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SwOS is configurable from your web browser. It gives you all the basic functionality for a managed switch, plus more: allows to manage port-to-port forwarding, broadcast storm control, apply MAC filter, configure VLANs, mirror traffic, apply bandwidth limitation and even adjust some MAC and IP header fields.
SwOS is configurable from your web browser. It gives you all the basic functionality for a managed switch, plus more: allows to manage port-to-port forwarding, broadcast storm control, apply MAC filter, configure VLANs, mirror traffic, apply bandwidth limitation and even adjust some MAC and IP header fields.
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{{Warning | Each RouterBoard switch series device has its own firmware which cannot be installed on other series models! CRS317-1G-16S+ supports SwOS v2.3 and newer.}}
{{Warning | Each RouterBOARD switch series device has its own firmware which cannot be installed on other series models! CRS317-1G-16S+ supports SwOS v2.3 and newer.}}
==CRS317 series features==
<table class="styled_table">
<tr><th width="25%">Features</th><th>Description</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Forwarding'''</td>
<td><ul class="bullets">
<li>Full non-blocking wirespeed switching</li>
<li>Up to 16k MAC entries in Host table</li>
<li>Forwarding Database works based on SVL or IVL</li>
<li>Port Isolation</li>
<li>Jumbo frame support - 10218 bytes</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Spanning Tree Protocol'''</td>
<td>
<ul class="bullets">
<li>RSTP support</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Link Aggregation'''</td>
<td>
<ul class="bullets">
<li>Supports 802.3ad LACP groups</li>
<li>Supports static link aggregation groups</li>
<li>Up to 16 link aggregation groups</li>
<li>Up to 8 member ports per a group</li>
<li>Hardware automatic failover and load balancing</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Multicast Forwarding'''</td>
<td>
<ul class="bullets">
<li>IGMP Snooping support</li>
<li>Unknown Multicast Filtering</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Mirroring'''</td>
<td>
<ul class="bullets">
<li>Port based mirroring</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''VLAN'''</td>
<td>
<ul class="bullets">
<li>Fully compatible with IEEE802.1Q</li>
<li>Port based VLAN</li>
<li>Up to 250 VLAN entries (limited by SwOS)</li>
<li>VLAN filtering</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Security'''</td>
<td>
<ul class="bullets">
<li>Port Lock</li>
<li>Broadcast Storm Control</li>
<li>DHCP & PPPoE Snooping</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Quality of Service (QoS)'''</td>
<td>
<ul class="bullets">
<li>Ingress traffic limiting</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'''Access Control List'''</td>
<td><ul class="bullets">
<li>Ingress ACL tables</li>
<li>Up to 32 ACL rules (limited by SwOS)</li>
<li>Classification based on ports, L2, L3, L4 protocol header fields</li>
<li>ACL actions include filtering, forwarding and modifying of the protocol header fields</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
</table>


==Connecting to the Switch==
==Connecting to the Switch==
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{{ Note | MikroTik Neighbor Discovery protocol tools can be used to discover IP address of Mikrotik switch. [[Manual:IP/Neighbor_discovery]] }}
{{ Note | MikroTik Neighbor Discovery protocol tools can be used to discover IP address of Mikrotik switch. [[Manual:IP/Neighbor_discovery]]. Currently LLDP is not supported. }}


==Interface Overview==
==Interface Overview==
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<p>
Each individual port can be configured as an passive, active or static LACP using the control protocol.
Each individual port can be configured as Passive LACP, Active LACP or a Static LAG port.
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<tr>
<tr>
     <td><b>Mode</b> ''(default: passive)''</td>
     <td><b>Mode</b> ''(default: passive)''</td>
     <td>Specify LACP packet exchange mode between ports:
     <td>Specify LACP packet exchange mode or Static LAG mode on ports:
* <code><b>Passive</b></code>: Place port in listening state, use LACP only when it's countrary port uses active LACP mode
* <code><b>Passive</b></code>: Place port in listening state, use LACP only when it's contrary port uses active LACP mode
* <code><b>Active</b></code>: Prefer to start LACP regardless countrary port mode
* <code><b>Active</b></code>: Prefer to start LACP regardless contrary port mode
* <code><b>Static</b></code>: Place port in LACP mode=on</td>
* <code><b>Static</b></code>: Set port in a Static LAG mode</td>
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<tr>
<tr>
<tr>
     <td><b>Group</b></td><td>Create static LACP group  </td>
     <td><b>Group</b></td><td>Specify a Static LAG group  </td>
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[[File:317-errors.png|center|alt=Alt text|CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Statistics|center|frame]]
[[File:317-errors.png|center|alt=Alt text|CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Statistics|center|frame]]
[[File:317-hist.png|center|alt=Alt text|CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Statistics|center|frame]]
[[File:317-hist.png|center|alt=Alt text|CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Statistics|center|frame]]
{{ Note | Statistics for SFP+ interface are cleared whenever an active SFP+ link is established.}}


==VLAN and VLANs==
==VLAN and VLANs==


Parameter description for VLAN Mode.
<p>Port VLAN settings</p>
<table class="styled_table" >
 
<tr>
{{Mr-arg-table-h
  <th width="25%">Property</th>
|prop=Property
  <th >Description</th>
|desc=Description
</tr>
}}
<tr>
 
    <td><b>disabled</b></td><td>VLAN table is not used. Switch ignores VLAN tag part of tagged packets, treats packets as they are not tagged, disabled VLAN filtering.</td>
{{Mr-arg-table
</tr>
|arg=VLAN Mode
<tr>
|type=disabled {{!}} optional {{!}} enabled {{!}} strict
    <td><b>optional</b></td><td>Handle packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in VLAN table just like packets without VLAN tag, disabled VLAN filtering.</td>
|default=optional
</tr>
|desc=VLAN filtering mode, these options are relevant to egress ports (except for <var>strict</var> mode).
<tr>
* <var>disabled</var> - VLAN table is not used. Switch discards packets with a VLAN tag on egress ports. If the packet has a VLAN tag and the VLAN ID matches <code>Default VLAN ID</code> on egress ports, then with <code>VLAN Receive=any</code> the switch will remove the VLAN tag and forward the packet.
    <td><b>enabled</b></td><td>Drop packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in VLAN table. Default VLAN ID must be specified for access ports since it will be used to tag traffic from a certain port, enabled VLAN filtering.</td>
* <var>optional</var> - Disabled VLAN filtering. Handle packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in VLAN table just like packets without VLAN tag.
</tr>
* <var>enabled</var> - Enabled VLAN filtering. Drop packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in VLAN table. Default VLAN ID must be specified for access ports since it will be used to tag ingress traffic and untag egress traffic for the certain port.
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* <var>strict</var> - Enabled VLAN filtering with additional ingress filtering, which checks if the ingress port is a member of the received VLAN ID in the VLAN table. Received packets on the ingress port with a VLAN ID that does not match with VLAN table will be dropped. Default VLAN ID must be specified for access ports since it will be used to tag ingress traffic and untag egress traffic for the certain port.
}}
 
{{Mr-arg-table
|arg=VLAN Receive
|type=any {{!}} only tagged {{!}} only untagged
|default=any
|desc=Ingress traffic filtering based on VLAN tag presence.
* <var>any</var> - Allows tagged and untagged packets on a certain port
* <var>only tagged</var> - Allows only packets with a VLAN tag
* <var>only untagged</var> - Allows only packets without a VLAN tag
}}
 
{{Mr-arg-table
|arg=Default VLAN ID
|type=integer: 1..4095
|default=1
|desc=VLAN ID which will be assigned on ingress traffic. Only has effect on untagged traffic, it will be ignored for tagged traffic. This parameter is usually used to allocate access ports with specific VLAN. It is also used to untag egress traffic if packet's VLAN ID matches Default VLAN ID.
}}
 
{{Mr-arg-table-end
|arg=Force VLAN ID
|type=integer: yes {{!}} no
|default=no
|desc=Assigns the <code>Default VLAN ID</code> value to all ingress traffic (tagged and untagged). Has effect in all VLAN Modes. If port receives tagged traffic and <code>Default VLAN ID</code> is set to 1, then with this parameter the egress traffic will be untagged.
}}
 
<br />
<br />
Parameter description for VLAN Receive (ingress traffic).
<p>VLAN table settings</p>
<table class="styled_table" >
 
<tr>
{{Mr-arg-table-h
  <th width="25%">Property</th>
|prop=Property
  <th >Description</th>
|desc=Description
</tr>
}}
<tr>
 
    <td><b>any</b></td><td>Allows tagged and untagged traffic on a certain port.</td>
{{Mr-arg-table
</tr>
|arg=VLAN ID
<tr>
|type=integer: 1..4095
    <td><b>only tagged</b></td><td>Allows only traffic if a VLAN tag is present.</td>
|default=0
</tr>
|desc=VLAN ID to which assign ports.
<tr>
}}
    <td><b>only untagged</b></td><td>Allows only traffic if a VLAN tag is not present.</td>
 
</tr>
{{Mr-arg-table
</table>
|arg=Port Isolation
<br/>
|type=yes {{!}} no
|default=yes
|desc=Use settings from <code>Port Isolation</code> menu to isolate the defined VLAN to only certain ports. When disabled, the switch will ignore port isolation configuration and forward traffic with the defined VLAN ID only to ports that are checked as members.
}}
 
{{Mr-arg-table
|arg=Learning
|type=yes {{!}} no
|default=yes
|desc=Enables or disables MAC address learning on the defined VLAN. If disabled, then all learned MAC addresses will appear as they have had been learned from VLAN 1.
}}
 
{{Mr-arg-table
|arg=Mirror
|type=yes {{!}} no
|default=no
|desc=Enables or disables VLAN based mirroring. When enabled and <code>Mirror To</code> is set in the <code>Forwarding</code> menu, then all traffic from the defined VLAN will be mirrored to the selected port.
}}
 
{{Mr-arg-table
|arg=IGMP Snooping
|type=yes {{!}} no
|default=no
|desc=Enables or disables IGMP Snooping on the defined VLAN. When enabled, the switch will listen to IGMP Join and Leave requests from the defined VLAN and only forward traffic to ports, which have sent IGMP membership requests from the defined VLAN. When disabled, the switch will flood all VLAN member ports with Multicast traffic.
}}
 
{{Mr-arg-table-end
|arg=Members
|type=ports
|default=none
|desc=Group of ports, which are allowed to forward traffic on the defined VLAN.
}}


<br />
<p>VLAN configuration for switch ports.</p>
<p>VLAN configuration for switch ports.</p>
[[File:317-VLAN.png|center|alt=Alt text|CRS317-1G-16S+ Port VLAN Settings|center|frame]]
[[File:317-VLAN.png|center|alt=Alt text|CRS317-1G-16S+ Port VLAN Settings|center|frame]]
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</tr>
</table>
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== Dual Boot ==
“Dual Boot” feature allows you to choose which operating system you prefer to use, RouterOS or SwOS.
''Boot RouterOS'' option is under ''System'' tab:
[[File:Swos-bootrouteros.png|frame|center|alt=Alt text|Boot RouterOS option]]
Alternative Dual Boot possibilities: [https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:CRS3xx_series_switches#Dual_Boot Dual Boot manual]


== Reset and Reinstall ==
== Reset and Reinstall ==

Latest revision as of 18:09, 14 March 2019

Summary

SwOS is an operating system designed specifically for administration of MikroTik switch products.

SwOS is configurable from your web browser. It gives you all the basic functionality for a managed switch, plus more: allows to manage port-to-port forwarding, broadcast storm control, apply MAC filter, configure VLANs, mirror traffic, apply bandwidth limitation and even adjust some MAC and IP header fields.

Warning: Each RouterBOARD switch series device has its own firmware which cannot be installed on other series models! CRS317-1G-16S+ supports SwOS v2.3 and newer.


CRS317 series features

FeaturesDescription
Forwarding
  • Full non-blocking wirespeed switching
  • Up to 16k MAC entries in Host table
  • Forwarding Database works based on SVL or IVL
  • Port Isolation
  • Jumbo frame support - 10218 bytes
Spanning Tree Protocol
  • RSTP support
Link Aggregation
  • Supports 802.3ad LACP groups
  • Supports static link aggregation groups
  • Up to 16 link aggregation groups
  • Up to 8 member ports per a group
  • Hardware automatic failover and load balancing
Multicast Forwarding
  • IGMP Snooping support
  • Unknown Multicast Filtering
Mirroring
  • Port based mirroring
VLAN
  • Fully compatible with IEEE802.1Q
  • Port based VLAN
  • Up to 250 VLAN entries (limited by SwOS)
  • VLAN filtering
Security
  • Port Lock
  • Broadcast Storm Control
  • DHCP & PPPoE Snooping
Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Ingress traffic limiting
Access Control List
  • Ingress ACL tables
  • Up to 32 ACL rules (limited by SwOS)
  • Classification based on ports, L2, L3, L4 protocol header fields
  • ACL actions include filtering, forwarding and modifying of the protocol header fields

Connecting to the Switch

Open your web browser and enter IP address of your Switch (192.168.88.1 by default) and login screen will appear.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ with loaded SwOS (CSS317-1G-16S+)

SwOS default IP address: 192.168.88.1, user name: admin and there is no password.

Note: MikroTik Neighbor Discovery protocol tools can be used to discover IP address of Mikrotik switch. Manual:IP/Neighbor_discovery. Currently LLDP is not supported.


Interface Overview

CRS317-1G-16S+ SwOS interface menu consists of multiple tabs: Link, SFP, SFP Status, Port Isolation, LAG, Forwarding, Stats, Errors, Histogram, VLAN, VLANs, Static Hosts, Hosts, SNMP, ACL, System and Upgrade.

Description of buttons in SwOS configuration tool:

  • Append - add new item to the end of the list
  • Apply All - applies current configuration changes
  • Cut - removes item from the list
  • Clear - resets properties of the item
  • Discard Changes - removes unsaved configuration
  • Insert - add new item to the list (places it before current item)
  • Sort - sort VLAN table by VLAN-IDs; sort host table by MAC addresses


  • Change Password - changes password of the switch
  • Logout - logout from current Switch
  • Reboot - reboot the switch
  • Reset Configuration - reset configuration back to factory defaults
  • Choose File - browse for upgrade or backup file
  • Upgrade - upgrade firmware of the Switch
  • Restore Backup - restore Switch using selected backup file
  • Save Backup - generate and download backup file from the Switch

System

System Tab performs the following functions:

  • General information about Switch
  • Switch management
  • Configuration reset
  • Backup and restore configuration

Note: SwOS uses a simple algorithm to ensure TCP/IP communication - it just replies to the same IP and MAC address packet came from. This way there is no need for Default Gateway on the device itself.


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CRS317-1G-16S+ General Settings


Property Description
IP AddressIP address of the switch
IdentityName of the switch (for Mikrotik Neighbor Discovery protocol)
Allow FromIP address from which the switch is accessible. Default value is '0.0.0.0/0' - any address
Allow From PortsList of switch ports from which it is accessible
Allow From VLANVLAN ID from which the switch is accessible (VLAN Mode on ingress port must be other than disabled in order to connect)
WatchdogEnable or disable system Watchdog. It will reset CPU of the switch in case of fault condition
Independent VLAN LookupEnable or disable independent VLAN lookup in the Host table for packet forwarding
Mikrotik Discovery ProtocolEnable or disable Mikrotik Neighbor Discovery protocol
MAC AddressMAC address of the switch (Read-only)
Serial NumberSerial number of the switch (Read-only)
Board NameMikroTik model name of the switch (Read-only)
UptimeCurrent switch uptime (Read-only)

Health and Global RSTP


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CRS317-1G-16S+ Health and Global RSTP Settings


Property Description
TemperatureShows PCB temperature in celsius temperature scale (Read-only)
Property Description
Bridge Priority (hex)RSTP bridge priority for Root Bridge selection
Port Cost ModeThere are two methods for automatically detecting RSTP port cost depending on link speed.
  • short: 10G - 2; 1G - 4; 100M - 10; 10M - 100
  • long: 10G - 2000; 1G - 20000; 100M - 200000; 10M - 2000000
Root BridgeThe priority and MAC address of the selected Root Bridge in the network (Read-only)

Password and Backup


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CRS317-1G-16S+ System Management Settings

Link

Link Tab allows you to:

  • Configure Ethernet and SFP+ ports
  • Monitor link status of Ethernet and SFP+ ports

Note: CRS317-1G-16S+ supports up to 10232 byte Jumbo frames when running SwOS.


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CRS317-1G-16S+ Link Settings


Property Description
EnabledEnable or disable port
NameEditable port name
Link StatusCurrent link status (Read-only)
Auto NegotiationEnable or disable auto negotiation
SpeedSpecify speed setting of the port (requires auto negotiation to be disabled)
Full DuplexSpecify duplex mode of the port (requires auto negotiation to be disabled)
Flow control Enable or disable 802.3x Flow control

SFP and SFP Status

SFP and SFP Status Tabs allow you to monitor status of SFP modules.

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SFP Tab


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SFP Status Tab

Port Isolation

Port Isolation table allows or restricts traffic forwarding between specific ports.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Isolation Tab

Note: It is possible to check/uncheck multiple checkboxes by checking one of them and then dragging horizontally (Click & Drag)


LAG

CRS317-1G-16S+ supports 802.3ad (LACP) compatible link aggregation as well as static link aggregation to ensure failover and load balancing based on Layer2 and Layer3 hashing.

Up to 16 link aggregation groups with up to 8 ports per a group are supported.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ LAG Tab

Each individual port can be configured as Passive LACP, Active LACP or a Static LAG port.

Property Description
Mode (default: passive) Specify LACP packet exchange mode or Static LAG mode on ports:
  • Passive: Place port in listening state, use LACP only when it's contrary port uses active LACP mode
  • Active: Prefer to start LACP regardless contrary port mode
  • Static: Set port in a Static LAG mode
Property Description
GroupSpecify a Static LAG group
Trunk (read only)Represents group number port belongs to.
Partner (read only)Represents partner mac-address.

Forwarding

Forwarding Tab provides advanced forwarding options among switch ports, port locking, port mirroring, bandwidth limit and broadcast storm control features.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ Forwarding Settings


Property Description
Port Lock
  • Port Lock - Enable or disable MAC address learning on this port
  • Lock On First - Enable or disable MAC address learning on this port (MAC address from the first received packet will still be learnt)
Port Mirroring
  • Mirror Ingress - Whether traffic entering this port must be copied and forwarded to mirroring target port
  • Mirror Egress - Whether traffic leaving this port must be copied and forwarded to mirroring target port
  • Mirror To - Mirroring target port
Broadcast Storm Control
  • Storm Rate (%) - Limit the number of broadcast packets transmitted by an interface. The rate is measured in percents of the link speed.
  • Include Unknown Unicast - Include unicast packets without an entry in host table in Storm Rate limitation
Bandwidth Limit
  • Ingress Rate - Limit traffic entering this port (bps)

RSTP

Per port RSTP configuration and monitoring is available in the RSTP menu.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ RSTP Settings


Stats, Errors and Histogram

These menus provide detailed information about received and transmitted packets.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Statistics
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CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Statistics
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CRS317-1G-16S+ Port Statistics

Note: Statistics for SFP+ interface are cleared whenever an active SFP+ link is established.


VLAN and VLANs

Port VLAN settings

Property Description
VLAN Mode (disabled | optional | enabled | strict; Default: optional) VLAN filtering mode, these options are relevant to egress ports (except for strict mode).
  • disabled - VLAN table is not used. Switch discards packets with a VLAN tag on egress ports. If the packet has a VLAN tag and the VLAN ID matches Default VLAN ID on egress ports, then with VLAN Receive=any the switch will remove the VLAN tag and forward the packet.
  • optional - Disabled VLAN filtering. Handle packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in VLAN table just like packets without VLAN tag.
  • enabled - Enabled VLAN filtering. Drop packets with VLAN tag ID that is not present in VLAN table. Default VLAN ID must be specified for access ports since it will be used to tag ingress traffic and untag egress traffic for the certain port.
  • strict - Enabled VLAN filtering with additional ingress filtering, which checks if the ingress port is a member of the received VLAN ID in the VLAN table. Received packets on the ingress port with a VLAN ID that does not match with VLAN table will be dropped. Default VLAN ID must be specified for access ports since it will be used to tag ingress traffic and untag egress traffic for the certain port.
VLAN Receive (any | only tagged | only untagged; Default: any) Ingress traffic filtering based on VLAN tag presence.
  • any - Allows tagged and untagged packets on a certain port
  • only tagged - Allows only packets with a VLAN tag
  • only untagged - Allows only packets without a VLAN tag
Default VLAN ID (integer: 1..4095; Default: 1) VLAN ID which will be assigned on ingress traffic. Only has effect on untagged traffic, it will be ignored for tagged traffic. This parameter is usually used to allocate access ports with specific VLAN. It is also used to untag egress traffic if packet's VLAN ID matches Default VLAN ID.
Force VLAN ID (integer: yes | no; Default: no) Assigns the Default VLAN ID value to all ingress traffic (tagged and untagged). Has effect in all VLAN Modes. If port receives tagged traffic and Default VLAN ID is set to 1, then with this parameter the egress traffic will be untagged.


VLAN table settings

Property Description
VLAN ID (integer: 1..4095; Default: 0) VLAN ID to which assign ports.
Port Isolation (yes | no; Default: yes) Use settings from Port Isolation menu to isolate the defined VLAN to only certain ports. When disabled, the switch will ignore port isolation configuration and forward traffic with the defined VLAN ID only to ports that are checked as members.
Learning (yes | no; Default: yes) Enables or disables MAC address learning on the defined VLAN. If disabled, then all learned MAC addresses will appear as they have had been learned from VLAN 1.
Mirror (yes | no; Default: no) Enables or disables VLAN based mirroring. When enabled and Mirror To is set in the Forwarding menu, then all traffic from the defined VLAN will be mirrored to the selected port.
IGMP Snooping (yes | no; Default: no) Enables or disables IGMP Snooping on the defined VLAN. When enabled, the switch will listen to IGMP Join and Leave requests from the defined VLAN and only forward traffic to ports, which have sent IGMP membership requests from the defined VLAN. When disabled, the switch will flood all VLAN member ports with Multicast traffic.
Members (ports; Default: none) Group of ports, which are allowed to forward traffic on the defined VLAN.


VLAN configuration for switch ports.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ Port VLAN Settings


VLAN membership configuration for switch ports.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ VLAN Membership Settings


Static Hosts

Static host table entries. Static entries will take over dynamic if dynamic entry with same mac-address already exists. Also by adding a static entry you get access to some more functionality.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ Static Host Table


Hosts

This table represents dynamically learnt MAC address to port mapping entries. When Switch receives a packet from certain port, it adds the packets source MAC address and port it received the packet from to host table, so when a packet comes in with certain destination MAC address it knows to which port it should forward the packet. If the destination MAC address is not present in host table then it forwards the packet to all ports in the group. Dynamic entries take about 5 minutes to time out. CRS317-1G-16S+ supports 16383 host table entries.

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CRS317-1G-16S+ Host table


IGMP Snooping

IGMP Snooping which controls multicast streams and prevents multicast flooding is implemented in SwOS starting from version 2.5. The feature allows a switch to listen in the IGMP conversation between hosts and routers.


Enable option under System tab.

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IGMP Snooping under System tab


Available IGMP snooping data:

  • Group Adress
  • VLAN
  • Member Ports
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CRS/CSS3XX series IGMP Snooping


Possibility to enable IGMP Snooping for specific VLAN ID.

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CRS/CSS3XX series IGMP Snooping

SNMP Tab

SwOS supports SNMP v1 and uses IF-MIB, SNMPv2-MIB and BRIDGE-MIB for SNMP reporting.

Available SNMP data:

  • System information
  • System uptime
  • Port status
  • Interface statistics
  • Host table information
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SNMP settings
Property Description
EnabledEnable or disable SNMP service
CommunitySNMP community name
Contact InfoContact information for the NMS
LocationLocation information for the NMS


ACL Tab

An access control list (ACL) rule table is very powerful tool allowing wire speed packet filtering, forwarding and VLAN tagging based on L2,L3 protocol header field conditions.

CRS317-1G-16S+ ACL table
CRS317-1G-16S+ ACL table

Each rule contains a conditions part and an action part.

Conditions part parameters

Property Description
FromPort that packet came in from
MAC SrcSource MAC address and mask
MAC DstDestination MAC address and mask
EthertypeProtocol encapsulated in the payload of an Ethernet Frame
VLAN

VLAN header presence:

  • any
  • present
  • not present
VLAN IDVLAN tag ID
PriorityPriority in VLAN tag
IP Src (IP/netmask:port)Source IPv4 address, netmask and L4 port number
IP Dst (IP/netmask:port)Destination IPv4 address, netmask and L4 port number
ProtocolIP protocol
DSCPIP DSCP field

Action part parameters

Property Description
Redirect ToForce new packets destination port
MirrorClones packet and sends it to mirror-target port
RateLimits bandwidth (bps)
DropDrop packet
Set VLAN IDChanges the VLAN tag ID, if VLAN tag is present
PriorityChanges the VLAN tag priority bits, if VLAN tag is present

Dual Boot

“Dual Boot” feature allows you to choose which operating system you prefer to use, RouterOS or SwOS. Boot RouterOS option is under System tab:

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Boot RouterOS option

Alternative Dual Boot possibilities: Dual Boot manual

Reset and Reinstall

CRS317-1G-16S+ has built-in backup SwOS firmware which can be loaded in case standard firmware breaks or upgrade fails:

  • Holding Reset button for few seconds while CRS317-1G-16S+ is booting resets configuration and loads backup firmware SwOS 2.3p.
  • After loading backup firmware SwOS 2.3p it is possible to connect to 192.168.88.1 using web browser and install new SwOS firmware.
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