Installation
Setting up for Management
BootP
Configuration
To use the IntraSwitch 5308FL as a managed switch, it must be configured with an IP address. This can be accomplished in one of two ways:
❏automatically using BootP (default)
❏manually via the Console port
The IntraSwitch 5308FL is shipped with BootP/TFTP support. BootP allows the IntraSwitch 5308FL to be automatically configured with an IP address when it is connected to the network and is powered on, if your network contains a BootP server configured with available, valid IP addresses.
▲Important! BootP configuration only works if the IntraSwitch 5308FL does not have an IP address already assigned to it.
1 | Make sure your network has a BootP server con- |
| figured with a valid IP address entry for the |
| IntraSwitch 5308FL. |
2 | When the IntraSwitch 5308FL 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 |
| 5308FL can be managed via |
See Chapter 4 for information on connecting to the IntraSwitch 5308FL for management.
To verify that the IntraSwitch 5308FL received an IP address, use a tool such as Ping1 to try and access the IntraSwitch 5308FL; if you can access the IntraSwitch 5308FL, it is properly config- ured with an IP address.
1.Ping (an acronym for packet internet groper) is an application that can be used to test whether a remote device is properly connected to a network.
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