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Enter the hostname. This is optional.
• Enter a password and reenter the password.
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Specify the time zone.
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Synchronize the date and time settings of the switch with the management PC or
set them manually by selecting the appropriate option button. This is optional.
Click Next .
7.
Use the Management Options page to select the management scenario:
NOTE: On J-EX4500 switches, only the out-of-band management option
is available.
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Out-of-band Management—Configure management port .
Select this option to configure only the management interface. Click Next . Specify
the IP address and default gateway for the management interface.
8.
Click Next .
9.
On the Manage Access page, you may select options to enable Telnet, SSH, and SNMP
services. For SNMP, you can configure the read community, location, and contact.
10.
Click Next . The Summary screen displays the configured settings.
11.
Click Finish . The configuration is committed as the active switch configuration.
NOTE: After the configuration is committed, the connectivity between
the PC and the switch might be lost. To renew the connection, release and
renew the IP address by executing the appropriate commands on the
management PC or by removing and reinserting the Ethernet cable.
12.
For standalone operation of the J-EX4500 switch, log in to the CLI and set the PIC
mode to intraconnect:
user@switch: request chassis pic-mode intraconnect
13.
For standalone operation only, verify that the green ST (status) LED on the Virtual
Chassis module is on steadily and that the VC MODE LED is off.
14.
Observe the ALM (alarm) LED to the right of the LCD panel.
A lit amber (minor) alarm LED is normal. It indicates that the switch has no rescue
configuration set. To save the current configuration as a rescue configuration that you
can return to with the rollback command, enter the following command:
user@switch>
request system configuration rescue save
You can now use the CLI or the J-Web interface to continue configuring the switch. If you
use the J-Web interface to continue configuring the switch, the Web session is redirected
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