3
ACCESSING THE SWITCH
This chapter describes the following information that you can use to
begin managing the Switch 3800:
■ Security access level overview
■ Configuring the Switch for management
■ Switch management methods
■ Configuring SNMP
CAUTION: For configuration changes to be retained through a Switch
power cycle or reboot, you must issue a SAVE command after you have
made the change. For more information on the SAVE command, refer
to Chapter 10.
Security Access
Levels
The Switch 3800 supports two security access levels:
■ User
■ Administrator
User Access Level A user-level account can view all manageable parameters, with the
following exceptions:
■ User account information
■ SNMP community strings
A user-level account can use the ping command to test device
connectivity. A user-level account can also change the password
assigned to the account name. If you have logged on with a user
access level, the command-line prompt ends with a (>) sign. For
example:
3C16910>
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