Configuring Port Settings for a Switch
Port settings allow you to configure the behavior of individual ports on a switch,
stack, or switch group. These settings are essential for managing network performance
and
security.
By configuring port settings, you can apply Access Control Lists (ACLs) to invoke Quality of Service (QoS) settings, prioritizing specific types of traffic, such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and VIDEO VLAN traffic.
- On the menu, click to display the Switches window.
- On the Switches page, click and expand the System tree, select the switch you want to view. The switch details will appear in the right pane. Click the Ports tab.
- To configure the Port Settings, either double-click a port in the Ports View tab OR double-click a port name under the Port Details tab.
- In the Port Settings page, complete the following
configurations.
- Port Name: Enter the port name.
- Port Enabled: Click to enable the port.
- Port Protected: Click to enable the protected
port.Note: Port Protected field is displayed only for the switches using SmartZone 5.2.1 and above.
- Port VLANs: If you configure VLAN on both group model configuration and port settings, port level changes takes precedence.
- Customize: Click customize to identify the ports that need to stay customized.
- Use Group Settings: Click user group settings to rebind the identified ports back to the group level.
- Tagged VLANs: Enter the tagged VLAN ID or VLAN ID range.
- Untagged VLAN: Enter an untagged VLAN ID.
- POE Enable: Click to enable PoE.
- POE Class: Select the PoE class. You can configure the PoE budget on ports by setting the PoE class to 0 through 4.
- POE Priority: Enter the PoE priority.
- POE Budget: Allows you to manually set the PoE power limit.
- Ingress ACL: Select the Ingress ACL from the list.
- Egress ACL: Select the Egress ACL from the list.
- Port Speed: Select the required Port Speed from the list.
- Storm Control: If you set Storm Control
configuration on a switch, and if this switch joins the controller, you
must ensure that the Storm Control configuration on the controller is
also set.The Storm Control includes the following fields - Broadcast,
Multicast, and Unicast.Note: The value 0 pkts/sec and 0 kbps indicates storm control is disabled.
- Broadcast Limit: Enter the Broadcast Limit value in this field. The maximum value in Pkts/sec is 8388607 and the minimum value is 1; when the port speed is set to Auto or Optic, the maximum value in kbps is 1000000 and the minimum value is 1; when the port speed is other than auto or optic the minimum value in kbps is 1 and the maximum value is equivalent to the selected port speed .
- Multicast Limit: Enter the Multicast Limit value in this field. The maximum value in Pkts/sec is 8388607 and the minimum value is 1; when the port speed is set to Auto or Optic, the maximum value in kbps is 1000000 and the minimum value is 1; when the port speed is other than auto or optic the minimum value in kbps is 1 and the maximum value is equivalent to the selected port speed .
- Unicast Limit: Enter the Unicast Limit value in this field. The maximum value in Pkts/sec is 8388607 and the minimum value is 1; when the port speed is set to Auto or Optic, the maximum value in kbps is 1000000 and the minimum value is 1; when the port speed is other than auto or optic the minimum value in kbps is 1 and the maximum value is equivalent to the selected port speed .
- RSTP Admin Edge Port: Click to enable the RSTP Admin Edge Port.
- STP BPDU Guard: Click to enable the STP BPDU Guard.
- STP Root Guard: Click to enable the STP Root Guard.
- DHCP Snooping Trust Port: Click to enable the DHCP Snooping Trust Port.
- IPSG: Click to enable IPSG.
- ILLDP: Click to enable ILLDP.
- Voice VLAN: Select the VLAN (tagged or untagged).
- LLDP QoS: Click to enable LLDP-MED settings.
- Application type: Enter one of the application types : Guest_Voice, Guest_Voice_Signaling, Softphone_Voice, Streaming_Video, Video_Conferencing, Video_Signaling, Voice, and Voice_Signaling.
- VLAN type: The VLAN type can be priority-tagged, tagged, or untagged.
- VLAN ID: Enter the VLAN ID of the VLAN type.
- Priority: Enter the priority for the QoS setting.
- DSCP: Enter the DSCP value for the LLDP setting.
- Click OK.
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