Netgear m6100 Manuale Utente

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Contents

Get Started

Available Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
Overview of the Access and Initial Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
Prepare a Terminal and Access the Switch Through the
Console Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5

Prepare a Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Access the Switch Through the Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Start the Switch and Observe the Power-On Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Use the Network Interface, Service Port, or Console Port
for Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Perform Initial Configuration of the Switch Through a BootP or
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Perform Initial Configuration of Switch Through the Console Port  . . . . . . . .  8
Use ezconfig for Initial Configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9

Use the Web Management Interface for Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Overview of the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Use the Web Management Interface to Configure the
Network Interface and Service Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Access the Web Management Interface When the Switch Is
Already Connected to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configure an SNMP V3 User Profile Over the Web Management Interface 16

Use the Auto Install Configuration

Auto Install Configuration Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switch IP Address Assignment Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
TFTP IP Address and Configuration File Name Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About Conflicting TFTP Server Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About DNS Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
About Obtaining a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Host-Specific Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Default Network Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

About Obtaining an Image from a TFTP Server Through Auto Install . . . . . . . . 22
Configure Auto Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Configure Auto Install Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configure Auto Install Through the Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . 24
Monitor and Complete the Auto Install Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Event Logging for the Auto Install Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 3

Register the Switch