Setting Up The Switch With Ip Information - 3Com 4500 Getting Started Manual

Connecting the Workstation to the Switch
1 Connect the workstation to a front panel port using an Ethernet cable as shown in
Figure 17.
Figure 17 Connecting a Workstation to the Switch using a Front Panel Port
Workstation
(with a Network
Interface Card
Ethernet Cable
installed)
To connect the cable:
a Attach an RJ-45 connector at one end of the Ethernet cable to the Network
Interface Card (NIC) in the workstation.
b Connect the RJ-45 connector at the other end of the cable to one of the front
panel ports on the switch.
Do not interconnect the switch to any other unconfigured switch.

Setting Up the Switch with IP Information

You can now review or change the switch's IP information. You can do this using
the Web interface or the command line interface (CLI) using telnet.
Using the Web Interface
1 Power-up the switch. This takes approximately one minute.
2 Open a suitable Web browser and enter the IP address of your switch in the
Address field.
If there is no response, wait for one minute then re-enter the IP address.
If a pop up message appears displaying download and install simplified Chinese
information, click Cancel.
3 At the login prompt, enter admin as your user name, press Enter, and at the
password prompt (default user name and password) press Enter again. If you have
logged on correctly, the Device View of the switch is displayed.
4 To enter basic setup information for the switch, select Administration > IP
Setup and then follow the wizard through various system screens to enter the IP
address and subnet mask that you want the switch to use when it is connected to
the network. The final page displays a summary of the information entered.
5 Select Save Configuration to save the configuration to your switch.
The initial setup of your switch is now complete and you can now set up your
chosen management method. See "Methods of Managing a Switch" on page 34.
Using Command Line Interface using Telnet
1 To start a Telnet session to the unit, click Start in Microsoft Windows.
a Click Run.
Manually Configuring IP Information
Switch
Front Panel
Port Connection
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