Version 6 SuperStack 3 Switch 4400 Management Interface Reference Guide

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Introduction - Using the Web Management Interface - Accessing the Web Interface
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Introduction
Using the Web Interface
Accessing the Web Interface
You can access the web interface over the network.
To access the web interface over the network, take the following steps:
1. Ensure that your network is correctly set up for management using the web
interface. For more information, see "Setting Up Web Interface Management" in the
Switch Getting Started Guide.
2. Open your Web browser.
3. In the Location field of the browser, enter the URL of the stack. This must be in
the format: http://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/ where nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn is the IP address
of the stack. When the browser has located the stack, a user name and password
dialog box is displayed.
If the user name and password dialog box is not displayed, see Solving Web
Interface Problems.
4. Enter your user name and password:
If you have been assigned a user name and password, enter those details.
If you are accessing the web interface for the first time, enter a default user
name and password to match your access requirements. The defaults are
described in “Logging in as a Default User” in the Switch Getting Started
Guide. If you are setting up the stack for management, we suggest that you
log on as admin (which has no default password).
To prevent unauthorized configuration of the stack, we recommend that you
change the default passwords as soon as possible. To do this using the web
interface, you need to log in as each default user and then follow the steps
described in
Changing Your Password.
If you forget your password while logging in to the web interface, see Solving
Web Interface Problems.
Once you have entered a correct user name and password, one of two events
occur:
If you are accessing the web interface for the first time, a set of Getting
Started pages are displayed. These are described in
Accessing the Getting