Establishing A Connection; Using The Switch Management Ports - Lenovo RackSwitch G8264 Application Manual

Establishing a Connection

Using the Switch Management Ports

1. Log onto the switch.
2. Enter Global Configuration mode.
3. Configure a management IP address and mask:
4. Configure the appropriate default gateway.
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The factory default settings permit initial switch administration through the
built‐in serial port, as well as default IP addresses on VLAN 1 and the out‐of‐band
management port.
To facilitate switch access, the in‐band and out‐of‐band management interfaces are
configured with factory default IP addresses, as follows:
VLAN 1/Interface 1: 192.168.49.50/24
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 Out‐of‐band Management Port 1: 192.168.50.50/24
Remote access using the network requires the remote accessing device to have a
valid, routable connection to the switch IP interface. The switch IP address may be
configured manually, or an IPv4 address can be provided automatically through
the switch using a service such as DHCP, or an IPv6 address can be obtained using
IPv6 stateless address configuration.
Note: Throughout this manual, IP address is used in places where either an IPv4 or
IPv6 address is allowed. IPv4 addresses are entered in dotted‐decimal notation (for
example, 10.10.10.1), while IPv6 addresses are entered in hexadecimal notation
(for example, 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334). In places where only one
type of address is allowed, IPv4 address or IPv6 address is specified.
To manage the switch through the management ports, you must configure an IP
interface for each management interface. Configure the IPv4 address/mask and
default gateway address:
RS G8264> enable
RS G8264# configure terminal
RS G8264(config)# interface ip 128
RS G8264(config­ip­if)# ip address <management interface IPv4 address>
RS G8264(config­ip­if)# ip netmask <IPv4 subnet mask>
RS G8264(config­ip­if)# enable
RS G8264(config­ip­if)# exit
IP gateway 4 is required for IF 128.
RS G8264(config)# ip gateway 4 address <default gateway IPv4 address>
RS G8264(config)# ip gateway 4 enable
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