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Setting Up For Management

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IntraSwitch Management

Overview

The IntraSwitch 5212 can be managed using any of the follow-
ing methods:

Table 4-1 Management Options

This chapter describes how to connect to the IntraSwitch 5212
using either out-of-band or in-band management, as illustrated
in Figure 4-1.

For information on each management method, refer to the fol-
lowing:

Console or Telnet management — see Chapter
5, "Console Management" in this man
ual.

World Wide Web browser management — see
the Web Management Server Reference Guide.

SNMP-based Network Management Software —
see the section on "SNMP-based Management
Software" on page 4-7
.

Method

Type

Description

Console

out-of-band
management

local connection to the IntraSwitch
via the switch’s Console port

Telnet
(one session)

in-band
management

remote connection over the
network to the IntraSwitch via a
terminal emulation program

World Wide
Web browser

in-band
management

remote connection to the
IntraSwitch 5212 via a supported
World Wide Web browser

SNMP-based
Network
Management
Software

in-band
management

remote connection to the
IntraSwitch via any SNMP-based
network management application
such as IntraSpection

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