User manual AIRLIVE LIVE-GSH8T

[. . . ] Live-GSH8T All Gigabit SOHO Switch 8 × 10/100/1000Base-T NWay Auto-MDI/MDIX With Broadcast Storm Control User's Manual Trademarks All rights reserved. AirLive Logo is registered trademarks of OvisLink Corp. Other product names and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the requirements for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These requirements are designed for reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment operating in a commercial environment. [. . . ] The Live-GSH8T protects your network from such situations. Store-and-Forward Architecture against Packet Loss When network is under heavy traffic, the shared memory buffer in the switching devices might yield incorrect detections due to overfed memory buffer. This setback can happen either when data is transmitted in IEEE802. 3x Full Duplex or Back Pressure Flow Control mode. To solve this problem, Live-GSH8T utilizes a fixed memory buffer allocation with Store-and-forward transmission to ensure an effective buffer allocation for each port. Store-and-forward transmission controls data flow from transmitting to receiving nodes with the receiving buffer threshold adjusted to an optimal value, thus guaranteeing against all possible packet losses. Active Flow Control Live-GSH8T Gigabit Ethernet Switch implements in full duplex mode a flow control that is compliant to IEEE 802. 3x standard. While in half duplex mode, it employs an optional Back 1 Live-GSH8T Gigabit Ethernet Switch 1 Product Overview Pressure Flow Control to stall the incoming data when port buffers are saturated. With this flow control mechanism, it can be ensured that frames dropped during transmission are reduced to a minimum. Non-blocking Wire Speed Live-GSH8T's non-blocking cross-bar matrix architecture provides high-end performance for departmental and workgroup environments at a fraction of the cost of similar devices. Typically, this type of architecture was found only in high-end switches designed to handle huge corporate networks. With bandwidth needs and network efficiency concerns, Live-GSH8T's switching fabric design is the perfect answer for solution. System/Port Status Information at a Glance There are 2 sets of LEDs on the front panel: System LED and Station port LEDs, . - Bcst/DIAG (yellow) to indicate either filtering of broadcast frames or if the switch power on self test fails status Station Port LEDs For port 1 ~ port 8 - 10M Link/Act (green & yellow) to indicate three status in 10Mpbs mode: (1. ) linking status (2. ) duplex mode (3. ) activity - 100M Link/Act (green&yellow) to indicate three status in 100Mpbs mode: (1. ) linking status (2. ) duplex mode (3. ) activity - 1000M Link/Act (green) to indicate 2 status in 1000Mpbs mode: (1. ) linking status (2. ) activity Wall-mountable Cabling distance up to 100 meters for twisted-pair cable 3 Live-GSH8T Gigabit Ethernet Switch 2 Preparation before Installation 2 1. 3. Preparation before Installation Unpack the Package Before you begin the installation of Live-GSH8T All Gigabit Switch, make sure that you have all the necessary accessories that come with your package. Follow the steps below to unpack your package contents: Clear out an adequate space to unpack the package carton. Open the package carton and take out the contents carefully. Put back all the shipping materials such as plastic bag, paddings and linings into the package carton and save them for future transport need. After unpacking and taking out the entire package contents, you should check whether you have got the following items: Live-GSH8T All Gigabit Switch One AC power adapter Rubber pads and stacking clip Support CD-ROM (The PDF version of this User's Manual can be found within) If any of these above items is missing or damaged, please contact your local dealer for replacement. Fig. 2-1 Package Content 4 Live-GSH8T Gigabit Ethernet Switch 2 Preparation before Installation The Front Panel The front panel is where you can find the LED indicators. For information concerning LED indicators, please refer to Chapter 5, LED Indicators. Power LED Station Port LEDs Diagnostic LEDs Fig. 2-2 Front Panel The Rear Panel The rear panel is where you can locate the DC power jack, the 16 10/100Mbps station ports. For the technical specifications of the ports, please refer to Appendix A, Product Specifications for detailed information. Station Ports Live-GSH8T All Gigabit Switch is equipped with 8 x 10/100/1000Mbps auto-sensing and auto-negotiating ports. You can use these ports to connect to end stations, servers or other networking devices. DC Power Jack The DC Power Jack is where you should connect the DC power adapter chord. Power Connector Station Ports Fig. 2-3 Rear Panel 5 Live-GSH8T Gigabit Ethernet Switch 3 Installation of the Switch 3 Installation of the Switch Quick Installation Live-GSH8T Gigabit Ethernet Switch is fully compliant with 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet standards. Live-GSH8T is primarily designed as an ideal solution to enhance your workgroup/corporate 3 Steps to Quick Installation Step 1. Power on the Switch: connect the power adapter to the switch and the electric outlet. Connect network devices to the Switch: connect either workstation, server, switch, bridge or router to the station port (10/100/1000BASE-T), using 100 ohm unshielded twisted pair (category 5E UTP) or shielded twisted-pair (STP) cable. [. . . ] Under normal condition, the BCST/DIAG will flash once and remain off. If the LED remained lit after several seconds, then the switch might fail the power-on test. Broadcast Storm Control When broadcast traffic exceeds 5% of total traffic. The BCST/DIAG LED will keep on flashing to indicate that the switch is filtering out the broadcast packets. [. . . ]