Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual page 7

BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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Configuring an interface as the source for all TFTP packets . . . . .119
Configuring an interface as the source for Syslog packets . . . . . .120
Specifying a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server . . . . . .121
Setting the system clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Configuring CLI banners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Configuring terminal display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Enabling or disabling routing protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Displaying and modifying system parameter default settings . . . .127
Enabling or disabling Layer 2 switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
CAM partitioning for the BigIron RX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Changing the MAC age time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Configuring static ARP entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Chapter 6 Configuring Interface Parameters
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Assigning a port name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Assigning an IP address to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Speed/Duplex negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Disabling or re-enabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Changing the default Gigabit negotiation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Disabling or re-enabling flow control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Locking a port to restrict addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Wait for all cards feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Port transition hold timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Modifying port priority (QoS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Assigning a mirror port and monitor ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Monitoring an individual trunk port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
New Daylight Saving Time (DST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Setting a message of the day banner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Setting a privileged EXEC CLI level banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Displaying a message on the console when an incoming Telnet
session is detected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Checking the length of terminal displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Re-distributing CAM allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Nexthop table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Changing the negotiation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Specifying threshold values for flow control . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Port flap dampening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Configuration guidelines for monitoring traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Configuring port mirroring and monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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