System information

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Displaying Switch Hardware/Software Versions 3-11
Displaying Bridge Extension Capabilities 3-13
Setting the Switch’s IP Address (IP Version 4) 3-14
Manual Configuration 3-15
Using DHCP/BOOTP 3-16
Setting the Switch’s IP Address (IP Version 6) 3-17
Configuring an IPv6 Address 3-17
Configuring an IPv6 General Network Prefix 3-22
Configuring the Neighbor Detection Protocol and Static Entries 3-23
Configuring Support for Jumbo Frames 3-26
Managing Firmware 3-27
Downloading System Software from a Server 3-28
Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings 3-30
Downloading Configuration Settings from a Server 3-31
Console Port Settings 3-32
Telnet Settings 3-34
Configuring Event Logging 3-36
System Log Configuration 3-36
Remote Log Configuration 3-37
Displaying Log Messages 3-39
Sending Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Alerts 3-39
Renumbering the Stack 3-41
Resetting the System 3-42
Setting the System Clock 3-42
Configuring SNTP 3-42
Setting the Time Zone 3-43
Simple Network Management Protocol 3-44
Enabling the SNMP Agent 3-46
Setting Community Access Strings 3-46
Specifying Trap Managers and Trap Types 3-47
Configuring SNMPv3 Management Access 3-49
Setting a Local Engine ID 3-50
Specifying a Remote Engine ID 3-50
Configuring SNMPv3 Users 3-51
Configuring Remote SNMPv3 Users 3-53
Configuring SNMPv3 Groups 3-55
Setting SNMPv3 Views 3-59
User Authentication 3-60
Configuring User Accounts 3-60
Configuring Local/Remote Logon Authentication 3-62
Configuring HTTPS 3-65
Replacing the Default Secure-site Certificate 3-66
Configuring the Secure Shell 3-67
Generating the Host Key Pair 3-69
Configuring the SSH Server 3-71