About Lanplex Extended Switching - 3Com LANPLEX 2500 EXTENDEDPLEX®2500 EXTENDED User Manual

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About LANplex
Extended
Switching
LAN
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EATURES
This chapter provides an overview of the Extended Switching software, and
describes the enhanced Administration Console menus.
The LANplex Extended Switching software replaces your existing LANplex
software and adds new functionality to your system. Extended Switching
software contains all the features of LANplex Intelligent Switching software,
in addition to:
Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Internet Protocol (IP) Routing (an enhanced version of IP from the standard
system software)
IP multicast routing
Classical IP routing over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) routing
AppleTalk® routing
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
For information on how to gain access to online help, to use scripts, and to
exit from the Administration Console, see the LANplex® 2500 Administration
Console User Guide.
See the LANplex® 2500 Software Installation and Release Notes for
information about how to install Extended Switching software on your
LANplex system.
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