Document Outline

• Title Page
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Conventions
    • GUI conventions
    • Symbols
    • Network topology icons
    • Port numbering in examples
  • About the H3C WX5540E Access Controller Switching Engine documentation set
  • Obtaining documentation
  • Technical support
  • Documentation feedback
• Contents
• Configuration wizard
  • Basic service setup
    • Entering the configuration wizard homepage
    • Configuring system parameters
    • Configuring management IP address
    • Finishing configuration wizard
• Accessing the controller engine from the switching engine
  • Specifying management IP addresses at the CLI
  • Accessing the controller engine from the switching engine's Web interface
• Web overview
  • Web interface
  • Web user level
  • Web-based NM functions
  • Common items on the Web pages
    • Buttons and icons
    • Page display
    • Search function
    • Sort function
• Logging in to the Web interface
  • Restrictions and guidelines
    • Operating system requirements
    • Web browser requirements
      • Enabling securing settings in a Microsoft Internet Explorer browser
      • Enabling JavaScript in a Firefox browser
    • Others
  • Logging in to the Web interface
  • Logging out of the Web interface
• Displaying system and device information
  • Displaying system information
    • Displaying basic system information
    • Displaying the system resource state
    • Displaying recent system logs
    • Displaying the refresh period
  • Displaying device information
• Configuring basic device settings
  • Configuring system name
  • Configuring idle timeout period
• Maintaining devices
  • Upgrading software
  • Rebooting the device
  • Generating the diagnostic information file
• Configuring system time
  • System time overview
  • Configuration guidelines
  • Displaying the system time
    • Configuring the system time
  • Configuring network time
  • Configuring the time zone and daylight saving time
  • System time configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuring date and time
    • Verifying the configuration
• Managing logs
  • Displaying syslogs
  • Configuring the log host
  • Setting buffer capacity and refresh interval
• Managing the configuration
  • Backing up the configuration
  • Restoring the configuration
  • Saving the configuration
  • Resetting the configuration
• Managing files
  • Displaying files
  • Downloading a file
  • Uploading a file
  • Removing a file
  • Specifying the main boot file
• Managing ports
  • Setting operation parameters for a port
  • Displaying port operation parameters
    • Displaying a specified operation parameter for all ports
    • Displaying all the operation parameters for a port
  • Port management configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuring the switch
• Configuring port mirroring
  • Overview
    • Terminologies of port mirroring
      • Mirroring source
      • Mirroring destination
      • Mirroring direction
      • Mirroring group
      • Remote probe VLAN
    • Port mirroring classification and implementation
      • Local port mirroring
  • Configuration guidelines
  • Recommended configuration procedures
  • Configuring a mirroring group
  • Configuring ports for a mirroring group
  • Local port mirroring configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuring local port mirroring
• Managing users
  • Adding a local user
  • Setting the super password
  • Switching the user access level to the management level
• Configuring a loopback test
  • Configuration guidelines
  • Configuration procedure
• Configuring VCT
  • Overview
  • Testing cable status
• Configuring the flow interval
  • Setting the traffic statistics generating interval
  • Viewing port traffic statistics
• Configuring storm constrain
  • Setting the traffic statistics generating interval
  • Configuring storm constrain
• Configuring RMON
  • Overview
    • Working mechanism
    • RMON groups
      • Ethernet statistics group
      • History group
      • Event group
      • Alarm group
  • Recommended configuration procedure
    • Configuring the RMON statistics function
    • Configuring the RMON alarm function
    • Displaying RMON running status
    • Configuring a statistics entry
    • Configuring a history entry
    • Configuring an event entry
    • Configuring an alarm entry
    • Displaying RMON statistics
    • Displaying RMON history sampling information
    • Displaying RMON event logs
  • RMON configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuration procedure
    • Verifying the configuration
• Configuring energy saving
  • Configuring energy saving on a port
• Configuring SNMP
  • Overview
    • SNMP mechanism
    • SNMP protocol versions
  • Recommended configuration procedure
    • Enabling SNMP agent
  • Configuring an SNMP view
    • Creating an SNMP view
    • Adding rules to an SNMP view
  • Configuring an SNMP community
  • Configuring an SNMP group
  • Configuring an SNMP user
  • Configuring SNMP trap function
  • Displaying SNMP packet statistics
  • SNMPv1/v2c configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuring the agent
    • Configuring the NMS
    • Verifying the configuration
  • SNMPv3 configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuring the agent
    • Configuring the NMS
    • Verifying the configuration
• Displaying interface statistics
  • Overview
  • Displaying interface statistics
• OAP management
  • Overview
  • Configuring a management IP address
• Configuring VLANs
  • Overview
    • VLAN fundamentals
    • VLAN types
    • Port-based VLAN
      • Port link type
      • PVID
      • Frame handling methods
  • Configuration guidelines
  • Recommended VLAN configuration procedures
    • Recommended configuration procedure for assigning an access port to a VLAN
    • Recommended configuration procedure for assigning a trunk port to a VLAN
    • Recommended configuration procedure for assigning a hybrid port to a VLAN
  • Creating VLANs
  • Configuring the link type of a port
  • Setting the PVID for a port
  • Selecting a VLAN
  • Modifying a VLAN
  • Modifying a port
  • VLAN configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuring Switch A
    • Configuring Switch B
• Configuring VLAN interfaces
  • Overview
  • Creating a VLAN interface
  • Modifying a VLAN interface
• Configuring a voice VLAN
  • Overview
    • OUI addresses
    • Voice VLAN assignment modes
    • Security mode and normal mode of voice VLANs
  • Configuration guidelines
  • Recommended voice VLAN configuration procedure
    • Recommended configuration procedure for a port in automatic voice VLAN assignment mode
    • Recommended configuration procedure for a port in manual voice VLAN assignment mode
  • Configuring voice VLAN globally
  • Configuring voice VLAN on ports
  • Adding OUI addresses to the OUI list
  • Voice VLAN configuration examples
    • Configuring voice VLAN on a port in automatic voice VLAN assignment mode
      • Network requirements
      • Configuring Switch A
      • Verifying the configuration
    • Configuring a voice VLAN on a port in manual voice VLAN assignment mode
      • Network requirements
      • Configuring Switch A
      • Verifying the configuration
• Configuring the MAC address table
  • Overview
    • How a MAC address entry is created
      • MAC address learning
      • Manually configuring MAC address entries
    • Types of MAC address entries
    • MAC address table-based frame forwarding
  • Displaying and configuring MAC address entries
  • Setting the aging time of MAC address entries
  • MAC address table configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Creating a static MAC address entry
• Configuring MSTP
  • Overview
  • Introduction to STP
    • Protocol packets of STP
    • Basic concepts in STP
      • Root bridge
      • Root port
      • Designated bridge and designated port
      • Path cost
    • How STP works
      • Calculation process of the STP algorithm
      • STP calculation process example
      • BPDU forwarding mechanism in STP
      • STP timers
  • Introduction to RSTP
  • Introduction to MSTP
    • Why MSTP
      • STP and RSTP limitations
      • MSTP features
    • Basic MSTP concepts
      • MST region
      • VLAN-to-MSTI mapping table
      • IST
      • CST
      • CIST
      • MSTI
      • Regional root bridge
      • Common root bridge
      • Boundary port
      • Port roles
      • Port states
    • How MSTP works
      • CIST calculation
      • MSTI calculation
    • Implementation of MSTP on devices
    • Protocols and standards
  • Configuration guidelines
  • Recommended MSTP configuration procedure
  • Configuring an MST region
  • Configuring MSTP globally
  • Configuring MSTP on a port
  • Displaying MSTP information of a port
  • MSTP configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Configuring Switch A
    • Configuring Switch B
    • Configuring Switch C
    • Configuring Switch D
• Configuring link aggregation and LACP
  • Overview
    • Basic concepts of link aggregation
      • Aggregate interface
      • Aggregation group
      • States of the member ports in an aggregation group
      • LACP protocol
      • Operational key
      • Class-two configurations
    • Link aggregation modes
      • Static aggregation mode
      • Dynamic aggregation mode
      • Guidelines
    • Load sharing mode of an aggregation group
  • Configuration guidelines
  • Recommended link aggregation and LACP configuration procedures
    • Recommended static aggregation group configuration procedure
    • Recommended dynamic aggregation group configuration procedure
  • Creating a link aggregation group
  • Displaying information of an aggregate interface
  • Setting LACP priority
  • Displaying information of LACP-enabled ports
  • Link aggregation and LACP configuration example
    • Network requirements
    • Method 1: Create static link aggregation group 1
    • Method 2: Create dynamic link aggregation group 1
• Configuring LLDP
  • Overview
    • Basic concepts
      • LLDPDU formats
      • LLDPDUs
      • TLVs
      • Management address
    • Operating modes of LLDP
    • How LLDP works
      • Transmitting LLDPDUs
      • Receiving LLDPDUs
  • Compatibility of LLDP with CDP
  • Protocols and standards
  • LLDP configuration guidelines
  • Recommended LLDP configuration procedure
  • Enabling LLDP on ports
  • Configuring LLDP settings on ports
    • Setting LLDP parameters for a single port
    • Configuring LLDP settings for ports in batch
  • Configuring global LLDP setup
  • Displaying LLDP information for a port
  • Displaying global LLDP information
  • Displaying LLDP information received from LLDP neighbors
  • LLDP configuration examples
    • LLDP basic settings configuration example
      • Network requirements
      • Configuring Switch A
      • Configuring Switch B
      • Verifying the configuration
    • CDP-compatible LLDP configuration example
      • Network requirements
      • Configuring Switch A
      • Verifying the configuration
• Managing services
  • Overview
    • FTP service
    • Telnet service
    • SSH service
    • SFTP service
    • HTTP service
    • HTTPS service
  • Managing services
• Using diagnostic tools
  • Ping
  • Traceroute
  • Ping operation
  • Traceroute operation
• Index