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Chapter 5,ConfiguringSystemPowerandPoE,describesthecommandsusedtoreviewandset
systempowerandPoEparametersondevicesthatofferPoweroverEthernet.
Chapter 6,DiscoveryProtocolConfigurationprovideshowtoconfigurediscoveryprotocols
supportedbythedevice.
Chapter 7,PortConfiguration,describeshowtoreviewandconfigure
consoleportsettings,and
howtoenableordisableswitchportsandconfigureswitchportsettings,includingportspeed,
duplexmode,auto‐negotiation,flowcontrol,portmirroring,linkaggegationandbroadcast
suppression.
Chapter 8,SNMPConfiguration,describeshowtoconfigureSNMPusersandusergroups,access
rights,targetaddresses,andnotification
parameters.
Chapter 9,SpanningTreeConfiguration,describeshowtoreviewandsetSpanningTreebridge
parametersforthedevice,includingbridgepriority,hellotime,maximumaging timeandforward
delay;andhowtoreviewandsetSpanningTreeportparameters,includ ingportpriorityandpath
costs.ConfiguringtheSpanGuardandLoop
Protectfunctionsisalsodescribed.
Chapter 10,802.1QVLANConfiguration,des cribeshowtocreatestaticVLANs,selectthemode
ofoperationforeachport,establishVLANforwarding(egress)lists,routeframesaccordingto
VLANID,displaythecurrentportsandporttypesassociatedwithaVLANandprotocol,createa
secure
managementVLAN,andconfigureportsonthedeviceasGVRP‐awareports.
Chapter 11,PolicyClassificationConfiguration,describeshowtocreate,changeorremoveuser
rolesorprofilesbasedonbusiness‐specificuseofnetworkservices;howtopermitordenyaccess
tospecificservicesbycreatingandassigningclassificationrules
whichmapuserprofilestoframe
filteringpolicies;howtoclassifyframestoaVLANorClassofService(CoS);andhowtoassignor
unassignportstopolicyprofilessothat onlyportsactivatedforaprofile willbeallowedto
transmitframesaccordingly.
Chapter 12,PortPriorityConfiguration,describes
howtosetthetransmitpriorityofeachport
andconfigurearatelimitforagivenportandlistofpriorities.
Chapter 13,IGMPConfiguration,describeshowtoconfigureInternetGroupManagement
Protocol(IGMP)settingsformulticastfiltering.
Chapter 14,LoggingandNetworkManagement,describeshowtoconfigureSyslog,how
to
managegeneralswitchsettings,howtomonitornetworkeventsandstatus,andhowtoconfigure
SNTPandnodealiases.
Chapter 15,RMONConfiguration,describeshowtouseRM ON(RemoteNetworkMonitoring),
whichprovidescomprehensivenetworkfaultdiagnosis,planning,andperformancetuning
informationandallowsforinteroperabilitybetweenSNMPmanagementstationsand
monitoring
agents.
Chapter 16,DHCPServerConfiguration,describeshowtoreviewandconfigureDHCPserver
parameters,howtoreviewandconfigureDHCPaddresspools,andhowtodisplayDHCPserver
information.
Chapter 17,DHCPSnoopingandDynamicARPInspection,describestwosecurityfeatures:
DHCPsnooping,whichmonitorsDHCPmessagesbetweena
DHCPclientandDHCPserverto
filterharmfulDHCPmessagesandtobuildadatabaseofauthorizedaddressbindings,and
DynamicARPinspection,whichusesthebindingsdatabasecreatedbytheDHCPsnooping
featuretorejectinvalidandmaliciousARPpackets.
Chapter 18,PreparingforRouterMode,providesinformationaboutrouter
modes.
Chapter 19,IPConfiguration,describeshowtoenableIProutingforroutermodeoperation,how
toconfigureIPinterfacesettings,howtoreviewandconfiguretheroutingARPtable,howto
reviewandconfigureroutingbroadcasts,howtoconfigurePIM,andhowtoconfigureIProutes.