Chapter 5 The Web Configurator

Table 5 Navigation Panel Links (continued)

LINK

DESCRIPTION

System Info

This link takes you to a screen that displays general system and

 

hardware monitoring information.

 

 

General Setup

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure general

 

identification information about 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 Setup

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the IP address,

 

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

 

name server) and set up to 64 IP routing domains.

 

 

Port Setup

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure settings for

 

individual Switch ports.

 

 

Advanced Application

 

 

VLAN

This 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 subnet based VLAN in these screens.

 

 

Static MAC

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure static MAC

Forwarding

addresses for a port. These static MAC addresses do not age out.

 

 

Static

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure static multicast

Multicast

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

Forwarding

age out.

 

 

Filtering

This 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/

Protocol

MSTP to prevent network loops.

 

 

Bandwidth

This link takes you to a screen where you can configure bandwidth limits

Control

on the Switch.

 

 

Broadcast

This link takes you to a screen to set up broadcast filters.

Storm 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

This link takes you to screens where you can logically aggregate physical

Aggregation

links to form one logical, higher-bandwidth link.

 

 

Port

This 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 screens where you can activate MAC address

 

learning and set the maximum number of MAC addresses to learn on a

 

port.

 

 

Classifier

This 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

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

Method

associated queue weights for each port.

 

 

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