Document Outline

• User’s Guide
• Copyright
• Interference Statements and Warnings
• ZyXEL Limited Warranty
• Customer Support
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Getting to Know Your Switch
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Software Features
  • 1.3 Hardware Features
  • 1.4 Applications
    • 1.4.1 Backbone Application
    • 1.4.2 Bridging Example
    • 1.4.3 High Performance Switching Example
    • 1.4.4 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Examples
      • 1.4.4.1 Tag-based VLAN Example
      • 1.4.4.2 VLAN Shared Server Example
• Hardware Installation and Connection
  • 2.1 Freestanding Installation
  • 2.2 Mounting the Switch on a Rack
    • 2.2.1 Rack-mounted Installation Requirements
      • 2.2.1.1 Precautions
    • 2.2.2 Attaching the Mounting Brackets to the Switch
    • 2.2.3 Mounting the Switch on a Rack
• Hardware Overview
  • 3.1 Front Panel Connection
    • 3.1.1 Console Port
    • 3.1.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
      • 3.1.2.1 Default Ethernet Settings
    • 3.1.3 SFP Slots
      • 3.1.3.1 Transceiver Installation
      • 3.1.3.2 Transceiver Removal
  • 3.2 Rear Panel
    • 3.2.1 Power Connector
    • 3.2.2 External Backup Power Supply Connector
  • 3.3 Front Panel LEDs
• The Web Configurator
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 System Login
  • 4.3 The Status Screen
    • 4.3.1 Change Your Password
  • 4.4 Switch Lockout
  • 4.5 Resetting the Switch
    • 4.5.1 Reload the Configuration File
  • 4.6 Logging Out of the Web Configurator
  • 4.7 Help
• Initial Setup Example
  • 5.1 Overview
    • 5.1.1 Configuring an IP Interface
    • 5.1.2 Configuring DHCP Server Settings
    • 5.1.3 Creating a VLAN
    • 5.1.4 Setting Port VID
    • 5.1.5 Enabling RIP
• System Status and Port Statistics
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 Port Status Summary
    • 6.2.1 Port Details
• Basic Setting
  • 7.1 Overview
  • 7.2 System Information
  • 7.3 General Setup
  • 7.4 Introduction to VLANs
  • 7.5 IGMP Snooping
  • 7.6 Switch Setup Screen
  • 7.7 IP Setup
    • 7.7.1 IP Interfaces
  • 7.8 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
      • 8.2.1.1 GARP Timers
    • 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 Configure a Static VLAN
    • 8.5.3 Configure VLAN Port Settings
  • 8.6 Port-based VLANs
    • 8.6.1 Configure a Port-based VLAN
• Static MAC Forward Setup
  • 9.1 Overview
  • 9.2 Configuring Static MAC Forwarding
• Filtering
  • 10.1 Overview
  • 10.2 Configure a Filtering Rule
• Spanning Tree Protocol
  • 11.1.1 STP Terminology
  • 11.1.2 How STP Works
  • 11.1.3 STP Port States
  • 11.2 STP Status
    • 11.2.1 Configure STP
• Bandwidth Control
  • 12.1 Introduction to Bandwidth Control
    • 12.1.1 CIR and PIR
  • 12.2 Bandwidth Control Setup
• Broadcast Storm Control
  • 13.1 Overview
  • 13.2 Broadcast Storm Control Setup
• Mirroring
  • 14.1 Overview
  • 14.2 Port Mirroring Configuration
• Link Aggregation
  • 15.1 Overview
    • 15.1.1 Dynamic Link Aggregation
    • 15.1.2 Link Aggregation ID
  • 15.2 Link Aggregation Status
  • 15.3 Link Aggregation Setup
• Port Authentication
  • 16.1 Overview
    • 16.1.1 RADIUS
  • 16.2 Configuring Port Authentication
    • 16.2.1 Activating IEEE 802.1x Security
    • 16.2.2 Configuring RADIUS Server Settings
• Port Security
  • 17.1 Overview
  • 17.2 Port Security Setup
• Classifier
  • 18.1 Overview
  • 18.2 Configuring the Classifier
  • 18.3 Viewing and Editing Classifier Configuration
  • 18.4 Classifier Example
• Policy Rule
  • 19.1 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 Overview
    • 20.1.1 Strict Priority Queuing (SPQ)
    • 20.1.2 Weighted Round Robin Scheduling (WRR)
  • 20.2 Configuring Queuing
• VLAN Stacking
  • 21.1 Introduction
    • 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
  • 22.1.1 IP Multicast Addresses
  • 22.1.2 IGMP Filtering
  • 22.1.3 IGMP Snooping
  • 22.2 Multicast Status
    • 22.2.1 Multicast Setting
    • 22.2.2 IGMP Filtering Profile
    • 22.3.1 Types of MVR Ports
    • 22.3.2 MVR Modes
    • 22.3.3 How MVR Works
  • 22.4 General MVR Configuration
    • 22.5.1 MVR Configuration Example
• Static Route
  • 23.1 Configuring
• RIP
  • 24.1 Overview
  • 24.2 Configuring
• OSPF
  • 25.1 Overview
    • 25.1.1 OSPF Autonomous Systems and Areas
    • 25.1.2 How OSPF Works
    • 25.1.3 Interfaces and Virtual Links
    • 25.1.4 Configuring OSPF
  • 25.2 OSPF Status
  • 25.3 Enabling OSPF and General Settings
  • 25.4 Configuring OSPF Areas
    • 25.4.1 Viewing OSPF Area Information Table
  • 25.5 Configuring OSPF Interfaces
  • 25.6 OSPF Virtual Links
• IGMP
  • 26.1 Overview
  • 26.2 Configuring
• DVMRP
  • 27.1 Overview
  • 27.2 How DVMRP Works
    • 27.2.1 DVMRP Terminology
  • 27.3 Configuring DVMRP
    • 27.3.1 DVMRP Configuration Error Messages
  • 27.4 Default DVMRP Timer Values
• IP Multicast
  • 28.1 Overview
  • 28.2 Configuring
• Differentiated Services
  • 29.1 Overview
    • 29.1.1 DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior
    • 29.1.2 DiffServ Network Example
  • 29.2 Activating DiffServ
  • 29.3 DSCP-to-IEEE802.1p Priority Mapping
    • 29.3.1 Configuring DSCP Settings
• DHCP
  • 30.1 Overview
    • 30.1.1 DHCP modes
  • 30.2 DHCP Server Status
  • 30.3 Configuring DHCP Server
    • 30.3.1 DHCP Server Configuration Example
  • 30.4 DHCP Relay
    • 30.4.1 DHCP Relay Agent Information
    • 30.4.2 Configuring DHCP Relay
    • 30.4.3 DHCP Relay Configuration Example
• VRRP
  • 31.1 Overview
  • 31.2 Viewing VRRP Status
  • 31.3 Configuring VRRP
    • 31.3.1 IP Interface Setup
    • 31.3.2 VRRP Parameters
      • 31.3.2.1 Advertisement Interval
      • 31.3.2.2 Priority
      • 31.3.2.3 Preempt Mode
    • 31.3.3 Configuring VRRP Parameters
  • 31.4 VRRP Configuration Summary
  • 31.5 VRRP Configuration Examples
    • 31.5.1 One Subnet Network Example
    • 31.5.2 Two Subnets Example
• Maintenance
  • 32.1 The Maintenance Screen
  • 32.2 Firmware Upgrade
  • 32.3 Restore a Configuration File
  • 32.4 Backing Up a Configuration File
  • 32.5 Load Factory Defaults
  • 32.6 Reboot System
  • 32.7 FTP Command Line
    • 32.7.1 Filename Conventions
      • 32.7.1.1 Example FTP Commands
    • 32.7.2 FTP Command Line Procedure
    • 32.7.3 GUI-based FTP Clients
    • 32.7.4 FTP Restrictions
• Access Control
  • 33.1 Overview
  • 33.2 The Access Control Main Screen
  • 33.3 About SNMP
    • 33.3.1 Supported MIBs
    • 33.3.2 SNMP Traps
    • 33.3.3 Configuring SNMP
    • 33.3.4 Setting Up Login Accounts
  • 33.4 SSH Overview
  • 33.5 How SSH works
  • 33.6 SSH Implementation on the Switch
    • 33.6.1 Requirements for Using SSH
  • 33.7 Introduction to HTTPS
  • 33.8 HTTPS Example
    • 33.8.1 Internet Explorer Warning Messages
    • 33.8.2 Netscape Navigator Warning Messages
    • 33.8.3 The Main Screen
  • 33.9 Service Port Access Control
  • 33.10 Remote Management
• Diagnostic
  • 34.1 Diagnostic
• Cluster Management
  • 35.1 Overview
  • 35.2 Cluster Management Status
    • 35.2.1 Cluster Member Switch Management
      • 35.2.1.1 Uploading Firmware to a Cluster Member Switch
  • 35.3 Configuring Cluster Management
• MAC Table
  • 36.1 Overview
  • 36.2 Viewing the MAC Table
• IP Table
  • 37.1 Overview
  • 37.2 Viewing the IP Table
• ARP Table
  • 38.1 Overview
    • 38.1.1 How ARP Works
  • 38.2 Viewing the ARP Table
• Routing Table
  • 39.1 Overview
  • 39.2 Viewing the Routing Table
• Introducing the Commands
  • 40.1 Overview
    • 40.1.1 Switch Configuration File
  • 40.2 Accessing the CLI
    • 40.2.1 Access Priority
    • 40.2.2 The Console Port
      • 40.2.2.1 Initial Screen
    • 40.2.3 Telnet
  • 40.3 The Login Screen
  • 40.4 Command Syntax Conventions
  • 40.5 Getting Help
    • 40.5.1 List of Available Commands
    • 40.5.2 Detailed Command Information
  • 40.6 Command Modes
  • 40.7 Using Command History
  • 40.8 Saving Your Configuration
    • 40.8.1 Logging Out
  • 40.9 Command Summary
    • 40.9.1 User Mode
    • 40.9.2 Enable Mode
    • 40.9.3 General Configuration Mode
    • 40.9.4 interface port-channel Commands
    • 40.9.5 interface route-domain Commands
    • 40.9.6 config-vlan Commands
  • 40.10 mvr Commands
• Command Examples
  • 41.1 Overview
  • 41.2 show Commands
    • 41.2.1 show system-information
    • 41.2.2 show hardware-monitor
    • 41.2.3 show ip
    • 41.2.4 show logging
    • 41.2.5 show interface
    • 41.2.6 show mac address-table
  • 41.3 ping
  • 41.4 traceroute
  • 41.5 Enabling RSTP
  • 41.6 Configuration File Maintenance
    • 41.6.1 Configuration Backup
    • 41.6.2 Configuration Restoration
    • 41.6.3 Using a Different Configuration File
    • 41.6.4 Resetting to the Factory Default
  • 41.7 no Command Examples
    • 41.7.1 no mirror-port
    • 41.7.2 no https timeout
    • 41.7.3 no trunk
    • 41.7.4 no port-access-authenticator
    • 41.7.5 no ssh
  • 41.8 interface Commands
    • 41.8.1 interface port-channel
    • 41.8.2 interface route-domain
    • 41.8.3 bpdu-control
    • 41.8.4 broadcast-limit
    • 41.8.5 bandwidth-limit
    • 41.8.6 mirror
    • 41.8.7 gvrp
    • 41.8.8 ingress-check
    • 41.8.9 frame-type
    • 41.8.10 spq
    • 41.8.11 wrr
    • 41.8.12 egress set
    • 41.8.13 qos priority
    • 41.8.14 name
    • 41.8.15 speed-duplex
• IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN Commands
  • 42.1 IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN Overview
  • 42.2 VLAN Databases
    • 42.2.1 Static Entries (SVLAN Table)
    • 42.2.2 Dynamic Entries (DVLAN Table)
  • 42.3 Configuring Tagged VLAN
  • 42.4 Global VLAN1Q Tagged VLAN Configuration Commands
    • 42.4.1 GARP Status
    • 42.4.2 GARP Timer
    • 42.4.3 GVRP Timer
    • 42.4.4 Enable GVRP
    • 42.4.5 Disable GVRP
  • 42.5 Port VLAN Commands
    • 42.5.1 Set Port VID
    • 42.5.2 Set Acceptable Frame Type
    • 42.5.3 Enable or Disable Port GVRP
    • 42.5.4 Modify Static VLAN
      • 42.5.4.1 Modify a Static VLAN Table Example
      • 42.5.4.2 Forwarding Process Example
    • 42.5.5 Delete VLAN ID
  • 42.6 Enable VLAN
  • 42.7 Disable VLAN
  • 42.8 Show VLAN Setting
• Troubleshooting
  • 43.1 Problems Starting Up the Switch
  • 43.2 Problems Accessing the Switch
    • 43.2.1 Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions
      • 43.2.1.1 Internet Explorer Pop-up Blockers
      • 43.2.1.2 JavaScripts
      • 43.2.1.3 Java Permissions
  • 43.3 Problems with the Password
• Product Specifications
• IP Subnetting
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