Network Management Access

The EMM provides several ways to access network management. For inband management, the EMM provides built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent, the de facto industry standard for network management. The agent will let you manage EMMs through SNMP-based network management solutions.

For out-of-band management, you can connect an ASCII terminal to the RS-232 port on the module faceplate and manage the EMM using the command-line interface. You also have the flexibility to use Telnet for inband management using the same extensive command-line interface.

The EMM also provides the Remote_login and Telnet features.

Remote_login is based on the 3Com proprietary protocol, RCP (Remote Character Protocol). Telnet support is based on a fully compliant TCP/IP stack.

Network Management Functions

The EMM provides management and control capabilities in six major areas:

Configurations - When logged in under the administrator password, you can configure the EMM, Ethernet network, modules, ports, and terminal settings.

Fault, Performance, and Traffic Statistics Monitoring - Typical terminal management systems only report statistics when you request them. You can configure the EMM to continuously monitor and report key statistics by invoking the MONITOR command. The statistics on the screen are updated periodically to give a snapshot of the network.

Security Control - The EMM provides two important security features that prevent unauthorized access to devices on the network - address-to-port security and a two-level password protection feature.

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