Overview; Understanding Management Interfaces - HP ProCurve 420 Management And Configuration Manual

Selecting a Management Interface

Overview

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Overview

This chapter describes the following:
■ Access Point management interfaces
Advantages of using each interface type
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Understanding Management Interfaces

Management interfaces enable you to reconfigure the access point and to
monitor its status and performance. Interface types include:
■ CLI—a command line interface offering the full set of access point
commands through the VT-100/ANSI console built into the access point—
page 2-3
Web browser interface—an access point interface offering status infor­
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mation and a subset of access point commands through a standard web
browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer)—
page 2-4
■ SNMP—a network management application such as HP ProCurve Man­
ager to manage the access point via the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) from a network management station.
This manual describes how to use the CLI (chapters 3, 5 and 6), the web
browser interface (chapters 4 and 5), and how to use these interfaces to
configure and monitor the access point.
For information on how to access the web browser interface Help, refer to
"Online Help for the HP Web Browser Interface" on page 4-16.