In the Hostname field, enter a hostname to identify your device on the network. It is case sensitive, can be alphanumeric, include special characters, and extend upto 32 characters.

In the Switch Management Interface section, perform the following tasks to manage the switch remotely.

1. Enter a unique interface in the Management Interface field.

   This management interface is used to access the user interface and remotely manage the switch. By default, it is VLAN1 because all ports are assigned to VLAN1. It is recommended to not use VLAN1 or VLANs that are used by client devices such as users and printers.

2. Select the IP Options checkbox to configure the IP addresses for the interface. You can configure both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

3. Assign an IP address in the Switch IP Address field.

4. Enter subnet mask details in the Subnet field.

5. For IPv6 address, select the type of IP address from the Static field.

   • Prefix- Manually configures an IPv6 address on the interface. For example, 2001:0DB8:8086:6502::/32.

   • Anycast- An anycast address is assigned to a set of interfaces that belong to different nodes. This ensures that when a packet is sent to an anycast address, the packet will be delivered to the closest interface configured with the anycst address.

   • eui-64- Specifies a global IPv6 address with an extended unique identifier (EUI) in the low-order 64 bits of the IPv6 address. Specify only the network prefix; the last 64 bits are automatically computed from the switch MAC address. For example, 2001:0DB8:c18:1::/64 eui 64.

   • Link Local Address - A unicast address that is automatically configured on an interface using the link-local prefix FE80::/10 and the interface identifier in the modified EUI-64 format. Using this address configuration option is sufficient for nodes on a link to communicate. For example, 2001:0DB8:c18:1:: link-local.

6. To use DHCP to assign an IPv6 address, choose DHCP. You can enable IPv6 DHCP Rapid Commit on the interface. To automatically configure the IPv6 address using stateless autoconfiguration on the interface and enable IPv6 processing on the interface, choose Auto Config.

Enter the address of the interface through which the switch connects to the network in the Default Gateway field.

Set the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size in the MTU Size field. It is the largest sized packet that your device can send. If the connected router cannot handle a large MTU, packets may be retransmitted. A small MTU may result in a higher number of packets and cause overheads and performance limitations. The default value is 1500 bytes.

Click Apply to save your changes.

From the STP Mode drop-down list, choose the STP mode for your device. Your device supports MST, PVST, and RPVST STP modes.

In the STP Port Types drop-down list, select among Normal, Edge, or Network to enable portfast edge. MorePortFast causes the switch to enter the spanning tree forwarding state immediately, bypassing the listening and learning states.

Select the interface for which you want to set the STP mode.

Set the Edge-BPDU Filter toggle button to Enable to prevent the system from sending or even receiving BPDUs on specified ports. MoreSwitches send and receive spanning-tree frames, called bridge protocol data units (BPDUs), at regular intervals to ensure a loop-free path.

Set the Edge-BPDU Guard toggle button to Enable to move a non-trunking port into an err-disable state when a BPDU is received on that port. MoreWhen you enable BPDU guard on the switch, spanning tree shuts down PortFast-configured interfaces that receive BPDUs instead of putting them into the spanning tree blocking state.

Set the STP Loopguard toggle button to Enable to enable loopguard on the ports. MoreLoop guard helps prevent bridging loops that could occur because of a unidirectional link failure on a point-to-point link. It detects root ports and blocked ports and ensures that they keep receiving BPDUs from their designated port on the segment.

Use the Transmit Hold-Count drop-down list to change the number of BPDUs that can be sent.

To modify the bridge priority number, click the VLAN record in the list. Choose a new bridge priority number from the drop-down list.

Click Apply.

Enter a VTP administrative Domain name. The name can be 1 to 32 characters. All switches operating in VTP server or client mode under the same administrative responsibility must be configured with the same domain name.

Enter the password for the VTP domain. The password can be 8 to 64 characters. If you configure a VTP password, the VTP domain does not function properly if you do not assign the same password to each switch in the domain.

Select the version from the Version drop-down list. Version 3, provides enhanced authentication, support for extended range VLAN (VLANs 1006 to 4094) database propagation and support for any database in a domain for e.g. propagating Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) protocol database information.

From the VLAN Mode select:

• Server - allows to change the VLAN configuration and have it propagated throughout the network. If you select server, this switch can be configured as the primary server.

• Client - does not allow to change its VLAN configuration. The client switch receives VTP updates from a VTP server in the VTP domain and then modifies its configuration accordingly.

• Transparent - switch continues to receive vlan database from other switches and forward those, but will not update VLAN database.

• Off - Same as VTP transparent mode except that VTP advertisements are not forwarded.

From the MST Mode, select from the drop-down list. If you select server, this switch can be configured as the primary server for MST protocol database.

Select the Pruning Mode checkbox to configure the domain to allow pruning.

Click Apply to save the changes.

Set the Bluetooth field to On. The Bluetooth Interface Status indicates whether transfer through Bluetooth is possible or not.

Enter the IP Address and the Subnet Mask for the Bluetooth interface.

Enter the DHCP Server network address and the Subnet Mask for the Bluetooth interface. A new DHCP pool is created which is used to assign IP addresses to clients connecting through the Bluetooth interface. The Bluetooth interface IP address should ideally be the first IP address from this pool.

On the Configuration > Ports > Port Configuration page, choose the port you want to configure, and click the General tab.

Choose 10 MB, 100 MB, or 1000 MB as the interface speed, from the Speed drop-down list. To auto-negotiate the interface speed, and allow communicating ports to decide the optimum speed for transmission, choose auto.

Choose full, half, or auto from the Duplex drop-down list.

To enable the interface on the device, set the Status field to up.

Click Apply to save your changes.

On the Configuration > Ports > Port Configuration page, choose the port you want to configure, and click the Port Settings tab.

To add ports to a port group, hold the Ctrl key (on Microsoft Windows) or the Command key, and select multiple ports displayed in the switch view. Verify that the ports you selected are displayed.

In the Portgroup Number field, enter the EtherChannel to which you want to add the selected ports.

From the Portgroup Type drop-down list, choose PAgP (Port Aggregation Protocol), LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol), or On. Ensure that you configure both ends of the EtherChannel with the same type.

Use the Keepalive field to configure the port mode. If you choose PAGP as the port group type, and set the Keepalive field to On, the port is configured in desirable mode. If Keepalive is Off the port mode is set to auto. If you chose LACP as the port group type, and set Keepalive field to On, the port is configured in active mode. If Keepalive field is Off the port mode is set to auto.

Click Apply to save your changes.

On the Configuration > Ports > Port Configuration page, choose the port you want to configure, and click the Port Settings tab.

Choose a switch mode.

If you choose access mode, assign a VLAN to the port, in the Access VLAN field. By default, all ports assigned to VLAN 1 are assigned as access ports.

If you choose trunk as the switch mode, assign a range of VLANs to the port. To assign all VLANs to carry port traffic, select All VLANs, or select VLAN IDs and specify a range of VLANs that can carry traffic for the port.

If you choose dynamic auto or dynamic desirable, assign a range of VLANs to the port. To assign all VLANs to carry port traffic, select All VLANs, or select VLAN IDs and specify a range of VLANs that can carry traffic for the port. If DTP negotiation fails, the dynamic auto and dynamic desirable ports become access ports. Assign an access VLAN to the ports, in the Access VLAN field.

In the Voice VLAN field, specify a VLAN to carry voice traffic.

For network security reasons, specify a VLAN other than VLAN 1 in the Native VLAN field. When your device receives untagged frames on a trunk port, they are sent to the native VLAN. By default, this is VLAN 1.

If your device connects to endpoints (for example, to phones and computers and not to other switches or hubs), set the Port Fast field to on, to enable PortFast on the interface.

To activate DHCP snooping on the port, set DHCP Snooping to enable. DHCP snooping acts like a firewall between untrusted hosts and trusted DHCP servers, validating DHCP messages received from untrusted sources and filtering out invalid messages. The DHCP snooping binding database maintains information about untrusted hosts with leased IP addresses, and validates subsequent requests from untrusted hosts.

Click Apply to save your changes.

On the Configuration > Ports > Port Configuration page, choose the port you want to configure, and click the Port Settings tab.

Slide to select Routed mode.

Assign an IP address to this interface.

• To specify an IPv4 address and subnet mask for the interface, choose Static IP, from the IP Type drop-down list.

• To use DHCP to assign an IP address to the interface, choose DHCP from the IP Type drop-down list. Specify a hostname.

• To use an IP address from a DHCP pool, choose DHCP Pool from the drop-down list.

Click Apply to save your changes.

On the Configuration > Ports > Port Configuration page, choose the port you want to configure, and click the Advanced Settings tab.

Storm control prevents traffic on a LAN from being disrupted by a broadcast, multicast, or unicast storm on a port. From the Storm Control drop-down list:

Specify thresholds for unicast, broadcast, and multicast traffic entering your device. These values indicates the number of packets allowed per second, as part of your unicast, broadcast, and multicast traffic.

Click Apply to save your changes.

On theConfigure > VLAN page, click the Layer2 VLAN tab. To add a Layer 2 VLAN, click Add. To edit a VLAN, select the VLAN ID in the table. Details of the VLAN are displayed in the VLAN SETUP section.

In the VLAN ID field, enter an ID between 2 and 4094, to identify the VLAN on your network. VLAN 1 is the default VLAN on your device.

Enter a name to identify the VLAN.

Set the State toggle button to Active to forward traffic through the VLAN. VLANs in suspended state cannot forward traffic on your device.

Set the IP DHCP Snooping toggle button to Enable, to validate DHCP messages received from untrusted sources and filter them out.

Click Apply to save your changes.

On the Configuration > VLAN > VLAN Group page, click Add to create a VLAN Group. A VLAN group is a logical container for all the VLANs and ensures that the configured parameters are applicable to all the VLANs belonging to this group.

Specify a group name and add a list of VLANs to this group. The number of VLANs must not exceed 32.

Click Save.

On the Configuration > VLAN > SVI page, click Add. In the SVI Setup window, type an ID between 1 and 4095, to associate the ID with the VLAN on your network in the VLAN Number field.

Enter the Description of the VLAN interface.

Set DHCP Relay Information to Enable, to forward DHCP packets between the server and the client. However to do so, the IP address of the DHCP server must be configured on the SVI of the DHCP client.

Enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask.

Enter the DHCP Server.

Set Admin Status to Enable.

Click Save & Apply to Device.