User's Manual

Tsunami MP.11 2454-R, 5054-R, and 5054-R-LR Installation and Management
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Chapter 3. Management Overview
This chapter describes how to gain access to the unit for configuration and management.
Connecting to the unit requires either:
• A direct physical connection with an Ethernet cross-over cable or with a serial RS232C cable
• A network connection
For the serial connection, only the CLI can be used to configure and manage the unit. The other connections
allow the use of the Web Interface and SNMP in addition to the CLI.
Note: These other connections require the use of the IP address of the unit in order to use the Web Interface,
SNMP, or the CLI. See “IP Address” on page 22 for more information.
You can also manage the unit without an IP address by accessing the unit through the serial port with a terminal
program such as HyperTerminal (see “HyperTerminal Connection Properties” in the Tsunami MP.11 Reference
Manual).
THE INTERFACES
Three interfaces are provided for viewing or changing the unit’s settings:
Web Interface
The Web interface (HTTP) provides easy access to configuration settings and network statistics from any
computer on the network. You can access the Web interface over your network, over the Internet, or with a
crossover Ethernet cable connected directly to your computer’s Ethernet port. See “Chapter 5. Web
Interface”
on page 40 for more information about the Web Interface.
Command Line Interface
The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a text-based configuration utility that supports a set of keyboard
commands and parameters to configure and manage the unit. You enter command statements, composed of
CLI commands and their associated parameters. You can issue commands from the keyboard for real-time
control or from scripts that automate configuration. See “Command Line Interface” in the Tsunami MP.11
Reference Manual for more information about the Command Line Interface.
SNMP
In addition to the Web interface and the CLI, you also can manage and configure your unit using the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Note that this requires an SNMP manager program (sometimes
called MIB browser) or a Network Manager program using SNMP, such as HP OpenView or Castelrock’s
SNMPc. The units support several Management Information Base (MIB) files that describe the parameters
that can be viewed and configured using SNMP:
mib802.mib
orinoco.mib
rfc1213.mib
rfc1493.mib
rfc1643.mib
Proxim provides these MIB files on the CD included with your unit. You must compile one or more of these
MIB files into your SNMP program’s database before you can manage your unit using SNMP. See the
documentation that came with your SNMP manager for instructions about how to compile MIBs.
Note: When you update the software in the unit, you must also update the MIBs to the same release.
Because the parameters in the MIB may have changed, you will not otherwise have full control over
the features in the new release.