Allows network managers to define profiles and rules for accessing the device. Access to management functions can be limited to user groups, which are defined by the following criteria: Ingress interfaces Source IP address and/or Source IP subnets

Access profiles control all aspects of remote management of Extreme Networks switches. An access profile can consist of a list of IP addresses and net masks. Each remote management method can be independently assigned to an access profile. The remote management methods under access profile control include SNMP Read, SNMP Read/Write, Web/ExtremeWare Vista, Telnet and SSH2 access.