SMC Networks SMC8606T manual Chapter Switch Management, Configuration Options

CHAPTER 1

SWITCH MANAGEMENT

Configuration Options

For advanced management capability, the TigerSwitch 1000 management agent provides a menu-driven system configuration program. This program can be accessed by a direct or modem connection to the serial port on the front panel (out-of-band), or by a Telnet connection over the network (in-band).

The management agent is based on SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). This SNMP agent permits the switch to be managed from any PC in the network using in-band management software (such as SMC’s EliteView).

The management agent also includes an embedded HTTP Web agent. This Web agent can be accessed using a standard Web browser from any computer attached to the network.

The system configuration program and the SNMP agent support management functions such as:

•Enable/disable any port

•Set the communication mode for any port

•Configure SNMP parameters

•Configure VLANs or multicast filtering

•Display system information or statistics

•Configure the switch to join a Spanning Tree

•Download system firmware

•Restart the system

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