can add a MAC address into the secure

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Click on after you create a new static MAC address in the above way. Then you will see the newly added ent

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 86 4.9 QoS When you configure the QoS feature, you can select specific network traffic to prioritize it ac

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide • CosOverride: disable/enable CoS Override on the port. Cos Override only can be enabled when Trust State i

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 88 4.9.2 Mapping This page is used to configure CoS (Classification of Service) and DSCP (Differentiat

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.9.3 Class Set This configuration page is used to create QoS classes. A class set is a mechanism that y

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide List of Figures Figure 1. GigaX L2 managed switch package contents... 16 Figure 2. Front pane

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 90 Figure 57. Class Set

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide 4.9.4 Policy Set A policy set specifies which class set is acted. Policy actions can include setting a

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 92 The Policy Edit page is used to create policy actions. The classes that are added to a policy must have

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Click on after you create a new policy action by the above information. Then you will see the new added en

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 94 4.9.4 Policy Attach A policy does nothing if you don't attach it to any ingress port. You can

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 60. Policy Attach

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 96 4.9.5 CoS The switch supports four CoS queues for each egress port. For each queue, you can speci

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 61. CoS 4.10 Statistics Chart The Statistics Chart pages provide network flow in different charts.

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User’s Guide 98 4.10.1 Traffic Comparison This page shows the one statistics item for all the ports in one graphic c

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide Figure 63. Traffic comparison (GigaX 2024)