D-Link DES-6500 - Switch User Manual page 4

SNMP-Based Management...........................................................................................................................................................................13
Command Line Console Interface through the Serial Port............................................................................................................................13
Connecting the Console Port (RS-232 DCE)...........................................................................................................................................13
First Time Connecting to the Switch.............................................................................................................................................................15
Password Protection......................................................................................................................................................................................17
SNMP Settings..............................................................................................................................................................................................18
Traps ........................................................................................................................................................................................................18
MIBs ........................................................................................................................................................................................................18
IP Address Assignment .................................................................................................................................................................................19
Connecting Devices to the Switch ................................................................................................................................................................20
Introduction to Web-based Switch Configuration .....................................................................................21
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Logging on to the Web Manager...................................................................................................................................................................21
Web-based User Interface .............................................................................................................................................................................22
Areas of the User Interface ......................................................................................................................................................................22
Web Pages.....................................................................................................................................................................................................23
Configuring the Switch..................................................................................................................................24
Switch Information....................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Switch IP Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................ 26
Setting the Switch's IP Address using the Console Interface ...................................................................................................................27
Advanced Settings........................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Port Configuration........................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Port Mirroring Configuration ....................................................................................................................................................... 32
Link Aggregation ......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Understanding Port Trunk Groups...........................................................................................................................................................33
LACP Port Settings ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36
IGMP Snooping ........................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Static Router Port Settings ............................................................................................................................................................................39
Spanning Tree .............................................................................................................................................................................. 40
802.1s MSTP ...........................................................................................................................................................................................40
802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree...................................................................................................................................................................40
Port Transition States...............................................................................................................................................................................41
Edge Port .................................................................................................................................................................................................41
P2P Port ...................................................................................................................................................................................................41
802.1d / 802.1w / 802.1s Compatibility ...................................................................................................................................................41
STP Loopback Detection .........................................................................................................................................................................42
STP Bridge Global Settings ..........................................................................................................................................................................43
MST Configuration Identification.................................................................................................................................................................45
MSTP Port Information ................................................................................................................................................................................48
STP Instance Settings....................................................................................................................................................................................49
STP Port Settings ..........................................................................................................................................................................................51
Forwarding & Filtering ................................................................................................................................................................ 53
Unicast Forwarding.......................................................................................................................................................................................53
Static Multicast Forwarding..........................................................................................................................................................................53
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