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4. CONFIGURING & MONITORING THE SWITCH

Common Tasks

The switch console menus allow you to modify default switch settings and
configure the switch for network management. They also allow you to
monitor switch performance and status. See Section 3, “ELS100-24TXM
User Interface,” for an overview of the menu hierarchy and a descript ion
of all menus. The following sections describe common tasks in setting up
and operating the ELS100-24TXM switch using the console menus.
To begin, set operating parameters and make sure the network
connections are correct by performing these tasks:
•Setting password protection for the switch to prevent unauthorized
access to console menus
•Assigning an IP address for the switch if you plan to manage the
switch using SNMP, or if you use Telnet to access the switch
•Checking network configuration status and verifying that networ k
connections are correct
After the switch is installed and operating, you may want to perform any
of the following tasks:
•Connecting via Telnet for in-band access to the console menus
•Setting SNMP parameters for management access
•Viewing switch statistics to monitor and evaluate switch performance
and traffic patterns on the network
•Configuring port mirroring
•Downloading a software upgrade
•Configuring Spanning Tree parameters
•Configuring VLANs
•Configuring Class of Service
•Configuring port operation (enable/disable, port speed, full/ha lf
duplex and flow control)
•Configuring the forwarding table
•Configuring the broadcast cutoff rate
•Setting a default gateway
•Configuring BootP/DHCP