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52 C
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3: S
ETTING
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P FOR
M
ANAGEMENT
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 21 . Detailed procedural
steps are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to:
■
Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the
automatically configured IP information
■
Prepare for your chosen method of management
Figure 21 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow diagram
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Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured via
DHCP
See page 53
Do you want to manually
configure the IP information?
Connect to the con-
sole port and use the
Command Line Inter-
face.
See page 55
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 50
SNMP
See page 67
Command Line Interface
Connect via the
console port.
See page 64
Web Interface
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
See page 64
Connect over the
network.
See page 67
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to a front panel port
and use the Web Interface or
Command Line
Interface.
See page 55
Use 3Com Network
Director (3ND).
See page 62
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page 62
Yes
No