Setting Up For Management

In-Band Management

In-band network management allows you to manage, control, and monitor the IntraSwitch and each of its ports over the Ethernet network.

You can perform these functions by accessing the IntraSwitch via the following two methods:

By connecting with a terminal emulation pro- gram such as Telnet1 and using the Local Man-

agement Interface.

By connecting with any SNMP-based network management application and using its interface.

To manage the IntraStack via in-band management:

1

Make sure the network to which the IntraSwitch

 

is connected is up and running.

2

Make sure the IntraSwitch is configured with

 

valid IP information.

 

See “Setting up for Management” on page 2-10.

3

Connect to the IntraSwitch with a terminal emu-

 

lator or any SNMP-based network management

application.

Terminal Emulator

See Chapter 5,“Console Management,” for infor- mation on managing the IntraSwitch with a ter- minal emulator.

ΔNote: All management screens using a termi- nal emulator are identical to those of the out-of- band Console interface.

SNMP-based Management Software

Refer to the software’s User’s Manual for informa- tion on managing the IntraSwitch with SNMP- based management software.

1.Telnet is a common terminal emulation application used in TCP/IP net- works for remote terminal access to network devices.

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Asante Technologies 5324 user manual In-Band Management

5324 specifications

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