Cabletron Systems EMM-E6 Ethernet - Manual (Page 8)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 USING THIS MANUAL........................................................ 1-1
1.2 EMM-E6 FEATURES .......................................................... 1-4
1.3 THE MMAC WITH FLEXIBLE NETWORK BUS ................. 1-10
1.4 ETHERNET CHANNELS A, B, C, D, E, and F.................... 1-12
1.4.1
Ethernet Channel A ................................................ 1-12
1.4.2 Ethernet Channels B and C.................................... 1-13
1.4.3 Other FNB Modules................................................ 1-14
1.4.4 Ethernet Channel D................................................ 1-15
1.5 CHANNELS E AND F.......................................................... 1-16
1.6 BRIDGES ............................................................................ 1-17
1.6.1
Filtering and Forwarding......................................... 1-18
1.6.2 Spanning Tree Algorithm........................................ 1-19
1.7 LOCAL MANAGEMENT FEATURES.................................. 1-20
1.8 COMMUNITY NAMES ........................................................ 1-21
1.9 SNMP .................................................................................. 1-21
1.9.1
MIBs ....................................................................... 1-22
1.10 REVIEW OF ADDRESSING ............................................... 1-22
1.10.1 MAC Addresses ..................................................... 1-22
1.10.2 IP Addresses .......................................................... 1-23
1.10.3 Identifying IP Address Classes............................... 1-25
1.10.4 Subnet Addresses .................................................. 1-25
1.10.5 Subnet Masks......................................................... 1-26
1.10.6 Operation of the Subnet Mask................................ 1-30
1.10.7 Default Gateway..................................................... 1-30
1.10.8 Addressing Example .............................................. 1-31
1.11 LANVIEW LEDs AND RESET SWITCH.............................. 1-33
1.12 LANVIEWSECURE ............................................................. 1-33
1.13 GETTING HELP .................................................................. 1-35
1.14 RELATED MANUALS ......................................................... 1-35
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