3Com 5500-EI Getting Started Manual page 60

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HAPTER ETTING
Preparing for
Management
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P FOR ANAGEMENT
For a detailed description of how automatic IP configuration operates,
refer to the "Switch 5500 Family Configuration Guide" available on
3Com's Web Site at www.3com.com.
You should use the automatic IP configuration method if:
your network uses DHCP to allocate IP information
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the switch is deployed on a different subnet. In this case, the switch
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will automatically reconfigure itself with an appropriate IP address,
rather than you having to manually reconfigure the switch.
If the switch is not allocated with an automatic IP address, the IP
configuration will be blank or shown as ''''.
If you use the automatic IP configuration method, you need to discover
the automatically allocated IP information before you can begin
management. Refer to the section entitled "Viewing Automatically
Configured IP Information" section on page 67.
Once your switch's initial set up is complete you can set up your chosen
management method as described in "Methods of Managing a Switch"
on page 56.
For detailed information about the specific Web interface operations,
command line interface commands, and problem solving, refer to the
"Switch 5500 Family Command Reference Guide" available on 3Com
Web Site at www.3com.com.