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BOUT
Making a Management Connection to Your
Switch
Managing your switch is easy. There are many ways
you can connect your management station to your
switch, as shown in
You can manage your switch:
Through the console port (known as out-of-band
management):
Using a web browser
Using a terminal emulator
Using a terminal
Over the network (known as in-band
management):
Using an SNMP network management
application
Using a web browser
Using a terminal emulator (over Telnet)
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M
WITCH
ANAGEMENT
Figure
3-1.
Figure 3-1
Different Ways to Manage the Switch