Installation of SegWay Port Switch Hub

• Installation
• Configuring the SegWay Port Switch Hub

The SegWay Managed Port Switch is a workgroup hub that allows per port switching of any of its 24 fully compliant IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T ports to any of eight independant Ethernet Channels (segments).

Each SegWay Port Switch hub unit supports 24 10BASE-T ports which (each of the 24 ports ) may be independently switched onto 8 discrete Ethernet segments.

All 8 SegWay Ethernet segments may be connected, using eight 10BASE-T backbone ports via 10BASE-T cabling (up to 100m in length), to a Swiching Hub (e.g. LANplex2500).

The SegWay Managed Port Switch supports two types of Ethernet media:

• Unshielded Twisted Pair (10BASE-T) cabling.
• Shielded Twisted Pair cabling.

The SegWay Managed Port Switch provides full management using any SNMP based network management platform.

It can also support a management interface using an RS-232 console port connected to a personal computer or workstation running VT-100 compatible terminal emulation software.

There is also the option of an onboard LCD/Joystick combination for configuring, monitoring and managing the Port Switch.

• The following two network diagrams display the use of a Segway Port Switch Hub in Scitex sites, in comparison to TP8/i workgroup Hub connections.

Typical Network Configuration with SegWay Workgroup Hub

Network Configuration with TP8/I Workgroup HubNetwork Configuration with TP8/I Workgroup Hub

Installation

The SegWay Managed Port Switch is usually installed in a communication rack.

1. Attach rack mounting ears to each side of Port Switch unit .
2. Place rack mounting ears against side of rack (using screws provided), tighten the screws.
3. Connect network devices.
4. Connect the SegWay to an AC power outlet 100/120V or 200/240V.

SegWay Base Front Panel

SegWay Base Back Panel

Configuring the SegWay Port Switch Hub

To access the Terminal Manager, connect the RS-232 console port to a personal computer or workstation running VT-100 compatible terminal emulation software (use the 9-pin male "D" connector).

Entering Commands

• Type in the first two letters of the command and then press the Spacebar to complete the command.
• Each command must be followed by a [Return/Enter].
• To list possible completions for different sets of commands, press ?
  
• Type login at the LANart prompt and press Enter.
  LANart> login
  Password:********
• Type in nopasswd and press Enter
  The following message appears:

Administrator logged in.
LANart>?
Possible completions:
help
auto-config
disable
enable
load
login
logout
ping
reset
rz
set
show
store

Enable Communications

LANart> enable port all
LANart> enable snmp
LANart> enable telnet

Set IP Address

LANart> set IP-address
Possible completions:
<decimal number between 0 and 255 followed by a dot>
LANart> set IP-address 192.9.150.210
LANart> set subnet-mask 255.255.255.0

• To verify the configured IP address use the following commands:

LANart> show IP-addresses
SegWay IP Address: 192.9.150.210
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Router IP Address: 192.9.100.1
Trap Server 1 IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Trap Server 2 IP Address: 0.0.0.0

Assigning a port or group of ports to a channel

The syntax for this command is:

set <group #>.<port #>through<group>.<port #> <channel #>

where:

NOTE: For Scitex configurations the Group # is always 1.

Example:
LANart> set 1.1 through 1.6 channel 1
LANart> set 1.7 through 1.12 channel 2
LANart> set 1.13 through 1.18 channel 3
LANart> set 1.19 through 1.24 channel 4

In the above example:
1 is the workgroup hub #, 1.1 through 1.6 are the port numbers and 1 is the number of the channel to which they are to be assigned.
1 is the workgroup hub #, 1.7 through 1.12 are the port numbers and 2 is the number of the channel to which they are to be assigned and so on.

Storing the configuration

• When the configuration is complete it should be stored in the user-config configuration set.
• Each configuration can be stored in one of four port configuration sets (preset - 1 to 4). These sets do not store the entire configuration
• A complete configuration is defined as user-config, in which case when the SegWay is loaded after booting(power up) this is the default configuration. This is particularly important in the event of a power failure for example, since the current setup stored in here is stored to a non-volatile memory.

LANart> store
Possible completions:
preset-1
preset-2
preset-3
preset-4
user-config
LANart> store preset-1
Preset #1 stored.

LCD Console Operation

The LCD Console consists of a joystick, two buttons, an LCD display and an eight channel activity LED board.

• Use the joystick to navigate through the menus.
• To return back to the menu from a specific command press the Home button.
• To enter the value of a parameter in the display press the Enter button.

To display Segment Status follow these steps:

1. Press the Home button a few times until the LCD console displays the Configure menu.
   
2. Move the joystick right step by step until the console displays the Statistics menu.
3. Continue moving the joystick right step by step through the Ping menu until the Display menu appears.
   
4. Move the joystick down until the Segment Status appears in the LED display.
   
5. Move the joystick down again to display the ports linked to the channels (as in the example from the previous page).
   

The following symbols can also appear for Port Status: