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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 summarised in Figure 7
. 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 7 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow diagram
CAUTION: To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must
change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not
intend to actively manage your Switch. For more information on default
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 page 44
SNMP
See page 49
Command Line Interface
Connect via the
console port.
See page 46
Web Interface
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
See page 46
Connect over the
network.
See page 48
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 41
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page 42
Yes
No