ZyXEL Communications Vantage Access User Manual
Vantage Access User’s Guide
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Introducing Vantage Access
This chapter introduces Vantage Access and its key features. Refer to the Quick Start Guide
for setup requirements, installation, and access.
for setup requirements, installation, and access.
1.1 Overview
Vantage Access is a web-based management tool that allows you to remotely management,
control and monitor devices which support the TR-069, TR-098, TR-104, TR-106, TR-111
and TR-135 protocols (from ZyXEL or other vendors). The following figure shows a typical
network example.
control and monitor devices which support the TR-069, TR-098, TR-104, TR-106, TR-111
and TR-135 protocols (from ZyXEL or other vendors). The following figure shows a typical
network example.
Figure 1 Vantage Access Application Example
In this example, you use a computer (A) to log into the web configurator on the Vantage
Access server (B), also known as the Auto-Configuration Server (ACS). You also need to
configure the devices (C) to update their status to the Vantage Access server. Once the Vantage
Access server collects this information, you can
Access server (B), also known as the Auto-Configuration Server (ACS). You also need to
configure the devices (C) to update their status to the Vantage Access server. Once the Vantage
Access server collects this information, you can
• monitor device status.
• examine device and system logs or events.
• manage multiple devices at a time (for example, remote firmware upgrade, configuration
changes, etc).
• set the Vantage Access server to perform scheduled firmware upgrades on the managed
device(s).
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