Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Configuring the ProCurve Wireless Services xl Module
Management Interfaces
HTTPS Access
By default, the Wireless Edge Services xl Module supports both HTTP and
HTTPS. When you use HTTPS to access the module’s Web browser interface,
the connection between your management workstation and the Wireless Edge
Services xl Module is secure. Communications between your workstation and
the module are encrypted.
Note You cannot modify the port numbers for HTTP and HTTPS.
SNMP Support
Because the Wireless Edge Services xl Module supports SNMP v3, communi-
cations between the Java applet running the Web browser interface and your
management workstation are encrypted. This SNMP v3 support secures com-
munications even when you use HTTP, rather than HTTPS.
Manager and Operator Users.
The management users for the Wireless Edge
Services xl Module are also controlled through SNMP v3. There are two users:
■ Manager—The manager has read-write access, which means the man-
ager can configure settings and view information.
■ Operator—The operator has read-only access, which means the operator
can only view information. When a user accesses the Web browser inter-
face using the operator name and password, buttons (such as Apply or
Edit) that allow you to make configuration changes are unusable. (These
buttons are greyed out.)
The operator user is particularly useful if you want to assign a new IT staff
member the task of monitoring certain module functions. However, you do
not want this IT staff member to change the existing configuration. In this
case, you could give this IT staff member the password for the operator user
but reserve the manager user password for only senior-level IT staff.
SNMP Communities. In order for an SNMP server to access the SNMP agent
running on a device such as the Wireless Edge Services xl Module, the SNMP
server must know at least one of the community names configured on the
device. Each community name is assigned an access control: read-only or
read-write. The access control assigned to the community determines the
operations that an SNMP server can complete on the Wireless Edge Services
xl Module.