DUA1640-5AAA025-12 C HAPTER 5: M ANAGING THE PS H UBWeb Interface You can manage the PS Hub using its web interface. You can accessthe web interface:n Through the console portn Over the networkThis section has information on accessing the web interface. For moreinformation on using the web interface, refer to Chapter 7.Through the ConsolePortYou can access the web interface through the hub’s console port, usinga management station running SLIP (Serial Line Interface Protocol).If your management station is running Windows ‘95, you must use the3Com serial web utility that is supplied on the CD-ROM. This is a SLIPdriver that sets up SLIP access for web interface management. To installand use the serial web utility, refer to Appendix C.You need to use a null modem cable for connecting your managementstation directly to the console port. This should be available from yoursupplier. There are a variety of null modem cables that you can use. Foran example of one of these, refer to “Console Cable” on page A-4.Over the Network You must have an IP stack on your management station, so that youcan manage over a TCP/IP network. An easy way to check this is that ifyou have access to the Internet and can download web pages from it,your management station has already got an IP stack.Which WebBrowsers areSupported?For fully operational management, your web browser must support:n Javan Framesn HTML 3.2Suitable web browsers are Netscape Navigator™ Version 3.0 orMicrosoft Internet Explorer Version 3.0.Configuring Your BrowserBefore you use your web browser to access the web interface, youmust make one small configuration change to it, so that it alwaysdownloads the latest version of a page.
