
3
S
ETTING
U
P
S
WITCH
M
ANAGEMENT
To make full use of the features offered by your switch, and to change and
monitor the way it works, you have to access the management software that
resides on the switch. Managing the switch can help you to improve the efficiency
of the switch and therefore the overall performance of your network.
This chapter explains the initial set up of the switch and the different methods of
accessing the management software to manage a switch. It covers the following
topics:
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Manually Configuring IP Information
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Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information
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Setting Up Command Line Interface Management
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Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH
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Setting Up Web Interface Management
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Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2
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Methods of Managing
a Switch
You can manage your switch using the:
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Command line interface
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Command line interface using SSH
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Web interface
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SNMP
Command Line Interface
Management
Each switch has a command line interface (CLI) that allows you to manage the
switch from a workstation, either locally using a console port connection (see
Figure 17), or remotely over the network (see Figure 18).
Summary of Contents for 4500G Series
Page 30: ...30 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE SWITCH...
Page 48: ...48 CHAPTER 3 SETTING UP SWITCH MANAGEMENT...
Page 54: ...54 CHAPTER 4 PROBLEM SOLVING...
Page 58: ...58 APPENDIX A PIN OUTS...
Page 64: ...64 APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...
Page 72: ...72 APPENDIX D 3COM NETWORK MANAGEMENT...
Page 82: ...82 APPENDIX E REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY SAFETY INFORMATION...