Chapter 5 System

Table 5 System

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LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

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 set up the IP address manually. The following screen appears when you 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.

 

 

5.1.2 Layer 2 (L2) Table Aging

L2 Table Aging defines the aging time of the Address Resolution Logic (ARL) table. This table learns and remembers MAC addresses of devices sending information through it. See Chapter 13 on page 83 for more background information. Click the link in the L2 Table Aging field to see the screen as shown next.

Figure 21 Configure L2 Table Aging

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