Nortel Web OS 10.0, Application Manual

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212777-A, February 2002
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Preface
This Application Guide describes how to configure and use the Web OS software on the Alteon
Web switches. For documentation on installing the switches physically, see the Hardware
Installation Guide for your particular switch model.
Who Should Use This Guide
This Application Guide is intended for network installers and system administrators engaged in
configuring and maintaining a network. The administrator should be familiar with Ethernet
concepts, IP addressing, Spanning Tree Protocol, and SNMP configuration parameters.
What You’ll Find in This Guide
This guide will help you plan, implement, and administer Web OS software. Where possible,
each section provides feature overviews, usage examples, and configuration instructions.
Part 1: Basic Switching & Routing
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Chapter 1, “Basic IP Routing,” describes how to configure the Web switch for IP routing
using IP subnets, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), or DHCP Relay.
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Chapter 2, “VLANs,” describes how to configure Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
for creating separate network segments, including how to use VLAN tagging for devices
that use multiple VLANs. This chapter also describes how Jumbo frames can be used to
ease server processing overhead.
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Chapter 3, “Port Trunking,” describes how to group multiple physical ports together to
aggregate the bandwidth between large-scale network devices.
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Chapter 4, “OSPF,” describes OSPF concepts, how OSPF is implemented in Web OS, and
four examples of how to configure your switch for OSPF support.