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Management
SecureStack A2 Installation Guide 1-5
Management
Managementofthemodulecanbeeitherin‐bandorout‐of‐band.In‐bandremote
managementispossibleusingTelnet,Enterasys
Networks’NetSight
®
management
application,ortheWebViewapplication.Out‐of‐bandmanagementisprovidedthrough
theDB9ConsoleportconnectoronthefrontpanelusingaVT100term inaloraVT100
terminalemulator.
Switch Configuration Using WebView
EnterasysNetworks’HTTP‐basedWebmanagementapplication(WebView)isan
intuitivewebtoolforsimplemanagementtasks.
Switch Configuration Using CLI Commands
TheCLIcommandsenableyoutoperformmorecompleteSecureStackA2configuration
managementtasks.
ForCLIcommandsetinformationandhowtoconfigurethemodule,refertothe
SecureStackA2ConfigurationGuide.
Standards Compatibility
TheA2H254‐16isfullycompliantwiththeIEEE802.3‐2002,802.3ae‐2002,802.1D‐1998,
and802.1Q‐1998standards.The
SecureStackA2providesIEEE802.1D‐1998Spanning
TreeAlgorithm(STA)supporttoenhancetheoverallreliabilityofthenetworkand
protectagainst“loop”conditions.
LANVIEW Diagnostic LEDs
LANVIEWdiagnosticLEDsserveasanimportanttroubleshootingaidbyprovidingan
easywaytoobservethestatusofindividualportsandoverallnetworkoperations.