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Chapter 4: Web-Based Management
36 GE-DS-242-PoE Managed Ethernet Switch User Manual
This page includes the following fields:
OBJECT DESCRIPTION
MAC Address Age-out Time
Type the number of seconds that an inactive MAC address remains in
the switch's address table. The value is a multiple of 6.
Default is 300 seconds.
Broadcast Storm Filter
Mode
To configure broadcast storm control, enable it and set the upper
threshold for individual ports. The threshold is the percentage of the
port's total bandwidth used by broadcast traffic. When broadcast traffic
for a port rises above the threshold you set, broadcast storm control
becomes active.
The valid threshold values are 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and OFF.
Default is "OFF".
Broadcast Storm Filter
Packets Select
To select broadcast storm Filter Packets type. If no packets type by
selected, mean can not filter any packets .The Broadcast Storm Filter
Mode will show OFF.
The selectable items as below:
•
Broadcast Packets
•
IP Multicast
•
Control Packets
•
Flooded Unicast / Multicast Packets
Collision Retry Forever
Provide Collision Retry Forever function "Disable" or 16, 32, 48 collision
numbers on Managed Switch. If this function is disabled, when a packet
meet a collision, the Managed Switch will retry 6 times before discard
the packets. Otherwise, the Managed Switch will retry until the packet is
successfully sent.
Default value is 16.
Hash Algorithm
Provide MAC address table Hashing setting on Managed Switch;
available options are CRC Hash and Direct Map.
Default mode is CRC-Hash.
802.1x protocol Enable / disable 802.1x protocol
Apply button Press the button to complete the configuration.
IP Configuration
The Managed Switch is a network device, which needs to be assigned an IP address
for being identified on the network. Users have to decide a means of assigning IP
address to the Managed Switch.