Entering The Ip Parameters - Hirschmann MS30, Power MICE, MACH 4000, OCTOPUS User Manual

Entering the IP parameters

2 Entering the IP parameters
IP address(es) must be entered when the Switch is installed for the first time.
The Switch provides 6 options for entering the IP parameters during the first
installation:
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Using the Command Line Interfaces (CLI).
Choose this "out-of-band" method if
– you preconfigure your Switch outside its operating environment, or
– you have no network access ("in-band") to the Switch
(see "Entering the IP parameters via CLI" on page
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Using the HiDiscovery protocol.
Choose this "in-band" method if
– the Switch is already installed on your network, or
– if there is another Ethernet connection between your PC and the Switch
available.
(see "Entering the IP parameters via HiDiscovery" on page
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Using the AutoConfiguration Adapter (ACA).
Choose this method if you are replacing the Switch with a Switch of
the same type and have already saved the configuration on an ACA
(see "Laden vom AutoConfiguration Adapter" on page
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Using BOOTP.
Choose this "in-band" method if you want to configure the installed Switch
using BOOTP. You need a BOOTP server for this. The BOOTP server as-
signs the configuration data to the Switch using its MAC address
(see "System configuration via BOOTP" on page
is delivered with "DHCP mode" as the entry for the configuration data re-
ference, you have to reset this to the BOOTP mode for this method.
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Using DHCP.
Choose this "in-band" method if you want to configure the installed Switch
using DHCP. You need a DHCP server for this. The DHCP server assigns
the configuration data to the Switch using its MAC address or its system
name (see "System configuration via DHCP" on page
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