User manual SMC 6709L2

[. . . ] TigerSwitch 10/100 8-Port Fast Ethernet Switch 8 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports, 1 1000BASE-T port Optional 100BASE-FX or 1000BASE-X modules 5. 6 Gbps aggregate bandwidth Spanning Tree Protocol Up to four port trunks (static or dynamic) Port mirroring for non-intrusive analysis QoS support with two priority queues Full support for VLANs with GVRP IP multicasting with IGMP snooping Security filtering based on MAC addresses Manageable via console, Web, SNMP/RMON Management Guide SMC6709L2 TigerSwitch 10/100 Management Guide From SMC's Tiger line of feature-rich workgroup LAN solutions 38 Tesla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679-8000 May 2003 Pub. # ? Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. [. . . ] · Contact ­ Administrator responsible for the system. Specify the system name, location, and contact information for the system administrator, then click Apply. Setting Community Access Strings You may configure up to five community strings authorized for management access. For security reasons, you should consider removing the default strings. 3-40 SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL Field Attributes · Community String ­ A community string acts as a password and permits access to the SNMP protocol. · RO ­ Specifies read-only access. Authorized management stations are only able to retrieve MIB objects. · RW ­ Specifies read/write access. Authorized management stations are able to both retrieve and modify MIB objects. Enter a new string in the text box and select the access rights, then click Add. Specifying Trap Managers You can specify up to five management stations that will receive authentication failure messages and other trap messages from the switch. Field Attributes · IP Address ­ IP address of trap manager. · Community ­ A community string acts as a password and allows the trap manager to receive trap messages via the SNMP protocol. Fill in the IP address and community string for a trap manager, then click Add. 3-41 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH User Authentication The administrator has write access for parameters governing the onboard agent. You should therefore assign a password as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. (If your password is lost, reload the system firmware as described in Appendix B. ) The default administrator name is "admin" with the password "admin. " Note that the user name and password controls access to both the Web interface and the console menu. Field Attributes · User Name ­ The name of the user. (Range: 1-8 characters) · Password ­ Specifies the user password. (Range: 1-8 characters) Web ­ Click Administrator=>Security Manager. Enter the old password, enter the new password, confirm it by entering it again, then click Apply. 3-42 FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION SETTINGS Firmware and Configuration Settings Downloading System Software from a Server You can download firmware from a TFTP server. Field Attributes · TFTP Server IP Address ­ The IP address of a TFTP server. · Destination File Name ­ The file name should not contain slashes (\ or /), the leading letter of the file name should not be a period (. ), and the maximum length for file names is 25 characters. (Valid characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ". ", "-", "_") Web ­ Click TFTP Update Firmware. Enter the IP address of the TFTP server, enter the file name of the software to download, then click Apply. After downloading the image, click the Update Firmware button. To start the new firmware, reboot the system. 3-43 CONFIGURING THE SWITCH Saving or Restoring Configuration Settings You can upload/download configuration settings to/from a TFTP server. [. . . ] · If you are trying to connect to the agent via a tagged VLAN group, your management station must include the appropriate tag in its transmitted frames. · Check that you have a valid network connection to the switch and that the port you are using has not been disabled. · Check network cabling between the management station and the switch. · If you cannot connect using Telnet, there may already be four active sessions. [. . . ]