ExtremeXOS Switch Management Overview

This chapter describes how to use ExtremeXOS to manage the switch. It also provides details on how to perform the following various basic switch functions:

Access the command line interface (CLI) by connecting a terminal (or workstation with terminal-emulation software) to the console port.
Access the switch remotely using TCP/IP through one of the switch ports, or through the dedicated 10/100 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) Ethernet management port. Remote access includes:
- Telnet using the CLI interface
- Secure Shell (SSH2) using the CLI interface
- SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) access using Ridgeline™ or another SNMP manager
Download software updates and upgrades. For more information, see Software Upgrade and Boot Options.

The switch supports the following number of concurrent user sessions:

One console session
Eight shell sessions
Eight Telnet sessions
Eight Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) sessions
Eight SSH2 sessions
Six XML sessions

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