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GSS Series User Manual User Manual GSS Series 16/24 Port Gigabit Web Managed Switch (GSS-16T4SFP & GSS-24T4SFP) Version 1.0 Sep. 2007 Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 1.
GSS Series User Manual Table of Contents C AUTION .............................................................................................................................................. 3 E LECTRONIC E MISSION N OTIC ES ........................
GSS Series User Manual Caution Electronic Circuit devices are sensitive to static electricity. Dry weather conditio ns or walking across a carpeted floor may cause you to acquire a static electric charg e.
GSS Series User Manual About this User Manual This User Manual will guide you on proc edures to inst all, configure and monitor Alloy 16 port Gigabit (GSS-16T4SFP) and 24 port (GSS-24T4SFP ) Gigabit web Managed Switch models utilizing the built-in web management in terface.
GSS Series User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview Alloy 16/24 Port Gigabit Switches meet all IEEE 802.3/u/x/z standar ds Gigabit and Fast Ethernet specifications. The 16 Port Gigabi t Switch model features 16x 10/100/1 000Mbps copper RJ-45 ports a nd 4x Gigabit Ethernet SFP Ports.
GSS Series User Manual 1.2 Key Features • 16 or 24 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Ports all compliant with IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.3z and 802.3ab • 4 Paired TP/ S FP fibre port s • Web Based Management • Port Based VLAN and T ag-based (IEEE802.
GSS Series User Manual 1.4.1 User interfaces on the front p anel The front panel of the GSS-16T4SFP and GSS-24T 4 SFP consists of 16x or 24x 10/100/1000Mbps Coppe r Gigabit Ethernet port s, 4x SFP fibre ports and 1x reset button to restore factory configuration.
GSS Series User Manual LED Indicators LED COLOUR FUNCTION System LED’ s Power Green Lit when Power is active Gigabit Copper Port s Link/Act Green Lit when link is active, flashes when traf fic is pr.
GSS Series User Manual 1.5. Overview of th e Optional SFP Modules With the GSS-16T4SFP switch, the SFP port s are paired with RJ-45 copper port s 13, 14, 15 and 16. In the case of the GSS-24T4S FP , the SFP port s are pai red with RJ-45 copper port s 21, 22, 23 and 24.
GSS Series User Manual 2. Inst allation 2.1. St arting the GSS Series S witches This section provides a quick start guide for: • Hardware and Cable Inst allation • Management S tation Installation • Software booting and confi guration 2.
GSS Series User Manual • Copper Ports - Cable Inst allation Please Note: ⇒ The RJ-45 ports on the GSS Seri es Gigabit Switches support M DI/MDI-X auto- crossover functionality.
GSS Series User Manual 2.1.2. Cabling Requirement s T o help ensure a successful installation and keep network performance at optimum level s, take care to use Cat.5E grade or hi gher cabling. Ensu re that stranded core UTP cabl e, if used, runs for no more than 10 metres, and that solid core runs for a maximum of 100metres.
GSS Series User Manual Cont. Please Note: ⇒ Further information can be found in se ction 1.5 on page 7 ⇒ All figures denoting the range a given cabl e type can achieve must be treated as maximum values.
GSS Series User Manual 3. Operation of the W eb Based Management The following chapter allows the a dministrator to monitor and man age the GSS series through the web management interface.
GSS Series User Manual 3.1 Web Management Home Overview Once you have entered a valid pa sswo rd and log ged into the switch the System Configuration page will be displayed, this is the default p age, it will be displayed every time that you log into the switch.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2 Configuration 3.2.1 System Information The System Information configuration p a ge is used to display basic swit ch information including the Model Name, MAC Address, Firmware V ersi on, Ha rdware V ersion, IP and SNMP inform ation.
GSS Series User Manual Management VLAN: Enter the VLAN group used to gain access to the web manag eme nt. Default value is 1. If you change this value only port s belonging to the VLAN group chosen ca n manag e the switch. Password: If you want to change the default passwo rd of the switch please enter it here.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.2 Port s The ports con figuration page is used to d ispla y the current status of each port on the switch. In this section the user can also change t he speed settings and flow control of each port and Jumbo Frame support can also be e nabled from this location.
GSS Series User Manual Drop Frames af ter Excessive Collisions: Used when running half dupl ex equipment, tick the check box to enable this feature. Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.3 VLAN Mode The GSS Series of switches support port based VLAN’ s, 802.1q ta gged VLAN’s a nd Metro mode VLAN’s . Up to 16 act ive Port Based VLAN groups can b e configured with a PVID from 1 ~ 4094 for the GSS-16T4SFP and 24 active Port Based VLAN group s can be configured for the GSS-24T4SFP .
GSS Series User Manual Metro-Mode: Metro Mode VLAN’s i s a q uick method of creating 13, 14, 15 or 16 port based VLAN group s. Each port is separated into it s o wn VLAN group with 1, 2, 3, or 4 ports belo nging to each group. Each group co nt ains its own port and the uplink port.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.4 VLAN Group T ag Based VLAN’ s Fig. 3.5 VLAN ID: T o create a new VLAN group, Enter a valid VLAN ID into the space provided. A new screen will appear as shown belo w: Fig. 3.6 Description: Enter a Descriptive name for the VLAN.
GSS Series User Manual Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen. Port Config: Used to configure per port paramete rs. Fig. 3.7 Port: Is the physical port number of the switch. Ingress Filtering Enabled: T ick the check box to enable Ingress Filt ering.
GSS Series User Manual Fig. 3.8 Modify: Select the radio button next to the VLAN you wish to modify and click modify . Delete: Select the radio button ne xt to t he VLAN you wi sh to delete and click delete. Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen.
GSS Series User Manual Port Based VLAN’ s Fig. 3.9 VLAN ID: T o create a new VLAN group, Enter a valid VLAN ID into the space provided. A new screen will appear as shown belo w: Fig. 3.10 Description: Enter a Descriptive name for the VLAN. Port s: Select what port s you want to be members of this VLAN and tick there corresponding check boxe s.
GSS Series User Manual Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen. Fig. 3.1 1 Modify: Select the radio button next to the VLAN you wish to modify and click modify . Delete: Select the radio button ne xt to t he VLAN you wi sh to delete and click delete.
GSS Series User Manual Metro Mode VLAN’ s Fig. 3.12 Uplink Port: Select the port(s) that you wish to us e as your uplink port(s). This is the port(s) that belongs to each individual VLAN. Apply Butto n: The Apply button must be p resse d after making any changes to an y of the values on this screen.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.5 Aggregation Port Aggregat ion is used to Aggregate Ports into a logical trunk usually called Link Aggregation. Link Aggregation can bundl e more tha n one port with the same speed, full duplex and the same MAC address to be a single logical port, thus t he logical port aggregates the bandwidt h of these po rts.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.6 LACP Link Ag gre gation Control Protocol is a protocol used to dynamically trunk port s into group s that have the same LACP key value. Fig 3.14 Port: The physical port s of the switch. Protocol Enabled: Tick the ch eckbox to ena ble LACP on th e particular port.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.7 RSTP The S p anning T ree Protocol is an IEEE 802. 1d standard designed for avoiding unwanted loops in switched net works.
GSS Series User Manual Protocol Enabled: Used to enable the Rapid S p anning T ree Protocol on individual ports. Edge: Edge will be enabled if the port is connecting to an en d device such as a workstation. Edge will be disa bled if connecting to another STP aware device.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.8 802.1x The 802.1x port-based network access control prov id es a method to restrict users to acce ss network resources via aut henticating user ’s information. This restrict s users from gaining access to the network resources throu gh an 802.
GSS Series User Manual Action: Re-authenticate forces the port to re-aut henticate with the RADIUS server . Force Re-initialise forces the port to re-initia lise with the RADIUS server . St atistics displays the 80 2 .1x statistics of each individual port.
GSS Series User Manual 802.1x Parameters Fig. 3.18 Re-authentication Enabled: T ick the checkbox to force re-aut henticat ion between the port and the RADIUS after a pre-determ ined time inte rval. Re-authentication Period: Used to set the time before re-authentic ation occurs.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.9 IGMP IGMP Snoopi ng is u sed to establish multicast grou p s to forward multicast p ackets to each of the multicast member port s, and, in nature, avoids wasting bandwid th with IP multica st packet s.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.10 Port Mirroring The Mirror function of the GSS Series is used to capture dat a from a parti cular port on the switch. Any port on the switch can be selected as the monitoring port; this port will be used to capture data from an other port on the switch using third party dat a capturing sof tware.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.1 1 Quality of Service T wo method s of Quality of Service is available in the GSS Series, they are 802.1p QoS – Is a tag based Qo S method normally used with 802.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.1 1.2 Qual ity of Serv ice – DSCP Fig. 3.22 QoS Mode: Used to set the required QoS method. Options are 802.1p and DS CP . Prioritise T ra ffic : Used to set the priority of each 3 bit value. Priority values range from 0 through to 7.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.12 Filter The filtering function of the GSS Series is used to block unwanted device s from accessing the switch. The fil tering rules are based on an IP Address, both st atic and dynamic IP addressing can be used. Fig. 3.23 Port: Is the physical port number of the switch.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.13 Rate Limit The Rate Limit function of the GSS Series is used to limit the speed of each port on the switch. Fig. 3.24 T raffic Rate Unit: Is used to select the incremental val ue of the rate limit. Y ou can set a rate limit based on 128K, 512K, 1M, 10M or 32M.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.14 Storm Control S torm Cont rol is used to limit the amount of Broadcast, Multicast and Unicast frames allowe d to enter the switch. These limit s are based on the amount of frames allowed to b e received per second. Fig. 3.
GSS Series User Manual 3.2.15 SNMP Fig. 3.26 SNMP Enabled: Used to enable or disable SNMP . SNMP T rap Destination: Enter the IP addres s of a device used to receive SNMP T r aps. SNMP Get Community: Enter the SNMP Get community name in the space provided.
GSS Series User Manual 3.3 Monitoring 3.3.1 Det ailed St atistics The detailed port st atistics screen sh ows you in det ail statistics of e ach individual port. Fig. 3.27 Check Boxes: T ick the ch eck boxes next to each of the statistics that you wish to monitor .
GSS Series User Manual 3.3.2 LACP S t atus Displays the statu s of all LACP based port aggregation group s. Fig. 3.28 Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen.
GSS Series User Manual 3.3.3 RSTP S t atus Displays the current status of RSTP . Fig. 3.29 Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen.
GSS Series User Manual 3.3.4 IGMP S t atus Displays the current statu s of multicast groups learnt by the switch. Fig. 3.30 Refresh Button: Used to refresh the current settings displayed on the screen.
GSS Series User Manual 3.3.5 Ping The ping function of the switch is used to test commu nication between other IP enabled devices on your network. Fig. 3.31 T arget IP Ad dress : Enter the IP address of an IP device on your network i n which you want to test communication with.
GSS Series User Manual 3.4 Maintenance 3.4.1 W arm Rest art Fig. 3.32 Click Y es to reboot the device or No to cancel the operation. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 48.
GSS Series User Manual 3.4.2 Factory Default Fig. 3.33 Click Y es to restore the factory default settings on the switch, or No to cancel the operation.
GSS Series User Manual 3.4.3 Sof tware Upgrade Fig. 3.34 Browse: Used to select the firmware file to load into the switch. Upload: Once the file has been lo cated, pre ss the upload button to upgrade the switches firmware. Cancel: Press cancel to cancel the operation.
GSS Series User Manual 3.4.4 Configuration File T ransfer The GSS Series allows the user to backup and restore the configuration settings of the switch. Fig. 3.35 Configuration Download Download: Used to download the current configu rati on of the switch.
GSS Series User Manual 3.4.5 Logout Press the logout button to logout of the web management. Alloy Computer Products Pty Lt d Copyright ©2007 52.
GSS Series User Manual Appendix A – Technical Specifications Hardware Specifications St andard Compliance: IEEE802.3/802.3ab / 802.3z / 802.3u / 802.
GSS Series User Manual Diagnostic LED: System LED : Power Per Port LED: 10/100/1000M TP Po rt 1 to 12 : LINK/ACT , 1 0/100/1000Mbps 10/100/1000M TP Po rt 1 to 20 : LINK/ACT , 1 0/100/1000Mbps 1000.
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