Not sure if all switches work this way, but in Cisco land, we configure the switch management on a separate vlan, no other traffic allowed and only a few select machines can access the management vlan. So it doesn't require a dedicate physical port. Serial/console port is still an option if needed.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew W. Ross Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Dedicated Management port on switches? Quick question, do you guys dedicate a port on your switches on the management vlan? Or do you just use serial connections if you need such local access? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District
