Avocent 590-686-501D Switch User Manual


 
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4. Click OK.
For more information on pinging an IP address, see To send a ping request: on page 41.
Configuring the IP address
The IP Setup dialog box allows users to choose either IPv4 mode or IPv6 mode. The default is
IPv4. You can also specify an IP address for the appliance to use.
To configure the IP address:
1. If the OSCAR interface is not open, press Print Screen to open the Main dialog box.
2. Click Setup - Network to open the Network dialog box, then click Set IP Address... to open the
IP Setup dialog box shown in
Figure 3.12.
Figure 3.12: OSCAR Interface IP Setup Dialog Box
3. Select either IPv4 or IPv6.
4. Either select or deselect the DHCP checkbox.
NOTE: If you select the DHCP checkbox, any information that you enter in the IP Address, Prefix/Netmask and
Gateway fields will be ignored.
5. If you deselected DHCP in step 4, type the desired information in the IP Address, Prefix/
Netmask and Gateway fields.
6. Click OK.
Configuring the DSView 3 server IP address
The DSView IP dialog box allows users to contact and register an unmanaged DSR switch with a
DSView 3 server by specifying the IP address of a DSView 3 server.
To configure the DSView 3 server IP address:
1. If the OSCAR interface is not open, press Print Screen to open the Main dialog box.
2. Click Setup - DSView IP to open the DSView IP dialog box shown in Figure 3.13.