Displaying system and device information···············································································································47
Displaying system information······································································································································ 47 Displaying basic system information··················································································································· 47 Displaying the system resource state··················································································································· 48 Displaying recent system logs ······························································································································ 48 Setting the refresh period ····································································································································· 48
Displaying device information ······································································································································ 48
Configuring basic device settings·····························································································································50
Configuring system name·············································································································································· 50 Configuring idle timeout period ··································································································································· 50
Maintaining devices···················································································································································52
Software upgrade ·························································································································································· 52 Device reboot ································································································································································· 53 Electronic label ······························································································································································· 54 Diagnostic information ·················································································································································· 54
Configuring system time ············································································································································56
Overview········································································································································································· 56 Displaying the current system time ······························································································································· 56 Manually configuring the system time·························································································································· 56 Configuring system time by using NTP ························································································································ 57 System time configuration example ····························································································································· 58
Network requirements··········································································································································· 58 Configuring the system time ································································································································· 59 Verifying the configuration··································································································································· 59 Configuration guidelines ··············································································································································· 59
Configuring syslog ·····················································································································································61
Displaying syslogs·························································································································································· 61 Setting the log host························································································································································· 62 Setting buffer capacity and refresh interval ················································································································ 63
Managing the configuration······································································································································64
Backing up the configuration········································································································································ 64 Restoring the configuration ··········································································································································· 64 Saving the configuration ··············································································································································· 65 Resetting the configuration············································································································································ 66
Managing files ···························································································································································67
Displaying files ······························································································································································· 67 Downloading a file ························································································································································ 67 Uploading a file ····························································································································································· 68 Removing a file······························································································································································· 68 Specifying the main boot file ········································································································································ 68
Managing ports··························································································································································69
Setting operation parameters for a port ······················································································································ 69 Displaying port operation parameters························································································································· 73 Displaying a specified operation parameter for all ports················································································· 73 Displaying all the operation parameters for a port ··························································································· 74 Port management configuration example···················································································································· 75 Network requirements··········································································································································· 75 Configuring the switch ·········································································································································· 75
Configuring port mirroring ········································································································································79
Terminology ···································································································································································· 79
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