Cabletron Systems 7C04-R, 7C03 manual What’s not in the 7C0x SmartSwitch User’s Guide

Introduction to SPMA for the 7C0x SmartSwitch

•Chapter 6, Using the 7C0x SmartSwitch Bridge View, provides detailed instructions for configuring and managing the 7C0x SmartSwitch’s traditional bridging capabilities, including monitoring bridge operation, using the special and filtering data bases, and setting forwarding thresholds and notification options. You can access the Bridge View from the icon menu, the Hub View, or the command line.

•Appendix A, 7C0x SmartSwitch MIB Components, lists the IETF MIBs supported by the 7C0x SmartSwitch, and describes their arrangement in a series of MIB components. A description of the objects controlled by each component is also included.

What’s NOT in the 7C0x SmartSwitch User’s Guide . . .

The following standard SPMA tools are available through the 7C0x SmartSwitch module and are explained in the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application Tools Guide:

•Charts, Graphs, and Meters

•Community Names

•Global Find MAC Address

•MIB I, II

•MIBTree

•Path

•Telnet

•TFTP Download

•Trap Table

•UPS

Charts, Graphs, and Meters are accessible from the Hub View and the command line; the Global MAC Address tool is accessible from the Hub View, the platform console window Tools menu, and the command line; the MIBTree application is available from the platform console window Tools menu, the Stand-alone Launcher applications menu, or the command line; and the rest of the tool applications (except Telnet) are available from the icon menu, the Hub View, or the command line. (The Telnet application is available only from the icon menu or the command line.)

Instructions on discovering Cabletron devices, creating icons, and accessing the icon menus within your management platform are included in your Installing and Using SPECTRUM for ... guide. If you are using SPMA for the 7C0x SmartSwitch in stand-alone mode — that is, without benefit of a specific network

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