About Lanplex Administration - 3Com LANPLEX 6000 User Manual

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About LANplex
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This chapter introduces you to LANplex 6000 administration and briefly
describes the switching system parameters that you can configure.
For information on LANplex Extended Switching functionality refer to the
LANplex 6000 Extended Switching User Guide.
The LANplex system switching software is installed at the factory in flash
memory on the LANplex Management Module Plus (LMM+). Because this
software boots from flash memory automatically when you power on your
system, the system is immediately ready for use in your network. However,
you may need to configure certain parameters for the system to operate
effectively in your particular networking environment. Your LANplex system
may contain several different module types, each of which provide certain
types of functionality. A listing of the modules and their configurable
parameters is provided below:
LANplex Management Module Plus (LMM+) — System-level configuration
parameters and management configuration parameters.
FDDI Concentrator Module (FCM) — FDDI configuration parameters.
Ethernet Switching Module (ESM) — Ethernet, bridging, and routing
configuration parameters.
Ethernet/FDDI Switching Module (EFSM) — Ethernet, FDDI, bridging, and
routing configuration parameters.
Token RIng Switching Module (TRSM) — Token Ring bridging configuration
parameters.
Unless specifically referenced by name, the ESM, EFSM, and TRSM are referred
to as "switching modules" in this guide.
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