24 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
Figure 6 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram
CAUTION To protect your switch from unauthorized access, you must change the default password 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 33.Plug and Play Setup
Initial IP Information Setup
Feature Management
Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically
configured using DHCP
See page 25
Do you want to manually
configure the IP information?
Connect to the
console port and use
the Command Line
Interface.
See page 26
How do you want to manage your switch? See page 21
SNMP
See page 32
Command Line Interface
Connect using the
console port.
See page 26
Web Interface
Connect over the
network.
See page 31
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
How do you want to connect to the switch?
Connect to a front panel
port and use the Web
Interface.
See page 30
Connect to the
console port and use
the Command Line
Interface.
See page 28
Yes No
Refer to the label on
the rear of the switch
which details the
default IP address.
Is a DHCP server present?
Yes No
The switch uses its default IP
information
See page 25