Features - ZyXEL Communications MSC1024G Series User Manual

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your MSC
• Web Configurator. This is GUI-based management using a (supported) web browser. See
Chapter 3 on page
• Command Line Interface. Use line commands through Telnet or the console port to
manage the MSC. See
• Editable plain text based configuration file
• FTP for firmware upgrades and configuration backup/restore
• SNMP. The device can be monitored by an SNMP manager. See
and Section 35.4 on page

1.3 Features

This section introduces key IES-5000 and IES-6000 series features.
Management Switch Card Redundancy
You can install two management switch cards to increase system reliability. The two
management switch cards must have the same types of uplink and subtending connections.
One management switch card is active and the other acts as a standby.
The first management switch card installed is active. If both management switch cards are
installed at the same time, the management switch card in the lower numbered slot is active.
Whenever the active management switch card cannot operate (whether it is removed, restarts
or crashes), the standby management switch card becomes active.
Gigabit Ethernet Ports
The Gigabit Ethernet ports allow the switch to connect to another WAN switch or daisy-chain
to other switches.
SFP Slots
Install SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) transceivers in these slots to connect to other
Ethernet switches at longer distances than the Ethernet port.
XFP Slots
Install XFP (10 Gigabit Small Form-factor Pluggable) hot-swappable optical transceivers in
these slots for 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections.
Console Port
Use the console port for local management.
DHCP Relay
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual
computers to obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the
system as a DHCP relay agent to have another DHCP server provide TCP/IP configuration for
the clients. In addition, you can set the system to forward client DHCP requests to specific
DHCP servers based on the VLAN ID. You can also specify up to two DHCP servers for each
VLAN to provide fail-over protection.
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Chapter 20 on page 577.
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MSC1000G/1024G/1224G Series User's Guide
(Chapter 38 on page 961).
Chapter 16 on page 507