8Quick Installation Guide
Configure System for Management
Your system is shipped from the factory with IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree
9bridging disabled. To configure system features for your particular networking environment, you must first establish management access.
Initially, you can only manage your system locally through a direct terminal connection to the terminal serial port. You use this interface to configure additional access mechanisms, as shown in Table 5.
For more information on access mechanisms, see chapter on “Quick Setup for Management Access” in the Getting Started Guide.
Table 5 Management Access Mechanisms
Access |
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Mechanism | Access Description | Interface |
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Terminal | Access the Administration | Terminal serial port |
| Console locally and stay |
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| attached during system |
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| reboots |
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Modem | Access the Administration | Modem serial port |
| Console from remote sites |
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IP | ■ Access the Administration | Port assigned an IP |
| Console using | address |
| Telnet commands |
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| OR |
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| ■ Use an external SNMP |
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| management application |
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| to communicate with the |
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| SNMP agent |
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| OR |
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| ■ Access the system’s Web |
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| Management software |
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| across the Internet with a |
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| Web browser |
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