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xStack® DES-3200 Series Layer 2 Ethernet Managed Switch Hardware Installation Guide

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Alternatively, you can enter 

config ipif System ipaddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/z

. Where the x's represent the IP 

address to be assigned to the IP interface named System and the z represents the corresponding number of subnets 

in CIDR notation. 

The IP interface named System on the Switch can be assigned an IP address and subnet mask, and then be used to 

connect a management station to the Switch's Telnet or Web-based management agent. 

DES-3200-28P:admin#config ipif System ipaddress 10.90.90.91/255.0.0.0 

Command: config ipif System ipaddress 10.90.90.91/8 

Success. 

DES-3200-28P:admin# 

Figure 4-5. Assigning the Switch an IP Address 

In the above example, the Switch was assigned an IP address of 10.90.90.91 with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0. (the 

CIDR form was used to set the address (10.90.90.91/8). The system message Success indicates that the command 

was executed successfully. The Switch can now be configured and managed via Telnet and the CLI or via the Web-

based management.