7. Tab to the Subnet Mask field and enter the subnet mask for your network.
8. Press Enter, then S (for Save).
The following fields are displayed in the setup screen. For more information on these fields, see the Management
and Configuration Guide for your switch model. (Visit the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website at http://
www.hpe.com/networking/ResourceFinder.)
Parameter Default
System Name blank Optional; up to 32 characters, including spaces
System
Contact
blank Optional; up to 48 characters, including spaces
Manager
Password
blank Recommended; up to 64 characters (no blank spaces)
Logon Default CLI The default setting selects the command-line interface for console
access. The alternative is the menu interface.
Time Zone 0 (none) Optional; 1440 to -1440. The number of minutes your location is to the
West (-) or East (+) of GMT.
Community
Name
public Default setting recommended.
Spanning
Tree Enabled
No Default setting recommended unless STP is already running on your
network or the switch will be used in complex network topologies.
Default
Gateway
blank Optional; If network traffic must reach off-subnet destinations, enter the
IP address of the next-hop gateway node .
Time Sync
Method
None Optional; The protocol the switch uses to acquire a time signal. The
options are NTP, SNTP, and TimeP.
TimeP Mode Disabled Optional; The method the switch uses to acquire the TimeP server
address.
IP Config
(DHCP/Bootp)
DHCP/Bootp Set to Manual unless a DHCP/Bootp server is used on your network to
configure IP addressing.
IP Address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Recommended; If you set IP Config to Manual, then enter an IP address
compatible with your network.
Subnet Mask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
NOTE: The IP address and subnet mask assigned for the switch must be compatible with the IP
addressing used in your network.
Setting up a console connection
To access the switch through a console port (out-of-band) connection, connect an RJ-45 or micro-USB console
cable.
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