HP ProCurve 6108, Management And Configuration Manual

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Selecting a Management Interface
Overview
Overview
This chapter describes the following:
■
Switch management interfaces
■ Advantages of using each interface type
Understanding Management Interfaces
Management interfaces enable you to reconfigure the switch and to monitor
switch status and performance. Interface types include:
■ Menu interface —a menu-driven interface offering a subset of switch
commands through the built-in VT-100/ANSI console— page 2-3
■
CLI —a command line interface offering the full set of switch commands
through the VT-100/ANSI console built into the switch— page 2-4
■ Web browser interface --a switch interface offering status information
and a subset of switch commands through a standard web browser (such
as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer)—
page 2-5
■
HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches --an easy-to-use, browser-based
network management tool that works with HP proactive networking
features built into managed HP hubs and switches
This manual describes how to use the menu interface (chapter 3), the CLI
(chapter 4), the web browser interface (chapter 5), and how to use these
interfaces to configure and monitor the switch.
For information on how to access the web browser interface Help, refer to
“Online Help for the HP Web Browser Interface” on page 5-11.
To use HP TopTools for Hubs and Switches, refer to the HP TopTools User’s
Guide and the TopTools online help, which are available electronically with
the TopTools software. (To get a copy of HP TopTools for Hubs and Switches
software, refer to the
Read Me First document shipped with your switch.
N o t e
Although TopTools recognizes the Switch 2626 as an SNMP device, custom­
ized device management is not supported for the Switch 2626 in HP TopTools
for hubs and switches.
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