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In-Band Management
It is possible to achieve in-band management for the switch if necessary. The switch
administrator needs to connect the
Cfg Port
to any of the normal switch ports (e.g. Port 1), then
the NMS can be located anywhere within the network. The following figure shows a connection
example for in-band switch management.
8G Smart Switch
C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
NMS
192.168.1.100
PC2
192.168.1.200
Config Traffic
IP
192.168.1.254
Switch Traffic
The advantage of in-band management is that any PC within the network can be a NMS to
configure the switch.
The main disadvantage is that the switch configuration is more accessible to network users and
you are relying on username/password security over physical security. By using in-band
management you also loose one of the 8 Gigabit ports.
