Switch
 
Switch
Overview
This discusses the menus that you can use to monitor the Nebula managed switches in your network and configure settings even before a switch is deployed and added to the site.
Monitor
Use the Monitor menus to check the switch information, client information, event log messages and summary report for switches in the selected site.
Switch
This screen allows you to view the detailed information about a switch in the selected site.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Monitor > Switch
Label
Description
 
Select to view the device information and connection status in the past two hours, day, week or month.
Tag
Select one or multiple switches and click this button to create a new tag for the switch(es) or delete an existing tag.
Move
Select one or multiple switches and click this button to move the switch(es) to another site or remove the switch(es) from the current site.
Search
Specify your desired filter criteria to filter the list of switches.
Switch
This shows the number of switches connected to the site network.
Export
Click this button to save the switch list as a CSV or XML file to your computer.
Status
This shows whether the switch is online (green), has generated alerts (yellow), goes off-line (red) or has been off-line for at least six days (gray).
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the switch.
Tag
This shows the user-specified tag for the switch.
MAC address
This shows the MAC address of the switch.
LAN IP
This shows the local (LAN) IP address of the switch.
Public IP
This shows the global (WAN) IP address of the switch.
Model
This shows the model number of the switch.
# Port
This shows the number of the switch port which is connected to the NCC.
Configuration status
This shows whether the configuration on the switch is up-to-date.
Bandwidth Utilization
This shows what percentage of the upstream/downstream bandwidth is currently being used by the switch’s uplink port.
Production information
This shows the production information of the switch.
Connectivity
This shows the switch connection status. Nothing displays if the switch is off-line.
The gray time slot indicates the connection to the NCC is down, and the green time slot indicates the connection is up. Move the cursor over a time slot to see the actual date and time when a switch is connected or disconnected.
Description
This shows the user-specified description for the switch.
Serial number
This shows the serial number of the switch.
Usage
This shows the amount of data that has been transmitted or received by the switch’s clients.
Click this icon to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.
Switch Details
Click a switch entry in the Switch > Monitor > Switch screen to display individual switch statistics.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Monitor > Switch: Switch Details
Label
Description
Configuration
Click the edit icon to change the device name, description, tags and address. You can also move the device to another site.
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the switch.
MAC Address
This shows the MAC address of the switch.
Serial Number
This shows the serial number model number of the switch.
Description
This shows the user-specified description for the switch.
Address
This shows the user-specified address for the switch.
Tags
This shows the user-specified tag for the switch.
Status
LAN IP
This shows the local (LAN) IP address of the switch. It also shows the IP addresses of the gateway and DNS servers.
Click the edit icon to open a screen where you can change the IP address, VLAN ID number and DNS server settings.
DHCP Server
This shows the IP address of the DHCP server.
Public IP
This shows the global (WAN) IP address of the switch.
Topology
Click Show to go to the SITE-WIDE > Monitor > Topology screen. See Topology.
RSTP Status
This shows Disabled when RSTP is disabled on the switch. Otherwise, it shows the name or MAC address of the switch that is the root bridge of the spanning tree.
PoE Status
This shows the amount of power the switch is currently supplying to the connected PoE-enabled devices and the total power the switch can provide to the connected PoE-enabled devices on the PoE ports.
Click the edit icon to open the PoE Configuration screen. See PoE Configuration.
History
Click Event log to go to the SWITCH > Monitor > Event log screen.
Configuration status
This shows whether the configuration on the switch is up-to-date.
Firmware
This shows whether the firmware on the switch is up-to-date or there is firmware update available for the switch.
Map
This shows the location of the switch on the Google map.
Photo
This shows the photo of the switch.
Ports
This shows the ports on the switch. You can click a port to see the individual port statistics. See Switch Port Details.
Configure ports
Click this button to go to the Switch > Configure > Switch ports screen, where you can view port summary. See Switch Ports.
Live tools
Ping
Enter the host name or IP address of a computer that you want to perform ping in order to test a connection and click Ping.
Port Power Cycle
Enter the number of the port(s) and click the Reset button to disable and enable the port(s) again.
MAC table
This shows what device MAC address, belonging to what VLAN group (if any) is forwarded to which port(s).
You can define how it displays and arranges the data in the summary table below.
Reboot switch
Click the Reboot button to restart the switch.
Locator LED
Enter a time interval between 1 and 60 minutes to stop the locator LED from blinking. The locator LED will start to blink for the number of minutes set here
Click the button to turn on the locator feature, which shows the actual location of the switch between several devices in the network.
Uplink usage
Move the cursor over the chart to see the transmission rate at a specific time.
Zoom
Select to view the statistics in the past twelve hours, day, week, month, three months or six months.
Pan
Click to move backward or forward by one day or week.
Power Consumption
 
Select to view the switch power consumption in the past two hours, day, week or month.
 
This shows the current, total, maximum and minimum power consumption of the switch.
PoE Configuration
Use this screen to set the PoE mode, priority levels and power-up mode for the switch in distributing power to PDs.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Monitor > Switch: Switch Details: PoE Configuration
Label
Description
PoE Mode
Select the power management mode you want the switch to use.
Classification mode - Select this if you want the switch to reserve the Max Power (mW) to each powered device (PD) according to the priority level. If the total power supply runs out, PDs with lower priority do not get power to function.
Consumption mode - Select this if you want the switch to manage the total power supply so that each connected PD gets a resource. However, the power allocated by the switch may be less than the Max Power (mW) of the PD. PDs with higher priority also get more power than those with lower priority levels.
Port
This is the port index number.
Priority
When the total power requested by the PDs exceeds the total PoE power budget on the switch, you can set the PD priority to allow the switch to provide power to ports with higher priority.
Select Critical to give the highest PD priority on the port.
Select Medium to set the switch to assign the remaining power to the port after all critical priority ports are served.
Select Low to set the switch to assign the remaining power to the port after all critical and medium priority ports are served.
Power-up
Set how the switch provides power to a connected PD at power-up.
802.3af - the switch follows the IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet standard to supply power to the connected PDs during power-up.
Legacy - the switch can provide power to the connected PDs that require high inrush currents at power-up. Inrush current is the maximum, instantaneous input current drawn by the PD when first turned on.
Pre-802.3at - the switch initially offers power on the port according to the IEEE 802.3af standard, and then switches to support the IEEE 802.3at standard within 75 milliseconds after a PD is connected to the port. Select this option if the switch is performing 2-event Layer-1 classification (PoE+ hardware classification) or the connected PD is NOT performing Layer 2 power classification using Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).
802.3at - the switch supports the IEEE 802.3at High Power over Ethernet standard and can supply power of up to 30W per Ethernet port. IEEE 802.3at is also known as PoE+ or PoE Plus. An IEEE 802.3at compatible device is referred to as Type 2. Power Class 4 (High Power) can only be used by Type 2 devices. If the connected PD requires a Class 4 current when it is turned on, it will be powered up in this mode.
Close
Click this button to exit this screen without saving.
Saving
Click this button to save your changes and close the screen.
Switch Port Details
Use this to view individual switch port statistics. To access this screen, click a port in the Ports section of the Switch > Monitor > Switch: Switch Details screen or click the details link next to a port in the Switch > Configure > Switch ports screen.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Monitor > Switch: Switch Details: Port Details
Label
Description
Switch / Port
Select to view the port information and connection status in the past two hours, day, week or month.
Port
This drawing shows the ports on the switch.
Click a port to go to the corresponding port details screen. The selected port is highlighted in green or gray color.
Configuration
Click the edit icon to open the Switch ports screen and show the port(s) that match the filter criteria (the selected port number). See Switch Ports.
Summary
This shows the port’s VLAN settings.
RSTP
This shows whether RSTP is disabled or enabled on the port.
Port mirroring
This shows whether traffic is mirrored on the port.
Status
Name
This shows the name of the port.
Status
This shows the status of the port.
LLDP
This shows the LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) information received on the port.
History
Click Event log to go to the SWITCH > Monitor > Event log screen.
Bandwidth Utilization
Current Utilization
This shows what percentage of the upstream/downstream bandwidth is currently being used by the port.
Maximum Utilization
This shows the maximum upstream/downstream bandwidth utilization (in percentage).
Minimum Utilization
This shows the minimum upstream/downstream bandwidth utilization (in percentage).
y-axis
The y-axis represents the transmission rate in Kbps (kilobits per second).
x-axis
The x-axis shows the time period over which the traffic flow occurred.
Power Consumption
Total
This shows the total power consumption of the port.
Current Consumption
This shows the current power consumption of the port.
Maximum Consumption
This shows the maximum power consumption of the port.
Minimum Consumption
This shows the minimum power consumption of the port.
y-axis
The y-axis shows how much power is used in Watts.
x-axis
The x-axis shows the time period over which the power consumption is recorded.
Packets Counters
TX/RX Unicast
This shows the number of good unicast packets transmitted/received on the port.
TX/RX Multicast
This shows the number of good multicast packets transmitted/received on the port.
TX/RX Broadcast
This shows the number of good broadcast packets transmitted/received on the port.
TX/RX Pause
This shows the number of 802.3x Pause packets transmitted/received on the port.
Error Packets
RX CRC
This shows the number of packets received with CRC (Cyclic Redundant Check) error(s).
Length
This shows the number of packets received with a length that was out of range.
Runt
This shows the number of packets received that were too short (shorter than 64 octets), including the ones with CRC errors.
IPv4 Address
This shows the IP address of the incoming frame which is forwarded on the port.
MAC Address
This shows the MAC address of the incoming frame which is forwarded on the port.
VLAN
This shows the VLAN group to which the incoming frame belongs.
Cable Diagnostics
Diagnose
Click Diagnose to perform a physical wire-pair test of the Ethernet connections on the port. The following fields display when you diagnose a port.
Channel
An Ethernet cable usually has four pairs of wires. A 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX port only use and test two pairs, while a 1000BASE-T port requires all four pairs.
This displays the descriptive name of the wire-pair in the cable.
Pair Status
OK: The physical connection between the wire-pair is okay.
Open: There is no physical connection (an open circuit detected) between the wire-pair.
Short: There is an short circuit detected between the wire-pair.
Unknown: The Switch failed to run cable diagnostics on the cable connected this port.
Unsupported: The port is a fiber port or it is not active.
Cable Length
This displays the total length of the Ethernet cable that is connected to the port when the Pair Status is OK and the switch chipset supports this feature.
This shows N/A if the Pair Status is Open or Short. Check the Distance to fault.
This shows Unsupported if the switch chipset does not support to show the cable length.
Distance to fault (m)
This displays the distance between the port and the location where the cable is open or shorted.
This shows N/A if the Pair Status is OK.
This shows Unsupported if the switch chipset does not support to show the distance.
DDMI
This section is available only on an SFP (Small Form Factor Pluggable) port.
DDMI
Click DDMI (Digital Diagnostics Monitoring Interface) to display real-time SFP transceiver information and operating parameters on the port. You can also see the alarm and warning thresholds for temperature, voltage, transmission bias, transmission and receiving power.
Port
This shows the number of the port on the switch.
Vendor
This shows the vendor name of the transceiver installed in the port.
PN
This shows the part number of the transceiver installed in the port.
SN
This shows the serial number of the transceiver installed in the port.
Revision
This shows the firmware version of the transceiver installed in the port.
Date-code
This shows the date the installed transceiver’s firmware was created.
Transceiver
This shows the type and the Gigabit Ethernet standard supported by the transceiver installed in the port.
Calibration
This shows whether the diagnostic information is internally calibrated or externally calibrated.
Current
This shows the current operating parameters on the port, such as transceiver temperature, laser bias current, transmitted optical power, received optical power and transceiver supply voltage.
High Alarm Threshold
This shows the high alarm threshold for temperature, voltage, transmission bias, transmission and receiving power. A trap is sent when the operating parameter is above the threshold.
High Warn Threshold
This shows the high warning threshold for temperature, voltage, transmission bias, transmission and receiving power.
Low Warn Threshold
This shows the low alarm threshold for temperature, voltage, transmission bias, transmission and receiving power. A trap is sent when the operating parameter is below the threshold.
Low Alarm Threshold
This shows the low warning threshold for temperature, voltage, transmission bias, transmission and receiving power.
Client
This screen allows you to view the connection status and detailed information about a client in the selected site.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Monitor > Client
Label
Description
Switch - Client
Select to view the device information and connection status in the past two hours, day, week or month.
Search
Specify your desired filter criteria to filter the list of clients.
Clients
This shows the number of clients connected to the site network.
Export
Click this button to save the client list as a CSV or XML file to your computer.
Status
This shows whether the client is online (green), or goes off-line (red).
Description
This shows the descriptive name of the client.
Click the name to display the individual client statistics. See Client Details.
MAC Address
This shows the MAC address of the client.
Connected to
This shows the name of the Nebula managed switch to which the client is connected.
Click the name to display the individual switch statistics. See Switch Details.
Port
This shows the number of the switch port to which the client is connected.
VLAN
This shows the ID number of the VLAN to which the client belongs.
First seen
This shows the first date and time the client was discovered.
Last seen
This shows the last date and time the client was discovered.
LLDP
This shows the LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) information received from the remote device.
IPv4 address
This shows the IP address of the client.
Click this icon to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.
Client Details
Click a client entry in the Switch > Monitor > Client screen to display individual client statistics.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Monitor > Client: Client Details
Label
Description
Basic Information
Status
This shows whether the client is online (green), or goes off-line (red). It also shows the last date and time the client was discovered.
LLDP information
This shows the LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) information received from the remote device.
Manufacturer
This shows the manufacturer of the client device.
Network
IP address
This shows the IP address of the client.
MAC address
This shows the MAC address of the client.
Event Log
Use this screen to view switch log messages. You can enter the switch name, a key word, select one or multiple event types, or specify a date/time to display only the log messages related to it.
Summary Report
This screen displays network statistics for switches of the selected site, such as bandwidth usage, top ports and/or top switches.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Monitor > Summary Report
Label
Description
Switch - Summary report
Select to view the report for the past day, week or month. Alternatively, select Select range... to specify a time period the report will span. You can also select the number of results you want to view in a table.
Email report
Click this button to send summary reports by email, change the logo and set email schedules.
Consumption
Total
This shows the total power consumption of the switch ports.
Current Consumption
This shows the current power consumption of the switch ports.
Min Consumption
This shows the minimum power consumption of the switch ports.
Max Consumption
This shows the maximum power consumption of the switch ports.
y-axis
The y-axis shows how much power is used in Watts.
x-axis
The x-axis shows the time period over which the power consumption is recorded.
Top power consumption
 
This shows the index number of the Nebula switch.
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the Nebula switch.
Model
This shows the model number of the Nebula switch.
Power Usage
This shows the total amount of power consumed by the Nebula switch’s connected PoE device(s) during the specified period of time.
Peak Power
 
This shows the index number of the Nebula switch.
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the Nebula switch.
Model
This shows the model number of the Nebula switch.
Max Power
This shows the maximum power consumption for the Nebula switch’s connected PoE device(s) during the specified period of time.
Power %
This shows what percentage of the Nebula switch’s total power budget has been consumed.
Top uplink port
 
This shows the index number of the Nebula switch.
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the Nebula switch.
Model
This shows the model number of the Nebula switch.
Usage
This shows the amount of data that has been transmitted through the switch’s uplink port.
Top port
 
This shows the index number of the Nebula switch port.
Name
This shows the descriptive name of the Nebula switch.
Port
This shows the port number on the Nebula switch.
Model
This shows the model number of the Nebula switch.
Usage
This shows the amount of data that has been transmitted through the switch’s port.
Location
This shows the location of the Nebula switches on the map.
Configure
Use the Configure menus to configure port setting, IP filtering, RADIUS policies, PoE schedules, and other switch settings for switches of the selected site.
Switch Ports
Use this screen to view port summary and configure switch settings for the ports.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Configure > Switch ports
Label
Description
Switch ports
Select to view the detailed information and connection status of the switch port in the past two hours, day, week or month.
Edit
Select the port(s) you want to configure and click this button to configure switch settings on the port(s), such as link aggregation, PoE schedule, LLDP and STP.
Aggregate
Select more than one port and click this button to group the physical ports into one logical higher-capacity link.
Split
Select a trunk group and click this button to delete the trunk group. The ports in this group then are not aggregated.
A trunk group is one logical link containing multiple ports.
Tag
Click this button to create a new tag or delete an existing tag.
Search
Specify your desired filter criteria to filter the list of switch ports.
Switch ports
This shows the number of ports on the switch.
Export
Click this button to save the switch port list as a CSV or XML file to your computer.
Switch/Port
This shows the switch name and port number.
If the port is added to a trunk group, this also shows whether it is configured as a static member of the trunk group (Static) or configured to join the trunk group via LACP (LACP).
Click details to display the port details screen. See Switch Port Details.
Port name
This shows the descriptive name of the port.
#Port
This shows the port number.
LLDP
This shows whether Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is supported on the port.
Received broadcast packets
This shows the number of good broadcast packets received.
Received bytes
This shows the number of bytes received on this port.
Received packets
This shows the number of received frames on this port.
Sent broadcast packets
This shows the number of good broadcast packets transmitted.
Sent bytes
This shows the number of bytes transmitted on this port.
Sent multicast packets
This shows the number of good multicast packets transmitted.
Sent packets
This shows the number of transmitted frames on this port.
Total bytes
This shows the total number of bytes transmitted or received on this port.
Enabled
This shows whether the port is enabled or disabled.
Link
This shows the speed of the Ethernet connection on this port.
Auto (auto-negotiation) allows one port to negotiate with a peer port automatically to obtain the connection speed and duplex mode that both ends support.
Status
This shows the connection status of the port.
The gray time slot indicates the connection to an Ethernet device is down, and the green time slot indicates the connection is up. Move the cursor over a time slot to see the actual date and time when a port is connected or disconnected.
RADIUS policy
This shows the name of RADIUS authentication policy applied to the port.
Allowed VLAN
This shows the VLANs from which the traffic comes is allowed to be transmitted or received on the port
PoE
This shows whether PoE is enabled on the port.
RSTP
This shows whether RSTP is enabled on the port
Schedule
This shows the name of the PoE schedule applied to the port.
Type
This shows the port type (Trunk or Access).
PVID
This shows the port VLAN ID. It is a tag that adds to incoming untagged frames received on the port so that the frames are forwarded to the VLAN group that the tag defines.
Tag
This shows the user-specified tag that the switch adds to the outbound traffic on this port.
Storm Control
This shows whether traffic storm control is enabled or disabled on the port.
Broadcast (pkt/s)
This shows the maximum number of broadcast packets the switch accepts per second on this port.
Multicast (pkt/s)
This shows the maximum number of multicast packets the switch accepts per second on this port.
DLF (pkt/s)
This shows the maximum number of DLF packets the switch accepts per second on this port.
Loop Guard
This shows whether loop guard is enabled or disabled on the port.
Click this icon to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.
Update ports
Select the port(s) you want to configure and click the Edit button in the Switch > Configure > Switch ports screen.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Configure > Switch ports: Edit
Label
Description
Switch ports
This shows the switch name and port number for the port(s) you are configuring in this screen.
Name
Enter a descriptive name for the port(s).
Tags
Select or create a new tag for outgoing traffic on the port(s).
Enabled
Select to enable or disable the port(s). A port must be enabled for data transmission to occur.
RSTP
Select to enable or disable RSTP on the port(s).
STP guard
Select Root guard to prevent the switch(es) attached to the port(s) from becoming the root bridge.
Select BPDU guard to have the switch shut down the port(s) if there is any BPDU received on the port(s).
Otherwise, select Disable.
LLDP
Select to enable or disable LLDP on the port(s).
PoE
Select Enable to provide power to a PD connected to the port(s).
Link
Select the speed and the duplex mode of the Ethernet connection on the port(s). Choices are Auto-1000M, 10M/Half Duplex, 10M/Full Duplex, 100M/Half Duplex, 100M/Full Duplex and 1000M/Full Duplex (Gigabit connections only).
PoE schedule
This field is available only when you enable PoE.
Select a pre-defined schedule (created using the Switch > Configure > PoE schedule screen) to control when the switch enables PoE to provide power on the port(s).
*You must select Unschedule in the PoE schedule field before you can disable PoE on the port(s).
If you enable PoE and select Unschedule, PoE is always enabled on the port(s).
Loop guard
Select to enable or disable loop guard on the port(s).
*The loop guard feature can not be enabled on the ports that have Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP, MRSTP or MSTP) enabled.
Storm Control
Select to enable or disable broadcast storm control on the port(s).
Broadcast (pkt/s)
Specifies the maximum number of broadcast packets the switch accepts per second on the port(s).
Multicast (pkt/s)
Specifies the maximum number of multicast packets the switch accepts per second on the port(s).
DLF (pkt/s)
Specifies the maximum number of DLF packets the switch accepts per second on the port(s).
Type
Set the type of the port.
Select Access to configure the port as an access port which can carry traffic for just one single VLAN. Frames received on the port are tagged with the port VLAN ID.
Select Trunk to configure the port as a trunk port which can carry traffic for multiple VLANs over a link. A trunk port is always connected to a switch or router.
PVID
A PVID (Port VLAN ID) is a tag that adds to incoming untagged frames received on a port so that the frames are forwarded to the VLAN group that the tag defines.
Enter a number between 1and 4094 as the port VLAN ID.
RADIUS policy
This field is available only when you select Access in the Type field.
Select the name of the pre-configured RADIUS policy that you want to apply to the port(s). Select Open if you don’t want to enable port authentication on the port(s).
Allowed VLANs
This field is available only when you select Trunk in the Type field.
Specify the VLANs from which the traffic comes is allowed to be transmitted or received on the port(s).
IP Filtering
IP filtering lets you allow or block traffic according to the rule settings. Use this screen to configure IP filtering rules on the switches.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Configure > IP filtering
Label
Description
Click the icon of a rule and drag the rule up or down to change the order.
Policy
Select to allow or deny traffic that matches the filtering criteria in the rule.
Protocol
Select the type of IP protocol used to transport the traffic to which the rule is applied.
Source
Enter the source IP address of the packets that you want to filter.
Src port
Enter the source port number(s) that defines the traffic type.
Destination
Enter the destination IP address of the packets that you want to filter
Dst port
Enter the destination port number(s) that defines the traffic type.
VLAN
Enter the ID number of the VLAN group to which the matched traffic belongs.
Description
Enter a descriptive name for the rule.
Delete
Click the delete icon to remove the rule.
Add
Click this button to create a new rule.
RADIUS Policy
Use this screen to configure port authentication to validate access to ports on the switch using an external RADIUS server.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Configure > RADIUS policy
Label
Description
Password for MAC-Base Auth
Type the password the switch sends along with the MAC address of a client for authentication with the RADIUS server. You can enter up to 32 printable ASCII characters.
Name
Enter a descriptive name for the policy.
RADIUS policy type
Select MAC-Base if you want to validate access to the port(s) based on the MAC address and password of the client.
Select 802.1x if you want to validate access to the port(s) based on the user name and password provided by the client.
Guest VLAN
A guest VLAN is a pre-configured VLAN on the switch that allows non-authenticated users to access limited network resources through the switch.
Enter the number that identifies the guest VLAN.
Port security
Click On to enable port security on the port(s). Otherwise, select Off to disable port security on the port(s).
Limited numbers of MAC address
This field is configurable only when you enable port security.
Specify the maximum number of MAC addresses that may be learned on a port.
Switch ports
This shows the number of the switch ports to which this policy is applied.
Add
Click this button to create a new policy.
PoE Schedule
Use this screen to view and configure the schedules which can be applied to the ports. PoE is enabled at the specified time/date.
The table shows the name of the existing schedules and the number of ports to which a schedule is applied. Click a schedule’s edit icon to modify the schedule settings or click the Add button to create a new schedule. See Create new schedule.
Create new schedule
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Configure > PoE schedule: Add
Label
Description
Name
Enter a descriptive name for this schedule for identifying purposes.
Schedule templates
Select a pre-defined schedule template or select Custom schedule and manually configure the day and time at which PoE is enabled.
Day
This shows the day of the week.
Availability
Click On to enable PoE on this day. Otherwise, select Off to turn PoE off.
From - To
Specify the hour and minute when the schedule begins and ends each day
Time display
Select the time format in which the time is displayed.
Close
Click this button to exit this screen without saving.
Add
Click this button to save your changes and close the screen.
Switch Configuration
Use this screen to configure global switch settings, such as (R)STP, QoS, IGMP snooping, port mirroring, authentication servers, voice VLAN and DHCP server guard.
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Switch > Configure > Switch configuration
Label
Description
VLAN configuration
Management VLAN
Enter the VLAN identification number associated with the switch IP address. This is the VLAN ID of the CPU and is used for management only. The default is "1". All ports, by default, are fixed members of this "management VLAN" in order to manage the device from any port. If a port is not a member of this VLAN, then users on that port cannot access the device. To access the switch make sure the port that you are connected to is a member of Management VLAN.
STP configuration
Rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP)
Select On to enable RSTP on the switch. Otherwise, select Off.
STP bridge priority
Bridge priority is used in determining the root switch, root port and designated port. The switch with the highest priority (lowest numeric value) becomes the STP root switch. If all switches have the same priority, the switch with the lowest MAC address will then become the root switch.
The lower the numeric value you assign, the higher the priority for this bridge.
Click the button to create a new entry. Select the switch(es) for which you want to configure the bridge priority, and select a value from the drop-down list box.
Quality of service
Quality of service
Enter a VLAN ID and select the priority level that the switch assigns to frames belonging to this VLAN.
Click Add to create a new entry.
IGMP snooping
IGMP snooping
Select On to enable IGMP snooping on the switch. Otherwise, select Off.
Port mirroring
Port mirroring
Click Add to create a new entry.
Select the switch for which you want to configure port mirroring, specify the destination port you copy the traffic to in order to examine it in more detail without interfering with the traffic flow on the original port(s), and also enter the source port on which you mirror the traffic.
Authentication servers
RADIUS server
Click Add to create a new RADIUS server entry.
Enter the IP address of an external RADIUS server, the port of the RADIUS server for authentication (default 1812), and a password (up to 32 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared between the external RADIUS server and the switch.
Voice VLAN
Voice VLAN
Select On to enable the Voice VLAN feature on the switch. Otherwise, select Off.
It groups the voice traffic with defined priority into an assigned VLAN which enables the separation of voice and data traffic coming onto the switch port.
Voice VLAN ID
Enter a VLAN ID number.
Priority
Select the priority level of the Voice VLAN from 1 to 6.
OUI
Click the button to add MAC address of IP phones from specific manufacturers by using its ID from the Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUI). You also need to type the mask for the specified MAC address to determine which bits a packet’s MAC address should match.
Enter “f” for each bit of the specified MAC address that the IP phone’s MAC address should match. Enter “0” for the bit(s) of the IP phone’s MAC address, which can be of any hexadecimal character(s).
DHCP Server Guard
 
DHCP Server Guard
Select On to enable the DHCP server guard feature on the switch in order to prevent illegal DHCP servers. Only the first DHCP server that assigned the switch IP address is allowed to assign IP addresses to devices in this management VLAN.
Otherwise, select Off to disable it.