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Chapter 4 The Web Configurator
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The following table describes the links in the navigation panel.
Table 4
Navigation Panel Links
LINK DESCRIPTION
Basic Settings
System Info This link takes you to a screen that displays general system and hardware
monitoring information.
General Setup This link takes you to a screen where you can configure general identification
information and time settings for the Switch.
Switch Setup This link takes you to a screen where you can set up global Switch parameters
such as VLAN type, MAC address learning, GARP and priority queues.
IP Setup This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the management IP
address, subnet mask (necessary for Switch management) and DNS (domain
name server).
Port Setup This link takes you to screens where you can configure speed, flow control and
priority settings for individual Switch ports.
Advanced Application
VLAN This link takes you to screens where you can configure port-based or 802.1Q
VLAN (depending on what you configured in the Switch Setup menu). You can
also configure a protocol based VLAN or a subnet based VLAN in these screens.
Static MAC
Forwarding This link takes you to screens where you can configure static MAC addresses for a
port. These static MAC addresses do not age out.
Static Multicast
Forwarding This link takes you to a screen where you can configure static multicast MAC
addresses for port(s). These static multicast MAC addresses do not age out.
Filtering This link takes you to a screen to set up filtering rules.
Spanning Tree
Protocol This link takes you to screens where you can configure the RSTP/MRSTP/MSTP to
prevent network loops.
Bandwidth
Control This link takes you to screens where you can cap the maximum bandwidth
allowed on a port.
Broadcast Storm
Control This link takes you to a screen to set up broadcast filters.
Mirroring This link takes you to screens where you can copy traffic from one port or ports to
another port in order that you can examine the traffic from the first port without
interference.
Link Aggregation This link takes you to screen where you can logically aggregate physical links to
form one logical, higher-bandwidth link.
Port
Authentication This link takes you to a screen where you can configure IEEE 802.1x port
authentication as well as MAC authentication for clients communicating via the
Switch.
Port Security This link takes you to a screen where you can activate MAC address learning and
set the maximum number of MAC addresses to learn on a port.
Classifier This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the Switch to group
packets based on the specified criteria.
Policy Rule This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the Switch to perform
special treatment on the grouped packets.
Queuing Method This link takes you to a screen where you can configure queuing with associated
queue weights for each port.
VLAN Stacking This link takes you to screens where you can activate and configure VLAN
stacking.
Multicast This link takes you to screen where you can configure various multicast features,
IGMP snooping and create multicast VLANs.