IBM 10G Network Active Bypass, User Manual

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Contents
Homologation statement - regulation
notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety, environmental, and electronic
emissions notices . . . . . . . . . . vii
About this publication . . . . . . . xvii
Contacting IBM Support . . . . . . . . . xviii
Chapter 1. About the 10G Network
Active Bypass unit . . . . . . . . . . 1
About the 10G Network Active Bypass unit . . . . 1
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Switching modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Heartbeat settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TAP ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Power failure protection . . . . . . . . . . 9
SFP and SFP+ transceiver support . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Setting up the 10G Network
Active Bypass unit
. . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the 10G Network Active Bypass unit on
your network .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Logging in to the management interface . . . . . 12
Bypass settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
HA Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bond service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Link SFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Management port settings . . . . . . . . . 17
System logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Email notification settings . . . . . . . . . 19
SNMP settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
NTP and Time Zone settings . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3. Monitoring the 10G Network
Active Bypass unit from the
management interface . . . . . . . . 23
System status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Backup or restore settings . . . . . . . . . 24
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
User account settings . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote authentication: . . . . . . . 26
Alerting capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 4. Using the command-line
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Accessing the command-line interface . . . . . 29
Command-line parameters . . . . . . . . . 30
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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