Ways To Manage The Switch; Good Habits For Managing The Switch - ZyXEL Communications GS1915 Series User Manual

1.3 Ways to Manage the Switch

Use any of the following methods to manage the Switch.
• NCC (Zyxel Nebula Control Center). With the NCC, you can remotely manage and monitor the
Switch through a cloud-based network management system. See the NCC User's Guide for detailed
information about how to access the NCC and manage your Switch through the NCC. See the NCC
User's Guide for how to configure Nebula managed devices.
• Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the Switch using a (supported)
web browser. See
• FTP. Use File Transfer Protocol for firmware upgrades and configuration backup or restore. See
31.8.1 on page
• SNMP. The Switch can be monitored and/or managed by an SNMP manager. See
page 270.
• Cluster Management. Cluster Management allows you to manage multiple switches through one
switch, called the cluster manager. See
• ZON Utility. ZON Utility is a program designed to help you deploy and perform initial setup on a
network more efficiently. See

1.4 Good Habits for Managing the Switch

Do the following regularly to make the Switch more secure and to manage the Switch more effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that is not easy to guess and that consists of different types of
characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier working
configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you forget your
password, you will have to reset the Switch to its factory default settings. If you backed up an earlier
configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the Switch. You could simply restore your
last configuration.
Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch
Chapter 4 on page 40.
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Section 4.3 on page
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