Selecting a Management Interface

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface

To use ProCurve Manager or ProCurve Manager Plus, refer to the Getting Started Guide and the Administrator’s Guide, which are available electron­ ically with the software for these applications. For more information, visit the ProCurve Networking web site at www.procurve.com.

Advantages of Using the Menu InterfaceFigure 2-1. Example of the Console Interface Display

Provides quick, easy management access to a menu-driven subset of switch configuration and performance features:

IP addressing

System information

VLANs and GVRP

Local passwords

Port Security

SNMP communities

Port and Static Trunk Group • Time protocols

Spanning Tree

The menu interface also provides access for:

Setup screen

• Switch and port statistic and counter displays

Event Log display

Reboots

Switch and port

Software downloads

 

status displays

 

 

Offers out-of-band access (through the RS-232 connection) to the switch, so network bottlenecks, crashes, lack of configured or correct IP address, and network downtime do not slow or prevent access

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