Specifications

4 FeatureConfiguration
ThischapterexplainshowtoconfigurePMIManagedsoftwarefeatures.There
arefourwaystoaccesstheswitch:Serialconsole,Telnet,Webbrowserand
SNMP.
PMIManagedSwitchprovidesbothin‐bandandout‐bandconfigurationmethods.
YoucanconfiguretheswitchviaRS232consolecableifyoudon’tattachyour
adminPCtoyournetwork,orifyoulosethenetworkconnectiontoyourPMI
switch.Thisisso‐calledout‐bandmanagement.Itwouldn’tbeaffectedbythe
networkperformance.
Thein‐bandmanagementmeansyoucanremotelymanagetheswitchviathe
network.YoucanchooseTelnetorWeb‐basedmanagement.Youjustneedto
knowthedevice’sIPaddress.Thenyoucanremotelyconnecttoitsembedded
HTMLwebpagesorTelnetconsole.
WestermowebmanagementpageisdevelopedbyJava.Itallowsyoutousea
standardweb‐browsersuchasMicrosoftInternetExplorer,orMozilla,to
configureandinterrogatetheswitchfromanywhereonthenetwork.
Note:IE5.0orlaterversionsdonotallowJavaappletstoopensocketsbydefault.
UsershavetodirectlymodifythebrowsersettingstoselectivelyenableJava
appletstousenetworkports.
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Followingtopicsarecoveredinthischapter:
4.1 CommandLineInterface(CLI)Introduction
4.2 BasicSetting
4.3 PortConfiguration
4.4 PoweroverEthernet
4.5 NetworkRedundancy
4.6 VLAN
4.7 PrivateVLAN
4.8 TrafficPrioritization
4.9 MulticastFiltering
4.10 SNMP
4.11 Security
4.12 Warning
4.13 MonitorandDiag
4.14 DeviceFrontPanel
4.15 Save
4.16 Logout
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