The VL-EMS-III equipment management module has high reliability, large Capacity, serves for many kinds of communication modules. It is mounted in the first slot of the Vlink platform to provide local monitoring and configuration, as well as remote management. The VL-EMS-III module contains the strong function of DHCP Client.. It is able to communicate with the rest of the modules via USB port for local access or RJ45 Ethernet port for remote access. The VL-EMS-III module provides NMCP (Network Management Console Program) for monitoring and configuration along with a PC compatible graphical user interface(GUI). It also provide the LCD display and monitoring for module parameters. The VL-EMS-III integrates the SNMP protocol and the SCTE-HMS-MIBs for remote access via a standard SNMP agent.