Setting Up SNMP Management 37
Setting Up Over the
Network
To manage a Switch using the command line interface over a network 
using Telnet:
1
You must set up the Switch with IP information. To do this:
a
Access the command line interface of the Switch through the console 
port. See “Setting Up Through the Console Port”
 on page 36.
b
Use the 
ip interface define
 command to enter suitable IP 
information for the Switch.
For more information about IP, see “Managing a Switch Over the 
Network” on page 38. For more information about the ip 
interface define
 command, see “Specifying IP and SLIP 
Information” on page 133.
2
If you are using a terminal emulator, you must have an IP stack correctly 
installed on the terminal emulator.
3
Your terminal or terminal emulator must be connected to the Switch 
using a port that is in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). By default, all ports on 
the Switch are in VLAN 1. For more information about VLANs, see 
“Virtual LANs (VLANs)”
 on page 163.
4
To open the Telnet session, you must specify the IP address of the Switch. 
Check the documentation supplied with the Telnet facility if you are 
unsure how to do this.
Setting Up SNMP 
Management
Any network management application running the Simple Network 
Management Protocol (SNMP) can manage a Switch if:
■
The correct MIBs (Management Information Bases) are installed on the 
management workstation
■
The management workstation is connected to the Switch using a port 
in VLAN 1 (the Default VLAN). By default, all ports on the Switch are in 
VLAN 1. For more information about VLANs, see “Virtual LANs 
(VLANs)” on page 163.
For information about using an SNMP network management application 
to manage a Switch, see the documentation supplied with the software.
To manage your Switch using an SNMP network management 
application, you need to specify SNMP community strings for the users 
defined on the Switch. You can do this using the command line interface 
— see 
“Specifying SNMP Community Strings”
 on 
page 137
.