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® http://www.3com.com/ W eb Ma nageme nt User Guide For the SuperStac k ® II Switch 3900 and Swi tch 9300 Part No. 10012 703 Publ ished Augus t 1999.
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C ONT ENTS A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Conventions 5 Y ea r 2000 Com pliance 6 1 W EB M ANAG EMENT O VERVIEW Web Management Overview 8 Browser and P la t form Re quir e ments 9 Color Recommen dations 9 Browse.
Launching Web Manage ment A pplications 2 5 Managing a Single Device 25 Launching the Form-Specific He lp 25 Laun ching the WebManag e Framework 25 Enabling E-mail Notification for Status Log 25 Loggi.
A BOUT T HIS G UI DE The W eb Management s oftwar e is a suite of HTML-bas ed appli cations that is ship ped wit h the Super Stack ® II S witch 390 0 and Sw itch 93 00. This g uide describ es the softwar e, includin g an overv iew and infor m atio n on in stallation an d set up.
6 A BOU T T HIS G UIDE Y ear 2000 Compli ance For in form atio n on Y ear 2 000 compl iance an d 3Com produc ts, visi t the 3Co m Y ea r 200 0 Web pa ge: http :/ /w ww.
1 W EB M ANA GEMEN T O VE RV IE W This c hapter d esc ribes t he compon ents in the W eb Management s uit e of app licati ons for t he SuperS tack ® II Swit ch 3 900 a nd Sw itch 9300.
8 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Web M anagem ent Over view Th e Web Ma nag ement suite o f featu r es c on sists of e mbe dded Web Mana ge ment a pplicatio ns and installabl e tools: ■ Em.
Web Manageme nt Overview 9 Browser and P latform Requi r ements The Web M anage men t suite of a ppl ication s ha s cert ain d epende ncies , as descri bed in this sec tion. Co lor Re commenda tions The mi nim um grap hics c apa bility is S VGA (80 0x600 resol ution).
10 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Platform R equirements T abl e 3 li sts the platform s that you need for each of the Web Ma nagemen t fea tures. Embe dded Web Man age me nt Ap plic atio n s W ith t he emb edde d Web M anage me nt appl icat ions, you c an m ana ge your system using a Web browser .
Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 11 Figure 2 Parts of the W eb Management Opening Scr een (3900 shown) Interfa ce Description The screen f or t he embe d ded Web M ana gem ent ap plication s i .
12 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W ■ Perform ance tab — When y ou select this t ab , t he menu tr ee li sts cha rts t hat supp ort dyn amic monitori ng.
Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 13 We bCon sole T ab I n the Web Console appli c atio n, the menu t ree o f folder s contains icons f or opti ons th at y ou c an c ha nge to m ana ge y our dev ic e. Cl ick a n ic on t o view th e re late d confi guratio n form.
14 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Conf igurat ion W izar d The W e bConsol e menu tree al so cont ains an icon calle d Define Wizard for the T runk Def initi on configu ration wi z ar d . Use th e wizar d to cr eate valid conf igur ations, modify att ributes a nd param eter s, and prevent common confi g ura tion mishaps.
Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 15 De viceV iew T ab The Dev iceView appli cation a ctive ly monitors the devi ce and allows you to conf igure sys tem and fr ont-panel p ort para m ete rs in r eal -time.
16 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W About th e Dev ice Image As y ou mov e yo ur po inter ov er the i mag e, a b lue border ou tlines t he p art of th e devi ce imag e un der you r p oint er . Click an element in th e device i mage in the DeviceVi ew workspace (s hown in Figu re 5), a conf iguration form appea rs below the i mag e.
Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 17 Conf igurin g Paramete rs in De vic eView T o config ur e a parameter : 1 Cli ck the image of th e are a that y o u want to co nfigur e: ■ T o vi ew and modi fy system -level par am e ters, c lick a n ywhe re al o ng th e outlin e of th e chassis i mag e.
18 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Usi ng S tatus Loggin g Devic eView has a Stat u s Log th at moni tors sy stem an d p ort chang es on the device a n d disp lays th e eve nts i n a log.
Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 19 Figure 8 De vic e View Configur ation Form (3900 Shown) 3 In t he Stat us Logg ing field, select enabl ed. For inform ation on o ther options, cli ck Help. 4 Click Ap ply . 5 In t he menu tree, c lic k Status Lo g and con figure the option s for e- mailing system or p ort cha nges.
20 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Performa nce T ab Y ou can m onit or cer tain a spec ts of your n etwo rk per form ance w ith cha rts of l ive act ivity . See the H elp fo r infor matio n on ch oosing op tions that do no t affec t networ k p erfo rmance.
Embed ded Web Managemen t Applicat ions 21 T o c ustom ize you r Perfo rma nce m onitor ing sc r e en: 1 On th e Web M anage me nt openi ng scree n, click the Performan c e tab. Th e Ethe r net me nu tr ee appears . 2 I n the menu tr ee, click the Configur ation op ti on.
22 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Help T ab The f ourth tab of the Web Man ageme nt op ening sc r een con tains the se lin ks: ■ The Hel p conf igurat ion f orm — After you install the Help fi les (see Chapt er 2), t ype the pa th t o the di re cto ry in w hic h you inst alled you r Help files.
Inst allabl e Web Mana gement T ools 23 Usin g We bManag e Framework Use the W ebManage Framework t o organize the device s that yo u manage i nto easily ac cess ible gr oups. Y ou can als o creat e a folder for each g r o up, a s shown in F igure 10 an d desc ribed next.
24 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W Usi ng th e Form -Specific He lp Files Each co nfigurat ion form ha s a Help button a nd one or more related He lp topic s.
Launchi ng W eb Man agemen t Applicat i o ns 25 Launchi ng Web Man age me nt Ap plic atio n s Depe ndin g on wh ich op tiona l files yo u decide t o inst all, you ca n m anage a s ingle d evic e, acce.
26 C HAPTER 1: W EB M ANAGEMENT O VER VIE W.
2 I NSTA LL ATI ON AND S ETUP This ch apter co vers in stalla tion an d set up for t he add itional tools t hat yo u can instal l on your sy stem : ■ Inst alling Supplemen tal T ools ■ Setti ng Up the Form- Speci fic Help Fil es Ins talli ng Supplem ental T ools Use the file c a lled webm anag v3 0.
28 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION AND S ETUP 3 Double- click th e file and foll ow the inst ructio ns in the wiz ard . Thr ee installa tion opt ions are prov ided: ■ Cu sto m — I nstalls o ne or m ore supp lemen tal Web M anage men t co mpo nent s.
Se tting Up the For m -Spe cifi c Help Fi les 29 Sett ing Up th e Form- Specifi c Help File s T o access Help for the s ystem, i nstall t he supplement al Help fil es o n your work station or server using H elp Fil es Install or T ypica l in the installation wizar d.
30 C HAPTER 2: I NSTALLATION AND S ETUP 4 Click Ap ply . The sy stem displa y s a mess age that ind icates th at th e Hel p Server h as been se t properly . 5 To link the f orm-s peci fic H elp to W eb Manage m ent, s el ect any i tem in the menu tr ee on the Web Cons ole opening sc reen.
3 T R O UBLE SHOOTIN G Th is ch ap te r c o ver s th e fo ll ow in g to pi cs: ■ Browser Issue s ■ T roublesh ooting t he Web M ana gemen t Soft ware Browser I ssues In addit ion t o the t ips in .
32 C HAPTER 3: T ROUBLESHOOTING Impr oving Dev iceV iew Certai n Status L og opt ions all ow you t o sen d e-ma il messa ges regar d ing sys tem and port st atus chan ges to one or mor e e-mai l addr esses. T o access these e -mai l options, instal l the addition al Web Ma nagem ent files and enable Stat us Logging.
Brow ser Is sues 33 Figur e 14 T rusted Sites Zone D ial og Box 5 Click t he Add Sites bu tton. 6 In t he Ad d th is Web s it e to th e z on e fi e ld, ty p e ht tp :/ / pl us t he IP address of t he dev ice th at you w an t to m anage t hrough W eb Ma nagemen t.
34 C HAPTER 3: T ROUBLESHOOTING Figur e 15 Securi ty Settings Dialog Box 5 Sel ect Jav a Custo m Setti ngs. The Inte r net zone dialo g box appear s (Fig ur e 16).
Troubl eshooting the We b Man agemen t Sof t war e 35 6 Sel ect the Ed it Permi ssions tab . I f the op ti ons l iste d un de r Unsign ed Conte nt c anno t be co nfigured , ve rify that you are us ing the la test ver sion of Inte rnet Expl orer . 7 In t he Ru n Un signed Con tent c hoice s, click the Enab le op tion button.
36 C HAPTER 3: T ROUBLESHOOTING If you m od ify your classp ath an d do not inc lude t he 3C om d ir ect ories (and possibly if yo u d o not li st th em bef ore any othe r director ies in your classpa th), the Web Manage men t compon ents ma y fail to r un properl y .
An important point after buying a device 3Com 3900 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought 3Com 3900 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data 3Com 3900 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, 3Com 3900 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get 3Com 3900 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of 3Com 3900, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime 3Com 3900.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with 3Com 3900. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device 3Com 3900 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
