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Using straight cable................................................................................ 18
Using crossover cable............................................................................. 18
SWITCH TO SWITCH (OTHER DEVICES)......................................................... 18
Using straight cable................................................................................ 19
Using crossover cable............................................................................. 19
5 SWITCH MANAGEMENT ....................................................................20
LOCAL CONSOLE MANAGAMENT................................................................ 20
Console port (RS-232 DCE.....................................................................21
IP Addresses and SNMP Community Names.......................................... 21
Traps....................................................................................................... 22
MIBs........................................................................................................23
Packet Forwarding................................................................................. 24
Aging Time.............................................................................................. 25
Spanning Tree Algorithm........................................................................ 25
STA Operation Levels............................................................................. 26
On the Bridge Level.........................................................................................26
On the Port Level.............................................................................................27
User-Changeable Parameters.................................................................27
Illustration of STA...................................................................................29
6 USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE................................................. 32
CONNECTING TO THE SWITCH..................................................................... 32
CONSOLE USAGE CONVENTIONS................................................................. 33
FIRST TIME C ONNECTING TO THE SWITCH................................................. 34
Steps to create a Super User or General User:...................................... 35
Super and General User Privileges........................................................ 35
LOGIN ON THE SWITCH CONSOLE BY REGISTERED USERS....... 38
Changing Your Password....................................................................... 39
Adding and Deleting Users..................................................................... 40
SETTING UP THE SWITCH............................................................................. 42
TCP/IP Settings.......................................................................................42
Out-of-band management and console settings...................................... 44
Software Updates.................................................................................... 45
System Configuration Menu....................................................................46
SNMP MANAGEMENT SETTINGS ................................................................ 47
SNMP Trap Manager Configuration...................................................... 47
SNMP Manager Configuration...............................................................49
SNMP Security (Community Names)..............................................................49