3Com Switch 4210 Series User Manual

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SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT
To make full use of the features offered by your switch, and to change and
monitor the way it works, you have to access the management software that
resides on the switch. This is known as managing the switch.
Managing the switch can help you to improve the efficiency of the switch and
therefore the overall performance of your network.
This chapter explains the initial set up of the switch and the different methods of
accessing the management software to manage a switch. It covers the following
topics:
■ Methods of Managing a Switch
■ Setting Up Overview
■ Manually Configuring IP Information
■ Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information
■ Setting Up Command Line Interface Management
■ Setting Up Command Line Interface Management using SSH
■ Setting Up Web Interface Management
■ Setting Up SNMP Management
■ Default Users and Passwords
■ For information on the lost password procedure please refer to the
Configuration Guide that is supplied with your switch.
Methods of Managing
a Switch
To manage your switch you can use one of the following methods:
■ Command line interface management
■ Command line interface management using SSH
■ Web interface management
■ SNMP management
Command Line Interface
Management
Each switch has a command line interface (CLI) that allows you to manage the
switch from a workstation, either locally using a console port connection (see
Figure 27), or remotely over the network (see Figure 28).

3Com Switch 4210 Series Specifications

General

Brand	3Com
Model	Switch 4210 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English