User`s manual

User’s Manual 3
Table of Contents
Table of Contents 3
Chapter 1: Introduction 16
1.1 Description of Software Features....................................................................................................................16
1.2 System Defaults..............................................................................................................................................19
Chapter 2: Initial Configuration 22
2.1 Connecting to the Switch ................................................................................................................................22
2.2 Connections....................................................................................................................................................23
2.3 Setting a Password.........................................................................................................................................24
2.4 Setting an IP Address .....................................................................................................................................25
2.5 Enabling SNMP Management Access ............................................................................................................28
2.6 Saving Configuration Settings......................................................................................................................... 29
2.7 Managing System Files...................................................................................................................................29
2.8 Managing Firmware ........................................................................................................................................30
2.9 Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings ....................................................................................................31
2.10 Basic Management .......................................................................................................................................33
Chapter 3: Configuring Global Settings 38
3.1 Configuring Spanning Tree .............................................................................................................................39
3.2 Configuring Interface Settings.........................................................................................................................44
3.3 Configuring Multiple Spanning Trees.............................................................................................................. 46
Chapter 4: Configuring SNTP 53
4.1 SNTP Attributes ..............................................................................................................................................53
4.2 Setting the Time Zone..................................................................................................................................... 53
Chapter 5: Simple Network Management Protocol 55
5.1 Setting Community Access Strings.................................................................................................................55
5.2 Specifying Trap Managers and Trap Types....................................................................................................56
Chapter 6: Configuring Security 57
6.1 Configuring User Accounts ............................................................................................................................. 57
6.2 Configuring Local/Remote Logon Authentication............................................................................................57