ZyXEL Communications ES-2108 Manual

ZyXEL ES-2108 Series
(ES-2108/ES-2108G/ES-2108PWR/ES-2108-LC)
Ethernet Switch
Support Notes
Version 3.60
Feb 2006

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INDEX
How to manage & maintain your Switch?
Firmware Upgrade
Restore a Configuration File
Backing Up a Configuration File
Load Factory Defaults
Physical Switch connection
Connecting two switches via Fiber Channel (2108-LC)
Separating a physical network into many virtual networks
Introduction to Virtual LAN
Port Based Virtual LAN
Setting up Port Based VLAN
IEEE 802.1Q Tag-based VLAN
Setting up Tag-based VLAN
To ring a network by building reducdent links and connections between Switch
Introduction to Spanning Tree Protocol
How does Spanning Tree Protocol Work?
Switching security
MAC freeze
Centralized Management
Introduction of SNMPc and NetAtlas
*NetAtlas v1.02 supports ES-2108 & ES-2108G
Cluster Management -- iStacking
FAQ
What is ES-2108-LC
What is the default setting of the IP parameters?
What is the default login Name and Password of the Web
Configuration?
How to access the Switch through the console port?
What is default login password of the console, telnet, and FTP?
How to change the password?
How to access the Command Line Interface?
If I forgot the Switch password, how can I reset the password to
default?
How do I configure an IP address?
Is Online Help available on the Web GUI?
How to restart device from Web?
How to check the current running firmware version?
Is the mini GBIC transceiver hot-swappable?
What fiber cable can I use for the 100FX port?
How far does the 100FX port support in Kilometer on ES-2108-LC?
Do I need any addition stuff (such like transceiver) when I connect 2

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100FX Ports?
Is Port 8 on EC-2108-LC the "Dual-Personality interface" which will
share the interface with the Mini-GB (SFP) or 100FX Port?
When I enabled Port Isolated mode, what is the uplink port on
ES-2108-LC?
Remaining:
The following demonstration may not use the exact model that you are using.
However, their functions and settings work the same way.

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How to manage & maintain your Switch?
Firmware Upgrade
From Web GUI:
1. Download (and unzipped) the correct model firmware to your computer.
2. Click Management and then Maintenance in the navigator panel to bring
up the following screen.
3. Click on the “Click Here” link of the Firmware Upgrade to bring up the
following screen.
4. Browse the firmware located or type in the path into the “File Path” field.
5. Click on the Upgrade button.

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From Console Port:
1. Download (and unzipped) the correct model firmware to your computer.
2. Connect to the console port and open the Terminal Emulation Software.
3. Restarting the switch to enter the debug mode via the terminal.
4. Enter “ATUR”.
5. Use X-modem protocol to transfer (Send File) the firmware.
6. Enter “ATGO” to restart the switch after done uploading the firmware.
From Command Line FTP:
1. Download (and unzipped) the correct model firmware to your computer.
2. Launch the FTP client on your PC to login to Switch. (From the command
prompt, type “ftp <Switch IP>”
3. Press “Enter” for the User name
4. Enter password to get the ftp prompt.
5. Enter “bin” to set transfer mode to binary.
6. Use “put” to transfer the firmware from the computer to the switch, for
example: “put firmware.bin ras” transfers the firmware on your computer
(firmware.bin) to the switch and renames it “ras”.
7. Enter “quit” to exit the ftp prompt.

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Restore a Configuration File
From Web GUI:
1. Click Management and then Maintenance in the navigator panel to bring
up the following screen.
2. Click on the “Click Here” link of the Restore Configuration to bring up the
following screen.
3. Browse to locate the file with the file name or type in the path and the file
name into the “File Path” field.
4. Click on the Restore button.
From Console Port:
1. Connect to the console port and open the Terminal Emulation Software.

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2. Restarting the Switch to enter the debug mode via the terminal.
3. Enter “ATLC”
4. Use X-modem protocol to transfer (Send File) the firmware.
5. Enter “ATGO” to restart the Switch after done uploading the configuration
file.
From Command Line FTP:
1. Download (and unzipped) the correct model firmware to your computer.
2. Launch the FTP client on your PC to login to Switch. (From the command
prompt, type “ftp <Switch IP>”.
3. Press “Enter” for the User name
4. Enter password to get the ftp prompt.
5. Enter “bin” to set transfer mode to binary.
6. Use “put” to transfer the the configuration file from the computer to the
switch, for example: “put comfig.rom rom-0” transfers the firmware on your
computer (config.rom) to the switch and renames it “rom-0”.
7. Enter “quit” to exit the ftp prompt.

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Backing Up a Configuration File
From Web GUI:
1. Click Management and then Maintenance in the navigator panel to bring
up the following screen.
2. Click on the “Click Here” link of the Backup Configuration to bring up the
following screen.
3. Click on the “Backup” button to bring up the File Download dialog. Then,
clicking on the Save button to backup the configuration rom file to a proper
location.
From Console Port:
1. Connect to the console port and open the Terminal Emulation Software.
2. Restarting the Switch to enter the debug mode via the terminal.
3. Enter “ATTD”

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4. Use X-modem protocol to transfer (Receive File) the firmware.
5. Enter “ATGO” to restart the Switch after done uploading the configuration
file.
From Command Line FTP:
1. Download (and unzipped) the correct model firmware to your computer.
2. Launch the FTP client on your PC to login Switch. (From the command
prompt, type “ftp <Switch IP>”
3. Press “Enter” for the User name
4. Enter password to get the ftp prompt.
5. Enter “bin” to set transfer mode to binary.
6. Use “get” to transfer the firmware from the computer to the switch, for
example: “get rom-0 config.rom” transfers the firmware on your computer
(config.rom) to the switch and renames it “config.rom”.
7. Enter “quit” to exit the ftp prompt.

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Load Factory Defaults
From Web GUI:
1. Click Management and then Maintenance in the navigator panel to bring
up the following screen.
2. Click on the “Click Here” button of the Load Factory Defaults to bring up
the following screen.
3. A dialog pops up with the message “Are you sure you want to load factory
defaults?”.
4. Click OK to go to the following dialog.
5. Click on the OK button. Now, all switch configurations has been reset to
the factory defaults and the system will be restarted.
6. Please note that the switch IP address is now 192.168.1.1.
From Console Port:
1. Connect to the console port and open the Terminal Emulation Software.
2. Type in the correct password to bring up the prompt.
Type “erase run” to load the factory default configurations.