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Setting Up
Overview
This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your Switch
set up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The
whole setup process is summarized in Figure 7. Detailed procedural steps
are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to:
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Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the
automatically configured IP information
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Prepare for your chosen method of management
Figure 7
Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow diagram
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Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured.
See page 35
Do you want to manually
configure the IP information?
Connect to a rear
network port and use the
Web Interface or
Command Line Interface.
See page 37
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 43
SNMP
See page 47
Command Line Interface
Connect via the
console port.
See page 45
Web Interface
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
See page 45
Connect over the
network.
See page 47
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page 37
Use 3Com Network
Supervisor (3NS).
See page 40
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page 41
Yes
No
