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Using Telnet
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The switch comes configured with a default VLAN named default. To use Telnet or an SNMP
Network Manager, you must have at least one VLAN on the switch, and it must be assigned an IP
address and subnet mask. IP addresses are always assigned to each VLAN. The switch can be
assigned multiple IP addresses.
NOTE
For information on creating and configuring VLANs, see Chapter 5.
To manually configure the IP settings:
1
Connect a terminal or workstation running terminal-emulation software to the console port, as
detailed in “Using the Console Interface” on page 34.
2 At your terminal, press [Return] one or more times until you see the login prompt.
3 At the login prompt, enter your user name and password. Note that they are both case-sensitive.
Ensure that you have entered a user name and password with administrator privileges.
— If you are logging in for the first time, use the default user name admin to log in with
administrator privileges. For example:
login: admin
Administrator capabilities enable you to access all switch functions. The default user names have
no passwords assigned.
—
If you have been assigned a user name and password with administrator privileges, enter them at
the login prompt.
4 At the password prompt, enter the password and press [Return].
When you have successfully logged in to the switch, the command-line prompt displays the name of
the switch in its prompt.
5 Assign an IP address and subnetwork mask for the default VLAN by using the following command:
configure vlan <vlan_name> ipaddress <ipaddress> {<ipNetmask>}
For example:
configure vlan default ipaddress 123.45.67.8 255.255.255.0
Your changes take effect immediately.
NOTE
As a general rule, when configuring any IP addresses for the switch, you can express a subnet
mask by using dotted decimal notation, or by using classless inter-domain routing notation (CIDR).
CIDR uses a forward slash plus the number of bits in the subnet mask. Using CIDR notation, the
command identical to the one above would be:
configure vlan default ipaddress 123.45.67.8 / 24
6 Configure the default route for the switch using the following command:
configure iproute add default <gateway> {vr <vrname>} {<metric>} {multicast-only |
unicast-only}
For example:
configure iproute add default 123.45.67.1