Configuring IP Addressing
Overview
Overview
You can configure IP addressing through all of the switch’s interfaces. You can
also:
■ Easily edit a switch configuration file to allow downloading the file to
multiple switches without overwriting each switch’s unique gateway and
VLAN 1 IP addressing.
■ Assign up to 32 IP addresses to a VLAN (multinetting).
■ Select an IP address to use as the source address for all outgoing traffic
generated by a specified software application on the switch. This allows
unique identification of the software application on the server site regard-
less of which local interface has been used to reach the destination server.
Why Configure IP Addressing? In its factory default configuration, the
switch operates as a multiport learning bridge with network connectivity
provided by the ports on the switch. However, to enable specific management
access and control through your network, you will need IP addressing. Table
8-1 on page 8-12 shows the switch features that depend on IP addressing to
operate.
IP Configuration
IP Configuration Features
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
IP Address and Subnet Mask DHCP/Bootp page 8-5 page 8-7 page 8-11
Multiple IP Addresses on a VLAN n/a — page 8-9 —
Default Gateway Address none page 8-5 page 8-7 page 8-11
Packet Time-To-Live (TTL) 64 seconds page 8-5 page 8-7 —
Time Server (Timep) DHCP page 8-5 page 8-7 —
Single Source IP Addressing outgoing IP — page 8-25 —
address
8-2
