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Chapter 4 Web Based Management

4.1 Introduction

This chapter will explain the operation of the FRM GUI (Graphical User Interface), a Web based interface used

to monitor and configure the FRM220 fiber media converter rack.

The management station may be attached directly to the FRM220 SNMP card with an Ethernet crossover cable.

Typically the workstation will be attached to a network's HUB or switch and the equipment to be managed may be

connected to the same subnet or may be connected on a remote network that has access via a router to the local

subnet.

Follow the procedures in Chapter 3 for configuring the NMC for TCP/IP communication. Once this is

completed and the Ethernet port of the NMC is connected to your network, the unit may be managed from any

browser under any Operating System. The examples that follow are done with Microsoft's ® Internet Explorer®

running on Vista.

4.2 Web Based Management Operation

4.2.1 Introduction

This section assumes that the Web Based management using a workstation as in section 1 and that the SNMP

agent has been correctly configured as in section 2. This chapter will detail the operation of the web GUI in

monitoring and controlling the FRM220 Platform Media Rack.

4.2.2 Configuration

4.2.2.1 Start the Web Based application

Start the application by opening a web browser application such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the

address of the FRM220 in the format http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the NMC

card. A login username and password may or may not be required to enter the configuration. The default

username and password are not set initially. In the example, we have already set a user as 'admin' through the

console.

Figure 4.1 Web manager login