HP ProCurve 6600 Table J-1.Switch Management Ports

Network Out-of-Band Management (OOBM) for the 6600 Switch

Concepts

improved switch security: a properly configured switch can limit management access to the management port only, preventing malicious attempts to gain access via the data ports.

Network OOBM typically occurs on a management network that connects multiple switches. It has the added advantage that it can be done from a central location and does not require an individual physical cable from the manage­ ment station to each switch’s console port.

Of the switches covered by this manual, network OOBM is available on:

■HP ProCurve 6600-24XG switch (J9265A)

■HP ProCurve 6600-48G switch (J9451A)

■HP ProCurve 6600-48G-4XG switch (J9452A)

The table below summarizes the switch management ports.

Table J-1. Switch Management Ports

	In Band	Out Of Band
	Networked	Directly connected	Networked
Management interface	command line (CLI), menu, Web	command line (CLI), menu	command line (CLI), menu
Communication plane	data plane	management plane	management plane
Connection port	any data port	dedicated serial or USB	dedicated networked
		console port	management port
Connector type	usually RJ-45; also CX4, SFP,	DB9 serial,serial-wired8-pin	RJ-45
	SFP+, and XFP	RJ
Advantages	allows centralized	not affected by events on	not affected by events on
	management	data network, shows boot	data network; allows
		sequence	centralized management;
			allows improved security
Disadvantages	can be affected by events on	requiresdirectconnectionto	does not show boot
	data network; does not show	console port (can be done	sequence
	boot sequence	via networked terminal
		server)

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