ZyXEL GS1910-24 User Guide - Page 3

Table of Contents

GS1910/XGS1910 Series User’s Guide

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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Chapter

1

Getting to Know Your Switch

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1.1 Introduction

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1.1.1 Bridging Example

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1.1.2 High Performance Switching Example

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1.1.3 Gigabit Ethernet to the Desktop

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1.1.4 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Example

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1.1.5 IPv6 Support

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1.2 Ways to Manage the Switch

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1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Switch

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Chapter

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Hardware Installation and Connection

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2.1 Freestanding Installation

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2.2 Mounting the Switch on a Rack

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2.2.1 Rack-mounted Installation Requirements

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2.2.2 Attaching the Mounting Brackets to the Switch

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2.2.3 Mounting the Switch on a Rack

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Chapter

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Hardware Overview

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3.1 Front Panel Connections

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3.1.1 Ethernet Ports

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3.1.2 Dual Personality Interfaces

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3.1.3 SFP/SFP+ Slots

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3.1.4 Console Port

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3.2 Rear Panel

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3.2.1 Power Connector

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3.3 LEDs

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Chapter

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The Web Configurator

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4.1 Introduction

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4.2 System Login

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4.3 The Web Configurator Layout

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4.3.1 Change Your Password

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4.4 Switch Lockout

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Section	Page
GS1910/XGS1910 Series	1
Table of Contents	3
Getting to Know Your Switch	5
1.1 Introduction	5
1.1.1 Bridging Example	5
1.1.2 High Performance Switching Example	6
1.1.3 Gigabit Ethernet to the Desktop	7
1.1.4 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Application Example	7
1.1.5 IPv6 Support	8
1.2 Ways to Manage the Switch	8
1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Switch	8
Hardware Installation and Connection	11
2.1 Freestanding Installation	11
2.2 Mounting the Switch on a Rack	12
2.2.1 Rack-mounted Installation Requirements	12
2.2.2 Attaching the Mounting Brackets to the Switch	12
2.2.3 Mounting the Switch on a Rack	13
Hardware Overview	15
3.1 Front Panel Connections	15
3.1.1 Ethernet Ports	17
3.1.2 Dual Personality Interfaces	18
3.1.3 SFP/SFP+ Slots	18
3.1.4 Console Port	20
3.2 Rear Panel	20
3.2.1 Power Connector	21
3.3 LEDs	22
The Web Configurator	25
4.1 Introduction	25
4.2 System Login	25
4.3 The Web Configurator Layout	26
4.3.1 Change Your Password	32
4.4 Switch Lockout	32
4.5 Logging Out of the Web Configurator	32
4.6 Help	32
Tutorials	33
5.1 How to Change Switch Management IP Address	33
5.2 How to Configure Login Accounts and Privilege Levels	34
5.3 How to Manage a Configuration File	36
5.3.1 Backing up a Configuration File	36
5.3.2 Restoring a Configuration File	37
5.4 How to Create a VLAN	38
5.4.1 Setting Port VID	39
5.5 How to Set Up a Guest VLAN with IEEE 802.1x Authentication	41
5.5.1 Creating a VLAN for Port which is not IEEE 802.1x enabled	41
5.5.2 Enabling IEEE 802.1x Port Authentication and Guest VLAN	42
5.6 How to Use Private VLAN to Do Port Isolation in a VLAN	44
5.6.1 Creating a Private VLAN	44
5.6.2 Enabling Port Isolation	45
5.7 How to Use IP Source Guard and DHCP Snooping to Prevent Spoofed Traffic	45
5.8 How to Use DHCP Relay on the Switch	48
5.8.1 Creating a VLAN	49
5.8.2 Configuring DHCP Relay	49
5.8.3 Troubleshooting	50
5.9 How to Use Link Aggregation to Group Multiple Ports into One Logical Link	50
5.9.1 Static Port Trunking	50
5.9.2 Dynamic Port Trunking	51
5.10 How to Analyze Traffic Using Mirroring	52
5.10.1 Configuring Mirroring	53
5.10.2 Configuring Remote Port Mirroring	54
5.11 How to Use IGMP Snooping to Reduce Multicast Traffic Passing through your Switch	60
5.12 How to Configure Access Control List (ACL) for Packets Filtering	63
5.13 How to Reset the Switch via the Console Port	66
Troubleshooting	69
6.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs	69
6.2 Switch Access and Login	70
Legal Information	73

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