GE ML1600 - Manual (Page 3)

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MULTILINK ML1600 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL TOC–I
Table of Contents
1: INTRODUCTION GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................. 1-1
I NSPECTING THE P ACKAGE AND P RODUCT ........................................................................ 1-1
ORDERING ........................................................................................................................... 1-2
O RDER C ODES ....................................................................................................................... 1-2
SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. 1-3
T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................ 1-3
E NVIRONMENTAL S PECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 1-5
P HYSICAL S PECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................... 1-5
A PPROVALS AND W ARRANTY .............................................................................................. 1-5
SOFTWARE OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................... 1-6
C OMMAND L INE S OFTWARE ................................................................................................ 1-6
E NER V ISTA S OFTWARE ......................................................................................................... 1-6
B EFORE S TARTING ................................................................................................................. 1-7
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE SOFTWARE ..................................................................... 1-8
C ONSOLE C ONNECTION ....................................................................................................... 1-8
C ONSOLE S ETUP .................................................................................................................... 1-8
C ONSOLE S CREEN ................................................................................................................. 1-9
L OGGING IN FOR THE F IRST T IME ....................................................................................... 1-9
A UTOMATIC IP A DDRESS C ONFIGURATION .......................................................................1-9
S ETTING THE IP P ARAMETERS ............................................................................................. 1-10
P RIVILEGE L EVELS .................................................................................................................. 1-12
U SER MGMNT ...................................................................................................................... 1-12
H ELP ........................................................................................................................................ 1-13
E XITING ................................................................................................................................... 1-15
ENERVISTA SECURE WEB MGMNT ................................................................................. 1-16
L OGGING I N FOR THE F IRST T IME ....................................................................................... 1-16
P RIVILEGE L EVELS .................................................................................................................. 1-17
U SER MGMNT ...................................................................................................................... 1-17
M ODIFYING THE P RIVILEGE L EVEL ...................................................................................... 1-20
H ELP ........................................................................................................................................ 1-20
E XITING ................................................................................................................................... 1-21
ML1600 SOFTWARE UPDATES ........................................................................................ 1-22
U PDATING M ULTI L INK S OFTWARE ..................................................................................... 1-22
S ELECTING THE P ROPER V ERSION ...................................................................................... 1-22
U PDATING THROUGH THE C OMMAND L INE .......................................................................1-22
U PDATING THROUGH THE E NER V ISTA S OFTWARE ........................................................... 1-23
2: PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................ 2-1
I NTRODUCTION TO THE ML1600 ....................................................................................... 2-1
D ESIGN A SPECTS ................................................................................................................... 2-2
COMMUNICATIONS MODULES ....................................................................................... 2-3
F OUR - PORT M ODULES ......................................................................................................... 2-3
S IX - PORT M ODULES .............................................................................................................. 2-4
E IGHT - PORT M ODULES ......................................................................................................... 2-4
G IGABIT (1000 M BPS ) M ODULES ...................................................................................... 2-5
FEATURES AND BENEFITS ................................................................................................ 2-6
P ACKET P RIORITIZATION , 802.1 P Q O S ............................................................................. 2-6
F RAME B UFFERING AND F LOW C ONTROL ......................................................................... 2-6
M ULTI L INK S WITCH S OFTWARE .......................................................................................... 2-6