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1.3 Management Software
Following is a list of management software choices for MS400870M Series:
Managed switch CLI interface
SNMP-based Management Software
Web Browser Application
Console Program
The Managed Switch has a built-in, Command Line Interface called the CLI which you can
use to:
Configure the system
Monitor the status
Reset the system
You can use CLI as the only management system. However, other network management
option - SNMP -based management system is also available.
You can access the text-mode Console Program locally by connecting a VT100 terminal - or
a workstation running VT100 emulation software - to the Managed Switch RS-232 DB-9
Console port directly. Or, you can use Telnet to login and access the CLI through network
connection remotely.
SNMP Management System
Standard SNMP-based network management system is used to manage the Managed
Switch through the network remotely.
When you use a SNMP-based network management system, the Managed switch becomes
one of the managed devices (network elements) in that system. The Managed switch
management module contains an SNMP agent that will respond to the requests from the
SNMP-based network management system. These requests, which you can control, can
vary from getting system information to setting the device attribute values.
The Managed Switch
‟s private MIB is provided for you to install in your SNMP-based
network management system.
Web Browser Application
You can manage the Managed Switch through a web browser, such as Internet Explorer or
Netscape, etc. (The default IP address of the Managed Switch port can be reached at
“http://192.168.0.1”
.) For your convenience, you can use either this Web-based
Management Browser Application program or other network management option, for
example SNMP-based management system as your management system.