Remote Management; Overview - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 9W006 User Manual

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EMOTE ANAGEMENT
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VERVIEW
Once your system is initially configured (and thus assigned an IP address), you may use a variety
of methods to remotely access and manage your system. This chapter describes many of these
methods.
For information on first-time access (either local or remote), refer to
Remote Access
The SmartSwitch Remote Access Module has various tools to manage the system remotely. You
may combine several of these tools to provide a complete, customized remote network
management system. In this chapter we will describe the tools, and explain several options to
manage your system.
These tools are:
• SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
• Telnet
• WIN95 Dial-up Networking
• TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
• Carbon Copy
Module.
Accessing the SmartSwitch