Planet XGS-6311 Series - Switch Management

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2.Switch Management
TosetuptheManagedSwitch,theuserneedstoconguretheManaged Switch
for network management. The Managed Switch provides two management
options: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 conguration,orwhenin-bandmanagementisnotavailable.
In-Band Management
In-band management refers to the management by logging in to the Managed
SwitchusingTelnetorHTTP,orusing SNMP managementsoftwaretocongure
the Managed Switch. In-band management enables the management of
the Managed Switch to attach some devices to the Switch. The following
proceduresarerequiredtoenablein-bandmanagement:
1. Log on to console
2.Assign/CongureIPaddress
3. Create a remote login account
4.EnableHTTPorTelnetserverontheManagedSwitch
In case in-band management fails due to Managed Switch conguration
changes, out-of-band management can be used for conguring and managing
theManagedSwitch.
The Managed Switch is shipped with VLAN1 interface IP
address 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 access the Managed
SwitchthroughTelnetorHTTP.