GE MULTILINK ML1200 - Manual (Page 4)

TOC–II MULTILINK ML1200 MANAGED FIELD SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A LARM C ONTACTS FOR MONITORING INTERNAL POWER , AND S OFTWARE T RAPS .....3-8
ML1200 P ORT M ODULE (PM) I NSTALLATION .................................................................3-9
C ONNECTING A M ANAGEMENT C ONSOLE T ERMINAL
TO M ULTILINK ML1200 (S ERIAL -RJ-45 C ONSOLE P ORT ) ........3-10
4: OPERATION FUNCTIONALITY ..................................................................................................................................4-1
S WITCHING F UNCTIONALITY ................................................................................................4-1
S TATUS LED S ........................................................................................................................4-2
A UTO -C ROSS (MDIX) AND A UTO - NEGOTIATION , FOR RJ-45 PORTS ...........................4-2
F LOW - CONTROL , IEEE 802.3 X STANDARD ......................................................................4-3
P OWER B UDGET C ALCULATIONS FOR ML1200 PM’ S WITH F IBER M EDIA .................4-4
MULTILINK ML1200 MANAGED FIELD SWITCH PORT MODULES .................................4-6
I NSPECTING THE P ACKAGE AND P RODUCT ........................................................................4-6
ML1200 M ODULES .............................................................................................................4-6
B EFORE C ALLING FOR A SSISTANCE ....................................................................................4-13
5: IP ADDRESSING IP ADDRESS AND SYSTEM INFORMATION ...............................................................................5-1
O VERVIEW .............................................................................................................................. 5-1
IMPORTANCE OF AN IP ADDRESS ...............................................................................................5-3
DHCP AND BOOTP ...............................................................................................................5-3
BOOTP D ATABASE ..................................................................................................................5-3
C ONFIGURING DHCP/ BOOTP /M ANUAL /AUTO ..............................................................5-3
U SING T ELNET .......................................................................................................................5-5
SETTING PARAMETERS ....................................................................................................................5-8
S ETTING S ERIAL P ORT P ARAMETERS ..................................................................................5-8
S YSTEM P ARAMETERS ...........................................................................................................5-8
D ATE AND T IME .....................................................................................................................5-9
N ETWORK T IME .....................................................................................................................5-10
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................................................5-14
S AVING AND L OADING – C OMMAND L INE ........................................................................5-14
C ONFIG FILE ...........................................................................................................................5-14
D ISPLAYING CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................................5-17
S AVING C ONFIGURATION .....................................................................................................5-20
S CRIPT F ILE ............................................................................................................................5-22
S AVING AND L OADING – E NER V ISTA S OFTWARE .............................................................5-23
H OST N AMES .........................................................................................................................5-25
E RASING C ONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................5-27
IPV6 ..........................................................................................................................................................5-31
I NTRODUCTION TO IP V 6 .......................................................................................................5-31
W HAT ’ S CHANGED IN IPV6? ...............................................................................................5-31
IP V 6 A DDRESSING ................................................................................................................5-32
C ONFIGURING IP V 6 ..............................................................................................................5-33
L IST OF COMMANDS IN THIS CHAPTER ................................................................................5-34
6: ACCESS
CONSIDERATIONS SECURING ACCESS ............................................................................................................................6-1
D ESCRIPTION ..........................................................................................................................6-1
P ASSWORDS ...........................................................................................................................6-1
P ORT S ECURITY F EATURE .....................................................................................................6-2
CONFIGURING PORT SECURITY THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE .......6-3
C OMMANDS ............................................................................................................................6-3
A LLOWING MAC A DDRESSES .............................................................................................6-4