Overview Of Utility Features - NETGEAR ProSafe Plus User Manual

ProSafe Plus Switch Configuration Utility User Guide
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Overview of Utility Features

The utility configures switch features and provides status and support information. The features are arranged
on tabs as shown in the following figure:
System (General Configuration and Information)
Status - indicates which switches are present and if they are operational. If your switch supports the switch
information feature you can display additional information such as IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway
Address.
Maintenance - allows you to change administrator password, reboot the switch, reset to factory default
settings, and if your switch supports it, upgrade switch firmware.
Monitoring - displays port statistics (packets sent or received), tests cable connections, and allows you to
mirror ports.
VLAN (Virtual LAN networks)
Port Based - allows you to assign ports to virtual networks.
802.1Q - allows you to create virtual networks using 802.1Q criteria.
QoS (Quality of Service)
Port based - allows you to assign communication priorities to ports.
802.1p based - uses communication priorities from 802.1p tags in the data.
Rate Limit - allows you to set maximum data rates for ports.
Broadcast Filtering - protects your network from broadcast packet storms that can interfere with the
processing of normal data.
Help
Online Help - online access to technical support information and this manual.
About - version information.
1-6 Getting Started
v1.0, February 2010