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9. Press the right-arrow key to choose

Edit

, then press

Enter

. Tab to fields and enter information as

follows:

a) Change

Gateway

to be the default router.

b) Tab to the

IP Config (DHCP/Bootp)

field and use the Space bar to select the

Manual

option.

c) Tab to the

IP Address

field and enter the switch’s control network IP address.

d) Tab to the

Subnet Mask

field and enter the subnet mask used for your network.

10. Press

Enter

, then right-arrow to

Save

. Press

Enter

and revert to previous menu.

11. Select

Return to Main Menu

and press

Enter

.

12. From the main menu, chose

Console Passwords

and press

Enter

.

The Set Password Menu opens.

13. Chose

Set Manager Password

and press

Enter

.

14. When prompted for the password, type a password of up to 16 ASCII characters with no spaces

and press

Enter

.

The password can be one that is used on other K2 devices, such as “adminK2” or “K2Admin”,
or it can be your site's administrator password.

15. When prompted to enter the password again, retype the password and press

Enter

.

16. Select

Return to Main Menu

and press

Enter

.

17. From the main menu, tab to

Command Line (CLI)

and press

Enter

.

The command prompt appears.

18. Type the following, then press Enter:

configure

You are now in configuration mode.

19. Configure an administrator username.

The username can be one that is used on other K2 devices, such as “Administrator” or “K2Admin”,
or it can be your site's administrator username.

For example, to set the username to “administrator” type the following, then press

Enter

:

password manager user-name administrator

20. When prompted, enter and re-enter the password.

21. Set spanning tree to RSTP. To do this, type the following, then press

Enter

:

spanning-tree force-version rstp-operation

This configures spanning tree, but it does not turn spanning tree on. You must turn spanning tree
on using the switch’s Web interface.

22. Decide your SNMP community name as explained in the following options, then proceed with

the next step:

If you decide to use a unique SNMP community name (not “public”), add the community
and set its RW permissions. For example, if the community name is “K2”, type the following,
then press

Enter

:

snmp-server community K2 unrestricted

If you decide to use the default SNMP community “public” for NetCentral monitoring, which
already has RW permissions set as required by NetCentral, proceed to the next step.

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