Aging Time ..................................................................................................................................................................................................30
Filtering Database....................................................................................................................................................................................31
STA Operation Levels ...............................................................................................................................................................................31
On the Bridge Level................................................................................................................................................................................ 31
On the Port Level.................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
User-Changeable STA Parameters.........................................................................................................................................................32
Illustration of STA .....................................................................................................................................................................................33
............................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
MAC-Based Broadcast Domains............................................................................................................................................................36
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs..................................................................................................................................................................................36
802.1Q VLAN Segmentation ................................................................................................................................................................. 36
Port-Based VLANs.....................................................................................................................................................................................39
.................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Segmenting Broadcast Domains.............................................................................................................................................................40
Eliminating Broadcast Storms................................................................................................................................................................40
6
USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE....................................................................................................................................................41
User Accounts Management....................................................................................................................................................................44
Save Changes .............................................................................................................................................................................................45
Create/Modify User Accounts ............................................................................................................................................................. 45
User Accounts Control Table ............................................................................................................................................................... 47
System Configuration ...............................................................................................................................................................................48
Configure IP Address ............................................................................................................................................................................ 48
Configure Console .................................................................................................................................................................................. 49
Configure Switch Stack.......................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Advance Settings................................................................................................................................................................................ 52
Configure Port ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 53
Configure Trunk Groups........................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Configure Port Mirroring ....................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Configure Spanning Tree Protocol ...................................................................................................................................................... 57
STP Parameter Settings.................................................................................................................................................................... 57
STP Custom Settings......................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Configure Static Forwarding Table ................................................................................................................................................. 62
Configure MAC Address Filtering.................................................................................................................................................... 63
Configure Static Multicast Filtering.................................................................................................................................................. 63
Configure IGMP .................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Configure Port-based VLANs .......................................................................................................................................................... 71
Configure 802.1Q VLANs ................................................................................................................................................................. 74
Configure GMRP................................................................................................................................................................................. 79
System Utilities...........................................................................................................................................................................................85
.................................................................................................................................................................... 31
............................................................................................................................................................................. 41
................................................................................................................................................................. 42
............................................................................................................................................. 42
........................................................................................................................................................................... 48
....................................................................................................................................... 35
....................................................................................................................................... 42
................................................................................................................... 45