Netgear M6100 – Campus Edge and SMB Core Chassis Switches User Guide

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This chapter provides an overview of starting your NETGEAR M6100 Chassis switch and 
accessing the user interface. This chapter contains the following sections:

The NETGEAR M6100 Chassis switch contains an embedded Web server and management 
software for managing and monitoring switch functions. M6100 Chassis switch functions as a 
simple switch without the management software. However, you can use the management 
software to configure more advanced features that can improve switch efficiency and overall 
network performance.

Web-based management lets you monitor, configure, and control your switch remotely using 
a standard Web browser instead of using expensive and complicated SNMP software 
products. From your Web browser, you can monitor the performance of your switch and 
optimize its configuration for your network. You can configure all switch features, such as 
VLANs, QoS, and ACLs by using the Web-based management interface.

To access the M6100 Chassis switch management interface:

Open a Web browser and enter the IP address of the switch in the address field.

You must be able to ping the IP address of the M6100 Chassis switch management interface 
from your administrative system for Web access to be available. If you did not change the IP 
address of the switch from the default value, enter 169.254.100.100 into the address field. 

Accessing the switch directly from your Web browser displays the login screen shown in