Switch Administration Guide

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Advanced

Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE), an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3az standard, reduces the power consumption of physical layer devices during periods of low link utilization. EEE saves energy by allowing PHY non-essential circuits shut down when there is no traffic.

Network administrators have long focused on the energy efficiency of their infrastructure, and the SonicWall Layer 2 Switch complies with the IEEE’s Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard to give even more control. The EEE- compliant Switch offers users the ability to utilize power that Ethernet links use only during data transmission. Lower Power Idle (LPI) is the method for achieving the power saving during Ethernet idle time.

Use the Advanced page to configure Energy Efficient Ethernet.

Enable EEE Enable or Disable EEE for the specified port.
DHCP Snooping

Select one of the following:

  • Trusted- Server packets received on trusted ports are forwarded.
  • Untrusted- Server packets (DHCP offer packets) received on untrusted ports are dropped.

Click Apply to update the system settings.