3Com 3226 Getting Started - Page 35

Manually Configuring IP Information 35 If you have not logged onto the Switch before, you will be prompted to enter a new password. 3Com recommends that you change your password from its default blank setting. 2 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and enter your password at the password prompt (or just press Return if you have not yet set a password). If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line interface is displayed as shown in the example in Figure 9. Figure 9 Example top-level command line interface menu Menu options 3Com SuperStack 3 Switch 3226 bridge - Administer bridge-wide parameters feature - Administer system features gettingStarted - Basic device configuration logout - Logout of the Command Line Interface physicalInterface - Administer physical interfaces protocol - Administer protocols security - Administer security system - Administer system-level functions trafficManagement - Administer traffic management Type ? for help 1 Select menu option: 3 At the Select menu option prompt you can either: ■ enter the protocol ip basicConfig command. At the Enter configuration method prompt enter manual. The screen prompts you to enter IP information. or ■ enter the gettingStarted command. At the Enter configuration method prompt enter manual. The screen prompts you to enter IP information. 4 Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway IP address for the Switch. The screen displays a summary of the information entered. If using the gettingStarted command you will then be prompted to enter system information, change passwords, and then given the option to carry out advanced configuration. The initial set up of your Switch is now complete and the Switch is ready for you to set up your chosen management method. See "Methods of Managing a Switch" on page 39.