Nortel Networks ALTEON OS BMD00007 - Manual (Page 49)

Alteon OS Command Reference
Menu Basics „ 49 BMD00007, November 2007
Menu Summary
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Information Menu
Provides sub-menus for displaying information about the current status of the switch:
from basic system settings to VLANs, and more.
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Statistics Menu
Provides sub-menus for displaying switch performance statistics. Included are port, IF, IP,
ICMP, TCP, UDP, SNMP, routing, ARP, DNS, and VRRP statistics.
„ Configuration Menu
This menu is available only from an administrator login. It includes sub-menus for config-
uring every aspect of the switch. Changes to configuration are not active until explicitly
applied. Changes can be saved to non-volatile memory.
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Operations Command Menu
Operations-level commands are used for making immediate and temporary changes to
switch configuration. This menu is used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of ser-
vice, performing port mirroring, and enabling or disabling Server Load Balancing func-
tions. It is also used for activating or deactivating optional software packages.
„ Boot Options Menu
This menu is used for upgrading switch software, selecting configuration blocks, and for
resetting the switch when necessary.
„ Maintenance Menu
This menu is used for debugging purposes, enabling you to generate a dump of the critical
state information in the switch, and to clear entries in the forwarding database and the
ARP and routing tables.