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Chapter 1 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
Chapter 2 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