NETGEAR GS700TP manual Switch Management Interface

GS700TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual

Note: For complete hardware installation instructions, refer to the GS700TP Smart Switch Hardware Installation Manual included on your Resource CD, or go to

http://www.netgear.com/support.

Switch Management Interface

Your NETGEAR GS700TP Gigabit PoE Smart Switch contains an embedded web server and management software for managing and monitoring switch functions. This switch operates as a simple switch without using the management software. The management software enables you to configure more advanced features, and consequently improve switch efficiency as well as overall network performance.

Web-Based Management enables you to monitor, configure, and control your switch remotely using a common web browser, instead of having to use expensive and complicated SNMP software products. Simply by using your web browser, you can monitor the performance of your switch and optimize network configuration. Using your browser, for example, you can set up VLANs, traffic priority, and configure port trunking.

In addition, NETGEAR provides the SmartWizard Discovery utility with this product. This program runs under Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 and provides a “front end” that discovers the switches on your network segment. When you power up your switch for the first time, the SmartWizard Discovery utility enables you to configure its basic network parameters without prior knowledge of IP address or subnet mask. Following such configuration, this program leads you into the Web Management interface.

Some features of the SmartWizard Discovery utility and Web Management interface are shown in the table below.

1-2 Getting Started with Switch Management

v1.0, December 2007