Contents
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 5
1. Safety Procedures ............................................................................................................................ 6
1.1. General Precautions ................................................................................................................. 6
2. Midspan Hardware Setup ................................................................................................................. 8
2.1. Physical Hardware Appearance ................................................................................................ 8
2.2. Connecting Ethernet Cables ................................................................................................... 11
2.3. Midspan Accessories .............................................................................................................. 14
2.4. Powering Up Midspan ............................................................................................................ 15
2.5. LED Indicators ........................................................................................................................ 16
2.6. Technical Specifications ......................................................................................................... 17
3. Midspan Monitoring and Control --- HTTP Protocol ...................................................................... 18
3.1. Port Control Webpage ............................................................................................................ 18
3.2. Administrative Management Webpage ................................................................................... 21
3.3. Network Settings Webpage .................................................................................................... 21
3.4. SNMP Community String Webpage ...................................................................................... 23
3.5. System Tools Webpage .......................................................................................................... 24
4. Midspan Monitoring and Control with MIB Browser --- SNMP Protocol ....................................... 26
4.1. Structure of Management Information (SMI) of Phihong Midspan ......................................... 26
4.2. Phihong Midspan MIB ............................................................................................................ 28
4.3. Notes for Using Phihong Midspan MIB .................................................................................. 32
4.4. Using MG-SOFT MIB Browser to run Phihong Midspan ........................................................ 33
5. Field Firmware Updating ................................................................................................................ 39
5.1. Updating Microprocessor Flash Contents with POEA-x.x.bin ................................................ 39
5.2. Updating EEPROM Contents with POEB-x.x.bin ................................................................... 42
6. Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................. 44
7. Frequently Asked Questions ......................................................................................................... 45
Phihong USA Corporation • 47800 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 • Tel: 1.510.445.0100 Fax: 1.510.445.1678
www.phihong.com or www.midspans.com
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