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Domain Name Service Client ........................................51
Real-time Basic Connectivity Checking ......................52
Ping ........................................................................... 52
Traceroute ................................................................. 53
Methods of Managing the Switch ................................53
Using the Console Interface ...................................... 54
Using the 10/100 UTP Management Port.................. 54
Using Telnet ...................................................................54
Connecting to Another Host Using Telnet ................. 55
Configuring Switch IP Parameters............................. 55
Using a BOOTP Server .............................................55
Manually Configuring the IP Settings ........................56
Disconnecting a Telnet Session ................................ 58
Controlling Telnet Access.......................................... 58
Using Access Profiles ...................................................59
Creating an Access Profile ........................................ 59
Access Profile Rules.................................................. 61
Access Profile Example............................................. 61
Using Web Device Manager .........................................61
Controlling Web Access ............................................ 62
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) .........62
Accessing Switch Agents .......................................... 63
Supported MIBs......................................................... 63
Configuring SNMP Settings....................................... 63
Displaying SNMP Settings......................................... 66
Authenticating Users ....................................................66
RADIUS Client........................................................... 66
Per-Command Authentication Using RADIUS ...........67
Configuring RADIUS Client .......................................67
RADIUS RFC 2138 Attributes ...................................70
Configuring TACACS+ .............................................. 70
Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) .......................72
Configuring and Using SNTP .................................... 73
SNTP Configuration Commands ............................... 77
SNTP Example .......................................................... 77