NETGEAR NETGEAR user manual Scope, Switch Management Overview

Chapter 2

Switch Management Overview

This chapter gives an overview of switch management, including the methods you can use to manage your NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch.

•Management Access Overview

•SNMP Access

•Protocols

Scope

The NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch software has two purposes:

•Assist attached hardware in switching frames, based on Layer 2 or 3 information contained in the frames.

•Provide a complete switch management portfolio for the network administrator.

Switch Management Overview

Fast Ethernet (FEN) and Gigabit Ethernet (GEN) switching continues to evolve from high-end backbone applications to desktop switching applications. The price of the technology continues to decline, while performance and feature sets continue to improve. Devices that are capable of switching Layers 2, 3, and 4 are increasingly in demand. The NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch provides a flexible solution to these ever-increasing needs.

The NETGEAR 7300S Series Layer 3 Managed Switch provides the network administrator with a set of comprehensive management functions for managing both the FSM7328S, FSM7352S and the network. The network administrator has a choice of three easy-to-use management methods:

•Web-based

•VT100 interface

Note: The maximum number of configuration file command lines is 2000.

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202-10088-01, March 2005