Configuration Overview; Overview - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 9W006 User Manual

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We provide the following configuration tools to set up and/or alter your configuration:
• SFVRA Configuration Manager, the graphical interface utility for basic to intermediate
configurations
• CFGEDIT, the configuration utility for more complex configurations
• Manage Mode, the dynamic management utility
SFVRA Configuration Manager (SFVRA-CFG) is a fast and easy way to configure basic features for
your system. However, SFVRA-CFG is NOT dynamic. This means that after the configuration files
are transferred, SFVRA-CFG interrupts normal system operation in order to implement the files. It
is also important to note that downloading these configuration files does not update the system's
existing configuration files, it overwrites them.
The following is a list of some of the major features that cannot be configured by SFVRA-CFG:
• AppleTalk Remote LAN port
• Bridge filters
• DHCP
• File attributes configuration
• Frame Relay
• IP filters
• IPX static routes and services
• Off-node authentication databases
• TFTP configuration
• X.25
For a more complex configuration, CFGEDIT is a comprehensive utility you may wish to use to
configure advanced features for your system. CFGEDIT is also NOT dynamic. This means you will
have to interrupt normal system operations in order to update configuration files. (You may do so
by either rebooting, or issuing the restart command).
WARNING:
If you use CFGEDIT to make configuration changes you will no longer be able to use
SFVRA-CFG.
Manage Mode provides a real-time management mechanism that allows you to change the
configuration, without interrupting the current execution state of the system software. But, because
it is dynamic, Manage Mode does have its limitations. So, when making configuration changes, you
usually need to use a combination of both Manage Mode and CFGEDIT.
WARNING:
If you use Manage Mode to make configuration changes you will no longer be able to use
SFVRA-CFG.
You may only have one CFGEDIT or Dynamic Management session active at a time per system. For
example, if a user is making changes directly to the system using Dynamic Management, and then
a second person at a different location using Telnet attempts changes, access will be denied to the
second person. However, if you have an active CFGEDIT or Dynamic Management session and
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