Before Starting Important! If you have problems accessing the switch for configuration when connected to the Merging MassCore PCIe Ethernet card (NET-MSC-GBEX1) please connect it to the PC’s on-board Ethernet port. When configuration is completed reconnect the switch to the MassCore Ethernet card. |
Select: Open Network and Sharing Center
Click on: Change Adapter Settings on the left of the pane.
Right-click the Merging Technologies PCIe 8257 RAVENNA Network Card and select Properties:
(same procedure applies with any other network adapter)
Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) and Click on Properties:
Click on the Use the following IP address: radio button and enter 192.168.2.2 (the DELL PowerConnect 28xx switch has a factory default IP address of 192.168.2.1).
Click on the OK button to accept the settings and close the dialog.
Once logged into the switch select Change Configuration.
Note: The switch will then reboot (taking 2-3 minutes to do so)
In the left-hand pane click on System > IP addressing to expand it and click on IP Interface parameters
Set the IP Address to 169.254.252.1 see screen shot above.
Click on Apply Changes. The connection to the switch will then be lost since the Merging Network card still has a fixed IP in a different range.
Continue with points 9 to 12 to put the card back in IP auto-configure mode.
Open the Windows Control Panel and open the Network and Sharing Center.
Select Change adapter settings
Locate and select the Merging Technologies PCIe Ethernet card connection and Right-click on it
Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to select it and click on Properties to open the properties dialog:
This time choose the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button.
Click on OK to accept the settings and close the dialogue. Repeat to accept the settings and close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog.
Now you can log into the switch using http://169. 254 . 252 . 1
Note: If you cannot access the switch once it is set to Obtain an IP address automati- cally try setting the adaptor to 169.254.252.2 and retry. Ensure that after configuring the switch the setting is changed back to Obtain an IP address automatically.
The following steps will help you to configure the Switch for dedicated RAVENNA networking. First ensure you can access and log on to the Switch.
Set the parameters as in the screen shot above.
Click on Apply Changes.
Open the Switch > Ports > Port Configuration page and select Show All:
Set all the Flow Control entries to Disable:
This setting minimizes latency on the RAVENNA Network.
Open the Switch > Ports > Spanning Tree > STP Port Settings page:
Click on Show All
Open the Switch > Multicast Support > Global Parameters page.
Configure CoS settings as in the screen shot above.
Click on Apply Changes.
Configure DSCP to Queue Mapping as in the screen shot above. (note that some DSCP cannot be modified on the switch)
Click on Apply Changes.