Axia xSwitch Operation manual

xSwitch
Installation & User’s Guide
Manual Rev 1.2.0 - June, 2013
p/n 1490-00094-001

USA Class A Computing Device
Information To User. Warning:
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate ra-
dio-frequency energy. If it is not installed and used
as directed by this manual, it may cause interference
to radio communication. This equipment complies
with the limits for a Class A computing device, as
specied by FCC Rules, Part 15, Subpart J, which
are designed to provide reasonable protection against
such interference when this type of equipment is op-
erated in a commercial environment. Operation of
this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
interference. If it does, the user will be required to
eliminate the interference at the user’s expense.
NOTE: Objectionable interference to TV or radio re-
ception can occur if other devices are connected to
this device without the use of shielded interconnect
cables. FCC rules require the use of only shielded
cables.
Canada Warning:
“This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A
limits for radio noise emissions set out in the Radio
Interference Regulations of the Canadian Depart-
ment of Communications.” “Le present appareil
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depassant les limites applicables aux appareils nu-
merRadiusues (de les Class A) prescrites dans le
Reglement sur le brouillage radioelectrique par le
ministere des Communications du Canada.”
CE Conformance Information:
This device complies with the requirements of the
EEC Council Directives: 93/68/EEC (CE Marking);
73/23/EEC (Safety – low voltage directive); 89/336/
EEC (electromagnetic compatibility). Conformity is
declared to those standards: EN50081-1, EN50082-1.
Important Safety Information
ELECTRICAL WARNING
If the equipment is used in a manner not specied by
the manufacturer, the protection provided by the equip-
ment may be impaired. The installation and servicing
instructions in this manual are for use by qualied per-
sonnel only. To avoid Electric Shock, do not perform
any servicing other than that contained in the operating
instructions unless you are qualied to do so. Refer all
servicing to trained service personnel.
When using this equipment, the following safety pre-
cautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of
re, electric shock, and injury to people.
• Read and understand all instructions.
• Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the
equipment.
• Installation must be performed in accordance with
Caution: DOUBLE POLE/NEUTRAL FUSING
The xSwitch power supply incorporates an internal
fuse. Hazardous voltages may still be present on
some of the primary parts even when the fuse has
blown. If fuse replacement is required, replace fuse
only with same type and value for continued protec-
tion against re.
This product’s power cord is the primary disconnect
device. To prevent risk of electric shock, disconnect
power cord before servicing. The outlet to which this
equipment is connected must be installed near the
equipment, and must always be readily accessible.
The unit should not be positioned such that access to
the power cord is impaired. If the unit is incorporat-
ed into a rack, an easily accessible safety disconnect
device should be included in the rack design.
This equipment has an autoranging line voltage
input. Ensure that the supply voltage is within the
specied range.

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This equipment is designed to be operated from a
power source that includes a third “grounding” con-
nection in addition to the power leads. Do not defeat
this safety feature. In addition to creating a potential-
ly hazardous situation, defeating this safety ground
will prevent the internal line noise lter from func-
tioning.
MOISTURE WARNING:
This equipment is intended for INDOOR USE
ONLY and can be hazardous if immersed in water.
To reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not expose
this product to rain or moisture. Keep moisture away
from the ventilation openings in the top and front of
the unit. To avoid the possibility of electrical shock,
do not use this equipment when you are wet. If you
accidentally drop the equipment into water, do not
retrieve it until you have rst unplugged all cords. Do
not reconnect this equipment until it has dried thor-
oughly. Do not shower or bathe with the unit.
Ventilation Warning
This equipment requires the free ow of air for ad-
equate cooling. Do not block the ventilation open-
ings in the top and front of the unit. Failure to allow
proper ventilation could damage the unit or create a
re hazard. Do not place the units on a carpet, bed-
ding, or other materials that could interfere with any
panel ventilation openings.

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Updates
The operations of xSwitch are determined largely by software. Periodic updates may become available - to deter-
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Notice
All versions, claims of compatibility, trademarks, etc.
of hardware and software products not made by Axia
mentioned in this manual or accompanying material
are informational only. Axia makes no endorsement
of any particular product for any purpose, nor claims
any responsibility for operation or accuracy.
Warranty
This product is covered by a ve year limited war-
ranty, the full text of which is included in the rear
section of this manual.
Service
You must contact Axia before returning any equip-
ment for factory service. Axia will issue a Return
Authorization number, which must be written on the
exterior of your shipping container. Please do not
include cables or accessories unless specically re-
quested by the Technical Support Engineer at Axia.
Be sure to adequately insure your shipment for its
replacement value. Packages without proper authori-
zation may be refused. US customers please contact
Axia technical support at [phone]. All oth-
er customers should contact their local representative
to arrange for service.
We strongly recommend being near the unit when
you call, so our Support Engineers can verify infor-
mation about your conguration and the conditions
under which the problem occurs. If the unit must
return to Axia, we will need your serial number, lo-
cated on the rear panel.
Credit Where Credit’s Due
It’s a pleasure to be a part of this organization.
Thanks to all of the engineers, architects and design-
ers that made this product a reality - you know who
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Feedback is welcome
At Axia, we love to hear your feedback. If you nd
anything in this manual that you feel needs clarica-
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About This Manual
This manual covers the details of the xSwitch. To
learn more about AoIP, you may wish to read Intro-
duction to Livewire: System Design Reference and
Primer and Audio Over IP: Building Pro AoIP Sys-
tems with Livewire by Steve Church and Skip Pizzi,
available from Elsevier Press.
In these publications we explain the ideas that mo-
tivated Livewire and how you can use and benet
from it, as well as nitty-gritty details about wiring,
connectors, and the like. Since Livewire is built on
standard networks, we also help you to understand
general network engineering so that you have the full
background for Livewire’s fundamentals. After read-
ing this reference material, you will know what’s up
when you are speaking with the network guys that
are often hanging around radio stations these days.
Although we strive for accuracy, some features and
operational characteristics may differ in actual use
from their descriptions herein. We invite feedback
and corrections from our clients.
Axia Audio, a Telos Company
1241 Superior Avenue
Cleveland Ohio 44114 USA
Phone: [phone]
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Table of Contents:
Customer Service                   iv
Warranty                       v
Service                        v
Credit Where Credit’s Due              v
About This Manual                  v
Chapter One: Intoducing the xNode . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
HTML Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter Two: Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Fast setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Assigning an ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Assigning an IP address manually . . . . . . . . . . . 3
iProbe conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Restoring Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter Three: xSwitch in Depth . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Panel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Switch Tech Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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A Note From The Vice President of Axia
2013 marks a banner year for Axia — this year
marks the rst decade of the Connected Studio.
In retrospect, it’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years
since a start-up division of Telos grabbed everyone’s
attention with a radical idea about building radio stu-
dios using Ethernet. At a time when “state of the art”
meant discrete digital audio, and a routing switcher
was something only the richest stations could af-
ford, Axia shocked everyone with the idea that studio
peripherals from the console to the audio processor
could be networked, and that everyone could have the
benets of a routing switcher — for about a third of
the cost of traditional technology.
When we launched Axia, Telos founder Steve
Church made a prediction. “Three things will hap-
pen,” Steve told us. “First, people will say that ‘it will
never work.’ When they’re proven wrong, they’ll say
‘It works, but you don’t need that.’ And nally, as they
see Axia becoming successful, they’ll say ‘IP-Audio?
We do that too!’”
Steve, as always, was right on the money. In 10
years, Axia Livewire has become the world’s most
popular IP-Audio networking technology, and our
mixing consoles are the world’s best-selling — they’re
on-air in over 4,000 studios, and counting. You’ll nd
Axia equipment everywhere: at privately-owned sta-
tions, and large clusters run by big conglomerates. At
established public broadcasters, and at newly-licensed
International stations. At government broadcast facili-
ties, and podcast studios. Needless to say, we’re hum-
bled by the trust broadcasters place in us — and by
your enthusiasm!
Being rst with new technology is nice, but we’ve
never been content to rest on our laurels. So the Telos
R&D team continues to innovate and expand the scope
of IP-Audio. Axia consoles are the rst and only IP-
Audio consoles with a pre-congured network switch
built in, to save broadcasters the effort and expense
of procuring and programming third-party switches.
Our compact xNode AoIP interfaces feature one-but-
ton setup, and can run on mains power or Power over
Ethernet (PoE) for exibility and redundancy. We’ve
even developed our own zero-conguration Ethernet
switch for Livewire – xSwitch – to make deploying
IP-Audio easier than ever.
More than 45 Livewire partners believe in the vi-
sion of the Connected Studio too. Collectively, they
make dozens of hardware and software products
(ranging from telephone systems to audio processors
to program automation) that interoperate directly with
Axia networks via Ethernet – making the connec-
tions “smart”, and eliminating the need to purchase
audio conversion devices. We’ve also partnered with
the high-performance audio standard RAVENNA to
expand broadcasters’ networking options even further.
And there are a lot more great new ideas in the cooker
— so watch this space!
In the nal analysis, Axia’s success isn’t due to
our efforts. It’s you, the broadcast professional, who
has embraced our vision, used our technology in ways
we never dreamed of, and raved about Axia products
to everyone who’d listen. We owe you a huge debt of
thanks. And we promise to never stop trying to amaze
and delight you.
So here’s to the next 10 years.
Onward and upward!
Marty Sacks
Vice President, Axia Audio

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Clty, gn.
J u   n g: th’s
 ’ t’ ‘.

1: Introducing the xSwitch • 1
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Chapter One:
Introducing the xSwitch
The xSwitch is a member of the xNode family, com-
pact half-rack Livewire devices. The xSwitch is intended
to be used with Livewire devices and thus has been con-
gured for the customer, with almost no setup required!
The Front Panel
The xSwitch has an OLED display on the left side
providing status and setup information.
Rear Panel
The rear panel of the xSwitch has multiple network
ports for connecting Livewire devices:
• Two Gigabit ports which are accessed through either
a 1000BASE-T connection or Small-Form-Factor
pluggable (SFP) connection.
• Four 100BASE-T + PoE (Power over Ethernet) ports
• Four 100BASE-T ports
There is also a single IEC connector to power the
xSwitch.
HTML Interface
Along with the front panel OLED display, the
xSwitch has an HTML interface that can be accessed
with a PC connected to the same network and within
the same subnet. When entering the IP address of the
xSwitch in a browser, an authentication window will ask
for a username and password. The defaults are:
Username: user
Password: (none)
What’s Next
Now that you’ve got a basic overview, let’s start
routing some packets with your xSwitch! First, you’ll
need to assign an IP address; this can be done through
the front panel controls, or with Axia iProbe software.
The next chapters will show you how and discuss setup
and details about your xSwitch.
Figure 1-1: xSwitch Front Panel
Figure 1-3: xSwitch Rear Panel
Figure 1-2: xSwitch OLED Display

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SFP,  m
Cr, r, c
Duty cs.
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2: Setup • 3
Chapter Two:
Setup
When the xSwitch boots for rst time, it will have no
IP address. An IP address can be assigned to the xSwitch
in any of three ways:
1. Assign the xSwitch a NODE-ID value, which in
turn assigns an IP address.
2. Enter an IP address from the front panel.
3. Use the bootp server within iProbe to push an
IP address to the xSwitch.
These three methods are given more detail below.
Assigning an ID to the xSwitch
The Axia xNode family uses an ID schema for iden-
tifying each device, in which assigning a unique ID
number also assigns a unique IP address. The xSwitch
supports this schema. To do this, press the top button to
the right of the OLED display a few times until the page
shown is the Node ID page.
No ID value should be shown, as the xSwitch has not
been given an ID number yet. Press and hold the lower
button (represented by the pencil icon) for 10 seconds
to edit the ID value. Note that if the screen has fallen
asleep (the OLED display dims), a single button press is
required to wake up the front panel before pressing and
holding the edit button.
In Edit mode, a cursor appears next to the word
“Node”. The top button becomes an increment button and
increases the numerical value at the cursor position; the
bottom button becomes the next key, moving the cursor
to the next position. After the last digit is entered, the
xSwitch is assigned the ID value and an IP address in
the subnet of 10.216.x.y . If, during this process, there is
inactivity for 30 seconds, edit mode times out and no ID
will be assigned.
MORE ON ID VALUES: Number ranges of 1-99
(nn) supports small-to-medium networks with
up to 99 network devices. The ID denes the IP
address 10.216.0.1nn . Number ranges of 100-
319 (abc) supports large networks with up to
2299 network devices. When the 3 digit ID is
being used, a second level identier becomes
available with range of d=<0-9>. The ID denes
the IP address 10.216.ab.1cd .
If an IP address has previously been assigned to the
xSwitch, assigning an ID number moves the cursor to
the IP Address eld, allowing the user to toggle with the
increment button (top button) between the ID-assigned
value and the previous assigned value.
Manual assignment of an IP address
The xSwitch can be given an IP address to t within
a previously established network schema by accessing
the IP address page on the front panel and entering into
edit mode. Press and hold the lower button (shown with
a pencil icon) for 10 seconds.
A cursor will appear in the address eld. Use the top
button to increment and the bottom button to move the
cursor to the next position. After 30 seconds of no ac-
tivity, the Edit view will time out. Once the IP address
is edited, pressing the next button (bottom button) will
Figure 2-1
Figure 2-2
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move the editing to the next line which is the netmask
setting. Pressing the next button (bottom button) from
the netmask position will save the values.
Using iProbe to push IP address
When an xSwitch boots with no IP address, it will
broadcast a bootp request, which continues until an IP
address setting is applied. iProbe includes a bootp server,
which “hears” this request and can push an IP address to
the xSwitch.
A counter at the bootstrap conguration button will
appear when requests are received. Clicking on the but-
ton will open the Device Bootstrap and Conguration
window.
From this window view, select the device from the
left side pane and the conguration options will appear
on the right side. Enter in an IP address and netmask and
press the Apply button.
Web Interface
Once an IP address is assigned to the xSwitch, a PC
can access the HTML interface of the device. Make sure
that the PC has been given a static IP address within the
same subnet as the xSwitch. When accessing the user in-
terface (UI), an authentication window will appear ask-
ing for a username and password.
The default values are:
Username: user
Password: (none)
The home page shows device information under the
System heading. There is a “Simple Setup” button on the
page which will present the Simple Setup page.
The Simple Setup page only shows the Node ID val-
ue, allowing the user to assign an ID value from the web
UI as opposed to using the front panel. That’s all the
setup there is — the rest of the switch conguration is
pre-programmed for Livewire by the engineers at Axia!
Restoring Defaults
Performing factory reset will clear all congurations
and return the xSwitch to a “blank canvas”. To restore
default, execute the following steps.
• Disconnect all power from the xSwitch, then press
and hold the two front panel buttons.
• Apply power to the xSwitch while continuing to press
the buttons.
• xSwitch will show a countdown timer for factory re-
set. When the timer reaches 0, release the two buttons.
What’s Next
Now that you’ve had the overview, let’s get a closer
look. In the next chapter, we’ll look at xSwitch in detail,
and discuss mounting options as well.
Figure 2-3
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3: The xSwitch in depth • 5
Chapter Three:
The xSwitch in depth
The xSwitch is a 1U half-rack device that can be
mounted to a at surface or in an equipment rack with
optional accessories.
Mounting
Optional Surface Mount kit
The optional surface mount kit (p/n 2011-00077) con-
sists of two brackets that are used to secure the xSwitch
to a wall, under a desk, or almost any at surface.
The brackets secure to the side of the xSwitch, to-
wards the front panel. There are four holes which are
used for securing metal work to the xSwitch.
Secure the bracket to the xSwitch with included
screws in the desired conguration.
Optional Rack Mount kit
A rack mount kit is provided with each xSwitch,
which contains one (1) short rack ear, one (1) long rack
ear, one (1) spacer, and associated screws. These parts
allow for the mounting of the xSwitch in a standard 19”
equipment rack. Thanks to its half-rack design, you can
join xSwitch to another member of the xNode family to
mount two devices in a single RU space.
Figure 3-4: Short rack ear
Figure 3-3: Inward conguration
Figure 3-5: Long rack ear
Figure 3-1
Figure 3-2 Outward conguration
Figure 3-6: Spacer
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Single xSwitch
Secure the short rack ear to one side of the xSwitch.
Secure the long ear to the opposing side of the xSwitch.
Double Mount
Remove the top lid from both devices. Place side by
side. Place spacer between the two as shown.
Use the four (4) screws provided to secure the two
devices together.
Return the lids and secure. Attach a short rack ear to
either side of the devices.
Web Interface
The rst time an HTML request is issued to a
xSwitch, a login and password is requested. The default
authentication is:
Username: user
Password: (none)
Home
The home page shows system information and acts
as the default page for xSwitch.
Software Version: The code version which is used
by the xSwitch.
Temperature: The temperature reading of the inter-
nal sensor. Alarm status will appear if the temperature is
above acceptable limits.
System Uptime: The amount of time since the last
boot up.
The Home page also has a button, “Simple Setup”,
which links to the Simple Setup page.
Switch Port Status: Each port is identied and
information on the link status and PoE usage is reported.
At the bottom of the list of ports is a multicast router
identier which reports which ports are connected to
devices that manage IGMP reports.
Simple Setup
Simple Setup provides only a Node ID option to the
user. All other conguration options have already been
done for the customer by the Axia Engineers.
Switch Statistics
The Switch Statistics link provides comprehensive
per-port statistics common to Ethernet switchgear. In-
Figure 3-8
Figure 3-9a
Figure 3-9b
Figure 3-10
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gress statistics refers to packets entering the switch
through the port. Egress statistics refer to packets leav-
ing the switch through the port. The page also identies
the different size of packets passing through the switch
in the Histogram Statistics Counters.
Other statistic readouts are provided for your infor-
mation, as follows:
• GoodOctet – represents good data. An octet refers to
8 bits. Generally octet and byte are synonyms, but
some platforms in the past may have used byte to re-
fer to a different storage amount. To avoid ambiguity,
the term octet is used.
• Bad Octet – counter of bad data. Octet refers to 8 bits.
• Unicast – Transmission of data from one to one. The
counter indicates the amount of packets which are
unicast transmission messages.
• Broadcast – Transmission of data from one to all.
The counter indicates the amount of packets which
are broadcast transmission messages.
• Multicast – Transmission of data from one to many
— the basis of Livewire audio. The counter indicates
the amount of packets which are multicast packets.
• Pause – The counter shows the amount of Pause
frames as dened by the IEEE 802.3x standard. This
is a form of ow control allowing overwhelmed net-
work ends to halt data transmission.
• Undersize - The number of packets received that
were less than 64 octets long but were otherwise well
formed.
• Fragments – The number of packets received that
were less than 64 octets in length and had either a
bad Frame Check Sequence with an integral number
of octets (FCS Error) or a bad FCS with a non-inte-
gral number of octets (Alignment Error).
• Oversize – The number of packets received that were
longer than 1518 octets but were otherwise well
formed.
• Jabber – The number of packets received that were
longer than 1518 octets, and had either a bad Frame
Check Sequence with an integral number of octets
(FCS Error) or a bad FCS with a non-integral number
of octets (Alignment Error).
• RxErr – Error in received packets.
• FCSErr – Frame Check Sequence errors indicate cor-
rupted data on transmission.
• Deferred – Counter increments when a frame is to be
sent but the carrier is found to be busy. Typically an
issue only with half-duplex connections.
• Collisions - The result of two or more devices trans-
mitting at the same time on the same segment, pro-
ducing a garbled transmission. Collisions typically
are not an issue with full-duplex switched networks.
• InDiscards – Counter of packets received that are
tagged for a VLAN that the port is not associated
with, and so are dropped.
• InFiltered – Ingress packets being ltered.
• OutFiltered – Egress packets being ltered.
• <65 - 1024> – counters of different sized packets that
travel in and out of the switch.
IGMP Snooping
IGMP Snooping link provides information about the
switch’s snooping activity. In snooping, the switch is
able to determine which ports have requested a multi-
cast group and also determine how many groups have
been requested (Multicast Group Count). The page will
also identify the source of IGMP query messages and on
which port these messages are arriving.
The IGMP Snooping Table identies the various
groups within the switch and which ports have made re-
quests for these groups. In cases where the group is one
that is used by Livewire, it will be identied by its sim-
pler Livewire Channel number or administrative func-
tion. In some cases you may see groups that are listed
which have no Livewire Channel. Some devices on the
network may request other multicast streams which are
used by other standards. Some examples:
224.0.0.107 - PTP
224.0.0.251 - mDNS
224.0.0.252 - LLMNR
...and a large list of others which can be found by
doing an Internet search on multicast addresses.
The IGMP snooping table will display all of the mul-
ticast request that have been made by devices connected
to the xSwitch.
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System
The System page provides network settings, SNMP
settings, Syslog settings, authentication password, and
rmware control.
Host name: Name of the device on the network. Up
to 12 characters using only letters, numbers, or hyphens
(no spaces or special characters). Host name is auto pop-
ulated when you assign an ID to the xSwitch providing a
unique name. You may customize this eld if you desire.
Network address: The IP address of the device as
it was congured either by an automated process or by
a manual process. The address can be changed here, but
once you apply the changes, you will lose connection
and will need to connect to the device with the new IP
address you just assigned.
Netmask: The netmask is a lter to which helps to
dene the subnetwork. This is a topic covered in net-
working material widely available. For simplicity, a
value of 255.0.0.0 is a wide open lter and a value of
255.255.255.254 is a very narrow lter. If you are not
familiar with how subnetting works, please refer to your
network administrator. A value of 255.255.255.0 is usu-
ally suitable for most cases.
Gateway: The gateway is a device that handles
requests and responses from devices that are in differ-
ent subnets. A gateway is what is needed when dealing
with more than a single subnet. If creating a Livewire
network on a dedicated local area network (LAN), then
the value of the gateway can likely be ignored. If not
familiar with the function of gateways, please ask your
network administrator.
System location: Dene system location for SNMP
System contact: Dene system contact for SNMP
SNMP community name: Dene the community
for SNMP functionality
Syslog server: IP address of the computer which is
running a syslog server application.
Syslog severity level lter: The 8 standard syslog
levels are available for selection.
User password: The authentication password can
be changed be entering in the password twice in the two
elds.
Firmware version: The xSwitch uses two storage
banks to store software for the xSwitch. Switching to a
new version of software is done by selecting the other
radio button and pressing Apply button.
NOTE Selecting a new version of software to
operate under requires a reboot of the xSwitch.
Rebooting will cause any audio streams to be
interrupted until the reboot completes.
If Bank 1 is empty, you will you use the Browse
function to locate the desired software that has been
downloaded to your computer. Once the le is selected,
pressing the Apply button will upload the software into
the bank. The process will not interrupt the operation of
the xSwitch. Once complete, the System page will return
and the two banks will show versions of software.
If operating with Bank 1, and you wish to upload a
different version, you will select the “commit this ver-
sion to Bank 0” and press Apply button. This will move
the code to Bank 0 and empty Bank 1.
Front panel pages
The xSwitch front-panel OLED display presents use-
ful data to the user. Each screen is called a page and the
pages can be toggled by pressing the top button — you’ll
see the Page icon change as you do so.
• Device Page – shows the type of device, the version
of software running, and the current operating tem-
perature. The bottom button has a function dened
by the icon near the button. The icon states “ID”.
Pressing the bottom button when ID icon is displayed
cause the device to send out a bootp request. Axia
iProbe software is able to recognize these broadcast
messages and provides an interface to push informa-
tion to the device.
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• Port status page – shows status of the two 1000bt
ports (copper and SFP), the four PoE ports, and the
four 100bt ports. From this page, the user can iden-
tify which ports are active, the link speed, PoE active,
and which port is an uplink port.
»Ports blinking indicate an active port.
»1 dot next to a port indicates 10bt, 2 dots next to
port indicate 100bt, and 3 dots next to port indi-
cate 1000bt.
»A bar above or below a port indicates active PoE
on that port. The amount of power through the
port is represented by the size of the bar.
»An arrow pointing away from port indicates an
uplink port.
• PoE status page – shows the wattage applied to each
of the four (4) PoE ports. The xSwitch’s operating
temperature is also displayed.
• Node-ID page – shows the ID of the device and per-
mits the editing of this value with a 10 second press
of the ‘pencil’ (bottom) button. The IP address is also
shown.
• IP address page – shows the IP address of the device
and the netmask. Pressing the pencil (bottom) button
for 10 seconds allows manual editing of the IP ad-
dress from the front panel.
Switch details
The xSwitch supports 4 QoS queues. Highest priority
given to CoS 6 and 7. DCSP priority also recognized.
IGMP version 2 supported. IGMP snooping query
function is enabled with 10 second response time for
general queries. The xSwitch will relingish the query
function if a multicast router or another querier at a low-
er IP address is detected. The xSwitch has a 200 second
time out for router presence. If another querier is not de-
tected within the time out period, the xSwitch delegates
itself as a querier.
The xSwitch has two 1-gigabit ports. A port is either
the 1000BT copper interface or the SFP interface. If both
interfaces of the port are connected, the rst detected
will be the active interface. The active interface is used
until the link goes down. In such a case, the second in-
terface becomes active for the port.
The SFP interface accepts ber or copper modules.
In case of the copper SFP module, only 1GBit/s speed
is supported.
The xSwitch supports a single VLAN.
The xSwitch has a hardware lter capacity of 8k.
This is a single capacity for both MAC addresses and
multicast groups. The amount of either can vary between
network, but in any case, the xSwitch can manage any
amount of multicast groups connected to its 10 ports.
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Appendix A: xSwitch Specifications
Power Supply AC Input
• Auto-ranging supply, 95VAC to 240VAC, 1.0 A,
50 Hz to 60 Hz
• IEC receptacle, internal fuse
• Power consumption: 75 Watts (all PoE ports
under load)
Environmental Ranges
• Operating temperature: 32° F to 104° F
(0°C to 40°C),
• Relative humidity: <90% (noncondensing)
Physical Dimensions
• 8.5” (22 cm) wide; two may be mounted side-by-
side in a standard 1RU rack space (with included
mounting kit)
• 1.72” (4.4 cm) height, 11.75” (30 cm) depth
• Shipping Weight: 7 lbs. (3.2 kg.)
• Shipping Dimensions: 17” (43.2 cm) length,
13” (33 cm) width, 7” (17.8 cm) height
Power over Ethernet
• 15.4 W-per-port maximum, 61.6-W
switch maximum
Connector Specifications
10/100/1000 Ports
The 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports use standard
RJ-45 connectors.
Connecting to 100BASE-T-Compatible
Devices
When connecting the ports to 100BASE-TX-com-
patible devices, you can use a two or four twisted-pair,
Category 5e, straight-through cable.
Connecting to 1000BASE-T Devices
When connecting the ports to 1000BASE-T devices,
you must use a four twisted-pair, Category 6, straight-
through cable.
SFP Module Ports
The SFP module slot on a dual-purpose port uses SFP
modules for ber-optic and copper uplink ports. xSwitch
works with the following supported SFP modules:
• Cisco Copper SFP Model:GLC-T=
• Cisco Copper SFP Model: SFP-GE-T=
• Cisco Multimode ber model: GLC-SX-MMD=
• Cisco Multimode ber model: GLC-SX-MM-RGD

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