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Chapter 3: Switch Management
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SNMP-Based Network Management
You can use an external SNMP-based application to configure and manage the
Managed Switch, such as SNMPc Network Manager, HP Openview Network
Node Management (NNM) or What'sup Gold. This management method requires
the SNMP agent on the switch and the SNMP Network Management Station to
use the same community string. This management method, in fact, uses two
community strings: the get community string and the set community string. If the
SNMP Net-work management Station only knows the set community string, it can
read and write to the MIBs. However, if it only knows the get community string, it
can only read MIBs. The default gets and sets community strings for the
Managed Switch are public.
Figure 3-3: SNMP management
Administration Console
The administration console is an internal, character-oriented, and command line
user interface for performing system administration such as displaying statistics
or changing option settings. Using this method, you can view the administration
console from a terminal, personal computer, Apple Macintosh, or workstation
connected to the switch's console (serial) port.
There are two ways to use this management method: via direct access or
modem port access. The following sections describe these methods. For more
information about using the console, refer to Chapter 5: Console Management.