Slave switch IP will be covered by Master one, and disappear temporarily. The slave IP

NOTE

address can be the same as Master IP address. Thus, if master switch is malfunction, you

can still access the other switch by same IP address.

You can key in Master IP (ex:203.70.249.152), and choose “Stack Config”, then all the stack member list will be displayed . You can then choose the switch you want to configure from the “Select switch to view” list.

 

If you have difficulty on selecting another switch, you may be connecting to the slave switch’s

NOTE

web, please close the browser window, use the “arp –d * ” DOS command to clear the ARP

table and then reopen the web.

Figure 3-11 The Stack screen page

3.10 SNMP

The management switch provides Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) over the UDP/IP transport protocol as defined in RFC 1517 for network management applications.

To control the access of the system, a list of community entries is defined. Each community entry consists of a community string and its access privilege. The Access privilege is either “Read Only” or “Read-Write”. Only SNMP messages with correct community string and allowable operation are responded by the system. The community list is configurable by all management operations. Only SNMP community with “Read-Write” can view the whole list and make modifications. A “Read Only” community can only see its own community entry.

 

In a stack environment, for master switch to know which switch you want to view and set by

NOTE

SNMP, either the switches’ IP or community name must be different. Thus, if you have

stacked several switches by single IP, their community name must be different.

Trap messages are generated to report system events spontaneously as defined in RFC 1215. The system can generate traps defined in the MIB it supports.

A list of “Trap Receivers” is defined in management as the target of each trap message. A Trap Receiver

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