Connecting the Switch to the Network

To enable remote management of the switch through telnet, or Web browser, or SNMP, you must connect the switch to the network. The switch has IP address 192.168.1.254 on the NMS interface and DHCP is disabled on that interface.

Using a local serial/diag connection (telnet 0 for CLI) or NMS Ethernet connection (telnet 192.168.1.254 for CLI), connect to the management interface.

To access the switch over a network, you must first configure it with network information (an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway). You can configure the IP information using any of the following:

• BOOTP
• DHCP
• Static (Through Terminal(diag/serial)(USB to RS-232) port OR NMS port)

After you configure network information, such as the IP address and subnet mask, and the switch is physically and logically connected to the network, you can manage and monitor the switch remotely through SSH, telnet, a Web browser, or an SNMP-based network management system. You can also continue to manage the switch through the terminal interface through the through the diag(USB) port OR NMS port.

After you perform the physical hardware installation, you need to make a serial connection to the switch so that you can do one of the following:

• Manually configure network information for the management interface OR
• Enable the management interface as a DHCP or BootP client on your network (if not already enabled) and then view the network information after it is assigned by the DHCP server.

To connect to the switch and configure or view network information, use the following steps:

1. Using a straight-through modem cable, connect a VT100/ANSI terminal or a workstation to the console (serial) port. If you attached a PC, Apple®, or UNIX® workstation, start a terminal-emulation program, such as HyperTerminal or TeraTerm.
2. Configure the terminal-emulation program to use the following settings:
   • Baud rate: 57600 bps
   • Data bits: 8
   • Parity: none
   • Stop bit: 1
   • Flow control: none
3. Power on the switch. If the information about the boot process (including how to access the boot menu) is needed, refer Booting the Switch. Please ensure that the option is present in that page.
4. Press the return key, and the user prompt appears.
5. Enter admin as the user name. There is no default password. Press ENTER at the password prompt if you did not change the default password.

After a successful login, the screen shows the system prompt, for example (switch)>.

1. At the (switch)> prompt, enter enable to enter the Privileged EXEC command mode. There is no default password to enter Privileged EXEC mode. Press ENTER at the password prompt if you did not change the default password. The command prompt changes to (switch)#.
2. Configure network information.

If the unit has a service port (NMS port will be used as service port as well):

• To have the address assigned through DHCP:

  By default, the port is configured as a DHCP client. If your network has a DHCP server, then you need only to connect the switch to your network.

• To use BootP, change the protocol by entering:

  serviceport protocol bootp

• To disable DHCP/BootP and manually assign an IPv4 address, enter:

  serviceport protocol none

  serviceport ip <ipaddress> <netmask> [<gateway>]

• To view the assigned or configured network address, enter:

  show serviceport

If the unit does not have a service port:

• To use a DHCP server to obtain the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway information, enter:

  network protocol dhcp.

• To use a BootP server to obtain the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway information, enter:

  network protocol bootp.

• To manually configure the IPv4 address, subnet mask, and (optionally) default gateway, enter:

  network parms <ipaddress> <netmask> [<gateway>]

  (By default vlan id 1 will be used as mgmt vlan.)

• To view the network information, enter:

  show network.

  (By default, all the ports are members of vlan id 1 and network access is available from data ports unless the user changes it.)

• To save these changes so they are retained during a switch reset, enter the following command:

  copy system:running-config nvram:startup-config

After the switch is connected to the network, you can use the IP address for remote access to the switch by using a Web browser or through telnet or SSH.