Chapter 4 The Web Configurator

The following table describes the links in the navigation panel.Table 4 Navigation Panel Links
LINK

DESCRIPTION

Basic Settings

 

 

 

System InfoThis link takes you to a screen that displays general system and hardware

 

monitoring information.

 

 

General SetupThis link takes you to a screen where you can configure general identification

 

information and time settings for the Switch.

 

 

Switch Setup

This link takes you to a screen where you can set up global Switch parameters

 

such as VLAN type, MAC address learning, GARP and priority queues.

 

 

IP SetupThis link takes you to a screen where you can configure the management IP

 

address, subnet mask (necessary for Switch management) and DNS (domain

 

name server).

 

 

Port Setup

This link takes you to screens where you can configure speed, flow control and

 

priority settings for individual Switch ports.

 

 

Advanced Application

 

 

VLANThis link takes you to screens where you can configure port-based or 802.1Q

 

VLAN (depending on what you configured in the Switch Setup menu). You can

 

also configure a protocol based VLAN or a subnet based VLAN in these screens.

 

 

Static MAC

This link takes you to screens where you can configure static MAC addresses for a

Forwardingport. These static MAC addresses do not age out.

 

 

Static MulticastThis link takes you to a screen where you can configure static multicast MAC

Forwarding

addresses for port(s). These static multicast MAC addresses do not age out.

 

 

FilteringThis link takes you to a screen to set up filtering rules.

 

 

Spanning Tree

This link takes you to screens where you can configure the RSTP/MRSTP/MSTP to

Protocolprevent network loops.

 

 

BandwidthThis link takes you to screens where you can cap the maximum bandwidth
Controlallowed on a port.

 

 

Broadcast StormThis link takes you to a screen to set up broadcast filters.

Control

 

 

 

Mirroring

This link takes you to screens where you can copy traffic from one port or ports to

 

another port in order that you can examine the traffic from the first port without

 

interference.

 

 

Link Aggregation

This link takes you to screen where you can logically aggregate physical links to

 

form one logical, higher-bandwidth link.

 

 

PortThis link takes you to a screen where you can configure IEEE 802.1x port
Authentication

authentication as well as MAC authentication for clients communicating via the

 

Switch.

 

 

Port Security

This link takes you to a screen where you can activate MAC address learning and

 

set the maximum number of MAC addresses to learn on a port.

 

 

ClassifierThis link takes you to a screen where you can configure the Switch to group

 

packets based on the specified criteria.

 

 

Policy Rule

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the Switch to perform

 

special treatment on the grouped packets.

 

 

Queuing Method

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure queuing with associated

 

queue weights for each port.

 

 

VLAN StackingThis link takes you to screens where you can activate and configure VLAN

 

stacking.

 

 

Multicast

This link takes you to screen where you can configure various multicast features,

 

IGMP snooping and create multicast VLANs.

 

 

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