Operation Manual – Management VLAN
H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1
Management VLAN Configuration
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Chapter 1 Management VLAN Configuration
1.1 Introduction to Management VLAN
1.1.1 Management VLAN
To manage an Ethernet switch remotely through Telnet or the built-in Web server, the
switch need to be assigned an IP address. On H3C S3600 series Ethernet swithes, you
can specify a management VLAN through related command.
The management VLAN interface of a switch can obtain an IP address in one of the
following three ways:
z Through the command used to configure IP address
z Through BOOTP (In this case, the switch operates as a BOOTP client.)
z Through dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) (In this case, the switch
operates as a DHCP client)
The latest IP address obtained overwrites the previous one. That is, the latest IP
address obtained causes the previously IP address to be released. For example, if you
assign an IP address to a VLAN interface by using the corresponding commands and
then apply for another IP address through BOOTP (using the ip address bootp-alloc
command), the former IP address will be released, and the final IP address of the VLAN
interface is the one obtained through BOOTP.
1.1.2 Static Route
A static route is configured manually by an administrator. You can make a network with
relatively simple topology to operate properly by simply configuring static routes for it.
Configuring and using static routes wisely helps to improve network performance and
can guarantee bandwidth for important applications.
The disadvantages of static route lie in that: When a fault occurs or the network
topology changes, static routes may become unreachable, which in turn results in
network failures. In this case, manual configurations are needed to recover the
network.
To access an S3600 series Ethernet switch through networks, you can configure static
routes for it.
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