Spanning Tree ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15
802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree.......................................................................................................................................... 15
VLANs ................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
802.1Q VLAN Packet Forwarding ................................................................................................................................. 17
802.1Q VLAN Tags........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Port VLAN ID................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Tagging and Untagging................................................................................................................................................... 19
Ingress Filtering .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
802.1x Port-Based and MAC-Based Access Control.......................................................................................................... 20
Authentication Server ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
Authenticator................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Client............................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Authentication Process.................................................................................................................................................... 23
Port-Based Network Access Control .............................................................................................................................. 23
MAC-Based Network Access Control ............................................................................................................................ 25
DHCP.................................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Web-Based Network Management...................................................................................................................................... 27
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Getting Started .................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Basic Setup.......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Switch Information ......................................................................................................................................................... 31
Basic Switch Setup.......................................................................................................................................................... 33
Serial Port Settings.......................................................................................................................................................... 34
Port Configurations ............................................................................................................................................................ 35
Port Description Settings ................................................................................................................................................ 37
Traffic Segmentation Table............................................................................................................................................. 38
User Accounts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39
SNMP Network Management.............................................................................................................................................. 41
SNMP V3........................................................................................................................................................................ 41
SNMP View Table .......................................................................................................................................................... 41
SNMP Community Table................................................................................................................................................ 42
SNMP Host Table ........................................................................................................................................................... 43
SNMP Group Table ........................................................................................................................................................ 44
Engine ID ........................................................................................................................................................................ 46
SNMP User Table ........................................................................................................................................................... 46
Management Station IP Addresses ..................................................................................................................................... 48
Switch Utilities .................................................................................................................................................................... 48
TFTP Services................................................................................................................................................................. 48
Network Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................ 52
Statistics .......................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Address Tables................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Status............................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Factory Reset ...................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Save Changes...................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Restart System................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Logout............................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Advanced Setup..................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Switch Advanced Settings.................................................................................................................................................... 62