IBM 8271 Nways Ethernet LAN Switch, User Manual

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The following prompt is displayed:
Enter SLIP subnet mask [255.255.0.0]:
A SLIP subnet mask is similar to an IP subnet mask, but, like the SLIP
address, it is used for serial line connections to console ports.
6 Enter a SLIP subnet mask, if required.
If you change the IP address of the Switch, you can no longer access
the command line interface unless you specify that your terminal or
terminal emulator is to use the new IP address.
Displaying IP and
SLIP Information
You can display IP and SLIP information for the current Switch unit in
the stack using the
display
command on the Interface menu, which
is accessed from the IP menu.
For more information about IP and SLIP, see “Managing the Stack Over
the Network” on page 3-7.
To display the IP and SLIP information:
■
At the Top-level menu, enter:
ip interface display
The IP and SLIP information for the Switch is displayed.
An example of the IP and SLIP information is shown below:
Specifying Whether
the Switch Uses
BOOTP
If you have a BOOTP server on your network, you can use that server
to allocate IP information for the Switch units in the stack
automatically.
You can specify whether the Switch uses BOOTP by using the
bootp
command on the Interface menu, which is accessed from the IP menu.
To specify that the Switch uses BOOTP:
1 At the Top-level menu, enter:
ip interface bootp
IP address 191.128.40.120
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Default gateway: 191.128.40.120
SLIP address: 192.168.101.1
SLIP subnet mask 255.255.0.0
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