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WGSW-1602

16-Port Fast Ethernet Switch with 2 GbE slots


Chapter 3 Web-Based Management

Web-Based Management allows Switch configuration changes to be made using an Internet Web browser. This interface also allows for system monitoring of the Switch.

3.1 Configuration

The management function of this interface runs as an unsigned Java applet. As a result, your browsers security setting should be set as following:

    1. Click on Edit
    2. Pick up Preferences item
    3. Select the Advanced category
    4. Make sure Enable Java is checked
    5. Make sure Enable JavaScript is checked
    6. Press OK
    1. Click on View
    2. Pick up Internet Options
    3. Select the Security tab
    4. Set Zone to Local Intranet
    5. Click Add Sites, click Advanced and add the IP address of the switch to the zone
    6. Set the security level to Custom
    7. Press the Settingbutton
    8. Scroll down and set Java permissions to Custom
    9. Press the Java Custom Settings button
    10. Select the Edit Permissions tab
    11. Set Run Unsigned Content to Enable
    12. Press OK for all open dialog windows
    1. Click on Tools
    2. Pick Internet Options
    3. Select the Security tab
    4. Select Local Intranet (click on the icon)
    5. Click on Sites, click Advanced and add the IP address of the switch to the zone
    6. Click on Custom Level
    7. Scroll down and set Java Permissions to Custom
    8. Press the Java Custom Settings button
    9. Select the Edit Permissions tab
    10. Set Run Unsigned Content to Enable
    11. Press OK for all open dialog windows

3.2 Web Pages

The arrangement of the Switch homepage consists of traditional web site hyperlinks for associated information and Java windows for system management.

Upon connecting to the switch via a web browser (i.e. Netscape Navigator 4.0), Key in the IP address of the switch or the alias name. The login screen will appear prompting for an administrator user name and password. Enter the password to access the switchs management mode. (or simply hit Enter if password protection is disabled). If a password box does not appear in the window, it means that the web browsers security setting is not correct for the JAVA applet. Section 3.1 outlines the correct browser settings.

Figure 3-1 : Password Screen

The default user name and password is rootand switch, After the password is entered you will see the main menu screen.

Note: If password protection is enabled (using the console) without setting your own password, the default password is switch.

Figure 3-2: The start up screen of WGSW-1602 Web Page

LED Monitor

The LED Monitor (shows on the right/upper corner of the screen), in near real-time, the activity and status of the unit and all ports. The display includes all the possible module configurations for the switch. Modules that are installed are shown in solid color. Modules that are not installed are displayed in faded gray. Click on the related port will bring up the Port Configurationof that clicked port.

LED Monitor screen with gigabit module in slot 1 and 8-port module in slot 2

Options

The Option field on the left hand side shows the available function for the management.

Display screen

The screen on the right hand side  display the information of the selected options.


3.3. Introduction

As soon as start up the Web page of your WGSW-1602, the switch will shows the introduction page. The Introduction will explain the proper procedure for setting up the web interface. Make sure that the Java settings for your web browser have been setup correctly. If the Java is not set up correctly the web page will not work correctly.


3.4. System Manager

The system manager contains all system operations and general information. It is organized with several sub-folders:

General Info General system information and administration
IP Settings IP parameters
Password Settings Disable/Enable the password protection or change the password
NVRAM Settings Save the setting or Reset the switch to factory default

Firmware Upgrade

Setup for TFTP download the latest firmware
Reset Reset the switch

3.4.1 General Info

The following fields are accessible under the general info page:

There are three fields that are site specific and can be modified by the system administrator:

Notice that there are two buttons, Submit and Refresh, in the lower part of the window. The Refresh button is used for reloading values while the Submit button is for saving values to the Switch.

Figure 3-3: General: System Information

 

3.4.2 IP Settings

There are three tunable parameters to be set by the system administrator.

Figure 3-4: System Manager: IP Settings

3.4.3 Password Admin

The password entered is encrypted on the screen and will display as a sequence of asterisks (*).

Note: Password protection is optional and can only be enabled through the console interface. If the password protection is enabled without setting your own password, the default password is switch.

Figure 3-5: System Manager: Password Admin

3.4.4 NVRAM Admin

After making any changes to the screens within the Web Interface, users must save the changed settings to NVRAM. This is done in the system administration screen in order for the new settings to remain after a system reboot.

Save Configuration to NVRAM

Restore Defaults

Figure 3-6: System Manager: NVRAM Admin

3.4.5 Firmware Upgrade

In the Firmware Upgrade screen, the system can be configured to download and boot from a new image off the network. (Please refer to Chapter 5 when updating software)

Save the configuration to NVRAM and reset the switch. The image will load-up automatically after the switch resets.

Figure 3-7: System Manager: Firmware Upgrade

3.4.6 Reset

In this screen the user can reset (power cycle) the switch. This is primarily used to upgrade the firmware or restore defaults.

Figure 3-8: System Manager: Reset


3.5 Port Manager

This page will allow access to the port parameters. The parameters available are as follows:

Figure 3-9: Port Manager


3.6 Address Manager

3.6.1 Static Addressing

Any system, whose MAC address and the port number are listed in this screen, will not be purged from the systems forwarding table by the ageing process.

Add a new entry

Remove an exist entry

Figure 3-10: Address Manager: Static Address

3.6.2 Address Ageing

Ageing Time is a variable that must be configured. Its purpose is to determine the amount of time an entry is held in the forwarding tables.

The default value is set to 300 seconds, (or 5 minutes).

Figure 3-11: Address Manager: Address Ageing


3.7 Spanning Tree

3.7.1 Bridging Setting

Spanning Tree can be enabled or disabled in this screen.

Enable: There are four other tunable parameters to be addressed.

Disable: Disable spanning tree algorithm on the system.

Figure 3-12: Spanning Tree: Bridge Settings

3.7.2 Port Setting

For the Port Settings options, you can specify spanning tree parameters for each port. These parameters include port priority and path cost.

Figure 3-13: Spanning Tree: Port Settings


3.8 VLAN Setup

3.8.1 Membership

The VLAN option allows users to define VLAN groups. The Add a new VLANoption will create a new VLAN. The VLAN tagging option is a standard set by the IEEE to facilitate the spanning of VLANs across multiple switches (Reference: Appendix A and IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998 Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks).

Add VLAN Group

Remove VLAN Group

Add VLAN Membership

Remove VLAN Membership

Figure 3-14: VLAN Setup: Membership

3.8.2 PVID Settings

All untagged packets entering the switch will by default be tagged with the ID specified by the ports PVID. This screen allows you to specify the PVID for each port.

Figure 3-15: VLAN Setup: PVID Settings


3.9 Port Trunking

Port Trunking is a feature that allows multiple links between switches to work as one virtual link or aggregate link. Trunks can be defined for similar port types only. For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. For 10/100 ports, trunks can only be formed within the same cluster. A cluster is a set of eight ports (maximum) for WGSW-1602.

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Figure 3-17: Port Trunking

Please be noted, the trunked switch should also support Port Trunking as well, for example another WGSW-1602 or WGSW-800 with trunking support turned on.


3.10 Port Mirroring

Port mirroring is a feature to help in the debugging of a network. This web interface page allows enabling or disabling of port mirroring and the setting of source and monitor ports. The Monitor port will show a copy of every packet that arrives or leaves the source port.

Figure 3-17: Port Mirroring


3.11 SNMP Management

The SNMP menu contains the following sub-menus:

3.11.1 Community Table

In the Community Table the administrator can create different community strings with customized access by choosing combinations of GET, SET and TRAP rights.

Figure 3-18: SNMP Management: Community Table

3.11.2 Host Table

  1. The SNMP Host Table screen allows you to add and remove hosts from access rights that have been granted to community groups. The permissions GET, SET and TRAP are assigned to a community name and then these permissions are assigned to individual machines by adding those machines and their IP address to the appropriate community string. Host Authorization can be Enabled or Disabled.

Figure 3-19: SNMP Management: Host Table

         

3.11.3 Trap Setting

The SNMP Trap Setting allows for the setup of authentication traps.

Authentication traps

All hosts in community strings with TRAP privileges will be notified when a trap condition occurs.

Figure 3-20: SNMP Management: Trap Settings


3.12 Statistics

The statistics page allows the administrator to chart different system data. There are three parameters to set: Statistic, Refresh Rate, and Color. All charts have a maximum ceiling of 231-1. You can see the value of each bar or line in the chart by clicking on the bar.

When all of the variables are set, click Draw.

Figure 3-21: Statistics

 


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