Nortel Networks 380 Switch User Manual


 
Chapter 3 Using the console interface 97
Using the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch
Table 8 describes the CI main menu options.
Table 8 Console interface main menu options
Option Description
IP Configuration/
Setup...
Displays the IP Configuration/Setup screen (see “IP Configuration/Setup screen”
on page 99). This screen allows you to set or modify IP configuration
parameters.
SNMP Configuration...
Displays the SNMP Configuration screen (see “SNMP Configuration screen” on
page 104). This screen allows you to set or modify the SNMP read-only
community and read-write community strings, enable or disable the
authentication trap and the link Up/down trap, set the IP address of trap
receivers, and set the trap community strings.
System
Characteristics...
Displays the System Characteristics screen (see “System Characteristics
screen” on page 106). This screen allows you to view switch characteristics,
including number of resets, power status, hardware and firmware version, and
MAC address. This screen also contains three user-configurable fields:
sysContact, sysName, and sysLocation.
Switch Configuration...
Displays the Switch Configuration Menu screen (see “Switch Configuration
Menu screen” on page 108). This menu provides the following configuration
options: MAC Address Table, MAC Address-Based Security, VLAN
Configuration, Port Configuration, MultiLink Trunk Configuration, Port Mirroring
Configuration, Display Port Statistics, Clear All Port Statistics, and Display
System Log.
Console/Comm Port
Configuration...
Displays the Console/Comm Port Configuration screen (see “Console/Comm
Port Configuration screen” on page 149). This screen allows you to configure
and modify the console/Comm port parameters, including the console port
speed and password settings for the switch operation.
Spanning Tree
Configuration...
Displays the Spanning Tree Configuration Menu (see “Spanning Tree
Configuration Menu screen” on page 155). This menu provides the following
options: Spanning Tree Port Configuration, Display Spanning Tree Switch
Settings.
TELNET
Configuration...
Displays the TELNET Configuration screen (see “TELNET Configuration screen”
on page 162). This screen allows you to set your switch to enable a user at a
remote console terminal to communicate with the BayStack 380 Switch as if the
console terminal were directly connected to it. You can have up to four active
Telnet sessions running at one time in a standalone switch.
Software Download... Displays the Software Download screen (see “Software Download screen” on
page 164). This screen allows you to revise the BayStack 380 Switch software
image that is located in nonvolatile flash memory.
Configuration File Displays the Configuration File Download/Upload screen (see “Configuration
File Download/Upload screen” on page 168). This screen allows you to store
your switch configuration parameters on a TFTP server. You can retrieve the
configuration parameters for automatically configuring a replacement switch with
the same configuration when required.