D-Link DGS-3212SR Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
From the
Main Menu
, highlight
Setup User Accounts
and press Enter, then the
User Account Management
menu
appears.
Admin and User Privileges
There are two levels of user privileges:
Admin
and
User
. Some menu selections available to users with
Admin
privileges may not be available to those with
User
privileges.
The following table summarizes the
Admin
and
User
privileges:
Management
Admin
User
Configuration
Yes Read
Only
Network Monitoring
Yes Read
Only
Community Strings and Trap Stations
Yes Read
Only
Update Firmware and Configuration Files
Yes No
System Utilities
Yes Ping
Only
Factory Reset
Yes No
User Account Management
Add/Update/Delete User Accounts
Yes No
View User Accounts
Yes No
Admin and User Privileges
After establishing a User Account with
Admin
-level privileges, be sure to save the changes (see below).
Saving Changes
Changes made to the switch’s configuration must be saved in order to retain them. Access the
Save
Configuration
by clicking the
Save Changes
button located in the
Maintenance
folder.
Figure 3-9. Save Configuration window
The switch has two levels of memory, normal RAM and non-volatile or NV-RAM. To save all the changes made
in the current session to the Switch’s flash memory, click the
Save Configuration
button. Click the
OK
button
in the new dialog box that appears to continue. When this is done, the settings will be immediately applied to the
switching software in RAM, and will immediately take effect. Once the switch configuration settings have been
saved to NV-RAM, they become the default settings for the switch. These settings will be used every time the
switch is rebooted.
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