Cabletron Systems 2E43-27R, 2E42-27R manual Navigating Local Management Screens

Chapter 5: Local Management

NOTE

The User’s password is one of the community names specified in the SNMP Community Names screen. Access to certain Local Management capabilities depends on the degree of access accorded that community name. Refer to Section 5.8.

If an invalid password is entered, the terminal beeps and the cursor returns to the beginning of the password entry field.

Entering a valid password causes the associated access level to display at the bottom of the screen and the Device Menu screen to appear.

If no activity occurs for several minutes, the Password screen redisplays and the password has to be reentered.

5.4.1Navigating Local Management Screens

The 2E4X-27 Local Management application consists of a series of menu screens. Navigate through Local Management by selecting items from the menu screens.

The 2E4X-27 support three modes of switch operation. The switching modes are as follows:

•802.1D Switching (traditional switching)

•802.1Q Switching (port based switching)

•SecureFast VLAN (Cabletron Systems SecureFast switching

NOTE

Refer to the Release Notes shipped with the product to verify which screens are supported in each of the three available switching modes.

Depending on the Operational Mode set for the device, the hierarchy of the Local Management screens differs as shown in Figure 5-4, Figure 5-5and Figure 5-6. Refer to the appropriate figure that relates to the Operational Mode set for the device to see the applicable Local Management screen hierarchy.

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