Chapter 3: Switch Management

Figure 18: Login request window

Now you can configure the Switch by Telnet. The management interface is exactly the same with RS-232 console management.

SNMP Protocol

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the standard management protocol for multi-vendor IP networks. SNMP supports transaction-based queries that allow the protocol to format messages and to transmit information between reporting devices and data-collection programs. SNMP runs on top of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), offering a connectionless-mode service.

Management Architecture

All of the management application modules use the same Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI). By unifying management methods with a single MAPI, configuration parameters set using one method (console port, for example) are immediately displayable by the other management methods (for example, SNMP agent of Web browser).

The management architecture of the switch adheres to the IEEE open standard. This compliance assures customers that the Managed Switch is compatible with, and will interoperate with other solutions that adhere to the same open standard.

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