3Com Switch 8800 Family Configuration Guide

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MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
CONFIGURATION
Management
Interface Overview
Switch 8800 Family series provides a 10/100Base-TX management interface on the
Fabric. The management interface can connect a background PC for software
loading and system debugging, or a remote network management station for
remote system management.
Management
Interface
Configuration
The following sections describe management interface configuration tasks.
■ Configuring interface IP address
■ Enabling/disabling the interface
■ Setting interface description
■ Displaying current system information
■ Test network connectivity (ping, tracert)
See the Port and System Management parts of this manual for details.
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CAUTION: Only the management interface configured with an IP address can run
normally.