Manually Configuring Ip Information - 3Com 4500 Getting Started Manual

Using 3Com Network
Director or 3Com
Network Supervisor
Manually Configuring
IP Information
4 Enter display ip interface br to view a summary of allocated IP
addresses.
The initial set up of your switch is now complete and and you can now set up a
management method. See "Methods of Managing a Switch" on page 34 for
details.
If you do not intend to use the CLI from the console port to manage the switch,
you can logout, disconnect the serial cable, and close the terminal emulator
software.
3Com has two management applications that will discover and help you manage
your network. 3Com Network Supervisor is freely distributed PC software ideal for
monitoring your network. It discovers your devices and connections, alerts you to
network or configuration issues, assists you in registering your devices, and
proactively monitors the health of your network.
3Com Network Director is chargeable PC software that adds advanced
configuration and control to the features available from 3Com Network
Supervisor.
Trial versions of both products are available at www.3com.com.
You can use 3Com Network Supervisor or 3Com Network Director to discover the
automatically allocated IP information. To do so:
1 Connect your switch to the network.
2 Launch 3Com Network Director or Network Supervisor and run the auto-discovery
wizard.
The application discovers the new switch and displays the IP information that has
been automatically allocated to the switch.
3 Power-up the switch and wait two minutes.
Most DHCP and BootP servers allow you to configure static IP addresses so that
you know the switch's IP address. Refer to the documentation that accompanies
your DHCP or BootP server for more information on this topic.
If your network does not have a DHCP or BootP server, the workstation running
3Com Network Supervisor or 3Com Network Director must be on the same subnet
as the switch because auto-IP addresses are not routable.
You can manually configure the switch IP information by:
Connecting a workstation to the switch's console port using a console cable.
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You can then manually enter the IP information using the command line
interface (CLI). This is the only way to assign an IP address to a device that does
not have an IP address already, or that has an unknown IP address. You can also
use this method to change switch's IP information.
Connecting a workstation to one of the port's on the switch's front panel using
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an Ethernet cable. You can then manually enter the IP information using the
web interface or the command line interface. This is only applicable if the
device already has an IP address and you know that address.

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