40 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT
Updating the Switch IP Information
You are now ready to review or change the switch with IP information. You can do
this using the Web interface or the command line interface (CLI) using telnet.
Using the Web Interface
1 Power-up the switch. This takes approximately one minute.
2 Open a suitable Web browser and enter the IP address of your switch in the
Address field.
If there is no response, wait for one minute then re-enter the IP address.
If a pop up message appears displaying download and install simplified Chinese
information, click Cancel.
3 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name, press Return,
and at the password prompt (default user name and password) press Return
again. If you have logged on correctly, the Device View of the switch is displayed.
4 To enter basic setup information for the switch, select Administration > IP
Setup and then follow the wizard through various system screens to enter the IP
address and subnet mask that you want the switch to use when it is connected to
the network. The final page displays a summary of the information entered.
5 Select Save Configuration to save the configuration to your switch.
The initial set up of your switch is now complete and the switch is ready for you to
set up your chosen management method. See “Methods of Managing a Switch”
on page 29.
Using Command Line Interface using Telnet
1 To start a Telnet session to the unit, click Start in Microsoft Windows
95/98/2000/NT/XP.
a Click Run.
b In the dialogue box that appears type the IP address of the unit, that is:
Telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the switch)
c Click OK.
2 Press Enter to open a login prompt.
If the login prompt does not begin immediately, press Return a few times until it
starts.
3 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press
Return at the password prompt. If you have logged on correctly, <4210> is
displayed as shown in the example in Figure 36.
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