Netgear FSM726v1 - 10/100 Mbps Managed Switch driver and firmware
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FSM726 User Manual - Page 5
... 1 About This Guide
Audience ...1-1 Typographical Conventions 1-1 Special Message Formats 1-1 Features of the HTML Version of this Manual 1-2 Chapter 2 Switch Management Overview
Management Access Overview 1-1 Protocols ...1-2 Virtual Terminal Protocols 1-3 SNMP Protocol 1-3 SNMP Access ...1-3
Chapter 3 Software Upgrade Procedure
Chapter 4 Administration Console Telnet Interface
Set Up Your...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 6
...Menu> Advanced> Spanning Tree> Bridge Settings 3-22 Main Menu> Advanced> Spanning Tree> Port Settings 3-23 Main Menu> Advanced> MAC Address Manager 3-24 Main Menu> Advanced> MAC Address Manager> Address Aging 3-25 Main Menu> Advanced> MAC Address Manager> Static Addresses 3-25 Main Menu> Advanced> Multimedia Support 3-26 Main Menu> Advanced> Multimedia Support> Enable/Disable IGMP 3-26 Main...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 7
Status > Switch Statistics 4-5 Status > Port Statistics 4-7 Status > Error Statistics 4-8 Status > Most Active Ports 4-9 Status > Reset Statistics 4-10 Status > Port Settings 4-10 Status > MAC Address Table 4-11 Set-up Menu ...4-12 Set-up> System Configuration 4-12 Set-up> IP Configuration 4-13 Set-up> Port Configuration 4-14 Set-up> GBIC ...4-15 Tools Menu ...4-16 Tools> Save ...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 14
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Table 2-1.
Comparing Switch Management Methods
Management Method
Advantages
Disadvantages
Administration console
• Out-of-band access via direct cable
• Must be near switch or use dial-up
connection means network bottlenecks, connection
crashes, and downtime do not slow or • Not convenient for remote users
...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 18
...the software version number identifies bug fix and patch versions for which this manual is not updated. The upgrade procedure and the required equipment are described in this chapter.
IP address, Network Mask, and Default Gateway are not affected by upgrading the software. These settings will be preserved in non-volatile memory (NVRAM).
The upgrade process is accomplished by having the switch boot...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 19
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
5. Restart the system via the Tools>Reset command. Bootstrap will retrieve the new software image then pass control to it. The system executes the new software image. The previous software image in non-volatile memory will not be replaced by the new software image. This enables you to return to the previous...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 20
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
3-3
Software Upgrade Procedure
SM-10004-02
FSM726 User Manual - Page 22
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Examples of terminal-emulation programs include: • Hyper Terminal, which is included with Microsoft Windows operating systems • ZTerm for the Apple Macintosh • TIP for UNIX workstations
This example describes how to set up the connection using a Hyper Terminal on a PC, but other systems follow similar steps...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 23
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
4. When the following screen appears, make sure that the port setting are as follows:
Baud Rate: Data Bits: Parity: Stop Bits: Flow Control:
9600 8 None 1 None
Figure 4-4: Connection Settings
5. Click OK.
The Hyper Terminal window will open and you should be connected to the switch. If you do not get a welcome screen...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 33
... as entering static MAC addresses to the switch.
• Multimedia Support (IGMP): The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is an Internet protocol that provides a way for network devices to report multicast group membership to adjacent routers.
• SNMP: You can use an SNMP-based Network Management Software program to manage your switch. This menu allows you to set up the appropriate...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 37
... Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Note: Only the console menu will let you run the virtual cable tester on any port. Other management interfaces require port access and therefore cannot reliably test the cable continuity of the port they are using to access the switch.
Main Menu> Advanced> Advanced Tools
This menu provides you with the ability to upgrade the software...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 38
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
• Last Saved option. The system will boot from non-volatile memory. This option will automatically show up after the 'Net & save' option is selected and the unit is reset.
Main Menu> Advanced> Advanced Tools> Configuration Management
This menu allows you to save your configuration, in case you...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 45
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Figure 4-34: MAC
Main Menu> Advanced> MAC Address Manager> Address Aging The aging time is the amount of time that an entry is kept in the bridge tables prior to being purged (or aged). The range (in parentheses) represents the minimum and the maximum values that the timer can be set. The...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 66
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Tools Menu
The Tools page contains functions to maintain your switch.
Figure 5-16: Tools Menu
There is a firmware upgrade; the means to save current settings to non-volatile memory (NVRAM); as well as software reset mechanism. The page has two sub-pages: • Save Configuration • Restore Factory Defaults • Device Reset
Tools...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 70
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
• Port Trunking • Virtual Cable Tester • Advanced Tools • Traffic Management • VLANS • Spanning Tree • MAC • Multimedia Support
The Advanced page allows professional users to operate more complicated features of the device, which include VLAN, Spanning Tree, Port Trunking, Multimedia support ...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 77
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Advanced> Advanced Tools
Use the advanced tools menu to upgrade the software for the switch through a variety of options using the TFTP protocol and to customize the configuration file of the switch. These are tasks that require advanced expertise.
Advanced> Advanced Tools> Software Upgrade
Figure 5-28: Advanced Tools menu
This menu ...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 87
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Any system, whose MAC address and the port number are listed in this screen, will not be purged from the system's forwarding table by the aging process. 1. Add a new entry 2. Enter the MAC address and port in the appropriate boxes 3. Click Add 4. Remove an exist entry 5. Highlight that entry in the table...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 111
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Syntax
FSM726(config)# mac-address-table disable
Multimedia
In networks where multimedia applications generate multicast traffic, Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) can greatly reduce unnecessary bandwidth usage by limiting traffic forwarding that is otherwise broadcast to the whole network to only those ports that need it. Enabling ...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 115
700 Series Managed Switch User's Guide for Software v2.1
Priority Use the priority command to set the STP priority Syntax
FSM726(config)# spanning-tree priority
Where = is the STP priority. This number ranges from 0 - 65535.
System The system command configures important system items such as IP addresses, password security, and firmware upgrade.
Config-TFTP The config-tftp command is used...
FSM726 User Manual - Page 119
... switch
Syntax
FSM726(config)# system password
Where
= the password you wish to set for the switch.
Firmware boot
The firmware command is used to upgrade the firmware through a variety of options. The boot command is used to configure the way in which the switch will boot after a firmware upgrade. Once the IP address of the TFTP and the path location of the new software...