Setting Ip Parameters Using Ip.cfg File On A Usb Memory Device; Setting Ip Parameters Using Bootp; Setting Ip Parameters Using The Web-Based Management Interface - Nortel 4500 Series Installation Manual

42 Installing the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
Setting IP parameters using IP.CFG file on a USB memory device
If the swtich does not obtain an IP address using bootp, and, if a file named
IP.CFG exists on the USB memory device, then the switch loads the IP.CFG
file as its configuration.
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Setting IP parameters using bootp

The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series switches are configured
to obtain a management IP address using Dynamic Host Control Protocol
(DHCP) by default.
If the switch is connected to the network and an appropriate bootp server is
configured, then the server assigns an IP address to the switch.
To view the assigned and in-use IP addresses, connect to the switch
console and use the show ip command.

Setting IP parameters using the Web-based Management Interface

To set IP parameters using the Web-based Management Interface, perform
the following procedure:
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" Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports" (page 29)
Action
Use the procedure "Setting IP parameters using the console port
and CLI Quickstart" (page
the switch.
Connect a computer to the switch through a data port using a
standard RJ-45 network cable.
Open a web browser on the attached computer and enter the
factory default IP address of the switch in the following format:
http://<nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn>. The main screen of the Web-based
Management Interface appears.
Select Configuration > IP from the menu.
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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Installation Guide
NN47205-300 02.01 Standard
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38), to assign a default IP address to
"IP configuration screen"
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