HP 2500 manual Overview, Understanding Management Interfaces, Selecting a Management Interface

Selecting a Management Interface

Selecting a Management Interface

Overview

Overview

This chapter describes the following:

■Management interfaces for the Switches 2512/2524

■Advantages of using each interface

Understanding Management Interfaces

Management interfaces enable you to reconfigure the switch and to monitor switch status and performance. The HP Switches 2512/2524 offer the following interfaces:

■Menu interface—a menu-driven interface offering a subset of switch commands through the built-in VT-100/ANSI console—page1-3

■CLI—a command line interface offering the full set of switch commands through the VT-100/ANSI console built into the switch—page1-4

■Web browser interface --a switch interface offering status information and a subset of switch commands through a standard web browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer)—page1-5

■HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches--an easy-to-use, browser-based network management tool that works with HP proactive networking features built into managed HP hubs and switches

This manual describes how to use the menu interface (chapter 2), the CLI (chapter 3), the web browser interface (chapter 4), and how to use these interfaces to configure and monitor the switch.

For information on how to access the web browser interface Help, see “Online Help for the Web Browser Interface” on page 4-12.

To use HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches, refer to the HP TopTools User’s Guide and the TopTools online help, which are available electronically with the TopTools software. (To get a copy of HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches software, see the Read Me First document shipped with your switch.)

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