4.1 L
OGGING ON TO THE
S
WITCH
......................................................................................................... 20
4.2 N
AVIGATING
T
HROUGH THE
C
ONSOLE
I
NTERFACE
........................................................................... 21
4.3 P
ERFORMING
B
ASIC
M
ANAGEMENT
A
CTIVITIES
............................................................................... 21
4.3.1 General Management Configuration ................................................................................... 22
4.3.1.1 Changing the System Name........................................................................................................ 23
4.3.1.2 Changing the Contact and Location ............................................................................................ 24
4.3.1.3 Changing the Administration Password....................................................................................... 25
4.3.1.4 Changing the Guest Password.................................................................................................... 27
4.3.1.5 Statistic Collection....................................................................................................................... 28
4.3.1.6 Reboot-On-Error.......................................................................................................................... 29
4.3.1.7 Telnet Logins ............................................................................................................................... 30
4.3.1.8 Remote Http Login ...................................................................................................................... 31
4.3.1.9 Returning to the Basic Management Screen............................................................................... 32
4.3.2 LAN Port Configuration........................................................................................................ 32
4.3.2.1 Changing the Speed and Flow Control........................................................................................ 33
4.3.2.2 Hiding or Displaying the Port Column.......................................................................................... 36
4.3.2.3 Displaying a Physical Port Address............................................................................................. 37
4.3.2.4 Returning to the Basic Management Screen............................................................................... 38
4.3.3 Console Port Configuration.................................................................................................. 38
4.3.3.1 Changing the Console Baud Rate............................................................................................... 39
4.3.3.2 Selecting a Flow Control Method................................................................................................. 40
4.3.3.3 Enabling or Disabling Modem Control Options............................................................................ 41
4.3.3.4 Specifying a Modem Setup String ............................................................................................... 42
4.3.3.5 Enabling or Disabling SLIP.......................................................................................................... 43
4.3.3.6 Specifying a SLIP Address.......................................................................................................... 45
4.3.3.7 Specifying a SLIP Subnet Mask .................................................................................................. 46
4.3.3.8 Returning to the Basic Management Screen............................................................................... 47
CHAPTER 5 PERFORMING ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ........................................... 48
5.1 S
WITCHING
D
ATABASE
C
ONFIGURATION
.......................................................................................... 49
5.2 VLAN & PVID P
ERSPECTIVE
........................................................................................................ 50
5.2.1 Default VLAN ....................................................................................................................... 51
5.2.2 Obtaining a VLAN Perspective ............................................................................................ 51
5.2.2.1 Creating a New VLAN ................................................................................................................. 52
5.2.2.2 Adding New Switch Ports ............................................................................................................ 55
5.2.2.3 Deleting a VLAN ID ..................................................................................................................... 60
5.2.2.4 Viewing VLAN Activities .............................................................................................................. 61
5.2.2.5 Viewing VLAN Settings................................................................................................................ 63
5.2.2.6 Adding Ports................................................................................................................................64
