Blade ICE G8124-E Manuale Utente
BMD00220, October 2010
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Initial Setup
To help with the initial process of configuring your switch, the BLADEOS software includes a
Setup utility. The Setup utility prompts you step-by-step to enter all the necessary information for
basic configuration of the switch.
Setup utility. The Setup utility prompts you step-by-step to enter all the necessary information for
basic configuration of the switch.
Whenever you log in as the system administrator under the factory default configuration, you are
asked whether you wish to run the Setup utility. Setup can also be activated manually from the
command line interface any time after login.
asked whether you wish to run the Setup utility. Setup can also be activated manually from the
command line interface any time after login.
Information Needed for Setup
Setup requests the following information:
Basic system information
Date & time
Whether to use Spanning Tree Group or not
Optional configuration for each port
Speed, duplex, flow control, and negotiation mode (as appropriate)
Whether to use VLAN tagging or not (as appropriate)
Optional configuration for each VLAN
Name of VLAN
Which ports are included in the VLAN
Optional configuration of IP parameters
IP address/mask and VLAN for each IP interface
IP addresses for default gateway
Whether IP forwarding is enabled or not