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1.3
Main Configuration Functions
After the login is successfully validated, the switch’s home page –
System Configuration
will be
displayed. The left section of the page provides various function menus to activate the individual
configuration page s. The home page is shown below:
The function menu contains two parts:
Switch
for setting up the switch functions and
System
for maintaining the system parameters.
Switch functions :
n
Port Status
– Indicates port status and enables port configuration parameters
n
Port VLAN
– Configures port-based VLAN’s
n
802.1Q VLAN
– Configures tag-based VLAN’s
n
Trunk
–Enable and configure Trunkning
n
Mirror
– Setup port mirroring functions
n
QOS
– Configure Quality of Service functions
n
Rate Control
–Limit traffic rate and broadcast storm suppression on a per-port-basis
n
Address Management
– Manage static MAC entries in the address table
System functions:
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Setup
– Configure system information (such as IP address, etc.)
n
Account
– Maintain login information for access to the switch
n
Reset
– Reboot the switch with or without writing default configurations
n
Firmware Update
– Update the firmware through TFTP
The following sections will describe how to configure these functions in detail.
