3Com 1005 Switch User Manual


 
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Switch 1005 Setup
With the Switch Management screen displayed, choose to setup the
module
, then select the SETUP button.
The Switch Module Setup screen is displayed as shown in
Figure 3-4
.
Figure 3-4
Module Setup screen
The screen shows the following:
Module Type
A read-only field showing the type of device.
sysName
This field takes its name from the MIB II System Group object.
You can edit the first 30 characters of this field to make the name more
meaningful. This name is displayed on the Main Banner when you first
access the VT100 screens, and is also accessible to an SNMP Network
Manager.
Forwarding Mode
Fast Forward/Fragment Free/Store and
Forward/Intelligent
This field allows you to set the forwarding mode:
Fast Forward
— In this mode, frames are forwarded as soon as the
destination address is received and verified. The forwarding delay or
latency for all frames in this mode is 40µs, but with no checking
time any collision fragments or error frames are propagated onto
the network.