Configuring The Switch; Initial Configuration - HP OfficeConnect 1820 8G Installation And Getting Started Manual

Configuring the Switch

Initial Configuration

The 1820 Switch Series can be managed through a Web-browser interface that you can access from any PC
or workstation connected to the switch.
To access the Web interface, you must have the switch's Internet Protocol (IP) address. In the factory default
configuration, the IP address is automatically acquired from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
service that is available on your network or from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Most routers provide
this service. The DHCP service automatically provides a network IP address configuration to devices that
request it, such as the 1820 switches.
Many features are configurable on the 1820 Switch Series. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that at
minimum, you configure a management password for switch security. Follow these procedures to access the
switch's Web interface to perform the switch configuration:
Procedure
1. Place the switch close to the PC that you will use for configuration. It helps if you can see the front panel of
the switch while working from your PC.
2. Connect power to the switch, and then start your PC (if it is not already running) and wait until the switch
and PC have finished their start-up sequences.
3. Connect the PC to any port on the switch using a standard Ethernet LAN cable. Verify that there is a link
between the switch and PC by checking the LEDs for the network port that you are using. (For more
information on LEDs, see LEDs on page 8 .)
4. If the switch has access to a DHCP service, it automatically acquires an IP address. Determine the IP
address of the switch by examining the client IP address table on your router (see the router
documentation for how to get this information), or talk to your ISP representative to get the IP address of
the switch.
If a DHCP service is not available in your network, or for some reason the switch does not acquire an IP
address from the service, the switch defaults to IP address 192.168.1.1 after 120 seconds of automatically
attempting to acquire an IP address.
NOTE:
Alternatively, if you cannot determine the switch's IP address, you can force it to use the 192.168.1.1
address by first disconnecting the switch from any router or internet connection and then unplugging
and reconnecting power to it.
To communicate with the switch using the 192.168.1.1 address, see Using the 192.168.1.1 IP address on
page 26 before continuing these steps.
5. From the PC connected to the switch, open a Web-browser session and enter the switch's IP address as
the URL. This opens the login screen for the switch's Web browser interface from which you perform the
next steps.
6. Enter the default username "admin" and click Login to start a switch Web-browser interface session. By
default, there is no password.
7. To configure a password on the switch Web interface, click Maintenance > Password Manager and enter
the Current Password. Define a New Password and reenter it in the Confirm New Password field.
Passwords can be up to 64 alphanumeric and special characters in length, and are case sensitive.
8. Click Apply to implement the new password, and then click Save Configuration at the top of the browser
configuration screen to save your settings and retain them when the switch is rebooted.
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