Enterasys Networks Management, Standards Compatibility, Secure Networks Policy Support

Management
Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Modules Hardware Installation Guide 1-7
Management
Managementofthemodulecanbeeitherin‐bandorout‐of‐band.In‐bandremote
managementispossibleusingTelne t,Enterasys Networks’NetSight®management
application,orWebVie w™application.Out‐of‐bandmanagementisprovidedthrough
theRJ45COM(Communication)portonthefrontpanelusingaVT100terminalora
VT100terminalemulator.
Switch Configuration Using WebView
EnterasysNetworks’HTTP‐basedWe bmanagementapplication(WebView)isan
intuitivewebtoolforsimplemanagementtasks.
Switch Configuration Using CLI Commands
TheCLIcommandsenableyoutoperformmorecompleteswitchconfiguration
managementtasks.
ForCLIcommandsetinformationandhowtoconfigurethemodule,refertotheEnterasys
MatrixDFE‐GoldSeriesConfigurationGuide.
Standards Compatibility
TheDFE‐GoldmodulesarefullycompliantwiththeIEEE802.3‐2002,802.3ae‐2002,
802.1D‐1998,and802.1Q‐1998standards.TheDFE‐GoldmoduleprovidesIEEE
802.1D‐1998SpanningTreeAlgorithm(STA)supporttoenhancetheoverallreliabilityof
thenetworkandprotectagainst“loop”conditions.
Secure Networks Policy Support
PolicyEnabledNetworkingmanagestheallocationofnetworkinginfrastructure
resourcesinasecureandeffectivemanner.UsingSecureNetworksPolicy,anIT
AdministratorcanpredictablyassignappropriateresourcestotheUsers,Applications,
andServicesthatusethenetwork;whileblockingorcontainingaccessforinappropriate
orpotentiallydangerousnetworktraffic.Usingthistechnologyitispossible,forthefirst
time,toalignITserviceswiththeneedsofspecificusersandapplications,andtoleverage
thenetworkasakeycomponentoftheorganization’ssecuritystrategy.
TheSecureNetworksPolicyArchitectureconsistsof3components:ClassificationRules,
NetworkServices,andBehavioralProfiles.Thesearedefinedasfollows:
• ClassificationRulesdeterminehowspecifictrafficflows(identifiedbyLayer2,Layer
3,andLayer4informationinthedatapacket)aretreatedbyeachSwitchorRouter.In
general,ClassificationRulesareappliedtothenetworkinginfrastructureatthe
networkedge/ingresspoint.