3Com 5500-EI Getting Started Guide - Page 58

58 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT Setting Up Your Switch This section provides an overview how to set up your switch and manage that switch when it is in its default state. Figure 25 summarizes the setup process. Detailed steps are provided in the sections that follow. In brief, you need to: ■ Manually configure the IP information for your switch or view the automatically configured IP information. ■ Prepare for your chosen method of management Figure 25 Initial Switch Setup and Management Process Power Up the Switch. Plug and Play Setup Initial IP Information Setup IP Information is automatically configured via DHCP See page 59 Do you want to manually Yes configure the IP information? No How do you want to connect to the Switch? How do you want to view the automatically configured IP information? Connect to the console port and use the Command Line Inter- face. See page 61 Connect to a front panel port and use the Web Interface or Command Line Interface. See page 61 Use 3Com Network Director (3ND). See page 67 Connect to the console port and use the Command Line Interface. See page 67 Feature Management How do you want to manage your Switch? See page 56 Command Line Interface SNMP See page 72 Connect using the console port. See page 69 Connect over the network using Telnet. See page 69 Web Interface Connect over the network. See page 72