Cabletron Systems 3H08-04, 3H02-04 manual Chapter Configuring

CHAPTER 3

CONFIGURING

You can configure your FE Switch Modules using the following tools:

•Local Console Manager (LCM), which lets you monitor, manage, and configure your ATX through an out-of-band RS-232 connection

•Any SNMP-based network management system

For more details about Local Console Management, see your ATX User Guide. For details about the other network management software, see the product’s documentation.

You can configure the following attributes using Local Console Manager:

•Port’s IP address for originating and receiving IP packets

•Alarm thresholds for hardware errors

•Enabling/disabling a port’s Transparent Spanning Tree, Source Routing, or Source Routing Transparent bridge mode

Also you can configure the following attributes using network management software, (see the NMS documentation for specific instructions):

•Parameters for diagnostic loopback testing of a port

•Protocol translations

Filtering normally occurs as part of the Transparent Spanning Tree and Source Routing algorithms. In addition, you can establish configurable criteria for filtering, to allow greater management control for security or network congestion reasons. All configured filtering criteria are maintained in non-volatile memory and are saved across power cycles. Filtering information is covered in the ATX User Guide.

FE Switch Module User Guide Page 3-1