Specifications

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Setting the Switch’s IP Address
The DES-7000 series switch must have a TCP/IP address
assigned to it so that a network management system (Web-
based, TELNET, etc.) can find it on the network. You can use
the console manager to access the system’s management
software to view or change it’s IP settings.
The IP address for the switch must be set before it can be
managed with the web-based manager or TELNET session.
The switch IP address can be automatically set using BOOTP
or DHCP protocols, in which case the actual address assigned
to the switch must be known.
The IP address may be set using the Command Line Interface
(CLI) over the console serial port as follows:
1. Starting at the command line prompt DES7000:4@# −
enter the commands config ip ipaddress
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy. Where the x’s
represent the IP address to be assigned to the switch and
the y’s represent the corresponding subnet mask.
2. Alternaltively, you can enter DES7000:4@# − enter the
commands config ip ipaddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/z.
Where the x’s represent the IP address to be assigned to
the IP interface and the z represents the corresponding
number of subnets in CIDR notation.
The IP interface on the switch can be assigned an IP address
and subnet mask and can then be used to connect a
management station to the switch’s TELNET or web-based
management agent.
It may be necessary to designate a default gateway to allow
packets to be sent outside the switch’s subnet. You can do this
manually by typing the command config ip gateway
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy or config ip gateway
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/z.
The may also be configured to obtain IP settings automatically
from a BOOTP or DHCP server. In this case the switch gets its
IP settings including gateway IP from a server. Please read
Chapter 5, Switch IP Configuration for a complete description
of the config ip command set.