1.1 System Information 44
1.2 IP Information 45
1.3 NTP Synchronization 45
1.4 Time zone 46
1.5 Log 46
2 Ports 48
3 Security 50
3.1 SNMP Protocol 51
4 Aggregation 53
5 Loop Protection 56
5.1 Loop Fundamentals 56
5.2 Loop Protection 57
6 Spanning Tree Protocol 59
6.1 Spanning Fundamentals 59
6.2 STP Protocol 62
6.3 RSTP Protocol 64
6.4 MSTP Protocol 67
6.5 UltraRSTP 69
7 IPMC 71
7.1 IP Multicast (IPMC) 71
7.2 IGMP Snooping 72
7.3 MLD Snooping 74
8 MAC Table 76
9 Virtual LAN 79
9.1 Legacy LAN Technology 79
9.2 Virtual LAN Basics 80
9.3 LAN in Modern Power System Communication 83
9.4 IEEE 802.1Q Switch operation concepts 84
9.5 Reason Switches Operation 86
10 Quality of Service (QoS 89
10.1 Quality of Service Basics 89
10.2 Class-of-Service (CoS) Bits QoS 91
10.3 Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) 94
10.4 GE Reason Switches QoS Capabilities 96
11 Mirroring 101
12 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) 104
12.1 Timing Requirements for Power System Applications 104
12.2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Functional 105
12.3 PTP in GE Reason Switches 108
Chapter 5: Interfaces 110
1 Signalizing Leds 110
2 Reboot Button (Only for T1000) 112
3 Hardware Reset 113
4 Dry-Contact Relay 114
5 Communication Interfaces 115