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Featured Functions

This chapter explains how to access EDS-518A’s various configuration, monitoring, and administration functions. There are three ways to access these functions: RS-232 console, Telnet console, and web browser. The serial console connection method, which requires using a short serial cable to connect EDS-518A to a PC’s COM port, can be used if you do not know EDS-518A’s IP address. The Telnet console and web browser connection methods can be used to access EDS-518A over an Ethernet LAN, or over the Internet.

The Web Console is the most user-friendly way to configure EDS-518A. In this chapter, we use the Web Console interface to introduce the functions. There are only a few differences between the Web Console, Serial Console, and Telnet Console.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

‰Configuring Basic Settings

‰Using Port Trunking

‰Configuring SNMP

‰Using Communication Redundancy

‰Using Traffic Prioritization

‰Using Virtual LAN

‰Using Multicast Filtering

‰Using Bandwidth Management

‰Using Port Access Control

‰Using Auto Warning

‰Using Line-Swap-Fast-Recovery

‰Using Set Device IP

‰Using Diagnosis

‰Using Monitor

‰Using the MAC Address Table

‰Using Event Log

‰Using HTTPS/SSL