Asante Technologies 6200 manual Console Configuration

Console Configuration

Configuring for Management

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 does not have an IP address assigned to it.

1	Make sure your network has a BootP server con-
	figured with a valid IP address entry for the
	IntraSwitch.
2	When the IntraSwitch is connected to the net-
	work and is powered on, it automatically trans-
	mits a BootP request across the network (up to
	10times) until it receives a valid IP address from
	the BootP server.
3	After an IP address is received, the IntraSwitch
	can be managed via in-band access. See Chapter

4 for more information.

To verify that a valid IP address was received, use a tool such as Ping1 to try and access the IntraSwitch; if you can access the IntraSwitch, it is properly configured with an IP address.

See “Bootstrap Configuration” in Chapter 5 for more information on using BootP.

To manually configure the IntraSwitch with an IP address via its Console port, use a VT100 terminal or emulator (such as Hyper Terminal, ProComm, or ZTerm) running on a workstation or personal computer to connect to the switch’s Local Manage- ment Interface.

1.Ping is an application that can be used to test whether a remote device is properly connected to a network.

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