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Table of Cont e nt s
CAUTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IV
ELECTRONIC EMISSION NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IV
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUC TION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
1-1. OVERVIEW OF 16 GIGABIT WEB SMART SWITCH ----------------------------------------------------------- 2
1-2. CHECKLIST-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
1-3. FEATURES--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
1-4. VIEW OF 16 GIGABIT WEB SMART SWITCH ------------------------------------------------------------------ 5
1-4-1. User Interfa ces on the Fro nt Panel (Bu tton, LE Ds and Plugs)---------------------------- 5
1-4-2. User Interfa ces on the Rea r Panel------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
1-5. VIEW OF THE OPTIONAL MODULES----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
2-1. STARTING 16 GIGABIT WEB SMART SWITCH UP------------------------------------------------------------8
2-1-1. Hardware an d Cable Install ation---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
2-1-2. Cabling Requ irement s------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
2-1-2-1 . Cabling Re quiremen ts for TP Ports--------------------------------------------------------- 10
2-1-2-2 . Cabling Re quiremen ts for 1000SX/ LX SFP Module --------------------------------- 10
2-1-2-3 . Swi tch Cascadi ng i n Topolog y-----------------------------------------------------------------11
2-1-3. Configuring the Management Agent of 16 Gigabi t Web Smart Swit ch-------------- 14
2-1-3-1. Configuring Management Agent of 16 Gigabit Web Smart Switch through
Ethe rnet Po rt----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 5
2-1-4. IP A ddress As sign ment--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6
2-2. TYPICAL APPLICATIONS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 1
CHAPTER 3. BASIC CO NCEPT AND MANAGEM E NT-------------------------------------------------- 23
3-1. WHAT’S THE ETHERNET------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 3
3-2. MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26
3-3. FLOW CONTROL---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32
3-4. HOW DOES A SWITCH WORK?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35
3-5. VIRTUAL LAN------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 9
3-6. LINK AGGREGATION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45
CHAPTER 4. OPE RATION OF WEB-BASED MANAGEM ENT-------------------------------------- 4 7
4-1. WEB MANAGEMENT HOME OVER VI EW ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 48
4-2. CONFIGURATION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 0
4-2-1. System Confi guratio n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 1
4-2-2. Ports Configu ration--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54
4-2-3. VLAN Mode Con figurati on---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55
4-2-4. VLAN Group Co nfigura tion--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58
4-2-5. PVID Configu ration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61
4-2-6. Aggre gation Confi gurati on ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63
4-2-7. Mirro r Co nfigu ration-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64
4-2-8. Quality of Se rvice Confi guration --------------------------------------------------------------------6 5
4-2-9. Bandwidth Ma nagemen t-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 4
4-2-10 . Trap Event Con figurati on---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76
4-2-11. Max. Packet Len gth------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 77