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Chapter 3. Configuring your switch
After hardware installation, you must configure the IP information for your switch in
order to manage the switch using in-band connection.
First, you need to decide how you will access your switch. See “Chapter 2.
Accessing the switch” on page 19 for details about in-band and out-of-band
connection. It is assumed that when you come to this chapter you will already have
established physical connectivity.
Configuring IP information
IP information can be initially assigned through either:
v
DHCP or BootP (the default), or
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Terminal interface through the EIA 232 serial port
Remote configuration using DHCP or BootP
You can configure your switch from remote locations using DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) or BootP. BootP (documented in RFC 951 and RFC 1542) is
a bootstrap protocol used by a diskless workstation to learn its IP address, the
location of its boot file, and the boot server name. The switch supports “reserved” or
static DHCP, documented in RFC 1541. The DHCP or BootP server must be
available through the Default VLAN (VLAN 1).
To configure the IP information remotely using DHCP or BootP:
1. Select Management Menu from the Main Menu on the terminal interface.
2. Select Network Connectivity Configuration Menu from the Management
Menu, then specify BootP / Static DHCP for the Network Configuration Protocol
Current parameter. If you are not using BootP or DHCP, set the Network
Configuration Protocol Current parameter with a value of None to reduce
network traffic. You must reset the switch to activate the change.
Manual configuration using the terminal interface
To manually configure the IP information:
1. Log onto the terminal interface using the read/write user ID and password.
2. Select the Management Menu from the Main Menu.
3. Select Network Connectivity Configuration Menu from the Management
Menu, then specify IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway. Also,
ensure that
None is specified for Network Configuration Protocol Current.
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