SMC8506T 10/100/1000 Gigabit Copper Switch • • • • • 6 10/100/1000 RJ-45 Ports with 1 expansion bay 2 port 1000Base-TX or 2 port 1000SX modules Auto MDI/MDIX on all ports Half- and full-duplex flow control "Smart Function" features: 9 24K MAC Address Table 9 Port-based VLAN and L2 Trunking 9 Password Authentification 9 Port Mirroring 9 Desktop and rack mountable Installation Guide SMC8506T
EZ Switch 1000 User Guide From SMC’s EZ line of low-cost workgroup LAN solutions 6 Hughes Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 707-2400
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COMPLIANCES FCC Class A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction - Features and Benefits Hardware Description Optional Modules Chapter 2 Equipment Checklist Selecting a site Positioning the switch Sample Applications Switch Operation Chapter 3 Configuring the Chapter 4 - SMC8506T Main Menu Port Setting VLAN Trunking Aging Function Control Port Enable/Disable Port Mirroring Port-based Priority MAC Address Filtering Password Enable/Disable Restoring Factory Default Glossary
Chapter 1 Introduction - EZ Switch 1000 The SMC family of EZ Switch 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Switches (SMC8504T & SMC8506T) is the perfect solution for bottlenecks at the core of a network. Bottlenecks are the inevitable result of dataintensive applications and the proliferation of new users. SMC ’s EZ Switch 1000 provides a seamless migration to higher-speed networking while solving bandwidth issues. It is designed to allow simultaneous transmission of multiple packets via an internal highspeed data channel.
Features and Benefits The SMC EZ Switch™ 1000 gigabit switch is based on advanced chip designs to maximize throughput and increase the efficiency of your network. It features all standards-based technology, built at leading edge manufacturing facilities for reliability; hence, SMC backs your new product with a Limited Lifetime Warranty. • • • • • • Auto MDI/MDI-X on each port to simplify integration into a network Complies with the IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3z and IEEE802.
• • • A reset switch is located on the front panel for easy access Internal power supply Advanced functions include: 1. RS-232 and Console port for changing port configurations 2. Port-base VLAN (not support port-base VLAN overlap) 3. Tagged-base QOS (not support port-base QOS) 4. Trunking 5. Port Mirroring 6.
Hardware Description This section describes the hardware features of these Giga Switches. For easier management and control of the switch, familiarize yourself with its display indicators, and ports. Front panel illustrations in this chapter display the unit LED indicators.
SMC8506T via a connection to a console terminal or PC using a terminal emulation program Also shown in the diagram below are two fans for cooling the unit. 100-240VAC 50-60Hz CONSOLE RS232 19200,N,8,1 Rear panel of SMC8506T Optional Modules There are two optional modules; a 2-port 1000BASE-T and a 2-port 100BASE-FX. These are shown, in that order, in the figure below. 2port Copper Giga (SMC8500GT) 2port Fiber Giga.
Chapter 2 Installing the SMC EZ Switch 1000 Equipment Checklist After unpacking the EZ Switch 1000, check the contents of the box to be sure you have received the following components: Check the contents of your package for following parts: z 6 port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch z Power cord z 19” rack mount brackets.
lighting fixtures and other sources of electrical interference such as radios and transmitters. Make sure that a properly grounded power outlet is within 2.44 meters (8 feet) of the switch and is powered from an independent circuit breaker. As with any equipment, using a filter or surge suppressor is recommended. Positioning the Switch The EZ Switch 1000 can be placed anywhere there is enough flat space, such as on a desktop or a shelf.
RS-232 serial cable You must use the enclosed RS-232 serial cable that came with your switch. Attach the 9-pin female connector to the male connector on the switch. Plug the other side of this cable to your PC. Hyper Terminal Launch a “HyperTerminal”, create a new connection, and adjust settings as below: Sample Applications This switch segments your network, significantly increasing both bandwidth and throughput.
single network device (such as a workstation or server). When a port on the switch is connected to a hub (a 10 or 100 Mbps repeater), the bandwidth provided by that port is shared by all the devices connected to the attached hub. However, when a port is connected to an end node or to a device that breaks up the collision domain (e.g., another switch, bridge or router), the attached device has access to the full bandwidth provided by that port.
SMC continues to leverage it’s experience and history in the technology industry to create value added products with advanced features - providing service tools for the most experienced VAR or MIS Director. SMC continues it’s push towards gigabit applications with the introduction of the SMC8506T – 6 port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch with a modular slot for a choice of two modules; 2 port 10/100/1000 module and 2 port 1000SX.
Network Application – Corporate LAN connecting to a remote site Corporate LAN Connect users to Corporate LAN Router Small Remote LAN Use copper to connect locations up to 100 meters away at gigabit speeds.
Standalone application featuring high speed connection between segments SMC8506T –shown with optional 2 port copper 10/100/1000 Mbps or 20/200/2000 Mbps (full duplex) connection Copper Gigabit connection to each SMC6924M Server Servers 10/100/1000 Mbps Connection High Performance workstation High Performance workstation Network Administrators will find the SMC8506T an easy solution to integrate into a network as technology migrates toward gigabit.
Table and smart functions, ensures data integrity as the network is optimized to run at full wire speeds. Gigabit Ethernet is the perfect solution to bottlenecks at the core of the network that are the inevitable result of data-intensive applications and the proliferation of new users. SMC ’s EZ Switch 1000 provides a seamless migration to higher-speed networking while solving bandwidth issues.
Switch Operation Address Table The SMC8506T is implemented with a 24K MAC address table. This large address table is used to store the address information of nodes in the network, including MAC address, port no, etc. This information comes from the learning process of this gigabit switch.. Learning When one packet comes in from any port. The Giga Switch will record the source address, port no. and the other related information in address table.
an internal buffer, do the complete error checking before transmission. Therefore, no error packets occurrence, it is the best choice when a network needs efficiency and stability. The Ethernet Switch scans the destination address from the packetheader, searches the routing table provided for the incoming port and forwards the packet, only if required. The fast forwarding makes the switch attractive for connecting servers directly to the network, thereby increasing throughput and availability.
or Full-Duplex mode. 1000Base-TX and 1000Base-SX can only connected Full-duplex mode.
Chapter 3 Configuring the SMC8506T Configuration Operation Document Launch your “HyperTerminal” program and create a new connection with the following settings. After this is done, you’ll see the “Main Menu” which is shown below. Bits per second: 19200 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None Main Menu 8G Smart Switch (2G Copper Module) Configuration menu [ver:2.
Submenu: (0) Port Setting [Port Setting] Auto Neg. Speed [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] O O O O O O O O 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 Duplex F F F F F F F F Flow Control O O O O O O O O [Tab] : Move to next item [Space Bar] : Toggle item [S] : Save & Exit [Q] : Quit [U]:Up, [L]:Left [D]:Down, [R]:Right Use Tab or the “U”,”D”,”L”,”R” keys to move to the item needing to be changed, press the space bar to change it, and ”S” to save this configuration.
Submenu :(1) VLAN [Port base VLAN] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [Group 1] O O O O O O O O [Group 2] x x x x x x x x [Group 3] x x x x x x x x [Group 4] x x x x x x x x [Group 5] x x x x x x x x [Group 6] x x x x x x x x [Group 7] x x x x x x x x [Group 8] x x x x x x x x member port of trunk group must belong to same VLAN [Tab] : Move to next item [Space Bar] : Toggle item [S] : Save & Exit [Q] : Quit [U]:Up, [L]:Left
Submenu: (2) TRUNK [TRUNK] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [GROUP 1] x x x x x x x x [GROUP 2] x x x x x x x x [GROUP 3] x x x x x x x x [GROUP 4] x x x x x x x x member port of trunk group must belong to same VLAN [Tab] : Move to next item [Space Bar] : Toggle item [S] : Save & Exit [Q] : Quit [U]:Up, [L]:Left [D]:Down, [R]:Right OÆ enables the port you select XÆ disables the port you select Trunk port members must belong to same VLAN group.
Submenu: (3) Aging Control [Port aging] aging time [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] /minutes/ 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 [Tab] : Move to next item [Space Bar] : Toggle item [S] : Save & Exit [Q] : Quit Use Tab or the ”L” or”R” keys to move to the item needing to be changed, press the space bar to change it, and ”S” to save this configuration.
Submenu: (5) Port Mirroring [Port Mirroring] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Monitoring Port X X X X X X X X Egress Port X X X X X X X X Ingress Port x x x x x x x x Egress Port : the packets out-going this port will be duplicate to Monitoring Port Ingress Port: the packets in-coming this port will be duplicate to Monitoring Port [Tab] : Move to next item [Space Bar] : Toggle item [S] : Save & Exit [Q] : Quit [U]:Up, [L]:Left [D]:Down, [R]:Right Use Tab or the
Submenu: (6) Port-based Priority [Port-base priority] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] level T T T T T T T T / T : the priority depend on 802.1p / / 1 : lowest ingress priority / / 4 : highest ingress priority / [Tab] : Move to next item [Space Bar] : Toggle item [S] : Save & Exit [Q] : Quit Use Tab or the ”L” or ”R” keys to move to the item needing to be changed, press the space bar to change it, and ”S” to save this configuration.
Submenu: (7) Mac address filter [Mac address filter] 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 00-00-00-00-00-00 Pac
Submenu: (8) Change password / 6 characters max.
Chapter 3 Glossary 10BASE2: IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer Specification for thin cable Ethernet (also called Thin Ethernet) using standard coaxial cable. It is a cost effective network cable that extends up to 200 meters (hence the 2), however, the safety limit is 185 meters before the signal attenuates. 10BASE2 coaxial cables use TV (BNC) type connectors to link up the network. 10BASE5: IEEE 802.3 Physical Layer Specification for thick cable Ethernet using double-shielded coaxial cable.
plugs) connectors and has a cable length span of up to 100 meters. It has two versions, STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) which is more expensive and UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair), the most popular cable. Both these cables come in 5 different categories. However, only 3 are normally used in LANs, Category 3, 4 and 5. CAT 3 TP (Twisted Pair) cable has a network data transfer rate of up to 10Mbps. CAT 4 TP cable has a network data transfer rate of up to 16Mbps.
PCMCIA, CardBus, etc. ADAPTIVE CUT-THROUGH A switch forwarding cut-through technology that adapts its data forwarding process (Cut-Through, Fragment-Free, Store & Forward) according to the data error rate within the network. ATTACHMENT UNIT INTERFACE (AUI) Connector found on many network cards and 10BASE-T hubs, used to attach network cable via a transceiver. AUTO-NEGOTIATION A signalling method that allows each node to define its operational mode (e.g.
BNC Commonly used connector for coaxial cable. Often used for 10Mbps network connection (or 10BASE2 network communications). BUS An electrical inter-connection which allows two or more lines to be connected together. Circuit cards with the proper address will be able to access the appropriate information from the bus.
COLLISION DOMAIN See CSMA/CD. COMBINATION CARDS Combo cards combine two or more functions in one card, thereby extending the applications available from the single slot found in most platforms. The most common are data/fax modems combined with network interface cards (NICs). CSMA/CD (Customer Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) Baseband communications access method that uses a collision-detection technique. When a device wants to gain access to the network, it checks to see if the network is free.
EISA Extended ISA, PC bus standard that extends the AT bus (ISA bus) to 32 bits and provides bus mastering. It was announced in 1988 as a 32-bit alternative to the Micro Channel that would preserve investment in existing boards. PC and AT cards (ISA cards) can also plug into EISA slots. ETHERNET Originally developed by Xerox Corporation, it typically refers to the IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol which runs at 10Mbps transfer rate. ETHERNET NIC Network interface card that is in compliance with the IEEE 802.
event of a power failure, a disk crash or a major user error, data is not lost and the system can keep running. FRAGMENT-FREE FORWARDING A type of forwarding method used in switches that allows data to be forwarded through after the first 64bytes of each data packet is checked due to the data error rate condition of the network. FULL DUPLEX Transmitting and receiving data simultaneously. In pure digital networks, this is achieved with two pairs of wires.
IEEE 802.1 Standard for local area networks which covers network management and other aspects related to LANs. IEEE 802.2 Specifies the Logical Link Control (data link layer) for the following access methods (physical layer): IEEE 802.3 Specifies CSMA/CD, popularized by Ethernet. IEEE 802.3u A revision of IEEE 802.
INTERRUPT REQUEST (IRQ) Hardware interrupt on a PC. Eight lines (0-7 on 8086/88s) and 16 lines (0-15 on 286 and up) accept interruption from input devices, such as a scanner or network adapter. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION (ISO) Organization that sets international standards; founded in 1946 and headquartered in Geneva. ISA Industry Standard Architecture. An older bus architecture on the motherboard of MS-DOS computers. The ISA bus was originally pioneered by IBM on its PC, then its XT and AT.
NETWARE Novell's family of network operating systems that runs on 286 PCs and up and supports DOS, Windows, OS/2 and Mac workstations. It works with a variety of LAN access methods, including Token Ring, Ethernet, ARCNET and Starlan. NETWORK A set of communication channels interconnecting several or many locations. NETWORK INTERFACE CARD (NIC) Interface card required in the expansion bus of a personal computer to connect to the cabling of a LAN.
PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) Local bus for PCs from Intel that provides a high-speed data path between the CPU and up to 10 peripherals (video, disk, network, etc.). The PCI bus runs at 33MHz, support s 32-bit and 64-bit data paths, and bus mastering. PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. Organizations of U.S. and Japanese companies set up to standardize PC cards. PCMCIA NIC (PC Card) A credit card size I/O package for computers, laptops, and palmtops.
NIC Network Interface Card or adapter that enables terminals to connect to a network line. PORT (1) The entrance or physical access point to a repeater, computer, multiplexer, device or network where signals may be supplied, extracted or observed. (2) To convert software to run in a different computer environment. PROTOCOL Rules governing transmitting and receiving of data. REMOTE MONITORING (RMON) RMON provides comprehensive network monitoring capabilities.
and selects the most effective route. A router receives physical layer signals from a network, performs data link and network layer protocol processing, then sends the signals via an appropriate data link and physical layer protocols to another network. SEGMENT A separate LAN or collision domain. SEGMENTABLE STACK Stackable Hubs capable fo subdividing the LAN into separate collision domains. SERVER A computer that is on the network and shares resources with other network users.
The term for display indicators used to monitor all critical activities in an Accton hub or switch. SPANNING-TREE ALGORITHM A technology that checks your network for any loop configurations. A loop can often occur in complicated or back-up linked network systems. Spanning-tree detects and directs data along the shortest line to its destination, maximizing the performance and efficiency of the network.
network into smaller networks and then interconnects the segments to enable them to communicate with each other. SWITCHED PORTS Ports that are on separate collision domains or segments. TF Twisted pair and fiber optic cable compatible TP Twisted pair cable TWISTED-PAIR CABLE SEGMENT The cable used to join a repeater and an adapter. UTP Unshielded twisted-pair cable.
Communication network that covers wide geographic areas, such as states and countries. WORKGROUP Two or more individuals who share files and databases. LANs designed around workgroups provide electronic sharing of required data. WORKSTATION (1) High-performance, single user computer that has been specialized for graphics, CAD, CAE or scientific applications. Typically comprised of high resolution screens, local graphics processing, keyboard, pointing device, and network connection.
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