Why Manage Your Stack - 3Com PS Hub 40 User Manual

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Why Manage Your
Stack?
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With management, you can change and view the way the stack or
network operates in the following way:
Display a graphical representation for the stack to quickly view the
status of each hub and its ports.
Display general information for the stack or hubs.
Graphically display network information for the stack's cascaded
segments.
Enable and disable ports, and switch them between segments.
Perform load balancing so that the traffic is distributed evenly across
the segments in the stack, resulting in more efficient segments.
Configure security for the ports, including specifying what
equipment is allowed to communicate through the ports on the
hub.
Set up resilience; specify a backup connection that takes over should
a main connection fail.
View statistics.
Configure the console port for connection to a modem.
Configure user management access levels.
Upgrade the management software in the stack with any future
agent software upgrade.
Configure the stack to send messages (called traps) to an SNMP
network management application (for example, Transcend
Enterprise Manager) if certain conditions arise — you cannot
configure this using the web interface.
Perform remote monitoring using RMON — not manageable using
the web interface or Quick Config Manager.
Restart the hub to refresh its statistics and use any new
configurations.
Initialize the hub to return it to its factory settings (IP information is
retained).
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