D-Link DGS-3208F - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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ABLE OF
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ONTENTS
0 ABOUT THIS GUIDE......................................................................................................................................................... V
T
ERMS
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V
O
VERVIEW OF THIS
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SER
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S
G
UIDE
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1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................. 1
G
IGABIT
E
THERNET
T
ECHNOLOGY
.............................................................................................................................................. 1
S
WITCHING
T
ECHNOLOGY
........................................................................................................................................................... 1
F
EATURES
................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Ports........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Performance features.............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Management............................................................................................................................................................................ 3
2 UNPACKING AND SETUP................................................................................................................................................. 4
U
NPACKING
................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
S
ETUP
.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
D
ESKTOP OR
S
HELF
I
NSTALLATION
............................................................................................................................................. 4
R
ACK
I
NSTALLATION
................................................................................................................................................................... 5
P
OWER ON
................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Power Failure ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3 IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS.................................................................................................................. 7
F
RONT
P
ANEL
.............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
R
EAR
P
ANEL
............................................................................................................................................................................... 7
S
IDE
P
ANELS
............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
LED I
NDICATORS
........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
4 CONNECTING THE SWITCH......................................................................................................................................... 10
PC
TO
S
WITCH
........................................................................................................................................................................... 10
S
WITCH TO
S
WITCH
(
OTHER DEVICES
)....................................................................................................................................... 10
5 SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS......................................................................................................................... 12
L
OCAL
C
ONSOLE
M
ANAGEMENT
............................................................................................................................................... 12
Console port (RS-232 DCE).................................................................................................................................................. 12
IP Addresses and SNMP Community Names ........................................................................................................................ 12
Traps ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
MIBs...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Packet Forwarding................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Aging Time ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Spanning Tree Algorithm ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
STA Operation Levels............................................................................................................................................................ 15
On the Bridge Level ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
On the Port Level ................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
User-Changeable Parameters............................................................................................................................................... 16
Illustration of STA................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Port Trunking........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains........................................................................................................................... 19
MAC-Based Broadcast Domains........................................................................................................................................... 19
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs............................................................................................................................................................. 20
802.1Q VLAN Segmentation ................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Sharing Resources Across 802.1Q VLANs............................................................................................................................................ 20
802.1Q VLANs Spanning Multiple Switches......................................................................................................................................... 21