User manual NETGEAR FSM750S Reference Guide

[. . . ] All rights reserved. Trademarks NETGEAR® is a registered trademark of NETGEAR, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein. Certificate of the Manufacturer/Importer It is hereby certified that the NETGEAR Model FSM726S/FSM750S Managed Stackable Switch has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in the BMPT-AmtsblVfg 243/1991 and Vfg 46/1992. The operation of some equipment (for example, test transmitters) in accordance with the regulations may, however, be subject to certain restrictions. Federal Office for Telecommunications Approvals has been notified of the placing of this equipment on the market and has been granted the right to test the series for compliance with the regulations. Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) Statement This equipment is in the first category (information equipment to be used in commercial and/or industrial areas) and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Data Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines that are aimed at preventing radio interference in commercial and/or industrial areas. [. . . ] IP address, Gateway Address, Network Mask) will not be affected by this command. Figure 6-10: Restore Factory Values Page 44 of 121 Main Menu> Tools> Reset Reset Switch will restart the switch, the equivalent of turning the power off and on. Reset switch will clear the statistical counters to zero. Figure 6-11: Reset Page 45 of 121 Main Menu> Security This screen allows the user to enable or disable the web interface and change the password for both the Console and Web sessions. If you forget your password, contact NETGEAR technical support at 1-888-NETGEAR (in North America). Figure 6-12: Security Page 46 of 121 Main Menu> Advanced Menu There are 8 sub-menus here. Port Mirroring o o Port Trunking o Traffic Prioritization o VLANS o Spanning Tree MAC o Multimedia Support o SNMP o The Advanced page allows professional users to operate more complicated features of the device, which include VLAN, Spanning Tree, Port Trunking, Multimedia support (IGMP), traffic prioritization, SNMP, and port mirroring. These features are powerful and can degrade or damage a network's performance if improperly used. o Port Mirroring: Users can designate a port for monitoring traffic from one or more other ports or of a single VLAN configured on the switch. The switch monitors the network activity by copying all traffic from the specified monitoring sources to the designated monitoring port, to which a network analyzer can be attached. o Port Trunking: a feature that allows multiple links between switches to work as one virtual link (aggregate link). For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. o Multimedia Support (IGMP): The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is an Internet protocol that provides a way for network devices to report multicast group membership to adjacent routers. o Traffic Prioritization (CoS): Class of Service (CoS), also referred to as Quality of Service (QoS), is a way of managing traffic in a network, by treating different types of traffic with different levels of service priority. Higher priority traffic gets faster treatment during times of switch congestion. o VLANs: A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a means to electronically separate ports on the same switch from a single broadcast domain into separate broadcast domains. By using VLAN, users can group by logical function instead of physical location. o Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ensures that only one path at a time is active between any two network nodes. There are maybe more than two physical path between any two nodes for redundant paths; STP ensures only one physical path is active and the others are blocked. STP will prevent an inadvertent loop in a network, which can disable your network due to a "Broadcast storm", the result of a broadcast message traveling through the loop again and again. o MAC: MAC address table Main Menu> Advanced Menu> Port Mirroring This menu option allows you to enable the Port Mirroring capability (see Figure 6-13). The Monitor port will show a copy of every packet that arrives and departs at the Source port. Page 47 of 121 Figure 6-13: Port Mirroring Page 48 of 121 Main Menu> Advanced Menu> Port Trunking Port Trunking is a feature that allows multiple links between switches to work as one virtual link or aggregate link. For example, a 10/100 port cannot form a Port Trunk with a gigabit port. A bank is ports 1 to 8, ports 9 to 16, ports 17 to 24, or port 25 and port 26 (using an FSM726S as an example), on the same switch unit. To set up a trunk, use the space bar to select the ports that will participate in the trunk. [. . . ] The following sections are designed to act as a guide to correct cabling for 1000BASE-T. Cabling The 1000BASE-T product is designed to operate over Category 5 cabling. To further enhance the operation, the cabling standards have been amended. The latest standard is Category 5e, which defines a higher level of link performance than is available with Category 5 cable. [. . . ]