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3.5 Protocols
The switch supports the following protocols:
VIRTUAL TERMINAL PROTOCOLS, SUCH AS TELNET
A virtual terminal protocol is a software program, such as Telnet,
that allows you to establish a management session from a
Macintosh, a PC, or a UNIX workstation. Because Telnet runs
over TCP/IP, you must have at least one IP address configured
on the switch before you can establish access to it with a virtual
terminal protocol
<Note>
Terminal emulation is different from a virtual terminal
protocol in that you must connect a terminal directly to
the console port.
SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP)
SNMP is the standard management protocol for multivendor IP
networks. SNMP supports transaction-based queries that allow
the protocol to format messages and to transmit information
between reporting devices and data-collection programs. SNMP
runs on top of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), offering a
connectionless-mode service.
