User manual POWERDSINE POWERVIEW PRO

[. . . ] Power over Ethernet Power View Pro User Guide Remote Web Managers Notice The information contained herein is believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of printing. However, due to ongoing product improvements and revisions, PowerDsine cannot accept responsibility for inadvertent errors, inaccuracies, subsequent changes or omissions of printed material. reserves the right to make changes to products and to their specifications as described in this document, at any time, without prior notice. Intellectual property are licensed to any third party, either directly, by implication or by any other method. © 2006 PowerDsine Ltd. All rights reserved. [. . . ] The following static parameters appears: No. 2. Parameter Description IP Address IP Mask 3. 4. Default Gateway MAC Address Internet address, numerical address which indicates a particular computer within a network The definition of the network portion of the IP address. This location must be configured in such a way that all IP addresses up to and including the local gateway are allowed. IP address of the local Gateway, which enables communication settings to other LAN segments. A 12-digit hexadecimal address used by the media access control layer of an 802. 2 connection. connection with Host Integration Server. PowerDsine 35 Power over Ethernet Solutions Remote Web Managers 4. 3. 2. 4 Remote Access The Remote Access window displays the remote managers that may access the unit (SNMPv1/v2 , SNMPv3, Telnet) and enabled/disabled SSL WEB encryption. No. 2. Parameter Description Enable SNMPv2 Enable SNMPv3 Indicates enabled/disabled SNMP v1/v2 Indicates enabled/disabled SNMPv3, due to security considerations. Note that it is not recommended to enable SNMPv2 while SNMPv3 is in use!When this box is checked, the user may access the unit, via the Telnet protocol. When this box is checked, indicates that WEB pages are encrypted by SSL. 3. 4. Enable Telnet Enable Web SSL Encryption PowerDsine 36 Power over Ethernet Solutions Remote Web Managers 4. 3. 2. 5 Remote Servers Remote Servers window displays the IP address of a remote SysLog Server, and an IP address of remote NTP ( Network Time Protocol) Server. No. 2. Parameter Description NTP Server SysLog Server IP address of a remote Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server Log Events sent to the IP address via SysLog protocol Note that an IP address 0. 0. 0. 0 prohibits the unit from sending Log Events 4. 3. 2. 6 Date and Time Date and Time window displays unit system time (GMT), as acquired from the NTP Server. No. 2. Parameter Description Time (GMT) Date (D/M/Y) Time (HH:MM:SS) as acquired from the NTP Server Date (DD/MM/YYYY) as acquired from the NTP Server If the unit fails to acquire time from the NTP Server, it will display the elapsed time since 1/1/2005 Power over Ethernet Solutions PowerDsine 37 Remote Web Managers 4. 3. 3 View - Product Information View - Product Information screen displays the following parameters (see Figure 4-5): Figure 4-5: View - Product Information Screen No. Parameter Description Product Nickname Serial Number Software Version Unit nickname as configured by network administrator Midspan serial number Current software version PowerDsine 38 Power over Ethernet Solutions Remote Web Managers 4. 4 System Configuration Screen System Configuration Screen allows the following Configurations: (Figure 4-6): Network Configuration SNMP Configuration SNMPv3 Configuration Security Configuration Product Parameters-Configuration System Configuration - Maintenance Figure 4-6: System Configuration Screen 4. 4. 1 System Configuration Network Screen Network Configuration screen (see Figure 4-7) allows Configuration of the following parameters (see also para. 4. 3. 2. 1): IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway. PowerDsine 39 Power over Ethernet Solutions Remote Web Managers Figure 4-7: System Configuration Network Screen No. Button/Checkbox Description When checked enables the DHCP to obtain IP by server; Note that the Static IP Address fields are dimmed!Static IP address to be used in cases where DHCP is disabled. Static IP subnet mask to be used in cases where DHCP is disabled. Static IP default gateway to be used in cases where DHCP is disabled NTP Server SysLog Server IP address of a remote NTP Server IP address of a remote SysLog server to which the Midspan sends log events. Note that an IP address 0. 0. 0. 0 prohibits the unit from sending Log 40 Power over Ethernet Solutions 2. 6. PowerDsine Remote Web Managers No. [. . . ] If problem persists, contact technical support. PowerDsine 89 Power over Ethernet Solutions Remote Web Managers 8 8. 1 So f t w a re U pda te Architecture There are two types of software updates associated with the Power over Ethernet (PoE) Midspan: Midspan Manager module software ­ Updates Midspan management application (including all Web pages) that provide remote NMS management capabilities Midspan Firmware ­ Update firmware used to manage PoE Power ports (rarely required) MOTHERB OARD DEVICE SOFT WA RE DAUGHTER BOARD AGENT GUI LAN PC TFTP Server Figure 8-1: System Software Architecture PowerDsine Power over Ethernet Solutions 90 Remote Web Managers 8. 2 Software Upgrade NOTES: 1. 2. To upgrade from version 1. xx to 2. xx, please refer to section 8. 2. 2 Active PoE ports will not be affected by software update. (No intermediate power failure to PD devices. 8. 2. 1 General Software update is required when a newer software version is issued by the vendor, or when malfunction occurs and the current version must be re-installed. To perform software update, the user must verify that it has TFTP Server application and that an update software files package is available ( see image bellow) Software update menu can be accessed only by Telnet (remote software update) or Console (local software update). [. . . ]