NETGEAR GS748TS-100NAS, GS748TNA user manual Creating Port Trunks to Increase Link Bandwidth

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Selecting a Management VLAN

1.From the main Navigation Pane menu, select:

Switch VLAN Management VLAN; the Management VLAN window appears.

2.In the Management VLAN ID window, select the VID that you want to use for switch management.

3.Click Apply

Creating Port Trunks to Increase Link Bandwidth

Port Trunking (otherwise known as Port Aggregation) enables multiple links between switches to work as one virtual link (aggregate link) to provide greater bandwidth than would be available by confining the traffic to a single port. Trunks can be defined for similar port types only. For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. Trunks can only be formed within the same bank. A bank is a set of ports, such as ports 1 to 8, ports 9 to 16, or 17 to 20, on the same switch unit. Up to ten trunks can be operating at the same time.

Trunking groups in the Trunk Table are set disabled by default. For each trunk group, trunk members are pre-set for selection. The following diagram shows a typical port trunking arrangement.

Configuring the Switch

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Contents NETGEAR, Inc Statement of Conditions TrademarksCertificate of the Manufacturer/Importer Bestätigung des Herstellers/ImporteursEurope EU Declaration of Conformity Regulatory Compliance InformationFCC Information to User FCC Requirements for Operation in the United StatesGS748T Smart Switch Product and Publication Details Contents Appendix a Specifications and Default Values Appendix C Network Cabling V2.0, April How to Use This Book About This ManualWho Should Use this Book Bold Conventions, Formats and ScopeHtml Manual Navigation How to Print this ManualDocument Date Version Description Part Number Revision HistorySwitch Management Interface Chapter Switch Management OverviewSystem Requirements Switch Management MethodsNetwork with Dhcp server Getting Started-Smart Wizard DiscoveryNetwork without Dhcp Server Manually Assigning Network Parameters V2.0, April Web Access Password ChangeAdditional Utilities Firmware Upgrade Exit V2.0, April Starting Web Management Chapter Basic Web ManagementNetgear Home Page and Switch Status V2.0, April Description of Switch Status Parameters V2.0, April System Functions Firmware Menu Managing System Files-Backup and RestoreFactory Reset To restore saved settingsTo back up files Logout Resetting the SystemV2.0, April Using the Switch Configuration Utility Chapter Configuring the SwitchPort Configuration Viewing Packet Statistics V2.0, April Regulating Traffic Rates using Quality of Service Settings Port-based QoSIeee 802.1p-based QoS Differentiated Services Code Point DSCP-based QoS Vlan Adding and Configuring Ieee 802.1Q Vlan Groups Reconfiguring an Ieee 802.1Q Vlan Group Reconfiguring a Port-based Vlan Adding and Configuring Port-based VLANsSelecting a Management Vlan Creating Port Trunks to Increase Link BandwidthSetting up Port Trunks Removing Port Trunks Using a Sniffer Port to Monitor TrafficControlling Per-port Packet Throughput Jumbo Frame SupportStorm Control Dropping Traffic that is Flooding a Port Using Spanning Tree Protocol to Prevent Path LoopsV2.0, April V2.0, April Enabling Switch Management using Snmp To Add a MAC Address Controlling Switch Access by MAC Address and Vlan IDUsing Igmp Snooping to Route Packets Based on Content Filtering Unknown Multicast PacketsTo Remove a MAC Address from the Table Setting Up Static Multicast Groups V2.0, April GS748T Smart Switch Specifications Appendix a Specifications and Default ValuesTable A-3. Port Characteristics GS748T Smart Switch Features and DefaultsTable A-8. Other Features Smart Wizard Enabled Statistics Per port Appendix B Virtual Local Area Networks VLANs Example Ieee 802.1Q VLANsPort-based VLANs Port-based Vlan Example ConfigurationResults of this Configuration Appendix C Network Cabling Fast Ethernet Cable GuidelinesCategory 5 Cable Twisted Pair Cables Category 5 Cable SpecificationsFigure C-1Straight-Through Twisted-Pair Cable Patch Panels and CablesCabling Using 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet over Category 5 CableNear End Cross Talk Next LengthReturn Loss Patch Cables RJ-45 Plug and RJ-45 ConnectorsConclusion V2.0, April