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18 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED Figure 3 Web Interface Management over the Network Workstation Switch Connect over Network via web browser Refer to "Setting Up Web Interface Management" on page 25. SNMP Management You can manage a switch using any network management workstation running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as shown in Figure 4. For example, you can use the 3Com Network Director software, available from the 3Com website. Figure 4 SNMP Management over the Network SNMP Network Management Workstation Switch Connect over Network using SNMP Switch Setup Overview Refer to "Setting Up SNMP Management V1 or V2" on page 26. This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your switch set up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The whole setup process is summarized in Figure 5. Detailed procedural steps are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to: ■ Configure IP information manually for your switch or view the automatically configured IP information ■ Prepare for your chosen method of management