Nortel Networks 450 Table 3-1 describes the CI main menu options.

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Table 3-1 describes the CI main menu options.

Option Description

IP Configuration/

Setup... Displays the IP Configuration/Setup screen (see “IP Configuration/Setup” on

page 3-8). This screen allows you to set or modify IP configuration parameters.

SNMP Configuration... Displays the SNMP Configuration screen (see “SNMP Configuration” on

page 3-13). This screen allows you to set or modify the SNMP read-only

community and read-write community strings, enable or disable the

authentication trap and the link Up/down trap, set the IP address of trap

receivers, and set the trap community strings.

System

Characteristics... Displays the Sys tem Characteristics screen (see “System Characteristics” on

page 3-15). This screen allows yo u to view switch characterist ics, including

number of resets, power status, hardware and firmware version, and MAC

address. This screen also contains three user-configurable fields: sysContact,

sysN ame , an d sys Locat ion. W hen the switch is p art of a stac k confi gur ation , t his

screen also displays the base unit identification, the num ber of units configured

in the stack, and the local unit stack number.

Switch Configuration... Displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen (see “Switch Configuration” on

page 3-18). 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 Por t

Configuration... Displays the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (see “Console/Comm

Port Configuration” on page 3-58). 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.

Identify Unit Numbers Only appears when the switch is partic ipating in a stack conf iguration. When

selected, this option identifies the unit numbering of each unit in a stack

configuration by lighting the corresponding number of (100 Mb/s) port LEDs for

approximately 10 seconds. For example, in a 4-unit stack, unit 1 displays one

LED, unit 2 displays two L EDs, unit 3 displays three LE Ds, and unit 4 displays

four LEDs. The LED displays

override any existing

100 Mb/s LED indications on all unit LED display panels.

Renumber Stack Units Only appears when the switch is partic ipating in a stack conf iguration. Displays

the Renumber Stack Units screen (see “Renumber St ack Units ” on page 3-65).

This screen allows you to renumber the units at any ti me.

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