Contents

About This Manual

1

Related Documentation

1

Document Conventions

1

Chapter 1: Introduction

3

Configuration Files

3

Using the Command Line Interface

4

Command Modes

4

User Mode

4

Enable Mode

4

Configure Mode

5

Boot PROM Mode

5

Getting Help with CLI Commands

5

Line Editing Commands

7

Displaying and Changing Configuration Information

9

Port Names

11

Chapter 2: Hot Swapping Line Cards and Control Modules

13

Hot Swapping Overview

13

Hot Swapping Line Cards

14

Deactivating the Line Card

14

Removing the Line Card

15

Installing a New Line Card

15

Hot Swapping One Type of Line Card With Another

15

Hot Swapping a Secondary Control Module

16

Deactivating the Control Module

16

Removing the Control Module

17

Installing a Control Module

17

Hot Swapping a Switching Fabric Module (SSR 8600 only)

18

Removing the Switching Fabric Module

19

Installing a Switching Fabric Module

19

Chapter 3: Bridging Configuration Guide

21

Bridging Overview

21

Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1d)

21

Bridging Modes (Flow-Based and Address-Based)

22

VLAN Overview

22

Port-based VLANs

23

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