SMC Networks SMC6624M Management Manual page 9

How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Network Preparations for Configuring DHCP/Bootp . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Time Synchronization Protocol Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Overview: Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or Turning Off
Time Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch: . . . . 5-15
Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Menu Interface Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses
Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound Telnet 5-35
Menu: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
CLI: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
6 Optimizing Port Usage Through Traffic Control and Port
Trunking
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . 6-4
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . 6-5
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