Document Outline

• Title
• Notice
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• About This Guide
  • Using This guide
  • Structure of This Guide
  • Related Documents
  • Document Conventions
  • Typographical and Keystroke Conventions
• Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
    • 1.1.1 The Management Agent
    • 1.1.2 In-Band vs. Out-of-Band
  • 1.2 Navigating Local Management Screens
  • 1.3 Local Management Requirements
  • 1.4 Local Management Screen Elements
  • 1.5 Local Management Keyboard Conventions
  • 1.6 Getting Help
• Local Management Requirements
  • 2.1 Management Terminal Setup
    • 2.1.1 Console Cable Connection
    • 2.1.2 Management Terminal Setup Parameters
  • 2.2 Telnet Connections
  • 2.3 Monitoring an Uninterruptible Power Supply
• Accessing Local Management
  • 3.1 Navigating Local Management Screens
    • 3.1.1 Selecting Local Management Menu Screen Items
    • 3.1.2 Exiting Local Management Screens
    • 3.1.3 Using the NEXT and PREVIOUS Commands
    • 3.1.4 Using the CLEAR COUNTERS Command
  • 3.2 Password Screen
  • 3.3 Device Menu Screen
  • 3.4 Overview of Security Methods
    • 3.4.1 Host Access Control Authentication (HACA)
  • 3.5 Security Menu Screen
  • 3.6 Passwords Screen
    • 3.6.1 Setting the Login Password
  • 3.7 RADIUS Configuration Screen
    • 3.7.1 Setting the Last Resort Authentication
    • 3.7.2 Setting the Local and Remote Servers
• Device Configuration Menu Screens
  • 4.1 Device Configuration Menu Screen
  • 4.2 General Configuration Screen
    • 4.2.1 Setting the IP Address
    • 4.2.2 Setting the Subnet Mask
    • 4.2.3 Setting the Default Gateway
    • 4.2.4 Setting the TFTP Gateway IP Address
    • 4.2.5 Setting the Device Date
    • 4.2.6 Setting the Device Time
    • 4.2.7 Entering a New Screen Refresh Time
    • 4.2.8 Setting the Screen Lockout Time
    • 4.2.9 Setting the Operational Mode
    • 4.2.10 Configuring the COM Port
      • 4.2.10.1 Changing the COM Port Application
    • 4.2.11 Clearing NVRAM
    • 4.2.12 Enabling/Disabling IP Fragmentation
  • 4.3 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen
  • 4.4 SNMP Community Names Configuration Screen
    • 4.4.1 Establishing Community Names
  • 4.5 SNMP Traps Configuration Screen
    • 4.5.1 Configuring the Trap Table
  • 4.6 Access Control List Screen
    • 4.6.1 Entering IP Addresses
    • 4.6.2 Enable/Disable ACL
  • 4.7 System Resources Information Screen
    • 4.7.1 Setting the Reset Peak Switch Utilization
  • 4.8 FLASH Download Configuration Screen
    • 4.8.1 Image File Download Using Runtime
    • 4.8.2 Configuration File Download Using TFTP
    • 4.8.3 Configuration File Upload Using TFTP
• Port Configuration Menu Screens
  • 5.1 Port Configuration Menu Screen
  • 5.2 Ethernet Interface Configuration Screen
  • 5.3 Ethernet Port Configuration Screen
    • 5.3.1 Selecting Settings
    • 5.3.2 Setting the Advertised Ability
  • 5.4 HSIM/VHSIM Configuration Screen
  • 5.5 Redirect Configuration Menu Screen
  • 5.6 Port Redirect Configuration Screen
    • 5.6.1 Changing Source and Destination Ports
  • 5.7 VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen
    • 5.7.1 Changing Source VLAN and Destination Ports
  • 5.8 Broadcast Suppression Configuration Screen
    • 5.8.1 Setting the Threshold
    • 5.8.2 Setting the Reset Peak
• 802.1 Configuration Menu Screens
  • 6.1 802.1 Configuration Menu Screen
  • 6.2 Switch Configuration Screen
    • 6.2.1 Setting the STA
    • 6.2.2 Setting the Age Time Field
    • 6.2.3 Setting (Enabling or Disabling) the Port Status
  • 6.3 802.1 Priority Configuration Menu Screen
  • 6.4 Port Priority Configuration Screen
    • 6.4.1 Setting Switch Port Priority Port-by-Port
    • 6.4.2 Setting Switch Port Priority on All Ports
  • 6.5 Advanced Port Priority Configuration Screen
    • 6.5.1 Setting the TX Mapping Queues
    • 6.5.2 Setting the TX Regeneration Priorities
    • 6.5.3 Setting the Default Priority
  • 6.6 Transmit Queues Configuration Screen
    • 6.6.1 Setting the Current Queueing Mode
  • 6.7 Priority Classification Configuration Screen
    • 6.7.1 Classification Precedence Rules
    • 6.7.2 About the IP Rewrite Function
    • 6.7.3 Displaying the Current PID/Classification Assignments
    • 6.7.4 Assigning a Classification to a PID
    • 6.7.5 Deleting PID/Classification/Description Line Items
  • 6.8 Protocol Port Configuration Screen
    • 6.8.1 Assigning Ports to a PID/Classification
  • 6.9 Example, Prioritizing Traffic According to Classification Rule
    • 6.9.1 Solving the Problem
  • 6.10 Rate Limiting Configuration Screen
    • 6.10.1 Configuring a Port
    • 6.10.2 Changing/Deleting Port Line Items
    • 6.10.3 More About Rate Limiting
• 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screens
  • 7.1 Summary of VLAN Local Management
    • 7.1.1 Preparing for VLAN Configuration
  • 7.2 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screen
  • 7.3 Device VLAN Configuration Screen
    • 7.3.1 Defining a VLAN
    • 7.3.2 Changing the VLAN to FID Association
    • 7.3.3 Renaming a VLAN
    • 7.3.4 Deleting a VLAN
    • 7.3.5 Enabling VLANs
    • 7.3.6 Disabling VLANs
    • 7.3.7 Changing the Forwarding Mode
    • 7.3.8 Paging Through the VLAN List
  • 7.4 Port Assignment Configuration Screen
    • 7.4.1 Changing the Port Mode
    • 7.4.2 Assigning a VLAN ID
    • 7.4.3 Paging Through the Port List
  • 7.5 Port Filtering Configuration Screen
    • 7.5.1 Displaying VLAN IDs Associated with a Port
    • 7.5.2 Selecting the Type of Filtering for a Port
  • 7.6 VLAN Forwarding Configuration Screen
    • 7.6.1 Viewing Current VLAN Ports
    • 7.6.2 Paging Through VLAN Forwarding List Entries
    • 7.6.3 Adding Forwarding List Entries
    • 7.6.4 Deleting Forwarding List Entries
    • 7.6.5 Changing the Frame Format
  • 7.7 VLAN Classification Configuration Screen
    • 7.7.1 Classification Precedence Rules
    • 7.7.2 Displaying the Current Classification Rule Assignments
    • 7.7.3 Assigning a Classification to a VID
    • 7.7.4 Deleting Line Items
  • 7.8 Protocol Port Configuration Screen
    • 7.8.1 Assigning Ports to a VID/Classification
• GARP Configuration Menu Screens
  • 8.1 GARP Configuration Menu Screen
  • 8.2 GARP Configuration Screen
    • 8.2.1 Setting a Port to Operate Using GMRP or GVRP
    • 8.2.2 Setting All Ports on the Switch
  • 8.3 GMRP Configuration Screen
    • 8.3.1 Setting a Mode, Port-by-Port
    • 8.3.2 Setting a Mode for All Ports
• Layer 3 Extensions Menu Screens
  • 9.1 Layer 3 Extensions Menu Screen
  • 9.2 IGMP/VLAN Configuration Screen
  • 9.3 IGMP/VLAN Configuration Procedure
• Device Statistics Menu Screens
  • 10.1 Device Statistics Menu Screen
  • 10.2 Switch Statistics Screen
  • 10.3 Interface Statistics Screen
    • 10.3.1 Displaying Interface Statistics
  • 10.4 RMON Statistics Screen
    • 10.4.1 Displaying RMON Statistics
• Network Tools Screens
  • 11.1 Network Tools
  • 11.2 Built-in Commands
  • 11.3 Example 7, Dynamic Egress and Aging Time
  • 11.4 Example 8, Using Dynamic Egress to Control Traffic
  • 11.5 Special Commands
• VLAN Operation and Network Applications
  • 12.1 Defining VLANs
  • 12.2 Types of VLANs
    • 12.2.1 802.1Q VLANs
    • 12.2.2 SecureFast VLANs
    • 12.2.3 Other VLAN Strategies
  • 12.3 Benefits and Restrictions
  • 12.4 VLAN Terms
  • 12.5 VLAN Operation
    • 12.5.1 Description
    • 12.5.2 VLAN Components
  • 12.6 Configuration Process
    • 12.6.1 Defining a VLAN
    • 12.6.2 Classifying Frames to a VLAN
    • 12.6.3 Customizing the VLAN Forwarding List
  • 12.7 VLAN Switch Operation
    • 12.7.1 Receiving Frames from VLAN Ports
    • 12.7.2 Forwarding Decisions
      • 12.7.2.1 Broadcasts, Multicasts, and Unknown Unicasts
      • 12.7.2.2 Known Unicasts
  • 12.8 VLAN Configuration
    • 12.8.1 Managing the Switch
    • 12.8.2 Switch Without VLANs
    • 12.8.3 Switch with VLANs
  • 12.9 Summary of VLAN Local Management
    • 12.9.1 Preparing for VLAN Configuration
  • 12.10 Quick VLAN Walkthrough
  • 12.11 Examples
  • 12.12 Example 1, Single Switch Operation
    • 12.12.1 Solving the Problem
    • 12.12.2 Frame Handling
  • 12.13 Example 2, VLANs Across Multiple Switches
    • 12.13.1 Solving the Problem
    • 12.13.2 Frame Handling
  • 12.14 Example 3, 1D Trunk Connection to 802.1Q VLAN Network
    • 12.14.1 Solving the Problem
    • 12.14.2 Frame Handling
  • 12.15 Example 4, Isolating Network Traffic According to Protocol
    • 12.15.1 Solving the Problem
  • 12.16 Example 5, Filtering Traffic According to a Layer 4 Classification Rule
    • 12.16.1 Solving the Problem
  • 12.17 Example 6, Securing Sensitive Information According to Subnet
    • 12.17.1 Solving the Problem
  • 12.18 Example 7, Using Dynamic Egress to Control Traffic
  • 12.19 Example 8, Locking a MAC Address to a Port Using Classification Rules
    • 12.19.1 Solving the Problem
• Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)
  • A.1 GARP Switch Operation
    • A.1.1 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
    • A.1.2 GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)
• About IGMP
  • B.1 IGMP Overview
  • B.2 Supported Features and Functions
  • B.3 Detecting Multicast Routers
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