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SwitchConfiguration

AftertheAvocentMatrixSwitchingSystemhasbeeninstalled,youcanbeginconfiguration.Bydefault,DHCP

isenabledontheswitch.OncetheswitchreceivesanIPaddress,itisdisplayedontheLCDdisplayontheback

oftheunit.YoucanbeginconfigurationbyusingthesetupportorusingtheOn-boardWebInterface(OBWI).

FormoreinformationontheOBWIsetup,seeOn-Board Web Interface onpage13.

SetupPort

ThesetupportonthebackoftheMatrixswitchallowstheadministratoraccesstoamenuforsetupand

configurationoftheswitch.Fromtheserialmenuyoucanconfigurenetworksettings,setuporchange

passwords,upgradethefirmwareorresettofactorydefaults.

NOTE:The default username and password is Admin with no password. When you login for the first time, you will be prompted to

change the password.

Toaccesstheserialmenu:

1. Usinganullmodemcable,connectaterminaloraPCthatisrunningterminalemulationsoftwaretothe

SetupportonthebackpaneloftheMatrixswitch.

NOTE:The terminal settings are 9600 bits per second (bps), 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and no flow control.

2. Connecttheotherendoftheserialcabletotheserialportofyourcomputer.

3. Launchtheterminalemulationsoftware.

4. Pressanykeytologin.

5. Entertheusernameandpassword.

Tonavigatethroughtheserialmenu,typethenumberorletterthatcorrespondstotheoptionyouwishtochoose

andpressEnter.Thisactionwillbringyoutoasub-menuorscreenwhereyoucanmakeconfigurationchanges.

Toexitamenuorscreenandtoconfirmanyconfigurationchangesyouhavemade,type0(zero)andpress

Enter.

Unitinformation

Theunitinformationscreenprovidesthefollowingdeviceinformation:EID,MACaddress,PartNumber,Serial

Number,BootVersionandAppVersion.

Networkconfiguration

TherearetwonetworkconfigurationoptionsavailablefortheMatrixswitch,IPv4orIPv6.

ThefollowingtabledescribestheoptionsforconfiguringIPv4.

Option Description

Dynamic Host

Configuration

Protocol (DHCP)

The switch is a DHCP client and receives all the network

parameters from a DHCP server on the network.

Table2.3:IPv4Configuration

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