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Dashboard

When you sign in to your switch, you can see a summary of switch configuration, PoE utilization, and VLAN information on the Dashboard. You can also access the admin menu to reset, restart, and log out of your switch.

Summary

The summary shows you the configuration status of the switch and many common settings. You can see the following details:

  • Model Name: The model name of the switch.
  • Firmware: The installed firmware version of the switch.
  • Hardware ID: The hardware ID of the switch.
  • Serial No.: The installed firmware version of the switch.
  • MAC address: The MAC address of the switch.
  • IP address: The IP address of the switch.
  • Subnet mask: The subnet mask for the switch's IP address.
  • Gateway: The IP address of the gateway.
  • Voice VLAN: This shows whether Voice VLAN is turned on or off. See Voice VLAN.
  • Jumbo frames: The size, in bytes, of the maximum frame size configured on Jumbo frames. See Jumbo frames.
  • IGMP snooping: This shows whether IGMP snooping is turned on or off. See IGMP snooping.
  • STP: This shows whether STP is turned on or off. See STP.
  • LLDP: This shows whether LLDP is turned on or off. See Link layer discovery protocol (LLDP).
  • QoS: This shows whether QoS is turned on or off. See Quality of service (QoS).
  • Fan status: The status of the switch's hardware fan.
  • DoS: This shows whether DoS is turned on or off. See DoS prevention.
  • Total PoE usage: This shows the percentage of total watts being delivered to connected PoE devices out of the total watts available in the switch's power supply.
  • System Uptime: The number of days, hours, and minutes since the last system restart.

Total PoE utilization by port

Total PoE utilization by port is a graph showing which ports are providing power to connected PoE devices and how much power the switch provides. See Power supply.

VLAN

VLAN shows details about the configured VLANs on the switch, including the VLAN ID, Name, Tagged, and Untagged ports. See VLAN.

Admin

You can access the admin menu by clicking your profile icon Admin profile icon. at the top-right of the Dashboard.

Note

The profile icon shows the first letter of the signed-in admin's username. For example, the default admin account shows the letter A.

You can do the following tasks on the admin menu:

  • Reset: Reset the switch back to its default settings.

    Warning

    After a reset, you lose all configuration changes, including the IP address and Sophos Central registration, and you must re-register the switch with Sophos Central. We recommend backing up the switch before you reset it.

  • Reboot: Restart the switch.

    Warning

    The switch's power supply also restarts, causing connected PoE devices to shut down. To keep connected PoE devices powered during a restart, use Continuous PoE Power.

  • Continuous PoE Power: Restart the switch and continue providing PoE power to connected devices. Available on all PoE models except the CS101-8FP.

  • Logout: Sign out of the switch.