HP J3188A manual Managing the Hub, Setting up the Ascii Console

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Managing the Hub

This chapter describes the features available from an ASCII console. Topics include:

■setting up the ASCII Console

■console command reference

The HP Hub-16M has SNMP that allows you to manage the hub using one of the following utilities:

■an ASCII console

■CiscoWorks

■any SNMP-compliant network management product except HP AdvanceStack Assistant.

Setting up the ASCII Console

You can begin a console session in the hub in the following ways:

■directly, using a serial cable and a terminal (or a PC using a terminal emulator)

■remotely, using Telnet

■remotely, using a modem and a terminal

The HP Hub-16M supports a single console session only. If a console session is already running, a second console session can override the current console session.