Switch User Manual

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C HAPTER 1
S WITCH M ANAGEMENT
Configuration Options
For advanced management capability, the TigerSwitch 100
management agent provides a menu-driven system configuration
program. This program can be accessed by a direct or modem
connection to the serial port on the rear panel (out-of-band), or by
a Telnet connection over the network (in-band).
The management agent is based on SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol). This SNMP agent permits the switch to be
managed from any PC in the network using in-band management
software (such as SMC’s EliteView).
The management agent also includes an embedded HTTP Web
agent. This Web agent can be accessed using a standard Web
browser from any computer attached to the network.
The system configuration program and the SNMP agent support
management functions such as:
• Enable/disable any port
• Set the communication mode for any port
• Configure SNMP parameters
• Configure VLANs or multicast filtering
• Display system information or statistics
• Configure the switch to join a Spanning Tree
• Download system firmware
• Restart the system