6-1 
6  Logging In Through the Web-based Network 
Management Interface 
Go to these sections for information you are interested in: 
z  Introduction 
z  Establishing an HTTP Connection 
z  Configuring the Login Banner 
z  Enabling/Disabling the WEB Server 
Introduction 
Switch 4210 has a Web server built in. It enables you to log in to Switch 4210 through a Web browser 
and then manage and maintain the switch intuitively by interacting with the built-in Web server. 
To log in to Switch 4210 through the built-in Web-based network management interface, you need to 
perform the related configuration on both the switch and the PC operating as the network management 
terminal. 
Table 6-1 Requirements for logging in to a switch through the Web-based network management 
system 
Item  Requirement 
The VLAN interface of the switch is assigned an IP address, and the route 
between the switch and the Web network management terminal is reachable. 
(Refer to the IP Address Configuration – IP Performance Configuration and 
Routing Protocol parts for related information.) 
Switch 
The user name and password for logging in to the Web-based network 
management system are configured. 
IE is available. PC operating as 
the network 
management 
terminal 
The IP address of the VLAN interface of the switch, the user name, and the 
password are available. 
 
Establishing an HTTP Connection 
1)  Assign an IP address to VLAN-interface 1 of the switch (VLAN 1 is the default VLAN of the switch). 
See 
Telnetting to a Switch from a Terminal for related information. 
2)  Configure the user name and the password on the switch for the Web network management user to 
log in. 
# Create a Web user account, setting both the user name and the password to admin and the user level 
to 3. 
<Sysname> system-view 
[Sysname] local-user admin 
[Sysname-luser-admin] service-type telnet level 3 
[Sysname-luser-admin] password simple admin