User Guide Easy Smart Configuration Utility TL-SG1016DE/TL-SG1024DE/TL-SG1016PE TL-SG105E/TL-SG108E/TL-SG108PE REV3.1.
CONTENTS Chapter 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 Intended Readers...................................................................................................... 2 Conventions .............................................................................................................. 2 Overview of This Guide ............................................................................................. 2 Chapter 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Install the Easy Smart Configuration Utility .....
6.3 6.4 802.1Q VLAN .......................................................................................................... 34 802.1Q PVID Setting ............................................................................................... 35 Chapter 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 QoS Basic ................................................................................................................ 39 Bandwidth Control ..............................................................................................
Chapter 1 About this Guide This User Guide contains information for setup and guidance of the Easy Smart Configuration Utility. Please read this guide carefully before operation. 1.1 Intended Readers This Guide is intended for network managers familiar with IT concepts and network terminologies. 1.2 Conventions In this Guide the following conventions are used: Menu Name→Submenu Name indicates the menu structure.
Chapter Introduction Chapter 3 System This module is used to configure system properties of the switch. Here mainly introduces: Chapter 4 Switching System Info: View device information and define the device description. IP Setting: Get and modify the network parameters of the switch. User Account: Modify the username and password for users to login the Web management page.
Chapter Introduction Chapter 5 Monitoring This module is used to monitor the traffic information of the switch, and provide the convenient method to locate and solve the network problem. Chapter 6 VLAN Port Mirror: Monitor and mirror network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and outgoing packets from one/multiple ports (mirrored port) to a specific port (mirroring port).
Chapter 2 2.1 Getting Started Introduction Easy Smart Configuration Utility is the management software for the TP-Link Easy Smart Switches. The utility allows operators to centrally manage entire networks of the Easy Smart Switches, which include TL-SG105E/TL-SG108E/TL-SG108PE/TL-SG1016DE/TL-SG1024DE/ TL-SG1016PE. Among of them, TL-SG105E V1.0 and TL-SG108E V1.0 can only be configured with Easy Smart Configuration Utility while others can also be managed on their Web-Management page.
If the home screen does not display, browse the files on the CD and double-click AutoRun.exe. You can also directly read the User Guide and double-click the icon in the Utility folder to install the utility with the same steps from the following step 2 to step 3. 2. Click the Install Easy Smart Configuration Utility link on the resource CD home screen. a. The InstallShield Wizard prepares the setup shown as the following screen. Please wait for a moment. Figure 2-1 Preparing to Install b.
Figure 2-3 Choose Destination Location By default, the installation files are saved in the Program Files folder of system disk. Click the Change button to modify the destination location properly to your need. d. Now the wizard is ready to begin the installation. Click Install to begin the installation on the following screen.
e. The InstallShield Wizard is installing Easy Smart Configuration Utility shown as the following screen. Please wait for a while. Figure 2-5 Setup Status f. Click Finish to complete the installation on the following screen. Figure 2-6 InstallShield Wizard Complete 3.
2.3 Switch Discovery When the utility is launched, it immediately searches the network for TP-Link Easy Smart Switches. The discovered switches are listed as below. Figure 2-7 Main Page Click Help in the left bottom to access the TP-Link support website for more help. Note: The maximum number of the discovered switches is 30. 2.4 Switch Setting You can select a switch and click to configure or display its status.
The setting figure will be shown as below: Figure 2-9 Switch Setting You can configure the switch’s Device Description, DHCP Setting, IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway on this page. The login User Name and Password are required to complete the configuration. By default, they are both admin. When the switch IP Address is not in the same subnet with host IP Address, it can be discovered by the utility, but you cannot login the utility management page.
2.6 Utility Features Overview You can select a switch and click or double click its corresponding entry to log on to the switch for further configuration. Please ensure that host IP address and switch IP address must be in the same subnet. Figure 2-10 Discovered Switch Enter the User Name and Password to login the configuration interface. They are both admin by default. You can select Remember Me to remember the User Name and Password.
The configuration figure is shown as blow: Figure 2-12 Switch Configuration Device description field shows the device model number of the switch that you are managing. Click the icon to save the current configurations. Click the icon to return to the discovering page. Note: The switch you log on to should be in the same subnet with your computer. 2.7 Uninstall the Utility If you want to remove the Easy Smart Configuration Utility, please take the following steps: 1.
Figure 2-13 Preparing Setup 2. Then the following screen will appear. If you want to stop the remove process, click Cancel. Figure 2-14 Preparing Setup 3. On the continued screen, click Yes to remove the utility from your PC.
4. Click Finish to complete.
System Chapter 3 The System module is mainly for system configuration of the switch, including seven submenus: System Info, IP Setting, User Account, Backup and Restore, System Reboot, System Reset and Firmware Upgrade. 3.1 System Info On this page you can view the system information and define the device description. Choose the menu System→System Info to load the following page. Figure 3-1 System Information System Info Device Description: Displays the device model number.
Device Description: 3.2 Give a description to the device for identification. IP Setting Each device in the network possesses a unique IP address. You can login the IP Setting page to operate the switch using this IP address. The switch supports the DHCP mode to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server. On this page you can get and modify the network parameters of the switch. Choose the menu System→IP Setting to load the following page.
Choose the menu System→User Account to load the following page. Figure 3-3 System User Setting The following entries are displayed on this screen: System User Setting User Name: Create a name for administrator’s login. Old Password: Type in the old password. New Password: Type in a new password for administrator’s login. Confirm Password: Retype the new password. Note: 1. The length of user name and password should not be more than 16 characters using digits, letters and underlines only. 2.
The following entries are displayed on this screen: System Config Backup Backup Config: Click the Backup Config button to save the current configuration as a file to your computer. You are suggested to take this measure before upgrading. System Config Restore Restore Config: Click the Choose File button to select the backup configuration file, and then click the Restore Config button. It will take effect after the switch automatically reboots. Note: 1.
3.6 System Reset On this page you can reset the switch to the default. All the settings will be cleared after the switch is reset. Choose the menu System→System Reset to load the following page. Figure 3-6 System Reset Note: After the system is reset, the switch will be reset to the default and all the settings will be cleared. 3.7 Firmware Upgrade The switch system can be upgraded via this management page. To upgrade the system is to get more functions and better performance. Go to http://www.
Switching Chapter 4 Switching module is used to configure the basic functions of the switch, including three submenus: Port Setting, IGMP Snooping and LAG. 4.1 Port Setting On this page, you can configure the basic parameters for the ports. When the port is disabled, the packets on the port will be discarded. Disabling the port which is vacant for a long time can reduce the power consumption effectively. And you can enable the port when it is in need.
Speed and Duplex: Config: Select the Speed and Duplex mode for the port. The device connected to the switch should be in the same Speed and Duplex mode with the switch. When “Auto” is selected, the Speed and Duplex mode will be determined by auto-negotiation. Actual: Displays the actual working state of the port. Flow Control: Config: Select On/Off to Enable/Disable the Flow Control feature.
Choose the menu Switching→IGMP Snooping to load the following page. Figure 4-2 IGMP Snooping The following entries are displayed on this screen: IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping: Enable or disable IGMP snooping function globally on the switch. Report Message Suppression: Enable or disable Report Message Suppression function globally.
4.3 LAG LAG is used to combine a number of ports together to make a single high-bandwidth data path, which can highly extend the bandwidth. The bandwidth of the LAG is the sum of bandwidth of its member ports. There are some rules on using LAG: For the member ports in a LAG group, their configuration of Port setting (Speed and Duplex, Flow Control), QoS must be the same.
Here you can configure and view the port parameters. LAG Config LAG ID: Select an identified number for the LAG group from the drop-down list. Port: Select the port as the LAG group member. Clearing all the ports of the LAG group will delete this LAG group. LAG Table LAG ID: Displays the LAG number here. Ports: Displays the LAG member ports. Delete: Delete the selected LAG.
Chapter 5 Monitoring Monitoring module monitors the traffic information of the switch, and provides the convenient method to locate and solve the network problem, includes four submenus: Port Statistics, Port Mirror, Cable Test and Loop Prevention. 5.1 Port Statistics On this page you can view the statistic information of each port, which facilitates you to monitor the traffic and locate faults promptly. Choose the menu Monitoring→Port Statistics to load the following page.
RxBadPkt: Displays the number of error packets received on the port. Note: 1. The frames with more than 1518 bytes, less than 64 bytes or with bad Frame Check Sequence (FCS) are recorded as BadPkts. 2. Because of the supporting feature of jumbo frame, the frames with more than 1518 bytes and less than 10000 bytes will be recorded as GoodPkts and BadPkts at the same time, and can be forwarded normally. 5.
Figure 5-3 Port Mirror (for TL-SG1016DE/TL-SG1024DE/TL-SG1016PE) The following entries are displayed on this screen: Port Mirror Port Mirror Status: Enable or disable the port mirror feature of the specified port. Mirroring Port: Select a port from the drop-down list as the mirroring port. Mirrored Port Mirrored Mode: Select a mode as the mirrored mode. Ingress: the incoming packets received by the mirrored port will be copied to the mirroring port.
Note: 1. The LAG member can not be selected as the mirroring port or mirrored port. 2. A port cannot be set as the mirrored port and the mirroring port simultaneously. 3. The port mirror function can span the multiple VLANs. 5.3 Cable Test This switch provides cable test to diagnose the connection status of the cable connected to the switch and the distance to the problem location, which facilitates you to locate and diagnose the trouble spot of the network.
Cable Fault Distance(m): Displays the error length (in meters) of the cable. Test: Click Test to diagnose the cable connected to this port. Test ALL: Click Test All to carry on the cable test on all ports. Note: The test result is just for your reference. 5.4 Loop Prevention With loop prevention feature enabled, the switch can detect loops using loop detection packets. When a loop is detected, the switch will block the corresponding port automatically.
Chapter 6 VLAN The traditional Ethernet is a data network communication technology based on CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect) via shared communication medium. Through the traditional Ethernet, the overfull hosts in LAN will result in serious collision, flooding broadcasts, poor performance or even breakdown of the Internet.
(2) Network security is improved. VLANs cannot communicate with one another directly. That is, a host in a VLAN cannot access resources in another VLAN directly, unless routers or Layer 3 switches are used. (3) Network configuration workload for the host is reduced. VLAN can be used to group specific hosts. When the physical position of a host changes within the range of the VLAN, you do not need to change its network configuration. There are 3 types of VLAN modes supported in the switch: 1.
In this User Guide, the tagged packet refers to the packet with VLAN tag whereas the untagged packet refers to the packet without VLAN tag. The VLAN module is mainly for VLAN configuration, including four submenus: MTU VLAN, Port Based VLAN, 802.1Q VLAN and 802.1Q PVID Setting. 6.1 MTU VLAN On this page you can choose to enable MTU VLAN mode and configure VLANs. Choose the menu VLAN→MTU VLAN to load the following page.
Choose the menu VLAN→Port Based VLAN to load the following page. Figure 6-4 Port Based VLAN Configuration To ensure the normal communication of the factory switch, the default VLAN of all ports is set to VLAN1. VLAN 1 cannot be deleted. The following entries are displayed on this screen: Global Config Port Based VLAN Configuration: Enable or disable Port Based VLAN mode. Port Based VLAN Setting VLAN ID: Select the ID number of VLAN from the drop-down list.
Note: A VLAN cannot be the subset or superset of other VLANs. 6.3 802.1Q VLAN On this page you can configure 802.1Q VLAN feature and view the related settings. Choose the menu VLAN→802.1Q VLAN to load the following page. Figure 6-5 802.1Q VLAN Configuration To ensure the normal communication of the factory switch, the default VLAN of all ports is set to be VLAN1. VLAN 1 cannot be modified or deleted. The following entries are displayed on this screen: Global Config 802.
VLAN Name： Give a name to the VLAN for identification. Untagged Ports： Click the port icon to configure the egress rule of the traffic on this port as untagged. The switch drops the tag header before sending the packet. Tagged Ports： Click the port icon to configure the egress rule of the traffic on this port as tagged. The switch adds the tag header before sending the packet. 6.4 VLAN ID： Displays the ID number of VLAN. VLAN Name： Displays the user-defined name of VLAN.
Figure 6-6 802.1Q VLAN PVID Setting The following entries are displayed on this screen: 802.1Q VLAN PVID Setting Select: Select the desired port for configuration. It is multi-optional. Port: Displays the port number. PVID: Enter a PVID number for the port. When adding the tag header to the received untagged packet, the switch will automatically uses this PVID value as the VLAN ID of the added tag. LAG: Displays the LAG to which the port belongs. Note: 1. 802.
Chapter 7 QoS QoS (Quality of Service) functions to provide different quality of service for various network applications and requirements and optimize the bandwidth resource distribution so as to provide a network service experience of a better quality. QoS This switch classifies the ingress packets, maps the packets to four different priority queues and then forwards the packets according to WRR scheduling algorithms to implement QoS function.
QoS Mode This switch implements three priority modes based on port, on 802.1P and on DSCP. By default, the priority mode based on port is enabled and the other two modes are optional. 1. Port Based When port-base QoS mode is enabled, the user can manually map the ingress packets of the port to four different priority queues.
3. DSCP based Figure 7-3 IP datagram As shown in the figure above, the ToS (Type of Service) in an IP header contains 8 bits. The first three bits indicate IP precedence in the range of 0 to 7. RFC2474 re-defines the ToS field in the IP packet header, which is called the DS field. The first six bits (bit 0-bit 5) of the DS field indicate DSCP priority in the range of 0 to 63. The last 2 bits (bit 6 and bit 7) are reserved.
Figure 7-4 QoS Basic The following entries are displayed on this screen: Global Config QoS Mode: Select the desired QoS mode. • Port Based: The packets are mapped to 4 priority levels based on • 802.1P Based: The switch classifies the ingress packets and maps the packets to different priority queues based on the 802.1p priority field in the 802.1Q tag. • ingress port.
7.2 Bandwidth Control Bandwidth control functions to control the ingress/egress traffic rate on each port via configuring the available bandwidth of each port. In this way, the network bandwidth can be reasonably distributed and utilized. On this page you can configure and view the bandwidth control function information. Choose the menu QoS→Bandwidth Control to load the following page.
Egress Rate(Kbps): Configure the bandwidth for sending packets on the port. You can select a rate from the dropdown list or select "Manual" to set Egress rate, the system will automatically select integral multiple of 64Kbps that closest to the rate you entered as the real Egress rate. LAG: Displays the LAG number which the port belongs to.
Port: Displays the port number of the switch. Bc Limit: Enable/Disable broadcast control feature for the port. Mc Limit: Enable/Disable multicast control feature for the port. UL Limit: Enable/Disable UL-Frame control feature for the port. Rate (Kbps): Select the bandwidth for receiving the specified packet on the port. The packet traffic exceeding the bandwidth will be discarded. LAG: Displays the LAG number which the port belongs to.
Chapter 8 PoE Note: Only TL-SG1016PE supports configuring PoE function. PoE (Power over Ethernet) technology describes a system to transmit electrical power along with data to remote devices over standard twisted-pair cable in an Ethernet network. It is especially useful for supplying power to IP telephones, wireless LAN access points, cameras and so on. Composition A PoE system usually consists of PSE and PD.
8.1 PoE Config On this page, you can configure the parameters to implement PoE function. Choose the menu PoE→PoE Config to load the following page. Figure 8-1 PoE Config The following entries are displayed on this screen: Global Config System Power Limit: Specify the max power the PoE switch can supply. It ranges from System Power Consumption: Displays the PoE switch's real time system power consumption. System Power Remain: Displays the PoE switch's real time remaining system power.
PoE Status: Select to disable/enable the PoE feature for the corresponding port. If set enable, the corresponding port can supply power to the linked PD (Powered Device). PoE Priority: The priority levels include High, Middle and Low in descending order. When the supply power exceeds the system power limit, the port with lower priority will stop supplying power; If these ports have the same priority levels, the port with larger port number will stop supplying power first. Power Limit (0.1w-30.
Chapter 9 Help This page contains two submenus: Help and About. 9.1 Help Choose the menu Help→Help to load the following page. Figure 9-1 Help Click Online Help to access the TP-Link support website and the online user guide for the Easy Smart Configuration Utility (the latest copy of this manual). 9.2 About To view the utility software version, choose the menu Help→About.
