Netgear M4300-52G-PoE+ (GSM4352PA) - 48x1G PoE+ Stackable Managed Switch with 2x10GBASE-T and 2xSFP+ (550W PSU) Software Guide
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Contents
Available Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview of the Switch Access Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview of the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Start the Switch and Observe the Power-On Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Prepare a Terminal if You Intend to Use a Console Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Overview of the Switch Access Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview of the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Start the Switch and Observe the Power-On Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Prepare a Terminal if You Intend to Use a Console Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Prepare a Computer With Terminal Emulation Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Access the Switch Through a Console Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Access the Switch Through a Console Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Use the Web Management Interface to Set Up the
IP Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Use a Console Port and the ezconfig Utility to Set Up the
IP Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Use a Console Port and the CLI to Set Up the IP Address Configuration . . . 17
Find the IP Address Configuration Assigned by a DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . 18
IP Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Use a Console Port and the ezconfig Utility to Set Up the
IP Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Use a Console Port and the CLI to Set Up the IP Address Configuration . . . 17
Find the IP Address Configuration Assigned by a DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . 18
Access the Web Management Interface When You Know the IP Address . . . . 18
Configure an SNMPv3 User Profile Using the Web Management Interface. . . 19
Configure an SNMPv3 User Profile Using the Web Management Interface. . . 19
Auto Install Configuration Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switch IP Address Assignment Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TFTP IP Address and Configuration File Name Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About Conflicting TFTP Server Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About DNS Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About Obtaining a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switch IP Address Assignment Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TFTP IP Address and Configuration File Name Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About Conflicting TFTP Server Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About DNS Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About Obtaining a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Host-Specific Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Default Network Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Default Network Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
About Obtaining an Image From a TFTP Server Through Auto Install . . . . . . . . 25
Configure Auto Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configure Auto Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configure Auto Install Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configure Auto Install Through the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . 27
Monitor and Complete the Auto Install Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Event Logging for the Auto Install Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configure Auto Install Through the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . 27
Monitor and Complete the Auto Install Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Event Logging for the Auto Install Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29