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Network management is not required to get your hub
working, it simply allows you to change the way it
works and to monitor what is happening to your
network. Each OfficeConnect® Hub 8/TPM is a separate
manageable entity, that means you manage each
OfficeConnect Hub 8/TPM individually. This chapter lists
the management tasks you can perform, and describes
the ways you can connect your management station to
your hub. This guide uses
‘Management Station’
to
refer to the piece of equipment you are using to
manage the hub.
Transcend Quick Configuration Manager, referred to as
‘Quick Config Manager’
in this guide, is supplied with
your hub and provides an easy-to-use graphical
management system, through the hub’s console port.
Quick Config Manager uses a familiar Windows
®
interface with point and click operation. To use it
effectively, you need to be familiar with Microsoft
Windows. For information on Microsoft Windows, refer
to the Microsoft Windows User’s Guide.
You can also manage your hub using a VT100 terminal
or any Telnet facility that emulates a VT100 terminal.
VT100 uses a text-based user interface.
3Com Network Management
Quick Config Manager provides a subset of the
functionality that is present in other 3Com
management applications, for example the
IP/IPX-based Transcend® Enterprise Manager for
Windows (version 4.x and above).
Whether your network is large or small, its ongoing
performance, growth and security are only as good
as its management system.
Using intelligent 3Com software distributed
throughout the network, 3Com’s Transcend
management applications support all of today’s
platforms and manage a wide variety of 3Com
products. This gives you total control over your entire
3Com network from a single management station.
For further information about which Transcend
management application can benefit your growing
network, call your local sales office, see
“3Com
provides easy access to technical support
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