CONFIGURING THE SWITCH
CLI – This example creates trunk 1 with ports 5 and 17. Just connect these ports to two static trunk ports on another switch to form a trunk.
Console(config)#interface | |
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Console#show interfaces status |
Information of Trunk 1
Basic information:
Port type: 100TX
Mac address:
Configuration:
Name:
Port admin: Up
Capabilities: 10half, 10full, 100half, 100full,
Flow control: Disabled
Current status:
Created by: User
Link status: Down
Operation
Flow control type: None
Member Ports: Eth1/5, Eth1/17,
Console#
Configuring SNMP
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a communication protocol designed specifically for managing devices or other elements on a network. Equipment commonly managed with SNMP includes switches, routers and host computers. SNMP is typically used to configure these devices for proper operation in a network environment, as well as to monitor them to evaluate performance or detect potential problems.
The switch includes an onboard SNMP agent that continuously monitors the status of its hardware, as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A network management station can access this information using the appropriate software. Access rights to the onboard agent are controlled by community strings. To communicate with the switch, the management station must first
