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v If you specify DHCP as the method used to obtain an IP address, the switch will
v Group VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) allows members to dynamically join
v Telnet timeout determines the time that the Telnet interface can be idle before the
v Telnet sessions determines the maximum number of allowed Telnet sessions.
v MAC address aging timer and time
Port settings
The Ethernet switch modules have internal ports (for communication with the blade
servers) and four external ports (for communication with external devices).
For the internal ports, you can configure these settings:
v State. The port state can be either enabled or disabled. If the internal port is
v Flow Control. Flow control can be enabled or disabled. Selecting enabled in
In addition to State and Flow Control, you can configure the Speed and Duplex
mode for the external ports.
v Select Auto to allow the port to select the best transmission speed, duplex
v You can enable or disable flow control in conjunction with all of the speed and
SNMP
Determine the management stations that will receive SNMP traps, SNMP
community strings, level of access to switch settings by the community, and
whether or not the community name is enabled. You can also specify up to four
management station recipients to receive traps.
User accounts
Determine which user accounts will have access to the switch.
v Default user account:
v User IDs and passwords are case sensitive.
v Access level:
send out a DHCP broadcast request to a DHCP server when it is turned on. If no
server is found, the default or previously entered IP settings are used.
Note: Before the switch can broadcast a DHCP request, you have to enable the
external ports on the switch through the BladeCenter T management
module.
VLANs. You can enable or disable GVRP on the switch module.
switch automatically logs out the user. You can choose 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10
minutes, 15 minutes, or never.
disabled, the blade servers cannot communicate with the port and the switch
purges their addresses from its address table after the MAC address aging time
elapses.
full-duplex mode implements IEEE 802.3x flow control.
mode, and flow control settings based on the capabilities of the device at the
other end.
duplex settings except 10M/Half and 100M/Half. In these cases, back pressure is
automatically selected.
– User ID: USERID
– Password: PASSW0RD (the sixth character is a numeric 0, not an alphabetic
O)
– Root. Read/write access to all switch module settings.
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