Cabletron Systems 6E132-25 User Manual

To set the Operational Mode, proceed as follows:

Use arrow keys to highlight the Operational Mode field.

Press the SPACE bar to step to the appropriate operation mode, 
(802.1D SWITCHING, 802.1Q SWITCHING, or SECURE FAST 
VLAN).

Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command, then press 
ENTER. The warning screen shown in 

 displays.

Use the arrow keys to highlight the YES command and press ENTER. 
The changes are saved and the module reboots.

Before setting the operational mode, ensure that the items 
contained in this caution are fully understood.

If the module will be configured to operate as a SecureFast 
switch the following procedures should be performed before 
setting the operational mode:

The module must be assigned a unique IP address.

The Management Mode of the module will automatically be set 
to STANDALONE. The Management Mode field will no longer 
display on the General Configuration screen, and the module 
will no longer support Chassis configuration and Module 
selection screens. If the module will be a SecureFast switch, 
distributed management is not allowed.

The module has been assigned SNMP community names from 
the module SNMP Community Names screen (

). 

In Standalone management mode, the module does not use 
the community names of the 6C105 chassis.

Upon saving the new operational mode, the module will reboot.

If the 6E12X-26 and 6E13X-25 have been set to 802.1Q 
SWITCHING, refer to your 

Port Based VLAN User’s Guide to 

configure the devices for this type of operation.

If the 6E12X-26 and 6E13X-25 have been set to SECURE 
FAST VLAN, refer to your SecureFast documentation set to 
configure the devices for this type of operation.