Setting Up Overview - 3Com SuperStack 3 Getting Started Manual

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Setting Up
Overview
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This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your Switch
set up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The
whole setup process is summarised in
are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to:
Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the
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automatically configured IP information
Prepare for your chosen method of management
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Figure 8 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow diagram
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to a front panel
port and use the Web
Interface or Command
Line Interface.
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Connect via the
console port.
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CAUTION: To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must
change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not
intend to actively manage your Switch. For more information on default
users and changing default passwords, see
Passwords" on page
Figure
Power up the Switch.
IP information is automatically configured.
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Do you want to
Yes
configure the IP information?
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line Interface.
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How do you want to Manage your Switch? Page 45.
SNMP
Command Line Interface
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Connect over the
network via Telnet.
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50.
8. Detailed procedural steps
manually
No
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
Connect to a console
Use 3Com Network
port and use the
Supervisor (3NS).
Command Line Interface.
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Web Interface
Connect over the
network.
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"Default Users and
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