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Web Management To manage a Switch using the web interface over an IP network:

Over the Network

1Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your management workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you can browse, the IP protocol is installed.

2Check you can communicate with the Switch by entering a ping command at the DOS prompt in the following format:

c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)

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 CD-ROM that accompanies your Switch to provide SNMP

 

management for your Switch. If you use 3Com Network Supervisor it

 

automatically loads the correct MIBs and necessary files onto your

 

workstation.

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