Installation
Setting up for Management
To use the IntraSwitch 5212 as a managed switch, it must be configured with an IP address. This can be accomplished in one of two ways:
❏automatically using Asanté View BootP (default) server
❏manually via the Console port
BootP The IntraSwitch 5212 is shipped with BootP/TFTP support. Configuration BootP allows the IntraSwitch 5212 to be automatically
configured with an IP address when the switch is connected to the network and is powered on, if your network contains a BootP server configured with available IP addresses.
▲Important! BootP configuration only works if the IntraSwitch 5212 does not have an IP address assigned to it. By default, it is shipped without an assigned IP address.
1 | Make sure your network has a BootP server con- |
| figured with a valid IP address entry for the |
| IntraSwitch 5212. |
2 | When the IntraSwitch 5212 is connected to the |
| network and is powered on, it automatically |
| transmits a BootP request across the network |
| (up to 5 times) until it receives a valid IP address |
| from the BootP server . |
3 | After an IP address is received, the IntraSwitch |
| 5212 can be managed via |
See Chapter 4 for information on connecting to the IntraSwitch 5212 for management.
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