HP 6120 Selecting a Management Interface, Overview, or ProCurve Manager Plus, Advantages of Using the CLI, Understanding Physical Interfaces

Selecting a Management Interface

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Selecting a Management Interface

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Understanding Physical Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Understanding Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Advantages of Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

General Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Information on Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager

or ProCurve Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Custom Login Banners for the Console and

Web Browser Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or SSHv2 Access . . . . . . . . 2-9

Banner Operation with Web Browser Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

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