Cabletron Systems 6E132-25 User Manual

Chapter 5: Local Management

If an invalid password is entered, the terminal beeps and the cursor 
returns to the beginning of the password entry field.

Entering a valid password causes the associated access level to display 
at the bottom of the screen and the Main Menu screen to appear.

If no activity occurs for several minutes, the Password screen 
reappears and the session ends.

The 6E12X-26 and 6E13X-25 Local Management application consists of 
a series of menu screens. Navigate through Local Management by 
selecting items from the menu screens. 

The 6E12X-26 and 6E13X-25 support three modes of switch operation. 
The switching modes are as follows:

802.1D SWITCHING, (traditional switching)

802.1Q SWITCHING, (802.1Q port based VLANs)

SECURE FAST VLAN, (Cabletron Systems SecureFast Switching)

The switch operational mode may be set in either the Chassis 
Configuration screen (

), or the General Configuration screen 

of the module (

the module, the hierarchy of Local Management screens differs as shown 
in 

, 

. Refer to the appropriate figure 

that relates to the Operational Mode that will be set for the module to see 
the applicable Local Management screen hierarchy.

The User’s password is one of the community names specified 
in the SNMP Community Names screen. Access to certain 
Local Management capabilities depends on the degree of 
access accorded that community name. Refer to 

.

Refer to the Release Notes shipped with the product to verify 
which screens are supported in each of the three available 
switching modes.