D-Link DGS-3100 user manual User Guide Overview, Notes, Notices, and Cautions, Safety Cautions

DGS-3100 Series Gigabit Stackable Managed Switch User Manual

User Guide Overview

This section provides an overview to the DGS-3100 series and the DGS-3100-24TG Switch Manual, including the guide structure and a chapter overview:

•Section 1, Getting Started — Provides general background for understanding and using the Embedded Web System, including an explanation of the interface buttons and general system functions.

•Section 2, Defining the Basic Device Configuration — Provides information for viewing system information, defining IP addresses, managing stacking, defining ports, configuring SNMP management, and defining the system time settings.

•Section 3, Configuring L2 Features — Provides information for enabling and configuring Jumbo frames, VLANs, Trunks (LAGs), Traffic Segmentation, Multicast forwarding, and Spanning Tree.

•Section 4, Configuring Quality of Service — Provides information for ability to implement QoS and priority queuing within a network.

•Section 5, Security Features — Provides information for enabling and configuring device security.

•Section 6, Monitoring the Device — Provides information for monitoring the device.

•Section 7, Managing Power over Ethernet Devices — Provides information configuring the PoE function.

•Section 8, Defining Access Profile Lists — Provides information for configuring the ACL.

User Guide Overview

The DGS-3100 series/DGS-3100-24TG User Guide contains information for configuring and managing the DGS-3100 series/DGS-3100-24TG Switches. This guide is intended for network managers familiar with network management concepts and terminology.

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your device.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

Safety Cautions

Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system from potential damage. Throughout this safety section, the caution icon ( ) is used to indicate cautions and precautions that you need to review and follow.

To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the equipment, observe the following precautions.

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