3Com 4500 Getting Started Manual page 36

36 C 3: M
HAPTER ANAGING
IP Configuration
Y S
OUR WITCH
Figure 14 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to the con-
sole port and use the
Command Line Inter-
face.
See page 38
Command Line Interface
Connect via the
console port.
See page 45
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 "Default Users and Passwords" on page 47.
You can use one of the following methods to allocate IP information to your
switch (essential if you wish to manage your Switch across the network).
Configuring IP Manually
When you configure the IP information, the switch remembers the information
that you enter until you change it again. You should use the Manual IP
configuration method if:
you do not have a DHCP or BootP server on your network, or
■
you want to remove the risk of the IP address ever changing, or
■
your DHCP server does not allow you to allocate static IP addresses. (Static IP
■
addresses are necessary to ensure that the Switch is always allocated the same
IP information.)
For most installations, 3Com recommends that you assign a known IP address to
your switch. This makes management simpler and more reliable as it is not
Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured via
DHCP
See page 37
Do you want to manually
Yes
configure the IP information?
Connect to a front panel port
and use the Web Interface or
Command Line
Interface.
See page 38
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 34
SNMP
See page 47
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
See page 45
No
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
Use 3Com Network Connect to the console
Director (3ND). port and use the
See page 39 Command Line
Interface.
See page 38
Web Interface
Connect over the
network.
See page 46