Nortel Networks 450 manual Switch Configuration Menu Screen Options

Using the Console Interface

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 3-20). 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 3-22). 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 3-32). This screen allows you to configure a specific switch port,
		all switch ports or, when in a stack configuration, all stack ports.
High Speed Flow Control		Only appears when an optional gigabit MDA is installed in the Uplink
Configuration...		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 3-34).
MultiLink Trunk Configuration...		Displays the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu (see “MultiLink Trunk
		Configuration” on page 3-37). 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 3-45). 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 3-48). 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 3-51). 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 1-48 for more information about this feature).

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