Magnum 6K8-Series Industrial Field Switch Installation and User Guide (04/07)
Software enabled features. For additional information about MNS-6K, see the Magnum
6K8-Series MNS Software User guide in PDF format, a separate document normally
accessed via your web-browser, at
ftp://ftp.garrettcom.com/
or FTP client program at ftp.GarrettCom.com . Use the following to log in.
User: m6kuser
Password: m6kuser
All MNS-6K software information, including new releases and upgrades related to MNS-
6K software can be accessed and download from GarrettCom’s FTP site.
Alternatively, for documentation and latest information, or needed
GarrettCom proprietary MIBs
for SNMP-
please go to
www.GarrettCom.com/techsupport/index.htm#software and look for Magnum
MNS-6K info.
Magnum MNS-6K Operator Training –
This interactive training software
instructs on all the basic and advanced information about the Magnum MNS-6K
management software and is a useful tool for the first time user.
Finally, please email:
support@GarrettCom.com for further information.
For upgrading the Magnum 6K8 Switch to its latest Magnum 6K-
Firmware, follow through the steps and instruction provided on -
http://www.garrettcom.com/techsupport/software/upgrade_mns6k.pdf
2.3 Features and Benefits
Managed switching for high performance Ethernet LANs
Magnum 6K8-Series Switches provide non-blocking (all ports can run at full speed at
once) performance with standard Managed Networks Software (MNS-6K) included.
They are typically used in LAN traffic centers with 16 100Mb or 8+2 Gigabit ports for
backbone connections, where managed network services are desired.
Switching services includes 802.1p QoS packet prioritization
The Magnum 6K8-Series switching hardware supports QoS, giving packet processing
priority-to-priority tagged packets according to the IEEE 802.1p standard. For port-
and application-specific priorities of data, the QoS software may be configured.
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