Cabletron Systems ELS10-26TX User Manual

Monitoring and Managing Your ELS10-26

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For example, 

 would enable ports 7, 8, and 9.

LCM responds:

The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is one of the protocols that 
allows the ELS10-26 to build an accurate, current routing table. 
This table includes the networks it knows about, the next hop, and 
the number of hops to get there. RIP enables you to use an NMS to 
remotely manage the ELS10-26 through a router.

The 

option allows you to turn off the routing information 

that builds the routing table. You would use this option when you 
are connecting network devices that do not support RIP.

You can optionally set the subnet mask for a port. A subnet mask is 
a 32-bit address mask used in IP to specify a particular subnet. If 
the subnet mask is 0.0.0.0, the ELS10-26 automatically converts the 
displayed mask to the standard default, based on the port’s IP 
address class. (Class A address masks are 255.0.0.0, Class B address 
masks are 255.255.0.0, Class C address masks are 255.255.255.0.)

To display IP addresses, subnet masks, and MAC addresses of all 
ports on the ELS10-26 you are managing, at the LCM prompt: 

1. Type 

Rip listening

Port 7: Enabled, Rip listening
Port 8: Enabled, Rip listening
Port 9: Enabled, Rip listening