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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch
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• SNMP. The switch can be monitored by an SNMP manager. See
.
• Cluster Management. Cluster Management allows you to manage multiple switches
through one switch, called the cluster manager. See
1.3 Good Habits for Managing the switch
Do the following things regularly to make the switch more secure and to manage the switch
more effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of
different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an
earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even
crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the switch to its factory default
settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-
configure the switch. You could simply restore your last configuration.