EKI-6538 8-port 10/100 Mbps Industrial Smart Ethernet Switch User Manual
Copyright The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2006 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable.
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Declaration of Conformity CE This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications. Test conditions for passing included the equipment being operated within an industrial enclosure. In order to protect the product from being damaged by ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) and EMI leakage, we strongly recommend the use of CE-compliant industrial enclosure products.
Safety Instructions 1. Read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User's Manual for later reference. 3. Disconnect this equipment from any AC outlet before cleaning. Use a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray detergents for cleaning. 4. For plug-in equipment, the power outlet socket must be located near the equipment and must be easily accessible. 5. Keep this equipment away from humidity. 6. Put this equipment on a reliable surface during installation.
-10° C (14° F) OR ABOVE 70° C (158° F). THIS COULD DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT. THE EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. Safety Precaution - Static Electricity Follow these simple precautions to protect yourself from harm and the products from damage. 1. To avoid electrical shock, always disconnect the power from your PC chassis before you work on it. Don't touch any components on the CPU card or other cards while the PC is on. 2. Disconnect power before making any configuration changes.
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................... 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Chapter Features ............................................................................ 2 Feature Summary .............................................................. 4 Specifications .................................................................... 5 Packing List....................................................................... 7 Ordering Information ...........................
3.1.4 3.2 Web Browser................................................................... 27 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7 3.2.8 3.3 Figure 3.7:Restart EKI-6538 ........................................ 26 Factory Reset ............................................................... 26 Figure 3.8:Default Setting via 232 Configuration ....... 26 Figure 3.9:EKI-6538 Web Login Page ........................ 27 Figure 3.10:Function Overview Page ..........................
CHAPTER 1 2 Introduction Sections include: • Features • Feature Summary • Specifications • Packing List • Ordering Information • Safety Precaution
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Features Equipped with 8 x 10/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet ports with RJ-45 connectors, Advantech’s EKI-6538 Industrial Smart Ethernet Switch represents a cost-effective solution for customers to implement Ethernet packet switching with easy fine-tuning of network performance and security.
Port Trunks for Aggregated Bandwidths The network administrator can use port mirroring as a diagnostic tool or debugging feature, especially when fending off an attack. EKI-6538 assists you to keep close track of switch performance and alter it if necessary. To expand the network, you can use EKI-6538’s port trunks function to combine ports together to create multi-link load sharing, aggregated bandwidths to a server or a network backbone.
1.2 Feature Summary • Provides 8 x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports with RJ-45 connector • Provides push button for port diagnostic • Supports web browser for configuration • Supports RS-232 console for basic factory setting • Supports IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLAN • Supports IEEE 802.
1.3 Specifications Communications Compatibility IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.3x, 802.1p, 802.1Q LAN 10/100Base-TX I/O Type 2 Digital Input: Logic Level 0 : close to GND Logic Level 1 : open 2 Digital Output: Open collector to 30V, 200mA (Max.
Power Power Connectors 7-pin removable screw terminal Power Consumption Max. 7 W Power Input 2 x Unregulated +10 ~ 48 VDC Fault Output Present Mechanism Dimensions (WxHxD) 46 x 162 x 126 mm Enclosure IP30, ABS+PC with solid mounting kits Mounting DIN35 rail, Wall Protection ESD Protection 4,000 V DC (Ethernet) Surge Protection (EFT) 3000 V DC (Power) Power Reversal Prt. Present Overload Current Protection 4A/125V Certifications Safety UL 60950-1, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.60950 EMC U.S.A.
1.4 Packing List • 1 x EKI-6538 Smart Ethernet Switch • 1 x INET CD-ROM • 1 x Panel mounting bracket • 1 x 1m RJ-48 to female DB9 cable for console 1.5 Ordering Information EKI-6538 8-port Industrial 10/100Mbps Smart Ethernet Switch 1.6 Safety Precaution Attention! If DC voltage is supplied by an external circuit, please use a protection device on the power supply input.
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CHAPTER 2 2 Installation Sections include: • Overview • LED Indicators • Dimensions • Mounting • Network Connection • Power Connection • Digital Input and Output • RS-232 Connection
Chapter 2 Installation In this chapter, you will be given an overview of the EKI-6538 hardware installation procedures. 2.1 Overview 1. 10/100 Mbps T(X) Port 2. 10/100 Mbps LED Indicator (Green) 3. Link Status LED Indicator (Yellow) 4. Power Status LED Indicator (Red) 5. Model Name 6. Power Fail LED Indicator (Red) 7. Link Port Fail LED Indicator (Red) 8. Link Port Diagnose Push Button 9. 7-pin Terminal Block for P1, P2, Relay and Grounding 10. 5-pin Terminal Block for 2-ch DI/DO 11.
2.2 LED Indicators There are few LEDs display the power status and network status located on the front panel of EKI-6538, each of them has its own specific meaning as below table. Table 2.
2.3 Dimensions Figure 2.
Figure 2.3: Side View of EKI-6538 Figure 2.
2.4 Mounting EKI-6538 supports two different mounting methods : Panel & DIN Rail. 2.4.1 Panel Mounting EKI-6538 can be wall mounted by using the included metal mounting kit. First, use the screws included in the package to combine the EKI-6538 and metal mounting kit. Figure 2.5: Combine the Metal Mounting Kit Then, screw the whole device to the wall.
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2.4.2 DIN Rail Mounting You can also mount EKI-6538 on a standard DIN Rail by below steps. First, pull down the kit in the back of EKI-6538 Figure 2.
Then, hang the EKI-6538 to the DIN Rail with angle of inclination. Figure 2.8: Installation to DIN Rail Step 2 Put the EKI-6538 at a right angle with the Din Rail. The grounding spring in the back should be flush with the aluminum rail. Then pull up the kit to wedge the EKI-6538 firmly into place.
Figure 2.9: Installation to DIN Rail Step 3 2.5 Network Connection EKI-6538 has 8 x RJ-45 ports that support connection to 10 Mbps Ethernet, or 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, and half or full duplex operation. EKI6538 can be connected to other hubs or switches through a twisted-pair straight through the cable or a crossover cable up to 100m long. The connection can be made from any port of the EKI-6538 (MDI-X) to another hub or switch either MDI-Z or uplink MDI port.
2.6 Power Connection EKI-6538 supports dual +10 ~ 48 VDC power inputs and power-fail relay output. Figure 2.10: Pin Assignment of the Power Connector You can connect an alarm indicator, buzzer or other signaling equipment through EKI-6538’s relay output. The relay opens if power input 1 or power input 2 fails. 2.7 Digital Input and Output There are two sets of digital input/outputs that the EKI-6538 supports. The default DO status equals to the relative DI status (DI0=DO0, DI1=DO1).
Figure 2.11: Digital I/O Pin Assignment Note: Grounding and wire routing can help you to limit the effects of noise due to electromagnetic interference (EMI). Connect the ground screw to the grounding surface while you wire the power connection and Digital I/O. 2.8 RS-232 Connection EKI-6538 has one RS-232 console port located on the bottom.
CHAPTER 3 2 Configuration Sections include: • RS-232 Console • Web Browser • Self Diagnosis
Chapter 3 Configuration The EKI-6538 can be confiigured in two ways: via RS-232 Console or a web browser. 3.1 RS-232 Console EKI-6538’s RS-232 console is designed for field-site rapidly configure, only provide below functions--networking configuration (IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway), password setting, system restart and back to factory default setting. Use the included accessory RJ-48 to female DB9 cable to connect EKI6538 and your host PC.
Select the appropriate COM port, and set the parameter as Fig.3.2 (115200 for Baud Rate, 8 for Data Bits, None for Parity, 1 for Stop Bits, and None for Flow Control) Figure 3.2: COM Port Properties Setting Press Enter for login screen. (If you can not find the login screen, press Enter one more time) The default User Name and password are both “admin”. Key-in the user name and password to enter the main menu. Figure 3.
There are four options found in the main menu, just key-in the number in front of the options to enter the function, and you can press Esc to back the previous menu. Figure 3.4: RS-232 Console Configuration 3.1.1 Networking Configuration You can configure the basic networking setting here. Just key-in the number in front of the options then enter the networking setting. Figure 3.
Warning After pressing Enter, you will find the networking setting in the screen has been changed, but you still have to press “S” to save your changes before escaping this screen. Warning The wrong message will show while you set “0” for the first segment of the subnet mask and default gateway (000.xxx.xxx.xxx). The default setting has no such limitation. 3.1.
3.1.3 System Restart Here you can restart the system via this function. The screen will jump to the login screen when you press “ 1 ” to agree to restart EKI-6538. Figure 3.7: Restart EKI-6538 3.1.4 Factory Reset If you forget your setting or the setting becomes disorderly, this function can make one or all settings go back to the default.
3.2 Web Browser EKI-6538 provides a convenient configure way via web browser, you can follow below step to access EKI-6538. EKI-6538’s default IP is 10.0.0.1, make sure your host PC and EKI-6538 are on the same logical sub-network. Warning Your host PC should be in the same VLAN setting with EKI-6538, or the management will not be configured. Connect EKI-6538 to the Ethernet, then your host PC could configure it via Ethernet.
Default user name and password are both admin, fill in the username and password then press OK to enter the configuration. You can change the password in the system setting. In the Overview page, you can find the overview and the brief description of the functions EKI-6538 provided. Click the “+” symbol to unroll the hiding hyperlink, and click the hyperlink to open the function page you want to configure. Figure 3.10: Function Overview Page 3.2.
Figure 3.11: System Setting ARL aging time ( 0~ 1048575) Aging time is counted from the last time that the switch saw the MAC address. The default value is 300 seconds. That means if EKI-6538 doesn’t receive the packet from the specific MAC address for 300 seconds, this MAC address will be removed from ARL table. EKI-6538 will broadcast the following packets from this MAC address, learn and record the behavior again until rebuild it into ARL table.
Figure 3.12: ARL Aging Time Setting DI/DO Setting By simply setting up a web-based configuration, you can manage the connection between two digital inputs and two digital outputs that are built into EKI-6538. These are invaluable when integrating field indicators or alarm devices that will respond to messages according to individual user’s configured setting. The DI/O default setting of EKI-6538 is ---DI0=DO0=HIGH; DI1=DO1=HIGH.
Figure 3.13: DI/DO Setting Port Status Here you can find the current status of each port, includes link status, speed, duplex, flow control and each port’s VLAN ID. Press “Refresh” button to update latest status. Figure 3.14: Port Status Click on the number to configure the port. Press “Apply” to save you configuration before leave this page.
Admin Enable: Transmit and receive packets Disable: Reject packets transmission and reception Auto Negotiation Enable: Speed and Duplex are auto-negotiated by the connecting devices Disable: Speed and Duplex must be set by manual. Speed Duplex Set the same speed/duplex in the network area, or the communication may have problems. Flow Control Enable: When the flow is over loading, system would send out a frame to suspend the data transmission.
Figure 3.15: Port Configuration Port Statistics Overview the packets transmission and reception statistics of EKI-6538. It would not update automatically. Click “Refresh” to show current counter, or Click “Clear Counter” to clear all counter to zero. Figure 3.16: Port Statistics Overview For detail statistics of each port, just click the number of the port you want to understand.
Figure 3.17: Detail Statistics of Specific Port 3.2.2 VLAN Configuration Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a group of devices on one or more LANs that are configured so that they can communicate as if they were attached to the same wire, when in fact they are located on a number of different LAN segments. Because VLANs are based on logical instead of physical connections, it is very flexible for user/host management, bandwidth allocation and resource optimization.
Port-based VLAN If you set the VLAN mode to Port-based VLAN, each physical switch port is configured with an access list specifying membership in a set of VLANs. You could find the status in the Port-based VLAN configuration page show “Enable”. The default VLAN ID for each port is “1”. Figure 3.19: Default Port-based VLAN Setting Screen To configure the port-based VLAN, you have to choose the VLAN ID from the pull down menu first.
Figure 3.20: Port-based VLAN Setting IEEE 802.1Q VLAN The IEEE 802.1Q specification establishes a standard method for tagging Ethernet frames with VLAN membership information. If you want to set VLAN as IEEE 802.1Q standard, change the VLAN mode to configuration to 802.1Q VLAN first. In the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN configuration page, confirm the status shows “Enable”, then start to configure the 802.1Q VLAN setting in the same way as port-based VLAN setting.
Figure 3.21: IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Setting Warning A. Default VLAN ID (1) couldn’t be removed. B. The port your PC connecting can not be set as “Tag” or “Not member”. 3.2.3 Address Configuration Enable the port security function, the port with “Enable” status would only allow the packets from the MAC address in the “MAC Security Address Table” to ingress EKI-6538. Figure 3.22: Port Security Configure Users can input static MAC address for corresponding port to the table as Fig 3.23.
Figure 3.23: Setup the MAC Security Address Table 3.2.4 Port Trunk Port trunk allows multiple links to be bundled together and act as a single physical link for increased throughput. It provides load balancing, and redundancy of links in a switched inter-network. (For example Fig 3.24): Set switch A port 6 and port 8 as same trunk 1 with 100Mbps, and set switch B port 6 and port 8 as trunk 2 with 100Mbps, connect port 6 and port 8 of both switches, then the speed of the trunk would be doubled as 200Mbps.
3.2.5 Port Mirroring Port mirroring allows one port of the switch to monitor the traffic transmitted/received by the other port of the switch. The network administrator with a protocol analyzer is allowed to capture packets from mirror port to evaluate and monitor without affecting the operation of clients on the original port. Enable the mirror function then start to setup the mirroring. Figure 3.25: Port Mirror Setting 3.2.
Figure 3.26: QoS Setting 3.2.7 Bandwidth Administration Network broadcast storms or malfunctioning network devices will generate unexpected, large packets which can block network traffic. EKI-6538 provides rate control to configure the ingress/egress rate of unicast/multicast/broadcast packets in parts and limit the bandwidth of each individual port to prevent unexpected network traffic.
Figure 3.27: Rate Limitation Setting Storm Control: Choose what kind of storm you want to control, and set the storm ratio of the packets. Storm means broadcast, multicast, or unknown unicast. Figure 3.
3.2.8 Firmware Upgrade Following the below step to upgrade EKI-6538 firmware. 1. Download the firmware from ADVANTECH website. 2. Connect EKI-6538 and press “YES” to start firmware upgrade. 3. Fill in the path to getting the firmware you want to upgrade. 4. Press the “Upgrade” button to process the upgrade. Figure 3.29: Firmware Upgrade Warning If broken, the upgrade process may cause damage to the the EKI-6538 module.
3.3 Self Diagnosis EKI-6538 comes with a self-diagnosis button (on the top of EKI-6538) and front-viewable LEDs for field troubleshooting. Without the need for extra tools, you can recognize the hardware status of the Ethernet port instantly through one single button. If you find the link status or the LED indicator status is abnormal, you can use the self-diagnosis button for self-diagnosing. Press the button while EKI-6538 is working for few seconds (1~3 sec) until the LEDs turn off temporary.
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