Configuration Fundamentals

In this section:

  1. Management port overview
    The management port is an out-of-band (OOB) port that customers can use to manage their devices without interfering with the in-band ports. The management port is widely used to download images and configurations, for Telnet sessions and for Web management.
  2. Consideration for Accessing Factory Default Device
  3. Web Management Interface
    The Web Management Interface is a browser-based interface that allows administrators to manage and monitor a single RUCKUS device or a group of RUCKUS devices connected together.
  4. Automation with Ansible
  5. Management VRFs
    Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) allows routers to maintain multiple routing tables and forwarding tables on the same router. A management VRF can be configured to control the flow of management traffic as described in this section.
  6. Additional OOB management configuration options
    The following features are introduced with FastIron 8.0.50.
  7. System clock
    On a RUCKUS device, you can manually set the system clock with the time and date you specify. The system clock settings are retained across power cycles.
  8. Basic System Parameter Configuration
  9. Displaying and modifying system parameter default settings
  10. Forwarding Profiles
  11. Basic port parameter configuration
  12. Replacing a primary IPv4 address automatically
    Beginning with FastIron 8.0.50, you no longer need to remove the primary IPv4 address before you configure a new primary address.
  13. Ethernet loopback
    The Ethernet loopback functionality provides a means to gauge the network continuity and performance of an Ethernet port.
  14. Disabling the automatic learning of MAC addresses
  15. Changing the MAC age time and disabling MAC address learning
  16. Clearing MAC address entries
  17. Defining MAC address filters
  18. Monitoring MAC address movement
  19. Overview of Breakout Ports
    100-Gbps or 40-Gbps cable can be used on and ICX 7850 standalone units to break out certain 40-Gbps ports into four 10-Gbps subports and 100-Gbps ports into four 25-Gbps subports respectively.
  20. Configuring the CLI Banner
    RUCKUS devices can be configured to display a greeting message on users’ terminals when they enter the Privileged EXEC CLI level or access the device through Telnet. In addition, a RUCKUS device can display a message on the console when an incoming Telnet CLI session is detected.
  21. Automatic execution of commands in batches
    The batch and execute functionality provides two separate but mutually inclusive features that help to automate execution of a group of CLI commands in batches at a scheduled time, count, and interval.
  22. CLI command history
    CLI commands executed on the device from any console, Telnet, or SSH sessions are stored in the warm memory.
  23. Displaying a console message when an incoming Telnet session is detected
    You can configure the RUCKUS device to display a message on the Console when a user establishes a Telnet session.
  24. Cut-through switching
  25. Jumbo frame support
  26. Wake-on-LAN support across VLANs
    Wake-on-LAN (WOL) is an industry standard technology that allows you to turn on dormant PCs (WOL client) remotely.
  27. Terminal logging
    Many customers do not have a console port connected to the units and therefore cannot monitor any debug or error messages that are shown on the console. For example, in a stacking environment where the console and management port is connected only to an active unit, the user cannot access or monitor any debug or error messages generated on the system from the member units, standby units, or PE units.
  28. Log Manager
    The Log Manager infrastructure provides the capability to log the application log files in a centralized repository. The centralized repository can be accessed for viewing the log files (to aid in taking appropriate troubleshooting actions). By default, all logs are enabled and the log files are categorized based on module, sub-module, and severity levels. Each entry in a log file has important information, including module, sub-module, severity level, unit number, and timestamp.