Methods Of Managing A Switch; Command Line Interface Management - 3Com 3C17709 Getting Started Manual

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Methods of
Managing a Switch
Command Line
Interface
Management
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P FOR ANAGEMENT
Figure 13 Example top-level command line interface menu
4 At the Select menu option prompt enter the protocol ip
interface summary command. At the Select IP interfaces
prompt enter all. A summary of the automatically allocated IP
information is displayed. Make a note of the Network IP Address.
The initial set up of your Switch is now complete and the Switch is ready
for you to set up your chosen management method. See
Managing a Switch"
If you do not intend to use the command line interface via the console
port to manage the Switch, you can disconnect the serial cable and close
the terminal emulator software.
Once you have completed the initial set up of your Switch, you can
decide how you wish to manage the Switch. You can use one of the
following methods:

Command line interface management

Web interface management
SNMP management
Each Switch has a command line interface (CLI) that allows you to
manage the Switch from a workstation, either locally via a console port
connection (see Figure
on page 44.
14), or remotely over the network (see
"Methods of
Figure 15).