36 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT
Setting Up 
Overview
This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your Switch 
set up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The 
whole setup process is summarized in Figure 11
. Detailed procedural 
steps are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to:
■ Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the 
automatically configured IP information
■ Prepare for your chosen method of management
Figure 11   Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow diagram
Plug and Play Setup
Initial IP Information Setup
Feature Management
Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured.
See page 37
Do you want to manually 
configure the IP information?
Connect to a front 
panel port and use the 
Web Interface or
Command Line Interface.
See page 39 
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 49
SNMP
See page 53 
Command Line Interface
Connect via the 
console port.
See page 50 
Web Interface
Connect over the 
network via 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 the console 
port and use the 
Command Line 
Interface.
See page 39 
Use 3Com Network 
Supervisor (3NS).
See page 46 
Connect to the console 
port and use the 
Command Line 
Interface.
See page 46 
Yes
No
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