Table Of Contents - HP 10Base-T Hub 24M Manual

Contents
1 About Hub Management Interfaces
Understanding Hub Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Advantages of Using the Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Advantages of Using the Hub Console Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
HP AdvanceStack Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
2 Running the Hub Console
Overview of the Hub Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Starting a Hub Console Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Starting a Session Through a Direct Serial Connection . . . . . . . . 2-3
Starting a Session Through a Modem Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Starting a Session Through a Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Using the Hub Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
The Console's Two Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
The Command Prompt Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Commands Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
The Console Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Responding to an Enter username prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
3 Setting an IP Address for the Hub
Communication Between the Hub and Network Management Station 3-1
Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
IP Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Ways of Setting an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Manually Setting an IP Address from the Hub Console . . . . . . . . 3-4
Automatically Acquiring an IP Address Using Bootp/DHCP . . . . 3-6
4 Running the Browser Interface
System Requirements to Run the Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Places Where You Can Run the Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Establishing a Browser Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Working with Your First Browser Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Creating Usernames and Passwords in the Browser Interface . . 4-5
Creating Operator Usernames and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Creating Manager Usernames and Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
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