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32 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT
Setting Up
Overview
This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your Switch
set up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The
whole setup process is summarized in Figure 6
. Detailed procedural steps
are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to:
■ Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the
automatically configured IP information
■ Prepare for your chosen method of management
Figure 6 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow diagram
Plug and Play Setup
Initial IP Information Setup
Feature Management
Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured.
See
page 33
Do you want to manually
configure the IP information?
Connect to a front
panel port and use the
Web Interface or
Command Line Interface.
See page 35
How do you want to manage your Switch? See
SNMP
See page 45
Command Line Interface
Connect via the
console port.
See page 43
Web Interface
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
See page 43
Connect over the
network.
See page 45
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page 35
Use 3Com Network
Supervisor (3NS).
See page 38
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page 38
Yes
No
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