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