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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 stack is
obtained via DHCP by default. To manually configure an address, you
need to change the stack’s default settings to values that are compatible
with your network. You may also need to a establish a default gateway
between the stack and management stations that exist on another network
segment (if routing is not enabled on this stack).
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 stack. To configure multiple IP interfaces on this stack, you
must set up an IP interface for each VLAN (page 3-271).
• To enable routing between the different interfaces on this stack, you
must enable IP routing (page 3-269).
• To enable routing between the interfaces defined on this stack and
external network interfaces, you must configure static routes (page
page 3-289) or use dynamic routing; i.e., either RIP (page 3-292) or
OSPF (page 3-303).
• The precedence for configuring IP interfaces is the IP / General /
Routing Interface menu (page 3-271), static routes (page 3-289), and then
dynamic routing.
Command Attributes
• VLAN – ID of the configured VLAN (1-4093). By default, all ports on
the stack are members of VLAN 1. However, the management station
can be attached to a port belonging to any VLAN, as long as that VLAN
has been assigned an IP address.