User Manual

Chapter 1: Basic Switch Parameters
30 Section I: Basic Operations
Displaying the IP Address of the Local Interface
This procedure is used to display the IP address and subnet mask of the
local interface, which is used for remote Telnet and web browser
management. To configure the local interface, you have to use the
command line commands.
To view the IP address and subnet mask of the local interface of the stack:
1. From the Home page, click the Configuration button.
2. Click the System button in the Configuration menu.
3. Click the General tab, shown in Figure 1 on page 20. The parameters
in the IP Configuration section of the web page are described in
Table 3.
Table 3. IP Configuration Section of the General Tab
Parameter Definition
Obtain IP Address from: The options in this section indicate the
source of the IP address of the local
interface. If DHCP or BOOTP is checked,
the interface obtained its IP address from
a DHCP or BOOTP server on the
network. If Static is checked, the IP
address was set manually.
IP Address This parameter displays the IP address of
the local management interface. This
address is either manually assigned to the
interface or obtained from a DHCP or
BOOTP server.
Subnet Mask This parameter specifies the subnet mask
for the interface.
The IP address and subnet mask fields
will be empty if no interface has been
designated as the local interface on the
stack.