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FriendlyNET ® GX5-424W 24+4 W ebManaged™ Gigabit Ethernet Switch User ’ s Manual.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 2 FriendlyNET ® GX5-424W 24+4 WebManaged Gigabit Ethernet Switch User’s Manual Asanté Technologies, Inc. 821 Fox Lane San Jose, CA 95131 USA SA LES 800-662-9686 Hom e/Office Solutions 800-303-9121 Enterp rise Solutions 408-435-8388 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 801-566-899 1: Worldwide 801-566-3787: FAX www.
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Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 4 Table of Contents Chapter 1 In troduction......................................................................................................... ......................... 5 Featur es ...................
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 5 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on the purcha se of the FriendlyNET GX5-424W 24+4 WebManaged Gigabit Ethernet switch. This device integrates 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethern et, 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, and 10 Mbps Ethernet network capa bilitie s in a highly flexible package.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 6 Chapter 2 Unpacking and Installation This chapter provides unp acking and insta llation information for the GX5-424W swit ch. Unpacking Open the shipping cartons of the GX5-424W swit ch and carefully unpack its cont ents.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 7 Connecting Network Cable The GX5-424W switch supports 10 Mbp s Ethernet or 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet and runs both in half and full duplex mode using Category 5 cable.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 8 Chapter 3 Identifying External Components This chapter describes the front panel, rear p anel , and LED indicators of the GX5-424W switch. Front Panel The figure below shows the front panel of the GX5-42 4W switch.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 9 AC Power Connector This three-pronged connector supports the power cord. Plug in the female connector of the provided power cord into this conne ctor, and the male into a power outlet. Supported input voltages range from 100–2 40 VAC at 50–60Hz.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 10 Chapter 4 Understanding LED Indicators The front panel LEDs provide instant sta tus f eedback, helping to monitor and troubleshoot wh en needed. Figure 5. LED indicators on the GX5-424 W switch. Power and System LEDs POWER: Power Indicator On The GX5-424W switch is receiving power.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 11 Ports 25–26 Gigabit Status LEDs Link/ACT: Link/Activity On The respective port is successfully connected to an Ethernet network. Blinking The port is transmitting or receiving data on the Ethernet network.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 12 Chapter 5 GX5W Management Utility You can configure the GX5-424W sw itch through the Web brow ser. With the GX5W Management Utility, you can eas ily assign the IP address, chan ge the password, and upgrade to new firmware.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 13 Double-click or press the Add to moni tor list button to select a devic e from the Discovery List to add to the Monitor List.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 14 Note: In order to receive trap information, the sw itch must be confi gured with Trap IP and Trap Events in the Web browser. These are available in the Trap Setting Menu. Add Item: To add a device to the Moni tor List manually , enter the IP Addres s of the device that you want to monitor.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 15 Web Access: Double-click the device in the Monitor List or select a device in the Monitor List and press the Web Access b utton to access the device in Web browser. Toolbar The toolbar in the GX5W Management Utility has four main tabs: File, View, Options, and Hel p.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 16 Chapter 6 Configuring the Switch You can use any popular web bro wser to config ure the GX5-424W switch for your net work. A network administrator can manage, co ntrol, and mo nitor the switch from the local LAN.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 17 Setup Menu When the main page appears, find the Setup menu on the left sid e of the screen. Click on the setup item that you want to configure.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 18 Configuring the Setup Setting The Setup menu contains four items: Port Settings, VLAN Settings, Trunk Settings, an d Mirror Settings. Port Settings The Port Settings menu shows each po rt’s status. Press the ID parameter to set each port’s Speed, Flow Control, QoS Priority, and Link Stat us.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 19 Speed/Disable This setting has six modes—100 M Full, 100M Half, 10M Full, 10M Half, Auto, and Disable—for speed or port disabl e selections. Flow Control This setting determines wh ether or not the GX5-424W switch will handle flow control.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 20 After modifying the VLAN Group, check on the ID parameter. The ID VLAN configuration wi ndow will appear. Trunk Settings The Trunk function enables ca scading two devices with a double times bandwid th (up to 4000Mbps in full duplex mode).
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 21 The only selection available for the trunk setting i s port 25 and port 26 . To close this function, select disable . The selected trunk setting port mu st connect to the device with the same VLAN gro up.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 22 Device Status Click on Status to present the device status on thi s sc reen, which will show the System Status, Port Status, VLAN Status, Tr unk Status, and Mirror Status. Press Refresh when you need to renew the posted informatio n.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 23 For detailed packet informat ion, click on the ID parameter . System Setting The System Setting includes the System Name, Lo cation Name, Login Timeout, IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 24 The Login Timeout is set to the idle timeout for security reasons. If no recent action ha s occurred when running the Utility and the time is up, y ou must re-login b efore setting the Utility.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 25 Trap Setting Traps are messages sent by the switch to a trap recei ver. You may set any SNMP management station to receive traps, or use the GX5W Ma nagem ent Utility as your trap receiver. You can configure the switch to sen d traps to the trap rece iver for several kin ds of events.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 26 Trap IP Enter the IP address of the device to which you would like to send traps. • System Ev ents: monitoring the system’s trap Device Bootup—a t.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 27 Backup Setting The backup tools help you to back u p the current setting of the GX5-424W switch. If you need to back up the setting, press the Ba ckup button to save the setting.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 28 Logout After pressing the Logout button, the web configuration will go back to the first Login page..
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 29 Chapter 7 Technical Specifications Ports Fast Ethernet: 24 x 10/100BaseTX Fast Ethernet ports with Auto-Uplink: RJ-45 shielded connectors Gigabit Ethern.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 30 GX5W Management Utility System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT and XP Supported Switches: FriendlyNET GX5-424W Discovery: Automatic switch discovery or manually add switches.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 31 Appendix A FCC and Warranty Statements Please read the following for FCC rules and limit s. GX5-424W FriendlyNET wa rranty and support information is also incl uded in this section.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 32 respect to accessories (i ncluding but not limited to cables, brackets, and fasteners) included with the covered product, nor to any discontinued p rod uct, i.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 33 Appendix B About Gigabit Ethernet This appendix provides so me background in formation about Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet switching technol ogy. Gigabit Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.
Asanté FriendlyNET GX5-424W User’s Manual 34 The switch acts as a high-speed selective brid ge between the individual segme nts. The switch, without interfering with any other seg ments, automat ically forwards traffic that needs to go from one segment to another.
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