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Summarization of Contents
Getting Started
Starting the Web-based Configuration Utility
Describes how to navigate the web-based switch configuration utility.
Launching the Configuration Utility
Details the steps to open the web-based configuration utility.
Logging Out
Explains default logout behavior and manual logout process.
Interface Naming Conventions
Describes how interfaces are denoted within the GUI.
Window Navigation
Explains features of the web-based switch configuration utility interface.
Application Header
Details application links provided in the header.
Management Buttons
Describes commonly used buttons in the system interface.
Configuring with Menu Command Line Interface
Outlines steps to configure the device via the CLI.
System Status
System Summary
Provides a summary of device status, hardware, firmware, and PoE status.
RMON Statistics
Explains RMON statistics for packet size and physical layer errors.
Interface Statistics
Displays traffic statistics per port and allows refresh rate selection.
System Management
System Information
Views and modifies system settings like description, location, contact, and hostname.
Management Session Timeout
Configures idle time intervals for management sessions before timeout.
Time
Discusses network time synchronization and SNTP support.
Clock Source
Explains manual time setting vs. SNTP server synchronization.
SNTP Modes
Details how the device receives system time from SNTP servers.
Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time (DST)
Covers setting time zones and DST dynamically or manually.
System Time
Configures the system time source, allowing manual entry or SNTP synchronization.
SNMP
Describes the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature.
Views
Defines user-defined labels for collections of MIB subtrees for SNMP configuration.
Groups
Controls SNMP content access and defines privileges and security levels.
Users
Defines SNMP users by credentials, context, and scope, associating them with groups.
Communities
Manages access rights in SNMPv1/v2 by defining communities.
Logs
Describes system event messages and local log generation.
Remote Log Servers
Defines remote SYSLOG servers for receiving log messages.
RAM Log
Displays messages saved in RAM cache chronologically.
Flash Memory Log
Displays messages stored in flash memory, persisting across reboots.
Port Management
Ports
Configures port settings, including jumbo packet support and operational status.
Link Aggregation
Explains LACP for bundling physical ports into a single logical channel (LAG).
LAGs
Configures global settings and edits LAG membership for link aggregation.
Green Ethernet
Features for environmental friendliness and power consumption reduction.
PoE
Discusses Power over Ethernet capabilities and operation.
PoE Feature Configuration
Selects Port Limit or Class Limit PoE modes and monitors power usage.
Class Limit Power Mode
Configures class limit power mode for PoE ports.
Discovery - LLDP
Explains Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for neighbor discovery.
LLDP MED Ports
Selects LLDP MED TLVs and network policies for outgoing LLDP advertisements.
LLDP Local Information
Displays local LLDP port status and advertised information.
LLDP Neighbor Information
Shows information received from neighboring devices via LLDP.
LLDP MED Network Policy
Defines network policies for real-time applications like voice and video.
VLAN Management
VLANs
Defines VLANs as logical port groups for device communication.
Default VLAN Settings
Describes default VLAN 1 characteristics and how to change it.
Creating VLANs
Explains how to create new VLANs and their effects.
Interfaces
Configures VLAN-related parameters for all interfaces.
VLAN Memberships
Displays and configures VLAN memberships for ports and LAGs.
VLAN Groups
Describes configuring Mac-based VLAN groups to classify packets by MAC address.
MAC-Based Group
Defines MAC-to-VLAN mapping per interface for packet classification.
Voice VLAN
Discusses assigning devices like IP phones to a dedicated VLAN for voice traffic.
Voice VLAN Feature Configuration
Configures Auto Voice VLAN and Telephony OUI settings for voice traffic.
Spanning Tree Management
Spanning Tree Protocol versions
Details Classic STP, Rapid STP (RSTP), and Multiple STP (MSTP) versions.
Spanning Tree
Configures STP status and global settings.
STP Interfaces
Configures STP on a per-port basis.
RSTP Interfaces
Configures RSTP per port for faster STP convergence.
MSTP Properties
Defines global MSTP settings and loop-free topology.
MSTP Instance Status
Displays parameters of MST instances.
MSTP Instance Interface
Configures port MSTP settings for each MST instance.
MAC Address Management
Dynamic MAC Addresses
Manages dynamic MAC addresses, including aging time.
Static MAC Addresses
Assigns static MAC addresses to specific interfaces and VLANs.
Reserved MAC Addresses
Adds entries for reserved MAC addresses to control frame forwarding.
Multicast
Typical Multicast Setup
Describes a setup with routers, IGMP snooping switches, and multicast clients.
Multicast Address Properties
Details IPv4 multicast address ranges and mapping.
Multicast Feature Configuration
Configures Bridge Multicast filtering status and forwarding methods.
IGMP Snooping
Enables IGMP Snooping to monitor traffic and identify multicast hosts.
MLD Snooping
Enables MLD Snooping for IPv6 multicast hosts.
Multicast Router Ports
Identifies ports connected to multicast routers.
Forward All
Configures ports to receive all multicast streams from a specific VLAN.
Unregistered Multicast
Handles multicast frames for groups not known to the device.
IGMP/MLD IP Group Addresses
Displays IPv4 group addresses learned from IGMP messages.
MAC Group Address FDB
Supports forwarding multicast traffic based on MAC group information.
IP Group Address FDB
Enables querying and adding IP multicast groups.
IP Interface
IPv4
Covers Layer 2 IP addressing, including IPv4 configuration.
IPv4 Interface
Configures the IPv4 device management IP address.
ARP
Maintains an ARP table, mapping IP addresses to MAC addresses.
IPv6
Introduces IPv6 as a network-layer protocol.
IPv6 Interface
Configures IPv6 interfaces on ports, LAGs, or VLANs.
IPv6 Interface Addresses
Assigns IPv6 addresses to interfaces.
IPv6 Default Routers
Configures and views default IPv6 router addresses.
IPv6 Routes
Displays configured IPv6 routes.
IPv6 Neighbors
Displays IPv6 neighbors on the interface.
IP Network Operations
Domain Name System
Translates domain names into IP addresses using configured DNS servers.
DHCP
Discusses DHCP snooping and Option 82 for relay agent information.
DHCP Snooping Binding Database
Explains the DHCP Snooping Binding database and its build process.
DHCP Snooping
Enables DHCP Snooping globally and verifies MAC addresses.
DHCP Interfaces
Enables DHCP Snooping on specific interfaces.
Trusted Interface
Designates interfaces as trusted or untrusted for DHCP snooping.
DHCP Snooping Binding Database Maintenance
Details maintenance points for the DHCP Snooping Binding database.
Security
Management Security
Sets default username/password and manages user access.
User Access & Accounts
Enables adding users, modifying passwords, and setting access levels.
Access Authentication
Assigns authentication methods for management access.
Access Profile
Defines access profiles to determine user authentication and authorization.
Access Profile Rules
Adds rules to access profiles to specify criteria for management access.
RADIUS
Configures RADIUS server settings for centralized 802.1X control.
Network Access Control
Implements 802.1x authentication restricting unauthorized clients.
Guest VLAN
Provides access to services without authentication for unauthorized clients.
Network Access Control Feature Configuration
Globally enables 802.1X and defines port authentication methods.
Port Authentication
Configures 802.1X parameters for each port.
Authenticated Hosts
Displays details about authenticated users.
Mode Behavior
Describes how authenticated and non-authenticated traffic is handled.
Port Security
Limits access on ports to users with specific MAC addresses.
Storm Control
Limits incoming frames to prevent traffic storms.
Access Control List
Creating ACLs Workflow
Outlines the process to create ACLs and associate them with interfaces.
MAC-Based ACL
Filters traffic based on Layer 2 fields.
MAC-Based ACE
Adds rules to MAC-based ACLs.
IPv4-Based ACL
Defines IPv4-based ACLs to check IPv4 packets.
IPv4-Based ACE
Adds rules to IPv4-based ACLs.
IPv6-Based ACL
Defines IPv6-based ACLs to check IPv6 packets.
IPv6-Based ACE
Adds rules (ACEs) to an IPv6-based ACL.
ACL Binding
Binds ACLs to interfaces to apply ACE rules.
Quality of Service
QoS Operation
Explains how traffic is treated based on QoS values.
QoS Modes
Defines QoS modes: Basic (CoS) and Disable.
QoS Workflow
Outlines general QoS parameter configuration steps.
QoS Feature Configuration
Sets the QoS mode and default CoS priority.
Queue Scheduling
Configures queue handling methods and bandwidth allocation.
CoS/802.1p to Queue
Maps 802.1p priorities to egress queues.
DSCP to Queue
Maps DSCP values to egress queues.
Bandwidth Control
Defines ingress rate limits and egress shaping rates.
Egress Shaping
Limits transmission rates of egressing frames.
Basic QoS
Enables Trust mode for QoS classification and packet marking.
QoS Statistics
Displays queue statistics.
Queues Statistics
Shows queue statistics based on interface, queue, and drop precedence.
Maintenance
Reboot
Explains system rebooting and saving configurations.
Restore to Factory Defaults
Resets the device to factory default configuration.
File Management
Manages system files like firmware, boot code, and configuration files.
Firmware & Boot Code
Upgrades or backs up firmware images and boot code.
Active Firmware Image
Selects the active firmware image for the device.
Configuration & Log
Backs up or restores system configuration files and logs.
Configuration File Copy
Copies configuration files between types.
Diagnostics
Provides tools for diagnosing device issues.
Copper Test
Performs integrated cable tests on copper cables.
Optical Module Status
Displays operating conditions reported by SFP transceivers.
Ping
Tests remote host reachability and measures round-trip time.
Traceroute
Discovers IP routes and shows hops between the device and a target host.
Port Mirroring
Copies network packets from source ports to an analyzer port.
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