Aging Time ..................................................................................................................................................................................................30
Filtering Database ....................................................................................................................................................................................31
S
PANNING
T
REE
A
LGORITHM
.................................................................................................................................................................... 31
STA Operation Levels ...............................................................................................................................................................................31
On the Bridge Level................................................................................................................................................................................ 31
On the Port Level.................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
User-Changeable STA Parameters.........................................................................................................................................................32
Illustration of STA .....................................................................................................................................................................................33
P
ORT
T
RUNKING
............................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
VLAN
S
& MAC-B
ASED
B
ROADCAST
D
OMAINS
....................................................................................................................................... 35
MAC-Based Broadcast Domains ............................................................................................................................................................36
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs..................................................................................................................................................................................36
802.1Q VLAN Segmentation ................................................................................................................................................................. 36
Sharing Resources Across 802.1Q VLANs ........................................................................................................................................ 37
802.1Q VLANs Spanning Multiple Switches ...................................................................................................................................... 37
VLANs Over 802.1Q-compliant Switches
...................................................................................................................................... 38
Port-Based VLANs.....................................................................................................................................................................................39
B
ROADCAST
S
TORMS
.................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Segmenting Broadcast Domains.............................................................................................................................................................40
Eliminating Broadcast Storms ................................................................................................................................................................40
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USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE....................................................................................................................................................41
S
ETTING
U
P
A C
ONSOLE
............................................................................................................................................................................. 41
C
ONNECTING TO THE
S
WITCH
U
SING
T
ELNET
....................................................................................................................................... 42
C
ONSOLE
U
SAGE
C
ONVENTIONS
................................................................................................................................................................. 42
F
IRST
T
IME
C
ONNECTING
T
O
T
HE
S
WITCH
............................................................................................................................................. 42
User Accounts Management ....................................................................................................................................................................44
Save Changes .............................................................................................................................................................................................45
L
OGIN
O
N
T
HE
S
WITCH
C
ONSOLE
B
Y
R
EGISTERED
U
SERS
................................................................................................................... 45
Create/Modify User Accounts ............................................................................................................................................................. 45
User Accounts Control Table ............................................................................................................................................................... 47
S
ETTING
U
P
T
HE
S
WITCH
........................................................................................................................................................................... 48
System Configuration ...............................................................................................................................................................................48
Configure IP Address ............................................................................................................................................................................ 48
Configure Console .................................................................................................................................................................................. 49
Configure Switch Stack.......................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Information of Individual Switch Unit
.............................................................................................................................................. 51
Advance Settings
................................................................................................................................................................................ 52
Configure Port ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 53
Configure Trunk Groups........................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Configure Port Mirroring ....................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Configure Spanning Tree Protocol ...................................................................................................................................................... 57
STP Parameter Settings
.................................................................................................................................................................... 57
STP Custom Settings
......................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table .......................................................................................................................................... 61
Configure Static Forwarding Table
................................................................................................................................................. 62
Configure MAC Address Filtering
.................................................................................................................................................... 63
Configure Static Multicast Filtering
.................................................................................................................................................. 63
Configure IGMP
.................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Configure VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains .................................................................................................................... 67
Configure MAC-based Broadcast Domains
.................................................................................................................................. 68
Configure Port-based VLANs
.......................................................................................................................................................... 71
Configure 802.1Q VLANs
................................................................................................................................................................. 74
Configure GMRP
................................................................................................................................................................................. 79
Update Firmware and Configuration Files..........................................................................................................................................83
Special Note Concerning Firmware Updates ...................................................................................................................................... 84
System Utilities...........................................................................................................................................................................................85
Summary of Contents for DES-3624i
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