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Chapter 5 Performing Advanced Management Activities
Advanced management activities consist of the L2 switching database, IP Networking, bridging, static
filtering, spanning tree, SNMP, other protocols (GVRP and IGMP), Port Trunking, port mirroring, QoS
Setup and File Transfer. To perform advanced management activities:
1. From the Switch Management screen (see Figure 4-1), highlight Advanced Management and press
Enter. The Advanced Management screen in Figure 5-1 appears.
FIGURE 5-1 ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SCREEN

2. From the Advanced Management screen, highlight the desired option and press the Enter key:
L2 Switching DataBase lets you view and change VLAN, PVID, MAC address, IP
multicast group, MAC address, and port perspectives. See section 5.1 “Switching Database
Configuration”.
IP Networking — lets you view or change IP settings, ARP and routing table parameters,
DHCP gateway settings, and ping settings. See section 5.6 “IP Networking”.
Bridging — lets you view and change the aging period for a MAC address and the flood
limit for all ports. See section 5.7 “Bridging”.
Static Filtering — lets you view, add, delete, or search all source or destination MAC
addresses to be filtered. See section 5.8 “Static Filtering”.
Spanning Tree — lets you view and change spanning tree configurations, port states, path
costs, and port priorities. See section 5.9 “Spanning Tree Functions”.