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Setting security

Controlling access to a switch

Security, Insert Access Policies fields

Port Lock tab fields

Controlling access to the CLI

Modifying the SNMP community strings

SNMP tab fields

Controlling access to the Web interface

Enabling Radius authentication globally

Radius Global tab fields

Viewing Radius server configuration

Radius Servers tab fields

Inserting a RADIUS server

Insert Radius Servers fields

Chassis configuration and graphing

Editing the chassis

Editing system information

System tab fields

Editing chassis information

Chassis tab fields

Viewing the boot configuration

Boot Config tab fields

Editing trap receivers

Trap Receivers tab fields

Checking the system's performance

Performance tab fields

Setting the time

User Set Time tab fields

Viewing L2 Redundancy status

L2 Redundancy tab fields

Editing card information

Card tab fields

Editing boot file

Boot tab fields

Displaying flash and PCMCIA statistics

Device tab fields

Displaying flash file information

Flash Files tab fields

Displaying PCMCIA file information

PCMCIA Files tab fields

Editing objects

Editing management port

Mgmt Port fields

Editing management port route table

Mgmt Port Insert CPU Route Table fields

Editing serial ports

Serial Port fields

Editing power supplies

Power supply fields

Editing FileSystem

Editing copy files

Copy File tab fields

Displaying flash and PCMCIA statistics

Device Info tab fields

Displaying flash file information

Flash Files tab fields

Displaying PCMCIA file information

PCMCIA Files tab fields

Graphing chassis statistics

Graphing SNMP statistics

SNMP tab fields

Graphing IP statistics

Graphing ICMP In statistics

ICMP In tab fields

Graphing ICMP Out statistics

ICMP Out tab fields

Graphing OSPF statistics

OSPF tab fields

Port configuration and graphing

Configuring a port

Setting a basic configuration

Interface tab fields

Defining primary and backup connectors

Dual tab fields

Configuring VLANs

VLAN tab fields

Configuring spanning tree groups

Configuring MAC learning parameters

MAC Learning tab fields

Setting rate limits

Rate Limiting tab fields

Performing an external loopback test

Performing an internal loopback test

Test tab fields

Graphing port statistics

Graphing interface statistics

Graph Interface tab fields

Graphing Ethernet error statistics

Ethernet Errors tab fields

Graphing bridging statistics

Bridging tab fields

Graphing spanning tree statistics

Spanning Tree tab fields

Graphing unicast and multicast traffic statistics

Routing tab fields

Graphing RMON statistics

RMON tab fields

Graphing RMON History statistics

RMON History tab fields

Graphing DCHP statistics

DHCP tab fields

Graphing OSPF statistics

OSPF tab fields

Graphing VRRP statistics

VRRP Stats tab fields

Device Manager diagnostics

Testing the switch fabric and address resolution table

Test tab fields

Monitoring how often a port goes down

Link Flap tab fields

Configuring and monitoring port mirroring

Configuring port mirroring ports

Diagnostics, Insert Port Mirrors fields

Selecting ports for mirroring

Editing existing port mirroring values

Sorting entries

Displaying configured port mirroring entries

Port Mirror tab fields

Editing existing mirrored or mirroring ports

Editing the Mode field values

Editing the Enable field values

Trapping errors

Error tab fields

Viewing address resolution statistics

AR Stats tab fields

Enabling the system log

System Log tab fields

Receiving system log messages

Default severity levels and system log severity levels table

Changing the severity level mapping

Insert System Log Table tab fields

Checking the MIB status

Topology tab fields

Checking the details of the MIB status

Topology Table tab fields

RMON

Enabling RMON globally

Using Ethernet statistics

Enabling RMON statistics (default)

Verifying RMON statistics

Enabling RMON statistics (nondefault)

RmonControl Ethernet Statistics fields

Disabling RMON statistics

Viewing statistics

Understanding RMON history

Enabling RMON history (default)

Enabling RMON history (nondefault)

RMON history fields

Disabling RMON history

Viewing history

Configuring RMON alarms

Creating alarms

RMON Insert Alarm fields

Creating a port history alarm

Viewing RMON statistics

Viewing log files

Deleting alarms

Understanding RMON events

Creating events (default)

Creating events (nondefault)

Deleting events

RMON Event tab fields

VLAN management

Port-based VLANs

Policy-based VLANs

Protocol-based VLANs

Supported standard protocol-based VLANS

User-defined protocols

Source MAC address-based VLANs

Source IP subnet-based VLANs

Creating a VLAN

Creating a port-based VLAN

Creating a source IP subnet-based VLAN

Creating a protocol-based VLAN

Configuring User-defined protocols in protocol-based VLANs

Creating a source MAC address-based VLAN

Creating a source MAC address-based VLAN (using batch files)

Managing a VLAN

Displaying defined VLANs

Basic tab fields

Configuring advanced VLAN features

Advanced tab fields

Accepting tagged and untagged frames

Discarding tagged frames on a VLAN

Configuring MAC address auto-learning on a VLAN

Manual Edit tab fields

Modifying auto-learned MAC addresses

Auto Learn tab fields

Managing VLAN bridging

Configuring and monitoring bridging

Transparent tab fields

Viewing the forwarding database

Forwarding tab fields

Viewing static forwarding information

Insert Static tab fields

Configuring MAC-layer bridging (packet filtering)

Viewing filter information

Insert Filter tab fields

Configuring VLAN router interfaces

Configuring direct broadcast on a VLAN

Direct Broadcast tab item

Spanning tree group (STG) management

Spanning Tree Group overview

Understanding STGs and VLANs

Configuring a STG

Insert Configuration fields

Configuration tab fields

Viewing STG status

Status tab fields

Viewing STG ports

Ports tab fields

MultiLink Trunk (MLT) management

Overview of MultiLink Trunking

Configuring a MultiLink Trunk

Adding a MultiLink Trunk

Insert MultiLink Trunk fields

Adding ports to a MultiLink Trunk

Viewing MultiLink Trunk Interface statistics

Statistics, MLT dialog box--Interface tab fields

Viewing MultiLink Trunk Ethernet error statistics

MLT Statistics Ethernet errors tab fields

Overview of Split MultiLink Trunking

Configuring a Split MultiLink Trunk

Configuration prerequisites

MultiLink Trunks tab fields

Adding ports to an SMLT

Configuring an IST MLT

1stMLT tab fields

Viewing IST statistics

1st/SMLT Stats tab fields

IP interfaces and basic route management

Router interface types

Assigning an IP address on a brouter port

Port, Insert IP Address dialog box fields

Assigning an IP address to a VLAN

Globally enabling IP routing features

Enabling IP forwarding globally

Globals tab fields

Enabling ECMP globally

Enabling alternative routes globally

Alternative routes overview

Globally enabling alternative routes

IP router management

Configuring a router's IP protocol stack

Viewing IP addresses and their associated router interfaces

Addresses tab fields

Viewing and managing the system routing table

Routes tab fields

Viewing and managing static routes

IP static route table overview

Black hole static routes

Creating IP static routes

IP, Insert Static Route dialog box and Static Routes fields

Creating a static default route

Viewing and managing IP flow

Flows tab and IP, Insert Flows dialog box fields

Configuring IP route preferences

RoutePref tab dialog box fields

Flushing routing tables

Flushing by VLAN

Flushing by port

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) management

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) overview

Configuration prerequisites

Enabling RIP globally

Globals tab fields

Enabling and configuring RIP on a brouter port

Enabling and configuring RIP on a VLAN

Viewing RIP protocol statistics

Status tab fields

Configuring RIP interface parameters

Interface tab fields

Configuring Advanced featured on a RIP interface

Interface Advance tab fields

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) management

Enabling or disabling ARP on the routing interface

Enabling or disabling ARP on the brouter port

Viewing and managing ARP

Creating static ARP entries

Configuring Proxy ARP

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) management

Viewing general OSPF routing information

General tab fields

Enabling or disabling OSPF on a router

Manually initiating a SPF run

Configuring OSPF interfaces

Viewing OSPF interface information

Interfaces tab fields

Creating an OSPF interface

Changing an OSPF interface type

Configuring OSPF NBMA interfaces

Adding NBMA neighbors

Viewing OSPF neighbor information

Neighbors tab fields

Managing an OSPF brouter port interface

Assigning an IP address to a brouter port interface

Configuring OSPF on a brouter port interface

OSPF tab fields

Managing an OSPF VLAN interface

Assigning an IP address to a VLAN interface

Configuring OSPF on a VLAN interface

Managing OSPF areas information

Viewing OSPF areas information

Areas tab fields

Creating a stub area or NSSAs

Creating a virtual link

Managing an automatic virtual link

Configuring a manual virtual link

Viewing virtual links on neighboring devices

Virtual Neighbor tab fields

Managing router hosts

Hosts tab fields

Specifying ASBRs

Configuring metric speed

Configuring global default metric speed

Managing metrics with the peer layer interface

If Metrics tab fields

Viewing stub area metrics

Stub Area Metrics tab fields

Viewing advertisements in the Link State Database

Link State Database tab fields

Viewing characteristics in the Ext. Link State database

Ext. Link State DB tab fields

Inserting OSPF area aggregate ranges

Area Aggregate tab fields

Configuring an OSPF redistribute policy

IP policy management

Configuring the prefix list

Policy, Insert Prefix List dialog box fields

Creating and editing a route policy

Policy, Insert Route Policy dialog box fields

Applying routing policies

Policy, Applying Policy dialog box fields

Configuring an OSPF accept policy

Policy, Insert OSPF Accept dialog box fields

Configuring an OSPF redistribute policy

Policy, Insert OSPF Redistribute dialog box fields

Configuring inbound/outbound filtering policies on a RIP interface

Policy RIP In/Out Policy dialog box fields

IP filter management

Filter characteristics

Traffic filters (source and destination)

Port actions for filters table

Managing filters

Inserting a filter

Inserting a global filter

Filters tab fields

Filter, Insert Filters dialog box fields

Inserting a destination filter

Inserting a source filter

Editing a filter

Filters tab fields

Controlling filters

Control tab fields

Editing Diffserv information

DiffServs tab fields

Building global filter sets

Building source and destination filter sets

Editing filtered ports

Filtered Ports tab fields

Internet Packet eXchange (IPX) management

Configuring and managing IPX routing

Creating an IPX circuit

Configuring IPX routing

Globally enabling or disabling IPX routing on IPX circuits

Globals tab field

Configuring the IPX interface

Circuits tab fields

Viewing the IPX routing table

Routes tab fields

Specifying and viewing static routes on an interface

IPX, Insert Static Routes tab fields

Viewing your network's IPX services

Services tab fields

Viewing IPX services by destination network number

Dest. Services tab fields

Viewing IPX services by circuit index number

Static Services tab fields

Viewing locally configured IPX addresses

Addresses tab fields

Editing RIP routing

IPX_RIP dialog box fields

Editing SAP routing

IPX_SAP dialog box fields

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) management

Overview of VRRP

VRRP and Split-MLT

Configuration prerequisites

Enabling VRRP globally

Globals tab fields

Configuring VRRP for the interface

Interface tab fields

Configuring VRRP secondary features

Secondary Feature tab fields

Configuring VRRP on a port

Port, Insert VRRP dialog box fields

Configuring VRRP on a VLAN (or brouter port)

IP, VLAN, Insert VRRP dialog box field

Configuring IP multicast protocols

IP multicast overview

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

Configuration prerequisites

Enabling DVMRP globally

Globals tab fields

Configuring IGMP parameters on a brouter port

IGMP tab fields

Configuring IGMP parameters on a VLAN

IGMP tab fields

Enabling IGMP snooping on a VLAN

Enabling IGMP snooping on a VLAN

IGMP tab fields

Viewing IGMP cache information

Cache tab fields

Viewing and editing the IGMP interface table

IGMP dialog box--Interface tab fields

Viewing multicast router discovery information

Multicast Router Discovery tab fields

Viewing IGMP snooping information

Snoop tab fields

Viewing IGMP group information

Groups tab fields

Creating and viewing IGMP static information

Insert Static fields

Configuring IGMP access

Access tab fields

Configuring IGMP sender entries

Sender tab fields

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)

Configuration prerequisites

Enabling DVMRP on a brouter port

Enabling DVMRP on a VLAN

DVMRP tab fields

Viewing and editing DVMRP interface parameters

DVMRP Interfaces tab fields

Viewing DVMRP neighbor parameters

Neighbors tab fields

Viewing DVMRP learned routes

Routes tab fields

Viewing DVMRP next hop information

Next Hops tab fields

Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode protocol (PIM-SM)

Configuration prerequisites

Enabling PIM-SM globally

PIM Globals tab fields

Enabling PIM-SM on an interface

Configuring a candidate bootstrap router (C-BSR)

Configuring VLANs with PIM-SM

VLAN PIM tab fields

Viewing and editing PIM-SM interface parameters

PIM Interfaces tab fields

Viewing PIM-SM neighbor parameters

PIM Neighbors tab fields

Viewing the RP Set parameters

PIM RP Set tab fields

Configuring a candidate RP

PIM Candidate RP tab fields

Pragmatic General Multicast protocol (PGM)

Configuration prerequisites

Enabling PGM globally

PGM Globals tab fields

Enabling PGM on an interface

Port dialog box--PGM tab fields

Configuring VLANs with PGM

IP, VLAN dialog box--PGM tab fields

Viewing and editing PGM interface parameters

PGM Interfaces tab fields

Graphing SPM and RDATA statistics for an interface

Interface Spms/Rdata tab fields

Graphing NAK, NNAK, and NCF statistics for an interface

Interface Naks/Nnaks/Ncfs tab fields

Viewing PGM session parameters

PGM Session tab fields

Graphing SPM statistics for a session

Session Spms/Rdata tab fields

Graphing NAK statistics for a session

Session Naks/Nnaks/Ncfs tab fields

Viewing the Retransmit parameters

PGM Retransmit tab fields

Configuring Multicast Static Source Groups

Viewing and editing static source groups

Static Source Group tab fields

Adding a new static source group

Deleting a static source group

Viewing IP Multicast protocol interface information

Viewing multicast route information

Routes tab fields

Viewing multicast next hop information

Next Hops tab fields

Viewing and editing multicast interface information

Multicast dialog box--Interfaces tab fields

BootP/DHCP and UDP forwarding management

Configuring DHCP on a brouter port

DHCP tab fields

Configuring BootP/DHCP on VLANs

Configuring forwarding policies

DHCP, Insert Globals dialog box fields

Configuring UDP broadcast forwarding

Managing UDP forwarding protocols

Protocols tab and the UDP Forwarding, Insert Protocols dialog box fields

Managing UDP forwarding

Forwardings tab and the UDP_Forward, Insert Forwardings dialog box fields

Creating the forwarding profile

UDP_Forwarding Lists dialog box and Forwarding Lists fields

Managing the broadcast interface

UDP_Forward, Insert Broadcast Interface dialog box fields

Network Time Protocol management

Configuring NTP

Configuration prerequisites

Enabling NTP globally

Globals tab fields

Adding an NTP server

Server tab fields

NTP, Insert Server dialog box fields

Assigning a NTP key

NTP, Insert Key dialog box fields

Quality of Service (QoS) management

Quality of Service overview

Enabling DiffServ

Overview of QOS service classes and administrative weights

QoS traffic service classes

Editing a service class' administrative weight

Viewing and configuring ingress mapping tables

Ingress packet overview

Default QoS parameters

Viewing and configuring IEEE 802.1p bits and QoS levels

Ingress TagToQos tab fields

Viewing and configuring DSCP and QoS level mapping

Ingress DscpToQos tab fields

Viewing and configuring egress mapping tables

Viewing and configuring QoS level and IEEE 802.1p bit mapping

Egress QosToTag tab fields

Viewing and configuring QoS level and DSCP mapping

Egress QosToDscp tab fields

Assigning QoS levels to non-IP traffic

Managing QoS levels by VLAN membership

Advanced tab fields

Viewing and assigning QoS levels by port

Viewing and assigning QoS levels by MAC address

Creating and managing a traffic profile

Traffic profile overview

Creating a traffic profile

QOSProfile, Insert dialog box fields

Editing a traffic profile

Traffic Profile tab fields

Managing the Passport 8672ATME Module with Device Manager

Initial configuration

Changing the clock setting using Device Manager

Configuring an ATM 1483 PVC

Associating the PVC with the VLAN

Configuring and managing ATM with Device Manager

Changing default settings

Interface tab fields

Resetting the module

Card tab fields

Viewing MDA information

MDA dialog box fields

Enabling or disabling a port

Editing port parameters

Editing ATM and framing parameters

Editing circuit parameters

ATM PVC tab fields

Insert ATM PVC dialog box fields

Configuring ATM 1483 ELAN parameters

ATM 1483 ELAN tab fields

Port, Insert ATM 1483 ELAN dialog box fields

Relevant fields for IP routing

Relevant fields for IPX routing

Deleting an ATM 1483 ELAN

Configuring ATM F5-OAM End-to-End Loopback

Enabling and defining ATM F5-OAM parameters

F5 Loopback tab fields

Displaying F5 Loopback statistics

F5 Loopback Stats tab fields

Managing the Passport 8683POS Module

Resetting the Passport 8683POS Module

Card tab fields

Viewing MDA information

MDA dialog box fields

Configuration procedures

Default configurations

Passport 8683POS Module default settings

Basic procedures

Interface tab fields

Enabling or disabling a port

SONET parameters

POS SONET tab fields

Configuring bridging

POS PPP tab fields

IP Address tab fields

Insert IP Address tab fields

Configuring IPX routing using Device Manager

Basic tab fields

Trap Receivers tab fields

Insert Trap Receivers tab fields

Viewing the Trap Log

Trap Log dialog box fields

SONET loopback test feature

Test tab fields

Graphing statistics in Device Manager

Types of statistics

Viewing POS statistics

Viewing PPP Link statistics

PPP Link tab fields

Viewing PPP LQR

PPP LQR tab fields

Viewing Section statistics

Section tab fields

Viewing Line statistics

Line tab fields

Viewing FE Line statistics

FE Line tab fields

Viewing Path statistics

Path tab fields

Viewing FE Path statistics

FE Path tab fields