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You can set notifications through the straightforward task of creating a service profile. Simply give the service a name, specify the protocol used to log messages and then configure the protocol-specific parameters.

Every aspect of the device is configurable from both the Web console and the CLI (command-line interface). The CLI was comfortably familiar; it has a Cisco-IOS-like syntax and help system.

A centralized console server may be dull, but it makes managing and controlling access to large numbers of network devices more efficient. To aid in the automation process, the LX-4048S uses ASCII-based configuration files--which can be backed up or restored from a TFTP server--to which scripting can be added to further automate repetitive tasks.

Given the LX-4048S's flexibility and host of options, it is definitely worth the price of just under $80 per managed port.

Lori MacVittie is a Network Computing technology editor working in our Green Bay, Wis., labs. Write to her at [email protected].