Using the Smart Switch Management Utility

The Smart Switch Management (SSM) utility, among other features, allows you to discover switches on your network that have SSM implemented on them and to access their management software. This capability is especially useful when you enable DHCP on a switch that does not have a console interface, allowing you to access the switchs web browser management software without knowing the switchs IP address.
Note The following procedures show how to run the utility directly from the documentation CD. In this situation, Windows displays numerous messages. When you copy the files to your workstation, these messages are not displayed.

Locating the Switches

To locate the switches, perform the following procedure:
1. On the documentation CD that was shipped with the switch, click the SSM Utility link on the main page, as shown below.

The following links are displayed on a new page.

2. Click SSM Utility.

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A message is displayed:

3. Click Yes. A message is displayed.

4. Click Run. (To download the files to your desktop, it is best to view the CD contents and copy the SSM_Utility folder to your desktop to ensure that you have all the related files.) A message is displayed.

5. Click Run. A message is displayed.

6. Select the NIC adapter on your workstation that you want to use and click OK.
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The following window is displayed.

The left column in the window is the network view, which is filled in after the discovery process. 7. From the System menu, select Discovery.

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The following window is displayed.

8. Click SSM Protocol to locate switches in your LAN that are running the SSM protocol. (This is the fastest method.) Or

Click Local Subnet to specify a different subnet as a whole by selecting one from the list. Click Specified Subnet to specify portions of a subnet in another window that opens.

9. Click Next. The SNMP community options window is displayed, as shown below.

10. You can ignore this window and click Next.

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The next window contains a blank list for information that is found during the discovery process, as shown below.

11. Click Start. The following message is displayed:

The search continues anyway and its progress is shown in the bar above the buttons. Click Stop at any time to stop the discovery process. You can click Keep Blocking to close the message window. This does not hamper the SSM Utility.

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When the process is complete, the window is refreshed to show the list of IP addresses that the utility discovered, along with basic information about the hardware at that IP address. A sample of the default area of the window is shown below.

A check mark in the # column indicates that the switch will be displayed in the network view and available for you to manage. 12. De-select any switches that you do not want to view. 13. Click OK. The Discovery Options window closes and the globe in the network view displays a plus (+) sign next to it. 14. Click the plus sign next to the globe to view the subnet you selected, and click the subnet to view the switches in the subnet, as shown below.

Connecting to the Switchs Management Software

1. In the network view, select the switch you want to manage. 2. Select Tools > Web GUI Config or click the e icon in the toolbar.

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The web browser opens and displays the main page for the switch you selected (assuming that the switch is powered on), and you can manage the switch in the same way you would have done if you had manually entered the switchs IP address. To manage the switch in the future without using the SSM utility, make a note of the IP address assigned by the DHCP server.

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