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NXA-ENET24 - Software Management Guide
Manual Configuration
You can manually assign an IP address to the switch. You may also need to specify a default gateway that
resides between this device and management stations that exist on another network segment.
Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods. Anything outside this
format will not be accepted by the CLI program.
Before you can assign an IP address to the switch, you must obtain the following information from your
network administrator:
IP address for the switch
Default gateway for the network
Network mask for this network
To assign an IP address to the switch, complete the following steps:
1. From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt, type “interface vlan 1” to access the
interface-configuration mode. Press <Enter>.
2. Type “ip address ip-address netmask”, where “ip-address” is the switch IP address and “netmask” is the
network mask for the network. Press <Enter>.
3. Type “exit” to return to the global configuration mode prompt. Press <Enter>.
4. To set the IP address of the default gateway for the network to which the switch belongs, type
“ip default-gateway gateway”, where “gateway” is the IP address of the default gateway. Press <Enter>.
Console(config)#interface vlan 1
Console(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.5 255.255.255.0
Console(config-if)#exit
Console(config)#ip default-gateway 192.168.1.254
Console(config)#
Dynamic Configuration
If you select the “bootp” or “dhcp” option, IP will be enabled but will not function until a BOOTP or DHCP
reply has been received. You therefore need to use the “ip dhcp restart” command to start broadcasting service
requests.
Requests will be sent periodically in an effort to obtain IP configuration information. (BOOTP and
DHCP values can include the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.)
If the “bootp” or “dhcp” option is saved to the startup-config file, then the switch will start
broadcasting service requests as soon as it is powered on.
To automatically configure the switch by communicating with BOOTP or DHCP address allocation servers on
the network, complete the following steps:
1. From the Privileged Exec level global configuration mode prompt, type “interface vlan 1” to access the
interface-configuration mode. Press <Enter>.
2. At the interface-configuration mode prompt, use one of the following commands:
To obtain IP settings through DHCP, type “ip address dhcp” and press <Enter>.
To obtain IP settings through BOOTP, type “ip address bootp” and press <Enter>.
3. Type “exit” to return to the global configuration mode. Press <Enter>.
4. Type “ip dhcp restart” to begin broadcasting service requests. Press <Enter>.
Only one VLAN interface can be assigned an IP address (the default is VLAN 1). This
defines the management VLAN, the only VLAN through which you can gain
management access to the switch. If you assign an IP address to any other VLAN,
the new IP address overrides the original IP address and this becomes the new
management VLAN.
The IP address for this switch is assigned via DHCP by default.