Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch

Shared resources such as a server can be used by all ports in the same VLAN as the server. In the following figure only ports that need access to the server need to be part of VLAN 1. Ports can belong to other VLAN groups too.

Figure 4 Shared Server Using VLAN Example

1.1.5 IPv6 Support

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is designed to enhance IP address size and features. The increase in IPv6 address size to 128 bits (from the 32-bit IPv4 address) allows up to 3.4 x 1038 IP addresses. At the time of writing, the Switch supports the following features.

•Static address assignment and stateless auto-configuration

•Neighbor Discovery Protocol (a protocol used to discover other IPv6 devices in a network)

•Remote Management using ping SNMP, telnet and HTTP services

•ICMPv6 to report errors encountered in packet processing and perform diagnostic functions, such as "ping”

•IPv4/IPv6 dual stack; the Switch can run IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time

•Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping and proxy

1.2Ways to Manage the Switch

Use any of the following methods to manage the Switch.

•Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the Switch using a (supported) web browser.

•SNMP. The device can be monitored and/or managed by an SNMP manager.

1.3Good Habits for Managing the Switch

Do the following things regularly to make the Switch more secure and to manage the Switch more effectively.

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