User`s guide

8-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

Figure 6-17. Serial Port Settings screen

The following fields can then be set:

• Baud Rate – Sets the serial bit rate that will be used to communicate the next time the Switch is restarted.

Available speeds are 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400 and 57600 bits per second. The default setting is 9600.

• Auto-Logout – This sets the time the interface can be idle before the Switch automatically logs-out the user.

The options are 2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins, 15 mins, or Never.

• Telnet Time Out<min> – Select the desired Telnet age-out time in this field.

• Telnet Sessions<1..4> – Select between 1 and 4 Telnet sessions in this field.

Switch Operation Mode

Note: The Switch will retain the configuration entered for IP Routing when in Layer 2 Only mode (if

the configuration is saved to NV-RAM), but the IP Routing configuration will not be active. The

IP Routing configuration will become active when the Switch is again put in IP Routing mode.

Note: Putting the Switch in IP Routing mode does not – by itself – enable IP routing. The Switch

must be configured to use IP interfaces before it is capable of IP routing. (See the section titled

Setting up IP Interfaces below.)

The Switch can operate in one of two modes:

1. Layer 2 Only with IEEE 802.1Q VLAN support: the switching process is based upon the source

and destination MAC addresses only. 802.1Q VLANs are supported and the Switch is considered as a

VLAN-tag aware device.