Dell PowerConnect 8132 - Page 9

Contents 9
Understanding Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Entering CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using the Question Mark to Get Help
. . . . . . . 113
Using Command Completion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Entering Abbreviated Commands . . . . . . . . . 114
Negating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Understanding Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . 115
Recalling Commands from the History Buffer . . . 115
6 Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
7 Setting the IP Address and Other
Basic Network Information . . . . . . . . . . 121
IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 121
What Is the Basic Network Information?
. . . . . 121
Why Is Basic Network Information Needed? . . . 122
How Is Basic Network Information
Configured?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
What Is Out-of-Band Management and
In-Band Management?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Default Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Configuring Basic Network Information (Web) . . . . . 126
Out-of-Band Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
IP Interface Configuration (Default VLAN IP
Address)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Route Entry Configuration (Switch Default
Gateway)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Domain Name Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Default Domain Name
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Host Name Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132