3Com 4210 Getting Started

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Setting Up SNMP Management 49Web Management Overthe NetworkTo manage a switch using the web interface over an IP network:1 Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your managementworkstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If youcan browse, the IP protocol is installed.2 Check you can communicate with the switch by entering a ping command at theDOS prompt in the following format:c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the switch)If you get an error message, check that your IP information was entered correctlyand the switch is powered up.3 Open your web browser and enter the IP address of the switch that you wish tomanage in the URL locator, for example, in the following format:http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx4 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and pressReturn at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you havealready modified the default passwords).5 Click on the Device View button to display the web management options.Setting Up SNMPManagementAny network management application running the Simple Network ManagementProtocol (SNMP) can manage a switch if the management workstation isconnected to the switch using a port on the management VLAN. By default, themanagement VLAN is 1, and all ports on the switch are in VLAN 1.For a description of 3Com’s network management applications, see Appendix C,“3Com Network Management” on page 63.Prerequisites ■ The default read community string is public. The default write communitystring is private.■ To display the current configuration of the community strings in the SystemView, enter display snmp-agent community.■ To configure new read community strings, enter snmp community read(new community string up to 32 characters).■ To configure new write community strings, enter snmp community write(new community string up to 32 characters).■ To remove a community string, enter undo snmp-agent community (thestring to be removed).To manage your switch using an SNMP network management application, youneed to specify SNMP community strings for the users defined on the switch. Youcan do this using the command line interface system management snmpcommunity command. Refer to the command line interface section of the“SuperStack 4 Switch Command Reference Guide” for more information.These switches support SNMP V1, V2, and V3. SNMP V3 is on as default. Allcommands are in snmp menu in System View.