Nortel Networks 350 manual Option Description System Characteristics, Switch Configuration, Reset

Using the Console Interface

Table 3-1. Console Interface Main Menu Options (continued)

Option	Description
System Characteristics	Displays the System Characteristics screen (see “System Characteristics” on
	page 3-14). This screen allows you to view switch characteristics, including
	number of resets, power status, hardware and firmware version, and MAC
	address. . This screen also contains three user-configurable fields: sysContact,
	sysName, and sysLocation.
Switch Configuration	Displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen (see “Switch Configuration” on
	page 3-16). This menu provides the following configuration options: MAC
	Address Table, VLAN Configuration, Port Configuration, High Speed Flow
	Control Configuration (only when a gigabit MDA is installed), MultiLink Trunk
	Configuration, Port Mirroring Configuration, Rate Limiting Configuration, IGMP
	Configuration, Display Port Statistics, and Clear All Port Statistics.
Console/Comm Port	Displays the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (see “Console/Comm
Configuration	Port Configuration” on page 3-54). This screen allows you to configure and
	modify the console/Comm port parameters, including the console port speed
	and password settings.
Spanning Tree	Displays the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu (see “Spanning Tree
Configuration	Configuration” on page 3-59). This menu provides the following configuration
	options: Spanning Tree Port Configuration, Display Spanning Tree Switch
	Settings.
TELNET Configuration	Displays the TELNET Configuration screen (see “TELNET Configuration” on
	page 3-67). This screen allows you to set your switch to enable a user at a
	remote console terminal to communicate with the BayStack 350 switch as if the
	console terminal were directly connected to it. You can have up to four active
	TELNET sessions at one time.
Software Download	Displays the Software Download screen (see “Software Download” on
	page 3-70). This screen allows you to revise the BayStack 350 switch software
	image that is located in nonvolatile flash memory.
Display Event Log	Displays the Event Log screen (see “Display Event Log” on page 3-74).
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. When you select this option, the switch resets, runs a
	self-test, then displays the Bay Networks logo screen. Press [Ctrl]-Y to access
	the BayStack 350 Main Menu.
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