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Insight Managed 8-Port Gigabit (Hi-Power) PoE+ Smart Cloud Switch with NETGEAR FlexPoE Power
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How to configure interface settings
The switch supports physical and logical interfaces. Interfaces are identified by their type and
the interface number. For all models, the physical ports include eight Gigabit Ethernet ports
and two SFP fiber ports. The ports are numbered on the front panel. You configure the logical
interfaces by using the software.
The following table describes the naming convention for all interfaces available on the switch.
Table 3. Naming conventions for interfaces
Interface Description Example
Physical The physical ports include gigabit ports and are numbered
sequentially starting from 1 using the following format: gY
.
g is for a 1G port and Y is the port number.
g1, g2, g8
Link aggregation
group (LAG)
LAG interfaces are logical interfaces that are used only for bridging
functions.
l1, l2, l4
CPU management
interface
This is the internal switch interface responsible for the switch base
MAC address.
This interface is not configurable and is always listed in
the MAC Address Table.
CPU
For some features you can apply the same settings simultaneously to any of the following:
• A single port
• Multiple ports
• All ports
• A single LAG
• Multiple LAGs
• All LAGs
• Multiple ports and LAGs
• All ports and LAGs
Many of the pages that allow you to configure or view interface settings include links to
display all ports, all LAGs, or all ports and LAGs on the page.
Use these links as follows:
• T
o display all ports, click the 1 link. The LAGs are not displayed.
• T
o display all LAGs, click the LAGS link. The ports are not displayed.
• T
o display all ports and LAGs, click the All link.
The procedures in this section describe how to select the ports and LAGs to configure. The
procedures assume that you are already logged in to the switch. If you do not know how to
log in to the switch, see
Access the switch on page 14.