Setting Up Your Switch - 3Com 4500G Series Getting Started Manual

SNMP Management
Setting Up Your
Switch
You can manage a switch using any network management workstation running
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as shown in Figure 20. For
example, you can use the 3Com Network Director software, available from the
3Com website. For information on the 3Com's network management tools, refer
to Appendix D on page 69.
Figure 20 SNMP Management over the Network
SNMP Network Management
Workstation
Connect over Network
using SNMP
Refer to "Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2" on page 46.
This section provides an overview of what you need to do to get your switch set
up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The whole setup
process is summarized in Figure 21. Detailed steps are contained in the sections
that follow. In brief, you need to:
Configure IP information manually for your switch or view the automatically
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configured IP information.
Prepare for your chosen method of management.
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Setting Up Your Switch

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