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Using straight cable............................................................................20
Using crossover cable.........................................................................20
SWITCH TO SWITCH (OTHER DEVICES) ......................................................20
Using straight cable............................................................................21
Using crossover cable.........................................................................21
5 SWITCH MANAGEMENT.................................................................22
LOCAL CONSOLE MANAGAMENT..............................................................22
Console port (RS-232 DCE .................................................................23
IP Addresses and SNMP Community Names........................................23
Traps...................................................................................................24
MIBs...................................................................................................25
Packet Forwarding..............................................................................26
Aging Time..........................................................................................27
Spanning Tree Algorithm ....................................................................28
STA Operation Levels .........................................................................28
On the Bridge Level.................................................................................... 29
On the Port Level........................................................................................ 29
User-Changeable Parameters .............................................................30
Illustration of STA...............................................................................32
6 USING THE CONSOLE INTERFACE...............................................35
CONNECTING TO THE SWITCH ..................................................................35
CONSOLE USAGE CONVENTIONS ..............................................................36
FIRST TIME CONNECTING TO THE SWITCH ...............................................37
Steps to create a Super User or General User:....................................38
Super and General User Privileges .....................................................39
LOGIN ON THE SWITCH CONSOLE BY REGISTERED USERS.......41
Changing Your Password ....................................................................42
Adding and Deleting Users .................................................................43
SETTING UP THE SWITCH..........................................................................46
TCP/IP Settings...................................................................................46
Out-of-band management and console settings....................................47
Software Updates ................................................................................48
System Configuration Menu ................................................................50
SNMP MANAGEMENT SETTINGS .............................................................51
SNMP Trap Manager Configuration ...................................................51
SNMP Manager Configuration............................................................52
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