System Management Features; Multiple Management Options; System Time Management; Log Messages - Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Configuration Manual

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System Management Features

You can use any of the following methods to manage the switch:

Use a Web browser to access the Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator

interface. The switch contains an embedded Web server that serves

Use a telnet client, SSH client, or a direct console connection to access the

CLI. The CLI syntax and semantics conform as much as possible to

common industry practice.

Use a network management system (NMS) to manage and monitor the

system through SNMP. The switch supports SNMP v1/v2c/v3 over the

UDP/IP transport protocol.

You can configure the switch to obtain the system time and date through a

remote Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server, or you can set the time

and date locally on the switch. You can also configure the time zone and

information about time shifts that might occur during summer months. If

you use SNTP to obtain the time, you can require communications between

the switch and the SNTP server to be encrypted.

For information about configuring system time settings, see "Managing

General System Settings" on page 265.

The switch maintains in-memory log messages as well as persistent logs. You

can also configure remote logging so that the switch sends log messages to a

remote log server. You can also configure the switch to send log messages to a

configured SMTP server. This allows you to receive the log message in an e-

mail account of your choice. Switch auditing messages, CLI command

logging, Web logging, and SNMP logging can be enabled or disabled.

For information about configuring system logging, see "Monitoring and

Logging System Information" on page 231.

Switch Features

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