Netgear M5300-28G3 Web Management User Guide - Page 9

1. Getting Started 1 This chapter provides an overview of starting your NETGEAR ProSafe M5300 Switch and accessing the user interface. This chapter contains the following sections: • Switch Management Interface on page 9 • Web Access on page 9 • Understanding the User Interfaces on page 10 • Interface Naming Convention on page 17 Switch Management Interface The switches in the NETGEAR ProSafe M5300 family contain an embedded Web server and management software for managing and monitoring switch functions. M5300 Series devices function as simple switches without the management software. However, you can use the management software to configure more advanced features that can improve switch efficiency and overall network performance. Web-based management lets you monitor, configure, and control your switch remotely using a standard Web browser instead of using expensive and complicated SNMP software products. From your Web browser, you can monitor the performance of your switch and optimize its configuration for your network. You can configure all switch features, such as VLANs, QoS, and ACLs by using the Web-based management interface. Web Access To access the M5300 Series management interface, open a Web browser and enter the IP address of the switch in the address field. You must be able to ping the IP address of the M5300 Series management interface from your administrative system for Web access to be available. If you did not change the IP address of the switch from the default value, enter 192.168.1.1 into the address field. 9