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Device Management Applications Familiarization

Management application overview

This chapter describes the different applications you can use to manage the NetIron CES and

NetIron CER 2000 Series devices. The NetIron CES and NetIron CER 2000 Series devices support

the same management applications as other Brocade devices.

As with other Brocade devices, you can manage a NetIron CES and NetIron CER 2000 Series device

using any of the following applications:

• Command Line Interface (CLI) – a text-based interface accessible directly from a PC or terminal

attached to the device’s serial (Console) port or 10BaseT/100BaseTX Ethernet (management)

port, or from a Telnet connection to the PC or terminal.

• IronView Network Manager – An optional SNMP-based standalone GUI application. For more

information see the IronWare MIB Reference.

The following section describes how to log on to these applications.

CLI Functionality

Once an IP address is assigned to the NetIron CES and NetIron CER 2000 Series device’s

management port, you can access the CLI through a PC or terminal attached to the device’s serial

(Console) port or 10BaseT/100BaseTX Ethernet (management) port, or from a Telnet or SSH

connection to the PC or terminal.

You can initiate a local Telnet, SSH or SNMP connection by specifying the management port’s IP

address.

The commands in the CLI are organized into the following levels:

• User EXEC – Lets you display information and perform basic tasks such as pings and

traceroutes.

• Privileged EXEC – Lets you use the same commands as those at the User EXEC level plus

configuration commands that do not require saving the changes to the system-config file.

• CONFIG – Lets you make configuration changes to the device. To save the changes across

software reloads and system resets, you need to save them to the system-config file. The

CONFIG level contains sub-levels for individual ports, for VLANs, for routing protocols, and other

configuration areas.

NOTE

By default, any user who can open a direct or Telnet connection to a NetIron CES and NetIron CER

2000 Series device can access all these CLI levels. To secure access, you can configure Enable

passwords or local user accounts, or you can configure the device to use a RADIUS or

TACACS/TACACS+ server for authentication. Refer to Security Guide.