Chapter 5 System

Table 5 System

(continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IP Address

This field indicates the IP address of the switch.

 

You can click the existing IP address to change it. See Section 5.1.1 on page 50.

 

Note: The DHCP client feature is disabled when you change the IP

 

address manually.

 

 

Subnet Mask

This field indicates the subnet mask of the switch.

 

 

Gateway

This field indicates the IP address of the default gateway.

 

 

L2 Table Aging

This field displays whether the L2 Table Aging is enabled or disabled. Click

 

Enabled/Disabled to change the L2 Table Aging settings.

 

 

Backup settings

Click this link to create and save a backup configuration file. See Section 5.1.3 on

 

page 51.

 

 

Restore

Click this link to upload an existing configuration file to the switch. See Section 5.1.4

settings

on page 51.

5.1.1 Configure IP Address

Use the Configure IP Address screen to The switch can receive an IP address from a DHCP server or you can set up the IP address manually. The following screen appears when you disable the DHCP client feature or click the existing IP address in the System > Status screen.

Figure 20 Configure IP Address

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 6 Configure IP Address

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IP Address

Enter the IP address of your switch in dotted decimal notation.

 

For example, 192.168.1.1.

 

 

Network Submask

Enter the IP subnet mask of your switch in dotted decimal

 

notation for example 255.255.255.0.

 

 

Gateway

Enter the IP address of the default outgoing gateway in dotted

 

decimal notation, for example 192.168.1.5.

 

 

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