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Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide  1
 
Getting Started
This chapter provides an introduction to the user interface, and includes the 
following topics:
• Starting the Web-based Switch Configuration Utility
• Quick Start Switch Configuration
• Window Navigation
Starting the Web-based Switch Configuration Utility
This section describes how to navigate the web-based switch configuration utility. 
Browsers have the following restrictions:
• If you are using Internet Explorer 6, you cannot directly use an IPv6 address 
to access the switch. You can, however, use the DNS (Domain Name 
System) server to create a domain name that contains the IPv6 address, 
and then use that domain name in the address bar in place of the IPv6 
address.
• If you have multiple IPv6 interfaces on your management station, use the 
IPv6 global address instead of IPv6 link local address to access the switch 
from your browser.
Launching the Configuration Utility
To open the user interface:
STEP 1 Open a Web browser.
STEP  2 Enter the IP address of the switch you are configuring in the address bar on the 
browser, and then press Enter. The Login Page opens.