Quick Guide
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2. Switch Management
To set up the L3 Managed Switch, the user needs to congure the L3 Managed
Switch for network management. The L3 Managed Switch provides two
managementoptions:Out-of-Band Management and In-Band Management.
Out-of-Band Management
Out-of-band management is the management through Console interface.
Generally, the user will use out-of-band management for the initial switch
conguration,orwhenin-bandmanagementisnotavailable.
Note
The L3 Managed Switch is shipped with IP address
(192.168.0.254/24)assigned by default. User can assign another
IP address to the L3 Managed Switch via the Console interface to
be able to remotely access the L3 Managed Switch through Telnet
or HTTP.
In-Band Management
In-band management refers to the management by logging in to the L3 Managed
Switch using Telnet or HTTP, or using SNMP management software to congure
the L3 Managed Switch. In-band management enables the management of the L3
Managed Switch to attach some devices to the Switch. The following procedures
arerequiredtoenablein-bandmanagement:
1. Logon to console
2.Assign/CongureIPaddress
3. Create a remote login account
4.EnableHTTPorTelnetserverontheL3ManagedSwitch
In case in-band management fails due to L3 Managed Switch conguration
changes, out-of-band management can be used for conguring and managing the
L3ManagedSwitch.