Allied Telesis AT-GS950/24 User manual

613-001499 Rev A
AT-GS950/24
Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switch
How to Start a WEB Management
Session

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How to Start an AT-GS950/24
WEB Management Session
This document contains the procedures to start you Web management
session on the AT-GS950/24 switch. The following topics are discussed:
“Establishing a Remote Connection to the Web Browser Interface” on
page 4
“Web Browser Tools” on page 8
“Configuring an IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address” on
page 9
“Setting Up the IP Access List” on page 11
“Enabling and Disabling the DHCP Client” on page 13
“Configuring System Management Information” on page 15
“Configuring System Administration Information” on page 17
“Setting the User Interface Configuration” on page 20
“Viewing System Information” on page 21
“Rebooting a Switch” on page 24
“Pinging a Remote System” on page 26
“Returning the AT-S109 Management Software to the Factory Default
Values” on page 28
“Quitting a Web Browser Management Session” on page 29
Note
To permanently save your new settings or any changes to the
configuration file, select Save Configuration to Flash from the main
menu on the left side of the page.

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Establishing a Remote Connection to the Web Browser Interface
The AT-GS950/24 switch is shipped with a pre-assigned IP address of
192.168.1.1.
After your initial login, you may want to assign a new IP address to your
switch. To manually assign an IP address to the switch, refer to
“Configuring an IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address” on
page 10. To configure the switch to obtain its IP configuration from a
DHCP server, refer to “Enabling and Disabling the DHCP Client” on
page 14.
Whether you use the pre-assigned IP address or assign a new one, you
must set your local PC to the same subnet as the switch.
To start a web browser management session, do the following procedure:
1. Start your web browser.
2. In the URL field of the browser, enter 192.168.1.1 which is the default
IP address of the switch. See Figure 1.
Figure 1. Entering a Switch’s IP Address in the URL Field
Switch’s IP Address

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The AT-S109 Management Software displays the login dialog box,
shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Management Login Dialog Box
3. Enter the AT-S109 management login user name and password.
The default user name is “manager” and the default password is
“friend.”
4. Press OK.
The login name and password are case-sensitive.
The switch Home Page is displayed. See Figure 3 on page 6 for an
example of the AT-S109 Home Page.
To change the user name and password, refer to “Configuring System
Administration Information” on page 19.

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Figure 3. AT-S109 Home Page
The main menu appears on the left side and is common for all of the
management pages discussed in this manual. It consists of the following
folders and web pages:
Switch Info.
Front Panel
System
Physical Interface
Bridge
SNMP
Access Control
RMON
Voice VLAN
Security
LLDP
Statistics Chart
Tools
Save Configuration

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5. To see the front panel of the switch, select Front Panel from the main
menu on the left side of the page.
The AT-S109 Management software displays the front of the switch.
Ports that have a link to an end node are green. Ports without a link are
grey. The AT-GS950/24 switch front panel page is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4. AT-GS950/24 Front Panel Page
A web browser management session remains active even if you link to
other sites. You can return to the management web pages anytime as long
as you do not quit the browser.

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Web Browser Tools
You can use the web browser tools to move around the management
pages. Selecting Back on your browser’s toolbar returns you to the
previous display. You can also use the browser’s bookmark feature to
save the link to the switch.

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Configuring an IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address
This procedure explains how to change the IP address, subnet mask, and
gateway address of the switch. Before performing the procedure, note the
following:
A gateway address is only required if you want to remotely manage the
device from a management station that is separated from the switch by
a router.
To configure the switch to automatically obtain its IP configuration from
a DHCP server on your network, go to “Enabling and Disabling the
DHCP Client” on page 13.
To change the switch’s IP configuration, do the following procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select IP Setup.
The IP Setup Page is displayed. See Figure 5.
Figure 5. IP Setup Page

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3. Change the IP configuration parameters by entering new information
in the following fields:
System MAC Address
This parameter displays the MAC address of the switch. You cannot
change this parameter.
System IP Address
Displays the current IP address of the switch. To change the IP
address, enter a new IP address.
System Subnet Mask
Displays the current subnet mask of the switch. To change the subnet
mask, enter a new subnet mask.
System Default Gateway
Displays the default gateway of the switch. To change the default
gateway, enter a new gateway.
DHCP Mode
For information about setting this parameter, refer to “Enabling and
Disabling the DHCP Client” on page 13.
4. Click Apply.
Note
Changing the IP address ends your management session. To
resume managing the device, enter the new IP address of the switch
in the web browser’s URL field, as shown in Figure 1 on page 4.
5. After you log on to the switch with the new IP address, select Save
Configuration to Flash from the main menu on the left side of the
page to save the new IP address to memory.
Caution
If you power cycle the switch before you select Save Configuration
to Flash, the IP address will revert to its default or original setting.

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Setting Up the IP Access List
When the IP Access List feature is enabled, remote access to the
management software is restricted to the IP addresses entered into the IP
Access List. It does not restrict the management ping response activity,
only web access to the management software.
Note
By default, the IP Access List feature is disabled.
The procedures in this section describe how to enable or disable the IP
Access List feature and how to add or remove IP addresses from the list.
See the following sections:
“Creating an IP Access List” on page 11
“Deleting an IP Address” on page 12
Note
You cannot modify an existing IP address.
Creating an IP
Access List
To create a list of accessible IP addresses, do the following procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select IP Access List. The IP Access List
Page is displayed. See Figure 6.
.
Figure 6. IP Access List Page

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3. Enter an IP address in the IP Address field using a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
format.
4. Click Add.
The IP address is added to the IP Access List Table.
5. To set the IP restriction status, select Disable or Enable in the pull-
down menu next to the IP Restriction Status field.
By default, the IP Restriction Status field is set to Disable.
6. Click Apply.
7. From the main menu (not shown in Figure 6) on the left side of the
page, select Save Configuration to Flash to permanently save your
changes.
Deleting an IP
Address
To delete an IP address from the IP Access List, do the following
procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select IP Access List.
The IP Access List Page is displayed. See Figure 6 on page 11.
3. Select delete next to the IP address that you want to remove.
The IP address is removed from the IP Access List Table. If you
remove the last IP address from the table, the IP Restriction Status
field is set to Disable.
4. From the main menu (not shown in Figure 6) on the left side of the
page, select Save Configuration to Flash to permanently save your
changes.

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Enabling and Disabling the DHCP Client
The AT-GS950/24 Gigabit Ethernet Smart switch only has a web
management interface and does not have local console connections. This
means that you cannot observe the management IP address of the switch
without knowing it, which you need to enter the correct IP address in the
browser. When a DHCP server automatically assigns an IP address, it is
not advertised over the network. As a consequence, you do not know what
IP address has been assigned to the switch. Fortunately, there is an ATI
Web Discovery Tool available that addresses this issue. It detects the
MAC address, IP address and other information of the AT-GS950 series
switches that are present on your local area network.
Note
If you power cycle the switch before you select Save Configuration
to Flash, the IP address will revert to its original setting.
This procedure explains how to activate and deactivate the DHCP client
on the switch. When the client is activated, the switch obtains its IP
configuration, its IP address and subnet mask, from a DHCP server on
your network. Before performing the procedure, note the following:
By default, the DHCP client is disabled on the switch.
The DHCP client does not support BOOTP.
After you enable DHCP, your current management session ends
because a different IP address is immediately be assigned to the
switch by the DHCP server.
To activate or deactivate the DHCP client on the switch, do the following
procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select IP Setup.
The IP Setup Page is shown in Figure 5 on page 9.
3. From the pull-down menu next to the DHCP Mode field, select Enable
or Disable.
By default, this field is set to Disable.
4. Click Apply.

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When you enable the DHCP client, the web server connection to the
switch will be lost because a different IP address is immediately
assigned to the switch by the DHCP server.
OR
Click Disable.
Before you disable the DHCP client, you need to assign a new
System IP Address value in “Configuring an IP Address, Subnet
Mask and Gateway Address” on page 9. Record this value for future
use.
Caution
Enabling or disabling DHCP ends your current management
session.
5. Use the ATI Web Discovery Tool to find the new IP address assigned
to the switch.
6. Log on with the new IP address (provided from the ATI Web Discovery
Tool) using the procedure described in “Establishing a Remote
Connection to the Web Browser Interface” on page 4.
7. Immediately save your new settings or any changes to the
configuration file by selecting Save Configuration to Flash from the
main menu on the left side of the page.
Caution
If you do not select Save Configuration to Flash, the DHCP mode
and the IP Address reverts to the previous configuration when you
power cycle the switch.
If you enable DHCP and then save your configuration, you save the IP
address obtained from the DHCP server.
If you disable DHCP after entering a new IP address first, and then
save your configuration, you have saved the DHCP setting and the
new IP address on the switch.

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Configuring System Management Information
This section explains how to assign a name to the switch, as well as the
location of the switch, and the name of the switch’s administrator. Entering
this information is optional.
To set a switch’s administration information, do the following procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select Management.
The Management Page is displayed. See Figure 7 for the
AT-GS950/24 Management Page.
Figure 7. Management Page
3. Configure the following parameters as necessary:
System Description
Specifies the model number of the switch. You cannot change this
parameter.
System Object ID
Indicates the unique SNMP MIB object identifier that identifies the
switch model. You cannot change this parameter.
System Name
Specifies a name for the switch, for example, Sales. The name is
optional and may contain up to 50 characters.
Note
Allied Telesis recommends that you assign a name to the switch. A
name can help you identify the switch when you manage it and can
also help you avoid performing a configuration procedure on the
wrong switch.

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System Location
Specifies the location of the switch. The location is optional and may
contain up to 50 characters.
System Contact
Specifies the name of the network administrator responsible for
managing the switch. This contact name is optional and may contain
up to 50 characters.
4. Click Apply.
5. From the main menu on the left side of the page, select Save
Configuration to Flash to permanently save your changes.

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Configuring System Administration Information
This section explains how to enable password protection and create users
in the web interface. See the following sections:
“Adding System Administration Information” on page 17
“Modifying Administration Information” on page 18
“Deleting Administration Information” on page 19
Adding System
Administration
Information
To set a switch’s administration information, do the following procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select Administration.
The Administration Page is displayed. See Figure 8.
Figure 8. Administration Page
3. To enable or disable password protection, select Enable or Disable
from the pull-down menu next to the Password Protection field.
4. Click Apply.
You can control login authentication by enabling password protection
which requires a user to supply a password when logging onto the
switch. If you disable password protection, a user can login without
inputting a password. By default, this field is set to Enable.

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5. To create an entry number, type 1 through 8 in the box next to the
Entry number field. An entry number cannot be duplicated if it already
exists.
This value appears as the Index value in the Administration table at the
bottom of the page.
6. To create a user name, enter a user name in the box next to the User
Name field.
7. You can enter a value of up to 12 alphanumeric characters including
special characters.
Note
The special characters allowed in the user name are as follows:
0-9 a-z A-Z ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:<>?-=[]\;,./
To add a password for the above user name, enter a password of up to
12 alphanumeric characters in the box next to the Password field.
Note
The special characters allowed in the password are as follows:
0-9 a-z A-Z ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:<>?-=[]\;,./
8. To confirm the above password, retype the password in the box next
to the Confirm Password field.
9. Click Add to activate your changes on the switch.
10. From the main menu on the left side of the page, select Save
Configuration to Flash to permanently save your changes.
Modifying
Administration
Information
To modify the a user name password, do the following procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select Administration.
The Administration Page is shown in Figure 8 on page 17.
3. Select the user name that you want to change and click modify.
The Modify Administration Page is displayed. See Figure 9.

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Figure 9. Modify Administration Page
4. To change a password, enter a password of up to 12 alphanumeric
characters in the box next to the Password field.
Note
The special characters allowed in the password are as follows:
0-9 a-z A-Z ~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:<>?-=[]\;,./
5. To confirm the above password, retype the password in the box next to
the Confirm Password field.
6. Click Apply to activate your changes on the switch.
7. From the main menu on the left side of the page, select Save
Configuration to Flash to permanently save your changes.
Deleting
Administration
Information
To delete a user name, do the following procedure.
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select Administration.
The Administration Page is shown in Figure 8 on page 17.
3. Select the user name that you want to delete and click delete.
The user name is removed from the Administration Table.
4. Click Add to activate your changes on the switch.

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Setting the User Interface Configuration
This procedure explains how to adjust the user interface and security
features on the switch. With this procedure you can enable an SNMP
Agent.
To set the switch’s user interface configuration, do the following
procedure:
1. From the main menu on the left side of the page, click the System
folder.
The System folder expands.
2. From the System folder, select User Interface.
The User Interface Page is displayed. See Figure 10.
Figure 10. User Interface Page
3. To enable or disable an SNMP agent, do the following:
a. Click the SNMP Agent parameter and choose Enable or Disable
from the list. The default is Enable. When you enable this
parameter, the SNMP agent is enabled.
b. Click Apply.
4. From the main menu on the left side of the page, select Save
Configuration to Flash to permanently save your changes.