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Moxa PowerTrans Switch PT-7324 Series User’s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2008 Moxa Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of Moxa Inc. All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ...............................................................................................1-1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 1-2 Package Checklist................................................................................................................. 1-2 Features .......................................................................................
1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the Moxa PowerTrans Switch PT-7324 Series, the rack-mount Smart Ethernet Switch designed especially for connecting Ethernet-enabled devices in industrial field applications.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Introduction Overview Reliable network operation is a must for many applications, including Power Automation and Transportation Automation. Network equipment must be protected against electrical surges and EMI, extreme temperature variations, and other environmental threats. The Moxa PowerTrans series is designed to meet the demands of power substation automation systems (IEC 61850-3, IEEE 1613), traffic control systems (NEMA TS 2), and railway applications (EN50121-4).
2 Chapter 2 Getting Started In this chapter, we explain how to access your Moxa PowerTrans Switch for the first time. There are two ways to access the switch: by serial console or web browser. The serial console connection method, which requires using a short serial cable to connect the switch to a PC’s COM port, can be used if you do not know the switch’s IP address. The web browser connection method can be used to access Moxa PowerTrans Switches over an Ethernet LAN, or over the Internet.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Getting Started RS-232 Console Configuration (115200, None, 8, 1, VT100) NOTE Connection Caution! 1. You can connect to the PT-7324 using a web browser and serial console simultaneously. 2. Recommendation—when connecting to the PT-7324 using a web browser, do NOT simultaneously connect using the serial console. By following this advice, you can maintain better control over how your Moxa PowerTrans Switch is managed.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 3. The Communication Parameter page of the Property window opens. Select the appropriate COM port for Console Connection, 115200 for Baud Rate, 8 for Data Bits, None for Parity, and 1 for Stop Bits. 4. Click the Terminal tab, and select VT100 for Terminal Type. Click OK to confirm. 5. Press Enter. The Console login screen will be displayed.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual 7. Getting Started Press 1 to modify the PT-7324’s network parameters, or press 2 to reset the PT switch’s configuration to the factory defaults. Configuration Using a Web Browser The PT-7324’s web browser interface provides a convenient way to modify the switch’s configuration and access the built-in monitoring and network administration functions. The recommended web browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0 with JVM (Java Virtual Machine) installed.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual NOTE Getting Started By default, the PT-7324’s Password is not set (i.e., is blank). You may need to wait a few moments for the web page to be downloaded to your computer. Use the menu tree on the left side of the window to open the function pages to access each of the PT-7324’s functions.
3 Chapter 3 Featured Functions This chapter explains how to access a Moxa PowerTrans Switch’s various configuration, monitoring, and administration functions. There are two ways to access these functions: serial console and web browser. The serial console connection method, which requires using a short serial cable to connect the PT-7324 to a PC’s COM port, can be used if you do not know the PT-7324’s IP address.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Configuring Basic Settings The Basic Settings group includes the most commonly used settings required by administrators to maintain and control the PT-7324. Port Port settings are included to give the user control over Port Access, Port Transmission Speed, Flow Control, and Port Type (MDI or MDIX). An explanation of each configuration item is given below. Enable Setting checked unchecked Description Allows data transmission through the port.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Description Setting Max. 63 Characters Description Specify an alias for each port, and assist the administrator in remembering important information about the port. E.g., PLC 1 Factory Default None Speed Setting Auto 100M-Full 100M-Half 10M-Full 10M-Half Description Allows the port to use the IEEE 802.3u protocol to negotiate with connected devices. The port and connected devices will determine the best speed and duplex for that connection.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Switch IP Address Setting IP Address of the PT-7324 Descriptions Identifies the PT-7324 on a TCP/IP network. Factory Default 192.168.127.253 Switch Subnet Mask Setting Subnet mask of the PT-7324 Descriptions Identifies the type of network the PT-7324 is connected to (e.g., 255.255.0.0 for a Class B network, or 255.255.255.0 for a Class C network). Factory Default 255.255.255.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Password Setting Old Password (Max. 16 Characters) New Password (Max. 16 Characters) Retype Password (Max. 16 Characters) Description Type current password when changing the password Type new password when changing the password If you type a new password in the Password field, you will be required to retype the password in the Retype new password field before updating the new password.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Step 4: After firmware upgrade process is finished, click Re Login to re-log in to the PT-7324. Local Import/Export The PT-7324 supports saving your configuration file to a local host to allow other PT-7324 switches to use the same configuration at a later time. Loading a pre-saved configuration file from the local host is also supported to make it easy to upload the configuration file to PT-7324.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions configuration settings to their factory default values. This function can be accessed from the RS-232 Console, or Web Browser interface. NOTE After activating the Factory Default function, you must use the default network settings to re-establish a web-browser connection with your Moxa PowerTrans Switch. Using Bandwidth Management A single device should not be allowed to occupy unlimited bandwidth, especially when the device malfunctions.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Ingress Setting Ingress rate Description Select the ingress rate for all packets from the following options: 8M, 4M, 2M, 1M, 512K, 256K, 128K, Not Limited. Factory Default Not Limited Using Traffic Prioritization The PT switch’s traffic prioritization capability provides Quality of Service (QoS) to your network by making data delivery more reliable.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual y y Featured Functions Provide predictable throughput for multimedia applications, such as video conferencing or voice over IP, and minimize traffic delay and jitter. Improve network performance as the amount of traffic grows. This will save cost by reducing the need to keep adding bandwidth to the network.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Advantages of DiffServ over IEEE 802.1D are: y Configure how you want your switch to treat selected applications and types of traffic by assigning various grades of network service to them. y No extra tags are required in the packet. y DSCP uses the IP header of a packet and therefore priority is preserved across the Internet.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Configuring Traffic Prioritization QoS Classification The PT-7324 supports inspection of layer 3 TOS and/or layer 2 QoS tag information to determine how to classify traffic packets. Queuing Mechanism Setting Weighted Fair Strict Description The PT-7324 has 2 priority queues. In the weight fair scheme, an 16:1, 8:1 or 4:1 weighting is applied to the two priorities.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions CoS Settings Setting Enable/Disable Description Set the mapping table of different CoS values to 2 different egress queues. Factory Default Disable TOS Settings Setting Enable/Disable Description Set the mapping table of different TOS values to 2 different egress queues. High Priority. If DS-field =101110 (EF), 001010; 010010; 011010; 100010 (AF), 11x000 (Network Control) Low Priority.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual y y Featured Functions Hierarchical groups—You could have one VLAN for directors, another for managers, and another for general staff. Usage groups—You could have one VLAN for e-mail users, and another for multimedia users. Benefits of VLANs The main benefit of VLANs is that they provide a network segmentation system that is far more flexible than traditional networks.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual NOTE Featured Functions Port-based VLAN settings only affect one switch. The PT-7324 can have a maximum of 24 VLAN settings. VLAN Table Using this table, you can review the created VLAN groups and joined ports. Using Auto Warning Since industrial Ethernet devices are often located at remote areas of a system, these devices will not always know what is happening elsewhere on the network.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Configuring Relay Warning The Auto Relay Warning function uses relay output to alert the user when certain user-configured events take place. There are two basic steps required to set up the Relay Warning function: 1. Configuring Relay Event Types Select the desired Event types from the Web Browser Event type page (a description of each event type is given later in the Relay Warning Events setting subsection). 2.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Port Event Warning e-mail is sent when… Link-on The port is connected to another device. Link-off The port is disconnected (e.g., the cable is pulled out, or the opposing device shuts down). Override Relay Warning Settings Click the checkbox to override the relay warning setting temporarily. Releasing the relay output will allow administrators to fix any problems with the warning condition.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Featured Functions Monitor by Switch Access the Monitor by selecting System from the left selection bar. Monitor by System allows the user to check the combined data transmission activity of all of the PT-7324’s ports. Recall that TX Packets are packets sent out from the PT-7324, RX Packets are packets received from connected devices, and Error Packets are packets that did not pass TCP/IP’s error checking algorithm.
4 Chapter 4 PT-7324 Configurator GUI PT-7324 Configurator is a comprehensive Windows-based GUI that is used to configure and maintain multiple Moxa PowerTrans Switches. A suite of useful utilities is available to help you locate PT-7324 switches attached to the same LAN as the PC host (regardless of whether or not you know the IP addresses of the switches), connect to an PT-7324 whose IP address is known, or modify the network configurations of one or multiple PT-7324 switches.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Configurator GUI Starting PT-7324 Configurator To start PT-7324 Configurator, locate and then run the executable file edscfgui.exe. NOTE You may download the PT-7324 Configurator software from Moxa’s website at www.moxa.com. For example, if the file was placed on the Windows desktop, it should appear as follows. Double click the icon to run the program. The Moxa Configurator window will open, as shown.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Configurator GUI Search by IP address This utility is used to search for PT-7324s one at a time. Note that the search is conducted by IP address, so you should be able to locate any PT-7324 that is properly connected to your LAN, WAN, or even the Internet. Start by clicking the Specify by IP address icon , or by selecting Specify IP address from the List Server menu. The Search Server with IP Address window will open.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Configurator GUI Export Configuration The Export Configuration utility is used to save the entire configuration of a particular PT-7324 to a text file. Do the following to export a configuration: 1. Highlight the switch (from the Server list in the Configurator window’s left pane), and then click the Export toolbar icon or select Export Configuration from the Configuration menu.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Configurator GUI Import Configuration The Import Configuration function is used to import an entire configuration from a text file to the PT-7324. This utility can be used to transfer the configuration from one PT-7324 to another, by first using the Export Configuration function (described in the previous section) to save a switch configuration to a file, and then using the Import Configuration function. Do the following to import a configuration: 1.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual 4. Configurator GUI Click Yes in response to the following warning message to accept the new settings. Unlock Server The Unlock Server function is used to open a password protected switch so that the user can modify its configuration, import/export a configuration, etc. There are six possible responses under the Status column.
PT-7324 Series User’s Manual Configurator GUI 1. Enter the switch’s User Name and Password when prompted, and then click OK. 2. When the Unlock status window reports Progress as OK, click the Close button on the upper right corner of the window. 3. The Status of the PT-7324 will now read either Unlocked or Locked.
A Appendix A Technology Standards Flow control Interface Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet System LED Indicators Module LED Indicators Alarm Contact Optical Fiber (100BaseFX) Distance Min. TX Output Max. TX Output RX Sensitivity Power Input Voltage Input Current Connection Overload Current Protection Reverse Polarity Protection Mechanical Casing Dimensions (W x H x D) Weight Installation Specifications IEEE802.3, 802.3u, 802.3ab, 802.3z, 802.3x, 802.1p IEEE802.
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