if you allow the switch to automatically configure its own ip information you need to discover and view the ip information before you can begin to manage the switch. you can discover the ip information in two ways:

    using 3com network supervisor - this application will auto-discover the switch and display the automatically allocated ip information assigned to the switch.

    connecting to the console port - connect a workstation using a console cable to the console port of the switch. you can then view the ip information automatically assigned to the switch using the command line interface (cli).