Using the Console Interface

 

 

 

 

Table 3-5 describes the Switch Configuration Menu screen options.

Table 3-5.

Switch Configuration Menu Screen Options

 

 

 

 

Option

 

Description

 

 

 

MAC Address Table

Displays the MAC Address Table screen (see “MAC Address Table” on

 

 

page 3-18). This screen allows you to view all MAC addresses and

 

 

their associated port or trunk that the switch has learned, or to search

 

 

for a particular MAC address (to see if the switch has learned the

 

 

address).

VLAN Configuration

Displays the VLAN Configuration Menu (see “VLAN Configuration

 

 

Menu” on page 3-20). This menu provides the following options: VLAN

 

 

Configuration, VLAN Port Configuration, VLAN Display by Port, Traffic

 

 

Class Configuration, and Return to Switch Configuration Menu

 

 

screen. This menu allows you to create and modify VLANs.

Port Configuration

Displays the Port Configuration screen (see “Port Configuration” on

 

 

page 3-30). This screen allows you to configure a specific switch port

 

 

or all switch ports.

High Speed Flow Control

This menu selection only appears when an optional gigabit MDA is

Configuration

 

installed in the Uplink Module slot. When the gigabit MDA is installed,

 

 

selecting this option displays the High Speed Flow Control

 

 

Configuration screen (see “High Speed Flow Control Configuration” on

 

 

page 3-32).

MultiLink Trunk Configuration

Displays the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu (see “MultiLink Trunk

 

 

Configuration” on page 3-35). This menu provides the following

 

 

options: MultiLink Trunk Configuration, MultiLink Trunk Utilization, and

 

 

Return to Switch Configuration Menu screen. This menu allows you to

 

 

create and modify trunks, and to monitor the bandwidth utilization of

 

 

configured trunks.

Port Mirroring Configuration

Displays the Port Mirroring Configuration screen (see “Port Mirroring

 

 

Configuration” on page 3-41). This screen allows you to designate a

 

 

single switch port as a traffic monitor for up to two specified ports or

 

 

addresses.

Rate Limiting Configuration

Displays the Rate Limiting Configuration screen (see “Rate Limiting

 

 

Configuration” on page 3-45). This screen allows you to limit the

 

 

forwarding rate of broadcast and multicast packets.

IGMP Configuration

Displays the IGMP Configuration screen (see “IGMP Configuration” on

 

 

page 3-48). This screen allows you to optimize multicast traffic by

 

 

setting up IGMP port memberships that filter multicast on a per port

 

 

basis (see “IGMP Snooping” on page 1-34 for more information about

 

 

this feature).

 

 

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