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1. HELP Displays a list of commands CONSOLE COMMANDS GET ALL display all parameters GET VERSION display software versions GET SET SYSTEM A B control all system ports GET SET RACK N A B control single rack ports GET SET PORT N A B control single port GET EVERYRACK display status for all racks GET EVERYRACK N display status for racks 1 thru N GET POWER N display power status GET SET GROUPS N string control single rack groups GET TYPES display single rack types GET SET IPADDRESS X X X X GET SET SUBNETMASK X X X X GET SET GATEWAY X X X X GET SET PINGREPLY ON OFF GET SET SNMPENABLE ON OFF GET SET READCOMMUNITYNAME string GET SET WRITECOMMUNITYNAME string GET SET WEBENABLE ON OFF GET SET WEBPASSWORD string GET SET WEBTIMEOUT N seconds GET SET WEBPORT GET SET TELNETENABLE ON OFF GET SET TELNETPASSWORD string GET SET TELNETTIMEOUT N seconds GET SET TELNETPORT N GET SET MONITORIP X X X X 0 0 0 0 to disable GET SET MONITORMAC X X X X X X X HEX CHARS GET SET MONITORINTERVAL N 1 10 seconds 0 to disable GET SET MONITORFAILCOUNT N 0 to disable GET SET MONITOROKCOUNT N 0 no auto recover GET SET AUTHENTICATIONTRAP ON OFF GET SET ALERTTYPE TRAP SYSLOG GET SET ADMINIP X X X X 0 0 0 0 to disable an entry GET ADMINIP display all administrator IP addresses GET SET MANAGER X X X X 0 0 0 0 to disable an entry GET MANAGER display
2. SET ADMINIP N X X X X Set administrator N 1 8 IP address Up to 8 different administrator IP addresses can be entered To remove an entry from the list set the IP address to 0 0 0 0 If all 8 ADMIN IP addresses are 0 0 0 0 no ADMIN IP addresses are configured the internal Ethernet module will allow access from any IP address subject to the existing password and enable flags for each interface If one or more ADMIN IP addresses are non zero the internal Ethernet module will only process messages received from the configured non zero ADMIN IP addresses All other messages will be ignored This ADMIN IP address filtering feature applies to the telnet web browser and SNMP Ethernet interfaces and to the PING reply functions The ADMIN IP address filtering does not affect outgoing PING and ARP messages so the Ethernet module is still able to monitor any IP address for the auto switch features The administrator IP addresses can be different than the manager IP addresses Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed GET ADMINIP N Display the IP address of administrator N 1 8 If no value is entered for N then all administrator IP addresses will be displayed ADMIN IP Addresses Mee 1925 7 68 1 4 113 23 P9264 1 TTS SET MANAGER N X X X X Set SNMP manager N 1 16 IP address Up to 16 SNMP MANAGER IP addresses can be entered for destinations of trap messages Trap messages will be sent to all enabled M
3. OFF position The A B Switches will still respond to switch control signals and commands from the GANG IN and GANG OUT ports abRackPowerStat 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 4 Racklndex A B Switch Rack Power Status This is a read only variable On the Controller Card there are two DC power entry connectors If power is applied to both power entry connectors the Power Status will report TwoSupplies If power is applied to only one of the power entry connectors the Power Status will report One Supply Down abRackSoftwareVersion 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 5 Racklndex Controller Card Software Version This is a read only variable and is limited to a maximum of 14 characters abRackName 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 6 RacklIndex Controller Card Identification String The string is limited to a maximum of 14 characters abRackCards 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 7 Racklndex A B Switch Rack Card Status Control One character for each of the sixteen cards in the rack Card slots which are not populated will be represented by an X character Characters represent Card slots 1 through 16 from left to right This variable may be used to set any or all cards in a rack with a single command When setting enter one character for each card in the rack up to 16 characters Valid characters are A B or X to leave a card unchanged When set with a single character this command functions the same as a set abSwitchPort command When set w
4. Pin Signal Name Signal Direction 5 Signal Ground Not Applicable 4 Transmit Data V Output Output 3 Receive Data V Input Output 2 System Control OPEN 12 12 Input and Output Note Jumpers W2 and W3 select the function of pins 3 and 4 on the GANG IN port Table 3 1 5 RJ11 GANG OUT Port Pin Assignment Pin Signal Name Signal Direction 5 System Control OPEN 12 12 Input and Output 4 Transmit Data Output 3 Receive Data Input 2 Signal Ground Not Applicable Note A standard RJ11 male male crossover cable is required to connect from the gang out port on one rack to the gang in port on the next R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 6 of 29 Market Central Inc Table 3 1 6 Controller Card Gang In Port Configuration Jumper Settings Jumper w3 W2 Gang In Pin 4 Connected to TXD Pin 1 to Pin 2 Connected to V through 1K Pin 2 to Pin 3 Gang In Pin 3 Connected to RXD Pin 1 to Pin 2 Connected to V through 1K Pin 2 to Pin 3 Factory Default Setting Jumpers W2 and W3 function as a pair to configure the gang in port Refer to table 3 1 4 for the GANG IN port pin assignment Connect to TXD and RXD to support RS 232 serial communications or connect to V and V to control the system control input with a remote toggle switch NOTE RS 232 serial communication is not supported on the logic only version The connections to V and V are through 1 K ohm
5. The Ethernet module does not have a real time clock however so each syslog message uses a default timestamp value of Jan 1 00 00 00 The device receiving the syslog messages will need to apply a timestamp or other identifier if this information is needed The general format for each syslog message from the Ethernet module is as follows Jan 1 00 00 00 Ethernet module IP address Bypass Switch specific message based on the event that occurred Listed below is each type of syslog message that the Ethernet module can issue followed by the actual syslog message that the Ethernet module will send R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 27 of 29 Market Central Inc power up cold start or RESET command Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Switch has been reset SNMP authentication failure Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch SNMP authentication failure keylock switch change disabled to enabled Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Keyswitch change to ON position keylock switch change enabled to disabled Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Keyswitch change to OFF position system gang switch A to B via S S B command or toggle switch Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch System switch to B position system gang switch B to A via S S A command or toggle switch Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch System switch to A position rack gang switch A to B via S R 1 B command Jan 1 00 00 00 192
6. are installed in rack 2 and so on up to A B Switch cards 4065 through 4080 are installed in rack 255 R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 25 of 29 Market Central Inc abSwitchPort 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 2 SwitchIndex A B Switch Card connected port This variable is used to control which port on the A B switch card is connected to the common port on the switch card When set to A the switch card will connect port A to port C When set to B the switch card will connect port B to port C When queried the status of the A B switch card will be reported as A or B if the addressed card slot is populated or the status will be Empty if the addressed card slot is empty abSwitchSoftwareVersion 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 3 SwitchlIndex A B Switch Card Software Version This is a read only variable and is limited to a maximum of 14 characters On the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System only the AC Power Switch Cards have software The Controller Card s software version will be reported when querying any other type of switch card abSwitchName 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 4 SwitchIndex A B Switch Card Identification String The string is limited to a maximum of 14 characters mclpRequester 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 2 The IP address of the remote entity that last accessed branch 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 This variable can be used to identify the last IP address to access any mcAgent variable It is returned in the authenticationFail
7. between a normal connection state all COMMON ports are connected to their respective B ports and a bypass or failover connection state all COMMON ports are connected to their respective A ports User configurable failover and recovery parameters control the auto switching functions to allow the switch to be used in a variety of applications In order to be able to perform the auto bypass and auto recovery switching functions the internal Ethernet module issues ICMP echo request PING packets in order to determine if a path exists to an IP address specified during configuration of the automatic switching feature Ifthe normal network path connections between the Ethernet module and the device being monitored go down for any reason the Ethernet module will no longer be able to PING the specified IP address and will then automatically switch from the normal connection state all COMMON ports connected to their respective B ports to the bypass or failover connection state all COMMON ports are connected to their respective A ports by internally executing a SET SYSTEM A command Once the problems on the primary path have been corrected the user can issue a SET SYSTEM B command to cause the switching system to switch from the failover connection state back to the normal connection state Or if auto recovery is enabled the switching will automatically re connect the normal path connections by internal
8. relays and optical switching mechanisms are in a known state Once this has been done the system will be ready for use R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 8 of 29 Market Central Inc 5 Operation When power is applied to the Controller Card the appropriate Power Supply LED should illuminate Also the alarm relay associated with the power supply should be energized changing the state of the alarm relay contacts On each A B Switch Card either the A LED or the B LED should illuminate to indicate the currently connected port When first installed each switch should be cycled from A to B and back It is possible for the latching relays to have changed state during shipping Cycling the switch will assure that all relays on the card are in the same state When the Key Lock switch is OFF the toggle switches in the rack will be disabled Note that the rack will still switch in response to switch commands sent to the Gang In RS232 port or to the Ethernet network port or via an external dry contact closure if using this option When the Key Lock switch is ON the toggle switches in the rack function normally The Toggle Switch on each A B Switch Card is used to switch only that card Hold the switch in the A position to connect Port A to Port C The A LED will illuminate when the switch operation has been completed Release the switch when switching has finished Hold the switch in the B position to connect Port B to Port
9. resistors The System Control signal is used as an input and an output As an Input signal it is normally open This input is driven to 12 VDC to switch the system to A and is driven to 12 VDC to switch the system to B As an output this signal is driven to 10 VDC when the user initiates a system switch to A and is driven to 10 VDC when the user initiates a system switch to B W2 and W3 should be set to TXD and RXD for systems using the serial input port and for Controller Cards that have an Ethernet module installed Table 3 1 7 Controller Card Ethernet Module Configuration Jumper Settings Jumper W7 ws Ethernet Module Jumper Settings No Ethernet module installed Pin 1 to Pin 2 Pin 1 to Pin 2 Ethernet module installed Pin 2 to Pin 3 Pin 2 to Pin 3 Jumpers W7 amp W8 should be set as follows e Both to position 1 2 if there is no Ethernet module installed i e Controller Cards addressed 2 thru 255 in a multi unit system e Both to position 2 3 if there is an Ethernet module installed WARNING Damage may occur to the Ethernet module and or Controller Card if these jumpers are set to position 1 2 with an Ethernet module installed The Controller Card has two independent power supply entry connectors Each power supply has a set of alarm relay contacts The alarm relay contacts are labeled COM for common and CON for contact The user may select the normally open or normally closed contact Table 3 1
10. security reasons it can however be set arbitrarily large R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 18 of 29 Market Central Inc SET WEBPORT N GET WEBPORT Set or display the current web port number Changing the web port number from the default can be used to provide an additional level of security Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET TELNETENABLE ON OFF GET TELNETENABLE Set or display the current state of telnet based access The SNMP Ethernet Controller Card will not accept any telnet requests when telnet enable is off Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET TELNETPASSWORD string GET TELNETPASSWORD Set or display the current telnet password Any mix of upper lower case letters numerals and or printable symbols can be used The password must be at least 1 char and no more than 8 chars in length Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET TELNETTIMEOUT seconds GET TELNETTIMEOUT Set or display the current telnet timeout in seconds After a period of inactivity of this many seconds the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card will disconnect any current telnet session Note that the telnet timeout cannot be disabled it can however be set arbitrarily large SET TELNETPORT N GET TELNETPORT Set or display the current telnet port number Changing the telnet port numb
11. the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card All commands are case insensitive although several variable parameters are case sensitive read write community names telnet and web password GET SET SYSTEM RACK PORT and ALL can all be abbreviated by the first letter of the command allowing shorthand entry of switching commands GET ALL Displays all parameters and settings An example output is shown here System Status B IP Address 192 168 1 30 MAC Address 00 06 57 00 01 02 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway IP Address 192 168 1 1 PING Reply Enabled SNMP Enable Enabled Read Community Name public Write Community Name Web Enable Enabled Web Password mctech Web Timeout 300 Web Port 80 Telnet Enable Enabled Telnet Password dataman Telnet Timeout 80 Telnet Port 23 private onitor IP Address onitor MAC Address onitor Interval 10 onitor Fail Count onitor OK Count 5 Authentication Trap 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 00 00 00 5 Disabled Alert Type TRAP odel 2 2 9T APR 2014 ADMIN IP Addresses SNMP Managers Rev 60 K GET VERSION Displays the software revisions of the Ethernet module and firmware on the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card Model 2 2 9T APR 2014 Rev 60 K GET SYSTEM Displays the system status This is the same as the status returned by the SNMP variable abSystemGangPort The GET SYSTEM command is meaningful only if you exclusively use the SET SYSTEM command to c
12. 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Automatic switch to B position R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 28 of 29 Market Central Inc WARRANTY LIMITATION OF REMEDIES AND LIABILITY WARRANTY Market Central warrants to the original purchaser only that the products which are the subject of this Contract will be free of defects in workmanship and materials under normal service and use for a period of one 1 year from date of sale Products which have been changed or altered in any manner from their original design or which are improperly or defectively installed tested serviced or used are not covered by this warranty If any alleged failure to conform to this warranty shall arise during a period of one 1 year from date of sale Market Central shall upon prompt written notice and compliance by Customer with such instructions as Market Central shall provide with respect to the return of allegedly defective products or parts correct such non conformity by repair or replacement or by the refund of the purchase price or applicable portion thereof at Market Central s sole discretion Correction in the foregoing manner shall constitute a complete fulfillment of all obligations and liabilities of Market Central with respect to said products THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER WRITTEN ORAL IMPLIED OR STATUTORY INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNES
13. 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Rack switch to B position rack gang switch B to A via S R 1 A command Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Rack switch to A position port 3 change from A to B via S P 3 B command Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Port switch to B position port 3 change from B to A via S P 3 A command Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Port switch to A position remove port 4 switch card from rack Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Port card removed install port 4 switch card in A position Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Port card inserted in A position install port 4 switch card in B position Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Port card inserted in B position applied power to PS1 PS2 already powered up Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Power supply status changed to two supplies removed power from PS1 PS2 still powered up Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Power supply status changed to one supply down removed power from PS2 PS1 still powered up Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Power supply status changed to one supply down applied power to PS2 PS1 already powered up Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Power supply status changed to two supplies auto switch B to A via auto bypass feature Jan 1 00 00 00 192 168 1 151 Bypass Switch Automatic switch to A position auto switch A to B via auto recovery feature Jan
14. 48 VDC Power Supply Card A Controller Card must be installed in one slot leaving 16 slots for any mix of A B switch cards Each switch card can be individually switched or the entire rack can be switched from the Controller Card Two RJ11 ports are provided that can be used to daisy chain up to 255 racks thus allowing a single point of control for all the racks in a daisy chain system of racks The R6000 also supports switching control via a 12 VDC signal or via a remote external toggle switch When used in this manner the maximum number of racks that can be daisy chained together is limited to 64 racks Note The Dual Port Cat6 A B switch card switches both sets of ports simultaneously NOT individually The switch card will connect both A ports or both B ports to their respective C ports Latching A B switch cards allow the user to connect port A or port B to port C through latching telecommunication relays or latching fiber optic switching mechanisms Latching circuitry allows the switch cards to retain their selected connections and maintain data flow even when power is lost or is removed Non latching fiber optic A B switch cards use latching relays to control a non latching optical switch If power is lost the optical switch will automatically fail over to connect port A to port C When power is re applied the latching relay will cause the optical switch to reconnect the port selected prior to the loss of power The Controller Card is
15. 8 Controller Card Alarm Contact Configuration Jumper Settings Jumper wil W12 Power Supply 1 Alarm Contact Normally Closed Contact Pin 1 to Pin 2 Normally Open Contact Pin 2 to Pin 3 Power Supply 2 Alarm Contact Normally Closed Contact Pin 1 to Pin 2 Normally Open Contact Pin 2 to Pin 3 Factory Default Setting Dip Switch SW4 function is reserved for future development and should be left in the OFF position Note Dip Switch SW4 may not be installed R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 7 of 29 Market Central Inc 3 2 Configuring A B Switch Cards There are no jumpers or switch settings that need to be configured on the A B Switch Cards that fit in the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System chassis except for the AC Power A B Switch Cards with SNMP Reporting These switch cards have address DIP switches to allow an SNMP manager to directly query these cards for status Please see the user manual for the AC Power A B Switch Card for additional information 4 Installation The A B switch cards and the Controller Card are installed from the rear of the rack 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 4 2 Initial Installation For each rack that contains an RS232 Controller Card or an SNMP Ethernet Controller Card you must first set the Controller Card s address using the address DIP switch on the controller card Using the card guides carefully slide each card into the rack Use caution to guide
16. AC address of the gateway router on the Ethernet module s subnet and set the monitorip address parameter to the IP address of the device being monitored This allows the PING packet issued by the Ethernet module to be routed through the gateway router to the target device on a different subnet network If you don t know the MAC address of the target device or of the gateway router one method is to open a command prompt window on a P C attached to that same subnet and use the arp a command to retrieve this information from the P C s arp cache you may need to PING the IP address first before the entry will appear in the arp cache R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 14 of 29 Market Central Inc Rather than manually configuring the monitormac address you can also configure the Ethernet module to automatically determine the proper MAC address required for the PING packet Enter the monitorip address information as noted above and then set the monitormac address parameter to 00 00 00 00 00 00 This causes the Ethernet module to issuing an ARP request to the gateway router which will respond with the appropriate MAC address information needed 6 SNMP Web Setup To perform the initial setup of an SNMP Ethernet Controller Card so that it can be remotely accessed over an Ethernet network you will need a serial terminal capable of 9600 baud no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit in order to configure the required networking paramete
17. ANAGER IP addresses To remove an entry from the list set the IP address to 0 0 0 0 SNMP Managers 1 192 168 1 113 23 192 1 68 12015 R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 20 of 29 Market Central Inc GET MANAGER N Display SNMP manager N 1 16 IP address GET MANAGER Display all SNMP manager IP addresses PING X X X X The internal Ethernet module issues a single ICMP echo request packet to the designated IP address Ifa response is received the Ethernet module will display the message Reply from X X X X If no response is received within 5 seconds the Ethernet module will display the message Request timed out SAVE Save settings for next startup All settings are stored in NV memory and restored upon power on Changes to parameters will not become permanent unless a SAVE operation is performed RESET Causes the internal Ethernet module to reboot and reloads all parameters from stored settings The Ethernet module takes approx 10 seconds to reboot completely SET DEFAULTS Restore user default settings A SAVE operation is required to make the changes permanent
18. C The B LED will illuminate when the switch operation has been completed Release the switch when switching has finished The Toggle Switch on the Controller Card is used to switch all cards in the rack and is operated in the same fashion as the individual toggle switches To switch the entire system multiple racks ganged together hold the system push button while operating the toggle switch on the Controller Card The Controller Card STAT LED should blink under the following conditions The front panel control switches are used to initiate a card rack or system level switching operation The Controller Card receives a switch command from the gang in port or the Ethernet network port 5 1 SYSTEM Switching Using the Gang In System Control Signal The System Control signal on the Gang In connector can be used as an input control signal or as an output indicator signal When used as an input control signal this pin should be driven to 12 VDC to switch the system to A and should be driven to 12 VDC to switch the system to B The input circuit requires approx 1 mA to operate As an output this signal is driven to 10 VDC when the user initiates a system switch to A and is driven to 10 VDC when the user initiates a system switch to B To protect the output circuits the output goes through a 1 K ohm resistor Therefore this output should not be used to drive a large load The Gang In connector can b
19. Central Inc DB9 to RJ11 Adapter and RJ11 crossover cable provided with the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card When you apply power to the system the Ethernet module runs a series of internal self tests and configuration steps This takes approximately 5 seconds After this process is complete you will see a sign on message displayed on your serial console similar to the following Network Agent Version 2 9T APR 2014 Copyright c 2014 All rights reserved System starting Rack position A Console ready gt At this point the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card is now ready to receive RS232 serial commands via the Gang In connector If you type help followed by the ENTER KEY the list of available commands will be displayed as shown below See Section 7 for a detailed description of each command Q O 2 n O E COMMANDS ALL display all parameters VERSION display software versions SYSTEM A B control all system ports RACK N A B control single rack ports PORT N A B control single port EVERYRACK display status for all racks EVERYRACK N display status for racks 1 thru N POWER N display power status GROUPS N string control single rack groups D Tj 3 5 d 7 j E 5 wn T 5 T 5 wn T 4 3 5 wn I 3 d 3 3 5 5 3 wn T 3 5 d TYPES N display single rack
20. D THE PRICE ALLOCABLE TO THE PRODUCT OR UNIT THEREOF WHICH GIVES RISE TO THE CLAIM AND MARKET CENTRAL SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY PENALTIES PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 29 of 29
21. Fiber AC Power A B Switch Card 1IN 2OUT 120 VAC AC Power A B Switch Card 1IN 2OUT 240 VAC AC Power A B Switch Card 1IN 2OUT 120 VAC with SNMP reporting AC Power A B Switch Card 1IN 2OUT 240 VAC with SNMP reporting AC Power A B Switch Card 2IN 10UT 120 VAC with SNMP reporting Blank Rear Panel Covers 1 empty slot in Chassis eC ne lead free versions of the above items are also available by changing the part from 5xxxxxx to 6XXXXXX Fiber Optic Switches are available with FC and LC connectors and for Single mode applications Market Central Inc 500 Business Center Drive Pittsburgh PA 15205 Phone 412 494 2800 Fax 412 494 5550 www secureswitch com CAGE Code 1BGJ7 Copyright 2015 Market Central Inc All rights Reserved Market Central and SwitchMaster are registered trademarks of Market Central Inc Market Central Inc Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio communications It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC tules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential
22. Market Central www secureswitch com 500 Business Center Drive Pittsburgh PA 15205 USA 412 494 2800 CAGE 1BGJ7 SwitchMaster R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Reliability at the Edge of Networks and Systems SwitchMaster R6000 Series Compact Ganged A B Switching System External Power Supply Module 5000761 1 per chassis or 2 for redundant power 48 VDC Power Supply Card 6001404 Single input 48 VDC Power Supply Card Dual Input 6001403 Dual input for redundant power August 2015 Rack Mount Chassis 5000746 4U 19 Chassis SNMP Ethernet Controller Card Includes MIB file amp SwitchCenter GUI RS232 Controller Card Logic only Controller Card RJ45 A B Switch Card Supports up to 1 GbE RJ45 CAT 6 A B Switch Card Supports up to 10 GbE RJ45 CAT 6 Simultaneous Dual Port A B Switch Card Supports up to 10 GbE Video F Connector 75 Ohm A B Switch Card DB25 A B Switch Card Switches All 25 Leads DB9 A B Switch Card Switches All 9 Leads DB15 A B Switch Card Switches All 15 Leads Latching Fiber Optic A B Switch Card with loopback SC Full Duplex Multimode Fiber Latching Fiber Optic A B Switch Card with loopback ST Full Duplex Multimode Fiber Latching Fiber Optic A B Switch Card SC Full Duplex Multimode Fiber Latching Fiber Optic A B Switch Card ST Full Duplex Multimode Fiber Non Latching Fiber Optic A B Switch Card SC Full Duplex Multimode Fiber Non Latching Fiber Optic A B Switch Card ST Full Duplex Multimode
23. NNANNANNNNNNNNNNNNNWN J 5 D w H Z H aw a 55 Z D D QQA m ww Q x x lt x lt x lt DA DEEE Bl E Husa 1 tl ADNVAANQAAANAAANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 12 of 29 Market Central Inc 5 4 Remote Ethernet Management for SNMP Ethernet Controller Card In order to use the Ethernet network port you must set the IPADDRESS SUBNETMASK and GATEWAY address of the internal Ethernet module before connecting to your network See section 6 for more details The internal Ethernet module allows remote management of the switching system via SNMP Telnet or web browser The SNMP interface allows access to the MIB variables described in section 9 SNMP is also used by SwitchCenter the java based graphical user interface application provided with the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card The Telnet and web browser interfaces provide access to the console commands described in section 7 Each of these remote management interfaces may be enabled or disabled The SAVE command is used to cause the internal Ethernet module to store the configuration parameters in non volatile memory If the Ethernet module is reset prior to performing a SAVE command configuration changes will be lost 5 5 Automatic Switching for SNMP Ethernet Controller Card The SNMP Ethernet Controller Card can be configured to automatically switch
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25. ack Groups 1111222233334444 SET GROUPS N string Set the group settings for rack N One character for each of the sixteen cards in the rack Any character can be used to label a group except 0 which indicates independent and X which skips a position retains the previous group character All cards in a group follow any switching command to any card in the group R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 17 of 29 Market Central Inc GET TYPES N Displays the switch card types for rack N One character for each of the sixteen cards in the rack Type 0 Empty or Not Available Type 1 A B Switch Rack Types 1111111100000000 SET IPADDRESS X X X X GET IPADDRESS Set or display the current IP address of the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET SUBNETMASK X X X X GET SUBNETMASK Set or display the current subnet mask of the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET GATEWAY X X X X GET GATEWAY Set or display the gateway router s IP address Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET PINGREPLY ON OFF GET PINGREPLY Set or display whether or not the Ethernet interface will respond to incoming PINGs ICMP echo requests Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is perform
26. all SNMP managers PING X X X X ICMP ECHO to remote host R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 21 of 29 Market Central Inc SAVE save settings for next startup RESET restart use after SAVE SET DEFAULTS restore default user settings save required Notes e Commands can be entered in upper or lower case Passwords are case sensitive e All commands must be terminated with a carriage return ASCII 13 or hex 0x0D 8 Web Interface The SNMP Ethernet Controller Card internal Ethernet module also provides access to the console commands listed in Section 7 through a web browser interface When enabled see SET WEBENABLE command accessing the default page on the Ethernet module by entering the module s IP address in the address bar of your web browser application e g Internet Explorer Netscape etc will present the following page Web Interface Version 1 0 Copyright c 2014 All rights reserved Please logon Figure 8 1 Logon Screen Note If using a pop up blocker on your web browser be sure to allow pop ups from the IP address of the internal Ethernet module otherwise you could experience trouble receiving a response through the web interface After successfully entering the correct web password see SET WEBPASSWORD command you will get the command console page shown in Figure 8 2 IMPORTANT Do NOT click on the submit button or press the enter key on your keyboard multiple ti
27. area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Contents Chapter 1 2 3 amp Nn nN a o0 9 Specifications Introduction Configuration Installation Operation SNMP Web Setup Console Commands Web Interface MIB Path Summary 10 SYSLOG Messages R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM E iy an Nn o oo Nn A wio 22 23 27 Page 2 of 29 Market Central Inc 1 Specifications Connectors RJ45 A B SWITCH CARDS 5000742 amp 500865 3 RJ45 connectors 5000866 6 RJ45 connectors FIBER OPTIC A B SWITCH CARD 3 Duplex fiber optic SC or ST receptacles FC and LC also available DB25 A B SWITCH CARD 3 DB25 female connectors DB15 A B SWITCH CARD 3 DB15 female connectors DB9 A B SWITCH CARD 3 DB9 female connectors F TYPE A B SWITCH CARD 3 female F type connectors CONTROLLER CARD 1 RJ45 2 RJ11 2 Two Position DC Power Entry 2 Two Position Alarm Contact Terminal Block AC POWER A B SWITCH CARD 1 IN 2 OUT CARDS 1 IEC320 male and 2 IEC320 female 2 IN 1 OUT CARD 2 IEC320 male and 1 IEC320 female 48 VDC POWER SUPPLY CARD 1 Three position DC input terminal block 1 Two position DC output cable connector The Dual Input card has two input connectors and two output cables Indicators A B SWITCH CARDS 2 LED one f
28. ase The RS232 Controller Card echoes each character it receives back to your terminal allowing the user to backspace to correct typing errors Each word on a command line must be separated by a single SPACE character The command is processed when you press the ENTER KEY All of the above commands except help and exit may be abbreviated by using only the first character of each word on the command line For example g s lt CR gt is the same as get system lt CR gt s r 2 A lt CR gt is the same as set rack 2 A lt CR gt The following table shows an example of each command along with the expected Response and Action Please note that each command must be followed by a carriage return ASCII HEX 0x0D Command Response Action SPACE char gt starts terminal mode if not started 1200 N 8 1 otherwise system will echo back a SPACE char if already in terminal mode get system System Status A or B None set system B System Set To B All A B switch cards in system will switch to B get rack 1 Rack 1 Status None In the response shown switch cards 1 4 AAAABBBBXXXXKAAXX 13 amp 14 are in A 5 8 are in B and the rest are not present If the selected rack doesn t respond within 3 seconds the RS232 Controller Card in rack 1 will reply with No Response R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 10 of 29 Market Central Inc set rack 1 A Ra
29. authentication failure in processing an SNMP request Generally an authentication failure occurs as a result of an SNMP request with an invalid community name It carries the mclpRequester variable R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 26 of 29 Market Central Inc abRackKeyLockChange specific trap 1 This trap is sent when the key switch is changed on a rack It carries the abRackKeyStat variable abRackGangSwitchChange specific trap 2 This trap is sent when a rack gang switch occurs It carries the abRackGangPort variable abSwitchCardChange specific trap 3 This trap is sent when a card is removed from or inserted into a rack It carries the abSwitchPort variable abSwitchPortChange specific trap 4 This trap is sent when an individual card is switched It carries the abSwitchPort variable abSystemGangSwitchChange specific trap 6 This trap is sent when a system gang switch occurs It carries the abSystemGangPort variable abRackPowerStatChange specific trap 7 This trap is sent when the rack power supply status changes It carries the abRackPowerStat variable abSystemAutoSwitchChange specific trap 8 This trap is sent when a system auto switch occurs It carries the abSystemGangPort variable 10 Syslog Messages The internal Ethernet module can be configured to issue a syslog message rather than an SNMP trap when certain events occur To configure the Ethernet module to issue syslog messages you mu
30. available in three options Logic Only RS 232 and SNMP Ethernet The Logic Only version supports individual card switching Rack switching and System Gang Switching using the front panel toggle switches as well as Gang Switching using an external 12 VDC signal or external remote toggle switch A key lock switch on the rack allows the user to enable or disable manual switching disables the front panel toggle switches The RS 232 version supports the manual switching capabilities of the Logic Only version as well as RS 232 communications on the Gang In and Gang Out connectors This allows racks to be addressed and individual R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 4 of 29 Market Central Inc A B Switch Cards within the rack to be switched with serial commands The SNMP Ethernet version supports all the features of the RS 232 version and adds an Ethernet module for SNMP telnet or web browser remote access Note that there can only be one SNMP Ethernet Controller Card in a daisy chained system of racks and it must be installed in the first rack in the system The SNMP Ethernet Controller Cards also support SNMP traps or syslog messages user configurable for various events and errors and can send these alerts to as many as 16 different remote monitoring locations The SNMP Ethernet Controller Cards have an intelligent automatic switching capability This feature allows the switching system to be used to monitor a specific Ethernet net
31. ck 1 Set To A All A B switch cards in rack 1 will switch to A get card 8 Card 8 Status A B or Empty None set card 8 B Card 8 Set To B A B switch card 8 will switch to B get version 1 Rack 1 Version Rev 60 K None help see Table 5 2 1 above None exit Good Bye Exits terminal mode 5 2 1 Programming Tips for Using the RS232 Terminal Commands This section is applicable to RS232 Controller Cards WITHOUT an Ethernet module installed and is intended for programmers who want to control the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System in an automated environment using a computer BACKGROUND When first energized the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System RS232 Controller Card provides a special rack to rack interface at the Gang In connector operating at 2400 N 8 1 When the Controller Card receives a 1200 baud SPACE character it detects a framing error with null data This causes it to enter Terminal mode and to automatically change its data rate to 1200 bps The controller indicates that is has entered terminal mode by displaying a prompt character gt ASCII HEX 0x3E It then stays in terminal mode until it receives the exit command or detects 2400 baud characters While in terminal mode the controller echoes the received characters and collects them into a buffer until it receives a carriage return character The carriage return is echoed and then the controller begins to process the received command Any charac
32. connections and are bidirectional i e they have no preference to signal direction If your application requires a cross over cable use only cross over cable in that path Use a straight through cable on the other side of the switch card Adding a rack to an installed multi rack system The following procedure was developed to prevent inadvertent system switching when adding a rack to an installed system of daisy chained racks If the new rack contains an RS232 Controller Card you must first set the Controller Card s address The address for the new rack should be unique see Section 3 1 for setting the Controller Card s address DIP switch Remove power from the last rack in the existing multi rack system All of the A B Switch Cards in the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System use latching relays or latching optical switching mechanisms so the equipment connected thru the rack that is powered down will continue to operate normally Connect from the GANG OUT port on the last rack in the system to the GANG IN port on the new rack using a standard RJ11 male male crossover cable Apply power to both racks using the 12 VDC regulated power supply provided with each unit The ramp on the power supply connector should face the tab on the power supply entry header After the new rack has been powered up the first time it is recommended that all of the A B Switch Cards in the rack be switched from A to B or B to A to insure that all of the latching
33. d range is 1 to 255 A value of 0 disables only the automatic recovery function automatic switching will still operate if enabled If auto recovery is disabled the user must manually switch back to the normal path via the front panel toggle switch or by issuing a SET SYSTEM B command Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed SET AUTHENTICATIONTRAP ON OFF GET AUTHENTICATIONTRAP Set or display the current state of authentication error traps Authentication traps will be generated when this parameter is set to ON and not when OFF Note that this setting only affects the trap generation and not how the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card handles an authentication failure An authentication failure generally means that an SNMP access was attempted with an incorrect community name Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET ALERTTYPE TRAP SYSLOG GET ALERTTYPE Set or display the type of alert messages sent by the internal Ethernet module when certain events such as a change in switch state occur The Ethernet module can be configured to issue either syslog messages or SNMP traps Note that at least one IP address must be entered using the SET MANAGER N X X X X command before either syslog messages or traps will be issued See section 9 for a list of the traps supported by the Switching System and see section 10 for a list of the supported syslog messages
34. e configured to supply 12 VDC and 12 VDC refer to table 3 1 6 for jumper configuration information These 12 VDC and 12 VDC outputs are provided through 1 K ohm resistors and therefore should not be used to drive large loads These outputs are provided to allow system switching using only a remote contact connected to the System Control pin In this configuration a momentary toggle switch or other dry contact closure connected to the Gang In port can be used to remotely control the rack as shown in Figure 5 1 1 Momentary 1K OHM Toggle Switch PIN4 12VDC AWAY O QO 1K OHM ABDC PINS G PIN2 System Control Figure 5 1 1 Switching System Using a Remote Momentary Toggle Switch R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 9 of 29 Market Central Inc 5 2 RS232 Terminal Commands Not applicable to Logic Only or SNMP Ethernet Controller Cards This section describes the RS232 commands that are available when using an RS232 Controller Card Logic Only Controller Cards do not support any serial commands and SNMP Ethernet Controller Cards respond to an enhanced set of RS232 commands see Section 5 3 and Section 7 for more details on command syntax and responses for terminal commands supported by SNMP Ethernet Controller Cards IMPORTANT To start the terminal interface on an RS232 Controller Card so that it is ready to accept and respond to commands set your te
35. ed SET SNMPENABLE ON OFF GET SNMPENABLE Set or display whether or not the SNMP interface is enabled Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed SET READCOMMUNITYNAME string GET READCOMMUNITYNAME SET WRITECOMMUNITYNAME string GET WRITECOMMUNITYNAME Set or display the current read or write community name as specified Any mix of upper lower case letters numerals and or printable symbols can be used The password must be at least 1 char and no more than 8 chars in length Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET WEBENABLE ON OFF GET WEBENABLE Set or display the current state of web based access The SNMP Ethernet Controller Card will not accept any HTTP requests when web enable is off Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET WEBPASSWORD string GET WEBPASSWORD Set or display the current web password Any mix of upper lower case letters numerals and or printable symbols can be used The password must be at least 1 char and no more than 8 chars in length Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET WEBTIMEOUT seconds GET WEBTIMEOUT Set or display the current web timeout in seconds After a period of inactivity of this many seconds the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card will request a login Note that the web timeout cannot be disabled for
36. ed in the first rack in the daisy chained system of racks and that card must be set to address 0x01 Only one SNMP Ethernet Controller Card is permitted per multi rack system The Controller Card also has user configurable jumpers The 3 pin jumpers are positioned such that pin 1 is located toward the front or top of the card For reference the LED indicators are located at the front toward the top of the card Each 3 pin jumper has a 2 position shunt used to connect two of the three pins together R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 5 of 29 Market Central Inc Table 3 1 2 Controller Card Shield and Ground Jumper Settings indicates factory default positions Jumper wi W13 RJ45 Shield Connected to Frame Ground Pin 1 to Pin 2 Open Pin 2 to Pin 3 Power Supply Ground 100 Ohm Connection to Frame Ground Pin 1 to Pin 2 Direct Connection to Frame Ground Pin 2 to Pin 3 Figure 3 1 2 RJ45 and RJ11 Pin Number Diagram SNORT ND GANG IN GANG OUT Table 3 1 3 RJ45 Optional Ethernet Port Pin Assignment Pin Signal Name Signal Direction 1 Transmit Pair Output 2 Transmit Pair Output 3 Receive Pair Input 6 Receive Pair Input Note Although the RJ45 port is present on all versions of the Controller Card this port is only used on the SNMP Ethernet version of the Controller Card Table 3 1 4 RJ11 GANG IN Port Pin Assignment
37. er from the default can be used to provide an additional level of security Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE and RESET operation sequence is performed SET MONITORIP X X X X GET MONITORIP Set or display the IP address of the device that the Ethernet module is to PING when using the auto switching feature Setting this to 0 0 0 0 disables the auto switch recovery function Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed If enabled the auto switch recovery functions will PING the monitor IP address When the PING is not successful the Switching System will auto failover to the alternate path A connecting all C ports to their respective A ports When the PING is successful the Switching System will auto recover to the normal path B connecting all C ports to their respective B ports SET MONITORMAC X X X X X X GET MONITORMAC Set or display the MAC Ethernet address of the device that the Ethernet module is to PING when using the auto switching feature This value is entered as a series of six HEX characters with spaces between each HEX character If monitoring connectivity to a device on the same subnet as the internal Ethernet module set the monitormac address parameter to the MAC address of the device being monitored If monitoring connectivity to a device on a different subnet network than the internal Ethernet module set the monitormac address parameter to the MAC address of the gateway rout
38. er on the Ethernet module subnet If the monitormac address is set to 00 00 00 00 00 00 the Ethernet module will automatically determine the proper MAC address required for the PING packet by issuing an ARP request to the gateway router Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed SET MONITORINTERVAL N GET MONITORINTERVAL Set or display the time interval between PINGs issued by the internal Ethernet module measured in 100 msec increments To issue PINGs every 1 5 seconds set this value to 15 The valid range is 1 to 255 0 1 seconds to 25 5 seconds A value of 0 disables the automatic switch recovery function Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 19 of 29 Market Central Inc SET MONITORFAILCOUNT N GET MONITORFAILCOUNT Set or display the number of successive PING attempts that must fail before the Switching System automatically switches fails over to the alternate paths and removes the normal path connection paths The valid range is to 255 A value of 0 disables the automatic switch recovery function Any change will not become permanent until a SAVE operation is performed SET MONITOROKCOUNT N GET MONITOROKCOUNT Set or display the number of successive PING attempts that must succeed before the Switching System automatically switches back recovers to the normal paths and removes the alternate connection paths The vali
39. ers a no response from the requested rack This is the same as the status returned by the SNMP variable abRackCards It displays a 16 character string showing the status of each card slot Rack 1 Status AAAABBAABBBBAABB Rack 2 Status AAAABBBBXXXXXXXX Rack 3 Status no response GET EVERYRACK N Displays status of rack 1 thru N This command displays the Rack Status for racks thru N stopping when it reaches rack N or encounters a no response from the requested rack This is the same as the status returned by the SNMP variable abRackCards It displays a 16 character string showing the status of each card slot Rack 1 Status AAAABBAABBBBAABB Rack 2 Status AAAABBBBXXXXXXXX Rack 3 Status no response GET POWER N Displays the status of the power supplies for rack N If only one power supply is being used to power the rack or if one of the supplies in a dual powered rack is down the response will be One Supply Down If two supplies are used and both are operational the response will be Two Supplies Power Status One Supply Down Power Status Two Supplies GET GROUPS N Displays the group settings for rack N One character for each of the sixteen cards in the rack Any character can be used to label a group except 0 which indicates independent and X which skips a position retains the previous group character All cards in a group follow any switching command to any card in the group R
40. ession Change the entered parameters shown below to suit your application requirements These networking configuration commands are described in more detail in Section 7 gt set ipaddress 192 168 1 200 IP Address 192 168 1 200 gt set subnetmask 255 255 255 0 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 gt set gateway 192 168 1 1 Gateway IP Address 192 168 1 1 gt set readcommunityname public Read Community Name public gt set writecommunityname private Write Community Name private gt save saving gt reset resetting please wait R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 15 of 29 Market Central Inc After the system reinitializes you will again be greeted by the sign on message as before You can now attach a 10base T CATS cable between the Network port on the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card and an available port on your Ethernet hub or switch router The SNMP Ethernet Controller Card will now respond to telnet SNMP and or HTTP messages at the assigned IP address depending on which options you enabled on the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card Section 7 describes the commands that are available via the console prompt telnet web or RS232 interface Section 8 describes the operation of the web browser interface and Section 9 provides a MIB Path Summary that lists the supported SNMP variables and their functions 7 Console Commands The following list of commands are available from the console prompt telnet web or RS232 interface of
41. ink If the primary WAN link fails the R6000 auto switches to the backup WAN link Auto recovery is disabled in this configuration to prevent flapping router 1 1 10 1 Network 1 Network 2 PING 2 2 20 1 Auto Failover amp Auto Recovery Note The R6000 monitors the WAN connections by PINGing the far side router thru the primary WAN link If the primary WAN link fails the R6000 auto switches to the backup WAN link When the primary WAN link is available again the R6000 auto switches back to the primary WAN path R6000 NN router router 2 2 20 1 j Network 2 primary primary A B Network 1 Network Port PING 2 2 20 1 i E N hub switch The monitorip address and monitormac address parameters used by the automatic switching feature can be configured to allow the Ethernet module to monitor connectivity to any device within or outside of the Ethernet module s subnet After you have entered the monitorip address you can either manually enter the monitormac address or allow the Ethernet module to determine it automatically If monitoring connectivity to a device on the same subnet as the internal Ethernet module set the monitorip address and monitormac address parameters to the IP address and MAC address of the device being monitored If monitoring connectivity to a device on a different subnet network than the internal Ethernet module set the monitormac address parameter to the M
42. itchIndex abSwitchPort 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 2 SwitchIndex abSwitchSoftwareVersion 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 3 SwitchIndex abSwitchName 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 4 SwitchIndex mclpRequester 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 2 mcTrapInfo 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 3 mcGenericTrap 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 3 1 mcSpecificTrap 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 3 2 mcManagerT able 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 4 mcManagerIndex 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 4 1 1 Managerlndex mcManagerlp 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 4 1 2 Managerlndex Traps generated by the system coldStart generic trap 0 authenticationFailure generic trap 4 abRackKeyLockChange specific trap 1 abRackGangSwitchChange specific trap 2 abSwitchCardChange specific trap 3 abSwitchPortChange specific trap 4 abSystemGangSwitchChange specific trap 6 abRackPowerStatChange specific trap 7 abSystemAutoSwitchChange specific trap 8 A B Switch System SNMP Variable Definitions abSystemGangPort 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 1 A B Switch System gang port This variable is used to control all A B switch cards in the system A system may consist of up to 255 racks each rack containing up to 16 A B switch cards On a GET of this variable only rack with address 0x01 will respond If any of the A B switch cards in rack 0x01 are at position A the system status will be A If all of the A B switch cards in rack 0x01 are at position B the system status will be B If there are no A B switch cards installed in rac
43. ith more than one character this command overrides any group settings in place see abRackGroups for more information on group settings This variable may not be implemented on 2U A B Switch Systems abRackGroups 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 8 RackIndex A B Switch Rack Group Status Control One character for each of the sixteen cards in the rack Any character can be used to label a group except 0 which indicates independent and Xx which skips a position retains the previous group character All cards in a group follow any switching command to any card in the group abRackHealth 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 9 Racklndex A B Switch Rack Configuration Status One character for each of the sixteen cards in the rack This is a read only variable is a string of 16 characters A 1 will be displayed for card slots which are populated and a 0 will be displayed for card slots which are not populated abSwitchT able 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 A B Switch Rack variable table This variable is not directly accessible abSwitchIndex 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 1 SwitchIndex A B Switch Card address Each A B switch card address is determined by the position it is installed in the rack and the address of the rack The formula used to determine the switch card s address is card address 16 rack address 1 slot For example A B Switch cards 1 through 16 are in rack 1 and A B Switch cards 17 through 32
44. k 0x01 the system status will be Empty abRackTable 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 A B Switch Rack variable table This variable is not directly accessible abRackIndex 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 1 Racklndex Controller Card Rack address The Controller Card address is set via an eight position dip switch on the card Each Controller Card in the system MUST have a unique address in the range of 0x01 to OxFF hex Address 0x00 is invalid and must not be used This is a read only variable abRackGangPort 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 2 Racklndex A B Switch Rack gang port This variable is used to control all A B switch cards in a rack A rack may contain up to 16 A B switch cards Ona GET of this variable the addressed rack will respond as follows If any of the A B switch cards in the addressed rack are at position A the rack status will be A If all of the A B switch cards in the addressed rack are at position B the rack status will be B If there are no A B switch cards installed in the addressed rack the rack status will be empty R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 24 of 29 Market Central Inc abRackKeyStat 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 3 Racklndex A B Switch Rack Key Lock Switch Status This is a read only variable This variable can be used to determine if the Key Lock Switch is in the OFF or ON position The front panel switches in the rack are disabled when the Key Lock Switch is in the
45. lnet timeout parameters should be set to reasonable timeout values To free up a session without waiting for the web timeout click Logoff Typing quit at the telnet prompt will similarly close a telnet session Resetting the Ethernet module will also clear any existing web or telnet sessions 9 MIB Path Summary NOTE The MIB contains definitions that do not apply to every product in the R6000 family internet 1 3 6 1 private 1 3 6 1 4 enterprises 1 3 6 1 4 1 mctech 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 mctech 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 private enterprise number mcAgent 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 SNMP Agent abSwitchSystem 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 A B Switch System abSystemGangPort 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 1 abRackTable 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 abRackIndex 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 1 RackIlndex abRackGangPort 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 2 Racklndex abRackKeyStat 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 3 Racklndex abRackPowerStat 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 4 Racklndex abRackSoftwareVersion 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 5 RackIndex abRackName 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 6 Racklndex abRackCards 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 7 Racklndex abRackGroups 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 8 RackIndex R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 23 of 29 Market Central Inc abRackHealth 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 2 1 9 RackIndex abSwitchTable 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 abSwitchIndex 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 4 3 1 1 Sw
46. looses power it will reset itself when power is restored and come back up in the rack to rack interface mode As such you may want to include an error recovery routine in your program that tries to force terminal mode if your program does not receive a response from the Controller Card In applications where your program will issue commands very infrequently you may find it useful to force terminal mode before every command in case the controller has lost power since your last command 5 3 Enhanced RS232 Terminal Commands for SNMP Ethernet Controller Cards This section is applicable to SNMP Ethernet Controller Cards The RS232 Gang In interface on the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card operates at 9600 bps rather than at 1200 bps as is the case for an RS232 Controller Card The Gang Out interface on an SNMP Ethernet Controller Card remains unchanged and may still be used to connect to an RS232 Controller Card when daisy chaining multiple racks together When daisy chaining multiple racks only the first rack in the chain may have an SNMP Ethernet Controller Card installed The SNMP Ethernet Controller Card supports an enhanced set of serial commands that are listed below and described in more detail in section 7 To communicate with an SNMP Ethernet Controller Card set your RS232 terminal to 9600 baud no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit Connect this terminal to the GANG IN port using the R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 11 of 29 Market
47. ly executing a SET SYSTEM B command when it is again able to PING the user specified IP address When using the auto recovery feature it is important that the Ethernet network port on the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card be connected to the user s network such that the normal path is continuously being monitored even when the backup path has been selected otherwise the switching system could repeatedly switch flap back and forth between the failed primary path amp the functioning backup path See the following diagrams for examples of auto switching configurations When the auto switching feature is enabled manual and remote switching can still be performed using the front panel toggle switch or by issuing serial or Ethernet commands but this can affect the operation of the automatic switching feature This is because the automatic switching feature is only aware of system level commands i e SET SYSTEM A SET SYSTEM B and manual switching using the front panel toggle switch while holding in the SYSTEM pushbutton switch Ifthe user initiates any of these system level commands the switching system will execute the command and the automatic switching feature will record the new connection state The automatic switching feature will then continue to monitor the connection path to the selected IP address and if it reaches the monitorokcount or the monitorfailcount thresholds it will automatically switch co
48. mes The web browser interface on the Ethernet module typically responds within a few seconds but may take as long as 5 to 10 seconds to process certain commands and return a response Clicking on submit or hitting enter multiple times while the Ethernet module is processing a command can cause it to decide that the interface is not functioning properly If this happens the Ethernet module will become non responsive until it receives a valid login request i e you must re enter the Ethernet module s IP address in the address bar of your web browser and then re logon when the logon screen appears Web Interface Version 1 0 Copyright c 2014 All rights reserved Command console Enter new command Send Command Logoff Figure 8 2 Initial Command Screen R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 22 of 29 Market Central Inc At this point you may enter any valid command into the text box and click Send Command to execute see Section 7 for a complete description of the console commands The following is an example result of the GET SYSTEM command Web Interface Version 1 0 Copyright c 2014 All rights reserved Command console Output from last command System Status A Bnternew command O Send Command Logoff Figure 8 3 Example Command Results Screen for GET SYSTEM command The internal Ethernet module will allow only 1 telnet or web access session at a time For this reason the web timeout and te
49. nnections as it normally would However if the switching system receives a SET RACK command or if the rack is switched using the front panel toggle switch without holding in the SYSTEM pushbutton switch these commands will not be recorded by the automatic switching feature it will be unaware that the switching system has changed connection states Under certain conditions when in this state the automatic switching feature will not automatically switch connection states if it reaches the monitorokcount or monitorfailcount thresholds because it thinks that it is already in the correct connection state To recover from this condition the user can either power cycle the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card issue a RESET command or execute a system level command Any of these actions will cause the automatic switching feature to record the current connection state of the switch which then allows it to again operate normally R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 13 of 29 Market Central Inc Connection changes made using the SET PORT command also are not recorded by the automatic switching feature Thus under certain conditions the automatic switching feature will not automatically switch connection states as described above when rack level commands are issued Auto Failover amp Manual Recovery Note The R6000 monitors the WAN connections by PINGing the far side router thru the primary WAN l
50. ontrol the state of all of the A B switch cards simultaneously The GET SYSTEM command queries rack 1 for status and assumes that all other racks in the system are in the same connection state It will report A if any cards in the first rack are in position A B if all cards in the first rack are in position B and not present if there are no cards installed in the first rack System Status A SET SYSTEM AJB Sets the entire system all connected racks to position A or B R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 16 of 29 Market Central Inc GET RACK N Displays status of rack N 1 255 This is the same as the status returned by the SNMP variable abRackCards It displays a 16 character string showing the status of each card slot Rack Status XXXBXXBXXXXBXAXX SET RACK N A B Sets the entire addressed rack N 1 255 to position A or B GET PORT N Displays the status of A B switch card N 1 4080 Switch card addresses are assigned using the formula N 16 rack address 1 slot The response will be A B or X if not present Port Status B Port Status X SET PORT N A B Sets the addressed A B switch card N 1 4080 to position A or B Switch card addresses are assigned using the formula N 16 rack address 1 slot GET EVERYRACK Displays status of all racks 1 thru 255 This command displays the Rack Status for racks thru 255 stopping when it reaches rack 255 or encount
51. or A one for B CONTROLLER CARD 3 LED two for power one for status 2 Alarm Relay Contacts Switches A B SWITCH CARDS 1 momentary toggle switch CONTROLLER CARD 1 momentary toggle switch 2 8 position dipswitch 1 momentary push button switch 4U RACK 1 key lock switch Ethernet Management Interface SNMP Ethernet Controller Card only 10Base T Half Duplex does not support Auto MDI X Power RJ45 DB9 DB15 F TYPE amp LATCHING F O A B SWITCH CARDS 12 VDC 15 mA normal additional 80 mA while switching LATCHING F O A B SWITCH CARDS WITH LOOPBACK 12 VDC 15 mA normal additional 240 mA while switching NON LATCHING FIBER OPTIC A B SWITCH CARDS 12 VDC 15 mA in A position 95 mA max in B position additional 20 mA while switching DB25 amp AC POWER A B SWITCH CARDS 12 VDC 15 mA normal additional 200 mA while switching CONTROLLER CARD 12 VDC 50 mA normal additional 30 mA while switching and an additional 250 mA with Ethernet module The 4U rack may be powered with one or two external 12 VDC 5 A regulated supplies The external power supply has an IEC input socket for 100 240 VAC 47 63 Hz INPUT with a 12 VDC 5 A regulated OUTPUT Optical Wavelength 800 through 1600 nm latching multimode models 850 and 1310 nm non latching multimode models 1310 and 1550 nm latching and non latching single mode models Insertion Loss 2 0 dB maximum multimode models 1 5 dB maxim
52. rminal to 1200 Baud No Parity 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit then connect your terminal to the GANG IN port refer to Table 3 1 4 and press the SPACE KEY When the GANG IN port on an RS232 Controller Card detects a 1200 Baud SPACE character it starts the terminal interface and responds with the gt prompt character If you then type help and then press the ENTER KEY the RS232 Controller Card will respond with the rack address software version and a list of the available commands see Table 5 2 1 below Table 5 2 1 RS232 Controller Card response to help command 1200 N 8 1 Rack 1 Rev 60 K Commands get system get rack n n rack addr 1 to 255 get card y y card addr 1 to 4080 get version n n rack addr 1 to 255 set system X X A or B set rack n X n rack addr 1 to 255 X A or B set card y X y card addr 1 to 4080 X A or B help displays current commands SPACE space character starts terminal mode exit exit terminal mode gt C n NOTE For commands that use a rack address n refer to Section 3 1 on how to set the rack address DIP switch on the controller card For commands that use a card address y use the following formula to determine the card address of any card in any rack y 16 rack address 1 slot Example the card in slot 12 in rack 3 is card address 44 Commands are not case sensitive and can be entered as either upper or lower c
53. rs Connect this terminal to the Gang In port The necessary connections to a standard IBM compatible PC serial port DB9 connector are as follows Table 6 1 1 GANG IN to DB9 Pin Assignment GANG IN SIGNAL DIRECTION HOST RJ11 DB9 4 RECEIVED DATA TO HOST 2 3 TRANSMITTED DATA FROM HOST 3 5 GROUND 5 Apply power to the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System The SNMP Ethernet Controller Card requires approx 5 seconds to boot up while it performs several internal self tests and initialization tasks After this process is complete you will see a sign on message similar to the following on your serial console Network Agent Version 2 9T APR 2014 Copyright c 2014 All rights reserved System starting Rack position A Console ready gt At this point the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card is ready to accept the networking related configuration commands necessary before you will be able to communicate with it over an Ethernet network You will need to enter an IP address subnet mask and gateway address as well as read and write SNMP community names a telnet password and or a web password depending on which of these options you want to use These parameters must be saved into non volatile memory and the system then needs to be reset to allow it to reconfigure with the new settings Any time one or more of these parameters is changed they must be saved followed by a system reset The following shows a typical setup s
54. st use the SET ALERTTYPE command to select SYSLOG messages and you need to specify the IP address es of the device s that will be receiving the syslog messages by using the SET MANAGER N X X X X command see section 7 for details regarding these commands Once these configuration parameters have been set the Ethernet module will issue syslog messages for the following types of events power up cold start or restart using the RESET command SNMP authentication failure access attempted using incorrect read or write community name change in the state of the front panel keylock switch change in the state of the A B switch ports in the rack caused by a user initiated rack command or the front panel toggle switch e change in the state of an individual A B switch port caused by a user removing a switch card from the rack or installing a switch card into the rack e change in the state of an individual A B switch port caused by a user initiated port command or the front panel individual toggle switches e change in the state of the A B switch ports in the rack caused by a user initiated system command or the front panel toggle switch e change in the power ON OFF state of either power input e change in the state of the A B switch ports due to the auto bypass or auto recovery switch functions The syslog messages issued by the Ethernet module conform where possible to the general recommendations as described in RFC 3164
55. ters received while the controller is processing the command are ignored When the command is processed the controller responds followed by a prompt character indicating that it is ready to receive another command If the controller gets a command that is intended for another controller it passes that command out the Gang Out port and waits up to three seconds for a response If it does not get a response it responds No Response followed by a prompt PROGRAMMING First your program must set its RS232 COM port to 1200 N 8 1 Since the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System RS232 Controller Card may be in rack to rack interface mode your program should then force the controller into terminal mode This can be done by sending a SPACE character followed by a carriage return character If the Controller Card is in rack to rack interface mode the SPACE character will cause the controller to go into Terminal mode and will then respond with a prompt character The carriage return will then cause it to respond with Invalid Command followed by another prompt character If the controller was already in terminal mode the controller will simply respond Invalid Command followed by a prompt character Now that the Controller Card is in terminal mode your program can issue other commands but must wait for the controller to issue the prompt character gt ASCII HEX 0x3E before sending each new command If the Controller Card
56. the switches and LED indicators as they go through the holes in the front panel Fully insert the card until it makes connection to the card edge connector on the rack backplane Secure the card to the rack at the top and bottom of the card using the screws provided If daisy chaining multiple racks together use a standard RJ11 male male crossover cable to connect the GANG OUT port from one rack to the GANG IN port on the next rack Repeat this step until all racks have been connected If you are going to remotely manage the R6000 over an Ethernet network you must first set the IP address subnet mask and gateway address parameters on the Controller Card using the serial port connection You should set these parameters before attaching a cable to the NETWORK port as the default parameters may not work or could interfere with the operation of your Ethernet network See section 6 for more information regarding IP setup Apply power to each rack using the 12 VDC regulated power supply provided with your system The ramp on the power supply connector should face the tab on the power supply entry header When first installed each switch should be cycled from A to B and back It is possible for the latching relays to have changed state during shipping Cycling the switch will assure that all relays on the card are in the same state Connect cables between the A B and C ports on the switch cards and your devices The A B Switch cards provide straight thru
57. types PADDRESS X X X X UBNETMASK X X X X EWAY X X X X GREPLY ON OFF PENABLE ON OFF DCOMMUNITYNAME string TECOMMUNITYNAME string ENABLE ON OFF PASSWORD string TIMEOUT N seconds PORT N NETENABLE ON OFF ET TELNETPASSWORD string ET TELNETTIMEOUT N seconds Ea ELNETPORT N ET MONITORIP X X X X ET MONITORMAC X X X X X ET MONITORINTERVAL N 0 seconds 0 to disable ET MONITORFAILCOUNT N 0 to disable ET MONITOROKCOUNT N 0 no auto recover ET AUTHENTICATIONTRAP ON OFF ET ALERTTYPE TRAP SYSLOG ET ADMINIP X X X X 0 0 0 0 to disable an entry display all administrator IP addresses X X X X 0 0 0 0 to disable an entry display all SNMP managers ICMP ECHO to remote host save settings for next startup T restart use after SAVE DEFAULTS restore default user settings save required 3 E G A A A E 3 5 T 5 T 5 d D H T 3 d T 5 T 3 a 3 d T 5 d T T 3 d T 3 d 33 3 3 3 F JUU QUH WWWWH PES 5 T 5 5 d T 5 3 T 5 T 5 d 0 xX 0 0 to disable X HEX CHARS J 0 1 T 5 T 5 1 T 3 d T 5 d 3 d T J ANNANNA
58. um single mode models Optical Isolation 45 dB minimum latching multimode models 35 dB minimum non latching multimode models 55 dB minimum latching and non latching single mode models Environment TEMPERATURE 0 to 40 C operating 10 to 70 C non operating HUMIDITY up to 80 non condensing ALTITUDE 40 000 ft maximum R6000 GANGED A B SWITCHING SYSTEM Page 3 of 29 Market Central Inc Rack Size RACK 7 0 H x 19 W x 6 5 D not including handles and connectors RJ45 A B SWITCH CARDS one slot 0 937 inches wide FIBER OPTIC A B SWITCH CARDS one slot 0 937 inches wide DB9 DB15 DB25 amp F TYPE A B SWITCH CARDS one slot 0 937 inches wide CONTROLLER CARDS one slot 0 937 inches wide AC POWER A B SWITCH CARDS two slots 1 874 inches wide 48 VDC POWER SUPPLY CARDS one slot 0 937 inches wide The R6000 Ganged A B Switching System rack has 18 slots Slots 1 thru 16 are used for switch cards slot 17 is used for controller cards slot 18 is reserved for future expansion Slot 18 may be used for the 48 VDC Power Supply Card Rear View with Controller Card and a selection of A B switch cards installed 3 DB25 3 RJ45 and 2 AC power switch cards 2 Introduction The R6000 Ganged A B Switching System is a 4U high 19 inch rack style gang switch that supports multiple A B switch cards Its rack mount chassis has 18 slots one of which is reserved for future use or may be used for the
59. ure message mpTrapInfo 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 3 Group of trap information variables This variable is not directly accessible mcGenericTrap 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 3 1 Indication of generic trap events This variable is bit mapped such that bit 0 is trap O bit 1 is trap 1 etc Write an integer with 1 in bit positions to clear particular trap indications For example write 17 to clear traps 0 amp 4 mcSpecificTrap 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 3 2 Indication of specific trap events This variable is bit mapped such that bit 1 is trap 1 bit 2 is trap 2 etc Write an integer with 1 in bit positions to clear particular trap indications For example write 18 to clear traps 1 amp 4 mcManagerT able 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 4 Table for SNMP Manager IP addresses This variable is not directly accessible mcManagerIndex 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 4 1 1 Managerlndex Index used to identify unique entries in the Manager IP address table mcManagerlp 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 4 1 2 Managerlndex SNMP Manager IP address Destination IP address for TRAP or SYSLOG messages A B Switch System SNMP Trap Definitions All traps carry the sysObjectld 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 2 variable whose value is 1 3 6 1 4 1 9477 1 coldStart generic trap 0 This trap is sent during a power on initialization and reboot of the internal Ethernet module It carries the sysDescr variable 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 authenticationFailure generic trap 4 This trap is sent as a result of an
60. work connection and to automatically switch all ports performs a system switch operation based on whether the monitored IP address responds to ICMP echo requests responds to PINGs or not See section 5 5 for additional details AC Power Switch Cards and 48 VDC Power Supply Cards are described in separate manuals 3 Configuration 3 1 Controller Card Configuration zADOSAMS E Figure 3 1 1 Controller Card Outline The following discussion will describe all user configurable settings on the R6000 Ganged A B Switching System Controller Card Some of these settings are not applicable to all versions Switch SW3 on the RS232 Controller Card or the SNMP Ethernet Controller Card is used to set the card s address The card address is used to identify the rack number when remotely accessing the switch through the serial port or Ethernet port The card address can be set from 0x01 to OxFF hex with position 1 being the least significant bit and position 8 being the most significant bit A switch in the ON position is a low or 0 bit while a switch in the OFF position is a high or 1 bit Address 0x00 is invalid and must not be used it is used for factory test only Each Controller Card within a multi rack system must have a unique address The first rack in the system should be assigned address 0x01 the next rack address 0x02 and so on through OxFF If an SNMP Ethernet Controller Card is being used in a multi rack system it must be locat

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