Nortel Networks 1000BASE-SX Option Description Switch Configuration, Console/Comm Port, Reset

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Table 9 Console interface main menu options (continued)

Option	Description
Switch Configuration...	Displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen (see “Switch Configuration
	Menu screen” on page 103). This menu provides the following configuration
	options: MAC Address Table, MAC Address-Based Security, VLAN
	Configuration, Port Configuration, MultiLink Trunk Configuration, Port Mirroring
	Configuration, Display Port Statistics, Clear All Port Statistics, Display System
	Log, and Stack Operational Mode.
Console/Comm Port	Displays the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (see “Console/Comm
Configuration...	Port Configuration screen” on page 147). This screen allows you to configure
	and modify the console/Comm port parameters, including the console port
	speed and password settings for the switch and stack operation.
Spanning Tree	Displays the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu (see “Spanning Tree
Configuration...	Configuration Menu screen” on page 156). This menu provides the following
	options: Spanning Tree Port Configuration, Display Spanning Tree Switch
	Settings.
TELNET	Displays the TELNET Configuration screen (see “TELNET Configuration screen”
Configuration...	on page 164). This screen allows you to set your switch to enable a user at a
	remote console terminal to communicate with the BayStack 420 Switch as if the
	console terminal were directly connected to it. You can have up to four active
	Telnet sessions running at one time in either a standalone switch or a stack
	configuration.
Software Download...	Displays the Software Download screen (see “Software Download screen” on
	page 166). This screen allows you to revise the BayStack 420 Switch software
	image that is located in nonvolatile flash memory.
Configuration File	Displays the Configuration File Download/Upload screen (see “Configuration
	File Download/Upload screen” on page 169). This screen allows you to store
	your switch/stack configuration parameters on a TFTP server. You can retrieve
	the configuration parameters for automatically configuring a replacement switch
	or stack with the same configuration when required.
Display System Log	Displays the System Log screen (see “System Log screen” on page 145).
Reset	Resets the switch with the current configuration settings. This option is followed
	by a screen prompt that precedes the action. Enter Yes to reset the switch; enter
	No to abort the option:
	• If the switch is participating in a stack configuration, you can reset the entire
	stack.
	• When you select this option, the switch resets, runs a self-test, then displays
	the Nortel Networks logo screen. Press [Ctrl]-Y to access the BayStack 420
	Switch main menu.

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