15 Managing Ethernet Modules; Overview Of Omni Switch/Router Ethernet Modules - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

15 Managing Ethernet Modules

Overview of Omni Switch/Router Ethernet Modules

This chapter describes User Interface commands for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit
Ethernet modules.
This chapter documents User Interface (
net modules. For documentation on Command Line Interface (
Ethernet modules, see the Text-Based Configuration CLI Reference Guide.
Port Mirroring and Port Monitoring
Port Mirroring and Port Monitoring can be used on all Ethernet modules. Both Port Mirroring
and Port Monitoring are described at the end of Chapter 19, "Managing Groups and Ports."
Fast Ethernet Backbones
Fast Ethernet ports can be used as backbone links. The switch has two features that can
improve the performance and flexibility of Ethernet backbones. OmniChannel aggregates the
bandwidth of up to four (4) Fast Ethernet ports. This feature allows you to scale Fast Ethernet
links from 100 Mbps to 800 Mbps in 100 Mbps increments. OmniChannel is described in
OmniChannel on page 15-9. Fast Ethernet ports also support the 802.1Q tagging mechanism,
enhancing the compatibility of ports with other vendors' equipment. 802.1Q is described in
Chapter 16, "Managing 802.1Q Groups."
Gigabit Ethernet Modules
Gigabit Ethernet modules can be used as backbone links and used to support high-speed
servers. Kodiak Gigabit Ethernet modules support 802.1Q hardware tagging. See Chapter 16,
"Managing 802.1Q Groups," for more information on 802.1Q hardware tagging for Gigabit
Ethernet Modules.
UI
o Important Notes o
In Release 4.4 and later, the Omni Switch/Router is
factory-configured to boot up in
Interface) mode, rather than in
mode. See Chapter 4, "The User Interface," for docu-
mentation on changing from
In Release 4.5 and later, Mammoth-based Ethernet and
early-generation Ethernet modules are no longer
supported.
o Note o
For Kodiak-based 10/100 Ethernet modules, 802.1Q
is supported over OmniChannel. See Chapter 16,
"Managing 802.1Q Groups" for more information.
) commands to manage Omni Switch/Router Ether-
CLI
(Command Line
CLI
(User Interface)
UI
mode to mode.
CLI UI
) commands to manage
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