Chapter 4 The Web Configurator
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The following table describes the links in the navigation panel.
Table 4 Navigation Panel Links
LINK DESCRIPTION
Basic Settings
System Info This link takes you to a screen that displays general system and
hardware monitoring information.
General Setup This link takes you to a screen where you can configure general
identification information about the Switch.
Switch Setup This link takes you to a screen where you can set up global Switch
parameters such as VLAN type, MAC address learning, GARP and priority
queues.
IP Setup This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the IP address,
subnet mask (necessary for Switch management) and DNS (domain
name server) and set up to 64 IP routing domains.
Port Setup This link takes you to a screen where you can configure settings for
individual Switch ports.
Advanced Application
VLAN This link takes you to screens where you can configure port-based or
802.1Q VLAN (depending on what you configured in the Switch Setup
menu). You can also configure a subnet based VLAN in these screens.
Static MAC
Forwarding
This link takes you to a screen where you can configure static MAC
addresses for a port. These static MAC addresses do not age out.
Static
Multicast
Forwarding
This link takes you to a screen where you can configure static multicast
MAC addresses for port(s). These static multicast MAC addresses do not
age out.
Filtering This link takes you to a screen to set up filtering rules.
Spanning Tree
Protocol
This link takes you to screens where you can configure the RSTP/MRSTP/
MSTP to prevent network loops.
Bandwidth
Control
This link takes you to a screen where you can configure bandwidth limits
on the Switch.
Broadcast
Storm Control
This link takes you to a screen to set up broadcast filters.
Mirroring This link takes you to screens where you can copy traffic from one port or
ports to another port in order that you can examine the traffic from the
first port without interference.
Link
Aggregation
This link takes you to screens where you can logically aggregate physical
links to form one logical, higher-bandwidth link.
Port
Authentication
This link takes you to a screen where you can configure IEEE 802.1x port
authentication as well as MAC authentication for clients communicating
via the Switch.
Port Security This link takes you to screens where you can activate MAC address
learning and set the maximum number of MAC addresses to learn on a
port.
Classifier This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the Switch to
group packets based on the specified criteria.
Policy Rule This link takes you to a screen where you can configure the Switch to
perform special treatment on the grouped packets.