Cabletron Systems STS16-20R manual Accessing Switch Management, Overview, Using the switch console

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5. Accessing Switch Management

The switches can be configured in two ways:

1.Using the switch console.

You can access the switch console interface

—directly, by connecting a VT100 terminal emulator to the RS-232 port labelled MANAGEMENT.

OR

—remotely, via Telnet.

2.Using SNMP based graphical management applications:

—The SmartStack Manager for Windows

—Other Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) based applications

Overview

This chapter only describes how to access the switch console via the MANAGEMENT port. Refer to the section “Console/Telnet Sessions” on page 132 for information on configuring serial console and/or telnet console sessions.

Network management applications (in-band management) are beyond the scope of this guide. However, note that to be able to manage the switch by the network management application via SNMP, you will have to configure a few settings first in the switch console. These are typically the IP Address, SNMP Community, and Trap Receiver.

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