36 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 summarized in Figure 9. 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

Figure9 Initial Switch Setup and Mana gement Flow diagram

Plug and Play Setup
Initial IP Information Setup
Feature Management
Power Up the Switch.
IP Information is automatically configured.
See page37
Do you want to manually
configure the IP information?
Connect to a front
panel port and use the
Web Interface or
Command Line Interface.
See page39
How do you want to manage your Switch? See page49
SNMP
See page54
Command Line Interface
Connect via the
console port.
See page51
Web Interface
Connect over the
network via Telnet.
See page51
Connect over the
network.
See page54
How do you want to view the automatically
configured IP information?
How do you want to connect to the Switch?
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page39
Use 3Com Network
Supervisor (3NS).
See page46
Connect to the console
port and use the
Command Line
Interface.
See page46
Yes No
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