BASIC CONFIGURATION
Setting an IP Address
You must establish IP address information for the switch to obtain management access through the network. This can be done in either of the following ways:
Manual — You have to input the information, including IP address and subnet mask. If your management station is not in the same IP subnet as the switch, you will also need to specify the default gateway router.
Dynamic — The switch sends IP configuration requests to BOOTP or DHCP address allocation servers on the network.
Note: Only one VLAN interface can be assigned an IP address (the default is VLAN 1). This defines the management VLAN, the only VLAN through which you can gain management access to the switch. If you assign an IP address to any other VLAN, the new IP address overrides the original IP address and this becomes the new management VLAN.
Manual Configuration
You can manually assign an IP address to the switch. You may also need to specify a default gateway that resides between this device and management stations that exist on another network segment. Valid IP addresses consist of four decimal numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods. Anything outside this format will not be accepted by the CLI program.
Note: The IP address for this switch is unassigned by default.
Before you can assign an IP address to the switch, you must obtain the following information from your network administrator:
•IP address for the switch
