Cabletron Systems SPECTRUM 1800, User Manual

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Chapter 2
Using the FRX4000, FRX6000, and
SmartSwitch 1800 Hub View
Navigating through the Hub View; monitoring hub performance; managing the hub
The heart of the SPECTRUM Portable Management Application (SPMA) for the
FRX4000, FRX6000, and SmartSwitch 1800 is the Hub View, a graphical interface
that gives you access to many of the functions that provide control over the
selected FRX or SmartSwitch device and its installed interfaces.
Using the Hub View
There are two ways to launch the Hub View application: if you are working
within a network management system, you can select the
Hub View option from
the icon menu; speciÞc directions for creating an FRX or SmartSwitch icon and
accessing the icon menu can be found in the appropriate
Installing and Using...
guide. If you are running the module in a stand-alone mode, type the following at
the command line:
spmarun frx <IP address> <community name>
The community name you use to start the module must have at least Read access;
for full management functionality, you should use a community name that
provides
Read/Write access. For more information on community names, consult
the appropriate hardware documentation.