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VH-2402-L3 Management Guide 1
1.
Configuring the Switch Using the Console
Interface
The VH-2402-L3 supports a console management interface
that allows the user to connect to the switch’s management
agent via a serial port and a terminal or a computer running
a terminal emulation program. The console can also be
used over the network using the TCP/IP TELNET protocol.
The console program can be used to configure the switch to
use an SNMP-based network management software over
the network.
This chapter describes how to use the console interface to
access the switch, change its settings, and monitor its
operation.
Switch configuration settings that are saved to
non-volatile RAM using Save Changes from the
Main Menu are retained in the switch’s memory,
and are reloaded when the switch is rebooted.
Before You Start
The VH-2402-L3 supports a wide array of functions and
gives great flexibility and increased network performance by
eliminating the routing bottleneck between the WAN and the
intranet. Its function in a network can be thought of as a new
generation of wire-speed router that performs routing
functions in hardware, rather than in software.
General Deployment Strategy
The VH-2402-L3 has many automatic features to
detect the network topology and adapt to
changes in this topology, but it is recommended
that a network scheme be developed and
entered statically into the VH-2402-L3.
