User`s guide

Table of Contents
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Chapter 2
Managing a Switch ...........................................................................................................................................................................................39
Configuring the Switch IP Parameters .........................................................................................................................................................40
Setting IP Parameters................................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol ....................................................................................................................................................45
Activating or Deactivating STP and Configuring the Port Parameters ................................................................................... 46
Configuring STP Parameters................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Enabling or Disabling IGMP Snooping ........................................................................................................................................................51
Naming a Switch ..................................................................................................................................................................................................53
Resetting a Switch ...............................................................................................................................................................................................54
Reassigning the Default Settings for the Switch ......................................................................................................................................55
Configuring the RS232 Port .............................................................................................................................................................................56
Running Diagnostics ..........................................................................................................................................................................................59
Displaying the Activity Monitor .....................................................................................................................................................................61
Pinging a Device ..................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Chapter 3
Configuring the Ports .....................................................................................................................................................................................65
Displaying Port Status ........................................................................................................................................................................................66
Configuring Port Parameters ..........................................................................................................................................................................68
Configuring Port Trunks ....................................................................................................................................................................................72
Guidelines...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Creating a Port Trunk ................................................................................................................................................................................ 75
Deleting a Port Trunk ................................................................................................................................................................................ 77
Configuring Port Mirroring ..............................................................................................................................................................................78
Enabling Port Mirroring............................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Disabling Port Mirroring........................................................................................................................................................................... 80
Configuring Port Security .................................................................................................................................................................................81
Chapter 4
Configuring the MAC Address Table .......................................................................................................................................................85
MAC Address Table .............................................................................................................................................................................................86
Displaying the MAC Address Table ...................................................................................................................................................... 87
Displaying the MAC Addresses of a Port............................................................................................................................................ 88
Displaying the Port Number of a MAC Address............................................................................................................................... 89
Clearing All Dynamic MAC Addresses................................................................................................................................................. 90
Changing the Aging Time of the MAC Address Table................................................................................................................... 90
Static MAC Address Table .................................................................................................................................................................................92
Displaying the Static MAC Address Table.......................................................................................................................................... 92
Adding Addresses to the Static MAC Address Table ..................................................................................................................... 93
Deleting Addresses from the Static MAC Address Table.............................................................................................................. 95
Clearing the Static MAC Address Table .............................................................................................................................................. 96
Multicast Addresses ............................................................................................................................................................................................97
Configuring a Multicast Address........................................................................................................................................................... 97
Changing a Multicast Port Assignment.............................................................................................................................................. 99
Deleting a Multicast Address.................................................................................................................................................................. 99