3com 5500-EI User Manual
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C
HAPTER
3: S
ETTING
U
P
FOR
M
ANAGEMENT
Setting Up Your
Switch
Switch
This section provides an overview how to set up your switch and manage
that switch when it is in its default state. Figure 25 summarizes the setup
process. Detailed steps are provided in the sections that follow. In brief,
you need to:
that switch when it is in its default state. Figure 25 summarizes the setup
process. Detailed steps are provided in the sections that follow. In brief,
you need to:
■
Manually configure the IP information for your switch or view the
automatically configured IP information.
automatically configured IP information.
■
Prepare for your chosen method of management
Figure 25 Initial Switch Setup and Management Process
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and
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Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured via
DHCP
See page 59
Do you want to manually
configure the IP information?
Connect to the con-
sole port and use the
Command Line Inter-
face.
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 56
SNMP
Command Line Interface
Connect using the
console port.
Web Interface
Connect over the
network using Telnet.
See page 69
Connect over the
network.
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to a front panel port
and use the Web Interface or
Command Line
Interface.
Use 3Com Network
Director (3ND).
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
Yes
No
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