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This guide describes the features of the SuperStack
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3 Switch 4400 Series
and outlines how to use these features to optimize the performance of
your network.
Most features detailed in this guide are common to all Switches in the
4400 Series. Refer to the Management Quick Reference Guide that
accompanies your Switch for details of the specific features your Switch
supports.
This guide is intended for the system or network administrator who is
responsible for configuring, using, and managing the Switches. It
assumes a working knowledge of local area network (LAN) operations
and familiarity with communication protocols that are used to
interconnect LANs.
For detailed descriptions of the Web interface operations and the
Command Line Interface (CLI) commands that you require to manage the
Switch please refer to the Management Interface Reference Guide
supplied in HTML format on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch
or on the 3Com Web site.
If release notes are shipped with your product and the information there
differs from the information in this guide, follow the instructions in the
release notes.
Most user guides and release notes are available in Adobe Acrobat
Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) or HTML on the 3Com
World Wide Web site:
http://www.3com.com/
Summary of Contents for 3C17203 - SuperStack 3 Switch 4400
Page 8: ...GLOSSARY INDEX ...
Page 14: ...14 ...
Page 26: ...26 CHAPTER 1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW ...
Page 44: ...44 CHAPTER 3 USING MULTICAST FILTERING ...
Page 55: ...How STP Works 55 Figure 13 STP configurations ...
Page 58: ...58 CHAPTER 4 USING RESILIENCE FEATURES ...
Page 84: ...84 CHAPTER 7 STATUS MONITORING AND STATISTICS ...
Page 92: ...92 CHAPTER 8 SETTING UP VIRTUAL LANS ...
Page 98: ...98 CHAPTER 9 USING WEBCACHE SUPPORT ...
Page 120: ...120 CHAPTER 12 POWER MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL ...
Page 122: ...122 ...
Page 126: ...126 APPENDIX A CONFIGURATION RULES ...
Page 134: ...134 APPENDIX B NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES ...
Page 150: ...150 GLOSSARY ...