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Table of Contents
PREFACE ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
QUICK START GUIDE ..................................................................................................................................... 5
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................ 6
CONSOLE CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................................... 7
WEB CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................................................. 9
PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 10
INDUSTRY MANAGED ETHERNET SWITCH ................................................................................................................... 10
PACKAGE CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 10
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS ........................................................................................................................................... 11
FRONT PANEL DISPLAY ........................................................................................................................................... 13
PHYSICAL PORTS ................................................................................................................................................... 14
SWITCH MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 15
INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................ 16
SELECTING A SITE FOR THE SWITCH ........................................................................................................................... 16
CONNECTING TO POWER ........................................................................................................................................ 16
CONNECTING TO YOUR NETWORK ............................................................................................................................ 18
SWITCH MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 19
MANAGEMENT ACCESS OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 19
ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE (CLI) ............................................................................................................................ 20
WEB MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 21
SNMP-BASED NETWORK MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 21
PROTOCOLS ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE ................................................................................................................................ 22
WEB-BASED BROWSER MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................... 23
SNMP & RMON MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 24
OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
SNMP AGENT AND MIB-2 (RFC 1213) .................................................................................................................. 24
RMON MIB (RFC 2819) & BRIDGE MIB (RFC 1493) .............................................................................................. 25
WEB-BASED BROWSER MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................... 27
LOGGING ON TO THE SWITCH ................................................................................................................................... 27
UNDERSTANDING THE BROWSER INTERFACE ............................................................................................................... 28
SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................................................... 30
PORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 38
SWITCHING .......................................................................................................................................................... 43
TRUNKING ........................................................................................................................................................... 47
STP / RING ......................................................................................................................................................... 48
VLAN ................................................................................................................................................................ 57
QOS ................................................................................................................................................................... 62
SNMP ............................................................................................................................................................... 65
802.1X .............................................................................................................................................................. 69
OTHER PROTOCOLS ............................................................................................................................................... 72
COMMAND LINE CONSOLE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 76
ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE .................................................................................................................................... 76
SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................................................... 89