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LevelOne
GSW-1601TX
GSW-2401TX
16/24Port 10/100Mbps Switch
with Gigabit option
User's Manual
(Vision 1.0)
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FCC Class A Appliance This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used properly in strict accordance with the manufacturer‘s instructions, it may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has been type-tested and found to comply the specifications in sub-part J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. There is no guarantee that interferen
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Contents Package List---------------------------------------------------------------------- iii Introduction---------------------------------------------------------1 Features------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Identifying External Components---------------------------------3 Front Panel--------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Rear Panel--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Troubleshooting--------------------------------------------------30 Technical Specifications---------------------------------------31 RJ-45 Pin Specification----------------------------------------32 ii
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Package List Check the contents of your package for following parts: l 16/24 Port 10/100Mbps Switch l User's manual l Power cord l 19” rack mount brackets. l RS232 cable If any of these pieces are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immediately, if possible, retain the carton including the original packing material, and use them against to repack the product in case there is a need to return it to us for repair. iii
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INTRODUCTION The LevelOne GSW-1601/2401TX 16/24 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch with Gigabit option is designed to allow simultaneous transmission of multiple packets via an internal high-speed data channel. This means that it can partition a network more efficiently than bridges or routers in most environments. The LevelOne GSW-1601/2401TX 16/24 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Switch with Gigabit option is equipped with Category 5 copper cable or fiber optic cable for uplinking to a network backbon
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forwarding rates l Full/ Half-Duplex capability on each TX port, full duplex only on 1000Base-TX port l Automatic source address learning and aging. l Support up to 16K MAC address l Support up to total 64Mbit(16+2G), and 80Mbit (24+2G) packet buffers l IEEE802.3x compliant full-duplex flow control, half-duplex flow control l Broadcast storm control, runt and CRC Filtering eliminates erroneous packets to optimize the network bandwidth l Support to handle up to 1536 bytes packet l
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IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS This product series provide three different running speed – 10Mbps, 100Mbps, and 1000Mbps in the same hub and automatically distinguish the speed of incoming connection. This section describes the hardware features of these Gigabit Switches. For easier management and control of the switch, familiarize yourself with its display indicators, and ports. Front panel illustrations in this chapter display the unit LED indicators. Before connecting any network d
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2 Port 10/100/1000T Gigabit Module Front Panel 2 Port 1000SX Gigabit Fiber Module Front Panel LED Indicator Panel Refer to the next chapter for detailed information about each of the switch’s LED indicators. Twisted-Pair Ports Use any of these ports to connect stations or hubs to the switch. These ports are MDI-X ports, which means you can use ordinary straight-through twisted-pair cable to connect the switch to PCs, workstations, or servers through these ports. If you ne
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LED Indicators LED Indicators LED Function Color Description PWR Green Lit: Power on SMART Green Lit: CPU installed LINK/ACT Green/Yellow Green Lit: 100Mbps, indicates the adapter is connected to hub and incoming Yellow Flash: 10Mbps, traffic entering the port 10/100 Green Lit: indicate link status and traffic speed L10/100/1000 (10/ L10 for 10M, 100/ L100 for 100M, 1000/ L1000 for 1000M) TX/ RX Green Lit: indicate data traffic status (TX for transmitting, RX for receiving) FDX/
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3. Connect hub or PC to one port of the Switch using Category 3/4/5 UTP/STP cabling 4. Connect another hub or PC to the other port of Switch by following the same process as described in Step3. Notice: Cable distance for Switch The cable distance between Ethernet Switch and hub/PC should not exceed 100 meter; fiber cable distance shall not exceed 220 meter. Make sure the wiring is correct It can be used Category 3/4/5 cable in 10 Mbps operation. To reliably operate your network at
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Link/ Speed LED Color: Green Label: L10/ L100/ L1000 Function: The LED light up steadily to indicate the transmitting speed L10: light up steadily to indicate link up at speed 10M L100: light up steadily to indicate link up at speed100M L1000: light up steadily to indicate link up speed 1G Full/ Half Duplex and Collision LED Color: Green Label: FDX/ COL Function: The indicator LED flash up whenever there is a collision between a directly attached end node and any other node, and
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Configuration Connect TO PC RS-232 serial cable Prepare a RS-232 serial cable. Attach the 9-pin female connector to the male connector on the switch. Plug the other side of this cable to your PC Hyper Terminal In Windows 95/98, launch “HyperTerminal”, create a new connection, and adjust settings as below: 8
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Main Menu Launch the new terminal you just set up, and then, turn on the switch. See the following messages for successful connection. 24-P 10/100M + 2-P 1G(COPER MODULE) switch Configuration menu [ver:3.12] [0] Port Setting [1] Address Learn [2] VLAN [3] Queues Priority [4] Trunk [5] Uplink Port [6] Monitor Port [7] View Configuration [8] Restore To Factory Default Select :>> To enter any of the submenus, simply type the number on
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Speed Mode Entry: Select “0” from Main Menu. Purpose: Media Speed Control for each port. Default: All ports are auto- negotiation. 1.Input port number for which you want to configure, ’A’ or ‘a’ for select all port to configure, type ‘E’ or ‘e’ back to Main Menu, than press ENTER. For example, input port 1: which port ? (1 - 26 , 25=G1, 26=G2, E:Exit , A:Select all ports)... 1 Port Setting [1] Auto-negotiation [2] 10 Half Duplex [3] 10 Full Duplex [4]
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Address Learn Entry: Select “1” from Main Menu. Purpose: A port’s MAC address register is cleared on power-up, or hardware reset. If this item is enabled, the dynamically learned SA will be leared if it is not refreshed in less than the aging time. Default: Enable with aging time 5 minutes. Select :>> 1 Aging Control [E] Enable [D] Disable Example : Enable aging control with aging time 2 minutes. 1. type ‘E’ or ‘e’ to enable aging control Select :>> e
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VLAN Entry: Select “2” from Main Menu. Purpose: Each port of the switch can be assigned to one or multiple VLANs(this device can be divided into 24 VLANs maximum). Frames from the source port will only be forwarded to destination ports within the same VLAN domain. A broadcast/multicast frame will be forwarded to all ports within the VLAN(s) of the source port except the source port itself. An unicast frame will be forwarded to the destination port only if the destination port
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Select :>> s Which Port To be Selected (1 - 26)..., (25 = G1 26 = G2) 1 VLAN VLAN Group 1 ,assigned ports>> 1 [S] Port Select [D] Port Delete [A] Select All Ports [C] Save [E] Exit Select :>> 2. type ‘S’ or ‘s’ than input ‘2’ ,press ENTER Select :>> s Which Port To be Selected (1 - 26)..., (25 = G1 26 = G2) 2 VLAN VLAN Group 1 ,assigned ports>> 1 2 [S] Port Select [D] Port Delete [A] Select All Ports [C] Save [E]
