2.5.Device Control Menu

The Device Control menu is used to control a broad range of functions, including port mode, port mirroring, port trunking, Spanning Tree, Virtual LANs, IP subnets, multicast filtering, and routing protocols. Each of the setup screens provided by these configuration menus is described in the following sections.

 

Device Control Menu

 

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System Mode ...

 

Layer 2 Menu ...

 

Bridge Menu ...

 

VLAN Menu ...

 

IGMP Snooping Configuration ...

 

 

 

 

IP Menu ...

 

Security Menu ...

 

<OK>

 

Change system operation mode.

 

Use <TAB> or arrow keys to move. <Enter> to select.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu

Description

System Mode³

Sets the switch to operate as a Layer 2 switch or as a multilayer

 

 

routing switch.

 

Layer 2

Menu Configures port communication mode, mirror ports, and port

 

 

trunking.

 

Bridge Menu

Configures the Spanning Tree Protocol for the bridge or for specific

 

 

ports, GMRP and GVRP for automatic registration of multicast and

 

 

VLAN groups, traffic class priority threshold, and address aging time.

 

VLAN Menu

Configures VLAN settings for specific ports, and defines the port

 

 

membership for VLAN groups.

 

IGMP Snooping

Configures IGMP multicast filtering.

 

Configuration¹

 

 

IP Menu²

Configures the subnets for each VLAN group, global configuration

 

 

for ARP and Proxy ARP, unicast and multicast protocols, static ARP

 

 

table entries, static routes and the default route.

 

Security Menu

Configures MAC and IP² address filtering and set the autolearn

 

 

function.

 

1.Only display when intelligent switch is set to Layer 2 mode or the switch is management model.

2.Only display when intelligent switch is set to multilayer mode. (Note that this menu

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LevelOne GSW-2600TXM manual Device Control Menu