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Alteon OS BBI Quick Guide

Who Should Use This Book

This BBI Quick Guide is intended for network installers and system administrators engaged in configuring and maintaining a network. It assumes that you are familiar with your GbE Switch Module, your Web browser, Ethernet concepts, IP addressing, the IEEE 802.1d Spanning-Tree Protocol, and SNMP configuration parameters.

Related Documentation

For documentation on installing the switch physically, see the Installation Guide for your GbE Switch Module.

For details about the switch information, statistics, and configuration parameters available using the Alteon OS BBI, see the Alteon OS Command Reference and Application Guide.

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Contents BBI Quick Guide Alteon OS BBI Quick Guide Contents Dashboard Preface Who Should Use This Book Related DocumentationTypographic Conventions Typographic ConventionsHow to Get Help Features Getting StartedSwitch Set Up RequirementsIP Interfaces Web Browser Set Up Enabling/Disabling BBI AccessStarting the BBI Log in to the switch Allow the BBI Dashboard page to load Alteon OS BBI Quick Guide 14 „ Getting Started Browser-Based Interface Basics 16 „ Browser-Based Interface Basics Toolbar Context TabsCommands Following general commands are available on the toolbarNavigation Window Forms Window Message WindowConfiguring the Switch Configuration Steps Reset Using the BBI to Load Switch Software Apply and save your changes using the toolbar commandsAlteon OS BBI Quick Guide 26 „ Configuring the Switch Viewing Statistics Steps for Displaying Statistics Dashboard Steps for Displaying Dashboards View information shown in the forms window. For example Alteon OS BBI Quick Guide 32 „ The Dashboard