Asante Technologies 6200 manual Out-of-Band Management, In-Band Management

Out-of-Band Management

Management The following diagram illustrates the management options Scenarios available with the IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224.

IntraSwitch 6216M

														MII1	MII2
Power
100Mbps
FDP
Data
Link
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

				Switched 10/100Mbps Ports
2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	or
								Console
								Uplink
1	3	5	7	9	11	13	15

Workstation

In-Band Management:

∙Telnet connection to the IntraSwitch's Local Management Interface

∙Connect to the IntraSwitch's HTTP server via a Web browser

∙Connect to the IntraSwitch via any SNMP-based network management software application such as IntraSpection

Stand-alone Terminal or PC

Out-of-Band Management:

∙Direct connection to the IntraSwitch's Local Management Interface via the Console port

Out-of-Band Management

Figure 4-1 IntraSwitch 6216M and 6224 Management Options

Out-of-band network management allows you to configure, manage, and monitor the IntraSwitch and any installed expansion modules.You can perform these functions via the following method:

❏By attaching a terminal (or a terminal emulator) to the IntraSwitch’s Console port and using the menu-driven Local Management Interface.

Out-of-band network management is guaranteed even when the in-band Ethernet network is down.

To access the IntraSwitch Local Management Interface using out-of-band management:

1	Connect a stand-alone terminal or a PC running
	a terminal emulator directly to the IntraSwitch’s

Console port using a straight-throughRS-232 serial cable with a male connector.

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