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Westermo OS Management Guide
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1.3 Introduction to WeOS
Westermo OS (WeOS) is a network operating system delivering an extensive set
of functionality including layer-2 (basic switching, VLAN, IGMP snooping, etc.),
layer-3 (routing, firewall, NAT, etc.), and higher-level services (DHCP, DNS, etc.).
Furthermore, WeOS provides easy management via a Web interface, via the as-
sociated WeConfig tool, and via a USB stick. To satisfy even more advanced cus-
tomer needs, WeOS provides flexible management via a command line interface
(CLI), as well as via SNMP.
WeOS provides two levels of functionality, WeOS Standard and WeOS Extended.
Products running WeOS Standard are outstanding layer-2 switches suitable to
build reliable LAN infrastructures. Products running WeOS Extended extends the
WeOS functionality by adding routing capabilities and a rich set of related higher
level services (NAT, firewall, VPN, etc.).
1.4 How to read this document
This guide is structured in the following parts:
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Part I : This part gives general information on WeOS, and introduces the main
methods to manage a WeOS unit (WeConfig, Web, CLI and SNMP) 1 .
The information in Part I applies both to products running WeOS Standard
and WeOS Extended.
– Chapter 1 is this chapter.
– Chapter 2 describes how to get started with your WeOS product.
– Chapters 3 gives an overview of the different ways to manage a WeOS
unit. If you need recommendations of which method to use, please read
chapter 3 .
– Chapters 4 - 5 present the WeOS Web and CLI support. Detailed informa-
tion for Web and CLI Management is provided in the later parts of the
document.
– Chapters 6 is the main source of information for WeOS SNMP support.
1 For information on how to configure a WeOS unit using a USB memory stick, see Chapter 7 .
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