Contents
Preface .............................................................................................................................................. I
1. Overview of the Switch............................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Overview of the Switch ...................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Features of the Switch ...................................................................................................... 3
2. Switch Configuration .................................................................................................................. 7
2.1.1 External view ........................................................................................................ 9
2.2 Switch components ........................................................................................................... 12
2.2.1 Hardware.............................................................................................................. 12
2.2.2 Software ............................................................................................................... 17
3. Capacity Limit.............................................................................................................................. 19
3.1.2 Installed memory .................................................................................................. 21
3.2 Capacity limits ................................................................................................................... 22
4. Login Procedures ....................................................................................................................... 39
4.2 Starting the switch ............................................................................................................. 43
4.2.2 Starting a switch ................................................................................................... 44
4.2.3 Stop procedure ..................................................................................................... 44
4.3 Login and logout ................................................................................................................ 45
5. Command Operations ................................................................................................................ 47
5.1 Command input mode ....................................................................................................... 48
5.1.2 Command input mode .......................................................................................... 48
5.2 CLI operations ................................................................................................................... 50
5.2.1 Entry completion .................................................................................................. 50
5.2.2 Help ...................................................................................................................... 50
5.2.6 Paging .................................................................................................................. 53
5.3 Notes on CLI operation ..................................................................................................... 55
6. Configuration .............................................................................................................................. 61
6.1 Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 62
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