3com 4400 PWR User Manual
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Viewing IP Information via the Console Port
You are now ready to view the automatically allocated IP information
using the command line interface.
using the command line interface.
1 Connect your Switch to the network using an Ethernet cable. As soon as
a network connection is made the Switch begins the automatic IP
configuration process.
configuration process.
The automatic IP configuration process usually completes within one
minute.
minute.
If there is no response from a DHCP server within 30 seconds, the Auto-IP
configuration mechanism attempts to allocate the default IP address
169.254.100.100. If this address is not available, it then allocates an IP
address in the range of 169.254.x.y (where x is in the range 1 to 254, and
y is in the range 0 to 255).
configuration mechanism attempts to allocate the default IP address
169.254.100.100. If this address is not available, it then allocates an IP
address in the range of 169.254.x.y (where x is in the range 1 to 254, and
y is in the range 0 to 255).
2 The command line interface login sequence begins as soon as the Switch
detects a connection to its console port.
If the login prompt does not begin immediately, press Return a few times
until it starts.
until it starts.
3 At the login and password prompts, enter
admin
as your user name and
press Return at the password prompt. If you have logged on correctly, the
top-level menu of the command line interface is displayed as shown in
the example in Figure 15.
top-level menu of the command line interface is displayed as shown in
the example in Figure 15.
Figure 15 Example top-level command line interface menu
4 At the Select menu option prompt enter the
protocol ip
interface summary command. At the Select IP interfaces
prompt enter
prompt enter
all. A summary of the automatically allocated IP
information is displayed. Make a note of the Network IP Address.
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