Management
All Powerconnect switches can be configured via either a built-in web-GUI or the command line interface or CLI (except for the entry-level layer 2 Powerconnects that only offer web-based configuration or can run in the un-managed mode). The Web GUI uses by default HTTP on port 80, but you can configure them to support HTTPS and/or change the HTTP port-number. For the CLI you can use the serial console cable and -for the M series blade switches- a virtual console via the CMC.
By default you can also access the CLI via telnet with an option to support SSH. Authentication can be done via either the local user-database, RADIUS or TACACS.
All switches do also support SNMP, and with each firmware release an up to date MIB is also released. Any SNMP based management tool can be used, but the company also releases their own management-platform Open Manage Network Manager, which is a limited edition of Dorado's RedCell application. A free version, which only allows the user to manage up to 10 network devices, is available on the firmware page of the respective switches.
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