User`s guide

9033194 SmartSTACK ELS100-24 Firmware Revision 2.01 1
ADDENDUM A. SMARTSTACK ELS100-24
FIRMWARE REVISION 2.01
A.1 Introduction
The Cabletron SmartSTACK ELS100-24 firmware revision 2.01 supports
the following models of the ELS100-24 product family:
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ELS100-24TX
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ELS100-24TXM
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ELS100-24TXG
Firmware revision 2.01 provides the following new features:
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SmartTrunking - Allows multiple physical ports of the switch to be
aggregated together to form a single logical connection between
network devices.
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Half-duplex support on 100Base-FX ports - Enables half duplex
operation on 100Base-FX ports.
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Read-only password - Adds an additional password option to the
user interface (serial console and Telnet) for read-only access.
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Disable serial console option - Adds a variable to SNMP allowing the
serial console of the switch to be disabled or enabled.
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Syslog feature - Allows various types of errors encountered by the
switch software to be logged to an external server.
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MIB Enhancements
- 802.1p and 802.1Q MIB: Adds partial support for the IETF MIBs
for configuring 802.1p (priority) and 802.1Q (VLANs).
- RFC 2233 MIB: Adds support for the Stack Table portion of RFC
2233, extensions to the Interfaces MIB.
- Cabletron MIB Extensions: Adds several new variables to the
Cabletron MIB.
- SmartTrunking MIB: Adds a new proprietary MIB for configuring
SmartTrunking.
The following two features were available in the previous Cabletron
SmartSTACK ELS100-24 firmware version, but were not documented:
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Power Up Diagnostics - Allows you to enable a switch functionality
self-test upon initialization.
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Web Management Enable - Allows you to enable switch
management over the web.