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•Recurring If daylight saving time has fixed start and end dates, check this box and fill in these fields:
•From Specify the day, week, month, and time when daylight saving time will be enabled.
•To Specify the day, week, month, and time when dalight saving time will be disabled.
SNTP Servers
This is where you configure a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server. SNTP servers are used to set the system time and date automatically at set intervals.
Server1 The IP address of the primary SNTP server.
Server2 The IP address of a secondary SNTP server to be accessed if the primary SNTP server is unavailable.
SNTP Polling Interval Enter the polling interval in seconds. The valid range of values is 60 to 86400. The default value is 1024 seconds (approx. 17 minutes).
Setup > Stack Management
The Stack Management screen allows you to configure the settings for the Switch stack.
Setup > Stack Management
Master Election If you want the system to assign the master unit, keep the default setting, Automatically. If you want to specify the master unit yourself, select Force Master, then select unit 1 or 2 from the
NOTE: If unit 1 is the master unit and unit 1 becomes unavailable, unit 2 will immediately become the master unit. If unit 1 becomes available again within 10 minutes, unit 1 will be restored as the master unit. If unit 1 becomes available after 10 minutes, unit 2 will remain the master unit. In this case, to restore unit 1 as the master unit, set Master Election to specify unit 1 as the master unit, then reboot the stack.
Stacking Ports After Reset This indicates which Gigabit ports will be used for stacking when the system is reset. Select either Copper Ports (default) or Combo Ports.
Unit No. After Reset This is used to change the unit numbers of the switches in the stack when the system is reset. To change a switch’s unit number, locate the unit in the Unit No. column, then select the new unit number in the Unit No. After Reset column.
Port Management
The Port Management tab contains the Port Settings, Link Aggregation, and LACP screens.
Port Management > Port Settings
The Port Settings screen displays the settings for the ports on each switch in the system. The information on the Port Settings screen is
Port Management > Port Settings
The Port Settings screen displays the following information. For more information on these settings, refer to the “Port Configuration“ section.
Unit No. The unit (switch) that you are managing. The default is the Master unit’s number. To manage a different unit, select its number from the
Port The port number (preceded by the unit number). For example, 2/e1 indicates Unit 2, Ethernet Port 1.
Description The
Administrative Status Select Down to take the port offline. When Up is selected, the port can be accessed normally.
Link Status The port’s operational status. The value is either Up (the port has an active connection) or Down (the port has no active connection, or has been taken offline by an administrator).
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