Alcatel OmniStack 6124, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Switch Management
Configuration Options
For advanced management capability, the Management Module provides a
menu-driven system configuration program. This program can be accessed by a
direct connection to the serial port on the rear panel (out-of-band), or by a Telnet
connection over the network (in-band).
The management agent is based on SNMP (Simple Network Management
Protocol). This SNMP agent permits the OmniStack
® 6148 (OS-6148) to be
managed from any PC in the network using in-band management software.
The management agent also includes an embedded HTTP Web agent. This Web
agent can be accessed using a standard Web browser from any computer attached
to the network.
The system configuration program and the SNMP agent support management
functions such as:
• Enable/disable any port
• Set the communication mode for any port
• Configure SNMP parameters
• Configure VLANs or multicast filtering
• Display system information or statistics
• Configure the switch to join a Spanning Tree
• Download system firmware
• Restart the system
Backup Management Agent
Note the following points about master and backup management agents:
• The OS-6148 with software version 3.0 supports a master management agent and
a backup management agent. The agent with the lower stack ID will be the master.
If the system up time of the master is greater than 10 minutes, it downloads data
to the backup agent. Any configuration changes made to the master agent will be
synchronized with the backup agent within 1-2 minutes of the user selecting the
“apply” command.
• Up to a maximum of two Management Modules (one master and one back-up),
may exist within a stackable configuration, which may consist of up to three
switches in a stack.
• The Management Modules (master or backup) cannot be “hot” inserted. The “hot”
removal of the master or the backup Management Module will cause system
instability and will require a manual reboot of the entire stack.
• The master management does not synchronize the application software with that
of the backup management. Therefore, before insertion of the backup
Management Module, one must make sure that it contains the same application
software as the master Management Module (version 3.0 or greater). The master