Owner's Manual

54 Switch Features
System Management Features
Multiple Management Options
You can use any of the following methods to manage the switch:
• Use a web browser to access the Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator
interface. The switch contains an embedded Web server that serves
HTML pages.
• Use a telnet client, SSH client, or a direct console connection to access the
CLI. The CLI
syntax and semantics conform as much as possible to
common industry practice.
• Use a network management system (NMS) to manage and monitor the
system through SNMP. The switch supports
SNMP v1/v2c/v3 over the
UDP/IP transport protocol.
Nearly all switch features support a preconfiguration capability, even when
the feature is not enabled or the required hardware is not present.
Preconfigured capabilities become active only when enabled (typically via an
admin mode control) or when the required hardware is present (or both). For
example, a port can be preconfigured with both trunk and access mode
information. The trunk mode information is applied only when the port is
placed into trunk mode and the access mode information is only applied
when the port is placed into access mode. Likewise, OSPF routing can be
configured in the switch without being enabled on any port. This capability is
present in all of the management options.
Simple Mode
Users with a privilege level of 15 can configure the switch to operate in
normal mode or simple mode. By default, the switch operates in normal
mode. When the PowerConnect M6220/M6348/M8024/M8024-k switch is
operating in simple mode, a limited number of features are available to
configure. For features that are not available in simple mode, their
administrative Web pages and CLI commands are unavailable.
NOTE: The PowerConnect M8024-k switch operates in Simple mode by default.
The PowerConnect M6220, M6348, and M8024 switches operate in normal mode by
default, and Simple mode is disabled.