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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch 1.2 Ways to Manage the Switch Use any of the following methods to manage the Switch. • Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the Switch using a (supported) web browser. See Chapter 4 on page 28. • TFTP. Use Trivial File Transfer Protocol for firmware upgrades and configuration backup/restore. See Section 31.1 on page 208, Section 31.3 on page 210, and Section 31.4 on page 212 • SNMP. The device can be configured by a SNMP manager. See Section 30.3 on page 193. 1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Switch Do the following things regularly to make the Switch more secure and to manage the Switch more effectively. • Change the password. Use a password that's not easy to guess and that consists of different types of characters, such as numbers and letters. • Write down the password and put it in a safe place. • Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the Switch to its factory default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the Switch. You could simply restore your last configuration. GS1900 Series User's Guide 19

Section	Page
GS1900 Series	1
Contents Overview	3
Table of Contents	4
User’s Guide	14
Getting to Know Your Switch	16
1.1 Introduction	16
1.1.1 Bridging Example	16
1.1.2 Gigabit Ethernet to the Desktop	17
1.1.3 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Example	18
1.1.4 IPv6 Support	18
1.2 Ways to Manage the Switch	19
1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Switch	19
Hardware Installation and Connection	20
2.1 Freestanding Installation	20
2.2 Hardware Installation	21
2.2.1 Wall Mounting	21
2.2.2 Rack Mounting	22
2.2.3 Mounting the Switch on a Rack	23
Hardware Overview	24
3.1 Front Panel Connections	24
3.1.1 Ethernet Ports	25
3.2 Rear Panel	25
3.2.1 Power Connection	26
3.3 LEDs	27
The Web Configurator	28
4.1 Overview	28
4.2 Access	28
4.3 Navigating the Web Configurator	29
4.3.1 Title Bar	29
4.3.2 Navigation Panel	30
Getting Start	36
5.1 Overview	36
5.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	36
5.2 Getting Start	36
5.2.1 Wizard	37
Technical Reference	46
Monitor: System	48
6.1 Overview	48
6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	48
6.2 IP	48
6.2.1 IPv4	48
6.2.2 IPv6	49
6.3 Information	50
Monitor: Port	51
7.1 Overview	51
7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	51
7.2 Port	51
7.2.1 Status	51
7.2.2 Port Counters	52
7.2.3 Bandwidth Utilization	54
7.3 PoE	55
7.4 Bandwidth Management	56
7.4.1 Bandwidth Control	56
7.5 Storm Control	57
Monitor: VLAN	58
8.1 Overview	58
8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	58
8.2 VLAN	58
8.2.1 VLAN	58
8.2.2 Port	59
8.2.3 VLAN Port	60
8.3 Guest VLAN	61
8.4 Voice VLAN	62
Monitor: MAC Table	64
9.1 Overview	64
9.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	65
9.2 MAC Table	65
Monitor: Link Aggregation	66
10.1 Overview	66
10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	66
10.2 Link Aggregation	66
Monitor: Loop Guard	68
11.1 Overview	68
11.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	69
11.2 Loop Guard	69
Monitor: Multicast	71
12.1 Overview	71
12.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	71
12.2 IGMP	71
12.2.1 Vlan	71
12.2.2 Statistics	72
12.2.3 Group	73
12.2.4 Router	74
Monitor: Spanning Tree	75
13.1 Overview	75
13.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	75
13.2 Spanning Tree	75
13.2.1 CIST	75
13.2.2 CIST Port	76
13.2.3 MST	77
13.2.4 MST Port	78
13.2.5 STP Statistics	79
Monitor: LLDP	81
14.1 Overview	81
14.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	81
14.2 LLDP	81
14.2.1 Statistics	81
14.2.2 Remote Information	82
14.2.3 Overloading	83
Monitor: Security	84
15.1 Overview	84
15.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	84
15.2 Port Security	84
15.3 802.1X	85
15.3.1 Port	85
15.3.2 Authenticated Hosts	86
Monitor: Management	87
16.1 Overview	87
16.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	87
16.2 Syslog	87
16.3 Error Disable	88
Configuration: System	90
17.1 Overview	90
17.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	90
17.2 IP	90
17.2.1 The IPv4 Screen	90
17.2.2 The IPv6 Screen	91
17.3 Time	92
17.3.1 The System Time Screen	92
17.3.2 The SNTP Server Screen	93
17.4 Information	93
17.4.1 The System Information Screen	94
Configuration: Port	95
18.1 Overview	95
18.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	95
18.2 Port	95
18.2.1 The Port Edit Screen	96
18.3 EEE	97
18.3.1 The EEE Edit Screen	98
18.4 PoE	98
18.4.1 The PoE Edit Screen	100
18.5 Bandwidth Management	102
18.5.1 The Bandwidth Control Screen	102
18.5.2 The Port Rate Edit Screen	103
18.6 Storm Control	104
18.6.1 The Port Screen	104
18.6.2 The Port Edit Screen	105
Configuration: VLAN	106
19.1 Overview	106
19.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	106
19.2 VLAN	107
19.2.1 The VLAN Screen	107
19.2.2 The VLAN Add Screen	107
19.2.3 The Port Screen	108
19.2.4 The Port Edit Screen	109
19.2.5 The VLAN Port Screen	110
19.3 Guest VLAN	112
19.3.1 The Global Screen	112
19.3.2 The Port Screen	113
19.3.3 The Port Edit Screen	113
19.4 Voice VLAN	114
19.4.1 The Global Screen	114
19.4.2 The OUI Screen	115
19.4.3 The OUI Add/Edit Screen	116
19.4.4 The Port Screen	117
19.4.5 The Port Edit Screen	118
Configuration: MAC Table	119
20.1 Overview	119
20.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	119
20.2 MAC Table	119
20.2.1 The Static MAC Screen	119
20.2.2 The Static MAC Add Screen	120
20.2.3 The Filtering MAC Screen	120
20.2.4 The Filtering MAC Add Screen	121
20.2.5 The Dynamic Age Screen	121
Configuration: Link Aggregation	123
21.1 Overview	123
21.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter	123
21.2 Link Aggregation	123
21.2.1 The Global Screen	123
21.2.2 The LAG Management Screen	124
21.2.3 The LAG Add Screen	125
21.2.4 The LAG Port Screen	126
21.2.5 The LAG Port Edit Screen	127
21.2.6 The LACP Port Screen	127
21.2.7 The LACP Port Edit Screen	128
Configuration: Loop Guard	130
22.1 Overview	130
22.2 Loop Guard	130
22.2.1 The Global Screen	130
22.2.2 The Loop Guard Port	131
22.2.3 The Port Edit Screen	131
Configuration: Mirror	133
23.1 Overview	133
23.2 Mirror	133
23.2.1 The Mirror Screen	133
Configuration: Multicast	135
24.1 Overview	135
24.2 IGMP	135
24.2.1 The Global Screen	135
24.2.2 The VLAN Screen	136
24.2.3 The Edit IGMP Screen	137
24.2.4 The Router Port Screen	138
24.2.5 The Add/Edit Router Port Screen	138
24.2.6 The Profile Screen	139
24.2.7 The Add/Edit Profile Screen	140
24.2.8 The Throttling Screen	141
24.2.9 The Add/Edit Throttling Screen	141
Configuration: Spanning Tree	143
25.1 Overview	143
25.2 Spanning Tree	143
25.2.1 The Global Screen	143
25.2.2 The STP Port Screen	144
25.2.3 The STP Port Edit Screen	145
25.2.4 The CIST Screen	146
25.2.5 The CIST Port Screen	148
25.2.6 The CIST Port Edit Screen	148
25.2.7 The MST Screen	149
25.2.8 The Add/Modify MST Screen	150
25.2.9 The MST Port Screen	150
25.2.10 The MST Port Edit Screen	151
Configuration: LLDP	153
26.1 Overview	153
26.2 LLDP	153
26.2.1 The Global Screen	153
26.2.2 The Port Screen	154
26.2.3 The Port Edit Screen	155
26.2.4 The Local Information Screen	156
26.2.5 The Local Information Edit Screen	158
26.2.6 The MED Network Policy Screen	161
26.2.7 The MED Network Policy Add/Edit Screen	161
26.2.8 The MED Port Screen	163
26.2.9 The MED Port Add/Edit Screen	164
Configuration: QoS	166
27.1 Overview	166
27.2 General	166
27.2.1 The Port Screen	166
27.2.2 The Port Edit Screen	167
27.2.3 The Queue Screen	168
27.2.4 The CoS Mapping Screen	168
27.2.5 The DSCP Mapping Screen	170
27.2.6 The IP Precedence Mapping Screen	171
27.3 Trust Mode	172
27.3.1 The Global Screen	172
27.3.2 The Port Screen	172
27.3.3 The Trust Mode Edit Screen	173
Configuration: Security	175
28.1 Overview	175
28.2 Port Security	175
28.2.1 The Global Screen	175
28.2.2 The Port Screen	175
28.2.3 The Port Edit Screen	176
28.3 Protected Port	177
28.3.1 The Protected Port Screen	177
28.3.2 The Protected Port Edit Screen	178
28.4 802.1X	179
28.4.1 The Global Screen	179
28.4.2 The Port Screen	179
28.4.3 The Port Edit Screen	180
28.5 DoS	181
28.5.1 The Global Screen	181
28.5.2 The Port Screen	182
28.5.3 The Port Edit Screen	183
Configuration: AAA	184
29.1 Overview	184
29.2 Auth Method	184
29.2.1 The Auth Method Screen	184
29.2.2 The Auth Method Add/Modify Screen	185
29.3 RADIUS	185
29.3.1 The RADIUS Screen	185
29.3.2 The RADIUS Add/Modify Screen	186
29.4 TACACS+	187
29.4.1 The TACACS+ Screen	187
29.4.2 The TACACS+ Add/Modify Screen	188
Configuration: Management	190
30.1 Overview	190
30.2 Syslog	190
30.2.1 The Global Screen	190
30.2.2 The Local Screen	191
30.2.3 The Local Add/Modify Screen	191
30.2.4 The Remote Screen	192
30.2.5 The Remote Add/Modify Screen	192
30.3 SNMP	193
30.3.1 The Global Screen	193
30.3.2 The Community Screen	194
30.3.3 The Community Add/Modify Screen	195
30.3.4 The Group Screen	195
30.3.5 The Group Add/Modify Screen	196
30.3.6 The User Screen	197
30.3.7 The User Add/Modify Screen	197
30.3.8 The Trap Screen	198
30.3.9 The Trap Destination Screen	199
30.3.10 The Trap Destination Add/Modify Screen	200
30.4 Error Disable	201
30.4.1 The Error Disabled Screen	201
30.5 HTTP/HTTPS	202
30.5.1 The HTTP Screen	202
30.5.2 The HTTPS Screen	203
30.6 Users	203
30.6.1 The Users Screen	203
30.6.2 The Users Add/Modify Screen	204
30.7 Remote Access Control	205
30.7.1 The Global Screen	205
30.7.2 The Profile Add/Modify Screen	206
Maintenance	208
31.1 Firmware Upgrade	208
31.1.1 Overview	208
31.1.2 Upgrade the firmware from a file on your computer	209
31.2 Firmware Management	209
31.2.1 Overview	209
31.2.2 Activate the Backup Image	210
31.3 Backup a Configuration File	210
31.3.1 Overview	210
31.3.2 Back up configuration or log files to a server	211
31.3.3 Back up configuration or log files to your computer	211
31.4 Restore a Configuration File	212
31.4.1 Overview	212
31.4.2 Restore the configuration from a file on a server	212
31.4.3 Restore the configuration from a file on your computer	213
31.5 Manage Configuration Files	213
31.5.1 Overview	213
31.6 Reset to Factory Defaults	214
31.6.1 Overview	214
31.6.2 Reset the Switch to Factory Defaults	214
31.7 Network Diagnostics	214
31.7.1 Port Test	214
31.7.2 IPv4 Ping Test	215
31.7.3 IPv6 Ping Test	216
31.7.4 Trace Route	217
31.8 Reboot	218
31.8.1 Overview	218
31.8.2 Reboot the Switch	218
Troubleshooting	219
32.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs	219
32.2 Switch Access and Login	220
32.3 Switch Configuration	222
Legal Information	223

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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch

GS1900 Series User’s Guide

1.2

Ways to Manage the Switch

Use any of the following methods to manage the Switch.

•

Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the Switch using a

(supported) web browser. See

Chapter 4 on page 28

•

TFTP. Use Trivial File Transfer Protocol for firmware upgrades and configuration backup/restore.

See

Section 31.1 on page 208

Section 31.3 on page 210

, and

Section 31.4 on page 212

•

SNMP. The device can be configured by a SNMP manager. See

Section 30.3 on page 193

1.3

Good Habits for Managing the Switch

Do the following things regularly to make the Switch more secure and to manage the Switch more

effectively.

•

Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different

types of characters, such as numbers and letters.

•

Write down the password and put it in a safe place.

•

Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier

working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you

forget your password, you will have to reset the Switch to its factory default settings. If you

backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the Switch. You

could simply restore your last configuration.