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Basic Administration Protocols

In this chapter

This chapter describes basic administration tasks including:

Event Logging

Sets conditions for logging event messages to system memory or flash

memory, configures conditions for sending trap messages to remote log servers, and
configures trap reporting to remote hosts using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

Configures advertisement of basic information about

the local switch, or discovery of information about neighboring devices on the local broadcast
domain.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

– Configures switch management through

SNMPv1, SNMPv2c or SNMPv3.

Remote Monitoring (RMON)

– Configures local collection of detailed statistics or events which

can be subsequently retrieved through SNMP.

Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS)

Configures a protection switching mechanism and

protocol for Ethernet layer network rings.

Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)

– This protocol provides proactive connectivity

monitoring using continuity check messages, fault verification through loop back messages,
and fault isolation by examining end-to-end connections between provider edge devices or
between customer edge devices.

Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM)

– Provides remote management tools

required to monitor and maintain the links to subscriber CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment).

Configuring Event Logging

The switch allows you to control the logging of error messages, including the type of events that are
recorded in switch memory, logging to a remote System Log (syslog) server, and displays a list of
recent event messages.

System Log Configuration

Use the Administration > Log > System (Configure Global) page to enable or disable event logging,
and specify which levels are logged to RAM or flash memory.

Severe error messages that are logged to flash memory are permanently stored in the switch to
assist in troubleshooting network problems. Up to 4096 log entries can be stored in the flash
memory, with the oldest entries being overwritten first when the available log memory (256
kilobytes) has been exceeded.

The System Logs page allows you to configure and limit system messages that are logged to flash
or RAM memory. The default is for event levels 0 to 3 to be logged to flash and levels 0 to 7 to be
logged to RAM.

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