Cabletron Systems MMAC-Plus SFCS-1000, Configuration Manual

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APPENDIX A
AMI Overview
The switch software provides switch and connection management, IP connec-
tivity, and SNMP network management. The Switch Control Software (SCS) is
the “brains” of the switch. The SCS controls the switch board(s) and handles
connection set-up and tear-down duties. The SCS can also communicate with
other FORE Systems switches using the SPANS NNI protocol to learn net-
work topology and establish connections across multiple switches. In addi-
tion, there is an SNMP agent built into the SCS to allow SNMP management
and control.
The user interface to the SCS is called the ATM Management Interface (AMI).
AMI can be run on any Cabletron switch running switch software version
3.0.1 or later. This chapter contains a description of how to log in to AMI, how
to open or close an AMI session, and how to perform other AMI root level
commands. AMI allows the user to configure and to make statistical queries
of various hardware and software aspects of Cabletron switches and network
modules by providing a hierarchical menu system similar to a UNIX file sys-
tem. A single root menu provides a number of commands. Some of those
commands, in turn, call submenus which provide a number of subcom-
mands. At any given time, the user works within a particular submenu which
is indicated by the prompt. The user can traverse a submenu one level at a
time, or can traverse a number of levels simultaneously if the entire command
string is known. For example, to show the current configuration of the net-
work modules, enter the following at the prompt:
localhost::>
configuration module show
rather than entering one command line at a time as follows:
localhost::>
configuration
localhost::configuration>
module
localhost::configuration module>
show