User’s Manual of MGSW-MGSD Series
3.5 SNMP-based Network Management
You can use an external SNMP-based application to configure and manage the
Managed Switch
, such as SNMP Network
Manager, HP Openview Network Node Management (NNM) or What’s Up Gold. This management method requires the SNMP
agent on the
Managed Switch
and the SNMP Network Management Station to use the
same community string
. This
management method, in fact, uses two community strings: the
get community
string and the
set community
string. If the
SNMP Net-work management Station only knows the set community string, it can read and write to the MIBs. However, if it only
knows the get community string, it can only read MIBs. The default getting and setting community strings for the
Managed
Switch
is public.
Figure 3-5:
SNMP Management
3.6 PLANET Smart Discovery Utility
For easily listing the
Managed Switch
in your Ethernet environment, the Planet Smart Discovery Utility from user’s manual
CD-ROM is an ideal solution. The following installation instructions are to guide you to running the Planet Smart Discovery Utility.
1.Deposit the Planet Smart Discovery Utility in administrator PC.
2. Run this utility and the following screen appears.
Figure 3-6:
Planet Smart Discovery Utility Screen
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