3com 4210 PWR 18-PORT User Manual

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Setting Up Your Switch
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Figure 27   Web Interface Management over the Network
SNMP Management
You can manage a switch using any network management workstation running 
the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as shown in Figure 28. For a 
description of 3Com network management applications refer to “3Com Network 
Management” on page 63
.
Figure 28   SNMP Management over the Network
Setting Up Your 
Switch
This section provides an overview of what you need to do to set up your switch so 
that you can manage it in its default state. The setup process is summarized in 
Figure 29. Detailed steps are provided in the sections that follow. In brief, you 
need to:
Configure IP information manually for your switch or view the automatically 
configured IP information
Prepare for your chosen method of management
Workstation
Switch
Connect over Network
via web browser
SNMP Network Management
Workstation
Switch
Connect over Network
using SNMP