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Contents
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Configuring and graphing the switch
Chapter
Chapter
Contents
Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports
Chapter
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Preface
Before you begin
Text conventions
Related publications
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How to get help
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Starting Device Manager
Chapter Device Manager basics
Setting the Device Manager properties
3Click OK
2Type information and select check boxes
Table 1 describes the Properties dialog box items
Chapter 1 Device Manager basics
Table 1 Properties dialog box items
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Area
Opening a device
Figure 3 Open Device dialog box
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Table 3 Open Device dialog box fields
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Device Manager window
Table 4 Menu bar commands
Menu bar
Command
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Device view
Toolbar
Selecting a single object
Selecting objects
LEDs and ports
Selecting multiple objects
Figure 8 Switch unit shortcut menu
Shortcut menus
Table 7 Switch unit shortcut menu command
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Table 8 Port shortcut menu commands
Status bar
Chapter 1 Device Manager basics
Figure 9 Port shortcut menu
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Using the buttons in Device Manager dialog boxes
Table 9 Device Manager buttons
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Working with statistics and graphs
Editing objects
Types of graphs
Types of statistics
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Table 10 Types of statistics
Figure 10 Line graph Figure 11 Area graph
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Figure 12 Bar graph Figure 13 Pie graph
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Statistics for single and multiple objects
Viewing statistics as graphs
6To print a copy of the graph, click Print
Telneting to a switch
Opening the Web-basedmanagement home page
Trap log
Online Help
Chapter 1 Device Manager basics
Table 12 Help file locations
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Chapter Configuring and graphing the switch
Viewing switch IP information
Globals tab
Addresses tab
ARP tab
Figure 21 Edit IP dialog box - ARP tab
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Table 15 ARP tab items
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System tab
Editing the chassis configuration
Figure 22 Edit Chassis dialog box - System tab
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Table 16 System tab items
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Description
Base Unit Info tab
Agent tab
Table 18 Agent tab fields
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Description
SNMP tab
Trap Receivers tab
Adding a Trap Receiver
Power Supply tab
Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch
Table 21 describes the Power supply tab fields
Table 21 Power supply tab fields
Field
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Fan tab
To open the Fan tab 1Select the chassis
2From the shortcut menu, choose Edit Chassis
Working with configuration files
Figure 30 FileSystem dialog box
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Table 23 FileSystem dialog box items
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Graphing chassis statistics
Table 23 FileSystem dialog box items continued
Description
The chassis SNMP tab lists chassis statistics
SNMP tab
Table 24 describes the SNMP tab fields
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Table 24 SNMP tab fields
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Table 24 SNMP tab fields continued
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IP tab
Figure 32 Graph Chassis dialog box - IP tab
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Table 25 Chassis IP tab fields
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Field
Description
ICMP In tab
Figure 33 Graph Chassis dialog box - ICMP In tab
Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch
Table 26 ICMP In tab fields
Field
ICMP Out tab
Table 27 describes the ICMP Out tab fields
Chapter 2 Configuring and graphing the switch
Table 27 ICMP Out tab fields
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Viewing and editing a single port configuration
Chapter Configuring and graphing ports
Interface tab for a single port
Table 28 Interface tab items for a single port
Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
Field
Description
VLAN tab for a single port
Table 29 describes the VLAN tab items
Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
Table 29 VLAN tab items for a single port
Description
STG tab for a single port
Table 30 describes the STG tab items
Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
Table 30 STG tab items for a single port
Description
Interface tab for multiple ports
Configuring multiple ports
Figure 38 Edit Ports - Interface tab
Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
Table 31 Interface tab fields for multiple ports
Field
VLAN tab for multiple ports
Figure 39 VLAN tab for multiple ports
Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
Table 32 VLAN tab fields for multiple ports
Field
Interface tab for graphing ports
Graphing port statistics
Figure 40 Interface tab for graphing ports
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Description
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Ethernet Errors tab for graphing ports
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2Do one of the following
Table 34 Ethernet Errors tab fields
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Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
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Description
Bridge tab
RMON tab
2Do one of the following
Table 36 describes the RMON tab fields
Chapter 3 Configuring and graphing ports
Table 36 RMON tab fields
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Table 36 RMON tab fields continued
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Chapter Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports
MultiLink Trunk MLT features
Setting up MLTs
Figure 44 MLT dialog box
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Table 37 MLT dialog box fields
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MultiLink Trunk statistics
Adding ports to a MultiLink Trunk
Figure 46 MLT Statistics - Interface tab
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Table 38 Interface tab fields
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MultiLink Trunk Ethernet error statistics
Table 39 Ethernet Errors tab fields
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Table 39 Ethernet Errors tab fields continued
Chapter 4 Setting up MultiLink Trunk ports
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VLANs
Chapter Creating and managing VLANs
Creating VLANs page
Modifying and managing existing VLANs page
VLAN Information
Creating VLANs
106Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs
Figure 48 VLAN dialog box
Creating a port-basedVLAN
Accepting untagged frames
Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs
Modifying and managing existing VLANs
Figure 51 VLAN dialog box
Table 41 VLAN dialog box fields
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Chapter Setting up bridging
Base tab
Base tab next
Spanning Tree tab
2Click the Spanning Tree tab
Chapter 6 Setting up bridging
The Spanning Tree tab opens Figure
Figure 53 Spanning Tree tab
Table 43 Spanning Tree tab fields
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Transparent tab
Forwarding tab
To view the Forwarding tab
Chapter 6 Setting up bridging
2Click the Forwarding tab
The Forwarding tab opens Figure
Table 45 Forwarding tab fields
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Chapter Troubleshooting Device Manager
Topology tab
Topology tab next Topology Table tab page
Topology Table tab
Table 47 describes the Topology Table tab fields
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Device Manager
Table 47 Topology Table tab fields
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Chapter RMON
Working with RMON information
Viewing statistics
Viewing history
Buckets are gathered at 30-minuteintervals
Creating a history
Table 48 History tab fields
Chapter 8 RMON
Figure 61 RMONControl, Insert History dialog box
Field
Disabling history
Enabling Ethernet statistics gathering
Disabling Ethernet statistics gathering
How RMON alarms work
Alarms
132Chapter 8 RMON Figure 65 How alarms fire
Rising value Falling value Alarm fires No firing
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Creating alarms
Figure 66 Alarm example - threshold less than
Chapter 8 RMON
Alarm Manager example
Chapter 8 RMON
Figure 68 Alarm variable list
an alarm
Figure 60 on page
Figure 69 RMONAlarms dialog box - Alarms tab
Alarms tab
Table 51 Describes the fields on the Alarms tab
Chapter 8 RMON
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To delete an alarm
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Events
How events work
Viewing an event
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Figure 70 RMONAlarms dialog box - Events tab
Table 52 Events tab fields
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Creating an event
Deleting an event
Log information
Chapter 8 RMON
Table 53 describes the Log tab fields
Table 53 Log tab fields
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General tab
Chapter Security parameters
Figure 74 General tab
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Table 54 General tab items
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Chapter 9 Security parameters
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Items
SecurityList tab
Security, Insert SecurityList dialog box
AuthConfig tab
Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box
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Figure 78 Security, Insert AuthConfig dialog box
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AuthStatus tab
Figure 79 AuthStatus tab
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Table 59 AuthStatus tab fields
blocked type
AuthViolation tab
Figure 80 AuthViolation tab
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Table 60 AuthViolation tab fields
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