Overview Of Management Setup - 3Com SuperStack 3 3870 Getting Started Manual

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Overview of
Management Setup
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This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your Switch
set up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The
whole setup process is summarized in Figure 6. Detailed procedural steps
are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to:
Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the
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automatically configured IP information
Prepare for your chosen method of management
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Figure 6 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
See page 33
Command Line Interface
Connect via the
console port.
See page 40
Power on the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured.
See page 31
Do you want to manually
Yes
configure the IP information?
Interface.
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 39
SNMP
See page 43
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
See page 41
No
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
Use 3Com Network Connect to the console
Supervisor (3NS). port and use the
See page 36 Command Line
Interface.
See page 36
Web Interface
Connect over the
network.
See page 42