Line Commands

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Table 4-4 Command Group Index (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Command Group

Description

Page

 

 

 

Spanning Tree

Configures Spanning Tree settings for the switch

4-150

 

 

 

VLANs

Configures VLAN settings, and defines port membership for VLAN

4-168

 

groups; also enables or configures private VLANs and protocol VLANs

 

 

GVRP and

Configures GVRP settings that permit automatic VLAN learning;

4-181

Bridge Extension

shows the configuration for the bridge extension MIB

 

 

Priority

Sets port priority for untagged frames, selects strict priority or weighted

4-185

 

round robin, relative weight for each priority queue, also sets priority for

 

 

 

TCP/UDP traffic types, IP precedence, and DSCP

 

 

Multicast Filtering

Configures IGMP multicast filtering, query parameters, and specifies

4-197

 

ports attached to a multicast router

 

 

IP Interface

Configures the IP address and gateway for management access

4-205

 

 

 

DNS

Configures DNS services.

4-210

 

 

 

 

The access mode shown in the following tables is indicated by these abbreviations:

PE (Privileged Exec)

VC (VLAN Database Configuration)

NE (Normal Exec)

MST (Multiple Spanning Tree)

GC (Global Configuration)

LC (Line Configuration)

IC (Interface Configuration)

ACL (Access Control List Configuration)

Line Commands

You can access the onboard configuration program by attaching a VT100 compatible device to the server’s serial port. These commands are used to set communication parameters for the serial port or Telnet (i.e., a virtual terminal).

Table 4-5 Line Commands

Command

Function

Mode

Page

 

 

 

 

line

Identifies a specific line for configuration and starts the line

GC

4-10

 

configuration mode

 

 

login

Enables password checking at login

LC

4-11

 

 

 

 

password

Specifies a password on a line

LC

4-12

 

 

 

 

timeout login

Sets the interval that the system waits for a login attempt

LC

4-12

response

 

 

 

exec-timeout

Sets the interval that the command interpreter waits until user

LC

4-13

 

input is detected

 

 

password-thresh

Sets the password intrusion threshold, which limits the number of

LC

4-14

 

failed logon attempts

 

 

silent-time*

Sets the amount of time the management console is inaccessible

LC

4-14

 

after the number of unsuccessful logon attempts exceeds the

 

 

 

threshold set by the password-thresh command

 

 

databits*

Sets the number of data bits per character that are interpreted and

LC

4-15

 

generated by hardware

 

 

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