Setting Up Web Interface Management - 3Com 4500 Getting Started Manual

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HAPTER ANAGING
Setting Up Web
Interface
Management
Prerequisites
Web Management Over
the Network
Y S
OUR WITCH
This section describes how you can set up web interface management over the
network.
Ensure that you have already set up the switch with IP information as described
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in "Methods of Managing a Switch" on page 34.
Ensure that the switch is connected to the network using a Category 5 twisted
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pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
A suitable Web browser.
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Choosing a Browser
To display the web interface correctly, use one of the following Web browser and
platform combinations:
Table 18 Supported Web Browsers and Platforms
Browser
Netscape 7.1
Internet Explorer 5.5 Yes
Internet Explorer 6.0 Yes
Mozilla 1.4
For the browser to operate the web interface correctly, JavaScript™ and Cascading
Style Sheets must be enabled on your browser. These features are enabled on a
browser by default. You will only need to enable them if you have changed your
browser settings.
To manage a switch using the web interface over an IP network:
1 Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your management
workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you
can browse, the IP protocol is installed.
2 Check you can communicate with the switch by entering a ping command at the
DOS prompt in the following format:
c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the switch)
If you get an error message, check that your IP information was entered correctly
and the switch is powered up.
3 Open your web browser and enter the IP address of the switch that you wish to
manage in the URL locator, for example, in the following format:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Windows Windows Windows
2000 XP Server 2003
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No No
Platform
Red Hat
Linux 9
No
No
No
Yes
Solaris
7/9
Yes
No
No
Yes