Enterasys SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual page 28

Overview
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Assign ports to operate in the standard or full duplex mode.
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Configure ports to perform load sharing using SmartTrunking. Refer to the SmartTrunk User's
Guide for details.
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Control the number of receive broadcasts that are switched to the other interfaces.
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Set flow control on a port-by-port basis.
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Configure ports to prioritize incoming frames at Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4.
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Clear NVRAM.
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Set 802.1Q VLAN memberships and port configurations.
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Redirect frames according to port or VLAN and transmit them on a preselected destination port.
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Create a separate Spanning Tree topology for each VLAN configured in the switch module.
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Transmit frames on preselected destination ports according to protocol and priority or protocol
and VLAN.
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Configure the switch to operate as a Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) module to
dynamically create VLANs across a switched network.
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Configure the module to control the rate of network traffic entering and leaving the switch on a
per port/priority basis.
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Configure an optional HSIM or VHSIM installed in the device.
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Configure the module to dynamically switch frames according to a characteristic rule and
VLAN.
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Configure ports on the switch module as Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) ports.
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Provide additional security and policy administration capabilities via Port-based Web
Authentication (PWA) by configuring pertinent variables within the LM screen.
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Configure multiple ports to act in an 802.3ad trunk group.
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Configure and manage the use of 802.1w, a standards-based method to rapidly fail over links to
reduce downtime on a network.
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Provide additional security by configuring a physical port to lock on an attached device
according to a Classification rule so no other device can be connected to that port and used.
There are three ways to access Local Management:
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Locally using a VT type terminal connected to the COM port.
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Remotely using a VT type terminal connected through a modem.
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In-band through a Telnet connection.
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