L
OCAL
C
ONSOLE
M
ANAGEMENT
...............................................................................................................................................19
Diagnostic (Console) Port (RS-232 DCE).............................................................................................................................19
IP A
DDRESSES AND
SNMP C
OMMUNITY
N
AMES
......................................................................................................................20
T
RAPS
........................................................................................................................................................................................20
MIB
S
.........................................................................................................................................................................................21
P
ACKET
F
ORWARDING
...............................................................................................................................................................22
Aging Time.............................................................................................................................................................................22
Filtering Database.................................................................................................................................................................22
S
PANNING
T
REE
A
LGORITHM
....................................................................................................................................................22
STA Operation Levels ............................................................................................................................................................23
On the Bridge Level................................................................................................................................................................................23
On the Port Level ....................................................................................................................................................................................23
User-Changeable STA Parameters........................................................................................................................................24
Illustration of STA..................................................................................................................................................................24
P
ORT
T
RUNKING
........................................................................................................................................................................26
VLAN
S
& B
ROADCAST
D
OMAINS
.............................................................................................................................................26
MAC-based Broadcast Domains ...........................................................................................................................................27
802.1Q VLANs .......................................................................................................................................................................27
802.1Q VLAN Segmentation..................................................................................................................................................................27
Sharing Resources Across 802.1Q VLANs.............................................................................................................................................28
802.1Q VLANs Spanning Multiple Switches .........................................................................................................................................28
Port-based VLANs .................................................................................................................................................................30
B
ROADCAST
S
TORMS
.................................................................................................................................................................31
Segmenting Broadcast Domains............................................................................................................................................31
Eliminating Broadcast Storms ...............................................................................................................................................31
USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE...................................................................................................................................32
S
ETTING
U
P
A C
ONSOLE
............................................................................................................................................................32
C
ONNECTING TO THE
S
WITCH
U
SING
T
ELNET
............................................................................................................................33
C
ONSOLE
U
SAGE
C
ONVENTIONS
................................................................................................................................................33
F
IRST
T
IME
C
ONNECTING
T
O
T
HE
S
WITCH
.......................................................................................33
User Accounts Management ..................................................................................................................................................34
Save Changes.........................................................................................................................................................................35
L
OGIN
O
N
T
HE
S
WITCH
C
ONSOLE
B
Y
R
EGISTERED
U
SERS
........................................................................................................36
Create/Modify User Accounts.................................................................................................................................................................36
User Accounts Control Table..................................................................................................................................................................37
S
ETTING
U
P
T
HE
S
WITCH
...........................................................................................................................................................38
System Configuration.............................................................................................................................................................38
Configure IP Address..............................................................................................................................................................................39
Configure Console ..................................................................................................................................................................................40
Configure Switch Modules......................................................................................................................................................................40
Configure Ports .......................................................................................................................................................................................42
Configure Trunk Groups .........................................................................................................................................................................44
Configure Port Mirroring ........................................................................................................................................................................45
Configure Spanning Tree Protocol..........................................................................................................................................................46
Configure Filtering and Forwarding Table..............................................................................................................................................49
Configure VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains ..........................................................................................................................55
Update Firmware and Configuration Files ...........................................................................................................................65
System Utilities ......................................................................................................................................................................66
Ping Test .................................................................................................................................................................................................66
Save Settings to TFTP Server .................................................................................................................................................................67
Save Switch History to TFTP Server ......................................................................................................................................................68
Clear Address Table................................................................................................................................................................................68
Management WEB..................................................................................................................................................................................68
Community Strings and Trap Stations ...................................................................................................................................68
S
WITCH
M
ONITORING
................................................................................................................................................................69
Network Monitoring and Device Information........................................................................................................................69
Traffic Statistics ......................................................................................................................................................................................70
Browse Address Table ............................................................................................................................................................................74
Switch History ........................................................................................................................................................................................74