4.1 LOGGING ON TO THE SWITCH......................................................................................................... 20
4.2 NAVIGATI NG THROUGH THE CONSOLE INTERFACE ........................................................................... 21
4.3 PERFORMING BASIC MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES............................................................................... 21
4.3.1 General Management Configuration................................................................................... 22
4.3.1.1 Changing the System Name........................................................................................................ 23
4.3.1.2 Changing the Contact and Location............................................................................................ 24
4.3.1.3 Changing the Administration Password....................................................................................... 25
4.3.1.4 Changing the Guest Password.................................................................................................... 27
4.3.1.5 Statistic Collection....................................................................................................................... 28
4.3.1.6 Reboot-On-Error.......................................................................................................................... 29
4.3.1.7 Telnet Logins............................................................................................................................... 30
4.3.1.8 Remote Http Login...................................................................................................................... 31
4.3.1.9 Returning to the Basic Management Screen............................................................................... 32
4.3.2 LAN Port Configuration........................................................................................................ 32
4.3.2.1 Changing the Speed and Flow Control........................................................................................ 33
4.3.2.2 Hiding or Displaying the Port Column.......................................................................................... 36
4.3.2.3 Displaying a Physical Port Address............................................................................................. 37
4.3.2.4 Returning to the Basic Management Screen............................................................................... 38
4.3.3 Console Port Configuration..................................................................................................38
4.3.3.1 Changing the Console Baud Rate............................................................................................... 39
4.3.3.2 Selecting a Flow Control Method................................................................................................. 40
4.3.3.3 Enabling or Disabling Modem Control Options............................................................................ 41
4.3.3.4 Specifying a Modem Setup String............................................................................................... 42
4.3.3.5 Enabling or Disabling SLIP.......................................................................................................... 43
4.3.3.6 Specifying a SLIP Address.......................................................................................................... 45
4.3.3.7 Specifying a SLIP Subnet Mask.................................................................................................. 46
4.3.3.8 Returning to the Basic Management Screen............................................................................... 47
CHAPTER 5 PERFORMING ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES........................................... 48
5.1 SWITCHING DATABASE CONFIGURATION..........................................................................................49
5.2 VLAN & PVID PERSPECTIVE........................................................................................................ 50
5.2.1 Default VLAN....................................................................................................................... 51
5.2.2 Obtaining a VLAN Perspective............................................................................................ 51
5.2.2.1 Creating a New VLAN................................................................................................................. 52
5.2.2.2 Adding New Switch Ports............................................................................................................ 55
5.2.2.3 Deleting a VLAN ID..................................................................................................................... 60
5.2.2.4 Viewing VLAN Activities.............................................................................................................. 61
5.2.2.5 Viewing VLAN Settings................................................................................................................63
5.2.2.6 Adding Ports................................................................................................................................64