NETGEAR GS105E-100NAS - Prosafe Plus 5PORT User manual

September 2010
202-10524-03
v1.0
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
ProSafe® Plus Switch Utility
User Guide

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ProSafe Plus Switch Utility User Guide
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202-10524-03 v1.0 September 2010 Updated publication.
202-10524-02 v1.0 February 2010 Updated publication
202-10524-01 v1.0 September 2009 First publication.

Table of Contents |1
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Installing the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Discovering Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Utility Features Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System (General Configuration and Information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
VLAN (Virtual LAN networks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
QoS (Quality of Service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Uninstalling the Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 System Configuration
System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switch Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switch Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
DHCP Mode Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Manually Setting the IP Address Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Change Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Device Reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Reset Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Firmware Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Port Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Port Mirroring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cable Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
MultiCast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration
VLAN Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Port Based Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Advanced Port Based VLAN Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
802.1Q Based Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Basic 802.1Q VLAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Advanced 802.1Q VLAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
VLAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
VLAN Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Port PVID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Port Tagging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration
QoS Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
QoS Global Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Rate Limiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Broadcast Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Chapter 5 Help
Online Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
About the Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Index

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1. Getting Started 1
This chapter contains the following topics:
• Installing the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility
• Discovering Switches
• Utility Features Overview
• Default Settings
• Uninstalling the Utility

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Installing the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility
To take advantage of the enhanced features on ProSafe® Plus switches you can install and
use the ProSafe® Plus Switch Utility. The utility is on the Resource CD shipped with
ProSafe® Plus switches.
Note: The utility is only supported on MS Windows and can be installed on
any Windows PC(s) on the network containing the switches to be
managed.
If an earlier version of the utility is already present on the PC, it will be replaced by the newer
version. Newer versions of the utility are backwards-compatible and support all previously
released ProSafe® Plus switches. If the version of the utility you are trying to install is older
than the one already installed on the PC, the installation will not be performed.
To install the utility:
1. Insert the Resource CD that came with your switch into the PC that you want to use to
manage your switches. The Resource CD home page displays.
Resource CD pages, and the installation guide for the switch can be displayed in several
languages. Use the pull-down menu in the upper right corner of the Resource CD home
screen to select the desired language.
Language
pull-down
menu

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2. Click Install ProSafe® Plus Utility to install the utility program on your PC.
If the Resource CD home page does not display, your PC may have the Autorun feature
disabled. You can enable your PC’s Autorun feature or use the PC’s file manager to
navigate to the CD and double click on Autorun.exe.
Autorun
Note: The utility name may vary slightly between different ProSafe® Plus
switch models.
The utility uses two network programs, WinPcap and Adobe AIR, to process network
commands. If not already installed on your PC, these two programs will also be installed, and
will be placed in your program directory.
3. Click Install Utility.
This creates a NETGEAR subdirectory under the \Program Files
directory on your PC. Installation then copies the utility program into
the \Program Files\Netgear\ProSafe Plus Utility directory, and places
a utility icon on the PC desktop.
The WinPcap and Adobe AIR programs may be used by other network applications and
may already be installed on your PC. If so, a message displays asking if you want to
reinstall WinPcap.
a. Click OK if you think the currently installed WinPcap is an older version or might be
corrupted.
b. Click Cancel if you do not want to overwrite the program already installed. Clicking
Cancel will end the WinPcap portion of installation and will continue installing the
remaining components
a. If the Adobe AIR program is already installed, an “already installed” message
displays. Click Close to end the Adobe AIR portion of installation.
4. Installation is complete. When the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen displays, check
the box to launch the utility or just click Finish if you do not want to launch the utility at this
time. Use the utility icon on your desktop to launch the utility in the future.

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Discovering Switches
When the utility is launched, it immediately searches the network for ProSafe® Plus switches.
Note: Local PC firewall applications such as Symantec Endpoint
Protection can prevent the utility from communicating with the
switches. If the utility is unable to discover your switches and you are
using a local firewall, you will need to turn off the firewall function in
order for discovery to work.
Within a few seconds the utility will discover and list all ProSafe® Plus switches in your
network or in the same broadcast domain. Discovery will continue through the network until
blocked by a router or firewall.
The discovered switches are displayed as shown below.
You can now select a switch to configure or display its status.
At this point you can select an alternate language for the Utility user interface. Click on the
Select Language pull down menu and click on the desired language. You will be asked to
restart the Utility to enable the selected language.

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Utility Features Overview
The utility configures switch features and provides status and support information. The
features are arranged on tabs as shown in the following figure:
System (General Configuration and Information)
Status - indicates which switches are present and if they are operational. If your switch
supports the switch information feature you can display additional information such as IP
Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address.
Maintenance - allows you to change administrator password, reboot the switch, reset to
factory default settings, and if your switch supports it, upgrade switch firmware.
Monitoring - displays port statistics (packets sent or received), tests cable connections, and
allows you to mirror ports.
MultiCast - allows you to change the IGMP snooping settings.
VLAN (Virtual LAN networks)
Port Based - allows you to assign ports to virtual networks.
802.1Q - allows you to create virtual networks using 802.1Q criteria.
QoS (Quality of Service)
Port based - allows you to assign communication priorities to ports.
802.1p based - uses communication priorities from 802.1p tags in the data.
Rate Limit - allows you to set maximum data rate for the device or on some devices per port.
Broadcast Filtering - protects your network from broadcast packet storms that can interfere
with the processing of normal data.
Help
Online Help - online access to technical support information and this manual.
About - version and copyright information.

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Switch Settings
It is possible to make port settings that block further access to the switch you are configuring.
If this occurs you can reset the switch manually to restore access. If you do this, your
previous settings will be lost.
The features on each tab are explained in the following chapters:
• Chapter 2 System Configuration - describes general management features
• Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration - describes how to create and configure VLAN
groups
• Chapter 4 Quality of Service (QoS) - describes how to set data priorities using Global
Configuration, Rate Limiting, and Broadcast filtering
• Chapter 5 Help - describes how to get online support information

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Default Settings
All ProSafe® Plus Switch features have default settings. You do not need to configure any
settings in order to use the ProSafe® Plus switches. The following table lists the default
values for switch settings. Shaded features are not configurable on all switches.
Tab Menu Feature Default Value
System Status
Switch Selection No switch selected
Names All names blank
Passwords “password” for all switches
Switch Information
DHCP Mode Enabled
IP Address 192.168.0.239
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address 192.168.0.254
Maintenance
Change Password All fields blank
Device Reboot Unchecked
Factory Default Unchecked
Firmware Upgrade Filename blank
Monitoring
Port Statistics 0
Mirroring Disabled
Cable Tester OK or No Cable for each port
MultiCast
IGMP Snooping Status Enabled
VLAN IDEnabled for IGMP Snooping 1 (not configurable until VLAN is enabled)
Validate IGMPv3 IP header Disabled
Block Unknown Multicast Address Enabled

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VLAN
Port Based
Basic Disabled
Advanced Disabled
802.1Q
Basic Disabled
Advanced Disabled
QoS
QoS
Global Configuration
QoS Mode 802.1P based
Rate Limit
Ingress No limit
Egress No limit
Broadcast Filtering Disabled
Help
Online Help
Support -
User Guide -
About the Utility About the Utility -
Tab Menu Feature Default Value

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Uninstalling the Utility
To uninstall the utility:
1. Use your PC’s Add or Remove Programs command, Start > Control Panel > Add or
Remove Programs.
2. Select ProSafe Plus Utility and click Change/Remove.
3. When you are asked if you want to completely remove the selected application, click Yes.
4. You can also remove the WinPcap and AIR programs if they are not needed by another
program.

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2. System Configuration 2
This chapter..
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The System tab lets you select a switch to manage, display general information about the
switch, perform basic switch maintenance, and monitor data flow through the switch.
System features are:
Status - indicates which switches are present and if they are operational.
Maintenance - allows you to change administrator password, reboot the switch, reset to
factory default settings and if the feature is available on the selected switch, upgrade switch
firmware.
Monitoring - displays port statistics (packets sent or received), tests cable connections, and
allows you to mirror ports.
All of the features have default settings. You do not need to configure any settings in order to
use the ProSafe® Plus switches. Refer to “Default Settings” on page 1-8 for a list of default
system settings.
System Features
Table 2-1 lists features available on the System tab.
System Tab Features
FeatureDescription
Status
This chapter contains the following topics:
• System Features
• Status
• Maintenance
• Monitoring

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System Features
The System tab lets you select a switch to manage, display general information about the
switch, perform basic switch maintenance, and monitor data flow through the switch. The
switch selection remains in effect until you select a different switch, or quit the utility.
System features are:
Status - indicates which switches are present and if they are operational.
Maintenance - allows you to change administrator password, reboot the switch, reset to
factory default settings and if the supported by the selected switch, upgrade switch firmware.
Monitoring - displays port statistics (packets sent or received), tests cable connections, and
allows you to mirror ports.
MultiCast - allows you to change the IGMP snooping settings.
Table 2-1 Features available on the System tab.
Feature Description
Status
Switch Selection Selects a switch to configure
Switch Information Displays general information for the selected switch
Maintenance
Change Password Changes password for the selected switch
Device Reboot Restarts the selected switch using configured settings
Factory Default Restarts the selected switch with factory default settings
Firmware Upgrade Updates the selected switch with a firmware update saved on the PC
Monitoring
Port Statistics Displays port network traffic for the selected switch
Mirroring Allows a port to receive data sent to another port
Cable Tester Checks cable connections for the ports of the selected switch
MultiCast
IGMP snooping Allows switch to selectively forward multicast traffic

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Status
The Status menu allows you to select a switch and display switch information.
Switch Selection
In order to use any of the System tab features you must first select a switch. Click on the
radio button for the desired switch. You will be asked to enter the password for the selected
switch. The default password for all switches is “password”. When you enter the switch
password and click on Login, the port status for the switch will be displayed. You can then
select Switch Information for additional switch status, or select Maintenance, or Monitoring
for other switch features. When you select a switch, the Status menu displays the status (up
or down) of the ports on the switch and the speed of the device connected to the port. The
switch automatically senses the speed of the device connected to each port.
You can assign a name to the selected switch by entering the name in the Switch Name
field.The switch name can be up to 20 characters. The switch is updated with a new name
when you press the Enter key before leaving the Switch Name field.
Switch Information
The Switch Information feature displays additional information about the selected switch. This
information will vary depending on the model of the selected switch. If the selected switch
supports the Switch Information feature, you can use it to display or configure the IP Address,
Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address.

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DHCP Mode Selection
The Switch Information screen contains a field for DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol) Mode selection. When you enable this setting the switch will obtain a network IP
address from a DHCP server in the network. Each time the switch is powered on or reset, it
will request an IP address from a DHCP Server in the Network. This is called a Dynamic IP
address. If there is no DHCP server in the network, a time out message will be displayed. If
the switch fails to retrieve an IP address from a DHCP server, a default IP address of
192.168.0.239 will be entered.
To enable DHCP operation:
1. Select System >Switch Information. The Switch Information screen will display.
2. Click the list arrow in the DHCP Mode list box.
3. Select Enable then click Apply.
The IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address fields will be disabled (greyed out).
To disable DHCP address assignment, repeat the previous procedure and select
Disable. When you click Apply, you will able to manually enter IP Address, Subnet Mask,
and Gateway Address information.
Manually Setting the IP Address Information
You can manually enter IP address and subnet mask values for the switch as well as the
address of the Gateway device to be used by the switch.
To define an IP interface information:
1. Click System > Status > Switch Information. The Switch Information screen displays.
2. Select Disable for the DHCP Mode. The IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address
fields will be enabled.
3. Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and if available Gateway Address and click Apply.

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Maintenance
The Maintenance feature allows you to change the password for the selected switch, perform
a device reboot, reset the switch to its factory default settings, or upgrade the switch
firmware.
Change Password
To change the password for a switch:
1. Select System > Maintenance. The Maintenance menu and Change Password feature
will display.
2. Enter the old password (default is “password”) and the new password.
3. Click Apply.
Device Reboot
WARNING!
Rebooting the switch will briefly disrupt network traffic through
the switch.
To reboot the selected switch:
1. Select System > Maintenance > Device Reboot. The Device Reboot dialog will
display.
2. Check the box in the Device Reboot dialog.
3. Click Apply.
Reset Factory Defaults
WARNING!
Resetting the factory defaults may briefly disrupt network traffic
through the switch.
To reset the factory default settings on the selected switch:
1. Select System > Maintenance > Factory Default. The Factory Default dialog will
display.
2. Check the box in the Factory Default dialog.
3. Click Apply.

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Firmware Upgrade
Note: After firmware downloading is complete, the switch will
automatically reboot. This will briefly disrupt network traffic through
the switch.
In order to upgrade switch firmware you must first download a firmware upgrade file for the
selected switch from the NETGEAR support website to your PC.
To upgrade firmware on the selected switch:
1. Select System > Maintenance > Firmware Upgrade.
The Firmware Upgrade dialog will display.
2. Click the Browse button and navigate to the location on your PC containing the firmware
upgrade file.
3. Select the upgrade file and click Apply.
The firmware will be downloaded from your PC to the switch and the switch will
automatically reboot.

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Monitoring
The Monitoring menu provides statistics on port data volume, allows you to configure port
mirroring and on some switch models perform cable testing.
Port Statistics
To view port statistics:
1. Select System > Monitoring.
The Port Statistics for the selected switch will display in bytes received, bytes sent, and
packet errors.
Port Mirroring
Port mirroring allows a port to see the data on another port.
To have a switch port see the data on another port:
1. Select System > Status, and select the switch.
2. Select Monitoring > Mirroring to display the Mirroring page.
3. Enable Mirroring.
4. Select the Source Port or ports.
5. Select the Destination Port from the pull down list.
6. Click Apply.
Data on the source port will now also be routed to the destination port.