User`s guide
Table of Contents
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Chapter 3
Getting Started With Browser Management .............................................................................................3-1
Browser Requirements ..............................................................................................................................................3-1
Starting a Browser Session .......................................................................................................................................3-2
Navigating Around the Switch ...............................................................................................................................3-3
Chapter 4
Configuration and Administration ................................................................................................................4-1
Connecting to a Remote System ...........................................................................................................................4-3
Pinging a Remote System ........................................................................................................................................4-4
Enabling or Disabling a Port ....................................................................................................................................4-5
Configuring IP Parameters .......................................................................................................................................4-6
Naming the Switch .....................................................................................................................................................4-8
Change/Delete the Switch Name............................................................................................................... 4-10
Naming the Port ....................................................................................................................................................... 4-11
Changing or Deleting a Port Name............................................................................................................ 4-13
Assigning a Password to the Switch .................................................................................................................4-14
Forgetting Your Password............................................................................................................................. 4-14
Enabling Store-and-forward or Cut-through (Fragment-Free) ...............................................................4-15
Enabling Auto-Negotiate/Half-Duplex/Full-Duplex .................................................................................... 4-17
Enabling Transmit Pacing .....................................................................................................................................4-18
Setting Up a VT100 ..................................................................................................................................................4-19
Setting Up a Generic (Dumb) Terminal..................................................................................................... 4-19
Setting Full-Duplex/ Half-Duplex Mode................................................................................................... 4-19
Setting Baud Rates ........................................................................................................................................... 4-20
Setting Time Out Protection ................................................................................................................................4-21
Deleting a Previously Configured Timeout Value................................................................................. 4-21
Enabling/Disabling Omega Access ....................................................................................................................4-22
Local Omega....................................................................................................................................................... 4-22
Remote Omega.................................................................................................................................................. 4-22
Web-based Omega.......................................................................................................................................... 4-22
Enabling/Disabling Backpressure ......................................................................................................................4-23
Performing Software Upgrades Via TFTP ........................................................................................................4-24
Conditions for Network Downloads via TFTP......................................................................................... 4-24
Using TFTP........................................................................................................................................................... 4-24
Downloading from One Switch to Another............................................................................................ 4-25
Broadcast Updated Software to All Systems .......................................................................................... 4-26
Using XModem to Download....................................................................................................................... 4-27
Configuring for Bridging ....................................................................................................................................... 4-28
Configuring Spanning Tree Parameters................................................................................................... 4-29
Designating the Root Port............................................................................................................................. 4-31
Selecting Global Configuration ........................................................................................................................... 4-33
Enabling/Disabling Port Trunking ..................................................................................................................... 4-34