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System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . 6-15
Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
7 Configuring IP Addressing
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Just Want a Quick Start with IP Addressing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
IP Addressing with Multiple VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Menu: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . 7-5
CLI: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . . . 7-7
Web: Configuring IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP Addressing Across Configuration
File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Operating Rules for IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
8 Time Protocols
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or Turning Off Time
Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch: . . . . . . . . 8-3
Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
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