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Using straight cable................................................................................ 18
Using crossover cable............................................................................. 18
S
WITCH TO
S
WITCH
(
OTHER DEVICES
)......................................................... 18
Using straight cable................................................................................ 19
Using crossover cable............................................................................. 19
5 SWITCH MANAGEMENT ....................................................................20
L
OCAL
C
ONSOLE
M
ANAGAMENT
................................................................ 20
Console port (RS-232 DCE..................................................................... 21
IP Addresses and SNMP Community Names..........................................21
Traps....................................................................................................... 22
MIBs........................................................................................................ 23
Packet Forwarding ................................................................................. 24
Aging Time..............................................................................................25
Spanning Tree Algorithm........................................................................25
STA Operation Levels ............................................................................. 26
On the Bridge Level.........................................................................................26
On the Port Level.............................................................................................27
User-Changeable Parameters................................................................. 27
Illustration of STA................................................................................... 29
6 USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE.................................................32
C
ONNECTING TO THE
S
WITCH
..................................................................... 32
C
ONSOLE
U
SAGE
C
ONVENTIONS
................................................................. 33
F
IRST
T
IME
C
ONNECTING
T
O
T
HE
S
WITCH
................................................. 34
Steps to create a Super User or General User: ...................................... 35
Super and General User Privileges ........................................................ 35
LOGIN ON THE SWITCH CONSOLE BY REGISTERED USERS ....... 38
Changing Your Password ....................................................................... 39
Adding and Deleting Users.....................................................................40
S
ETTING UP THE
S
WITCH
............................................................................. 42
TCP/IP Settings....................................................................................... 42
Out-of-band management and console settings...................................... 44
Software Updates.................................................................................... 45
System Configuration Menu.................................................................... 46
SNMP M
ANAGEMENT
S
ETTINGS
................................................................ 47
SNMP Trap Manager Configuration ...................................................... 47
SNMP Manager Configuration............................................................... 49
SNMP Security (Community Names)..............................................................49