Table of Contents
Conventions............................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Providing Feedback to Us.................................................................................................................................................7
Getting Help.............................................................................................................................................................................7
Related Publications............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Connecting the Switch to the Network..................................................................................................................... 9
Booting the Switch.............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Understanding the Utility Menu....................................................................................................................................12
Understanding the User Interfaces............................................................................................................................. 17
Understanding Switch Stacks...................................................................................................................................... 24
Switch Stack Software Compatibility Recommendations..............................................................................26
Incompatible Software and Stack Member Image Upgrades.......................................................................27
Switch Stack Configuration Files................................................................................................................................ 27
Switch Stack Management Connectivity................................................................................................................ 27
General Practices................................................................................................................................................................28
Initial Installation and Power-up of a Stack........................................................................................................... 28
Removing a Unit from the Stack.................................................................................................................................29
Adding a Unit to an Operating Stack....................................................................................................................... 29
Replacing the Stack Member with a New Unit.................................................................................................... 29
Renumbering Stack Members......................................................................................................................................30
Moving a Manager to a Different Unit in the Stack........................................................................................... 30
Removing a Manager Unit from an Operating Stack.........................................................................................31
Initiating a Warm Failover of the Manager Unit....................................................................................................31
Merging Two Operational Stacks.................................................................................................................................31
Preconfiguration..................................................................................................................................................................32
Viewing the Dashboard................................................................................................................................................... 33
Viewing ARP Cache...........................................................................................................................................................35
Viewing Inventory Information.................................................................................................................................... 36
Viewing MAC Addresses................................................................................................................................................. 37
Viewing System Resources............................................................................................................................................37
Defining General Device Information........................................................................................................................38
Managing the DHCP Server...........................................................................................................................................73
Configuring DNS.................................................................................................................................................................. 81
Configuring Email Alerts.................................................................................................................................................83
Configuring and Viewing ISDP Information...........................................................................................................87
Configuring Link Dependency..................................................................................................................................... 89
Configuring Link Local Protocol Filtering................................................................................................................91
Selecting the SDM Template.........................................................................................................................................92
Configuring sFlow..............................................................................................................................................................93
Configuring SNTP Settings............................................................................................................................................98
Configuring Time Ranges............................................................................................................................................. 103
Configuring the Time Zone..........................................................................................................................................105
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