Setting Up Overview 39
Figure 24 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram
CAUTION: To protect your switch from unauthorized access, you must
change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not
intend to actively manage your switch. For more information on default
users and changing default passwords, see
“Default Users and Passwords”
on page 55.
Plug and Play Setup
Initial IP Information Setup
Feature Management
Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured
using DHCP
See page 40
Do you want to manually
configure the IP information?
Connect to the con-
sole port and use the
Command Line Inter-
face.
See page 42
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 36
SNMP
See page 54
Command Line Interface
Connect using the
console port.
See page 51
Web Interface
Connect over the
network using Telnet.
See page 51
Connect over the
network.
See page 53
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to a front panel port
and use the Web Interface or
Command Line
Interface.
See page 42
Use 3Com Network
Director (3ND).
See page 49
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page 49
Yes
No
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