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where proxy-addressis the fully qualified domain name (e.g. proxy.mycompany.com) or IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1) of the proxy server, and proxy-portis the port number of the proxy port on the proxy server. If access from the switch to the world wide web is not via a proxy server, the HTTPPROXY and PROXYPORT parameters should be omitted.

The process of downloading a release file can take some time, even if the switch and the HTTP server are connected by high speed links. An indicative time for downloading a release over Ethernet is 5 to 10 minutes. The progress of the download can be monitored with the command:

SHOW LOAD

When the download has completed, the presence of the files in FLASH can be displayed with the command:

SHOW FILE

This shows the file 86s-210.rez is present.

2.Test the release.

The release can now be tested, using the command:

SET INSTALL=TEMPORARY RELEASE=86s-210.REZ

The install information can be checked with the command:

SHOW INSTALL

The switch is then rebooted, and the install is checked again. This display should indicate, in the install history, that the temporary install was loaded.

3.Make the release the default (permanent) release.

If the switch operates correctly with the new release, the release may be made permanent with the command:

SET INSTALL=PREFERRED RELEASE=86s-210.REZ

Every time the switch reboots from now on, the new release will be loaded from FLASH.

Other load methods are described in the Operations chapter in the Rapier Switch

Software Reference.

SNMP and MIBs

The switch’s implementation of SNMP is based on RFC 1157 “A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)”, and RFC 1812, “Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers”. The SNMP agent is disabled by default. To enable SNMP, use the command:

ENABLE SNMP

SNMP communities are the main configuration item in the switch’s SNMP agent, and are defined in terms of a list of IP addresses which define the SNMP application entities (trap hosts and management stations) in the community. An SNMP community is created using the command:

CREATE SNMP COMMUNITY=name [ACCESS={READWRITE}] [TRAPHOST=ipadd] [MANAGER=ipadd] [OPEN={ONOFFYESNOTRUEFALSE}]

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C613-02013-00 specifications

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