ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide
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1. MultiCast IGMP snooping Allows switch to selectively forward multicast traffic Chapter 2 System Configuration 13 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Status The Status menu allows you to select a switch and display switch information Switch Selection In order to use any of the System tab features you must first select a switch Click on the radio button for the desired switch You will be asked to enter the password for the selected switch The default password for all switches is password When you enter the switch password and click on Login the port status for the switch will be displayed You can then select Switch Information for additional switch status or select Maintenance or Monitoring for other switch features When you select a switch the Status menu displays the status up or down of the ports on the switch and the speed of the device connected to the port The switch automatically senses the speed of the device connected to each port You can assign a name to the selected switch by entering the name in the Switch Name field The switch name can be up to 20 characters The switch is updated with a new name when you press the Enter key before leaving the Switch Name field Switch Information The Switch Information feature displays additional information about the selected switch This information will vary depending on the model of the selected switch If the sel2. 2 Select the VLAN group you want to configure from the VLAN Identifier pull down list 3 Check the boxes for the ports you want to add to the VLAN group You can use the Group Operation commands to add all ports or clear the current selections Note Some switches allow Port Tagging on the VLAN Membership screen See Port Tagging on page 25 4 Click on Apply Return to the VLAN Configuration screen to verify your selections Port PVID A Port Default VLAN ID PVID is a VLAN ID tag that the switch will assign to data packets it receives that are not already addressed tagged for a particular VLAN group If you have a PC on port 6 and you want it to be a part of VLAN group 2 you would configure port 6 to automatically add a PVID of 2 to all data received from the PC This will ensure that the data from the PC on port 6 can only be seen by other members of VLAN group 2 You can only assign one PVID to a port To assign a PVID to a port Select a switch Select VLAN gt 802 1Q gt Advanced gt Port PVID The Port PVID screen displays Select the port you want to configure Enter the PVID you want to assign to the ports and click Apply es Port Tagging Port tagging allows a port to add VLAN ID tags to data packets sent through the port The tag identifies the VLAN that should receive the data Some switches allow Port Tagging to be done on the VLAN Membership screen If so the port check boxes allow you to select U un t
3. greyed out To disable DHCP address assignment repeat the previous procedure and select Disable When you click Apply you will able to manually enter IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address information Manually Setting the IP Address Information You can manually enter IP address and subnet mask values for the switch as well as the address of the Gateway device to be used by the switch To define an IP interface information 1 Click System gt Status gt Switch Information The Switch Information screen displays 2 Select Disable for the DHCP Mode The IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address fields will be enabled 3 Enter the IP Address Subnet Mask and if available Gateway Address and click Apply Chapter 2 System Configuration 15 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Maintenance The Maintenance feature allows you to change the password for the selected switch perform a device reboot reset the switch to its factory default settings or upgrade the switch firmware Change Password To change the password for a switch 1 Select System gt Maintenance The Maintenance menu and Change Password feature will display 2 Enter the old password default is password and the new password 3 Click Apply Device Reboot WARNING Rebooting the switch will briefly disrupt network traffic through the switch To reboot the selected switch 1 Select System Mai
4. Programs Productivity Center Supplement for ThinkPad Size 1 88MB E nz ProSafe Plus Utility Size 17 87MB Add New Click here For support information Used rarely Programs Last Used On 2 20 2010 i Change Remove e To change this program or remove it From your computer click ChangefRemove IG 17 32MB ieee 7 ProSafe Plus Utility InstallShield Wizard Components 17 76MB Do you want to completely remove the selected application and all of its Features ENG lea j No Set Program Access and Defaults Second Copy 7 Size 4 38MB Sonic DLA Size 2 95MB 8 Sonic Express Labeler Size 15 28MB B Sonic Update Manager Sie 2 73MB Chapter 1 Getting Started 11 System Configuration This chapter contains the following topics e System Features e Status Maintenance e Monitoring Chapter 2 System Configuration 12 System Features The System tab lets you select a switch to manage display general information about the switch perform basic switch maintenance and monitor data flow through the switch The ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide switch selection remains in effect until you select a different switch or duit the utility System features are Status indicates which switches are present and if they are operational Maintenance allows you to change administrator password reboot the switch reset to factory default settings
5. To assign Port Based priorities Select System and click on the radio button for the switch you want to configure Select QoS The QoS Global Configuration screen displays Select the ports that you want to have that priority Select a priority level that you want to assign from the list at the bottom of the display Click Apply The selected ports will be displayed with the new priority Repeat for the remaining ports momo He Mi c 802 1p Based Priority 802 1p based priority uses a header in the data packet that identifies the class of data in the packet for example voice or video When 802 1p based priority is used the switch reads information in the packet header to determine the priority to assign to the packet When 802 1p Based Priority is used all ports on the switch check the packet header and transmit the packet with a priority determined by the packet content To select 802 1p Based priority 1 Select System and click on the radio button for the switch you want to configure 2 Select QoS The QoS Global Configuration screen displays 3 Select the 802 1p Based radio button A message will display warning you that previous QoS settings for the switch will be lost 4 Click Yes Data will now be processed based on 802 1p priority tags in the data 30 Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Rate Limiting You can limit the rate at which the
6. v1 0 February 2010 Updated publication 202 10524 01 v1 0 September 2009 First publication Table of Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started Installing the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility 4 Discovering SWitheS 2 ius si esse ma teneret eens Re Rex Reb hee ode 6 Utility Features OVerVvIeW ss occ eee ack ee ieee eke ee eee eee 8 7 System General Configuration and Information 7 VLAN Virtual LAN networks EE SE Ee SE BB 7 QoS Quality of Sefvl e s sosis EES HERE DERE spes e SEE BEES ais 7 als RE RE AO oed etd N N dad EE MEER 7 ie Essie EO OE OO EE EG 8 Default SSUINGS ccr er ERA EGRE URRIN EE d PRIX AERE EE AE 9 Uninstalling the LUR lt er sae xat aca see AU RU RR dps 11 Chapter 2 System Configuration System Fates sse cure sew ups EES BENDE AE RE ER DERS Ree 13 icu qr rmn 14 SWilGlT Sel S CHORI s qaas ag dom gestisce gar Be ee do eun dom mcg Units od dioi 14 Switch Information s EE SEE gc pobre e EE Ee EER ERG 14 DHCP Mode Selection EE SS EE eee 15 Manually Setting the IP Address Information 15 MEDIESE EE DE OR OP DER Gadde Samm wales Gana wae age aan dio 16 Change Passwold 2 Xe EERS RD RES Radar ERN S 16 Device Reboot cgi dees ER Rd AUR Ee Beh iom SE Ep eee ee 16 Reset Factory Deraults uera sseni Ox RR EER RUP o SIE RE 16 Firmware Upgrade sesse RE tto reote de diaper er g 17 MOMOM m EU TC ERE TET 18 Port Statisties acces deeds d LERRA RE RR Re s Pd dd
7. NETGEAR ProSafe Plus Switch Utility User Guide ProSafe Plus Switch Utility User Guide 2010 NETGEAR Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the written permission of NETGEAR Inc Technical Support Thank you for choosing NETGEAR To register your product get the latest product updates or get support online visit us at http support netgear com Phone US amp Canada only 1 888 NETGEAR Phone Other Countries See Support information card Trademarks NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo ReadyNAS ProSafe Smart Wizard Auto Uplink X RAID2 and NeoTV are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc Microsoft Windows Windows NT and Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Statement of Conditions To improve internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product s or circuit layout s described herein Revision History Publication Part Number Version Publish Date Comments 202 10524 03 v1 0 September 2010 Updated publication 202 10524 02
8. Pcap and Adobe AIR programs may be used by other network applications and may already be installed on your PC If so a message displays asking if you want to reinstall WinPcap a Click OK if you think the currently installed WinPcap is an older version or might be corrupted b Click Cancel if you do not want to overwrite the program already installed Clicking Cancel will end the WinPcap portion of installation and will continue installing the remaining components a If the Adobe AIR program is already installed an already installed message displays Click Close to end the Adobe AIR portion of installation 4 Installation is complete When the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen displays check the box to launch the utility or just click Finish if you do not want to launch the utility at this time Use the utility icon on your desktop to launch the utility in the future Chapter 1 Getting Started 5 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Discovering Switches When the utility is launched it immediately searches the network for ProSafe Plus switches Note Local PC firewall applications such as Symantec Endpoint Protection can prevent the utility from communicating with the switches If the utility is unable to discover your switches and you are using a local firewall you will need to turn off the firewall function in order for discovery to work Within a few seconds the utility will disco
9. Q QoS 7 27 QoS global configuration 28 R rate limiting 30 reboot device 16 reset 16 S settings 8 status 7 13 status menu 14 support 33 switch discovery 6 switch selection 14 System tab 13 Index 35 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide T technical support 2 trademarks 2 U user guide 33 utility install 4 utility uninstall 11 V VLAN 7 VLAN membership 24 VLAN add groups 23 VLAN advanced 22 VLAN port based 22 W WinPcap 5 Index 36
10. Select the switch Select VLAN This will display the Port Based VLAN configuration page Select 802 1Q on the menu Select Enable For each port to be configured enter the VLAN Group ID 1 4093 or all in the field below the port 6 When you are finished configuring ports click Apply af MA Advanced 802 1Q VLAN Configuration In Advanced 802 1Q VLAN configuration you configure ports to a VLAN Group ID 1 4093 or all The advanced configuration feature allows you to create and update VLAN groups with additional information VLAN Configuration The VLAN Configuration feature lists the currently defined VLANs and the ports assigned to each To add VLAN groups 1 Enter the VLAN ID 1 4094 for the VLAN you want to configure in the VLAN ID field at the bottom right of the screen and click Add The new VLAN group will be displayed in the VLAN ID column 2 Once you have created a new VLAN ID click on VLAN Membership to add ports to the group See VLAN Membership on page 25 To delete a VLAN group 1 Select the boxes for the VLANs to be deleted Selecting the box at the top of the column will select all VLAN IDs 2 Click Delete The selected VLAN groups will be deleted 24 Chapter3 Virtual LAN Configuration ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide VLAN Membership To add ports to a VLAN group 1 Select VLAN Membership from the menu on the left The VLAN Membership screen displays
11. agged or T tagged in addition to adding the port to the VLAN group This causes the data for an individual port to be tagged associated with a VLAN group Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration 25 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide To tag data from ports 1 Click on the VLAN tab and then select 802 1Q gt Advanced gt Port Tagging The Port Tagging screen displays 2 Select the ports whose data you want tagged select the Tag Tagging Control and click Apply To untag data from ports 1 Click on the VLAN tab and then select 802 1Q gt Advanced gt Port Tagging The Port Tagging screen displays 2 Select the ports whose data you want untagged select the UnTag Tagging Control and click Apply 26 Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration Quality of Service Contiguration This chapter contains the following topics e QoS Overview e Rate Limiting Broadcast Filtering Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration 27 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide QoS Overview There are many different classes of data that can be sent across a network Depending on the volume of traffic on the network and the capacity of the equipment in the network data can be delayed or lost and retransmitted before reaching its destination Normally this is not a problem since the data is reassembled at the destination If the data consists of text or numeric data to be store
12. and if the supported by the selected switch upgrade switch firmware Monitoring displays port statistics packets sent or received tests cable connections and allows you to mirror ports MultiCast allows you to change the IGMP snooping settings Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility NETGEAR System LI vSwitch Selection Discovered Switches Product Switch Name FS116E JFSS24E GS105E Select Language English v Please select a switch to configure MAC Address IP Address Located on IP Network 52 54 4 01 02 03 Not used 10 1 10 99 00 22 3F E7 96 15 Notused 10 1 10 99 00 18 e7 48 85 3e 10 1 10 89 10 1 10 99 REFRESH Table 2 1 Features available on the System tab Feature Description Status Switch Selection Selects a switch to configure Switch Information Displays general information for the selected switch Maintenance Change Password Changes password for the selected switch Device Reboot Restarts the selected switch using configured settings Factory Default Firmware Upgrade Restarts the selected switch with factory default settings Updates the selected switch with a firmware update saved on the PC Monitoring Port Statistics Mirroring Displays port network traffic for the selected switch Allows a port to receive data sent to another port Cable Tester Checks cable connections for the ports of the selected switch
13. ce CD home screen to select the desired language TH NETGEAR Resource CD NETGEAR PROSAFE Welcome ProSafe Plus Switch English X Install ProSafe Plus Utility Documentation Language pull down Customer Support menu Online Registration 4 Chapter 1 Getting Started ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide 2 Click Install ProSafe Plus Utility to install the utility program on your PC If the Resource CD home page does not display your PC may have the Autorun feature disabled You can enable your PC s Autorun feature or use the PC s file manager to navigate to the CD and double click on Autorun exe File Edit View Favorites Tools A M Autorun exe E autorun inf 9 cdiPlus di lt q Autorun index hem gt setup ini 5 unicows dll 8 objects Local intranet Note The utility name may vary slightly between different ProSafe Plus switch models The utility uses two network programs WinPcap and Adobe AIR to process network commands If not already installed on your PC these two programs will also be installed and will be placed in your program directory 3 Click Install Utility This creates a NETGEAR subdirectory under the Program Files directory on your PC Installation then copies the utility program into the Program Files Netgear ProSafe Plus Utility directory and places a utility icon on the PC desktop The Win
14. creen will display For each port to be added to the group select the port and then the VLAN Group When you are finished adding ports to a particular VLAN Group click Apply DA AU NT Advanced Port Based VLAN Configuration The advanced port based configuration uses a slightly different user interface to allow you to assign ports to multiple VLAN groups To assign members of a VLAN group using Advanced Port Based Configuration Select the switch Click on the VLAN tab This will display the Port Based VLAN configuration page Select Advanced This will display the Advanced Port Based VLAN configuration page Select Enable A message will display asking if you want to delete previous VLAN settings Click Yes The Advanced Port Based VLAN configuration screen will display VLAN IDs are limited to the number of ports on the switch 1 5 for a five port switch Select a VLAN ID from the VLAN identifier field and check the ports that you want to add to the VLAN and click Apply If you want to create more VLANs repeat this step with another VLAN ID or PP M sk Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration 23 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide 802 1Q Based Configuration 802 1Q VLAN configuration can be done using basic or advanced methods Basic 802 1Q VLAN Configuration In Basic 802 1Q VLAN configuration you configure ports to a VLAN Group ID 1 4093 or all To configure ports using 802 1Q criteria
15. cs Mirroring 0 Disabled Cable Tester MultiCast OK or No Cable for each port IGMP Snooping Status Enabled 1 not configurable until VLAN is enabled Validate IGMPv3 IP header Block Unknown Multicast Address VLAN IDEnabled for IGMP Snooping Disabled Enabled Chapter 1 Getting Started 9 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Tab Menu Feature Default Value VLAN Port Based Basic Disabled Advanced Disabled 802 10 Basic Disabled Advanced Disabled QoS QoS Global Configuration QoS Mode 802 1P based Rate Limit Ingress No limit Egress No limit Broadcast Filtering Disabled Help Online Help Support User Guide About the Utility About the Utility s 10 Chapter 1 Getting Started ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Uninstalling the Utility To uninstall the utility 1 Use your PC s Add or Remove Programs command Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Select ProSafe Plus Utility and click Change Remove When you are asked if you want to completely remove the selected application click Yes You can also remove the WinPcap and AIR programs if they are not needed by another program 1 Add or Remove Programs Currently installed programs E Show updates Sort by Name v Change or a Remove 41 PC Doctor 5 for Windows Size 146 00MB
16. cs on port data volume allows you to configure port mirroring and on some switch models perform cable testing Port Statistics To view port statistics 1 Select System Monitoring The Port Statistics for the selected switch will display in bytes received bytes sent and packet errors Port Mirroring Port mirroring allows a port to see the data on another port To have a switch port see the data on another port Select System gt Status and select the switch Select Monitoring gt Mirroring to display the Mirroring page Enable Mirroring Select the Source Port or ports Select the Destination Port from the pull down list Click Apply ea de wr P ov Data on the source port will now also be routed to the destination port 18 Chapter2 System Configuration ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Cable Test Some switch models have a cable testing feature that allows you to check for cable faults If a cable fault is found on a port the cable test will give an estimate of the distance of the fault from the switch To perform a cable test 1 Click System Monitoring Cable Tester The Cable Tester screen will display 2 Selectthe port s to be tested and click TEST SELECTED PORT The approximate distance to the cable fault will be displayed Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility JFS524E Switch 2 NETGEAR JFS524E Connect with Innovation Select Language System Qos Help Englis
17. d on the destination computer the user would not notice the delay But if the data was voice streaming video or other delay sensitive data delays would be undesirable Video sequences would be jerky and voice communication would have annoying gaps The QoS Quality of Service feature in the ProSafe Plus switches allows you to control the flow of data passing through the switch e QoS global configuration assigns priorities to data e Rate Limit sets limits on transmission rates for data passing through the switch e Broadcast Filtering blocks mass transmissions of broadcast packets from being forwarded to all ports System QoS Rate Limit Broadcast Filtering All of the QoS features have default settings It is not necessary to configure any settings in order to use the ProSafe Plus switches The following table lists the default settings Feature Setting Global Configuration QoS Mode Port based Low priority for each port Rate Limit Egress No limit 28 Chapter4 Quality of Service Configuration ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide QoS Global Configuration Global configuration allows you to assign priorities for how data will be transmitted by the switch Priority can be assigned either by port number Port Based or by the type of data being transmitted 802 1p based You would typically want to assign a low priority for normal classes of data email intern
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19. ected switch supports the Switch Information feature you can use it to display or configure the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address System VLAN Qos Help status Maintenance Monitoring MultiCast gt Switch Selection Switch Information Switch Information zi Switch Information Product Name GS105E Switch Name WeeOne Firmware Version 1 00 00 DHCP Mode Disable IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Address MAC Address 00 18 E7 48 85 3E 14 Chapter 2 System Configuration ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide DHCP Mode Selection The Switch Information screen contains a field for DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Mode selection When you enable this setting the switch will obtain a network IP address from a DHCP server in the network Each time the switch is powered on or reset it will request an IP address from a DHCP Server in the Network This is called a Dynamic IP address If there is no DHCP server in the network a time out message will be displayed If the switch fails to retrieve an IP address from a DHCP server a default IP address of 192 168 0 239 will be entered To enable DHCP operation 1 Select System gt Switch Information The Switch Information screen will display 2 Click the list arrow in the DHCP Mode list box 3 Select Enable then click Apply The IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address fields will be disabled
20. ess to the switch you are configuring If this occurs you can reset the switch manually to restore access If you do this your previous settings will be lost The features on each tab are explained in the following chapters e Chapter 2 System Configuration describes general management features e Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration describes how to create and configure VLAN groups e Chapter 4 Quality of Service QoS describes how to set data priorities using Global Configuration Rate Limiting and Broadcast filtering e Chapter 5 Help describes how to get online support information 8 Chapter 1 Getting Started ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Default Settings All ProSafe Plus Switch features have default settings You do not need to configure any settings in order to use the ProSafe Plus switches The following table lists the default values for switch settings Shaded features are not configurable on all switches Tab Feature Default Value System Switch Selection No switch selected All names blank Names Passwords password for all switches Switch Information DHCP Mode Enabled 192 168 0 239 IP Address Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 254 Gateway Address Maintenance Change Password All fields blank Device Reboot Unchecked Factory Default Unchecked Firmware Upgrade Filename blank Monitoring Port Statisti
21. et browsing and ordinary data transfers and high priority to video voice and other delay sensitive data Port Based Priority Port based priority works by assigning a priority to all data passing through a particular port A higher priority will transmit data with a minimum of delays If packets arrive at several ports at the same time the ports configured as higher priority will transmit their packets first This means that you need to determine which ports are going to carry delay sensitive data Some switches allow you to select between two priority levels High and Low Others allow four levels High Medium Normal and Low System VLAN Qos Help QoS Rate Limit Broadcast Filtering QoS Global Configuration Quality of Service QoS Mode s Port Based 802 1p Based Port Priority Lj Port Priority Li Low Priority Low Priority 2 priority levels Low Priority Low Priority Low Priority Low Priority Low Priority Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration 29 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide System VLAN Qos Help QoS Rate Limit Broadcast Filtering QoS Global Configuration Quality of Service QoS Mode s Port Based 802 1p Based Port Priority Port Priority Lj oa Medium Priority 02 High Priority 03 Normal Priority 4 priority levels 94 Low Priority o5 Low Priority
22. eyed out if VLAN is not enabled Validate IGMPv3 IP header Some of the Network devices may not conform to the IGMPv3 standard When Validate IGMPv3 IP header option is enabled IGMP messages are required to have TTL 1 ToS Byte OxCO Internetwork Control and router alert IP option 9404 set otherwise the packets will be ignored Block Unknown MultiCast Address When enabled multicast packets are forwarded only to the ports that are in the Multicast group learnt from IGMP snooping All unknown multicast packets are dropped 20 Chapter 2 System Configuration Virtual LAN Configuration This chapter contains the following topics e VLAN Overview Port Based Configuration e 802 1Q Based Configuration Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration 21 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide VLAN Overview Virtual LANS are made up of networked devices grouped together logically into separate networks The Switch Configuration Utility allows you to group ports on a switch to create a virtual network made up of the devices connected to the ports VLANs can be grouped using Port Based or 802 1Q criteria System QoS Port Based allows you to assign ports to virtual networks Data from a port that is a member of a VLAN group will be restricted to other members of that VLAN group This is an easy way to partition a network into private sub networks 802 1Q allows you to create virtual networ
23. h v QUIT Status Maintenance nitoring Multicast gt Port Statistics Cable Tester Mirroring vCable Tester Cable Tester LL Port Test Results Cable Fault Distance Open Cable 1 No Cable M lcm Distance to cable Open Cable 3 fault in meters No Cable No Cable No Cable OK No Cable OK LJ LI kel LH LJ led Li led LJ is No Cable Note The distance to the cable fault can be up to 5 meters from the actual fault Chapter 2 System Configuration 19 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide MultiCast IGMP Snooping Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Snooping is a feature that allows a switch to forward multicast traffic intelligently on the switch Multicast IP traffic is traffic that is destined to a host group Host groups are identified by class D IP addresses which range from 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 Based on the IGMP query and report messages the switch forwards traffic only to the ports that request the multicast traffic This prevents the switch from broadcasting the traffic to all ports and possibly affecting network performance To enable or disable IGMP snooping Select Disable or Enable for IGMP Snooping Status and click Apply or e You can also change the VLAN for which the IGMP Snooping to be enabled by entering a valid VLAN ID for the field VLAN ID Enabled for IGMP Snooping and clicking Apply This field is gr
24. ing screen Select Enable If the selected switch supports configuring individual ports a Storm control rate screen will be displayed If the selected switch does not support individual port configuration all of the ports will be set to a predetermined Storm control rate If the ports can be configured select one or more ports and the desired Storm control rate Click Apply 32 Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration Help This chapter contains the following topics e Online Help Chapter 5 Help 33 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Online Help The Help tab provides access to the NETGEAR Support web site and to the online user guide for the ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility the latest copy of this manual User Guide If the PC running the utility program has access to the internet selecting User Guide then clicking Apply will open the latest version of this user guide You can then download a copy of the User Guide to your PC After installing a new ProSafe Plus Switch you should check this website for the latest version of this manual Support Information If the PC running the utility program has access to the internet you can display the support page for a selected switch Selecting Support then clicking Apply will open a NETGEAR support page for the selected switch model The support page provides access to the NETGEAR Knowledge Base additional d
25. ks using 802 1Q criteria When using 802 1Q VLAN configuration you configure ports to be a part of a VLAN group When a port receives data tagged for a VLAN group the data will be discarded unless the port is a member of the VLAN group This technique is useful if you need to communicate with devices outside of your local network as well as still receiving data from other ports not in your VLAN group It requires that you know the VLAN group IDs used 22 Chapter3 Virtual LAN Configuration ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Port Based Configuration Port Based Virtual LAN configuration assigns ports on the selected switch to a Virtual LAN Group The number of VLANS that can be created is limited to the number of ports on the switch The Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration page is designed to help you to partition your network into different segments Ports with the same ID are grouped into the same VLAN group If all the VLAN groups share the same uplink to the Internet or servers enter all in the VLAN Group field for the port that you want to use for the uplink Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration To assign members of a VLAN group using Basic Port Based configuration Select the switch Select VLAN This will display the Basic Port Based VLAN configuration page Select Enable A message will display asking if you want to delete previous VLAN settings Click Yes The Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration s
26. mo toic Seg Qa aal de ae 34 Index 2 Table of Contents Getting Started This chapter contains the following topics Installing the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility Discovering Switches Utility Features Overview Default Settings Uninstalling the Utility Chapter 1 Getting Started 3 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Installing the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility To take advantage of the enhanced features on ProSafe Plus switches you can install and use the ProSafe Plus Switch Utility The utility is on the Resource CD shipped with ProSafe Plus switches Note The utility is only supported on MS Windows and can be installed on any Windows PC s on the network containing the switches to be managed If an earlier version of the utility is already present on the PC it will be replaced by the newer version Newer versions of the utility are backwards compatible and support all previously released ProSafe Plus switches If the version of the utility you are trying to install is older than the one already installed on the PC the installation will not be performed To install the utility 1 Insert the Resource CD that came with your switch into the PC that you want to use to manage your switches The Resource CD home page displays Resource CD pages and the installation guide for the switch can be displayed in several languages Use the pull down menu in the upper right corner of the Resour
27. ntenance Device Reboot The Device Reboot dialog will display 2 Check the box in the Device Reboot dialog Click Apply Reset Factory Defaults A WARNING Resetting the factory defaults may briefly disrupt network traffic through the switch To reset the factory default settings on the selected switch 1 Select System gt Maintenance gt Factory Default The Factory Default dialog will display 2 Check the box in the Factory Default dialog 3 Click Apply 16 Chapter2 System Configuration ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Firmware Upgrade Note After firmware downloading is complete the switch will automatically reboot This will briefly disrupt network traffic through the switch In order to upgrade switch firmware you must first download a firmware upgrade file for the selected switch from the NETGEAR support website to your PC To upgrade firmware on the selected switch 1 Select System gt Maintenance gt Firmware Upgrade The Firmware Upgrade dialog will display 2 Click the Browse button and navigate to the location on your PC containing the firmware upgrade file 3 Select the upgrade file and click Apply The firmware will be downloaded from your PC to the switch and the switch will automatically reboot Chapter 2 System Configuration 17 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Monitoring The Monitoring menu provides statisti
28. ocumentation downloads and product forums for the selected product About the Utility Soca BOOTE the Utility on the Help tab displays the utility software version for the ProSafe Plus Configuration Utility Select Language System VLAN Qos Help Quit Online Help About the Utility About the Utility About the Utility Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility Version s version 2 0 3 Copyright 1996 2009 Netgear Part of the software embedded in this product is Winpcap software Copyright c 1999 2005 NetGroup Politecnico di Torino Italy Copyright c 2005 2009 CACE Technologies Davis California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 7 34 Chapter 5 Help Index Numerics 802 1p based priority 29 802 10 21 802 10 VLAN 23 A about 33 Adobe AIR 5 assign members 22 B broadcast filtering 31 broadcast storm protection 31 C cable test 18 change password 16 D default settings 9 DHCP 15 F factory defaults 16 features 7 firewall applications 6 firmware upgrade 17 H Help 7 33 IGMP snooping 20 installation 4 InstallShield Wizard 5 LAN 21 M maintenance 7 13 16 monitoring 7 13 18 MultiCast 20 P password 16 port based 21 port mirroring 18 port statistics 18 port tagging 24 port based priority 28 PVID 24
29. on and Information Status indicates which switches are present and if they are operational If your switch supports the switch information feature you can display additional information such as IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address Maintenance allows you to change administrator password reboot the switch reset to factory default settings and if your switch supports it upgrade switch firmware Monitoring displays port statistics packets sent or received tests cable connections and allows you to mirror ports MultiCast allows you to change the IGMP snooping settings VLAN Virtual LAN networks Port Based allows you to assign ports to virtual networks 802 1Q allows you to create virtual networks using 802 1Q criteria QoS Quality of Service Port based allows you to assign communication priorities to ports 802 1p based uses communication priorities from 802 1p tags in the data Rate Limit allows you to set maximum data rate for the device or on some devices per port Broadcast Filtering protects your network from broadcast packet storms that can interfere with the processing of normal data Help Online Help online access to technical support information and this manual About version and copyright information Chapter 1 Getting Started 7 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Switch Settings lt is possible to make port settings that block further acc
30. switch accepts incoming data and the rate that it retransmits outgoing data you can set rate values The rate choices vary depending on the switch model Rate limiting can be set for a port in addition to other QoS settings If a port has a rate limit set the switch will restrict the acceptance or retransmission of data to the values configured To configure Rate Limiting Select System and click on the radio button for the switch you want to configure Select QoS gt Rate Limit The QoS Rate Limit screen displays Select one or more ports then select ingress and egress rates to assign Click Apply The rates will be displayed opposite the selected ports Repeat for the remaining ports m om ow MN Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration 31 ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Broadcast Filtering A switch can be configured to block massive transmission of broadcast packets being forwarded to every port on the same VLAN This is also known as broadcast storm protection Failure to block broadcast storm packets can cause a delay or halt to other data Some switches allow you to select a Storm Control Rate for each port others assign a predetermined Storm control rate for all ports on the switch To configure Broadcast Filtering 1 2 3 Select System and click the radio button for the switch you want to configure Select QoS gt Broadcast Filtering to display the QoS Broadcast Filter
31. ver and list all ProSafe Plus switches in your network or in the same broadcast domain Discovery will continue through the network until blocked by a router or firewall The discovered switches are displayed as shown below Prosafe Plus Configuration Utility NETGEAR Connect with Innovation System vSwitch Selection Please select a switch to configure Discovered Switches Product Switch Name MAC Address IP Address Located on IP Network FS116E 52 54 4 01 02 03 Notused 10 1 10 99 JFS524E 00 22 3F E7 96 15 Notused 10 1 10 99 GS105E 00 18 e7 48 85 3e 10 1 10 89 10 1 10 99 REFRESH You can now select a switch to configure or display its status At this point you can select an alternate language for the Utility user interface Click on the Select Language pull down menu and click on the desired language You will be asked to restart the Utility to enable the selected language Select Language B English Deutsch Notice Please re launch the Prosafe Plus Utility for the new language to take effect Do you wish to continue Frangais a oves No j 6 Chapter 1 Getting Started ProSafe Unmanaged Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide Utility Features Overview The utility configures switch features and provides status and support information The features are arranged on tabs as shown in the following figure Select Language System English v System General Configurati
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