3Com 4510G Configuration Manual page 21

Features
NQA
NTP
Cluster Management
IRF
IPC
Automatic Configuration
NQA analyzes network performance, services and service quality by
sending test packets to provide you with network performance and
service quality parameters. This document describes:
NQA Overview
Configuring the NQA Server
Enabling the NQA Client
Creating an NQA Test Group
Configuring an NQA Test Group
Configuring the Collaboration Function
Configuring Trap Delivery
Configuring the NQA Statistics Function
Configuring Optional Parameters Common to an NQA Test Group
Scheduling an NQA Test Group
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is the TCP/IP that advertises the accurate
time throughout the network. This document describes:
NTP overview
Configuring the Operation Modes of NTP
Configuring Optional Parameters of NTP
Configuring Access-Control Rights
Configuring NTP Authentication
A cluster is a group of network devices. Cluster management is to
implement management of large numbers of distributed network devices.
This document describes:
Cluster Management Overview
Configuring the Management Device
Configuring the Member Devices
Configuring Access Between the Management Device and Its
Member Devices
Adding a Candidate Device to a Cluster
Configuring Advanced Cluster Functions
Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) allows you to build an IRF, namely
a united device, by interconnecting multiple devices through IRF ports.
You can manage all the devices in the IRF by managing the united
device. This document describes:
IRF Overview
IRF Working Process
Configuring IRF
Logging In to an IRF
Inter-Process Communication (IPC) is a reliable communication
mechanism among different nodes. This document introduces the
operation for Enabling IPC Performance Statistics.
Automatic configuration enables a device to automatically obtain and
execute the configuration file when it starts up without loading the
configuration file. This document describes:
Introduction to Automatic Configuration
Typical Networking of Automatic Configuration
How Automatic Configuration Works
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