4
2. Switch Management
To set up the Managed Switch, the user needs to congure the Managed Switch
fornetwork management.The ManagedSwitch providestwo managementoptions:
Out-of-Band Management and In-Band Management.
Out-of-Band Management
Out-of-band management is the management through Console interface.
Generally, the user will use out-of-band management for the initial switch
conguration,orwhenin-bandmanagementisnotavailable.
Important
TheManagedSwitchis shippedwithIPaddress(192.168.0.254/24)
assigned by default. User can assign another IP address to the
Managed Switch via the Console interface to be able to remotely
accesstheManagedSwitchthroughTelnetorHTTP.
In-Band Management
In-band management refers to the management by logging in to the Managed
Switchusing Telnetor HTTP, orusing SNMPmanagement softwareto congurethe
Managed Switch. In-band management enables the management of the Managed
Switchto attach somedevicesto theSwitch.Thefollowingprocedures arerequired
toenableIn-bandmanagement:
1. Logon to console
2.Assign/CongureIPaddress
3. Create a remote login account
4.EnableHTTPorTelnetserverontheManagedSwitch
In case in-band management fails due to Managed Switch conguration changes,
out-of-band management can be used for conguring and managing the Managed
Switch