TOC–II MULTILINK ML1200 MANAGED FIELD SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ALARM CONTACTS FOR MONITORING INTERNAL POWER, AND SOFTWARE TRAPS .....3-8
ML1200 PORT MODULE (PM) INSTALLATION .................................................................3-9
CONNECTING A MANAGEMENT CONSOLE TERMINAL
TO MULTILINK ML1200 (SERIAL-RJ-45 CONSOLE PORT) ........3-10
4: OPERATION FUNCTIONALITY ..................................................................................................................................4-1
SWITCHING FUNCTIONALITY ................................................................................................4-1
STATUS LEDS ........................................................................................................................4-2
AUTO-CROSS (MDIX) AND AUTO-NEGOTIATION, FOR RJ-45 PORTS ...........................4-2
FLOW-CONTROL, IEEE 802.3X STANDARD ......................................................................4-3
POWER BUDGET CALCULATIONS FOR ML1200 PM’S WITH FIBER MEDIA .................4-4
MULTILINK ML1200 MANAGED FIELD SWITCH PORT MODULES .................................4-6
INSPECTING THE PACKAGE AND PRODUCT ........................................................................4-6
ML1200 MODULES .............................................................................................................4-6
BEFORE CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE ....................................................................................4-13
5: IP ADDRESSING IP ADDRESS AND SYSTEM INFORMATION ...............................................................................5-1
OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................................5-1
IMPORTANCE OF AN IP ADDRESS ...............................................................................................5-3
DHCP AND BOOTP ...............................................................................................................5-3
BOOTP DATABASE ..................................................................................................................5-3
CONFIGURING DHCP/BOOTP/MANUAL/AUTO ..............................................................5-3
USING TELNET .......................................................................................................................5-5
SETTING PARAMETERS ....................................................................................................................5-8
SETTING SERIAL PORT PARAMETERS ..................................................................................5-8
SYSTEM PARAMETERS ...........................................................................................................5-8
DATE AND TIME .....................................................................................................................5-9
NETWORK TIME .....................................................................................................................5-10
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................................................5-14
SAVING AND LOADING – COMMAND LINE ........................................................................5-14
CONFIG FILE ...........................................................................................................................5-14
DISPLAYING CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................................5-17
SAVING CONFIGURATION .....................................................................................................5-20
SCRIPT FILE ............................................................................................................................5-22
SAVING AND LOADING – ENERVISTA SOFTWARE .............................................................5-23
HOST NAMES .........................................................................................................................5-25
ERASING CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................5-27
IPV6 ..........................................................................................................................................................5-31
INTRODUCTION TO IPV6 .......................................................................................................5-31
WHAT’S CHANGED IN IPV6? ...............................................................................................5-31
IPV6 ADDRESSING ................................................................................................................5-32
CONFIGURING IPV6 ..............................................................................................................5-33
LIST OF COMMANDS IN THIS CHAPTER ................................................................................5-34
6: ACCESS
CONSIDERATIONS
SECURING ACCESS ............................................................................................................................6-1
DESCRIPTION ..........................................................................................................................6-1
PASSWORDS ...........................................................................................................................6-1
PORT SECURITY FEATURE .....................................................................................................6-2
CONFIGURING PORT SECURITY THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE .......6-3
COMMANDS ............................................................................................................................6-3
ALLOWING MAC ADDRESSES .............................................................................................6-4