User Manual

Chapter 1: Starting a Web Browser Management Session
24 Section I: Basic Operations
Starting a Web Browser Management Session
In order to establish a web browser management session with an AT-8500
Series switch, the switch must be part of an enhanced stack or be
assigned an IP address. If the switch is part of an enhanced stack, such as
a slave switch, starting a web browser management session on the
stack’s master switch gives you access to all of the switches in the stack.
If the switch is not part of an enhanced stack and does not have an IP
address and you want to manage it with the web browser interface, you
must give it an IP address. The initial assignment of an IP address must
be made through a local connection to the switch using the Terminal Port.
After assigning the switch an IP address and subnet mask, you can
remotely connect to it using your web browser.
Note
For background information on enhanced stacking, refer to AT-S62
Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide.
To start a web browser management session, perform the following
procedure:
1. Start your web browser.
Note
If your PC with the web browser is connected directly to the switch to
be managed or is on the same side of a firewall as the switch, you
must configure your browser’s network options not to use proxies.
Consult your web browser’s documentation on how to configure the
switch’s web browser not to use proxies.
2. In the URL field of the browser, enter the IP address of the switch you
want to manage or of the master switch of the enhanced stack.
Figure 1. Entering a Switch’s IP Address in the URL Field
Switch’s IP Address