Unicast Forwarding...................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Multicast Forwarding ................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Multicast Port Filtering Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 57
VLANs............................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Understanding IEEE 802.1p Priority.............................................................................................................................................................58
VLAN Description ....................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Notes about VLANs on the xStack DES-3500 Series switches ....................................................................................................................58
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs................................................................................................................................................................... 58
802.1Q VLAN Tags......................................................................................................................................................................................60
Port VLAN ID...............................................................................................................................................................................................60
Tagging and Untagging.................................................................................................................................................................................61
Ingress Filtering ............................................................................................................................................................................................61
Default VLANs .............................................................................................................................................................................................61
Port-based VLANs........................................................................................................................................................................................62
VLAN Segmentation.....................................................................................................................................................................................62
Asymmetric VLANs .....................................................................................................................................................................................63
VLAN and Trunk Groups .............................................................................................................................................................................64
Static VLAN Entry....................................................................................................................................................................... 64
GVRP Setting............................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Traffic Control ............................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Port Security................................................................................................................................................................................. 69
QoS .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Advantages of QoS .......................................................................................................................................................................................70
Understanding QoS .......................................................................................................................................................................................71
Port Bandwidth ............................................................................................................................................................................ 72
Scheduling.................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
802.1p Default Priority................................................................................................................................................................. 74
802.1p User Priority ..................................................................................................................................................................... 74
Traffic Segmentation.................................................................................................................................................................... 75
System Severity Alerts....................................................................................................................................................................... 76
System Log Server............................................................................................................................................................................. 76
SNTP Settings.................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
Time Setting................................................................................................................................................................................. 78
Time Zone and DST..................................................................................................................................................................... 79
Access Profile Table .......................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Configuring the Access Profile Table .......................................................................................................................................... 81
CPU Interface Filtering...................................................................................................................................................................... 92
CPU Interface Filtering Profile Table .......................................................................................................................................... 92
Port Access Entity (802.1X) ............................................................................................................................................................ 102
802.1x Port-Based and MAC-Based Access Control................................................................................................................. 102
Authentication Server .................................................................................................................................................................................103
Authenticator ..............................................................................................................................................................................................103
