Alloy GSS-24T2SFP User Manual

1 ALLOY 24-Port Gigabit Web Smart Switch GSS-24T2SFP (24x 10/100/1000Mbps ports + 2 paired SFP Ports) GSS-8T16SFP (8x 10/100/1000Mbps ports + 16 S

10 Speed / Duplex – to setup the link speed and duplex mode while in forced mode The options for this function can be selected only when the Auto N

112.3 About the Copper/Fiber Media Auto-Detection This switch provides an option to use either copper or fiber media for the first two combo ports -

122.4 Port Statistics Port Statistics function will let you to see the TX/RX packet counters for each port. Clear Counters button will clear all

13The table shown below provides a description for each column. UnicastPkts Number of good unicast packets transmitted. MulticastPkts Number of g

142.5 Port-Based VLAN Port-based VLAN divides the switches ports into different Virtual LAN domain groups. After setting up port -based VLAN, ports

15Add Port-Based VLAN Groups To add a port-based VLAN group, select the Create New VLAN in VLAN NO dropdown of the Port-Based VLAN page shown as belo

16Below is an example page where the Administrator has set Ports1-12 to VLAN Group2 after clicking the Create button. There now exists a VLAN group N

172.5.1 Delete Port-Based VLAN Groups To delete a port-based VLAN group, just select a desired group (e.g. No.2) to be removed and click the Remove

182.5.2 Edit Port-Based VLAN Groups To edit the current port-based VLAN group, first select the group (e.g. group No. 3) that you want to edit. To a

192.6 802.1Q VLAN IEEE 802.1q (tag-based) VLAN’s can add or strip 802.1q tags based on your parameters set for each transmitting port. Select the 80

2TABLE OF CONTENT 1 Introduction...

202.6.1 Enable/Disable VLAN In the 802.1Q VLAN page, you can enable/disable the tag-based VLAN function by clicking the (Enable) or (Disable) hyperl

212.6.2 802.1Q VLAN Port Configuration Click the Port number to configure the port for 802.1q VLAN. The following figure shows the 802.1Q VLAN Por

222.6.3 802.1Q VLAN Config The following figure displays the add/delete/edit function for 802.1q VLAN entries. Each VLAN entry has 3 parameters, VID

23Here is an example on how to configure the 802.1q VLAN. Now there are four existing 802.1q VLAN entries shown as below. Note: You can delete 8

24If you would like to edit the parameters of an 802.1q VLAN, just select a VID to be changed (e.g. VID =300), then make the required changes and c

252.7 Trunking The GSS-24T2SFP web smart switch supports MAC-based trunking. This allows more than one port to be grouped together as a single link

26 2.7.1 Trunking Rules The following rules determine your configuration for port trunking:  The attributes of all trunk member ports in Port Conf

27 When the enabled trunk group is set to disabled, all trunk member ports will be released to ordinary ports and their functions can be configured

282.7.2 Get/Refresh the Latest Trunk Settings Click the Trunk menu on the web page, the latest trunk settings on the switch will be displayed.

292.7.3 Enable Trunk ¾ Step 1: Choose the Distribution Criterion. ¾ Step 2: Choose the member port(s) up to 8 ports for each trunk group. ¾ Step

32.11.3 ARL Aging ... 50 2.12 User Management

302.7.4 Modify Trunk Settings ¾ Step 1: Choose the Distribution Criterion. ¾ Step 2: Choose the member port(s) up to 8 ports for each trunk group.

312.7.5 Disable Trunk ¾ Step 1: Click the Not Trunking hyperlink (the baseline option) ¾ Step 2: Click the Apply button to disable trunking.

322.8 Port Mirroring Port mirroring allows ingress and/or egress traffic to be monitored by a single port. The single port is defined as the mirror

332.8.1 Get/Refresh the Latest Mirror Settings Click the Mirror menu on the web page, the latest mirror settings on the switch will be displayed.

342.8.2 Enable Mirror ¾ Step 1: Choose the Mirror option as Mirror All Frames. ¾ Step 2: Choose the Monitored Port (ie Port16) ¾ Step 3: Choose t

352.8.3 Modify Mirror Settings ¾ Step 1: Change the Mirror option as Mirror Outgoing Frames. ¾ Step 2: Change the Monitored Port to be Port3 ¾ St

362.8.4 Disable Mirror ¾ Step 1: Choose the Mirror option as Disable Mirror. ¾ Step 2: Click the Apply button to disable mirroring.

372.9 QOS (Quality of Service) The 24G web smart switch provides up to four internal transmit queues per port to support four different traffic prio

382.9.1 Get/Refresh the Latest QOS Settings Click the QOS menu on the web page, the latest QOS settings on the switch will be displayed. The fo

392.9.2 Enable QOS ¾ Step 1: Choose the Scheduling Method (ie: Weighted Round Robin). ¾ Step 2: Set Priority/Queue map (ie: Priority1, 2, 3 and 4

41 Introduction The GSS-24T2SFP web smart switch is a high performance web-smart Layer 2 switch that provides users with switched 24 10/100/1000Mbps

402.9.3 Modify QOS Settings ¾ Step 1: Change the Scheduling Method to be Strict Priority. ¾ Step 2: Change the Priority/Queue map (ie: Prirotiy0 b

412.10 Rate and Storm Control To improve overall system performance, the GSS-24T2SFP web smart switch provides rate and broadcast storm control. Thi

42 Select the port number to setup the per-port rate control value. In this page an ingress rate limit dropdown is shown as in the following figure,

43 2.10.2 Storm Control In the Rate Limit and Storm Control page, the hyperlink (e.g. Disabled) on the row labeled Storm Control, shows the current

44 Storm Control Rate – this field provides 13 different control rates from 1fps (frames per second) to 15,000fps. This dropdown will be disabled w

452.11 System Setup System Setup page provides management information for the switch. The page shown below can be activated by clicking on the Syste

462.11.1 Firmware Update The GSS-24T2SFP web smart switch provides a firmware update feature, customized requests and system fault recovery. The pag

47Firmware Update Via TFTP To perform the firmware update process, it is necessary to correctly prepare a TFTP server and the firmware file which

48 2.11.1.1 Firmware Update Via BOOTP/TFTP Before performing the firmware update, please correctly prepare a BOOTP/TFTP server and the firmware f

492.11.2 DHCP Client The IP address of the GSS-24T2SFP web smart switch can be statically assigned by the system administrator or dynamically assign

5Main Features  Utilizes Latest Broadcom chipset  Non-blocking, full-line speed, store-and-forward operation  Support normal Ethernet frames

502.11.3 ARL Aging The GSS-24T2SFP web smart switch supports an auto aging timer for MAC address entries in address table. If ARL aging is enabled a

512.12 User Management The User management screen is used to maintain the username and password for login validation to access to the switch. The sw

522.13 Reset System The switch can be rebooted or factory defaulted via the following methods. Click Reboot System menu to reboot the switch. Cli

532.14 Command Line Interface (CLI) In addition to the web management interface, the GSS-24T2SFP web smart switch also provides a serial interface (

54 Help Menu Press “H”, “h” or “?” to show all management commands in console.  Get System Information Press “IG” or “ig” to show model name an

55 Configure Network Press “NS” or “ns” to configure system network. If the Administrator wants to assign the switch an IP address by DHCP server

56 Upgrade Firmware Via TFTP or BOOTP/TFTP Press “UF” or “uf” to start firmware upgrade progress via TFTP server. Choose “1” to update firmware v

57 Reboot System After Write Default Press “RD” or “rd” to reset the switch to factory default settings.  Logout Press “LO” or “lo” to logout s

583 Specifications  Standards Compliance IEEE 802.3 10BaseT Ethernet IEEE 802.3u 100BaseTX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base Gigabit Ethernet I

59 Power Input: 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz Power consumption: 40 Watts max.  Dimensions 440mm (W) × 184mm (D) × 44mm (H)  Weight 2.3 Kg  Electrom

61.1 Managing The Switch Plug-in the power source to power-up the switch. After the switch is powered-on and in a ready state (both the LED indicat

71.2 Configuration Functions for the Switch After the login is successfully validated, the switch’s home page will display. The left part of the pag

82 Configuration 2.1 Port Status The Port Status page provides link status information. This page provides the following information:  P

92.2 Port Configuration If you need to configure port parameters, then select the desired port by clicking the Port number in the Port Status page.