12 CHAPTER 2: RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
Web-based Management
Software Release 3.0 supports the Web Management suite of features,
which consists of embedded Web Management applications and
installable tools:
■Embedded Web Management applications — Use the embedded
Web Management applications, which are part of the system software
image, for most of your device configurati on and management tasks.
You can manage a single port or device, or, using multiple windows,
you can manage multiple devices. This software contains:
■WebConsole — An HTML-based set of configuration forms.
■DeviceView — A Java-based application that displays a real-time
image of the device. You can manage each port or module, or th e
entire system, by clicking the part of the image that you want to
manage.
■Help — Access to the configuration form on which you set up the
installable Help, as well as access to links to support information on
the 3Com Web site.
■Installable tools — The following optional tools are available from
the Software CD:
■DeviceView accessories — To set up e-mail notification for
Status Logging.
■WebManage Framework — To group your access links to the
devices that you manage.
■Filter Builder — To create filters for packets on your Layer 3
switching modules only.
■Form-specific Help — To access hypertext information about the
fields in the WebConsole and DeviceView applications.
For information about how to install and use the Web Man agement
applications, see the Web Management User Guide for the
CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Switch.