Users Guide

Table Of Contents
60 Switch Feature Overview
System Management Features
Multiple Management Options
Any of the following methods can be used to manage the switch:
Use a web browser to access the
Dell EMC OpenManage Switch
Administrator
interface. The switch contains an embedded Web server
that serves HTML pages.
Dell EMC Networking N-Series switches
support HTTP and HTTPS over IPv4 or IPv6.
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. Dell EMC Networking N-Series switches
support Telnet and SSH access over IPv4 or IPv6.
Use a network management system (NMS), like the Dell EMC
OpenManage Network Manager, 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 pre-configuration capability, even when
the feature is not enabled or the required hardware is not present. Pre-
configured 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 switch management options.
System Time Management
The switch can be configured to obtain the system time and date through a
remote Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server, or the time and date
can be set locally on the switch. The time zone and information about time
shifts that might occur during summer months can also be configured. When
SNTP is used to obtain the time, communications between the switch and
the SNTP server can be encrypted.
The Dell EMC Networking SNTP client supports connection to SNTP
servers over IPv4 or IPv6.