MANAGEMENT GUIDE

EZ Switch™ 10/100/1000
Web Smart 10-Port Gigabit Ethernet PoE Switch

SMCGS10P-Smart
 Web Smart 10-Port GE PoE Switch
Management Guide

No. 1, Creation Road III,

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WARRANTY AND PRODUCT REGISTRATION
To register SMC products and to review the detailed warranty statement,
please refer to the Support Section of the SMC Website at http://
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 ABOUT THIS GUIDE

PURPOSE This guide gives specific information on how to operate and use the
management functions of the switch.

AUDIENCE The guide is intended for use by network administrators who are
responsible for operating and maintaining network equipment;
consequently, it assumes a basic working knowledge of general switch
functions, the Internet Protocol (IP), and Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP).

CONVENTIONS The following conventions are used throughout this guide to show
information:

NOTE: Emphasizes important information or calls your attention to related

features or instructions.

CAUTION: Alerts you to a potential hazard that could cause loss of data, or
damage the system or equipment.

WARNING: Alerts you to a potential hazard that could cause personal injury.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS The following publication details the hardware features of the switch,
including the physical and performance-related characteristics, and how to
install the switch:

The Installation Guide

Also, as part of the switch’s software, there is an online web-based help

that describes all management related features.

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ABOUT THIS GUIDE

REVISION HISTORY This section summarizes the changes in each revision of this guide.

FEBRUARY 2012 REVISION

This is the second version of this guide. This guide is valid for software
release v1.0.0.3. It includes the following changes:

◆ Updated phone and fax numbers for SMC headquarters

◆ Corrrected PVLAN ID range to 1-10

OCTOBER 2011 REVISION

This is the first version of this guide. This guide is valid for software release
v1.0.0.3.

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 CONTENTS

WARRANTY AND PRODUCT REGISTRATION 4

ABOUT THIS GUIDE 5
CONTENTS 7
FIGURES 13
TABLES 17

SECTION I GETTING STARTED 19

1 INTRODUCTION 20
Key Features 20
Description of Software Features 21
System Defaults 25
2 INITIAL SWITCH CONFIGURATION 28

SECTION II WEB CONFIGURATION 30

3 USING THE WEB INTERFACE 31
Navigating the Web Browser Interface 31
Home Page 31
Configuration Options 32
Panel Display 32
Main Menu 33
4 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH 41
Configuring System Information 41
Setting an IP Address 42
Setting an IPv4 Address 42
Setting an IPv6 Address 44
Configuring NTP Service 46
Configuring Remote Log Messages 47
Configuring Power Reduction 48

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Controlling LED Intensity 48

Reducing Power to Idle Queue Circuits 50
Configuring Thermal Protection 51
Configuring Port Connections 52
Configuring Security 55
Configuring User Accounts 55
Configuring User Privilege Levels 57
Configuring The Authentication Method For Management Access 59
Configuring SSH 61
Configuring HTTPS 62
Filtering IP Addresses for Management Access 63
Using Simple Network Management Protocol 65
Configuring Port Limit Controls 75
Configuring Authentication Through Network Access Servers 77
Filtering Traffic with Access Control Lists 88
Configuring DHCP Snooping 99
Configuring DHCP Relay and Option 82 Information 101
Configuring IP Source Guard 102
Configuring ARP Inspection 106
Specifying Authentication Servers 109
Creating Trunk Groups 111
Configuring Static Trunks 112
Configuring LACP 114
Configuring the Spanning Tree Algorithm 116
Configuring Global Settings for STA 118
Configuring Multiple Spanning Trees 122
Configuring Spanning Tree Bridge Priorities 124
Configuring STP/RSTP/CIST Interfaces 125
Configuring MIST Interfaces 129
Multicast VLAN Registration 130
IGMP Snooping 133
Configuring Global and Port-Related Settings for IGMP Snooping 134
Configuring VLAN Settings for IGMP Snooping and Query 137
Configuring IGMP Filtering 139
MLD Snooping 140
Configuring Global and Port-Related Settings for MLD Snooping 140

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Configuring VLAN Settings for MLD Snooping and Query 143

Configuring MLD Filtering 145
Link Layer Discovery Protocol 146
Configuring LLDP Timing and TLVs 146
Configuring LLDP-MED TLVs 149
Power over Ethernet 155
Configuring the MAC Address Table 158
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs 160
Assigning Ports to VLANs 161
Configuring VLAN Attributes for Port Members 162
Configuring Private VLANs 165
Using Port Isolation 166
Configuring MAC-based VLANs 167
Protocol VLANs 168
Configuring Protocol VLAN Groups 169
Mapping Protocol Groups to Ports 170
Managing VoIP Traffic 171
Configuring VoIP Traffic 172
Configuring Telephony OUI 174
Quality of Service 175
Configuring Port Classification 176
Configuring Egress Port Scheduler 178
Configuring Egress Port Shaper 181
Configuring Port Remarking Mode 181
Configuring Port DSCP Translation and Rewriting 184
Configuring DSCP-based QoS Ingress Classification 186
Configuring DSCP Translation 187
Configuring DSCP Classification 188
Configuring QoS Control Lists 189
Configuring Storm Control 193
Configuring Port Mirroring 194
Configuring UPnP 196
5 MONITORING THE SWITCH 199
Displaying Basic Information About the System 199
Displaying System Information 199
Displaying CPU Utilization 200

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Displaying Log Messages 201

Displaying Log Details 203
Displaying Thermal Protection 203
Displaying Information About Ports 204
Displaying Port Status On the Front Panel 204
Displaying an Overview of Port Statistics 205
Displaying QoS Statistics 205
Displaying QCL Status 206
Displaying Detailed Port Statistics 207
Displaying Information About Security Settings 210
Displaying Access Management Statistics 210
Displaying Information About Switch Settings for Port Security 211
Displaying Information About Learned MAC Addresses 213
Displaying Port Status for Authentication Services 214
Displaying Port Statistics for 802.1X or Remote Authentication
Service 215
Displaying ACL Status 219
Displaying Statistics for DHCP Snooping 221
Displaying DHCP Relay Statistics 222
Displaying MAC Address Bindings for ARP Packets 223
Displaying Entries in the IP Source Guard Table 224
Displaying Information on Authentication Servers 225
Displaying a List of Authentication Servers 225
Displaying Statistics for Configured Authentication Servers 226
Displaying Information on LACP 229
Displaying an Overview of LACP Groups 229
Displaying LACP Port Status 230
Displaying LACP Port Statistics 231
Displaying Information on the Spanning Tree 232
Displaying Bridge Status for STA 232
Displaying Port Status for STA 234
Displaying Port Statistics for STA 235
Displaying MVR Information 236
Displaying MVR Statistics 236
Displaying MVR Group Information 237
Showing IGMP Snooping Information 238
Showing IGMP Snooping Status 238

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Showing IGMP Snooping Group Information 239

Showing IPv4 SSM Information 240
Showing MLD Snooping Information 241
Showing MLD Snooping Status 241
Showing MLD Snooping Group Information 242
Showing IPv6 SSM Information 243
Displaying LLDP Information 244
Displaying LLDP Neighbor Information 244
Displaying LLDP-MED Neighbor Information 245
Displaying LLDP Neighbor EEE Information 247
Displaying LLDP Port Statistics 249
Displaying LLDP Neighbor PoE Information 250
Displaying PoE Status 251
Displaying the MAC Address Table 252
Displaying Information About VLANs 253
VLAN Membership 253
VLAN Port Status 254
Displaying Information About MAC-based VLANs 256
6 PERFORMING BASIC DIAGNOSTICS 257
Pinging an IPv4 or IPv6 Address 257
Running Cable Diagnostics 258
7 PERFORMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE 261
Restarting the Switch 261
Restoring Factory Defaults 262
Upgrading Firmware 262
Managing Configuration Files 263
Saving Configuration Settings 263
Restoring Configuration Settings 264

SECTION III APPENDICES 265

A SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS 266
Software Features 266
Management Features 267
Standards 268
Management Information Bases 268

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B TROUBLESHOOTING 270
Problems Accessing the Management Interface 270
Using System Logs 271
C LICENSE INFORMATION 272
The GNU General Public License 272
GLOSSARY 276
INDEX 284

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 FIGURES

Figure 1: Home Page 31

Figure 2: Front Panel Indicators 32
Figure 3: System Information Configuration 42
Figure 4: IP Configuration 44
Figure 5: IPv6 Configuration 46
Figure 6: NTP Configuration 47
Figure 7: Configuring Settings for Remote Logging of Error Messages 48
Figure 8: Configuring LED Power Reduction 49
Figure 9: Configuring EEE Power Reduction 51
Figure 10: Configuring Thermal Protection 52
Figure 11: Port Configuration 54
Figure 12: Showing User Accounts 56
Figure 13: Configuring User Accounts 57
Figure 14: Configuring Privilege Levels 58
Figure 15: Authentication Server Operation 59
Figure 16: Authentication Method for Management Access 61
Figure 17: SSH Configuration 62
Figure 18: HTTPS Configuration 63
Figure 19: Access Management Configuration 64
Figure 20: SNMP System Configuration 69
Figure 21: SNMPv3 Community Configuration 70
Figure 22: SNMPv3 User Configuration 72
Figure 23: SNMPv3 Group Configuration 73
Figure 24: SNMPv3 View Configuration 74
Figure 25: SNMPv3 Access Configuration 75
Figure 26: Port Limit Control Configuration 77
Figure 27: Using Port Security 78
Figure 28: Network Access Server Configuration 88
Figure 29: ACL Port Configuration 90
Figure 30: ACL Rate Limiter Configuration 91
Figure 31: Access Control List Configuration 98

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Figure 32: DHCP Snooping Configuration 101

Figure 33: DHCP Relay Configuration 102
Figure 34: Configuring Global and Port-based Settings for IP Source Guard 104
Figure 35: Configuring Static Bindings for IP Source Guard 106
Figure 36: Configuring Global and Port Settings for ARP Inspection 108
Figure 37: Configuring Static Bindings for ARP Inspection 109
Figure 38: Authentication Configuration 110
Figure 39: Static Trunk Configuration 114
Figure 40: LACP Port Configuration 116
Figure 41: STP Root Ports and Designated Ports 117
Figure 42: MSTP Region, Internal Spanning Tree, Multiple Spanning Tree 117
Figure 43: Common Internal Spanning Tree, Common Spanning Tree, Internal
Spanning Tree 118
Figure 44: STA Bridge Configuration 122
Figure 45: Adding a VLAN to an MST Instance 124
Figure 46: Configuring STA Bridge Priorities 125
Figure 47: STP/RSTP/CIST Port Configuration 128
Figure 48: MSTI Port Configuration 130
Figure 49: MVR Concept 131
Figure 50: Configuring MVR 133
Figure 51: Configuring Global and Port-related Settings for IGMP Snooping 136
Figure 52: Configuring VLAN Settings for IGMP Snooping and Query 138
Figure 53: IGMP Snooping Port Group Filtering Configuration 139
Figure 54: Configuring Global and Port-related Settings for MLD Snooping 143
Figure 55: Configuring VLAN Settings for MLD Snooping and Query 145
Figure 56: MLD Snooping Port Group Filtering Configuration 146
Figure 57: LLDP Configuration 149
Figure 58: LLDP-MED Configuration 155
Figure 59: Configuring PoE Settings 158
Figure 60: MAC Address Table Configuration 160
Figure 61: VLAN Membership Configuration 162
Figure 62: VLAN Port Configuration 164
Figure 63: Private VLAN Membership Configuration 166
Figure 64: Port Isolation Configuration 166
Figure 65: Configuring MAC-Based VLANs 168
Figure 66: Configuring Protocol VLANs 170
Figure 67: Assigning Ports to Protocol VLANs 171

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Figure 68: Configuring Global and Port Settings for a Voice VLAN 174
Figure 69: Configuring an OUI Telephony List 175
Figure 70: Configuring Ingress Port QoS Classification 177
Figure 71: Configuring Ingress Port Tag Classification 178
Figure 72: Displaying Egress Port Schedulers 180
Figure 73: Configuring Egress Port Schedulers and Shapers 180
Figure 74: Displaying Egress Port Shapers 181
Figure 75: Displaying Port Tag Remarking Mode 183
Figure 76: Configuring Port Tag Remarking Mode 184
Figure 77: Configuring Port DSCP Translation and Rewriting 186
Figure 78: Configuring DSCP-based QoS Ingress Classification 187
Figure 79: Configuring DSCP Translation and Re-mapping 188
Figure 80: Mapping DSCP to CoS/DPL Values 189
Figure 81: QoS Control List Configuration 193
Figure 82: Storm Control Configuration 194
Figure 83: Mirror Configuration 195
Figure 84: UPnP Configuration 197
Figure 85: System Information 200
Figure 86: CPU Load 201
Figure 87: System Log Information 202
Figure 88: Detailed System Log Information 203
Figure 89: Thermal Protection Status 204
Figure 90: Port State Overview 204
Figure 91: Port Statistics Overview 205
Figure 92: Queueing Counters 206
Figure 93: QoS Control List Status 207
Figure 94: Detailed Port Statistics 209
Figure 95: Access Management Statistics 210
Figure 96: Port Security Switch Status 212
Figure 97: Port Security Port Status 213
Figure 98: Network Access Server Switch Status 215
Figure 99: NAS Statistics for Specified Port 219
Figure 100: ACL Status 220
Figure 101: DHCP Snooping Statistics 222
Figure 102: DHCP Relay Statistics 223
Figure 103: Dynamic ARP Inspection Table 224

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Figure 104: Dynamic IP Source Guard Table 224

Figure 105: RADIUS Overview 225
Figure 106: RADIUS Details 229
Figure 107: LACP System Status 230
Figure 108: LACP Port Status 231
Figure 109: LACP Port Statistics 231
Figure 110: Spanning Tree Bridge Status 234
Figure 111: Spanning Tree Detailed Bridge Status 234
Figure 112: Spanning Tree Port Status 235
Figure 113: Spanning Tree Port Statistics 236
Figure 114: MVR Statistics 237
Figure 115: MVR Group Information 238
Figure 116: IGMP Snooping Status 239
Figure 117: IGMP Snooping Group Information 240
Figure 118: IPv4 SSM Information 241
Figure 119: MLD Snooping Status 242
Figure 120: MLD Snooping Group Information 243
Figure 121: IPv6 SSM Information 243
Figure 122: LLDP Neighbor Information 245
Figure 123: LLDP-MED Neighbor Information 247
Figure 124: LLDP Neighbor EEE Information 248
Figure 125: LLDP Port Statistics 250
Figure 126: LLDP Neighbor PoE Information 251
Figure 127: Power over Ethernet Status 252
Figure 128: MAC Address Table 253
Figure 129: Showing VLAN Members 254
Figure 130: Showing VLAN Port Status 255
Figure 131: Showing MAC-based VLAN Configuration 256
Figure 132: ICMP Ping 258
Figure 133: VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics 259
Figure 134: Restart Device 261
Figure 135: Factory Defaults 262
Figure 136: Software Upload 263
Figure 137: Configuration Save 264
Figure 138: Configuration Upload 264

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 TABLES

Table 1: Key Features 20

Table 2: System Defaults 25
Table 3: Web Page Configuration Buttons 32
Table 4: Main Menu 33
Table 5: HTTPS System Support 63
Table 6: SNMP Security Models and Levels 65
Table 7: Dynamic QoS Profiles 81
Table 8: QCE Modification Buttons 92
Table 9: Recommended STA Path Cost Range 126
Table 10: Recommended STA Path Costs 126
Table 11: Default STA Path Costs 126
Table 12: QCE Modification Buttons 190
Table 13: System Capabilities 244
Table 14: Troubleshooting Chart 270

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SECTION I
GETTING STARTED

This section provides an overview of the switch, and introduces some basic
concepts about network switches. It also describes the basic settings
required to access the management interface.

This section includes these chapters:

◆ "Introduction" on page 20

◆ "Initial Switch Configuration" on page 28

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1 INTRODUCTION

This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching. It

includes a management agent that allows you to configure the features
listed in this manual. The default configuration can be used for most of the
features provided by this switch. However, there are many options that you
should configure to maximize the switch’s performance for your particular
network environment.

KEY FEATURES
Table 1: Key Features

Feature Description

Configuration Backup Backup to management station using Web

and Restore

Authentication Telnet, Web – user name/password, RADIUS, TACACS+

Web – HTTPS
Telnet – SSH
SNMP v1/2c - Community strings
SNMP version 3 – MD5 or SHA password
Port – IEEE 802.1X, MAC address filtering

General Security Private VLANs

Measures Port Authentication
Port Security
DHCP Snooping (with Option 82 relay information)
IP Source Guard

Access Control Lists Supports up to 256 rules

DHCP Client

DNS Client and Proxy service

Port Configuration Speed, duplex mode, flow control, MTU, response to excessive
collisions, power saving mode

Rate Limiting Input rate limiting per port (manual setting or ACL)

Port Mirroring 1 sessions, up to 10 source port to one analysis port per session

Port Trunking Supports up to 5 trunks – static or dynamic trunking (LACP)

Congestion Control Throttling for broadcast, multicast, unknown unicast storms

Address Table 8K MAC addresses in the forwarding table, 1000 static MAC
addresses, 1K L2 IGMP multicast groups and 128 MVR groups

IP Version 4 and 6 Supports IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, management, and QoS

IEEE 802.1D Bridge Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning

Store-and-Forward Supported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad

Switching frames

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Table 1: Key Features (Continued)

Feature Description

Spanning Tree Algorithm Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and
Multiple Spanning Trees (MSTP)

Virtual LANs Up to 4K using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based, private

VLANs, and voice VLANs, and QinQ tunnel

Traffic Prioritization Queue mode and CoS configured by Ethernet type, VLAN ID, TCP/
UDP port, DSCP, ToS bit, VLAN tag priority, or port

Qualify of Service Supports Differentiated Services (DiffServ), and DSCP remarking

Link Layer Discovery Used to discover basic information about neighboring devices
Protocol

Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query, MLD snooping, and Multicast
VLAN Registration

DESCRIPTION OF SOFTWARE FEATURES

The switch provides a wide range of advanced performance enhancing
features. Flow control eliminates the loss of packets due to bottlenecks
caused by port saturation. Storm suppression prevents broadcast,
multicast, and unknown unicast traffic storms from engulfing the network.
Untagged (port-based), tagged, and protocol-based VLANs provide traffic
security and efficient use of network bandwidth. CoS priority queueing
ensures the minimum delay for moving real-time multimedia data across
the network. While multicast filtering provides support for real-time
network applications.

Some of the management features are briefly described below.

CONFIGURATION You can save the current configuration settings to a file on the
BACKUP AND management station (using the web interface) or a TFTP server (using the
RESTORE console interface through Telnet), and later download this file to restore
the switch configuration settings.

AUTHENTICATION This switch authenticates management access via a web browser. User
names and passwords can be configured locally or can be verified via a
remote authentication server (i.e., RADIUS or TACACS+). Port-based
authentication is also supported via the IEEE 802.1X protocol. This protocol
uses Extensible Authentication Protocol over LANs (EAPOL) to request user
credentials from the 802.1X client, and then uses the EAP between the
switch and the authentication server to verify the client’s right to access
the network via an authentication server (i.e., RADIUS or TACACS+
server).

Other authentication options include HTTPS for secure management access

via the web, SSH for secure management access over a Telnet-equivalent
connection, SNMP Version 3, IP address filtering for SNMP/Telnet/web
management access, and MAC address filtering for port access.

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ACCESS CONTROL ACLs provide packet filtering for IP frames (based on protocol, TCP/UDP
LISTS port number or frame type) or layer 2 frames (based on any destination
MAC address for unicast, broadcast or multicast, or based on VLAN ID or
VLAN tag priority). ACLs can by used to improve performance by blocking
unnecessary network traffic or to implement security controls by restricting
access to specific network resources or protocols. Policies can be used to
differentiate service for client ports, server ports, network ports or guest
ports. They can also be used to strictly control network traffic by only
allowing incoming frames that match the source MAC and source IP on
specific port.

PORT CONFIGURATION You can manually configure the speed and duplex mode, and flow control
used on specific ports, or use auto-negotiation to detect the connection
settings used by the attached device. Use the full-duplex mode on ports
whenever possible to double the throughput of switch connections. Flow
control should also be enabled to control network traffic during periods of
congestion and prevent the loss of packets when port buffer thresholds are
exceeded. The switch supports flow control based on the IEEE 802.3x
standard (now incorporated in IEEE 802.3-2002).

RATE LIMITING This feature controls the maximum rate for traffic transmitted or received
on an interface. Rate limiting is configured on interfaces at the edge of a
network to limit traffic into or out of the network. Traffic that falls within
the rate limit is transmitted, while packets that exceed the acceptable
amount of traffic are dropped.

PORT MIRRORING The switch can unobtrusively mirror traffic from any port to a monitor port.
You can then attach a protocol analyzer or RMON probe to this port to
perform traffic analysis and verify connection integrity.

PORT TRUNKING Ports can be combined into an aggregate connection. Trunks can be
manually set up or dynamically configured using Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP – IEEE 802.3-2005). The additional ports dramatically
increase the throughput across any connection, and provide redundancy by
taking over the load if a port in the trunk should fail. The switch supports
up to 5 trunks.

STORM CONTROL Broadcast, multicast and unknown unicast storm suppression prevents
traffic from overwhelming the network.When enabled on a port, the level of
broadcast traffic passing through the port is restricted. If broadcast traffic
rises above a pre-defined threshold, it will be throttled until the level falls
back beneath the threshold.

STATIC ADDRESSES A static address can be assigned to a specific interface on this switch.
Static addresses are bound to the assigned interface and will not be
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be ignored and will not be written to the address table. Static addresses
can be used to provide network security by restricting access for a known
host to a specific port.

IEEE 802.1D BRIDGE The switch supports IEEE 802.1D transparent bridging. The address table
facilitates data switching by learning addresses, and then filtering or
forwarding traffic based on this information. The address table supports up
to 16K addresses.

STORE-AND-FORWARD The switch copies each frame into its memory before forwarding them to
SWITCHING another port. This ensures that all frames are a standard Ethernet size and
have been verified for accuracy with the cyclic redundancy check (CRC).
This prevents bad frames from entering the network and wasting
bandwidth.

To avoid dropping frames on congested ports, the switch provides 8 MB for

frame buffering. This buffer can queue packets awaiting transmission on
congested networks.

SPANNING TREE The switch supports these spanning tree protocols:

ALGORITHM
◆ Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, IEEE 802.1D) – Supported by using the
STP backward compatible mode provided by RSTP. STP provides loop
detection. When there are multiple physical paths between segments,
this protocol will choose a single path and disable all others to ensure
that only one route exists between any two stations on the network.
This prevents the creation of network loops. However, if the chosen
path should fail for any reason, an alternate path will be activated to
maintain the connection.

◆ Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP, IEEE 802.1w) – This protocol

reduces the convergence time for network topology changes to about 3
to 5 seconds, compared to 30 seconds or more for the older IEEE
802.1D STP standard. It is intended as a complete replacement for STP,
but can still interoperate with switches running the older standard by
automatically reconfiguring ports to STP-compliant mode if they detect
STP protocol messages from attached devices.

◆ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP, IEEE 802.1s) – This protocol is

a direct extension of RSTP. It can provide an independent spanning tree
for different VLANs. It simplifies network management, provides for
even faster convergence than RSTP by limiting the size of each region,
and prevents VLAN members from being segmented from the rest of
the group (as sometimes occurs with IEEE 802.1D STP).

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VIRTUAL LANS The switch supports up to 4096 VLANs. A Virtual LAN is a collection of
network nodes that share the same collision domain regardless of their
physical location or connection point in the network. The switch supports
tagged VLANs based on the IEEE 802.1Q standard. Members of VLAN
groups can be manually assigned to a specific set of VLANs. This allows the
switch to restrict traffic to the VLAN groups to which a user has been
assigned. By segmenting your network into VLANs, you can:

◆ Eliminate broadcast storms which severely degrade performance in a

flat network.

◆ Simplify network management for node changes/moves by remotely

configuring VLAN membership for any port, rather than having to
manually change the network connection.

◆ Provide data security by restricting all traffic to the originating VLAN.

◆ Use private VLANs to restrict traffic to pass only between data ports
and the uplink ports, thereby isolating adjacent ports within the same
VLAN, and allowing you to limit the total number of VLANs that need to
be configured.

◆ Use protocol VLANs to restrict traffic to specified interfaces based on

protocol type.

IEEE 802.1Q This feature is designed for service providers carrying traffic for multiple
TUNNELING (QINQ) customers across their networks. QinQ tunneling is used to maintain
customer-specific VLAN and Layer 2 protocol configurations even when
different customers use the same internal VLAN IDs. This is accomplished
by inserting Service Provider VLAN (SPVLAN) tags into the customer’s
frames when they enter the service provider’s network, and then stripping
the tags when the frames leave the network.

TRAFFIC This switch prioritizes each packet based on the required level of service,
PRIORITIZATION using four priority queues with strict or Weighted Round Robin queuing. It
uses IEEE 802.1p and 802.1Q tags to prioritize incoming traffic based on
input from the end-station application. These functions can be used to
provide independent priorities for delay-sensitive data and best-effort data.

This switch also supports several common methods of prioritizing layer 3/4
traffic to meet application requirements. Traffic can be prioritized based on
the priority bits in the IP frame’s Type of Service (ToS) octet or the number
of the TCP/UDP port. When these services are enabled, the priorities are
mapped to a Class of Service value by the switch, and the traffic then sent
to the corresponding output queue.

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QUALITY OF SERVICE Differentiated Services (DiffServ) provides policy-based management

mechanisms used for prioritizing network resources to meet the
requirements of specific traffic types on a per-hop basis. Each packet is
classified upon entry into the network based on access lists, DSCP values,
or VLAN lists. Using access lists allows you select traffic based on Layer 2,
Layer 3, or Layer 4 information contained in each packet. Based on
network policies, different kinds of traffic can be marked for different kinds
of forwarding.

MULTICAST FILTERING Specific multicast traffic can be assigned to its own VLAN to ensure that it
does not interfere with normal network traffic and to guarantee real-time
delivery by setting the required priority level for the designated VLAN. The
switch uses IGMP Snooping and Query to manage multicast group
registration for IPv4 traffic, and MLD Snooping for IPv6 traffic. It also
supports Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) which allows common
multicast traffic, such as television channels, to be transmitted across a
single network-wide multicast VLAN shared by hosts residing in other
standard or private VLAN groups, while preserving security and data
isolation for normal traffic.

SYSTEM DEFAULTS
The switch’s system defaults are provided in the configuration file
“Factory_Default_Config.cfg.” To reset the switch defaults, this file should
be set as the startup configuration file.

The following table lists some of the basic system defaults.

Table 2: System Defaults

Function Parameter Default

Authentication User Name “admin”

Password “admin”

RADIUS Authentication Disabled

TACACS+ Authentication Disabled

802.1X Port Authentication Disabled

HTTPS Enabled

SSH Enabled

Port Security Disabled

IP Filtering Disabled

Web Management HTTP Server Enabled

HTTP Port Number 80

HTTP Secure Server Disabled

HTTP Secure Server Redirect Disabled

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Table 2: System Defaults (Continued)

Function Parameter Default

SNMP SNMP Agent Disabled

Community Strings “public” (read only)

“private” (read/write)

Traps Global: disabled

Authentication traps: enabled
Link-up-down events: enabled

SNMP V3 View: default_view

Group: default_rw_group

Port Configuration Admin Status Enabled

Auto-negotiation Enabled

Flow Control Disabled

Rate Limiting Input and output limits Disabled

Port Trunking Static Trunks None

LACP (all ports) Disabled

Storm Protection Status Broadcast: Enabled (1 kpps)

Multicast: disabled
Unknown unicast: disabled

Spanning Tree Algorithm Status Enabled, RSTP

(Defaults: RSTP standard)

Edge Ports Enabled

Address Table Aging Time 300 seconds

Virtual LANs Default VLAN 1

PVID 1

Acceptable Frame Type All

Ingress Filtering Disabled

Switchport Mode (Egress Mode) Access

Traffic Prioritization Ingress Port Priority 0

Queue Mode Strict

Weighted Round Robin Queue: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Weight: Disabled in strict mode

Ethernet Type Disabled

VLAN ID Disabled

VLAN Priority Tag Disabled

ToS Priority Disabled

IP DSCP Priority Disabled

TCP/UDP Port Priority Disabled

LLDP Status Enabled

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System Defaults

Table 2: System Defaults (Continued)

Function Parameter Default

IP Settings Management. VLAN VLAN 1

IP Address 192.168.1.10

Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway 0.0.0.0

DHCP Client: Disabled

Snooping: Disabled

DNS Proxy service: Disabled

Multicast Filtering IGMP Snooping Snooping: Disabled

Querier: Disabled

MLD Snooping Disabled

Multicast VLAN Registration Disabled

System Log Status Disabled

(console only)
Messages Logged to Flash All levels

NTP Clock Synchronization Disabled

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This chapter includes information on connecting to the switch and basic

configuration procedures.

To make use of the management features of your switch, you must first
configure it with an IP address that is compatible with the network in which
it is being installed. This should be done before you permanently install the
switch in the network.

Follow this procedure:

1. Place the switch close to the PC that you intend to use for configuration.
It helps if you can see the front panel of the switch while working on
your PC.

2. Connect the Ethernet port of your PC to any port on the front panel of
the switch. Connect power to the switch and verify that you have a link
by checking the front-panel LEDs.

3. Check that your PC has an IP address on the same subnet as the

switch. The default IP address of the switch is 192.168.1.10 and the
subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, so the PC and switch are on the same
subnet if they both have addresses that start 192.168.1.x. If the PC
and switch are not on the same subnet, you must manually set the PC’s
IP address to 192.168.1.x (where “x” is any number from 1 to 254,
except 10).

4. Open your web browser and enter the address http://192.168.1.10. If

your PC is properly configured, you will see the login page of the
switch. If you do not see the login page, repeat step 3.

5. Enter “admin” for the user name and password, and then click on the
Login button.

6. From the menu, click System, and then IP. To request an address from
a local DHCP Server, mark the DHCP Client check box. To configure a
static address, enter the new IP Address, IP Mask, and other optional
parameters for the switch, and then click on the Save button.
If you need to configure an IPv6 address, select IPv6 from the System
menu, and either submit a request for an address from a local DHCPv6
server by marking the Auto Configuration check box, or configure a
static address by filling in the parameters for an address, network
prefix length, and gateway router.

No other configuration changes are required at this stage, but it is

recommended that you change the administrator’s password before

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logging out. To change the password, click Security and then Users. Select
“admin” from the User Configuration list, fill in the Password fields, and
then click Save.

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WEB CONFIGURATION

This section describes the basic switch features, along with a detailed
description of how to configure each feature via a web browser.

This section includes these chapters:

◆ "Using the Web Interface" on page 31

◆ "Configuring the Switch" on page 41

◆ "Monitoring the Switch" on page 199

◆ "Performing Basic Diagnostics" on page 257

◆ "Performing System Maintenance" on page 261

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3 USING THE WEB INTERFACE

This switch provides an embedded HTTP web agent. Using a web browser
you can configure the switch and view statistics to monitor network
activity. The web agent can be accessed by any computer on the network
using a standard web browser (Internet Explorer 5.0, Netscape 6.2, Mozilla
Firefox 2.0.0.0, or more recent versions).

NAVIGATING THE WEB BROWSER INTERFACE

To access the web-browser interface you must first enter a user name and
password. The administrator has Read/Write access to all configuration
parameters and statistics. The default user name and password for the
administrator is “admin.”

HOME PAGE When your web browser connects with the switch’s web agent, the home
page is displayed as shown below. The home page displays the Main Menu
on the left side of the screen and an image of the front panel on the right
side. The Main Menu links are used to navigate to other menus, and display
configuration parameters and statistics.

Figure 1: Home Page

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CONFIGURATION Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop-down list. Once a

OPTIONS configuration change has been made on a page, be sure to click on the
Save button to confirm the new setting. The following table summarizes
the web page configuration buttons.

Table 3: Web Page Configuration Buttons

Button Action

Save Sets specified values to the system.

Reset Cancels specified values and restores current

values prior to pressing “Save.”

Logs out of the management interface.

Displays help for the selected page.

NOTE: To ensure proper screen refresh, be sure that Internet Explorer is

configured so that the setting “Check for newer versions of stored pages”
reads “Every visit to the page.”
Internet Explorer 6.x and earlier: This option is available under the menu
“Tools / Internet Options / General / Temporary Internet Files / Settings.”
Internet Explorer 7.x: This option is available under “Tools / Internet
Options / General / Browsing History / Settings / Temporary Internet Files.”

PANEL DISPLAY The web agent displays an image of the switch’s ports. The refresh mode is
disabled by default. Click Auto-refresh to refresh the data displayed on the
screen approximately once every 5 seconds, or click Refresh to refresh the
screen right now. Clicking on the image of a port opens the Detailed
Statistics page as described on page 207.

Figure 2: Front Panel Indicators

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MAIN MENU Using the onboard web agent, you can define system parameters, manage
and control the switch, and all its ports, or monitor network conditions. The
following table briefly describes the selections available from this program.

Table 4: Main Menu

Menu Description Page

Configuration 41

System

Information Configures system contact, name and location 41

IP Configures IPv4 and SNTP settings 42

IPv6 Configures IPv6 and SNTP settings 44

NTP Enables NTP, and configures a list of NTP servers 46

Log Configures the logging of messages to a remote logging 47

process, specifies the remote log server, and limits the type
of system log messages sent

Power Reduction 48

LED Reduces LED intensity during specified hours 48

EEE Configures Energy Efficient Ethernet for specified queues, 50

and specifies urgent queues which are to transmit data after
maximum latency expires regardless queue length

Thermal Protection Configures temperature priority levels, and assigns those 51

priorities for port shut-down if exceeded

Ports Configures port connection settings 52

Security 55

Switch 55

Users Configures user names, passwords, and access levels 55

Privilege Levels Configures privilege level for specific functions 57

Auth Method Configures authentication method for management access 59

via local database, RADIUS or TACACS+

SSH Configures the Secure Shell server 61

HTTPS Configures secure HTTP settings 62

Access Sets IP addresses of clients allowed management access via 63

Management HTTP/HTTPS, and SNMP, and Telnet/SSH

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol 65

System Configures read-only and read/write community strings for 66

SNMP v1/v2c, engine ID for SNMP v3, and trap parameters

Communities Configures community strings 69

Users Configures SNMP v3 users on this switch 70

Groups Configures SNMP v3 groups 72

Views Configures SNMP v3 views 73

Access Assigns security model, security level, and read/write views 74

to SNMP groups

Network

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Table 4: Main Menu (Continued)

Menu Description Page

Limit Control Configures port security limit controls, including secure 75

address aging; and per port security, including maximum
allowed MAC addresses, and response for security breach

NAS Configures global and port settings for IEEE 802.1X 77

ACL Access Control Lists 88

Ports Assigns ACL, rate limiter, and other parameters to ports 88

Rate Limiters Configures rate limit policies 90

Access Control Configures ACLs based on frame type, destination MAC type, 91
List VLAN ID, VLAN priority tag; and the action to take for
matching packets

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Snooping Enables DHCP snooping globally; and sets the trust mode for 99
each port

Relay Configures DHCP relay information status and policy 101

IP Source Guard Filters IP traffic based on static entries in the IP Source 102
Guard table, or dynamic entries in the DHCP Snooping table

Configuration Enables IP source guard and sets the maximum number of 103
clients that can learned dynamically

Static Table Adds a static addresses to the source-guard binding table 105

ARP Inspection Address Resolution Protocol Inspection 106

Configuration Enables inspection globally, and per port 107

Static Table Adds static entries based on port, VLAN ID, and source MAC 108
address and IP address in ARP request packets

AAA Configures RADIUS authentication server, RADIUS 109

accounting server, and TACACS+ authentication server
settings

Aggregation 111

Static Specifies ports to group into static trunks 112

LACP Allows ports to dynamically join trunks 114

Spanning Tree 116

Bridge Settings Configures global bridge settings for STP, RSTP and MSTP; 118
also configures edge port settings for BPDU filtering, BPDU
guard, and port error recovery

MSTI Mapping Maps VLANs to a specific MSTP instance 122

MSTI Priorities Configures the priority for the CIST and each MISTI 124

CIST Ports Configures interface settings for STA 125

MSTI Ports Configures interface settings for an MST instance 129

MVR Configures Multicast VLAN Registration, including global 130

status, MVR VLAN, port mode, and immediate leave

IPMC IP Multicast

IGMP Snooping Internet Group Management Protocol Snooping 133

Basic Configures global and port settings for multicast filtering 134
Configuration

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Table 4: Main Menu (Continued)

Menu Description Page

VLAN Configures IGMP snooping per VLAN interface 137

Configuration

Port Group Configures multicast groups to be filtered on specified port 139

Filtering

MLD Snooping Multicast Listener Discovery Snooping 140

Basic Configures global and port settings for multicast filtering 140
Configuration

VLAN Configures MLD snooping per VLAN interface 143

Configuration

Port Group Configures multicast groups to be filtered on specified port 145

Filtering

LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol 146

LLDP Configures global LLDP timing parameters, and port-specific 146

TLV attributes

LLDP-MED Configures LLDP-MED attributes, including device location, 149

emergency call server, and network policy discovery

PoE Configures Power-over-Ethernet settings for each port 155

MAC Table Configures address aging, dynamic learning, and static 158
addresses

VLANs Virtual LANs 160

VLAN Membership Configures VLAN groups 161

Ports Specifies default PVID and VLAN attributes 162

Private VLANs

PVLAN Configures PVLAN groups 165

Membership

Port Isolation Prevents communications between designated ports within 166

the same private VLAN

VCL VLAN Control List

MAC-based VLAN Maps traffic with specified source MAC address to a VLAN 167

Protocol-based 168
VLAN

Protocol to Creates a protocol group, specifying supported protocols 169

Group

Group to VLAN Maps a protocol group to a VLAN for specified ports 170

Voice VLAN 171

Configuration Configures global settings, including status, voice VLAN ID, 172
VLAN aging time, and traffic priority; also configures port
settings, including the way in which a port is added to the
Voice VLAN, and blocking non-VoIP addresses

OUI Maps the OUI in the source MAC address of ingress packets 174
to the VoIP device manufacturer

QoS 175

Port Classification Configures default traffic class, drop priority, user priority, 176
drop eligible indicator, classification mode for tagged frames,
and DSCP-based QoS classification

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Table 4: Main Menu (Continued)

Menu Description Page

Port Scheduler Provides overview of QoS Egress Port Schedulers, including 178
the queue mode and weight; also configures egress queue
mode, queue shaper (rate and access to excess bandwidth),
and port shaper

Port Shaping Provides overview of QoS Egress Port Shapers, including the 181
rate for each queue and port; also configures egress queue
mode, queue shaper (rate and access to excess bandwidth),
and port shaper

Port Tag Provides overview of QoS Egress Port Tag Remarking; also 181
Remarking sets the remarking mode (classified PCP/DEI values, default
PCP/DEI values, or mapped versions of QoS class and drop
priority)

Port DSCP Configures ingress translation and classification settings and 184
egress re-writing of DSCP values

DSCP-Based QoS Configures DSCP-based QoS ingress classification settings 186

DSCP Translation Configures DSCP translation for ingress traffic or DSCP re- 187
mapping for egress traffic

DSCP Maps DSCP values to a QoS class and drop precedence level 188
Classification

QoS Control List Configures QoS policies for handling ingress packets based 189
on Ethernet type, VLAN ID, TCP/UDP port, DSCP, ToS, or
VLAN priority tag

Storm Control Sets limits for broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast 193
traffic

Mirroring Sets source and target ports for mirroring 194

UPnP Enables UPNP and defines timeout values 196

Monitor 199

System 199

Information Displays basic system description, switch’s MAC address, 199

system time, and software version

CPU Load Displays graphic scale of CPU utilization 200

Log Displays logged messages based on severity 201

Detailed Log Displays detailed information on each logged message 203

Thermal Protection Shows the current chip temperature 203

Ports 204

State Displays a graphic image of the front panel indicating active 204
port connections

Traffic Overview Shows basic Ethernet port statistics 205

QoS Statistics Shows the number of packets entering and leaving the 205
egress queues

QCL Status Shows the status of QoS Control List entries 206

Detailed Statistics Shows detailed Ethernet port statistics 207

Security 210

Access Displays the number of packets used to manage the switch 210
Management via HTTP, HTTPS, and SNMP, Telnet, and SSH
Statistics

Network

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Table 4: Main Menu (Continued)

Menu Description Page

Port Security

Switch Shows information about MAC address learning for each 211
port, including the software module requesting port security
services, the service state, the current number of learned
addresses, and the maximum number of secure addresses
allowed

Port Shows the entries authorized by port security services, 213

including MAC address, VLAN ID, the service state, time
added to table, age, and hold state

NAS Shows global and port settings for IEEE 802.1X

Switch Shows port status for authentication services, including 214

802.1X security state, last source address used for
authentication, and last ID

Port Displays authentication statistics for the selected port – 215

either for 802.1X protocol or for the remote authentication
server depending on the authentication method

ACL Status Shows the status for different security modules which use 219
ACL filtering, including ingress port, frame type, and
forwarding action

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Snooping Shows statistics for various types of DHCP protocol packets 221
Statistics

Relay Displays server and client statistics for packets affected by 222
Statistics the relay information policy

ARP Inspection Displays entries in the ARP inspection table, sorted first by 223
port, then VLAN ID, MAC address, and finally IP address

IP Source Guard Displays entries in the IP Source Guard table, sorted first by 224
port, then VLAN ID, MAC address, and finally IP address

AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting 225

RADIUS Displays status of configured RADIUS authentication and 225

Overview accounting servers

RADIUS Details Displays the traffic and status associated with each 226
configured RADIUS server

LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol 229

System Status Displays administration key and associated local ports for 229
each partner

Port Status Displays administration key, LAG ID, partner ID, and partner 230
ports for each local port

Port Statistics Displays statistics for LACP protocol messages 231

Spanning Tree 232

Bridge Status Displays global bridge and port settings for STA 232

Port Status Displays STA role, state, and uptime for each port 234

Port Statistics Displays statistics for RSTP, STP and TCN protocol packets 235

MVR Multicast VLAN Registration 236

Statistics Shows statistics for IGMP protocol messages used by MVR 236

Group Information Shows information about the interfaces associated with 237
multicast groups assigned to the MVR VLAN

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Table 4: Main Menu (Continued)

Menu Description Page

IPMC IP Multicast

IGMP Snooping 238

Status Displays statistics related to IGMP packets passed upstream 238

to the IGMP Querier or downstream to multicast clients

Group Displays active IGMP groups 239

Information

IPv4 SSM Displays IGMP Source-Specific Information including group, 240

Information filtering mode (include or exclude), source address, and type
(allow or deny)

MLD Snooping Multicast Listener Discovery Snooping 241

Status Displays MLD querier status and protocol statistics 241

Group Displays active MLD groups 242

Information

IPv6 SSM Displays MLD Source-Specific Information including group, 243

Information filtering mode (include or exclude), source address, and type
(allow or deny)

LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol 244

Neighbors Displays LLDP information about a remote device connected 244

to a port on this switch

LLDP-MED Displays information about a remote device connected to a 245

Neighbors port on this switch which is advertising LLDP-MED TLVs,
including network connectivity device, endpoint device,
capabilities, application type, and policy

PoE Displays status of all LLDP PoE neighbors, including power 250
device type (PSE or PD), source of power, power priority, and
maximum required power

EEE Displays Energy Efficient Ethernet information advertised 247

through LLDP messages

Port Statistics Displays statistics for all connected remote devices, and 249
statistics for LLDP protocol packets crossing each port

PoE Displays the status for all PoE ports, including the PD class, 251
requested power, allocated power, power and current used,
and PoE priority

MAC Table Displays dynamic and static address entries associated with 252
the CPU and each port

VLANs Virtual LANs 253

VLAN Membership Shows the current port members for all VLANs configured by 253
a selected software module

VLAN Port Shows the VLAN attributes of port members for all VLANs 254
configured by a selected software module which uses VLAN
management, including PVID, VLAN aware, ingress filtering,
frame type, egress filtering, and PVID

VCL VLAN Control List

MAC-based VLAN Displays MAC address to VLAN map entries 256

Diagnostics 257

Ping Tests specified path using IPv4 ping 257

Ping6 Tests specified path using IPv6 ping 257

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Table 4: Main Menu (Continued)

Menu Description Page

VeriPHY Performs cable diagnostics for all ports or selected port to 258
diagnose any cable faults (short, open etc.) and report the
cable length

Maintenance 261

Restart Device Restarts the switch 261

Factory Defaults Restores factory default settings 262

Software Upload Updates software on the switch with a file specified on the 262
management station

Configuration 263

Save Saves configuration settings to a file on the management 263

station

Upload Restores configuration settings from a file on the 263

management station

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4 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

This chapter describes all of the basic configuration tasks.

CONFIGURING SYSTEM INFORMATION

Use the System Information Configuration page to identify the system by
configuring contact information, system name, location of the switch, and
time zone offset.

PATH
Configuration, System, Information

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ System Contact – Administrator responsible for the system.

(Maximum length: 255 characters)

◆ System Name – Name assigned to the switch system.

(Maximum length: 255 characters)

◆ System Location – Specifies the system location.

(Maximum length: 255 characters)

◆ System Timezone Offset (minutes) – Sets the time zone as an offset

from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Negative values indicate a zone
before (east of) GMT, and positive values indicate a zone after (west of)
GMT.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure System Information:

1. Click Configuration, System, Information.

2. Specify the contact information for the system administrator, as well as

the name and location of the switch. Also indicate the local time zone
by configuring the appropriate offset.

3. Click Save.

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Setting an IP Address

Figure 3: System Information Configuration

SETTING AN IP ADDRESS
This section describes how to configure an IP interface for management
access to the switch over the network. This switch supports both IP Version
4 and Version 6, and can be managed simultaneously through either of
these address types. You can manually configure a specific IPv4 or IPv6
address or direct the switch to obtain an IPv4 address from a DHCP server
when it is powered on. An IPv6 address can either be manually configured
or dynamically generated.

SETTING AN IPV4 Use the IP Configuration page to configure an IPv4 address for the switch.
ADDRESS The IP address for the switch is obtained via DHCP by default for VLAN 1.
To manually configure an address, you need to change the switch's default
settings to values that are compatible with your network. You may also
need to a establish a default gateway between the switch and management
stations that exist on another network segment.

NOTE: An IPv4 address for this switch is obtained via DHCP by default. If
the switch does not receive a response from a DHCP server, it will default
to the IP address 192.168.2.10 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0.

You can manually configure a specific IP address, or direct the device to

obtain an address from a DHCP server. Valid IPv4 addresses consist of four
decimal numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods. Anything other than this
format will not be accepted by the CLI program.

PATH
Configuration, System, IP

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

IP Configuration

◆ DHCP Client – Specifies whether IP functionality is enabled via

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If DHCP is enabled, IP

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Setting an IP Address

will not function until a reply has been received from the server.
Requests will be broadcast periodically by the switch for an IP address.
DHCP values can include the IP address, subnet mask, and default
gateway. (Default: Enabled)

◆ IP Address – Address of the VLAN specified in the VLAN ID field. This

should be the VLAN to which the management station is attached. Valid
IP addresses consist of four numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods.
(Default: 192.168.2.10)

◆ IP Mask – This mask identifies the host address bits used for routing
to specific subnets. (Default: 255.255.255.0)

◆ IP Router – IP address of the gateway router between the switch and

management stations that exist on other network segments.

◆ VLAN ID – ID of the configured VLAN. By default, all ports on the

switch are members of VLAN 1. However, the management station can
be attached to a port belonging to any VLAN, as long as that VLAN has
been assigned an IP address. (Range: 1-4095; Default: 1)

◆ DNS Server – A Domain Name Server to which client requests for

mapping host names to IP addresses are forwarded.

IP DNS Proxy Configuration

◆ DNS Proxy – If enabled, the switch maintains a local database based

on previous responses to DNS queries forwarded on behalf of attached
clients. If the required information is not in the local database, the
switch forwards the DNS query to a DNS server, stores the response in
its local cache for future reference, and passes the response back to the
client.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure an IP address:

1. Click Configuration, System, IP.

2. Specify the IPv4 settings, and enable DNS proxy service if required.

3. Click Save.

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Setting an IP Address

Figure 4: IP Configuration

SETTING AN IPV6 Use the IPv6 Configuration page to configure an IPv6 address for
ADDRESS management access to the switch.
IPv6 includes two distinct address types - link-local unicast and global
unicast. A link-local address makes the switch accessible over IPv6 for all
devices attached to the same local subnet. Management traffic using this
kind of address cannot be passed by any router outside of the subnet. A
link-local address is easy to set up, and may be useful for simple networks
or basic troubleshooting tasks. However, to connect to a larger network
with multiple segments, the switch must be configured with a global
unicast address. A link-local address must be manually configured, but a
global unicast address can either be manually configured or dynamically
assigned.

PATH
Configuration, System, IPv6

USAGE GUIDELINES
◆ All IPv6 addresses must be formatted according to RFC 2373 “IPv6
Addressing Architecture,” using 8 colon-separated 16-bit hexadecimal
values. One double colon may be used in the address to indicate the
appropriate number of zeros required to fill the undefined fields.

◆ When configuring a link-local address, note that the prefix length is

fixed at 64 bits, and the host portion of the default address is based on
the modified EUI-64 (Extended Universal Identifier) form of the
interface identifier (i.e., the physical MAC address). You can manually
configure a link-local address by entering the full address with the
network prefix FE80.

◆ To connect to a larger network with multiple subnets, you must

configure a global unicast address. There are several alternatives to
configuring this address type:

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■ The global unicast address can be automatically configured by

taking the network prefix from router advertisements observed on
the local interface, and using the modified EUI-64 form of the
interface identifier to automatically create the host portion of the
address. This option can be selected by enabling the Auto
Configuration option.

■ You can also manually configure the global unicast address by

entering the full address and prefix length.

◆ The management VLAN to which the IPv6 address is assigned must be

specified on the IP Configuration page. See "Setting an IPv4 Address"
on page 42.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Auto Configuration – Enables stateless autoconfiguration of IPv6

addresses on an interface and enables IPv6 functionality on the
interface. The network portion of the address is based on prefixes
received in IPv6 router advertisement messages, and the host portion
is automatically generated using the modified EUI-64 form of the
interface identifier; i.e., the switch's MAC address. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Address – Manually configures a global unicast address by specifying

the full address and network prefix length (in the Prefix field).
(Default: ::192.168.2.10)

◆ Prefix – Defines the prefix length as a decimal value indicating how

many contiguous bits (starting at the left) of the address comprise the
prefix; i.e., the network portion of the address. (Default: 96 bits)

Note that the default prefix length of 96 bits specifies that the first six
colon-separated values comprise the network portion of the address.

◆ Router – Sets the IPv6 address of the default next hop router.
An IPv6 default gateway must be defined if the management station is
located in a different IPv6 segment.
An IPv6 default gateway can only be successfully set when a network
interface that directly connects to the gateway has been configured on
the switch.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure an IPv6 address:

1. Click Configuration, System, IPv6.

2. Specify the IPv6 settings. The information shown below provides a

example of how to manually configure an IPv6 address.

3. Click Save.

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Configuring NTP Service

Figure 5: IPv6 Configuration

CONFIGURING NTP SERVICE

Use the NTP Configuration page to specify the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
servers to query for the current time. NTP allows the switch to set its
internal clock based on periodic updates from an NTP time server.
Maintaining an accurate time on the switch enables the system log to
record meaningful dates and times for event entries. If the clock is not set,
the switch will only record the time from the factory default set at the last
bootup.

When the NTP client is enabled, the switch periodically sends a request for
a time update to a configured time server. You can configure up to five time
server IP addresses. The switch will attempt to poll each server in the
configured sequence.

PATH
Configuration, System, NTP

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Mode – Enables or disables NTP client requests.

◆ Server – Sets the IPv4 or IPv6 address for up to five time servers. The
switch attempts to update the time from the first server, if this fails it
attempts an update from the next server in the sequence. The polling
interval is fixed at 15 minutes.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure the NTP servers:

1. Click Configuration, System, NTP.

2. Enter the IP address of up to five time servers.

3. Click Save.

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Configuring Remote Log Messages

Figure 6: NTP Configuration

CONFIGURING REMOTE LOG MESSAGES

Use the System Log Configuration page to send log messages to syslog
servers or other management stations. You can also limit the event
messages sent to specified types.

PATH
Configuration, System, Log

COMMAND USAGE
When remote logging is enabled, system log messages are sent to the
designated server. The syslog protocol is based on UDP and received on
UDP port 514. UDP is a connectionless protocol and does not provide
acknowledgments. The syslog packet will always be sent out even if the
syslog server does not exist.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Server Mode – Enables/disables the logging of debug or error

messages to the remote logging process. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Server Address – Specifies the IPv4 address or alias of a remote

server which will be sent syslog messages.

◆ Syslog Level – Limits log messages that are sent to the remote syslog
server for the specified types. Messages options include the following:
■ Info – Send informations, warnings and errors. (Default setting)
■ Warning – Send warnings and errors.
■ Error – Send errors.

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure the logging of error messages to remote servers:

1. Click Configuration, System, Log.

2. Enable remote logging, enter the IP address of the remote server, and
specify the type of syslog messages to send.

3. Click Apply.

Figure 7: Configuring Settings for Remote Logging of Error Messages

CONFIGURING POWER REDUCTION

The switch provides power saving methods including controlling the
intensity of LEDs, and powering down the circuitry for port queues when
not in use.

CONTROLLING LED Use the LED Power Reduction Configuration page to reduces LED intensity
INTENSITY during specified hours.

PATH
Configuration, Power Reduction, LED

COMMAND USAGE
◆ The LEDs power consumption can be reduced by lowering the intensity.
LED intensity could for example be lowered during night time, or turned
completely off. It is possible to set the LEDs intensity for each of the 24
hours of the day.

◆ When a network administrator performs maintenance of the switch

(e.g., adding or moving users) he might want to have full LED intensity
during the maintenance period. Therefore it is possible to specify set
the LEDs at full intensity for a specific period of time. Maintenance time
is the number of seconds that the LEDs are set to full intensity after a
port changes link state.

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PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

LED Intensity Timers

◆ Time – Time at which LED intensity is set.

◆ Intensity – LED intensity (Range: 0-100%, in increments of 10%,

where 0% means off and 100% means full power)

Maintenance

◆ On time at link change – LEDs set at full intensity for a specified

period when a link change occurs. (Default: 10 seconds)

◆ On at errors – LEDs set at full intensity when a link error occurs.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure LED intensity:

1. Click Configuration, Power Reduction, LED.

2. Set LED intensity for any required hour of the day. Click Add Time to set
additional entries.

3. Set the duration of full intensity when a link change occurs.

4. Specify whether or not to use full intensity when a link error occurs.

5. Click Apply.

Figure 8: Configuring LED Power Reduction

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REDUCING POWER TO Use the EEE Configuration page to configure Energy Efficient Ethernet
IDLE QUEUE CIRCUITS (EEE) for specified queues, and to specify urgent queues which are to
transmit data after maximum latency expires regardless of queue length.

PATH
Configuration, Power Reduction, EEE

COMMAND USAGE
◆ EEE works by powering down circuits when there is no traffic. When a
port gets data to be transmitted all relevant circuits are powered up.
The time it takes to power up the circuits is call the wakeup time. The
default wakeup time is 17 µs for 1 Gbps links and 30 µs for other link
speeds. EEE devices must agree upon the value of the wakeup time in
order to make sure that both the receiving and transmitting devices
have all circuits powered up when traffic is transmitted. The devices
can exchange information about the device wakeup time using LLDP
protocol.
To maximize power savings, the circuit is not started as soon as data is
ready to be transmitted from a port, but instead waits until 3000 bytes
of data is queued at the port. To avoid introducing a large delay when
the queued data is less then 3000 bytes, data is always transmitted
after 48 µs, giving a maximum latency of 48 µs plus the wakeup time.

◆ If required, it is possible to minimize the latency for specific frames by

mapping the frames to a specific queue (EEE Urgent Queues). When an
urgent queue gets data to be transmitted, the circuits will be powered
up at once and the latency will be reduced to the wakeup time.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ EEE Enabled – Enables or disables EEE for the specified port.

◆ EEE Urgent Queues – Specifies which are to transmit data after the
maximum latency expires regardless queue length.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure the power reduction for idle queue circuits:

1. Click Configuration, Power Reduction, EEE.

2. Select the circuits which will use EEE.

3. If required, also specify urgent queues which will be powered up once

data is queued and the default wakeup time has passed.

4. Click Save.

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Figure 9: Configuring EEE Power Reduction

CONFIGURING THERMAL PROTECTION

Use the Thermal Protection Configuration page to set temperature priority
levels, and assign those priorities for port shut-down if exceeded.

PATH
Configuration, Thermal Protection

COMMAND USAGE
Thermal protection is used to protect the switch ASIC from overheating.
When the internal temperature of the switch exceeds a specified protection
level, ports can be turned off to decrease power consumption. Port shut
down can be prioritized based on assigned temperatures.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Temperature settings for priority groups

◆ Priority – A priority assigned to a specific temperature. (Range: 0-3)

◆ Temperature – The temperature at which the ports with the

corresponding priority will be turned off. (Range: 0-255° C)

Port priorities

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Priority – The priority level at which to shut down a port. (Range: 0-3)

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure the thermal protection:

1. Click Configuration, Thermal Protection.

2. Select the circuits which will use EEE.

3. Se the temperature threshold for each priority, and then assign a

priority level to each of the ports.

4. Click Save.

Figure 10: Configuring Thermal Protection

CONFIGURING PORT CONNECTIONS

Use the Port Configuration page to configure the connection parameters for
each port. This page includes options for enabling auto-negotiation or
manually setting the speed and duplex mode, enabling flow control, setting
the maximum frame size, specifying the response to excessive collisions,
or enabling power saving mode.

PATH
Configuration, Ports

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Link – Indicates if the link is up or down.

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◆ Speed – Sets the port speed and duplex mode using auto-negotiation
or manual selection. The following options are supported:
■ Disabled - Disables the interface. You can disable an interface due
to abnormal behavior (e.g., excessive collisions), and then re-
enable it after the problem has been resolved. You may also disable
an interface for security reasons.
■ Auto - Enables auto-negotiation. When using auto-negotiation, the
optimal settings will be negotiated between the link partners based
on their advertised capabilities.
■ 1Gbps FDX - Supports 1 Gbps full-duplex operation
■ 100Mbps FDX - Supports 100 Mbps full-duplex operation
■ 100Mbps HDX - Supports 100 Mbps half-duplex operation
■ 10Mbps FDX - Supports 10 Mbps full-duplex operation
■ 10Mbps HDX - Supports 10 Mbps half-duplex operation
(Default: Autonegotiation enabled; Advertised capabilities for
RJ-45: 1000BASE-T - 10half, 10full, 100half, 100full, 1000full;
SFP: 1000BASE-SX/LX/LH - 1000full)

NOTE: The 1000BASE-T standard does not support forced mode. Auto-
negotiation should always be used to establish a connection over any
1000BASE-T port or trunk. If not used, the success of the link process
cannot be guaranteed when connecting to other types of switches.

◆ Flow Control – Flow control can eliminate frame loss by “blocking”

traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch
when its buffers fill. When enabled, back pressure is used for half-
duplex operation and IEEE 802.3-2005 (formally IEEE 802.3x) for full-
duplex operation. (Default: Disabled)
When auto-negotiation is used, this parameter indicates the flow
control capability advertised to the link partner. When the speed and
duplex mode are manually set, the Current Rx field indicates whether
pause frames are obeyed by this port, and the Current Tx field indicates
if pause frames are transmitted from this port.

Avoid using flow control on a port connected to a hub unless it is

actually required to solve a problem. Otherwise back pressure jamming
signals may degrade overall performance for the segment attached to
the hub.

◆ Maximum Frame Size – Sets the maximum transfer unit for traffic
crossing the switch. Packets exceeding the maximum frame size are
dropped. (Range: 9600-1518 bytes; Default: 9600 bytes)

◆ Excessive Collision Mode – Sets the response to take when excessive

transmit collisions are detected on a port.
■ Discard - Discards a frame after 16 collisions (default).
■ Restart - Restarts the backoff algorithm after 16 collisions.

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◆ Power Control – Adjusts the power provided to ports based on the

length of the cable used to connect to other devices. Only sufficient
power is used to maintain connection requirements.
IEEE 802.3 defines the Ethernet standard and subsequent power
requirements based on cable connections operating at 100 meters.
Enabling power saving mode can significantly reduce power used for
cable lengths of 20 meters or less, and continue to ensure signal
integrity.
The following options are supported:
■ Disabled – All power savings mechanisms disabled (default).
■ Enabled – Both link up and link down power savings enabled.
■ ActiPHY – Link down power savings enabled.
■ PerfectReach – Link up power savings enabled.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure port connection settings:

1. Click Configuration, Ports.

2. Make any required changes to the connection settings.

3. Click Save.

Figure 11: Port Configuration

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CONFIGURING SECURITY
You can configure this switch to authenticate users logging into the system
for management access or to control client access to the data ports.

Management Access Security (Switch menu) – Management access to the

switch can be controlled through local authentication of user names and
passwords stored on the switch, or remote authentication of users via a
RADIUS or TACACS+ server. Additional authentication methods includes
Secure Shell (SSH), Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) over the
Secure Socket Layer (SSL), static configuration of client addresses, and
SNMP.

General Security Measures (Network menu) – This switch supports many

methods of segregating traffic for clients attached to each of the data
ports, and for ensuring that only authorized clients gain access to the
network. Private VLANs and port-based authentication using IEEE 802.1X
are commonly used for these purposes. In addition to these methods,
several other options of providing client security are supported by this
switch. These include limiting the number of users accessing a port. The
addresses assigned to DHCP clients can also be carefully controlled using
static or dynamic bindings with DHCP Snooping and IP Source Guard
commands. ARP Inspection can also be used to validate the MAC address
bindings for ARP packets, providing protection against ARP traffic with
invalid MAC to IP address bindings, which forms the basis for “man-in-the-
middle” attacks.

CONFIGURING USER Use the User Configuration page to control management access to the
ACCOUNTS switch based on manually configured user names and passwords.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, Users

COMMAND USAGE
◆ The default guest name is “guest” with the password “guest.” The
default administrator name is “admin” with the password “admin.”

◆ The guest only has read access for most configuration parameters.
However, the administrator has write access for all parameters
governing the onboard agent. You should therefore assign a new
administrator password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place.

◆ The administrator has a privilege level of 15, with access to all process
groups and full control over the device. If the privilege level is set to
any other value, the system will refer to each group privilege level. The
user's privilege should be same or greater than the group privilege
level to have the access of a group. By default, most of the group
privilege levels are set to 5 which provides read-only access and
privilege level 10 which also provides read/write access. To perform
system maintenance (software upload, factory defaults, etc.) the user’s
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be used for an administrator account, privilege level 10 for a standard

user account, and privilege level 5 for a guest account.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ User Name – The name of the user.

(Maximum length: 8 characters; maximum number of users: 16)

◆ Password – Specifies the user password.

(Range: 0-8 characters plain text, case sensitive)

◆ Password (again) – Re-type the string entered in the previous field to

ensure no errors were made. The switch will not change the password if
these two fields do not match.

◆ Privilege Level – Specifies the user level. (Options: 1 - 15)

Access to specific functions are controlled through the Privilege Levels
configuration page (see page 57). The default settings provide four
access levels:
■ 1 – Read access of port status and statistics.
■ 5 – Read access of all system functions except for maintenance and
debugging
■ 10 – read and write access of all system functions except for
maintenance and debugging
■ 15 – read and write access of all system functions including
maintenance and debugging.

WEB INTERFACE
To show user accounts:

1. Click Configuration, System, Switch, Users.

Figure 12: Showing User Accounts

To configure a user account:

1. Click Configuration, System, Switch, Users.

2. Click “Add new user.”

3. Enter the user name, password, and privilege level.

4. Click Save.

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Figure 13: Configuring User Accounts

CONFIGURING USER Use the Privilege Levels page to set the privilege level required to read or
PRIVILEGE LEVELS configure specific software modules or system settings.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, Privilege Levels

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Group Name – The name identifying a privilege group. In most cases,

a privilege group consists of a single module (e.g., LACP, RSTP or QoS),
but a few groups contains more than one module. The following
describes the groups which contain multiple modules or access to
various system settings:
■ System: Contact, Name, Location, Timezone, Log.
■ Security: Authentication, System Access Management, Port
(contains Dot1x port, MAC based and the MAC Address Limit), ACL,
HTTPS, SSH, ARP Inspection, and IP source guard.
■ IP: Everything except for ping.
■ Port: Everything except for VeriPHY.
■ Diagnostics: ping and VeriPHY.
■ Maintenance: CLI - System Reboot, System Restore Default,
System Password, Configuration Save, Configuration Load and
Firmware Load. Web - Users, Privilege Levels and everything in
Maintenance.
■ Debug: Only present in CLI.

◆ Privilege levels – Every privilege level group can be configured to

access the following modules or system settings: Configuration Read-
only, Configuration/Execute Read-write, Status/Statistics Read-only,
and Status/Statistics Read-write (e.g., clearing statistics).
The default settings provide four access levels:
■ 1 – Read access of port status and statistics.

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■ 5 – Read access of all system functions except for maintenance and

debugging
■ 10 – read and write access of all system functions except for
maintenance and debugging
■ 15 – read and write access of all system functions including
maintenance and debugging.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure privilege levels:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, Privilege Levels.

2. Set the required privilege level for any software module or functional
group.

3. Click Save.

Figure 14: Configuring Privilege Levels

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CONFIGURING THE Use the Authentication Method Configuration page to specify the
AUTHENTICATION authentication method for controlling management access through the
METHOD FOR console, Telnet, SSH or HTTP/HTTPS. Access can be based on the (local)
user name and password configured on the switch, or can be controlled
MANAGEMENT ACCESS with a RADIUS or TACACS+ remote access authentication server. Note that
the RADIUS servers used to authenticate client access for IEEE 802.1X port
authentication are also configured on this page (see page 77).

Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) and Terminal Access

Controller Access Control System Plus (TACACS+) are logon authentication
protocols that use software running on a central server to control access to
RADIUS-aware or TACACS-aware devices on the network. An
authentication server contains a database of multiple user name/password
pairs with associated privilege levels for each user that requires
management access to the switch.

Figure 15: Authentication Server Operation

Web

1. Client attempts management access.

2. Switch contacts authentication server
.
RADIUS/ 3. Authentication server challenges client.
TACACS+ 4. Client responds with proper password or .key
5. Authentication server approves access.
server 6. Switch grants management access.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, Auth Method

USAGE GUIDELINES
◆ The switch supports the following authentication services:
■ Authorization of users that access the Telnet, SSH, the web, or
console management interfaces on the switch.
■ Accounting for users that access the Telnet, SSH, the web, or
console management interfaces on the switch.
■ Accounting for IEEE 802.1X authenticated users that access the
network through the switch. This accounting can be used to provide
reports, auditing, and billing for services that users have accessed.

◆ By default, management access is always checked against the

authentication database stored on the local switch. If a remote
authentication server is used, you must specify the authentication
method and the corresponding parameters for the remote
authentication protocol on the Network Access Server Configuration
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management access via Telnet, SSH, a web browser, or the console

interface.

◆ When using RADIUS or TACACS+ logon authentication, the user name

and password must be configured on the authentication server. The
encryption methods used for the authentication process must also be
configured or negotiated between the authentication server and logon
client. This switch can pass authentication messages between the
server and client that have been encrypted using MD5 (Message-Digest
5), TLS (Transport Layer Security), or TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer
Security).

NOTE: This guide assumes that RADIUS and TACACS+ servers have already
been configured to support AAA. The configuration of RADIUS and
TACACS+ server software is beyond the scope of this guide. Refer to the
documentation provided with the RADIUS and TACACS+ server software.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Client – Specifies how the administrator is authenticated when logging

into the switch via Telnet, SSH, a web browser, or the console interface.

◆ Authentication Method – Selects the authentication method.

(Options: None, Local, RADIUS, TACACS+; Default: Local)
Selecting the option “None” disables access through the specified
management interface.

◆ Fallback – Uses the local user database for authentication if none of

the configured authentication servers are alive. This is only possible if
the Authentication Method is set to something else than “none” or
“local.”

WEB INTERFACE
To configure authentication for management access:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, Auth Method.

2. Configure the authentication method for management client types, and

specify whether or not to fallback to local authentication if no remote
authentication server is available.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 16: Authentication Method for Management Access

CONFIGURING SSH Use the SSH Configuration page to configure access to the Secure Shell
(SSH) management interface. SSH provides remote management access to
this switch as a secure replacement for Telnet. When the client contacts the
switch via the SSH protocol, the switch generates a public-key that the
client uses along with a local user name and password for access
authentication. SSH also encrypts all data transfers passing between the
switch and SSH-enabled management station clients, and ensures that
data traveling over the network arrives unaltered.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, SSH

USAGE GUIDELINES
◆ You need to install an SSH client on the management station to access
the switch for management via the SSH protocol. The switch supports
both SSH Version 1.5 and 2.0 clients.

◆ SSH service on this switch only supports password authentication. The

password can be authenticated either locally or via a RADIUS or
TACACS+ remote authentication server, as specified on the Auth
Method menu (page 59).
To use SSH with password authentication, the host public key must still
be given to the client, either during initial connection or manually
entered into the known host file. However, you do not need to configure
the client's keys.

◆ The SSH service on the switch supports up to four client sessions. The
maximum number of client sessions includes both current Telnet
sessions and SSH sessions.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Mode - Allows you to enable/disable SSH service on the switch.

(Default: Enabled)

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure SSH:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, SSH.

2. Enable SSH if required.

3. Click Save.

Figure 17: SSH Configuration

CONFIGURING HTTPS Use the HTTPS Configuration page to enable the Secure Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTPS) over the Secure Socket Layer (SSL). HTTPS provides
secure access (i.e., an encrypted connection) to the switch's web interface.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, HTTPS

USAGE GUIDELINES
◆ If you enable HTTPS, you must indicate this in the URL that you specify
in your browser: https://device[:port-number]

◆ When you start HTTPS, the connection is established in this way:

■ The client authenticates the server using the server's digital
certificate.
■ The client and server negotiate a set of security protocols to use for
the connection.
■ The client and server generate session keys for encrypting and
decrypting data.
■ The client and server establish a secure encrypted connection.
A padlock icon should appear in the status bar for Internet Explorer
5.x or above, Netscape 6.2 or above, and Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.0 or
above.

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◆ The following web browsers and operating systems currently support

HTTPS:

Table 5: HTTPS System Support

Web Browser Operating System

Internet Explorer 5.0 or later Windows 98,Windows NT (with service pack 6a),
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

Netscape 6.2 or later Windows 98,Windows NT (with service pack 6a),

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Solaris 2.6

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.0 or later Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Mode - Enables HTTPS service on the switch. (Default: Enabled)

◆ Automatic Redirect - Sets the HTTPS redirect mode operation. When

enabled, management access to the HTTP web interface for the switch
are automatically redirected to HTTPS. (Default: Disabled)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure HTTPS:

1. Click Configuration, HTTPS.

2. Enable HTTPS if required and set the Automatic Redirect mode.

3. Click Save.

Figure 18: HTTPS Configuration

FILTERING IP Use the Access Management Configuration page to create a list of up to 16

ADDRESSES FOR IP addresses or IP address groups that are allowed management access to
MANAGEMENT ACCESS the switch through the web interface, or SNMP, or Telnet.
The management interfaces are open to all IP addresses by default. Once
you add an entry to a filter list, access to that interface is restricted to the
specified addresses. If anyone tries to access a management interface on
the switch from an invalid address, the switch will reject the connection.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, Access Management

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PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Mode – Enables or disables filtering of management access based on

configured IP addresses. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Start IP Address – The starting address of a range.

◆ End IP Address – The ending address of a range.

◆ HTTP/HTTPS – Filters IP addresses for access to the web interface

over standard HTTP, or over HTTPS which uses the Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) protocol to provide an encrypted connection.

◆ SNMP – Filters IP addresses for access through SNMP.

◆ TELNET/SSH – Filters IP addresses for access through Telnet, or

through Secure Shell which provides authentication and encryption.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure addresses allowed access to management interfaces on the
switch:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, Access Management.

2. Set the Mode to Enabled.

3. Click “Add new entry.”

4. Enter the start and end of an address range.

5. Mark the protocols to restrict based on the specified address range. The
following example shows how to restrict management access for all
protocols to a specific address range.

6. Click Save.

Figure 19: Access Management Configuration

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USING SIMPLE Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a communication protocol

NETWORK designed specifically for managing devices on a network. Equipment
MANAGEMENT commonly managed with SNMP includes switches, routers and host
computers. SNMP is typically used to configure these devices for proper
PROTOCOL operation in a network environment, as well as to monitor them to evaluate
performance or detect potential problems.

Managed devices supporting SNMP contain software, which runs locally on

the device and is referred to as an agent. A defined set of variables, known
as managed objects, is maintained by the SNMP agent and used to manage
the device. These objects are defined in a Management Information Base
(MIB) that provides a standard presentation of the information controlled
by the agent. SNMP defines both the format of the MIB specifications and
the protocol used to access this information over the network.

The switch includes an onboard agent that supports SNMP versions 1, 2c,
and 3. This agent continuously monitors the status of the switch hardware,
as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A network management
station can access this information using software such as HP OpenView.
Access to the onboard agent from clients using SNMP v1 and v2c is
controlled by community strings. To communicate with the switch, the
management station must first submit a valid community string for
authentication.

Access to the switch using from clients using SNMPv3 provides additional
security features that cover message integrity, authentication, and
encryption; as well as controlling user access to specific areas of the MIB
tree.

The SNMPv3 security structure consists of security models, with each

model having it's own security levels. There are three security models
defined, SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. Users are assigned to “groups”
that are defined by a security model and specified security levels. Each
group also has a defined security access to set of MIB objects for reading
and writing, which are known as “views.” The switch has a default view (all
MIB objects) and default groups defined for security models v1 and v2c.
The following table shows the security models and levels available and the
system default settings.

Table 6: SNMP Security Models and Levels

Model Level Community String Group Read View Write View Security

v1 noAuth public default_ro_group default_view none Community string only

NoPriv

v1 noAuth private default_rw_group default_view default_view Community string only

NoPriv

v1 noAuth user defined user defined user defined user defined Community string only
NoPriv

v2c noAuth public default_ro_group default_view none Community string only

NoPriv

v2c noAuth private default_rw_group default_view default_view Community string only

NoPriv

v2c noAuth user defined user defined user defined user defined Community string only
NoPriv

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Table 6: SNMP Security Models and Levels (Continued)

Model Level Community String Group Read View Write View Security

v3 noAuth user defined default_rw_group default_view default_view A user name match only
NoPriv

v3 Auth user defined user defined user defined user defined Provides user authentication
NoPriv via MD5 or SHA algorithms

v3 Auth Priv user defined user defined user defined user defined Provides user authentication
via MD5 or SHA algorithms
and data privacy using DES
56-bit encryption

NOTE: The predefined default groups and view can be deleted from the
system. You can then define customized groups and views for the SNMP
clients that require access.

CONFIGURING SNMP SYSTEM AND TRAP SETTINGS

Use the SNMP System Configuration page to configure basic settings and
traps for SNMP. To manage the switch through SNMP, you must first enable
the protocol and configure the basic access parameters. To issue trap
messages, the trap function must also be enabled and the destination host
specified.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, System

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

SNMP System Configuration

◆ Mode - Enables or disables SNMP service. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Version - Specifies the SNMP version to use. (Options: SNMP v1,

SNMP v2c, SNMP v3; Default: SNMP v2c)

◆ Read Community - The community used for read-only access to the

SNMP agent. (Range: 0-255 characters, ASCII characters 33-126 only;
Default: public)
This parameter only applies to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. SNMPv3 uses the
User-based Security Model (USM) for authentication and privacy. This
community string is associated with SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 clients in the
SNMPv3 Communities table (page 69).

◆ Write Community - The community used for read/write access to the

SNMP agent. (Range: 0-255 characters, ASCII characters 33-126 only;
Default: private)
This parameter only applies to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c. SNMPv3 uses the
User-based Security Model (USM) for authentication and privacy. This

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community string is associated with SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 clients in the

SNMPv3 Communities table (page 69).

◆ Engine ID - The SNMPv3 engine ID. (Range: 10-64 hex digits,

excluding a string of all 0’s or all F’s; Default: 800007e5017f000001)
An SNMPv3 engine is an independent SNMP agent that resides on the
switch. This engine protects against message replay, delay, and
redirection. The engine ID is also used in combination with user
passwords to generate the security keys for authenticating and
encrypting SNMPv3 packets.
A local engine ID is automatically generated that is unique to the
switch. This is referred to as the default engine ID. If the local engine
ID is deleted or changed, all local SNMP users will be cleared. You will
need to reconfigure all existing users.

SNMP Trap Configuration

◆ Trap Mode - Enables or disables SNMP traps. (Default: Disabled)

You should enable SNMP traps so that key events are reported by this
switch to your management station. Traps indicating status changes
can be issued by the switch to the specified trap manager by sending
authentication failure messages and other trap messages.

◆ Trap Version - Indicates if the target user is running SNMP v1, v2c, or
v3. (Default: SNMP v1)

◆ Trap Community - Specifies the community access string to use when

sending SNMP trap packets. (Range: 0-255 characters, ASCII
characters 33-126 only; Default: public)
◆ Trap Destination Address - IPv4 address of the management station
to receive notification messages.

◆ Trap Destination IPv6 Address - IPv6 address of the management

station to receive notification messages. An IPv6 address must be
formatted according to RFC 2373 “IPv6 Addressing Architecture,” using
8 colon-separated 16-bit hexadecimal values. One double colon may be
used to indicate the appropriate number of zeros required to fill the
undefined fields.

◆ Trap Authentication Failure - Issues a notification message to

specified IP trap managers whenever authentication of an SNMP
request fails. (Default: Enabled)

◆ Trap Link-up and Link-down - Issues a notification message

whenever a port link is established or broken. (Default: Enabled)

◆ Trap Inform Mode - Enables or disables sending notifications as

inform messages. Note that this option is only available for version 2c
and 3 hosts. (Default: traps are used)
The recipient of a trap message does not send a response to the switch.
Traps are therefore not as reliable as inform messages, which include a
request for acknowledgement of receipt. Informs can be used to ensure

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that critical information is received by the host. However, note that

informs consume more system resources because they must be kept in
memory until a response is received. Informs also add to network
traffic. You should consider these effects when deciding whether to
issue notifications as traps or informs.

◆ Trap Inform Timeout - The number of seconds to wait for an

acknowledgment before resending an inform message. (Range: 0-2147
seconds; Default: 1 second)

◆ Trap Inform Retry Times - The maximum number of times to resend

an inform message if the recipient does not acknowledge receipt.
(Range: 0-255; Default: 5)

◆ Trap Probe Security Engine ID (SNMPv3) - Specifies whether or not

to use the engine ID of the SNMP trap probe in trap and inform
messages. (Default: Enabled)

◆ Trap Security Engine ID (SNMPv3) - Indicates the SNMP trap security

engine ID. SNMPv3 sends traps and informs using USM for
authentication and privacy. A unique engine ID for these traps and
informs is needed. When “Trap Probe Security Engine ID” is enabled,
the ID will be probed automatically. Otherwise, the ID specified in this
field is used. (Range: 10-64 hex digits, excluding a string of all 0’s or all
F’s)

NOTE: The Trap Probe Security Engine ID must be disabled before an

engine ID can be manually entered in this field.

◆ Trap Security Name (SNMPv3) - Indicates the SNMP trap security

name. SNMPv3 traps and informs use USM for authentication and
privacy. A unique security name is needed when SNMPv3 traps or
informs are enabled.

NOTE: To select a name from this field, first enter an SNMPv3 user with the
same Trap Security Engine ID in the SNMPv3 Users Configuration menu
(see "Configuring SNMPv3 Users" on page 70).

WEB INTERFACE
To configure SNMP system and trap settings:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, System.

2. In the SNMP System Configuration table, set the Mode to Enabled to

enable SNMP service on the switch, specify the SNMP version to use,
change the community access strings if required, and set the engine ID
if SNMP version 3 is used.

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3. In the SNMP Trap Configuration table, enable the Trap Mode to allow
the switch to send SNMP traps. Specify the trap version, trap
community, and IP address of the management station that will receive
trap messages either as an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Select the trap types
to issue, and set the trap inform settings for SNMP v2c or v3 clients.
For SNMP v3 clients, configure the security engine ID and security
name used in v3 trap and inform messages.

4. Click Save.

Figure 20: SNMP System Configuration

SETTING SNMPV3 COMMUNITY ACCESS STRINGS

Use the SNMPv3 Community Configuration page to set community access
strings. All community strings used to authorize access by SNMP v1 and
v2c clients should be listed in the SNMPv3 Communities Configuration
table. For security reasons, you should consider removing the default
strings.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Communities

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

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◆ Community - Specifies the community strings which allow access to

the SNMP agent. (Range: 1-32 characters, ASCII characters 33-126
only; Default: public, private)
For SNMPv3, these strings are treated as a Security Name, and are
mapped as an SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 community string in the SNMPv3
Groups Configuration table (see "Configuring SNMPv3 Groups" on
page 72).

◆ Source IP - Specifies the source address of an SNMP client.

◆ Source Mask - Specifies the address mask for the SNMP client.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure SNMP community access strings:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Communities.

2. Set the IP address and mask for the default community strings.
Otherwise, you should consider deleting these strings for security
reasons.

3. Add any new community strings required for SNMPv1 or v2 clients that
need to access the switch, along with the source address and address
mask for each client.

4. Click Save.

Figure 21: SNMPv3 Community Configuration

CONFIGURING SNMPV3 USERS

Use the SNMPv3 User Configuration page to define a unique name and
remote engine ID for each SNMPv3 user. Users must be configured with a
specific security level, and the types of authentication and privacy
protocols to use.

NOTE: Any user assigned through this page is associated with the group
assigned to the USM Security Model on the SNMPv3 Groups Configuration
page (page 72), and the views assigned to that group in the SNMPv3
Access Configuration page (page 74).

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Users

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PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Engine ID - The engine identifier for the SNMP agent on the remote
device where the user resides. (Range: 10-64 hex digits, excluding a
string of all 0’s or all F’s)
To send inform messages to an SNMPv3 user on a remote device, you
must first specify the engine identifier for the SNMP agent on the
remote device where the user resides. The remote engine ID is used to
compute the security digest for authenticating and encrypting packets
sent to a user on the remote host.
SNMP passwords are localized using the engine ID of the authoritative
agent. For informs, the authoritative SNMP agent is the remote agent.
You therefore need to configure the remote agent's SNMP engine ID
before you can send proxy requests or informs to it. (See "Configuring
SNMP System and Trap Settings" on page 66.)

◆ User Name - The name of user connecting to the SNMP agent.

(Range: 1-32 characters, ASCII characters 33-126 only)

◆ Security Level - The security level assigned to the user:

■ NoAuth, NoPriv - There is no authentication or encryption used in
SNMP communications. (This is the default for SNMPv3.)
■ Auth, NoPriv - SNMP communications use authentication, but the
data is not encrypted.
■ Auth, Priv - SNMP communications use both authentication and
encryption.

◆ Authentication Protocol - The method used for user authentication.

(Options: None, MD5, SHA; Default: MD5)

◆ Authentication Password - A plain text string identifying the

authentication pass phrase. (Range: 1-32 characters for MD5, 8-40
characters for SHA)

◆ Privacy Protocol - The encryption algorithm use for data privacy; only
56-bit DES is currently available. (Options: None, DES; Default: DES)

◆ Privacy Password - A string identifying the privacy pass phrase.

(Range: 8-40 characters, ASCII characters 33-126 only)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure SNMPv3 users:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Users.

2. Click “Add new user” to configure a user name.

3. Enter a remote Engine ID of up to 64 hexadecimal characters

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4. Define the user name, security level, authentication and privacy

settings.

5. Click Save.

Figure 22: SNMPv3 User Configuration

CONFIGURING SNMPV3 GROUPS

Use the SNMPv3 Group Configuration page to configure SNMPv3 groups.
An SNMPv3 group defines the access policy for assigned users, restricting
them to specific read and write views as defined on the SNMPv3 Access
Configuration page (page 74). You can use the pre-defined default groups,
or create a new group and the views authorized for that group.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Groups

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Security Model - The user security model. (Options: SNMP v1, v2c, or
the User-based Security Model – usm).

◆ Security Name - The name of a user connecting to the SNMP agent.

(Range: 1-32 characters, ASCII characters 33-126 only)
The options displayed for this parameter depend on the selected
Security Model. For SNMP v1 and v2c, the switch displays the names
configured on the SNMPv3 Communities Configuration menu (see
page 69). For USM (or SNMPv3), the switch displays the names
configured with the local engine ID in the SNMPv3 Users Configuration
menu (see page 70). To modify an entry for USM, the current entry
must first be deleted.

◆ Group Name - The name of the SNMP group. (Range: 1-32 characters,
ASCII characters 33-126 only)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure SNMPv3 groups:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Groups.

2. Click “Add new group” to set up a new group.

3. Select a security model.

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4. Select the security name. For SNMP v1 and v2c, the security names
displayed are based on the those configured in the SNMPv3
Communities menu. For USM, the security names displayed are based
on the those configured in the SNMPv3 Users Configuration menu.

5. Enter a group name. Note that the views assigned to a group must be
specified on the SNMP Accesses Configuration menu (see page 74).

6. Click Save.

Figure 23: SNMPv3 Group Configuration

CONFIGURING SNMPV3 VIEWS

Use the SNMPv3 View Configuration page to define views which restrict
user access to specified portions of the MIB tree. The predefined view
“default_view” includes access to the entire MIB tree.

CLI REFERENCES
"SNMP Commands" on page 330

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ View Name - The name of the SNMP view. (Range: 1-32 characters,
ASCII characters 33-126 only)

◆ View Type - Indicates if the object identifier of a branch within the MIB
tree is included or excluded from the SNMP view. Generally, if the view
type of an entry is “excluded,” another entry of view type “included”
should exist and its OID subtree should overlap the “excluded” view
entry.

◆ OID Subtree - Object identifiers of branches within the MIB tree. Note
that the first character must be a period (.). Wild cards can be used to
mask a specific portion of the OID string using an asterisk.
(Length: 1-128)

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure SNMPv3 views:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Views.

2. Click “Add new view” to set up a new view.

3. Enter the view name, view type, and OID subtree.

4. Click Save.

Figure 24: SNMPv3 View Configuration

CONFIGURING SNMPV3 GROUP ACCESS RIGHTS

Use the SNMPv3 Access Configuration page to assign portions of the MIB
tree to which each SNMPv3 group is granted access. You can assign more
than one view to a group to specify access to different portions of the MIB
tree.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Access

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Group Name - The name of the SNMP group. (Range: 1-32 characters,
ASCII characters 33-126 only)

◆ Security Model - The user security model. (Options: any, v1, v2c, or
the User-based Security Model – usm; Default: any)

◆ Security Level - The security level assigned to the group:

■ NoAuth, NoPriv - There is no authentication or encryption used in
SNMP communications. (This is the default for SNMPv3.)
■ Auth, NoPriv - SNMP communications use authentication, but the
data is not encrypted.
■ Auth, Priv - SNMP communications use both authentication and
encryption.

◆ Read View Name - The configured view for read access. (Range: 1-32
characters, ASCII characters 33-126 only)

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◆ Write View Name - The configured view for write access.

(Range: 1-32 characters, ASCII characters 33-126 only)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure SNMPv3 group access rights:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Switch, SNMP, Access.

2. Click Add New Access to create a new entry.

3. Specify the group name, security settings, read view, and write view.

4. Click Save.

Figure 25: SNMPv3 Access Configuration

CONFIGURING PORT Use the Port Security Limit Control Configuration page to limit the number
LIMIT CONTROLS of users accessing a given port. A user is identified by a MAC address and
VLAN ID. If Limit Control is enabled on a port, the maximum number of
users on the port is restricted to the specified limit. If this number is
exceeded, the switch makes the specified response.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, Limit Control

PARAMETERS
The following parameters are displayed on the Port Limit Control
Configuration page:

System Configuration

◆ Mode – Enables or disables Limit Control is globally on the switch. If

globally disabled, other modules may still use the underlying
functionality, but limit checks and corresponding actions are disabled.

◆ Aging Enabled – If enabled, secured MAC addresses are subject to

aging as discussed under Aging Period.
With aging enabled, a timer is started once the end-host gets secured.
When the timer expires, the switch starts looking for frames from the
end-host, and if such frames are not seen within the next Aging Period,
the end-host is assumed to be disconnected, and the corresponding
resources are freed on the switch.

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◆ Aging Period – If Aging Enabled is checked, then the aging period is

controlled with this parameter. If other modules are using the
underlying port security for securing MAC addresses, they may have
other requirements for the aging period. The underlying port security
will use the shortest requested aging period of all modules that use this
functionality. (Range: 10-10,000,000 seconds; Default: 3600 seconds)

Port Configuration

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Mode – Controls whether Limit Control is enabled on this port. Both

this and the global Mode must be set to Enabled for Limit Control to be
in effect. Notice that other modules may still use the underlying port
security features without enabling Limit Control on a given port.

◆ Limit – The maximum number of MAC addresses that can be secured

on this port. This number cannot exceed 1024. If the limit is exceeded,
the corresponding action is taken.
The switch is “initialized” with a total number of MAC addresses from
which all ports draw whenever a new MAC address is seen on a Port
Security-enabled port. Since all ports draw from the same pool, it may
happen that a configured maximum cannot be granted if the remaining
ports have already used all available MAC addresses.

◆ Action – If Limit is reached, the switch can take one of the following
actions:
■ None: Do not allow more than the specified Limit of MAC addresses
on the port, but take no further action.
■ Trap: If Limit + 1 MAC addresses is seen on the port, send an SNMP
trap. If Aging is disabled, only one SNMP trap will be sent, but with
Aging enabled, new SNMP traps will be sent every time the limit is
exceeded.
■ Shutdown: If Limit + 1 MAC addresses is seen on the port, shut
down the port. This implies that all secured MAC addresses will be
removed from the port, and no new addresses will be learned. Even
if the link is physically disconnected and reconnected on the port
(by disconnecting the cable), the port will remain shut down. There
are three ways to re-open the port:
■ Boot the switch,
■ Disable and re-enable Limit Control on the port or the switch,
■ Click the Reopen button.
■ Trap & Shutdown: If Limit + 1 MAC addresses is seen on the port,
both the “Trap” and the “Shutdown” actions described above will be
taken.
◆ State – This column shows the current state of the port as seen from
the Limit Control's point of view. The state takes one of four values:
■ Disabled: Limit Control is either globally disabled or disabled on the
port.

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■ Ready: The limit is not yet reached. This can be shown for all
Actions.
■ Limit Reached: Indicates that the limit is reached on this port. This
state can only be shown if Action is set to None or Trap.
■ Shutdown: Indicates that the port is shut down by the Limit Control
module. This state can only be shown if Action is set to Shutdown or
Trap & Shutdown.

◆ Re-open – If a port is shut down by this module, you may reopen it by

clicking this button, which will only be enabled if this is the case. For
other methods, refer to Shutdown in the Action section.
Note, that clicking the Reopen button causes the page to be refreshed,
so non-committed changes will be lost.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure port limit controls:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, Limit Control.

2. Set the system configuration parameters to globally enable or disable

limit controls, and configure address aging as required.

3. Set limit controls for any port, including status, maximum number of
addresses allowed, and the response to a violation.

4. Click Save.

Figure 26: Port Limit Control Configuration

CONFIGURING Network switches can provide open and easy access to network resources
AUTHENTICATION by simply attaching a client PC. Although this automatic configuration and
THROUGH NETWORK access is a desirable feature, it also allows unauthorized personnel to easily
intrude and possibly gain access to sensitive network data.
ACCESS SERVERS
Use the Network Access Server Configuration page to configure IEEE
802.1X port-based and MAC-based authentication settings. The 802.1X

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standard defines a port-based access control procedure that prevents

unauthorized access to a network by requiring users to first submit
credentials for authentication. Access to all switch ports in a network can
be centrally controlled from a server, which means that authorized users
can use the same credentials for authentication from any point within the
network.

Figure 27: Using Port Security

802.1x
client

1. Client attempts to access a switch port.

2. Switch sends client an identity request.
RADIUS 3. Client sends back identity information.
server 4. Switch forwards this to authentication server.
5. Authentication server challenges client.
6. Client responds with proper credentials.
7. Authentication server approves access.
8. Switch grants client access to this port.

This switch uses the Extensible Authentication Protocol over LANs (EAPOL)
to exchange authentication protocol messages with the client, and a
remote RADIUS authentication server to verify user identity and access
rights. These backend servers are configured on the AAA menu (see
page 109).

When a client (i.e., Supplicant) connects to a switch port, the switch (i.e.,
Authenticator) responds with an EAPOL identity request. The client
provides its identity (such as a user name) in an EAPOL response to the
switch, which it forwards to the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server verifies
the client identity and sends an access challenge back to the client. The
EAP packet from the RADIUS server contains not only the challenge, but
the authentication method to be used. The client can reject the
authentication method and request another, depending on the
configuration of the client software and the RADIUS server. The encryption
method used by IEEE 802.1X to pass authentication messages can be MD5
(Message-Digest 5), TLS (Transport Layer Security), PEAP (Protected
Extensible Authentication Protocol), or TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer
Security). However, note that the only encryption method supported by
MAC-Based authentication is MD5. The client responds to the appropriate
method with its credentials, such as a password or certificate. The RADIUS
server verifies the client credentials and responds with an accept or reject
packet. If authentication is successful, the switch allows the client to
access the network. Otherwise, network access is denied and the port
remains blocked.

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The operation of 802.1X on the switch requires the following:

◆ The switch must have an IP address assigned (see page 42).

◆ RADIUS authentication must be enabled on the switch and the IP

address of the RADIUS server specified. Backend RADIUS servers are
configured on the Authentication Configuration page (see page 109).

◆ 802.1X / MAC-based authentication must be enabled globally for the

switch.

◆ The Admin State for each switch port that requires client authentication
must be set to 802.1X or MAC-based.

◆ When using 802.1X authentication:

■ Each client that needs to be authenticated must have dot1x client

software installed and properly configured.

■ When using 802.1X authentication, the RADIUS server and 802.1X

client must support EAP. (The switch only supports EAPOL in order
to pass the EAP packets from the server to the client.)

■ The RADIUS server and client also have to support the same EAP
authentication type - MD5, PEAP, TLS, or TTLS. (Native support for
these encryption methods is provided in Windows 7, Windows Vista,
Windows XP, and in Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4. To support
these encryption methods in Windows 95 and 98, you can use the
AEGIS dot1x client or other comparable client software.)

MAC-based authentication allows for authentication of more than one user

on the same port, and does not require the user to have special 802.1X
software installed on his system. The switch uses the client's MAC address
to authenticate against the backend server. However, note that intruders
can create counterfeit MAC addresses, which makes MAC-based
authentication less secure than 802.1X authentication.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, NAS

USAGE GUIDELINES
When 802.1X is enabled, you need to configure the parameters for the
authentication process that runs between the client and the switch (i.e.,
authenticator), as well as the client identity lookup process that runs
between the switch and authentication server. These parameters are
described in this section.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

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System Configuration
◆ Mode - Indicates if 802.1X and MAC-based authentication are globally
enabled or disabled on the switch. If globally disabled, all ports are
allowed to forward frames.

◆ Reauthentication Enabled - Sets clients to be re-authenticated after

an interval specified by the Re-authentication Period. Re-authentication
can be used to detect if a new device is plugged into a switch port.
(Default: Disabled)
For MAC-based ports, reauthentication is only useful if the RADIUS
server configuration has changed. It does not involve communication
between the switch and the client, and therefore does not imply that a
client is still present on a port (see Age Period below).

◆ Reauthentication Period - Sets the time period after which a

connected client must be re-authenticated. (Range: 1-3600 seconds;
Default: 3600 seconds)

◆ EAPOL Timeout - Sets the time the switch waits for a supplicant
response during an authentication session before retransmitting a
Request Identify EAPOL packet. (Range: 1-255 seconds; Default: 30
seconds)

◆ Aging Period - The period used to calculate when to age out a client
allowed access to the switch through Single 802.1X, Multi 802.1X, and
MAC-based authentication as described below. (Range: 10-1000000
seconds; Default: 300 seconds)
When the NAS module uses the Port Security module to secure MAC
addresses, the Port Security module needs to check for activity on the
MAC address in question at regular intervals and free resources if no
activity is seen within the given age period.
If reauthentication is enabled and the port is in a 802.1X-based mode,
this is not so critical, since supplicants that are no longer attached to
the port will get removed upon the next reauthentication, which will
fail. But if reauthentication is not enabled, the only way to free
resources is by aging the entries.
For ports in MAC-based Auth. mode, reauthentication does not cause
direct communication between the switch and the client, so this will not
detect whether the client is still attached or not, and the only way to
free any resources is to age the entry.

◆ Hold Time - The time after an EAP Failure indication or RADIUS

timeout that a client is not allowed access. This setting applies to ports
running Single 802.1X, Multi 802.1X, or MAC-based authentication.
(Range: 10-1000000 seconds; Default: 10 seconds)
If the RADIUS server denies a client access, or a RADIUS server
request times out (according to the timeout specified on the AAA menu
on page 109), the client is put on hold in the Unauthorized state. In this
state, the hold timer does not count down during an on-going
authentication.

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In MAC-based Authentication mode, the switch will ignore new frames

coming from the client during the hold time.

◆ RADIUS-Assigned QoS Enabled - RADIUS-assigned QoS provides a

means to centrally control the traffic class to which traffic coming from
a successfully authenticated supplicant is assigned on the switch. The
RADIUS server must be configured to transmit special RADIUS
attributes to take advantage of this feature.
The RADIUS-Assigned QoS Enabled checkbox provides a quick way to
globally enable/disable RADIUS-server assigned QoS Class
functionality. When checked, the individual port settings determine
whether RADIUS-assigned QoS Class is enabled for that port. When
unchecked, RADIUS-server assigned QoS Class is disabled for all ports.
When RADIUS-Assigned QoS is both globally enabled and enabled for a
given port, the switch reacts to QoS Class information carried in the
RADIUS Access-Accept packet transmitted by the RADIUS server when
a supplicant is successfully authenticated. If present and valid, traffic
received on the supplicant’s port will be classified to the given QoS
Class. If (re-)authentication fails or the RADIUS Access-Accept packet
no longer carries a QoS Class or it's invalid, or the supplicant is
otherwise no longer present on the port, the port's QoS Class is
immediately reverted to the original QoS Class (which may be changed
by the administrator in the meanwhile without affecting the RADIUS-
assigned setting).
This option is only available for single-client modes, i.e. port-based
802.1X and Single 802.1X.

RADIUS Attributes Used in Identifying a QoS Class

The User-Priority-Table attribute defined in RFC4675 forms the basis for
identifying the QoS Class in an Access-Accept packet.
Only the first occurrence of the attribute in the packet will be
considered. To be valid, all 8 octets in the attribute's value must be
identical and consist of ASCII characters in the range '0' - '3', which
translates into the desired QoS Class in the range 0-3.
QoS assignments to be applied to a switch port for an authenticated
user may be configured on the RADIUS server as described below:
■ The “Filter-ID” attribute (attribute 11) can be configured on the
RADIUS server to pass the following QoS information:

Table 7: Dynamic QoS Profiles

Profile Attribute Syntax Example

DiffServ service-policy-in=policy-map-name service-policy-in=p1

Rate Limit rate-limit-input=rate rate-limit-input=100

(in units of Kbps)

802.1p switchport-priority-default=value switchport-priority-default=2

■ Multiple profiles can be specified in the Filter-ID attribute by using a

semicolon to separate each profile.

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For example, the attribute “service-policy-in=pp1;rate-limit-

input=100” specifies that the diffserv profile name is “pp1,” and the
ingress rate limit profile value is 100 kbps.

■ If duplicate profiles are passed in the Filter-ID attribute, then only

the first profile is used.
For example, if the attribute is “service-policy-in=p1;service-policy-
in=p2”, then the switch applies only the DiffServ profile “p1.”

■ Any unsupported profiles in the Filter-ID attribute are ignored.

For example, if the attribute is “map-ip-dscp=2:3;service-policy-
in=p1,” then the switch ignores the “map-ip-dscp” profile.

■ When authentication is successful, the dynamic QoS information

may not be passed from the RADIUS server due to one of the
following conditions (authentication result remains unchanged):
■ The Filter-ID attribute cannot be found to carry the user profile.
■ The Filter-ID attribute is empty.
■ The Filter-ID attribute format for dynamic QoS assignment is
unrecognizable (can not recognize the whole Filter-ID attribute).

■ Dynamic QoS assignment fails and the authentication result

changes from success to failure when the following conditions
occur:
■ Illegal characters found in a profile value (for example, a non-
digital character in an 802.1p profile value).
■ Failure to configure the received profiles on the authenticated
port.

■ When the last user logs off on a port with a dynamic QoS
assignment, the switch restores the original QoS configuration for
the port.

■ When a user attempts to log into the network with a returned

dynamic QoS profile that is different from users already logged on
to the same port, the user is denied access.

■ While a port has an assigned dynamic QoS profile, any manual QoS
configuration changes only take effect after all users have logged
off the port.

◆ RADIUS-Assigned VLAN Enabled - RADIUS-assigned VLAN provides

a means to centrally control the VLAN on which a successfully
authenticated supplicant is placed on the switch. Incoming traffic will
be classified to and switched on the RADIUS-assigned VLAN. The
RADIUS server must be configured to transmit special RADIUS
attributes to take advantage of this feature.

The “RADIUS-Assigned VLAN Enabled” checkbox provides a quick way

to globally enable/disable RADIUS-server assigned VLAN functionality.
When checked, the individual port settings determine whether RADIUS-

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assigned VLAN is enabled for that port. When unchecked, RADIUS-

server assigned VLAN is disabled for all ports.

When RADIUS-Assigned VLAN is both globally enabled and enabled for

a given port, the switch reacts to VLAN ID information carried in the
RADIUS Access-Accept packet transmitted by the RADIUS server when
a supplicant is successfully authenticated. If present and valid, the
port's Port VLAN ID will be changed to this VLAN ID, the port will be set
to be a member of that VLAN ID, and the port will be forced into VLAN-
unaware mode. Once assigned, all traffic arriving on the port will be
classified and switched on the RADIUS-assigned VLAN ID.

If (re-)authentication fails or the RADIUS Access-Accept packet no

longer carries a VLAN ID or it's invalid, or the supplicant is otherwise no
longer present on the port, the port's VLAN ID is immediately reverted
to the original VLAN ID (which may be changed by the administrator in
the meanwhile without affecting the RADIUS-assigned setting).

This option is only available for single-client modes, i.e. port-based

802.1X and Single 802.1X.

NOTE: For trouble-shooting VLAN assignments, use the Monitor > VLANs >
VLAN Membership and VLAN Port pages. These pages show which modules
have (temporarily) overridden the current Port VLAN configuration.

RADIUS Attributes Used in Identifying a VLAN ID

RFC 2868 and RFC 3580 form the basis for the attributes used in
identifying a VLAN ID in an Access-Accept packet. The following criteria
are used:
■ The Tunnel-Medium-Type, Tunnel-Type, and Tunnel-Private-Group-
ID attributes must all be present at least once in the Access-Accept
packet.
■ The switch looks for the first set of these attributes that have the
same Tag value and fulfil the following requirements (if Tag == 0 is
used, the Tunnel-Private-Group-ID does not need to include a Tag):
■ Value of Tunnel-Medium-Type must be set to “IEEE-802” (ordinal
6).
■ Value of Tunnel-Type must be set to “VLAN” (ordinal 13).
■ Value of Tunnel-Private-Group-ID must be a string of ASCII
characters in the range 0-9, which is interpreted as a decimal
string representing the VLAN ID. Leading '0's are discarded. The
final value must be in the range 1-4095.
The VLAN list can contain multiple VLAN identifiers in the format
“1u,2t,3u” where “u” indicates an untagged VLAN and “t” a
tagged VLAN.

◆ Guest VLAN Enabled - A Guest VLAN is a special VLAN - typically with

limited network access - on which 802.1X-unaware clients are placed

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after a network administrator-defined timeout. The switch follows a set

of rules for entering and leaving the Guest VLAN as listed below.
The “Guest VLAN Enabled” checkbox provides a quick way to globally
enable/disable Guest VLAN functionality. When checked, the individual
port settings determine whether the port can be moved into Guest
VLAN. When unchecked, the ability to move to the Guest VLAN is
disabled for all ports.
When Guest VLAN is both globally enabled and enabled for a given
port, the switch considers moving the port into the Guest VLAN
according to the rules outlined below. This option is only available for
EAPOL-based modes, i.e. Port-based 802.1X, Single 802.1X, and Multi
802.1X

NOTE: For trouble-shooting VLAN assignments, use the Monitor > VLANs >
VLAN Membership and VLAN Port pages. These pages show which modules
have (temporarily) overridden the current Port VLAN configuration.

Guest VLAN Operation

When a Guest VLAN enabled port's link comes up, the switch starts
transmitting EAPOL Request Identity frames. If the number of
transmissions of such frames exceeds Max. Reauth. Count and no
EAPOL frames have been received in the meanwhile, the switch
considers entering the Guest VLAN. The interval between transmission
of EAPOL Request Identity frames is configured with EAPOL Timeout. If
Allow Guest VLAN if EAPOL Seen is enabled, the port will now be placed
in the Guest VLAN. If disabled, the switch will first check its history to
see if an EAPOL frame has previously been received on the port (this
history is cleared if the port link goes down or the port's Admin State is
changed), and if not, the port will be placed in the Guest VLAN.
Otherwise it will not move to the Guest VLAN, but continue transmitting
EAPOL Request Identity frames at the rate given by EAPOL Timeout.
Once in the Guest VLAN, the port is considered authenticated, and all
attached clients on the port are allowed access on this VLAN. The
switch will not transmit an EAPOL Success frame after entering the
Guest VLAN.
While in the Guest VLAN, the switch monitors the link for EAPOL
frames, and if one such frame is received, the switch immediately takes
the port out of the Guest VLAN and starts authenticating the supplicant
according to the port mode. If an EAPOL frame is received, the port will
never be able to go back into the Guest VLAN if the “Allow Guest VLAN
if EAPOL Seen” is disabled.

◆ Guest VLAN ID - This is the value that a port's Port VLAN ID is set to if
a port is moved into the Guest VLAN. It is only changeable if the Guest
VLAN option is globally enabled. (Range: 1-4095)

◆ Max. Reauth. Count - The number of times that the switch transmits
an EAPOL Request Identity frame without receiving a response before
adding a port to the Guest VLAN. The value can only be changed if the
Guest VLAN option is globally enabled. (Range: 1-255)

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◆ Allow Guest VLAN if EAPOL Seen - The switch remembers if an

EAPOL frame has been received on the port for the lifetime of the port.
Once the switch considers whether to enter the Guest VLAN, it will first
check if this option is enabled or disabled. If disabled (the default), the
switch will only enter the Guest VLAN if an EAPOL frame has not been
received on the port for the lifetime of the port. If enabled, the switch
will consider entering the Guest VLAN even if an EAPOL frame has been
received on the port for the lifetime of the port. The value can only be
changed if the Guest VLAN option is globally enabled.

Port Configuration
◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Admin State - If NAS is globally enabled, this selection controls the

port's authentication mode. The following modes are available:
■ Force Authorized - The switch sends one EAPOL Success frame
when the port link comes up. This forces the port to grant access to
all clients, either dot1x-aware or otherwise. (This is the default
setting.)
■ Force Unauthorized - The switch will send one EAPOL Failure
frame when the port link comes up. This forces the port to deny
access to all clients, either dot1x-aware or otherwise.
■ Port-based 802.1X - Requires a dot1x-aware client to be
authorized by the authentication server. Clients that are not dot1x-
aware will be denied access.
■ Single 802.1X - At most one supplicant can get authenticated on
the port at a time. If more than one supplicant is connected to a
port, the one that comes first when the port's link comes up will be
the first one considered. If that supplicant doesn't provide valid
credentials within a certain amount of time, another supplicant will
get a chance. Once a supplicant is successfully authenticated, only
that supplicant will be allowed access. This is the most secure of all
the supported modes. In this mode, the Port Security module is
used to secure a supplicant's MAC address once successfully
authenticated.
■ Multi 802.1X - One or more supplicants can get authenticated on
the same port at the same time. Each supplicant is authenticated
individually and secured in the MAC table using the Port Security
module.
In Multi 802.1X it is not possible to use the multicast BPDU MAC
address as the destination MAC address for EAPOL frames sent from
the switch towards the supplicant, since that would cause all
supplicants attached to the port to reply to requests sent from the
switch. Instead, the switch uses the supplicant's MAC address,
which is obtained from the first EAPOL Start or EAPOL Response
Identity frame sent by the supplicant. An exception to this is when
no supplicants are attached. In this case, the switch sends EAPOL
Request Identity frames using the BPDU multicast MAC address as
the destination - to wake up any supplicants that might be on the
port.

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The maximum number of supplicants that can be attached to a port

can be limited using the Port Security Limit Control functionality.

■ MAC-based Auth. - Enables MAC-based authentication on the port.

The switch does not transmit or accept EAPOL frames on the port.
Flooded frames and broadcast traffic will be transmitted on the port,
whether or not clients are authenticated on the port, whereas
unicast traffic from an unsuccessfully authenticated client will be
dropped. Clients that are not (or not yet) successfully authenticated
will not be allowed to transmit frames of any kind.
The switch acts as the supplicant on behalf of clients. The initial
frame (any kind of frame) sent by a client is snooped by the switch,
which in turn uses the client's MAC address as both user name and
password in the subsequent EAP exchange with the RADIUS server.
The 6-byte MAC address is converted to a string on the following
form “xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx”, that is, a dash (-) is used as separator
between the lower-cased hexadecimal digits. The switch only
supports the MD5-Challenge authentication method, so the RADIUS
server must be configured accordingly.
When authentication is complete, the RADIUS server sends a
success or failure indication, which in turn causes the switch to open
up or block traffic for that particular client, using the Port Security
module. Only then will frames from the client be forwarded on the
switch. There are no EAPOL frames involved in this authentication,
and therefore, MAC-based Authentication has nothing to do with the
802.1X standard.
The advantage of MAC-based authentication over port-based
802.1X is that several clients can be connected to the same port
(e.g. through a 3rd party switch or a hub) and still require individual
authentication, and that the clients don't need special supplicant
software to authenticate. The advantage of MAC-based
authentication over 802.1X-based authentication is that the clients
don't need special supplicant software to authenticate. The
disadvantage is that MAC addresses can be spoofed by malicious
users - equipment whose MAC address is a valid RADIUS user can
be used by anyone. Also, only the MD5-Challenge method is
supported. The maximum number of clients that can be attached to
a port can be limited using the Port Security Limit Control
functionality.

Further Guidelines for Port Admin State

■ Port Admin state can only be set to Force-Authorized for ports

participating in the Spanning Tree algorithm (see page 125).
■ When 802.1X authentication is enabled on a port, the MAC address
learning function for this interface is disabled, and the addresses
dynamically learned on this port are removed from the common
address table.
■ Authenticated MAC addresses are stored as dynamic entries in the
switch's secure MAC address table. Configured static MAC addresses
are added to the secure address table when seen on a switch port

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(see page 158). Static addresses are treated as authenticated

without sending a request to a RADIUS server.
■ When port status changes to down, all MAC addresses are cleared
from the secure MAC address table. Static VLAN assignments are
not restored.

◆ RADIUS-Assigned QoS Enabled - Enables or disables this feature for

a given port. Refer to the description of this feature under the System
Configuration section.
◆ RADIUS-Assigned VLAN Enabled - Enables or disables this feature
for a given port. Refer to the description of this feature under the
System Configuration section.
◆ Guest VLAN Enabled - Enables or disables this feature for a given
port. Refer to the description of this feature under the System
Configure section.
◆ Port State - The current state of the port:
■ Globally Disabled - 802.1X and MAC-based authentication are
globally disabled. (This is the default state.)
■ Link Down - 802.1X or MAC-based authentication is enabled, but
there is no link on the port.
■ Authorized - The port is in Force Authorized mode, or a single-
supplicant mode and the supplicant is authorized.
■ Unauthorized - The port is in Force Unauthorized mode, or a
single-supplicant mode and the supplicant is not successfully
authorized by the RADIUS server.
■ X Auth/Y Unauth - The port is in a multi-supplicant mode. X
clients are currently authorized and Y are unauthorized.

◆ Restart - Restarts client authentication using one of the methods

described below. Note that the restart buttons are only enabled when
the switch’s authentication mode is globally enabled (under System
Configuration) and the port's Admin State is an EAPOL-based or MAC-
Based mode. Clicking these buttons will not cause settings changed on
the page to take effect.
■ Reauthenticate - Schedules reauthentication to whenever the
quiet-period of the port runs out (EAPOL-based authentication). For
MAC-based authentication, reauthentication will be attempted
immediately. The button only has effect for successfully
authenticated clients on the port and will not cause the clients to
get temporarily unauthorized.
■ Reinitialize - Forces a reinitialization of the clients on the port and
thereby a reauthentication immediately. The clients will transfer to
the unauthorized state while the reauthentication is in progress.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure 802.1X Port Security:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, NAS.

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2. Modify the required attributes.

3. Click Save.

Figure 28: Network Access Server Configuration

FILTERING TRAFFIC An Access Control List (ACL) is a sequential list of permit or deny
WITH ACCESS conditions that apply to IP addresses, MAC addresses, or other more
CONTROL LISTS specific criteria. This switch tests ingress packets against the conditions in
an ACL one by one. A packet will be accepted as soon as it matches a
permit rule, or dropped as soon as it matches a deny rule. If no rules
match, the frame is accepted. Other actions can also be invoked when a
matching packet is found, including rate limiting, copying matching packets
to another port or to the system log, or shutting down a port.

ASSIGNING ACL POLICIES AND RESPONSES

Use the ACL Port Configuration page to define a port to which matching
frames are copied, enable logging, or shut down a port when a matching
frame is seen. Note that rate limiting (configured with the Rate Limiter
menu, page 90) is implemented regardless of whether or not a matching
packet is seen.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, ACL, Ports

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PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port - Port Identifier.

◆ Policy ID - An ACL policy configured on the ACE Configuration page

(page 93). (Range: 1-8; Default: 1, which is undefined)

◆ Action - Permits or denies a frame based on whether it matches a rule

defined in the assigned policy. (Default: Permit)

◆ Rate Limiter ID - Specifies a rate limiter (page 90) to apply to the

port. (Range: 1-15; Default: Disabled)

◆ Redirect to - Defines a port to which matching frames are re-directed.

(Range: 1-28; Default: Disabled)
To use this function, Action must be set to Deny for the local port.

◆ Mirror - Mirrors matching frames from this port. (Default: Disabled)

To use this function, the destination port to which traffic is mirrored
must be configured on the Mirror Configuration page (see "Configuring
Port Mirroring" on page 194).
ACL-based port mirroring set by this parameter and port mirroring set
on the general Mirror Configuration page are implemented
independently. To use ACL-based mirroring, enable the Mirror
parameter on the ACL Ports Configuration page. Then open the Mirror
Configuration page, set the “Port to mirror on” field to the required
destination port, and leave the “Mode” field Disabled.

◆ Logging - Enables logging of matching frames to the system log.

(Default: Disabled)
Open the System Log Information menu (page 201) to view any entries
stored in the system log for this entry. Related entries will be displayed
under the “Info” or “All” logging levels.

◆ Shutdown - Shuts down a port when a macthing frame is seen.

(Default: Disabled)

◆ Counter - The number of frames which have matched any of the rules
defined in the selected policy.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure ACL policies and responses for a port:

1. Click Configuration, ACL, Ports.

2. Assign an ACL policy configured on the ACE Configuration page, specify

the responses to invoke when a matching frame is seen, including the
filter mode, copying matching frames to another port, logging matching
frames, or shutting down the port. Note that the setting for rate limiting
is implemented regardless of whether or not a matching packet is seen.

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3. Repeat the preceding step for each port to which an ACL will be applied.

4. Click Save.

Figure 29: ACL Port Configuration

CONFIGURING RATE LIMITERS

Use the ACL Rate Limiter Configuration page to define the rate limits
applied to a port (as configured either through the ACL Ports Configuration
menu (page 88) or the Access Control List Configuration menu (page 91).

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, ACL, Rate Limiters

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Rate Limiter ID - Rate limiter identifier. (Range: 0-14; Default: 1)

◆ Rate - The threshold above which packets are dropped.

(Options: 0-100 pps, or 0, 100, 2*100, 3*100, ... 1000000 kbps)
Due to an ASIC limitation, the enforced rate limits are slightly less than
the listed options. For example: 1 Kpps translates into an enforced
threshold of 1002.1 pps.

◆ Unit - Unit of measure. (Options: pps or kbps; Default: pps)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure rate limits which can be applied to a port:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, ACL, Rate Limiters.

2. For any of the rate limiters, select the maximum ingress rate that will
be supported on a port once a match has been found in an assigned
ACL.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 30: ACL Rate Limiter Configuration

CONFIGURING ACCESS CONTROL LISTS

Use the Access Control List Configuration page to define filtering rules for
an ACL policy, for a specific port, or for all ports. Rules applied to a port
take effect immediately, while those defined for a policy must be mapped
to one or more ports using the ACL Ports Configuration menu (page 88).

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, ACL, Access Control List

USAGE GUIDELINES
◆ Rules within an ACL are checked in the configured order, from top to
bottom. A packet will be accepted as soon as it matches a permit rule,
or dropped as soon as it matches a deny rule. If no rules match, the
frame is accepted.

◆ The maximum number of ACL rules that can be configured on the

switch is 128.

◆ The maximum number of ACL rules that can be bound to a port is 10.

◆ ACLs provide frame filtering based on any of the following criteria:

■ Any frame type (based on MAC address, VLAN ID, VLAN priority)

■ Ethernet type (based on Ethernet type value, MAC address, VLAN

ID, VLAN priority)

■ ARP (based on ARP/RARP type, request/reply, sender/target IP,

hardware address matches ARP/RARP MAC address, ARP/RARP
hardware address length matches protocol address length, matches
this entry when ARP/RARP hardware address is equal to Ethernet,

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matches this entry when ARP/RARP protocol address space setting

is equal to IP (0x800)

■ IPv4 frames (based on destination MAC address, protocol type, TTL,

IP fragment, IP option flag, source/destination IP, VLAN ID, VLAN
priority)

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

ACCESS CONTROL LIST CONFIGURATION

◆ Ingress Port - Any port, port identifier, or policy.

◆ Frame Type - The type of frame to match.

◆ Action - Shows whether a frame is permitted or denied when it

matches an ACL rule.

◆ Rate Limiter - Shows if rate limiting will be enabled or disabled when

matching frames are found.

◆ Port Copy - Shows the port to which matching frames are copied.

◆ Mirror - Mirrors matching frames from this port. (Default: Disabled)

See "Configuring Port Mirroring" on page 194.

◆ Logging - Shows if logging of matching frames to the system log is

enabled or disabled.
Open the System Log Information menu (page 201) to view any entries
stored in the system log for this entry. Related entries will be displayed
under the “Info” or “All” logging levels.

◆ Shutdown - Shows if a port is shut down when a macthing frame is

found.

◆ Counter - Shows he number of frames which have matched any of the

rules defined for this ACL.

The following buttons are used to edit or move the ACL entry (ACE):

Table 8: QCE Modification Buttons

Button Description

Inserts a new ACE before the current row.

Edits the ACE.

Moves the ACE up the list.

Moves the ACE down the list.

Deletes the ACE.

The lowest plus sign adds a new entry at the bottom of the list.

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ACE CONFIGURATION

Ingress Port and Frame Type

◆ Ingress Port - Any port, port identifier, or policy. (Options: Any port,
Port 1-10, Policy 1-8; Default: Any)

◆ Frame Type - The type of frame to match. (Options: Any, Ethernet,

ARP, IPv4; Default: Any)

Filter Criteria Based on Selected Frame Type

◆ Ethernet:

MAC Parameters

■ SMAC Filter - The type of source MAC address. (Options: Any,

Specific - user defined; Default: Any)

■ DMAC Filter - The type of destination MAC address. (Options: Any,

MC - multicast, BC - broadcast, UC - unicast, Specific - user
defined; Default: Any)

Ethernet Type Parameters

■ EtherType Filter - This option can only be used to filter Ethernet II

formatted packets. (Options: Any, Specific (600-ffff hex);
Default: Any)
A detailed listing of Ethernet protocol types can be found in RFC
1060. A few of the more common types include 0800 (IP), 0806
(ARP), 8137 (IPX).

◆ ARP:

MAC Parameters

■ SMAC Filter - The type of source MAC address. (Options: Any,

Specific - user defined; Default: Any)

■ DMAC Filter - The type of destination MAC address. (Options: Any,

MC - multicast, BC - broadcast, UC - unicast; Default: Any)

ARP Parameters

■ ARP/RARP - Specifies the type of ARP packet. (Options: Any - no

ARP/RARP opcode flag is specified, ARP - frame must have ARP/
RARP opcode set to ARP, RARP - frame must have ARP/RARP opcode
set to RARP, Other - frame has unknown ARP/RARP opcode flag;
Default: Any)

■ Request/Reply - Specifies whether the packet is an ARP request,

reply, or either type. (Options: Any - no ARP/RARP opcode flag is
specified, Request - frame must have ARP Request or RARP Request

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opcode flag set, Reply - frame must have ARP Reply or RARP Reply
opcode flag; Default: Any)

■ Sender IP Filter - Specifies the sender’s IP address.

(Options: Any - no sender IP filter is specified, Host - specifies the
sender IP address in the SIP Address field, Network - specifies the
sender IP address and sender IP mask in the SIP Address and SIP
Mask fields; Default: Any)

■ Target IP Filter - Specifies the destination IP address.

(Options: Any - no target IP filter is specified, Host - specifies the
target IP address in the Target IP Address field, Network - specifies
the target IP address and target IP mask in the Target IP Address
and Target IP Mask fields; Default: Any)

■ ARP SMAC Match - Specifies whether frames can be matched

according to their sender hardware address (SHA) field settings.
(0ptions: Any - any value is allowed, 0 - ARP frames where SHA is
not equal to the SMAC address, 1 - ARP frames where SHA is equal
to the SMAC address; Default: Any)

■ RARP DMAC Match - Specifies whether frames can be matched

according to their target hardware address (THA) field settings.
(Options: Any - any value is allowed, 0 - RARP frames where THA is
not equal to the DMAC address, 1 - RARP frames where THA is
equal to the DMAC address; Default: Any)

■ IP/Ethernet Length - Specifies whether frames can be matched

according to their ARP/RARP hardware address length (HLN) and
protocol address length (PLN) settings. (Options: Any - any value is
allowed, 0 - ARP/RARP frames where the HLN is equal to Ethernet
(0x06) and the (PLN) is equal to IPv4 (0x04) must not match this
entry, 1 - ARP/RARP frames where the HLN is equal to Ethernet
(0x06) and the (PLN) is equal to IPv4 (0x04) must match this
entry; Default: Any)

■ IP - Specifies whether frames can be matched according to their

ARP/RARP hardware address space (HRD) settings. (Options: Any -
any value is allowed, 0 - ARP/RARP frames where the HRD is equal
to Ethernet (1) must not match this entry, 1 - ARP/RARP frames
where the HRD is equal to Ethernet (1) must match this entry;
Default: Any)

■ Ethernet - Specifies whether frames can be matched according to

their ARP/RARP protocol address space (PRO) settings.
(Options: Any - any value is allowed, 0 - ARP/RARP frames where
the PRO is equal to IP (0x800) must not match this entry, 1 - ARP/
RARP frames where the PRO is equal to IP (0x800) must match this
entry; Default: Any)

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◆ IPv4:

MAC Parameters

■ DMAC Filter - The type of destination MAC address. (Options: Any,

MC - multicast, BC - broadcast, UC - unicast; Default: Any)

IP Parameters

■ IP Protocol Filter - Specifies the IP protocol to filter for this rule.

(Options: Any, ICMP, UDP, TCP, Other; Default: Any)

The following additional fields are displayed when these protocol

filters are selected.

ICMP Parameters

■ ICMP Type Filter - Specifies the type of ICMP packet to filter

for this rule. (Options: Any, Specific: 0-255; Default: Any)

■ ICMP Code Filter - Specifies the ICMP code of an ICMP packet

to filter for this rule. (Options: Any, Specific (0-255);
Default: Any)

UDP Parameters

■ Source Port Filter - Specifies the UDP source filter for this rule.
(Options: Any, Specific (0-65535), Range (0-65535);
Default: Any)

■ Dest. Port Filter - Specifies the UDP destination filter for this
rule. (Options: Any, Specific (0-65535), Range (0-65535);
Default: Any)

TCP Parameters

■ Source Port Filter - Specifies the TCP source filter for this rule.
(Options: Any, Specific (0-65535), Range (0-65535);
Default: Any)

■ Dest. Port Filter - Specifies the TCP destination filter for this
rule. (Options: Any, Specific (0-65535), Range (0-65535);
Default: Any)

■ TCP FIN - Specifies the TCP “No more data from sender” (FIN)
value for this rule. (Options: Any - any value is allowed, 0 - TCP
frames where the FIN field is set must not match this entry,
1 - TCP frames where the FIN field is set must match this entry;
Default: Any)

■ TCP SYN - Specifies the TCP “Synchronize sequence numbers”

(SYN) value for this rule. (Options: Any - any value is allowed,
0 - TCP frames where the SYN field is set must not match this

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entry, 1 - TCP frames where the SYN field is set must match this
entry; Default: Any)

■ TCP RST - Specifies the TCP “Reset the connection” (RST) value
for this rule. (Options: Any - any value is allowed, 0 - TCP
frames where the RST field is set must not match this entry, 1 -
TCP frames where the RST field is set must match this entry;
Default: Any)

■ TCP PSH - Specifies the TCP “Push Function” (PSH) value for
this rule. (Options: Any - any value is allowed, 0 - TCP frames
where the PSH field is set must not match this entry, 1 - TCP
frames where the PSH field is set must match this entry;
Default: Any)

■ TCP ACK - Specifies the TCP “Acknowledgment field significant”

(ACK) value for this rule. (Options: Any - any value is allowed,
0 - TCP frames where the ACK field is set must not match this
entry, 1 - TCP frames where the ACK field is set must match this
entry; Default: Any)

■ TCP URG - Specifies the TCP “Urgent Pointer field significant”

(URG) value for this rule. (Options: Any - any value is allowed,
0 - TCP frames where the URG field is set must not match this
entry, 1 - TCP frames where the URG field is set must match this
entry; Default: Any)

■ IP TTL - Specifies the time-to-Live settings for this rule. (Options:

Any - any value is allowed, Non-zero - IPv4 frames with a TTL field
greater than zero must match this entry, Zero - IPv4 frames with a
TTL field greater than zero must not match this entry; Default: Any)

■ IP Fragment - Specifies the fragment offset settings for this rule.

This involves the settings for the More Fragments (MF) bit and the
Fragment Offset (FRAG OFFSET) field for an IPv4 frame. (Options:
Any - any value is allowed, Yes - IPv4 frames where the MF bit is set
or the FRAG OFFSET field is greater than zero must match this
entry, No - IPv4 frames where the MF bit is set or the FRAG OFFSET
field is greater than zero must not match this entry; Default: Any)

■ IP Option - Specifies the options flag setting for this rule. (Options:
Any - any value is allowed, Yes - IPv4 frames where the options flag
is set must match this entry, No - IPv4 frames where the options
flag is set must not match this entry; Default: Any)

■ SIP Filter - Specifies the source IP filter for this rule.

(Options: Any - no source IP filter is specified, Host - specifies the
source IP address in the SIP Address field, Network - specifies the
source IP address and source IP mask in the SIP Address and SIP
Mask fields; Default: Any)

■ DIP Filter - Specifies the destination IP filter for this rule.

(Options: Any - no destination IP filter is specified, Host - specifies
the destination IP address in the DIP Address field, Network -

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specifies the destination IP address and destination IP mask in the

DIP Address and DIP Mask fields; Default: Any)

Response to take when a rule is matched

◆ Action - Permits or denies a frame based on whether it matches an

ACL rule. (Default: Permit)

◆ Rate Limiter - Specifies a rate limiter (page 90) to apply to the port.
(Range: 1-16; Default: Disabled)

◆ Port Copy - Defines a port to which matching frames are copied.

(Range: 1-10; Default: Disabled)

◆ Mirror - Mirrors matching frames from this port. (Default: Disabled)

See "Configuring Port Mirroring" on page 194.
ACL-based port mirroring set by this parameter and port mirroring set
on the general Mirror Configuration page are implemented
independently. To use ACL-based mirroring, enable the Mirror
parameter on the ACE Configuration page. Then open the Mirror
Configuration page, set the “Port to mirror on” field to the required
destination port, and leave the “Mode” field Disabled.

◆ Logging - Enables logging of matching frames to the system log.

(Default: Disabled)
Open the System Log Information menu (page 201) to view any entries
stored in the system log for this entry. Related entries will be displayed
under the “Info” or “All” logging levels.

◆ Shutdown - Shuts down a port when a macthing frame is seen.

(Default: Disabled)

◆ Counter - Shows he number of frames which have matched any of the

rules defined for this ACL.

VLAN Parameters

◆ 802.1Q Tagged - Specifies whether or not frames should be 802.1Q

tagged. (Options: Any, Disabled, Enabled; Default: Any)

◆ VLAN ID Filter - Specifies the VLAN to filter for this rule.

(Options: Any, Specific (1-4095); Default: Any)

◆ Tag Priority - Specifies the User Priority value found in the VLAN tag
(3 bits as defined by IEEE 802.1p) to match for this rule. (Options: Any,
Specific (0-7); Default: Any)

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure an Access Control List for a port or a policy:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, ACL, Access Control List.

2. Click the button to add a new ACL, or use the other ACL
modification buttons to specify the editing action (i.e., edit, delete, or
moving the relative position of entry in the list).

3. When editing an entry on the ACE Configuration page, note that the
items displayed depend on various selections, such as Frame Type and
IP Protocol Type. Specify the relevant criteria to be matched for this
rule, and set the actions to take when a rule is matched (such as Rate
Limiter, Port Copy, Logging, and Shutdown).

4. Click Save.

Figure 31: Access Control List Configuration

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CONFIGURING DHCP Use the DHCP Snooping Configuration page to filter IP traffic on insecure
SNOOPING ports for which the source address cannot be identified via DHCP snooping.
The addresses assigned to DHCP clients on insecure ports can be carefully
controlled using the dynamic bindings registered with DHCP Snooping (or
using the static bindings configured with IP Source Guard). DHCP snooping
allows a switch to protect a network from rogue DHCP servers or other
devices which send port-related information to a DHCP server. This
information can be useful in tracking an IP address back to a physical port.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, DHCP, Snooping

COMMAND USAGE
DHCP Snooping Process

◆ Network traffic may be disrupted when malicious DHCP messages are

received from an outside source. DHCP snooping is used to filter DHCP
messages received on a non-secure interface from outside the network
or fire wall. When DHCP snooping is enabled globally and enabled on a
VLAN interface, DHCP messages received on an untrusted interface
from a device not listed in the DHCP snooping table will be dropped.

◆ Table entries are only learned for trusted interfaces. An entry is added
or removed dynamically to the DHCP snooping table when a client
receives or releases an IP address from a DHCP server. Each entry
includes a MAC address, IP address, lease time, VLAN identifier, and
port identifier.

◆ When DHCP snooping is enabled, DHCP messages entering an

untrusted interface are filtered based upon dynamic entries learned via
DHCP snooping.

◆ Filtering rules are implemented as follows:

■ If the global DHCP snooping is disabled, all DHCP packets are

forwarded.

■ If DHCP snooping is enabled globally, all DHCP packets are

forwarded for a trusted port. If the received packet is a DHCP ACK
message, a dynamic DHCP snooping entry is also added to the
binding table.

■ If DHCP snooping is enabled globally, but the port is not trusted, it

is processed as follows:
■ If the DHCP packet is a reply packet from a DHCP server
(including OFFER, ACK or NAK messages), the packet is
dropped.
■ If a DHCP DECLINE or RELEASE message is received from a
client, the switch forwards the packet only if the corresponding
entry is found in the binding table.
■ If a DHCP DISCOVER, REQUEST or INFORM message is received
from a client, the packet is forwarded.

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■ If the DHCP packet is not a recognizable type, it is dropped.

■ If a DHCP packet from a client passes the filtering criteria above, it

will only be forwarded to trusted ports in the same VLAN.

■ If a DHCP packet is from server is received on a trusted port, it will

be forwarded to both trusted and untrusted ports in the same VLAN.

■ If the DHCP snooping is globally disabled, all dynamic bindings are

removed from the binding table.

■ Additional considerations when the switch itself is a DHCP client –

The port(s) through which the switch submits a client request to the
DHCP server must be configured as trusted. Note that the switch
will not add a dynamic entry for itself to the binding table when it
receives an ACK message from a DHCP server. Also, when the
switch sends out DHCP client packets for itself, no filtering takes
place. However, when the switch receives any messages from a
DHCP server, any packets received from untrusted ports are
dropped.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Snooping Mode – Enables DHCP snooping globally. When DHCP

snooping is enabled, DHCP request messages will be forwarded to
trusted ports, and reply packets only allowed from trusted ports.
(Default: Disabled)

◆ Port – Port identifier

◆ Mode – Enables or disables a port as a trusted source of DHCP

messages. (Default: Trusted)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure DHCP Snooping:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, DHCP, Snooping.

2. Set the status for the global DHCP snooping process, and set any ports
within the local network or firewall to trusted.

3. Click Apply

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Figure 32: DHCP Snooping Configuration

CONFIGURING DHCP Use the DHCP Relay Configuration page to configure DHCP relay service for
RELAY AND OPTION 82 attached host devices. If a subnet does not include a DHCP server, you can
INFORMATION relay DHCP client requests to a DHCP server on another subnet.
When DHCP relay is enabled and the switch sees a DHCP request
broadcast, it inserts its own IP address into the request (so that the DHCP
server knows the subnet of the client), then forwards the packet to the
DHCP server. When the server receives the DHCP request, it allocates a
free IP address for the DHCP client from its defined scope for the DHCP
client's subnet, and sends a DHCP response back to the switch. The switch
then broadcasts the DHCP response to the client.

DHCP also provides a mechanism for sending information about the switch
and its DHCP clients to the DHCP server. Known as DHCP Option 82, it
allows compatible DHCP servers to use the information when assigning IP
addresses, or to set other services or policies for clients.

Using DHCP Relay Option 82, clients can be identified by the VLAN and
switch port to which they are connected rather than just their MAC
address. DHCP client-server exchange messages are then forwarded
directly between the server and client without having to flood them to the
entire VLAN.

In some cases, the switch may receive DHCP packets from a client that
already includes DHCP Option 82 information. The switch can be configured
to set the action policy for these packets. Either the switch can drop
packets that already contain Option 82 information, keep the existing
information, or replace it with the switch's relay information.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, DHCP, Relay

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PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Relay Mode - Enables or disables the DHCP relay function.

(Default: Disabled)

◆ Relay Server - IP address of DHCP server to be used by the switch's

DHCP relay agent.

◆ Relay Information Mode - Enables or disables the DHCP Relay Option

82 support. Note that Relay Mode must also be enabled for Relay
Information Mode to take effect. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Relay Information Policy - Sets the DHCP relay policy for DHCP
client packets that include Option 82 information.
■ Replace - Overwrites the DHCP client packet information with the
switch's relay information. (This is the default.)
■ Keep - Retains the client's DHCP information.
■ Drop - Drops the packet when it receives a DHCP message that
already contains relay information.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure DHCP Relay:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, DHCP, Relay.

2. Enable the DHCP relay function, specify the DHCP server’s IP address,
enable Option 82 information mode, and set the policy by which to
handle relay information found in client packets.

3. Click Save.

Figure 33: DHCP Relay Configuration

CONFIGURING IP IP Source Guard is a security feature that filters IP traffic on network

SOURCE GUARD interfaces based on manually configured entries in the IP Source Guard
table, or dynamic entries in the DHCP Snooping table when enabled (see
"Configuring DHCP Snooping"). IP source guard can be used to prevent
traffic attacks caused when a host tries to use the IP address of a neighbor
to access the network.

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CONFIGURING GLOBAL AND PORT SETTINGS FOR IP SOURCE GUARD

Use the IP Source Guard Configuration page to filter traffic on an insecure
port which receives messages from outside the network or fire wall, and
therefore may be subject to traffic attacks caused by a host trying to use
the IP address of a neighbor. IP Source Guard filters traffic type based on
the source IP address and MAC address pairs found in the DHCP Snooping
table, or based upon static entries configured in the IP Source Guard Table.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, IP Source Guard, Configuration

COMMAND USAGE
◆ When IP Source Guard is enabled globally and on a port, the switch
checks the VLAN ID, source IP address, and port number against all
entries in the DHCP Snooping binding table and IP Source Guard Static
Table. If no matching entry is found, the packet is dropped.

NOTE: Multicast addresses cannot be used by IP Source Guard.

◆ When enabled, traffic is filtered based upon dynamic entries learned via
DHCP snooping (see "Configuring DHCP Snooping"), or static addresses
configured in the source guard binding table.

◆ If IP source guard is enabled, an inbound packet’s IP address will be

checked against the binding table. If no matching entry is found, the
packet will be dropped.

◆ Filtering rules are implemented as follows:

■ If DHCP snooping is disabled (see page 99), IP source guard will

check the VLAN ID, source IP address, and port number. If a
matching entry is found in the binding table and the entry type is
static IP source guard binding, the packet will be forwarded.
■ If DHCP snooping is enabled, IP source guard will check the VLAN
ID, source IP address, and port number. If a matching entry is
found in the binding table and the entry type is static IP source
guard binding, or dynamic DHCP snooping binding, the packet will
be forwarded.
■ If IP source guard if enabled on an interface for which IP source
bindings have not yet been configured (neither by static
configuration in the IP source guard binding table nor dynamically
learned from DHCP snooping), the switch will drop all IP traffic on
that port, except for DHCP packets.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Global Mode – Enables or disables IP Source Guard globally on the

switch. All configured ACEs will be lost when enabled.
(Default: Disabled)

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NOTE: DHCP snooping must be enabled for dynamic clients to be learned

automatically.

◆ Port – Port identifier

◆ Mode – Enables or disables IP Source Guard on the specified ports.

Only when both Global Mode and Port Mode on a given port are
enabled, will ARP Inspection take effect on a given port.
(Default: Disabled)

◆ Max Dynamic Clients – Specifies the maximum number of dynamic

clients that can be learned on given ports. This value can be 0, 1, 2 or
unlimited. If the port mode is enabled and the maximum number of
dynamic clients is equal 0, the switch will only forward IP packets that
are matched in static entries for a given port. (Default: Unlimited)

WEB INTERFACE
To set the IP Source Guard filter for ports:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, IP Source Guard, Configuration.

2. Enable or disable IP Source Guard globally and for any given ports.

3. Set the maximum number of dynamic clients for any port.

4. Click Save.

Figure 34: Configuring Global and Port-based Settings for IP Source Guard

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CONFIGURING STATIC BINDINGS FOR IP SOURCE GUARD

Use the Static IP Source Guard Table to bind a static address to a port.
Table entries include a port identifier, VLAN identifier, IP address, and
subnet mask. All static entries are configured with an infinite lease time.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, IP Source Guard, Static Table

COMMAND USAGE
◆ Static addresses entered in the source guard binding table are
automatically configured with an infinite lease time. Dynamic entries
learned via DHCP snooping are configured by the DHCP server itself.

◆ Static bindings are processed as follows:

■ If there is no entry with the same VLAN ID and MAC address, a new
entry is added to the static IP source guard binding table.

■ If there is an entry with the same VLAN ID and MAC address, and
the type of entry is static IP source guard binding, then the new
entry will replace the old one.

■ If there is an entry with the same VLAN ID and MAC address, and
the type of the entry is dynamic DHCP snooping binding, then the
new entry will replace the old one and the entry type will be
changed to static IP source guard binding.

■ Only unicast addresses are accepted for static bindings.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – The port to which a static entry is bound.

◆ VLAN ID – ID of a configured VLAN (Range: 1-4095)

◆ IP Address – A valid unicast IP address, including classful types A, B

or C.

◆ MAC Address – A valid unicast MAC address.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure static bindings for IP Source Guard:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, IP Source Guard, Static Table.

2. Click “Add new entry.”

3. Enter the required bindings for a given port.

4. Click Save.

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Figure 35: Configuring Static Bindings for IP Source Guard

CONFIGURING ARP ARP Inspection is a security feature that validates the MAC Address
INSPECTION bindings for Address Resolution Protocol packets. It provides protection
against ARP traffic with invalid MAC-to-IP address bindings, which forms
the basis for certain “man-in-the-middle” attacks. This is accomplished by
intercepting all ARP requests and responses and verifying each of these
packets before the local ARP cache is updated or the packet is forwarded to
the appropriate destination. Invalid ARP packets are dropped.

ARP Inspection determines the validity of an ARP packet based on valid

IP-to-MAC address bindings stored in a trusted database – the DHCP
snooping binding database (see "Configuring DHCP Snooping"). This
database is built by DHCP snooping if it is enabled globally on the switch
and on the required ports. ARP Inspection can also validate ARP packets
against statically configured addresses.

COMMAND USAGE
Enabling & Disabling ARP Inspection

◆ ARP Inspection is controlled on a global and port basis.

◆ By default, ARP Inspection is disabled both globally and on all ports.

■ If ARP Inspection is globally enabled, then it becomes active only on

the ports where it has been enabled.

■ When ARP Inspection is enabled globally, all ARP request and reply
packets on inspection-enabled ports are redirected to the CPU and
their switching behavior handled by the ARP Inspection engine.

■ If ARP Inspection is disabled globally, then it becomes inactive for

all ports, including those where inspection is enabled.

■ When ARP Inspection is disabled, all ARP request and reply packets
will bypass the ARP Inspection engine and their switching behavior
will match that of all other packets.

■ Disabling and then re-enabling global ARP Inspection will not affect
the ARP Inspection configuration of any ports.

■ When ARP Inspection is disabled globally, it is still possible to

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changes will only become active after ARP Inspection is enabled

globally again.

◆ ARP Inspection uses the DHCP snooping bindings database for the list
of valid IP-to-MAC address bindings.

NOTE: DHCP snooping must be enabled for dynamic clients to be learned

automatically.

CONFIGURING GLOBAL AND PORT SETTINGS FOR ARP INSPECTION

Use the ARP Inspection Configuration page to enable ARP inspection
globally for the switch and for any ports on which it is required.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, ARP Inspection, Configuration

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

ARP Inspection Configuration

◆ Mode – Enables Dynamic ARP Inspection globally. (Default: Disabled)

Port Mode Configuration

◆ Port – Port identifier

◆ Mode – Enables Dynamic ARP Inspection on a given port. Only when

both Global Mode and Port Mode on a given port are enabled, will ARP
Inspection be enabled on a given port. (Default: Disabled)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure global and port settings for ARP Inspection:

1. Click Configuration, Security, Network, ARP Inspection, Configuration.

2. Enable ARP inspection globally, and on any ports where it is required.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 36: Configuring Global and Port Settings for ARP Inspection

CONFIGURING STATIC BINDINGS FOR ARP INSPECTION

Use the Static ARP Inspection Table to bind a static address to a port. Table
entries include a port identifier, VLAN identifier, source MAC address in ARP
request packets, and source IP address in ARP request packets.

ARP Inspection uses the DHCP snooping bindings database for the list of
valid IP-to-MAC address bindings. Static ARP entries take precedence over
entries in the DHCP snooping bindings database. The switch first compares
ARP packets to any entries specified in the static ARP table. If no static
entry matches the packets, then the DHCP snooping bindings database
determines their validity.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, ARP Inspection, Static Table

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ VLAN ID – ID of a configured VLAN (Range: 1-4094)

◆ MAC Address – Allowed source MAC address in ARP request packets.

◆ IP Address – Allowed source IP address in ARP request packets.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure the static ARP Inspection table:

1. Click Configuration, Network, Security, ARP Inspection, Static Table.

2. Click “Add new entry.”

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3. Enter the required bindings for a given port.

4. Click Save.

Figure 37: Configuring Static Bindings for ARP Inspection

SPECIFYING Use the Authentication Server Configuration page to control management

AUTHENTICATION access based on a list of user names and passwords configured on a
SERVERS RADIUS or TACACS+ remote access authentication server, and to
authenticate client access for IEEE 802.1X port authentication (see
page 77)

NOTE: This guide assumes that RADIUS and TACACS+ servers have already
been configured to support AAA. The configuration of RADIUS and
TACACS+ server software is beyond the scope of this guide. Refer to the
documentation provided with the RADIUS and TACACS+ server software.

PATH
Configuration, Security, Network, AAA

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Common Server Configuration

◆ Timeout – The time the switch waits for a reply from an authentication
server before it resends the request. (Range: 3-3600 seconds;
Default: 15 seconds)

◆ Dead Time – The time after which the switch considers an

authentication server to be dead if it does not reply.
(Range: 0-3600 seconds; Default: 300 seconds)
Setting the Dead Time to a value greater than 0 (zero) will cause the
authentication server to be ignored until the Dead Time has expired.
However, if only one server is enabled, it will never be considered dead.

RADIUS/TACACS+ Server Configuration

◆ Enabled – Enables the server specified in this entry.

◆ IP Address – IP address or IP alias of authentication server.

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◆ Port – Network (UDP) port of authentication server used for

authentication messages. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 0)
If the UDP port is set to 0 (zero), the switch will use 1812 for RADIUS
authentication servers, 1813 for RADIUS accounting servers, or 49 for
TACACS+ authentication servers.

◆ Secret – Encryption key used to authenticate logon access for the

client. (Maximum length: 29 characters)
To set an empty secret, use two quotes (“”). To use spaces in the
secret, enquote the secret. Quotes in the secret are not allowed.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure authentication for management access in the web interface:

1. Click Configuration, Security, AAA.

2. Configure the authentication method for management client types, the

common server timing parameters, and address, UDP port, and secret
key for each required RADIUS or TACACS+ server.

3. Click Save.

Figure 38: Authentication Configuration

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CREATING TRUNK GROUPS

You can create multiple links between devices that work as one virtual,
aggregate link. A port trunk offers a dramatic increase in bandwidth for
network segments where bottlenecks exist, as well as providing a fault-
tolerant link between two switches.

The switch supports both static trunking and dynamic Link Aggregation
Control Protocol (LACP). Static trunks have to be manually configured at
both ends of the link, and the switches must comply with the Cisco
EtherChannel standard. On the other hand, LACP configured ports can
automatically negotiate a trunked link with LACP-configured ports on
another device. You can configure any number of ports on the switch to use
LACP, as long as they are not already configured as part of a static trunk. If
ports on another device are also configured to use LACP, the switch and the
other device will negotiate a trunk between them. If an LACP trunk consists
of more than eight ports, all other ports will be placed in standby mode.
Should one link in the trunk fail, one of the standby ports will automatically
be activated to replace it.

USAGE GUIDELINES
Besides balancing the load across each port in the trunk, the other ports
provide redundancy by taking over the load if a port in the trunk fails.
However, before making any physical connections between devices,
configure the trunk on the devices at both ends. When using a port trunk,
take note of the following points:

◆ Finish configuring port trunks before you connect the corresponding

network cables between switches to avoid creating a loop.

◆ You can create up to 14 trunks on a switch, with up to 16 ports per

trunk.

◆ The ports at both ends of a connection must be configured as trunk

ports.

◆ When configuring static trunks on switches of different types, they

must be compatible with the Cisco EtherChannel standard.

◆ The ports at both ends of a trunk must be configured in an identical

manner, including communication mode (i.e., speed, duplex mode and
flow control), VLAN assignments, and CoS settings.

◆ Any of the Gigabit ports on the front panel can be trunked together,
including ports of different media types.

◆ All the ports in a trunk have to be treated as a whole when moved

from/to, added or deleted from a VLAN.

◆ STP, VLAN, and IGMP settings can only be made for the entire trunk.

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CONFIGURING STATIC Use the Aggregation Mode Configuration page to configure the aggregation
TRUNKS mode and members of each static trunk group.

PATH
Configuration, Aggregation, Static

USAGE GUIDELINES
◆ When configuring static trunks, you may not be able to link switches of
different types, depending on the manufacturer's implementation.
However, note that the static trunks on this switch are Cisco
EtherChannel compatible.

◆ To avoid creating a loop in the network, be sure you add a static trunk
via the configuration interface before connecting the ports, and also
disconnect the ports before removing a static trunk via the
configuration interface.

◆ When incoming data frames are forwarded through the switch to a

trunk, the switch must determine to which port link in the trunk an
outgoing frame should be sent. To maintain the frame sequence of
various traffic flows between devices in the network, the switch also
needs to ensure that frames in each “conversation” are mapped to the
same trunk link. To achieve this requirement and to distribute a
balanced load across all links in a trunk, the switch uses a hash
algorithm to calculate an output link number in the trunk. However,
depending on the device to which a trunk is connected and the traffic
flows in the network, this load-balance algorithm may result in traffic
being distributed mostly on one port in a trunk. To ensure that the
switch traffic load is distributed evenly across all links in a trunk, the
hash method used in the load-balance calculation can be selected to
provide the best result for trunk connections. The switch provides four
load-balancing modes as described in the following section.

◆ Aggregation Mode Configuration also applies to LACP (see "Configuring

LACP" on page 114).

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Aggregation Mode Configuration

◆ Hash Code Contributors – Selects the load-balance method to apply

to all trunks on the switch. If more than one option is selected, each
factor is used in the hash algorithm to determine the port member
within the trunk to which a frame will be assigned. The following
options are supported:

■ Source MAC Address – All traffic with the same source MAC
address is output on the same link in a trunk. This mode works best
for switch-to-switch trunk links where traffic through the switch is
received from many different hosts. (One of the defaults.)

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■ Destination MAC Address – All traffic with the same destination

MAC address is output on the same link in a trunk. This mode works
best for switch-to-switch trunk links where traffic through the
switch is destined for many different hosts. Do not use this mode
for switch-to-router trunk links where the destination MAC address
is the same for all traffic.

■ IP Address – All traffic with the same source and destination IP

address is output on the same link in a trunk. This mode works best
for switch-to-router trunk links where traffic through the switch is
destined for many different hosts. Do not use this mode for switch-
to-server trunk links where the destination IP address is the same
for all traffic. (One of the defaults.)

■ TCP/UDP Port Number – All traffic with the same source and
destination TCP/UDP port number is output on the same link in a
trunk. Avoid using his mode as a lone option. It may overload a
single port member of the trunk for application traffic of a specific
type, such as web browsing. However, it can be used effectively in
combination with the IP Address option. (One of the defaults.)

Aggregation Group Configuration

◆ Group ID – Trunk identifier. (Range: 1-5)

◆ Port Members – Port identifier.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure a static trunk:

1. Click Configuration, Aggregation, Static.

2. Select one or more load-balancing methods to apply to the configured

trunks.

3. Assign port members to each trunk that will be used.

4. Click Save.

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Figure 39: Static Trunk Configuration

CONFIGURING LACP Use the LACP Port Configuration page to enable LACP on selected ports,
configure the administrative key, and the protocol initiation mode.

PATH
Configuration, Aggregation, LACP

USAGE GUIDELINES
◆ To avoid creating a loop in the network, be sure you enable LACP before
connecting the ports, and also disconnect the ports before disabling
LACP.

◆ If the target switch has also enabled LACP on the connected ports, the
trunk will be activated automatically.

◆ A trunk formed with another switch using LACP will automatically be

assigned the next available trunk ID.

◆ If more than eight ports attached to the same target switch have LACP
enabled, the additional ports will be placed in standby mode, and will
only be enabled if one of the active links fails.

◆ All ports on both ends of an LACP trunk must be configured for full
duplex, either by forced mode or auto-negotiation.

◆ Trunks dynamically established through LACP will be shown on the

LACP System Status page (page 229) and LACP Port Status (page 230)
pages under the Monitor menu.

◆ Ports assigned to a common link aggregation group (LAG) must meet

the following criteria:

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■ Ports must have the same LACP Admin Key. Using auto-
configuration of the Admin Key will avoid this problem.
■ One of the ports at either the near end or far end must be set to
active initiation mode.

◆ Aggregation Mode Configuration located under the Static Aggregation

menu (see "Configuring Static Trunks" on page 112) also applies to
LACP.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ LACP Enabled – Controls whether LACP is enabled on this switch port.

LACP will form an aggregation when two or more ports are connected
to the same partner. LACP can form up to 12 LAGs per switch.

◆ Key – The LACP administration key must be set to the same value for
ports that belong to the same LAG. (Range: 0-65535; Default: Auto)
Select the Specific option to manually configure a key. Use the Auto
selection to automatically set the key based on the actual link speed,
where 10Mb = 1, 100Mb = 2, and 1Gb = 3.

◆ Role – Configures active or passive LACP initiation mode. Use Active

initiation of LACP negotiation on a port to automatically send LACP
negotiation packets (once each second). Use Passive initiation mode on
a port to make it wait until it receives an LACP protocol packet from a
partner before starting negotiations.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure a dynamic trunk:

1. Click Configuration, Aggregation, LACP.

2. Enable LACP on all of the ports to be used in an LAG.

3. Specify the LACP Admin Key to restrict a port to a specific LAG.

4. Set at least one of the ports in each LAG to Active initiation mode,
either at the near end or far end of the trunk.

5. Click Save.

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Figure 40: LACP Port Configuration

CONFIGURING THE SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM

The Spanning Tree Algorithm (STA) can be used to detect and disable
network loops, and to provide backup links between switches, bridges or
routers. This allows the switch to interact with other bridging devices (that
is, an STA-compliant switch, bridge or router) in your network to ensure
that only one route exists between any two stations on the network, and
provide backup links which automatically take over when a primary link
goes down.

The spanning tree algorithms supported by this switch include these

versions:
◆ STP – Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1D)
◆ RSTP – Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1w)
◆ MSTP – Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1s)

STP - STP uses a distributed algorithm to select a bridging device (STP-

compliant switch, bridge or router) that serves as the root of the spanning
tree network. It selects a root port on each bridging device (except for the
root device) which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a packet
from that device to the root device. Then it selects a designated bridging
device from each LAN which incurs the lowest path cost when forwarding a
packet from that LAN to the root device. All ports connected to designated
bridging devices are assigned as designated ports. After determining the
lowest cost spanning tree, it enables all root ports and designated ports,
and disables all other ports. Network packets are therefore only forwarded
between root ports and designated ports, eliminating any possible network
loops.

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Figure 41: STP Root Ports and Designated Ports

Designated
Root

x x Root
x Designated
Designated
Port
Port

x Bridge
x

Once a stable network topology has been established, all bridges listen for
Hello BPDUs (Bridge Protocol Data Units) transmitted from the Root Bridge.
If a bridge does not get a Hello BPDU after a predefined interval (Maximum
Age), the bridge assumes that the link to the Root Bridge is down. This
bridge will then initiate negotiations with other bridges to reconfigure the
network to reestablish a valid network topology.

RSTP - RSTP is designed as a general replacement for the slower, legacy

STP. RSTP is also incorporated into MSTP. RSTP achieves must faster
reconfiguration (i.e., around 1 to 3 seconds, compared to 30 seconds or
more for STP) by reducing the number of state changes before active ports
start learning, predefining an alternate route that can be used when a node
or port fails, and retaining the forwarding database for ports insensitive to
changes in the tree structure when reconfiguration occurs.
MSTP – When using STP or RSTP, it may be difficult to maintain a stable
path between all VLAN members. Frequent changes in the tree structure
can easily isolate some of the group members. MSTP (which is based on
RSTP for fast convergence) is designed to support independent spanning
trees based on VLAN groups. Using multiple spanning trees can provide
multiple forwarding paths and enable load balancing. One or more VLANs
can be grouped into a Multiple Spanning Tree Instance (MSTI). MSTP builds
a separate Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) for each instance to maintain
connectivity among each of the assigned VLAN groups. MSTP then builds a
Internal Spanning Tree (IST) for the Region containing all commonly
configured MSTP bridges.

Figure 42: MSTP Region, Internal Spanning Tree, Multiple Spanning Tree

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An MST Region consists of a group of interconnected bridges that have the

same MST Configuration Identifiers (including the Region Name, Revision
Level and Configuration Digest – see "Configuring Multiple Spanning Trees"
on page 122). An MST Region may contain multiple MSTP Instances. An
Internal Spanning Tree (IST) is used to connect all the MSTP switches
within an MST region. A Common Spanning Tree (CST) interconnects all
adjacent MST Regions, and acts as a virtual bridge node for
communications with STP or RSTP nodes in the global network.

Figure 43: Common Internal Spanning Tree, Common Spanning Tree,

Internal Spanning Tree
Region 1 Region 1

CIST CST

Region 4 Region 4
IST

Region 2 Region 3 Region 2 Region 3

MSTP connects all bridges and LAN segments with a single Common and
Internal Spanning Tree (CIST). The CIST is formed as a result of the
running spanning tree algorithm between switches that support the STP,
RSTP, MSTP protocols.

Once you specify the VLANs to include in a Multiple Spanning Tree Instance
(MSTI), the protocol will automatically build an MSTI tree to maintain
connectivity among each of the VLANs. MSTP maintains contact with the
global network because each instance is treated as an RSTP node in the
Common Spanning Tree (CST).

CONFIGURING GLOBAL Use the STP Bridge Settings page to configure settings for STA which apply
SETTINGS FOR STA globally to the switch.

PATH
Configuration, Spanning Tree, Bridge Settings

COMMAND USAGE
◆ Spanning Tree Protocol1

Uses RSTP for the internal state machine, but sends only 802.1D
BPDUs. This creates one spanning tree instance for the entire network.
If multiple VLANs are implemented on a network, the path between
specific VLAN members may be inadvertently disabled to prevent
network loops, thus isolating group members. When operating multiple
VLANs, we recommend selecting the MSTP option.

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◆ Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol1

RSTP supports connections to either STP or RSTP nodes by monitoring

the incoming protocol messages and dynamically adjusting the type of
protocol messages the RSTP node transmits, as described below:

■ STP Mode – If the switch receives an 802.1D BPDU (i.e., STP BPDU)
after a port’s migration delay timer expires, the switch assumes it is
connected to an 802.1D bridge and starts using only 802.1D
BPDUs.

■ RSTP Mode – If RSTP is using 802.1D BPDUs on a port and receives

an RSTP BPDU after the migration delay expires, RSTP restarts the
migration delay timer and begins using RSTP BPDUs on that port.

◆ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

MSTP generates a unique spanning tree for each instance. This provides
multiple pathways across the network, thereby balancing the traffic
load, preventing wide-scale disruption when a bridge node in a single
instance fails, and allowing for faster convergence of a new topology for
the failed instance.

■ To allow multiple spanning trees to operate over the network, you

must configure a related set of bridges with the same MSTP
configuration, allowing them to participate in a specific set of
spanning tree instances.

■ A spanning tree instance can exist only on bridges that have

compatible VLAN instance assignments.

■ Be careful when switching between spanning tree modes. Changing

modes stops all spanning-tree instances for the previous mode and
restarts the system in the new mode, temporarily disrupting user
traffic.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Basic Settings

◆ Protocol Version – Specifies the type of spanning tree used on this

switch. (Options: STP, RSTP, MSTP; Default: MSTP)
■ STP: Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1D); i.e., the switch will use
RSTP set to STP forced compatibility mode.

■ RSTP: Rapid Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1w)

■ MSTP: Multiple Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1s); This is the default.

1. STP and RSTP BPDUs are transmitted as untagged frames, and will cross any VLAN
boundaries.

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◆ Bridge Priority – Bridge priority is used in selecting the root device,

root port, and designated port. The device with the highest priority
becomes the STA root device. However, if all devices have the same
priority, the device with the lowest MAC address will then become the
root device. (Note that lower numeric values indicate higher priority.)
■ Default: 128
■ Range: 0-240, in steps of 16
■ Options: 0, 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192,
208, 224, 240

◆ Forward Delay – The maximum time (in seconds) this device will wait
before changing states (i.e., discarding to learning to forwarding). This
delay is required because every device must receive information about
topology changes before it starts to forward frames. In addition, each
port needs time to listen for conflicting information that would make it
return to a discarding state; otherwise, temporary data loops might
result.
Minimum: The higher of 4 or [(Max. Message Age / 2) + 1]
Maximum: 30
Default: 15

◆ Max Age – The maximum time (in seconds) a device can wait without
receiving a configuration message before attempting to reconfigure. All
device ports (except for designated ports) should receive configuration
messages at regular intervals. Any port that ages out STA information
(provided in the last configuration message) becomes the designated
port for the attached LAN. If it is a root port, a new root port is selected
from among the device ports attached to the network. (Note that
references to “ports” in this section mean “interfaces,” which includes
both ports and trunks.)
Minimum: The higher of 6 or [2 x (Hello Time + 1)]
Maximum: The lower of 40 or [2 x (Forward Delay - 1)]
Default: 20

◆ Transmit Hold Count – The number of BPDU's a bridge port can send
per second. When exceeded, transmission of the next BPDU will be
delayed. (Range: 1-10; Default: 6)

◆ Max Hop Count – The maximum number of hops allowed in the MST
region before a BPDU is discarded. (Range: 6-40; Default: 20)
An MST region is treated as a single node by the STP and RSTP
protocols. Therefore, the message age for BPDUs inside an MST region
is never changed. However, each spanning tree instance within a
region, and the common internal spanning tree (CIST) that connects
these instances use a hop count to specify the maximum number of
bridges that will propagate a BPDU. Each bridge decrements the hop
count by one before passing on the BPDU. When the hop count reaches
zero, the message is dropped.

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Advanced Settings

◆ Edge Port BPDU Filtering – BPDU filtering allows you to avoid

transmitting BPDUs on configured edge ports that are connected to end
nodes. By default, STA sends BPDUs to all ports regardless of whether
administrative edge is enabled on a port. BDPU filtering is configured
on a per-port basis. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Edge Port BPDU Guard – This feature protects edge ports from
receiving BPDUs. It prevents loops by shutting down an edge port when
a BPDU is received instead of putting it into the spanning tree
discarding state. In a valid configuration, configured edge ports should
not receive BPDUs. If an edge port receives a BPDU, an invalid
configuration exists, such as a connection to an unauthorized device.
The BPDU guard feature provides a secure response to invalid
configurations because an administrator must manually enable the
port. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Port Error Recovery – Controls whether a port in the error-disabled

state will be automatically enabled after a certain time. If recovery is
not enabled, ports have to be disabled and re-enabled for normal STA
operation. The condition is also cleared by a system reboot.

◆ Port Error Recovery Timeout – The time that has to pass before a
port in the error-disabled state can be enabled. (Range: 30-86400
seconds or 24 hours)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure global settings for STA:

1. Click Configuration, Spanning Tree, Bridge Settings.

2. Modify the required attributes.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 44: STA Bridge Configuration

CONFIGURING Use the MSTI Mapping page to add VLAN groups to an MSTP instance
MULTIPLE SPANNING (MSTI), or to designate the name and revision of the VLAN-to-MSTI
TREES mapping used on this switch.
PATH
Configuration, Spanning Tree, MSTI Mapping

COMMAND USAGE
MSTP generates a unique spanning tree for each instance. This provides
multiple pathways across the network, thereby balancing the traffic load,
preventing wide-scale disruption when a bridge node in a single instance
fails, and allowing for faster convergence of a new topology for the failed
instance.

By default all VLANs are assigned to the Common Internal Spanning Tree
(CIST, or MST Instance 0) that connects all bridges and LANs within the
MST region. This switch supports up to 7 instances. You should try to group
VLANs which cover the same general area of your network. However,
remember that you must configure all bridges that exist within the same
MSTI Region with the same set of instances, and the same instance (on
each bridge) with the same set of VLANs. Also, note that RSTP treats each
MSTI region as a single node, connecting all regions to the CIST.

To use multiple spanning trees:

1. Set the spanning tree type to MSTP (page 118).

2. Add the VLANs that will share this MSTI on the MSTI Mapping page.

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3. Enter the spanning tree priority for the CIST and selected MST instance
on the MSTI Priorities page.

NOTE: All VLANs are automatically added to the CIST (MST Instance 0).

To ensure that the MSTI maintains connectivity across the network, you
must configure a related set of bridges with the same MSTI settings.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Configuration Identification

◆ Configuration Name2 – The name for this MSTI. (Maximum length:

32 characters; Default: switch’s MAC address)

◆ Configuration Revision2 – The revision for this MSTI.

(Range: 0-65535; Default: 0)

MSTI Mapping

◆ MSTI – Instance identifier to configure. The CIST is not available for

explicit mapping, as it will receive the VLANs not explicitly mapped.
(Range: 1-7)

◆ VLANs Mapped – VLANs to assign to this MST instance. The VLANs

must be separated with comma and/or space. A VLAN can only be
mapped to one MSTI. (Range: 1-4094)

WEB INTERFACE
To add VLAN groups to an MSTP instance:

1. Click Configuration, Spanning Tree, MSTI Mapping.

2. Enter the VLAN group to add to the instance in the VLANs Mapped
column. Note that the specified member does not have to be a
configured VLAN.

3. Click Save

2. The MST name and revision number are both required to uniquely identify an MST region.

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Figure 45: Adding a VLAN to an MST Instance

CONFIGURING Use the MSTI Priorities page to configure the bridge priority for the CIST
SPANNING TREE and any configured MSTI. Remember that RSTP looks upon each MST
BRIDGE PRIORITIES Instance as a single bridge node.
PATH
Configuration, Spanning Tree, MSTI Properties

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ MSTI – Instance identifier to configure. (Range: CIST, MIST1-7)

◆ Priority – The priority of a spanning tree instance. (Range: 0-240 in

steps of 16; Options: 0, 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160,
176, 192, 208, 224, 240; Default: 128)
Bridge priority is used in selecting the root device, root port, and
designated port. The device with the highest priority becomes the STA
root device. However, if all devices have the same priority, the device
with the lowest MAC address will then become the root device. Note
that lower numeric values indicate higher priority.
The bridge priority plus the MSTI instance number, concatenated with
the 6-byte MAC address of the switch forms a Bridge Identifier.

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WEB INTERFACE
To add VLAN groups to an MSTP instance:

1. Click Configuration, Spanning Tree, MSTI Priorities.

2. Set the bridge priority for the CIST or any configured MSTI.

3. Click Save

Figure 46: Configuring STA Bridge Priorities

CONFIGURING Use the CIST Ports Configuration page to configure STA attributes for
STP/RSTP/CIST interfaces when the spanning tree mode is set to STP or RSTP, or for
INTERFACES interfaces in the CIST. STA interface attributes include path cost, port
priority, edge port (for fast forwarding), automatic detection of an edge
port, and point-to-point link type.

You may use a different priority or path cost for ports of the same media
type to indicate the preferred path, edge port to indicate if the attached
device can support fast forwarding, or link type to indicate a point-to-point
connection or shared-media connection. (References to “ports” in this
section means “interfaces,” which includes both ports and trunks.)

PATH
Configuration, Spanning Tree, CIST Ports

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

This field is not applicable to static trunks or dynamic trunks created
through LACP. Also, note that only one set of interface configuration
settings can be applied to all trunks.

◆ STP Enabled – Sets the interface to enable STA, disable STA, or

disable STA with BPDU transparency. (Default: Enabled)
BPDU transparency is commonly used to support BPDU tunneling,
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changes, thereby combining remote network segments into a single

spanning tree. As implemented on this switch, BPDU transparency
allows a port which is not participating in the spanning tree (such as an
uplink port to the service provider’s network) to forward BPDU packets
to other ports instead of discarding these packets or attempting to
process them.

◆ Path Cost – This parameter is used by the STA to determine the best
path between devices. Therefore, lower values should be assigned to
ports attached to faster media, and higher values assigned to ports
with slower media. (Path cost takes precedence over port priority.)
By default, the system automatically detects the speed and duplex
mode used on each port, and configures the path cost according to the
values shown below.

Table 9: Recommended STA Path Cost Range

Port Type IEEE 802.1D-1998 IEEE 802.1w-2001

Ethernet 50-600 200,000-20,000,000

Fast Ethernet 10-60 20,000-2,000,000

Gigabit Ethernet 3-10 2,000-200,000

Table 10: Recommended STA Path Costs

Port Type Link Type IEEE 802.1D-1998 IEEE 802.1w-2001

Ethernet Half Duplex 100 2,000,000

Full Duplex 95 1,999,999
Trunk 90 1,000,000

Fast Ethernet Half Duplex 19 200,000

Full Duplex 18 100,000
Trunk 15 50,000

Gigabit Ethernet Full Duplex 4 10,000

Trunk 3 5,000

Table 11: Default STA Path Costs

Port Type Link Type IEEE 802.1w-2001

Ethernet Half Duplex 2,000,000

Full Duplex 1,000,000
Trunk 500,000

Fast Ethernet Half Duplex 200,000

Full Duplex 100,000
Trunk 50,000

Gigabit Ethernet Full Duplex 10,000

Trunk 5,000

◆ Priority – Defines the priority used for this port in the Spanning Tree
Algorithm. If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the
port with the highest priority (i.e., lowest value) will be configured as
an active link in the Spanning Tree. This makes a port with higher
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detecting network loops. Where more than one port is assigned the
highest priority, the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled.
(Range: 0-240, in steps of 16; Default: 128)

◆ Admin Edge (Fast Forwarding) – You can enable this option if an

interface is attached to a LAN segment that is at the end of a bridged
LAN or to an end node. Since end nodes cannot cause forwarding loops,
they can pass directly through to the spanning tree forwarding state.
Specifying edge ports provides quicker convergence for devices such as
workstations or servers, retains the current forwarding database to
reduce the amount of frame flooding required to rebuild address tables
during reconfiguration events, does not cause the spanning tree to
initiate reconfiguration when the interface changes state, and also
overcomes other STA-related timeout problems. However, remember
that this feature should only be enabled for ports connected to an end-
node device. (Default: Edge)

◆ Auto Edge – Controls whether automatic edge detection is enabled on

a bridge port. When enabled, the bridge can determine that a port is at
the edge of the network if no BPDU's are received on the port.
(Default: Enabled)

◆ Restricted Role – If enabled, this causes the port not to be selected

as Root Port for the CIST or any MSTI, even if it has the best spanning
tree priority. Such a port will be selected as an Alternate Port after the
Root Port has been selected. If set, this can cause a lack of spanning
tree connectivity. It can be set by a network administrator to prevent
bridges external to a core region of the network influencing the
spanning tree active topology, possibly because those bridges are not
under the full control of the administrator. This feature is also know as
Root Guard.

◆ Restricted TCN – If enabled, this causes the port not to propagate

received topology change notifications and topology changes to other
ports. TCN messages can cause temporary loss of connectivity after
changes in a spanning tree’s active topology as a result of persistent
incorrectly learned station location information. TCN messages can be
restricted by a network administrator to prevent bridges external to a
core region of the network from causing address flushing in that region,
possibly because those bridges are not under the full control of the
administrator or the physical link state for the attached LANs transitions
frequently.

◆ BPDU Guard – This feature protects ports from receiving BPDUs. It

can prevent loops by shutting down an port when a BPDU is received
instead of putting it into the spanning tree discarding state. The BPDU
guard feature provides a secure response to invalid configurations
because an administrator must manually enable the port.
(Default: Disabled)
If enabled, the port will disable itself upon receiving valid BPDU's.
Contrary to the similar bridge setting, the port Edge status does not
affect this setting. A port entering error-disabled state due to this
setting is subject to the bridge Port Error Recovery setting as well (see
"Configuring Global Settings for STA" on page 118).

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◆ Point-to-Point – The link type attached to an interface can be set to

automatically detect the link type, or manually configured as point-to-
point or shared medium. Transition to the forwarding state is faster for
point-to-point links than for shared media. These options are described
below:
■ Auto – The switch automatically determines if the interface is
attached to a point-to-point link or to shared medium. (This is the
default setting.)
When automatic detection is selected, the switch derives the link
type from the duplex mode. A full-duplex interface is considered a
point-to-point link, while a half-duplex interface is assumed to be on
a shared link.

■ Forced True – A point-to-point connection to exactly one other

bridge.
■ Forced False – A shared connection to two or more bridges.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure settings for STP/RSTP/CIST interfaces:

1. Click Configuration, Spanning Tree, CIST Ports.

2. Modify the required attributes.

3. Click Save.

Figure 47: STP/RSTP/CIST Port Configuration

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CONFIGURING MIST Use the MIST Ports Configuration page to configure STA attributes for
INTERFACES interfaces in a specific MSTI, including path cost, and port priority. You may
use a different priority or path cost for ports of the same media type to
indicate the preferred path. (References to “ports” in this section means
“interfaces,” which includes both ports and trunks.)

PATH
Configuration, Spanning Tree, MSTI Ports

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

This field is not applicable to static trunks or dynamic trunks created
through LACP. Also, note that only one set of interface configuration
settings can be applied to all trunks.

◆ Path Cost – This parameter is used by the STA to determine the best
path between devices. Therefore, lower values should be assigned to
ports attached to faster media, and higher values assigned to ports
with slower media. (Path cost takes precedence over port priority.)
By default, the system automatically detects the speed and duplex
mode used on each port, and configures the path cost according to the
values shown in Table 9, Table 10 and Table 11.
◆ Priority – Defines the priority used for this port in the Spanning Tree
Algorithm. If the path cost for all ports on a switch are the same, the
port with the highest priority (i.e., lowest value) will be configured as
an active link in the Spanning Tree. This makes a port with higher
priority less likely to be blocked if the Spanning Tree Algorithm is
detecting network loops. Where more than one port is assigned the
highest priority, the port with lowest numeric identifier will be enabled.
(Range: 0-240, in steps of 16; Default: 128)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure settings for MSTP interfaces:

1. Click Configuration, Spanning Tree, MIST Ports.

2. Modify the required attributes.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 48: MSTI Port Configuration

MULTICAST VLAN REGISTRATION

Use the MVR Configuration page to enable MVR globally on the switch,
select the VLAN that will serve as the sole channel for common multicast
streams supported by the service provider, and to configure each interface
that participates in the MVR protocol as a source port or receiver port.

Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) is a protocol that controls access to a

single network-wide VLAN most commonly used for transmitting multicast
traffic (such as television channels or video-on-demand) across a service
provider’s network. Any multicast traffic entering an MVR VLAN is sent to
all attached subscribers. This protocol can significantly reduce to
processing overhead required to dynamically monitor and establish the
distribution tree for a normal multicast VLAN. This makes it possible to
support common multicast services over a wide part of the network
without having to use any multicast routing protocol.

MVR maintains the user isolation and data security provided by VLAN
segregation by passing only multicast traffic into other VLANs to which the
subscribers belong. Even though common multicast streams are passed
onto different VLAN groups from the MVR VLAN, users in different IEEE
802.1Q or private VLANs cannot exchange any information (except through
upper-level routing services).

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Figure 49: MVR Concept

Multicast Router
Satellite Services

Service
Network
Multicast Server Layer 2 Switch Source
Port

Receiver
Ports

Set-top Box Set-top Box

TV TV
PC

PATH
Configuration, MVR

COMMAND USAGE
◆ General Configuration Guidelines for MVR:
1. Enable MVR globally on the switch, and select the MVR VLAN.
2. Set the interfaces that will join the MVR as source ports or receiver
ports.
3. If you are sure that only one subscriber attached to an interface is
receiving multicast services, you can enable the immediate leave
function.
◆ Although MVR operates on the underlying mechanism of IGMP
snooping, the two features operate independently of each other. One
can be enabled or disabled without affecting the behavior of the other.
However, if IGMP snooping and MVR are both enabled, MVR reacts only
to join and leave messages from multicast groups configured under
MVR. Join and leave messages from all other multicast groups are
managed by IGMP snooping. Also, note that only IGMP version 2 or 3
hosts can issue multicast leave messages. Immediate leave therefore
cannot be used for IGMP version 1 clients.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

MVR Configuration

◆ MVR Status – When MVR is enabled on the switch, any multicast data
associated with an MVR group is sent from all designated source ports,
to all receiver ports that have registered to receive data from that
multicast group. (Default: Disabled)

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◆ MVR VLAN – Identifier of the VLAN that serves as the channel for
streaming multicast services using MVR. MVR source ports should be
configured as members of the MVR VLAN, but MVR receiver ports
should not be manually configured as members of this VLAN.
(Default: 100)

Port Configuration

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Mode – Sets the MVR operational mode for any port. MVR must also be
globally enabled on the switch for this setting to take effect. MVR only
needs to be enabled on a receiver port if there are subscribers receiving
multicast traffic from one of the MVR groups. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Type – The following interface types are supported:

■ Source – An uplink port that can send and receive multicast data
for the groups assigned to the MVR VLAN. Note that the source port
must be manually configured as a member of the MVR VLAN (see
"Assigning Ports to VLANs" on page 161).
■ Receiver – A subscriber port that can receive multicast data sent
through the MVR VLAN. Any port configured as a receiver port will
be dynamically added to the MVR VLAN when it forwards an IGMP
report or join message from an attached host requesting any of the
designated multicast services supported by the MVR VLAN.

◆ Immediate Leave – Configures the switch to immediately remove an

interface from a multicast stream as soon as it receives a leave
message for that group. (This option only applies to an interface
configured as an MVR receiver.)
Just remember that only IGMP version 2 or 3 hosts can issue multicast
leave messages. If a version 1 host is receiving multicast traffic, the
switch can only remove the interface from the multicast stream after
the host responds to a periodic request for a membership report.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure global and interface settings for MVR:

1. Click Configuration, MVR.

2. Enable MVR globally on the switch, and select the MVR VLAN.

3. Set each port that will participate in the MVR protocol as a source port
or receiver port, and optionally enable Immediate Leave on any
receiver port to which only one subscriber is attached.

4. Click Save.

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Figure 50: Configuring MVR

IGMP SNOOPING
Multicasting is used to support real-time applications such as
videoconferencing or streaming audio. A multicast server does not have to
establish a separate connection with each client. It merely broadcasts its
service to the network, and any hosts that want to receive the multicast
register with their local multicast switch/router. Although this approach
reduces the network overhead required by a multicast server, the
broadcast traffic must be carefully pruned at every multicast switch/router
it passes through to ensure that traffic is only passed on to the hosts which
subscribed to this service.

This switch can use Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) to filter
multicast traffic. IGMP Snooping can be used to passively monitor or
“snoop” on exchanges between attached hosts and an IGMP-enabled
device, most commonly a multicast router. In this way, the switch can
discover the ports that want to join a multicast group, and set its filters
accordingly.

If there is no multicast router attached to the local subnet, multicast traffic

and query messages may not be received by the switch. In this case (Layer
2) IGMP Query can be used to actively ask the attached hosts if they want
to receive a specific multicast service. IGMP Query thereby identifies the
ports containing hosts requesting to join the service and sends data out to
those ports only. It then propagates the service request up to any
neighboring multicast switch/router to ensure that it will continue to
receive the multicast service.

The purpose of IP multicast filtering is to optimize a switched network's

performance, so multicast packets will only be forwarded to those ports

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containing multicast group hosts or multicast routers/switches, instead of

flooding traffic to all ports in the subnet (VLAN).

CONFIGURING GLOBAL Use the IGMP Snooping Configuration page to configure global and port-
AND PORT-RELATED related settings which control the forwarding of multicast traffic. Based on
SETTINGS FOR IGMP the IGMP query and report messages, the switch forwards traffic only to
the ports that request multicast traffic. This prevents the switch from
SNOOPING broadcasting the traffic to all ports and possibly disrupting network
performance.

If multicast routing is not supported on other switches in your network, you

can use IGMP Snooping and IGMP Query to monitor IGMP service requests
passing between multicast clients and servers, and dynamically configure
the switch ports which need to forward multicast traffic.

Multicast routers use information from IGMP snooping and query reports,
along with a multicast routing protocol such as DVMRP or PIM, to support
IP multicasting across the Internet.

PATH
Configuration, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, Basic Configuration

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Global Configuration
◆ Snooping Enabled - When enabled, the switch will monitor network
traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic.
(Default: Enabled)
This switch can passively snoop on IGMP Query and Report packets
transferred between IP multicast routers/switches and IP multicast host
groups to identify the IP multicast group members. It simply monitors
the IGMP packets passing through it, picks out the group registration
information, and configures the multicast filters accordingly.

◆ Unregistered IPMC Flooding Enabled - Floods unregistered

multicast traffic into the attached VLAN. (Default: Disabled)
Once the table used to store multicast entries for IGMP snooping is
filled, no new entries are learned. If no router port is configured in the
attached VLAN, and Unregistered IPMC Flooding is disabled, any
subsequent multicast traffic not found in the table is dropped,
otherwise it is flooded throughout the VLAN.

◆ Leave Proxy Enabled - Suppresses leave messages unless received

from the last member port in the group. (Default: Disabled)
IGMP leave proxy suppresses all unnecessary IGMP leave messages so
that a non-querier switch forwards an IGMP leave packet only when the
last dynamic member port leaves a multicast group.
The leave-proxy feature does not function when a switch is set as the
querier. When the switch is a non-querier, the receiving port is not the

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last dynamic member port in the group, the receiving port is not a
router port, and no IGMPv1 member port exists in the group, the switch
will generate and send a group-specific (GS) query to the member port
which received the leave message, and then start the last member
query timer for that port.
When the conditions in the preceding item all apply, except that the
receiving port is a router port, then the switch will not send a GS-query,
but will immediately start the last member query timer for that port.
Leave proxy is also included in the general proxy function described
below. Therefore if Leave Proxy Enabled is not selected, but Proxy
Enabled is selected, leave proxy will still be performed.

◆ Proxy Enabled – Enables IGMP Snooping with Proxy Reporting.

(Default: Disabled)
When proxy reporting is enabled with this command, the switch
performs “IGMP Snooping with Proxy Reporting” (as defined in DSL
Forum TR-101, April 2006), including report suppression, last leave,
and query suppression.
Report suppression intercepts, absorbs and summarizes IGMP reports
coming from downstream hosts. Last leave sends out a proxy query
when the last member leaves a multicast group, and query suppression
means that neither specific queries nor general queries are forwarded
from an upstream multicast router to hosts downstream from this
device.
When proxy reporting is disabled, all IGMP reports received by the
switch are forwarded natively to the upstream multicast routers.

Port Related Configuration

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Router Port - Sets a port to function as a router port, which leads

towards a Layer 3 multicast device or IGMP querier. (Default: Disabled)
If IGMP snooping cannot locate the IGMP querier, you can manually
designate a port which is connected to a known IGMP querier (i.e., a
multicast router/switch). This interface will then join all the current
multicast groups supported by the attached router/switch to ensure
that multicast traffic is passed to all appropriate interfaces within the
switch.

◆ Fast Leave - Immediately deletes a member port of a multicast service

if a leave packet is received at that port. (Default: Disabled)
The switch can be configured to immediately delete a member port of a
multicast service if a leave packet is received at that port and the Fast
Leave function is enabled. This allows the switch to remove a port from
the multicast forwarding table without first having to send an IGMP
group-specific (GS) query to that interface.
If Fast Leave is not used, a multicast router (or querier) will send a
GS-query message when an IGMPv2/v3 group leave message is
received. The router/querier stops forwarding traffic for that group only
if no host replies to the query within the specified timeout period.

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If Fast Leave is enabled, the switch assumes that only one host is
connected to the interface. Therefore, Fast Leave should only be
enabled on an interface if it is connected to only one IGMP-enabled
device, either a service host or a neighbor running IGMP snooping.
Fast Leave is only effective if IGMP snooping is enabled, and IGMPv2 or
IGMPv3 snooping is used.
Fast Leave does not apply to a port if the switch has learned that a
multicast router is attached to it.
Fast Leave can improve bandwidth usage for a network which
frequently experiences many IGMP host add and leave requests.

◆ Throttling - Limits the number of multicast groups to which a port can

belong. (Range: 1-10; Default: unlimited)
IGMP throttling sets a maximum number of multicast groups that a port
can join at the same time. When the maximum number of groups is
reached on a port, any new IGMP join reports will be dropped.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure global and port-related settings for IGMP Snooping:

1. Click Configuration, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, Basic Configuration.

2. Adjust the IGMP settings as required.

3. Click Save.

Figure 51: Configuring Global and Port-related Settings for IGMP Snooping

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CONFIGURING VLAN Use the IGMP Snooping VLAN Configuration page to configure IGMP
SETTINGS FOR IGMP snooping and query for a VLAN interface
SNOOPING AND QUERY
PATH
Configuration, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, VLAN Configuration

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID - VLAN Identifier.

◆ Snooping Enabled - When enabled, the switch will monitor network

traffic on the indicated VLAN interface to determine which hosts want to
receive multicast traffic. (Default: Enabled)
When IGMP snooping is enabled globally, the per VLAN interface
settings for IGMP snooping take precedence. When IGMP snooping is
disabled globally, snooping can still be configured per VLAN interface,
but the interface settings will not take effect until snooping is re-
enabled globally.

◆ IGMP Querier - When enabled, the switch can serve as the Querier
(on the selected interface), which is responsible for asking hosts if they
want to receive multicast traffic. (Default: Disabled)
A router, or multicast-enabled switch, can periodically ask their hosts if
they want to receive multicast traffic. If there is more than one router/
switch on the LAN performing IP multicasting, one of these devices is
elected “querier” and assumes the role of querying the LAN for group
members. It then propagates the service requests on to any upstream
multicast switch/router to ensure that it will continue to receive the
multicast service. This feature is not supported for IGMPv3 snooping.

◆ RV - The Robustness Variable allows tuning for the expected packet

loss on a network. A port will be removed from receiving a multicast
service when no IGMP reports are detected in response to a number of
IGMP queries. The robustness variable sets the number of queries on
ports for which there is no report. (Range: 1-255; Default: 2)
Routers adopt the robustness value from the most recently received
query. If the querier's robustness variable (QRV) is zero, indicating that
the QRV field does not contain a declared robustness value, the switch
will set the robustness variable to the value statically configured by this
command. If the QRV exceeds 7, the maximum value of the QRV field,
the robustness value is set to zero, meaning that this device will not
advertise a QRV in any query messages it subsequently sends.

◆ QI - The Query Interval is the interval at which MLD General Queries

are sent by the Querier. (Range: 1-255 seconds; Default: 125 seconds)
An MLD general query message is sent by the switch at the interval
specified by this attribute. When this message is received by
downstream hosts, all receivers build an MLD report for the multicast
groups they have joined.

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◆ QRI - The Query Response Interval is the Max Response Time

advertised in periodic General Queries. The QRI applies when the
switch is serving as the querier, and is used to inform other devices of
the maximum time this system waits for a response to general queries.
(Range: 10-31744 tenths of a second; Default: 10 seconds)

◆ LLQI - The Last Member Query Interval (RFC 3810 – MLDv2 for IP) is
used to configure the Last Member Query Interval for IGMP. This
attribute sets the interval to wait for a response to a group-specific or
group-and-source-specific query message. The overall time to wait for
a response (Last Member Query Time) is the value assigned to LLQI,
multiplied by the Last Member Query Count (which is fixed at 2).
(Range: 1-31744 tenths of a second in multiples of 10;
Default: 1 second)
When a multicast host leaves a group, it sends an IGMP leave message.
When the leave message is received by the switch, it checks to see if
this host is the last to leave the group by sending out an IGMP group-
specific or group-and-source-specific query message, and starts a
timer. If no reports are received before the timer expires, the group
record is deleted, and a report is sent to the upstream multicast router.
A reduced value will result in reduced time to detect the loss of the last
member of a group or source, but may generate more burst traffic.
This attribute will take effect only if IGMP snooping proxy reporting is
enabled (see page 140).

◆ URI - The Unsolicited Report Interval specifies how often the upstream
interface should transmit unsolicited IGMP reports when report
suppression/proxy reporting is enabled. (Range: 0-31744 seconds,
Default: 1 second)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure VLAN settings for IGMP snooping and query:

1. Click Configuration, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, VLAN Configuration.

2. Adjust the IGMP settings as required.

3. Click Save.

Figure 52: Configuring VLAN Settings for IGMP Snooping and Query

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CONFIGURING IGMP Use the IGMP Snooping Port Group Filtering Configuration page to filter
FILTERING specific multicast traffic. In certain switch applications, the administrator
may want to control the multicast services that are available to end users;
for example, an IP/TV service based on a specific subscription plan. The
IGMP filtering feature fulfills this requirement by denying access to
specified multicast services on a switch port.

PATH
Configuration, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, Port Group Filtering

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Filtering Groups – Multicast groups that are denied on a port. When

filter groups are defined, IGMP join reports received on a port are
checked against the these groups. If a requested multicast group is
denied, the IGMP join report is dropped.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure IGMP Snooping Port Group Filtering:

1. Click Configuration, IGMP Snooping, Port Group Filtering.

2. Click Add New Filtering Group to display a new entry in the table.

3. Select the port to which the filter will be applied.

4. Enter the IP address of the multicast service to be filtered.

5. Click Save.

Figure 53: IGMP Snooping Port Group Filtering Configuration

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MLD SNOOPING
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping operates on IPv6 traffic and
performs a similar function to IGMP snooping for IPv4. That is, MLD
snooping dynamically configures switch ports to limit IPv6 multicast traffic
so that it is forwarded only to ports with users that want to receive it. This
reduces the flooding of IPv6 multicast packets in the specified VLANs.

This switch supports MLD protocol version 1. MLDv1 control packets

include Listener Query, Listener Report, and Listener Done messages
(equivalent to IGMPv2 query, report, and leave messages).

Remember that IGMP Snooping and MLD Snooping are independent

functions, and can therefore both function at the same time.

CONFIGURING GLOBAL Use the MLD Snooping Configuration page to configure global and port-
AND PORT-RELATED related settings which control the forwarding of multicast traffic. Based on
SETTINGS FOR MLD the MLD query and report messages, the switch forwards traffic only to the
ports that request multicast traffic. This prevents the switch from
SNOOPING broadcasting the traffic to all ports and possibly disrupting network
performance.

If multicast routing is not supported on other switches in your network, you

can use MLD Snooping and Query to monitor MLD service requests passing
between multicast clients and servers, and dynamically configure the
switch ports which need to forward multicast traffic.

Multicast routers use information from MLD snooping and query reports,
along with a multicast routing protocol such as PIMv6, to support IP
multicasting across the Internet.

PATH
Configuration, IPMC, MLD Snooping, Basic Configuration

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Global Configuration
◆ Snooping Enabled - When enabled, the switch will monitor network
traffic to determine which hosts want to receive multicast traffic.
(Default: Disabled)
This switch can passively snoop on MLD Listener Query and Report
packets transferred between IP multicast routers/switches and IP
multicast host groups to identify the IP multicast group members. It
simply monitors the MLD control packets passing through it, picks out
the group registration information, and configures the multicast filters
accordingly.

◆ Unregistered IPMCv6 Flooding Enabled - Floods unregistered

multicast traffic into the attached VLAN. (Default: Enabled)

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Once the table used to store multicast entries for MLD snooping is
filled, no new entries are learned. If no router port is configured in the
attached VLAN, and Unregistered IPMCv6 Flooding is disabled, any
subsequent multicast traffic not found in the table is dropped,
otherwise it is flooded throughout the VLAN.

◆ Leave Proxy Enabled - Suppresses leave messages unless received

from the last member port in the group. (Default: Disabled)
MLD leave proxy suppresses all unnecessary MLD leave messages so
that a non-querier switch forwards an MLD leave packet only when the
last dynamic member port leaves a multicast group.
The leave-proxy feature does not function when a switch is set as the
querier. When the switch is a non-querier, the receiving port is not the
last dynamic member port in the group, and the receiving port is not a
router port, the switch will generate and send a group-specific (GS)
query to the member port which received the leave message, and then
start the last member query timer for that port.
When the conditions in the preceding item all apply, except that the
receiving port is a router port, then the switch will not send a GS-query,
but will immediately start the last member query timer for that port.

◆ Proxy Enabled - Configures the switch to issue MLD host report

messages on behalf of hosts discovered through standard MLD
interfaces. (Default: Disabled)
When MLD proxy is enabled, the switch exchanges MLD messages with
the router on its upstream interface, and performs the host portion of
the MLD task on the upstream interface as follows:
■ When queried, it sends multicast listener reports to the group.
■ When a host joins a multicast group to which no other host belongs,
it sends unsolicited multicast listener reports to that group.
■ When the last host in a particular multicast group leaves, it sends
an unsolicited multicast listener done report to the all-routers
address (FF02::2) for MLDv1.

Port Related Configuration

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Router Port - Sets a port to function as a router port, which leads

towards a Layer 3 multicast device or MLD querier. (Default: Disabled)
If MLD snooping cannot locate the MLD querier, you can manually
designate a port which is connected to a known MLD querier (i.e., a
multicast router/switch). This interface will then join all the current
multicast groups supported by the attached router/switch to ensure
that multicast traffic is passed to all appropriate interfaces within the
switch.

◆ Fast Leave - Immediately deletes a member port of a multicast service

if a leave packet is received at that port. (Default: Disabled)

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The switch can be configured to immediately delete a member port of a

multicast service if a leave packet is received at that port and the Fast
Leave function is enabled. This allows the switch to remove a port from
the multicast forwarding table without first having to send an MLD
group-specific (GS) query to that interface.
If Fast Leave is not used, a multicast router (or querier) will send a
GS-query message when a group leave message is received. The
router/querier stops forwarding traffic for that group only if no host
replies to the query within the specified timeout period.
If Fast Leave is enabled, the switch assumes that only one host is
connected to the interface. Therefore, Fast Leave should only be
enabled on an interface if it is connected to only one MLD-enabled
device, either a service host or a neighbor running MLD snooping.
Fast Leave does not apply to a port if the switch has learned that a
multicast router is attached to it.
Fast Leave can improve bandwidth usage for a network which
frequently experiences many MLD host add and leave requests.

◆ Throttling - Limits the number of multicast groups to which a port can

belong. (Range: 1-10; Default: unlimited)
MLD throttling sets a maximum number of multicast groups that a port
can join at the same time. When the maximum number of groups is
reached on a port, any new MLD listener reports will be dropped.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure global and port-related settings for MLD Snooping:

1. Click Configuration, IPMC, MLD Snooping, Basic Configuration.

2. Adjust the MLD settings as required.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 54: Configuring Global and Port-related Settings for MLD Snooping

CONFIGURING VLAN Use the MLD Snooping VLAN Configuration page to configure MLD snooping
SETTINGS FOR MLD and query for a VLAN interface
SNOOPING AND QUERY
PATH
Configuration, IPMC, MLD Snooping, VLAN Configuration

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID - VLAN Identifier.

◆ Snooping Enabled - When enabled, the switch will monitor network

traffic on the indicated VLAN interface to determine which hosts want to
receive multicast traffic. (Default: Disabled)
When MLD snooping is enabled globally, the per VLAN interface settings
for MLD snooping take precedence. When MLD snooping is disabled
globally, snooping can still be configured per VLAN interface, but the
interface settings will not take effect until snooping is re-enabled
globally.

◆ MLD Querier - When enabled, the switch can serve as the MLDv2
Querier if selected in the bidding process with other competing
multicast routers/switches, and if selected will be responsible for asking
hosts if they want to receive multicast traffic. (Default: Disabled)
A router, or multicast-enabled switch, can periodically ask their hosts if
they want to receive multicast traffic. If there is more than one router/
switch on the LAN performing IP multicasting, one of these devices is
elected “querier” and assumes the role of querying the LAN for group
members. It then propagates the service requests on to any upstream

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multicast router/switch to ensure that it will continue to receive the

multicast service.

An IPv6 address must be configured on the VLAN interface from which

the querier will act if elected. When serving as the querier, the switch
uses this IPv6 address as the query source address.
The querier will not start or will disable itself after having started if it
detects an IPv6 multicast router on the network.

◆ RV - The Robustness Variable allows tuning for the expected packet

loss on a network. A port will be removed from receiving a multicast
service when no MLD reports are detected in response to a number of
MLD queries. The robustness variable sets the number of queries on
ports for which there is no report. (Range: 1-255; Default: 2)
Routers adopt the robustness value from the most recently received
query. If the querier's robustness variable (QRV) is zero, indicating that
the QRV field does not contain a declared robustness value, the switch
will set the robustness variable to the value statically configured by this
command. If the QRV exceeds 7, the maximum value of the QRV field,
the robustness value is set to zero, meaning that this device will not
advertise a QRV in any query messages it subsequently sends.

◆ QI - The Query Interval is the interval at which General Queries are

sent by the Querier. (Range: 1-255 seconds; Default: 125 seconds)
An MLD general query message is sent by the switch at the interval
specified by this attribute. When this message is received by
downstream hosts, all receivers build an IGMP report for the multicast
groups they have joined.

◆ QRI - The Query Response Interval is the Max Response Time

advertised in periodic General Queries. The QRI applies when the
switch is serving as the querier, and is used to inform other devices of
the maximum time this system waits for a response to general queries.
(Range: 10-31744 tenths of a second; Default: 10 seconds)

◆ LLQI - The Last Member Query Interval (RFC 3810 – MLDv2 for IP)
sets the interval to wait for a response to a group-specific or group-
and-source-specific query message. The overall time to wait for a
response (Last Member Query Time) is the value assigned to LLQI,
multiplied by the Last Member Query Count (which is fixed at 2).
(Range: 1-31744 tenths of a second in multiples of 10;
Default: 1 second)
When a multicast host leaves a group, it sends an MLD leave message.
When the leave message is received by the switch, it checks to see if
this host is the last to leave the group by sending out an MLD group-
specific or group-and-source-specific query message, and starts a
timer. If no reports are received before the timer expires, the group
record is deleted, and a report is sent to the upstream multicast router.
A reduced value will result in reduced time to detect the loss of the last
member of a group or source, but may generate more burst traffic.

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This attribute will take effect only if MLD snooping proxy reporting is
enabled (see page 140).

◆ URI - The Unsolicited Report Interval specifies how often the upstream
interface should transmit unsolicited MLD reports when report
suppression/proxy reporting is enabled. (Range: 0-31744 seconds,
Default: 1 second)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure VLAN settings for MLD snooping and query:

1. Click Configuration, IPMC, MLD Snooping, VLAN Configuration.

2. Adjust the MLD settings as required.

3. Click Save.

Figure 55: Configuring VLAN Settings for MLD Snooping and Query

CONFIGURING MLD Use the MLD Snooping Port Group Filtering Configuration page to filter
FILTERING specific multicast traffic. In certain switch applications, the administrator
may want to control the multicast services that are available to end users;
for example, an IP/TV service based on a specific subscription plan. The
MLD filtering feature fulfills this requirement by denying access to specified
multicast services on a switch port.

PATH
Configuration, IPMC, MLD Snooping, Port Group Filtering

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Filtering Groups – Multicast groups that are denied on a port. When

filter groups are defined, MLD listener reports received on a port are
checked against the these groups. If a requested multicast group is
denied, the MLD report is dropped.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure MLD Snooping Port Group Filtering:

1. Click Configuration, IPMC, MLD Snooping, Port Group Filtering.

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2. Click Add New Filtering Group to display a new entry in the table.

3. Select the port to which the filter will be applied.

4. Enter the IP address of the multicast service to be filtered.

5. Click Save.

Figure 56: MLD Snooping Port Group Filtering Configuration

LINK LAYER DISCOVERY PROTOCOL

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is used to discover basic information
about neighboring devices on the local broadcast domain. LLDP is a Layer 2
protocol that uses periodic broadcasts to advertise information about the
sending device. Advertised information is represented in Type Length Value
(TLV) format according to the IEEE 802.1AB standard, and can include
details such as device identification, capabilities and configuration settings.
LLDP also defines how to store and maintain information gathered about
the neighboring network nodes it discovers.

CONFIGURING LLDP Use the LLDP Configuration page to set the timing attributes used for the
TIMING AND TLVS transmission of LLDP advertisements, and the device information which is
advertised.

PATH
Configuration, LLDP

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

LLDP Timing Attributes

◆ Tx Interval – Configures the periodic transmit interval for LLDP
advertisements. (Range: 5-32768 seconds; Default: 30 seconds)
This attribute must comply with the following rule:
(Transmission Interval * Transmission Hold Time) ≤ 65536,
and Transmission Interval ≥ (4 * Transmission Delay)

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◆ Tx Hold – Configures the time-to-live (TTL) value sent in LLDP

advertisements as shown in the formula below. (Range: 2-10;
Default: 3)
The time-to-live tells the receiving LLDP agent how long to retain all
information pertaining to the sending LLDP agent if it does not transmit
updates in a timely manner.
TTL in seconds is based on the following rule:
(Transmission Interval * Transmission Hold Time) ≤ 65536.
Therefore, the default TTL is 30*3 = 90 seconds.
◆ Tx Delay – Configures a delay between the successive transmission of
advertisements initiated by a change in local LLDP MIB variables.
(Range: 1-8192 seconds; Default: 2 seconds)
The transmit delay is used to prevent a series of successive LLDP
transmissions during a short period of rapid changes in local LLDP MIB
objects, and to increase the probability that multiple, rather than single
changes, are reported in each transmission.
This attribute must comply with the rule:
(4 * Transmission Delay) ≤ Transmission Interval

◆ Tx Reinit – Configures the delay before attempting to re-initialize after

LLDP ports are disabled or the link goes down. (Range: 1-10 seconds;
Default: 2 seconds)
When LLDP is re-initialized on a port, all information in the remote
system’s LLDP MIB associated with this port is deleted.

LLDP Interface Attributes

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Mode – Enables LLDP message transmit and receive modes for LLDP
Protocol Data Units. (Options: Disabled, Enabled - TxRx, Rx only,
Tx only; Default: Disabled)

◆ CDP Aware – Enables decoding of Cisco Discovery Protocol frames.

(Default: Disabled)
If enabled, CDP TLVs that can be mapped into a corresponding field in
the LLDP neighbors table are decoded, all others are discarded. CDP
TLVs are mapped into LLDP neighbors table as shown below:
■ CDP TLV “Device ID” is mapped into the LLDP “Chassis ID” field.
■ CDP TLV “Address” is mapped into the LLDP “Management Address”
field. The CDP address TLV can contain multiple addresses, but only
the first address is shown in the LLDP neighbors table.
■ CDP TLV “Port ID” is mapped into the LLDP “Port ID” field.
■ CDP TLV “Version and Platform” is mapped into the LLDP “System
Description” field.
■ Both the CDP and LLDP support “system capabilities,” but the CDP
capabilities cover capabilities that are not part of LLDP. These
capabilities are shown as “others” in the LLDP neighbors table.

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If all ports have CDP awareness disabled, the switch forwards CDP
frames received from neighbor devices. If at least one port has CDP
awareness enabled, all CDP frames are terminated by the switch.
When CDP awareness for a port is disabled, the CDP information is not
removed immediately, but will be removed when the hold time is
exceeded.

Optional TLVs - Configures the information included in the TLV field of

advertised messages.

◆ Port Descr – The port description is taken from the ifDescr object in
RFC 2863, which includes information about the manufacturer, the
product name, and the version of the interface hardware/software.

◆ Sys Name – The system name is taken from the sysName object in
RFC 3418, which contains the system's administratively assigned
name. To configure the system name, see page 41.

◆ Sys Descr – The system description is taken from the sysDescr object
in RFC 3418, which includes the full name and version identification of
the system's hardware type, software operating system, and
networking software.

◆ Sys Capa – The system capabilities identifies the primary function(s)

of the system and whether or not these primary functions are enabled.
The information advertised by this TLV is described in IEEE 802.1AB.

◆ Mgmt Addr – The management address protocol packet includes the

IPv4 address of the switch. If no management address is available, the
address should be the MAC address for the CPU or for the port sending
this advertisement.
The management address TLV may also include information about the
specific interface associated with this address, and an object identifier
indicating the type of hardware component or protocol entity associated
with this address. The interface number and OID are included to assist
SNMP applications in the performance of network discovery by
indicating enterprise specific or other starting points for the search,
such as the Interface or Entity MIB.
Since there are typically a number of different addresses associated
with a Layer 3 device, an individual LLDP PDU may contain more than
one management address TLV.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure LLDP timing and advertised TLVs:

1. Click Configuration, LLDP.

2. Modify any of the timing parameters as required.

3. Set the required mode for transmitting or receiving LLDP messages.

4. Enable or disable decoding CDP frames.

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5. Specify the information to include in the TLV field of advertised

messages.

6. Click Save.

Figure 57: LLDP Configuration

CONFIGURING LLDP- Use the LLDP-MED Configuration page to set the device information which
MED TLVS is advertised for end-point devices.
LLDP-MED (Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint Discovery) is an
extension of LLDP intended for managing endpoint devices such as Voice
over IP phones and network switches. The LLDP-MED TLVs advertise
information such as network policy, power, inventory, and device location
details. Both LLDP and LLDP-MED information can be used by SNMP
applications to simplify troubleshooting, enhance network management,
and maintain an accurate network topology.

PATH
Configuration, LLDP-MED

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Fast Start Repeat Count – Rapid startup and Emergency Call Service
Location Identification Discovery of endpoints is a critically important
aspect of VoIP systems in general.In addition, it is best to advertise
only those pieces of information which are specifically relevant to
particular endpoint types (for example only advertise the voice network
policy to permitted voice-capable devices), both in order to conserve

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the limited LLDPU space and to reduce security and system integrity
issues that can come with inappropriate knowledge of the network
policy.
With this in mind LLDP-MED defines an LLDP-MED Fast Start interaction
between the protocol and the application layers on top of the protocol,
in order to achieve these related properties. Initially, a Network
Connectivity Device will only transmit LLDP TLVs in an LLDPDU. Only
after an LLDP-MED Endpoint Device is detected, will an LLDP-MED
capable Network Connectivity Device start to advertise LLDP-MED TLVs
in outgoing LLDPDUs on the associated port. The LLDP-MED application
will temporarily speed up the transmission of the LLDPDU to start
within a second, when a new LLDP-MED neighbor has been detected in
order share LLDP-MED information as fast as possible to new
neighbors.
Because there is a risk that a LLDP frame being lost during transmission
between neighbors, it is recommended to repeat the fast start
transmission multiple times to increase the possibility for that the
neighbors has received the LLDP frame. With Fast start repeat count it
is possible to specify the number of times the fast start transmission is
repeated. The recommended value is 4 times, giving that 4 LLDP
frames with a 1 second interval will be transmitted, when a LLDP frame
with new information is received.
It should be noted that LLDP-MED and the LLDP-MED Fast Start
mechanism is only intended to run on links between LLDP-MED
Network Connectivity Devices and Endpoint Devices, and as such does
not apply to links between LAN infrastructure elements, including
between Network Connectivity Devices, or to other types of links.

Coordinates Location

◆ Latitude – Normalized to within 0-90 degrees with a maximum of 4

digits. It is possible to specify the direction to either North of the
equator or South of the equator.

◆ Longitude – Normalized to within 0-180 degrees with a maximum of 4

digits. It is possible to specify the direction to either East of the prime
meridian or West of the prime meridian.

◆ Altitude – Normalized to within -32767 to 32767 with a maximum of 4

digits. It is possible to select between two altitude types (floors or
meters).
■ Meters: Representing meters of Altitude defined by the vertical
datum specified.
■ Floors: Representing altitude in a form more relevant in buildings
which have different floor-to-floor dimensions. An altitude = 0.0 is
meaningful even outside a building, and represents ground level at
the given latitude and longitude. Inside a building, 0.0 represents
the floor level associated with ground level at the main entrance.

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◆ Map Datum – The Map Datum used for the coordinates given in this
Option.
■ WGS84: (Geographical 3D) - World Geodesic System 1984, CRS
Code 4327, Prime Meridian Name: Greenwich.
■ NAD83/NAVD88: North American Datum 1983, CRS Code 4269,
Prime Meridian Name: Greenwich; The associated vertical datum is
the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). This datum
pair is to be used when referencing locations on land, not near tidal
water (which would use Datum = NAD83/MLLW).
■ NAD83/MLLW: North American Datum 1983, CRS Code 4269,
Prime Meridian Name: Greenwich; The associated vertical datum is
Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). This datum pair is to be used when
referencing locations on water/sea/ocean.

◆ Civic Address Location – IETF Geopriv Civic Address based Location

Configuration Information (Civic Address LCI).
■ Country code - The two-letter ISO 3166 country code in capital
ASCII letters. (Example: DK, DE or US)
■ State - National subdivisions (state, canton, region, province,
prefecture).
■ County - County, parish, gun (Japan), district.
■ City - City, township, shi (Japan). (Example: Copenhagen)
■ City District - City division, borough, city district, ward, chou
(Japan).
■ Block (Neighborhood) - Neighborhood, block.
■ Street - Street. (Example: Poppelvej)
■ Leading street direction - Leading street direction. (Example: N)
■ Trailing street suffix - Trailing street suffix. (Example: SW)
■ Street suffix - Street suffix. (Example: Ave, Platz)
■ House no. - House number. (Example: 21)
■ House no. suffix - House number suffix. (Example: A, 1/2)
■ Landmark - Landmark or vanity address. (Example: Columbia
University)
■ Additional location info - Additional location information.
(Example: South Wing)
■ Name - Name (residence and office occupant). (Example:
Flemming Jahn)
■ Zip code - Postal/zip code. (Example: 2791)
■ Building - Building (structure). (Example: Low Library)
■ Apartment - Unit (Apartment, suite). (Example: Apt 42)
■ Floor - Floor. (Example: 4)
■ Room no. - Room number. (Example: 450F)
■ Place type - Place type. (Example: Office)

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■ Postal community name - Postal community name.

(Example: Leonia)
■ P.O. Box - Post office box (P.O. BOX). (Example: 12345)
■ Additional code - Additional code. (Example: 1320300003)

◆ Emergency Call Service – Emergency Call Service (e.g. 911 and

others), such as defined by TIA or NENA.
ELIN identifier data format is defined to carry the ELIN identifier as
used during emergency call setup to a traditional CAMA or ISDN trunk-
based PSAP. This format consists of a numerical digit string,
corresponding to the ELIN to be used for emergency calling.

◆ Policies – Network Policy Discovery enables the efficient discovery and

diagnosis of mismatched issues with the VLAN configuration, along with
the associated Layer 2 and Layer 3 attributes, which apply for a set of
specific protocol applications on that port. Improper network policy
configurations are a very significant issue in VoIP environments that
frequently result in voice quality degradation or loss of service.
Policies are only intended for use with applications that have specific
“real-time” network policy requirements, such as interactive voice and/
or video services.
The network policy attributes advertised are:
■ Layer 2 VLAN ID (IEEE 802.1Q-2003)
■ Layer 2 priority value (IEEE 802.1D-2004)
■ Layer 3 Diffserv code point (DSCP) value (IETF RFC 2474)

This network policy is potentially advertised and associated with

multiple sets of application types supported on a given port. The
application types specifically addressed are:
■ Voice
■ Guest Voice
■ Softphone Voice
■ Video Conferencing
■ Streaming Video
■ Control / Signaling (conditionally support a separate network policy
for the media types above)

A large network may support multiple VoIP policies across the entire
organization, and different policies per application type. LLDP-MED
allows multiple policies to be advertised per port, each corresponding to
a different application type. Different ports on the same Network
Connectivity Device may advertise different sets of policies, based on
the authenticated user identity or port configuration.
It should be noted that LLDP-MED is not intended to run on links other
than between Network Connectivity Devices and Endpoints, and
therefore does not need to advertise the multitude of network policies
that frequently run on an aggregated link interior to the LAN.

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■ Policy ID – ID for the policy. This is auto generated and will be

used when selecting the polices that will be mapped to the specific
ports.

■ Application Type – Intended use of the application types:

■ Voice - For use by dedicated IP Telephony handsets and other
similar appliances supporting interactive voice services. These
devices are typically deployed on a separate VLAN for ease of
deployment and enhanced security by isolation from data
applications.
■ Voice Signaling (conditional) - For use in network topologies
that require a different policy for the voice signaling than for the
voice media. This application type should not be advertised if all
the same network policies apply as those advertised in the Voice
application policy.
■ Guest Voice - Support a separate 'limited feature-set' voice
service for guest users and visitors with their own IP Telephony
handsets and other similar appliances supporting interactive
voice services.
■ Guest Voice Signaling (conditional) - For use in network
topologies that require a different policy for the guest voice
signaling than for the guest voice media. This application type
should not be advertised if all the same network policies apply
as those advertised in the Guest Voice application policy.
■ Softphone Voice - For use by softphone applications on typical
data centric devices, such as PCs or laptops. This class of
endpoints frequently does not support multiple VLANs, if at all,
and are typically configured to use an 'untagged’ VLAN or a
single 'tagged’ data specific VLAN. When a network policy is
defined for use with an 'untagged’ VLAN (see Tagged flag
below), then the L2 priority field is ignored and only the DSCP
value has relevance.
■ Video Conferencing
■ Streaming Video - For use by broadcast or multicast based
video content distribution and other similar applications
supporting streaming video services that require specific
network policy treatment. Video applications relying on TCP with
buffering would not be an intended use of this application type.
■ Video Signaling (conditional) - For use in network topologies
that require a separate policy for the video signaling than for the
video media. This application type should not be advertised if all
the same network policies apply as those advertised in the Video
Conferencing application policy.

■ Tag – Tag indicating whether the specified application type is using

a “tagged” or an “untagged” VLAN.
Untagged indicates that the device is using an untagged frame
format and as such does not include a tag header as defined by
IEEE 802.1Q-2003. In this case, both the VLAN ID and the Layer 2
priority fields are ignored and only the DSCP value has relevance.

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Tagged indicates that the device is using the IEEE 802.1Q tagged
frame format, and that both the VLAN ID and the Layer 2 priority
values are being used, as well as the DSCP value. The tagged
format includes an additional field, known as the tag header. The
tagged frame format also includes priority tagged frames as defined
by IEEE 802.1Q-2003.

■ VLAN ID – VLAN identifier for the port. (Range: 1-4095)

■ L2 Priority – Layer 2 priority used for the specified application

type. L2 Priority may specify one of eight priority levels (0 - 7), as
defined by IEEE 802.1D-2004. A value of 0 represents use of the
default priority as defined in IEEE 802.1D-2004.

■ DSCP – DSCP value used to provide Diffserv node behavior for the
specified application type as defined in IETF RFC 2474. DSCP may
contain one of 64 code point values (0 - 63). A value of 0 represents
use of the default DSCP value as defined in RFC 2475.

◆ Policy Port Configuration – Every port may advertise a unique set of

network policies or different attributes for the same network policies,
based on the authenticated user identity or port configuration.
■ Port – The port number for which the configuration applies.
■ Policy ID – The set of policies that apply to a given port. The set of
policies is selected by marking the check boxes that correspond to
the required policies.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure LLDP-MED TLVs:

1. Click Configuration, LLDP-MED.

2. Modify any of the timing parameters as required.

3. Set the fast start repeat count, descriptive information for the end-
point device, and policies applied to selected ports.

4. Click Save.

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Power over Ethernet

Figure 58: LLDP-MED Configuration

POWER OVER ETHERNET

Use the Power Over Ethernet Configuration page to set the maximum PoE
power provided to a port, the maximum power budget for the switch
(power available to all RJ-45 ports), the port PoE operating mode, power
allocation priority, and the maximum power allocated to each port. If the
power demand from devices connected to the switch exceeds the power
budget, the switch uses port power priority settings to limit the supplied
power.

COMMAND USAGE
◆ The switch can provide DC power to a wide range of connected devices,
eliminating the need for an additional power source and cutting down
on the amount of cables attached to each device. Once configured to
supply power, an automatic detection process is initialized by the switch
that is authenticated by a PoE signature from the connected device.
Detection and authentication prevent damage to non-compliant devices
(IEEE 802.3af or 802.3at).

◆ This switch supports both the IEEE 802.3af PoE and IEEE 802.3at-2009
PoE Plus standards. To ensure that the correct power is supplied to
powered devices (PD) compliant with these standards, the first
detection pulse from the switch is based on 802.3af to which the
802.3af PDs will respond normally. It then sends a second PoE Plus
pulse that causes an 802.3at PD to respond as a Class 4 device and

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draw Class 4 current. Afterwards, the switch exchanges information

with the PD such as duty-cycle, peak and average power needs.

◆ All the RJ-45 ports support both the IEEE 802.3af and IEEE 802.3at
standards. The total PoE power delivered by all ports cannot exceed the
maximum power budget of 80W.

◆ The switch’s power management enables individual port power to be

controlled within the switch’s power budget. Port power can be
automatically turned on and off for connected devices, and a per-port
power priority can be set so that the switch never exceeds its power
budget. When a device is connected to a switch port, its power
requirements are detected by the switch before power is supplied. If
the power required by a device exceeds the power budget of the port or
the whole switch, power is not supplied.

◆ Ports can be set to one of four power priority levels, critical, high,
medium, or low. To control the power supply within the switch’s budget,
ports set at critical to medium priority have power enabled in
preference to those ports set at low priority. For example, when a
device connected to a port is set to critical priority, the switch supplies
the required power, if necessary by denying power to ports set for a
lower priority during bootup.

NOTE: For more information on using the PoE provided by this switch refer
to the Installation Guide.

PATH
Configuration, PoE

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Reserved Power determined by - There are three modes for

configuring how the ports or attached Powered Devices (PD) may
reserve power:

■ Class – Each port automatically determines how much power to

reserve according to the class to which the connected PD belongs,
and reserves power accordingly. Four different port classes exist,
including 4, 7, 15.4 or 34.2 Watts.
In this mode, the Maximum Power fields have no effect.

■ Allocation – The amount of power that each port may reserve is

specified. The allocated/reserved power for each port/PD is
specified in the Maximum Power fields.

■ LLDP-MED – This mode is similar to the Class mode expect that

each port determines the amount power it reserves by exchanging
PoE information using the LLDP protocol and reserves power

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accordingly. If no LLDP information is available for a port, the port

will reserve power using the class mode
In this mode the Maximum Power fields have no effect

For all modes, if a port uses more power than the power reserved for
that port, it is shut down.

◆ Power Management Mode – There are two modes for configuring

when to shut down the ports:

■ Actual Consumption – Ports are shut down when actual power

consumption for all ports exceeds the amount of power that the
power supply can deliver or if the actual power consumption for a
given port exceeds the power reserved for that port. The ports are
shut down according to port priority. If two ports have the same
priority, the port with the highest port number is shut down.

■ Reserved Power – Ports are shut down when total reserved

powered exceeds the amount of power that the power supply can
deliver. In this mode the port power is not turned on if the PD
requests more power than available from the power supply.

◆ Primary Power Supply - The power budget for the switch. If devices
connected to the switch require more power than the switch’s budget,
the port power priority settings are used to control the supplied power.
(Range: 0-80 Watts)

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ PoE Mode – The PoE operating mode for a port includes these options:

■ Disabled – PoE is disabled for the port.

■ PoE – Enables PoE IEEE 802.3af (Class 4 PDs limited to 15.4W)

■ PoE+ – Enables PoE+ IEEE 802.3at (Class 4 PDs limited to 34.2W)

◆ Priority - Port priority is used when remote devices require more

power than the power supply can deliver. In this case the port with the
lowest priority will be turn off starting from the port with the highest
port number.

◆ Maximum Power - The maximum power that can be delivered to a

remote device. (Range: 0-34.2 Watts depending on the PoE mode)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure global and port-specific PoE settings:

1. Click Configuration, PoE.

2. Set the global PoE parameters, including the method used to determine
reserved port power, the method by which port power is shut down,
and the switch’s overall power budget.

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3. Specify the port PoE operating mode, port power allocation priority, and
the port power budget.

4. Click Save.

Figure 59: Configuring PoE Settings

CONFIGURING THE MAC ADDRESS TABLE

Use the MAC Address Table Configuration page to configure dynamic
address learning or to assign static addresses to specific ports.
Switches store the addresses for all known devices. This information is
used to pass traffic directly between the inbound and outbound ports. All
the addresses learned by monitoring traffic are stored in the dynamic
address table. You can also manually configure static addresses that are
bound to a specific port.

PATH
Configuration, MAC Table

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Aging Configuration
◆ Disable Automatic Aging - Disables the automatic aging of dynamic
entries. (Address aging is enabled by default.)

◆ Aging Time - The time after which a learned entry is discarded.

(Range: 10-1000000 seconds; Default: 300 seconds)

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MAC Table Learning

◆ Auto - Learning is done automatically as soon as a frame with an
unknown source MAC address is received. (This is the default.)

◆ Disable - No addresses are learned and stored in the MAC address

table.

◆ Secure - Only static MAC address entries are used, all other frames are
dropped.
Make sure that the link used for managing the switch is added to the
Static MAC Table before changing to secure learning mode. Otherwise
the management link will be lost, and can only be restored by using
another non-secure port or by connecting to the switch via the serial
interface.

NOTE: If the learning mode for a given port in the MAC Learning Table is
grayed out, another software module is in control of the mode, so that it
cannot be changed by the user. An example of such a module is the MAC-
Based Authentication under 802.1X.

Static MAC Table Configuration

◆ VLAN ID - VLAN Identifier. (Range: 1-4095)

◆ MAC Address - Physical address of a device mapped to a port.

A static address can be assigned to a specific port on this switch. Static
addresses are bound to the assigned port and will not be moved. When
a static address is seen on another port, the address will be ignored
and will not be written to the address table.

◆ Port Members - Port identifier.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure the MAC Address Table:

1. Click Configuration, MAC Table.

2. Change the address aging time if required.

3. Specify the way in which MAC addresses are learned on any port.

4. Add any required static MAC addresses by clicking the Add New Static
Entry button, entering the VLAN ID and MAC address, and marking the
ports to which the address is to be mapped.

5. Click Save.

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Figure 60: MAC Address Table Configuration

IEEE 802.1Q VLANS

In large networks, routers are used to isolate broadcast traffic for each
subnet into separate domains. This switch provides a similar service at
Layer 2 by using VLANs to organize any group of network nodes into
separate broadcast domains. VLANs confine broadcast traffic to the
originating group, and can eliminate broadcast storms in large networks.
This also provides a more secure and cleaner network environment.

An IEEE 802.1Q VLAN is a group of ports that can be located anywhere in

the network, but communicate as though they belong to the same physical
segment.

VLANs help to simplify network management by allowing you to move

devices to a new VLAN without having to change any physical connections.
VLANs can be easily organized to reflect departmental groups (such as
Marketing or R&D), usage groups (such as e-mail), or multicast groups
(used for multimedia applications such as videoconferencing).

VLANs provide greater network efficiency by reducing broadcast traffic, and

allow you to make network changes without having to update IP addresses
or IP subnets. VLANs inherently provide a high level of network security
since traffic must pass through a configured Layer 3 link to reach a
different VLAN.

This switch supports the following VLAN features:

◆ Up to 256 VLANs based on the IEEE 802.1Q standard
◆ Distributed VLAN learning across multiple switches using explicit or
implicit tagging
◆ Port overlapping, allowing a port to participate in multiple VLANs

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◆ End stations can belong to multiple VLANs

◆ Passing traffic between VLAN-aware and VLAN-unaware devices
◆ Priority tagging

Assigning Ports to VLANs

Before enabling VLANs for the switch, you must first assign each port to
the VLAN group(s) in which it will participate. By default all ports are
assigned to VLAN 1 as untagged ports. Add a port as a tagged port if you
want it to carry traffic for one or more VLANs, and any intermediate
network devices or the host at the other end of the connection supports
VLANs. Then assign ports on the other VLAN-aware network devices along
the path that will carry this traffic to the same VLAN(s), either manually or
dynamically using GVRP. However, if you want a port on this switch to
participate in one or more VLANs, but none of the intermediate network
devices nor the host at the other end of the connection supports VLANs,
then you should add this port to the VLAN as an untagged port.

ASSIGNING PORTS TO Use the VLAN Membership Configuration page to enable VLANs for this
VLANS switch by assigning each port to the VLAN group(s) in which it will
participate.

PATH
Configuration, VLANs, VLAN Membership

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID - VLAN Identifier. (Range: 1-4095)

◆ VLAN Name - The name of a VLAN. (Range: 1-32 alphanumeric

characters)
◆ Port Members - Port identifier.
Port overlapping can be used to allow access to commonly shared
network resources among different VLAN groups, such as file servers or
printers. Note that if you implement VLANs which do not overlap, but
still need to communicate, you must connect them through a router.

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure IEEE 802.1Q VLAN groups:

1. Click Configuration, VLANs, VLAN Membership.

2. Change the ports assigned to the default VLAN (VLAN 1) if required.

3. To configure a new VLAN, click Add New VLAN, enter the VLAN ID, and
then mark the ports to be assigned to the new group.

4. Click Save.

Figure 61: VLAN Membership Configuration

CONFIGURING VLAN Use the VLAN Port Configuration page to configure VLAN attributes for
ATTRIBUTES FOR PORT specific interfaces, including processing Queue-in-Queue frames with
MEMBERS embedded tags, enabling ingress filtering, setting the accepted frame
types, and configuring the default VLAN identifier (PVID).

PATH
Configuration, VLANs, Ports

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Ethertype for Custom S-ports - When Port Type is set to S-custom-

port, the EtherType (also called the Tag Protocol Identifier or TPID) of
all frames received on the port is changed to the specified value. By
default, the EtherType is set to 0x88a8 (IEEE 802.1ad).
IEEE 802.1ad outlines the operation of Queue-in-Queue tagging which
allows a service provider to use a Virtual Bridged Local Area Network to
provide separate VLAN instances to multiple independent customers
over the same medium using double tagged frames.
When Port Type is set to S-port or S-custom-port, the port will change
the EtherType of all frames received to indicate that double-tagged
frames are being forwarded across the switch. The switch will pass
these frames on to the VLAN indicated in the outer tag. It will not strip
the outer tag, nor change any components of the tag other than the
EtherType field.

◆ Port - Port identifier.

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◆ Port Type – Configures how a port processes the VLAN ID in ingress

frames. (Default: Unaware)
■ C-port – For customer ports, each frame is assigned to the VLAN
indicated in the VLAN tag, and the tag is removed.
■ S-port – For service ports, the EtherType of all received frames is
changed to 0x88a8 to indicate that double-tagged frames are being
forwarded across the switch. The switch will pass these frames on
to the VLAN indicated in the outer tag. It will not strip the outer tag,
nor change any components of the tag other than the EtherType
field.
■ S-custom-port – For custom service ports, the EtherType of all
received frames is changed to value set in the Ethertype for Custom
S-ports field to indicate that double-tagged frames are being
forwarded across the switch. The switch will pass these frames on
to the VLAN indicated in the outer tag. It will not strip the outer tag,
nor change any components of the tag other than the EtherType
field.
■ Unaware – All frames are classified to the Port VLAN ID and tags
are not removed.
◆ Ingress Filtering - Determines how to process frames tagged for
VLANs for which the ingress port is not a member. (Default: Disabled)
■ Ingress filtering only affects tagged frames.
■ If ingress filtering is enabled and a port receives frames tagged for
VLANs for which it is not a member, these frames will be discarded.
■ If ingress filtering is disabled and a port receives frames tagged for
VLANs for which it is not a member, these frames will be flooded to
all other ports.
■ Ingress filtering does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames,
such as GVRP or STP. However, they do affect VLAN dependent
BPDU frames, such as GMRP.

◆ Frame Type - Sets the interface to accept all frame types, including
tagged or untagged frames, only tagged frames, or only untagged
frames. When set to receive all frame types, any received frames that
are untagged are assigned to the default VLAN. When set to receive
only tagged frames, all untagged frames received on the interface are
discarded. (Option: All, Tagged, Untagged; Default: All)

◆ Port VLAN Mode - Determines how to process VLAN tags for ingress
and egress traffic. (Options: None, Specific; Default: Specific)

■ None - The ID for the VLAN to which this frame has been assigned
is inserted in frames transmitted from the port. The assigned VLAN
ID can be based on the ingress tag for tagged frames, or the default
PVID for untagged ingress frames. Note that this mode is normally
used for ports connected to VLAN-aware switches.

■ Specific - A Port VLAN ID can be configured (as described below).

Untagged frames received on the port are classified to the Port
VLAN ID. If Port Type is Unaware, all frames received on the port

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are classified to the Port VLAN ID. If the classified VLAN ID of a

frame transmitted on the port is different from the Port VLAN ID, a
VLAN tag with the classified VLAN ID is inserted in the frame.

When forwarding a frame from this switch along a path that contains
any VLAN-aware devices, the switch should include VLAN tags. When
forwarding a frame from this switch along a path that does not contain
any VLAN-aware devices (including the destination host), the switch
should first strip off the VLAN tag before forwarding the frame.

◆ Port VLAN ID - VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames received on the

interface. (Range: 1-4095; Default: 1)
The port must be a member of the same VLAN as the Port VLAN ID.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure attributes for VLAN port members:

1. Click Configuration, VLANs, Ports.

2. Configure in the required settings for each interface.

3. Click Save.

Figure 62: VLAN Port Configuration

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CONFIGURING PRIVATE VLANS

Use the Private VLAN Membership Configuration page to assign port
members to private VLANs.
Private VLANs provide port-based security and isolation between ports
within the assigned VLAN. Data traffic on ports assigned to a private VLAN
can only be forwarded to, and from, uplink ports (that is, ports configured
as members of both a standard IEEE 802.1Q VLAN and the private VLAN).
Ports isolated in the private VLAN are designated as downlink ports, and
can not communicate with any other ports on the switch except for the
uplink ports. Ports assigned to both a private VLAN and an 802.1Q VLAN
are designated as uplink ports, and can communicate with any downlink
ports within the same private VLAN to which it has been assigned, and to
any other ports within the 802.1Q VLANs to which it has been assigned.
One example of how private VLANs can be used is in servicing multi-tenant
dwellings. If all of the tenants are assigned to a private VLAN, then no
traffic can pass directly between the tenants on the local switch.
Communication with the outside world is restricted to the uplink ports
which may connect to one or more service providers (such as Internet,
IPTV, or VOIP). More than one private VLAN can be configured on the
switch if a different set of service providers is required for other client
groups.

PATH
Configuration, Private VLANs, PVLAN Membership

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ PVLAN ID - Private VLAN identifier. (Range: 1-10)

By default, all ports are configured as members of VLAN 1 and
PVLAN 1. Because all of these ports are members of 802.1Q VLAN 1,
isolation cannot be enforced between the members of PVLAN 1. To use
PVLAN 1 properly, remove the ports to be isolated from VLAN 1 (see
page 161). Then connect the uplink ports to the local servers or other
service providers to which the members of PVLAN 1 require access.

◆ Port Members - Port identifier.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure VLAN port members for private VLANs:

1. Click Configuration, Private VLANs, PVLAN Membership.

2. Add or delete members of any existing PVLAN, or click Add New Private
VLAN and mark the port members.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 63: Private VLAN Membership Configuration

USING PORT ISOLATION

Use the Port Isolation Configuration page to prevent communications
between customer ports within the same private VLAN.

Ports within a private VLAN (PVLAN) are isolated from other ports which
are not in the same PVLAN. Port Isolation can be used to prevent
communications between ports within the same PVLAN. An isolated port
cannot forward any unicast, multicast, or broadcast traffic to any other
ports in the same PVLAN.

PATH
Configuration, Private VLANs, Port Isolation

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port Number - Port identifier.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure isolated ports:

1. Click Configuration, Private VLANs, Port Isolation.

2. Mark the ports which are to be isolated from each other.

3. Click Save.

Figure 64: Port Isolation Configuration

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CONFIGURING MAC-BASED VLANS

Use the MAC-based VLAN Membership Configuration page to configure
VLAN based on MAC addresses. The MAC-based VLAN feature assigns VLAN
IDs to ingress untagged frames according to the source MAC addresses.

When MAC-based VLAN classification is enabled, untagged frames received

by a port are assigned to the VLAN which is mapped to the frame’s source
MAC address. When no MAC address is matched, untagged frames are
assigned to the receiving port’s native VLAN ID (PVID).

PATH
Configuration, VCL, MAC-based VLANs

COMMAND USAGE
◆ Source MAC addresses can be mapped to only one VLAN ID.

◆ Configured MAC addresses cannot be broadcast or multicast addresses.

◆ When MAC-based and protocol-based VLANs are both enabled, priority

is applied in this sequence, and then port-based VLANs last.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ MAC Address – A source MAC address which is to be mapped to a

specific VLAN. The MAC address must be specified in the format xx-xx-
xx-xx-xx-xx.

◆ VLAN ID – VLAN to which ingress traffic matching the specified source

MAC address is forwarded. (Range: 1-4093)

◆ Port Members – The ports assigned to this VLAN.

WEB INTERFACE
To map a MAC address to a VLAN:

1. Click Configuration, VCL, MAC-based VLANs.

2. Enter an address in the MAC Address field.

3. Enter an identifier in the VLAN field. Note that the specified VLAN need
not already be configured.

4. Specify the ports assigned to this VLAN.

5. Click Save.

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Figure 65: Configuring MAC-Based VLANs

PROTOCOL VLANS
The network devices required to support multiple protocols cannot be
easily grouped into a common VLAN. This may require non-standard
devices to pass traffic between different VLANs in order to encompass all
the devices participating in a specific protocol. This kind of configuration
deprives users of the basic benefits of VLANs, including security and easy
accessibility.

To avoid these problems, you can configure this switch with protocol-based
VLANs that divide the physical network into logical VLAN groups for each
required protocol. When a frame is received at a port, its VLAN
membership can then be determined based on the protocol type being
used by the inbound packets.

COMMAND USAGE
◆ To configure protocol-based VLANs, follow these steps:

1. First configure VLAN groups for the protocols you want to use
(page 161). Although not mandatory, we suggest configuring a
separate VLAN for each major protocol running on your network.
Do not add port members at this time.

2. Create a protocol group for each of the protocols you want to assign
to a VLAN using the Configure Protocol (Add) page.

3. Then map the protocol for each interface to the appropriate VLAN
using the Configure Interface (Add) page.

◆ When MAC-based, IP subnet-based, and protocol-based VLANs are

supported concurrently, priority is applied in this sequence, and then
port-based VLANs last.

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CONFIGURING Use the Protocol to Group Mapping Table to create protocol groups.
PROTOCOL VLAN
GROUPS PATH
Configuration, VCL, Protocol-based VLANs, Protocol to Group

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Frame Type – Choose Ethernet, LLC (Logical Link Control), or SNAP

(SubNetwork Access Protocol - RFC 1042) as the frame type used by
this protocol.

◆ Value – Values which define the specific protocol type. The fields
displayed depend on the selected frame type:

Ethernet – EtherType value. (Range: 0x0600-0xffff; Default: 0x0800)

LLC – Includes the DSAP (Destination Service Access Point) and SSAP
(Source Service Access Point) values. (Range: 0x00-0xff; Default: 0xff)

SNAP – Includes OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) and PID

(Protocol ID) values:

■ OUI – A value in the format of xx-xx-xx where each pair (xx) in the
string is a hexadecimal value in the ranges of 0x00-0xff.

■ PID – If the OUI is hexadecimal 000000, the protocol ID is the

Ethernet type (EtherType) field value for the protocol running on top
of SNAP. If the OUI is that of a particular organization, the protocol
ID is a value assigned by that organization to the protocol running
on top of SNAP.
In other words, if value of the OUI field is 00-00-00, then value of
the PID will be etherType (0x0600-0xffff), and if value of the OUI is
other than 00-00-00, then valid value of the PID will be any value
from 0x0000 to 0xffff.

◆ Group Name – The name assigned to the Protocol VLAN Group. This
name must be a unique 16-character long string which consists of a
combination of alphabetic characters (a-z or A-Z) or integers (0-9).

NOTE: Traffic which matches IP Protocol Ethernet Frames is mapped to the

VLAN (VLAN 1 by default) that has been configured with the switch's
administrative IP. IP Protocol Ethernet traffic must not be mapped to
another VLAN or you will lose administrative network connectivity to the
switch. If lost in this manner, network access can be regained by using the
Reset button to restore the factory default settings.

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure a protocol group:

1. Click Configuration, VCL, Protocol-based VLANs, Protocol to Group.

2. Click add new entry.

3. Fill in the frame type, value, and group name.

4. Click Save.

Figure 66: Configuring Protocol VLANs

MAPPING PROTOCOL Use the Group Name to VLAN Mapping Table to map a protocol group to a
GROUPS TO PORTS VLAN for each interface that will participate in the group.

PATH
Configuration, VCL, Protocol-based VLANs, Group to VLAN

COMMAND USAGE
◆ When creating a protocol-based VLAN, only assign interfaces using this
configuration screen. If you assign interfaces using any of the other
VLAN menus such as the VLAN Static table (page 161), these interfaces
will admit traffic of any protocol type into the associated VLAN.

◆ When a frame enters a port that has been assigned to a protocol VLAN,
it is processed in the following manner:
■ If the frame is tagged, it will be processed according to the standard
rules applied to tagged frames.
■ If the frame is untagged and the protocol type matches, the frame
is forwarded to the appropriate VLAN.
■ If the frame is untagged but the protocol type does not match, the
frame is forwarded to the default VLAN for this interface.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Group Name – The name assigned to the Protocol VLAN Group. This
name must be a unique 16-character long string which consists of a
combination of alphabetic characters (a-z or A-Z) or integers (0-9).

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◆ VLAN ID – VLAN to which matching protocol traffic is forwarded.

(Range: 1-4095)

◆ Port Members – Ports assigned to this protocol VLAN.

WEB INTERFACE
To map a protocol group to a VLAN for a port or trunk:

1. Click Configuration, VCL, Protocol-based VLANs, Group to VLAN.

2. Enter the identifier for a protocol group.

3. Enter the corresponding VLAN to which the protocol traffic will be

forwarded.

4. Select the ports which will be assigned to this protocol VLAN.

5. Click Save.

Figure 67: Assigning Ports to Protocol VLANs

MANAGING VOIP TRAFFIC

When IP telephony is deployed in an enterprise network, it is
recommended to isolate the Voice over IP (VoIP) network traffic from other
data traffic. Traffic isolation can provide higher voice quality by preventing
excessive packet delays, packet loss, and jitter. This is best achieved by
assigning all VoIP traffic to a single Voice VLAN.

The use of a Voice VLAN has several advantages. It provides security by

isolating the VoIP traffic from other data traffic. End-to-end QoS policies
and high priority can be applied to VoIP VLAN traffic across the network,
guaranteeing the bandwidth it needs. VLAN isolation also protects against
disruptive broadcast and multicast traffic that can seriously affect voice
quality.

The switch allows you to specify a Voice VLAN for the network and set a
service priority for the VoIP traffic. VoIP traffic can be detected on switch
ports by using the source MAC address of packets, or by using LLDP (IEEE
802.1ab) to discover connected VoIP devices. When VoIP traffic is detected
on a configured port, the switch automatically assigns the port as a tagged

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member the Voice VLAN. Alternatively, switch ports can be manually

configured.

CONFIGURING VOIP Use the Voice VLAN Configuration page to configure the switch for VoIP
TRAFFIC traffic. First enable automatic detection of VoIP devices attached to the
switch ports, then set the Voice VLAN ID for the network. The Voice VLAN
aging time can also be set to remove a port from the Voice VLAN when
VoIP traffic is no longer received on the port.

PATH
Configuration, Voice VLAN, Configuration

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Global Configuration

◆ Mode3 – Enables or disables Voice VLAN operation on the switch.

(Default: Disabled)
◆ VLAN ID – Sets the Voice VLAN ID for the network. Only one Voice
VLAN is supported on the switch. (Range: 1-4095; Default: 1000)
The Voice VLAN cannot be the same as that defined for any other
function on the switch, such as the management VLAN (see "Setting an
IPv4 Address" on page 42), the MVR VLAN (see "Multicast VLAN
Registration" on page 130), or the native VLAN assigned to any port
(see "Configuring VLAN Attributes for Port Members" on page 162).

◆ Aging Time – The time after which a port is removed from the Voice
VLAN when VoIP traffic is no longer received on the port. (Range: 10-
10,000,000 seconds; Default: 86400 seconds)

◆ Traffic Class – Defines a service priority for traffic on the Voice VLAN.
The priority of any received VoIP packet is overwritten with the new
priority when the Voice VLAN feature is active on a port. (Range: 0-7;
Default: 7)
The switch provides eight priority queues for each port. For information
on how these queues are used, see "Configuring Egress Port Scheduler"
on page 178.

Port Configuration

◆ Mode – Specifies if the port will be added to the Voice VLAN.

(Default: Disabled)

■ Disabled – The Voice VLAN feature is disabled on the port. The port
will not detect VoIP traffic or be added to the Voice VLAN.

3. MSTP must be disabled before the Voice VLAN is enabled (see "Configuring Global
Settings for STA" on page 118), or the Voice VLAN port mode is set to Auto or Forced.
This prevents the spanning tree’s ingress filter from dropping VoIP traffic tagged for the
Voice VLAN.

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■ Auto3 – The port will be added as a tagged member to the Voice

VLAN when VoIP traffic is detected on the port. You must select a
method for detecting VoIP traffic, either OUI or LLDP (802.1ab).
When OUI is selected, be sure to configure the MAC address ranges
in the Telephony OUI list.

■ Forced3 – The Voice VLAN feature is enabled on the port.

◆ Security – Enables security filtering that discards any non-VoIP

packets received on the port that are tagged with the voice VLAN ID.
VoIP traffic is identified by source MAC addresses configured in the
Telephony OUI list, or through LLDP which is used to discover VoIP
devices attached to the switch. Packets received from non-VoIP sources
are dropped. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Discovery Protocol – Selects a method to use for detecting VoIP

traffic on the port. (Default: OUI)

■ OUI – Traffic from VoIP devices is detected by the Organizationally

Unique Identifier (OUI) of the source MAC address. OUI numbers
are assigned to manufacturers and form the first three octets of a
device MAC address. MAC address OUI numbers must be configured
in the Telephony OUI list so that the switch recognizes the traffic as
being from a VoIP device.

■ LLDP – Uses LLDP (IEEE 802.1ab) to discover VoIP devices

attached to the port. LLDP checks that the “telephone bit” in the
system capability TLV is turned on. See "Link Layer Discovery
Protocol" for more information on LLDP.

■ Both – Both OUI table lookup and LLDP are used to detect VoIP
traffic on a port.

This option only works when the detection mode is set to “Auto.” LLDP
should also be enabled before setting the discovery protocol to “LLDP”
or “Both.” Note that changing the discovery protocol to “OUI” or “LLDP”
will restart auto detection process.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure VoIP traffic settings:

1. Click Configuration, Voice VLAN, Configuration.

2. Configure any required changes to the VoIP settings for the switch or
for a specific port.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 68: Configuring Global and Port Settings for a Voice VLAN

CONFIGURING Use the Voice VLAN OUI Table to identify VoIP devices attached to the
TELEPHONY OUI switch. VoIP devices can be identified by the manufacturer’s Organizational
Unique Identifier (OUI) in the source MAC address of received packets. OUI
numbers are assigned to manufacturers and form the first three octets of
device MAC addresses. The MAC OUI numbers for VoIP equipment can be
configured on the switch so that traffic from these devices is recognized as
VoIP.

NOTE: Making any changes to the OUI table will restart the auto-detection
process for attached VoIP devices.

PATH
Configuration, Voice VLAN, OUI

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Telephony OUI – Specifies a globally unique identifier assigned to a

vendor by IEEE to identify VoIP equipment. The OUI must be 6
characters long and the input format “xx-xx-xx” (where x is a
hexadecimal digit).

◆ Description – User-defined text that identifies the VoIP devices.

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure MAC OUI numbers for VoIP equipment:

1. Click Configuration, Voice VLAN, OUI.

2. Click “Add new entry.”

3. Enter a MAC address that specifies the OUI for VoIP devices in the
network, and enter a description for the devices.

4. Click Save.

Figure 69: Configuring an OUI Telephony List

QUALITY OF SERVICE
All switches or routers that access the Internet rely on class information to
provide the same forwarding treatment to packets in the same class. Class
information can be assigned by end hosts, or switches or routers along the
path. Priority can then be assigned based on a general policy, or a detailed
examination of the packet. However, note that detailed examination of
packets should take place close to the network edge so that core switches
and routers are not overloaded.

Switches and routers along the path can use class information to prioritize
the resources allocated to different traffic classes. The manner in which an
individual device handles traffic is called per-hop behavior. All devices
along a path should be configured in a consistent manner to construct a
consistent end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) solution.

This section describes how to specify which data packets have greater
precedence when traffic is buffered in the switch due to congestion. This
switch provides four priority queues for each port. Data packets in a port's
high-priority queue will be transmitted before those in the lower-priority
queues. You can set the default priority for each interface, the queuing
mode, and queue weights.

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The switch also allows you to configure QoS classification criteria and
service policies. The switch’s resources can be prioritized to meet the
requirements of specific traffic types on a per hop basis. Each packet is
classified upon entry into the network based on Ethernet type, VLAN ID,
TCP/UDP port, DSCP, ToS, or its VLAN priority tag. Based on configured
network policies, different kinds of traffic can be marked for different kinds
of forwarding.

CONFIGURING PORT Use the QoS Ingress Port Classification page to set the basic QoS
CLASSIFICATION parameters for a port, including the default traffic class, DP level (IEEE
802.1p), user priority, drop eligible indicator, classification mode for tagged
frames, and DSCP-based QoS classification.

PATH
Configuration, QoS, Port Classification

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

QoS Ingress Port Classification

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ QoS class – Controls the default QoS class, i.e., the QoS class for
frames not classified in any other way. There is a one to one mapping
between QoS class, queue and priority. A QoS class of 0 (zero) has the
lowest priority. (Range: 0-7; Default: 0)

◆ DP level – Controls the default drop priority for frames not classified in
any other way. (Range: 0-1; Default: 0)

◆ PCP – Controls the default Priority Code Point (or User Priority) for
untagged frames. (Range: 0-7; Default: 0)

◆ DEI – Controls the default Drop Eligible Indicator for untagged frames.
(Range: 0-1; Default: 0)

◆ Tag Class. – Shows classification mode for tagged frames on this port:
■ Disabled – Uses the default QoS class and DP level for tagged
frames.
■ Enabled – Uses the mapped versions of PCP and DEI for tagged
frames.
Click on the mode in order to configure the mode and/or mapping.

◆ DSCP Based – Click to Enable DSCP Based QoS Ingress Port

Classification (see page 186).

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QoS Ingress Port Tag Classification

◆ Tag Classification – Sets classification mode for tagged frames on

this port:
■ Disabled – Uses the default QoS class and DP level for tagged
frames. (This is the default.)
■ Enabled – Uses the mapped versions of PCP and DEI for tagged
frames.

◆ PCP/DEI – Shows the mapping options for classified (PCP, DEI) to

(QoS class, DP level) values when Tag Classification is Enabled.

◆ QoS class – Controls the mapping of classified (PCP, DEI) to QoS class
values when Tag Classification is Enabled. (Range: 0-7; Default: 0)

◆ DP level – Controls the mapping of classified (PCP, DEI) to DP level

(drop precedence) values when Tag Classification is Enabled.
(Range: 0-1; Default: 0)

WEB INTERFACE
To set the basic QoS parameters for a port:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Classification.

2. Set any of the ingress port QoS classification parameters.

3. Click Save.

Figure 70: Configuring Ingress Port QoS Classification

To configure tag classification for tagged frames:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Classification.

2. Click on the value displayed in the Tag Class field.

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3. Set the tag classification mode to Disabled to use the default QoS class
and DP level for tagged frames, or to Enabled to use the mapped
versions of PCP and DEI for tagged frames.

4. Click Save.

Figure 71: Configuring Ingress Port Tag Classification

CONFIGURING EGRESS Use the QoS Egress Port Schedulers page to show an overview of the QoS
PORT SCHEDULER Egress Port Schedulers, including the queue mode and weight. Click on any
of the entries in the Port field to configure egress queue mode, queue
shaper (rate and access to excess bandwidth), and port shaper.

PATH
Configuration, QoS, Port Scheduler

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Displaying QoS Egress Port Schedulers

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Mode – Shows the scheduling mode for this port.

◆ Weight – Shows the weight of each egress queue used by the port.

Configuring QoS Egress Port Scheduler, Queue Scheduler and Port Shapers

◆ Scheduler Mode – The switch can be set to service the queues based
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processed before the lower priority queues are serviced, or Deficit

Weighted Round-Robin (DWRR) queuing which specifies a scheduling
weight for each queue. (Options: Strict, Weighted; Default: Strict)
DWRR services the queues in a manner similar to WRR, but the next
queue is serviced only when the queue’s Deficit Counter becomes
smaller than the packet size to be transmitted.
Note that weighted scheduling uses a combination of weighted service
for queues 0 - 6, and strict service for the high priority queues 7 and 8.

◆ Queue Shaper – Controls whether queue shaping is enabled for this

queue on this port.

■ Enable – Enables or disables queue shaping. (Default: Disabled)

■ Rate – Controls the rate for the queue shaper. The default value is
500. This value is restricted to 100-1000000 kbps, or 1-3300 Mbps.

■ Unit – Controls the unit of measure for the queue shaper rate as
“kbps” or “Mbps.” (Default: kbps)

■ Excess – Controls whether the queue is allowed to use excess

bandwidth. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Queue Scheduler – When the Scheduler Mode is set to Weighted, you

need to specify a relative weight for each queue. DWRR uses a
predefined relative weight for each queue that determines the
percentage of service time the switch services each queue before
moving on to the next queue. This prevents the head-of-line blocking
that can occur with strict priority queuing.

■ Weight – A weight assigned to each of the queues (and thereby to

the corresponding traffic priorities). This weight sets the frequency
at which each queue is polled for service, and subsequently affects
the response time for software applications assigned a specific
priority value. (Range: 1-100; Default: 17)

■ Percent – The weight as a percentage for this queue.

◆ Port Shaper – Sets the rate at which traffic can egress this queue.

■ Enable – Enables or disables port shaping. (Default: Disabled)

■ Rate – Controls the rate for the port shaper. The default value is
500. This value is restricted to 100-1000000 kbps, or 1-3300 Mbps

■ Unit – Controls the unit of measure for the port shaper rate as
“kbps” or “Mbps.” (Default: kbps)

WEB INTERFACE
To show an overview of the queue mode and weight used by egress ports:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Scheduler.

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2. Click on any enter under the Port field to configure the Port Scheduler
and Shaper.

Figure 72: Displaying Egress Port Schedulers

To configure the scheduler mode, the egress queue mode, queue shaper,
and port shaper used by egress ports:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Scheduler.

2. Click on any of the entries in the Port field.

3. Set the scheduler mode, the queue shaper, queue scheduler (when the
scheduler mode is set to Weighted), and the port shaper.

4. Click Save.

Figure 73: Configuring Egress Port Schedulers and Shapers

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CONFIGURING EGRESS Use the QoS Egress Port Shapers page to show an overview of the QoS
PORT SHAPER Egress Port Shapers, including the rate for each queue and port. Click on
any of the entries in the Port field to configure egress queue mode, queue
shaper (rate and access to excess bandwidth), and port shaper

PATH
Configuration, QoS, Port Shaper

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Displaying QoS Egress Port Schedulers

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Shapers – Shows the queue shaper rate and port shaper rate.

Configuring QoS Egress Port Scheduler, Queue Scheduler and Port Shapers

This configuration page can be access from the Port Scheduler or Port
Shaper page. Refer to the description of these parameters under
"Configuring Egress Port Scheduler".

WEB INTERFACE
To show an overview of the rate for each queue and port:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Shaper.

2. Click on any enter under the Port field to configure the Port Scheduler
and Shaper.

Figure 74: Displaying Egress Port Shapers

CONFIGURING PORT Use the QoS Egress Port Tag Remarking page to show an overview of QoS
REMARKING MODE Egress Port Tag Remarking mode. Click on any of the entries in the Port
field to configure the remarking mode using classified PCP/DEI values,
default PCP/DEI values, or mapped versions of QoS class and drop priority.

PATH
Configuration, QoS, Port Tag Remarking

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PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Displaying Port Remarking Mode

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Mode – Shows the tag remarking mode used by this port:

■ Classified – Uses classified PCP (Priority Code Point or User

Priority) and DEI (Drop Eligible Indicator) values.

■ Default – Uses default PCP/DEI values.

■ Mapped – Uses mapped versions of QoS class and drop precedence

level.

Configuring Port Remarking Mode

◆ Tag Remarking Mode – Configures the tag remarking mode used by

this port:

■ Classified – Uses classified PCP/DEI values.

■ Default – Uses default PCP/DEI values.

(Range: PCP – 0-7, Default: 0; DEI – 0-1, Default: 0)

■ Mapped – Controls the mapping of the classified QoS class values

and DP levels (drop precedence) to (PCP/DEI) values.

■ QoS class/DP level – Shows the mapping options for QoS class
values and DP levels (drop precedence).

■ PCP – Remarks matching egress frames with the specified

Priority Code Point (or User Priority) value. (Range: 0-7;
Default: 0)

■ DEI – Remarks matching egress frames with the specified Drop

Eligible Indicator. (Range: 0-1; Default: 0)

WEB INTERFACE
To show the QoS Egress Port Tag Remarking mode used for each port:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Tag Remarking.

2. Click on any enter under the Port field to configure the Port Tag
Remarking mode.

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Figure 75: Displaying Port Tag Remarking Mode

To configure the tag remarking mode:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port Tag Remarking.

2. Click on any of the entries in the Port field.

3. Set the tag remarking mode and any parameters associated with the
selected mode.

4. Click Save.

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Figure 76: Configuring Port Tag Remarking Mode

CONFIGURING PORT Use the QoS Port DSCP Configuration page to configure ingress translation
DSCP TRANSLATION and classification settings and egress re-writing of DSCP values.
AND REWRITING
PATH
Configuration, QoS, Port DSCP

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Ingress Translate – Enables ingress translation of DSCP values based

on the specified classification method.

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◆ Ingress Classify – Specifies the classification method:

■ Disable – No Ingress DSCP Classification is performed.

■ DSCP=0 – Classify if incoming DSCP is 0.

■ Selected – Classify only selected DSCP for which classification is

enabled in DSCP Translation table (see page 187).

■ All – Classify all DSCP.

◆ Egress Rewrite – Configures port egress rewriting of DSCP values:

■ Disable – Egress rewriting is not performed.

■ Enable – Egress rewriting is performed without remapping.

■ Remap DP Aware – Frame with DSCP from analyzer is remapped

and remarked with the remapped DSCP value. Depending on the
frame’s DP level, the remapped DSCP value is either taken from the
DSCP Translation table, Egress Remap DP0 or DP1 field (see
page 187).

■ Remap DP Unaware – Frame with DSCP from analyzer is

remapped and remarked with the remapped DSCP value. The
remapped DSCP value is always taken from the DSCP Translation
table, Egress Remap DP0 field (see page 187).

WEB INTERFACE
To configure ingress translation and classification settings and egress re-
writing of DSCP values:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Port DSCP.

2. Set the required ingress translation and egress re-writing parameters.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 77: Configuring Port DSCP Translation and Rewriting

CONFIGURING DSCP- Use the DSCP-Based QoS Ingress Classification page to configure DSCP-
BASED QOS INGRESS based QoS ingress classification settings.
CLASSIFICATION
PATH
Configuration, QoS, DSCP-Based QoS

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ DSCP – DSCP value in ingress packets. (Range: 0-63)

◆ Trust – Controls whether a specific DSCP value is trusted. Only frames

with trusted DSCP values are mapped to a specific QoS class and drop
level (DPL). Frames with untrusted DSCP values are treated as non-IP
frames.

◆ QoS Class – QoS value to which the corresponding DSCP value is

classified for ingress processing. (Range: 0-7; Default: 0)

◆ DPL – Drop Precedence Level to which the corresponding DSCP value is

classified for ingress processing. (Range: 0-1, where 1 is the higher
drop priority; Default: 0)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure DSCP-based QoS ingress classification settings:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, DSCP-Based QoS.

2. Specify whether the DSCP value is trusted, and set the corresponding
QoS value and DP level used for ingress processing.

3. Click Save.

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Figure 78: Configuring DSCP-based QoS Ingress Classification

...

CONFIGURING DSCP Use the DSCP Translation page to configure DSCP translation for ingress
TRANSLATION traffic or DSCP re-mapping for egress traffic.

PATH
Configuration, QoS, DSCP Translation

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ DSCP – DSCP value. (Range: 0-63)

◆ Ingress Translate – Enables ingress translation of DSCP values based

on the specified classification method.

◆ Ingress Classify – Enable Classification at ingress side as defined in

the QoS Port DSCP Configuration table (see page 184).

◆ Egress Remap DP0 – Re-maps DP0 field to selected DSCP value. DP0
indicates a drop precedence with a low priority.

◆ Egress Remap DP1 – Re-maps DP1 field to selected DSCP value. DP1
indicates a drop precedence with a high priority.

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure DSCP translation or re-mapping:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, DSCP Translation.

2. Set the required ingress translation and egress re-mapping

parameters.

3. Click Save.

Figure 79: Configuring DSCP Translation and Re-mapping

...

CONFIGURING DSCP Use the DSCP Classification page to map DSCP values to a QoS class and
CLASSIFICATION drop precedence level.

PATH
Configuration, QoS, DSCP Classification

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ QoS class/DPL – Shows the mapping options for QoS class values and
DP (drop precedence) levels.

◆ DSCP – DSCP value. (Range: 0-63)

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WEB INTERFACE
To map DSCP values to a QoS class and drop precedence level:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, DSCP Classification.

2. Map key DSCP values to a corresponding QoS class and drop

precedence level.

3. Click Save.

Figure 80: Mapping DSCP to CoS/DPL Values

CONFIGURING QOS Use the QoS Control List Configuration page to configure Quality of Service
CONTROL LISTS policies for handling ingress packets based on Ethernet type, VLAN ID,
TCP/UDP port, DSCP, ToS, or VLAN priority tag.

Once a QCE is mapped to a port, traffic matching the first entry in the QoS
Control List is assigned to the QoS class, drop precedence level, and DSCP
value defined by that entry. Traffic not matching any of the QCEs are
classified to the default QoS Class for the port.

PATH
Configuration, QoS, QoS Control List

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

QoS Control List

◆ QCE – Quality Control Entry index.

◆ Port - Port identifier.

◆ Frame Type – Indicates the type of frame to look for in incoming

frames. Possible frame types are: Any, Ethernet, LLC, SNAP, IPv4, IPv6.

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◆ SMAC - The OUI field of the source MAC address, i.e. the first three
octets (bytes) of the MAC address.

◆ DMAC - The type of destination MAC address. Possible values are: Any,
Broadcast, Multicast, Unicast.

◆ VID – VLAN identifier. (Range: 1-4095)

◆ Action – Indicates the classification action taken on ingress frame if

the configured parameters are matched in the frame's content. If a
frame matches the QCE, the following actions will be taken:

■ Class (Classified QoS Class) – If a frame matches the QCE, it will be

put in the queue corresponding to the specified QoS class.

■ DPL – The drop precedence level will be set to the specified value.

■ DSCP – The DSCP value will be set the specified value.

The following buttons are used to edit or move the QCEs:

Table 12: QCE Modification Buttons

Button Description

Inserts a new QCE before the current row.

Edits the QCE.

Moves the QCE up the list.

Moves the QCE down the list.

Deletes the QCE.

The lowest plus sign adds a new entry at the bottom of the list.

QCE Configuration
◆ Port Members – The ports assigned to this entry.

Key Parameters
◆ Tag – VLAN tag type. (Options: Any, Tag, Untag; Default: Any)

◆ VID – VLAN identifier. (Options: Any, Specific (1-4095), Range;

Default: Any)

◆ PCP – Priority Code Point (User Priority). (Options: a specific value of

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, a range of 0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 0-3, 4-7, or Any;
Default: 0)

◆ DEI – Drop Eligible Indicator. (Options: 0, 1 or Any)

◆ SMAC – The OUI field of the source MAC address. Enter the first three
octets (bytes) of the MAC address, or Any.

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◆ DMAC Type – The type of destination MAC address. (Options: Any, BC

(Broadcast), MC (Multicast), UC (Unicast)

◆ Frame Type – The supported types are listed below:

■ Any – Allow all types of frames.

■ Ethernet – This option can only be used to filter Ethernet II
formatted packets. (Options: Any, Specific – 600-ffff hex;
Default: ffff)
Note that 800 (IPv4) and 86DD (IPv6) are excluded.
A detailed listing of Ethernet protocol types can be found in RFC
1060. A few of the more common types include 0800 (IP), 0806
(ARP), 8137 (IPX).

■ LLC – Link Logical Control includes the following settings:

■ SSAP Address – Source Service Access Point address.
(Options: Any, Specific (0x00-0xff); Default: 0xff)

■ DSAP Address – Destination Service Access Point address.

(Options: Any, Specific (0x00-0xff); Default: 0xff)

■ Control – Control field may contain command, response, or

sequence information depending on whether the LLC frame type
is Unnumbered, Supervisory, or Information. (Options: Any,
Specific (0x00-0xff); Default: 0xff)

■ SNAP – SubNetwork Access Protocol can be distinguished by an

OUI and a Protocol ID. (Options for PID: Any, Specific (0x00-0xffff);
Default: Any)
If the OUI is hexadecimal 000000, the protocol ID is the Ethernet
type (EtherType) field value for the protocol running on top of SNAP.
If the OUI is that of a particular organization, the protocol ID is a
value assigned by that organization to the protocol running on top
of SNAP.
In other words, if value of the OUI field is 00-00-00, then value of
the PID will be etherType (0x0600-0xffff), and if value of the OUI is
other than 00-00-00, then valid value of the PID will be any value
from 0x0000 to 0xffff.

■ IPv4 – IPv4 frame type includes the following settings:

■ Protocol – IP protocol number. (Options: Any, UDP, TCP, or
Other (0-255))

■ Source IP – Source IP address. (Options: Any, Specific)

To configure a specific source IP address, enter both the address
and mask format. The address and mask must be in the format
x.y.z.w where x, y, z, and w are decimal numbers between 0
and 255. When the mask is converted to a 32-bit binary string
and read from left to right, all bits following the first zero must
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■ IP Fragment – Indicates whether or not fragmented packets

are accepted. (Options: Any, Yes, No; Default: Any)
Datagrams may be fragmented to ensure they can pass through
a network device which uses a maximum transfer unit smaller
than the original packet’s size.

■ DSCP – Diffserv Code Point value. (Options: Any, specific value

of 0-63, BE, CS1-CS7, EF or AF11-AF43, or Range;
Default: Any)

■ IPv6 – IPv6 frame type includes the same settings as those used
for IPv4, except for the Source IP. When configuring a specific IPv6
source address, enter the least significant 32 bits (a.b.c.d) using
the same type of mask as that used for an IPv4 address.

■ Sport – Source TCP/UDP port. (Any, Specific/Range: 0-65535)

■ Dport – Destination TCP/UDP port. (Any,

Specific/Range: 0-65535)

Action Parameters
◆ Action – Indicates the classification action taken on ingress frame if
the configured parameters are matched in the frame's content. If a
frame matches the QCE, the following actions will be taken:

◆ Class (Classified QoS Class) – If a frame matches the QCE, it will be

put in the queue corresponding to the specified QoS class, or placed in
a queue based on basic classification rules. (Options: 0-7, Default (use
basic classification); Default setting: 0)

◆ DPL – The drop precedence level will be set to the specified value or
left unchanged. (Options: 0-1, Default; Default setting: Default)

◆ DSCP – The DSCP value will be set to the specified value or left
unchanged. (Options: 0-63, BE, CS1-CS7, Default (not changed);
Default setting: Default)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure QoS Control Lists:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, QoS Control List.

2. Click the button to add a new QCE, or use the other QCE
modification buttons to specify the editing action (i.e., edit, delete, or
moving the relative position of entry in the list).

3. When editing an entry on the QCE Configuration page, specify the

relevant criteria to be matched, and the response to a match.

4. Click Save.

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Figure 81: QoS Control List Configuration

CONFIGURING STORM Use the Storm Control Configuration page to set limits on broadcast,
CONTROL multicast and unknown unicast traffic to control traffic storms which may
occur when a network device is malfunctioning, the network is not properly
configured, or application programs are not well designed or properly
configured. Traffic storms caused by any of these problems can severely
degrade performance or bring your network to a complete halt.

You can protect your network from traffic storms by setting a threshold for
broadcast, multicast, or unknown unicast traffic. Any packets exceeding
the specified threshold will then be dropped. Note that the limit specified
on this page applies to each port.

PATH
Configuration, QoS, Storm Control

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Frame Type - Specifies broadcast, multicast or unknown unicast

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◆ Status - Enables or disables storm control. (Default: Disabled)

◆ Rate (pps) - The threshold above which packets are dropped. This limit
can be set by specifying a value of 2n packets per second (pps), or by
selecting one of the options in Kpps (i.e., marked with the suffix “K”).
(Options: 2n pps where n = 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512; or 1,
2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 Kpps; Default: 2 pps)
Due to an ASIC limitation, the enforced rate limits are slightly less than
the listed options. For example: 1 Kpps translates into an enforced
threshold of 1002.1 pps.

WEB INTERFACE
To configure Storm Control:

1. Click Configuration, QoS, Storm Control.

2. Enable storm control for unknown unicast, broadcast, or multicast

traffic by marking the Status box next to the required frame type.

3. Select the control rate as a function of 2n pps (i.e., a value with no

suffix for the unit of measure) or a rate in Kpps (i.e., a value marked
with the suffix “K”).

4. Click Save.

Figure 82: Storm Control Configuration

CONFIGURING PORT MIRRORING

Use the Mirror Configuration page to mirror
traffic from any source port to a target port for
real-time analysis. You can then attach a logic
Source Single
analyzer or RMON probe to the target port and
port(s) target
study the traffic crossing the source port in a port
completely unobtrusive manner.

PATH
Configuration, Mirroring

COMMAND USAGE
General port mirroring configured on the Mirror Configuration page and
ACL-based port mirroring are implemented independently. When port

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mirroring is enabled on the Mirror Configuration page by setting the

destination port in the “Port to mirror on” field, and enabling the “Mode” for
any port, mirroring will occur regardless of any configuration settings made
on the ACL Ports Configuration page (see "Filtering Traffic with Access
Control Lists" on page 88) or the ACE Configuration page (see "Configuring
Access Control Lists" on page 91).

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port to mirror on - The destination port that will mirror the traffic
from the source port. All mirror sessions must share the same
destination port. (Default: Disabled)
◆ Port - The port whose traffic will be monitored.
◆ Mode - Specifies which traffic to mirror to the target port.
(Options: Disabled, Enabled (receive and transmit), Rx only (receive),
Tx only (transmit); Default: Disabled)

WEB INTERFACE
To configure port mirroring:

1. Click Configuration, Mirroring. Then click Next.

2. Select the destination port to which all mirrored traffic will be sent.

3. Set the mirror mode on any of the source ports to be monitored.

4. Click Save.

Figure 83: Mirror Configuration

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CONFIGURING UPNP
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of protocols that allows devices to
connect seamlessly and simplifies the deployment of home and office
networks. UPnP achieves this by issuing UPnP device control protocols
designed upon open, Internet-based communication standards.

The first step in UPnP networking is discovery. When a device is added to

the network, the UPnP discovery protocol allows that device to broadcast
its services to control points on the network. Similarly, when a control point
is added to the network, the UPnP discovery protocol allows that control
point to search for UPnP enabled devices on the network.

Once a control point has discovered a device its next step is to learn more
about the device and its capabilities by retrieving the device's description
from the URL provided by the device in the discovery message. After a
control point has retrieved a description of the device, it can send actions
to the device's service. To do this, a control point sends a suitable control
message to the control URL for the service (provided in the device
description).

When a device is known to the control point, periodic event notification

messages are sent. A UPnP description for a service includes a list of
actions the service responds to and a list of variables that model the state
of the service at run time.

If a device has a URL for presentation, then the control point can retrieve a
page from this URL, load the page into a web browser, and depending on
the capabilities of the page, allow a user to control the device and/or view
device status.

Using UPnP under Windows XP - To access or manage the switch with the
aid of UPnP under Windows XP, open My Network Places in the Explore file
manager. An entry for “SMCGS10P-Smart” will appear in the list of
discovered devices. Double-click on this entry to access the switch's web
management interface. Or right-click on the entry and select “Properties”
to display a list of device attributes advertised through UPnP.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Mode - Enables/disables UPnP on the device. (Default: Disabled)

◆ TTL - Sets the time-to-live (TTL) value for UPnP messages transmitted
by the switch. (Range: 4-255; Default: 4)

◆ Advertising Duration - The duration, carried in Simple Service

Discover Protocol (SSDP) packets, which informs a control point or
control points how often it or they should receive a SSDP advertisement
message from this switch. Due to the unreliable nature of UDP, the
switch sends SSDP messages periodically at the interval one-half of the
advertising duration minus 30 seconds. (Range: 100-86400 seconds;
Default: 100 seconds)

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WEB INTERFACE
To configure UPnP:

1. Click Configuration, UPnP.

2. Enable or disable UPnP, then set the TTL and advertisement values.

3. Click Save.

Figure 84: UPnP Configuration

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This chapter describes how to monitor all of the basic functions, configure
or view system logs, and how to view traffic status or the address table.

DISPLAYING BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYSTEM

You can use the Monitor/System menu to display a basic description of the
switch, log messages, or statistics on traffic used in managing the switch.

DISPLAYING SYSTEM Use the System Information page to identify the system by displaying the
INFORMATION device name, location and contact information.

PATH
Monitor, System, Information

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

System – To configure the following items see "Configuring System

Information" on page 41.

◆ Contact – Administrator responsible for the system.

◆ Name – Name assigned to the switch system.

◆ Location – Specifies the system location.

Hardware

◆ Chip ID – The vendor ID for the switch ASIC.

◆ MAC Address – The physical layer address for this switch.

Time

◆ System Date – The current system time and date. The time is
obtained through an SNTP Server if configured (see "Setting an IP
Address" on page 42.)

◆ System Uptime – Length of time the management agent has been up.

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Software

◆ Software Version – Version number of runtime code.

◆ Software Date – Release date of the switch software.

WEB INTERFACE
To view System Information, click Monitor, System, Information.

Figure 85: System Information

DISPLAYING CPU Use the CPU Load page to display information on CPU utilization.
UTILIZATION
The load is averaged over the last 100ms, 1sec and 10 seconds intervals.
The last 120 samples are graphed.

In order to display the graph, your browser must support the Scalable
Vector Graphics format. Consult SVG Wiki for more information on browser
support. Depending on your browser version, Microsoft Internet Explorer
will need to have a plugin installed to support SVG.

PATH
Monitor, System, CPU Load

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WEB INTERFACE
To display CPU utilization:

1. Click System, then CPU Load.

Figure 86: CPU Load

DISPLAYING LOG Use the System Log Information page to scroll through the logged system
MESSAGES and event messages.

PATH
Monitor, System, CPU Load

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Display Filter

◆ Level – Specifies the type of log messages to display.

■ Info – Informational messages only.
■ Warning – Warning conditions.
■ Error – Error conditions.
■ All – All levels.

◆ Start from ID – The error ID from which to start the display.

◆ with # entries per page – The number of entries to display per page.

Table Headings

◆ ID – Error ID.

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◆ Level – Error level as described above.

◆ Time – The time of the system log entry.

◆ Message – The message text of the system log entry.

WEB INTERFACE
To display the system log:

1. Click Monitor, System, Log.

2. Specify the message level to display, the starting message ID, and the
number of messages to display per page.

3. Use Auto-refresh to automatically refresh the page at regular intervals,

Refresh to update system log entries starting from the current entry ID,
or Clear to flush all system log entries.
Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the log messages.
|<< updates the system log entries, starting from the first available
entry ID, << updates the system log entries, ending at the last entry
currently displayed, >> updates the system log entries, starting from
the last entry currently displayed, and >>| updates the system log
entries, ending at the last available entry ID.

Figure 87: System Log Information

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DISPLAYING LOG Use the Detailed Log page to view the full text of specific log messages.
DETAILS
PATH
Monitor, System, CPU Load

WEB INTERFACE
To display the text of a specific log message, click Monitor, System,
Detailed Log.

Figure 88: Detailed System Log Information

DISPLAYING THERMAL PROTECTION

Use the Thermal Protection Status page to show the thermal status for
each port and the current chip temperature.

PATH
Monitor, Thermal Protection

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Local Port – Port identifier.

◆ Temperature – The temperature of the switch ASIC. Shows if a port

link is operating normally or has been shut down because the
temperature threshold has been exceeded.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display the current chip temperature, click Monitor, Thermal Protection.

Figure 89: Thermal Protection Status

DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT PORTS

You can use the Monitor/Port menu to display a graphic image of the front
panel which indicates the connection status of each port, basic statistics on
the traffic crossing each port, the number of packets processed by each
service queue, or detailed statistics on port traffic.

DISPLAYING PORT Use the Port State Overview page to display an image of the switch's ports.
STATUS ON THE Clicking on the image of a port opens the Detailed Port Statistics page as
FRONT PANEL described on page 207.
PATH
Monitor, Ports, State

WEB INTERFACE
To display an image of the switch's ports, click Monitor, Ports, State.

Figure 90: Port State Overview

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DISPLAYING AN Use the Port Statistics Overview page to display a summary of basic
OVERVIEW OF PORT information on the traffic crossing each port.
STATISTICS
PATH
Monitor, Ports, Traffic Overview

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Packets Received/Transmitted – The number of packets received

and transmitted.

◆ Bytes Received/Transmitted – The number of bytes received and

transmitted.

◆ Errors Received/Transmitted – The number of frames received with

errors and the number of incomplete transmissions.

◆ Drops Received/Transmitted – The number of frames discarded due

to ingress or egress congestion

◆ Filtered Received – The number of received frames filtered by the

forwarding process.

WEB INTERFACE
To display a summary of port statistics, click Monitor, Ports, Traffic
Overview.

Figure 91: Port Statistics Overview

DISPLAYING QOS Use the Queuing Counters page to display the number of packets
STATISTICS processed by each service queue.

PATH
Monitor, Ports, QoS Statistics

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PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port identifier.

◆ Q# Receive/Transmit – The number of packets received and

transmitted through the indicated queue.

WEB INTERFACE
To display the queue counters, click Monitor, Ports, QoS Statistics.

Figure 92: Queueing Counters

DISPLAYING QCL Use the QoS Control List Status page to show the QCE entries configured
STATUS for different users or software modules, and whether or not there is a
conflict.

PATH
Monitor, Ports, QCL Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ User – Indicates the user (static entry, software module, or conflicting

entry) of this QCE. The information displayed in this field depends on
the option selected in the drop-down list at the top of this page
(Combined, Static, Voice VLAN, Conflict).

◆ QCE# – QoS Control Entry index.

◆ Frame Type – Indicates the type of frame to look for in incoming

frames. Possible frame types are: Any, Ethernet, LLC, SNAP, IPv4, IPv6.

◆ Port - Port identifier.

◆ Action – Indicates the classification action taken on ingress frame if

the configured parameters are matched in the frame's content. If a
frame matches the QCE, the following actions will be taken:

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■ Class (Classified QoS Class) – If a frame matches the QCE, it will be

put in the queue corresponding to the specified QoS class.

■ DP – The drop precedence level will be set to the specified value.

■ DSCP – The DSCP value will be set the specified value.

◆ Conflict – Displays QCE status. It may happen that resources required

to add a QCE may not available, in that case it shows conflict status as
Yes, otherwise it is always shows No. Please note that conflict can be
resolved by releasing the resource required by the QCE and pressing
Refresh button.

WEB INTERFACE
To display the show the status of QCE entries

1. Click Monitor, Ports, QCL Status.

2. Select the user type to display from the drop-down list at the top of the
page.

3. If any of the entries display a conflict, click Resolve Conflict to release

the resource required by a QCE. Then click Refresh to verify that the
conflict has been resolved.

Figure 93: QoS Control List Status

DISPLAYING DETAILED Use the Detailed Port Statistics page to display detailed statistics on
PORT STATISTICS network traffic. This information can be used to identify potential problems
with the switch (such as a faulty port or unusually heavy loading).

All values displayed have been accumulated since the last system reboot,
and are shown as counts per second. Statistics are refreshed every 60
seconds by default.

PATH
Monitor, Ports, Detailed Statistics

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Receive/Transmit Total
■ Packets – The number of received and transmitted packets (good
and bad).

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■ Octets – The number of received and transmitted bytes (good and

bad), including Frame Check Sequence, but excluding framing bits.
■ Unicast – The number of received and transmitted unicast packets
(good and bad).
■ Multicast – The number of received and transmitted multicast
packets (good and bad).
■ Broadcast – The number of received and transmitted broadcast
packets (good and bad).
■ Pause – A count of the MAC Control frames received or transmitted
on this port that have an opcode indicating a PAUSE operation.

◆ Receive/Transmit Size Counters – The number of received and

transmitted packets (good and bad) split into categories based on their
respective frame sizes.

◆ Receive/Transmit Queue Counters – The number of received and

transmitted packets per input and output queue.

◆ Receive Error Counters

■ Rx Drops – The number of inbound packets which were discarded
even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being
delivered to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for
discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space.
■ Rx CRC/Alignment – The number of frames received with CRC or
alignment errors.
■ Rx Undersize – The total number of frames received that were less
than 64 octets long (excluding framing bits, but including FCS
octets) and were otherwise well formed.
■ Rx Oversize – The total number of frames received that were
longer than the configured maximum frame length for this port
(excluding framing bits, but including FCS octets) and were
otherwise well formed.
■ Rx Fragments – The total number of frames received that were
less than 64 octets in length (excluding framing bits, but including
FCS octets) and had either an FCS or alignment error.
■ Rx Jabber – The total number of frames received that were longer
than the configured maximum frame length for this port (excluding
framing bits, but including FCS octets), and had either an FCS or
alignment error.
■ Rx Filtered – The number of received frames filtered by the
forwarding process.

◆ Transmit Error Counters

■ Tx Drops – The number of frames dropped due to output buffer
congestion.
■ Tx Late/Exc. Coll. – The number of frames dropped due to late or
excessive collisions.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display the detailed port statistics, click Monitor, Ports, Detailed
Statistics.

Figure 94: Detailed Port Statistics

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DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY SETTINGS

You can use the Monitor/Security menu to display statistics on
management traffic, security controls for client access to the data ports,
and the status of remote authentication access servers.

DISPLAYING ACCESS Use the Access Management Statistics page to view statistics on traffic
MANAGEMENT used in managing the switch.
STATISTICS
PATH
Monitor, Security, Access Management Statistics

USAGE GUIDELINES
Statistics will only be displayed on this page if access management is
enabled on the Access Management Configuration menu (see page 63),
and traffic matching one of the entries is detected.

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Interface – Network protocols used to manage the switch.

(Protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, SNMP, TELNET, SSH)

◆ Receive Packets – The number of management packets received.

◆ Allow Packets – The number of management packets accepted.

◆ Discard Packets – The number of management packets discarded.

WEB INTERFACE
To display the information on management packets, click Monitor, System,
Access Management Statistics.

Figure 95: Access Management Statistics

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DISPLAYING Use the Port Security Switch Status page to show information about MAC
INFORMATION ABOUT address learning for each port, including the software module requesting
SWITCH SETTINGS FOR port security services, the service state, the current number of learned
addresses, and the maximum number of secure addresses allowed.
PORT SECURITY
Port Security is a module with no direct configuration. Configuration comes
indirectly from other software modules – the user modules. When a user
module has enabled port security on a port, the port is set up for software-
based learning. In this mode, frames from unknown MAC addresses are
passed on to the port security module, which in turn asks all user modules
whether to allow this new MAC address to be forwarded or blocked. For a
MAC address to be set in the forwarding state, all enabled user modules
must unanimously agree on allowing the MAC address to forward. If only
one chooses to block it, it will be blocked until that user module decides
otherwise.

The status page is divided into two sections – one with a legend of user
modules that may request port security services, and one with the actual
port status.

PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, Port Security, Switch

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

User Module Legend

◆ User Module Name – The full name of a module that may request Port
Security services.

◆ Abbr – A one-letter abbreviation of the user module. This is used in the

Users column in the port status table.

Port Status

◆ Port – The port number for which the status applies. Click the port
number to see the status for this particular port.

◆ Users – Each of the user modules has a column that shows whether
that module has enabled Port Security or not. A '-' means that the
corresponding user module is not enabled, whereas a letter indicates
that the user module abbreviated by that letter has enabled port
security.

◆ State – Shows the current state of the port. It can take one of four
values:
■ Disabled: No user modules are currently using the Port Security
service.
■ Ready: The Port Security service is in use by at least one user
module, and is awaiting frames from unknown MAC addresses to
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■ Limit Reached: The Port Security service is enabled by at least the

Limit Control user module, and that module has indicated that the
limit is reached and no more MAC addresses should be taken in.
■ Shutdown: The Port Security service is enabled by at least the Limit
Control user module, and that module has indicated that the limit is
exceeded. No MAC addresses can be learned on the port until it is
administratively re-opened on the Limit Control configuration Web-
page.

◆ MAC Count – The two columns indicate the number of currently

learned MAC addresses (forwarding as well as blocked) and the
maximum number of MAC addresses that can be learned on the port,
respectively.
If no user modules are enabled on the port, the Current column will
show a dash (-). If the Limit Control user module is not enabled on the
port, the Limit column will show a dash (-).

WEB INTERFACE
To display information about switch-level settings for the Port Security
module, click Monitor, Security, Network, Port Security, Switch.

Figure 96: Port Security Switch Status

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DISPLAYING Use the Port Security Port Status page to show the entries authorized by
INFORMATION ABOUT port security services, including MAC address, VLAN ID, time added to
LEARNED MAC table, age, and hold state.
ADDRESSES
PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, Port Security, Port

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ MAC Address – The MAC address seen on this port. If no MAC

addresses are learned, a single row stating “No MAC addresses
attached” is displayed.

◆ VLAN ID – The VLAN ID seen on this port.

◆ State – Indicates whether the corresponding MAC address is blocked

or forwarding. In the blocked state, it will not be allowed to transmit or
receive traffic.

◆ Time Added – Shows the date and time when this MAC address was
first seen on the port.

◆ Age/Hold – If at least one user module has decided to block this MAC
address, it will stay in the blocked state until the hold time (measured
in seconds) expires. If all user modules have decided to allow this MAC
address to forward, and aging is enabled, the Port Security module will
periodically check that this MAC address is still forwarding traffic. If the
age period (measured in seconds) expires and no frames have been
seen, the MAC address will be removed from the MAC table. Otherwise
a new age period will begin.
If aging is disabled or a user module has decided to hold the MAC
address indefinitely, a dash (-) will be shown.

WEB INTERFACE
To display information about the MAC address learning through the Port
Security module, click Monitor, Security, Network, Port Security, Port.

Figure 97: Port Security Port Status

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DISPLAYING PORT Use the Network Access Server Switch Status page to show the port status
STATUS FOR for authentication services, including 802.1X security state, last source
AUTHENTICATION address used for authentication, and last ID.
SERVICES
PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, NAS, Switch

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – The switch port number. Click to navigate to detailed NAS

statistics for this port.

◆ Admin State – The port's current administrative state. Refer to NAS

Admin State for a description of possible values (see page 77).

◆ Port State – The current state of the port. Refer to NAS Port State for
a description of the individual states (see page 77).

◆ Last Source – The source MAC address carried in the most recently
received EAPOL frame for EAPOL-based authentication, and the most
recently received frame from a new client for MAC-based
authentication.

◆ Last ID – The user name (supplicant identity) carried in the most

recently received Response Identity EAPOL frame for EAPOL-based
authentication, and the source MAC address from the most recently
received frame from a new client for MAC-based authentication.

◆ QoS Class – The QoS class that NAS has assigned to this port. This
field is blank if the has not been assigned by NAS. Refer to “RADIUS-
Assigned QoS Enabled” for a description of this attribute (see page 77).

◆ Port VLAN ID – The VLAN in which NAS has placed this port. This field
is blank if the Port VLAN ID is not overridden by NAS.
If the VLAN ID is assigned by the RADIUS server, “(RADIUS-assigned)”
is appended to the VLAN ID. Refer to “RADIUS-Assigned VLAN Enabled”
for a description of this attribute (see page 77).
If the port is moved to the Guest VLAN, “(Guest)” is appended to the
VLAN ID. Refer to “Guest VLAN Enabled” for a description of this
attribute (see page 77).

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WEB INTERFACE
To display port status for authentication services, click Monitor, Security,
Network, NAS, Switch.

Figure 98: Network Access Server Switch Status

DISPLAYING PORT Use the NAS Statistics Port selection page to display authentication
STATISTICS FOR statistics for the selected port – either for 802.1X protocol or for the
802.1X OR REMOTE remote authentication server depending on the authentication method.
AUTHENTICATION This page provides detailed NAS statistics for a specific switch port running
SERVICE EAPOL-based IEEE 802.1X authentication. For MAC-based authenticated
ports, it shows statistics only for the backend server (RADIUS
Authentication Server).

PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, NAS, Port

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Port State

◆ Admin State – The port's current administrative state. Refer to NAS

Admin State for a description of possible values (see page 77).

◆ Port State – The current state of the port. Refer to NAS Port State for
a description of the individual states (see page 77).

◆ QoS Class – The QoS class assigned by the RADIUS server. The field is
blank if no QoS class is assigned.

◆ Port VLAN ID – The VLAN in which NAS has placed this port. This field
is blank if the Port VLAN ID is not overridden by NAS.
If the VLAN ID is assigned by the RADIUS server, “(RADIUS-assigned)”
is appended to the VLAN ID. Refer to “RADIUS-Assigned VLAN Enabled”
for a description of this attribute (see page 77).
If the port is moved to the Guest VLAN, “(Guest)” is appended to the
VLAN ID. Refer to “Guest VLAN Enabled” for a description of this
attribute (see page 77).

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Port Counters

Receive EAPOL Counters

◆ Total – The number of valid EAPOL frames of any type that have been
received by the switch.

◆ Response ID – The number of valid EAPOL Response Identity frames

that have been received by the switch.

◆ Responses – The number of valid EAPOL response frames (other than

Response Identity frames) that have been received by the switch.

◆ Start – The number of EAPOL Start frames that have been received by
the switch.

◆ Logoff – The number of valid EAPOL Logoff frames that have been
received by the switch.

◆ Invalid Type – The number of EAPOL frames that have been received
by the switch in which the frame type is not recognized.

◆ Invalid Length – The number of EAPOL frames that have been

received by the switch in which the Packet Body Length field is invalid.

Transmit EAPOL Counters

◆ Total – The number of EAPOL frames of any type that have been
transmitted by the switch.

◆ Request ID – The number of EAPOL Request Identity frames that have

been transmitted by the switch.

◆ Requests – The number of valid EAPOL Request frames (other than

Request Identity frames) that have been transmitted by the switch.

Receive Backend Server Counters – For MAC-based ports there are two
tables containing backend server counters. The left-most shows a
summary of all backend server counters on this port. The right-most shows
backend server counters for the currently selected client, or dashes if no
client is selected or available. A client can be selected from the list of
authorized/unauthorized clients below the two counter tables.
◆ Access Challenges –
■ 802.1X-based: Counts the number of times that the switch receives
the first request from the backend server following the first
response from the supplicant. Indicates that the backend server has
communication with the switch.
■ MAC-based: Counts all Access Challenges received from the
backend server for this port (left-most table) or client (right-most
table).

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◆ Other Requests –
■ 802.1X-based: Counts the number of times that the switch sends
an EAP Request packet following the first to the supplicant.
Indicates that the backend server chose an EAP-method.
■ MAC-based: Not applicable.

◆ Auth. Successes –
■ 802.1X- and MAC-based: Counts the number of times that the
switch receives a success indication. Indicates that the supplicant/
client has successfully authenticated to the backend server.
◆ Auth. Failures –
■ 802.1X- and MAC-based: Counts the number of times that the
switch receives a failure message. This indicates that the
supplicant/client has not authenticated to the backend server.

Transmit Backend Server Counters

◆ Responses –
■ 802.1X-based: Counts the number of times that the switch
attempts to send a supplicant's first response packet to the backend
server. Indicates the switch attempted communication with the
backend server. Possible retransmissions are not counted.
■ MAC-based: Counts all the backend server packets sent from the
switch towards the backend server for a given port (left-most table)
or client (right-most table). Possible retransmissions are not
counted.

Last Supplicant Info

◆ MAC Address – The MAC address of the last supplicant/client.

◆ VLAN ID – The VLAN ID on which the last frame from the last
supplicant/client was received.

◆ Version –
■ 802.1X-based: The protocol version number carried in the most
recently received EAPOL frame.
■ MAC-based: Not applicable.

◆ Identity –
■ 802.1X-based: The user name (supplicant identity) carried in the
most recently received Response Identity EAPOL frame.
■ MAC-based: Not applicable.

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Selected Counters
This table is visible when the port is one of the following administrative
states: Multi 802.1X or MAC-based Auth.
The table is identical to and is placed next to the Port Counters table, and
will be empty if no MAC address is currently selected. To populate the
table, select one of the attached MAC Addresses from the table.

Attached MAC Addresses

◆ Identity – Shows the identity of the supplicant, as received in the

Response Identity EAPOL frame.
Clicking the link causes the supplicant's EAPOL and Backend Server
counters to be shown in the Selected Counters table. If no supplicants
are attached, it shows “No supplicants attached.”
This column is not available for MAC-based Auth.

◆ MAC Address – For Multi 802.1X, this column holds the MAC address
of the attached supplicant.
For MAC-based Auth., this column holds the MAC address of the
attached client.
Clicking the link causes the client's Backend Server counters to be
shown in the Selected Counters table. If no clients are attached, it
shows “No clients attached.”

◆ VLAN ID – This column holds the VLAN ID that the corresponding

client is currently secured to through the Port Security module.

◆ State – The client can either be authenticated or unauthenticated. In

the authenticated state, it is allowed to forward frames on the port, and
in the unauthenticated state, it is blocked. As long as the backend
server has not successfully authenticated the client, it is
unauthenticated. If an authentication fails for one or the other reason,
the client will remain in the unauthenticated state for Hold Time
seconds (see page 213).

◆ Last Authentication – Shows the date and time of the last

authentication of the client (successful as well as unsuccessful).

WEB INTERFACE
To display port Statistics for 802.1X or Remote Authentication Service:

1. Click Monitor, Security, Network, NAS, Port.

2. Select a port from the scroll-down list.

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Figure 99: NAS Statistics for Specified Port

DISPLAYING ACL Use the ACL Status page to show the status for different security modules
STATUS which use ACL filtering, including ingress port, frame type, and forwarding
action. Each row describes a defined ACE (see page 88).

PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, ACL Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ User – Indicates the ACL user (see "Configuring User Privilege Levels"
on page 57 for a list of software modules).

◆ Ingress Port – Indicates the ingress port to which the ACE applies.
Possible values are:
■ Any: The ACE will match any ingress port.
■ Policy: The ACE will match ingress ports with a specific policy.
■ Port: The ACE will match a specific ingress port.

◆ Frame Type – Indicates the frame type to which the ACE applies.
Possible values are:
■ Any: The ACE will match any frame type.
■ EType: The ACE will match Ethernet Type frames. Note that an
Ethernet Type based ACE will not get matched by IP and ARP
frames.
■ ARP: ACE will match ARP/RARP frames.
■ IPv4: ACE will match all IPv4 frames.

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■ IPv4/ICMP: ACE will match IPv4 frames with ICMP protocol.

■ IPv4/UDP: ACE will match IPv4 frames with UDP protocol.
■ IPv4/TCP: ACE will match IPv4 frames with TCP protocol.
■ IPv4/Other: ACE will match IPv4 frames, which are not ICMP/UDP
or TCP.

◆ Action – Indicates the forwarding action of the ACE:

■ Permit: Frames matching the ACE may be forwarded and learned.
■ Deny: Frames matching the ACE are dropped.

◆ Rate Limiter – Indicates the rate limiter number implemented by the

ACE. The allowed range is 1 to 15.

◆ Port Copy – Indicates the port copy operation implemented by the

ACE. Frames matching the ACE are re-directed to the listed port.

◆ Mirror - Indicates the port mirror operation implemented by the ACL.

Frames matching the ACE are mirrored to the listed port. (See
"Configuring Port Mirroring" on page 194)

◆ CPU – Forwards packet that matched the specific ACE to the CPU.

◆ CPU Once – Forwards first packet that matched the specific ACE to the
CPU.

◆ Counter – The number of times the ACE was matched by a frame.

◆ Conflict – This field shows “Yes” if a specific ACE is not applied due to
hardware limitations.

WEB INTERFACE
To display ACL status:

1. Click Monitor, Security, Network, ACL Status.

2. Select a software module from the scroll-down list.

Figure 100: ACL Status

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DISPLAYING Use the DHCP Snooping Port Statistics page to show statistics for various
STATISTICS FOR types of DHCP protocol packets.
DHCP SNOOPING
PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, DHCP, Snooping Statistics

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Rx/Tx Discover – The number of discover (option 53 with value 1)

packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Offer – The number of offer (option 53 with value 2) packets

received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Request – The number of request (option 53 with value 3)

packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Decline – The number of decline (option 53 with value 4)

packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx ACK – The number of ACK (option 53 with value 5) packets

received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx NAK – The number of NAK (option 53 with value 6) packets

received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Release – The number of release (option 53 with value 7)

packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Inform – The number of inform (option 53 with value 8)

packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Lease Query – The number of lease query (option 53 with

value 10) packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Lease Unassigned – The number of lease unassigned (option

53 with value 11) packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Lease Unknown – The number of lease unknown (option 53

with value 12) packets received and transmitted.

◆ Rx/Tx Lease Active – The number of lease active (option 53 with

value 13) packets received and transmitted.

WEB INTERFACE
To display DHCP Snooping Port Statistics:

1. Click Monitor, Security, Network, DHCP, Snooping Statistics.

2. Select a port from the scroll-down list.

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Figure 101: DHCP Snooping Statistics

DISPLAYING DHCP Use the DHCP Relay Statistics page to display statistics for the DHCP relay
RELAY STATISTICS service supported by this switch and DHCP relay clients.

PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, DHCP, Relay Statistics

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Server Statistics

◆ Transmit to Server – The number of packets relayed from the client

to the server.

◆ Transmit Error – The number of packets containing errors that were

sent to clients.

◆ Receive from Server – The number of packets received from the

server.

◆ Receive Missing Agent Option – The number of packets that were

received without agent information options.

◆ Receive Missing Circuit ID – The number of packets that were

received with the Circuit ID option missing.

◆ Receive Missing Remote ID – The number of packets that were

received with the Remote ID option missing.

◆ Receive Bad Circuit ID – The number of packets with a Circuit ID

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◆ Receive Bad Remote ID – The number of packets with a Remote ID

option that did not match a known remote ID.

Client Statistics

◆ Transmit to Client – The number of packets that were relayed from

the server to a client.

◆ Transmit Error – The number of packets containing errors that were

sent to servers.

◆ Receive from Client – The number of packets received from clients.

◆ Receive Agent Option – The number of packets received where the

switch.

◆ Replace Agent Option – The number of packets received where the

DHCP client packet information was replaced with the switch's relay
information.

◆ Keep Agent Option – The number of packets received where the

DHCP client packet information was retained.

◆ Drop Agent Option – The number of packets that were dropped

because they already contained relay information.

WEB INTERFACE
To display DHCP relay statistics, click Monitor, DHCP, Relay Statistics.

Figure 102: DHCP Relay Statistics

DISPLAYING MAC Open the Dynamic ARP Inspection Table to display address entries sorted
ADDRESS BINDINGS first by port, then VLAN ID, MAC address, and finally IP address.
FOR ARP PACKETS
Each page shows up to 999 entries from the Dynamic ARP Inspection table,
default being 20, selected through the “entries per page” input field. When
first visited, the web page will show the first 20 entries from the beginning
of the Dynamic ARP Inspection Table.

PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, ARP Inspection

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WEB INTERFACE
To display the Dynamic ARP Inspection Table, click Monitor, Security,
Network, ARP Inspection.

Figure 103: Dynamic ARP Inspection Table

DISPLAYING ENTRIES Open the Dynamic IP Source Guard Table to display entries sorted first by
IN THE IP SOURCE port, then VLAN ID, MAC address, and finally IP address.
GUARD TABLE
Each page shows up to 999 entries from the Dynamic IP Source Guard
table, default being 20, selected through the “entries per page” input field.
When first visited, the web page will show the first 20 entries from the
beginning of the Dynamic IP Source Guard Table.

PATH
Monitor, Security, Network, IP Source Guard

WEB INTERFACE
To display the Dynamic IP Source Guard Table, click Monitor, Security,
Network, IP Source Guard.

Figure 104: Dynamic IP Source Guard Table

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DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON AUTHENTICATION SERVERS

Use the Monitor/Authentication pages to display information on RADIUS
authentication and accounting servers, including the IP address and
statistics for each server.

DISPLAYING A LIST OF Use the RADIUS Overview page to display a list of configured
AUTHENTICATION authentication and accounting servers.
SERVERS
PATH
Monitor, Security, AAA, RADIUS Overview

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ IP Address – The IP address and UDP port number of this server.

◆ Status – The current state of the server. This field takes one of the
following values:

■ Disabled – The server is disabled.

■ Not Ready – The server is enabled, but IP communication is not
yet up and running.
■ Ready – The server is enabled, IP communication is up and
running, and the RADIUS module is ready to accept access
attempts.
■ Dead (X seconds left) – Access attempts were made to this server,
but it did not reply within the configured timeout. The server has
been temporarily disabled, but will be re-enabled when the dead-
time expires. The number of seconds left before this occurs is
displayed in parentheses.

WEB INTERFACE
To display a list of configured authentication and accounting servers, click
Monitor, Security, AAA, RADIUS Overview.

Figure 105: RADIUS Overview

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DISPLAYING Use the RADIUS Details page to display statistics for configured
STATISTICS FOR authentication and accounting servers. The statistics map closely to those
CONFIGURED specified in RFC4668 - RADIUS Authentication Client MIB.
AUTHENTICATION
SERVERS PATH
Monitor, Security, AAA, RADIUS Details

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

RADIUS Authentication Statistics

◆ Receive Packets

■ Access Accepts – The number of RADIUS Access-Accept packets

(valid or invalid) received from this server.

■ Access Rejects – The number of RADIUS Access-Reject packets

(valid or invalid) received from this server.

■ Access Challenges – The number of RADIUS Access-Challenge

packets (valid or invalid) received from this server.

■ Malformed Access Responses – The number of malformed

RADIUS Access-Response packets received from this server.
Malformed packets include packets with an invalid length. Bad
authenticators or Message Authenticator attributes or unknown
types are not included as malformed access responses.

■ Bad Authenticators – The number of RADIUS Access-Response

packets containing invalid authenticators or Message Authenticator
attributes received from this server.

■ Unknown Types – The number of RADIUS packets of unknown

type that were received from this server on the authentication port.

■ Packets Dropped – The number of RADIUS packets that were

received from this server on the authentication port and dropped for
some other reason.

◆ Transmit Packets

■ Access Requests – The number of RADIUS Access-Request

packets sent to this server. This does not include retransmissions.

■ Access Retransmissions – The number of RADIUS Access-

Request packets retransmitted to this RADIUS authentication
server.

■ Pending Requests – The number of RADIUS Access-Request

packets destined for the server that have not yet timed out or
received a response. This variable is incremented when an Access-
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Accept, Access-Reject, Access-Challenge, timeout, or

retransmission.

■ Timeouts – The number of authentication timeouts to the server.

After a timeout, the client may retry to the same server, send to a
different server, or give up. A retry to the same server is counted as
a retransmit as well as a timeout. A send to a different server is
counted as a Request as well as a timeout.

◆ Other Info

■ State – The current state of the server. This field takes one of the
following values:

■ Disabled – The server is disabled.

■ Not Ready – The server is enabled, but IP communication is not

yet up and running.

■ Ready – The server is enabled, IP communication is up and

running, and the RADIUS module is ready to accept access
attempts.

■ Dead (X seconds left) – Access attempts were made to this

server, but it did not reply within the configured timeout. The
server has been temporarily disabled, but will be re-enabled
when the dead-time expires. The number of seconds left before
this occurs is displayed in parentheses.

■ Round-Trip Time – The time interval (measured in milliseconds)

between the most recent Access-Reply/Access-Challenge and the
Access-Request that matched it from the RADIUS authentication
server. The granularity of this measurement is 100 ms. A value of 0
ms indicates that there hasn't been round-trip communication with
the server yet.

RADIUS Accounting Statistics

◆ Receive Packets

■ Responses – The number of RADIUS packets (valid or invalid)

received from the server.

■ Malformed Responses – The number of malformed RADIUS

packets received from the server. Malformed packets include
packets with an invalid length. Bad authenticators or unknown
types are not included as malformed access responses.

■ Bad Authenticators – The number of RADIUS packets containing

invalid authenticators received from the server.

■ Unknown Types – The number of RADIUS packets of unknown

types that were received from the server on the accounting port.

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■ Packets Dropped – The number of RADIUS packets that were

received from the server on the accounting port and dropped for
some other reason.

◆ Transmit Packets

■ Requests – The number of RADIUS packets sent to the server. This

does not include retransmissions.

■ Retransmissions – The number of RADIUS packets retransmitted

to the RADIUS accounting server.

■ Pending Requests – The number of RADIUS packets destined for

the server that have not yet timed out or received a response. This
variable is incremented when a Request is sent and decremented
due to receipt of a Response, timeout, or retransmission.

■ Timeouts – The number of accounting timeouts to the server. After

a timeout, the client may retry to the same server, send to a
different server, or give up. A retry to the same server is counted as
a retransmit as well as a timeout. A send to a different server is
counted as a Request as well as a timeout.

◆ Other Info

■ State – The current state of the server. It takes one of the following
values:

■ Disabled – The server is disabled.

■ Not Ready – The server is enabled, but IP communication is not

yet up and running.

■ Ready – The server is enabled, IP communication is up and

running, and the RADIUS module is ready to accept accounting
attempts.

■ Dead (X seconds left) – Accounting attempts were made to this

server, but it did not reply within the configured timeout. The
server has temporarily been disabled, but will get re-enabled
when the dead-time expires. The number of seconds left before
this occurs is displayed in parentheses. This state is only
reachable when more than one server is enabled.

■ Round-Trip Time – The time interval (measured in milliseconds)

between the most recent Response and the Request that matched it
from the RADIUS accounting server. The granularity of this
measurement is 100 ms. A value of 0 ms indicates that there hasn't
been round-trip communication with the server yet.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display statistics for configured authentication and accounting servers,
click Monitor, Authentication, RADIUS Details.

Figure 106: RADIUS Details

DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON LACP

Use the monitor pages for LACP to display information on LACP
configuration settings, the functional status of participating ports, and
statistics on LACP control packets.

DISPLAYING AN Use the LACP System Status page to display an overview of LACP groups.
OVERVIEW OF LACP
GROUPS PATH
Monitor, LACP, System Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Aggr ID – The Aggregation ID associated with this Link Aggregation

Group (LAG).

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◆ Partner System ID – LAG partner's system ID (MAC address).

◆ Partner Key – The Key that the partner has assigned to this LAG.

◆ Last Changed – The time since this LAG changed.

◆ Local Ports – Shows the local ports that are a part of this LAG.

WEB INTERFACE
To display an overview of LACP groups active on this switch, click Monitor,
LACP, System Status.

Figure 107: LACP System Status

DISPLAYING LACP Use the LACP Port Status page to display information on the LACP groups
PORT STATUS active on each port.

PATH
Monitor, LACP, Port Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port Identifier.

◆ LACP – Shows LACP status:

■ Yes – LACP is enabled and the port link is up.
■ No – LACP is not enabled or the port link is down.
■ Backup – The port could not join the aggregation group but will
join if other port leaves. Meanwhile it's LACP status is disabled.

◆ Key – Current operational value of the key for the aggregation port.
Note that only ports with the same key can aggregate together.

◆ Aggr ID – The Aggregation ID assigned to this LAG.

◆ Partner System ID – LAG partner's system ID assigned by the LACP

protocol (i.e., its MAC address).

◆ Partner Port – The partner port connected to this local port.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display LACP status for local ports this switch, click Monitor, LACP, Port
Status.

Figure 108: LACP Port Status

DISPLAYING LACP Use the LACP Port Statistics page to display statistics on LACP control
PORT STATISTICS packets crossing on each port.

PATH
Monitor, LACP, Port Statistics

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port Identifier.

◆ LACP Transmitted – The number of LACP frames sent from each port.

◆ LACP Received – The number of LACP frames received at each port.

◆ Discarded – The number of unknown or illegal LACP frames that have

been discarded at each port.

WEB INTERFACE
To display LACP statistics for local ports this switch, click Monitor, LACP,
Port Statistics.

Figure 109: LACP Port Statistics

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DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE SPANNING TREE

Use the monitor pages for Spanning Tree to display information on
spanning tree bridge status, the functional status of participating ports,
and statistics on spanning tree protocol packets.

DISPLAYING BRIDGE Use the Bridge Status page to display STA information on the global bridge
STATUS FOR STA (i.e., this switch) and individual ports.

PATH
Monitor, Spanning Tree, Bridge Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

STA Bridges

◆ MSTI – The Bridge Instance. This is also a link to the STP Detailed
Bridge Status.

◆ Bridge ID – A unique identifier for this bridge, consisting of the bridge

priority, and MAC address (where the address is taken from the switch
system).

◆ Root ID – The priority and MAC address of the device in the Spanning
Tree that this switch has been accepted as the root device.

◆ Root Port – The number of the port on this switch that is closest to the
root. This switch communicates with the root device through this port.
If there is no root port, then this switch has been accepted as the root
device of the Spanning Tree network.

◆ Root Cost – The path cost from the root port on this switch to the root
device. For the root bridge this is zero. For all other bridges, it is the
sum of the port path costs on the least cost path to the root bridge.

◆ Topology Flag – The current state of the Topology Change Notification

flag (TCN) for this bridge instance.

◆ Topology Change Last – Time since the Spanning Tree was last
reconfigured.

STP Detailed Bridge Status – Click on a bridge instance under the MSTI
field to display detailed information on the selected entry. The following
additional information is displayed.

◆ Bridge Instance – The Bridge instance - CIST, MST1, ...

◆ Regional Root – The Bridge ID of the currently elected regional root

bridge, inside the MSTP region of this bridge. (This parameter only
applies to the CIST instance.)

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◆ Internal Root Cost – The Regional Root Path Cost. For the Regional
Root Bridge this is zero. For all other CIST instances in the same MSTP
region, it is the sum of the Internal Port Path Costs on the least cost
path to the Internal Root Bridge. (This parameter only applies to the
CIST instance.)

◆ Topology Change Count – The number of times the Spanning Tree

has been reconfigured (during a one-second interval).

CIST Ports & Aggregations State

◆ Port – Port Identifier.

◆ Port ID – The port identifier as used by the RSTP protocol. This

consists of the priority part and the logical port index of the bridge port.

◆ Role – Roles are assigned according to whether the port is part of the
active topology connecting the bridge to the root bridge (i.e., root
port), connecting a LAN through the bridge to the root bridge (i.e.,
designated port); or is an alternate or backup port that may provide
connectivity if other bridges, bridge ports, or LANs fail or are removed.

◆ State – Displays the current state of this port in the Spanning Tree:
■ Blocking – Port receives STA configuration messages, but does not
forward packets.
■ Learning – Port has transmitted configuration messages for an
interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving
contradictory information. Port address table is cleared, and the
port begins learning addresses.
■ Forwarding – Port forwards packets, and continues learning
addresses.

◆ Path Cost – The contribution of this port to the path cost of paths
towards the spanning tree root which include this port. This will either
be a value computed from the Auto setting, or any explicitly configured
value.

◆ Edge – The current RSTP port (operational) Edge Flag. An Edge Port is
a switch port to which no bridges are attached. The flag may be
automatically computed or explicitly configured. Each Edge Port
transitions directly to the Forwarding Port State, since there is no
possibility of it participating in a loop.

◆ Point2Point – Indicates a connection to exactly one other bridge. The

flag may be automatically computed or explicitly configured. The point-
to-point properties of a port affect how fast it can transition RSTP
states.

◆ Uptime – The time since the bridge port was last initialized.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display an overview of all STP bridge instances, click Monitor, Spanning
Tree, Bridge Status.

Figure 110: Spanning Tree Bridge Status

To display detailed information on a single STP bridge instance, along with

port state for all active ports associated,

1. Click Monitor, Spanning Tree, Bridge Status.

2. Click on an entry in the STP Bridges page.

Figure 111: Spanning Tree Detailed Bridge Status

DISPLAYING PORT Use the Port Status page to display the STA functional status of
STATUS FOR STA participating ports.

PATH
Monitor, Spanning Tree, Port Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port Identifier.

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◆ CIST Role – Roles are assigned according to whether the port is part of
the active topology connecting the bridge to the root bridge (i.e., root
port), connecting a LAN through the bridge to the root bridge (i.e.,
designated port); or is an alternate or backup port that may provide
connectivity if other bridges, bridge ports, or LANs fail or are removed.

◆ CIST State – Displays current state of this port within the Spanning
Tree:
■ Blocking – Port receives STA configuration messages, but does not
forward packets.
■ Learning – Port has transmitted configuration messages for an
interval set by the Forward Delay parameter without receiving
contradictory information. Port address table is cleared, and the
port begins learning addresses.
■ Forwarding – Port forwards packets, and continues learning
addresses.

◆ Uptime – The time since the bridge port was last initialized.

WEB INTERFACE
To display information on spanning tree port status, click Monitor, Spanning
Tree, Port Status.

Figure 112: Spanning Tree Port Status

DISPLAYING PORT Use the Port Statistics page to display statistics on spanning tree protocol
STATISTICS FOR STA packets crossing each port.

PATH
Monitor, Spanning Tree, Port Statistics

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port – Port Identifier.

◆ MSTP – The number of MSTP Configuration BPDU's received/

transmitted on a port.

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◆ RSTP – The number of RSTP Configuration BPDU's received/

transmitted on a port.

◆ STP – The number of legacy STP Configuration BPDU's received/

transmitted on a port.

◆ TCN – The number of (legacy) Topology Change Notification BPDU's

received/transmitted on a port.

◆ Discarded Unknown – The number of unknown Spanning Tree BPDU's

received (and discarded) on a port.

◆ Discarded Illegal – The number of illegal Spanning Tree BPDU's

received (and discarded) on a port.

WEB INTERFACE
To display information on spanning port statistics, click Monitor, Spanning
Tree, Port Statistics.

Figure 113: Spanning Tree Port Statistics

DISPLAYING MVR INFORMATION

Use the monitor pages for MVR to display information on MVR statistics and
active multicast groups.

DISPLAYING MVR Use the MVR Statistics page to display statistics for IGMP protocol
STATISTICS messages used by MVR.

PATH
Monitor, MVR, Statistics

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID – Identifier of the VLAN that serves as the channel for

streaming multicast services using MVR.

◆ V1 Reports Received – The number of IGMP V1 reports received.

◆ V2 Reports Received – The number of IGMP V2 reports received.

◆ V3 Reports Received – The number of IGMP V3 reports received.

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◆ V2 Leaves Received – The number of IGMP V2 leaves received.

WEB INTERFACE
To display information for MVR statistics, click Monitor, MVR, Statistics.

Figure 114: MVR Statistics

DISPLAYING MVR Use the MVR Group Information page to display statistics for IGMP protocol
GROUP INFORMATION messages used by MVR; and to shows information about the interfaces
associated with multicast groups assigned to the MVR VLAN.

PATH
Monitor, MVR, Group Information

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Statistics

◆ VLAN ID – Identifier of the VLAN that serves as the channel for

streaming multicast services using MVR.

◆ V1 Reports Received – The number of IGMP V1 reports received.

◆ V2 Reports Received – The number of IGMP V2 reports received.

◆ V3 Reports Received – The number of IGMP V3 reports received.

◆ V2 Leaves Received – The number of IGMP V2 leaves received.

Multicast Groups

◆ VLAN ID – Identifier of the VLAN that serves as the channel for

streaming multicast services using MVR.

◆ Groups – The present multicast groups. A maximum of 128 groups are

allowed in the multicast VLAN.

◆ Port Members – The ports that are members of the entry.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display information for MVR statistics and multicast groups, click
Monitor, MVR, Group Information.

Figure 115: MVR Group Information

SHOWING IGMP SNOOPING INFORMATION

Use the IGMP Snooping pages to display IGMP snooping statistics, port
members of each service group, and information on source-specific groups.

SHOWING IGMP Use the IGMP Snooping Status page to display IGMP querier status,
SNOOPING STATUS snooping statistics for each VLAN carrying IGMP traffic, and the ports
connected to an upstream multicast router/switch.

PATH
Monitor, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Statistics
◆ VLAN ID – VLAN Identifier.

◆ Querier Version – IGMP version used by the switch when serving as

the IGMP querier.

◆ Host Version – IGMP version used when used by this switch when
serving as a host in IGMP proxy mode.

◆ Querier Status – Shows the Querier status as “ACTIVE” or “IDLE.”

When enabled, the switch can serve as the Querier, which is responsible
for asking hosts if they want to receive multicast traffic.

◆ Querier Transmitted – The number of transmitted Querier messages.

◆ Querier Received – The number of received Querier messages.

◆ V1 Reports Received – The number of received IGMP Version 1

reports.

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◆ V2 Reports Received – The number of received IGMP Version 2

reports.

◆ V3 Reports Received – The number of received IGMP Version 3

reports.

◆ V2 Leaves Received – The number of received IGMP Version 2 leave

reports.

Router Port
◆ Port – Port Identifier.

◆ Status – Ports connected to multicast routers may be dynamically

discovered by this switch or statically assigned to an interface on this
switch.

WEB INTERFACE
To display IGMP snooping status information, click Monitor, IGMP Snooping,
Status.

Figure 116: IGMP Snooping Status

SHOWING IGMP Use the IGMP Snooping Group Information page to display the port
SNOOPING GROUP members of each service group.
INFORMATION
PATH
Monitor, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, Group Information

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID – VLAN Identifier.

◆ Groups – The IP address for a specific multicast service.

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◆ Port Members – The ports assigned to the listed VLAN which

propagate a specific multicast service.

WEB INTERFACE
To display the port members of each service group, click Monitor, IGMP
Snooping, Group Information.

Figure 117: IGMP Snooping Group Information

SHOWING IPV4 SSM Use the IGMP SSM Information page to display IGMP Source-Specific
INFORMATION Information including group, filtering mode (include or exclude), source
address, and type (allow or deny).

PATH
Monitor, IPMC, IGMP Snooping, IPv4 SSM Information

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID – VLAN Identifier.

◆ Group – The IP address of a multicast group detected on this interface.

◆ Port No – Port identifier.

◆ Mode – The filtering mode maintained per VLAN ID, port number, and
Group Address. It can be either Include or Exclude.

◆ Source Address – IP Address of the source. Currently, the system

limits the total number of IP source addresses for filtering to be 128.
Different source addresses belong to the same group are treated as
single entry.

◆ Type – Indicates the Type. It can be either Allow or Deny.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display IGMP Source-Specific Information, click Monitor, IGMP Snooping,
IGMP SSM Information.

Figure 118: IPv4 SSM Information

SHOWING MLD SNOOPING INFORMATION

Use the MLD Snooping pages to display MLD snooping statistics, port
members of each service group, and information on source-specific groups.

SHOWING MLD Use the IGMP Snooping Status page to display MLD querier status and
SNOOPING STATUS snooping statistics for each VLAN carrying multicast traffic, and the ports
connected to an upstream multicast router/switch.

PATH
Monitor, IPMC, MLD Snooping, Status

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Statistics
◆ VLAN ID – VLAN Identifier.

◆ Querier Version – MLD version used by the switch when serving as

the MLD querier.

◆ Host Version – MLD version used when used by this switch when
serving as a host in MLD proxy mode.

◆ Querier Status – Shows the Querier status as “ACTIVE” or “IDLE.”

When enabled and selected through the bidding process, the switch can
serve as the Querier, which is responsible for asking hosts if they want
to receive multicast traffic.

◆ Queries Transmitted – The number of transmitted Querier messages.

◆ Queries Received – The number of received Querier messages.

◆ V1 Reports Received – The number of received MLD Version 1

reports.

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◆ V2 Reports Received – The number of received MLD Version 2

reports.

◆ V1 Leaves Received – The number of received MLD Version 1 leave

reports.

Router Port
◆ Port – Port Identifier.
◆ Status – Ports connected to multicast routers may be dynamically
discovered by this switch or statically assigned to an interface on this
switch.

WEB INTERFACE
To display MLD snooping status information, click Monitor, MLD Snooping,
Status.

Figure 119: MLD Snooping Status

SHOWING MLD Use the MLD Snooping Group Information page to display the port
SNOOPING GROUP members of each service group.
INFORMATION
PATH
Monitor, IPMC, MLD Snooping, Group Information

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID – VLAN Identifier.

◆ Groups – The IP address for a specific multicast service.

◆ Port Members – The ports assigned to the listed VLAN which

propagate a specific multicast service.

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WEB INTERFACE
To display the port members of each service group, click Monitor, MLD
Snooping, Group Information.

Figure 120: MLD Snooping Group Information

SHOWING IPV6 SSM Use the MLD SSM Information page to display MLD Source-Specific
INFORMATION Information including group, filtering mode (include or exclude), source
address, and type (allow or deny).

PATH
Monitor, IPMC, MLD Snooping, IPv6 SSM Information

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN ID – VLAN Identifier.

◆ Group – The IP address of a multicast group detected on this interface.

◆ Port No – Port identifier.

◆ Mode – The filtering mode maintained per VLAN ID, port number, and
Group Address. It can be either Include or Exclude.

◆ Source Address – IP Address of the source. Currently, the system

limits the total number of IP source addresses for filtering to be 128.
Different source addresses belong to the same group are treated as
single entry.

◆ Type – Indicates the Type. It can be either Allow or Deny.

WEB INTERFACE
To display MLD Source-Specific Information, click Monitor, MLD Snooping,
IPv6 SSM Information.

Figure 121: IPv6 SSM Information

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DISPLAYING LLDP INFORMATION

Use the monitor pages for LLDP to display information advertised by LLDP
neighbors and statistics on LLDP control frames.

DISPLAYING LLDP Use the LLDP Neighbor Information page to display information about
NEIGHBOR devices connected directly to the switch’s ports which are advertising
INFORMATION information through LLDP.
PATH
Monitor, LLDP, Neighbors

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Local Port – The local port to which a remote LLDP-capable device is

attached.

◆ Chassis ID – An octet string indicating the specific identifier for the

particular chassis in this system.

◆ Remote Port ID – A string that contains the specific identifier for the
port from which this LLDPDU was transmitted.

◆ System Name – A string that indicates the system’s assigned name.

◆ Port Description – A string that indicates the port’s description. If RFC

2863 is implemented, the ifDescr object should be used for this field.

◆ System Capabilities – The capabilities that define the primary

function(s) of the system as shown in the following table:

Table 13: System Capabilities

ID Basis Reference

Other –

Repeater IETF RFC 2108

Bridge IETF RFC 2674

WLAN Access Point IEEE 802.11 MIB

Router IETF RFC 1812

Telephone IETF RFC 2011

DOCSIS cable IETF RFC 2669 and IETF RFC 2670

device

Station only IETF RFC 2011

When a capability is enabled, the capability is followed by (+). If the

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◆ Management Address – The IPv4 address of the remote device. If no

management address is available, the address should be the MAC
address for the CPU or for the port sending this advertisement.
If the neighbor device allows management access, clicking on an entry
in this field will re-direct the web browser to the neighbor’s
management interface.

WEB INTERFACE
To display information about LLDP neighbors, click Monitor, LLDP,
Neighbors.

Figure 122: LLDP Neighbor Information

DISPLAYING LLDP- Use the LLDP-MED Neighbor Information page to display information about
MED NEIGHBOR a remote device connected to a port on this switch which is advertising
INFORMATION LLDP-MED TLVs, including network connectivity device, endpoint device,
capabilities, application type, and policy.

PATH
Monitor, LLDP, LLDP-MED Neighbors

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Port - The port on which an LLDP frame was received.

◆ Device Type - LLDP-MED devices are comprised of two primary types:

■ LLDP-MED Network Connectivity Devices – as defined in TIA-1057,
provide access to the IEEE 802 based LAN infrastructure for LLDP-
MED Endpoint Devices. An LLDP-MED Network Connectivity Device
is a LAN access device based on any of the following technologies:
■ LAN Switch/Router
■ IEEE 802.1 Bridge
■ IEEE 802.3 Repeater (included for historical reasons)
■ IEEE 802.11 Wireless Access Point
■ Any device that supports the IEEE 802.1AB and MED extensions
defined by TIA-1057 and can relay IEEE 802 frames via any
method.
■ LLDP-MED Endpoint Device – Within this category, the LLDP-MED
scheme is broken into further Endpoint Device Classes, as defined
in the following.
Each LLDP-MED Endpoint Device Class is defined to build upon the
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example will any LLDP-MED Endpoint Device claiming compliance as

a Media Endpoint (Class II) also support all aspects of TIA-1057
applicable to Generic Endpoints (Class I), and any LLDP-MED
Endpoint Device claiming compliance as a Communication Device
(Class III) will also support all aspects of TIA-1057 applicable to
both Media Endpoints (Class II) and Generic Endpoints (Class I).

■ LLDP-MED Generic Endpoint (Class I) – Applicable to all

endpoint products that require the base LLDP discovery services
defined in TIA-1057, however do not support IP media or act as
an end-user communication appliance. Such devices may
include (but are not limited to) IP Communication Controllers,
other communication related servers, or any device requiring
basic services as defined in TIA-1057.
Discovery services defined in this class include LAN
configuration, device location, network policy, power
management, and inventory management.

■ LLDP-MED Media Endpoint (Class II) – Applicable to all endpoint

products that have IP media capabilities however may or may
not be associated with a particular end user. Capabilities include
all of the capabilities defined for the previous Generic Endpoint
Class (Class I), and are extended to include aspects related to
media streaming. Example product categories expected to
adhere to this class include (but are not limited to) Voice / Media
Gateways, Conference Bridges, Media Servers, and similar.
Discovery services defined in this class include media-type-
specific network layer policy discovery.

■ LLDP-MED Communication Endpoint (Class III) – Applicable to

all endpoint products that act as end user communication
appliances supporting IP media. Capabilities include all of the
capabilities defined for the previous Generic Endpoint (Class I)
and Media Endpoint (Class II) classes, and are extended to
include aspects related to end user devices. Example product
categories expected to adhere to this class include (but are not
limited to) end user communication appliances, such as IP
Phones, PC-based softphones, or other communication
appliances that directly support the end user.
Discovery services defined in this class include provision of
location identifier (including ECS / E911 information), embedded
L2 switch support, inventory management

◆ LLDP-MED Capabilities – The neighbor unit's LLDP-MED capabilities:

■ LLDP-MED capabilities
■ Network Policy
■ Location Identification
■ Extended Power via MDI - PSE
■ Extended Power vis MDI - PD
■ Inventory
■ Reserved

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◆ Application Type – The primary function of the application(s) defined

for this network policy, and advertised by an Endpoint or Network
Connectivity Device. The possible application types are described under
"Configuring LLDP-MED TLVs" on page 149.

◆ Policy – This field displays one of the following values:

■ Unknown: The network policy for the specified application type is
currently unknown.
■ Defined: The network policy is defined.

◆ Tag – Indicates whether the specified application type is using a tagged

or an untagged VLAN.

◆ VLAN ID – The VLAN identifier (VID) for the port as defined in IEEE
802.1Q-2003. A value of 1 through 4094 is used to define a valid VLAN
ID. A value of 0 (Priority Tagged) is used if the device is using priority
tagged frames as defined by IEEE 802.1Q-2003, meaning that only the
IEEE 802.1D priority level is significant and the default PVID of the
ingress port is used instead.

◆ Priority – The Layer 2 priority to be used for the specified application

type. (Range: 0-7)

◆ DSCP – The value to be used to provide Diffserv node behavior for the
specified application type as defined in IETF RFC 2474. (Range: 0-63)

WEB INTERFACE
To display information about LLDP-MED neighbors, click Monitor, LLDP,
LLDP-MED Neighbors.

Figure 123: LLDP-MED Neighbor Information

DISPLAYING LLDP Use the LLDP Neighbors EEE Information page to displays Energy Efficient
NEIGHBOR EEE Ethernet information advertised through LLDP messages.
INFORMATION
PATH
Monitor, LLDP, EEE

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Local Port – The port on this switch which received the LLDP frame.

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◆ Tx Tw – The link partner's maximum time that the transmit path can
hold off sending data after de-assertion of Lower Power Idle (LPI)
mode. (Tw indicates Wake State Time)

◆ Rx Tw – The link partner's time the receiver would like the transmitter
to hold off to allow time for it to wake from sleep.

◆ Fallback Receive Tw – The link partner's fallback receive Tw.

A receiving link partner may inform the transmitter of an alternate
desired Tw_sys_tx. Since a receiving link partner is likely to have
discrete levels for savings, this provides the transmitter with additional
information that it may use for a more efficient allocation. Systems that
do not implement this option use a default that is the same as that of
the Receive Tw_sys_tx. (Refer to IEEE 802.3az for further information
on these system variables.)

◆ Echo Tx Tw – The link partner's Echo Tx Tw value.

The respective echo values shall be defined as the local link partner’s
reflection (echo) of the remote link partner’s respective values. When a
local link partner receives its echoed values from the remote link
partner it can determine whether or not the remote link partner has
received, registered and processed its most recent values. For example,
if the local link partner receives echoed parameters that do not match
the values in its local MIB, then the local link partner infers that the
remote link partner’s request was based on stale information.

◆ Echo Rx Tw – The link partner's Echo Rx Tw value.

◆ Resolved Tx Tw – The resolved Tx Tw for this link (not the link

partner). The resolved value that is the actual “tx wakeup time” used
for this link (based on EEE information exchanged via LLDP).

◆ Resolved Rx Tw – The resolved Rx Tw for this link (not the link

partner). The resolved value that is the actual “tx wakeup time” used
for this link (based on EEE information exchanged via LLDP).

◆ EEE activated – Shows if EEE is activated by the neighbor device.

WEB INTERFACE
To display LLDP neighbor EEE information, click Monitor, LLDP, EEE.

Figure 124: LLDP Neighbor EEE Information

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Displaying LLDP Information

DISPLAYING LLDP Use the LLDP Port Statistics page to display statistics on LLDP global
PORT STATISTICS counters and control frames.

PATH
Monitor, LLDP, Port Statistics

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

Global Counters

◆ Neighbor entries were last changed at – The time the LLDP

neighbor entry list was last updated. It also shows the time elapsed
since last change was detected.

◆ Total Neighbors Entries Added – Shows the number of new entries

added since the switch was rebooted, and for which the remote TTL has
not yet expired.

◆ Total Neighbors Entries Deleted – The number of LLDP neighbors

which have been removed from the LLDP remote systems MIB for any
reason.

◆ Total Neighbors Entries Dropped – The number of times which the

remote database on this switch dropped an LLDPDU because the entry
table was full.

◆ Total Neighbors Entries Aged Out – The number of times that a

neighbor’s information has been deleted from the LLDP remote systems
MIB because the remote TTL timer has expired.

LLDP Statistics

◆ Local Port – Port Identifier.

◆ Tx Frames – Number of LLDP PDUs transmitted.

◆ Rx Frames – Number of LLDP PDUs received.

◆ Rx Errors – The number of received LLDP frames containing some kind

of error.

◆ Frames Discarded – Number of frames discarded because they did

not conform to the general validation rules as well as any specific usage
rules defined for the particular Type Length Value (TLV).

◆ TLVs Discarded – Each LLDP frame can contain multiple pieces of

information, known as TLVs. If a TLV is malformed, it is counted and
discarded.

◆ TLVs Unrecognized – The number of well-formed TLVs, but with an

unknown type value.

◆ Org. Discarded – The number of organizational TLVs discarded.

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Displaying LLDP Information

◆ Age-Outs – Each LLDP frame contains information about how long the
LLDP information is valid (age-out time). If no new LLDP frame is
received within the age-out time, the LLDP information is removed, and
the Age-Out counter is incremented.

WEB INTERFACE
To display statistics on LLDP global counters and control frames, click
Monitor, LLDP, Port Statistics.

Figure 125: LLDP Port Statistics

DISPLAYING LLDP Use the LLDP Neighbor Power Over Ethernet Information page to display
NEIGHBOR POE the status of all LLDP PoE neighbors, including power device type (PSE or
INFORMATION PD), source of power, power priority, and maximum required power.
PATH
Monitor, LLDP, PoE

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Local Port – The port on this switch which received the LLDP frame.

◆ Power Type – Shows whether the device is a Power Sourcing Entity

(PSE) or Power Device (PD). If the Type is unknown it is represented as
“Reserved.”

◆ Power Source – The Source represents the power source being

utilized by a PSE or PD device.
For a PSE device, it can run on its Primary Power Source or Backup
Power Source. If it is unknown what power supply the PSE device is
using, this is indicated as “Unknown.”

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Displaying PoE Status

For a PD device, it can run on its local power supply or use the PSE as a
power source. It can also use both its local power supply and the PSE.
If it is unknown what power supply the PD device is using, this is
indicated as “Unknown.”
◆ Power Priority – Power Priority represents the priority of the PD
device, or the power priority associated with the PSE type device's port
that is sourcing the power. There are three levels of power priority. The
three levels (Critical, High and Low). If the power priority is unknown,
this is indicated as “Unknown.”

◆ Maximum Power – The maximum power in watts required by a PD

device from a PSE device, or the minimum power a PSE device is
capable of sourcing over a maximum length cable based on its current
configuration.
The maximum allowed value is 102.3 W. If the device indicates a value
higher than 102.3 W, this is represented as “reserved.”

WEB INTERFACE
To display LLDP neighbor PoE information, click Monitor, LLDP, PoE.

Figure 126: LLDP Neighbor PoE Information

DISPLAYING POE STATUS

Use the Power Over Ethernet Status to display the status for all PoE ports,
including the PD class, requested power, allocated power, power and
current used, and PoE priority.

PATH
Monitor, PoE

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Local Port – The port on this switch which received the LLDP frame.

◆ PD class – Each PD is classified according to the maximum power it

will use. The PD classes include:
■ Class 0: Max. power 15.4 W
■ Class 1: Max. power 4.0 W
■ Class 2: Max. power 7.0 W

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Displaying the MAC Address Table

■ Class 3: Max. power 15.4 W

■ Class 4: Max. power 30.0 W

◆ Power Requested – Amount of power the PD wants to be reserved.

◆ Power Allocated – Amount of power the switch has allocated for the
PD.

◆ Power Used – How much power the PD is currently using.

◆ Current Used – How much current the PD is currently using

◆ Priority – The port's configured priority level (see page 155).

◆ Port Status – PoE service status for the attached device.

WEB INTERFACE
To display the status for all PoE ports, click Monitor, PoE.

Figure 127: Power over Ethernet Status

DISPLAYING THE MAC ADDRESS TABLE

Use the MAC Address Table to display dynamic and static address entries
associated with the CPU and each port.

PATH
Monitor, MAC Address Table

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ Start from VLAN # and MAC address # with # entries per page –
These input fields allow you to select the starting point in the table.

◆ Type – Indicates whether the entry is static or dynamic. Dynamic MAC

addresses are learned by monitoring the source address for traffic
entering the switch. To configure static addresses, refer to "Configuring
the MAC Address Table" on page 158.

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Displaying Information About VLANs

◆ VLAN – The VLAN containing this entry.

◆ MAC Address – Physical address associated with this interface.

◆ Port Members – The ports associated with this entry.

WEB INTERFACE
To display the address table, click Monitor, MAC Address Table.

Figure 128: MAC Address Table

DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT VLANS

Use the monitor pages for VLANs to display information about the port
members of VLANs, and the VLAN attributes assigned to each port.

VLAN MEMBERSHIP Use the VLAN Membership Status page to display the current port
members for all VLANs configured by a selected software module.

PATH
Monitor, VLANs, VLAN Membership

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN User – A software module that uses VLAN management services

to configure VLAN membership and VLAN port settings such as the
PVID or untagged VLAN ID. This switch supports the following VLAN
user modules:

■ Static: Ports statically assigned to a VLAN through the CLI, Web or

SNMP.
■ NAS: Provides port-based authentication, which involves
communications between a Supplicant, Authenticator, and an
Authentication Server.
■ MVR: Eliminates the need to duplicate multicast traffic for
subscribers in each VLAN. Multicast traffic for all channels is sent
only on a single (multicast) VLAN.

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Displaying Information About VLANs

■ Voice VLAN: A VLAN configured specially for voice traffic typically

originating from IP phones.
■ MSTP: The 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree protocol uses VLANs to
create multiple spanning trees in a network, which significantly
improves network resource utilization while maintaining a loop-free
environment.

■ Combined: Shows information for all active user modules.

◆ VLAN ID – A VLAN which has created by one of the software modules.

◆ Port Members – The ports assigned to this VLAN.

WEB INTERFACE
1. To display VLAN members, click Monitor, VLANs, VLAN Membership.

2. Select a software module from the drop-down list on the right side of
the page.

Figure 129: Showing VLAN Members

VLAN PORT STATUS Use the VLAN Port Status page to show the VLAN attributes of port
members for all VLANs configured by a selected software module, including
PVID, VLAN aware, ingress filtering, frame type, egress filtering, and UVID.

Refer to the preceding section for a description of the software modules

that use VLAN management services.

PATH
Monitor, VLANs, VLAN Port

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ VLAN User – A software module that uses VLAN management services

to configure VLAN membership and VLAN port settings such as the
PVID or untagged VLAN ID. Refer to the preceding section for a
description of the software modules that use VLAN management
services.

◆ Port – Port Identifier.

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Displaying Information About VLANs

◆ PVID – The native VLAN assigned to untagged frames entering this

port.

◆ VLAN Aware - Configures whether or not a port processes the

VLAN ID in ingress frames. (Default: Disabled)
If a port is not VLAN aware, all frames are assigned to the default VLAN
(as specified by the Port VLAN ID) and tags are not removed.
If a port is VLAN aware, each frame is assigned to the VLAN indicated in
the VLAN tag, and the tag is removed.
◆ Ingress Filtering – If ingress filtering is enabled and the ingress port
is not a member of the classified VLAN of the frame, the frame is
discarded.

◆ Frame Type – Shows whether the port accepts all frames or only
tagged frames. If the port only accepts tagged frames, untagged
frames received on that port are discarded.

◆ Tx Tag – Shows egress filtering frame status, indicating whether

frames are transmitted as tagged or untagged.

◆ UVID – Shows the untagged VLAN ID. A port's UVID determines the
packet's behavior at the egress side. If the VID of Ethernet frames
leaving a port match the UVID, these frames will be sent untagged.

◆ Conflicts – Shows whether conflicts exist or not. When a software

module requests to set VLAN membership or VLAN port configuration,
the following conflicts can occur:
■ Functional conflicts between features.
■ Conflicts due to hardware limitations.
■ Direct conflicts between user modules.

WEB INTERFACE
1. To display VLAN port status, click Monitor, VLANs, VLAN Port.

2. Select a software module from the drop-down list on the right side of
the page.

Figure 130: Showing VLAN Port Status

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Displaying Information About MAC-based VLANs

DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT MAC-BASED VLANS

Use the MAC-based VLAN Membership Configuration page to display the
MAC address to VLAN map entries.

PATH
Monitor, VCL, MAC-based VLAN

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:

◆ MAC-based VLAN User – A user or software module that uses VLAN

management services to configure MAC-based VLAN membership. This
switch supports the following VLAN user modules:
■ Static: MAC addresses statically assigned to a VLAN and member
port through the CLI, Web or SNMP.
■ NAS: Provides port-based authentication, which involves
communications between a Supplicant, Authenticator, and an
Authentication Server.
■ Combined: Includes all entries.

◆ MAC Address – A source MAC address which is mapped to a specific

VLAN.

◆ VLAN ID – VLAN to which ingress traffic matching the specified source

MAC address is forwarded.

◆ Port Members – The ports assigned to this VLAN.

WEB INTERFACE
1. To display MAC-based VLAN membership settings, click Monitor, VCL,
MAC-based VLAN.

2. Select a software module from the drop-down list on the right side of
the page.

Figure 131: Showing MAC-based VLAN Configuration

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6 PERFORMING BASIC DIAGNOSTICS

This chapter describes how to test network connectivity using Ping for IPv4
or IPv6, and how to test network cables.

PINGING AN IPV4 OR IPV6 ADDRESS

The Ping page is used to send ICMP echo request packets to another node
on the network to determine if it can be reached.

PATH
◆ Diagnostics, Ping
◆ Diagnostics, Ping6

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed on the Ping page:

◆ IP Address – IPv4 or IPv6 address of the host.

An IPv4 address consists of 4 numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods.
An IPv6 address consists of 8 colon-separated 16-bit hexadecimal
values. One double colon may be used in the address to indicate the
appropriate number of zeros required to fill the undefined fields.

◆ Ping Size – The payload size of the ICMP packet.

(Range: 8- 1400 bytes)

WEB INTERFACE
To ping another device on the network:

1. Click Diagnostics, Ping or Ping6.

2. Enter the IP address of the target device.

3. Specify the packet size.

4. Click Start.

After you press Start, five ICMP packets are transmitted, and the sequence
number and round-trip time are displayed upon reception of a reply. The
page refreshes automatically until responses to all packets are received, or
until a timeout occurs.

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Running Cable Diagnostics

Figure 132: ICMP Ping

RUNNING CABLE DIAGNOSTICS

The VeriPHY page is used to perform cable diagnostics for all ports or
selected ports to diagnose any cable faults (short, open, etc.) and report
the cable length.

PATH
Diagnostics, VeriPHY

PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed on the VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics page:

◆ Port – Diagnostics can be performed on all ports or on a specific port.

◆ Cable Status – Shows the cable length, operating conditions and

isolates a variety of common faults that can occur on Category 5
twisted pair cabling.

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Running Cable Diagnostics

WEB INTERFACE
To run cable diagnostics:

1. Click Diagnostics, VeriPHY.

2. Select all ports or indicate a specific port for testing.

3. Click Start.

If a specific port is selected, the test will take approximately 5 seconds. If

all ports are selected, it can run approximately 15 seconds. When
completed, the page refreshes automatically, and you can view the cable
diagnostics results in the cable status table. Note that VeriPHY is only
accurate for cables 7 - 140 meters long.

Ports will be linked down while running VeriPHY. Therefore, running VeriPHY
on a management port will cause the switch to stop responding until
testing is completed.

Figure 133: VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics

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Running Cable Diagnostics

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7 PERFORMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

This chapter describes how to perform basic maintenance tasks including

upgrading software, restoring or saving configuration settings, and
resetting the switch.

RESTARTING THE SWITCH

Use the Restart Device page to restart the switch.

PATH
Maintenance, Restart Device

WEB INTERFACE
To restart the switch

1. Click Maintenance, Restart Device.

2. Click Yes.

The reset will be complete when the user interface displays the login page.

Figure 134: Restart Device

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Restoring Factory Defaults

RESTORING FACTORY DEFAULTS

Use the Factory Defaults page to restore the original factory settings. Note
that the LAN IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP Address will be
reset to their factory defaults.

PATH
Maintenance, Restart Device

CLI REFERENCES
"system restore default" on page 275

WEB INTERFACE
To restore factory defaults:

1. Click Maintenance, Factory Defaults.

2. Click Yes.

The factory defaults are immediately restored, which means that no reboot
is necessary.

Figure 135: Factory Defaults

UPGRADING FIRMWARE
Use the Software Upload page to upgrade the switch’s system firmware by
specifying a file provided by SMC/Edge-Core. You can download firmware
files for your switch from the Support section of the SMC/Edge-Core web
site.

PATH
Maintenance, Software Upload

WEB INTERFACE
To upgrade firmware:

1. Click Maintenance, Software Upload.

2. Click the Browse button, and select the firmware file.

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Managing Configuration Files

3. Click the Upload button to upgrade the switch’s firmware.

After the software image is uploaded, a page announces that the firmware
update has been initiated. After about a minute, the firmware is updated
and the switch is rebooted.

CAUTION: While the firmware is being updated, Web access appears to be

defunct. The front LED flashes Green/Off at a frequency of 10 Hz while the
firmware update is in progress. Do not reset or power off the device at this
time or the switch may fail to function afterwards.

Figure 136: Software Upload

MANAGING CONFIGURATION FILES

Use the Maintenance Configuration pages to save the current configuration
to a file on your computer, or to restore previously saved configuration
settings to the switch.

SAVING Use the Configuration Save page to save the current configuration settings
CONFIGURATION to a file on your local management station.
SETTINGS
PATH
Maintenance, Configuration, Save

WEB INTERFACE
To save your current configuration settings:

1. Click Maintenance, Configuration, Save.

2. Click the “Save configuration” button.

3. Specify the directory and name of the file under which to save the
current configuration settings.

The configuration file is in XML format. The configuration parameters are

represented as attribute values. When saving the configuration from the
switch, the entire configuration including syntax descriptions is included in
the file. The file may be modified using an editor and loaded to a switch.

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Managing Configuration Files

Figure 137: Configuration Save

RESTORING Use the Configuration Upload page to restore previously saved

CONFIGURATION configuration settings to the switch from a file on your local management
SETTINGS station.
PATH
Maintenance, Configuration, Upload

WEB INTERFACE
To restore your current configuration settings:

1. Click Maintenance, Configuration, Upload.

2. Click the Browse button, and select the configuration file.

3. Click the Upload button to restore the switch’s settings.

Figure 138: Configuration Upload

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SECTION III
APPENDICES

This section provides additional information and includes these items:

◆ "Software Specifications" on page 266

◆ "Troubleshooting" on page 270

◆ "License Information" on page 272

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A SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS

SOFTWARE FEATURES

MANAGEMENT Local, RADIUS, TACACS+, AAA, Port Authentication (802.1X), HTTPS, SSH,
AUTHENTICATION Port Security, IP Filter, DHCP Snooping

CLIENT ACCESS Access Control Lists (128 rules per system), Port Authentication (802.1X),
CONTROL MAC Authentication, Port Security, DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard, ARP
Inspection

PORT CONFIGURATION 100BASE-TX: 10/100 Mbps, half/full duplex

100BASE-FX: 100 Mbps at full duplex (SFP)
1000BASE-T: 10/100 Mbps at half/full duplex, 1000 Mbps at full duplex
1000BASE-SX/LX/LH - 1000 Mbps at full duplex (SFP)

FLOW CONTROL Full Duplex: IEEE 802.3-2005

Half Duplex: Back pressure

STORM CONTROL Broadcast, multicast, or unicast traffic throttled above a critical threshold

PORT MIRRORING 10 sessions, one source port to one destination port

RATE LIMITS Input limits per port (manual setting or ACL)

PORT TRUNKING Static trunks (Cisco EtherChannel compliant)

Dynamic trunks (Link Aggregation Control Protocol)

SPANNING TREE Spanning Tree Protocol (STP, IEEE 802.1D-2004)

ALGORITHM Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP, IEEE 802.1D-2004)
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP, IEEE 802.1D-2004)

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Management Features

VLAN SUPPORT Up to 128 groups; port-based, protocol-based, tagged (802.1Q),

private VLANs, voice VLANs, and MAC-based

CLASS OF SERVICE Supports four levels of priority

Strict, Weighted Round Robin
Queue mode and CoS configured by Ethernet type, VLAN ID, TCP/UDP
port, DSCP, ToS bit, VLAN tag priority, or port
Layer 3/4 priority mapping: IP DSCP remarking

QUALITY OF SERVICE DiffServ supports DSCP remarking, ingress traffic policing, and egress
traffic shaping

MULTICAST FILTERING IGMP Snooping (IPv4)

MLD Snooping (IPv6)
Multicast VLAN Registration

ADDITIONAL FEATURES DHCP Client, Relay, Option 82

DNS Client, Proxy
LLDP (Link Layer Discover Protocol)
RMON (Remote Monitoring, groups 1,2,3,9)
SMTP Email Alerts
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol)
UPnP

MANAGEMENT FEATURES

IN-BAND MANAGEMENT Web-based HTTP or HTTPS, or SNMP manager, Secure Shell, or Telnet

SOFTWARE LOADING HTTP or TFTP in-band

SNMP Management access via MIB database

Trap management to specified hosts

RMON Groups 1, 2, 3, 9 (Statistics, History, Alarm, Event)

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Standards

STANDARDS
ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP for Media Endpoint Discovery - LLDP-MED
IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol
IEEE-802.1ad Provider Bridge
IEEE 802.1D-2004 Spanning Tree Algorithm and traffic priorities
Spanning Tree Protocol
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.1p Priority tags
IEEE 802.1Q-2005 VLAN
IEEE 802.1v Protocol-based VLANs
IEEE 802.1X Port Authentication
IEEE 802.3-2005
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
Full-duplex flow control (ISO/IEC 8802-3)
IEEE 802.3ac VLAN tagging
ARP (RFC 826)
DHCP Client (RFC 2131)
DHCPv6 Client (RFC 3315)
HTTPS
ICMP (RFC 792)
IGMP (RFC 1112)
IGMPv2 (RFC 2236)
IGMPv3 (RFC 3376) - partial support
IPv4 IGMP (RFC 3228)
NTP (RFC 1305)
RADIUS+ (RFC 2618)
RMON (RFC 2819 groups 1,2,3,9)
SNMP (RFC 1157)
SNMPv2c (RFC 2571)
SNMPv3 (RFC DRAFT 3414, 3415)
SNTP (RFC 2030)
SSH (Version 2.0)
TFTP (RFC 1350)

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASES

Bridge MIB (RFC 4188)
DHCP Option for Civic Addresses Configuration Information (RFC 4776)
Differentiated Services MIB (RFC 3289)
DNS Resolver MIB (RFC 1612)

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Management Information Bases

Entity MIB version 3 (RFC 4133)

Ether-like MIB (RFC 3635)
Extended Bridge MIB (RFC 2674)
Extensible SNMP Agents MIB (RFC 2742)
Forwarding Table MIB (RFC 2096)
IGMP MIB (RFC 2933)
Interface Group MIB using SMI v2 (RFC 2863)
Interfaces Evolution MIB (RFC 2863)
IP MIB (RFC 2011)
IP Multicasting related MIBs
IPV6-MIB (RFC 2065)
IPV6-ICMP-MIB (RFC 2066)
IPV6-TCP-MIB (RFC 2052)
IPV6-UDP-MIB (RFC 2054)
MAU MIB (RFC 3636)
MIB II (RFC 1213)
P-Bridge MIB (RFC 2674P)
Port Access Entity MIB (IEEE 802.1X)
Port Access Entity Equipment MIB
Power Ethernet MIB (RFC 3621)
Private MIB
Q-Bridge MIB (RFC 2674Q)
Quality of Service MIB
RADIUS Accounting Server MIB (RFC 4670)
RADIUS Authentication Client MIB (RFC 2621)
RMON MIB (RFC 2819)
RMON II Probe Configuration Group (RFC 2021, partial implementation)
SNMP Community MIB (RFC 3584)
SNMP Framework MIB (RFC 3411)
SNMP-MPD MIB (RFC 3412)
SNMP Target MIB, SNMP Notification MIB (RFC 3413)
SNMP User-Based SM MIB (RFC 3414)
SNMP View Based ACM MIB (RFC 3415)
SNMPv2 IP MIB (RFC 2011)
TACACS+ Authentication Client MIB
TCP MIB (RFC 2012)
Trap (RFC 1215)
UDP MIB (RFC 2013)

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B TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEMS ACCESSING THE MANAGEMENT INTERFACE

Table 14: Troubleshooting Chart

Symptom Action

Cannot connect using a ◆ Be sure the switch is powered up.

web browser, or SNMP
software ◆ Check network cabling between the management station and
the switch.
◆ Check that you have a valid network connection to the switch
and that the port you are using has not been disabled.
◆ Be sure you have configured the VLAN interface through
which the management station is connected with a valid IP
address, subnet mask and default gateway.
◆ Be sure the management station has an IP address in the
same subnet as the switch’s IP interface to which it is
connected.
◆ If you are trying to connect to the switch via the IP address
for a tagged VLAN group, your management station, and the
ports connecting intermediate switches in the network, must
be configured with the appropriate tag.

Forgot or lost the ◆ Contact your local distributor.

password

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APPENDIX B | Troubleshooting
Using System Logs

USING SYSTEM LOGS

If a fault does occur, refer to the Installation Guide to ensure that the
problem you encountered is actually caused by the switch. If the problem
appears to be caused by the switch, follow these steps:

1. Enable logging.

2. Set the error messages reported to include all categories.

3. Enable SNMP.

4. Enable SNMP traps.

5. Designate the SNMP host that is to receive the error messages.

6. Repeat the sequence of commands or other actions that lead up to the

error.

7. Make a list of the commands or circumstances that led to the fault. Also
make a list of any error messages displayed.

8. Contact your distributor’s service engineer.

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C LICENSE INFORMATION

This product includes copyrighted third-party software subject to the terms of the GNU General Public
License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), or other related free software licenses.
The GPL code used in this product is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and is subject to the
copyrights of one or more authors. For details, refer to the section "The GNU General Public License"
below, or refer to the applicable license as included in the source-code archive.

THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it
is not allowed.

Preamble
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contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and
change free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License
applies to most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors
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ACL Access Control List. ACLs can limit network traffic and restrict access to
certain users or devices by checking each packet for certain IP or MAC (i.e.,
Layer 2) information.

ARP Address Resolution Protocol converts between IP addresses and MAC

(hardware) addresses. ARP is used to locate the MAC address
corresponding to a given IP address. This allows the switch to use IP
addresses for routing decisions and the corresponding MAC addresses to
forward packets from one hop to the next.

COS Class of Service is supported by prioritizing packets based on the required

level of service, and then placing them in the appropriate output queue.
Data is transmitted from the queues using weighted round-robin service to
enforce priority service and prevent blockage of lower-level queues.
Priority may be set according to the port default, the packet’s priority bit
(in the VLAN tag), TCP/UDP port number, IP Precedence bit, or DSCP
priority bit.

DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol. Provides a framework for passing

configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network. DHCP is based on
the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), adding the capability of automatic
allocation of reusable network addresses and additional configuration
options.

DHCP OPTION 82 A relay option for sending information about the requesting client (or an
intermediate relay agent) in the DHCP request packets forwarded by the
switch and in reply packets sent back from the DHCP server. This
information can be used by DHCP servers to assign fixed IP addresses, or
set other services or policies for clients.

DHCP SNOOPING A technique used to enhance network security by snooping on DHCP server
messages to track the physical location of hosts, ensure that hosts only use
the IP addresses assigned to them, and ensure that only authorized DHCP
servers are accessible.

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DIFFSERV Differentiated Services provides quality of service on large networks by

employing a well-defined set of building blocks from which a variety of
aggregate forwarding behaviors may be built. Each packet carries
information (DS byte) used by each hop to give it a particular forwarding
treatment, or per-hop behavior, at each network node. DiffServ allocates
different levels of service to users on the network with mechanisms such as
traffic meters, shapers/droppers, packet markers at the boundaries of the
network.

DNS Domain Name Service. A system used for translating host names for
network nodes into IP addresses.

DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point Service. DSCP uses a six-bit tag to
provide for up to 64 different forwarding behaviors. Based on network
policies, different kinds of traffic can be marked for different kinds of
forwarding. The DSCP bits are mapped to the Class of Service categories,
and then into the output queues.

EAPOL Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN. EAPOL is a client

authentication protocol used by this switch to verify the network access
rights for any device that is plugged into the switch. A user name and
password is requested by the switch, and then passed to an authentication
server (e.g., RADIUS) for verification. EAPOL is implemented as part of the
IEEE 802.1X Port Authentication standard.

EUI Extended Universal Identifier is an address format used by IPv6 to identify

the host portion of the network address. The interface identifier in EUI
compatible addresses is based on the link-layer (MAC) address of an
interface. Interface identifiers used in global unicast and other IPv6
address types are 64 bits long and may be constructed in the EUI-64
format. The modified EUI-64 format interface ID is derived from a 48-bit
link-layer address by inserting the hexadecimal number FFFE between the
upper three bytes (OUI field) and the lower 3 bytes (serial number) of the
link layer address. To ensure that the chosen address is from a unique
Ethernet MAC address, the 7th bit in the high-order byte is set to 1
(equivalent to the IEEE Global/Local bit) to indicate the uniqueness of the
48-bit address.

GARP Generic Attribute Registration Protocol. GARP is a protocol that can be used
by endstations and switches to register and propagate multicast group
membership information in a switched environment so that multicast data
frames are propagated only to those parts of a switched LAN containing
registered endstations. Formerly called Group Address Registration
Protocol.

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GMRP Generic Multicast Registration Protocol. GMRP allows network devices to

register end stations with multicast groups. GMRP requires that any
participating network devices or end stations comply with the IEEE 802.1p
standard.

IEEE 802.1D Specifies a general method for the operation of MAC bridges, including the
Spanning Tree Protocol.

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging—Defines Ethernet frame tags which carry VLAN information.
It allows switches to assign endstations to different virtual LANs, and
defines a standard way for VLANs to communicate across switched
networks.

IEEE 802.1P An IEEE standard for providing quality of service (QoS) in Ethernet
networks. The standard uses packet tags that define up to eight traffic
classes and allows switches to transmit packets based on the tagged
priority value.

IEEE 802.1S An IEEE standard for the Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) which
provides independent spanning trees for VLAN groups.

IEEE 802.1W An IEEE standard for the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) which
reduces the convergence time for network topology changes to about 10%
of that required by the older IEEE 802.1D STP standard. (Now incorporated
in IEEE 802.1D-2004)

IEEE 802.1X Port Authentication controls access to the switch ports by requiring users to
first enter a user ID and password for authentication.

IEEE 802.3AC Defines frame extensions for VLAN tagging.

IEEE 802.3X Defines Ethernet frame start/stop requests and timers used for flow control
on full-duplex links. (Now incorporated in IEEE 802.3-2002)

IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol. A protocol through which hosts can
register with their local router for multicast services. If there is more than
one multicast switch/router on a given subnetwork, one of the devices is
made the “querier” and assumes responsibility for keeping track of group
membership.

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IGMP QUERY On each subnetwork, one IGMP-capable device will act as the querier —
that is, the device that asks all hosts to report on the IP multicast groups
they wish to join or to which they already belong. The elected querier will
be the device with the lowest IP address in the subnetwork.

IGMP PROXY Proxies multicast group membership information onto the upstream
interface based on IGMP messages monitored on downstream interfaces,
and forwards multicast traffic based on that information. There is no need
for multicast routing protocols in an simple tree that uses IGMP Proxy.

IGMP SNOOPING Listening to IGMP Query and IGMP Report packets transferred between IP
Multicast Routers and IP Multicast host groups to identify IP Multicast
group members.

IN-BAND MANAGEMENT Management of the network from a station attached directly to the
network.

IP MULTICAST FILTERING A process whereby this switch can pass multicast traffic along to
participating hosts.

IP PRECEDENCE The Type of Service (ToS) octet in the IPv4 header includes three
precedence bits defining eight different priority levels ranging from highest
priority for network control packets to lowest priority for routine traffic. The
eight values are mapped one-to-one to the Class of Service categories by
default, but may be configured differently to suit the requirements for
specific network applications.

LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol. Allows ports to automatically negotiate

a trunked link with LACP-configured ports on another device.

LAYER 2 Data Link layer in the ISO 7-Layer Data Communications Protocol. This is
related directly to the hardware interface for network devices and passes
on traffic based on MAC addresses.

LINK AGGREGATION See Port Trunk.

LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol is used to discover basic information about
neighboring devices in the local broadcast domain by using periodic
broadcasts to advertise information such as device identification,
capabilities and configuration settings.

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MD5 MD5 Message-Digest is an algorithm that is used to create digital

signatures. It is intended for use with 32 bit machines and is safer than the
MD4 algorithm, which has been broken. MD5 is a one-way hash function,
meaning that it takes a message and converts it into a fixed string of digits,
also called a message digest.

MIB Management Information Base. An acronym for Management Information

Base. It is a set of database objects that contains information about a
specific device.

MLD SNOOPING Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping dynamically configures switch
ports to limit IPv6 multicast traffic so that it is forwarded only to ports with
users that want to receive it. This switch supports MLDv1, which includes
Listener Query, Listener Report, and Listener Done messages (equivalent
to IGMPv2 query, report, and leave messages).

MSTP Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol can provide an independent spanning tree
for different VLANs. It simplifies network management, provides for even
faster convergence than RSTP by limiting the size of each region, and
prevents VLAN members from being segmented from the rest of the group.

MULTICAST SWITCHING A process whereby the switch filters incoming multicast frames for services
for which no attached host has registered, or forwards them to all ports
contained within the designated multicast VLAN group.

MVR Multicast VLAN Registration is a method of using a single network-wide

multicast VLAN to transmit common services, such as such as television
channels or video-on-demand, across a service-provider’s network. MVR
simplifies the configuration of multicast services by using a common VLAN
for distribution, while still preserving security and data isolation for
subscribers residing in both the MVR VLAN and other standard or
private VLAN groups.

NTP Network Time Protocol provides the mechanisms to synchronize time

across the network. The time servers operate in a hierarchical-master-
slave configuration in order to synchronize local clocks within the subnet
and to national time standards via wire or radio.

PORT AUTHENTICATION See IEEE 802.1X.

PORT MIRRORING A method whereby data on a target port is mirrored to a monitor port for
troubleshooting with a logic analyzer or RMON probe. This allows data on
the target port to be studied unobstructively.

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PORT TRUNK Defines a network link aggregation and trunking method which specifies
how to create a single high-speed logical link that combines several lower-
speed physical links.

PRIVATE VLANS Private VLANs provide port-based security and isolation between ports
within the assigned VLAN. Data traffic on downlink ports can only be
forwarded to, and from, uplink ports.

QINQ QinQ tunneling is designed for service providers carrying traffic for multiple
customers across their networks. It is used to maintain customer-specific
VLAN and Layer 2 protocol configurations even when different customers
use the same internal VLAN IDs.

QOS Quality of Service. QoS refers to the capability of a network to provide

better service to selected traffic flows using features such as data
prioritization, queuing, congestion avoidance and traffic shaping. These
features effectively provide preferential treatment to specific flows either
by raising the priority of one flow or limiting the priority of another flow.

RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service. RADIUS is a logon

authentication protocol that uses software running on a central server to
control access to RADIUS-compliant devices on the network.

RMON Remote Monitoring. RMON provides comprehensive network monitoring

capabilities. It eliminates the polling required in standard SNMP, and can
set alarms on a variety of traffic conditions, including specific error types.

RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol. RSTP reduces the convergence time for
network topology changes to about 10% of that required by the older IEEE
802.1D STP standard.

SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a standard host-to-host mail transport

protocol that operates over TCP, port 25.

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. The application protocol in the

Internet suite of protocols which offers network management services.

SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol allows a device to set its internal clock based
on periodic updates from a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. Updates
can be requested from a specific NTP server, or can be received via
broadcasts sent by NTP servers.

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SSH Secure Shell is a secure replacement for remote access functions, including
Telnet. SSH can authenticate users with a cryptographic key, and encrypt
data connections between management clients and the switch.

STA Spanning Tree Algorithm is a technology that checks your network for any
loops. A loop can often occur in complicated or backup linked network
systems. Spanning Tree detects and directs data along the shortest
available path, maximizing the performance and efficiency of the network.

TACACS+ Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus. TACACS+ is a logon
authentication protocol that uses software running on a central server to
control access to TACACS-compliant devices on the network.

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Protocol suite that

includes TCP as the primary transport protocol, and IP as the network layer
protocol.

TELNET Defines a remote communication facility for interfacing to a terminal device

over TCP/IP.

TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol commonly used for software
downloads.

UDP User Datagram Protocol. UDP provides a datagram mode for packet-
switched communications. It uses IP as the underlying transport
mechanism to provide access to IP-like services. UDP packets are delivered
just like IP packets – connection-less datagrams that may be discarded
before reaching their targets. UDP is useful when TCP would be too
complex, too slow, or just unnecessary.

UTC Universal Time Coordinate. UTC is a time scale that couples Greenwich
Mean Time (based solely on the Earth’s rotation rate) with highly accurate
atomic time. The UTC does not have daylight saving time.

VLAN Virtual LAN. A Virtual LAN is a collection of network nodes that share the
same collision domain regardless of their physical location or connection
point in the network. A VLAN serves as a logical workgroup with no
physical barriers, and allows users to share information and resources as
though located on the same LAN.

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A classification, QoS 188

rewriting, port 184
acceptable frame type 163
translation, port 184
Access Control List See ACL
translation, QoS 187
ACL 88
dynamic addresses, displaying 158, 252
binding to a port 88
address table 158
aging time 158 E
address, management access 28
edge port, STA 127
ARP inspection 106
EEE, LLDP neighbor information 247
egress port scheduler, QoS 178
B event logging 201
BPDU
guard 127 F
shut down port on receipt 127
firmware
broadcast storm, threshold 193
displaying version 200
upgrading 262
C upgrading with HTTP 262
upgrading with TFTP 262
community string 66, 69
configuration files
restoring 263 G
restoring defaults 264
gateway
saving 263
IPv4 default 43
configuration settings
IPv6 default 45
restoring 264
GNU license 272
saving 263
saving or restoring 263
control lists, QoS 189 H
CPU
status 200 HTTP/HTTPS, filtering IP addresses 63
utilization, showing 200 HTTPS 62
configuring 62
secure server 62
D
default IPv4 gateway, configuring 43 I
default IPv6 gateway, configuring 45
default settings, system 25 IEEE 802.1D 116
DHCP 42 IEEE 802.1s 116
client 42 IEEE 802.1w 116
relay, information option 102 IGMP 133
relay, information option policy 102 fast leave, status 135
DHCP snooping 99 filter, parameters 139
DNS, server 43 filtering 139
Domain Name Service See DNS groups, displaying 238, 241
downloading software 262 proxy 135
using HTTP 262 querier, configuring 137
using TFTP 262 query 137
drop precedence, QoS 176 snooping, configuring 137
DSCP snooping, description 133

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snooping, fast leave 135 RADIUS client 109

throttling 136 RADIUS server 109
ingress classification, QoS 186 settings 109
ingress filtering 163 TACACS+ client 59
ingress port tag classification, QoS 177 TACACS+ server 59, 109
IP address, setting 42
IP source guard, configuring static entries 105
IPv4 address M
DHCP 42 main menu 33
setting 42 management access, filtering IP addresses 63
IPv6 address management address, setting 28
dynamic configuration (global unicast) 45 Management Information Bases (MIBs) 268
dynamic configuration (link-local) 45 maximum frame size 53
EUI format 44, 45 mirror port, configuring 194
EUI-64 setting 44, 45 MLD 140
global unicast 44, 45 fast leave, status 141
link-local 44 filter, parameters 145
manual configuration (global unicast) 44, 45 filtering 145
manual configuration (link-local) 44 proxy 141
setting 44 querier, configuring 143
query 143
snooping 140
K snooping, configuring 143
key snooping, fast leave 141
public 61 throttling 142
MSTP 116, 122
global settings, configuring 122
L global settings, displaying 118, 122
LACP max hop count 120
configuration 114 region name 123
local parameters 230 region revision 123
partner parameters 229, 230 settings, configuring 118, 122
protocol message statistics 231 multicast
protocol parameters 114 filtering 133, 139, 145
leave proxy 134, 135, 141 static router port 135, 141
LED intensity, configuring 48 throttling 136, 142
license information, GNU 272 multicast groups 238, 241
Link Aggregation Control Protocol See LACP displaying 238, 241
Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint multicast services
Discovery See LLDP-MED displaying 238, 241
Link Layer Discovery Protocol See LLDP IGMP proxy 135, 141
link type, STA 128 leave proxy 134, 141
LLDP 146 proxy 141
device statistics, displaying 249 multicast storm, threshold 193
neighbor information, EEE 247 Multicast VLAN Registration See MVR
remote information, displaying 244 multicast, filtering 139, 145
TLV 146 MVR
TLV, management address 148 description 130
TLV, port description 148 group information, displaying 237
TLV, system capabilities 148 setting interface type 132
TLV, system description 148 statistics, displaying 236
TLV, system name 148 using immediate leave 132
LLDP-MED 149
logging
syslog traps 47 N
to syslog servers 47 NTP, specifying servers 46
log-in, web interface 31
logon authentication 55
encryption keys 110

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P ingress classification 186

ingress port classification 176
passwords 28, 56
ingress port tag classification 177
path cost 126, 129
port classification 176
STA 126, 129
port remarking 181
PoE
port shaper 178, 181
configuring 155
QCE 190
port power allocation 156
QCL status 206
power budget 157
queue scheduler 178
priority setting 157
shutdown modes 157
status, displaying 251 R
port
RADIUS
maximum frame size 53
logon authentication 109
statistics 205
settings 109
port classification, QoS 176
remote logging 47
port isolation 166
restarting the system 261
port priority
RSTP 116
STA 126, 129
global settings, displaying 118, 122
port remarking
interface settings 125
mode 182
settings, configuring 118, 122
QoS 181
port shaper, QoS 178, 181
ports S
autonegotiation 53
broadcast storm threshold 193 secure shell 61
capabilities 53 configuration 61
configuring 52 security, configuring 55
duplex mode 53 Simple Network Management Protocol See SNMP
flow control 53 SNMP 65
mirroring traffic 194 community string 66, 69
multicast storm threshold 193 enabling traps 67
speed 53 filtering IP addresses 63
unknown unicast storm threshold 193 trap destination 67
power reduction trap manager 67
configuring 48, 50 SNMPv3
EEE 50 engine identifier, local 67
private VLANs, configuring 165 engine identifier, remote 71
problems, troubleshooting 270 groups 72
protocol VLANs 168 user configuration 70, 71
configuring 169 views 73
configuring groups 169 software
configuring interfaces 170 displaying version 200
group configuration 169 downloading 262
interface configuration 170 Spanning Tree Protocol See STA
public key 61 specifications, software 266
PVLAN, configuring 165 SSH 61
configuring 61
server, configuring 61
Q STA 116
BPDU shutdown 127
QCE, quality control list entry 190
edge port 127
QCL status, monitoring 206
global settings, displaying 118, 122
QoS 175
interface settings 125
class 176
link type 128
control lists 189
path cost 126, 129
drop precedence 176
port priority 126, 129
DSCP classification 188
transmission hold count 120
DSCP rewriting 184
transmission limit 120
DSCP translation 184, 187
standards, IEEE 268
egress port scheduler 178

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static addresses, setting 159 V

statistics, port 205
VLANs
STP 119
acceptable frame type 163
global settings, displaying 122
adding static members 161
settings, configuring 122
creating 161
STP Also see STA
description 160
switch settings
displaying port members 162
restoring 263, 264
egress mode 163
saving 263
ingress filtering 163
system clock
interface configuration 162, 164
setting 46
MAC-based 167
setting the time zone 41
MAC-based, configuring 167
system information
MAC-based, displaying 256
configuring 41
port isolation 166
displaying 199
private 165
system logs 201
protocol 168
displaying 201
protocol, configuring 169
system software
protocol, configuring groups 169
downloading 262
protocol, configuring interfaces 170
protocol, group configuration 169
T protocol, interface configuration 170
voice 171
TACACS+
voice VLANs 171
logon authentication 59, 109
enabling for ports 172
settings 109
identifying client devices 174
Telnet/SSH, filtering IP addresses 63
VoIP traffic 171
thermal protection
telephony OUI, configuring 174
configuring 51
voice VLAN, configuring 172
monitoring status 203
VoIP, detecting devices 173
port shutdown sequence 51
throttling, IGMP 136, 142
throttling, MLD 142 W
time zone, setting 41
web interface
time, setting 46
configuration buttons 32
trap destination 67
home page 31
trap manager 67
menu list 33
troubleshooting 270
panel display 32
trunk
configuration 112, 114
LACP 114
static 112
Type Length Value
See LLDP-MED TLV
See LLDP TLV

U
unknown unicast storm, threshold 193
upgrading software 262
UPnP
advertisements 196
configuration 196
enabling advertisements 196
user
account 55
name 55
password 55

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