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Choosing a Browser
To display the web interface correctly, use one of the following Web browser and
platform combinations:
For the browser to operate the web interface correctly, JavaScript™ and Cascading
Style Sheets must be enabled on your browser. These features are enabled on a
browser by default. You will only need to enable them if you have changed your
browser settings.
Web Management Over
the Network
To manage a switch using the web interface over an IP network:
1 Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your management
workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you
can browse, the IP protocol is installed.
2 Check you can communicate with the switch by entering a ping command at the
DOS prompt in the following format:
c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the switch)
If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been entered
correctly and the switch is powered up.
3 Open your web browser and enter the IP address of the switch that you wish to
manage in the URL locator, for example, in the following format:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
4 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press
Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you have
already modified the default passwords).
5 Click on the Device View button to display the web management options.
Setting Up SNMP
Management
Any network management application running the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) can manage a switch if:
■ The correct Management Information Bases (MIBs) are installed on the
management workstation.
■ The management workstation is connected to the switch using a port in VLAN
1 (the Default VLAN). By default, all ports on the switch are in VLAN 1.
You can use the 3Com Network Supervisor or 3Com Network Director application
that is available from the 3Com website to provide SNMP management for your
Table 14 Supported Web Browsers and Platforms
Browser
Platform
Windows
2000
Windows
XP
Windows
Server 2003
Red Hat
Linux 9
Solaris
7/9
Netscape 7.1 Yes Yes No No Yes
Internet Explorer 5.5 Yes Yes Yes No No
Internet Explorer 6.0 Yes Yes Yes No No
Mozilla 1.4 No No No Yes Yes
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