GE MULTILINK ML2400 - Manual (Page 3)

TOC TABLE OF CONTENTS
MULTILINK ML2400 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL TOC–I
Table of Contents
1: INTRODUCTION GETTING STARTED .............................................................................................. 1-1
I NSPECTING THE P ACKAGE AND P RODUCT ..........................................................................1-1
ORDERING .............................................................................................................. 1-2
O RDER C ODES .........................................................................................................................1-2
SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................. 1-3
T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................1-3
E NVIRONMENTAL S PECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................1-5
T YPE T ESTS ...............................................................................................................................1-5
P HYSICAL S PECIFICATIONS .....................................................................................................1-6
A PPROVALS AND W ARRANTY ................................................................................................1-6
FIRMWARE OVERVIEW ...................................................................................... 1-8
C OMMAND L INE F IRMWARE ..................................................................................................1-8
E NER V ISTA S OFTWARE ...........................................................................................................1-8
B EFORE S TARTING ...................................................................................................................1-9
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE FIRMWARE ..................................................... 1-10
C ONSOLE C ONNECTION .........................................................................................................1-10
C ONSOLE S ETUP ......................................................................................................................1-10
C ONSOLE S CREEN ...................................................................................................................1-11
L OGGING I N FOR THE F IRST T IME .........................................................................................1-11
A UTOMATIC IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .........................................................................1-11
S ETTING THE IP P ARAMETERS ...............................................................................................1-12
P RIVILEGE L EVELS ....................................................................................................................1-14
U SER M ANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................1-14
H ELP ..........................................................................................................................................1-15
E XITING .....................................................................................................................................1-17
ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MANAGEMENT .................................................... 1-18
L OGGING IN FOR THE F IRST T IME .........................................................................................1-18
P RIVILEGE L EVELS ....................................................................................................................1-19
U SER M ANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................1-19
M ODIFYING THE P RIVILEGE L EVEL ........................................................................................1-23
H ELP ..........................................................................................................................................1-24
E XITING .....................................................................................................................................1-24
ML2400 FIRMWARE UPDATES ........................................................................... 1-26
U PDATING M ULTI L INK F IRMWARE ........................................................................................1-26
S ELECTING THE P ROPER V ERSION ........................................................................................1-26
U PDATING THROUGH THE C OMMAND L INE .........................................................................1-26
U PDATING THROUGH THE ENERVISTA S OFTWARE ..............................................................1-28
2: PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. 2-1
I NTRODUCTION TO THE ML2400 .........................................................................................2-1
D ESIGN A SPECTS .....................................................................................................................2-2
COMMUNICATIONS MODULES ......................................................................... 2-3
F OUR -P ORT M ODULES ...........................................................................................................2-3
S IX - PORT M ODULES ................................................................................................................2-4
E IGHT - PORT M ODULES ...........................................................................................................2-4
G IGABIT (1000 M BPS ) M ODULES ........................................................................................2-6
FEATURES AND BENEFITS ................................................................................. 2-7
P ACKET P RIORITIZATION , 802.1 P Q O S ...............................................................................2-7
F RAME B UFFERING AND F LOW C ONTROL ...........................................................................2-7