About This Guide

Welcome to the Enterasys® SecureStack™ C3 Configuration Guide. This manual explains how to access the device’s Command Line Interface (CLI) and how to use it to configure SecureStack C3 switch devices.

Important Notice

Depending on the firmware version used in your C3 device, some features described in this document may not be supported. Refer to the Release Notes shipped with your device to determine which features are supported.

Using This Guide

A general working knowledge of basic network operations and an understanding of CLI management applications is helpful before configuring the SecureStack device.

This manual describes how to do the following:

Access the SecureStack CLI.

Use CLI commands to perform network management and device configuration operations

Establish and manage Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs).

Establish and manage static and dynamically‐assigned policy classifications.

Establish and manage priority classification.

Configure IP routing and routing protocols, including RIP versions 1 and 2, OSPF, DVMRP, IRDP, and VRRP.

Configure IPv6 routing, including OSPFv3.

Configure security protocols, including 802.1X and RADIUS, SSHv2, PWA, MAC locking, and MAC authentication.

Configure access control lists (ACLs).

Structure of This Guide

The guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, Introduction, provides an overview of the tasks that can be accomplished using the CLI interface, an overview of local management requirements, an overview of the device’s factory default settings, and information about using the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Chapter 2, Configuring Switches in a Stack, provides information about how to configure and manage stacked switches.

Chapter 3, Basic Configuration, provides how to set basic system properties, how to download a firmware image, how to configure WebView and Telnet, how to manage configuration files, how to set the login password, and how to exit the CLI.

Chapter 4, Activating Licensed Features describes the commands used to enable advanced routing and IPv6 routing licensed features.

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