3Com 3C17203 - Preparing for Management; Initial Switch Setup

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ETTING
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ANAGEMENT
Preparing for
Management
Once your Switch’s initial set up is complete you can set up your chosen
management method as described in “Methods of Managing a Switch”
on page 41
.
For detailed information about the specific web interface operations and
command line interface commands and problem solving, refer to the
“SuperStack
3 Switch Management Interface Reference Guide” on the
CD-ROM that is supplied with the Switch.
Initial Switch Setup
Before you begin the initial setup of your Switch, you must first determine
your preferred setup method. There are two setup methods:
■
Manual Setup — You have two choices of how to configure the IP
information, as shown in Ta b l e 9
.
■
Automatic Setup — Your Switch must be online, that is, connected to
a network. You have two choices of how to view the allocated IP
information, as shown in Ta b l e 9
.
Ta b l e 9 Initial Switch Setup Methods
Manual Setup Automatic Setup
Connecting to a front panel
port
Use the web interface to
manually enter IP
information by accessing
the Switch using its default
IP address
169.254.100.100.
Using 3Com Network
Supervisor
Use 3Com Network
Supervisor to detect the
automatically allocated IP
information.
Connecting to the console
port
Use the command line
interface to manually enter
IP information.
Connecting to the console
port
Use the command line
interface to view the
automatically allocated IP
information.
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