2.2.1 Upgrading to the Web-Supported Version
If your switch is upgraded to the Web-supported version during its operation and the switch has
already stored its configuration files, then Web visit cannot be directly applied on the switch.
Perform the following steps one by one to enable the Web visit on the switch:
1. Connect the console port of the switch with the accessory cable, or telnet to the
management address of the switch through computer.
2. Enter the global configuration mode of the switch through the command line, the
DOS prompt of which is similar to “Switch_config#”.
3. If the management address of the switch is not configured, please create the VLAN
interface and configure the IP address.
4. Enter the
ip http server
command in global configuration mode and start the Web
service.
5. Run
username
to set the username and password of the switch. For how to use this
command, refer to the “Security Configuration” section in the user manual.
After the above-mentioned steps are performed, you can enter the address of the
switch in the Web browser to access the switch.
6. Enter
write
to save the current configuration to the configuration file.
2.3 Accessing Switch Through Secure Links
The data between the WEB browser and the switch will not be encrypted if you access switch
through common HTTP. To encrypt these data, you can use the secure links, which are based on
the secure sockets layer, to access the switch.
To do this, you should follow the following steps:
1. Connect the console port of the switch with the accessory cable, or telnet to the
management address of the switch through computer.
2. Enter the global configuration mode of the switch through the command line, the
DOS prompt of which is similar to “Switch_config#”.
3. If the management address of the switch is not configured, please create the VLAN
interface and configure the IP address.
4. Enter the ip http server command at global configuration mode and start the Web
service.
5. Run username to set the username and password of the switch. For how to use this
command, please refer to the “Security Configuration” section in the user manual.
6. Run ip http ssl-access enable to enable the secure link access of the switch.
7. Run no ip http http-access enable to forbid to access the switch through insecure
links.
8. Enter write to store the current configuration to the configuration file.
9. Open the WEB browser on PC that the switch connects, enter https://192.168.2.1 on
the address bar (192.168.2.1 stands for the management IP address of the switch)
and then press the Enter key. Then the switch can be accessed through the secure
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