12 Rockwell Automation Publication 1783-UM001B-EN-P - May 2010
Chapter 1 Basic Configuration
You see the Home page. The table shows what is included in the page.
Table 2 - Items on the Home Page
Value Description
Device Name You provide this entry. Identifies the switch (see page 17 for instructions on changing the switch’s name).
Port Mirroring Allows traffic on one port to be copied and sent (mirrored) to another port so that an Ethernet protocol analyzer can capture it. For more
on port mirroring, see page 42
.
IGMP Snooping Filtering mechanism for multicast traffic should be used when I/O is running on the Ethernet network. For more on IGMP snooping, see
page 17
.
QoS When enabled, the switch can prioritize packet delivery to a certain port or MAC address.
VLAN VLAN (virtual LAN) is used to eliminate traffic caused by multicast and broadcast Ethernet traffic.
With this feature, you can partition the switch ports into different private domains.
MAC ID
Management
Determines if a MAC ID is authorized on the network by checking the allowed MAC Ids and notifies the controller when an
unauthorized node appears on the network.
Product Type Shows the part number of the switch.
Serial Number Unique to every switch.
Firmware
Revision
Check our website to make sure you are up to date.
This file updates product firmware. The Web interface must be updated separately.
Web Revision Check our website to make sure you are up to date.
This file updates your Web interface. For related information, see Appendix
A.
Uptime This setting indicates the switch’s running time. This timer is reset when the switch is powered up.
Link Possible values are ON and OFF.
ON is if a device is connected to the port and has power. ON corresponds to the Link State Status indicator on the switch port being
either solid or flashing green.
Speed Possible values are 10 or 100, signifying a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection.
This corresponds to the Data Rate status indicator on the switch port being off (10 Mbps) or solid amber (100 Mbps).