To take full advantage of the features and functions available with the ION Chassis, an ION Management Module is required. The IONMM-232 connects to the chassis backplane and communicates with the individual cards in the ION Chassis. The module sends only management traffic across the ION Chassis backplane. A network administrator can configure, monitor and troubleshoot ION slide-in modules remotely through the ION Management Module. IONMM-232 supports web-browser access, CLI access via telnet or the local console port, and SNMP. It also supports Management VLAN, TLS/SSL, SSH, IEEE 802.1X/RADIUS, SNMPv1 & v2c, and v3, ACL Rules, TFTP upgrade/backup, multiple community strings and SNTP.