NETGEAR ProSAFE M4300 series User manual

350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
June 2018
202-11865-02
M4300 Series and M4300-96X
Fully Managed Switches
User Manual
Software Version 12.0.6

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Revision History
PublicationPart
Number Publish Date Comments
202-11865-02 June 2018 We made the following major changes:
• Revised Slot-Based Port Numbering on page 17
• Revised Stacking on page 18
• Revised Available Publications and Online Help on page 19.
• Revised Slot and Port Numbering for Switch Model M4300-96X on page 23.
• Revised View or Define System Information on page 36
• Revised Configure an SNTP Server on page 70
• Revised Configure Global DNS Settings on page 77
• Added Configure and Display Bonjour Settings on page 91
• Added Configure Expandable Port Settings on page 265.
• Revised View Port and EAP Packet Statistics on page 619
We made minor changes and additions to other sections.
202-11865-01 April 2018 First publication.

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Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Supported Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
New Features for Switch Model M4300-96X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Slot-Based Port Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Slot Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PoE Operation and Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Available Publications and Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Register Your Product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Understanding the User Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Local Browser Interface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Software Requirements for Using the Local Browser Interface. . . . . . . . . . . 20
Use a Web Browser to Access the Switch and Log In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Local Browser Interface Buttons and User-Defined Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Interface Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Slot and Port Numbering for Switch Model M4300-96X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Online Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Local Browser Interface Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 2 Configure System Information
Initial Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configure the Initial IPv4 Management VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configure the Initial IPv6 Management VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configure the Initial Service Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
View or Define System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
View the Fan Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
View the Temperature Sensor Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
View the Device Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
View the System CPU Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configure the CPU Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
View and Clear Switch Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
View USB Device Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configure and View Information About Slots and Port Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configure a Loopback Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configure Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Management VLAN Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configure the Time Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Configure the SNTP Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
View SNTP Global Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configure an SNTP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Configure Daylight Saving Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
View the DayLight Saving Time Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Configure DNS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Configure Global DNS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Add a Static Entry to the Local DNS Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configure the Switch Database Management Template Preference . . . . . . . . . 80
Configure Green Ethernet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configure Green Ethernet Interface Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configure Green Ethernet Local and Remote Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Configure Green Ethernet Remote Device Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
View the Green Ethernet Statistics Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Configure the Green Ethernet EEE LPI History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configure and Display Bonjour Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Enable or Disable Bonjour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Display Bonjour Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Configure DHCP Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configure DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configure the DHCP Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Configure DHCP Pool Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
View DHCP Server Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
View DHCP Bindings Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
View DHCP Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configure the DHCP Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
DHCP L2 Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Configure Global DHCP L2 Relay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Configure a DHCP L2 Relay Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
View DHCP L2 Relay Interface Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Configure UDP Relay Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Configure UDP Relay Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Manage the DHCPv6 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Enable or Disable the DHCPv6 Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Configure the DHCPv6 Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Configure the DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Configure DHCPv6 Interface Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
View DHCPv6 Bindings Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
View DHCPv6 Server Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Configure DHCPv6 Relay for an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Configure Power over Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Configure Basic PoE Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Configure PoE Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Configure PoE Power Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Configure SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Configure the SNMP V1/V2 Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Configure SNMP V1/V2 Trap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Configure SNMP V1/V2 Trap Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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View the Supported MIBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Configure SNMP V3 Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Configure LLDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Configure LLDP Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Configure the LLDP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
View LLDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
View LLDP Local Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
View LLDP Remote Device Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
View LLDP Remote Device Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Configure LLDP-MED Global Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Configure LLDP-MED Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
View LLDP-MED Local Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
View LLDP-MED Remote Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
View LLDP-MED Remote Device Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Configure Link Dependency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Configure Link Dependency Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Configure a Link Dependency Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Configure ISDP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Configure ISDP Basic Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Configure ISDP Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Configure an ISDP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
View an ISDP Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
View ISDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Timer Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Configure the Global Timer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Configure the Timer Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Chapter 3 Stacking
M4300 Series Switch Stacking Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Firmware Synchronization and Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Stack Configuration Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Stack Master Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Stack Factory Defaults Reset Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Stack NSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Configure a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Select a New Stack Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Specify the Stack Sample Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Configure a Stack Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Change the Settings for an Existing Stack Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Configure the Mode of the Stack Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Run Stack Port Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Configure Stack Firmware Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
View NSF Summary Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
View NSF Checkpoint Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Chapter 4 Configure Switching Information
Configure VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

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Configure Basic VLAN Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Reset the VLAN Configuration to Default Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Configure an Internal VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Configure VLAN Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Configure VLAN Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
View VLAN Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Configure Port PVID Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Configure a MAC-Based VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Configure Protocol-Based VLAN Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Configure Protocol-Based VLAN Group Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Configure an IP Subnet-Based VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Configure a Port DVLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Configure a Voice VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Configure GARP Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Configure GARP Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Auto-VoIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Configure Protocol-Based Port Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Configure Auto-VoIP OUI-Based Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
OUI-Based Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Add a New Entry to the OUI Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Delete Entries From the OUI Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
View the Auto-VoIP Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
iSCSI Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Configure Global iSCSI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
View iSCSI Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Control iSCSI Target Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
View iSCSI Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
View iSCSI Session Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Spanning Tree Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Configure Basic STP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Configure Advanced STP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Configure CST Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Configure CST Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
View CST Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Configure MST Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
View the Spanning Tree MST Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
View STP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Configure PVST VLAN Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Configure the PVST Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
View PVST Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Multicast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
View the MFDB Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
View the MFDB Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Configure IGMP Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Configure IGMP Snooping for Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Configure IGMP Snooping for VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Configure a Multicast Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

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Configure a Multicast Router VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
IGMP Snooping Querier Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Configure IGMP Snooping Querier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Configure IGMP Snooping Querier for VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Configure MLD Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Configure a MLD Snooping Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Configure MLD VLAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Enable or Disable a Multicast Router on an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Configure Multicast Router VLAN Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Configure MLD Snooping Querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Configure MLD Snooping Querier VLAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Configure MVR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Configure Basic MVR Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Configure Advanced MVR Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Configure an MVR Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Configure an MVR Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Configure MVR Group Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
View MVR Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
MAC Address Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Search the MAC Address Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Set the Dynamic Address Aging Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Configure a Static MAC Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Configure Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Configure Expandable Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Configure Port Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
View Port Transceiver Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Link Aggregation Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Configure LAG Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Configure LAG Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Multiple Registration Protocol Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Configure Global MRP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Configure MRP Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
View MMRP and Clear Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
View and Clear MVRP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Loop Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
About Loop Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Loop Protection and PDU Packet Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Loop Protection and Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Configure the Global Loop Protection Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Configure the Loop Protection Settings for Ports and View the
Loop Protection State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Chapter 5 Routing
Manage Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Configure a Basic Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Configure Advanced Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Specify Route Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

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Configure the Routing IP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
View Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Configure Routing Parameters for the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
View IP Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Configure the IP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Configure the Secondary IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Configure IPv6 Global Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
View the IPv6 Route Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Configure IPv6 Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
IPv6 Prefix Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
View IPv6 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
View the IPv6 Neighbor Table and Clear IPv6 Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
IPv6 Static Route Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
View the IPv6 Route Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
IPv6 Route Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Configure IPv6 Tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
VLAN Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Use the VLAN Static Routing Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Configure VLAN Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Configure Address Resolution Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Display the ARP Entries in the ARP Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Add an Entry to the ARP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
View or Configure the ARP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Configure RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Enable RIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Configure RIP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Configure Advanced RIP Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Route Redistribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Configure Router Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Configure Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Configure Global VRRP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Configure Advanced VRRP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Configure an Advanced VRRP Secondary IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Configure an Advanced VRRP Tracking Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
View Advanced VRRP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Chapter 6 OSPF and OSPFv3
Configure OSPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Configure Basic OSPF Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Configure the OSPF Default Route Advertise Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Configure OSPF Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Configure the OSPF Common Area ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Configure the OSPF Stub Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Configure the OSPF NSSA Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Configure the OSPF Area Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Configure the OSPF Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

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View and Clear OSPF Statistics for an Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
View the OSPF Neighbor Table and Clear OSPF Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
View the OSPF Link State Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Configure the OSPF Virtual Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Configure the OSPF Route Redistribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
View the NSF OSPF Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Configure OSPFv3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Configure Basic OSPFv3 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Configure OSPFv3 Default Route Advertise Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Configure the Advanced OSPFv3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Configure the OSPFv3 Common Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Configure an OSPFv3 Stub Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Configure the OSPFv3 NSSA Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Configure the OSPFv3 Area Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Configure the OSPFv3 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
View and Clear OSPFv3 Interface Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
View the OSPFv3 Neighbor Table and Clear OSPFv3 Neighbors. . . . . . . . . 395
View the OSPFv3 Link State Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Configure the OSPFv3 Virtual Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Configure OSPFv3 Route Redistribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
View the NSF OSPFv3 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Chapter 7 Multicast Routing
Multicast Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
View the Multicast Mroute Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Configure Global Multicast Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Configure the Multicast Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Configure Global Multicast DVMRP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Configure the DVMRP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Search for DVMRP Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
View the DVMRP Next Hop Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
View the Multicast DVMRP Prune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
View the DVMRP Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Configure Multicast IGMP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Configure IGMP Global Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Configure the IGMP Routing Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
View IGMP Routing Interface Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
View IGMP Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
View the IGMP Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Configure the IGMP Proxy Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
View the IGMP Proxy Interface Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
View the IGMP Proxy Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Configure PIM Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Configure the Multicast PIM Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Configure PIM SSM Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Configure PIM Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
View the PIM Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
View the PIM Candidate Rendezvous Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

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View the PIM Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Configure the PIM Candidate Rendezvous Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Configure the PIM Bootstrap Router Candidate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Configure the PIM Static Rendezvous Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Configure Multicast Static Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Configure the Multicast Admin Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Configure IPv6 Multicast Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
View the IPv6 Multicast Mroute Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Configure the IPv6 PIM Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Configure IPv6 PIM SSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Configure the IPv6 PIM Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
View the IPv6 PIM Neighbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Configure the IPv6 PIM Candidate Rendezvous Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Configure the IPv6 PIM Bootstrap Router Candidate Settings . . . . . . . . . . 443
Configure the IPv6 PIM Static Rendezvous Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Configure IPv6 MLD Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Configure the IPv6 MLD Routing Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
View IPv6 MLD Routing Interface Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
View the IPv6 MLD Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
View and Clear IPv6 MLD Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Configure the IPv6 MLD Proxy Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
View IPv6 MLD Proxy Interface Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
View the IPv6 MLD Proxy Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Configure IPv6 Multicast Static Routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Chapter 8 Configure Quality of Service
QoS Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Class of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Configure Global CoS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Map 802.1p Priorities to Queues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Map DSCP Values to Queues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Configure CoS Interface Settings for an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Configure CoS Queue Settings for an Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Configure CoS Drop Precedence Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Differentiated Services Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
DiffServ Wizard Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Use the DiffServ Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Configure Basic DiffServ Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Configure the Global DiffServ Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Configure a DiffServ Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Configure DiffServ IPv6 Class Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Configure DiffServ Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Configure the DiffServ Service Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
View DiffServ Service Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

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Chapter 9 Manage Device Security
Manage User Accounts and Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Configure User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Configure a User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Enable Password Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Configure a Line Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Manage the RADIUS Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Configure Global RADIUS Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Configure a RADIUS Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Configure RADIUS Accounting Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Manage the TACACS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Configure Global TACACS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Configure TACACS Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Configure Authentication Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Configure a Login Authentication List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Configure an Enable Authentication List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Configure the Dot1x Authentication List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Configure an HTTP Authentication List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Configure an HTTPS Authentication List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
View Login Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Manage HHTP, HTTPS, and SSH Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
Configure HTTP Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
HTTPS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Manage Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
Download Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Configure SSH Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Manage Host Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Download Host Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Configure Telnet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Configure a Telnet Authentication List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Configure Inbound Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Configure Outbound Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Configure Console Port Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Configure Denial of Service Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Configure Access Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Configure an Access Control Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Configure Access Rule Settings for the Access Control Profile . . . . . . . . . . 529
Manage Port Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Configure Global 802.1X Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Configure 802.1X Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Configure Port Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
View the Port Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
View the Client Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Control Traffic With MAC Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Configure MAC Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
MAC Filter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Configure Port Security and Private Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Configure the Global Port Security Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

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Configure a Port Security Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Convert Learned MAC Addresses to Static Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Configure Static MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Configure Private Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Configure Private Group Membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Protect Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Set Up Private VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Configure a Private VLAN Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Configure Private VLAN Association Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Configure the Private VLAN Port Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Configure a Private VLAN Host Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Configure a Private VLAN Promiscuous Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Manage the Storm Control Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Configure Global Storm Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Configure Storm Control for a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Configure DHCP Snooping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Configure DHCP Snooping Global Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
Configure a DHCP Snooping Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Configure a Static DHCP Snooping Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
View the Dynamic DHCP Snooping Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Configure Snooping Persistent Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
View and Clear the DHCP Snooping Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Configure IP Source Guard Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Configure IP Source Guard Binding Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Configure IPv6 Source Guard Interface Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Configure an IPv6 Source Guard Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Configure Dynamic ARP Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Configure the Global Dynamic ARP inspection Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Configure DAI VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Configure DAI Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Configure a DAI ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Configure a DAI ACL Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
View DAI Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Set Up Captive Portals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Configure Captive Portal Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Add a Captive Portal Instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Configure Captive Portals Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
View the Captive Portal Binding Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Configure a Captive Portal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Configure Captive Portal User Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Configure the Captive Portal Trap Flag Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
View and Clear the Captive Portal Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
Set Up and Manage Access Control Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Use the ACL Wizard to Create a Simple ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Configure an ACL Based on Destination MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
Use the ACL Wizard to Complete the Destination MAC ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Configure a Basic MAC ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Configure MAC ACL Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

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Configure MAC Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
View and Delete MAC ACL Bindings in the MAC Binding Table . . . . . . . . . . 596
Configure an IP ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Configure Rules for an IP ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
Configure Rules for an Extended IP ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Configure an IPv6 ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Configure IPv6 Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Configure IP ACL Interface Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
View and Delete IP ACL Bindings in the IP ACL Binding Table . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Configure VLAN ACL Bindings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Chapter 10 Monitor the System
View Port and EAP Packet Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
View and Clear Port Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
View and Clear the Detailed Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
View EAP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Perform a Cable Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Manage the Buffered, Command, and Console Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
View and Clear the Buffered Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Configure the Buffered Log Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Message Log Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
Enable or Disable the Command Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Enable or Disable Console Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Configure the Syslog and Syslog Host Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
Configure the Syslog Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
Configure the Syslog Host Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
View and Clear the Trap Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
View and Clear the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Configure Multiple Port Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Globally Configure Multiple Port Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Configure The Port Mirroring Source Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
Manage an RSPAN VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
Configure an RSPAN VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
Configure an RSPAN Source Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
Configure an RSPAN Source Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Configure the RSPAN Destination Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
Configure sFlow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648
sFlow Agent Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648
Configure Basic sFlow Agent Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
Configure sFlow Agent Advanced Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Configure an sFlow Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651
Configure the sFlow Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
Chapter 11 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Save the Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Configure Auto Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Reset the Switch to Its Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657

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Reset All User Passwords to Their Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
Upload or Export a File From the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659
Upload a File to the TFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659
HTTP File Upload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Upload a File from the Switch to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
Download or Import a File to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
Download a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
Download a File to the Switch Using HTTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Download a File from a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
File Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
Copy an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
Configure Dual Image Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
Ping IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
Ping IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
Traceroute IPv4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
Traceroute IPv6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Packet Capturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Perform a Full Memory Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
Appendix A Default Settings
Appendix B Configuration Examples
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
VLAN Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Access Control Lists (ACLs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
MAC ACL Sample Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686
Standard IP ACL Sample Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Differentiated Services (DiffServ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
DiffServ Traffic Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689
Creating Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
DiffServ Example Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
802.1X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
802.1X Example Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694
MSTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
MSTP Example Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations

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1. Getting Started
This chapter provides an overview of how you can using your switch and access the local
browser–based management interface.
The chapter contains the following sections:
•Supported Switches
•New Features for Switch Model M4300-96X
•Available Publications and Online Help
•Register Your Product
•Understanding the User Interfaces
•Local Browser Interface Overview
•Use a Web Browser to Access the Switch and Log In
•Using SNMP
Note: For more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the
support website at netgear.com/support.
Note: Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made
available from time to time at downloadcenter.netgear.com. Some
products can regularly check the site and download new firmware, or
you can check for and download new firmware manually. If the
features or behavior of your product does not match what is
described in this guide, you might need to update your firmware.

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Supported Switches
This release and this user manual are for the following M4300 switch models:
•Full 10G models:
-M4300-8X8F. Full 10G switch model with eight 10G copper ports and eight 10G fiber
ports in a half-width chassis
-M4300-12X12F. Full 10G switch model with twelve 10G copper ports and twelve 10G
fiber ports in a half-width chassis
-M4300-24X24F. Full 10G switch model with twenty-four 10G copper ports and twenty
four 10G fiber ports in a full-width chassis
•1G models with 10G uplinks:
-M4300-28G. Switch model with twenty-four 1G copper ports, two 10G copper ports,
and two 10G fiber ports in a full-width chassis
-M4300-28G-POE+. Switch model with twenty-four 1G copper PoE+ ports, two 10G
copper ports, and two 10G fiber ports in a full-width chassis
-M4300-52G. Switch model with forty-eight 1G copper ports, two 10G copper ports,
and two 10G fiber ports in a full-width chassis
-M4300-52G-POE+. Switch model with forty-eight 1G copper PoE+ ports, two 10G
copper ports, and two 10G fiber ports in a full-width chassis
•10G models with RJ45/SFP+ combo ports:
-M4300-24X. Switch model with twenty copper RJ45 ports and four 10G RJ45/SFP+
combo ports in a half-width chassis
-M4300-48X. Switch model with forty-four copper RJ45 ports and four 10G
RJ45/SFP+ combo ports in a full-width chassis
•10G modular chassis model:
-M4300-96X. Modular chassis model for up to 12 port cards and slot-based port
numbering. For more information, see New Features for Switch Model M4300-96X on
page 16.
New Features for Switch Model M4300-96X
For hardware information about switch model M4300-96X, including information about
supported port cards, power supply units (PSUs), and Power over Ethernet (PoE) budgets,
see the Fully Managed Stackable Switch M4300-96X Hardware Installation Guide.
This section describes the new features that this release supports for switch model
M4300-96X.

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Slot-Based Port Numbering
All physical ports on switch model M4300-96X are based on slots. Because this model
supports 12 slots and each port card provides eight ports, the port numbering is in the format
unit number/slot number/port number.
APM408C, APM408P, and APM408F Port Cards
For the APM408C, APM408P, and APM408F port cards, the numbering is as follows:
•The unit is the number that is assigned to the switch, either automatically generated and
assigned by the system, or manually assigned. The unit range is from 1 to 8.
•The slot is one of 12 slots that this model supports. Therefore, the slot number ranges
from 1 to 12.
•Each slot can accommodate one port card, and each port card provides eight ports.
Therefore, the port range is from 1 to 8.
For example, the fifth port in the sixth slot of a switch model M4300-96X with a unit number 1
is designated as 1/6/5. Similarly, the very first port on the switch is 1/1/1 and the very last port
is 1/12/8.
APM402XL Port Card
The numbering of the ports on the APM402XL port card is different from the other port cards.
You can use a 40G port either with a break-out cable, in which case the single 40G port can
support up to four individual 10G ports, or with a connection to another single 40G port.
•Port 1 (the left 40G port on the port card) uses the following numbering:
-If connected with a break-out cable to four individual 10G ports, the port numbers are
1, 2, 3, and 4.
-If connected to another single 40G port, the port number is 1. In that situation, only
port number 1 is used and port numbers 2, 3, and 4 are not used on the port card.
•Port 2 (the right 40G port on the port card) uses the following numbering:
-If connected with a break-out cable to four individual 10G ports, the port numbers are
5, 6, 7, and 8.
-If connected to another single 40G port, the port number is 5. In that situation, only
port number 5 is used and port numbers 6, 7, and 8 are not used on the port card.
For example, if a switch with unit number 1 includes an APM402XL port card in slot 9, port 1
on the port card is connected to four individual port cards, and port 2 on the port card is
connected to another single 40G port, the port numbering is as follows: 1/9/1, 1/9/2, 1/9/3,
1/9/4, and 1/9/5.
By default, the 40G ports on the APM402XL port card (that is, port 1 and port 5) are active,
which means that they are in the attached state, can be detected, and you can use them. The
expandable 10G ports on the APM402XL port card (that is, ports 2–4 on the first 40G port
and ports 6–8 on the second 40G port) are nonactive, which means that they are in the
detached state and you cannot use them. However, you can configure them to be in the
attached state so that you can use them (see Configure Expandable Port Settings on page 265).

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Slot Configuration
By default, the slots of the M4300-96X are configured as empty slots, that is, as slots in which
no port cards are installed. None of the slots are preconfigured. For information about
configuring slots, see Configure and View Information About Slots and Port Cards on
page 48.
PoE Operation and Configuration
The PoE feature supports port cards in the slots of switch model M4300-96X:
•When you start switch model M4300-96 with APM408P PoE port cards already installed,
the switch initializes these port cards for PoE operation. Any existing configurations for
the slots is automatically applied. Therefore, PoE is operational immediately after the
switch completes its startup process.
•When you install one or more APM408P PoE port cards while switch model M4300-96 is
operating, the switch detects these modules, initializes them, and automatically apples
any existing configurations for the slots.
•When you remove one or more APM408P PoE port cards while switch model M4300-96
is operating, the switch detects the absence of these port cards and automatically adjusts
the configuration.
Power management enhances PoE functionality through the following features:
•Priority-based dynamic power management
•Automatic power rebalancing to meet the PoE power demand if system power is limited
•Automatic detection of insertion and removal of a power supply unit (PSU) and automatic
recalculation of the available power
PoE firmware updates occur on a slot basis (that is, for each APM408P port card).
For more information about PoE, see Configure Power over Ethernet on page 119.
Stacking
You can configure all ports on switch model M4300-96X as stacking ports. However, a limit of
a maximum of 16 active stacking links applies.
The APM402XL port card supports stacking over 40G ports only (that is, over port 1 and
port 5 only). When you expands the ports, you cannot use the 10G ports for stacking.
For more information about stacking, see Chapter 3, Stacking.

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Available Publications and Online Help
A number of publications are available at downloadcenter.netgear.com, including the
following publication:
•The installation guide for your switch and for the components:
-Installation Guide NETGEAR ProSAFE Managed Switches M4300 Series
-Installation Guide Fully Managed Switches Model M4300-96X
-Installation Guide Fully Managed Switch Port CardsAPM408C,APM408P,APM408F,
and APM402XL
-Installation Guide NETGEAR Power Supplies Units for Managed Switches,
APS150W, APS250W, APS550W, APS1000W, APS600W, and APS1200W
•The hardware installation guide for your switch:
-Hardware Installation Guide Fully Managed Stackable Switches Series M4300
-Hardware Installation Guide Fully Managed Stackable Switch M4300-96X
•M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches Software Administration Manual
•M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches CLI Command Reference
Manual
•M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual (this manual)
•M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches Software Setup Manual
You can also access this document online when you are logged in to the switch. Select
Help > Online Help > User Guide.
When you log into the local browser interface, online help is available. See Online Help on
page 26.
Register Your Product
The first time you log in to the switch, you are given the option of registering with NETGEAR.
Registration confirms that your e-mail alerts work, lowers technical support resolution time,
and ensures that your shipping address accuracy. NETGEAR would also like to incorporate
your feedback into future product development. NETGEAR never sells or rents your e-mail
address and you can opt out of communications at any time.
To register with NETGEAR when you are prompted, click the REGISTER NOW button.

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Understanding the User Interfaces
The switch software includes a set of comprehensive management functions for configuring
and monitoring the system by using one of the following methods:
•Local browser–based management interface (in this manual referred to as the local
browser interface), either over an Ethernet network port or over the out-of-band
(OOB) port (also referred to as the service port)
•Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
•Command-line interface (CLI)
Each of the standards-based management methods allows you to configure and monitor the
components of the switch The method you use to manage the system depends on your
network size and requirements, and on your preference.
This manual describes how to use the local browser interface to manage and monitor the
system.
Local Browser Interface Overview
Your switch contains an embedded web server and management software for managing and
monitoring switch functions. The switch functions as a simple switch without the management
software. However, you can use the management software to configure more advanced
features that can improve switch efficiency and overall network performance.
The local browser interface is a web-based management tool that lets you monitor, configure,
and control your switch remotely using a standard web browser. From your web browser, you
can monitor the performance of your switch and optimize its configuration for your network.
You can configure all switch features, such as VLANs, QoS, and ACLs, by using the local
browser interface.
Software Requirements for Using the Local Browser Interface
To access the switch by using a web browser, the browser must meet the following software
requirements:
•Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or 11
•Microsoft Edge 25
•Google Chrome 44 or 45
•Mozilla Firefox 40 or 40.6.01
•Apple Safari on OS X 9.0
Note: Other and later versions might work too but were not tested.
The Device View is based on HTML version 5.