XG Series User’s Guide Contents
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Chapter 4 Switch Functions and their Configuration........................................... 59
4.1 Basic Switch Functions ..........................................................................................................................61
4.1.1 Switching Mode (XG2600) ......................................................................................................................61
4.1.2 MAC Address Table Management ..........................................................................................................62
4.1.3 Jumbo Frame Support ..............................................................................................................................63
4.1.4 Flow Control ............................................................................................................................................63
4.1.5 Storm Control ...........................................................................................................................................63
4.1.6 Egress Rate Control (XG2600 Only) .......................................................................................................64
4.2 Port Mirroring ........................................................................................................................................65
4.3 Link Down Relay ...................................................................................................................................66
4.4 Link Aggregation ...................................................................................................................................67
4.4.1 Configuring Link Aggregation .................................................................................................................68
4.4.2 Frame Distribution Methods in Link Aggregation ..................................................................................69
4.4.3 The Number of Ports That Require Linkup .............................................................................................70
4.4.4 Notes on Link Aggregation ......................................................................................................................70
4.5 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ...............................................................................................................71
4.5.1 Port Roles Based on Spanning Tree .........................................................................................................72
4.5.2 Spanning Tree Protocol Port States .........................................................................................................72
4.5.3 Configuring Spanning Tree ......................................................................................................................73
4.6 VLAN ....................................................................................................................................................74
4.6.1 Port-Based VLAN ....................................................................................................................................74
4.6.2 Tag-Based (IEEE802.1Q) VLAN ............................................................................................................75
4.7 Quality of Service (QoS) .......................................................................................................................76
4.8 IGMP Snooping .....................................................................................................................................77
4.8.1 Registering Group Members ....................................................................................................................78
4.8.2 Removing Group Members ......................................................................................................................79
4.8.3 Managing Group Members ......................................................................................................................80
4.8.4 IGMP Querier ..........................................................................................................................................81
4.8.5 Configuring IGMP Snooping ...................................................................................................................82
4.9 Network Management ............................................................................................................................83
4.9.1 Traffic Statistics .......................................................................................................................................83
4.9.2 SNMP Agent ............................................................................................................................................83
4.9.3 RMON ......................................................................................................................................................84
Chapter 5 Command Reference ............................................................................. 85
5.1 Port Information Settings .......................................................................................................................89
5.1.1 Ethernet Common Information ................................................................................................................90
5.1.1.1 forwardingmode .......................................................................................................................90
5.1.1.2 ether use ...................................................................................................................................91
5.1.1.3 ether media ...............................................................................................................................92
5.1.1.4 ether mode ................................................................................................................................93
5.1.1.5 ether duplex ..............................................................................................................................94
5.1.1.6 ether mdi ..................................................................................................................................95
5.1.1.7 ether flowctl .............................................................................................................................96
5.1.1.8 ether type ..................................................................................................................................97
5.1.1.9 ether vlan tag ..........................................................................................................................100
5.1.1.10 ether vlan untag ......................................................................................................................101
5.1.1.11 ether egress permission ..........................................................................................................102
5.1.1.12 ether loopdetect use ................................................................................................................102
5.1.1.13 ether loopdetect frame ............................................................................................................103
5.1.1.14 ether startup ............................................................................................................................104