Cabletron Systems SMARTSWITCH ROUTER 9032578-05 - Manual (Page 13)

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Contents
About This Manual ................................................................................... 1
Related Documentation.......................................................................................................... .1
Document Conventions...........................................................................................................1
Chapter 1: Introduction ............................................................................ 3
Configuration Files ............................................................................................................ ......3
Using the Command Line Interface ......................................................................................4
Command Modes..............................................................................................................4
User Mode...................................................................................................................4
Enable Mode...............................................................................................................4
Configure Mode .........................................................................................................5
Boot PROM Mode......................................................................................................5
Getting Help with CLI Commands ................................................................................5
Line Editing Commands ..................................................................................................7
Displaying and Changing Configuration Information.......................................................9
Port Names..................................................................................................................... .........11
Chapter 2: Hot Swapping Line Cards and Control Modules................ 13
Hot Swapping Overview ......................................................................................................13
Hot Swapping Line Cards ....................................................................................................14
Deactivating the Line Card............................................................................................14
Removing the Line Card................................................................................................15
Installing a New Line Card ...........................................................................................15
Hot Swapping One Type of Line Card With Another...............................................15
Hot Swapping a Secondary Control Module.....................................................................16
Deactivating the Control Module .................................................................................16
Removing the Control Module .....................................................................................17
Installing a Control Module ..........................................................................................17
Hot Swapping a Switching Fabric Module (SSR 8600 only)............................................18
Removing the Switching Fabric Module .....................................................................19
Installing a Switching Fabric Module ..........................................................................19
Chapter 3: Bridging Configuration Guide ............................................. 21
Bridging Overview.................................................................................................................21
Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1d) .........................................................................................21
Bridging Modes (Flow-Based and Address-Based) ...................................................22
VLAN Overview ....................................................................................................................22
Port-based VLANs...................................................................................................23