Nortel Networks 450 Switch User Manual


 
Using the Console Interface
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Table 3-5. Switch Configuration Menu Screen Options
Option Description
MAC Address Table
Displays the MAC Address Table screen (see
MAC Address Table” on
page 3-20
). This screen allows you to view all MAC addresses and
their associated port or trunk that the switch has learned, or to search
for a particular MAC address (to see if the switch has learned the
address).
VLAN Configuration...
Displays the VLAN Configuration Menu (see
VLAN Configuration
Menu” on page 3-22). This menu provides the following options: VLAN
Configuration, VLAN Port Configuration, VLAN Display by Port, Traffic
Class Configuration, and Return to Switch Configuration Menu
screen. This menu allows you to create and modify VLANs.
Port Configuration...
Displays the Port Configuration screen (see
Port Configuration” on
page 3-32
). This screen allows you to configure a specific switch port,
all switch ports or, when in a stack configuration, all stack ports.
High Speed Flow Control
Configuration...
Only appears when an optional gigabit MDA is installed in the Uplink
Module slot. When the gigabit MDA is installed, selecting this option
displays the High Speed Flow Control Configuration screen (see
High
Speed Flow Control Configuration” on page 3-34).
MultiLink Trunk Configuration...
Displays the MultiLink Trunk Configuration Menu (see “M
ultiLink Trunk
Configuration” on page 3-37). This menu provides the following
options: MultiLink Trunk Configuration, MultiLink Trunk Utilization, and
Return to Switch Configuration Menu screen. This menu allows you to
create and modify trunks, and to monitor the bandwidth utilization of
configured trunks.
Port Mirroring Configuration...
Displays the Port Mirroring Configuration screen (see “Port Mirroring
Configuration” on page 3-45). This screen allows you to designate a
single switch port as a traffic monitor for up to two specified ports or
addresses.
Rate Limiting Configuration...
Displays the Rate Limiting Configuration screen (see “Rate Limiting
Configuration” on page 3-48). This screen allows you to limit the
forwarding rate of broadcast and multicast packets.
IGMP Configuration...
Displays the IGMP Configuration screen (see
IGMP Configuration” on
page 3-51
). This screen allows you to optimize multicast traffic by
setting up IGMP port memberships that filter multicast on a per port
basis (see
IGMP Snooping” on page 1-48 for more information about
this feature).
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