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Configuring IP Authorized Managers in the Web Browser Interface 6-23
Configuring IP Authorized Managers in the Console Interface . . . . . 6-23
Building IP Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Configuring One Station Per Authorized Manager IP Entry . . . . 6-25
Configuring Multiple Stations Per Authorized Manager IP Entry 6-25
Additional Examples for Authorizing Multiple Stations . . . . . . . 6-27
Operating and Troubleshooting Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28
Configuring System Parameters from the Web Browser Interface . 6-28
Configuring System Information from the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Configuring Port Parameters from the Web Browser Interface . . . . 6-32
Configuring Port Parameters from the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Network Monitoring Port Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Configuring Port Monitoring from the Web Browser Interface . . . . 6-34
Configuring Port Monitoring from the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39
Enabling STP from the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Configuring STP from the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
How STP Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
STP Fast Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
STP Operation with 802.1Q VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
STP Operation with Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Traffic/Security Filter Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
Configuring Traffic/Security Filters from the Switch Console . . . . . 6-46
Filter Types and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
Multicast Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-49
Protocol Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
Source Port Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-50
Port-Based Virtual LANs (VLANs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-51
Overview of Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
VLAN Support and the Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
Some Notes on Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-54
Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-55