3Com 4500G Series Getting Started Manual page 32

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HAPTER ETTING
Command Line Interface
Management using SSH
Web Interface
Management
U S M
P WITCH ANAGEMENT
Figure 17 CLI Management using the Console Port
Workstation
(with terminal emulation
software installed)
Figure 18 CLI Management over the Network
Workstation
Connect over Network
Refer to "Setting Up Command Line Interface Management" on page 44.
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
<4500G>.
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 [4500G].
The Switch 4500G supports Secure Shell version 2.0 (SSHv2.0), allowing secure
access to the switch's Command Line Interface.
If you use SSH to administer your switch and the network traffic is intercepted, no
passwords or configuration information will be visible in the data. To securely
administer the switch using the Command Line Interface you need a third party
SSH client.
Each switch has an internal set of web pages that allow you to manage the switch
using a Web browser remotely over an IP network (see Figure 19).
Figure 19 Web Interface Management over the Network
Workstation
Connect over Network
via web browser
Refer to "Setting Up Web Interface Management" on page 45.
Console Cable
via Telnet
Switch
Console Port
Connection
Switch
Switch