D-Link DWS-4026 [56/741] Understanding the user interfaces

UnderstandingtheUserInterfaces

D-Link UnifiedWiredandWirelessAccessSystem

November2011 Page56

D‐LinkUWSUserManual

UnderstandingtheUserInterfaces

D‐LinkDWS‐4000Seriessoftwareincludesasetofcomprehensivemanagementfunctionsforconfiguringand

monitoringthesystembyusingoneofthefollowingthreemethods:

•WebUserInterface

•Command‐LineInterface(CLI)

• SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)

Eachofthestandards‐basedmanagementmethodsallowsyoutoconfigureandmonitortheco

mponentsof

theD‐LinkDWS‐4000Seriessoftwar e.Themethodyouusetomanagethesystemdependsonyournetwork

sizeandrequirements,andonyourpreference.

ThisguidedescribeshowtousetheWeb‐basedinterfacetomanageandmonitorthesystem.Forinformation

abouthowtomanageandmo

nitorthesystembyusingtheCLI,seetheD‐LinkDWS‐4000SeriesCLICommand

Reference.

UsingtheWebInterface

ToaccesstheswitchbyusingaWebbrowser,thebrowsermustmeetthefollowingsoftwarerequirements:

•HTMLversion4.0,orlater

•HTTPversion1.1,orlater

• JavaScript™version1.5,orlater

UsethefollowingprocedurestologontotheWebInterface:

1. OpenaWebbrowserandentertheIPaddressoftheswit

chintheWebbrowseraddressfield.

2. Typetheusernameandpasswordintothefieldsontheloginscreen,andthenclickLogin.

Theusernameandpasswordarethesameasthoseyouusetologontothecommand‐lineinterface.By

default,theusernameisad

min,andthereisnopassword.Passwordsarecasesensitive.

Note:TheswitchwebUIsupportsInternetExplorerv6andv7.Appropriatedisplayofthewebpages

isnotguaranteedforotherwebbrowsers.