Management Options; Web-Based Management Interface; Command Line Console Interface Through The Serial Port Or Telnet; Snmp-Based Management - Fortinet FortiSwitch-548B v. 5.2.0.2 Administration Manual

2.6

Management Options

The system may be managed by using one Service Ports through a Web Browswer,Telent, SNMP
function and using the console port on the front panel through CLI command.
2.7

Web-based Management Interface

After you have successfully installed the Switch, you can configure the Switch, monitor the LED panel,
and display statistics graphically using a Web browser, such as Mozilla FireFox (version 3.6 or higher) or
Microsoft® Internet Explorer (version 5.0 or above).
To access the Switch through a Web browser, the computer running the Web browser must
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have IP-based network access to the Switch.
2.8

Command Line Console Interface Through the Serial Port or Telnet

You can also connect a computer or terminal to the serial console port or use Telnet to access the
Switch. The command-line-driven interface provides complete access to all switch management
features.
2.9

SNMP-Based Management

You can manage the Switch with an SNMP-compatible console program. The Switch supports SNMP
version 1.0, version 2.0, and version 3.0. The SNMP agent decodes the incoming SNMP messages and
responds to requests with MIB objects stored in the database. The SNMP agent updates the MIB objects
to generate statistics The Switch supports a comprehensive set of MIB extensions:
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RFC1643 Ether-like MIB
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RFC1493 Bridge
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RFC 2819 RMON
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RFC 2233 Interface MIB
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RFC 2571 (SNMP Frameworks)
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RFC 2572 (Message Processing for SNMP)
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RFC 2573 (SNMP Applications)
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RFC 2576 (Coexistence between SNMPs)
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RFC 2618 (Radius-Auth-Client-MIB)
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RFC 2620 (Radius-Acc-Client-MIB)
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RFC 1724 (RIPv2-MIB)
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RFC 1850 (OSPF-MIB)
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RFC 1850 (OSPF-TRAP-MIB)
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