Configuring the general system settings

To configure the general system settings, perform the following steps.

  1. Click Configure on the left pane and select System.
  2. Click General.

    The General System Configuration window is displayed.

    Configuring the general system

  3. Select the Port check box for Policy based VLANs to enable configuration of port-based VLANs.
  4. Click Disable or Enable for Spanning Tree . If you click Enable, select the Single or Fast check box.
  5. Click Strict or Weighted for QOS.
  6. The ACL Per Port Per VLAN option is enabled by default in FastIron release 08.0.95 and later releases. Changing the option is not supported.
  7. Click Advance to configure additional system parameters.

    The System window is displayed.

    Advance system information

  8. Type the VLAN tag type in hexadecimal format from 0 through ffff in the Tag Type field. The default is 0081.
  9. Type the number of seconds a port address remains active in the address table in the Mac Age Time field.
  10. Type the default VLAN ID number in the Default VLAN ID field.
  11. Type the interval, in seconds, in which the chassis is polled in the Chassis Poll Interval (sec) field.
  12. Select a negotiation mode in the Gig Port Default list.
  13. Click Disable or Enable for Route Only. If you click Enable , Layer 2 switching is disabled globally.
  14. Click Disable or Enable for Jumbo Frame.

    Jumbo frames are Ethernet frames with more than 1,500 bytes MTU.

  15. Click Apply.

    The message The change has been made is displayed. To reset the data entered in the configuration pane, click Reset.

    The General System Configuration window provides the following links to configure the system parameters:

    • Identification
    • IP Address
    • DNS
    • DHCP Gateway
    • Clock
    • MAC Filter
    • Module
    • Max-Parameter
    • RADIUS
    • TACACS
    • Management
Parent topic: Configuring System Components