Dimension ES-2008 Ethernet Switch

Follow the instructions in the table below to configure this screen.

 

Table 5-1 Switching Configuration: Advanced

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

MAC Table

Select this check box to remove a MAC address from the MAC address

Address Entry

table after a duration specified in the field provided.

Age-out time

Enter the duration in seconds between 300 and 765 that an inactive MAC

 

address remains in the switch's MAC address table. The default is 300

 

seconds.

Bridge

Select 1 sec, 2 sec or 4 sec from the pull down list box to limit the packet

Transmit

queuing time in the switch. If enabled, the packets queued beyond the

Delay Bound

time period specified here will be dropped.

 

Select OFF to disable this feature. This is the default setting.

 

 

Broadcast

Threshold is the percentage of the port's total bandwidth used by

Storm Filter

broadcast traffic. When broadcast traffic for a port increases above the

Mode

threshold, broadcast storm control becomes active.

 

Select a percentage number from the drop-down list box to set the

 

threshold of the ports.

 

Select OFF to disable this feature. This is the default setting.

 

 

Priority Queue Service

Select a priority queuing type.

First Come

Select this option to send packets in the order of arrival.

First Served

 

 

 

All High

Select this option to send all high priority packets before sending packet

Before Low

with low priority.

 

 

WRR

Select the Weighted Round Robin (WRR) option to send packets

 

depending on the weight (or priority) in the Packet Weight field.

 

For example, if Packet Weight is 2, then the switch sends out two

 

packets with higher priority for every one low priority packet sent.

Packet

This is the high weight and low weight ratio.

Weight (High:

Specify the number of high priority packets to send. The number must be

Low)

bigger than 1.

 

Note: The default value for the low weight value is 1. You cannot change

 

this number.

 

 

Enable Delay

Select this option and specify a time in the Max Delay Time field (in

Bound

milliseconds) to specify a time period a low priority packet is allowed to

 

queue in the switch.

 

 

5-2

Advanced Switch Configuration