Contents
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Chapter 2: Enhanced Stacking ........................................................ .............................................................55
Supported Platforms........ ................................................................................................................................. 56
Overview............................................. .................................................................................................... ..........57
Master and Slave Switches.................................................................................................................. .............58
Common VLAN............................................. ....................................................................................................59
Master Switch and the Local Interface................................................................. .............................................60
Slave Switches........................................................................................................ ..........................................61
Enhanced Stacking Compatibility ..................................................................................................................... 62
Enhanced Stacking Guidelines.................................. .......................................................................................63
General Steps.................................................. .................................................................................................64
Chapter 3: SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c ............................................................ ...................................................65
Supported Platforms........ ................................................................................................................................. 66
Overview............................................. .................................................................................................... ..........67
Community String Attributes......... .................................................................................................................... 68
Community String Name ............................................................................................................................ 68
Access Mode.......................................................... ....................................................................................68
Operating Status......................................................................................................................................... 68
Open or Closed Access Status................................................................................................................... 68
Trap Receivers....................... .................................................................................................................... 68
Default SNMP Community Strings....................................................................... .............................................70
Chapter 4: MAC Address Table ............................. ....................................................................................... 71
Overview............................................. .............................................................................................. ................72
Chapter 5: Static Port Trunks .......................... ............................................................................................. 75
Supported Platforms........ ................................................................................................................................. 76
Overview............................................. .................................................................................................... ..........77
Load Distribution Methods...................... ..........................................................................................................78
Guidelines............................................... ................................................................................................ ..........80
Chapter 6: LACP Port Trunks ......... .............................................................................................................. 81
Supported Platforms........ ................................................................................................................................. 82
Overview............................................. .................................................................................................... ..........83
LACP System Priority ....................................................................................................................................... 87
Adminkey Parameter ........................................................................................................................................ 88
LACP Port Priority Value................................................................................................... ................................88
Load Distribution Methods...................... ..........................................................................................................89
Guidelines............................................... ................................................................................................ ..........90
Chapter 7: Port Mirror .......................................................................................................... ..........................93
Supported Platforms........ ................................................................................................................................. 94
Overview............................................. .................................................................................................... ..........95
Guidelines............................................... ................................................................................................ ..........95
Section II: Advanced Operations .............................................................................97Chapter 8: File System ........................ .......................................................................................................... 99
Overview............................................. .................................................................................................... ........100
Boot Configuration Files.............................................................................................................. ....................101
File Naming Conventions........................................................................ ........................................................102
Using Wildcards to Specify Groups of Files............................................................... .....................................103
Chapter 9: Event Logs and the Syslog Client ............................. ..............................................................105
Supported Platforms........ ............................................................................................................................... 106
Overview............................................. .................................................................................................... ........107
Event Messages ............................................................................................................................................. 107
Syslog Client................................................. ..................................................................................................108