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Switch administration tasks
This chapter describes basic switch administration tasks that apply to no
specific switch application. For complete information about administration
tasks specific to a switch application, consult the appropriate book.
This chapter contains the following topics:
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"General switch administration using the CLI" (page 169)
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"General Switch Administration using the Web-based Management
Interface" (page 194)
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"General Switch Administration using the JDM" (page 207)
General switch administration using the Command Line Interface
This section describes the Command Line Interface (CLI) commands used
in general switch administration. This section contains the following topics:
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"Multiple switch configurations" (page 170)
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New Unit Quick Configuration
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IP blocking
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"Assigning and clearing IP addresses" (page 171)
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"Assigning and clearing IP addresses for specific units" (page 174)
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"Displaying Interfaces" (page 175)
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"Setting port speed" (page 176)
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"Enabling Autotopology" (page 179)
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"Enabling rate-limiting" (page 183)
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"Using Simple Network Time Protocol" (page 185)
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"Clock configuration" (page 189)
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"Custom Autonegotiation Advertisements" (page 189)
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"Connecting to Another Switch" (page 190)
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"Domain Name Server (DNS) Configuration" (page 192)
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Overview — System Configuration
NN47205-500
02.01
Standard
5.0
23 February 2007
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