Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 7)

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Logging on through the CLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
On-line help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Command completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Scroll control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Line editing commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Searching and filtering output from CLI commands . . . . . . . .111
Allowable characters for LAG names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Logging on through the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . .116
Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Chapter 5 Configuring Basic Parameters
Configuring basic system parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Entering system administration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol traps . . . . . . .120
Specifying an SNMP trap receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Specifying a Single trap source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Setting the SNMP Trap holddown time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Disabling SNMP traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Disabling Syslog messages and traps for CLI access . . . . . . .123
Configuring an interface as source for all Telnet packets . . . . . . .125
Cancelling an outbound Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Configuring an interface as the source for all TFTP packets . . . . .126
Configuring an interface as the source for Syslog packets . . . . . .126
Specifying a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server . . . . . .127
Setting the system clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
New Daylight Saving Time (DST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Configuring CLI banners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Setting a message of the day banner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Setting a privileged EXEC CLI level banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Displaying a message on the console when an incoming
Telnet session is detected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Configuring terminal display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Checking the length of terminal displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Enabling or disabling routing protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Displaying and modifying system parameter default settings . . . .133
Displaying the full port name for an interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Enabling or disabling Layer 2 switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
CAM partitioning for the BigIron RX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Re-distributing CAM allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Nexthop table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Changing the MAC age time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Configuring static ARP entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Pinging an IPv4 address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140