Document Outline

• User’s Guide
  • About This User's Guide
  • Document Conventions
  • Safety Warnings
  • Contents Overview
  • Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • Introducing the Switch
    • 1.1 Overview
    • 1.1.1 Backbone Application
    • 1.1.2 Bridging Example
    • 1.1.3 High-performance Switched Example
    • 1.1.4 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Examples
    • 1.2 Ways to Manage the Switch
    • 1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Switch
• Hardware
  • Hardware Installation and Connection
    • 2.1 Freestanding Installation
    • 2.2 Mounting the Switch on a Rack
    • 2.2.1 Rack-mounted Installation Requirements
    • 2.2.2 Attaching the Mounting Brackets to the Switch
    • 2.2.3 Mounting the Switch on a Rack
  • Hardware Overview
    • 3.1 Panel Connections
    • 3.1.1 Console Port
    • 3.1.2 Ethernet Ports
    • 3.1.3 Transceiver Slots
    • 3.2 Rear Panel
    • 3.3 Power Connections Overview
    • 3.3.1 AC Power Connection
    • 3.3.2 DC Power Connection
    • 3.3.3 External Backup Power Supply Connector
    • 3.3.4 Powering on the Switch
    • 3.4 LEDs
• Web Configurator
  • The Web Configurator
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 System Login
    • 4.3 The Status Screen
    • 4.3.1 Change Your Password
    • 4.4 Saving Your Configuration
    • 4.5 Switch Lockout
    • 4.6 Resetting the Switch
    • 4.6.1 Reload the Configuration File
    • 4.7 Logging Out of the Web Configurator
    • 4.8 Help
  • Initial Setup Example
    • 5.1 Overview
    • 5.1.1 Creating a VLAN
    • 5.1.2 Setting Port VID
    • 5.2 Configuring Switch Management IP Address
  • System Status and Port Statistics
    • 6.1 Overview
    • 6.2 Port Status Summary
      • 6.2.1 Status: Port Details
  • Basic Setting
    • 7.1 Overview
    • 7.2 System Information
    • 7.3 General Setup
    • 7.4 Introduction to VLANs
    • 7.5 Switch Setup Screen
    • 7.6 IP Setup
    • 7.6.1 IP Interfaces
    • 7.7 Port Setup
  • VLAN
    • 8.1 Introduction to IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLANs
    • 8.1.1 Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames
    • 8.2 Automatic VLAN Registration
    • 8.2.1 GARP
    • 8.2.2 GVRP
    • 8.3 Port VLAN Trunking
    • 8.4 Select the VLAN Type
    • 8.5 Static VLAN
      • 8.5.1 Static VLAN Status
      • 8.5.2 Static VLAN Details
      • 8.5.3 Configure a Static VLAN
      • 8.5.4 Configure VLAN Port Settings
    • 8.6 Subnet Based VLANs
    • 8.7 Configuring Subnet Based VLAN
    • 8.8 Protocol Based VLANs
    • 8.9 Configuring Protocol Based VLAN
    • 8.10 Create an IP-based VLAN Example
    • 8.11 Port-based VLAN Setup
    • 8.11.1 Configure a Port-based VLAN
  • Static MAC Forward Setup
    • 9.1 Overview
    • 9.2 Configuring Static MAC Forwarding
  • Filtering
    • 10.1 Configure a Filtering Rule
  • Spanning Tree Protocol
    • 11.1 STP/RSTP Overview
    • 11.1.1 STP Terminology
    • 11.1.2 How STP Works
    • 11.1.3 STP Port States
    • 11.1.4 Multiple RSTP
    • 11.1.5 Multiple STP
    • 11.2 Spanning Tree Protocol Status Screen
    • 11.3 Spanning Tree Configuration
    • 11.4 Configure Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
    • 11.5 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status
    • 11.6 Configure Multiple Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
    • 11.7 Multiple Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status
    • 11.8 Configure Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
    • 11.9 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Status
  • Bandwidth Control
    • 12.1 Bandwidth Control Overview
    • 12.1.1 CIR and PIR
    • 12.2 Bandwidth Control Setup
  • Broadcast Storm Control
    • 13.1 Broadcast Storm Control Setup
  • Mirroring
    • 14.1 Port Mirroring Setup
  • Link Aggregation
    • 15.1 Link Aggregation Overview
    • 15.2 Dynamic Link Aggregation
    • 15.2.1 Link Aggregation ID
    • 15.3 Link Aggregation Status
    • 15.4 Link Aggregation Setting
    • 15.5 Link Aggregation Control Protocol
    • 15.6 Static Trunking Example
  • Port Authentication
    • 16.1 Port Authentication Overview
    • 16.1.1 IEEE 802.1x Authentication
    • 16.1.2 MAC Authentication
    • 16.2 Port Authentication Configuration
      • 16.2.1 Activate IEEE 802.1x Security
      • 16.2.2 Activate MAC Authentication
  • Port Security
    • 17.1 About Port Security
    • 17.2 Port Security Setup
  • Classifier
    • 18.1 About the Classifier and QoS
    • 18.2 Configuring the Classifier
    • 18.3 Viewing and Editing Classifier Configuration
    • 18.4 Classifier Example
  • Policy Rule
    • 19.1 Policy Rules Overview
    • 19.1.1 DiffServ
    • 19.1.2 DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior
    • 19.2 Configuring Policy Rules
    • 19.3 Viewing and Editing Policy Configuration
    • 19.4 Policy Example
  • Queuing Method
    • 20.1 Queuing Method Overview
    • 20.1.1 Strictly Priority
    • 20.1.2 Weighted Fair Queuing
    • 20.1.3 Weighted Round Robin Scheduling (WRR)
    • 20.2 Configuring Queuing
  • VLAN Stacking
    • 21.1 VLAN Stacking Overview
    • 21.1.1 VLAN Stacking Example
    • 21.2 VLAN Stacking Port Roles
    • 21.3 VLAN Tag Format
    • 21.3.1 Frame Format
    • 21.4 Configuring VLAN Stacking
  • Multicast
    • 22.1 Multicast Overview
    • 22.1.1 IP Multicast Addresses
    • 22.1.2 IGMP Filtering
    • 22.1.3 IGMP Snooping
    • 22.1.4 IGMP Snooping and VLANs
    • 22.2 Multicast Status
    • 22.3 Multicast Setting
    • 22.4 IGMP Snooping VLAN
    • 22.5 IGMP Filtering Profile
    • 22.6 MVR Overview
    • 22.6.1 Types of MVR Ports
    • 22.6.2 MVR Modes
    • 22.6.3 How MVR Works
    • 22.7 General MVR Configuration
    • 22.8 MVR Group Configuration
    • 22.8.1 MVR Configuration Example
  • Authentication & Accounting
    • 23.1 Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
    • 23.1.1 Local User Accounts
    • 23.1.2 RADIUS and TACACS+
    • 23.2 Authentication and Accounting Screens
      • 23.2.1 RADIUS Server Setup
      • 23.2.2 TACACS+ Server Setup
      • 23.2.3 Authentication and Accounting Setup
    • 23.2.4 Vendor Specific Attribute
    • 23.3 Supported RADIUS Attributes
    • 23.3.1 Attributes Used for Authentication
    • 23.3.2 Attributes Used for Accounting
  • IP Source Guard
    • 24.1 IP Source Guard Overview
    • 24.1.1 DHCP Snooping Overview
    • 24.1.2 ARP Inspection Overview
    • 24.2 IP Source Guard
    • 24.3 IP Source Guard Static Binding
    • 24.4 DHCP Snooping
    • 24.5 DHCP Snooping Configure
      • 24.5.1 DHCP Snooping Port Configure
      • 24.5.2 DHCP Snooping VLAN Configure
    • 24.6 ARP Inspection Status
      • 24.6.1 ARP Inspection VLAN Status
      • 24.6.2 ARP Inspection Log Status
    • 24.7 ARP Inspection Configure
      • 24.7.1 ARP Inspection Port Configure
      • 24.7.2 ARP Inspection VLAN Configure
  • Loop Guard
    • 25.1 Loop Guard Overview
    • 25.2 Loop Guard Setup
  • Static Routing
    • 26.1 Configuring Static Routing
  • Differentiated Services
    • 27.1 DiffServ Overview
    • 27.1.1 DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior
    • 27.1.2 DiffServ Network Example
    • 27.2 Two Rate Three Color Marker Traffic Policing
    • 27.2.1 TRTCM - Color-blind Mode
    • 27.2.2 TRTCM - Color-aware Mode
    • 27.3 Activating DiffServ
      • 27.3.1 Configuring 2-Rate 3 Color Marker Settings
    • 27.4 DSCP-to-IEEE 802.1p Priority Settings
    • 27.4.1 Configuring DSCP Settings
  • DHCP
    • 28.1 DHCP Overview
    • 28.1.1 DHCP Modes
    • 28.1.2 DHCP Configuration Options
    • 28.2 DHCP Status
    • 28.3 DHCP Relay
    • 28.3.1 DHCP Relay Agent Information
    • 28.3.2 Configuring DHCP Global Relay
    • 28.3.3 Global DHCP Relay Configuration Example
    • 28.4 Configuring DHCP VLAN Settings
    • 28.4.1 Example: DHCP Relay for Two VLANs
  • Maintenance
    • 29.1 The Maintenance Screen
    • 29.2 Load Factory Default
    • 29.3 Save Configuration
    • 29.4 Reboot System
    • 29.5 Firmware Upgrade
    • 29.6 Restore a Configuration File
    • 29.7 Backup a Configuration File
    • 29.8 FTP Command Line
    • 29.8.1 Filename Conventions
    • 29.8.2 FTP Command Line Procedure
    • 29.8.3 GUI-based FTP Clients
    • 29.8.4 FTP Restrictions
  • Access Control
    • 30.1 Access Control Overview
    • 30.2 The Access Control Main Screen
    • 30.3 About SNMP
    • 30.3.1 SNMP v3 and Security
    • 30.3.2 Supported MIBs
    • 30.3.3 SNMP Traps
    • 30.3.4 Configuring SNMP
      • 30.3.5 Configuring SNMP Trap Group
      • 30.3.6 Setting Up Login Accounts
    • 30.4 SSH Overview
    • 30.5 How SSH works
    • 30.6 SSH Implementation on the Switch
    • 30.6.1 Requirements for Using SSH
    • 30.7 Introduction to HTTPS
    • 30.8 HTTPS Example
    • 30.8.1 Internet Explorer Warning Messages
    • 30.8.2 Netscape Navigator Warning Messages
    • 30.8.3 The Main Screen
    • 30.9 Service Port Access Control
    • 30.10 Remote Management
  • Diagnostic
    • 31.1 Diagnostic
  • Syslog
    • 32.1 Syslog Overview
    • 32.2 Syslog Setup
    • 32.3 Syslog Server Setup
  • Cluster Management
    • 33.1 Clustering Management Status Overview
    • 33.2 Cluster Management Status
    • 33.2.1 Cluster Member Switch Management
    • 33.3 Clustering Management Configuration
  • MAC Table
    • 34.1 MAC Table Overview
    • 34.2 Viewing the MAC Table
  • ARP Table
    • 35.1 ARP Table Overview
    • 35.1.1 How ARP Works
    • 35.2 Viewing the ARP Table
  • Configure Clone
    • 36.1 Configure Clone
• Troubleshooting and Specifications
  • Troubleshooting
    • 37.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs
    • 37.2 Switch Access and Login
  • Product Specifications
    • 38.1 General Switch Specifications
    • 38.2 Cable Pin Assignments
• Appendices and Index
  • Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address
  • Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions
  • IP Addresses and Subnetting
  • Common Services
  • Importing Certificates
  • Legal Information
  • Index