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Organization
Chapter 1. Product Overview: Describes the features of the switch, front 
and rear panel components and application examples.
Chapter 2. Installation: Describes the content of your switch shipment, 
lists site requirements, and provides mounting instructions. Instructions 
for making connections and powering up the switch are provided as well.
Chapter 3. ELS100-24TX User Interface: Describes the user interface 
console menus and lists the factory defaults for system settings. Each of 
the console menus are presented along with a description of the 
selections/fields available within each menu.
Chapter 4. Configuring and Monitoring the Switch: Describes 
common tasks and associated steps required to configure the switch, and 
covers common switch and network considerations required to ensure 
system integrity. 
Chapter 5. SNMP Management: Describes how the Simple Network 
Management Protocol (SNMP) communication protocol is used to 
manage the switch, and provides a description of industry standard and 
proprietary Managed Information Bases (MIBs) supported by the switch.
Appendix A. Technical Specifications: Provides a list of standards 
compliance and certifications, power cord requirements, as well as 
physical and operational specifications.
Appendix B. Spanning Tree Concepts: Describes the operation of the 
Spanning Tree Protocol and how it is used to resolve the problems of 
physical loops in a network.
Appendix C. Flow Control: Describes how the flow control features are 
used to provide a mechanism for protecting the switch from overload 
conditions and to keep additional traffic off the network.
Appendix D. Virtual LANs (VLANs): Describes how the switch uses 
VLANs to create isolated network domains, and provides illustrations of 
VLAN switch configurations.
Appendix E. Class of Service: Describes how the traffic Class of Service 
features can be used to assign mission-critical data a higher priority 
through the switch by delaying less critical traffic during periods of 
congestion.
Appendix F. Acronyms and Abbreviations: Provides definitions for a 
list of common acronyms and abbreviations used within the user guide 
and the networking industry.
