Asante Technologies 6200 manual IntraSwitch Management, Management Options

Setting Up For Management

IntraSwitch Management

Overview The IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 and any installed Asanté MII Modules can be managed using any of the following methods:

Table 4-1	Management Options
Method		Type	Description
Console		out-of-band	local connection to the
		management	IntraSwitch via the Console port
Telnet		in-band	remote connection over the
(four sessions		management	network to the IntraSwitch via
maximum)			Telnet session
HTTP Server		in-band	remote connection to the
		management	IntraSwitch via a Web browser
SNMP-Based		in-band	remote connection to the
Network		management	IntraSwitch via any SNMP-based
Management			network management application
Software

This chapter describes how to connect to the IntraSwitch using either out-of-band or in-band management, as illustrated in Figure 4-1.

For information on each management method, see the follow- ing:

❏Console or Telnet management — see Chapter 5, Console Management.

❏HTTP Server management — see Web Browser Management, Chapter 8

❏SNMP-based network management software — see SNMP-Based Management Software on page 4-6.

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