Document Outline

• Preface
  • Audience Description
  • Document Conventions
  • Organization
  • Related Publications
• Chapter 1
  • Overview
    • Summary of Features
      • Virtual LANs (VLANs)
      • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
      • Quality of Service (QoS)
      • Unicast Routing
      • IP Multicast Routing
      • Load Sharing
    • Memory Requirements
    • Network Configuration Example
    • Software Factory Defaults
• Chapter 2
  • Accessing the Switch
    • Understanding the Command Syntax
      • Syntax Helper
      • Command Completion with Syntax Helper
      • Abbreviated Syntax
      • Command Shortcuts
      • Numerical Ranges
      • Names
      • Symbols
    • Line-Editing Keys
    • Command History
    • Common Commands
    • Configuring Management Access
      • Default Accounts
      • Creating a Management Account
    • Methods of Managing the Switch
      • Using the Console Interface
    • Using Telnet
      • Connecting to Another Host Using Telnet
      • Configuring Switch IP Parameters
      • Disconnecting a Telnet Session
      • Disabling Telnet Access
    • IP Host Configuration Commands
    • Domain Name Service Client Services
    • Using the Simple Network Time Protocol
      • Configuring and Using SNTP
      • SNTP Configuration Commands
      • SNTP Example
    • Using SNMP
      • Accessing Switch Agents
      • Supported MIBs
      • Configuring SNMP Settings
      • Displaying SNMP Settings
      • Resetting and Disabling SNMP
    • Checking Basic Connectivity
      • Ping
      • Traceroute
• Chapter 3
  • Configuring Switch Ports
    • Enabling and Disabling Ports
    • Configuring Port Speed and Duplex Setting
      • Turning Off Autonegotiation for a Gigabit Ethernet Port
    • Port Commands
    • Load Sharing on the Switch
      • Configuring Load Sharing
      • Load-Sharing Example
      • Verifying the Load Sharing Configuration
    • Port Mirroring
      • Port Mirroring Commands
      • Port Mirroring Example
• Chapter 4
  • Virtual LANs (VLANs)
    • Overview of Virtual LANs
      • Benefits
    • Types of VLANs
      • Port-Based VLANs
      • Tagged VLANs
      • Generic VLAN Registration Protocol
      • Protocol-Based VLANs
      • Precedence of Tagged Packets Over Protocol Filters
    • VLAN Names
      • Default VLAN
    • Configuring VLANs on the Switch
      • VLAN Configuration Examples
    • Displaying VLAN Settings
    • Deleting VLANs
• Chapter 5
  • Forwarding Database (FDB)
    • Overview of the FDB
      • FDB Contents
      • FDB Entry Types
      • How FDB Entries Get Added
      • Associating a QoS Profile with an FDB Entry
    • Configuring FDB Entries
      • FDB Configuration Examples
    • Displaying FDB Entries
    • Removing FDB Entries
• Chapter 6
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
    • Overview of the Spanning Tree Protocol
    • Spanning Tree Protocol Domains
      • STPD Status for GVRP-Added Ports
      • Defaults
    • STP Configurations
    • Configuring STP on the Switch
    • Displaying STP Settings
    • Disabling and Resetting STP
• Chapter 7
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
    • Overview of Quality of Service
    • Building Blocks
    • QoS Mode
    • QoS Profiles
      • Modifying a QoS Profile
      • Creating and Deleting a QoS Profile
    • QoS Profiles and QoS Mode Details
    • The Blackhole QoS Profile
    • Traffic Groupings and Creating a QoS Policy
      • IPQoS Traffic Groupings
      • IPQoS Implementation Rules
      • IPQoS Precedence
      • IPQoS Examples
      • IPQoS and Multicast Addresses
      • Intra-Subnet QoS
      • MAC-Based Traffic Groupings
      • Packet Groupings
      • Physical and Logical Groupings
    • Verifying Configuration and Performance
      • Displaying QoS Information
      • QoS Monitor
    • Modifying a QoS Policy
    • Configuring QoS
• Chapter 8
  • IP Unicast Routing
    • Overview of IP Unicast Routing
      • Router Interfaces
      • Populating the Routing Table
    • Proxy ARP
      • ARP-Incapable Devices
      • Proxy ARP Between Subnets
    • Relative Route Priorities
    • IP Multinetting
      • IP Multinetting Operation
      • IP Multinetting Examples
    • Configuring IP Unicast Routing
      • Verifying the IP Unicast Routing Configuration
    • Configuring DHCP/BootP Relay
      • Verifying the DHCP/BootP Relay Configuration
    • UDP-Forwarding
      • Configuring UDP-Forwarding
      • UPD-Forwarding Example
      • UDP-Forwarding Commands
    • IP Commands
    • Routing Configuration Example
    • Displaying Router Settings
    • Resetting and Disabling Router Settings
• Chapter 9
  • RIP and OSPF
    • Overview
      • RIP Versus OSPF
    • Overview of RIP
      • Routing Table
      • Split Horizon
      • Poison Reverse
      • Triggered Updates
      • Route Advertisement of VLANs
      • RIP Version 1 Versus RIP Version 2
    • Overview of OSPF
      • Link-State Database
      • Areas
    • Route Redistribution
      • Configuring Route Redistribution
      • OSPF Timers and Authentication
    • Configuring RIP
    • RIP Configuration Example
    • Displaying RIP Settings
    • Resetting and Disabling RIP
    • Configuring OSPF
    • OSPF Configuration Example
      • Configuration for ABR1
      • Configuration for IR1
    • Displaying OSPF Settings
    • Resetting and Disabling OSPF Settings
• Chapter 10
  • IP Multicast Routing
    • Overview
      • DVMRP Overview
      • PIM-DM Overview
      • IGMP Overview
    • Configuring IP Multicasting Routing
    • Configuration Example
      • Configuration for IR1
    • Displaying IP Multicast Routing Settings
    • Deleting and Resetting IP Multicast Settings
• Chapter 11
  • IPX Routing
    • Overview of IPX
      • Router Interfaces
      • IPX Routing Performance
      • IPX Encapsulation Types
      • Populating the Routing Table
    • IPX/RIP Routing
      • Routing SAP Advertisements
    • Configuring IPX
      • Verifying IPX Router Configuration
      • Protocol-Based VLANs for IPX
    • IPX Commands
    • IPX Configuration Example
    • Displaying IPX Settings
    • Resetting and Disabling IPX
• Chapter 12
  • Access Policies
    • Overview of Access Policies
    • Using Access Policies
      • Creating an Access Profile
      • Configuring an Access Profile
      • Applying Access Profiles
      • Access Policies for RIP
      • Access Policies for OSPF
      • Access Policies for DVMRP
      • Access Policies for PIM-DM
    • Making Changes to an Access Profile
    • Removing an Access Policy
    • Access Policy Commands
• Chapter 13
  • Status Monitoring and Statistics
    • Status Monitoring
    • Port Statistics
    • Port Errors
    • Port Monitoring Display Keys
    • Logging
      • Local Logging
      • Remote Logging
      • Logging Commands
    • RMON
      • About RMON
      • RMON Features of the Switch
      • Configuring RMON
      • Event Actions
• Chapter 14
  • Software Upgrade and Boot Options
    • Downloading a New Image
      • Rebooting the Switch
    • Saving Configuration Changes
      • Returning to Factory Defaults
    • Using TFTP to Upload the Configuration
    • Using TFTP to Download the Configuration
    • Upgrading and Accessing BootROM
      • Upgrading BootROM
      • Accessing the BootROM menu
    • Boot Option Commands
• Appendix A
  • Supported Standards
• Appendix B
  • Troubleshooting
    • LEDs
    • Using the Command-Line Interface
      • Port Configuration
      • VLANs
      • STP
    • Debug Tracing
  • Index