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Connect your 3Com Switch so Myrmex can read its configuration, audit its hardening, document your VLANs and ports, and — with approval — apply changes. Myrmex reaches the switch over SSH through a Collector on your network.

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What Myrmex Can Do

Read & troubleshoot

Inspect interfaces, VLANs, port status, MAC and ARP tables, and the running configuration — read-only diagnostics.

Hardening audit

Run a Security Posture audit against the switch configuration.

Document the network

Map VLANs, trunks, and port assignments so your topology stays documented.

Config management

Back up, diff, and — on approval — apply configuration changes.

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Before You Start

  • A Collector deployed on a network that can reach the switch’s management IP over SSH. See Deploying the agent.
  • SSH enabled on the switch’s management interface.
  • A login account Myrmex can use (a read-only user is enough for analysis; a user with configuration rights is required to apply changes).

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Step 1 — Create the Access Account on 3Com

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Enable SSH on the switch

Enable the SSH server on the switch and allow SSH logins on the VTY/management lines so the Collector can connect.
2

Create a local user

Add a local user with a strong password and set its service type to SSH. Assign a privilege level scoped to what Myrmex should do — read-only for analysis, or a management level to allow changes.
3

Note the credentials

Record the username and password — you’ll enter them in Myrmex.
Prefer least privilege: start with a read-only user, and grant configuration rights only once you want the agents to apply changes for you.

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Step 2 — Add the Integration in Myrmex

From the Directory, choose Add Integration → 3Com Switch, then fill in:

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Connect

Click Connect to validate the SSH connection and finish. The switch then appears under Environment → Integrations, and you can start asking the AI about it in the Workspace.