Advantages Of Using The Menu Interface - HP ProCurve Management And Configuration Manual

To use ProCurve Manager or ProCurve Manager Plus, refer to the Getting
Started Guide and the Administrator's Guide, which are available electron­
ically with the software for these applications. For more information, visit the
ProCurve Networking web site at www.procurve.com.

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface

Figure 2-1. Example of the Console Interface Display
■ Provides quick, easy management access to a menu-driven subset of
switch configuration and performance features:
• IP addressing
• VLANs and GVRP
• Port Security
• Port and Static Trunk Group • Time protocols
• Spanning Tree
The menu interface also provides access for:
• Setup screen
• Event Log display
• Switch and port
status displays
■ Offers out-of-band access (through the RS-232 connection) to the
switch, so network bottlenecks, crashes, lack of configured or correct IP
address, and network downtime do not slow or prevent access
Selecting a Management Interface
Advantages of Using the Menu Interface
• System information
• Local passwords
• SNMP communities
• Switch and port statistic and counter displays
• Reboots
• Software downloads
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