Manually Configuring Ip Information; Connecting To A Front Panel Port - 3Com SuperStack 3 Getting Started Manual

Manually
Configuring IP
Information
Connecting to a Front
Panel Port
You can manually configure the Switch IP information in the following
ways:
Connecting to a front panel port — Connect a workstation using an
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Ethernet cable to a front panel port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the web interface or the
command line interface (CLI).
Connecting to the console port — Connect a workstation using a
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console cable to the console port of the Switch. You can then
manually enter IP information using the command line interface (CLI).
To set up your Switch manually you can make a connection to a front
panel port. You must do this whilst the Switch is offline, that is, before
you connect the Switch to a network.
The procedure described in this section assumes the unit has been
powered up in standalone mode and has the default IP address of
169.254.100.100.
Pre-requisites
A workstation running Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows
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Server 2003, Red Hat Linux 9, Solaris 7 or Solaris 9.
A Network Interface Card (NIC).
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A Category 5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.
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A suitable Web browser — refer to
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You need to have the following so that you can manually set up the
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Switch with IP information:
IP address
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subnet mask
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default gateway
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Manually Configuring IP Information

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