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Management

Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series Modules Hardware Installation Guide 1-7

Management

Managementofthemodulecanbeeitherin‐bandorout‐of‐band.In‐bandremote

managementispossibleusingTelnet,Enterasys Networks’NetSight

®

management

application,orWebView™application.Out‐of‐bandmanagementisprovidedthrough

theRJ45COM(Communication)portonthefrontpanelusingaVT100terminalora

VT100terminalemulator.

Switch Configuration Using WebView

Enterasys Networks’HTTP‐basedWebmanagementapplication(WebView)isan

intuitivewebtoolforsimplemanagementtasks.

Switch Configuration Using CLI Commands

TheCLIcommandsenableyoutoperformmorecompleteswitchconfiguration

managementtasks.

ForCLIcommandsetinformationandhowtoconfigurethemodule,refertotheEnterasys

MatrixDFE‐GoldSeriesConfigurationGuide.

Standards Compatibility

TheDFE‐GoldmodulesarefullycompliantwiththeIEEE802.3‐2002,802.3ae‐2002,

802.1D‐1998,and802.1Q‐1998standards.TheDFE‐GoldmoduleprovidesIEEE

802.1D‐1998SpanningTreeAlgorithm(STA)supporttoenhancetheoverallreliabilityof

thenetworkandprotectagainst“loop”conditions.

Secure Networks Policy Support

PolicyEnabledNetworkingmanagestheallocationofnetworkinginfrastructure

resourcesinasecureandeffectivemanner.UsingSecureNetworksPolicy,anIT

AdministratorcanpredictablyassignappropriateresourcestotheUsers,Applications,

andServicesthatusethenetwork;whileblockingorcontainingaccessforinappropriate

orpotentiallydangerousnetworktraffic.

Usingthistechnologyitispossible,forthefirst

time,toalignITserviceswiththeneedsofspecificusersandapplications,andtoleverage

thenetworkasakeycomponentoftheorganization’ssecuritystrategy.

TheSecureNetworksPolicyArchitectureconsistsof3components:ClassificationRules,

NetworkServices,andBehavioral

Profiles.Thesearedefinedasfollows:

• ClassificationRulesdeterminehowspecifictrafficflows(identifiedbyLayer2,Layer

3,andLayer4informationinthedatapacket)aretreatedbyeachSwitchorRouter.In

general,ClassificationRulesareappliedtothenetworkinginfrastructureatthe

networkedge/ingresspoint.

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