Fabric Switch Configuration Tool

• controls many switch features in Concurrent Technologies Ethernet switch fabric board products
• VME, VXS and CompactPCI® architectures
• tool operates on a host PC and communicates with the switch fabric board's firmware via a serial connection:-
  • command line interpreter on host PC
• support for Microsoft® Windows® or Linux®
• level 2 switch management setup

Host Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows® XP, Windows® Server 2003, Windows® 2000
• RedHat® Enterprise™ Linux®:-
  • Linux ABI compliant software
• portable to other host operating system environments (consult factory)
• serial port connection to fabric switch
• tool is not required for normal operation of the switch

Operator Interface

• command-line driven
• plain text command language
• software allows for easy extension to support new switches and/or fabrics
• currently supports the following Concurrent Technologies fabric switch boards:-
  • FP 210/024
  • FX 210/018
  • FP 110/019

Switch Interface

• host connects to fabric switch via RS232 serial port or IPMB connection
• connection required only during setup or configuration change
• switch board provides support for non-volatile memory to save configuration settings

Command Options

• commands are available for the following types of operation:-
  • switch setup and configuration display
  • control of non-volatile settings
  • Ethernet port setup and configuration display
  • Ethernet port statistics display
  • VLAN configuration and display
  • spanning tree configuration and display
  • QoS parameter setting and display