Selecting A Management Interface; Overview; Understanding Management Interfaces - HP Procurve 2650 Management And Configuration Manual

Selecting a Management Interface

Overview

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Overview

This chapter describes the following:
I Management interfaces for the HP Procurve Switches 2650 and 6108
Advantages of using each interface
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Understanding Management Interfaces

Management interfaces enable you to reconfigure the switch and to monitor
switch status and performance. The HP Switches 2650 and 6108 offer the
following interfaces:
I Menu interface—a menu-driven interface offering a subset of switch
commands through the built-in VT-100/ANSI console—page 1-3
CLI—a command line interface offering the full set of switch commands
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through the VT-100/ANSI console built into the switch—page 1-4
I Web browser interface --a switch interface offering status information
and a subset of switch commands through a standard web browser (such
as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer)—page 1-5
HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches--an easy-to-use, browser-based
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network management tool that works with HP proactive networking
features built into managed HP hubs and switches
This manual describes how to use the menu interface (chapter 2), the CLI
(chapter 3), the web browser interface (chapter 4), and how to use these
interfaces to configure and monitor the switch.
For information on how to access the web browser interface Help, see "Online
Help for the Web Browser Interface" on page 4-11.
To use HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches, refer to the HP TopTools User's
Guide and the TopTools online help, which are available electronically with
the TopTools software. (To get a copy of HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches
software, see the Read Me First document shipped with your switch.)