Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1-1
1.1 PACKET CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 PRODUCT FEATURES ........................................................................................................................... 1-3
1.4 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................... 1-5
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION.......................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.1 Switch Front Panel .................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.1.2 LED Indications ....................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.3 Switch Rear Panel................................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2 INSTALLING THE MANAGED SWITCH...................................................................................................... 2-4
2.2.1 Desktop Installation................................................................................................................. 2-4
2.2.2 Rack Mounting ........................................................................................................................ 2-5
2.2.3 Installing the SFP Transceiver ................................................................................................ 2-6
CHAPTER 3 SWITCH MANAGEMENT .........................................................................3-10
3.1 MANAGEMENT OPTIONS..................................................................................................................... 3-10
3.1.1 Out-Of-Band Management.................................................................................................... 3-10
3.1.2 In-band Management............................................................................................................ 3-13
3.2 CLI INTERFACE.................................................................................................................................. 3-19
3.2.1 Configuration Modes............................................................................................................. 3-19
3.2.2 Configuration Syntax............................................................................................................. 3-21
3.2.3 Shortcut Key Support ............................................................................................................ 3-22
3.2.4 Help Function ........................................................................................................................ 3-22
3.2.5 Input Verification.................................................................................................................... 3-23
3.2.6 Fuzzy Match Support ............................................................................................................ 3-23
CHAPTER 4 BASIC SWITCH CONFIGURATION .......................................................... 4-1
4.1 BASIC CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................................ 4-1
4.2 TELNET MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................................... 4-2
4.2.1 Telnet....................................................................................................................................... 4-2
4.2.2 SSH ......................................................................................................................................... 4-4
4.3 CONFIGURE SWITCH IP ADDRESSES..................................................................................................... 4-6
4.3.1 Switch IP Addresses Configuration Task List.......................................................................... 4-6
4.4 SNMP CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................... 4-8
4.4.1 Introduction to SNMP .............................................................................................................. 4-8
4.4.2 Introduction to MIB .................................................................................................................. 4-9
4.4.3 Introduction to RMON ........................................................................................................... 4-10
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