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About This Guide
Using straight cable ............................................................................ 20
Using crossover cable ......................................................................... 20
S
WITCH TO
S
WITCH
(
OTHER DEVICES
) ...................................................... 20
Using straight cable ............................................................................ 21
Using crossover cable ......................................................................... 21
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SWITCH MANAGEMENT ................................................................. 22
L
OCAL
C
ONSOLE
M
ANAGAMENT
.............................................................. 22
Console port (RS-232 DCE ................................................................. 23
IP Addresses and SNMP Community Names........................................ 23
Traps................................................................................................... 24
MIBs ................................................................................................... 25
Packet Forwarding.............................................................................. 26
Aging Time.......................................................................................... 27
Spanning Tree Algorithm .................................................................... 28
STA Operation Levels ......................................................................... 28
On the Bridge Level.................................................................................... 29
On the Port Level........................................................................................ 29
User-Changeable Parameters ............................................................. 30
Illustration of STA............................................................................... 32
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USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE............................................... 35
C
ONNECTING TO THE
S
WITCH
.................................................................. 35
C
ONSOLE
U
SAGE
C
ONVENTIONS
.............................................................. 36
F
IRST
T
IME
C
ONNECTING
T
O
T
HE
S
WITCH
............................................... 37
Steps to create a Super User or General User: .................................... 38
Super and General User Privileges ..................................................... 39
LOGIN ON THE SWITCH CONSOLE BY REGISTERED USERS ....... 41
Changing Your Password .................................................................... 42
Adding and Deleting Users ................................................................. 43
S
ETTING UP THE
S
WITCH
.......................................................................... 46
TCP/IP Settings................................................................................... 46
Out-of-band management and console settings.................................... 47
Software Updates ................................................................................ 48
System Configuration Menu ................................................................ 50
SNMP M
ANAGEMENT
S
ETTINGS
............................................................. 51
SNMP Trap Manager Configuration ................................................... 51
SNMP Manager Configuration............................................................ 52
