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- Page 1 ProSafe Plus Switch ® Configuration Utility User Guide NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 202-10524-02 February 2010...
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Page 2: Statement Of Conditions
Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started Installing the Utility ......................1-1 Overview of Utility Features ....................1-1 Uninstalling the Utility .....................1-4 Discovering Switches .....................1-5 Overview of Utility Features ....................1-6 Switch Settings ......................1-7 Default Settings ......................1-7 Chapter 2 System Configuration System Features ......................2-2 Status ..........................2-2 Switch Selection .......................2-2 Switch Information ....................2-3 DHCP Mode Selection .....................2-3... - Page 4 Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration Port Based Configuration ....................3-1 Basic Port Based Configuration ................3-1 Advanced Port Based Configuration ................3-2 802.1Q Based Configuration ..................3-2 Basic 802.1Q Based Configuration ................3-2 Advanced 802.1Q Based Configuration ..............3-2 VLAN Configuration ...................3-3 VLAN Membership ....................3-3 Port PVID ......................3-4 Port Tagging ......................3-4 Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration...
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Page 5: About This Manual
The ProSafe® Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide describes how to use the Switch Configuration Utility. The information in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate computer and internet skills. Note: Product updates are available on the NETGEAR website at http:// kbserver.netgear.com. -
Page 6: Additional Documentation
Before proceeding, read the Installation Guides for the ProSafe ® Plus Switches used in your network. These documents may be found at: http://www.NETGEAR.com. How to Print This Manual Your computer must have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed in order to view and print PDF files. -
Page 7: Getting Started
Chapter 1 Getting Started In order to make use of the enhanced features on ProSafe Plus switches you can install and use the ® ProSafe ® Plus Switch Configuration Utility. The utility is on the Resource CD shipped with ProSafe ®... - Page 8 ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Resource CD pages and the installation guide for the switch can be displayed in several languages. A pull down menu for language selection is in the upper right corner of the Resource CD home screen. Click on Install ProSafe Plus Utility to install the utility program on your PC.
- Page 9 PC, these two programs will also be installed. They will be placed in your program directory. Click Install Utility. This will create 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.
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Page 10: Uninstalling The Utility
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. 4. You can also remove the WinPcap and AIR programs if they are not needed by another program. -
Page 11: Discovering Switches
ProSafe 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. -
Page 12: Overview Of Utility Features
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Overview of Utility Features The utility configures switch features and provides status and support information. The features are arranged on tabs as shown in the following figure: System (General Configuration and Information) Status - indicates which switches are present and if they are operational. -
Page 13: Switch Settings
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Note: It is possible that you can make port settings that will block further access to the switch you are configuring. If this occurs you can reset the switch manually to restore access. Your previous settings will be lost. -
Page 14: Default Settings
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Default Settings All of the 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. - Page 15 ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Table 1-1. Feature Default Values Menu Feature Default Value VLAN Port Based Basic Disabled Advanced Disabled 802.1Q Basic Disabled Advanced Disabled Global Configuration QoS Mode Port based Port Priority Low priority for each port Rate Limit Ingress No limit...
- Page 16 ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® 1-10 Getting Started v1.0, February 2010...
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Page 17: System Configuration
Chapter 2 System Configuration 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. 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 and if the feature is available on the selected switch, upgrade switch firmware. -
Page 18: System Features
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® System Features Table 2-1 lists features available on the System tab. Table 2-1. System Tab Features 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... -
Page 19: Switch Information
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® 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. -
Page 20: Manually Setting The Ip Address Information
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Click the list arrow in the DHCP Mode list box. Select Enable then click Apply. The IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address fields will be disabled (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. -
Page 21: Reset Factory Defaults
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: Select System >... -
Page 22: Cable Test
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Enable Mirroring. Select the Source Port or ports. Select the Destination Port from the pull down list and click Apply. Data on the source port will now also be routed to the destination port. Cable Test Some switch models have a cable testing feature that allows you to check for cable faults. -
Page 23: Virtual Lan Configuration
Chapter 3 Virtual LAN Configuration 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 Port Based - allows you to assign ports to virtual networks. -
Page 24: Advanced Port Based Configuration
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Click Yes. The Basic Port Based VLAN Configuration screen 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. 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. -
Page 25: Vlan Configuration
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® VLAN Configuration The VLAN Configuration feature lists the currently defined VLANs and the ports assigned to each. To add VLAN groups: 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. -
Page 26: Port Tagging
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Enter the PVID you want to assign to the ports and click Apply. 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. -
Page 27: Quality Of Service Configuration
Chapter 4 Quality of Service Configuration 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. -
Page 28: Qos Global Configuration
ProSafe 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, internet browsing, and ordinary data transfers) and high priority to video, voice, and other delay sensitive data. -
Page 29: 802.1P Based Priority
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® 4 priority levels 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. -
Page 30: Rate Limiting
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® Select the 802.1p Based radio button. A message will display warning you that previous QoS settings for the switch will be lost. Click Yes. Data will now be processed based on 802.1p priority tags in the data. Rate Limiting You can limit the rate at which the switch accepts incoming data and the rate that it retransmits outgoing data. -
Page 31: Help
Chapter 5 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). Online Help 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. -
Page 32: About The Utility
ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide ® About the Utility Selecting About the Utility on the Help tab displays the utility software version for the ProSafe Plus ® Configuration Utility. Version Help v1.0, February 2010...