Setting Up Snmp Management - 3Com Switch 4210 Series Getting Started

Web Management Over
the Network
Setting Up SNMP
Management
Choosing a Browser
To display the web interface correctly, use one of the following Web browser and
platform combinations:
Table 14 Supported Web Browsers and Platforms
Windows
Browser 2000
Netscape 7.1 Yes
Internet Explorer 5.5 Yes
Internet Explorer 6.0 Yes
Mozilla 1.4 No
For the browser to operate the web interface correctly, JavaScript™ and Cascading
Style Sheets must be enabled on your browser. These features are enabled on a
browser by default. You will only need to enable them if you have changed your
browser settings.
To manage a switch using the web interface over an IP network:
1 Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your management
workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you
can browse, the IP protocol is installed.
2 Check you can communicate with the switch by entering a ping command at the
DOS prompt in the following format:
c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the switch)
If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been entered
correctly and the switch is powered up.
3 Open your web browser and enter the IP address of the switch that you wish to
manage in the URL locator, for example, in the following format:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
4 At the login and password prompts, enter
Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you have
already modified the default passwords).
5 Click on the Device View button to display the web management options.
Any network management application running the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) can manage a switch if:
The correct Management Information Bases (MIBs) are installed on the
■
management workstation.
The management workstation is connected to the switch using a port in VLAN
■
1 (the Default VLAN). By default, all ports on the switch are in VLAN 1.
You can use the 3Com Network Supervisor or 3Com Network Director application
that is available from the 3Com website to provide SNMP management for your

Setting Up SNMP Management

Platform
Windows Windows
XP Server 2003
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Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No
as your user name and press
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Red Hat Solaris
Linux 9 7/9
No Yes
No No
No No
Yes Yes