This topic describes each page of the Web User Interface and provides basic instruction for using each page.
Ports 15 and 16 are either RJ-45 or mini-GBIC: if a mini-GBIC is connected, the corresponding RJ-45 port is disabled.
The Port Setting page shows the status of each port.
To update the status, click Refresh.
To set the speed, flow control, or QoS priority for a port:
Click the port ID number.
The settings for the selected port appear:
Select the values that you want for the port:
Speed/Disable has six modes for RJ-45 ports: 100M Full, 100M Half, 10M Full, 10M Half, Auto, and Disable.
If you are using port 24 or port 25 as a mini-GBIC port, you can select only 1G Full, Auto, or Disable.
Flow Control determines whether or not the switch will be handling flow control. To avoid data transfer overflow, set flow control to Enable. If you do not want the switch to handle flow control, select Disable.
QoS sets the priority for the port. If you select High, the port will have 4 times the priority of ports for which you select Normal.
Click Apply.
By default, all ports on the smart switch participate in a single group, or VLAN, designated with the ID 01. You can group the ports differently so that each group acts as a separate VLAN. A port can only communicate with other ports in the same VLAN. Consequently, a port that does not participate in any VLAN cannot communicate with any other port on the switch. However, a port can participate in multiple VLANs and thereby have access to the resources in all of the VLANs in which it participates.
Any device connected to a port becomes a member in all VLANs in which the port participates. The device is not required to insert VLAN tags to outgoing traffic.
Note that the trunking function depends on VLANs. If a VLAN has a trunked port as a member, all ports on the same trunk must also be members of the VLAN.
To add a VLAN group:
Click Add Group.
The VLAN Setting page appears, and the ID number is assigned automatically:
Enter a unique VLAN description and select the ports that are to participate in the new VLAN.
To help you select ports, Set all selects all ports and Clear all clears all selections.
The trunk function lets you connect one to another for the purpose of increasing bandwidth. You can define up to 3 trunks with predefined trunk ID numbers and predefined member sets.
Make sure that the ports to be used for trunking participate in the same VLAN.
In the trunking function, Enable the group for trunking.
Select the Member ports to be used for trunking. You can select the first 2 or the first 4 ports in each block of 8 ports.
Click Apply.
Port mirroring forwards a copy of each packet from one port of a network switch to another port where the packet can be studied. Based on the results of this study, you can alter switch performance if necessary. To enable port mirroring:
Select a Sniffer Mode to determine whether transmitted packets or received packets are to be captured:
TX mirrors the packets transmitted from the source port.
RX mirrors the packets received by the source port.
Both mirrors packets transmitted through the source port in either direction.
Assign a Sniffer Port to which the packets will be sent. Depending on the amount of traffic being mirrored, the sniffer port may not be able to handle all of the data that it receives.
Select a Source Port from which to copy packets.
Click Apply.
The switch supports only one pair of sniffer and source ports. If you follow steps 1–4 a second time, you will be overriding the first pair that you defined, not setting an additional pair.
The status page displays the status of the port, VLANs, trunks, and mirroring. To update the status, click Refresh.
The statistics page shows performance statistics for each port on the switch.
To update the statistics, click Refresh.
To reset all counters to zero, click Clear Counters.
To see more detail for a port, click its port number. The port statistics page appears:
System settings include both descriptive information that makes it easy for you to identify a specific switch and addressing information, which determines the subnet of which the switch is a member.
System Name and Location Name are descriptive terms for your use; they have no bearing on the operation of the switch.
Login Timeout determines how long the can remain idle before requiring you to re-enter the password for access.
IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway are manually assigned.
Remember to click Apply after entering any changes.
The sends traps for two kinds of events: bootup and invalid password login attempts. If you are using a Windows operating system, you can view the traps through the monitor list in the . To set the traps:
Enter the IP Address of the computer that is running the .
Select the kind of trap that you want to set.
Click Apply.
Use the to add the switch to the monitor list.
The password is required to make changes to the switch configuration through either the or the . USRobotics recommends that you change the password from its default of in order to prevent unauthorised changes to your configuration. To change the password:
Enter the Old Password.
Enter the New Password.
In Re-type New Password, enter the new password again.
Click Apply.
If you forget your password, you must reset the switch to its factory default settings by pressing the RESET button on the switch. After resetting the switch, you will have to reapply all of your configuration settings either manually or by restoring them from a backup.
You can save your configuration settings to a file. If you ever need to reset the switch to its factory defaults, you can then restore your settings from the backup file so that you do not have to re-apply them manually. Restoring settings from a backup file does not override the current password.
To back up your configuration:
Click Backup.
When prompted to save the file, click Save.
Browse to the folder in which you want the file saved and click Save.
To restore your configuration:
In Restore saved setting from file type the file name or browse to your backup file.
Click Restore.
You can use the to reset the switch to its factory defaults.
Note: After successfully resetting the switch, your computer will lose connectivity to the switch unless the computer is in the same subnet as (the default IP address of the switch).
To reset the switch, click Factory Reset.