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DES-3010F/DES-3010FL/DES-3010G/DES-3018/DES-3026 Fast Ethernet Switch Manual
Device
Information
The Device Information windo
w
shows the Switch's MAC
Address (assigned by the factor
y
and unchangeable), the Boot
PROM, Firmware Version, an
d
Hardware Version. This
information is helpful to keep
track of PROM and firmware
updates and to obtain the Switch's
MAC address for entry into
another network device's address
table, if necessary. The user may
also enter a System Name,
System Location and S
y
stem
Contact to aid in defining the
Switch, to the user's preference. I
n
addition, this screen displays the
status of functions on the Switc
h
to quickly assess their curren
t
global status. Three of these
functions, Spanning Tree, Por
t
Mirror and Single IP Managemen
t
have a detail setting link whic
h
when clicked will automatically
flip to the configuration page fo
r
that feature. This serves as a grea
t
quick reference for networ
k
administrators to promptly assess
p
roblems concerning Switc
h
functions.
Figure 6- 1. Device Information screen
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