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Viewing IP Information via the Console Port, admin, protocol ip, interface summary

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38 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT Viewing IP Information via the Console Port You are now ready to view the automatically allocated IP information using the command line interface. 1 Connect your Switch to the network using an Ethernet cable. As soon as a network connection is made the Switch begins the automatic IP configuration process. The automatic IP configuration process usually completes within one minute. 2 The command line interface login sequence begins as soon as the Switch detects a connection to its console port. If the login prompt does not begin immediately, press Return a few times until it starts. 3 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press Return at the password prompt. If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line interface is displayed as shown in the example in Figure 10. Figure 10 Example top-level command line interface menu 4 At the Select menu option prompt enter the protocol ip interface summary command. A summary of the automatically allocated IP information is displayed. Make a note of the Network IP Address. 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. If you do not intend to use the command line interface via the console port to manage the Switch, you can logout, disconnect the serial cable and close the terminal emulator software.

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38
C
HAPTER
3: S
ETTING
U
P
FOR
M
ANAGEMENT
Viewing IP Information via the Console Port
You are now ready to view the automatically allocated IP information
using the command line interface.
1
Connect your Switch to the network using an Ethernet cable. As soon as
a network connection is made the Switch begins the automatic IP
configuration process.
The automatic IP configuration process usually completes within one
minute.
2
The command line interface login sequence begins as soon as the Switch
detects a connection to its console port.
If the login prompt does not begin immediately, press Return a few times
until it starts.
3
At the login and password prompts, enter
admin
as your user name and
press Return at the password prompt. If you have logged on correctly, the
top-level menu of the command line interface is displayed as shown in
the example in
Figure 10
.
Figure 10
Example top-level command line interface menu
4
At the Select menu option prompt enter the
protocol ip
interface summary
command. A summary of the automatically
allocated IP information is displayed. Make a note of the Network IP
Address.
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
.
If you do not intend to use the command line interface via the console
port to manage the Switch, you can logout, disconnect the serial cable
and close the terminal emulator software.