Chapter 3 Configuring; Introduction - Cabletron Systems 3E02-04 User Manual

3.1 INTRODUCTION

You can configure the Ethernet Switch Modules using the following tools:
• Local Console Manager (LCM) – allows you to monitor, manage, and
configure your ATX through an out-of-band RS-232 connection
• SPECTRUM Element Manager or the full SPECTRUM Enterprise
network management platform
• Any SNMP compliant network management system
For more details about LCM, see your ATX User Guide. For details about
the other network management software, refer to the product's
documentation.
The following attributes are configurable using LCM:
• Port's IP address for originating and receiving IP packets
• Enabling/disabling a port's Transparent Spanning Tree, Source
Routing or Source Routing Transparent mode
Additionally, you can configure the following attributes using network
management software platforms (refer to the network management
software documentation for specific instructions):
• Parameters for diagnostic loopback testing of a port
• Protocol translations
Filtering normally occurs as part of the Transparent Spanning Tree and
Source Routing algorithms. In addition, you can establish configurable
criteria for filtering, to allow greater management control for security or
network congestion reasons. All configured filtering criteria are
Ethernet Switch Module User Guide
CHAPTER 3
CONFIGURING
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