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Perle’s advanced line of Managed Gigabit Media Converters, provides transparent and reliable Gigabit Ethernet to fiber connections. While providing an economical means of extending your existing copper based network connection, these media converters are SNMP manageable to enable complete control and status viewing of your fiber links.
Perle Gigabit Managed Media Converters come standard with extensive cost and time saving features. In addition, a lifetime warranty and free worldwide technical support make Perle's Managed Gigabit to Fiber Converters the smart choice for IT professionals.
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Features
SMI-1000 Managed Gigabit Media Converter Features
Configuration Mode selection |
Select whether to use the on-board DIP switches or the management software for mode selection |
Converter Information |
- User configurable converter name
- User configurable fiber port name
- User configurable copper port name
- Hardware revision number
- Firmware version number
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DIP switch settings |
View hardware DIP switch settings |
Low power mode |
If enabled it sets the Gigabit copper
transceiver into “low power mode” which limits the strength of the
signal. ( for shorter cable lengths ). Default is disabled |
Port Control |
Enable or disable individual fiber or copper port on the converter |
Copper Port Status |
- Port Enabled (Yes/No)
- Link Status (Up/Down)
- Auto Negotiation Settings (Disabled, Complete or In Progress)
- Resolved as crossover MDI or MDIX type
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Fiber Port Status |
- Port Enabled (Yes/No)
- Connector type (SC, LC, ST, SFP)
- Link Status (Up/Down)
- Far End Fault (OK, Failed)
- Fiber Loopback mode (On/Off)
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Control |
- Reset
- Reset to factory default
- Ability to specific read/write phy registers.
- Update firmware
- Fiber Loopback mode (Yes/No)
- Upload/download configuration
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Auto-Negotiation (802.3ab) |
The media converter supports auto
negotiation. The 1000Base-X fiber interface negotiates
according to 802.3 clause 37. The 1000Base-T
negotiates according to 802.3 clause 28 and 40.
The 1000Base-X will link up with its partner
after the highest common denominator (HCD) is
reached and the copper has linked up with its
partner. The 1000Base-X will continue to cycle
through negotiation transmitting a remote fault
of offline (provided this is enabled through
the switch setting) until the copper is linked
up and the HCDs match.
The media converter supports auto-negotiation of full duplex, half duplex, remote
fault, full duplex pause, asymmetric pause and Auto MDI-X. |
Auto-MDIX with Skew Correction |
Auto-MDIX (automatic medium-dependant interface
crossover) detects the signaling on the 1000Base-T
interface to determine the type of cable connected
(straight-through or crossover) and automatically
configures the connection when enabled. The media
converter can also correct for wires swapped
within a pair.
The media converter will adjust
for up to 64ns of delay skew between the 1000Base-T
pairs. |
Smart Link Pass-Through |
When the Link Mode switch is placed into Smart
Link Pass-Through mode, the 1000BASE TX port
will reflect the state of the 1000Base-X media
converter port. This feature can be used whether
fiber auto-negotiation is enabled or disabled. |
Fiber Fault Alert |
With Fiber Fault Alert the state of the 1000Base-X
receiver is passed to the 1000Base-X transmitter.
This provides fault notification to the partner
device attached to the 1000Base-X interface of
the media converter. If the 1000Base-X transmitter
is off as a result of this fault it will be turned
on periodically to allow the condition to clear
should the partner device on the 1000Base-X be
using a similar technique. This eliminates the
possibility of lockouts that occur with some
media converters. Applies only when fiber auto-negotiation
is disabled. |
Pause (IEEE 802.3x) |
Pause signaling is an IEEE feature that temporarily
suspends data transmission between two devices
in the event that one of the devices becomes
overwhelmed. The media converter supports pause
negotiation on the 1000Base-T fiber connection
and 1000Base-X fiber connection. Select Symmetrical, asymmetrical TX or asymmetrical RX |
Duplex |
Full and half
duplex operation supported. |
Jumbo Packets |
Transparent to jumbo packets up to 10KB-default. Jumbo packet support can be disabled. |
VLAN |
Transparent to VLAN
tagged packets. Default Jumbo packet can be disabled. |
Remote Loopback |
Capable of performing
a loopback on the 1000Base-X fiber interface. |
SMI-1000 Advanced Management Features
Enterprise and carrier-grade security is
available through the support of strong authentication systems such as
TACACS+, RADIUS and LDAP. Secure in-band access is assured via SNMPv3,
SSH CLI and secure HTTPS Internet browser.
SNMP |
- Full read/write capabilities via central SNMP servers and PerleVIEW
- Send SNMP traps ( up to 4 servers )
- SNMPv3, V2C and V1
- SNMPv3 – encryption and authentication for both management and trap support
- RFC1213 MIB II
- Proprietary MIB provided
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Telnet / SSH CLI access |
In-band command line access via Telnet or SSH application |
Internet Browser access |
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Console port CLI access |
Out-of-band command line access via Cisco compatible RJ45 serial console port using common “rolled” CAT5 cable.
Console port can be enabled ( default ) or disabled |
Concurrent management sessions |
Run multiple management sessions simultaneously for multiple users |
Inactivity timeout |
Protect secure management sessions by setting an inactivity timeout value |
Alert event reporting |
Alert level events are stored in the local event log and sent as:
- SNMP traps to up to 4 servers
- SYSLOG messages to a SYSLOG server
- Email to user defined email address
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Advanced IP feature set |
- IPV4 and IPV6 address support
- DHCP
- DNS
- Dynamic DNS
- NTP
- TFTP
- Telnet
- SSH V2 and V1
- HTTP
- HTTPS
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Advanced Management User Authentication with primary and secondary server support |
- TACACS+
- RADIUS
- LDAP
- Active Directory via LDAP
- RSA Secure ID-agent or via RADIUS authentification
- Kerberos
- NIS
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Advanced Management User Authorization and Accounting |
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Encryption |
- AES (256/192/128), 3DES, DES, Blowfish, CAST128, ARCFOUR(RC4), ARCTWO(RC2)
- Hashing Algorithms: MD5, SHA-1, RIPEMD160, SHA1-96, and MD5-96
- Key exchange: RSA, EDH-RSA, EDH-DSS, ADH
- X.509 Certificate verification: RSA, DSA
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Access Control List |
An access control list can be created
which can filter out only those workstations that are authorized to
access the management resources. Filter on IP and/or Ethernet MAC
addresses |
Network Services Filter |
Enable only those network services on the management module that are allowed on your network ( Telnet, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP ) |
Firmware download |
Update the latest level firmware for management and media converter modules via TFTP or PerleVIEW |
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