IBM Partner Pavilion BMD00082 manual Part 2 BBI Reference

Part 2: BBI Reference

VSE SmartConnect software provides a graphical user interface that lets you remotely config- ure and manage switches through a Web browser.

Using the VSE SmartConnect software browser-based interface (BBI), you can:

„Divide the switch into multiple virtual switches.

„Group multiple physical ports together to aggregate the bandwidth between large-scale network devices.

„Set properties for internal and external switch ports and management ports.

„Configure Access Control Lists (ACLs), port mirroring, and other switch features.

„Examine a variety of switch information and statistics.

The following sections of this User’s Guide contain information about the settings and controls on each page of the BBI used for configuring and monitoring the switch:

„Chapter 7, “Understanding the Browser-Based Interface,” provides information about the BBI screen layout and menu system, and describes how to make and save configuration settings.

„Chapter 8, “Virtual Switch Groups,” provides information for virtualizing the switch: dividing it into multiple virtual switches, defining VLANs, and grouping ports to aggre- gate bandwidth.

„Chapter 9, “Switch Policies,” provides information for configuring internal and external ports, port mirroring, and defining Access Control Lists (ACLs), quality of service (QoS), and ServerMobility.

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