Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch manual Hot Swapping Line Cards and Control Modules

Contents

Chapter 2: Hot Swapping Line Cards and Control Modules	49
Hot Swapping Overview	49
Hot Swapping Line Cards	49
Deactivating the Line Card	50
Removing the Line Card	50
Installing a New Line Card	51
Hot Swapping One Type of Line Card With Another	51
Hot Swapping a Secondary Control Module	51
Deactivating the Control Module	52
Removing the Control Module	52
Installing the Control Module	53
Hot Swapping a Switching Fabric Module (SSR 8600 only)	53
Chapter 3: Bridging Configuration Guide	55
Bridging Overview	55
Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1d)	55
Bridging Modes (Flow-Based and Address-Based)	56
VLAN Overview	56
Port-based VLANs	57
MAC-address-based VLANs	57
Protocol-based VLANs	57
Subnet-based VLANs	57
Multicast-based VLANs	58
Policy-based VLANs	58
SSR VLAN Support	58
VLANs and the SSR	58
Ports, VLANs, and L3 Interfaces	59
Access Ports and Trunk Ports (802.1Q support)	59
Explicit and Implicit VLANs	60
Configuring SSR Bridging Functions	60
Configuring Address-based or Flow-based Bridging	60
Configuring Spanning Tree	61
Adjusting Spanning-Tree Parameters	62
Setting the Bridge Priority	62
Setting a Port Priority	63
Assigning Port Costs	63
Adjusting Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Intervals	63
Adjusting the Interval between Hello Times	64
Defining the Forward Delay Interval	64
Defining the Maximum Age	64
Configuring a Port or Protocol based VLAN	65
Creating a Port or Protocol Based VLAN	65
Adding Ports to a VLAN	65
Configuring VLAN Trunk Ports	65
Configuring VLANs for Bridging	65
Configuring Layer-2 Filters	66
Monitoring Bridging	66
Configuration Examples	67
Creating an IP or IPX VLAN	67

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