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S
WITCH TO
E
ND
N
ODE
................................ ................................ .............20
S
WITCH TO
H
UB OR
S
WITCH
................................ ................................ .....21
10BASE-T Device................................ ................................ ................ 23
100BASE-TX Device ................................ ................................ ...........23
SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS................................ ............... 24
L
OCAL
C
ONSOLE
M
ANAGEMENT
................................ .............................. 24
Diagnostic (console) port (RS-232 DCE)................................ .............25
IP A
DDRESSES AND
SNMP C
OMMUNITY
N
AMES
................................ ......26
T
RAPS
................................ ................................ ................................ .....26
MIB
S
................................ ................................ ................................ ......28
P
ACKET
F
ORWARDING
................................ ................................ .............30
Aging Time................................ ................................ .......................... 30
Filtering Database ................................ ................................ .............. 31
S
PANNING
T
REE
A
LGORITHM
................................ ................................ ...32
STA Operation Levels................................ ................................ ..........32
On the Bridge Level................................ ................................ .................... 33
On the Port Level................................ ................................ ........................ 34
User-Changeable STA Parameters ................................ ...................... 34
Illustration of STA................................ ................................ ............... 36
P
ORT
T
RUNKING
................................ ................................ ...................... 38
VLAN................................ ................................ ................................ ....40
MAC-based VLANs................................ ................................ ..............41
Port-based VLANs................................ ................................ ............... 42
VLAN Segmentation................................ ................................ ................... 43
Sharing Resources Across VLANs ................................ .............................. 43
VLANs Spanning Multiple Switches................................ ........................... 45
B
ROADCAST
S
TORMS
................................ ................................ ............... 49
Segmenting Broadcast Domains ................................ .......................... 50
Eliminating Broadcast Storms ................................ ............................. 50
USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE................................ .................. 52
C
ONNECTING TO THE
S
WITCH
................................ ................................ ..52
C
ONSOLE
U
SAGE
C
ONVENTIONS
................................ ............................... 53
F
IRST
T
IME
C
ONNECTING
T
O
T
HE
S
WITCH
................................ ............... 54
User Accounts Management................................ ................................ 56
Saving Changes................................ ................................ ................... 57
L
OGGING
O
NTO
T
HE
S
WITCH
C
ONSOLE
B
Y
R
EGISTERED
U
SERS
................ 59