Asante Technologies 5212 Switch User Manual


 
Setting Up For Management
Page 4-2
IntraSwitch Management
Overview The IntraSwitch 5212 can be managed using any of the follow-
ing methods:
Table 4-1 Management Options
This chapter describes how to connect to the IntraSwitch 5212
using either out-of-band or in-band management, as illustrated
in Figure 4-1.
For information on each management method, refer to the fol-
lowing:
Console or Telnet management — see Chapter
5, "Console Management" in this manual.
World Wide Web browser management — see
the Web Management Server Reference Guide.
SNMP-based Network Management Software —
see the section on "SNMP-based Management
Software" on page 4-7.
Method Type Description
Console out-of-band
management
local connection to the IntraSwitch
via the switch’s Console port
Telnet
(one session)
in-band
management
remote connection over the
network to the IntraSwitch via a
terminal emulation program
World Wide
Web browser
in-band
management
remote connection to the
IntraSwitch 5212 via a supported
World Wide Web browser
SNMP-based
Network
Management
Software
in-band
management
remote connection to the
IntraSwitch via any SNMP-based
network management application
such as IntraSpection
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