Setting U P For Management; Methods Of Managing A Switch - 3Com Switch 4210 Series Getting Started

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Methods of Managing
a Switch
Command Line Interface
Management
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ETTING
To make full use of the features offered by your switch, and to change and
monitor the way it works, you have to access the management software that
resides on the switch. This is known as managing the switch.
Managing the switch can help you to improve the efficiency of the switch and
therefore the overall performance of your network.
This chapter explains the initial set up of the switch and the different methods of
accessing the management software to manage a switch. It covers the following
topics:

Methods of Managing a Switch

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Setting Up Overview
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Manually Configuring IP Information
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Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information
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Setting Up Command Line Interface Management
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Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH
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Setting Up Web Interface Management
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Setting Up SNMP Management
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Default Users and Passwords
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For information on the lost password procedure please refer to the
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Configuration Guide that is supplied with your switch.
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 using a console port connection (see
Figure 27), or remotely over the network (see Figure 28).
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P FOR ANAGEMENT