D-Link DFE-2600 manual Master Hub Setup And Management, Master Hub Setup and Management

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MASTER HUB SETUP AND MANAGEMENT

The DFE-2616i, DFE-2616ix, DFE-2624i, and DFE-2624ix master hubs

(hereafter and elsewhere referred to as, FE-2600 series master hubs”) provide an on-board console program that allows you to set up and control all DFE-2600 hubs stacked with it. This program can be accessed either with an ordinary terminal (or terminal emulator) or over the network using the TCP/IP TELNET protocol. You can use this program to perform many basic network management functions.

The console program also allows you to prepare the hub for management using D-View or another SNMP-based network management system. This chapter describes how to use the console program to access the hub, change its settings, and monitor its operation.

Note that if you want to manage the hub in-band you need to follow the in- structions in the first section of this chapter to prepare the hub for in-band management. If you need information about connecting a console device to the diagnostic port for out-of-band management, see the relevant sections of Chapter 4.

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