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Setting the Switch’s IP Address
This section describes how to configure an initial IP interface for
management access over the network. The IP address for this switch is
unassigned by default. To manually configure an address, you need to
change the switch’s default settings (IP address 0.0.0.0 and netmask
255.0.0.0) to values that are compatible with your network. You may also
need to a establish a default gateway between the switch and management
stations that exist on another network segment (if routing is not enabled
on this switch).
You can manually configure a specific IP address, or direct the device to
obtain an address from a BOOTP or DHCP server. 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.
Command Usage
• This section describes how to configure a single local interface for
initial access to the switch. To configure multiple IP interfaces on this
switch, you must set up an IP interface for each VLAN (page 3-252).
• To enable routing between the different interfaces on this switch, you
must enable IP routing (page 3-250).
• To enable routing between the interfaces defined on this switch and
external network interfaces, you must configure static routes (page
3-269) or use dynamic routing; i.e., either RIP (page 3-273) or OSPF
(page 3-285).
• The precedence for configuring IP interfaces is the IP / General /
Routing Interface menu (page 3-252), static routes (page 3-269), and
then dynamic routing.
Command Attributes
•VLAN – ID of the configured VLAN (1-4094, no leading zeroes). By
default, all ports on the switch are members of VLAN 1. However, the
management station can be attached to a port belonging to any VLAN,