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MULTILINK ML2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL TOC–I
Table of Contents
1: INTRODUCTION GETTING STARTED ...............................................................................................................1-1
INSPECTING THE PACKAGE AND PRODUCT ..........................................................................1-1
ORDERING .............................................................................................................................1-2
ORDER CODES .........................................................................................................................1-2
SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................................................1-3
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................1-3
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................1-5
TYPE TESTS ...............................................................................................................................1-5
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS .....................................................................................................1-6
APPROVALS AND WARRANTY ................................................................................................1-6
FIRMWARE OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................1-8
COMMAND LINE FIRMWARE ..................................................................................................1-8
ENERVISTA SOFTWARE ...........................................................................................................1-8
BEFORE STARTING ...................................................................................................................1-9
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE FIRMWARE .......................................................................1-10
CONSOLE CONNECTION .........................................................................................................1-10
CONSOLE SETUP ......................................................................................................................1-10
CONSOLE SCREEN ...................................................................................................................1-11
LOGGING INFOR THE FIRST TIME .........................................................................................1-11
AUTOMATIC IP ADDRESS CONFIGURATION .........................................................................1-11
SETTING THE IP PARAMETERS ...............................................................................................1-12
PRIVILEGE LEVELS ....................................................................................................................1-14
USER MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................1-14
HELP ..........................................................................................................................................1-15
EXITING .....................................................................................................................................1-17
ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT ......................................................................1-18
LOGGING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME .........................................................................................1-18
PRIVILEGE LEVELS ....................................................................................................................1-19
USER MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................1-19
MODIFYING THE PRIVILEGE LEVEL ........................................................................................1-22
HELP ..........................................................................................................................................1-22
EXITING .....................................................................................................................................1-23
ML2400 FIRMWARE UPDATES ..........................................................................................1-24
UPDATING MULTILINK FIRMWARE ........................................................................................1-24
SELECTING THE PROPER VERSION ........................................................................................1-24
UPDATING THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE .........................................................................1-24
UPDATING THROUGH THE ENERVISTA SOFTWARE ..............................................................1-25
2: PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................................2-1
INTRODUCTION TO THE ML2400 .........................................................................................2-1
DESIGN ASPECTS .....................................................................................................................2-2
COMMUNICATIONS MODULES .........................................................................................2-3
FOUR-PORT MODULES ...........................................................................................................2-3
SIX-PORT MODULES ................................................................................................................2-4
EIGHT-PORT MODULES ...........................................................................................................2-4
GIGABIT (1000 MBPS) MODULES ........................................................................................2-6
FEATURES AND BENEFITS ..................................................................................................2-7
PACKET PRIORITIZATION, 802.1PQOS ...............................................................................2-7
FRAME BUFFERING AND FLOW CONTROL ...........................................................................2-7