User`s manual

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1.3 Main Configuration Functions
After the login is successfully validated, the switch’s home page – System Configuration will be
displayed. The left section of the page provides various function menus to activate the individual
configuration pages. The home page is shown below:
The function menu contains two parts:
Switch for setting up the switch functions and System for maintaining the system parameters.
Switch functions:
n Port Status – Indicates port status and enables port configuration parameters
n Port VLAN – Configures port-based VLAN’s
n 802.1Q VLAN – Configures tag-based VLAN’s
n Trunk –Enable and configure Trunkning
n Mirror – Setup port mirroring functions
n QOS – Configure Quality of Service functions
n Rate Control –Limit traffic rate and broadcast storm suppression on a per-port-basis
n Address Management – Manage static MAC entries in the address table
System functions:
n Setup – Configure system information (such as IP address, etc.)
n Account – Maintain login information for access to the switch
n Reset – Reboot the switch with or without writing default configurations
n Firmware Update – Update the firmware through TFTP
The following sections will describe how to configure these functions in detail.