Asus GigaX 2124X User manual

GigaX Series
Layer 2 Managed Switch
User Guide

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide
2
E2097
First Edition V1
May 2005
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
•This device may not cause harmful interference, and
•This device must accept any interference received including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
manufacturer's instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise
emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations
of the Canadian Department of Communications.
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

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ASUS contact information
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112
General Tel: [phone]
General Fax: [phone]
Web Site: www.asus.com.tw
Technical Support
MB/Others (Tel): [phone] (English)
Notebook (Tel): [phone] (English)
Desktop/Server (Tel): [phone] (English)
Support Fax: [phone]
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
Address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538, USA
General Fax: [phone]
General Email: [email protected]
Web Site: usa.asus.com
Technical Support
Support Fax: [phone]
General Support: [phone]
Notebook Support: [phone] x5110
Support Email: [email protected]
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)
Address: Harkort Str. 25, D-40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany
General Fax: [phone]
General Email: [email protected] (for marketing requests only)
Technical Support
Support Hotlines: (Components) [phone]
(Notebook PC) [phone]
Support Fax: [phone]
Support Email: www.asuscom.de/de/support (for online support)
Web Site: www.asuscom.de

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Table of Contents
1.1 L2 managed features ..................................................... 11
1.2 Conventions used in this document...............................12
1.2.1 Notations.........................................................12
1.2.2 Typography.....................................................12
1.2.3 Symbols ..........................................................12
2.1 Package contents...........................................................13
2.2 Front Panel..................................................................... 14
2.3 Rear Panel .....................................................................16
2.4 Technical specifications ................................................. 16
3.1 Part 1 — Installing the hardware....................................17
3.1.1 Installing the switch on a flat surface.............. 17
3.1.2 Mounting the switch on a rack........................17
3.2 Part 2 — Setting up the switch.......................................18
3.2.1 Connect the console port................................ 18
3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN ............... 18
3.2.3 Attach the RPS module ..................................18
3.2.4 Attach the power adapter................................18
3.3 Part 3 — Basic switch setting for management ............. 20
3.3.1 Setting up through the console port................20
3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface.............22
4.1 Log into Web user interface ........................................... 24
4.2 Functional layout............................................................ 26
4.2.1 Menu navigation tips.......................................28
4.2.2 Commonly used buttons and icons ................28
4.3 System Pages ................................................................ 29
4.3.1 Management...................................................29
4.3.2 IP Setup ..........................................................30
4.3.3 Administration ................................................. 31
4.3.4 Reboot ............................................................ 32

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4.3.5 Firmware Upgrade ..........................................32
4.4 Physical Interface ..........................................................34
4.5 Bridge .............................................................................36
4.5.1 Spanning Tree ................................................36
4.5.2 Link Aggregation .............................................37
4.5.3 Mirroring..........................................................39
4.5.4 Static Multicast................................................41
4.5.5 IGMP Snooping...............................................42
4.5.6 Traffic Control .................................................42
4.5.7 Dynamic Addresses........................................43
4.5.8 Static Addresses .............................................45
4.5.9 Tagged VLAN .................................................46
4.5.10 Default Port VLAN and CoS............................48
4.5.11 CoS Queue Mapping ......................................49
4.6 SNMP .............................................................................50
4.6.1 Community Table............................................50
4.6.2 Host Table.......................................................51
4.6.3 Trap Setting ....................................................52
4.6.4 VACM Group...................................................52
4.6.5 VACM View.....................................................53
4.6.6 USM User........................................................55
4.7 Security...........................................................................57
4.7.1 Port Access Control ........................................57
4.7.2 Dial-In User .....................................................58
4.7.3 RADIUS...........................................................59
4.8 VCT ................................................................................61
4.9 Statistics Chart ...............................................................62
4.9.1 Traffic Comparison..........................................62
4.9.2 Error Group .....................................................62
4.9.3 Historical Status ..............................................63
4.10 Save Configuration.........................................................64

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5.1 Power On Self Test........................................................ 66
5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode ........................... 67
5.1.2 Boot ROM Commands....................................68
5.2 Login and Logout ...........................................................69
5.3 CLI Commands .............................................................. 69
5.3.1 System Commands ........................................ 69
5.3.2 Physical Interface Commands........................ 72
5.3.3 Bridge Commands..........................................73
5.3.4 SNMP..............................................................81
5.3.5 Security Commands ....................................... 89
5.4 CLI command : security sshkey showMiscellaneous
Commands..................................................................... 92
5.4 Miscellaneous Commands.............................................93
6.1 IP Addresses.................................................................. 94
6.1.1 Structure of an IP address.............................. 94
6.1.2 Network classes..............................................96
6.2 Subnet masks ................................................................ 97
7.1 Diagnosing problems using IP utilities ...........................99
7.1.1 ping ................................................................. 99
7.1.2 nslookup ....................................................... 101
7.2 Replacing defective fans.............................................. 102
7.3 Simple fixes..................................................................104

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List of Figures
Figure 1. GigaX L2 managed switch package contents................13
Figure 2. Front panel .....................................................................14
Figure 3. Rear panel......................................................................16
Figure 4. Overview of Hardware Connections...............................19
Figure 5. Login and IP setup Screen.............................................21
Figure 6. Login Screen ..................................................................22
Figure 7. IP Setup..........................................................................23
Figure 8. Configuration manager login screen ..............................24
Figure 9. Home page.....................................................................25
Figure 10. Top frame .......................................................................26
Figure 11. Expanded Menu List.......................................................27
Figure 12. Management ..................................................................29
Figure 13. IP Setup..........................................................................30
Figure 14. Administration.................................................................31
Figure 15. Firmware Upgrade..........................................................33
Figure 16. Physical Interface ...........................................................35
Figure 17. Spanning Tree................................................................37
Figure 18. Link aggregation.............................................................39
Figure 19. Mirroring page ................................................................40
Figure 20. Static Multicast ...............................................................41
Figure 21. IGMP Snooping ..............................................................42
Figure 22. Traffic Control.................................................................43
Figure 23. Dynamic Address ...........................................................44
Figure 24. Static Address ................................................................45
Figure 25. Tagged VLAN.................................................................47

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Figure 26. Default Port VLAN and CoS...........................................48
Figure 27. Cos Queue Mapping ...................................................... 49
Figure 28. Community Table........................................................... 50
Figure 29. Host Table...................................................................... 51
Figure 30. Trap Setting....................................................................52
Figure 31. VACM Group.................................................................. 53
Figure 32. VACM View .................................................................... 54
Figure 33. USM User....................................................................... 56
Figure 34. Port Access Control ....................................................... 58
Figure 35. Dial-In user..................................................................... 59
Figure 36. RADIUS.......................................................................... 60
Figure 37. VCT ................................................................................ 61
Figure 38. Traffic comparison.......................................................... 62
Figure 39. Error group ..................................................................... 63
Figure 40. Historical Status ............................................................. 63
Figure 41. Save Configuration.........................................................64
Figure 42. CLI interface................................................................... 66
Figure 43. Boot ROM Command Mode...........................................67
Figure 44. SYS commands ............................................................. 71
Figure 45. Using the ping utility.....................................................100
Figure 46. Using the nslookup utility .............................................101
Figure 47. Loosening the thumbscrew ..........................................102
Figure 48. Removing the fan module ............................................ 102
Figure 49. Detaching the fan from the module..............................103

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List of Tables
Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs..........................................15
Table 2. Technical specifications .................................................16
Table 3. LED Indicators................................................................20
Table 4. Port color description......................................................26
Table 5. Commonly used buttons and icons ................................28
Table 6. Boot ROM commands....................................................68
Table 7. IP address structure .......................................................95
Table 8. Troubleshooting............................................................104