3Com C17304, 3C17300, C17302 manual Viewing IP Information via the Console Port

44CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT

Viewing IP Information via the Console Port

You are now ready to view the automatically allocated IP information using the command line interface.

1Connect your Switch to the network using an Ethernet cable. As soon as a network connection is made the Switch begins the automatic IP configuration process.

The automatic IP configuration process usually completes within one minute.

If there is no response from a DHCP server within 30 seconds, the Auto-IP configuration mechanism attempts to allocate the default IP address 169.254.100.100. If this address is not available, it then allocates an IP address in the range of 169.254.x.y (where x is in the range 1 to 254, and y is in the range 0 to 255).

2The command line interface login sequence begins as soon as the Switch detects a connection to its console port.

If the login prompt does not begin immediately, press Return a few times until it starts.

3At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press Return at the password prompt. If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line interface is displayed as shown in the example in Figure 14.

Figure 14 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
-------------------------------	(1)-----------------------------------
Select menu option:

4At the Select menu option prompt enter the protocol ip interface summary command. At the Select IP interfaces