3Com Setup and Management Guide for Switch Models

24CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED

Figure 6 Initial Switch Setup and Management Flow Diagram

					Power Up the Switch.
Setup				Yes				No
					Is a DHCP server present?
and Play
Plug	IP Information is automatically					The switch uses its default IP
		configured using DHCP					information
			See page 25				See page 25

Yes

Do you want to manually

No

configure the IP information?

Setup

How do you want to connect to the switch?

How do you want to view the automatically

InformationIP

Refer to the label on

Connect to the

Connect to the

Connect to a front panel

configured IP information?

Initial

console port and use

port and use the Web

the rear of the switch

console port and use

the Command Line

Interface.

which details the

the Command Line

Interface.

See page 30

default IP address.

Interface.

See page 26

See page 28

	How do you want to manage your switch? See page 21
Feature Management	Command Line Interface	SNMP	Web Interface
		See page 32
	Connect using the		Connect over the
	console port.		network.
	See page 26		See page 31

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.