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If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been entered correctly and the Switch is powered up.
3Open your web browser and enter the IP address of the Switch that you wish to manage in the URL locator, for example, in the following format:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
4At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you have already modified the default passwords).
5Click on the Device View button to display the web management options.
Setting Up SNMP | Any network management application running the Simple Network |
Management | Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage a Switch if: |
| ■ The correct Management Information Bases (MIBs) are installed on the |
| management workstation. |
| ■ The management workstation is connected to the Switch using a port |
| in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). By default, all ports on the Switch are in |
| VLAN 1. |
| You can use the 3Com Network Supervisor application that is provided on |
| the |
| management for your Switch. If you use 3Com Network Supervisor it |
| automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your |
| workstation. |
| ■ Documentation supplied with the SNMP network management |
| application software. |
| To manage your Switch using an SNMP network management |
| application, you need to specify SNMP community strings for the users |
| defined on the Switch. You can do this using the command line interface |
| system management snmp community command — refer to the |
| command line interface section of the “Management Interface Reference |
| Guide” for more information. |
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Default Users and | If you intend to manage the Switch using the web interface or the |
Passwords | command line interface, or to change the default passwords, you need to |
| log in with a valid user name and password. The Switch has three default |