User Manual MS888G2 24 Port Modular SNMP Managed Switch Version: 1.
MS888G2 User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS CAUTION ................................................................................................................................ IV ELECTRONIC EMISSION NOTICES ............................................................................................. IV ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL ......................................................................................................1 OVERVIEW OF THE USER MANUAL .....................................................
MS888G2 User Manual 3-9-3. STP Port Configuration.........................................................................................70 3-10. TRUNKING CONFIGURATION ...........................................................................................72 3-10-1. Trunk Port Settings/Status ..................................................................................73 3-10-2. Aggregator View .................................................................................................
MS888G2 User Manual Caution Electronic Circuit devices are sensitive to static electricity. Dry weather conditions or walking across a carpeted floor may cause you to acquire a static electric charge. To protect your switch, always: • Touch the metal chassis of your computer to ground the static electrical charge before you handle the switch. • Pick up the switch by holding it on the left and right edges only.
MS888G2 User Manual About this User Manual This User Manual will guide you on procedures to install, configure and monitor the Alloy MS888G2 24 port Modular SNMP Managed Switch utilising the built-in web management interface and also the CLI.
MS888G2 User Manual 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview of MS888G2 SNMP Managed Switch The MS888G2 Switch is a high performance web and SNMP managed switch that provides a modular solution for 100Mbps networking in Fibre and Copper termination. The MS888G2 modular 3 slot chassis design supports 24x 10/100Mbps copper or 100Mbps fibre ports with 2 built-in Gigabit paired dual media ports for Gigabit uplink.
MS888G2 User Manual 1000Mbps single fibre WDM transceivers are designed with an optic Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology that transports bi-directional full duplex signals over a single fibre core. The MS888G2 supports the following module types: • • • • • • • • • • • • • M8T - 8 Port 10/100 Base-TX module M8MT - 8 Port 100 Base-FX (MT-RJ) Multi mode module M8SC - 8 Port 100 Base-FX (ST) Multi Mode module M8ST - 8 Port 100 Base-FX (SC) Multi Mode module M8SC.
MS888G2 User Manual Ethernet MIB (RFC 1643) and so on. IGMP Snooping:IGMP Snooping provides a method for intelligent forwarding of multicast packets within a Layer 2 broadcast domain. By snooping IGMP registration information, a distribution list of workstations is formed that determines which end-stations will receive packets with a specific multicast address. The MS888G2 supports IGMP version 2 (RFC 2236). Note: * See Appendix A “Technical Specifications” for further details 1.2.
MS888G2 User Manual 1.3. Features The Alloy MS888G2 provides a comprehensive range of features: • Hardware • Supports 3x Modular 8 port 10/100Mbps Copper or 8 port 100Mb Fibre interfaces with a variety of fibre terminations. • 2 Paired 10/100/1000Mbps or 1000Mbps SFP Mini-GBIC Ports • Supports 256KB packet buffer and 128KB control memory • 8K MAC address • Maximum packet length of up to 1536 bytes • Full-duplex flow control (IEEE 802.
MS888G2 User Manual 1.4. Overview of the MS888G2 Switch Fig. 1-1: Front View of the MS888G2 Switch with modules 1.4.1. User Interfaces on the Front Panel (Button, LED's and Plugs) There are 3 module slots for use with one of the many available modules for the MS888G2. The modules include 8 ports of 10/100Mbps copper or 8 ports of 100Mbps Fibre in a variety of fibre termination types.
MS888G2 User Manual LED Indicators LED Colour Function System LED CPU Green Blinks when CPU is active POWER A Green Lit when power is active POWER B Green Lit when power is active ACT Green Lit when LEADSET is set to Activity mode FDX Green Lit when LEADSET is set to Full Duplex mode SPD Green Lit when LEADSET is set to Speed mode LEDS for: 10/100/1000 Ethernet copper ports 25* & 26* - On when connection with remote device is good - Off when no link is present Green - Blinks when any t
MS888G2 User Manual 1.5. Overview of the Optional SFP Modules With the MS888G2, the SFP ports are paired with RJ-45 copper ports 25 and 26. Only one of any given paired port can be used. In this manner, these paired ports can be seen as ‘Dual Media’ ports that support 10/100/1000Mbps or 1000Mbps fibre via the SFP interfaces. Optional 1000Mbps mini-GBIC fibre transceiver modules can be used for high-speed uplink connections to fibre backbones or servers, when installed in the SFP ports.
MS888G2 User Manual 2. Installation 2.1. Starting the MS888G2 Modular SNMP Managed Switch This section provides a quick start guide for: • Hardware and Cable Installation • Management Station Installation • Software booting and configuration 2.1.1.
MS888G2 User Manual • Installing Optional 8 Port Copper or Fibre Modules Empty Module Slot SFP port 8 Port Fibre or Copper Module Mini-GBIC module Fig. 2-2: Installation of optional Copper or Fibre Module • Connecting the Module to the Chassis: All modules are hot-swappable, so you can plug or unplug them while the power is applied to the switch. 1. Verify that the type of module you have selected for use will be compatible with the type of fibre optic cable that is to be used. 2.
MS888G2 User Manual • Power On Please Note: ⇒ The Alloy MS888G2 uses a 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz power supply. The power supply will automatically convert your local AC power source to DC power for use by the switch. 1. Ensure that the power switch is turned off before connecting mains power. 2. Connect the power cord supplied with the switch to your nearest mains outlet. 3. Connect the other end of the power cord into the IEC power port on the switch. 4. Repeat above steps for each power supply module. 5.
MS888G2 User Manual 2.1.2. Cabling Requirements To help ensure a successful installation and keep network performance at optimum levels, take care to use Cat.5e grade or higher cabling. Ensure that stranded core UTP cable, if used, runs for no more than 10 metres, and that solid core runs for a maximum of 100 metres. Poor cabling is the most common cause for network dropouts or poor performance. 2.1.2.1.
MS888G2 User Manual Multimode Fibre Cable and Modal Bandwidth Multimode 62.5/125μm IEEE 802.
MS888G2 User Manual By pressing Enter you will now be prompted to login to the switch. The default username and password for the switch is: Username: admin Password: admin The RS-232 console port on the switch is mainly used for the initial setup of the switch including setting the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway. It is recommended that all other management duties that need to be performed should be done via the Web Management or CLI.
MS888G2 User Manual Fig. 2-4 2.1.3.2. Configuring the MS888G2 through the Ethernet Port There are three different methods of configuring the MS888G2 through the Ethernet Port. They are CLI, Web Browser and via SNMP Management Software. We will not cover SNMP management in this manual as it will vary depending on the Network Management Software that is being used. Note: MIB files can be located for the switch on the CD-ROM, which can then be used with your Network Management Software.
MS888G2 User Manual Fig. 2-5 Note: The web management configuration will be covered in detail in Chapter 3. If using the CLI open a command prompt and create a telnet session to the default IP Address of the switch. You will now be prompted to log into the switch, the default username and password is shown below: Username: admin Password: admin Fig. 2.5 Note: The CLI configuration will be covered in detail in Chapter 4.
MS888G2 User Manual 3. Operation of the Web Based Management The following chapter allows the administrator to monitor and manage the MS888G2 through the web management interface. Management functionality such as Port Based and 802.1q VLAN, Port Aggregation (Trunking), QoS, Port configuration and much more can all be configured quickly and easily via any port of the MS888G2 switches.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-1. Web Management Home Overview Once you have entered a valid username and password and logged into the switch the System Information page will be displayed, this is the default page, it will be displayed every time that you log into the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual - System Information Page Layout At the top of the page, there is a picture of the front panel of the switch. The picture displays the port status of each of the ports on the switch. If the port is green this tells us that the port has an active connection, if the port is grey then no link is present. You can then click on each of the ports to give you basic information. Fig.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-1-1. System Information Allows the Administrator to view basic system settings. Fig. 3-5 Function Name: System Information Function Description: Shows the basic system information Parameter Description: Model Name: The model name of the device. (Read Only) System Description: Gives you a description of the switch. (Read Only) Location: Specify a descriptive location name. Location name can be up to 36 Alphanumeric Characters long. Click the button to update.
MS888G2 User Manual System Up Time: The time accumulated since last power up. Format is Day, Hour, Minute, Second. (Read Only) Current Time: Shows the system time of the switch. Format is Day of week, Month, Day, Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Year. Eg Mon Jan 16 3:46:49 2006 (Read Only) BIOS Version: The version of the BIOS in the switch. (Read Only) Firmware Version: The firmware version in the switch. (Read Only) Hardware-Mechanical Version: The hardware-mechanical version of the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-1-2. IP Configuration The IP configuration is used to set the IP settings in the switch. The MS888G2 supports either a static IP address allocated to them via the system administrator or can be assigned an IP address dynamically from a DHCP server on your network. The IP address is used to gain access to the management functionality of the switch. Fig.
MS888G2 User Manual Subnet Mask: You will also need to specify a Subnet Mask to be used on your network. Enter the required Subnet Mask in the space provided. Click the button to update. Default: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: The Default Gateway is used in routed networks to determine the next hop for all non local destinations. Enter the required Default Gateway in the space provided. Click the button to update. Default: 192.168.1.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-1-3. Time Configuration The MS888G2 provides two methods to keep the switch’s time settings correct, they are via manual input and via a Time Server on the internet. If you are manually entering your time settings enter the “Year”, “Month”, “Day, “Hour”, “Minute” and “Seconds” into the space provided. If you enter a number that is invalid, for instance you enter 61 in the seconds field it will be rounded down to the nearest valid number, in this case 59.
MS888G2 User Manual NTP: NTP is used to sync the network time with a time server on the internet based on the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Once the user has selected one of the built in time servers or entered a manual time server and selected the correct time zone click the button to update. The switch will now sync with the selected time server.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-1-4. Account Configuration The account configuration is used to create or modify guest and administrator accounts. The MS888G2 allows the administrator to create up to 5 guest accounts. Accounts can only be created by the administrator. When a Guest user logs into the switch they will not be able to modify any parameters, they only have read only rights to the switch. A Guest user can log into the switch and change there own password, but will not be able to modify any other accounts.
MS888G2 User Manual Username: Please enter a username for the administrator or guest account, a maximum of 15 alphanumeric characters only. Password: Please enter a password for the administrator or guest account, a maximum of 15 alphanumeric characters only. Confirm Password: Please confirm the password.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-1-5. Management Security Configuration The Management Security Configuration is used to implement security rules based on what type of management access a certain user has. The user management can be locked down so that only users that belong to a certain VLAN group or have a valid IP address in a predetermined range can access the switch’s management interfaces. Rules can also be created to allow access to management from certain switch ports only.
MS888G2 User Manual Incoming Port: If you want to lock the management interface access down to certain ports on your switch please select the Custom radio button and tick the required ports which will allow/deny access to the management. Otherwise select the Any radio button. Access Type: After you have determined what physical access has been granted or denied to the management you now need to specify what management access is allowed.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-1-6. Virtual Stack Configuration The Virtual Stack function allows multiple MS888G2 switches to be managed from a single IP Address. One MS888G2 will be configured as a Master and all other MS888G2 switches will be configured as Slaves. You can then apply a group name to the virtual stack, only one master switch can exist within the same group name. Administrators will only need to know the IP address of the master switch to gain access to all MS888G2 switches on the network.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-2. Port Configuration The Port Configuration section consists of four sub sections Status, Configuration, Simple Counter and Detail Counter. These four sections are used to control and monitor all ports on the MS888G2. Fig. 3-11 3-2-1. Port Status The Port Status section allows the administrator to view the current status of each port.
MS888G2 User Manual Function Name: Port Status Function Description: Reports the current Status of each port; if the state of a port changes the status screen will refresh every 5 seconds. Parameter Description: Slot No: Displays each module slot available on the switch. Port No: Displays every port on the switch. Media: Displays what type of media the port is using. Media will be either TP (Twisted Pair) or Fibre.
MS888G2 User Manual If you have a valid link on a Fibre port you will be able to see some detailed information for that port by clicking on the port number in the Port Status screen. Fig. 3-13 Parameter Description for all Fibre Ports: Connector Type: Displays the connector type for that port, for instance, UTP, SC, ST, LC and so on. Fibre Type: Displays the type of fibre being used, for instance, Multimode or Single-Mode.
MS888G2 User Manual Vendor PN: Displays the part number of the SFP module. Vendor Rev: Displays the revision number of the SFP module. Vendor SN: Displays the serial number of the SFP module. Date Code: Displays the date the SFP module was manufactured. Temperature: Displays the current temperature of the SFP module. Vcc: Shows the current working voltage of the SFP module. Mon1(Bias) mA: Shows the Bias current of the SFP module. Mon2(TX PWR): Shows the transmit power of the SFP Module.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-2-2. Port Configuration The Port Configuration section allows the administrator to Enable or Disable a port, turn auto negotiation on or off for a particular port and also force the speed and duplex settings of each port. The administrator can also Enable or Disable the flow control settings for each port. Fig.
MS888G2 User Manual to manually force the speed and duplex settings of the port. The port can be forced to 10Mbps Half Duplex (10M/Half), 10Mbps Full Duplex (10M/Full), 100Mbps Half Duplex (100M/Half), 100Mbps Full Duplex (100M/Full) and 1G Full Duplex (1G/Full). Default: Auto Flow Control: Shows the port’s flow control status. The MS888G2 supports both Backpressure flow control for Half Duplex and Pause flow control for Full Duplex. Select Enable to enable flow control and Disable to disable flow control.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-2-3. Simple Counter The Simple Counter section allows the administrator to view information regarding the amount of data that is being passed through a particular port whether the packets are good or bad. Fig. 3-15 shows you a screen shot of the simple counter screen. As you can see from the image all ports on the switch are displayed at one time. If the amount of data being displayed on the screen is more that 12 digits long, the counter will be reset back to zero and continue on.
MS888G2 User Manual Displays the total amount of transmitted collisions that have occurred. RX Error Packet: Displays the total amount of bad packets received. Refresh Interval: The user can define the amount of time the switch will take to update the ports statistics. This is measured in seconds and ranges from 3 – 10. Default: 3 seconds. Reset: The reset button is located at the top right hand side of the screen and is used to reset the counters back to zero.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-2-3. Detail Counter The Detail Counter section allows the administrator to view information regarding the amount of data that is being passed through a particular port whether the packets are good or bad. Fig. 3-16 shows you a screen shot of the detail counter screen. Unlike the simple counter screen the detail counter screen will only display the statistics of one port at a time. If you wish to view a particular ports statistics select the port from the drop down box provided.
MS888G2 User Manual Displays the total number of broadcast packets received. RX Multicast Packets: Displays the total number of multicast packets received. RX Pause Packets: Displays the total number of Pause packets received. RX 64 Octets: Displays the total number of 64 byte octets received. RX 65 ~ 127 Octets: Displays the total number of 65 ~ 127 byte octets received. RX 128 ~ 255 Octets: Displays the total number of 128 ~ 255 byte octets received.
MS888G2 User Manual TX Multiple Collision: Displays the total number of multiple collisions transmitted. TX Drop Packets: Displays the total number of transmitted frames dropped due to excessive collisions, late collisions or frame aging. TX Deferred Transmit: Displays the total deferred packets transmitted. TX Late Collision: Displays the total Late Collision packets transmitted. TX Excessive Collision: Displays the total Excessive collision packets transmitted.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-3. SNMP Configuration Any Network Management System (NMS) running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage any Managed device equipped with an SNMP agent, provided that the Management Information Base (MIB) is installed correctly on the managed devices.
MS888G2 User Manual Get/Set/Trap Community: The Community name is used as a password for authentication to the Network Management software that is being used. If they both don’t have the same community name, they don’t belong to the same group. Hence, the requesting network management unit cannot access devices with different community names via the SNMP protocol. If they both have the same community name, they can talk to each other.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-4. DHCP Boot The MS888G2 supports DHCP Broadcast Suppression allowing the switch to suppress broadcast traffic. If a network loses power and then regains power and all computers on the network boot at the same time, a lot of broadcast traffic is generated especially if all nodes on your network are using DHCP. The switch supports a random delay time for DHCP and boot delay for each device.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-5. IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping is used to establish multicast groups to forward multicast packets to each of the multicast member ports, and, in nature, avoids wasting bandwidth with IP multicast packets. If a switch does not support IGMP or IGMP Snooping it can not tell a multicast packet from a broadcast packet, so it will treat them all as broadcast packets.
MS888G2 User Manual Disable: To disable IGMP select the disable radio button and click Apply. Active: When using Active mode the switch will periodically issue the membership query message to all hosts attached to the switch and update the multicast table respectively. By using Active mode you will reduce multicast traffic on your network.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-5-2. Allowed Group The MS888G2 allow the administrator to lock down multicast members by IP Range, VLAN ID, and port number. If the administrator only wants to enable IGMP Snooping on ports 1, 2, 3 and 4 then this can be done in this section. Fig. 3-20 Function name: Allowed Group Function description: Is used to configure rules based on how Multicast traffic is learned and utilised.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-6. VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) The MS888G2 supports both 802.1q Tagged based VLAN’s and Port-based VLAN’s. VLAN’s are used to logically separate your network into smaller more defined networks. VLAN’s help to reduce broadcast traffic across your network as all broadcast traffic will be limited to the VLAN group in which it belongs. A typical example of where a VLAN could be used is in a school environment where the teacher and student networks must be kept separate.
MS888G2 User Manual Port-based: Port-based VLAN’s are as it states defined by each port. Ports are configured into logical groups allowing data to be sent to and from any port that belongs to a particular group. If a port belongs to VLAN group 1 and another port belongs to VLAN group 2 these ports will not be able to communicate with each other. Ports that belong to the same group can communicate.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-6-2. Tag-based Group Fig. 3-22 Function name: Tag-based Group Configuration Function description: Shows information of the existing tag-based VLAN groups, the administrator can also Add, Delete and Edit VLAN’s using the function buttons provided. Parameters description: VLAN Name: Is the name of the VLAN group defined by the administrator. Valid characters that can be used are A – Z, a – z and 0 – 9. Special characters are not allowed and a total of 15 characters are supported.
MS888G2 User Manual Fig. 3-23 Delete: Highlight the VLAN group you wish to delete and click the Delete button to remove the VLAN group from the table. Fig. 3-24 Edit: Highlight the VLAN group you wish to edit and click the Edit button to modify the selected VLAN group.
MS888G2 User Manual Fig. 3-25 3-6-3. PVID Fig. 3-26 Function name: PVID Function description: The administrator can apply a VID to each port of the switch; the valid range of the VID is from 1 to 4094.
MS888G2 User Manual well as an ingress filtering rule called “Drop Untag”. This rule will determine how packets are treated when received by the switch. Parameters description: Port No: Select the port you wish to apply a VLAN Tag Rule. PVID: PVID range is 1 – 4094. Before you configure a PVID you must create a Tagbased VLAN with the VID matching the PVID you are about to create.
MS888G2 User Manual Parameters description: VLAN Name: Is the name of the VLAN group defined by the Administrator. Valid characters that can be used are A – Z, a – z and 0 – 9. Special characters are not allowed and a total of 15 characters are supported. Member: This is used to add or remove a particular port from the VLAN group, tick the check box next to the port number you would like to be a member of the group.
MS888G2 User Manual Fig. 3-29 Edit: Highlight the VLAN group you wish to edit and click the Edit button to modify the selected VLAN group. Fig.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-7. MAC Table The MAC Table configuration can be used by the administrator to statically add MAC entries to the switches MAC table, display MAC address information from connecting devices, allow you to flush the switches MAC table and also allow you to configure the MAC age out time of the switch. 3-7-1. MAC Table Information Fig. 3-31 Function name: MAC Table Information Function description: Displays both static and dynamic MAC entries that the switch has learnt.
MS888G2 User Manual Is used to search for MAC addresses that are connected to the switch. The search will depend on the criteria entered in the above section. For example if you have all ports selected the switch will display all MAC address connected to all ports of the switch. If you wish to search for a particular MAC address, enter the MAC address in the Search section and click Search.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-7-2. MAC Table Maintenance Fig. 3-32 Function name: MAC Table Maintenance Function description: Allows the administrator to set the MAC age time out value and allows you to adjust the MAC learning limit of each port. Parameters description: Aging Time: After a MAC address has been learned by the switch the MAC address is stored in the MAC table of the switch. If the MAC address is no longer used the switch will drop the MAC address from the table after a certain period of time.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-7-3. Static Fig. 3-33 Function name: Static Mac Function description: The Static Forward function is used to associate a MAC address to a particular port of the switch. When a MAC address is assigned to a specific port all of the switches traffic sent to that MAC address will be forwarded to this port. To add a Static Forward entry to the table enter the MAC address, port number, VID and Alias.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-7-4. MAC Alias Fig. 3-34 Function name: MAC Alias Function description: The MAC Alias function is used to assign a user friendly name to a MAC Address. Enter the MAC address and its assigned Alias name and click the Create/Edit button to add this entry. If you wish to modify an existing entry highlight the MAC address and click the Create/Edit button. If you wish to Delete an entry, highlight the MAC address and click the Delete button.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-8. GVRP The GARP (Generic Attribute Registration Protocol) VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) defines a GARP application that provides the 802.1Q-compliant VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation on 802.1Q trunk ports. With GVRP, the switch can exchange VLAN configuration information with other GVRP switches, prune unnecessary broadcast and unknown unicast traffic, and dynamically create and manage VLAN’s on switches connected through 802.1Q trunk ports.
MS888G2 User Manual Join Time: Used to specify the Join Time in units of 100th of a Second, Valid time range is 20 – 100. Default: 20 Leave Time: Used to specify the Leave Time in units of 100th of a Second, Valid time range is 60 – 300. Default: 60 Leave All Time: A time period for the announcement that all registered devices are going to be de-registered. If a device issues a new join command, then a registration will be kept in the switch. Valid range is 1000 – 5000 unit time.
MS888G2 User Manual Enabled: The switch will not create dynamic VLAN’s when this port receives GVRP BDU, except if it receives a dynamic VLAN message and the GVRP PDU is an existing static VLAN entry. 3-8-2. GVRP Counter Fig. 3-36 Function name: GVRP Counter Function description: All GVRP counters are divided into Received and Transmitted sections to allow you to monitor all GVRP actions. Parameters description: Received: Total GVRP Packets: The total GVRP BPDU received by the GVRP application.
MS888G2 User Manual Join In Message Packets: The total number of GARP BPDU with Join In Messages received by the GARP application. Leave Empty Message Packets: The total number of GARP BPDU with Leave Empty Messages received by the GARP application. Empty Message Packets: The total number of GARP BPDU with Empty Messages received by the GARP application. Transmitted: Total GVRP Packets: The total GVRP BPDU transmitted by the GVRP application.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-8-3. GVRP Group Information Fig. 3-37 Function name: GVRP Group Function description: Displays the dynamic group members and their relevant information. Parameters description: VID: VLAN Identifier. When a GVRP group has been created it will have its own VID. Valid range is 1 – 4094 Member Port: Members that belong to the same dynamic VLAN group.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-9. STP The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a standardised method (IEEE 802.1D) for avoiding loops in switched networks. When STP is enabled, the switch will ensure that only one path is active between any two nodes on the network at a time. The administrator can enable Spanning Tree Protocol via the switch’s web management and then set up other advanced items. We recommend that you enable STP on all switches to ensure a single active path on the network. 3-9-1. STP Status Fig.
MS888G2 User Manual bridge, the “Designated Root” will be this switches bridge ID. Designated Priority: Shows the current root bridge priority. Root Port: Shows the port number connected to the root bridge with the lowest path cost. Root Path Cost: Shows the path cost between the root port and the designated port of the root bridge. Current Max. Age: Shows the current root bridge maximum age time. Maximum age time is used to monitor if the STP topology needs to change.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-9-2. STP Configuration Fig. 3-39 Function name: STP Configuration Function description: Used to configure the spanning tree parameters including, enabling and disabling, selecting to use STP or RSTP and you can also change the Bridge Priority, Hello Time, Max. Age and Forward Delay parameters. Parameters description: Spanning Tree protocol: Used to Enable or Disable the Spanning Tree Protocol. Bridge Priority: The lower the bridge priority value is, the higher the priority it has.
MS888G2 User Manual Max. Age: If the MS888G2 is the root bridge, the whole network will apply this figure as their maximum age time. When a switch receives a BPDU message originating from the root bridge and if the message age exceeds the maximum age of the bridge, the bridge will treat the root bridge as malfunctioned and issue a Topology Change Notification (TCN) BPDU to all other bridges. All bridges on the network will re-calculate and determine who the root bridge is. The valid value is 6 – 40 seconds.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-9-3. STP Port Configuration Fig. 3-40 Function name: STP Port Configuration Function description: The STP Port setting is used to configure the “path cost”, “priority”, “admin edge port” and the “admin point to point” settings. Each port can be configured individually by highlighting the port and clicking in the Edit button. Parameters description: Port Status: Displays the current state of the port, there are three possible states according to the 802.1w standard.
MS888G2 User Manual If the path cost is equal to zero, the path cost will be auto-negotiated and displayed in the path cost status field. Otherwise the value that the administrator has set manually will be displayed. Valid range is 0 – 200,000,000 802.1w RSTP recommended values: 10Mbps: 2,000,000 100Mbps: 200,000 1Gbps: 20,000 Default: 0 Priority: Indicates the port priority, the port priority and port number are mixed to form the port ID.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-10. Trunking Configuration Port Trunking is used to Aggregate Ports into a logical trunk usually called Link Aggregation. Link Aggregation can bundle more than one port with the same speed, full duplex and the same MAC address to be a single logical port, thus the logical port aggregates the bandwidth of these ports. This allows the switch to aggregate multiple ports together to form a high bandwidth backbone link.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-10-1. Trunk Port Settings/Status Fig. 3-41 Function name: Port Settings/Status Function description: Port Settings/Status is used to configure the trunk properties of each port on the switch. Parameters description: Method: Determines the method the port will use to aggregate with other ports. None: If none is selected the port will not be aggregated with any other ports. LACP: The port is using LACP to aggregate with other LACP aware ports.
MS888G2 User Manual Passive: A Passive LACP port will not send LACPDU to its link partner until it receives LACPDU from the link partner. Aggtr: Aggtr is an abbreviation of “Aggregator”. Every port is an aggregator, and its own aggregator ID is the same as its port number. We can regard an aggregator as a representative of a trunking group. Ports with the same Group ID and trunking method have the opportunity to aggregate to a particular aggregator port.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-10-2. Aggregator View Fig. 3-42 Function name: Aggregator View Function description: Shows the current port trunking information from the aggregator point of view. Parameters description: Aggregator: Shows the aggregator ID of every port. In fact, every port is an aggregator, and its aggregator ID is the same as its own port number. Method: Shows the method the port uses to aggregate with other ports. Member Ports: Shows all member ports of an aggregator.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-10-2-1. LACP Detail Fig. 3-43 Function name: LACP Detail (LACP Aggregator Detailed Information Function description: Shows detailed information regarding the LACP trunking group Parameters description: Actor: The switch that you are managing. Partner: The partner switch of the LACP trunk. System Priority: Shows the system priority of trunking group. MAC Address: Shows the MAC address of the local switch. Port: Shows the port number of a LACP port ID.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-10-3. LACP System Configuration Fig. 3-44 Function name: LACP System Configuration Function description: System Priority: The LACP System Priority is used to set the priority of the LACP system ID. LACP will only aggregate ports whose partner ports belong to a single switch. Each system that has support for LACP will be assigned a globally unique System Identifier for this purpose. A system ID is a 64-bit field comprising of a 48-bit MAC address and a 16-bit priority value.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-11. 802.1x Configuration The 802.1x port-based network access control provides a method to restrict users to access network resources via authenticating user’s information. This restricts users from gaining access to the network resources through an 802.1x-enabled port without authentication. Any user wishing to access the network through a port under 802.
MS888G2 User Manual The overview of the 802.1x operation shown in Fig. 3-45 is quite simple. When the Supplicant PAE issues a request to the Authenticator PAE, the Authenticator and the Supplicant exchange authentication messages. Then, the Authenticator passes the request to the RADIUS server to verify the username and password. Finally, the RADIUS server replies if the request is granted or denied.
MS888G2 User Manual In the Fig. 3-46, this is the typical configuration, a single supplicant, an authenticator and an authentication server. B and C are on the internal network, D is the Authentication server running RADIUS, the switch at the central location acts as the Authenticator connecting to PC A and A is a PC outside the controlled port, running Supplicant PAE.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-11-1. State Fig. 3-47 Function name: 802.1x State Setting Function description: This function is used to configure the global parameters for the RADIUS authentication used with the 802.1x port security. Parameters description: Radius Server: IP Address of the Radius Server. Default: 192.168.1.1 Port Number: The port number used to communicate with the RADIUS server. Valid port range is 1 – 65535.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-11-2. Mode Fig. 3-48 Function name: 802.1x Mode Setting Function description: This function is used to set the operation mode of 802.1x for each individual port and only supports Multihost or Disabled modes. Parameters description: Port Number: Indicates which port is selected for setting up the 802.1x mode. 802.1x Mode: There are two modes that can be selected, they are Disabled and Multihost mode. Disable: The selected port will not use 802.1x authentication.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-11-3. Security Fig. 3-49 Function name: Port Security Management Function description: Shows the status of each port, the port number, and if the port is authorised or unauthorised. Parameters description: Disable Mode: When set to disabled the port will not use 802.1x to authenticate the user before they have access to network resources. Port Number: The port number chosen to show its 802.1x status. Port Status: The current 802.1x status of the port. 802.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-11-4. Parameter Setting Fig. 3-50 Function name: Parameter Setting Function description: This section is used to configure the parameter settings for each port using 802.1x port security. Parameters description: Port: The port number to be selected to configure 802.1x parameters. Port Control: This is used to set the operation mode of the port. There are three modes supported ForceUnauthorised, ForceAuthorised and Auto.
MS888G2 User Manual txPeriod (1 – 65535 sec.): Period of time in seconds to transmit EAPOL PDU between the authenticator and the supplicant. Default: 30 Quiet period (0 – 65535 sec.): Period of time in which we will not attempt to access the supplicant. Default: 60 reAuthEnabled: Select whether regular authentication will occur on this port. Default: On reAuthPeriod (1 – 65535 sec.): Period of time in seconds between the periodic re-authentication of the supplicant. Default: 3600 Max.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-12. Alarm Configuration The MS888G2 supports a number of trap messages that can be sent to an administrator if certain events occur on the switch. The switch offers 24 different trap events that can be sent to the administrator in 3 different ways; email, mobile phone SMS or trap. 3-12-1. Trap Events Configuration Fig.
MS888G2 User Manual switch has a warm start. Link Down: Tick the required trap method check box to enable a trap to be sent when a port on the switch loses link. Link Up: Tick the required trap method check box to enable a trap to be sent when a port on the switch establishes link. Authentication Failure: Tick the required trap method check box to enable a trap to be sent when authorisation to the switches management fails.
MS888G2 User Manual GVRP Enabled: Tick the required trap method check box to enable a trap to be sent when GVRP has been enabled. VLAN Disabled: Tick the required trap method check box to enable a trap to be sent when VLAN support has been disabled. Port-based VLAN Enabled: Tick the required trap method check box to enable a trap to be sent when Portbased VLAN support has been enabled.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-12-2. Email/SMS Configuration Fig. 3-52 Function name: Email/SMS Configuration Function description: The Alarm Configuration is used to configure who should receive the trap messages via Email, SMS or both which have been sent from the MS888G2. Up to 6 email addresses can be entered as well as 6 SMS mobile phone numbers. If using SMS you will need to enter the SMS ISP details. (Note this may not work with your mobile phone network.
MS888G2 User Manual Password: Enter the password required by the SMS server. Email Address 1 – 6: Enter the mobile phone number(s) that will receive the trap messages.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-13. Configuration The MS888G2 has support for multiple configuration files to be used by the administrator including the default configuration, start configuration and user configuration. In this section the administrator can save the switch’s configuration, restore the switch to factory default and also save the current configuration as the startup configuration when the switch is re-booted. 3-13-1. Save / Restore Configuration Fig.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-13-2. Config File Fig. 3-54 Function name: Configure Export/Import File Path Function description: Used by the administrator to Export and Import the start and user configuration files. Parameters description: TFTP Server: Displays the current TFTP Server configuration. This is read only. TFTP Server can be configured under the TFTP section. Export File Path: Enter the file path of where you would like to export the configuration file.
MS888G2 User Manual Import User-Conf: After configuring the import path click on the import user-conf button to import the User-Conf configuration file. 3-14. Security The Mirror function of the MS888G2 is used to capture data from a particular port on the switch. Any port on the switch can be selected as the monitoring port; this port will be used to capture data from another port on the switch using third party data capturing software.
MS888G2 User Manual Default: Port 1 Monitored Port: Select which port you wish to be monitored. Just tick the check box next to the appropriate port(s) and click apply. 3-14-2. Isolated Group Fig. 3- 56 Function Name: Isolated Group Function Description: The Isolated Group function allows ports to be isolated from other ports on the switch. Communication between any isolated ports is forbidden.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-14-3. Restricted Group Fig. 3- 57 Function Name: Restricted Group Function Description: The Restricted Group function enables certain ports packets to be sent directly to another port on the switch. If port 1 is part of the Ingress restricted group and port 10 is part of the Egress restricted group and data is received on port 1 the data will be automatically sent out port 10. Parameter Description: Mode: Select to enable or disable the restricted group function.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-15. Bandwidth The Bandwidth Management function of the MS888G2 is used to limit the bandwidth a port may use when sending or receiving data. When limiting received data you can limit the bandwidth on a particular type of data, including all Traffic or Multicast and Broadcast Traffic. When you click on the bandwidth menu on the left hand side a screen will appear with all ports being displayed with their current Bandwidth settings.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-15-2. Egress Fig. 3-59 Function Name: Egress Function Description: The Bandwidth Management function is used to limit the Egress (Outgoing) bandwidth for each port. Parameter Description: Port Number: Displays the current port that is being configured, this will depend on the port that was highlighted before the Edit button was pressed. Rate: Is used to set up the limit of Egress bandwidth the port is allowed to utilise before traffic will be discarded.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-15-3. Storm Fig. 3-60 Function Name: Storm Function Description: The Bandwidth Management function is used to limit broadcast traffic on your network. Parameter Description: Disable: Disable bandwidth storm control. Broadcast Storm Control: Enables bandwidth storm control for all broadcast traffic. Multicast Storm Control: Enables bandwidth storm control for all multicast traffic. Unknown Unicast Storm Control: Enables bandwidth storm control for all unknown unicast traffic.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-16. QOS (Quality of Service) The switch offers powerful QoS functions including: Per Port Priority called VIP where any port that is enabled as a VIP Port will have a higher priority over a standard port, 802.1p Priority, IP TOS Priority and IP DiffServe DSCP Priority. 3-16-1. Global Fig. 3-61 Function Name: Global Function Description: The Global QoS settings are used to enable the QoS function on the switch and select what QoS method to be used.
MS888G2 User Manual Select the weight values for bits 0 through to 3. Valid values 1 through to 55. 3-16-2. VIP Fig. 3-62 Function Name: VIP Function Description: The VIP function allows an easy way to set a high priority to a particular port on the switch. If you wish to set a high priority on ports 1 through to 5 tick the appropriate check boxes and click the apply button. If the switch now becomes congested ports 1 through to 5 will have a higher priority than all other ports on the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-16-3. 802.1p Fig. 3-63 Function Name: 802.1p Function Description: The 802.1p priority function is based on the priority of the VLAN tag, it can be arranged into 8 priority levels which map to 4 different priority queues (0 – 3). Parameter Description: 802.1p Priority Mapping: Each Priority level can be assigned to any Queue from 0 through to 3.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-16-4. D-Type TOS Fig. 3-64 Function Name: TOS Delay Priority Mapping Function Description: The IP TOS Priority affects the TOS fields of the IP header using an 8 bit service type field to specify how the datagram should be handled. The TOS field can be divided into six subfields as follows: Precendence (3 Bits), D-Type (Delay Priority, 1 bit), T-Type (Throughput Priority, 1 bit), R-Type (Reliability Priority, 1 bit), M-Type (Monetary Cost Priority, 1 bit) and Unused.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-16-5. T-Type TOS Fig. 3-65 Function Name: TOS Throughput Priority Mapping Function Description: The IP TOS Priority affects the TOS fields of the IP header using an 8 bit service type field to specify how the datagram should be handled. The TOS field can be divided into six subfields as follows: Precendence (3 Bits), D-Type (Delay Priority, 1 bit), T-Type (Throughput Priority, 1 bit), R-Type (Reliability Priority, 1 bit), M-Type (Monetary Cost Priority, 1 bit) and Unused.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-16-6. R-Type TOS Fig. 3-66 Function Name: TOS Reliability Priority Mapping Function Description: The IP TOS Priority affects the TOS fields of the IP header using an 8 bit service type field to specify how the datagram should be handled. The TOS field can be divided into six subfields as follows: Precendence (3 Bits), D-Type (Delay Priority, 1 bit), T-Type (Throughput Priority, 1 bit), R-Type (Reliability Priority, 1 bit), M-Type (Monetary Cost Priority, 1 bit) and Unused.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-16-7. M-Type TOS Fig. 3-67 Function Name: TOS Monetary Cost Priority Mapping Function Description: The IP TOS Priority affects the TOS fields of the IP header using an 8 bit service type field to specify how the datagram should be handled. The TOS field can be divided into six subfields as follows: Precendence (3 Bits), D-Type (Delay Priority, 1 bit), T-Type (Throughput Priority, 1 bit), R-Type (Reliability Priority, 1 bit), M-Type (Monetary Cost Priority, 1 bit) and Unused.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-16-8. DSCP Setting Fig. 3-68 Function Name: DSCP Setting Function Description: The MS888G2 allows the administrator to configure priority levels based on the 6-bit field in the DSCP of the IP packet. The 6-bit field allows a total of 64 different traffic classes in which you can set a High or a Low priority. Parameter Description: Diffserv: Displays the 64 traffic classes in which a priority level can be assigned.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-17. Diagnostics Three Diagnostic tools are supported in the MS888G2 including Diagnostics, Loopback test and Ping test. 3-17-1. Diag Fig. 3-69 Function name: Diagnostics Function description: Provides a basic set of Diagnostic functions to allow the administrator to diagnose whether the switch is working correctly. Parameters description: EEPROM Test: Self tests the EEPROM used in the switch. UART Test: Self tests the UART in the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-17-2. Loopback Test Fig. 3-70 Function name: Loopback Test Function description: The MS888G2 has support for two types of loopback tests including an Internal and an External loopback test. The internal loopback test is an internal test and no test signal is sent out of the switch. The external loopback test will send the test signal to its link partner to check if the port has got an active link. If there is no active link the external loopback test will fail.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-17-3. Ping Test Fig. 3-71 Function name: Ping Test Function description: The MS888G2 supports a ping test function to allow the switch to test communication between other IP based devices. Parameters description: IP Address: Enter an IP Address that you would like to test connectivity between. Default Gateway: Displays the default gateway of the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-18. TFTP Server Fig. 3-72 Function name: TFTP Server Function description: Used to set the IP address of the TFTP Server. Parameters description: Server: Enter the IP address of the TFTP Server.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-19. Log Fig. 3-73 Function name: Log Data Function description: The Trap Log Data displays all SNMP Private trap events, SNMP Public traps and all other user logs. The MS888G2 supports up to 120 log entries. Parameters description: No: Displays the order number of all entries in the log. Time: Displays the Time that the trap occurred. Events: Displays the name of the trap event that has occurred. Auto Upload Enable: Switch the Auto Upload status from enabled to disabled.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-20. Firmware Upgrade The MS888G2 allows the administrator to upgrade the firmware to improve the features and capabilities of the switch. The firmware is upgraded via a TFTP server using any Ethernet port on the switch. Fig. 3-74 Function name: Firmware Upgrade Function description: Used to upload new firmware into the MS888G2. Once you have set the path and filename for the firmware file, click the upgrade button to proceed.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-21. Reboot The MS888G2 allows the Administrator to reboot the switch from the web management you can also reboot the switch using the reset button on the front panel of the switch. Fig. 3-75 Function name: Reboot Function description: Used to reboot the switch, this can also be performed via the RESET button on the front panel of the switch. It takes about 30 seconds for the reboot to complete.
MS888G2 User Manual 3-22. Logout Fig. 3-76 Function name: Logout Function description: Used to logout of the web management interface. Parameters description: Logout: Click the Logout button to log out of the management interface. Auto Logout: The Web management interface allows the user to be automatically logged out after a predetermined period of the time.
MS888G2 User Manual 4. Operation of CLI Management 4-1. CLI Management Refer to chapter 2 for basic installation. When configuring the MS888G2 via the RS-232 console please connect the switch via the provided serial cable to a DCE device such as a PC. Once you have connection run a terminal emulation program such as Hyper Terminal.
MS888G2 User Manual Fig. 4-1 4-2. Commands of the CLI To display the list of commands that are supported on the MS888G2 Switches CLI type “?” and press enter. All commands on the switch are divided into 2 groups Global commands and Local commands. The Global commands include “exit”, “end”, “help”, “history”, “logout”, “save start”, “save user”, “restore default” and “restore user”. For more details, please refer to Section 4-2-1. All Local commands will be run through in Section 4-2-2. Fig.
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MS888G2 User Manual 4-2-1. Global Commands of the CLI exit Syntax: exit Description: Back to the previous menu. Use this command to navigate back to previous menus. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2# trunk MS888G2 (trunk)# exit MS888G2# end Syntax: end Description: Back to the root menu. Use this command to return to the root menu. Unlike the exit command which will take you back to the previous menu, the end command will take you directly to the root menu. Argument: None.
MS888G2 User Manual help Syntax: help Description: Displays available commands in the current menu. To display the available commands in any given menu enter the appropriate menu and type help. This will display all available commands for that menu. Argument: None. Possible value: None.
MS888G2 User Manual history Syntax: history [#] Description: Shows you a list of commands that have previously been entered. When you enter this command, the CLI will show a list of commands which you have entered before. The CLI supports up to 256 records. If no argument is typed, the CLI will list all records up to 256. If an optional argument is given, the CLI will only show the last number of records given by the argument. Argument: [#]: show last number of history records.
MS888G2 User Manual logout Syntax: logout Description: When you enter this command via a Telnet connection, you will be automatically logged out of the system and disconnected. If you connect to the system via a direct serial port, you will be logged out of the system and the login prompt will be displayed. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: None. save start Syntax: save start Description: To save the current configuration as the startup configuration.
MS888G2 User Manual save user Syntax: save user Description: To save the current configuration as the user-defined configuration. When you enter this command, the CLI will save your current configuration into the non-volatile FLASH as the user-defined configuration. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2# save user Saving user...
MS888G2 User Manual restore user Syntax: restore user Description: To restore the startup configuration as the user defined configuration. If the switch has been correctly restored back to the user defined configuration you will be prompted immediately to reboot the switch. If you press “Y” or “y” the switch will be rebooted and loaded with the user defined configuration. If you select “N” or “n” you will return to the previous screen.
MS888G2 User Manual 4-2-2. Local Commands of CLI system show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the basic information of the switch. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(system)# show Model Name : MS888G2 System Description : 24 Port Modular Fast Ethernet Switch Location : Contact : Device Name : MS888G2 System Up Time : 0 Days 1 Hours 19 Mins 17 Secs Current Time : Fri Apr 27 01:26:11 2006 BIOS Version : v1.05 Firmware Version : v2.06 Hardware-Mechanical Version : v1.
MS888G2 User Manual Syntax: set location Description: Enter a descriptive location for the MS888G2. Argument: String length up to 32 characters. Possible values: a, b, c, d, ... ,z and 1, 2, 3, …. etc. Example: MS888G2(system)# set location Canberra set contact Syntax: set contact Description: Enter the contact name responsible for the switch. Argument: String length up to 32 characters. Possible value: a, b, c, d, ... ,z and 1, 2, 3, …. etc.
MS888G2 User Manual IP set ip Syntax: set ip Description: To set the system IP address, subnet mask and gateway. Argument: : ip address : Subnet Mask : Default Gateway Possible value: : 192.168.1.2 or other. : 255.255.255.0 or other. : 192.168.1.253 or other. Example: MS888G2(ip)# set ip 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.253 : Sets the IP address of the switch to 192.168.1.2, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway to 192.
MS888G2 User Manual enable dhcp Syntax: enable dhcp Description: To enable the DHCP function and assign a DNS Server address manually or automatically. Argument: : enable DHCP and assign DNS address using manual or auto mode. Possible value: Manual or auto Example: MS888G2(ip)# enable dhcp manual : Enables DHCP function and sets DNS server via manual mode. disable dhcp Syntax: disable dhcp Description: Disables the DHCP function in the Switch.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: To display the system’s DHCP function state, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS mode, DNS server IP address and current IP address. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(ip)# show DHCP : Disable IP Address : 192.168.2.65 Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 Gateway : 192.168.2.252 DNS Setting : Manual DNS Server : 168.95.1.1 Current IP : 192.168.2.
MS888G2 User Manual time set manual Syntax: set manual Description: Used to set up the current time manually. Argument: Possible value: YYYY : Year (2000-2036) MM : Month (01-12) DD : Day (01-31) hh : Hour (00-23) mm : Minute (00-59) ss : Second (00-59) Example: MS888G2(time)# set manual 2006/02/24 16:18:00 set ntp Syntax: set ntp Description: Used to set up the current time via a NTP server.
MS888G2 User Manual set daylightsaving Syntax: set daylightsaving
Description: Used to configure the daylight savings start and ending dates.MS888G2 User Manual Day light Saving End : Mth: 1 Day: 1 Hour: 0 131 Alloy Computer Products Pty Ltd Copyright ©2006
MS888G2 User Manual account add Syntax: add guest Description: To create a new guest user. When you create a new guest user, you must type in a password and then confirm the password. Argument: : new account name Possible value: A string must be at least 5 characters. Example: MS888G2(account)# add Freddy Password: Confirm Password: Save Successfully del Syntax: del Description: Used to delete an existing account. Argument: : existing user account Possible value: None.
MS888G2 User Manual modify Syntax: modify Description: Used to change the username and password of an existing account. Argument: : existing user account Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(account)# modify Freddy username/password: the length is from 5 to 15 characters. Current username (Freddy):Freddy2 New password: Confirm password: Username changed successfully. Password changed successfully. show Syntax: show Description: Displays the current users configured in the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual port set speed-duplex Syntax: set speed-duplex Description: Used to configure the speed and duplex settings of each port. Argument: :syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 24 : auto: set auto-negotiation mode 10half: set speed/duplex 10M Half 10full: set speed/duplex 10M Full 100half: set speed/duplex 100M Half 100full: set speed/duplex 100M Full 1Gfull: set speed/duplex 1G Full.
MS888G2 User Manual show simple-counter Syntax: show simple-counter Description: Used to display the summary of each port’s traffic usage. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(port)# show simple-counter show detail-counter Syntax: Show detail-counter Description: Used to display a detailed traffic counter for each port.
MS888G2 User Manual show conf Syntax: show conf Description: Used to display each port’s state, speed-duplex and flow control settings. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(port)# show conf show sfp Syntax: show sfp Description: Used to display the SFP module information. Argument: : available 25, 26 Possible value: 25, 26 Example: MS888G2(port)# show sfp 25 : Displays the SFP module information for port 25.
MS888G2 User Manual clear counter Syntax: clear counter Description: Used to clear all ports’ counter (include simple and detail port counter) information. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(port)# clear counter enable state Syntax: enable state Description: Used to enable the port. Argument: range syntax: 1,5-7, available from 1 to 24 Possible value: : 1 ~ 24 Example: MS888G2(port)# enable state 3-12 : Enables ports 3 through to 12.
MS888G2 User Manual enable flow-control Syntax: enable flow-control Description: Used to enable flow control on a particular port. Argument: range syntax: 1,5-7, available from 1 to 24 Possible value: : 1 ~ 24 Example: MS888G2(port)# enable flow-control 3-8 : Enables flow control for ports 3 through to 8. disable state Syntax: disable state Description: Used to Disable the port.
MS888G2 User Manual disable flow-control Syntax: disable flow-control Description: Used to disable flow control on a particular port. Argument: range syntax: 1,5-7, available from 1 to 24 Possible value: : 1 ~ 24 Example: MS888G2(port)# disable flow-control 6 : Disables flow control for port 6.
MS888G2 User Manual mirror set mirror-mode Syntax: set mirror-mode Description: Used to set the switches Mirror mode. (rx mode or disabled). Argument: rx : Enable the switch to mirror all received packets. disable: Disables the mirror function. Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(mirror)# set mirror-mode rx : Enables RX mirroring mode on the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual set monitored-port Syntax: set monitored-port Description: Used to set up the port(s) that will be monitored, the packets received by this port(s) will be copied to the monitoring port. Argument: : the port(s) that have been chosen for monitoring. Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(mirror)# set monitored-port 3-5,8,10 : Enables all traffic received on ports 3 through to 5, port 8 and port 10 to be copied to the monitoring port.
MS888G2 User Manual bandwidth enable ingress-rate Syntax: enable ingress-rate Description: Used to set up the Ingress-rate of each port on the switch. Argument: :syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 – 24 : 0-1000Mbps. Possible value: : 1 to 24 : 0-1000Mbps. Example: MS888G2(bandwidth)# enable ingress-rate 1-16 100 : Enables an ingress rate of 100Mbps on all 16 ports.
MS888G2 User Manual enable egress-rate Syntax: enable egress-rate Description: Used to set up the Egress-rate of each port on the switch. Argument: :syntax 1, 5-7, available from 1 – 24 : 0-1000Mbps. Possible value: : 1 to 24 : 0-1000Mbps. Example: MS888G2(bandwidth)# enable egress-rate 1-24 20. : Enables an Egress rate of 20Mbps on all 24 ports.
MS888G2 User Manual disable storm-rate Syntax: disable ingress-rate Description: Used to disable the storm-rate of the port. Argument: :syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 – 24 Possible value: : 1 to 24 Example: MS888G2(bandwidth)# disable storm-rate 1-24 : Disables the storm rate control for all ports from 1 through to 24. disable egress-rate Syntax: disable egress-rate Description: Used to disable the egress-rate of the port.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: Used to display all current settings of the bandwidth rate control.
MS888G2 User Manual 22 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 23 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 24 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 25 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 26 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 Disabled 0 QoS set mode Syntax: set mode Description: To set the QoS priority mode of the switch Argument: port: per port priority pri_tag: vlan tag priority tos: ip tos classification layer4: ip tcp/udp port classification diffserv: ip diff
MS888G2 User Manual Example: MS888G2(qos)# set default 1 : Sets a high priority to all ports not using the QoS function. set port Syntax: set port Description: Used to set a High or Low priority class to all ports being used by port-based QoS. Argument: : port range : class of service setting. Possible value: : syntax: 1,5-7, available from 1 to 26 : 1: high, 0: low Example: MS888G2(qos)# set port 1-10 1 : Sets a high priority on all port from 1 through to 10.
MS888G2 User Manual : class of service setting. 1: high, 0: low Example: MS888G2(qos)# set pri-tag 1-10 1-2 1 : Sets a high priority level to all packets containing a VLAN tag of 1 or 2 to all ports from 1 through to 10. set tos Syntax: set tos Description: Used to set a priority level to ports based on the TOS field of an IP packet.
MS888G2 User Manual set diffserv Syntax: set diffserv Description: Used to prioritse data based on IP DiffServe qos. Argument: : dscp field : class of service Possible value: : syntax: 1,5-7, available from 0 to 63 : 1: high, 0: low Example: MS888G2(qos)# set diffserv 0-20 1 :Sets all classes of traffic with a diffserv value from 1 through to 20 with a high priority.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the information of the mode that you have chosen.
MS888G2 User Manual snmp enable Syntax: enable snmp enable set-ability Description: Used to enable the SNMP function and configure your community names. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(snmp)# enable snmp : Enables the SNMP function in the switch. MS888G2(snmp)# enable set-ability : Enables the private community of the SNMP function. disable Syntax: disable snmp disable set-ability Description: Used to disable the SNMP function. Argument: None. Possible value: None.
MS888G2 User Manual set Syntax: set get-community set set-community set trap <#> [port] [community] Description: Set is used to configure the setup of the get-community, set-community, trap host ip, host port and trap-community. Argument: <#>: trap number : ip address or domain name : trap port :trap community name Possible value: trap number: 1 to 6 port:1~65535 Example: MS888G2(snmp)# set get-community public : Sets the get-community name to public.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: Displays the configuration of the SNMP function. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(snmp)# show SNMP: Enable Get Community: public Set Community: private [Enable] Trap Host 1 IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Port: 162 Community: public Trap Host 2 IP Address: 0.0.0.0 Port: 162 Community: public Trap Host 3 IP Address: 0.0.0.0 Port: 162 Community: public Trap Host 4 IP Address: 0.0.0.0 Port: 162 Community: public Trap Host 5 IP Address: 0.0.0.
MS888G2 User Manual igmp set igmp_snooping Syntax: set igmp_snooping Description: Used to set the IGMP Snooping mode. Argument: 0:disable , 1:active , 2:passive Possible value: 0,1,2 Example: MS888G2(igmp)# set igmp-snooping 2 : Sets the IGMP Snooping mode to passive mode. show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the IGMP snooping mode and IP Multicast Table.
MS888G2 User Manual dhcp-boot set dhcp-boot Syntax: set dhcp-boot Description: Used to set the delay time for DHCP Broadcast Suppression. Argument: :range syntax: 0, 1-30. The value “0” will disable the dhcp-boot delay. Possible value: :0-30 Example: MS888G2(dhcp-boot)# set dhcp-boot 30 : Sets the DHCP Broadcast Suppression delay time to 30 seconds. show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the status of DHCP Broadcast Suppression.
MS888G2 User Manual vlan set mode Syntax: set mode Description: Used to configure the VLAN mode of the switch, including disable, port-based and tag-based Argument: disable: vlan disable tag: set tag-based vlan port: set port-based vlan double-tag: enable Q-in-Q function Possible value: : disable, port, tag Example: MS888G2(vlan)# set mode port : Sets the VLAN mode for the switch to port-based mode 156 Alloy Computer Products Pty Ltd Copyright ©2006
MS888G2 User Manual set tag-group Syntax: set tag-group <#> Description: Used to create or edit a tag-based vlan group. Argument: vid: vlan ID name: vlan name range: vlan group members, syntax: 1,5-7 Possible value: vid: range from 1 to 4094 name: tag-vlan name range: from 1 to 26 Example: MS888G2(vlan)# set tag-group 2 VLAN-2 2-5, 6 0 : Creates a Tag-based VLAN group with a VID of 2, and a group name of VLAN-2.
MS888G2 User Manual set port-group Syntax: set port-group Description: Used to create or edit a port-based VLAN group. Argument: name: vlan name range: vlan group members, syntax: 1,5-7 Possible value: name: port-vlan name range: available from 1 to 26 Example: MS888G2(vlan)# set port-group VLAN-1 2-5,6,10,12 : Creates a port-based VLAN group with a group name of VLAN-1 and member ports consisting of ports 2 through to 5, 6, 10 and 12.
MS888G2 User Manual enable sym-vlan Syntax: enable sym-vlan Description: Used to drop frames with a particular VID that do not belong to the same VLAN group. Argument: range: what port(s) you want to configure. Syntax: 1,5-7 Possible value: range: available from 1 to 26 Example: MS888G2(vlan)# enable sym-vlan 5-10 : Enables sym-vlan on all ports ranging from 5 through to 10. disable sym-vlan Syntax: disable sym-vlan Description: Used to drop frames from the non-member ports.
MS888G2 User Manual enable drop-untag Syntax: enable drop-untag Description: Used to create a rule so that all untagged frames received on this port will be dropped. Argument: range: which port(s) you want to configure. Syntax: 1,5-7 Possible value: range: available from 1 to 26 Example: MS888G2(vlan)# enable drop-untag 5-10 : Creates a rule to drop all untagged frames received on ports 5 through to 10.
MS888G2 User Manual del tag-group Syntax: del tag-group Description: Used to delete an existing tag-based vlan group. Argument: vid: which vlan group you want to delete. Possible value: vid: available from 1 to 4094 Example: MS888G2(vlan)# del tag-group 2 :Deletes VLAN group 2. del port-group Syntax: del port-group Description: Used to delete the port-based vlan group. Argument: name: which vlan group you want to delete.
MS888G2 User Manual show group Syntax: show group Description: Used to display the vlan mode and vlan group(s). Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(vlan)# show group Vlan mode is double-tag.
MS888G2 User Manual show pvid Syntax: show pvid Description: Used to display the pvid and the ingress/egress rule(s).
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MS888G2 User Manual mac-table <> show Syntax: Show Description: Used to display all MAC table information.
MS888G2 User Manual search Syntax: search Description: Used to search the MAC table for specific MAC information.
MS888G2 User Manual <> set aging Syntax: set aging <#> Description: Used to set up the age out time value of MAC addresses learnt dynamically. Argument: <#> : age-timer in seconds, 0, 10 to 65535. The value zero disables aging Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(mac-table-maintain)# set aging 300 : Sets the MAC aging time to 300 seconds set flush Syntax: set flush Description: Used to delete all of the MAC's that have been learnt dynamically.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: Used to display the settings of age-timer. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(mac-table-maintain)# show age-timer : 300 seconds <> add Syntax: add [alias] Description: Used to add a static MAC entry into the switches MAC table. Argument: : mac address, format: 00-02-03-04-05-06 : 0-26 : vlan id. 0, 1-4094.
MS888G2 User Manual del Syntax: del Description: Used to remove a selected static MAC address entry. Argument: : mac address, format: 00-02-03-04-05-06 : vlan id. 0, 1-4094. vid must be zero if vlan mode is not tag-based Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(mac-table-static-mac)# del 00-02-03-04-05-06 0 : Removes the static MAC entry of 00-02-03-04-05-06 with a VID of 0. show forward Syntax: show forward Description: Used to display the static forward table.
MS888G2 User Manual show filter Syntax: show filter Description: Used to display the static MAC filter table. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(mac-table-static-mac)# show filter Static Filtering Entry: (Total 1 item(s)) 1) mac: 00-33-03-04-05-06, vid: -, alias: ccc <> set Syntax: set Description: Used to configure a MAC alias entry.
MS888G2 User Manual del Syntax: del Description: Used to delete a MAC alias entry. Argument: : mac address, format: 00-02-03-04-05-06 Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(mac-table-alias)# del 00-44-33-44-55-44 : Deletes the MAC Alias name for MAC address 00-02-03-04-05-06. show Syntax: show Description: Used to display the MAC alias entries.
MS888G2 User Manual gvrp enable Syntax: enable Description: Used to enable the GVRP function. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(gvrp)# enable : Enables GVRP on the switch. disable Syntax: disable Description: Used to disable the GVRP function. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(gvrp)# disable : Disables GVRP on the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual set timer Syntax: set timer Description: Used to set GVRP join time, leave time, and leaveall time for each port. Argument: : port range : join timer : leave timer : leaveall timer Possible value: : syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 26 : available from 20 to 100 seconds : available from 60 to 300 seconds : available from 1000 to 5000 seconds Leave Time must equal at least double the Join Time.
MS888G2 User Manual set applicant Syntax: set applicant Description: Used to set default applicant mode for each port. Argument: range: port range normal: set applicant as normal mode non-participant: set applicant as non-participant mode Possible value: : syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 26 : normal or non-participant Example: MS888G2(gvrp)# set applicant 1-10 non-participant : Sets ports 1 through to 10 as non-participant mode.
MS888G2 User Manual show counter Syntax: show counter Description: Usage: show counter Argument: : port number Possible value: : available from 1 to 24 Example: MS888G2(gvrp)# show counter 2 GVRP Counter port: 2 Counter Name Received Transmitted -------------------- -------- ----------Total GVRP Packets 0 0 Invalid GVRP Packets 0 ---- LeaveAll message 0 0 JoinEmpty message 0 0 JoinIn message 0 0 LeaveEmpty message 0 0 Empty message 0 0 175 Alloy Computer Products Pty
MS888G2 User Manual show config Syntax: show config Description: Used to display the GVRP configuration.
MS888G2 User Manual 21 20 60 1000 Normal Normal Disable 22 20 60 1000 Normal Normal Disable 23 20 60 1000 Normal Normal Disable 24 20 60 1000 Normal Normal Disable 25 20 60 1000 Normal Normal Disable 26 20 60 1000 Normal Normal Disable show group Syntax: show group Description: Used to show the GVRP group(s).
MS888G2 User Manual stp enable Syntax: enable Description: Used to enable the STP function. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(stp)# enable disable Syntax: disable Description: Used to disable the STP function.
MS888G2 User Manual set config Syntax: set config Description: Used to configure the STP parameters. Argument: :Priority must be a multiple of 4096,available from 0 to 61440. : available from 1 to 10. : available from 6 to 40. : available from 4 to 30. Possible value: 0 to 61440. : 1 to 10. : 6 to 40. : 4 to 30.
MS888G2 User Manual set port Syntax: set port Description: Used to configure the port information of STP. Argument: : syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 26 : 0, 1-200000000. If 0 is entered path cost is automatic.
MS888G2 User Manual show status Syntax: show status Description: Used to display the status of STP. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(stp)# show status STP Status : STP State: Enabled Bridge ID: 00:00:8C:D8:09:1D Bridge Priority: 61440 Designated Root: 00:00:8C:D8:09:1D Designated Priority: 61440 Root Port: 0 Root Path Cost: 0 Current Max.
MS888G2 User Manual show config Syntax: show config Description: Used to display the configuration of STP. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(stp)# show config STP State Configuration: Spanning Tree Protocol: Enabled Bridge Priority (0-61440): 61440 Hello Time (1-10 sec): 2 Max.
MS888G2 User Manual show port Syntax: show port Description: Used to display the port information of STP.
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MS888G2 User Manual trunk set priority Syntax: set priority Description: Used to configure the LACP system priority settings. Argument: : available from 1 to 65535. Possible value: 1 to 65535 Example: MS888G2(trunk)# set priority 33333 : Sets the LACP priority setting to 33333.
MS888G2 User Manual del trunk Syntax: del trunk Description: Delete trunk port Argument: : syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 24 Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(trunk)# del trunk 1 : Deletes trunk group 1.
MS888G2 User Manual show status Syntax: show status Description: Used to display the aggregator status and the settings of each port.
MS888G2 User Manual show aggtr-view Syntax: show aggtr-view Description: Used to display the aggregator list.
MS888G2 User Manual show lacp-detail Syntax: show lacp-detail Description: Used to display detailed information of a LACP trunk group.
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MS888G2 User Manual 802.1x set state Syntax: set state Description: To configure the settings related with 802.1X Radius Server. Argument: : the IP address of the Radius Server. : the service port of the Radius Server(Authorisation port) : Enter a secret-key, length of secret-key is from 1 to 31. Possible value: : 1~65535, default is 1812 Example: MS888G2(802.1x)# set state 192.168.1.
MS888G2 User Manual set port-control Syntax: set port-control Description: Use to set up the 802.1X settings for each port. Argument: : syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 26 : Set up the status of each port 0: ForceUnauthorised 1: ForceAuthorised 2: Auto Possible value: : 1 to 24 : 0, 1 or 2 Example: MS888G2(802.1x)# set port-control 2 2 : Sets port 2 to use Auto mode for the 802.1x port mode.
MS888G2 User Manual set txPeriod Syntax: set txPeriod Description: A timer used by the Authenticator PAE state machine to determine when an EAPOL PDU is to be transmitted. Argument: : syntax 1, 5-7, available from 1 to 26 : timer , range 1-65535 Possible value: : 1 to 26 : 1-65535, default is 30 Example: MS888G2(802.1x)# set txPeriod 2 30 : Sets the timer for port 2 to 30 seconds.
MS888G2 User Manual set reAuthEnabled Syntax: set reAuthEnabled Description: Defines whether a regular re-authentication will take place on this port. Argument: : syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 26 : 0: OFF Disable re-authentication 1: ON Enable re-authentication Possible value: : 1 to 26 : 0 or 1, default is 1 Example: MS888G2(802.1x)# set reAuthEnabled 2 1 : Enables re-authentication for port 2.
MS888G2 User Manual set max-request Syntax: set max-request Description: The maximum number of times that the state machine will retransmit an EAP Request packet to the Supplicant before it times out the authentication session. Argument: : syntax 1,5-7, available from 1 to 26 : max-times , range 1-10 Possible value: : 1 to 26 : 1-10, default is 2 Example: MS888G2(802.
MS888G2 User Manual set serverTimeout Syntax: set serverTimeout Description: A timer used by the Backend Authentication state machine in order to determine timeout conditions in the exchanges between the Authenticator and the Supplicant or Authentication Server. The initial value of this timer is either suppTimeout or serverTimeout, as determined by the operation of the Backend Authentication state machine.
MS888G2 User Manual show mode Syntax: show mode Description: Displays what mode each port is using. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(802.
MS888G2 User Manual show security Syntax: show security Description: Displays the authentication status of each port. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(802.
MS888G2 User Manual show parameter Syntax: show parameter Description: Displays the parameter settings of each port. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(802.1x)# show parameter Port. 1) port control : Auto reAuthMax txPeriod :2 : 30 Quiet Period : 60 reAuthEnabled : ON reAuthPeriod : 3600 max. Request : 2 suppTimeout : 30 serverTimeout : 30 Port. 2) port control : Auto reAuthMax txPeriod :2 : 30 Quiet Period : 60 reAuthEnabled : ON reAuthPeriod : 3600 max.
MS888G2 User Manual alarm <> set Syntax: set sms set email set trap set all Description: Used to activate the different alarm events supported including sms, email and traps. Argument: : syntax 1,5-7, trap number. Possible value: available from 1 to 26.
MS888G2 User Manual del Syntax: del sms del email del trap del all Description: Used to de-activate the different alarm events supported including sms, email and traps. Argument: :trap number. Possible value: available from 1 to 26. Example: MS888G2(alarm-events)# del sms 1-3 MS888G2(alarm-events)# del email 1-3 MS888G2(alarm-events)# del trap 1-3 MS888G2(alarm-events)# del all 1-3 : Deletes all trap events configured including SMS, Email and SNMP Trap.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: Displays the configuration of the alarm events.
MS888G2 User Manual <> set Syntax: set server set user set mail-address <#> Description: Used for the configuration of the e-mail server, username, password and email address. Argument: : E-mail server ip : email server account and password <#>: email address number, range: 1 to 6 : email address Possible value: <#>: 1 to 6 Example: MS888G2(alarm-email)# set server 192.168.1.6 : Sets the Email Server address to 192.168.1.6.
MS888G2 User Manual del Syntax: del <#> Description: Used to remove the configuration of the E-mail address. Argument: <#>: email address number, range: 1 to 6 Possible value: <#>: 1 to 6 Example: MS888G2(alarm-email)# del 2 : Deletes email recipient 2. show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the configuration of the e-mail trap event. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(alarm-email)# show Mail Server : 192.168.1.
MS888G2 User Manual <> set Syntax: set server set user set phone-number <#> Description: Used for the configuration of the SMS server, username, password and phone number. Argument: : SMS server ip : SMS server account and password <#>: mobile phone number, range: 1 to 6 : phone number Possible value: <#>: 1 to 6 Example: MS888G2(alarm-sms)# set server 192.168.1.7 : Sets the SMS Server to 192.168.1.
MS888G2 User Manual del Syntax: del <#> Description: Used to remove the configuration of a mobile phone number. Argument: <#>: mobile phone number, range: 1 to 6 Possible value: <#>: 1 to 6 Example: MS888G2(alarm-sms)# del 3 : Removes SMS recipient 3 from the list. show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the configuration of the SMS trap events. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(alarm-sms)# show SMS Server : 192.168.1.
MS888G2 User Manual show (alarm) Syntax: show Description: Display’s the configuration of Trap, SMS or E-mail. Argument: None. Possible value: None.
MS888G2 User Manual diag diag Syntax: diag Description: Diag is used to test the UART, DRAM, Flash and EEPROM. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(diag)# diag EEPROM Test: OK UART Test: OK DRAM Test: OK Flash Test: OK Loopback Syntax: Loopback Description: For Internal/External Loopback Test. Argument: None. Possible value: None.
MS888G2 User Manual ping Syntax: ping Description: Used to test connectivity between other IP based devices on your network. Argument: [ip] : ip address or domain name Possible value: IP address, e.g. 192.168.2.65 or domain name, e.g. alloy.com.au Example: MS888G2(diag)# ping 192.168.1.115 Gateway : 192.168.1.253 192.168.1.115 is alive.
MS888G2 User Manual log show Syntax: show Description: Display’s a list of trap log events. If a trap event occurs, it will be recorded into the log. The log can hold up to 120 records. Use the show command to display the log. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(log)# show Tftp Server : 0.0.0.
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MS888G2 User Manual upload Syntax: Upload Description: Used to upload log data through TFTP. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(log)# upload : Uploads the contents of the log to a preconfigured TFTP Server. (see TFTP section) enable auto-upload Syntax: enable auto-upload Description: Used to enable the auto-upload function. Argument: None. Possible value: None.
MS888G2 User Manual disable auto-upload Syntax: disable auto-upload Description: Used to disable the auto-upload function. Argument: None. Possible value: None. Example: MS888G2(log)# disable auto-upload : Disables the auto-upload function.
MS888G2 User Manual firmware set upgrade-path Syntax: set upgrade-path Description: Sets the firmware file needed to upgrade the switch. Argument: : upgrade file path Possible value: : upgrade file path Example: MS888G2(firmware)# set upgrade-path ms888g2_v2.06.bin upgrade Syntax: upgrade Description: Used to upgrade the firmware in the switch for known issues or to add additional features.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the TFTP server and upgrade-path information. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(firmware)# show TFTP Server IP Address: 192.168.1.100 Path and Filename : ms888g2_v2.06.
MS888G2 User Manual config-file set export-path Syntax: set export-path Description: To set the filepath and filename that will be used to export the configuration of the switch. Argument: : filepath and filename Possible value: : filepath and filename Example: MS888G2(config-file)# set export-path log/21511.txt : Exports the config file to a folder called log with a file name of 21511.txt.
MS888G2 User Manual export start Syntax: export start Description: Exports the start up configuration of the switch. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(config-file)# export start Export successful. export user-conf Syntax: export user-conf Description: Exports the user configuration of the switch. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(config-file)# export user-conf Export successful.
MS888G2 User Manual import start Syntax: import start Description: Imports the startup configuration into the switch. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(config-file)# import start Import successful. import user-conf Syntax: import user-conf Description: Imports the user configuration into the switch. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(config-file)# import user-conf Import successful.
MS888G2 User Manual show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the config-file information. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(config-file)# show TFTP Server IP Address: 192.168.1.100 Export Path and Filename: log/21511.txt Import Path and Filename: log/21511.
MS888G2 User Manual tftp set server Syntax: set server Description: To set up the IP address of the TFTP server. Argument: : TFTP server ip Possible value: : TFTP server ip Example: MS888G2(tftp)# set server 192.168.1.100 : Sets the IP address of the TFTP Server to 192.168.1.100 show Syntax: show Description: Display’s the information of the TFTP server. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2(tftp)# show TFTP Server : 192.168.1.
MS888G2 User Manual hostname hostname Syntax: hostname Description: Used to configure a hostname for the switch. Argument: : hostname, max 128 characters. Possible value: : hostname, max 128 characters. Example: MS888G2# hostname Company : Sets the hostname of the switch to Company. autologout autologout Syntax: autologout
MS888G2 User Manual reboot reboot Syntax: reboot Description: Used to reboot the switch. Argument: None Possible value: None Example: MS888G2# reboot : Reboots the switch.
MS888G2 User Manual Appendix A Technical Specifications Hardware Specifications Standard Compliance: IEEE802.3ab / 802.3z / 802.3u / 802.3x 802.3z and 802.
MS888G2 User Manual Cable and Maximum Length: TP Cat.
MS888G2 User Manual Appendix B Null Modem Cable Specifications The DB-9 cable is used for connecting a terminal or terminal emulator to the Managed Switch’s RS-232 port to access the command-line interface. The table below shows the pin assignments for the DB-9 cable.
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