3Com 6416SW manual Network Switch Management, Subsystem

Chapter 6. Network and

Switch Management

This chapter gives an overview of the management options for the ONcore hub:

The three methods for managing the ATM Switch/Control

Guidelines for SNMP network management

Procedures for uploading and downloading operations.

Managing	the	ATM	Subsystem
You can	manage the		ATM	subsystem in	any of	the	following ways:
From an ASCII terminal with a character-based,							command-line interface that is
directly		connected		to the RS-232	Console	port	on a 6416SW.

This is an inexpensive solution well-suited for a workgroup installation.

Remote

login

from

6416SW

consoles

via

TELNET. Management traffic flows via

the

network. You

can start

only

one

remote session on a 6416SW.

This

is

ideal for

small

and medium

installations

with

remote

occasional monitoring.

From

a network management station running Transcend ONcore

ATM

Campus

Manager

or another

network

management

application that supports SNMP protocols

and

the

ONcore

SNMP-compliant

Management

Information Base

(MIB) extensions.

This

is suited for medium and large installations with remote permanent monitoring.

For

information

on

the

SNMP

functions supported,

see

“SNMP

Support” on

page 6-2.

For

instructions

on

how

to

access the Internet library to view the

available

MIB

commands,

see

“Accessing MIB Files”

on

page 6-3.

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