Netgear M5300-52G3 Web Management User Guide - Page 17

ProSafe M5300 Switch Interface Naming Convention The ProSafe support physical and logical interfaces. Interfaces are identified by their type and the interface number. The physical ports are gigabit interfaces and are numbered on the front panel. You configure the logical interfaces by using the software. Table 2 describes the naming convention for all interfaces available on the switch. Table 2. Naming Conventions for Interfaces Interface Description Example Physical The physical ports are in unit/slot/port format, where unit is the stack ID of the switch, slot is the slot ID (always 0 for physical ports), and port is the port ID, which starts at 1 and is identified on the front panel of the switch. 1/0/1: Port 1 on stack member 1 2/0/23: Port 23 on stack member 2 Link Aggregation Group (LAG) LAG interfaces are logical interfaces that are only used for bridging functions. ch1, ch2, ch3, and so on CPU Management Interface This is the internal switch interface 5/1 responsible for the switch base MAC address. This interface is not configurable and is always listed in the MAC Address Table. Routing VLAN Interfaces This is an interface used for routing 0/4/1, 0/4/2, 0/4/3, and so on functionality. The format can be or expressed in vlan id format or vlan 1, vlan 2, vlan 3, and so on unit/slot/interface format, where unit is 0, slot is 4, and interface is the logical VLAN interface ID. Getting Started 17