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4To open a Telnet session via the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the Switch that you wish to manage in the following format:

>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)

If opening a Telnet session via third party software you will need to enter the IP address in the format suitable for that software.

5At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you have already modified the default passwords).

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

6If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line interface for the Switch you wish to manage is displayed as shown in Figure 12 on page 41.

Setting Up Web

This section describes how you can set up web interface management

Interface

over the network.

 

 

 

 

Management

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-requisites

Ensure you have already set up the Switch with IP information as

 

described in “Setting Up Overview” on page 32.

 

 

Ensure that the Switch is connected to the network using a Category

 

5 twisted pair Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors.

 

 

A suitable Web browser.

 

 

 

 

Choosing a Browser

 

 

 

 

To display the web interface correctly, use one of the following Web

 

browser and platform combinations:

 

 

 

Table 8 Supported Web Browsers and Platforms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows 95 Windows 98

Windows NT

Windows

Windows XP

Solaris

4

2000

2.6

Netscape 4.76

Netscape 6.2

Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0

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