Enterasys Networks VH-8G-L3 manual Feature Summaries, Local Console Management

Figure 1-4. The LED indicators

•Power This indicator on the front panel will light green approximately 2 seconds after the Switch is powered on to indicate the ready state of the device. The LED will blink green while downloading new software for the Switch, or if the system’s configuration has changed and will light yellow when an error occurs.

•Link/Act These indicators are located to the left of each port. They are lit when there is a secure connection (or link) to a device at any of the ports. The LEDs blink whenever there is reception or transmission (i.e. Activity--Act) of data occurring at a port.

•RDP in use This indicator is lit when the optional Redundant Power Supply is being used.

Feature Summaries

The following summaries describe VH-8G-L3 features in areas such as standards compliance, functionality, performance, and options.

Local Console Management

A local console is a terminal or a workstation running a terminal emulation program that is connected directly to the Switch via the RS-232 console port on the front of the Switch. A console connection is referred to as an ‘Out-of- Band’ connection, meaning that console is connected to the switch using a different circuit than that used for normal network communications. So, the console can be used to set up and manage the Switch even if the network is down.

Local console management uses the terminal connection to operate the console program built-in to the Switch. A

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