3Com 3 manual Example top-level command line interface menu

38CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT

top-level menu of the command line interface is displayed as shown in the example in Figure 10.

Figure 10 Example top-level command line interface menu

Menu options: --------------	3Com	Superstack 3 Switch 4200---------------
bridge	- Administer	bridge-wide parameters
gettingStarted	- Basic device configuration
logout	- Logout of the Command Line Interface
physicalInterface	- Administer	physical interfaces
protocol	- Administer	protocols
security	- Administer	security
system	- Administer	sytem-level functions
trafficManagement	- Administer	traffic management
Type ? For help
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Select menu option:

4At the Select menu option prompt you can either:

■enter the protocol ip basicConfig command. At the Enter configuration method prompt enter manual. The screen prompts you to enter IP information.

or

■enter the gettingStarted command. At the Enter configuration method prompt enter manual. The screen prompts you to enter IP information.

5Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway IP address for the Switch. The screen displays a summary of the information entered.

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 “Methods of Managing a Switch” on page 45.

Connecting to the To set up your Switch manually you can alternatively make a connection Console Port to the console port (this example describes a local connection to the

console port, rather than a remote one via a modem). You can do this whilst the Switch is offline, that is, before you connect the Switch to a network, or whilst the Switch is online, that is, connected to a network.