ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Menu-driven Interface Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Menu-driven Interface Reference Guide
- Notice
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Chapter 1: Overview
- Chapter 2: Configuring the GbE Interconnect Switch using the Menu-driven Interface
- Overview
- Saving Changes
- Managing User Accounts
- Configuring the Remote Management IP Interface Settings
- Displaying Basic GbE Interconnect Switch Information
- Configuring Advanced GbE Interconnect Switch Features
- Configuring Port Settings
- Configuring Bandwidth
- Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol
- Configuring Static (Destination Address) Filtering Table
- Configuring VLANs
- Configuring GVRP
- Configuring IGMP Snooping
- Configuring Port Trunking
- Configuring Port Mirroring
- Configuring Thresholds for Broadcast, Multicast, DA-Unknown Storm Prevention or Monitoring
- Configuring Class of Service, Default Port Priority, and Traffic Class
- Configuring Port Security
- Configuring Priority MAC Addresses
- Configuring GbE Interconnect Switch Serial Port
- Configuring GbE Interconnect Switch Date and Time
- Monitoring GbE Interconnect Switch Functions
- Configuring SNMP/RMON Manager
- Using System Utilities
- Rebooting the GbE Interconnect Switch
- Logging Out
- Index
Configuring the GbE Interconnect Switch using the Menu-driven Interface
To configure advanced GbE Interconnect Switch features:
1. Highlight ADVANCED SETTINGS at the bottom of the Switch Information menu.
2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed.
The Configure Advanced Switch Features screen allows you to set the following
features:
— Auto-Logout—Toggle to select the time the RS-232 console and Telnet management
interface can be idle before the GbE Interconnect Switch automatically logs out the
user. The options are 2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins, 15 mins, and Never. Never indicates
never timing out. The default is 10 minutes.
— MAC Address Aging Time (sec)—Type the length of time a learned MAC address
remains in the forwarding table without being seen as a source (that is, how long a
learned MAC address is allowed to remain idle before deleting from the address
table).
The GbE Interconnect Switch enters into its forwarding table the mapping between
the MAC address of the device and the Ethernet port to which the device is attached.
This information is used to forward packets. This reduces the traffic congestion on
the network, because packets are forwarded to the destination port only, instead of
being forwarded to all ports.
The MAC address aging timer prunes the forwarding table addresses entries that are
no longer used. Dynamic forwarding table entries, which are made up of MAC
addresses and their associated port numbers, are deleted from the table if they are not
seen within the aging timeout. The aging time can be from 10 to 1,000,000 seconds
with a default value of 300 seconds. A very long aging time can result in dynamic
forwarding table entries that are out-of-date or no longer are used.
If the aging time is too short, however, many entries may be aged out too soon. This
will result in a high percentage of received packets whose destination addresses
cannot be found in the forwarding table. In this case the GbE Interconnect Switch
will broadcast the packet to all ports, negating many of the benefits of having a
switch.
Static forwarding entries are not affected by the aging time.
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