Intraswitch 5308fl management, Overview – Asante Technologies 5308F User Manual
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Setting Up For Management
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IntraSwitch 5308FL Management
Overview
The IntraSwitch 5308FL can be managed using any of the fol-
lowing methods: 
Table 4-1 Management Options
This chapter describes how to connect to the IntraSwitch 
5308FL using either out-of-band or in-band management, as 
illustrated in Figure 4-1. 
For information on using each management method, refer to 
the following:
❏
Console or Telnet management — see Chapter 
5, “Console Management.”
❏
World Wide Web browser —
see the “Manual
Addendum: Web Browser Management” 
included in your package.
❏
SNMP-based Network Management Software — 
see “SNMP-based Management Software” on 
page 4-7.
Method
Type
Description
Console
out-of-band 
management
local connection to the IntraSwitch 
5308FL via the unit’s Console port 
Telnet 
(one session)
in-band 
management
remote connection over the 
network to the IntraSwitch 5308FL 
via a terminal emulation program
World Wide 
Web browser
in-band 
management
remote connection to the 
IntraSwitch 5308FL via a World 
Wide Web browser
SNMP-based 
Network 
Management 
Software
in-band 
management
remote connection to the 
IntraSwitch 5308FL via any SNMP-
based network management 
application such as IntraSpection
