User Manual

Table Of Contents
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Contents
Chapter 1 Get Started
Available publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switch management and discovery overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Change the default IP address of the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Discover or change the switch IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Discover a switch in a network with a DHCP server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Discover a switch in a network without a DHCP server. . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Use the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool to access the switch . . . . . . .17
Use the NETGEAR Insight app to discover and register the switch . . .18
Configure a static IP address from a directly connected computer . . .19
About the user interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Requirements for the local browser interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Supported web browsers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Access the local browser interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Navigation tabs, configuration menus, and page menu. . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Configuration and status options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Buttons in the local browser interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
User-defined fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Change the language of the local browser interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Use the Device View of the local browser interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Power LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Fan LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Interface naming conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configure interface settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Context–sensitive help and access to the support website . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Access the user manual online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Register your product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 2 Configure System Information
View or define system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
View the temperature sensor information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
View the fan status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
View the status of the power supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
View the software versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
View the system CPU status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Configure the CPU thresholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
View the USB device information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Configure the IP network settings for management access . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configure the IPv4 network and VLAN settings for the