User Documentation

User Manual Managed Switches
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 When using the Console interface, activate by first highlighting the Activate menu option, and
then press Enter. You should receive the Mirror port settings are now active! (Press any key
to continue) message.
3.13.2 Ping
The Ping function uses the ping command to give users a simple but powerful tool for
troubleshooting network problems. The function's most unique feature is that even though the ping
command is entered from the user's PC keyboard, the actual ping command originates from the
Weidmüller switch itself. In this way, the user can essentially sit on top of the Weidmüller switch and
send ping commands out through its ports.
To use the Ping function, type in the desired IP address, and then press Enter from the Console
utility, or click Ping when using the Web Browser interface.
3.13.3 LLDP Function
3.13.3.1 Overview
Defined by IEEE 802.11AB, LLDP is an OSI Layer 2 Protocol that standardizes the methodology of
self-identity advertisement. It allows each networking device, e.g. a Weidmüller managed switch, to
periodically inform its neighbors about its self-information and configurations. As a result, all of the
devices would have knowledge about each other; and through SNMP, this knowledge can be
transferred to a Network Management Software for auto-topology and network visualization.