40CHAPTER 4: CONFIGURING THE SWITCH FROM THE WEB INTERFACE
A progress screen displays while the upgrade is taking place.
The upgrade procedure can take a few minutes, and is complete when the progress bar has finished running and the Power LED has stopped flashing and is permanently green.
CAUTION: Do not interrupt power to the Switch during the upgrade procedure. If you do, the firmware may be corrupted and the Switch may not start up properly afterwards.
Reset
To reset the Switch to factory default settings, click Administration, then Reset on the menu.
Reboot
Clicking on Reboot will reset the Switch (the equivalent of power cycling it). No configuration settings will be lost.
Initialize, keep IP setting
Clicking on Initialize, keep IP setting will return the Switch to the factory default configuration (i.e. any configuration parameters you may have set up will be deleted). However, the IP address of the switch will not be altered, meaning you will not have to go through the process of establishing what IP address the Switch has taken. The Switch shall be reset.
Initialize, discard IP setting
Clicking on Initialize, discard IP setting will return the Switch to the factory default configuration, including the IP address mode which shall be returned to DHCP enabled. The Switch shall be reset.
Selecting any of the 3 options above will result in the Switch resetting. During this period any users connected to the Switch will lose connectivity to the rest of the network.
System Access
Click Administration, then System Access on the menu. A screen appears with four system access tabs:
■Summary
■Setup
■Modify
■Remove
To prevent unauthorized users from accessing the Web interface and modifying the Switch’s settings, the interface is
The default admin account settings are:
■User name – admin
■Password – blank (no password)