Compaq Interconnect Switch Using a TFTP Server, Using the SNMP Script Utility, Manually Configuring a GbE Interconnect Switch, Configuring Multiple GbE Interconnect Switches

Setting Up and Installing the GbE Interconnect Switch

Table 2-1: User Privileges continued

Privilege	Root	User+	User
Factory Reset	Yes	No	No
Reboot Switch	Yes	Yes	No
Add/Update/Delete User Accounts	Yes	No	No
View User Accounts	Yes	No	No

Manually Configuring a GbE Interconnect Switch

A GbE Interconnect Switch can be configured manually using a local console interface, a remote Telnet console interface, a Web interface, or an SNMP/RMON interface. Refer to Chapters 3 and 4 for information on how to use these interfaces to configure the GbE Interconnect Switch.

After a switch is configured, you can back up the configuration as a binary file to a TFTP server. The backup configuration file can then be downloaded from the TFTP server to restore the switch back to the original configuration. This restoration may be necessary under one of the following conditions:

•The switch configuration becomes corrupted during operation.

•The switch must be replaced because of a hardware failure.

Configuring Multiple GbE Interconnect Switches

You can configure multiple GbE Interconnect Switches using the SNMP script utility or a TFTP server.

Using the SNMP Script Utility

The SNMP script utility, provided with the GbE Interconnect Switch, allows you to execute customized configuration templates on multiple switches. Each configuration template can be tailored to one of the multiple switches, and then that first configuration can be deployed to other servers from a central deployment workstation.

Using a TFTP Server

If the basic configuration of multiple switches in your network is the same, you can manually configure one GbE Interconnect Switch, upload the configuration to a TFTP server, and use the configuration as a basic configuration template file. This basic configuration template can then be downloaded to multiple GbE Interconnect Switches.

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