44 CHAPTER 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.
Figure14 Example top-le vel command line interface menu
4At the Select menu option prompt enter the protocol ip
interface summary command. At the Select IP interfaces
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
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Select menu option:
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