Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch
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1.2 Ways to Manage the Switch
Use any of t he follow ing m et hods t o m anage t he Sw it ch.
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Web Configurat or. This is r ecom m ended for everyday m anagem ent of t he Sw it ch using a
( suppor t ed) w eb br ow ser. See
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TFTP. Use Tr ivial File Transfer Pr ot ocol for fir m war e upgrades and configurat ion backup/ r est or e.
See
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, and
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SNMP. The device can be configur ed by a SNMP m anager. See
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1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Switch
Do t he follow ing t hings r egular ly t o m ake t he Sw it ch m or e secur e and t o m anage t he Sw it ch m or e
effect ively.
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Change t he passwor d. Use a passwor d t hat ’s not easy t o guess and t hat consist s of differ ent
t y pes of charact er s, such as num ber s and let t er s.
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Wr it e dow n t he passw or d and put it in a safe place.
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Back up t he configurat ion ( and m ake sur e you know how t o r est or e it ) . Rest or ing an ear lier
wor king configurat ion m ay be useful if t he device becom es unst able or even crashes. I f you
for get your passw or d, you w ill have t o r eset t he Sw it ch t o it s fact or y default set t ings. I f you
backed up an ear lier configurat ion file, you would not have t o t ot ally r e- configur e t he Swit ch. You
could sim ply r est or e your last configurat ion.
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