D-Link DES-3624 - Switch - Stackable User Manual - Setting Up The Switch
Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Using the Console Interface
Setting Up The Switch
This section will help prepare the Switch user by describing the System Configuration, Update Firmware and
Configuration Files
, Save Changes, and System Utilities menus and their respective sub-menus.
System Configuration
Choose System Configuration to access the first item of the Switch’s main menu. The following menu appears:
Figure 6-8. System Configuration menu
You will need to change some settings to allow you to be able to manage the Switch from an SNMP-based Network
Management System such as SNMP v1 or to be able to access the Switch using the Telnet protocol. See the next chapter for
Web-based network management information.
Configure IP Address
The Switch needs to have a TCP/IP address assigned to it so that an in-band network management system or Telnet client
can find it on the network. The IP Address Configuration screen allows you to change the settings for the two different
interfaces used on the Switch: the Ethernet interface used for in-band communication, and the SLIP interface used over the
console port for out-of-band communication.
Choose Configure IP Address to access the first item on the System Configuration menu. The following screen
appears: