Snmp Management; Setting Up Overview - 3Com 4500G Getting Started Manual

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SNMP Management

Setting Up
Overview
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P FOR ANAGEMENT
You can manage a switch using any network management workstation
running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as shown in
Figure 23. For example, you can use the 3Com Network Director software,
available from the 3Com website.
Figure 23 SNMP Management over the Network
SNMP Network Management
Workstation
Refer to "Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2" on page 54.
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 24. 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
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automatically configured IP information
Prepare for your chosen method of management
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Connect over Network
using SNMP
Switch