Figure 6-15. Remote Management Setup menu
Management stations are computers on the network that will be used to manage the switch. You can limit the number of possible management stations by entering up to three IP addresses in the Management Station IP Settings field. If the three IP Address fields contain all zeros (“0”), then any station with any IP address can access the switch to manage and configure it. If there is one or more IP addresses entered in the IP Address field, then only stations with the IP addresses entered will be allowed to access the switch to manage or configure it.
Setting Up Trap Receivers
This allows the switch to send traps (messages about errors, etc.) to management stations on the network. Highlight Setup Trap Receivers and press Enter. The trap recipients can be setup from the following screen:
Figure 6-16. Setup Trap Recipients menu
The IP Address field is the IP address of a management station (a computer) that is configured to receive the SNMP traps from the switch.
The SNMP Community String is similar to a password in that stations that do not know the correct string cannot receive or request SNMP information from the switch.
The Status field can be toggled between Enabled and Disabled to enable or disable the receipt of SNMP traps by the listed management stations.
