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Chapter 2 Configuring Basic Software Features
Configuring basic system parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring basic port parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 3 Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Determining the software versions installed and running on a device58
Image file types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Viewing the contents of flash files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using SNMP to upgrade software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the block size for TFTP file transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rebooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Displaying the boot preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Entering system administration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disabling Syslog messages and traps for CLI access . . . . . . . . 22
Cancelling an outbound Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Specifying a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server. . . . 23
Setting the system clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Limiting broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast traffic. . . 27
Configuring CLI banners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring a local MAC address for Layer 2 management traffic32
Assigning a port name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Modifying port speed and duplex mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enabling auto-negotiation maximum port speed
advertisement and down-shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Modifying port duplex mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring MDI/MDIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Disabling or re-enabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring symmetric flow control on PowerConnect B-Series FCX
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring PHY FIFO Rx and Tx depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuring the IPG on PowerConnect Stackable devices . . . . 44
Enabling and disabling support for 100BaseTX . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enabling and disabling support for 100BaseFX . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing the Gbps fiber negotiation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Modifying port priority (QoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dynamic configuration of Voice over IP (VoIP) phones . . . . . . . 47
Configuring port flap dampening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Port loop detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Determining the flash image version running on the device . . 58
Determining the boot image version running on the device . . . 59
Determining the image versions installed in flash memory . . . 59
Flash image verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuration notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide
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