Viewing Automatically Configured Ip Information - 3Com Switch 4210 Series Getting Started

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HAPTER ETTING
Viewing
Automatically
Configured IP
Information
Connecting to the
Console Port
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P FOR ANAGEMENT
If you allow the switch to automatically configure its own IP information you need
to discover and view the IP information before you can begin to manage the
switch. You can discover the IP information using:
Connecting to the Console Port
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Connect a workstation using a console cable to the console port of the switch.
You can then view the IP information automatically assigned to the switch
using the command line interface (CLI).
Network Director or 3Com Network Supervisor
■
These applications will auto-discover the switch and display the automatically
allocated IP information assigned to the switch.
Reviewing information in your DHCP Server
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The DHCP server in your network may log IP address assignments. Reviewing
this log, you may be able to determine the device's IP address. Refer to your
DHCP Server documentation for details.
You can view the automatically configured IP information using the command line
interface (CLI) through a connection to the console port. (This example describes a
local connection to the console port, rather than a remote one using a modem.)
For further information on connecting using the console port see "Connecting the
Workstation to the Switch"on page 36.
Viewing IP Information using the Console Port
You are now ready to view the automatically allocated IP information using the
command line interface.
1 Connect your switch to the network using the Ethernet cable. As soon as a
network connection is made the switch begins the automatic IP configuration
process.
The automatic IP configuration process usually completes within one minute.
2 The command line interface login sequence begins as soon as the switch detects a
connection to its console port.
If the login prompt does not begin immediately, press Return a few times until it
starts.
3 At the login and password prompts, enter
Return at the password prompt. If you have logged on correctly, <4210> is
displayed as shown in the example in Figure 32.
as your user name and press
admin