Setting Up Overview - 3Com Switch 4210 Series Getting Started

SNMP Management

Setting Up Overview

You can manage a switch using any network management workstation running
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as shown in Figure 30. For
example, you can use the 3Com Network Director software, available from the
3Com website.
Figure 30 SNMP Management over the Network
SNMP Network Management
Workstation
Connect over Network
using SNMP
Refer to "Setting Up SNMP Management" on page 43.
This section gives 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 31. Detailed procedural 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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