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Serial Port Determines whether the serial port should be used for out-of-band (SLIP) management or
for console management, starting from the next time the Switch is restarted. In this field, you can
toggle between SLIP or Console port type settings.
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Baud Rate Determines the serial port bit rate that will be used the next time the Switch is restarted.
Applies only when the serial port is being used for out-of-band (SLIP) management; it does not apply
when the port is used for the console port. Available speeds are 2400, 9600, 19200 and 38400 bits per
second. The default setting in this Switch version is 9600.
Configure Switch
The Switch Configuration screen shows various pieces of information about your Switch, and allows you to
set the System Name, System Location, and System Contact. These settings can be retrieved from the
Switch using SNMP requests, allowing the settings to be used for network management purposes.
Choose Configure Switch to access the second item on the System Configuration menu. The following
screen appears:
Figure 6-11. Switch Configuration screen
The fields you can set are:
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System Name Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
system.sysName
, and is used to give a
name to the Switch for administrative purposes. The Switch’s fully qualified domain name is often used,
provided a name has been assigned.
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System Location Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
system.sysLocation
, and is used to
indicate the physical location of the Switch for administrative purposes.
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System Contact Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
sysContact
, and is used to give the
name and contact information for the person responsible for administering the Switch.
The Configure Advanced Switch Features screen allows you to enable or disable head of line blocking
prevention. Press ADVANCE SETTINGS on the System Configuration window to access the Configure
Advanced Switch Features screen:
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