Table Of Contents - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch Router User's Reference Manual

Preface ..................................................................................................... 15
About This Manual .............................................................................................................. ..15
Who Should Read This Manual? .........................................................................................15
How to Use This Manual ......................................................................................................16
Related Documentation.........................................................................................................16
Chapter 1: SmartSwitch Router Product Overview.............................. 17
Supported Media (Encapsulation Type).............................................................................19
Supported Routing Protocols ...............................................................................................19
Configuring the Cabletron SmartSwitch Router ...............................................................20
Understanding the Command Line Interface.............................................................20
Basic Line Editing Commands ......................................................................................20
Access Modes ..................................................................................................................21
User Mode........................................................................................................................22
Enable Mode ....................................................................................................................22
Configure Mode ..............................................................................................................24
Boot PROM Mode ...........................................................................................................25
Disabling a Function or Feature....................................................................................25
Loading System Images and Configuration Files .............................................................25
Boot and System Image..................................................................................................26
Configuration Files .........................................................................................................26
Loading System Image Software ..................................................................................26
Loading Boot PROM Software......................................................................................27
Activate the Configuration Commands in the Scratchpad.......................................28
Copy the Configuration to the Startup Configuration File.......................................29
Managing the SSR ..................................................................................................................29
Set SSR Name ..................................................................................................................30
Set SSR Date and Time ...................................................................................................30
Configure NTP ................................................................................................................30
Configure the SSR CLI ...................................................................................................30
Configure SNMP Services .............................................................................................31
Configure DNS ................................................................................................................31
Monitoring Configuration ....................................................................................................31
Chapter 2: Bridging Configuration Guide ............................................. 33
Bridging Overview.................................................................................................................33
Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1d) .........................................................................................33
Bridging Modes (Flow-Based and Address-Based) ...................................................34
VLAN Overview ....................................................................................................................34
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