Nortel Networks 450 Option Description Display Hardware Units, Spanning Tree, Software Download

Using the BayStack 450 10/100/1000 Series Switch

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

Option	Description
Display Hardware Units	Displays the Hardware Unit Information screen (see “Hardware Unit Information”
	on page 3-67). This screen lists the switch models, including any installed MDA
	and Cascade modules, that are configured in your standalone or stack
	configuration.
Spanning Tree	Displays the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu (see “Spanning Tree
Configuration...	Configuration” on page 3-67). This menu provides the following options:
	Spanning Tree Port Configuration, Display Spanning Tree Switch Settings.
TELNET	Displays the TELNET Configuration screen (see “TELNET Configuration” on
Configuration...	page 3-75). This screen allows you to set your switch to enable a user at a
	remote console terminal to communicate with the BayStack 450 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” on
	page 3-78). This screen allows you to revise the BayStack 450 switch software
	image that is located in nonvolatile flash memory.
Configuration File	Displays the Configuration File Download/Upload screen (see “Configuration
	File” on page 3-82). 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 Event Log	Displays the Event Log screen (see “Display Event Log” on page 3-85).
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, additional prompts allow
	you to choose to reset a specific unit in the stack or 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 450
	main menu.
Reset to Default	Resets the switch to the factory default configuration settings. This option is
Settings	followed by a screen prompt that precedes the action. Enter Yes to reset the
	switch to the factory default configuration settings; enter No to abort the option:
	• If the switch is participating in a stack configuration, additional prompts allow
	you to choose to reset a specific unit in the stack or 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 450
	main menu.
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