Microchip Technology Microsemi PDS-408G User manual

PDS-408G Web Management
User Guide
Ver. 1.0.1, 03-2019

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................10
1.1 Objectives....................................................................................................................................10
1.2 Abbreviations...............................................................................................................................10
1.3 Front panel – Quick Overview.....................................................................................................10
1.4 Reset Button................................................................................................................................10
1.5 Power and System LEDs.............................................................................................................11
1.6 USB Interface (virtual COMM).....................................................................................................11
1.7 RJ45 Ports 1-8.............................................................................................................................12
1.8 RJ45 Ports 9-10...........................................................................................................................12
1.9 SFP Ports 11 ...............................................................................................................................12
2MANAGING THE UNIT OVER THE WEB – A GENERAL WALK-THROUGH......................................13
2.1 Default unit IP, username and password. ...................................................................................13
2.2 Web interface overview...............................................................................................................13
2.3 Saving configuration changes .....................................................................................................14
2.3.1 Configuration profiles.................................................................................................................................14
2.3.2 Saving unit configuration over Web and CLI..............................................................................................15
3OVERVIEW..............................................................................................................................................16
3.1 Unit Overview ..............................................................................................................................16
3.1.1 RJ45 LEDs and connecter jack..................................................................................................................17
3.1.2Ports Status/Reset.....................................................................................................................................18
3.1.3 Unit Status .................................................................................................................................................20
3.2 Unit network Traffic Overview......................................................................................................20
3.2.1 Port Statistics Overview.............................................................................................................................20
3.2.2 Detailed Port Statistics............................................................................................................................... 21
3.3 Overview – Unit System Information...........................................................................................21
4NETWORK (IPS MAC) ............................................................................................................................22
4.1 Network - Configuration - Ethernet Ports ....................................................................................23
4.2 Network - Configuration – Ipv4/6.................................................................................................24
4.2.1 DNS Servers.............................................................................................................................................. 24
4.2.2 IPv4 / IPv6 Interfaces................................................................................................................................. 24
4.2.2.1 Static IPv4 Address Configuration.......................................................................................................24
4.2.2.2 Dynamic DHCPv4 IPv4 Address Configuration ................................................................................. 25
4.2.2.3 Static/Dynamic DHCPv6 Address Configuration ............................................................................... 25
4.2.3 IP Routes (Default-Gateway) configuration................................................................................................25
4.3 Network - Configuration – NTP (Network Time Protocol) ...........................................................26
4.4 Network - Configuration – Time Zone .........................................................................................26
4.4.1 Time Zone Configuration............................................................................................................................26
4.4.2 Daylight Saving Time Configuration...........................................................................................................27
4.5 Network - Configuration – SysLog Report...................................................................................27
4.6 Network - Configuration – MAC Table learning...........................................................................27
4.6.1 Aging Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 28
Disable Automatic Aging.......................................................................................................................................... 28
Aging Time.................................................................................................................................................................28
4.6.2 MAC Table Learning..................................................................................................................................28
4.6.3 VLAN Learning-Disabled configuration......................................................................................................29
4.6.4 Static MAC Table Configuration................................................................................................................. 29
4.7 Network - View – MAC Table in use............................................................................................30

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4.8 Network - View – IP Status..........................................................................................................30
4.9 Network - View – Routing Info.....................................................................................................31
5ACCESS CONTROL................................................................................................................................32
5.1 Access Control – Local Users Configuration...............................................................................32
5.1.1 Changing the admin password...................................................................................................................32
5.1.2 Changing a username or a password ........................................................................................................32
5.2 Access Control – Web Server HTTPS Configuration..................................................................32
5.3 Access Control – Telnet/SSH/Web..............................................................................................33
5.3.1 Authentication Method Configuration.........................................................................................................33
5.3.2 Accounting Method Configuration..............................................................................................................34
5.4 Access Control – Access Control List .........................................................................................35
5.5 Access Control – View ACL Statistics.........................................................................................35
6VLAN........................................................................................................................................................36
6.1 General........................................................................................................................................36
6.1.1 Supported VLAN types .............................................................................................................................. 36
6.1.2 VLAN typing syntax.................................................................................................................................... 36
6.2 VLAN – Configuration..................................................................................................................36
6.2.1 Switch VLAN Terminology - explained....................................................................................................... 37
6.2.2 Global VLAN Configuration........................................................................................................................40
6.2.3 Port VLAN Configuration............................................................................................................................41
6.3 VLAN - View Members................................................................................................................43
6.4 VLAN – View Ports......................................................................................................................44
7POE-BT POWER.....................................................................................................................................45
7.1 General PoE background............................................................................................................45
7.2 PoE-BT - Set PoE-BT Power.......................................................................................................46
7.2.1 Global Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 46
7.2.2 Global Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 46
7.3 PoE-BT - View PoE-BT ...............................................................................................................47
8SPANNING TREE - STP .........................................................................................................................49
8.1 General........................................................................................................................................49
8.2 Spanning tree – Configuration - STP Config...............................................................................49
8.2.1 Basic Settings............................................................................................................................................49
8.2.2 Advanced Settings.....................................................................................................................................50
8.3 Spanning Tree – Configuration - STP Port Config......................................................................50
8.4 Spanning tree – View - STP Bridges...........................................................................................51
8.4.1 STP Detailed Bridge Status .......................................................................................................................51
8.4.2 CIST Ports & Aggregation State ................................................................................................................52
8.5 Spanning Tree - View - STP Port Status.....................................................................................53
8.6 Spanning Tree - View - STP Port Statistics.................................................................................53
9SNMP.......................................................................................................................................................55
9.1 SNMP- Enable SNMP .................................................................................................................55
9.2 SNMP- SNMPv2-v3 configuration...............................................................................................56
9.2.1 SNMP View OiD-Range Configuration.......................................................................................................56
9.2.2 SNMP Community Configuration ...............................................................................................................56
9.2.3SNMP Group Configuration .......................................................................................................................57
9.2.4 SNMP Access Configuration......................................................................................................................57
9.2.5 SNMP- SNMPv3 Users Configuration........................................................................................................ 58

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9.3 SNMP- Trap Configuration..........................................................................................................59
9.3.1 SNMP Trap Server List..............................................................................................................................59
9.3.2 SNMP Trap Source Configuration.............................................................................................................. 60
9.4 SNMP- Configuration example....................................................................................................60
9.4.1 SNMPv2 Configuration Example................................................................................................................ 60
9.4.2 SNMPv3 Configuration Example................................................................................................................ 61
10 RADIUS, TACACS+ ................................................................................................................................62
10.1 General........................................................................................................................................62
10.1.1 General - Authentication, Access-Level terminology..................................................................................62
10.1.2 General - Setting up remote RADIUS Server.............................................................................................62
10.2 RADIUS TACACS+ - Configuration - RADIUS............................................................................63
10.2.1 Global Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 63
10.2.2 Server Configuration.................................................................................................................................. 63
10.3 RADIUS TACACS+ - Configuration – TACACS+........................................................................64
10.3.1 Global Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 64
10.3.2 Server Configuration.................................................................................................................................. 64
10.4 RADIUS TACACS+ - View – RADIUS Status .............................................................................65
10.5 RADIUS TACACS+ - View – RADIUS Details.............................................................................66
10.5.1 Packet Counters ........................................................................................................................................ 66
10.5.2 Other Info (RADIUS-Server IP address and state).....................................................................................68
11 AGGREGATION/LACP ...........................................................................................................................69
11.1 General........................................................................................................................................69
11.2 Aggregation/LACP – Aggregation – Aggregation Configuration.................................................69
11.2.1 Aggregation Group Configuration ..............................................................................................................69
11.2.2 Hash Contributors Configuration................................................................................................................ 70
11.3 Aggregation Status......................................................................................................................70
11.4 Aggregation/LACP - LACP- Configure LACP..............................................................................71
11.5 Aggregation/LACP – LACP – View – System Status..................................................................71
11.5.1 Local System ID......................................................................................................................................... 72
11.5.2 Partner System Status...............................................................................................................................72
11.6 Aggregation/LACP – LACP – View – Internal Status..................................................................72
11.7 Aggregation/LACP – LACP – View – Neighbor Status................................................................73
11.8 Aggregation/LACP – LACP – View – Port Statistics ...................................................................74
12 LLDP........................................................................................................................................................75
12.1 LLDP – Configure LLDP..............................................................................................................75
12.1.1 LLDP Parameters ...................................................................................................................................... 75
12.1.2 LLDP Interface Configuration.....................................................................................................................75
12.2 LLDP – View Neighbor Information.............................................................................................77
12.3 LLDP – View LLDP Status...........................................................................................................78
12.3.1 Global Counters.........................................................................................................................................78
12.3.2 Local Counters...........................................................................................................................................78
13 PORT ISOLATION...................................................................................................................................80
13.1 Port Isolation – Configure Private VLAN.....................................................................................80
13.1.1 General......................................................................................................................................................80
13.1.2 Private VLAN - configuration parameters...................................................................................................80
13.2 Port Isolation – Configure Port Isolation......................................................................................80
13.2.1 General......................................................................................................................................................80
13.2.2 Port Isolation - configuration parameters ...................................................................................................81

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14 LOOP PROTECTION...............................................................................................................................82
14.1 Loop Protection – Configure Protection ......................................................................................82
14.1.1 General Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 82
14.1.2 Port Configuration......................................................................................................................................82
15 IGMP SNOOPING....................................................................................................................................83
15.1 General........................................................................................................................................83
15.2 IGMP Snooping – Configuration – Global Settings.....................................................................83
15.2.1 IGMP Snooping Configuration ...................................................................................................................83
15.2.2 Port Related Configuration.........................................................................................................................84
15.3 IGMP Snooping – Configuration – Enable per VLAN..................................................................84
15.3.1 IGMP Snooping Enable per VLAN.............................................................................................................84
15.4 IGMP Snooping – View – Groups Information ............................................................................85
15.4.1 IGMP Snooping Group Information............................................................................................................85
15.4.2 IGMP SFM (Source-Filtered Multicast) Information ................................................................................... 86
15.5 IGMP Snooping - View - Status...................................................................................................86
15.5.1 IGMP Snooping Status............................................................................................................................... 86
15.5.2 Router Port................................................................................................................................................. 87
16 PORT MIRRORING .................................................................................................................................88
16.1 Port Mirroring - General...............................................................................................................88
16.1.1 Enable Ports Mirroring ...............................................................................................................................88
16.1.2 Port Configuration......................................................................................................................................88
17 MAINTENANCE.......................................................................................................................................90
17.1 Maintenance - Reset & restore unit.............................................................................................90
17.2 Maintenance – Unit Configuration...............................................................................................90
17.2.1 Download Unit configuration......................................................................................................................90
17.2.2 Upload Unit Configuration..........................................................................................................................91
17.2.3 Activate Unit Configuration......................................................................................................................... 91
17.2.4 Delete Unit Configuration...........................................................................................................................92
17.3 Maintenance – Software Update.................................................................................................92
17.3.1 Upload New Version .................................................................................................................................. 92
17.3.2 Select active image....................................................................................................................................93
17.3.3 Recovering from endless unit reboot after software update....................................................................... 94
18 DIAGNOSTICS ........................................................................................................................................95
18.1 Diagnostics - View log file............................................................................................................95
18.2 Diagnostics - Ping........................................................................................................................96
18.3 Diagnostics - RJ45 Cable test.....................................................................................................97
18.4 Diagnostics – View CPU Load.....................................................................................................98
19 SAVE RUNNING CONFIG.......................................................................................................................99

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1: Unit front panel..................................................................................................................10
Figure 1-2: CLI interface example.......................................................................................................11
Figure 1-3: Windows 10 ports report...................................................................................................11
Figure 1-4 : Unit ports 1-8 (out of 11)..................................................................................................12
Figure 1-5: Unit ports 9-10 (out of 11).................................................................................................12
Figure 1-6: Unit port 11 (out of 11)......................................................................................................12
Figure 2-1: Unit overview main Web page..........................................................................................13
Figure 2-2: Save unit configuration .....................................................................................................15
Figure 3-1: Unit Overview....................................................................................................................16
Figure 3-2: Unit Overview....................................................................................................................18
Figure 3-3: Unit Status ........................................................................................................................20
Figure 3-4: Port Statistics Overview....................................................................................................20
Figure 3-5: Port Statistics Overview....................................................................................................21
Figure 3-6: System Information...........................................................................................................21
Figure 4-1: Ethernet Port Configuration..............................................................................................23
Figure 4-2: Static IPv4 Address Configuration....................................................................................24
Figure 4-3: Dynamic/Static IPv6 Address Configuration.....................................................................25
Figure 4-4: IP Routes (Default-Gateway) configuration......................................................................26
Figure 4-5: NTP Server configuration..................................................................................................26
Figure 4-6: Time Zone Configuration ..................................................................................................26
Figure 4-7: Daylight Saving Time Configuration .................................................................................27
Figure 4-8: SysLog configuration ........................................................................................................27
Figure 4-9: MAC Table learning configuration page. ..........................................................................28
Figure 4-10: MAC Table Ageing Configuration...................................................................................28
Figure 4-11: MAC Table Learning.......................................................................................................28
Figure 4-12: VLAN Learning Configuration.........................................................................................29
Figure 4-13: Static MAC Table Configuration .....................................................................................29
Figure 4-14: View unit MAC Address Table........................................................................................30
Figure 4-15: View unit in use IP address ............................................................................................30
Figure 4-16: View unit Routing Information.........................................................................................31
Figure 5-1: Web Server HTTP/HTTPS Configuration.........................................................................32
Figure 5-2: Unsecure HTTPS browsing warning.................................................................................32
Figure 5-3: Access Control – Telnet/SSH/Web...................................................................................33
Figure 5-4: Authentication Example....................................................................................................34
Figure 5-5: Accounting Method Configuration example......................................................................34

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Figure 5-6: Access Control List...........................................................................................................35
Figure 5-7: View ACL Statistics...........................................................................................................35
Figure 6-1: single and double VLAN tagging packet format ...............................................................36
Figure 6-2: VLAN configuration (global plus per-port).........................................................................37
Figure 6-3: VLAN Global configuration................................................................................................40
Figure 6-4: VLAN 802.1ad Q-in-Q double VLAN tagging....................................................................41
Figure 6-5: Port VLAN configuration ...................................................................................................41
Figure 6-6: VLAN Membership Status.................................................................................................43
Figure 6-7: VLAN Port Status for Combined users.............................................................................44
Figure 7-1: PoE-BT configuration........................................................................................................46
Figure 7-2: PoE Port Configuration.....................................................................................................46
Figure 7-3: PoE status.........................................................................................................................47
Figure 7-4: PoE Class report...............................................................................................................48
Figure 8-1: STP Configuration.............................................................................................................49
Figure 8-2: STP Port Configuration.....................................................................................................50
Figure 8-3: View STP Bridges.............................................................................................................51
Figure 8-4: View STP Detailed Bridge Status.....................................................................................51
Figure 8-5: View STP Port Status .......................................................................................................53
Figure 8-6: View STP Port Statistics...................................................................................................53
Figure 9-1: Enable SNMP ...................................................................................................................55
Figure 9-2: SNMPv2-v3 Configuration ................................................................................................56
Figure 9-3: SNMPv3 User Configuration.............................................................................................58
Figure 9-4: SNMP Trap Configuration.................................................................................................59
Figure 10-1: RADIUS Configuration....................................................................................................63
Figure 10-2: TACACS+ Configuration.................................................................................................64
Figure 10-3: RADIUS Authentication Statistics...................................................................................66
Figure 11-1: Aggregation Configuration..............................................................................................69
Figure 11-2: Aggregation Status .........................................................................................................70
Figure 11-3: LACP Configuration........................................................................................................71
Figure 11-4: View LACP System Status..............................................................................................71
Figure 11-5: View LACP Internal Port Status......................................................................................72
Figure 11-6: View LACP Neighbor Port Status...................................................................................73
Figure 11-7: View LACP Port Statistics...............................................................................................74
Figure 12-1: LLDP Configuration.........................................................................................................75
Figure 12-2: LLDP Neighbor ...............................................................................................................77
Figure 12-3: View LLDP Status...........................................................................................................78

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Figure 13-1: Private VLAN Membership Configuration.......................................................................80
Figure 13-2: Port Isolation Configuration ............................................................................................81
Figure 14-1: Loop Protection Configuration........................................................................................82
Figure 15-1: IGMP Global Settings .....................................................................................................83
Figure 15-2: IGMP Snooping VLAN Configuration..............................................................................84
Figure 15-3: View IGMP Snooping Groups Information......................................................................85
Figure 15-4: View IGMP Snooping Status ..........................................................................................86
Figure 16-1: Port Mirroring..................................................................................................................88
Figure 17-1: Maintenance - Reset and Restore unit...........................................................................90
Figure 17-2: Maintenance – Download unit configuration...................................................................90
Figure 17-3: Maintenance – Activate unit configuration......................................................................91
Figure 17-4: Software Update – in progress indication.......................................................................92
Figure 17-5: Selecting active software image.....................................................................................93
Figure 17-6: Switching active image...................................................................................................93
Figure 17-7: Recovering from endless reboot after software update..................................................94
Figure 18-1: View SysLog file..............................................................................................................95
Figure 18-2: Detailed single SysLog message....................................................................................95
Figure 18-3: Ping Web interface..........................................................................................................96
Figure 18-4: Ping in action ..................................................................................................................96
Figure 18-5: RJ45 cables test .............................................................................................................97
Figure 18-6: Switch CPU load.............................................................................................................98

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1INTRODUCTION
The following sections describe the manual objectives, concepts used, conventions used, and
associated documentation.
1.1 Objectives
This User Guide introduces Microsemi’s PDS-408G 802.3BT PoE 90W IPv4, IPv6 Ethernet Switch Web
Management configuration and maintenance interface.
1.2 Abbreviations
IPv4
32-bit long IP address
IPv6
128-bit long IP address
DHCPv4
Dynamic IPv4 Host Configuration Protocol
DHCPv6
Dynamic IPv6 Host Configuration Protocol
PoE
Power over Ethernet
NTP
Network Time Protocol
DES
Data Encryption Standard
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
MD5
Message Digest algorithm 5
SHA
Secure Hash Algorithm
MDI
Media Dependent Interface
MIB
Management Information Base
PD
Powered Device
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
SysLog
System Log
SSH
Secure Shell
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
TACACS+
Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
Table 1-1: List of Abbreviations
1.3 Front panel – Quick Overview
Figure 1-1: Unit front panel
1.4 Reset Button
•Press button for less than 2 seconds and release: Does nothing.
•Press button for 2-10 seconds and release: Reset switch by software (no configuration
change).
•Press button for more than 10 seconds and release: Restore unit to factory default.