32 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT
Setting Up Overview

This section gives an overview of what you need to do to get your Switch

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

Figure8 Initial Switch Setup and Mana gement Flow diagram

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.

Plug and Play Setup
Initial IP Information Setup
Feature Management
Power up the Switch.
IP information is automatically configured.
Page 33.
Do you want to
configure the IP information?
manually No
Connect to a front panel
port and use the Web
Interface or Command
Line Interface.
Page 35.
Howdo you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line Interface.
Page 38.
Use 3Com Network
Supervisor (3NS).
Page 42.
Connect to a console
port and use the
Command Line Interface.
Page 42.
How do you want to Manage your Switch? Page 45.
Command Line Interface
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
Page 47.
Connect via the
console port.
Page 47.
Connect over the
network.
Page 49.
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
SNMP
Page 49. Web Interface
Yes
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