Document Outline

• User’s Guide
• Copyright
• Certifications
• Safety 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 Switched 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
  • 2.3 Wall-mounting Installation
• Hardware Overview
  • 3.1 Front Panel Connection
    • 3.1.1 Console Port
    • 3.1.2 Ethernet Ports
      • 3.1.2.1 Default Ethernet Settings
    • 3.1.3 Fast Ethernet SFP Slot
    • 3.1.4 Mini-GBIC Slot
      • 3.1.4.1 Transceiver Installation
      • 3.1.4.2 Transceiver Removal
    • 3.1.5 100 Base-FX Fiber-Optic Port
  • 3.2 Rear Panel
    • 3.2.1 Power Connector
  • 3.3 LEDs
• 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 Factory-default 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
    • 5.1.3 Configuring Switch Management IP Address
• System Status and Port Statistics
  • 6.1 Port Status Overview
    • 6.1.1 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 Management IP Addresses
  • 7.7 Port Setup
• VLAN
  • 8.1 Introduction to IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN
    • 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 Static VLAN Details
    • 8.5.3 Configure a Static VLAN
    • 8.5.4 Configure VLAN Port Settings
  • 8.6 Port Based VLAN Setup
    • 8.6.1 Configure a Port-based VLAN
• Static MAC Forwarding
  • 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
  • 11.2 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Status
  • 11.3 Configure Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• Bandwidth Control
  • 12.1 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 Control Protocol Status
  • 15.4 Link Aggregation Setup
• Port Authentication
  • 16.1 Port Authentication Overview
    • 16.1.1 RADIUS
      • 16.1.1.1 Vendor Specific Attribute
      • 16.1.1.2 Tunnel Protocol Attribute
  • 16.2 Port Authentication Configuration
    • 16.2.1 Configuring RADIUS Server Settings
    • 16.2.2 Activate IEEE 802.1x Security
• Port Security
  • 17.1 Port Security Overview
  • 17.2 Port Security Setup
  • 17.3 Port Security Example
• Queuing Method
  • 18.1 Queuing Method Overview
    • 18.1.1 Strict Priority Queuing (SPQ)
    • 18.1.2 Weighted Round Robin Scheduling (WRR)
  • 18.2 Configuring Queuing Method
• Multicast
  • 19.1 Multicast Overview
    • 19.1.1 IP Multicast Addresses
    • 19.1.2 IGMP Filtering
    • 19.1.3 IGMP Snooping
  • 19.2 Multicast Status
  • 19.3 Multicast Setting
  • 19.4 IGMP Filtering Profile
  • 19.5 MVR Overview
    • 19.5.1 Types of MVR Ports
    • 19.5.2 MVR Modes
    • 19.5.3 How MVR Works
  • 19.6 General MVR Configuration
  • 19.7 MVR Group Configuration
    • 19.7.1 MVR Configuration Example
• Static Route
  • 20.1 Configuring Static Routing
• Differentiated Services
  • 21.1 DiffServ Overview
    • 21.1.1 DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior
    • 21.1.2 DiffServ Network Example
  • 21.2 Activating DiffServ
  • 21.3 DSCP-to-IEEE802.1p Priority Mapping Settings
    • 21.3.1 Configuring DSCP Settings
• Maintenance
  • 22.1 The Maintenance Screen
  • 22.2 Load Factory Default
  • 22.3 Save Configuration
  • 22.4 Reboot System
  • 22.5 Firmware Upgrade
  • 22.6 Restore a Configuration File
  • 22.7 Backup Configuration File
  • 22.8 FTP Command Line
    • 22.8.1 Filename Conventions
      • 22.8.1.1 Example FTP Commands
    • 22.8.2 FTP Command Line Procedure
    • 22.8.3 GUI-based FTP Clients
    • 22.8.4 FTP Restrictions
• Access Control
  • 23.1 Access Control Overview
  • 23.2 The Access Control Main Screen
  • 23.3 About SNMP
    • 23.3.1 Supported MIBs
    • 23.3.2 SNMP Traps
    • 23.3.3 Configuring SNMP
  • 23.4 Setting Up Login Accounts
  • 23.5 SSH Overview
  • 23.6 How SSH works
  • 23.7 SSH Implementation on the Switch
    • 23.7.1 Requirements for Using SSH
    • 23.7.2 SSH Login Example
  • 23.8 Introduction to HTTPS
  • 23.9 HTTPS Example
    • 23.9.1 Internet Explorer Warning Messages
    • 23.9.2 Netscape Navigator Warning Messages
    • 23.9.3 The Main Screen
  • 23.10 Service Port Access Control
  • 23.11 Remote Management
• Diagnostic
  • 24.1 Diagnostic
• Syslog
  • 25.1 Syslog Overview
  • 25.2 Syslog Setup
  • 25.3 Syslog Server Setup
• Cluster Management
  • 26.1 Clustering Management Status Overview
  • 26.2 Clustering Management Status
    • 26.2.1 Cluster Member Switch Management
      • 26.2.1.1 Uploading Firmware to a Cluster Member Switch
  • 26.3 Clustering Management Configuration
• MAC Table
  • 27.1 MAC Table Overview
  • 27.2 Viewing the MAC Table
• ARP Table
  • 28.1 ARP Table Overview
    • 28.1.1 How ARP Works
  • 28.2 Viewing the ARP Table
• Configure Clone
  • 29.1 Configure Clone Settings
• Introducing Commands
  • 30.1 Overview
  • 30.2 Accessing the CLI
    • 30.2.1 The Console Port
      • 30.2.1.1 Initial Screen
  • 30.3 The Login Screen
  • 30.4 Command Syntax Conventions
  • 30.5 Changing the Password
  • 30.6 Privilege Levels
  • 30.7 Command Modes
  • 30.8 Getting Help
    • 30.8.1 List of Available Commands
  • 30.9 Using Command History
  • 30.10 Saving Your Configuration
    • 30.10.1 Switch Configuration File
    • 30.10.2 Logging Out
  • 30.11 Command Summary
    • 30.11.1 User Mode
    • 30.11.2 Enable Mode
    • 30.11.3 General Configuration Mode
    • 30.11.4 interface port-channel Commands
    • 30.11.5 config-vlan Commands
    • 30.11.6 mvr Commands
• User and Enable Mode Commands
  • 31.1 Overview
  • 31.2 show Commands
    • 31.2.1 show system-information
    • 31.2.2 show ip
    • 31.2.3 show logging
    • 31.2.4 show interface
    • 31.2.5 show mac address-table
  • 31.3 ping
  • 31.4 traceroute
  • 31.5 Copy Port Attributes
    • 31.5.1 Resetting to the Factory Default
• Configuration Mode Commands
  • 32.1 Enabling IGMP Snooping
  • 32.2 Configure IGMP Filter
  • 32.3 Enabling STP
  • 32.4 no Command Examples
    • 32.4.1 Disable Commands
    • 32.4.2 Resetting Commands
    • 32.4.3 Re-enable commands
    • 32.4.4 Other Examples of no Commands
      • 32.4.4.1 no trunk
      • 32.4.4.2 no port-access-authenticator
      • 32.4.4.3 no ssh
  • 32.5 Queuing Method Commands
  • 32.6 Static Route Commands
  • 32.7 Enabling MAC Filtering
  • 32.8 Enabling Trunking
  • 32.9 Enabling Port Authentication
    • 32.9.1 RADIUS Server Settings
    • 32.9.2 Port Authentication Settings
• Interface Commands
  • 33.1 Overview
  • 33.2 Interface Command Examples
    • 33.2.1 interface port-channel
    • 33.2.2 broadcast/multicast storm control
    • 33.2.3 bandwidth-limit
    • 33.2.4 mirror
    • 33.2.5 gvrp
    • 33.2.6 frame-type
    • 33.2.7 egress set
    • 33.2.8 qos priority
    • 33.2.9 name
    • 33.2.10 speed-duplex
    • 33.2.11 test
  • 33.3 Interface no Command Examples
    • 33.3.1 no bandwidth-limit
• IEEE 802.1Q Tagged VLAN Commands
  • 34.1 Configuring Tagged VLAN
  • 34.2 Global VLAN1Q Tagged VLAN Configuration Commands
    • 34.2.1 GARP Status
    • 34.2.2 GARP Timer
    • 34.2.3 GVRP Timer
    • 34.2.4 Enable GVRP
    • 34.2.5 Disable GVRP
  • 34.3 Port VLAN Commands
    • 34.3.1 Set Port VID
    • 34.3.2 Set Acceptable Frame Type
    • 34.3.3 Enable or Disable Port GVRP
    • 34.3.4 Modify Static VLAN
      • 34.3.4.1 Modify a Static VLAN Table Example
      • 34.3.4.2 Forwarding Process Example
    • 34.3.5 Delete VLAN ID
  • 34.4 Enable VLAN
  • 34.5 Disable VLAN
  • 34.6 Show VLAN Setting
• Multicast VLAN Registration Commands
  • 35.1 Overview
  • 35.2 Create Multicast VLAN
• Troubleshooting
  • 36.1 Problems Starting Up the Switch
  • 36.2 Problems Accessing the Switch
    • 36.2.1 Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions
      • 36.2.1.1 Internet Explorer Pop-up Blockers
      • 36.2.1.2 JavaScripts
      • 36.2.1.3 Java Permissions
  • 36.3 Problems with the Password
• Product Specifications
• IP Addresses and Subnetting
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