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Methods of
Managing a Switch
Command Line
Interface
Management
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ANAGEMENT
To manage your Switch you can use one of the following methods:
Command line interface management
■
Command line interface management using SSH
■
Web interface management
■
SNMP management
■
Each Switch has a command line interface (CLI) that allows you to
manage the Switch from a workstation, either locally via a console port
connection (see Figure 10), or remotely over the network (see Figure 11).
Figure 10 CLI Management via the Console Port
Workstation
(with terminal emulation
software installed)
Figure 11 CLI Management over the Network
Workstation
Refer to "Setting Up Command Line Interface Management" on
page 52.
There are two main views in the CLI:
User View — this view is shown when you first connect to the Switch
and shows basic information about operation and statistics. The prompt
for user view is <4500>.
System View — this view enables you to configure the system
parameters. To display this view, from user view enter system-view.
The prompt for system view is [4500].
Console Cable
Connect over Network
via Telnet
Switch
Console Port
Connection
Switch
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