Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Notices
- Contents
- Preface
- Features Overview
- Hardware Installation
- Software Installation and Setup
- Powering On and Booting the Software
- Starting the Command Line Interface
- Setting Basic System Information
- Setting Up SNMP Community Strings
- Setting Up Passwords
- Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address
- Setting SYSLOG Parameters
- Loading System Image Software
- Loading Boot PROM Software
- Upgrading the VFS
- Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File
- Installing and Starting Cabletron CoreWatch
- Troubleshooting
- Technical Support
- Index
SmartSwitch Router 2100 Getting Started Guide 3
Chapter 1
Features Overview
The 8-Gigabit-port SmartSwitch Router (SSR 2100) provides non-blocking, high-speed
Layer-2 (switching), Layer-3 (routing), and Layer-4 (application) switching. This chapter
provides a basic overview of the SSR 2100 software and hardware feature set.
• If you want to skip this information and install the SSR 2100 now, see Chapter 2,
“Hardware Installation” on page 15.
• If you want to boot the SSR 2100 software and perform basic configuration tasks now,
see Chapter 3, “Software Installation and Setup” on page 23.
• If you want to set up a management station for using CoreWatch, see Chapter 4,
“Installing and Starting Cabletron CoreWatch” on page 43.
Specifications
The SSR 2100 provides high-speed switching and full non-blocking throughput. The
hardware provides high-speed performance regardless of the performance monitoring,
filtering, and Quality of Service (QoS) features enabled by the software.