Filtering Database.................................................................................................................................................................32
STA Operation Levels ............................................................................................................................................................33
On the Bridge Level................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
On the Port Level .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
User-Changeable STA Parameters........................................................................................................................................34
Illustration of STA..................................................................................................................................................................34
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MAC-Based Broadcast Domains ...........................................................................................................................................37
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs..............................................................................................................................................................37
802.1Q VLAN Segmentation .................................................................................................................................................................. 38
Port-Based VLANs.................................................................................................................................................................40
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Segmenting Broadcast Domains............................................................................................................................................41
Eliminating Broadcast Storms ...............................................................................................................................................41
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USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................42
User Accounts Management ..................................................................................................................................................45
Save Changes.........................................................................................................................................................................46
Create/Modify User Accounts................................................................................................................................................................. 47
User Accounts Control Table.................................................................................................................................................................. 48
System Configuration.............................................................................................................................................................49
Configure IP Address.............................................................................................................................................................................. 50
Configure Console .................................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Configure Switch Stack........................................................................................................................................................................... 53
Advance Settings .............................................................................................................................................................................. 54
Configure Port......................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Configure Trunk Groups ......................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Configure Port Mirroring ........................................................................................................................................................................ 58
Configure Spanning Tree Protocol.......................................................................................................................................................... 59
STP Parameter Settings .................................................................................................................................................................. 59
STP Custom Settings ....................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Configure Static Forwarding Table ................................................................................................................................................. 64
Configure MAC Address Filtering ................................................................................................................................................... 65
Configure Static Multicast Filtering ................................................................................................................................................. 65
Configure IGMP................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
Configure Port-based VLANs .......................................................................................................................................................... 74
Configure 802.1Q VLANs ................................................................................................................................................................ 76
Configure GMRP............................................................................................................................................................................... 81
System Utilities ......................................................................................................................................................................87
Ping Test ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 87
Save Settings to TFTP Server ................................................................................................................................................................. 88
Save Switch History to TFTP Server ...................................................................................................................................................... 89
Clear Address Table................................................................................................................................................................................ 90
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