3Com 1000 Switch User Manual


 
4-8 C
HAPTER
4: M
ANAGING
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S
WITCH
1000
STP
Use this button to display screens for managing
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) information for the
level of management you have chosen (port or
VLAN). Refer to
Spanning Tree Protocol” on page
5-12.
STP is not supported over Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM). Consequently, if you specify that you
want to manage the Plug-in Module and the
Switch has an ATM OC-3c Module installed, the
STP button is not displayed.
SERVER
Use this button to display the VLAN Server
screen, used for entering the IP address and com-
munity string of a VLAN server. For more informa-
tion about VLAN servers, refer to
Virtual LANs
(VLANs)” on page 5-1.
STATS
Use this button to display statistics screens for
the level of management you have chosen (port or
unit). Refer to Chapter 6
.
SDB
Use this button to display the Unit Database
View screen, which is used to manage the Switch
Database. Refer to
The Database View” on page
4-17.
RESILIENCE
Use this button to display resilient link
management screens for the level of management
you have chosen (port or unit). Refer to
Setting
Up Resilient Links” on page 4-19.
You cannot set up resilient links if the Switch uses
Spanning Tree (STP). Consequently, the RESILIENCE
button is not displayed if STP is enabled.
Figure 4-9
Switch Management screen for VLAN level
SETUP
Use this button to display setup screens for
the level of management you have chosen (port,
unit or VLAN). For information about the Port
Setup and Unit Setup screens, refer to
Setting Up
the Switch Ports” and Setting Up the Switch Unit”
in this chapter. For information about the VLAN
Setup screen, refer to
Setting Up VLANs on the
Switch” on page 5-8.