3Com 4500G Series Getting Started Manual page 34

34 C 3: S U
HAPTER ETTING
IP Configuration
S M
P WITCH ANAGEMENT
Figure 21 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to the con-
sole port and use the
Command Line Inter-
face.
See page 36
Command Line Interface
Connect using the
console port.
See page 44
CAUTION: To protect your switch from unauthorized access, you must change all
three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to actively
manage your switch. For more information on default users and changing default
passwords, see "Default Users and Passwords" on page 47.
You can use one of the following methods to allocate IP information to your
switch (essential if you wish to manage your switch across the network).
Configuring IP Manually
When you configure the IP information, the switch retains the information that
you enter until you change it again. You should configure manually configure the
IP address if:
You do not have a DHCP or BootP server on your network.
■
You want to remove the risk of the IP address changing.
■
Your DHCP or BootP server does not allow you to allocate static IP addresses.
■
(Static IP addresses are necessary to ensure that the switch is always allocated
the same IP information.)
Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured
using DHCP
See page 35
Do you want to manually
Yes
configure the IP information?
Connect to a front panel port
and use the Web Interface or
Command Line
Interface.
See page 36
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 31
SNMP
See page 46
Connect over the
network using Telnet.
See page 44
No
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
Use 3Com Network Connect to the console
Director (3ND). port and use the
See page 42 Command Line
Interface.
See page 43
Web Interface
Connect over the
network.
See page 46