Asus GIGAX2024 User manual
GigaX2024/2048
User Manual
Layer 2 Managed Switch
E2301
October 2005 V2.3
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference, and
• This device must accept any interference received including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturerʼs
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the userʼs authority to operate this equipment.
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise
emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of
the Canadian Department of Communications.
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
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ASUS contact information
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan
General Tel: +886-2-2894-3447
General Fax: +886-2-2894-7798
Web Site: www.asus.com.tw
Technical Support
MB/Others (Tel): +886-2-2890-7121 (English)
Notebook (Tel): +886-2-2890-7122 (English)
Desktop/Server (Tel): +886-2-2890-7123 (English)
Support Fax: +886-2-2890-7698
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
Address: 44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538, USA
General Fax: +1-502-933-8713
General Email: [email protected]
Web Site: usa.asus.com
Technical Support
Support Fax: +1-502-933-8713
General Support: +1-502-995-0883
Notebook Support: +1-510-739-3777 x5110
Support Email: [email protected]
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)
Address: Harkort Str. 25, D-40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany
General Fax: +49-2102-9599-31
General Email: [email protected] (for marketing requests only)
Technical Support
Support Hotlines: (Components) +49-2102-95990
(Notebook PC) +49-2102-959910
Support Fax: +49-2102-959911
Support Email: www.asuscom.de/de/support (for online support)
Web Site: www.asuscom.de
ASUS COMPUTER (Middle East and North Africa)
Address: P.O. Box 64133, Dubai, U.A.E.
General Tel.: +9714-283-1774
General Fax: +9714-283-1775
General Email: www.ASUSarabia.com
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................. 1
1.1 GigaX2024/2048 features ........................................................... 1
1.2 Conventions used in this document ........................................... 2
1.2.1 Notations ........................................................................................ 2
1.2.2 Typography ..................................................................................... 2
1.2.3 Symbols .......................................................................................... 2
2 Getting to know the GigaX ...................................................... 3
2.1 Package contents ....................................................................... 3
2.2 Front Panel .................................................................................. 4
2.3 Rear Panel .................................................................................. 5
2.4 Technical specifications ............................................................... 5
3 Quick start guide ..................................................................... 6
3.1 Part 1 — Installing the hardware .................................................. 6
3.1.1 Installing the switch on a flat surface .............................................. 6
3.1.2 Mounting the switch on a rack ........................................................ 6
3.2 Part 2 — Setting up the switch ..................................................... 6
3.2.1 Connect the console port ................................................................ 6
3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN ............................................... 7
3.2.3 Attach the RPS module ................................................................. 7
3.2.4 Attach the power adapter ............................................................... 7
3.3 Part 3 — Basic switch setting for management ........................... 8
3.3.1 Setting up through the console port ............................................... 8
3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface ............................................. 9
4 Management with the Web Interface ................................... 12
4.1 Log into Web user interface ....................................................... 12
4.2 Functional layout ........................................................................ 14
4.2.1 Menu navigation tips ..................................................................... 15
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4.2.2 Commonly used buttons and icons ............................................. 16
4.3 System Pages ............................................................................ 16
4.3.1 Management ................................................................................. 16
4.3.2 IP Setup ........................................................................................ 17
4.3.3 Administration .............................................................................. 18
4.3.4 Reboot ......................................................................................... 18
4.3.5 Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................ 18
4.4 Physical Interface ..................................................................... 19
4.5 Bridge ......................................................................................... 20
4.5.1 Spanning Tree .............................................................................. 20
4.5.2 Link Aggregation ........................................................................... 21
4.5.3 Mirroring ....................................................................................... 23
4.5.4 Static Multicast ............................................................................. 24
4.5.5 IGMP Snooping ............................................................................ 25
4.5.6 Traffic Control ............................................................................... 25
4.5.7 Dynamic Addresses ...................................................................... 26
4.5.8 Static Addresses ........................................................................... 27
4.5.9 Tagged VLAN ............................................................................... 27
4.5.10 Default Port VLAN and CoS ....................................................... 29
4.5.11 DHCP Snooping ......................................................................... 30
4.6 SNMP ......................................................................................... 31
4.6.1 Community Table .......................................................................... 31
4.6.2 Host Table ..................................................................................... 31
4.6.3 Trap Setting .................................................................................. 32
4.6.4 VACM Group ................................................................................ 32
4.6.5 VACM View ................................................................................... 33
4.6.6 USM User ..................................................................................... 34
4.7 Filters ......................................................................................... 35
4.7.1 Filter Set ....................................................................................... 35
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4.7.2 Filter Attach ................................................................................... 37
4.8 Security ...................................................................................... 38
4.8.1 Port Access Control ...................................................................... 38
4.8.2 Dial-In User ................................................................................... 40
4.8.3 RADIUS ........................................................................................ 40
4.8.4 Port Security ................................................................................. 41
4.8.4.1 Port Configuration ................................................................. 41
4.8.4.2 Port Status ............................................................................ 42
4.8.4.3 Secure MAC Addresses ....................................................... 44
4.9 QoS ............................................................................................ 44
4.9.1 Trust State .................................................................................... 45
4.9.2 Mapping ........................................................................................ 46
4.9.3 Class Set ...................................................................................... 46
4.9.4 Policy Set ...................................................................................... 47
4.9.5 Policy Attach ................................................................................. 49
4.9.6 CoS ............................................................................................... 49
4.10 Statistics Chart ........................................................................ 50
4.10.1 Traffic Comparison ...................................................................... 50
4.10.2 Error Group ................................................................................. 51
4.10.3 Historical Status .......................................................................... 52
4.11 Save Configuration .................................................................. 53
5 Console Interface .................................................................. 54
5.1 Power On Self Test .................................................................... 54
5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode ......................................................... 55
5.1.2 Boot ROM Commands ................................................................. 55
5.2 Login and Logout ....................................................................... 57
5.3 CLI Commands .......................................................................... 57
5.3.1 System Commands ...................................................................... 57
5.3.2 Physical Interface Commands ...................................................... 60
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5.3.3 Bridge Commands ........................................................................ 60
5.3.4 SNMP ........................................................................................... 68
5.3.5 Filters Commands ........................................................................ 74
5.3.6 Security Commands ..................................................................... 77
5.3.7 QoS Commands ........................................................................... 82
5.4 Miscellaneous Commands ......................................................... 85
6 IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets ...................... 86
6.1 IP Addresses .............................................................................. 86
6.1.1 Structure of an IP address ............................................................ 86
6.1.2 Network classes ........................................................................... 87
6.2 Subnet masks ............................................................................ 87
7 Troubleshooting .................................................................... 89
7.1 Diagnosing problems using IP utilities ....................................... 89
7.1.1 ping ............................................................................................... 89
7.1.2 nslookup ....................................................................................... 90
7.2 Replacing defective fans ............................................................ 91
7.3 Simple fixes ................................................................................ 93
8 Glossary ................................................................................. 95
9 Index ..................................................................................... 101
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List of Figures
Figure 1. GigaX L2 managed switch package contents ..................................... 3
Figure 2. Front panel (GigaX 2048) .................................................................... 4
Figure 3. Front panel (GigaX 2024) .................................................................... 4
Figure 4. Rear panel ........................................................................................... 5
Figure 5. Overview of Hardware Connections .................................................... 7
Figure 6. Login and IP setup Screen .................................................................. 9
Figure 7. Login Screen ..................................................................................... 10
Figure 8. IP Setup (GigaX 2048) ...................................................................... 11
Figure 9. IP Setup (GigaX 2024) ...................................................................... 11
Figure 10. Configuration manager login screen ............................................... 12
Figure 11. Home page (GigaX 2048) ................................................................ 13
Figure 12. Home page (GigaX 2024) ............................................................... 13
Figure 13. Top frame (GigaX 2048) .................................................................. 14
Figure 14. Top frame (GigaX 2024) .................................................................. 14
Figure 15. Expanded Menu List ........................................................................ 15
Figure 16. Management ................................................................................... 17
Figure 17. IP Setup ........................................................................................... 17
Figure 18. Administration .................................................................................. 18
Figure 19. Reboot ............................................................................................. 18
Figure 20. Firmware Upgrade ........................................................................... 19
Figure 21. Physical Interface ........................................................................... 20
Figure 22. Spanning Tree ................................................................................. 21
Figure 23. Link aggregation (GigaX 2048) ....................................................... 23
Figure 24. Link aggregation (GigaX 2024) ....................................................... 23
Figure 25. Mirroring page (GigaX 2048) ........................................................... 24
Figure 26. Mirroring page (GigaX 2024) ........................................................... 24
Figure 27. Static Multicast (GigaX 2048) .......................................................... 25
Figure 28. Static Multicast (GigaX 2024) .......................................................... 25
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Figure 29. IGMP Snooping ................................................................................ 25
Figure 30. Traffic Control .................................................................................. 26
Figure 31. Dynamic Address ............................................................................. 26
Figure 32.Static Address ................................................................................... 27
Figure 33. Tagged VLAN (GigaX 2048) ............................................................ 29
Figure 34. Tagged VLAN (GigaX 2024) ............................................................ 29
Figure 35. Default Port VLAN and CoS ........................................................... 30
Figure 36. DHCP Snooping (GigaX 2048) ........................................................ 30
Figure 37. DHCP Snooping (GigaX 2024) ........................................................ 30
Figure 38. Community Table ............................................................................ 31
Figure 39. Host Table ........................................................................................ 31
Figure 40. Trap Setting ..................................................................................... 32
Figure 41. VACM Group .................................................................................... 33
Figure 42. VACM View ...................................................................................... 34
Figure 43. USM User ........................................................................................ 35
Figure 44. Filter Set .......................................................................................... 36
Figure 45. Filter Rule in MAC mode .................................................................. 36
Figure 46. Filter Rule in IP mode ...................................................................... 36
Figure 47. Filter Attach (GigaX 2048) ............................................................... 37
Figure 48. Filter Attach (GigaX 2024) ............................................................... 38
Figure 49. Port Access Control ......................................................................... 39
Figure 50. Dial-In user ...................................................................................... 40
Figure 51. RADIUS .......................................................................................... 41
Figure 52. Port Configuration ............................................................................ 42
Figure 53. Port Status ....................................................................................... 43
Figure 54. Secure MAC Addresses ................................................................... 44
Figure 55. Trust State ....................................................................................... 46
Figure 56. Mapping ........................................................................................... 46
Figure 57. Class Set ......................................................................................... 47
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