Enterasys Networks CSX7000, CSX5500, CSX6000 manual Remote Management, Overview

REMOTE MANAGEMENT

OVERVIEW

Once your system is initially configured (and thus assigned an IP address), you may use a variety of methods to remotely access and manage your system. This chapter describes many of these methods.

For information on first-time access (either local or remote), refer to Accessing the CyberSWITCH.

The CyberSWITCH has various tools to manage the system remotely. You may combine several of these tools to provide a complete, customized remote network management system. In this chapter we will describe the tools, and explain several options to manage your system.

These tools are:

•SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

•Telnet

•WIN95 Dial-up Networking

•TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)

•Carbon Copy

If the network is a bridged network, use the Carbon Copy utility for remote management. If the network is an IP network, use a combination of the remaining remote management tools.

Examples of usage in an IP network:

•SNMP can inform you of problems in the network as they occur.

•Telnet will allow you to issue console commands on a remote CyberSWITCH.

•TFTP can transfer report or statistics files from the CyberSWITCH, or new configuration files to/from the system.

A brief description of each tool follows.