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ABOUT THIS GUIDE ......................................................................................................................................................... V
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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 1
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Ports ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Performance features .............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Management............................................................................................................................................................................ 3
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UNPACKING AND SETUP ................................................................................................................................................. 4
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Power Failure ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
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IDENTIFYING EXTERNAL COMPONENTS.................................................................................................................. 7
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CONNECTING THE SWITCH ......................................................................................................................................... 10
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SWITCH MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS ......................................................................................................................... 12
Console port (RS-232 DCE).................................................................................................................................................. 12
IP Addresses and SNMP Community Names ........................................................................................................................ 12
Traps ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
MIBs ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Packet Forwarding................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Aging Time ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Spanning Tree Algorithm ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
STA Operation Levels............................................................................................................................................................ 15
On the Bridge Level ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
On the Port Level ................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
User-Changeable Parameters ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Illustration of STA ................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Port Trunking ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
VLANs & MAC-based Broadcast Domains ........................................................................................................................... 19
MAC-Based Broadcast Domains........................................................................................................................................... 19
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs ............................................................................................................................................................. 20
802.1Q VLAN Segmentation ................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Sharing Resources Across 802.1Q VLANs ............................................................................................................................................ 20
802.1Q VLANs Spanning Multiple Switches......................................................................................................................................... 21
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