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Manual - Page 2
... 4 2-1-1. Hardware and Cable Installation 4 2-1-2. Cabling Requirements 6 2-1-3. Configuring the Management Agent of GEP-0950 9 2-1-4. IP Address Assignment 9
3. BASIC CONCEPT AND MANAGEMENT 14
3-1. WHAT'S THE ETHERNET 14 3-2. LOGICAL LINK CONTROL (LLC 15 3-3. MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC 17 3-4. FLOW CONTROL ...22 3-5. HOW DOES A SWITCH WORK 25 3-6. VIRTUAL LAN ...26 3-7. LINK AGGREGATION...
Manual - Page 5
Warning:
Self-demolition on Product is strictly prohibited. Damage caused by selfdemolition will be charged for repairing fees.
Do not place product at outdoor or sandstorm.
Before installation, please make sure input power supply and product
specifications are compatible to each other.
Manual - Page 7
1. Introduction
1-1. Product Overview
The LevelOne GEP-0950 is an intelligent Web Smart Switch, equipped with 8 x 10/100/1000Base-T PoE-Plus ports and 1 x 100/1000 Mbps dual speed SFP slot. It is IEEE802.3af/at compliant, provides power and data over a single Ethernet cable to any PoE device, with total power budget of 130W, up to 30W per port, and offers advanced...
Manual - Page 10
...start for: - Hardware and Cable Installation - Management Station Installation - Software booting and configuration
2-1-1. Hardware and Cable Installation
At the beginning, please do first: Wear a grounding device to avoid the damage from electrostatic discharge Be sure that power switch is OFF before you insert the power cord to power
source • Installing Optional SFP Fiber...
Manual - Page 11
... be installed into slot(s)
5. Have the power ON after the above procedures are done
• TP Port and Cable Installation
In the switch, TP port supports MDI/MDI-X auto-crossover, so both types of cable, straight-through (Cable pin-... Cat. 5 grade RJ-45 TP cable to connect to a TP port of the switch and the other end is connected to a network-aware device such as a workstation or a server...
Manual - Page 12
... Requirements
To help ensure a successful installation and keep the network performance good, please take a care on the cabling requirement. Cables with worse specification will render the LAN to work poorly.
2-1-2-1. Cabling Requirements for TP Ports For Fast Ethernet TP network connection
The grade of the cable must be Cat. 5 or Cat. 5e with a maximum length of 100 meters...
Manual - Page 15
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• Managing GEP-0950 through Ethernet Port
Before you communicate with the switch, you have to finish first the configuration of the IP address or to know the IP address of the switch. Then follow the procedures listed below.
1. Set up a physical path between the configured the switch and a PC by a qualified UTP Cat. 5 cable with RJ-45...
Manual - Page 20
... and was successfully commercialized by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Intel and Xerox (DIX) in 1980. In 1992, Grand Junction Networks unveiled a new high speed Ethernet with the same characteristic of the original Ethernet but operated at 100Mbps, called Fast Ethernet now. This means Fast Ethernet inherits the same frame format, CSMA/CD, software interface. In 1998, Gigabit...
Manual - Page 28
... value and with a special destination MAC address 01-80-C2-00-00-01. As per the specification, PAUSE operation can not be used to inhibit the transmission of MAC control frame.
Normally, in 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet, only symmetric flow control is supported. However, some switches (e.g. 9-Port GbE Web Smart PoE Switch) support not only symmetric but asymmetric flow...
Manual - Page 38
... reason why now we have 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
Why 802.3ad (LACP)?
Network is varying. For example, if a port malfunctioned or unplugged accidentally in a static trunk port, administrator has to reconfigure it, or the network will get trouble. Therefore, offering a tool with automatic recovery capability is necessary for an administrator. LACP is a protocol...
Manual - Page 41
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After login, System Information would be displayed as below. This page lists default values and shows you the basic information of the switch, including "Switch Status", "TP Port Status", "Fiber Port Status", "Aggregation", "VLAN", "Mirror", "SNMP", and "Maximum Packet Length". With this information, you will know the software version, MAC address, ports available and so on. It would...
Manual - Page 43
...Lease time left. Set device name, DHCP enable, fallback IP address, fallback subnet mask, fallback gateway, management VLAN, password and inactivity timeout.
Parameter description: System Description: The simple description of this switch. Firmware Version: The firmware version of this switch. Hardware Version: The hardware version of this switch. MAC Address: It is the Ethernet MAC address of the...
Manual - Page 44
... can configure the IP settings and fill in new values. Then, click button to update.
Default: 192.168.1.1
Fallback Subnet Mask:
Subnet mask is made for the purpose to get more network address because any IP device in a network must own its IP address, composed of Network address and Host address, otherwise can't communicate with other devices each other. But unfortunately...
Manual - Page 72
... the trap information. The switch supports a switch to turn on or off the SNMP agent. If you set the field SNMP "Enable", SNMP agent will be started up. If the field SNMP is set "Disable", SNMP agent will be de-activated, the related Community Name, Trap Host IP Address, Trap and all MIB counters...
Manual - Page 75
4-3-2. Detailed Statistics
Function name: Detailed Statistics
Function description: Display the detailed counting number of each port's traffic. In the figure below, the window can show all counter information each port at one time.
Parameter description: Rx Packets: The counting number of the packet received. RX Octets: Total received bytes. Rx High Priority Packets: Number of...
Manual - Page 82
4-4. Maintenance
There are five functions contained in the maintenance function.
Maintenance
Warm Restart
Factory Default
Software Upgrade Configuration File Transfer Logout
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Manual - Page 83
... Switch offers many approaches to reboot your switch, such as: power up, hardware reset and software reset. You can press RESET button in the front panel of your switch to reset the device and to retrieve default settings. After upgrading software, you have to reboot the device to have new configuration take effect. The function being discussed...
Manual - Page 85
4-4-3. Software Upgrade
Function name: Software Upgrade
Function description: You can just click Browse button to retrieve the file you want in your system to upgrade your switch.
Quick Install Guide - Page 2
Default Settings
IP Address Username Password
192.168.1.1 admin admin
Hardware Installation Figures
Rack Mounting
Flat Surface Installation
Power Regulation Input : AC 100-240V; 50/60Hz
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Quick Install Guide - Page 3
... Off On
Blinking Off
Meaning Power is on. Power is off. Port is connected Transmitting / Receiving data Port is not connected
Connecting Equipment
Step1. Inspect the Power Adapter carefully, and make sure that it is properly connected to a power source.
Step2. Plug-in the Power Adapter to the Switch. Step3. Connect your network devices with the switch by
using Ethernet cable. (e.g. Cat-5e)
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