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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10331-01 October 2007
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    NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein. Certificate of the Manufacturer/Importer It is hereby certified that the GS748T Smart Switch the notes in the operating instructions. The Federal Office for
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    Publication Details Model Number: Publication Date: Product Family: Product Name: Home or Business Product: Language: Publication Part Number: Publication Version Number: GS748T October 2007 Smart Switch Series GS748T Smart Switch Business English 202-10331-01 1.0 iii v1.0, October 2007
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    iv v1.0, October 2007
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    2-2 Manually Assigning Network Parameters 2-3 Configuring Your NIC Settings 2-4 Smartwizard Utilities ...2-5 Password Change ...2-5 Firmware Upgrade 2-5 Exit ...2-7 Chapter 3 Basic Web Management Accessing the Switch Management Home Screen 3-2 System Information Settings 3-3 IP Configuration
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    3-5 Saving and Restoring Your Configuration 3-5 Performing a Factory Reset or a Device Reboot 3-6 Chapter 4 Configuring the Switch Configuring Ports ...4-1 Configuring the Link Aggregation Group (LAG 4-3 Setting Up SNMP ...4-5 Configuring and Creating VLANs 4-7 Adding and Configuring IEEE 802.1Q
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    Port-based VLANs ...B-3 Port-based VLAN Example Configuration B-3 VLAN Configuration Results B-4 Appendix C Network Cabling Fast Ethernet Cable Guidelines C-1 Category 5 Cable ...C-1 Category 5 Cable Specifications C-2 Twisted Pair Cables C-2 Cabling ...C-4 Near End Cross Talk (NEXT C-5 Patch
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    viii Contents v1.0, October 2007
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    About This Manual The NETGEAR® Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T describes how to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot the GS748T Smart Switch using its included software. This book describes the software configuration procedures and explains the options available within those
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    uses the following typographical conventions: Italics Bold Fixed width Emphasis, books, CDs, URL names User input Screen text, file and server names, extensions, commands, IP addresses • Formats. This manual uses the following formats to highlight special messages: Note: This format is used to
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    Date GS748T Smart Switch October 2007 For more information about network, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies, use the link to the NETGEAR shown below. Note: Product updates are available from the NETGEAR, Inc. website at: http://www.netgear.com/support/GS748T.asp HTML Manual Navigation If
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T How to Print this Manual To print this manual, you can choose one of the following options, according to your needs. • Printing a Page from HTML. Each page in the HTML version of the manual is dedicated to a major topic. Select File → Print from the browser
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    complicated SNMP software products. Simply by using your web browser, you can monitor the performance of your switch, and optimize its configuration for your network. Using your browser, for example, you can set up VLANs, traffic priority, and configure port trunking. In addition, NETGEAR provides
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    Manual GS748T Table 1-1. Switch Management Methods Management Method Features Smartwizard Discovery Utility program Web browser No IP address or subnet mask setup needed Discover all switches on the network User-friendly interface under Microsoft Windows Firmware upgrade capability Password
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    a DHCP server and one without DHCP. Network with DHCP server To install the switch in a network with a DHCP server, proceed as follows: 1. Connect the GS748T switch to a DHCP network. 2. Power on the switch by connecting its power cord. 3. Install the Smartwizard Discovery Utility program on your
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    on the line that displays the switch address. Then click Web Access. The discovery utility displays a login window similar to the following: Figure 2-2 8. Enter the default password which is password. Then, use your web browser to manage your switch. Network without DHCP Server This section
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    , you can assign a static IP address to the switch even if your network has DHCP service. To manually assign a static IP address to your switch: 1. Connect the GS748T Smart Switch to your existing network. 2. Power on the switch by plugging in the power cord (Default IP is 192.168.0.239). 3. Install
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    to that set in the switch. The PC IP address must be different from that of the switch but lie in the same subnet. 4. Click Web Access. The Login screen will display. 5. Enter the default password password. Then, click Login to proceed to management of the switch covered in Chapter 3, "Basic Web
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure 2-5 Smartwizard Utilities Alternatively, from the Smartwizard main page of Figure 2-1 you can access the following features: • Password Change • Firmware Upgrade Password Change You can set a new password of up to 20 ASCII characters. 1. On the
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    of the new firmware file. You can click Browse to locate the file. For example: tftp://{tftp address}/{file name} • Upgrade Password: Enter your password; the default password is password. Click Apply. 3. Click Start Upgrade to begin loading the upgrade. The system software is automatically loaded
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Exit Click Exit from the Switch Setting section to close the Smartwizard Discovery Utility program. Using the Smartwizard Discovery Utility 2-7 v1.0, October 2007
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 2-8 Using the Smartwizard Discovery Utility v1.0, October 2007
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    or reset your router if necessary. The section includes this information under the following headings: • "Accessing the Switch Management Home Screen" • "Changing Your Password" • "Saving and Restoring Your Configuration" • "Performing a Factory Reset or a Device Reboot" Your NETGEAR Smart Switch
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    the application: 1. Open a web browser. 2. Enter the device IP address in the address bar. 3. Press Enter. The Login page appears as shown below. Figure 3-1 4. Enter the password (the factory default is password) and click Login. The GS748T switch System > Management home page is displayed as shown
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    firmware currently installed on the switch. • System Name. User supplied value (the same as sysName in MIB-2). • System Location. User supplied value (the same as the sysLocation in MIB-2). • Idle Timeout. 3 to 30 minutes. The default is 5 minutes. • DHCP. Shows whether it was enabled. • IP Address
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T IP Configuration 1. Select the System > Management > IP Configuration screen shown below to set your IP Configuration. Figure 3-3 2. Select the Get Dynamic IP from DHCP Server radio box to enable the DHCP Server, or select the Static IP Address to set up a
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T To change password: 1. Select Security > Management Security. The User Configuration > Change Password screen will display. 2. In the Old Password field, enter the current password. 3. In the New Password field, enter the new password, and then reenter your
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    the switch will reboot. Performing a Factory Reset or a Device Reboot Factory Reset restores factory defaults when you want or make a major configuration change or need to regain management access to the switch. Use this feature under the following conditions: • You have lost your password. • You
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    Switch Software User Manual GS748T • You want to make a major configuration change for another reason. Warning: Restoring Factory Defaults erases any prior user configuration. You can perform a Factory Reset using either of the following methods: • From the main menu, Maintenance > Reset > Factory
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 3-8 Basic Web Management v1.0, October 2007
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    Jumbo Frames" • "Setting Rate Limits" • "Setting QoS Global Configuration" • "Enabling Storm Control" • "Configuring the IP Access List" • "Controlling Switch Access by MAC Address and VLAN ID" • "Setting up Mirroring or "Sniffer Ports"" • "Viewing Packet Statistics" The description that follows in
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 2. Select the row of the port that you want to menu, select whether or not to enable or disable Flow Control. 5. From the Default Priority pull-down menu, assign a default packet priority for packets without IEEE802.1P tagging. If the packet comes in with a
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    Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure 4-8 Configuring the Link Aggregation Group (LAG) Link Aggregation Groups (otherwise known as Port Trunking) enables multiple links between switches . The GS748T Smart Switch supports 10 static LAGs. To enable or disable a LAG: 1. Select Switching > LAG > LAG
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 4. Click Apply. Figure 4-9 The LAG Membership . • Ports in a LAG must have the same speed and be in the same VLAN group. To configure port membership of a LAG: 1. Select Switching > LAG > LAG Membership. The LAG Membership screen will display. 2. From the LAG
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure 4-10 Note: The selected LAG ID port must correspond to VLAN group IDs. Setting Up SNMP SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a transport protocol used for network management. The protocol is used in communication between a Manager-the
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    its link status You can specify the SNMP management station that can access the MIB of the switch and to which the switch will send the trap. When adding a management station, be aware that: • You can specify up to four management station IP addresses. • The switch will respond only to requests from
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 2. Modify the settings in the top row and click Apply. Configuring and Creating VLANs A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a means of electronically separating ports on the same switch from a single broadcast domain into separate broadcast domains. By
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Adding and Configuring IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Groups Depending on the VLAN type selected in the VLAN Type Configuration table, you can create 256 IEEE 802.1Q-based VLANs or 48 port-based VLANs. To create a VLAN: 1. Select Switching > VLAN > VLAN Configuration from
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    Switch Software User Manual GS748T • Tag All: Add all the ports to this VLAN and tag all egress packets. • Remove All: Remove all the ports from this VLAN is specified, the default VLAN PVID is used. If you want to change the port's default PVID, you must first create a VLAN group that includes the
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    Switch Software User Manual GS748T 3. Click Apply. Figure 4-13 Configuring Port-Based VLANs Unlike 802.1Q based VLAN, an ingress packet with an 802.1Q tag is ignored and preserved. To modify port-based VLAN membership: 1. Select Switching > VLAN > VLAN Configuration from the main menu. The VLAN
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    Switch Software User Manual GS748T To modify a Port-Based VLAN membership: 1. Select VLAN Membership. The VLAN Membership screen will display all port-based VLAN members. 2. From the VLAN Identifier pull-down menu, select the VLAN between nodes. The GS748T switch supports Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T resultant path between nodes determined by RSTP is the same as that eventually determined by STP. Use the Bridge Settings table to manage attributes related to the Spanning Tree Protocol. • Bridge Priority. The priority value of this switch. After exchanging
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T The Port Configuration table displays the current status of this port to the cost of paths toward the spanning tree root that include this port. The switch uses this value to determine which port is the forwarding port. If all other factors are equal
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    Switch Software User Manual GS748T Establishing Multicast Groups You can specify specific ports and VLANs for receiving Multicast packets with specific MAC addresses. The MAC addresses are IPv4 Multicast Addresses (RFC 1112A) formatted as: 01:00:5E-XX-XX-XX. A maximum of 64 groups is supported
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T • VLAN ID. Specifies the VLAN ID. This field is only applicable if 802.1Q VLAN mode is used. • Multicast Entry. Specifies the multicast group MAC address associated with the VLAN. 3. Click Add. Figure 4-17 To delete a static multicast entry: 1. Select the
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure 4-18 To remove a multicast group: 1. In the When jumbo frame support is enabled, the frame size can vary from 64 bytes to 9,216 bytes. Jumbo frames is disabled by default. To configure a jumbo frame: 1. Select Switching > Switch Configuration from the
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    Setting Rate Limits Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Rate Limiting determines the bandwidth of ingress and in this port. 4. Click Apply. Figure 4-19 Setting QoS Global Configuration Quality of Service (QoS) is used to manage traffic in a network by treating different types of traffic
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Two possible system mode implementations of QoS are supported: • IEEE 802.1p-based QoS. • DSCP-based (Differentiated Services Code Point) QoS. To specify the QoS Global system mode: 1. Select QoS > Basic > QoS Global Configuration from the main menu. The QoS
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 2. From each 802.1p priority value pull-down menu, select one of the four hardware priority queues. 3. Click Apply. Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)-based QoS The DSCP 6-bit field in an IP packet header enables levels of service to be assigned to
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure 4-21 Enabling Storm Control The Storm Control feature enables you to prevent network performance from being disrupted the specified packet types is above the specified value, the packets are discarded. 4-20 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring the Switch
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T The Storm Control Settings table contains system-wide configuration port individually from the Port Settings table. Storm Control is disabled on every port by default. To enable Storm Control: 1. Select Security > Traffic Control. The Storm Control screen
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 3. In the top row, from the Status pull-down menu, select either Enable or Disable. 4. Click Apply. Configuring the IP Access List The IP Access List table allows you to limit and specify the IP addresses that can access the management portion of the switch.
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    Switch Software User Manual GS748T 2. Specify the trusted MAC address parameters in the configuration row: • Interface. From the Interface pull-down menu, select the interface or port that you want to have this feature. • MAC Address. Specify the trusted source MAC address. • VLAN ID. Enter a VLAN
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure 4-23 Viewing Packet Statistics The Port Statistics screen shows reports of packet traffic and packet errors formatted as follows: • Port Selection: The port number on the switch-selected from the Port pull-down menu. • Statistics: Detailed Tx and Rx
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure 4-24 Configuring the Switch v1.0, October 2007 4-25
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 4-26 v1.0, October 2007 Configuring the Switch
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    Appendix A Specifications and Default Values GS748T Smart Switch Specifications The GS748T Smart Switch conforms to the TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, ICMP, TFTP, DHCP, 802.1D, 802.1p, and 802.1Q standards. Table A-1. GS748T Smart Switch Specifications Feature Interfaces Fiber Optic PoE Flash Memory Size
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    Feature ACL Password Control Access Sets Supported 10 1 Default Auto-Negotiation Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled VID = 1 Member Ports = [1-48] MemberPorts[1] = [1-48] N/A Default N/A Normal for all ports Disabled Disabled Default All IP addresses allowed Login Time Out
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    1 Firmware Upgrade 1 Factory Reset 1 Table A-8. Other Features Feature Static Multicast Entry Filter Multicast Control Sets Supported 64 1 Table A-9. Management Feature SNMPv1/V2c MIB Support Sets Supported 4 1 Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Default Disabled Disabled 0 Default
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Table A-9. Management Feature Smartwizard Statistics Sets Supported N/A 48 (per port) Default Enabled N/A A-4 Specifications and Default Values v1.0, October 2007
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    on some other basis than geographic location (for example, by department, type of user, or primary application). To communicate between VLANs, traffic must go through a router, just as if they were on two separate LANs. A VLAN is a group of PCs, servers and other network resources that behave as if
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T IEEE 802.1Q VLANs Packets received by the switch are treated in the following way: • When an untagged packet enters a port, it is automatically tagged with the port's default VLAN ID tag number. Each port has a default VLAN ID setting that is user-
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T 4. The following situations produce results as described: • If an untagged packet enters Port 1, the switch tags it with a VLAN tag value 10. The packet has access to Port 2 and Port 3. The outgoing packet is stripped of its tag to leaves Port 2 as an
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T • Setting up third VLAN group (Marketing), VLAN ID = 03, with membership of ports 7~14, 25. • Setting up fourth VLAN group (Accounting), VLAN ID = 04, with membership of ports 19~20, 25. • Setting up first VLAN group (IT), VLAN ID = 01, with membership of all
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    Appendix C Network Cabling This appendix provides specifications for cables used with a NETGEAR GS748T Smart Switch. Fast Ethernet Cable Guidelines Fast Ethernet uses UTP cable, as specified in the IEEE 802.3u standard for 100BASE-TX.The specification requires Category 5 UTP
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Category 5 Cable Specifications Ensure that the fiber cable is crossed over the device. Computers and workstation adapter cards are usually media-dependent interface ports, called MDI or uplink ports. Most repeaters and switch ports are configured as media-
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure C-1 Figure C-2 illustrates crossover twisted pair cable. Figure C-2 Patch Panels and Cables If you are using patch panels, make sure that they meet the
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Figure C-3 Note: Flat "silver satin" telephone cable may have -T technology if not correctly implemented. The following sections are designed to act as a guide to correct cabling for 1000BASE-T. Cabling The 1000BASE-T product is designed to operate over
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Length The maximum distance limitation between two pieces of equipment is 100 m, as per the original Ethernet specification. The end-to-end link is
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Patch Cables When installing your equipment, replace old into the RJ-45 connector. The RJ-45 connector is used to connect stations, hubs, and switches through UTP cable; it supports 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps data transmission. Figure C-4 shows an RJ-45
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T Table C-3. 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments Pin Channel 1 A 2 3 B 6 4 C 5 7 D 8 Description Rx/Tx Data + Rx/Tx Data Rx/Tx
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    Smart Switch Software User Manual GS748T C-8 Network Cabling v1.0, October 2007
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202-10331-01
October 2007
NETGEAR
, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
Smart Switch Software
User Manual GS748T