Methods Of Managing A Switch; Command Line Interface Management; Command Line Interface Management Using Ssh - 3Com 3CR17251-91 - Switch 5500G-EI Stackable Gigabit Ethernet Getting Started Manual

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Methods of
Managing a Switch
Command Line
Interface
Management
Command Line
Interface
Management using
SSH
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P FOR ANAGEMENT
To manage your Switch you can use one of the following methods:

Command line interface management

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Command line interface management using SSH

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Web interface management
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SNMP management
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Each Switch has a command line interface (CLI) that allows you to
manage the Switch from a workstation, either locally via a console port
connection (see Figure
Figure 17 CLI Management via the Console Port
Workstation
(with terminal emulation
software installed)
Figure 18 CLI Management over the Network
Workstation
Refer to "Setting Up Command Line Interface Management"
page 64.
The Switch 5500 Family supports Secure Shell version 1.5 (SSHv1.5),
allowing secure access to the Command Line Interface of the Switch.
If you use SSH to administer your Switch and the network traffic is
intercepted, no passwords or configuration information will be visible in
the data. To securely administer the Switch using the Command Line
Interface you need a third party SSH client.
17), or remotely over the network (see
Console Cable
Connect over Network
via Telnet
Figure 18).
Switch
Console Port
Connection
Switch
on