Cabletron Systems ELS10-26TX User Manual Download

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL ........................................................................1-1
1.2 GETTING HELP.......................................................................................1-2
1.4 RELATED DOCUMENTATION ...........................................................1-4
1.5 OVERVIEW...............................................................................................1-4

1.5.1 SmartSTACK 10 ELS10-26 Architecture .....................................1-6
1.5.2 SmartSTACK 10 ELS10-26 Bridge Address Table.....................1-9
1.5.3 SmartSTACK 10 ELS10-26 Port Monitoring ............................1-10
1.5.4 SmartSTACK 10 ELS10-26 Sample Applications ....................1-11

1.6 LOCAL CONSOLE MANAGER..........................................................1-18

1.6.1 Command Syntax Conventions .................................................1-18
1.6.2 Basic LCM Commands................................................................1-20

CHAPTER 2 UNPACKING AND INSTALLING

YOUR ELS10-26

2.1 ELS10-26 FRONT PANEL.......................................................................2-1
2.2 INSTALLING AN FEPIM .......................................................................2-4
2.3 INSTALLING THE ELS10-26 .................................................................2-5
2.4 CHECKING THE POWER-UP DIAGNOSTICS SEQUENCE ...........2-8
2.5 CONNECTING THE LOCAL CONSOLE MANAGER .....................2-9
2.6 CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK...................................................2-9

2.6.1 Connecting UTP Cables ..............................................................2-10
2.6.2 Connecting a UTP Segment to the FE-100TX ..........................2-11
2.6.3 Connecting a Multimode Segment to the FE-100FX...............2-13

CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURING YOUR ELS10-26

3.1 ASSIGNING IP ADDRESSES.................................................................3-2

3.1.1 Displaying IP Addresses...............................................................3-3
3.1.2 Deleting an IP Address .................................................................3-3
3.1.3 Changing a Subnet Mask..............................................................3-4

3.2 ENABLING BRIDGING..........................................................................3-4
3.3 DISABLING BRIDGING.........................................................................3-5
3.4 DISPLAYING BRIDGING FUNCTIONS .............................................3-5
3.5 ENABLING TRUNKING........................................................................3-6
3.6 DISABLING TRUNKING .......................................................................3-9
3.7 DISPLAYING TRUNKING STATUS ....................................................3-9
3.8 ENABLING PORT MONITORING.....................................................3-11
3.9 DISABLING MONITORING................................................................3-12