Viewing Automatically Configured Ip Information; Using 3Com Network Supervisor; Connecting To The Console Port - 3Com SuperStack 3 3870 Getting Started Manual

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Viewing
Automatically
Configured IP
Information
Using 3Com Network
Supervisor
Connecting to the
Console Port
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P FOR ANAGEMENT
If you allow the Switch to automatically configure its own IP information,
you need to discover and view the IP information before you can begin to
manage the Switch. You can discover the IP information in two ways:
Using 3Com Network Supervisor — This application will auto-discover
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the Switch and display the automatically allocated IP information
assigned to the Switch.
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 view the
IP information automatically assigned to the Switch using the
command line interface (CLI).
You can use the 3Com Network Supervisor to discover the automatically
allocated IP information. An evaluation copy of the 3Com Network
Supervisor is available for download from www.3com.com/3ns.
1 Download the evaluation copy of 3Com Network Supervisor from
www.3com.com/3ns, and then install it on a workstation that is
connected to the network.
2 Connect your Switch to the network.
3 Power on the Switch and wait for three minutes.
4 Launch 3Com Network Supervisor and run the Auto-discovery wizard.
3Com Network Supervisor will discover the new Switch automatically and
display the IP information that has been automatically allocated to the
Switch.
Most DHCP servers allow static IP addresses to be configured so that you
know what IP address the Switch will be given. Refer to the
documentation that accompanies your DHCP server.
If your network does not have a DHCP server, the workstation running
3Com Network Supervisor must be on the same subnet as the Switch,
because Auto-IP addresses are non-routable.
Alternatively, you can view the automatically configured IP information
via the command line interface (CLI) through a connection to the console
port. (This example describes a local connection to the console port.)