5
Management
Interface Overview
Management
Interface
Configuration
M
ANAGEMENT
C
ONFIGURATION
Switch 8800 Family series provides a 10/100Base-TX management interface on the
Fabric. The management interface can connect a background PC for software
loading and system debugging, or a remote network management station for
remote system management.
The following sections describe management interface configuration tasks.
Configuring interface IP address
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Enabling/disabling the interface
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Setting interface description
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Displaying current system information
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Test network connectivity (ping, tracert)
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See the Port and System Management parts of this manual for details.
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CAUTION: Only the management interface configured with an IP address can run
normally.
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NTERFACE