User manual ZYXEL MES-3528

[. . . ] MES-3528 Layer 2+ Metro Ethernet Switch Default Login Details IP Address User Name Password http://192. 168. 1. 1 admin 1234 Firmware Version 3. 90 Edition 1, 3/2009 www. zyxel. com Copyright © 2009 ZyXEL Communications Corporation About This User's Guide About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for people who want to configure the Switch using the web configurator. Related Documentation · Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference Guide The Command Reference Guide explains how to use the Command-Line Interface (CLI) and CLI commands to configure the Switch. · Web Configurator Online Help The embedded Web Help contains descriptions of individual screens and supplementary information. Note: It is recommended you use the web configurator to configure the Switch. · Support Disc Refer to the included CD for support documents. Documentation Feedback Send your comments, questions or suggestions to: techwriters@zyxel. com. tw Thank you!The Technical Writing Team, ZyXEL Communications Corp. , 6 Innovation Road II, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, 30099, Taiwan. Need More Help? More help is available at www. zyxel. com. MES-3528 User's Guide 3 About This User's Guide · Download Library Search for the latest product updates and documentation from this link. Read the Tech Doc Overview to find out how to efficiently use the User Guide, Quick Start Guide and Command Line Interface Reference Guide in order to better understand how to use your product. [. . . ] See Section 17. 2 on page 151 for more information on dynamic link aggregation. Figure 82 Advanced Application > Link Aggregation > Link Aggregation Setting > LACP The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 40 Advanced Application > Link Aggregation > Link Aggregation Setting > LACP LABEL Link Aggregation Control Protocol Active DESCRIPTION Note: Do not configure this screen unless you want to enable dynamic link aggregation. Select this checkbox to enable Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). MES-3528 User's Guide 157 Chapter 17 Link Aggregation Table 40 Advanced Application > Link Aggregation > Link Aggregation Setting > LACP (continued) LABEL System Priority DESCRIPTION LACP system priority is a number between 1 and 65, 535. The switch with the lowest system priority (and lowest port number if system priority is the same) becomes the LACP "server". Enter a number to set the priority of an active port using Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). The field identifies the link aggregation group, that is, one logical link containing multiple ports. Select this option to enable LACP for a trunk. Group ID LACP Active Port * This field displays the port number. Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all ports. Use this row first to set the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port basis. Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you make them. LACP Timeout Timeout is the time interval between the individual port exchanges of LACP packets in order to check that the peer port in the trunk group is still up. If a port does not respond after three tries, then it is deemed to be "down" and is removed from the trunk. Set a short timeout (one second) for busy trunked links to ensure that disabled ports are removed from the trunk group as soon as possible. Apply Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch's run-time memory. The Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the nonvolatile memory when you are done configuring. Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. Cancel 17. 6 Static Trunking Example This example shows you how to create a static port trunk group for ports 2-5. 158 MES-3528 User's Guide Chapter 17 Link Aggregation Make your physical connections - make sure that the ports that you want to belong to the trunk group are connected to the same destination. The following figure shows ports 2-5 on switch A connected to switch B. 1 Figure 83 Trunking Example - Physical Connections B A 2 Configure static trunking - Click Advanced Application > Link Aggregation > Link Aggregation Setting. In this screen activate trunk group T1, select the traffic distribution algorithm used by this group and select the ports that should belong to this group as shown in the figure below. Click Apply when you are done. Figure 84 Trunking Example - Configuration Screen Your trunk group 1 (T1) configuration is now complete. MES-3528 User's Guide 159 Chapter 17 Link Aggregation 160 MES-3528 User's Guide CHAPTER This chapter describes the IEEE 802. 1x authentication method. 18 Port Authentication 18. 1 Port Authentication Overview Port authentication is a way to validate access to ports on the Switch to clients based on an external server (authentication server). The Switch supports the following method for port authentication: · IEEE 802. 1x2 - An authentication server validates access to a port based on a username and password provided by the user. IEEE 802. 1x authentication uses the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service, RFC 2138, 2139) protocol to validate users. See Section 25. 1. 2 on page 210 for more information on configuring your RADIUS server settings. 18. 1. 1 IEEE 802. 1x Authentication The following figure illustrates how a client connecting to a IEEE 802. 1x authentication enabled port goes through a validation process. The Switch prompts the client for login information in the form of a user name and password. When the client provides the login credentials, the Switch sends an authentication 2. At the time of writing, IEEE 802. 1x is not supported by all operating systems. If your operating system does not support 802. 1x, then you may need to install 802. 1x client software. MES-3528 User's Guide 161 Chapter 18 Port Authentication request to a RADIUS server. The RADIUS server validates whether this client is allowed access to the port. Figure 85 IEEE 802. 1x Authentication Process 1 New Connection 2 Login Info Request 3 Login Credentials 4 Authentication Request 5 Authentication Reply Session Granted/Denied 18. 2 Port Authentication Configuration To enable port authentication, first activate the port authentication method (both on the Switch and the port(s)) then configure the RADIUS server settings in the Auth and Acct > Radius Server Setup screen. [. . . ] ZyXEL further reserves the right to make changes in any products described herein without notice. This publication is subject to change without notice. Trademarks ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating System) is a registered trademark of ZyXEL Communications, Inc. Other trademarks mentioned in this publication are used for identification purposes only and may be properties of their respective owners. Certifications Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: · This device may not cause harmful interference. MES-3528 User's Guide 351 Appendix C Legal Information · This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations. FCC Warning This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital switch, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ]