3Com Switch 4500 Family, Getting Started Manual, Page: 4 / 134

Connecting a Redundant Power Supply to your Switch 4500 PWR 28
Specifying the Redundant Power System 30
Connecting the Switch to the Redundant Power System 31
Connecting the Earthing Cable 33
RPS LED 33
Using Power over Ethernet 33
Placing Units On Top of Each Other 34
The Power-up Sequence 35
Powering-up the Switch 4500 35
Checking for Correct Operation of LEDs 35
Choosing the Correct Cables 35
Choosing the Correct Cables for the 1000BASE-X SFP Ports 37
SFP Operation 38
Approved SFP Transceivers 38
Inserting an SFP Transceiver 39
Removing an SFP Transceiver 40
Packing and Shipping the Switch 4500 40
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Methods of Managing a Switch 44
Command Line Interface Management 44
Command Line Interface Management using SSH 45
Web Interface Management 45
SNMP Management 45
Setting Up Overview 46
IP Configuration 47
Preparing for Management 48
Manually Configuring IP Information 49
Connecting to the Console Port 49
Connecting to a Front Panel Port 52
Viewing Automatically Configured IP Information 55
Using 3Com Network Director 56
Connecting to the Console Port 56
Setting Up Command Line Interface Management 58
User Interface Overview 58
CLI Management via the Console Port 58
CLI Management over the Network 58