3Com 4200G Series, Getting Started Manual

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Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information 49
documentation that accompanies your DHCP or BootP serverfor more
informaiton.
If your network does not have a DHCP or BootP server, the workstation
running 3Com Network Director must be on the same subnet as the
switch because Auto-IP addresses are non-routable.
Connecting to the
Console Port
You can also view the automatically configured IP information using the
command line interface (CLI) through a connection to the console port.
(This example describes a local connection to the console port rather than
a remote one using a modem.) For further information on connecting
using the console port see “Connecting the Workstation to the
Switch”on page 43.
To view the automatically allocated IP information using the command
line interface:
1 Connect your switch to the network using an Ethernet cable. As soon as
a network connection is made the switch begins the automatic IP
configuration process.
The automatic IP configuration process usually completes within one
minute.
2 The CLI login sequence begins as soon as the Switch detects a connection
to its console port.
If the login prompt does not begin immediately, press Return a few times
until it starts.
3 At the login prompt, enter
admin
as your user name and press Return at
the password prompt. If you have logged on correctly,
<S4200G>
is
displayed as shown in the example in Figure 21.
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