4.5 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.
Menu | Description |
System Mode | 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. |
Configuration *1 |
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IP Menu *2 | Configures the subnets for each VLAN group, global configuration for unicast |
| and multicast routing protocols, IGMP snooping |
Security | Restrict access through MAC address or IP address*2 |
Jumbo Packet Menu | Allow the |
1:Only displayed for Layer 2 mode of
2:Only displayed for Multilayer mode of
3:Only displayed for
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