Switch Administration Guide

Product Overview

The SonicWall Switch can be managed through Wireless Network Manager (WNM), SonicWall a firewall, or a standalone/local user interface. This guide focuses on the administrative management via the local user interface.

To learn more about managing SonicWall Switch via Firewall, refer to SonicOS Switch Network Administrator Guide and via WNM, refer to the Wireless Network Manager Administrator Guide.

The SonicWall Switches are layer 2 devices specially designed to support PoE-capable and Ethernet-based network devices.

Switch Series Features - Across All Models:

  • Provides simple, yet powerful PoE manageability with features such as IEEE 802.3af or IEEE 802.3at/af ports.
  • Security and Visibility features like:

    • MAB (MAC authentication bypass)

    • DHCP Snooping

    • 802.1x authentication

    • Syslog collection

    • IP/MAC ACL

    • ACL

    • IEEE 802.1x authentication port-based

    • IEEE 802.1x guest and Fallback VLAN

  • Layer 2 features like:

    • Jumbo frames

    • Auto-negotiation for port speed and duplex

    • MDI/MDIX auto-crossover

    • MAC bridging/STP

    • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

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