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Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 Version 2.0
Table 10 describes the CI main menu options
Table 10 Console interface Main Menu options
Option Description
IP Configuration/
Setup... Displays the IP Configuration/Setup screen (see “IP Configuration/Setup screen ”
on page 162 ). This screen allows you to set or modify IP configuration
parameters and to ping other network devices.
SNMP Configuration... Displays the SNMP Configuration screen (see “SNMP Configuration screen ” on
page 167 ). This screen allows you to set or modify the SNMP read-only
community and read-write community strings, enable or disable the
authentication trap and the link Up/down trap, set the IP address of trap
receivers, and set the trap community strings.
System
Characteristics... Displays the System Characteristics screen (see “System Characteristics
screen ” on page 169 ). This screen allows you to view switch characteristics,
including number of resets, power status, hardware and software version, and
MAC address. This screen also contains three user-configurable fields:
sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation. When the switch is part of a stack
configuration, this screen also displays the base unit identification, the number of
units configured in the stack, and the local unit stack number.
Switch Configuration... Displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen (see “Switch Configuration
Menu screen ” on page 171 ). This menu provides the following configuration
options: MAC Address Table, MAC Address-Based Security, EAPOL Security
Configuration, VLAN Configuration, Port Configuration, High Speed Flow
Control, MultiLink Trunk Configuration, Port Mirroring Configuration, Rate
Limiting Configuration, IGMP Configuration, Display Port Statistics, Clear All Port
Statistics, and Stack Operational Mode.
Console/Comm Port
Configuration... Displays the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (see “Console/Comm
Port Configuration screen ” on page 239 ). This screen allows you to configure
and modify the console/Comm port parameters, including the console port
speed and password settings for the switch and stack operation.
Spanning Tree
Configuration... Displays the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu (see “Spanning Tree
Configuration Menu screen ” on page 248 ). This menu provides the following
options: Spanning Tree Group Configuration, Spanning Tree Port Configuration,
Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings, and Display Spanning Tree VLAN
Membership.
TELNET/SNMP/Web
Access Configuration... Displays the TELNET/SNMP/Web Access Configuration screen (see “TELNET/
SNMP/Web Access Configuration screen ” on page 262 ). This screen allows you
to set your switch to enable a user at a remote console terminal to communicate
with the Business Policy Switch as if the console terminal were directly
connected to it. You can have up to 10 active Telnet sessions running at one
time in either a standalone switch or a stack configuration.
You can use the
Command Line Interface (CLI), DM, or Web-based management system or
these menus with a Telnet session.
This screen also allows you to set the switch
to allow up to 10 IP addresses to access the switch using either these
management systems or SNMP access