Configuration Wizards

This chapter contains the following sections:

Getting Started Wizard

The Getting Started Wizard will assist you in the initial configuration of the device.

Procedure

Step 1

In Configuration Wizards > Getting Started Wizard, click Launch Wizard.

Step 2

Click Launch Wizard and Next.

Step 3

Enter the fields in the General Information tab:

  • System Location—Enter the physical location of the device.

  • System Contact—Enter the name of a contact person.

  • Host Name—Select the host name of this device. This is used in the prompt of CLI commands:

    • Use Default—The default hostname (System Name) of these switches is: switch 123456, where 123456 represents the last three bytes of the device MAC address in hex format.

    • User Defined—Enter the hostname. Use only letters, digits, and hyphens. Host names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted (as specified in RFC1033, 1034, 1035).

Step 4

Click Next.

Step 5

Enter the fields in the IP Settings tab:

  • Interface—Select the IP interface for the system.

  • IP Interface Source—Select one of the following options:

    • DHCP—Select for the device to receive its IP address from a DHCP server.

    • Static—Select to enter the IP address of the device manually.

  • If you selected Static as the IP interface source, enter the following fields:

    • IP Address—IP address of the interface.

    • Network Mask—IP mask for this address.

    • Administrative Default Gateway—Enter the default gateway IP address.

  • DNS Server—Enter the IP address of the DNS server.

Step 6

Click Next

Step 7

Enter the fields in the User Account tab:

  • Username—Enter a new user name between 0 and 20 characters. UTF-8 characters are not permitted.

  • Password—Enter a password (UTF-8 characters are not permitted).

  • Confirm Password—Enter the password again.

  • Password Strength —Displays the strength of password.

  • Keep current username and password—Select to keep current username and password.

Step 8

Click Next

Step 9

Enter the fields in the Time Settings tab:

  • Clock Source—Select one of the following:

    • Manual Settings—Select to enter the device system time. If this is selected, enter the Date and Time.

    • Default SNTP Servers—Select to use the default SNTP servers.

      Note

       

      The default SNTP servers are defined by name, thus DNS must be configured and operational.

    • Manual SNTP Server—Select and enter the IP address of an SNTP server.

Step 10

Click Next to view a summary of configuration that you entered.

Step 11

Click Apply to save the configuration data.

VLAN Configuration Wizard

The VLAN Configuration Wizard will assist you in configuring the VLANs. Each time you run this wizard, you can configure the port memberships in a single VLAN. To use the VLAN Configuration Wizard to configure your VLANs follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1

In Configuration Wizards > VLAN Configuration Wizard, click Launch Wizard.

Step 2

Click Launch Wizard and Next.

Step 3

Select the ports that are to be configured as trunk port (by clicking with mouse on the required ports in the graphical display). Ports that are already configured as Trunk ports are pre-selected.

Step 4

Click Next.

Step 5

In the VLAN Configuration section, configure the following::

  • VLAN ID—Select the VLAN you want to configure. You can select either an existing VLAN or New VLAN.

  • New VLAN ID—Enter the VLAN ID of a new VLAN.

  • VLAN Name—Optionally, enter VLAN name.

Step 6

Select the trunk ports that are to be configured as untagged members of the VLAN (by clicking with mouse on the required ports in the graphical display). The trunk ports that are not selected in this step becomes tagged members of the VLAN.

Step 7

Click Next.

Step 8

Select the ports are that to be the access ports of the VLAN. Access ports of a VLAN is untagged member of the VLAN. (by clicking with mouse on the required ports in the graphical display).

Step 9

Click Next to see the summary of the information that you entered.

Step 10

Click Apply.

ACL Configuration Wizard

The ACL Configuration Wizard will assist you when creating a new ACL, or editing an existing ACL. To add or modify an existing ACL, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Step 1

In Configuration Wizards > ACL Configuration Wizard, click Launch Wizard.

Step 2

To create a new ACL, click Next. To edit an existing ACL, choose it from the ACL drop-down list and then click Next.

Step 3

Enter the fields:

  • ACL Name—Enter the name of a new ACL.

  • ACL Type—Select the type of ACL: IPv4 or MAC.

Step 4

For the ACE Configuration, configure the following fields:

  • Action on match—Select one of the options:

    • Permit Traffic—Forward packets that meet the ACL criteria.

    • Deny Traffic—Drop packets that meet the ACL criteria.

    • Shutdown Interface—Drop packets that meet the ACL criteria, and disable the port from where the packets received.

Step 5

For a MAC-based ACL, enter the fields:

Source MAC Address

Select Any if all source address are acceptable or User defined to enter a source address or range of source addresses.

Source MAC Value

Enter the MAC address to which the source MAC address is to be matched and its mask (if relevant).

Source MAC Wildcard Mask

Enter the mask to define a range of MAC addresses.

Destination MAC Address

Select Any if all destination addresses are acceptable or User defined to enter a destination address or a range of destination addresses.

Destination MAC Value

Enter the MAC address to which the destination MAC address is to be matched and its mask (if relevant).

Destination MAC Wildcard Mask

Enter the mask to define a range of MAC addresses. Note that this mask is different than in other uses, such as subnet mask. Here, setting a bit as 1 indicates don't care and 0 indicates to mask that value.

Note

 

Given a mask of 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1111 1111 (which means that you match on the bits where there is 0 and don't match on the bits where there is 1's). You need to translate the 1's to a decimal integer and you write 0 for each four zeros. In this example since 1111 1111 = 255, the mask would be written: as 0.0.0.255.

Time Range Name

If Time Range is selected, select the time range to be used.

Step 6

For a IPv4-based ACL, enter the fields:

Protocol

Select one of the following options to create an ACL based on a specific protocol:

  • Any (IP)—Accept all IP protocols packets

  • TCP—Accept Transmission Control Protocols packets

  • UDP—Accept User Datagram Protocols packets

  • ICMP—Accept ICMP Protocols packets

  • IGMP—Accept IGMP Protocols packets

Source Port for TCP/UDP

Select a port from the drop-down list.

Destination Port for TCP/UDP

Select a port from the drop-down list.

Source IP Address

Select Any if all source address are acceptable or User defined to enter a source address or range of source addresses.

Source IP Value

Enter the IP address to which the source IP address is to be matched.

Source IP Wildcard Mask

Enter the mask to define a range of IP addresses. Note that this mask is different than in other uses, such as subnet mask. Here, setting a bit as 1 indicates don't care and 0 indicates to mask that value.

Destination IP Address

Select Any if all IP address are acceptable or User defined to enter a destination IP address or range of destination IP addresses.

Destination IP Value

Enter the IP value to which the destination IP value is to be matched.

Destination IP Wildcard Mask

Enter the mask to define a range of IP addresses. Note that this mask is different than in other uses, such as subnet mask. Here, setting a bit as 1 indicates don't care and 0 indicates to mask that value.

Time Range Name

If Time Range is selected, select the time range to be used.

Step 7

Click Next.

Step 8

Confirm that you want the ACL and ACE to be created.

The details of the ACL rule are displayed. You can click Add another rule to this ACL to add another rule.

Step 9

Click Next and enter the ACL Binding information:

  • Binding Type—Select one of the following options to bind the ACL:

    • Physical interfaces only—Bind the ACL to a port. In this case, click a port or ports on which to bind the ACL.

    • VLANs only—Bind the ACL to a VLAN. Enter the list of VLANs in the Enter the list of VLANs you want to bind the ACL to field.

    • No binding—Do not bind the ACL.

    Click Apply.