User manual ASUS GIGAX 1024P

[. . . ] Centralized Network Management GigaX Smart Switch Management Software User's Manual E1816 / Oct 2004 Copyright Information No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. [. . . ] There is a tool bar button for it. . Figure 4. 6 Add Switch (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4. 6. 1 Add Switch (GigaX 1024I) 18 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 6. Remove Switch: you can remove any switch in the topology list manually through this function. It pops out a switch list and check those switches you want to remove. Please refer to Figure 4. 7 for the switch list window. Figure 4. 7 Remove Switch 4. 3. 2 Setup Figure 4. 8. Setup CNM polls the switch status periodically, the polling interval can be adjusted. 1. Auto Update Time Interval: as Figure 4. 9, a proper value can be set. The auto update time interval is used to poll the switch statistics and link status on the top of the window. The interval value could be adjusted from 0 to 300 seconds. There is a tool bar button for it. Figure 4. 9 Auto Update Time Interval GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 19 4. 4 Switch Topology The switch topology frame is on the left part of the CNM window. It shows the discovered switches and the relationship among them. The interface name and MAC address is shown after the. The switch topology shows the relationship among the switches in a tree view. That is, if a switch A has connections to switch B and your NIC, then a cascade tree will display as Figure 4. 10. Figure 4. 10 Switch Relationship In this way, you can find the relationship among the switch. Each is a switch with name and MAC address followed. You can assign a name to the switch by click the right button on the mouse while the mouse is point to the switch MAC address. Note: All the switch names are kept in CNM file, but not in the switches. So if you use CNM to manage the same switch on another management station, the name may be different because the switch does not keep its name. 4. 4. 1 Topology Discovery The topology discovery is done by user's request. That is, no auto update is executed for the topology change. This will reduce the network traffics since the discovery generates some packets to query the switches. 20 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4. 4. 2 Switch Add and Removal Discovery action will create the topology tree by all the discovered switches. The default password will be used in the discovery process. Sometimes you may have a switch with another password that is different from the default one. In this case, the switch cannot be discovered by the default password. You need to add a switch to the topology manually. [. . . ] Ingress rule for ingress filtering: to enable filter the frame received from a port which port is not included in the classified VLAN group member. GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 37 4. 7. 6 IGMP Snooping Enable the IGMP snooping will let the switch learn the multicast router port and group address member ports into the multicast address table. The table is combined with L2 MAC table, so the maximum entry is 8K. The valid port member will auto aging out after about 5 minute idle. See figures below. Figure 4. 23 IGMP Snoop (GigaX 1024P) Figure 4. 23. 1 IGMP Snoop (GigaX 1024I) 38 GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management 4. 7. 7 QoS Setup The system support 2 level priority queues. [. . . ]