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Quick Start Guide Cisco Small Bus iness 300 Series Managed Switches.
2 300 Series Managed Switches We l c o m e Thank you f or choosing the Cis co 300 Serie s Managed Switch, a Cisco Small Busines s net work communications device. This device is designe d t o be op erational right out of the bo x as a standar d bridge.
300 Series Managed Switches 3 Me chanic al O verlo ading — The devic e should be level, stable, and se cure t o pr event it from sliding or shifting out of po sition. Circuit O verloading —Adding the device to the power outlet must not overload that circuit .
4 300 Series Managed Switches W ARNING Insecure mounting ma y damage the device or cause injur y . Cisco is not responsible f or damage s incurred by insecure wall- mounting.
300 Series Managed Switches 5 C onfiguring the Cis c o Small Busine s s Manage d Switch Bef o r e Y o u Beg i n V erif y that a computer with Micr os oft Internet Explor er (version 6 and higher) or Fi ref ox (v ersion 2.
6 300 Series Managed Switches S TEP 3 Set up the IP configuration on your computer . a. If the swit ch is using the def ault static IP addr es s of 192. 168. 1 .254 , you must chos e an IP addr es s in the range of 192. 168. 1 . 1 - 192. 168. 1 .253 that is not alr eady in use.
300 Series Managed Switches 7 Us e the co ns ole p or t T o configure the managed switch: S TEP 1 Conne ct a computer t o the swit ch console por t using the pr o vided conso le por t cable. S TEP 2 Star t a cons ole por t utility such as HyperT erminal on the computer .
8 300 Series Managed Switches T r ouble sho ot Y our Conne c tion If you cannot acces s your swit ch from the web-bas ed inter face, the swit ch ma y not be reachable fr om y our computer . Y ou can test network connections by using ping on a computer running Windows: S TEP 1 Open a co mmand window by using Star t > Run and enter cmd .
300 Series Managed Switches 9 No I P r o u t e : If the switch and y our computer ar e in diff erent IP subnets, you nee d one or mor e rout ers to r out e the pack ets bet we en the tw o subnets.
10 300 Series Managed Switches F ron t Panel LEDs Sys tem LED —(Green) Lights st eady when the swit ch is powered on, and flashes when bo oting, per f orming s elf tests, and ac quiring an IP address . If the LED flashes Amber , the switch has det ect ed a har dware failur e.
300 Series Man aged Switches 11 B ack Panel The power por t and console p or t ar e locat ed on the back panel of the managed swit ch. Pow e r— The Power por t is where y ou will connect the switch t o power .
12 300 Series Managed Switches Where to Go F rom Here Suppor t Cisco Small Busine s s Supp or t Communit y ht tps:// support f orums.cisc o.com/ c ommunity / netpro / small-busin es s Cisco Small Busine s s Supp or t and Resources ht tp ://w w w .c isc o.
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