Intended Readers ......................................................................................................................................................................... xiii

Typographical Conventions ........................................................................................................................................................................ xiii

Notes, Notices, and Cautions ...................................................................................................................................................... xiii

Web-based Switch Configuration ................................................................................................................... 1

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Logging in to the Web Manager .................................................................................................................................................... 1

Web-based User Interface .............................................................................................................................................................. 2

Areas of the User Interface ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2

Web Pages ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Administration ................................................................................................................................................. 5

Device Information ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6

IPv6 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Packet Format ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

IPv6 Header ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Extension Headers ................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Packet Fragmentation .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Address Format ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Types ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

ICMPv6 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Neighbor Discovery ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Neighbor Unreachability Detection ......................................................................................................................................................... 13

Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) ....................................................................................................................................................... 14

Assigning IP Addresses ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14

IP Interface Setup .................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

IP Address .................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Setting the Switch's IP Address using the Console Interface ................................................................................................................... 16

Interface Settings .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17

IPv4 Interface Settings .................................................................................................................................................................................. 17

IPv6 Interface Settings .................................................................................................................................................................................. 19

Stacking ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22

Stack Switch Swapping ........................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Stacking Mode Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 25

Force Master Role Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................... 25

Box Information ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 25

Port Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................ 26

Port Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Port Error Disabled ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Port Description ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 29

Port Auto Negotiation Information ............................................................................................................................................................... 29

Port Details ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30

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