3Com C17304 Setting Up, Overview, Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the

32CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT

Setting Up	This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your Switch
Overview	set up and ready for management when it is in its default state. The
	whole setup process is summarised in Figure 8. Detailed procedural steps
	are contained in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to:
	■ Configure IP information manually for your Switch or view the
	automatically configured IP information
	■ Prepare for your chosen method of management
	Figure 8 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow diagram

Plug and Play Setup

Power up the Switch.

IP information is automatically configured.

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Yes	Do you want to manually	No
	configure the IP information?

Initial IP Information Setup

How do you want to connect to the Switch?

Connect to a front panel	Connect to the console
port and use the Web	port and use the
Interface or Command	Command Line Interface.
Line Interface.	Page 38.
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How do you want to view the automatically

configured IP information?

Use 3Com Network	Connect to a console
	port and use the
Supervisor (3NS).
	Command Line Interface.
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Feature Management

How do you want to Manage your Switch? Page 45.

	Command Line Interface		SNMP	Web Interface
			Page 49.
Connect via the		Connect over the		Connect over the
console port.		network via Telnet.		network.
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CAUTION: To protect your Switch from unauthorized access, you must change all three default passwords as soon as possible, even if you do not intend to actively manage your Switch. For more information on default users and changing default passwords, see “Default Users and Passwords” on page 50.